2017年扬州市中考英语试题及答案（总分：120分时长：120分钟）姓名： 成绩： .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 _______ farmhouse of the Smiths.A. a, aB. the, aC. a, theD. the, the2. We all like watching the TV programme Readers_______ Saturday evening.A. inB. onC. atD. for3. Bryan will not want to have _______ to do with horses in the future.A. everythingB. somethingC.anythingD. nothing4.—— All done! Let’s swim, Martine!——Swimming! I just _______get used to it in winter.A. can’tB.shouldn’tC. mustn’tD. needn’t5. ___________ she couldn’t see his face, she could tell by his voice thathe was young.A. UnlessB.IfC.BecauseD. Though6. —— What are you reading?—— A book about a baseball player. This guy was well __________for his devotion to charity work.A. enjoyedB. respectedC. behavedD.expected7. —— __________bad news! We didn’t win the 15th Sudirman Cup.—— It’s a pity.A. WhatB.What aC. HowD. How a8. Mrs. White is ________enough to spend her spare time on our mathsproblems.A. confidentB. curiousC. wiseD. generous9. —— I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens.—— _____________days would you be at sea? Homesick?A. How longB. How manyC. How muchD. How soon10. My grandpa knows the history and medical _______ of many plants.A. wealthB. priceC.valueD.cost11. —— You have a nice car.—— Thank you. I __________ it for less than one month.A. boughtB.have boughtC. hadD. have had12. Mom does all the housework so that Sarah can take the time _______her words on paper.A. putB. puttingC. to putD. puts13. —— What do you think of the sofa?—— Not bad, but it may _________ too much space of our living room.A. take upB. put upC. open upD. make up14. —— Excuse me, could you tell me ___________?—— Well, there’s one on your left.A. when the bank opensB. where the bank isC. how far is the bankD. how can I get to the bank15. —— Only those who have a lot in common can get along well.—— _____________. Opposites sometimes attract.A. I hope soB. I think soC. I don’t careD. 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 changed my life. “While travelling, you should keep notes on the things you see and do.__16__, you will forget them some day,” he explained. I was staying in his house when travelling in England.I took his __17__.I wrote in the notebook every day during the homestay and back to university. I recorded weekend trips, my professors and ideas about my life and future.When I wrote, I wondered about my __18__ and purpose. Who would read this? Was I recording events and ideas just as a reminder to memory, or was there some larger purpose for this __19__ exercise?I got a big picture for the task. I was recording events, thoughts, words that were__20__ to my life. I __21__ a future me sitting down to read the pages. I wondered what it would feel like to read those words later.I filled the notebook Charles gave me. I bought a new one and __22__ it. Then another and another.Recently, I decided to look through my notebooks in the past 42 years. Charles had been __23__. I remembered the big __24__, the central happenings, but on each page were details I had __25__.I hadn’t written every day, but I always picked up the __26__ when it felt important. I often wrote in them at school__27__ my students were writing. I wanted to pass on the __28__ Charles had given me. These writings formed a continuous __29__ between my past, present, and future through events in my life.It took several long evenings to read through my notebooks. As I read, I suddenly realized they are a gift to the __30__me-----I am now the person I was writing to throughout those years.( )16. A. So B. Instead C. Moreover D. Otherwise ( )17. A. donation B.reward C. advice D. promise ( )18. A. listeners B.readers C. students D. professors ( )19. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly( )20. A. common B. important C. practical D. similar ( )21. A.imagined B. remembered C. enjoyed D. expected ( )22. A. wrote B. filled C. gathered D. increased ( )23. A.patient B. serious C. right D. wrong( )24. A. mistakes B. problems C. accidents D.events ( )25. A.forgotten B. avoided C. kept D. improved( )26. A.drawing B. travelling C. reading D.writing( )27. A. when B.until C. before D. after( )28. A.notebook B. house C. lesson D. effort( )29. A. production B.connection C. instruction D.situation ( )30. te B. past C. present D. future三、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，计30分)阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。