江苏省常州市中考英语试题.docx

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江苏省常州市中考英语试题

江苏省常州市2020年中考英语试题

学校:

___________姓名：

___________班级：

___________考号：

___________

1．Takeiteasy.Therewillbe_________twobusescominginafewminutes.

A．anotherB．otherC．othersD．theother

2．Millie’sresearchpaperisn’tuptostandard_________shehasworkedatitfortwoweeks.

A．sinceB．unlessC．ifD．although

3．Tothewestofourschool__________somebookstoresandapark.

A．liesB．lieC．hasD．have

4．—Wereyourequired___________homeduringtheoutbreakofCOVID-19?

—Yes.Luckily,theInternetmadeitpossibleformanyofus________fromhome.

A．tostay;toworkB．staying;toworkC．tostay;workD．staying;work

5．—Jim,turndownthemusic.Ourbabyissleeping.

—Don’tworry.He__________forhalfanhour.

A．wokeupB．haswokenupC．wasawakeD．hasbeenawake

6．Jenny’sparentswerecompletely__________whentheysawthe_______changesinher.

A．surprising;amazingB．surprised;amazing

C．surprising;amazedD．surprised;amazed

7．Afactorywillbebuiltforthe__________ofthistypeofnewenergycar.

A．positionB．populationC．productionD．pronunciation

8．Tomyjoy,we_________gotothebank.Maryhaslentussomemoney.

A．shouldn’tB．needn’tC．couldn’tD．wouldn’t

9．Agreatdealofmytimeis__________withpracticingplayingtheguitar.

A．takenupB．madeupC．putupD．setup

10．—Doyouwanttotrysomewildduck?

—__________.Weshouldprotectwildanimals.

A．NoideaB．NoproblemC．NowayD．Nodoubt

Awindowisacommonbutpowerfultool—apatch（小块）oftheworld,fromwhichourbodyisseparated.Theonlythingwecandoislook.Youhaveno11onwhatyouwillsee.However,yourbrainmaymakeanassumption（猜想）outofwhateverhappenstoappear.

Oneday,Iwastakinganap（小睡）inmyofficewhenIwokeuptothe12ofacarcrash.Ilookedoutofmywindow.Acarhadjustbackedintoafence（围栏）anddamaged（毁坏〉it.

Thedrivergotoutofthecar.Hewasshortwithouthaironhishead.I13himatonce.

Tomysurprise,themantriedto14thedamagehecaused.However,hiseffortsallfailed.Onceheevenfunnilyfellontotheroadwhentryingtopullthefence.I15alot.Thefailureofthisterriblemanwasbrighteningmywholeday.

About10minuteslater,themanleft.

That,Ithought,wouldbethe16ofhisefforts.Theman—thatvillainous（可憎的）man—wasgoingto17allthemessbehindforsomeoneelsetocleanup.

Butthisisthe18ofwindows.Theycontradict（与…矛盾）youreasyassumptions.Themanappearedafewminuteslaterwithsome19.Forthenexthour,Iwatchedoutofmywindowashekeptonfixingthefence20itwasextrasafe,strongerthanbefore.

Thismanwasahero.My21assumptions,Irealized,wereallaboutmyself.Iwouldbe22andrunawayifIcameacrosssuchamessysituation.

Mywindowhadwokenmeupfromanaptoteachmealesson,alessonthatchangedmywholedayandevenmywholelife.

11．A．agreementB．influenceC．discoveryD．impression

12．A．symbolB．sightC．soundD．sign

13．A．acceptedB．rememberedC．dislikedD．greeted

14．A．confirmB．avoidC．coverD．repair

15．A．complainedB．laughedC．learntD．thought

16．A．endB．funC．problemD．lesson

17．A．hideB．pushC．moveD．leave

18．A．qualityB．shameC．powerD．truth

19．A．friendsB．toolsC．medicinesD．plans

20．A．untilB．whenC．afterD．since

21．A．uglyB．friendlyC．properD．possible

22．A．encouragedB．pleasedC．scaredD．relaxed

Withsomuchfreetimeonourhandsduringlockdown,manyofushaveentertainedtheideaofknowingmoreabouttheworld.Learningaforeignlanguageisagoodchoice.Hereareafewexamples,inorderoftimeittakespeopletolearnthem.

Latinlanguages（about600hours）

ThepopularLatinlanguages—Italian,French,SpanishandPortuguese—requireabout600hourstolearn.Ofthese,SpanishandItalianaretheeasiestforEnglishspeakerstolearn.TheyarefollowedbyPortugueseandfinallyFrench.

LatinlanguagessharemanywordswithEnglish.However,thosesharedwordslookorsoundsimilar,buthavedifferentmeaningsovertime.

Greek（1,100hours）

ModernGreekismaybetheeasiestlanguagetolearnthatusesadifferentalphabet（字母表）.ItisalsoalanguagethathascontributedmanywordstoEnglish.Indeed,thepresidentofGreeceoncegavetwospeechesataninternationalmeetingthatincludedjustGreekloanwords（外来词）aswellastheunavoidablebasicEnglish.

Japanese（2,200hours）

CountingobjectsinJapanesedependsonwhethertheyarelongandthin（like“roads”）,smallandround（like“apples”）,thinandflat（like“sheetsofpaper”）,andhundredsmoreexamples.

WhatJapaneseyouspeakalsodependsonyourgender（性别）.There’sa“rough”languageformenandamore“ladylike”languageforwomen,butyoumustunderstandboth.

Chinese（2,200hours）

EachChinesewrittenwordishardlyunderstandablewhenspokenbetweenaMandarin（普通话）speakerinBeijingandaCantonesespeakerinGuangdong.Ifyouthinkthat'sstrange,considerournumbersystem:

thesymbol“2”iswidelyunderstoodbutit’spronounced“two”inEnglishand“duex”inFrench.

23．ForanEnglishspeaker,whichofthefollowingistheeasiesttolearn?

A．Japanese.B．French.C．Greek.D．Italian.

24．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A．Thesamewordintwolanguagesalwayshasthesamemeaning.

B．TheEnglishlanguageandtheGreeklanguageusethesamealphabet.

C．ObjectsarecounteddifferentlyinJapaneseaccordingtotheirshapes.

D．AMandarinspeakerandaCantonesespeakerwriteChinesedifferently.

25．ThepurposeofthispassageistotellEnglishspeakers__________.

A．howtolearnsomeforeignlanguages

B．whytheymustlearnaforeignlanguage

C．someinformationonthedifficultyofforeignlanguages

D．nottochooseanAsianlanguagetolearnasitistoohard

Influenza,orflu（流感）,isatypeofvirus.Itspreadsfromonepersontoanotherquickly.Whensomeonewhohastheflucoughsorsneezes,littledropletsfromtheirlungs（肺）spreadoutintotheair.Anyonenearbycangetsick.Evenapersonwhotouchessomethingwiththevirusandthentoucheshisorhermouth,eyes,ornose,canbecomeinfected（感染）.

Theoutbreakofthe1918influenzainfectedabout500millionpeopleworldwide.Itkilledfrom20millionto50millionpeople.ItwasfirstseeninEurope,theUnitedStates,andpartsofAsia.Itthenspreadquicklyaroundtheworld.Manypeoplewhobecamesickwereyoung,healthyadults.Atthetime,notreatmentsworkedinthepreventionofthespreadofthekillerflu.Peoplewereorderedtowearmasks.Schools,theatersandotherpublicplaceswereclosed.

Whenthefirstwave（波〉inthespringof1918hit,itdidn'tseemserious.Peoplewhowereinfectedfelttheusualflusymptoms（症状）,whicharechills,fevers,andfeelingtired.Thosewhogotsickgenerallygotbetterafterseveraldays.Notmanydied.However,asecond,highlycontagious（传染的）waveofinfluenzaappearedinthefallofthatsameyear.Victimsdiedshortlyaftertheywereinfected—withinhoursordays.Theirskinturnedblueandtheirlungswerefilledwithliquid（液体）,makingitverydifficulttobreathe.

Bythesummerof1919,theflupandemic（大流行病）cametoanend.Sickpeoplehadeithergotwellordied.Almost90yearslater,in2008,researchersannouncedthey’ddiscoveredwhythe1918fluwassodeadly.Thefluvirusinflamed（使…恶化）thelungs,causingthemtofillwithliquid.

Since1918,therehavebeenseveralotherinfluenzapandemics,althoughnonehasbeenquiteasdeadly.

26．Whatinformationaboutthe1918fluismentionedinthepassage?

A．Thereasonwhyitwassodeadly.

B．Thereasonwhyitended.

C．Thechangeitcausedtomedicalresearch.

D．Theplaceinwhichitwaslastseen.

27．Allthepeoplethatwereinfectedwiththe1918flu___________.

A．hadblueskinthatledtotheirdeath

B．hadtouchedsomeonewiththevirus

C．diedastheirlungswerefilledwithliquid

D．hadthevirusintheirbodiesthatmadethemsick

28．Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthe1918fluisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．Wearingamaskwasthebestwaytotreatit.

B．Ayoungerpersonhadalowerriskofbeinginfectedwithit.

C．Peopleexpectedthecomingofitssecondwave,butcouldn’tstopit.

D．Itwasdeadlierthananyotherinfluenzapandemicinmodernhistory.

“What’swrong,Carina?

”Collinasked.“Homesickagain?

”

Hissisternodded.

“Yeah,metoo.”Collinsighed（叹息）.

Theirfamilyhadmovedtothenewplacenearlyfourmonthsago.Thenewplacewashousedinsideahugetransparentdome（透明的圆屋顶）.Itstilldidn'tfeellikehome.

“Imissmyfriends,”Carinasaidsadly.“Andgreengrassandswimming,andeverything.Ievenmissthesoundofrainontheroof（屋顶）.”

“Worstofall,”Carinacontinued,“mybirthdayisintwodays,andIdon'tthinkMomandDadareplanninganythingspecial.They'retoobusy.”

“She'sprobablyright,”thoughtCollin.Lifeherewasverybusyforscientistsliketheirparents.Hedoubtediftheyhadtimetoplanaparty.Andhowcouldtheyanyway?

Thingssuchasballoonsandbirthdaycandlesdidn’texisthere.Theydidn'tevenhaveenoughmaterialstomakeacake.

“Don’tworry.”CollinputanarmaroundCarina'sshoulder.

Collinwalkedtowardtheagriculturalcenter,wherehismomworked.Hefoundhertakingnotesonsometalltube-likeplants.

“Whatarethose?

”heasked.

“Bambooplants,”saidMom.“They’restrongandgrowfast.Theymakegoodbuildingmaterials.”

“MayIhaveapiece?

”

“Sure.”Momhandedonetohimandmadeanoteonhernotebook.

Thenextday,Collinmadetinyholesintothepieceofbambooandputsmallnails（钉子）intoeachhole.Hepouredahandfulofpebbles（鹅卵石）insideandcoveredtheopenends.

Collinheldthebamboopiececarefullyashehurriedhome.Hehiditbehindhisbackandopenedthefrontdoor.Tohissurprise,MomandDadwerehomeearlyfromwork.Momwascarryingsomethingthatlooke