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1、常州市二0一五年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试英语 试 题本试卷共8 页。全卷满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。考生须将答案书写在答题卡上。一、单项选择（共10个小题；每小题I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.Your home town is really nice!The air quality is as good as of Sanya.A.it B.one C.that D.the one2.Who will give us the speech on public manners?Mr.B r o w n,b u
2、 t Im not sure.A.can B.need C.must D.might3 .-Would you like to visit the zoo with me now?Sorry.Its the visiting hours.Lefs go there tomorrow.A.on B.over C.during D.beyond4.-Dont you think it of some teenagers to be crazy about pop stars?Well,I dont think so.We were once young and had the similar ex
3、periences.A.creative B.silly C.wise D.curious5.Could you tell me the of making such tasty cakes?一WclL I just follow the instructions in the cookbook.A.time B.method C.cost D.menu6.Life is a journey with trouble,but with care and wisdom you can any problem you face.A.work out B.hand out C.find out D.
4、put out7.Jenny,will you leave for the USA now?No.It will be two weeks I leave here.A.until B.since C.before D.when8.Mike used to be a top student,but he behind since he lost himself in computer games.A.fell B.has fallen C.was D.has been9.Jack,Id like to have your opinions about my report.-.But I hav
5、e one suggestion.A.Thats a good ideaB.I agree with youC.It looks fine to me D.Check it first10.-Im going to give a talk on the Dragon Boat Festival to the exchange students.-Great!But dont forget to tell t he m.A.what should they eat at the festivalB.why people enjoy the full moonC.what kind of race
6、 is often heldD.How do people celebrate it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、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How often do You let other peoples rude actions change your mood?Do you let a baddriver or an impolite waiter make your day in a mess?However,the mark of your wise reply tothe actions
7、is how_11_you can come back to smiling to them.Sixteen years ago,I learnedthis 12_at the back of a taxi in New York.We were driving fast in the right lane（车道）when suddenly,a black car jumped_ 1 3 _a parking space right to front of us.My taxi driver stepped on the brake（刹车）as hard aspossible,and at t
8、he_14 moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of theother car.I couldnt _ 15 what happened next.The driver of the car turned his head around andstarted_16 bad words.But then heres what really_ 17 me.My taxi driver justsmiled and waved（挥手致意）at the guy.I said,HWhy did you just do that?This
9、guy nearly_18_ us!n He told me what I now remember HThe Law of the Garbage（土 立 圾）Truck.He said,“Like garbage trucks,many people run around full of garbage,full of anger,and fi.ilIof r e g r e t.19_their garbage increases more and more,they look fbr a place to pour it.If youlet them,theyll pour it on
10、 you.So when someone wants to pour it on you,don*t feel hurt.Justsmile,wave,and move on.You will be_20_I started thinking:how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me?And how often do Itake their garbage and_21_it to other people?Then I knew clearly what I should do.I began to see Garbage Tru
11、cks.I see the bad_ 22_ people are carrying.I see them comingto pour it.And like my taxi driver,I dont feel hurt.I just smile,wave,and move on。11.A.clearlyB.quicklyC.exactlyD.correctly12.A.exampleB.experienceC.lessonD.case13.A.out ofB.acrossC.next toD.far from14.A.nextB.busyC.rightD.last15.A.doubtB.c
12、onsiderC.acceptD.believe16.A.shoutingB.tellingC.whispering0.expressing17.A.cheeredB.encouragedC.surprised.satisfied18.A.attackedB.killedC.warnedD.beat19.A.SinceB.WhileC.AsD.Before20.A.happierB.busierC.saferD.luckier21.A.donateB.lendC.spreadD.hang22.A.newsB.PrizeC.nameD.mood三、阅谈理解（共 13小题;每小题2 分，满分26分
13、）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。ALast fall a beaver moved into the small stream beside our house.He began taking downsmall trees right away.and in a couple of weeks our stream turned into a pond（水塘）.Every day,headded more to his dam（水坝）and to his house.WeTe sure youve all heard the s
14、aying,nas busy as abeaver”.Now,we understand this saying as we saw the work that this beaver did over a very shortperiod of time.We thought that would be the last of the beavefs busy activity as winter came.To ouramazement,however,he started chewing（咀嚼）on a very large tree.The tree was over 18 meter
15、stall and around 1.5 meters in diameter（直径）.Wc were amazed at the challenge this beaver wastrying.All winter,he chewed and chewed.He had setbacks（挫折）as we faced major winter stormsand ice-cold weather.But sure enough,when the weather allowed,he would come back and chewa bit more.The beavers first go
16、al（H 标）was to survive to build o home for the winter.Working every daywith that goal in mind,he successfully achieved that goal.But the large tree he started chewingon last fall was a future goal 一 he wanted the large tree to provide new food and branches（树枝）fbr the coming spring.Even with the setba
17、cks he faced over the winter,he never gave up untilhe reached it.Our beavers experience reminds us that we need to set goals for tomorrow.Sometimes justsurviving seems to take up all of our time.But,if you do just a little bit when time allows andstick to your future goal,you will achieve it.When fa
18、ced with setbacks,have your goal in heart and don*t let the setbacks stop you.Keepchewing like the beaver,and you will achieve your goal in the end.23.What is the purpose of the beavers chewing on the large tree?A.To provide more food for the winter because of the snow.B.To add more branches to his
19、dam and his house.C.To prepare new food and branches for the coming spring.D.To keep working every day with a goal in mind.24.Here is。paragraph（段）“When spring arrived,we went down to see the beavefs progress.Thetree was about to fall.Our beaver had almost completely chewed around and through the who
20、letree.According to the passage,it should be putA.between paragraph I and paragraph 2B.between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3C.between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4D.between paragraph 4 and paragraph 525.The best title of this passage might beA.Keep Chewing B.Be Like the BeaverC.As Busy as a Beaver D.Set
21、 Proper GoalsBSometimes,you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back tO your high spirit.So ifyoure having a bad day and need a boost,then help is just a click away.A website is trying to offer people positive（积极 向）messages from strangers to cheer themup.It announces to beuthe nicest place o
22、n the Internet*,where happy people can present theirpositive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits.The website,lets people post videos of themselves blowingkisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors*sp irits.The website was created by Jeff*Lam and is consid
23、ered to help many people out when theyfeel low.The well-known artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when heand his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days.We tried to become cheerful,but none of the usual methods seemed to be working.Notmusic.Not food.What we hoped
24、was something positive,honest and good.So with only acamera and work-free weekend,we created4The Nicest Place On The Internet,f he explained onhis website.One user of the site,Joseph Meehan,27,from Birmingham,said,its a fun andexciting website.I visit every once in a while when Im missing my friends
25、 or family.I thinkit could really be a help to people that are feeling down or sad.It may even stop them from doingsomething stupid.You can also post your video to the website,and they add it to the series.Itsvery easy to share the love.”Mr.Lam is now working on a new project that allows people to l
26、eave positive voicemails forstrangers.The idea is that strangers send an audio（声音）diary by leaving a voicemail and thenanyone can listen to it.26.The underlined word“boost in paragraph 1 probably meansA.鼓 舞 B.放松 C.休闲 D.提高27.The website was created in order toA.provide a place for those who want to p
27、ost their videosB.discover something positive,honest and goodC.recommend positive voicemails on the website to peopleD.offer something positive to cheer people up28.According to the text,which of the following is TRUE?A.Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries.B.Jeff Lam me
28、t a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website.C.Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it.D.Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers.CI was just out of college,only three days into a graduate（研究生）year in England,and I waspulling a heavy bag
29、and suitcase（箱子）through the London Underground.I was also crying out ofcontrol.The day before yesterday,my uncle told me never to speak to him,his wife,or my twocousins again.Earlier,I made a joke.I didnt mean to hurt my aunts feelings,but it did.I spentthe evening in an ugly blue telephone booth（电话
30、亭）.crying as I spoke to a family friend wholived in England.When I left the phone booth,I went back to a silent house with three closed bedroom doors.In the morning,I heard everyone get up and leave fbr work and school.I wrote a note to say sorryand pulled my bags to the train station.When I got int
31、o London,I had to take the underground toAngel Station to get to my family friends house.I was familiar with the underground,but at the time,it was just endless white tiles（瓷砖）.Coming to England seemed like a bad decision.Crying yet again,I tried to lift my suitcase upthe stairs.When I was trying ha
32、rd to walk forward,there were hands.Each time I faced another groupof steps,a hand would lift the suitcase.At the top of the steps,the hand would let go,and Pd pullthe suitcase to the next group.And just as I wanted to try again,another hand would appear.It happened several times.I never looked up,b
33、ecause I couldnt stop crying.Each hand lookeddifferent,and many different people helped me,without asking or saying anything.I couldnt lookup.I wasn*t able to say thank you.I went on to have an amazing year studying in England,but that was the last time I saw orspoke to any of my uncles family.Yet w
34、hen I think about that teiriblv loss in 2008,1 rememberthose strangers hands.They were there when I needed them,and even now,they help me out ofthe sadness of that memory.I think of them as I ride the underground in Washington D.C.today,and I watch the citizens and tourists to offer hands at any tim
35、e.29.What was the writers feeling while she was walking in the station?A.She felt sad and helpless at first,but might feel warm later.B.She was looking forward to getting help from friends.C.She expected to leave London and go back homeD.She regretted making the joke,but was angry with her uncle.3 0
36、.In the last paragraph,the underlined words Hthat terrible loss probably mean.A.I was crying when I took the underground in LondonB.I left my uncles family and havent contacted them since thenC.I didnt say thank you to those who gave hands to meD.I lost my good mood and felt sad when I left my uncle
37、s family3 1.What is the passage mainly about?A.It tells us a story about an unlucky and homeless college student.B.It.describes the writers experience through the underground.C.It expresses the idea of giving hands to strangers who are in need.D.It shows the helping hands that writer got from strang
38、ers.DIs your TV connected to the Internet?What about your chair or your fridge?It is possible thatthey are not.But in the future,most things in your home may be connected,as the so-calledInternet of things is developing.The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think.It is reported that d
39、uring hisspeech earlier this year,Samsung CEO（首席执行官）BK Yoon spent a lot of time talking about theInternet of things.He said that five years from now,every Samsung product will be part of theInternet of things,whether ifs a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner（吸尘器）.So,how do household（家用）objects that
40、are part of Internet of things work?Well,think of ausual chair.When connected to the Internet,the chair warms up when it knows that the user hasjust walked into the room and is feeling cold.An Internet-connected camera,like a smart-home camera,could help people feel safer intheir homes.It can recogn
41、ize（识另ll）peoples faces,and even can see when someone passes by inthe dark.Then it can send you a message on your smartphone to let you know whos there.If theperson is someone you dont know,it can tell you that,too.But according to MIT Technology Review,whether companies are connecting dog foodbowls
42、or security（安全）systems to the Internet,there may be problems.For example,many earlyconnected-home devices（装置）dont have much built-in security,which means they could behacked（被黑客攻击），In addition,it could be difficult to get these devices to work togetherbecause they are made by different companies.To
43、fight this,many companies have joined theOpen Interconnect C onsortium,which had 45 members by late 2014.So,picture this:you walk in through the front door of your home.The temperature changesto make you feel comfortable after a long day at school.Your favorite music starts playing fbryou.Do you thi
44、nk that this would be a good thing?It may happen sooner than you think.3 2.The Samsung CEOs speech is mentioned to prove t hat.A.the Internet of things will appear in our daily life soonerB.Samsung has produced the Internet of things recentlyC.Samsung products have been part of the Internet of thing
45、sD.he spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things3 3.Wc can infer（推断）paragraphs 3 and 4 thatA.the chair can know whether the user feels cold or notB.a usual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes inC.an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the houseD.an Intern
46、et-connected camera can be connected to the users smartphone3 4.According to the passage,it is mentioned t ha t the temperature inside is neither too high nor too lowyour fridge provides the drinks for youthe chair warms up if you feel cold（4）your favourite music starts playingyour washing machine s
47、tarts workingA.B.C.D.3 5.Whats the problem about the Internet of things?A.Companies which produce connected-home devices haven*t joined together*.B.Connected-home devices may not work together and can easily get hacked.C.Companies have difficulty connecting security system to the Internet.5D.These n
48、ew devices are produced by different companies.四、阅读衰达（共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分）阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格里只填一个单词。Any ti me of the day you can devote to exercising is a good time fbr getting active,but if youwant to make a healthy fitness plan,it may be helpful to keep sever
49、al points in mind and find outthe best time to exercise.First,try to know what kind of person you are.Especially,are you an early bird who alwayswakes up early in the morning,or a night owl（猫头鹰）who almost never goes to bed beforemidnight?Once you are generally aware of what your sleep characteristics are,you will understandbetter when your body needs exercise,either early in the morning,sometime during the day,orlater on in the evening.Second,consider your daily plan.When do you seem to be most busy,and when do you planyour most important tasks?Try to fit in your exercise before or at least a