南通市初中毕业升学考试英语试卷.doc

南通市初中毕业、升学考试试卷
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第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）

第Ⅰ卷共45小题，请将答案按要求填涂在答题卡上。
一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能够填入空白处最好选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. Sandy is ______ Australian girl. She came to China for travelling with her parents last week.
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
2. It’s been 100 years since the May Fourth Movement took place ______ May 4, 1919.
A. for B. in C. at D. on
3. —______ did you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Tom?
—By making rice dumplings with my Chinese friends.
A. Where B. When C. How D. Why
4. —Excuse me, can you teach me how to ______ this new word?
—No problem. Look at my mouth and listen carefully.
A. prove B. pronounce C. prepare D. produce
5. —I hear people can pay for almost everything by ZHI FU BAO in China.
—Actually. It’s ______ that people often go shopping without taking any paper money.
A. important B. impossible C. surprising D. necessary
6. He ______ like coffee. I see him drink a cup at times.
A. must B. may C. can’t D. mustn’t
7. —Would you like to go to the city and live with us, Granny?
—Oh, dear, I’m used to the life in the country. I think life here is ______.
A. more comfortable B. less comfortable
C. the most comfortable D. the least comfortable
8. —What do you think of yesterday’s activity in your community?
—Wonderful. A lot of useful advice on self protection ______.
A. is offered B. are offered C. was offered D. were offered
9. —Is everyone here, Jonathan?
—No, Sir. Millie is absent. She ______ for two days.
A. has fallen ill B. has been ill C. fell ill D. was ill
10. High-speed trains are seen as one of the new Four Great ______ of China.
A. Achievements B. Agreements C. Environments D. Instruments
11. —What’s the weather like in Kunming, Lucy?
—It’s ______ hot ______ cold. So Kunming is called “the Spring City”.
A. neither; nor B. not only; but also C. either; or D. both; and
12. Some jazz musicians are great because they can ______ music while playing.
A. put up B. set up C. take up D. make up
13. I still keep taking exercise every day ______ I am busy with so many subjects.
A. until B. unless C. because D. though
14. —Could you please tell me ______?
—With pleasure. Wait a moment, please.
A. if the scarf looked nice on me B. what’s the new product like
C. that Guilin is worth visiting D. how I can order a robot online
15. —Why not hold a Chinese Poetry Competition to welcome our motherland’s 70th birthday?
—______. Let’s make a plan together in our group.
A. That’s all right B. Yes, please C. Good idea D. Never mind

二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最好选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Thank you very much. Thank you!
Thank you for Principal Xu, all the teachers and most importantly, the class of . If I can’t make my speech fantastic, I will at least try to make it short.
It’s been nearly 40 years since I became a member of the navy. You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief. In fact, it all began from the half a    16   basic training, which I will never forget. The training included midnight swims in the cold water, days without    17    and long painful runs in the soft sand. I always felt cold, wet, sleepy and painful.
The training also needed to find those who could    18   in an environment of stress, mess, failure and hardships. To me, the basic training was a lifetime of challenges that lasted six months. And today, I’d like to talk about one little thing, which I think is one of the most important points leading to great    19   .
Every morning in the training, my instructors (教官) would    20   in our rooms. The first thing they did was to    21   our beds. The corners would be square if we did it right. The covers would be pulled tight, and the pillow would be centered just under the headboard.
It was a(n)    22   task. But every morning we were required to make our beds    23   . It seemed a little funny, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proved to me many times over.
If you make your bed every morning, you will have completed the    24   task of the day. It will bring you a small sense of success, and it will    25   you to do another task, and another and another. And by the end of the day, one task completed will have    26   into many tasks completed. Making your bed will prove the fact. If you can’t do the little things right, you will    27   be able to do the big things right.
   28   the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. I can make sure that it doesn’t matter whether I ever    29   a day in uniform. Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection. So if you have an awful day by accident, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
In general, if you want to change the world,    30   off by making your bed. I hope all of you will have a brighter future!
16. A. day’s B. week’s       C. month’s    D. year’s
17. A. water B. sleep    C. food     D. air
18. A. doubt B. lead C. separat e D. hurry
19. A. success B. support C. pain D. pity
20. A. rest B. exercise C. appear D. relax
21. A. check B. clean C. mend D. make
22. A. exciting B. interesting C. simple D. difficult
23. A. softly B. messily C. slowly D. perfectly
24. A. first B. only C. same D. last
25. A. need B. warn C. invite D. encourage
26. A. thrown B. put C. turned D. divided
27. A. always B. hardly C. almost D. easily
28. A. Protecting  B. Changing C. Controlling D. Connecting
29. A. rose   B. risked      C. served       D. celebrated
30. A. start B. run      C. get       D. take

三、阅读了解（本题共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读以下短文，从短文后各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最好选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
② Tours that provide a window on wildlife without harming the animals are a welcome development for Chinese animal-lovers, a recent survey found. About 60 percent of interviewees said that they would refuse to take part in tours that might badly influence the normal life of animals in the wild or be harmful to wildlife.
① The number of Chinese studying abroad grew at a slower rate (比率) in , as more students have come to realize that studying abroad does not guarantee (确保) a well-paid job in foreign countries. About 78 percent of Chinese students abroad plan to work in China either right after graduation or after working abroad for a while.

③ A survey by American Councils for International Education, showed that there were 227,086 Chinese learners across the formal US education system, making Chinese the third most popular language being studied.

④ Passengers found eating or drinking on the Beijing subway who do not stop when they are asked will face having their actions noted on their social credit (信用) score according to Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport.

31. Which of the following is true according to News 1?
A. Most Chinese students studying abroad plan to work in China.
B. Most Chinese students will no longer go abroad for education.
C. Chinese students studying abroad can find jobs easily in China.
D. Chinese students studying abroad can get well-paid jobs in China.
32. What’s the main idea of News 2?
A. Chinese tourists will not do any harm to wildlife from now on.
B. The tours are specially designed for Chinese to protect wildlife.
C. Many tourists in China have a strong sense of animal protection.
D. The tours make more tourists become interested in wild animals.
33. According to the news above, we know that ______.
A. 227,086 Chinese learners have been to America to study languages
B. Chinese has become the most popular language in the United States
C. passengers are not allowed to drink or eat on the Beijing subway
D. passengers will be punished and fined if they eat or drink on the subway
B
Do you like reading? Today let me share something about reading in China. With rapid development of technology and the Internet, new methods and ecological (生态) ideas provide more possibilities for the Chinese to read. The newly national reading report shows that 80 percent of Chinese adults read books, newspapers or magazines in , a year-on-year increase.
Prevailing (盛行) digital (数字) reading
The growth of digital reading has made reading more popular among the Chinese. According to a survey, about 76 percent said they had accessed (访问) content through digital channels. Chen Chengpei, an office worker in Xiamen City loves reading on his mobile phone app in his spare time. He thinks it’s so easy to kill the spare minutes. Mobile phone reading has become the main channel for him to get information. He has downloaded seven news apps, through which he reads for one or two hours a day.
Listening to audiobooks has become a new growth point in terms of reading habits. Zhang Jin from Beijing likes reading 40 minutes on his mobile while going to work on the bus in the morning, and listening to audiobooks on the way home. According to Ximalaya, 16.9 percent of its total users listen to its audiobooks. To attract more users, the mobile app allows users to vote for the book they hope to listen to most. The audio app tries to meet their needs.
①
Li Yang, a student in Beijing, used to be worried by piles of books as her house is too small. The problem was solved when she started to sell the used books on an online second-hand bookstore Deja Vu. “By selling them, most of my books which used to gather dust in the corner can come to life again.” she said.
According to a survey by giant Alibaba in , the market for the second-hand book was booming last year as more Chinese tend to trade or exchange their used books online.
The rise of online second-hand book platforms and sharing ideas also contributed to the booming book recycling.
Users are able to sell their books by scanning the barcode (扫条形码) of books and then wait for the courier (快递员) to collect them. The collected books will be cleaned, disinfected (消毒) and packed before selling to other readers at a lower price.
According to Deja Vu, its total users hit 1.4 million in , with 2 million used books being sold. It has a daily business of 20,000 books. “When I see my books being read by others, I can feel a pleasure of sharing, which is really amazing.” Li Yang said.
34. From the first paragraph, we know that ______.
A. most Chinese adults read books, newspapers or magazines on the Internet
B. the number of Chinese readers is becoming larger and larger year by year
C. the writer tells us some different new methods of reading all over the world
D. Chinese people have more time to read because of technology and the Internet
35. From the passage, we know ______.
A. mobile phones have become the main reading tool for Chinese
B. the audio app can meet whatever the users need to attract more users
C. listening to audiobooks is the most popular reading habit for Chinese
D. Chinese like reading better because of the growth of digital reading
36. Which of the following is suitable for ① ?
A. Recycling digital reading B. Selling books at a low price
C. Booming book recycling D. Collecting second-hand books
37. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The writer wishes more people to download mobile phone apps to read.
B. People can sell or exchange their books on second-hand book platforms.
C. The used books will be posted directly from the sellers to the new users.
D. Two million used books were sold on the online platform Deja Vu in .

C
When I was young, I lived in Scotland with my parents. I had a good time there.
One morning, I ran to the garden, and said to the old Scotsman who worked there. “Today I am going up the mountain for berries.”
“No, no, Missey, not today.” he said, “It will rain.”
“No, it will not rain.” I said, “The sun is up. The cook says it will be fine. The glass in the hall does not say rain.”
“Tuts, tuts.” said the old man, “I care for no suns, or cooks, or glasses. The pimpernel (海绿) says it will rain, and so it will rain. Flowers, Missey, always tell the truth. When they say rain, go and get your umbrella.”
Sure enough, by noon the rain was pouring down. After that, I looked with great respect at the tiny flower, sometimes brickred, sometimes blue, which could tell about the weather. But the pimpernel is not the only plant that is a weather prophet.
If you go into the garden, and find the African marigolds shut after seven o’clock in the morning, you may be pretty sure that there will be a rainy day. There is a little single marigold which shuts up in a hurry if the sky becomes clouded. It is called the “rainy-marigold”.
Most plants which we call “weather prophets” shut up for rain. But some plants open for rain. The cause of the opening and closing is probably the difference in light. Most likely these plants shut their flowers because there is too little light.
But you know there are some plants which become smaller in a strong light and love the shade. You will find that most shade-loving plants, as the verbenas, do not close for rain.
Lilies, tulips and other flowers that love the sun shut for rain. Tulips are careful not to open their cups very wide in the morning if it is likely to rain. The roses make no change. They seem not to fear wet.
On the whole, you may be pretty sure, if you go into your garden, and find many flowers—as tulips, marigolds and morning glories—shut, it will be a stormy day, unfit for picnics or long walks.
38. The plants which are “weather prophets” ______.
A. become smaller in a strong light B. tell about the weather
C. open for rain and fear light D. love shade and wet
39. You can go out for a picnic when ______.
A. the morning glories and lilies do not shut
B. the African marigolds shut after 7:00 a.m.
C. the pimpernels open wide in the daytime
D. the roses and tulips shut in the sunshine
40. What do we know from the passage?
A. The flowers have four ways to help people to get information about weather.
B. The glass in the hall has magic for the writer’s family to know about weather.
C. We can know about weather by keeping many roses at home or in the garden.
D. Missey will probably know about weather by watching flowers from now on.
41. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. watching flowers carefully before going out
B. learning to watch flowers from the old Scotsman
C. the imp