常州市二〇一七年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英语试题注意事项：1. 本试卷共8页，全卷满分为90分。
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(2017·江苏常州) 1. _____ is it since you left your primary school?A. How oldB. How longC. How farD. How soon1.B【解析】考查特殊疑问词辨析。
句意：你离开小学有多久了？since引导的时间状语从句提示主句提问一段时间，用how long表示“多久。
”how old询问年龄，how far询问距离多远，how soon 提问多久之后，都与句意不符。
(2017·江苏常州) 2.— How nice your dictionary is！Where did you get _____ ？I’d like to buy _____，too.— In the shop in the city centre.A. it; oneB. one; oneC. one; itD. it; it2.A【解析】考查代词用法辨析。
句意：——你的字典真好！你在哪里买的？我也想买一本。
——在市中心的商店。
代词it代替前文出现过的名词，指同一物品；one表示同类名词中的“一、一个”。
(2017·江苏常州)3.My mother wo n’t allow my father to drive _____ he promises to give up drinking.A. unlessB. sinceC. ifD. after3.A【解析】考查连词辨析。
句意：除非我父亲承诺戒酒，否则我妈妈不会允许我父亲开车了。
前文的否定意义提示下文用unless引导条件状语从句，表示“除非、如果不”，同if not。
(2017·江苏常州) 4.A child should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of _____ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong.A. taking upB. putting upC. making upD. setting up4.C【解析】考查动词短语辨析。
句意：应当鼓励孩子说真话，而不是当他或她犯错时编造谎话。
take up占据；从事，put up搭起；举起，set up建立。
动词短语make up表示“编造借口、编造理由”等，和story“故事；假话”构成动宾短语，符合句意。
(2017·江苏常州) 5.—Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening？— He should, but he _____ not. Sometimes he exercises after work.A. canB. mustC. needD. may5.D【解析】考查情态动词辨析。
句意：——爸爸今晚会在6点钟回家吗？——他应该会，但是也许不会。
有事他下班后要做锻炼。
答语中but表示的转折，句意提示下文用may表示“或许”表示可能性。
(2017·江苏常州) 6.— Could you tell me how to behave politely in public in the UK?— Yes. _____ , you should keep your voice down and always queue.A. After allB. First of allC. In allD. At all6.B【解析】考查副词短语。
句意：——你能告诉我在英国如何在公共场合举止文明吗？——好。
首先，你应当放低声音，总是要讲究秩序。
After all毕竟，in all总共，at all根本。
回答上文的“如何举止文明”用first of all表示次序、顺序上的“首先”，符合句意。
(2017·江苏常州) 7.—Why doesn’t the surgeon stop _____ lunch?— Because he is too busy _____ a dying patient in the operation room.A. to have; to saveB. having; to saveC. to have; savingD. having; saving7.C【解析】考查非谓语动词。
句意：——为什么这名外科医生不听下来吃午饭？——因为他在手术室拼命忙着挽救一位濒危病人。
stop to do sth是“停下来（去做）某事”；“忙于做某事”用be busy doing…表达。
(2017·江苏常州) 8.I’ll never forget the town in which there _____ a clean river and ma ny big tall trees.ed to beB. used to haveC. was used to beingD. was used to having8.A【解析】考查there be句型和非谓语动词。
句意：我永远不会忘记那个曾经有一条清澈的河流和许多高大的树木的城镇。
there be句型表示有，排除B、D；used to表示“过去常常”，后跟动词原形。
(2017·江苏常州) 9.The shopping mall _____ for two years, but I _____ there only once.A.has opened; have goneB. has opened; have beenC. has been open; have goneD. has been open; have been9.D【解析】考查时间段和延续性动词连用及have(has) been和have(has) gone的区别。
open用作形容词表示“开业的”，be open表示“状态”和表示一段时间的时间状语连用，open用作动词时是非延续性动词，排除A、B；下文only once“仅有一次”提示主语I 后用have been表示“去过。
”故选D。
(2017·江苏常州) 10.—Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please?—_____ , I’ll water them on time.A. Come onB. With pleasureC. Take it easyD. You’re welcome10.B【解析】考查情景交际。
句意：——我在出差时，请你照看一下我的花草行吗？——很乐意帮忙，我会按时给他们浇水。
could引导的一般疑问句表示委婉的请求，用with pleasure“很高兴帮忙”来应答对方的请求。
come on加油，take it easy慢慢来，You’re welcome不用谢，不客气。
二、(2017·江苏常州)完形填空（共12小题；每小题1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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II —Robin Haworth, Room 301”. I had never liked biology and I found it __11___. After I entered the room, I took a seat in the very back and __12___ for my new teacher. The bell rang and Mrs Haworth entered the classroom. She began to tell us how her class was going to be difficult and that if we weren’t up to the __13___, she would gladly let us leave.The class required lots of __14___. This was especially hard for me because I was balancing a new school with a new part-time job. My grades soon began to ___15__. Just as I began to appear in a seat of D, Mrs Haworth asked me what was up. I told her about the difficulty I was having. She listened to me and I knew she truly ___16__ my life and my problems. She told me that she __17___ me but that I needed to learn how to manage my time better. Mrs Haworth greatly __18___ my ability by helping me learn to solve my problems on my own. If I got a C in a test, she would hand it __19___ and asked me to deal with the ones I missed and tell her why. She __20___ increased my grades but taught me how to study harder. I got to know that if I had done my best for the first time I did it. I wouldn’t have so many ___21__ . And after many trials, my grades became better.I had never had a(n) __22___ who opened up to me and treated me as her equal. Over the past years she has taught me that if I want to be excellent, I am the one who can make that happen.11.A. amazing B. practical C. boring D. important12.A. prepared B. wished C. searched D. waited13.A. experience B. challenge C. education D. value14.A. competition B. attention C. conversation D. creation15.A. fall B. change C. improve D. miss16.A. cheered for B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in17.A. understood B. recommended C. admired D. remembered18.A. supported B. influenced C. developed D. displayed19.A. back B. in C. out D. over20.A. even B. ever C. sometimes D. never21.A. business B. mysteries C. differences D. mistakes22.A. friend B. leader C. adult D. parent题材：成长故事【主旨大意】作者在进入11年级后的第一天就遇到了自己从不喜欢的生物课。