扬州市2017年初中英语中考试卷及答案

扬州市2017年初中英语中考试卷及答案

2017年扬州市中考英语试题及答案

（总分：120分时长：120分钟）一、单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）

在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。

1. They stopped in ______ beautiful place for camping, near _______ fa rmhouse of the Smiths.

A. a, a

B. the, a

C. a, the

D. the, the

2. We all like watching the TV pro gramme Readers _______ Saturday eveni ng.

A. in

B. o n

C. at

D. for

3. Bryan will not want to have ___ ____ to do with horses in the futu re.

A. everything

B. somethi ng

C.anything

D. nothing

4.——All done! Let’

s swim, Martine!

——

Swimming! I just _______get used to it in winter.

A. can’

t B.shouldn’

t C. mustn’

t D. needn’t 5.___________ she couldn’

t see his face, she could tell by his voice that he was young.

A. Unless

B.If

C.Becau se

D. Though

6. ——What are you reading?

— A book about a baseball player. This guy was well __________for hi s devotion to charity work.

A. enjoyed

B. resp ected

C. behave

d D.expected

7.——__________bad news! We didn’t win the 15th Sudirman Cup. ——It’s a pity.

A. What

B.What a

C. How

D. How a

8. Mrs. White is ________enough to spend her spare time on our maths problems.

A. confident

B. curi ous

C. wise

D. generous

9.—

—I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens. —

—_____________days would you be at sea? Homesick?

A. How long

B. How

many C. How mu ch D. How soon

10. My grandpa knows the history an

d medical _______ of many plants.

A. wealth

B. p rice

C.val ue

D.cost 11.——You have a nice car. —Thank you. I __________ it for less than one month.

A. bought

B.have bought

C. had

D. have had

12. Mom does all the housework so that Sarah can take the time ______ _ her words on paper. A. put

B. putting

C. to put

D. puts

13.—

—What do you think of the sofa?

—

—Not bad, but it may _________ t oo much space of our living room.

A. take up B . put up C . open up D. make up

14.—

—Excuse me, could you tell me __ _________? ——Well, there’

s one on your left.

A. when the bank opens

B. where the bank is

C. how far is the bank

D. h ow can I get to the bank

15.—

—Only those who have a lot in c ommon can get along well. —

—_____________. Opposites sometimes attract.

A. I hope so

B.

I think so

C. I don’

t care

D. I don’t think so

二、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974, he ch anged my life. “While travelling, y ou should keep notes on the things you see and do.__16__, you will f orget them someday,”he explained.

I was staying in his house when tr avelling in England.

I took his __17__.I wrote in the n