2019年5月常州市武进区中考英语第二次模拟试卷附答案解析

常州市武进区2019年5月中考第二次模拟试卷

英语试题2019.05

【满分90分；考时100分钟】

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共48分）

一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. What _______ different Qingguo Lane we can see now! It has risen to the top attention since it newly opened

and it means a growing _______ in traditional culture among people in Changzhou.

A. the, habit

B. a, interest

C. / , dream

D. a, direction

2. --- What did you do yesterday?

--- My brother took two friends of ______ to play chess with us. But I don’t know ______ of them.

A. his; all

B. him; both

C. his; either

D. him; neither

3. It was really helpful _______ her to clean up the street _______ a cold winter morning.

A. of; on

B. of; at

C. for; on

D. for; at

4. The Shape of Water won four Oscars of the 90th Academy Awards, including Best Production Design, Best

Score _______ Best Director and Best Picture.

A. as soon as

B. as well as

C. as much as

D. as good as

5. The information _______ my friend _______ to me many years ago is still of great value today.

A. that; offered

B. which; was offered

C. that; was offered

D. what; offered

6. --- What are you doing, Jack?

--- I am searching for some information about the Blue Moon. I wonder _______.

A. that it will appear next time

B. when was it found for the first time

C. why it looks blue

D. if it represents luck or not

7. A survey about why people like the film Avengers: Endgame（复仇者联盟4）so much was

_______ on the Internet last week.

A. taken out

B. carried out

C. turned out

D. given out

8. You have finished most of the work, so you _______ start working so early tomorrow. You may come at 9 :00.

A. can't

B. mustn't

C. needn't

D. couldn't

9. The price of the cotton _______ all the time so the factories plan to _______ the price of their cotton clothes.

A. rises; raise

B. raises; raise

C. raises; rise

D. rises; rise

10. --- Many a time, Bob failed to find a job where his skills can be put to use so the situation worried him deeply.

--- _________.

A. Do in Rome as the Romans do

B. An evil lesson is soon learned

C. A miss is as good as a mile

D. Come what way, heaven won’t fall

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。

Once I read about an expert on the subject of time management. One day this expert was speaking to a group of business students. He said, "Okay, time for a(n) 11 ." Then he pulled out one big and wide-mouthed jar (坛子) and set it on a table in front of him. Then he took out some big rocks and 12 and slowly placed them, one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more 13 would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?" He 14 under the table and pulled out some gravel(沙砾). Then he 15 some gravel in and shook the jar causing 16 of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. Then he smiled and asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?"

By this time the class was silent. " 17 not," one of them answered in a low voice. "Good!" he replied. And he reached under the table and 18 out some sand. He started pouring the sand in and it went into all the spaces 19 between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?'" No" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good!" Then he caught a bottle of water and began pouring it in until the jar was filled to the top. Then he looked up at the class and asked, "What 20 can you reach from the experiment?”

One 21 his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your timetable is, if you try really hard, you can always 22 some more things into it!' "No," the expert replied, "that's not the point. The truth is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."

11. A. drink B. experiment(实验）C. break D. rest

12. A. carefully B. suddenly C. quickly D. finally

13. A. bricks B. sweets C. rocks D. leaves

14. A. got B. reached C. sat D. laid

15. A. threw B. hid C. caught D. blew

16. A. numbers B. parts C. pieces D. couples

17. A. Absolutely(完全) B. Probably C. Surely D. Certainly

18. A. brought B. gave C. picked D. sent

19. A. lay B. filled C. cleared D. left

20. A. story B. joke C. conclusion D. game

21. A. raised B. rose C. put D. held

22. A. do B. fit C. finish D. cut

三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A