2017年扬州市英语中考试题解析一、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M佳答案。
1. They stopped in _______ beautiful place for camping, near _______ farmhouse of the Smiths.A. a, aB. the, aC. a, theD. the, the1. C 【解析】考查冠词用法。
句意：他们停在史密斯家的农舍附近，一个美丽的地方露营。
“一个美丽的地方”是泛指，用冠词a；“史密斯家农舍附近”表示特指，用定冠词the。
故选C。
2. We all like watching the TV programme Readers _______ Saturday evening.A. inB. onC. atD. for2. B 【解析】考查介词用法。
句意：在星期六晚上，我们喜欢看电视节目“朗读者”。
表示“在具体某一天上午、下午或晚上”用介词on。
故选B。
3. Bryan will not want to have _____ to do with horses in the future.A. everythingB. somethingC. anythingD. nothing3. C 【解析】考查不定代词用法。
句意：布莱恩将来不想做任何与马有关的事。
在否定句中用anything表示“任何事情”。
故选Ｃ。
4. —All done! Let‟s swim, Martine!—Swimming! I just _______ get used to it in winter.A. can‟tB. shou ldn‟tC. mustn‟tD. needn‟t4. D 【解析】考查情态动词用法。
句意：——好了！玛蒂娜，咱们开始游泳吧。
——游泳！我就没有必要在冬天去适应它了。
表示“没必要，不必”，用needn‟t。
故选D。
5. _____ she couldn‟t see his face, she could tell by his voice that he was young.A. UnlessB. IfC. BecauseD. Though5. D 【解析】考查连词用法。
句意：虽然她看不到他的脸，但是通过他年轻时的声音她能辨别他。
unless除非，引导条件状语从句；if如果，引导条件状语从句；because因为，引导原因状语从句，though虽然，尽管，引导让状语从句。
分析前后句意可知，两句之间是让步关系。
故选D。
6. — What are you reading?—A book about a baseball player. This guy was well _____ for his devotion to charity work.A. enjoyedB. respectedC. behavedD. expected6. B 【解析】考查形容词辨析。
句意：——你在读什么书？——一本关于棒球运动员的。
这个人因为他的慈善工作被_____。
enjoyed喜欢，享受；respected尊敬的；behaved表现；expected预期的。
根据“他的慈善工作”可以推测，“这个人因为他的慈善工作被尊重”。
故选B。
7. —_______ bad news! We didn‟t win the 15th Sudirman Cup.—It‟s a pity.A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a7. A 【解析】考查英语感叹句。
感叹句中的中心词是名词news，要用what引导感叹句，又因为news为不可数名词，其前不加冠词。
故选A。
8. Mrs. White is _______ enough to spend her spare time on our maths problems.A. confidentB. curiousC. wiseD. generous8. D 【解析】考查形容词辨析。
句意：怀特夫人足够地_____，她把业余时间花费在我们的数学问题上。
confident自信的；curious好奇的；wise明智的；generous慷慨的。
能够“把业余时间花费在……”是一种“慷慨”。
故选D。
9. — 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 soon9. B 【解析】考查疑问词辨析。
句意：——在青少年时期，我离开学校就到船上去了。
——你要在船上_____？想家吗？空格后为可数名词复数形式，要用how many引导。
故选B。
10. My grandpa knows the history and medical _____ of many plants.A. wealthB. priceC. valueD. cost10. C 【解析】考查名词辨析。
句意：我爷爷知道许多植物的历史和药用_____。
wealth财富；price价格；value价值；cost费用。
分析四个选项，value用在空格处最为合适。
即：我爷爷知道许多植物的历史和药用价值。
故选C。
11. —You have a nice car.—Thank you. I _____ it for less than one month.A. boughtB. have boughtC. hadD. have had11. D 【解析】考查动词时态和非延续性动词的用法。
含有设题空的句意为“我买它不到一个月。
”for less than one month为“一段时间”的状语，常与现在完成时连用，但不能与非延续性动词连用。
故选D。
12. Mom does all the housework so that Sarah can take the time _______ her words on paper.A. putB. puttingC. to putD. puts12. C 【解析】考查非谓语动词的用法。
句意：妈妈做所有的家务,这样莎拉可以抽出时间去写作文。
take the time to do sth.“花时间做某事”为固定搭配。
故选C。
13. — 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 up13. A 【解析】考查动词短语辨析。
句意：——你认为这沙发怎么样？——不错，但是它可能_____我们起居室太多的空间了。
take up占去；put up张贴，悬挂；open up打开；make up 编造。
结合句意可知，应是“占去起居室太多的空间了”。
故选A。
14. — 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 bank14. B 【解析】考查宾语从句的用法。
宾语从句要用陈述句语序，先排除C、D两项；根据答语“在你左边有一个”可知，这里指“位置”。
故选B。
15. — 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 so15. D 【解析】考查交际用语。
句意：——只有那些有很多共同点的人可以相处得很好。
——_____，相反有时互相吸引。
A项：我希望如此；B项：我认为这样；C项：我不在乎；D项：我不这么认为。
通过前后句意对比可知，后者不同意前者的观点。
故选D。
二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D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 this19 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 had25 .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. Otherwise17. A. donation B. reward C. advice D. promise18. A. listeners B. readers C. students D. professors19. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly20. A. common B. important C. practical D. similar21. A. imagined B. remembered C. enjoyed D. expected22. A. wrote B. filled C. gathered D. increased23. A. patient B. serious C. right D. wrong24. A. mistakes B. problems C. accidents D. events25. A. forgotten B. avoided C. kept D. improved26. A. drawing B. travelling C. reading D. writing27. A. when B. until C. before D. after28. A. notebook B. house C. lesson D. effort29. A. production B. connection C. instruction D. situation30. A. late B. past C. present D. future题材：人物故事【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。