1、8常州市二O 一九年初中學業水平考試英語試題注意事項：1 .本試卷共8頁，全卷滿分為90分?？荚嚂r間為100分鐘?？忌殞⒋鸢笗鴮懺诖痤} 上，寫在試卷上的一律無效。2 .答題前，考生務必將自己的姓名、考試證號填寫在試卷上.并填寫答題卡上的信息。考試結束后，請將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。一、單項選擇（共10小題：每小題1分，茜分10分）從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。1 .- When would you like to go swimming with me, this Friday or this Saturday?-.I am free on

2、ly this Sunday.A. NoneB. BothC. EitherD. Neither2 .- Can you give me some advice on how to be slimmer?-Eat meat and cakes.A. less; lessB. fewer; fewerC. less; fewer D. fewer; less3. Jim is watching a football match which is shown TV . Though he is not on thescene, he can still cheer for his team.A.

3、livelyB. liveC. livingD. alive4. -I keep the book for a week?-Sorry, I'm afraid you.A. Need; couldn't B. Need; can'tC. May; couldn't D. May; can't5. You must raise your hand if you have any questions in class., your teacher won 't notice you.A. OtherwiseB. AnyhowC. InsteadD.

4、Moreover6. He chose to study in a junior school near his home. It to be a wise decision.A. put outB.put onC.turned outD.turned on7. I won't stop loving English the sun rises in the west.A. ifB.althoughC.becauseD.unless8. In the library, students are required to keep and move.A. quiet; quietB.qui

5、et; quietlyC.quietly; quietD.quietly; quietly9. -Could you tell me the music?B. how did he makeD. why did he make-He used traditional Chinese music art and the sounds of an ancient Chinese bell.A. how he madeC. why he made10. - How would you like your coffee?A. I like it very much.B. With some milk,

6、 please.C. No thanks.D. Yes, it smells good.二、完形填空（共12小題；每小題1分，滿分12分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Basketball can be fun, or it can be trouble. People gather around a ball, but their reactions （ 反 應）often go 11 the object. It was a terribly hot summer day when the group of us appeare

7、d on the basketball court. Silently, we 12 up and played, as always. The sun was a big " squeezer （擠壓者）",as it not only squeezed out of us sweet （汗水）and 13 , but also our unhappy feelings. Body contact became more and more often, and we could all 14 the attacks of elbows （月寸部）.After anothe

8、r round of game, one of the players and I fell to the ground at the same time. From his burning eyeballs. I could see a 15 was almost unavoidable.It suddenly came to me that my tins of Cola were lying on the ground, about an inch away from me. "Buddy, hot down here. What about a 16 ?" I sa

9、id to him. 17 I rolled （滾動） one to him, looking at him in the eyes with my most sincere facial expression. "I guess I'm quite fine. Lucky no 18 bones or we'll end up in the hospital! " I said.Other players watching nearby all laughed. I could clearly see some movement on his face.

10、My 19 did work! He picked the Cola up, tried to open it, and walked over. As he passed by my side, he 20 his left hand, and smiled at me. I smiled back, took his hand, and gave him a light shake.A gentle wind caught me on the face as I returned to the basketball court. The sun continued to provide 2

11、1 for us. What could be better than a group of school students 22 basketball skills on a warm, sunny afternoon?11. A. towardsB. aboutC. beyondD. for12. A. teamedB. cheeredC. cookedD. caught13. A. timeB. energyC. healthD. pride14. A. acceptB. affordC. smellD. feel15. A. matchB. fightC. touchD. risk16

12、. A. gameB. talkC. drinkD. ball17. A. AngrilyB. EquallyC. GuiltilyD. Carefully18. A. lazyB. hiddenC. medicalD. broken19. humorB. chanceC. adviceD. trust20. A. looked atB. thought ofC. put awayD. held out21. A. worryB. warmthC. stressD. peace22. A. protectingB. encouragingC. exchangingD. comparing三、閱

13、讀理解（共13小題；每小題2分，滿分26分）閱讀卜列短文,從短文后各題所給的A,B,C,D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AThe Dead SeaAt 430 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is Earth's lowest point on land. It is popular for its wonderful buoyancy（浮力）.The high salt content-more than 34 percent - makes swimming more like floating.Now the Dead Sea is actu

14、ally dying. People are using water from the Jordan River, which takes water away from the Dead Sea. Since 1930, its surf area has reduced by almost 40 percent.Venice, ItalyWith waterways instead of streets. This "Floating City" has attracted visitors for centuries. But no visit to Venice i

15、s complete without a ride on one of its famous gondolas, human poweredwater taxis. Water creates Venice. But water will also kill the city.Built on soft earth, Venice has slowly been sinking （下沉）for centuries. Now, with rising sea levels caused by human activities, it's sinking faster. According

16、 to US-based magazine Architectural Digest, the city may disappear in the next 100 years. Better book your gondola soon!Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaCovering more than 2,300 kilometers of Australia's northeast coast, Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef ecosystem, and an ideal plac

17、e for scuba divers （水肺潛水 者Thousands of colorful coral （ 珊瑚）and fish make homes in the blue sea water. It's like a big underwater party!Sadly, the party might be over soon. The reef is dying. Human activities are changing the weather. Warming ocean, water kills the coral, and this causes problems

18、 up the food chain. The New York Times reported that large parts are already dead, and the reef system might be gone by 2030.23. What can be the best title of the passage?A. Disappearing Watery WondersB. Amazing Man-made Wonders on the SeaC. Lost Watery Wonders on the SeaD. Last Watery Wonders in th

19、e World24. Which of the following is the shared cause of the problems all the three places are facing?A. Water loss.B. Sea pollution.C. Warming seas.D. Human activities.25. If Tom wants to visit all the following places before they are gone, and he can only afford one in the next 15 years, where mus

20、t he go?A. The Dead Sea. B. Venice.C. Italy.D. Great Barrier Reef.BThere is good news for students of vocational （ 職業的）colleges in China: the government has announced plans to develop modern vocational education. Premier Li Kegiang said the government should speed up the development of modern vocati

21、onal education to meet the need for skilled workers and technicians （ 技術人員 ）in the job market. High school graduates and workers with no special training are encouraged to study in higher vocational colleges. Li said that the number of the new students in higher vocational colleges in China should g

22、o up by I million this year. This is the first time the central government has a clear plan.This comes after the news of the large shortfall （ 不足）in highly skilled technicians, although China has millions of technical workers. China is expected to face a shortfall of 3million skilled workers who can

23、 operate the newest machines by 2020. The shortfall will grow to 4.5 million by 2025. Also, vocational education is unsatisfactory （不令人?意的 ）,although there are many vocational colleges in China. In some vocational colleges, the education methods and courses cannot meet the need of upgrading （升級）,man

24、ufacturing （制造業）.As can be seen from the job market, some companies still can't find highly skilled technicians even with high pay.To deal with the problem. some vocational colleges have worked with companies to teach students. They have hired skilled technicians from companies as teachers. With

25、 the rising of the skilled workers' social position and pay, it is believed the vocational education system in China will start to play a bigger role in the development of China.26. What's the main purpose of the development of modern vocational education in China?A. To train more highly ski

26、lled technicians for the job marketsB. To help vocational college graduates get higher pay from their work.C. To ask more people to live on themselves with technical skills.D. To encourage more companies to upgrade manufacturing.27. What is one of the problems of Chinese vocational education accordi

27、ng to the passage?A. Higher vocational college teachers are not well paid and valued.B. There are only a small number of higher vocational colleges in China.C. The education methods and courses in vocational colleges are unsatisfactory.D. Some of the vocational college teachers are skilled technicia

28、ns from companies. 28. The writer believes China's future vocational education is.A. hopefulB. doubtfulC. unsatisfactory D. worryingCNowadays, it never seems we have enough time to realize all of the reading goals （ 目標）that we set for ourselves. Luckily, we have mobile apps such as Latte Read an

29、d GetAbstract to provide abstracts （梗I） of a text. Abstracts are useful tools, especially for students, but like having a friend describe the main content of a story to you, you cannot experience the joy and excitement of reading the original （原來的）text of yourself.I recently finished reading a thick

30、 book of W. Somerset Maugham's collected short stories. It took me around ten years to get through. Thomas Mann's difficult The Magic Mountain took me about six months to read; Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged made me very bored most of the time. Reading a book, whether it is good or bad, is a

31、formative （ 建設，性的）experience. There are plenty of books which I probably shouldn't have taken the time to read. But the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even the worst book a valuable effort.Whenever I finish the last line o

32、f a book and slowly close it, I like to sit there and think over its lines with a mix of nostalgia （ 懷舊之情 ）and pride. I then take the book in hand and find a place for it on my bookshelf. When I step back and look at the books on my shelf, it is as if I am looking at the history of the different liv

33、es that I have lived.Abstracts are useful as a tool to an end, but reading the actual （ 真正的）book is something much richer. Reading, like anything else in life, is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination （目的地）.29. What does the writer mainly want to say?A. Reading abstracts is a

34、best short way to enjoy literature.B. Reading abstracts cannot bring you the true feeling of actual reading.C. Reading different kinds of books brings you many advantages.D. The journey and the destination are equally important in our reading.30. What can we know about the writer from the second par

35、agraph?A. He prefers thick and difficult books to short stories.B. A good book is better worth reading than a bad one to him.C. He achieves a lot from reading some challenging books.D. He is lucky enough never to have read a regrettable book.31. In the third paragraph the writer his main point of vi

36、ew （ 主要觀點 ）.A. explains the meaning ofB. provides further support forC. makes a conclusion ofD. offers an opposite example for,DWhen Major, the most respected pig, saw all the animals were present, he cleared his throat and began:"Now, comrades （同志們）,I don't think I shall be with you for ma

37、ny months. Before I die, let me ask you a question. What is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are able to do it are forced to work to the last"

38、;Why then do we continue in this miserable? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our hard work is stolen from beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word- Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove （ 消滅）Man from the scene, and the basic cau

39、se of hunger and overwork is ended for ever.""And now, comrades, I will sing an old song that came into my dream last night to you. I am sure, it was a song sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for marry years. It is called Animals of England."His voice was hoa

40、rse （沙啞的）,but he sang well enough to throw the animals into the wildest excitement. Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.Unluckily, the singing woke Mr. Jones, the farm owner, who jumped out of bed, thinking that there was a fox in the yard. He took the g

41、un which always stood in a comer of his bedroom, and let fly 6 shots （射擊）into the darkness. The pellets （ 子彈）flew into the wall of the yard and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone ran to his own sleeping place. The birds jumped onto their trees, the animals settled down in the straw, and the wh

42、ole farm was asleep in a moment. 32. Why did Major make the speech?A. To encourage the animals to fight against Man.B. To teach the animals to sing an old song.C. To say goodbye to the animals before death.D. To complain about his personal miserable life.33. What does the underlined word " mise

43、rable " in the second paragraph most probably mean?A. commonB. boringC. lonelyD. painful34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The animals on the farm were brave.B. Major's speech was nearly successful.C. Major and Mr. Jones were friendly to each other.D. Mr. Jones f

44、orced his animals to work from birth to death. 35. Why did Mr. Jones fire his gun?A. To break up the animals' meeting.'B. To kill the fox he saw in the yard.C. To make sure his gun was in good condition.D. To protect the animals he raised on his farm. 四、閱讀表達（共 5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）閱讀下面短文，并根據所讀內容在文

45、章后表格中的空格里填入一個最恰當的單詞。注意：請將答案寫在答題卡上相應題號的橫線上。每個空格只填一個單詞。One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the Chinese seven-string zither ( 七弦 琴),also known as the guqin, one of the four arts - along with go, calligraphy and painting. It first appeared over 3, 000 ago and represents China's solo

46、musical instrument tradition.At first, the gugin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Later. in the Zhou dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son, King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the

47、 Shang.Ambience (環境氣氛 )was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually, it was practised in quiet setting and never for public performance.Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the quqin mixed with the echoes ( 回音)from the mountains, until the musician fo

48、und himself at one with nature. Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also. a night with moonlight was considered ideal for Playing the guqin. Wang Wei (701-761), a highly talented man of the Tang dyna

49、sty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.Guqin pieces are usually around three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling Verse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements, Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and E

50、ighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.Nowadays, there are fewer than one thousand well-trained gugin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today. The guqin and its music was added to the list of t

51、he Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人類非物質文化遺產 )in 2003.Title: The Guilin and Its MusicMain PartsDetailed informationIntroduction to the guqinAs one of the four arts, it has a(36)of 3, 000 years and representsChina's solo musical instrument tradition.The stringsAt first, there were five

52、strings, which represented five elements.Later, kings in the Zhou dynasty added(37)more strings to them.The ambienceIn quiet setting, not for public performance.1. By a stream in the mountains. The(38) sound of the guqin and itsechoes could make musicians find themselves -at one with nature.2. In sn

53、ow. It was believed to be the purest instrument in the world.3. On a night with moonlight. Wang Wei's(39)was to play the guqin ina bamboo forest on a night full of moonlight.The present皿Not many players, masters and works-are alive nowadays.The guqin and its music entered the list the Intangible

54、 Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2003.五、詞匯（共8小題；每小題1分，滿分8分）A）根據句子意思，用括號中所給詞的正確形式填空 ，每空填一詞。41. As a good teacher, she is never(patient) with her students.42. For your own(safe), please do not walk about on the plane.43. Do you believe it is one of the(wind) places on the earth?44. We hope to live(peace) with people from other countries.B）根據句意及漢語提示，寫出各單詞的正確形式，每空填一詞。45. （在期間 ）his stay in Beijing, he made some foreign friends.46. He（誤以為）Mary for her twin sister and that made them laugh a lot.47. I couldn't fall asleep bec