2022 年江苏常州中考英语试题及答案
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一、单项选择(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
1.—How______ this question is! I've spent two hours on it.
—Let me help you!
A. practical
B. general
C. difficult
D. natural
2.-___ does your school organize an English Reading Festival?
-Once a term.
A. How often
B. How old
C. How long
D. How soon
3. Learning is a life-long journey, for it brings us______ new every day.
A. everything
B. nothing
C. anything
D. something
4. To achieve our dream, we______rest on what we have done.
A. may not
B. should not
C. need not
D. could not
5.-Why didn't you open the door for me, Jim?
-I______clothes in the bathroom.I didn't hear the knock.
A. am washing
B. have washed
C. was washing
D. washed
6.The summer vacation is coming. Don't swim in the lake, ______when you are alone.
A. probably
B. possibly
C. especially
D. exactly
7. Although the match is moving in an unexpected_____,our team will win finally,
I
believe.
A. instruction
B. introduction
C. position
D. direction
8.If you want to keep healthy, going to bed early and getting up early is highly_____.
A. recommended
B. challenged
C. translated
D. influenced
9.-Mum, do you know______? An engineer.
-That's interesting. I guess you often fix things for others in your school.
A. what do my classmates call me
B. what my classmates call me
C. why do my classmates call me
D. why my classmates call me
10. —It's necessary for us to spend more time with our grandparents.
—______.They won't see us often after we go to college.
A.I hope not
B.I think so
C.I'm sorry
D. I'm not sure
二、完形填空(共 12 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 12 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、BC,D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river.Thornton was in the
boat ,while Hans and Pete had to move along the river bank, holding the boat with
a rope. Buck ,the dog, followed them, keeping a(n)
11___eye on Thornton.
They came to a more 12 part of the river, and the boat started to go too
quickly .Hans pulled on the rope to stop it,but pulled it too hard.The boat 13 ,and
Thornton was thrown into the water.
Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he 14
Thornton .Then
Buck returned, with Thornton holding his tail. Buck swam towards the river bank .But
they moved
15 .Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough, so he
let go of Buck,held on to a rock in the middle of the water,and 16 ,“Go,Buck,go!”
Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank,and Pete and Hans pulled him out.
It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in that 17
water,and his friends
knew they had only a few minutes to save him.They 18 their rope round Buck, who at
once jumped into the river and tried to swim to Thornton.The first time, the water
took him 19
the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back.The second time,he
swam higher up the river.20 , the water brought him down to Thornton.Thornton held
on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could. Man and dog
disappeared under the water, 21
rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck
on top, sometimes Thornton. When Hans and Pete finally pulled them out,both seemed
more dead than alive. But after a while their eyes opened and
22 returned. They
all smiled.
11. A. worried
B. satisfied
C. surprised
D. excited
12. A. important
B. famous
C. dangerous
D. interesting
13. A. turned up
B. turned over C. turned down
D. turned off
14.A. lost
B. saw
C. saved
D. reached
15.A. carelessly
B. slowly
C. wisely
D. simply
16.A.shouted
B. complained
C. replied
D. joked
17.A. secret
B. clear
C. dirty
D. wild
18. A.tied
B. limited
C. relaxed
D. mixed
19.A. under
B. past
C. inside
D. through
20.A.Otherwise
B. Moreover
C. However
D. Instead
21.A.lifting B. controlling C. hitting
D. breaking
22. A.fear
B. love
C.trust
D. life
三、阅读理解(共 14 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 28 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。
A
The Beijing 2022 Olympics was the most gender-balanced(性别平衡的)Winter
Olympic Games in history, with more than 1,300 female athletes —a record
number—competing at the events, making up more than 45 percent of all athletes.
Here are some female athletes whose achievements in Beijing amazed the world.
Team China's teenage hero Gu Ailing,18, is the youngest athlete
to win three medals at a Winter Olympics .The freeski player won two gold
medals and a silver in three events.
Russia's skating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova,17, amazed
the world with five quadruple jumps(四周跳) during free skate at the
Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has ever finished five
quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
British women's curling(冰壶) team won the country’s only gold medal by having
a 10-3 win against Japan on the last day of the Beijing Winter
Olympics. This was also the country's first curling gold after 2002.
Almida de Val, a 24-year-old Swedish IT engineer, together
with her teammate, took the third place in curling mixed doubles.
She took a leave from her company to take part in the Olympics.
23. How many athletes took part in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games?
A. Around 1,300.
B. Around 1,580.
C. Around 2,880.
D. Around 4,460.
24. Who took a silver medal in the competition?
A. Gu Ailing.
B. British women's curling team.
C. Almida de Val.
D. Almida de Val's teammate.
25. What do we know about Alexandra Trusova?
A. She is the youngest athlete in the 2022 Olympic Games.
B. She took the first place in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
C. She worked as an IT engineer before becoming a skating player.
D. She is the first female to complete five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
This is a typical(典型的)day for Yang Jinlong.
B
At 9
a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi
Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chinese form
of storytelling to the rhythm(节奏) of bamboo clappers(响板), which the art form
is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare for competitions. Usually, his
classes run until about 6. p.m. , and then he returns home to prepare classes for
the next day.
On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible
cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557
items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been
included. The art form has been introduced to local schools as part of their art
education.
Yang has been teaching young people the art form since 2003 after graduating
from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. He studied quyi there.
Quyi is general term for Chinese folk art forms, including storytelling, crosstalk
and clapper talk.
"Art education is important for students in China. Just as many students learn
to play Western musical instruments like the piano and violin, there are many people
learning traditional Chinese folk arts, including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work
for my whole life,” he said.
Kuaiban is popular in northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin. According
to Yang, Shaanxi kuaiban was influenced by the art of different areas. The art form
can be played by a group of players or only one. With one or two pairs of kuaiban
of different sizes in hand, the players speak in the local dialect(方言) while
telling stories, which are usually about heroes. The player tells stories while
playing kuaiban, and it's easy for the watchers to remember the stories since all
the lines rhym.
Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is
passed on and stays alive in our country.
26. Why is today a typical day for Yang Jinlong?
A. He is teaching students about kuaiban as usual.
B. His work starts at 9 and lasts 6 hours like every day.
C. He is preparing for a kuaiban competition today.
D. His life today is as busy and boring as every day.
27. Which of the following about Shaanxi kuaiban is TRUE?
A. It is named after the Shaanxi dialect.
B. It is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage.
C. It is more popular than the piano and violin in northern China.
D. It is played to tell stories usually about common people.
28. Which of the following best describes Yang Jinlong?
A. Devoted. B. Stressed. C. Generous. D. Curious.
29. Why does the writer report Yang Jinlong's story?
A. To show how to play Shaanxi kuaiban in the local dialect.
B. To tell the difference between Chinese and Western arts.
C. To prove that kuaiban players are living a busy life.
D. To praise the work of spreading traditional Chinese art.
C
Researchers are using an underwater drone (无人机) to get information on carbon
dioxide (CO2)
levels in the ocean. It is believed to be the first time that such
a device (装置)
has been used purposely to test CO2 levels.
The device, which the team also calls a glider, is designed to go down to1, 000
meters in deep ocean areas and can operate for weeks at a time.
The purpose of the research is to provide scientists with data (数据) about how
climate change is influencing the ocean’s chemistry. The self-swimming drone was
placed in the Gulf of Alaska this spring. Reporters from The Associated Press
recently joined researchers on a boat in Alaska's Resurrection Bay to see the drone
in action.
The team says the project could be a major step forward in measuring(测量) the
environmental health of oceans. The scientists are most interested in levels of ocean
acidification(酸性). This happens when CO2 emissions(排放) in the air make their
way into the ocean. Ocean acidification can harm or kill some kinds of sea life.
Scientists have connected CO2 emissions with global(全球) warming caused by human
activities.
In a way, oceans have given humans a helping hand by taking in(吸收) some of the
CO2. If there were no oceans’ uptake, there would be much more CO2 in the air. This
would trap more of the sun's heat and further warm the Earth.
“But the problem now is that the ocean is changing its chemistry because of this
uptake,” said team member Claudine Hauri.
One of the best ways to measure ocean acidification is to collect CO2 measurements.
Until now, these collections were mostly done from ships or with devices floating
at the ocean surface or on the ocean floor.
30. What is probably this passage?
A. An advertisement.
B. Part of a news report.
C. Part of a science fiction.
D. A text from a chemistry textbook.
31. What do we know about a glider?
A. It must be used together with floating devices.
B. It is used to measure ocean acidification.
C. It is used to stop CO2 from entering the ocean.
D. It is used to measure CO2 levels in the air.
32. What does the underlined word “uptake” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean?
A. The act of covering an area.
B. The act of slowing something down.
C. The act of taking something in. D. The act of killing or harming something.
33. What is troubling the scientists?
A. The underwater drone can't swim by itself.
B. The drone can only last one week at a time.
C. Oceans are stopping taking in CO2 from the air.
D. Too much CO2 is making its way into oceans.
D
Being sad or in a low mood is a normal (正常的) part of life. Many people feel
down from time to time. For example, when people face challenging events in their
lives, such as financial(经济的) difficulty or major changes, it’s common to feel
down. But in most cases the bad feelings slowly disappear.
As for depression(抑郁症),however, the bad mood lasts for weeks, months, or ever
longer because it is a mental(精神的) ilness. As the World Health Organization(WHO)