2017年常州市初中毕业统一学业英语考试试卷分析
一、 单选题：
1. ---______________ is it since you left your primary school? ---Three years. A. How old
B. How long
C. How far
D. How soon
2. ---How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get __________? I’d like to buy ____________, too. ---In the shop in the city center. A. it; one
B. one; one
C. one; it
D. it; it
3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive __________ he promises to give up drinking. A. unless
B. since
C. if
D. after
4. A children should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of __________ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong. A. taking up
B. putting up
C. making up
D. setting up
5. ---Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening?
---He should, but he __________ not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. can
B. must
C. need
D. may
6. ---Could you tell me how to behave politely in public in the UK? ---Yes. __________, you should keep your voice down and always queue. A. After all
B. First of all
C. In all
D. At all
7. ---Why doesn’t the surgeon stop ____________ lunch?
---Because he is too busy __________ a dying patient in the operation room. A. to have; to save
B. having; to save
C. to have; saving
D. having; saving
8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees. A. used to be
B. used to have
C. was used to being
D. was used to having
9. The shopping mall _______ for two years, but I ___________ there only once. A. has opened; have gone C. has been open; have gone
B. has opened; have been D. has been open; have been
10. ---Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please? ---_____________. I’ll water them on time. A. Come on 二. 完形填空：
On the first day of my 11th grade, I wasn’t excited when I looked at my timetable and saw “Biology II-Robin
B. With pleasure
C. Take it easy
D. You’re welcome
Haworth, Rom 301”. I had never liked biology and I found it ___11___. After I entered the room, I took a seat in the very back and ___12___ for my new teacher. The bell rang and Mrs. Haworth entered the classroom. She began to tell us how her class was going to be difficult and that if we weren’t up to the ___13___, she would gladly let us leave.
The class required lots of ___14___. This was especially hard for me because I was balancing a new school with a new part-time job. My grades soon began to ___15___. Just as I began to appear in a sea of D, Mrs. Haworth asked me what was up. I told her about the difficulty I was having. She listened to me and I knew she truly ___16___ my life and my problems. She told me that she ___17___ me but that I needed to learn how to manage my time better. Mrs. Haworth greatly ___18___ my ability by helping me learn to solve my problems on my own. If I got a C in a test, she would hand it ___19___ and asked me to deal with the ones I missed and tell her why. She ___20___ increased my grades but taught me how to study harder. I got to know that if I had done my best for the first time I did it, I wouldn’t have so many ___21___. And after many trials, my grades became better.
I had never had a(n) ___22___ who opened up to me and treated me as her equal. Over the past years she was taught me that if I want to be excellent, I am the one who can make that happen. 11. A. Amazing 12. A. prepared
B. practical B. wished
C. boring C. searched
D. important D. waited D. value D. creation D. miss
13. A. experience 14. A. competition 15. A. fall
B. challenge B. attention B. change
C. education C. conversation C. improve
16. A. cheered for 17. A. understood 18. A. supported 19. A. back 20. A. even
B. cared about C. looked after D. believed in B. recommended C. admired B. influenced B. in
D. remembered D. displayed D. over D. never D. mistakes D. parent
C. developed C. out
B. ever C. sometimes C. differences C. adult
21. A. business 22. A. friend 三、阅读理解：
B. mysteries
B. leader
A
The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is coming!
It will host nearly 120 family-friendly activities from April 11 to April 17. More than 40 writers and storytellers, including local writers Monique Polak and Lydia Lukidis, will be joining in educational activities. It hopes to bring citizens of difficult cultures together to enjoy reading and literature. Here are some of the events of this year’s festival.
●Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m.
Activity: The writer Monique Polak, who comes from Montreal, will discuss her new detective book and hold a workshop for kids between the ages of 9 and 12 on how they can be skilled at writing their own detective tales.
Location: Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave. ●Tuesday, April 12, at 4:00 p.m.
Activity: Lydia Lukidis, the local children’s writer, will be giving a talk about the world of folk tales for kids aged 6 to 10. Lukidis will present different folk tales, and then the kids will try their hand at coming up with their own stories.
Location: Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St. ●Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m.
Activity: Helaine Becker will help kids aged 6 and up master all the detailed facts of comedy writing and cartoons.
Location: Ecole St., Germain d’Outremont, 46 Vincent d’Indy Ave. ●Wednesday, April 13, at 1:30 p.m.
Activity: High school students will be presenting videos they created honouring the unsung heroes of the Second World War.
Location: The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St.
23. The festival is held mainly to ______________.
A. encourage the cultural exchange from different areas
B. invite famous writers to introduce their new books to their fans C. help people from different countries to build good relationships D. gather people from different cultures to enjoy reading and literature
24. What can you learn from the local children’s writer Lydia Lukidis?
A. The content of the new detective book. B. Tips for telling and writing folk tales. C. The method of coming up with new comedies. D. The unknown heroes of the Second World War.
25. If an 8-year-old boy likes comedies and cartoons, he can go to_____________.
A. Benny Library, 6400 Monkland Ave on Tuesday. B. Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke St. on Tuesday
C. Ecole St., Germain d’Outremont, 46 Vincent d’Indy Ave on Wednesday D. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 Cote St. on Wednesday
B
A 22-year-old British student has invented a mobile fridge that could save millions of lives across the world.
Will Broadway’s “Isobar” has been designed to keep vaccines(疫苗) at the ideal temperature while they are being sent in developing countries. And will doesn’t plan to make money from his creation. His purpose is to get vaccines to people who need them, which is why he won’t be trying to get a patent(专利). Will’s Isobar has won him the James Dyson Award that challenges young people to “design something that solves a problem”.
Present methods of transporting vaccines can lead to the vaccines freezing(冻住) before reaching their places in developing countries, but the Isobar keeps a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees for 30 days.