2016年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷及答案

常州市2016年中考英语试卷

(满分：90分考试时间：l 00分钟)

一、单项选择(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l 0分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 1. Though Kongfu Panda 3 is popular with teenagers, it won't be liked

by ____.

A. nobody

B. somebody

C. everybody

D. anybody

( ) 2. Our teacher a bookshelf at the back of our classroom to make a small reading corner.

A. picked up

B. put up

C. took up

D. got up

( ) 3. --I've bought all the food for the party tonight.

-- Thank you. Then I go to the supermarket.

A. can't

B. mustn't

C. shouldn't

D. needn't

( )4. ---Do you enjoy yourself at the concert?

--Yes. I have never been to one before.

A. a better

B. the best

C. a worse

D. the worst

( )5. ---Do you know when we ?

--I'm not sure. I will tell you about it when the time

A. leave; is fixed

B. will leave; is fixed

C. leave; will be fixed

D. will leave; will be fixed

( )6. The coach thinks of Mary's sports talents, for she jumped very ________at the sports meeting.

A. high; high

B. highly; highly

C. high; highly

D. highly; high

( ) 7. --What shall we buy for Lucy as a present?

--Let's buy a new bike for her. Her bike breaks down from time to time .

A. after all

B. above all

C. at all

D. in all

( )8. --How did you put together the model plane so perfectly?

---It's easy. I just followed the .

A. instructions

B. instruments

C. interviews

D. inventions

( )9.--_______will the discussion last?

--________we reach an agreement.

A. How long; Not until

B. When; Not until

C. How long; Until

D. When; Until

( ) 10. --Could you show me how to make a fruit salad?

--______. First, you need to choose some fresh fruit of different

A. It doesn't matter

B. My pleasure

C. You're welcome

D. With pleasure

二、完形填空(共1 2小题：每小题l分，满分l 2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。

What does taking a risk mean? It means trying 11 things even if(即使) they make you feel uncomfortable or afraid. One of the greatest risks I'd ever taken was playing a role in my high school's fall play. I was not only a person who had 12 performance(表演) experience, but also I stuttered(c口吃).

The 13 of performing in front of people made me worried. The reason why I 14 to perform was that I wanted to take part in my school theatre program.

On the day of the audition(试演), there were also some acting exercises to warm us up. We were divided into pairs to 15 parts of the play. I felt very worried. After I said some of the lines( 台词), my partner said, "I 16 you are stuttering. Is that for dramatic effect or do you really stutter?" I was speechless.

When my 17 to audition came, my heart was beating fast. Across from me sat the director and his assistants (助手 ). Needless to say, I was really 18 my performance. I played the role of a man painter who pretended(假装) to be a woman. My partner was playing a businessman who wanted to marry me (the woman). We said our lines and, 19 , , I didn't stutter. We went through it several times, and finally it was over. I was so 20 .

The next Monday I was told that I had made the play. How excited I was! It was a lot of fun doing the play, and it was clear to me that my stuttering couldn't 21 me doing what I wanted to do, and taking risks was well worth the time and 22 .

( )11. A. interesting B. exciting C. tiring D. challenging

( )12. A. enough B. some C. little D. much

( )13. A. experience B. thought C. memory D. purpose

( )14. A. failed B. decided C. afforded D. refused

( )15. A. compare B. understand C. describe D. prepare

( )16. A. promise B. realize C. notice D. imagine

( )17. A. turn B. hope C. dream D. plan

( )18. A. amazed at B. worried about C. used to D. curious about

( )19. A. surprisingly B. finally C. probably D. certainly