2018年江苏省淮安市中考英语试题及参考答案与解析
（满分120分，考试时间120分钟）
第I卷（选择题共55分）
一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
1．-I′m thirsty，Mom．
-Here is bottle of water for you．（）
A．a B．an C．the D．/
2．--Is Jack's school beautiful？
--Yes，it's as beautiful as ．（）
A．me B．my C．mine D．myself
3．The girl has to her grandma because her parents are working in another city．（）A．look at B．look into C．look through D．look after
4．The fish you bought yesterday smells ．You'd better throw it away．（）A．good B．bad C．well D．badly
5．Every year，books are donated to the children in poor areas．（）
A．million B．millions C．millions of D．million of
6．Linda's performance at the art festival was a（n）and was loved by her teachers and classmates．（）
A．success B．dream C．chance D．idea
7．We drive after drinking．It's very dangerous．（）
A．can B．may C．needn′t D．mustn′t
8．The World Cup Russia this year must be wonderful．（）
A．on B．in C．at D．to
9．-Have you watched the movie Operation Red Sea？
-Not yet．I it with my friends tomorrow．（）
A．watch B．have watched C．will watch D．am watching
10．-My sister is planning to have a second child next year．
- good idea it is!（）
A．What B．What a C．How D．How a
11．The professor reached Nanjing last Wednesday．He there for 10 days．（）A．has been B．has got C．has reached D．has arrived
12．-Excuse me．would you please tell me the nearest post office？
-Certainly．Walk across the road and turn right，and you'll see it．（）
A．when can I get to B．when I can get to C．how can I get to D．how I can get to
13．-If you keep practising speaking French every day，you'll be better at it．
- ．（）
A．Practice makes perfect B．Many hands make light work
C．Put all your eggs in one basket D．Burn the candle at both ends
14．一Could you tell me how to pay for the food by QR code（二维码）on the phone？
- ．（）
A．Take it easy B．It doesn't matter C．You're welcome D．Sure．I'd love to
15．He explained again and again in order to make what he did ．（）A．understand B．understood C．to understand D．understanding
二、完型填空（共15个小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One cold winter morning．Jim fell from his father's bike and his legs couldn't move，A doctor
16 him and said he had to stay in bed for some time．Jim was sad 17 the doctor′s words because Christmas was coming．He wanted to look at the shop windows 18 Christmas gifts and see them lit up （被照亮）at night．
Jim's younger sister，Mary，wanted to 19 her brother．Every day，she went to the shop nearby after school to look at the windows 20 ．When she got home，she would tell Jim what there were in the windows．
There were Christmas trees in all windows．A big kind Father Christmas was standing in one of the windows，21 a long white beard（胡须）．In his pockets were all kinds of toys，How 22 he seemed to be in his big red coat and fur cap!
Every time Mary described the windows，Jim would 23 his eyes，imagining himself to be looking at the toys inside the shop．24 there was one thing Mary didn't mention to Jim．It was a lovey wooden horse．She wanted to give it to Jim as a Christmas 25 ．
The day before Christmas Eve．Mary 26 her pocket money and found that was not enough．So she asjed Dad 27 he could offer her a job to make some money．
By helping her parents clean and decorate the house，Mary now got enough money and bought the wooden horse．
On Christmas morning，Jim woke up and saw a wooden horse by his bed．What a big 28 !
Actually，the 29 people this Christmas were their parents because their daughter had learnt to 30 ．
16．A．saw B．asked C．heard D．checked
17．A．in B．on C．at D．to
18．A．fit for B．full of C．tied to D．connected with
19．A．help B．save C．treat D．cure
20．A．sadly B．proudly C．carefully D．carelessly
