常州中考英语试卷及答案

常州市二○一七年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试

英语试题

注意事项：

1. 本试卷共8页，全卷满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。考生须将答案书写在答

题卡上，写在试卷上的一律无效。

2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号填写在试卷上，并填写好答题卡上的考

生信息。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

一、单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. – _________ is it since you left your primary school

– Three years.

A. How old

B. How long

C. How far

D. How soon

2. –How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get _________ I’d like to buy _________, too.

– In the shop in the city centre.

A. it; one

B. one; one

C. one; it

D. it; it

3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive _________ he promises to give up drinking.

A. unless

B. since

C. if

D.

after

4. A child should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of _________ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong.

A. taking up

B. putting up

C. making up

D. setting up

5. –Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening

– He should, but he _________ not. Sometimes he exercises after work.

A. can

B. must

C. need

D. may

6. – Could you tell me how to behave politely in public in the UK

– Yes. _________, you should keep your voice down and always queue.

A. After all

B. First of all

C. In all

D. At

all

7. – Why does n’t the surgeon stop _________ lunch

– Because he is too busy _________ a dying patient in the operation room.

A. to have; to save

B. having; to save

C. to have; saving

D. having; saving

8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees.

A. used to be

B. used to have

C. was used to being

D. was used to having

9. The shopping mall _________ for two years, but I _________ there only once.

A. has opened; have gone

B. has opened; have been

C. has been open; have gone

D. has been open; have been

10. –Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please

–_________. I’ll water them on time.

A. Come on

B. With pleasure

C. Take it easy

D. You’re welcome

二、完形填空（共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II —Robin Haworth, Room 301”. I had never liked biology and I found it 11 . After I entered the room, I took a seat in the very back and 12 for my new teacher. The bell rang and Mrs Haworth entered the classroom. She began to tell us how her class was going to be difficult and that if we weren’t up to the 13 , she would gladly let us leave.

The class required lots of 14 . This was especially hard for me because I was balancing a new school with a new part-time job. My grades soon began to 15 . Just as I began to appear in a sea of D, Mrs Haworth asked me what was up. I told her about the difficulty I was having. She listened to me and I knew she truly 16 my life and my problems. She told me that she 17 me but that I needed to learn how to manage my time better. Mrs Haworth greatly 18 my ability by helping me learn to solve my problems on my own. If I got a C in a test, she would hand it 19 and asked me to deal with the ones I missed and tell her why. She 20 increased my grades but taught me how to study harder. I got to know that if I had done my