2014年江苏省镇江市中考英语试卷

2014年江苏省镇江市中考英语试卷

一、单项选择（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C.、D四个选顶中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. 1．（1分）（2014?镇江）We can live a better life if we createless polluted world．（ ） A．the B．an C．a D．不填 2．（1分）（2014?镇江）My star sign is Virgo and my characteristics are similar todescribed in that book．（ ）

A．them B．these C．ones D．those 3．（1分）（2014?镇江）She always wants to do the job which she has been trained．（ ） A．for B．by C．on D．of 4．（1分）（2014?镇江）US First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged students to study abroad in herwhen visiting Peking University on March 22，2014．（ ） A．story B．speech C．letter D．diary 5．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣Is David coming by train？ ﹣He should，but henot．He likes driving his car．（ ） A．can B．need C．must D．may 6．（1分）（2014?镇江）silk feels soft and cool，it's difficult to be taken good care of．（ ） A．Because B．Though C．Since D．As 7．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣What smells terrible，Ted？ ﹣I'm sorry．I'llmy shoes and wash them at once．（ ） A．take away B．put away C．throw away D．keep away 8．（1分）（2014?镇江）Spring Bud Project is an organization that raises moneypoor young girls return to school．（ ）

A．to save B．saving C．helping D．to help 9．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣Do you know the book One Hundred Years of Solitude（《百年孤独》）has been printed again？

﹣It is expected to be．unusual novel it is!（ ） A．What B．What a C．How D．What an 10．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣Where is your son Jimmy living now？ ﹣Hethe city of Zhenjiang，China for two years．（ ） A．has been in B．has been to C．has gone to D．has come to 11．（1分）（2014?镇江）Gong Li has been considered as anactress again because she was experienced in acting the film Coming Home．（ ）

A．energetic B．elegant C．excellent D．easy﹣going 12．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣Don't forget to come to our school assembly（集会）tomorrow morning． ﹣I won't．Ijust now．（ ）

A．reminded B．was reminded C．reported D．was reported 13．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣My aunt said she called you yesterday morning，but there was no answer．

﹣Oh，we were at home．Maybe my husband with my daughter and memy car in the garden．（ ）

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A．were washing B．had washed C．was washing D．washed 14．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣May I help you？You seem to have some trouble． ﹣，thanks．I think I can manage it myself．（ ） A．No problem B．There's no way C．That's all right D．All right 15．（1分）（2014?镇江）﹣Granny，the school trip was very exciting but a little tiring． ﹣Oh，could you tell me？（ ） A．how did you go to the park B．what you did in the trip

C．that you saw something beautiful D．if your friends had played with you

二、完形填空（共1小题：每小题10分，满分10分） 16．（10分）（2014?镇江）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳项．

Recently，I felt like I reached a very low point in life．My relationships weren't good，I wasn't enjoying my classes，and I felt like I had nothing to（16） ．My life seemed to be full of endless homework，tests and loneliness．Nothing anyone said seemed（17） to me．I wasn't sure what to do about myself．All I wanted was to be happy again，but I didn't know who or what would（18） that．

During these days，I had trouble sleeping．I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight．I had no（19） but to tell my dad．He（20） the book The Secret．I immediately

bought the e﹣book online and read the whole thing that night．I'm（21） quite a stubborn person，but the effect on my mood after finishing the book was

（22） ．Suddenly，I felt like life was beautiful again．I had never felt such a deep and quick（23） in my life before．

In fact，the book's message was very simple﹣think positively（积极地）．The book had many success stories about how people were able to（24） money，soul mates（心灵伙伴）and old friends back into their lives．I started learning to thank everything in my life like them．Little by little，I realized that The Secret could only work（25） I believed these people's success stories．

Now I'm sure I can bring myself happiness．

16．A．take care of B．come up with C．look down on D．look forward to 17．A．helpful B．colourful C．peaceful D．powerful 18．A．serve B．offer C．answer D．prevent 19．A．problem B．idea C．need D．doubt

20．A．borrowed B．collected C．returned D．recommended 21．A．normally B．mainly C．finally D．probably 22．A．realistic B．common C．obvious D．serious 23．A．breath B．notice C．surprise D．change 24．A．attract B．control C．imagine D．mention 25．A．until B．When C．unless D．before．

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三、阅读理解（共2小题；每小题6分，满分12分）阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选顶中，选择最佳选项． 26．（6分）（2014?镇江）Some people say extreme（极限）sports are dangerous﹣and they're probably right﹣but hey，if you're not afraid of getting hurt，You might as well do it with style!It is reported that regular sports are not completely safer than extreme ones．Here is an introduction to three new extreme sports． ?Ostrich（鸵鸟）Racing South Africa and Jacksonville，Florida，USA are the two homes of ostrich racing．Why do some guys like to attend this extreme sport？The show is that sometimes four or even ten ostriches are marching forward and at a time，and this is seriously strange．For the supporters，there's a chance to ride an ostrich．Although if you don't want to be bitten or kicked，you can use carts（木车）like ostriches for racing instead． ?BASE Jumping BASE represents several words﹣Buildings，Spans，Earth Spans means bridges and Earth means cliffs（悬崖），but then the beauty of BASE jumping is that it's just launching（发射）yourself from anywhere possible with a parachute（降落伞）ready to go． Although BASE jumping dates back to 1978，it has been popular quite a lot recently because there are pieces of videos on the Internet and every jump is a new possibility． ?Bird Man Suits The bird man suit has a few names﹣the flying squirrel suit，wing﹣suit and bat﹣suit，it's a specially designed suit that lets you glide（滑翔） through the air at controlled speeds﹣adding a little extra to your usual skydiving experience．This is probably the closest we are going to fly．If combining（结合）this with BASE jumping，you'll get some serious death﹣defying（挑战死亡的） excited feelings． 26．According to the passage，why is ostrich racing seriously strange？ A．Because ostriches may bite and kick people．

B．Because supporters have chances to ride ostriches．

C．Because four or even ten ostriches are marching forward at a time．

D．Because it has two homes，South Africa and Jacksonville，Florida，USA． 27．The following places are suitable for BASE jumping except ． A．the Little Mermaid B．Mount Fuji

C．the Leaning Tower of Pisa D．the Tower Bridge

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28．What is NOT the function of the bird man suit？ A．It helps control flying speed． B．It helps squirrels and bats fly．

C．It helps people experience gliding through the air．

D．It can help people get serious death﹣defying excited feelings． 29．（6分）（2014?镇江）It was the first day of class．Two of her new ESL （English as a Second Language） classmates wanted to know where Tara was from．They were both from

Korea．Because Tara looked Korean，one of the women asked Tara，in English，if she was from Korea．Tara replied，“No，I'm not．“Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan，or Thailand，or China．To each question，Tara answered them a simple no．Laughing，one woman said to the other，“She's not from anywhere!“The two went to their desks，talking to each other in Korean．

The next day，the teacher divided the students into groups of four．The students in each group asked introductory（介绍的）questions of each other．A student in Tara's group asked her，“Where are you from？“Tara answered that she was from Korea．The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away．Both of them heard Tara's answer． “Aha!“they both exclaimed，“You ARE from Korea!“Tara smiled and said yes．Then she apologized（道歉）to both of them for lying the day before．She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them．It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class，and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean．In her opinion，ESL students should try to speak English only． “I agree．“said Rose．

“You're 100percent right．“agreed Jenny，“Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other．Right，Rose？“Rose nodded，and then said something in Korean．All three women laughed． The next half a year，Tara became friendly with both women，although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break．

29．The underlined word“exclaimed“in Paragraph 3means“ “． A．cried in fear B．shouted in surprise

C．screamed with joy D．announced with excitement 30．According to the passage，we can infer（推断）that ．

A．Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea B．Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group C．Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them

D．Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days

31．What can be the best title of this passage？ A．Let's Speak English B．An ESL Class

C．Don't Tell Lies D．Three Korean Women．

四、词汇运用（共1小题：每小题8分，满分8分） 32．（8分）（2014?镇江）Jack thought himself a basketball fan．He watched quite a lot of American NBA basketball games．Not only did he watch them，he spent much of his free time playing on the

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