常州市二○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，考试时间为100分钟。
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一、单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从题中所给的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。
1. – _________ is it since you left your primary school?– Three years.A. How oldB. How longC. How farD. How soon2. – 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; it3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive _________ he promises to give up drinking.A. unlessB. sinceC. ifD. after4. 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 up5. – 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. may6. – 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 all7. – 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; saving8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees.A. used to beB. used to haveC. was used to beingD. was used to having9. 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 been10. – 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 welcome二、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 sea 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. businesses B. mysteries C. differences D. mistakes22. A. friend B. leader C. adult D. parent三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AThe Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is coming!It will host nearly 120 family-friendly activities from April 11 to April 17. More than 40 writers and storytellers, including local writers Monique Polak and Lydia Lukidis, will be joining in educational activities. It hopes to bring citizens of different cultures together to enjoy reading and literature. Here are some of the events of this year’s festival.●Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m.Activity: The writer Monique Polak, who comes from Montreal, will discuss her new detective book and hold a workshop for kids between the ages of 9 and12 on how they can be skilled at writing their own detective tales.Location: Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave.●Tuesday, April 12, at 4:00 p.m.Activity:Lydia Lukidis, the local children’s writer, will be giving a talk about the world of folk tales for kids aged 6 to 10. Lukidis will present different folktales, and then the kids will try their hands at coming up with their ownstories.Location: Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St.●Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m.Activity: Helaine Becker will help kids aged 6 and up master all the detailed facts of comedy writing and cartoons.Location: Ecole St., Germain d’ Outremont, 46 Vincent d’ Indy Ave.●Wednesday, April 13, at 1:30 p.m.Activity:High school students will be presenting videos they created honouring the unsung heroes of the Second World War.Location: The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St.23. The festival is held mainly to __________.A. encourage the cultural exchange from different areasB. invite famous writers to introduce their new books to their fansC. help people from different countries to build good relationshipsD. gather people from different cultures to enjoy reading and literature24. What can you learn from the local children’s writer Lydia Lukidis?A. The content of the new detective book.B. Tips for telling and writing folk tales.C. The method of coming up with new comedies.D. The unknown heroes of the Second World War.25. If an 8-year-old boy likes comedies and cartoons, he can go to ___________.A. Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave on TuesdayB. Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St. on TuesdayC. Ecole St., Germain d’ Outremont, 46 Vincent d’ Indy Ave on WednesdayD. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St. on WednesdayBA 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world.Will Broadway’s “Isobar”has been designed to keep vaccines(疫苗) at the ideal temperature while they are being sent in developing countries. And Will doesn’t plan to make money from his creation. His purpose is to get vaccines to people who need them, which is why he won’t be trying to get a patent(专利). Will’s Isobar has won him the James Dyson Award that challenges young people to “design something that solves a problem”.Present methods of transporting vaccines can lead to the vaccines freezing(冻住) before reaching their places in developing countries, but the Isobar keeps a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees for 30 days.Will’s invention is expected to save the lives of 1.5 million people across the world, a number he says is “amazing”. Having now finished college education, he is making an effort to take the Isobar into production. “I would be hands-on, all the way through it, knowing that it works,” he says. “It’s amazing to just give it a go, even in my back yard, and see the potential(潜能) of the technology.”The product has been designed to transport vaccines, but already Will sees the possibility for other medical uses in the developing world and beyond. “Blood donations, organ transplants(器官移植) —if they get trapped in traffic, you still use cold-bags that really aren’t good enough for a long time,” he says.There is also a possible, non-medical use for the Isobar. “It would be a great thing to take on a five-day trip where you have no power,”he says. But he insists vaccine transportation is the primary function(功能) of his invention.26. What’s the advantage of the Isobar for sending vaccines in developing countries?A. It can save more energy.B. It can send more vaccines at a time.C. It can keep vaccines in an ideal condition.D. It can transport vaccines at a faster speed.27. The James Dyson Award is presented to _________.A. old scientists who have developed modern technologyB. young men who have solved problems with their designsC. doctors who have saved people’s lives in developing countriesD. college students who have got patents for their creative inventions28. What is the passage mainly about?A. The production of a new fridge and its future.B. The invention of a new fridge and its inventor.C. The transportation of vaccines and its problem.D. The introduction of an award and its new winner.CI was bullied quite badly in high school. A kid would try to make me feel terrible in everyway he knew. For example, he would hit me in the head, call me ugly and stupid, make fun of me and — of course — threaten(威胁) to hit me harder if I ever fought back. It was like his daily task.And it was my daily task to just get through the day. What can I say? It made my world very small because that was my main focus —just surviving. Everything else fell by the wayside. Unluckily, that included any form of social life. So not only was my world tiny, it was lonely.Looking back to that time — which was about 11 years ago — my biggest mistake was not bringing anyone in to that world of mine. I was too proud, and embarrassed(尴尬的), to get help. I would rather not face the fact that I needed help because in my mind, that would mean that the bully won. It would also mean that I was weak.Let me just say this — bullying someone is a weak choice. The only reason they come after you is because they think you won’t do anything about it. Does that make anyone strong? NO. Be stronger — reach out to a parent, a teacher or a friend. Admit(承认) you need help.You can put it like this: Somebody who is trying to make himself or herself seem important has bullied me. Why? Simply because I am nice and I haven’t done anything about it yet. Well, I hate this. I have basic human rights. It is just not OK. How do I manage this the right way? I don’t want the pain cycle to continue and I don’t want to become someone I don’t want to be.I will close by saying this — I am OK! I am not just surviving. I am enjoying my life. I graduated from college with good grades, by the way (being stupid was a lie…it is all a lie). You don’t have to wait to live. Do something today.29. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to(指) _________.A. getting along with the writerB. having a difficult time at schoolC. making friends with other studentsD. hurting the writer with force and threat30. The writer suggests _________ to fight bullies.A. getting used to the pain as soon as possibleB. looking for help from parents, teachers and friendsC. increasing the understanding of basic human rightsD. keeping it a secret inside and reducing your social life31. The writer writes the passage mainly to _________.A. share his thoughts on dealing with bulliesB. say that he regrets being hurt badly at schoolC. describe how he changed his weak personalityD. show how thankful he was to those who helped himDImagine you are walking through the woods and you see a small dog. Itlooks cute and friendly. You move up to pet the dog. Suddenly it barks andtries to bite you. The dog no longer seems cute and you feel afraid andpossibly angry. Then, as the wind blows, the leaves on the ground are carriedaway and you see the dog has one of its legs caught in a trap. Now, you takepity on the dog. You know it becomes unfriendly because it is in pain.We all judge(评判) others all the time. It might be over small things, like a workmate who takes too long of a lunch break. Or it might be over bigger matters, such as a person who behaves selfishly or hurts our feelings. There are many reasons why we judge others. It is human nature to find a way to survive. When we see a dog (or a person) that might bite us, of course we feel threatened(威胁). We become nervous, want to fight back and are unable to see the possible reasons for another’s behavior.Although judgment is a natural reaction(反应), try to catch yourself before you speak, for you can’t get your words back. Make a short stop. Try to change your thought into a positive(正面的) one. After all, like that dog in the trap, we really don’t know the reasons for someone’s behavior.When someone disagrees with us or somehow makes our life difficult, remember that it’s usually not about us. It may be about their pain or struggle(挣扎). Why not give others the right to express their doubt? “Never underestimate the pain of a person,” Will Smith said, “because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are better at hiding it than others.”32. The writer talks about the dog in the first paragraph mainly to _________.A. give an exampleB. make a comparisonC. share a good storyD. set the background33. According to the writer, we usually judge others _________.A. over big matters instead of small onesB. after thinking carefully about their situationC. about the real reasons behind their behaviorD. for our own survival when feeling threatened34. What does the underlined sentence “Never underestimate the pain of a person” mean?A.Never believe others have pain.B. Never pay attention to others’ pain.C. Never think others’ pain is bigger than it really is.D. Never think others’ pain is smaller than it really is.35. What is the best title of the passage?A. The Best Way to JudgeB. Too Late to JudgeC. Think Twice Before You JudgeD. You’ve Got a Reason to Judge四、阅读表达（共5小题；每小题1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。