2014年江苏省镇江市中考英语试题及答案.doc

镇江市2014年初中毕业升学考试英语试卷一、单项选择(共15小题:每小题I分，满分15分) 从A、 B、 C.、D四个选顶中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.1. We can live a better life if we create less polluted world. A. the B. an C. a D.不填2. My star sign is Virgo and my characteristics are similar to described in that book. A. them B. these C. ones D. those3. She always wants to do the job which she has been trained . A. for B. by C. on D. of4. US First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged students to study abroad in her when visiting Peking University on March 22, 2014. A. story B. speech C. letter D. diary5.Is David coming by train?He should, but he not. He likes driving his car. A. can B. need C. must D. may6. silk feels soft and cool, its difficult to be taken good care of. A. Because B. Though C. Since D. As7.What smells terrible, Ted? Im sorry. Ill my shoes and wash them at once. A. take away B. put away C. throw away D. keep away8. Spring Bud Project is an organization that raises money poor young girls return to school. A. to save B. saving C. helping D. to help9.Do you know the book One Hundred Years of Solitude(百年孤独)has been printed again? It is expected to be. unusual novel it is! A. What B. What a C. How D. What an10.Where is your son Jimmy living now? He the city of Zhenjiang, China for two years. A. has been in B. has been to C. has gone to D. has come to11.Gong Li has been considered as an actress again because she was experienced in acting the film Coming Home. A. energetic B. elegant C. excellent D. easy-going12.Dont forget to come to our school assembly(集会)tomorrow morning. I wont. I just now. A. reminded B. was reminded C. reported D. was reported13.My aunt said she called you yesterday morning, but there was no answer. Oh, we were at home. Maybe my husband with my daughter and me my car in the garden. A. were washing B. had washed C. was washing D. washed14.May I help you? You seem to have some trouble. , thanks. I think I can manage it myself. A. No problem B. Theres no way C. Thats all right D. All right15.Granny, the school trip was very exciting but a little tiring. Oh, could you tell me ? A. how did you go to the park B. what you did in the trip C. that you saw something beautiful D. if your friends had played with you二、完形填空(共10小题:每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选择最佳项。 Recently, I felt like I reached a very low point in life. My relationships werent good, I wasnt enjoying my classes, and I felt like I had nothing to 16 .My life seemed to be full of endless homework, tests and loneliness. Nothing anyone said seemed 17 to me. I wasnt sure what to do about myself. All I wanted was to be happy again, but I didnt know who or what would 18 that.During these days, I had trouble sleeping. I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight. I had no 19 but to tell my dad. He 20 the book The Secret. I immediatelybought the e-book online and read the whole thing that night. Im 21 quite a stubborn person, but the effect on my mood after finishing the book was 22 . Suddenly, I felt like life was beautiful again. I had never felt such a deep and quick 23 in my life before. In fact, the books message was very simplethink positively(积极地).The book had many success stories about how people were able to 24 money, soul mates(心灵伙伴)and old friends back into their lives. I started learning to thank everything in my life like them. Little by little, I realized that The Secret could only work 25 I believed these peoples success stories.Now Im sure I can bring myself happiness.16. A. take care ofB. come up withC. look down onD. look forward to17. A. helpful B. colourfulC. peaceful D. powerful18. A. serveB. offerC. answer D. prevent19. A. problemB. ideaC. needD. doubt20. A. borrowedB. collectedC. returnedD. recommended21. A. normallyB. mainlyC. finallyD. probably22. A. realisticB. commonC. obviousD. serious23. A. breathB. noticeC. surpriseD. change24. A. attractB. control C. imagineD. mention25. A. untilB. WhenC. unlessD. before三、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、 D四个选顶中，选择最佳选项。ASome people say extreme（极限）sports are dangerous - and theyre probably right - but hey, if youre not afraid of getting hurt, You might as well do it with style! It is reported that regular sports are not completely safer than extreme ones. Here is an introduction to three new extreme sports.Ostrich(鸵鸟)Racing South Africa and Jacksonville, Florida, USA are the two homes of ostrich racing. Why do some guys like to attend this extreme sport? The show is that sometimes four or even ten ostriches are marching forward and at a time, and this is seriously strange. For the supporters, theres a chance to ride an ostrich. Although if you dont want to be bitten or kicked, you can use carts（木车）like ostriches for racing instead.BASE JumpingBASE represents several wordsBuildings, Spans，Earth Spans mean bridges and Earth means cliffs(悬崖), but then the beauty of BASE jumping is that its just launching(发射)yourself from anywhere possible with a parachute(降落伞)ready to go.Although BASE jumping dates back to 1978, it has been popular quite a lot recently because there are pieces of videos on the Internet and every jump is a new possibility.Bird Man SuitsThe bird man suit has a few namesthe flying squirrel suit, wing-suit and bat-suit, its a specially designed suit that lets you glide(滑翔) through the air at controlled speedsadding alittle extra to your usual skydiving experience. This is probably the closest we are going to fly. If combining(结合)this with BASE jumping, youll get some serious death-defying(挑战死亡的) excited feelings.26. According to the passage, why is ostrich racing seriously strange?A. Because ostriches may bite and kick people. B. Because supporters have chances to ride ostriches. C. Because four or even ten ostriches are marching forward at a time. D. Because it has two homes, South Africa and Jacksonville, Florida, USA.27. The following places are suitable for BASE jumping except . A. the Little Mermaid B. Mount Fuji C. the Leaning Tower of Pisa D. the Tower Bridge28. What is NOT the function of the bird man suit? A. It helps control flying speed. B. It helps squirrels and bats fly. C. It helps people experience gliding through the air. D. It can help people get serious death-defying excited feelings.BIt was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, No, Im not. Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, Shes not from anywhere! The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean. The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Taras group asked her, Where are you from? Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Taras answer.Aha! they both exclaimed, You ARE from Korea! Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion， ESL students should try to speak English only. I agree. said Rose. Youre 100 percent right. agreed Jenny, Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right，Rose? Rose nodded，and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.29. The underlined word exclaimed in Paragraph 3 means . A. cried in fear B. shouted in surprise C. screamed with joy D. announced with excitement30. According to the passage, we can infer(推断)that .A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from KoreaB. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her groupC. Tara said she wasnt from Korea because she didnt like Rose and Jenny and wasnt willing to speak Korean with themD. Tara said she wasnt from Korea because she didnt want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days31. What can be the best title of this passage? A. Lets Speak English B. An ESL Class C. Dont Tell Lies D. Three Korean WomenCJack thought himself a basketball fan. He watched quite a lot of American NBA basketball games. Not only did he watch them, he spent much of his free time playing on the court too. Then came the final year of his middle school. All of his regular teammates stopped showing up on the court because they were simply too busy preparing for the high school entrance exam to play. He was, of course, under much stress himself, like everyone else. A good exam result meant a good high school; a mediocre(平庸的)score meant a mediocre school. Much was at stake. However, he loved basketball so much that he still found time to play, this time with a group of guys who were said to have skipped classes(逃课)before.Some of his teachers started worrying about him. They asked his mother to go to school to let her know that Jack was hanging out with problem kids. When his mother returned home that day, she wanted to talk to Jack. Knowing the purpose of her visit to the school, Jack thought his mother would punish him for befriending those bad guys. To his surprise, his mother was not angry with him at all. She wanted to hear her sons side of the story. So Jack told his mother about what he knew of Simon and Peter. Simons parents were badly ill; Peters father had lost his job. They both seemed to Jack to be normal kids. Jacks mother thought for a moment, then went on to say that she was OK with her son playing with them and that she and her son should think of ways to help these kids. Soon Jacks mum introduced some part-time jobs to Simon and Peter, which they accepted. She believed in her son and cared about those who were less lucky.Jacks basketball friends and he have left for different places, but they still keep in touch. He knows Peter is now a manager of a local bank. Simon is currently a freshman at a university. Sadly, it is impossible to get together to play basketball again, but whenever they get on the phone, they talk about it all the time.32. After Jacks mother came home from school, she . A. was angry with him B. told him what his teachers had said C. asked him to keep away from problem kids D. was patient enough to listen to her sons words33. What does the underlined sentence Much was at stake probably mean in the passage? A. Jack must be punished by his mother. B. Jack might not enter a good high school. C. Jack might get hurt when playing basketball. D. Jack must be influenced badly by problem kids.34. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Peters family are living much better. B. Simon is now studying at a university. C. Jacks mum understood him instead of blaming him. D. Jacks teachers wanted his mother to help his friends.35. The main idea of the passage is to . A. make friends with problem kids B. keep in touch with friends all the time C. try to understand children and help problem kids D. give up hobbies before the high school entrance exam四、词汇运用(共10小题:每小题1分，满分10分) A)根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，每空一词.36. The singers in the CCTV talent show Sing My Song have (able) to write songs.37. -Did you eat rice dumplings at Dragon Boat Festival? -Of course. I love the ones made in Jiaxing. They seem even (taste) to me after watching the TV programme A Bite of China.38. Li Jianrou was (interview) shortly after she won the first gold medal for China in the 22nd Winter Olympic Games.39. Jan looked (hope) at her husband for a football ticket to get closer to her favourite player.40. The old man was looking through the list of the (soldier) names in order to remember the old days.B)根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词.41. Whether Siheyuan in Beijing should be kept or not is under a hot (讨论).42. -What do you think of the block you live in? -Im not satisfied. The loud noise from the square always (打扰、扰乱)me a lot.43. What he said finally proved that he was (不诚实的).44. Some people have no sense of safety. They usually go (径直)across the road without looking at traffic lights.45.The weather report says there will be much (雨)in most areas in the south.五、短文填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词.使短文意思完整，每空一词.More and more families like to keep dogs as pets. But not all dog owners think of others while they are walking their dogs. So many towns and cities around the world f 46 a mess of left-behind feces(粪便)from dogs. In February of this year, a town in France started a new p 47 to teach dog owners a lesson. The g 48 sent about 20 volunteers to search the streets carefully, looking for humans who wouldnt clean up after their dogs. The volunteers who seemed to have no c 49 aim would then move nearer to the pet owner, then start a conversation in order to get the dogs name. W 50 the name of the dog and its type, we can e 51 discover the owner from the registered(登记) database(信息库)held in the town hall. an officer e 52 . The volunteers would then pick up the dog feces and the package would be p 53 to the pet owners house. In the past few m 54 , the town has seen a 70% decrease减少)in the amount of dog feces left on public streets. Maybe many cities in our country can f