2020年常州市中考英语模拟试卷含答案

2020年常州市中考英语模拟试卷

英语试卷

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共60分）

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 1.—This year, __ Father’s Day happens to fall on June 21 after the Dragon Boat Festival.

—Yes, it’s _____ special day for us to show our love for our fathers.

A. the; a

B. a; the

C. 不填; the

D. 不填; a

( ) 2.—This book on pronunciation is very useful. I like ______, where did you buy it, Sam?

—In Xinhua Bookstore, opposite our school.

A. one

B. it

C. this

D. that

( ) 3. It was really patient ______ him to spend a long time dealing with the problem ______ such a rainy night.

A. of; on

B. for; in

C. of; in

D. for; on

( ) 4. Read the _____ on the bottle carefully first before taking the medicine, otherwise you’ll eat it by mistake.

A. introductions

B. instructions

C. inventions

D. informations

( ) 5.—Mr Wu is an experienced teacher and he often makes his class lively and interesting.

—I agree. We’re always asked to _______ dialogues by him in our English class.

A. take up

B. look up

C. set up

D. make up

( ) 6.—Use your head, ________ you will find a way out.

—Thank you, I will. A little change can make an unexpected ending.

A. or

B. so

C. and

D. but

( ) 7.—Compared these flats with those ones, I find the price is a bit ________.

—Oh, that’s why they have made up their minds to book one at once.

A. cheaper

B. lower

C. higher

D. more expensive ( ) 8.—We can reduce air pollution by riding bicycles and save paper by using both sides.

—________. Everyone can do something meaningful to make a difference.

A. Exactly

B. Probably

C. Hardly

D. Closely

( ) 9.—Should I tell Mary about tomorrow’s task?

—No, y ou ________. Since she’s ill, just l et her have a good rest at home.

A. shouldn’t

B. mustn’t

C. needn’t

D. can’t

( ) 10.—You won’t work out the problem ________ you understand it clearly.

—Yes, that’s true. Please explain it to me as soon as possible.

A. since

B. when

C. unless

D. though

( ) 11.—I don’t think you should punish the boy for his being absent from the activity.

—Yes, I think so. _________, he is only a boy of twelve.

A. In all

B. Above all

C. At all

D. After all

( ) 12. The coming industry exhibition is well worth _________, and you’re sure to find many kinds of products there.

A. a visit

B. to visiting

C. to visit

D. visit

( ) 13. The exchange students are talking about the local people and the interesting things _____ they saw during their visit to the museum.

A. which

B. who

C. that

D. what

( ) 14.—Could you tell me __________?

—Sorry, I have no idea.

A. which the way is to the post office

B. what’s the matter with the little girl

C. that the victim was wounded with a knife or a gun

D. if there was anything interesting in today’s newspaper

( ) 15.—Shall we ask more students to help raise money for the boy operated on?

—Good idea. As an old saying goes,“__________.”

A. many hands make light work

B. every dog has its day

C. it’s better to be safe than sorry

D. don’t p ut all your eggs in one basket

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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also (16)____ and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his (17)____.

In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe, Mr. Cousins got (18)____ . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones.

In less than a week after he got back, he could not (19)____ it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to (20)____ at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure his problem and he might never (21)____ the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by (22)____ thoughts. He did not want to take (23)____ to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on