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1、2014年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷一、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（1分）（2014常州）It was really helpful him to take the cat to the animal centre a rainy night（）Aof； onBof； atCfor； onDfor； at2（1分）（2014常州）Why is honest leader like him supported by few workers？（）Aan； soBan； suchCa； soDa； such3（1分）（201

2、4常州）Where shall I go for the summer holiday？How about Xiamen？It is a city worth on a bike（）Alooking forBlooking atClooking forward toDlooking around4（1分）（2014常州）The Yellow River flood large areas，but now the waters of it are used to energy（）Awas used to； producingBused to； producingCwas used to； pro

3、duceDused to； produce5（1分）（2014常州）The apple pies here taste than those from anywhere elseYesBut it will be better if they are（）Amore delicious； more expensiveBless delicious； more expensiveCmore delicious； less expensiveDless delicious； less expensive6（1分）（2014常州）When will the railway that connects

4、the two cities open？ next yearOnly two thirds been built（）AUntil； hasBUntil； haveCNot until； hasDNot until； have7（1分）（2014常州）How nice that Lucy has been invited to the party too!Well，Lucy not comeShe is not certain whether her mother will allow her to（）AmightBwouldCmustDneed8（1分）（2014常州）We should te

5、ll the truthWe cant say one thing to one person and thing to someone else（）AotherBanotherCthe otherDone more9（1分）（2014常州）Its reported that there will be a snowstorm this SundayWere planning to go on a picnic that day（）AI hope soBI hope notCIm afraid soDIm afraid not10（1分）（2014常州）Hi，JimI hear that yo

6、uve just come back from SanyaIm calling to askGreat!（）Ahow did you visit the cityBhow many days youve spent thereCwhich hotel you stayed in SanyaDhow you found the seafood there二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题12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11（12分）（2014常州）My earliest memories of writing are only school

7、homework，nothing of any creativityAll that（11） one day，when Mrs Kumar asked us to write“An autobiography（自传） of a pencil”For me，it was just another piece of homework，（12）Mrs Kumar reacted（表现） very differentlyMaybe she was just being（13），or maybe she really liked the workWhatever her（14），she read it

8、out to the class as an example of“fine writing”A few years later，I went back to my old schoolI was walking through the（15） corridors（走廊） when I passed by Mrs Kumar，who was still teaching her classShe looked up as I passed and I（16），not wanting to disturb herSeeing me，she went out and invited me into

9、 her class“This girl is one of the best（17） this school has seen，”she said“She wrote a wonderful autobiography of a pencilI hope some of you can learn to write like her”Even after all these years，I can still clearly remember that momentMy face shines with （18）whenever I tell someone this experienceI

10、 am sure I was not the only student whose school homework Mrs Kumar（19）It is likely that she made an effort to make each one of us feel（20）However，I had never had anybody praise（表扬） my writing before thatIt encouraged me to do better to prove to her that“Look!Your（21） in me has workedI am good，becau

11、se you believe I am”Today，I am a successful writerThanks to Mrs Kumar，my（22） are not only a tool（工具） to useThey are also a symbol of little beginnings and the power of a teachers encouragement11、Astarted Brepeated Cchanged Dappeared12、Aand Bthough Cso Dbut13、Akind Bexcited Csatisfied Dgenerous14、Are

12、asons Bcauses Cefforts Dwishes15、Astrange Bendless Ccrowded Dfamiliar16、Awhispered Bclapped Cwaved Dcheered17、Ainventors Bwriters Cwinners Dvisitors18、Acourage Bhonesty Cpride Dmodesty19、Aremembered Bchecked Cincluded Dmarked20、Aprotected Bspecial Cloved Dnecessary21、Aunderstanding Bconfidence Creco

13、mmendation Dcongratulation22、Avisits Bwritings Cmemories Dpencils三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6分，满分26分）=1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23（6分）（2014常州）Harry is a boy with a learning disabilityOn his fourth birthday，he was given a pug called MillieTwo weeks after the dogs arrival，he was happier and calmer and s

14、aid his first words，“dog”and“mummy”Just two months later，thieves stole the dog，and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he startedHe has refused to talk since losing his best friendHis mother was worried and gave him another dog，but he just“pushed it away”Mrs Hainsworth，his mother，says，“M

15、y son is very sadHell go over to her cage and just beat（敲打） on the barsThere is no word coming out，but you just know hes screamingWhere is MillieinsideMillie was really his best friendThey would play together happily for hoursNone of his toys has ever held his attention that longNow he has just comp

16、letely turned quiet again”Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and moveBut the dogs being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy hadMrs Hainsworth says，“My son was so happy when he saw MillieBeing with Millie changed him，and within

17、 two weeks he had said his first words and was working on sayingdadJust last week，his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped himAnd now this!”Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept itMaureen Hennis of the charity，Pets as Therapy，says she

18、has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems“People may talk to a dog when they wouldnt like to talk to another human，”she says“A dog doesnt care if words come out wrong”23、Before getting Millie，HarryAhad never seen a dogBhad never said a wordChad received little treatmentDhad nev

19、er played with toys24、With Millie gone，HarryAis too sad to continue learning to talkBoften quietly waits for her beside the cageCkeeps asking his mother to get him another pugDdoes not want to play with other children any more25、According to Maureen Hennis，Millie was able to help Harry becauseAdogs

20、are mans best friendsBdogs are very clever and helpfulCchildren dont have stress when talking to dogsDchildren would rather talk to dogs than to humans26（6分）（2014常州）Once a traveller came into a village which was suffering from hungerThe villagers asked him to leave，for they feared he wanted them to

21、give him foodThey told him that there was no foodThe traveller explained that he didnt need any food and that，in fact，he was planning to make a soup to share with them insteadThe villagers watched suspiciously as he built a fire and filled a pot with water With great ceremony（仪式），he pulled a stone f

22、rom a bag，and dropped the stone into the pot of waterAfter a moment，he smelt the soup and shouted with excitement，“How delicious the soup is!”As the villagers began to show interest，he mentioned how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in itA villager brought out a cabbage to shareThis

23、episode（情节） repeated itself until the soup had cabbage，carrots，onions，and beetsindeed，a full pot of soup that could feed everyone in the village was readyThis story describes when there are not enough resources（资源），humans will store thingsWe do not want to shareThe story of stone soup helps us reali

24、ze that，in doing so，we often prevent ourselves and everyone else from having a feast（盛宴）The meaning of this story goes far beyond foodWe keep to ourselves ideas，love，and energy，thinking we will be richer，but in fact we make the world，and ourselves，poorerThe traveller was able to see that the village

25、rs were holding back，and he had the ability to inspire（激发） them to giveIn this way，they created a large meal that none of them could have created aloneAre you like one of the villagers？If you come forward and share your gifts，you will inspire others to do the sameThe reward is a feast that can feed

26、many26、What does the underlined word“suspiciously”most probably mean？Adoubtfully Bexcitedly Ccuriously Dfearfully27、The traveller put a stone into the pot in order toAteach the villagers to cook a soup with stoneBinspire the villagers to bring out their own foodCprove to the villagers that he didnt

27、want their foodDhelp villagers to survive by giving them some food28、The writer mainly wants to tell us thatAstoring things in hard times is human natureBa good leader is very necessary in hard timesCskills are needed to inspire people to share with othersDsharing is more important than keeping thin

28、gs to oneself29（6分）（2014常州）Greek（希腊）Roman（罗马） FestivalFriday，April 28thYou can join one groupAs a member of the group，you will take part in at least ONE of the following activities1Compete in an Olympic eventRemember there is only small space for each event，so dont be lateHercules ThrowThrow a footb

29、all through a hoop（圈） 20feet awayThree Headed Race Three people line up with touching legs tiedThen they run 100metres in the playgroundToga Barrow Race This is like a wheelbarrow race（Runners take hold of partnersfeet while partners walk on hands）2Make Greek or Roman foodMrs Jones has a list of rec

30、ipes（菜谱） from ancient（古代的） Greece and RomeYou may make American food，but be sure to give it a special，mythological（神话的） nameFor example，call your chocolate cake“Zeuss Delight”This is a great way to practice your skills in the kitchen3Create a work of art for the museumBe sure your artwork shows anci

31、ent Greek or Roman cultureArtworks may include sculptures，paintings，mosaics，drawings or modelsThe museum is a great place to show off your artistic talent4Perform a new short performance，song or dance for the talent showRewrite your favorite Greek myth（神话） by using modern language，or change the word

32、s of a popular song to tell a Greek or Roman storySend your creative ideas to your English teacher for agreementYou must first perform for a group of teachersThe teachers choose the BEST performance groups for the talent show，so be sure your group has prepared for itThis timetable will help groups k

33、now when each event will take place and where to go29、Which of the following is true according to the passage？AEach student is made to take part in at least one Olympic eventBGreek myths or the songs that will be performed are rewritten by the teachersCGreek or Roman names must be used for American

34、food the students may cookDArtworks shown in the museum are collected or made by the students themselves30、What do Groupdo right after watching the artworks？AWatch the talent showBPrepare for a performanceCTaste food that students makeDCompete in the Olympic events31、For what purpose is the festival

35、 most probably held？ATo improve studentsartistic talentBTo make students more physically strongCTo make students more creative in making foods or performingDTo help students learn about ancient Greek and Roman cultures32（8分）（2014常州）“The British government will offer1，000，000to anyone who can solve t

36、he worlds biggest problemwhatever it might be，”said Prime Minister（首相） David Cameron at a science conferenceIn an unusual competition，the Government will ask people to find out the greatest challenge（挑战） today，such as finding a replacement（替代） for oil，producing low cost food or curing AIDS/HIVWhen t

37、he toughest problem has been decided，the Prime Minister will give away1，000，000to the person who successfully works out the answerThe competition follows the example of the Longitude Prize started by the government in 1714，which offered20，000 （worth6，000，000today） to anyone who could discover how fa

38、r east or west ships had sailedSailors could work out their location north and south，and were able to decide their local time from the sunHowever，they needed to know the time at a reference（参照） point in order to find out how far they had travelled east or westMany people thought the problem was impo

39、ssible to solve，but the prize was finally won by John Harrison，an ordinary workerHe did this by designing a clock that kept accurate（准确的） time at sea and made it possible for sailors to work out their locationAlmost exactly 300years on，Mr Cameron will have a group of scientists collect suggestions a

40、nd draw up a short list of problems facing the worldHe will then start a race to solve the most difficult problemA government officer said，“We want people to think big：what does the world need and how can we achieve that？We are looking for the next penicillin（青霉素），airplane or World Wide WebSomething

41、 that is going to really change what we do and how we live our livessending us ahead in the global race”According to Mr Cameron，it is important to“encourage new ideas”and“attract back the best and the brightest”to Britain32、The British government promises1，000，000to any person whoAcan solve the bigg

42、est challenge facing the worldBcan find how the next penicillin works on illnessesCcan think of the most difficult problem in the worldDcan help the Prime Minister run his government better33、The Longitude Prize is mentioned mainly toAexplain why the government set up the prize in 1714Bshow John Har

43、rison was a great success as an inventorCshow that the government is very grateful to John HarrisonDexplain what gave Mr Cameron the idea of starting the competition34、We can infer（推断） from Paragraphs 4and 5 thatAships no longer get lost at sea with Harrisons inventionBclocks on ships kept good time

44、 before Harrisons inventionCsailors found it hard to work out their location north and southDthe sailing industry was very important in Britain around the 1700s35、Which of the following is true according to the text？AJohn Harrison was sure that he would win the prizeBThe million pound prize will go

45、to a British scientistCThe British government pays special attention to the nations creativityDA replacement for oil is considered as the toughest problem by the scientists四、阅读表达（共1小题；每小题5分，满分5分）阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词注意：每个空格里只填一个单词36（5分）（2014常州）In modern society（社会） there is a great deal of argument about competitionSome value it highly，for they believe that it is helpful for social progress and richnessOthers say that competition is bad，and that it sets one person against another and leads to unfriendliness between peopleI have trained many children who