第1页(共34页)2020年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷一、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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.1.(1分)Takeiteasy.Therewillbe_________twobusescominginafewminutes.()A.anotherB.otherC.othersD.theother2.(1分)Millie'sresearchpaperisn'tuptostandard_________shehasworkedatitfortwoweeks.()A.sinceB.unlessC.ifD.although3.(1分)Tothewestofourschool__________somebookstoresandapark.()A.liesB.lieC.hasD.have4.(1分)﹣Wereyourequired___________athomeduringtheoutbreakofCOVID﹣19?﹣Yes.Luckily,theInternetmadeitpossibleformanyofus________fromhome.()A.tostay;toworkB.staying;toworkC.tostay;workD.staying;work5.(1分)﹣Jim,turndownthemusic.Ourbabyissleeping.﹣Don'tworry.He__________forhalfanhour.()A.wokeupB.haswokenup第2页(共34页)C.wasawakeD.hasbeenawake6.(1分)Jenny'sparentswerecompletely__________whentheysawthe_______changesinher.()A.surprising;amazingB.surprised;amazingC.surpring;amazedD.surprised;amazed7.(1分)Afactorywillbebuiltforthe__________ofthistypeofnewenergycar.()A.positionB.populationC.productionD.pronunciation8.(1分)Tomyjoy,we_________gotothebank.Maryhaslentussomemoney.()A.shouldn'tB.needn'tC.couldn'tD.wouldn't9.(1分)Agreatdealofmytimeis__________withpracticingplayingtheguitar.()A.takenupB.madeupC.putupD.setup10.(1分)﹣Doyouwanttotrysomewildduck?﹣__________.Weshouldprotectwildanimals.()A.NoideaB.NoproblemC.NowayD.Nodoubt二、完形填空(共1小题;毎小题12分,满分12分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所铪的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.11.(12分)Awindowisacommonbutpowerfultool﹣apatch(小第3页(共34页)块)oftheworld,fromwhichourbodyisseparated.Theonlythingwecandoislook.Youhaveno(1)onwhatyouwillsee.However,yourbrainmaymakeanassumption(猜想)outofwhateverhappenstoappear.Oneday,Iwastakinganap(小睡)inmyofficewhenIwokeuptothe(2)ofacarcrash.Ilookedoutofmywindow.Acarhadjustbackedintoafence(围栏)anddamaged(毁坏)it.Thedrivergotoutofthecar.Hewasshortwithouthaironhishead.I(3)himatonce.Tomysurprise,themantriedto(4)thedamagehecaused.However,hiseffortsallfailed.Onceheevenfunnilyfellontotheroadwhentryingtopullthefence.I(5)alot.Thefailureofthisterriblemanwasbrighteningmywholeday.About10minuteslater,themanleft.That,Ithought,wouldbethe(6)ofhisefforts.Theman﹣thatvillainous(可憎的)man﹣wasgoingto(7)allthemessbehindforsomeoneelsetocleanup.Butthisisthe(8)ofwindows.Theycontradict(与…矛盾)youreasyassumptions.Themanappearedafewminuteslaterwithsome(9).Forthenexthour,Iwatchedoutofmywindowashekeptonfixingthefence(10)itwasextra第4页(共34页)safe,strongerthanbefore.Thismanwasahero.My(11)assumptions,Irealized,wereallaboutmyself.Iwouldbe(12)andrunawayifIcameacrosssuchamessysituation.Mywindowhadwokenmeupfromanaptoteachmealesson,alessonthatchangedmywholedayandevenmywholelife.(1)A.agreementB.influenceC.discoveryD.impression(2)A.symbolB.sightC.soundD.sign(3)A.acceptedB.rememberedC.dislikedD.greeted(4)A.confirmB.avoidC.coverD.repair(5)A.complainedB.laughedC.learntD.thought(6)A.endB.funC.problemD.lesson(7)A.hideB.pushC.moveD.leave(8)A.qualityB.shameC.powerD.truth(9)A.friendsB.toolsC.medicinesD.plans(10)A.untilB.whenC.afterD.since第5页(共34页)(11)A.uglyB.friendlyC.properD.possible(12)A.encouragedB.pleasedC.scaredD.relaxed三、阅读理解(共4小题;每小题6分,满分26分)阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.12.(6分)Withsomuchfreetimeonourhandsduringlockdown,manyofushaveentertainedtheideaofknowingmoreabouttheworld.Learningaforeignlanguageisagoodchoice.Hereareafewexamples,inorderoftimeittakespeopletolearnthem.Latinlanguages(about600hours)ThepopularLatinlanguages﹣Italian,French,SpanishandPortuguese﹣requireabout600hourstolearn.Ofthese,SpanishandItalianaretheeasiestforEnglishspeakerstolearn.TheyarefollowedbyPortugueseandfinallyFrench.LatinlanguagessharemanywordswithEnglish.However,thosesharedwordslookorsoundsimilar,buthavedifferentmeaningsovertime.Greek(1,100hours)ModernGreekismaybetheeasiestlanguagetolearnthatusesadifferentalphabet(字母表).ItisalsoalanguagethathascontributedmanywordstoEnglish.Indeed,thepresidentof第6页(共34页)GreeceoncegavetwospeechesataninternationalmeetingthatincludedjustGreekloanwords(外来词)aswellastheunavoidablebasicEnglish.Japanese(2,200hours)CountingobjectsinJapanesedependsonwhethertheyarelongandthin(likeroads),smallandround(likeapples),thinandflat(likesheetsofpaper),andhundredsmoreexamples.WhatJapaneseyouspeakalsodependsonyourgender(性别).There'saroughlanguageformenandamoreladylikelanguageforwomen,butyoumustunderstandboth.Chinese(2,200hours)EachChinesewrittenwordishardlyunderstandablewhenspokenbetweenaMandarin(普通话)speakerinBeijingandaCantonesespeakerinGuangdong.Ifyouthinkthat'sstrange,considerournumbersystem:thesymbol2iswidelyunderstoodbutit'spronouncedtwoinEnglishandduexinFrench.(1)ForanEnglishspeaker,whichofthefollowingistheeasiesttolearn?A.Japanese.B.French.第7页(共34页)C.Greek.D.Italian.(2)Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Thesamewordintwolanguagesalwayshasthesamemeaning.B.TheEnglishlanguageandtheGreeklanguageusethesamealphabet.C.ObjectsarecounteddifferentlyinJapaneseaccordingtotheirshapes.D.AMandarinspeakerandaCantonesespeakerwriteChinesedifferently.(3)ThepurposeofthispassageistotellEnglishspeakers.A.howtolearnsomeforeignlanguagesB.whytheymustlearnaforeignlanguageC.someinf