2017年江苏省扬州市中考英语试卷
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．（1分）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．（1分）We all like watching the TV programme Readers _______ Saturday evening．（ ）
A．in B．on C．at D．for
3．（1分）Bryan will not want to have _______ to do with horses in the future．（ ） A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing 4．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）___________ 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．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）﹣﹣__________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．（1分）Mrs．White is ________enough to spend her spare time on our maths problems．（ ） A．confident
B．curious C．wise D．generous
9．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）My grandpa knows the history and medical _______ of many plants．（ ） A．wealth B．price
C．value
D．cost
11．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）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．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）﹣﹣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．（1分）﹣﹣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1小题；每小题15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．
16．（15分）When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974，he changed my life．\，you should keep notes on the things you see and do．（16） ，you will forget them some day，\．I was staying in his house when travelling in England．
I took his（17） ．I wrote in the notebook 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 17．A．donation 18．A．listeners 19．A．daily 20．A．common 21．A．imagined 22．A．wrote 23．A．patient 24．A．mistakes
B．Instead B．reward B．readers B．weekly B．important B．remembered B．filled B．serious B．problems
C．Moreover C．advice C．students C．monthly C．practical C．enjoyed C．gathered C．right C．accidents
D．Otherwise D．promise D．professors D．yearly D．similar D．expected D．increased D．wrong D．events