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常州市2017年中考英语试卷
（满分：90分 考试时间：100分钟）
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。 1. —_______ is it since you left your primary school? —Three years. A. How old
B. How long
C. How far
D. How soon
2. —How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get _____? I’d like to buy _____, too. —In the shop in the city center. A. it; one
B. one; one
C. one; it
D. it; it
3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive _______ he promises to give up drinking. A. unless
B. since
C. if
D. after
4. A children should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of ______ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong. A. taking up
B. putting up
C. making up
D. setting up
5. —Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening?
—He should, but he __________ not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. can
B. must
C. need
D. may
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 all
B. First of all
C. In all
D. At all
7. —Why doesn’t the surgeon stop ____________ lunch?
—Because he is too busy __________ a dying patient in the operation room. A. to have; to save
B. having; to save
C. to have; saving
D. having; saving
8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees. A. used to be
B. used to have
C. was used to being
D. was used to having
9. The shopping mall _______ for two years, but I ___________ there only once. A. has opened; have gone C. has been open; have gone
B. has opened; have been D. has been open; have been
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10. —Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please? —________. I’ll water them on time. A. Come on
B. With pleasure
C. Take it easy
D. 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。 On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology Ⅱ—Robin Haworth, Rom 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 was taught me that if I want to be excellent, I am the one who can make that happen. 11. A. Amazing 12. A. prepared
B. practical B. wished
C. boring C. searched
D. important D. waited D. value D. creation D. miss
13. A. experience 14. A. competition 15. A. fall
B. challenge B. attention B. change
C. education C. conversation C. improve
16. A. cheered for B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in
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17. A. understood 18. A. supported 19. A. back 20. A. even
B. recommended C. admired B. influenced B. in
D. remembered D. displayed D. over D. never D. mistakes D. parent
C. developed C. out
B. ever C. sometimes C. differences C. adult
21. A. business 22. A. friend
B. mysteries
B. leader
三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26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。
A
The 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 difficult 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 and 12 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 folk tales, and then the kids will try their hand at coming up with their own stories.
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.
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