扬州市2017年初中英语中考试卷及答案
2017年扬州市中考英语试题及答案
（总分：120分 时长：120分钟）
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最佳答案。
1. They stopped in ______ beautiful place for camping, near _______ farmhouse of the Smiths.
A. a, a B.
the, a C.
a, the D.
the, the
2. We all like watching the TV programme Readers _______ Saturday evening.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
3. Bryan will not want to have _______ to do with horses in the future.
A. everything B. something C.anything
D. nothing
4.—— All done! Let’s swim, Martine!
——Swimming! I just _______get used to it in winter.
A. can’t B.shouldn’t C. mustn’t D. needn’t
5.___________ she couldn’t see his face, she could tell by his voice that he was young.
A. Unless B.If
C.Because D. Though
6. —— What are you reading?
— A book about a baseball player. This guy was well __________for his devotion to charity work.
A. enjoyed B. respected C. behaved D.expected
7.—— __________bad news! We didn’t win the 15th Sudirman Cup. —— It’s a pity.
A. What B.What a C. How D. How a
8. Mrs. White is ________enough to
spend her spare time on our maths
problems.
A. confident B. curious C. wise
D. generous
9.—— I went from a school desk to a ship in my teens. —— _____________days would you be at sea? Homesick?
A. How long B. How
many C. How much D. How soon
10. My grandpa knows the history and medical _______ of many plants.
A. wealth B. price C.value D.cost
11.—— You have a nice car.
— Thank you. I __________ it for
less than one month.
A. bought B.have bought
C. had
D. have had
12. Mom does all the housework so
that Sarah can take the time _______ her words on paper. A. put
B. putting
C. to put D. puts
13.—— What do you think of the sofa?
—— Not bad, but it may _________ too much space of our living room.
A. take up B. put up C. open up D. make up
14.—— Excuse me, could you tell me ___________? —— Well, there’s one on your left.
A. when the bank opens
B. where the bank is
C. how far is the bank
D. how can I get to the bank
15.—— Only those who have a lot in common can get along well. —— _____________. Opposites sometimes attract.
A. I hope so
B. I think so
C. I don’t care
D. I don’t think so
二、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的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 someday,” he explained.
I was staying in his house when travelling in England.
I took his __17__.I wrote in the n
otebook 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 this __19__ 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 had __25__.
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. Otherwise
( )17. A. donation B.reward C. advice
D. promise ( )18. A. listeners B.readers C. students D. professors ( )19. A. daily B. weekly
C. monthly D. yearly (
)20. A. common B. important
C. practical D. similar (
)21. A.imagined B. remembered C. enjoyed D. expected (
)22. A. wrote B. filled C. gathered D. increased ( )23. A.patient
B. serious C. right D. wrong ( )24. A. mistakes
B. problems C. accidents
D.events ( )25. A.forgotten B. avoided C. kept D. improved (
)26. A.drawing B. travelling
C. reading D.writing (
