2017年常州中考英语试卷及试卷

2017年常州市初中毕业统一学业英语考试试卷分析

一、单选题：

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 center.

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 children 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 doesn’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：

On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II-Robin Haworth, Rom 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 best for the first time I did it, I wouldn’t have so many ___21___. And after many trials, my grades became better.

I had never had a(n) ___22___ who opened up to me and treated me as her equal. Over the past years she was taught me that if I want to be excellent, I am the one who can make that happen.

11. A. Amazing B. practical C. boring D. important

12. A. prepared B. wished C. searched D. waited

13. A. experience B. challenge C. education D. value

14. A. competition B. attention C. conversation D. creation

15. A. fall B. change C. improve D. miss

16. A. cheered for B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in

17. A. understood B. recommended C. admired D. remembered

18. A. supported B. influenced C. developed D. displayed

19. A. back B. in C. out D. over

20. A. even B. ever C. sometimes D. never