1、江苏省无锡市 2015 年中考英语试卷一、单选题（共 14 小题）1Listen up, everybody! Show me your licenceDont ask Just do it!Awhat Bwhen Chow Dwhy2 is it from the New Town to the old city centre?Less than 30 minutes by undergroundAHow soon BHow oftenCHow long DHow far3Its really you not to tell your parents about the problemsDo
2、 you think you can solve them on your own?Asmart of B smart forCsilly of D silly for4I think we need to sit down and have a talkI agree moreLets take the bench over thereAcould BcouldntCshould D shouldnt5The governments should the use of new types of energy to make a greener worldApush in B push for
3、Cput out Dput up6The stuntman is planning to walk on the wings of a flying planeWhat?! Ive never heard of idea beforeAa crazier B the crazierCa craziest Dthe craziest7Why did she get so mad? It was only a jokeAhopeless BhopefulCharmless Dharmful8The school network will be shut down for safety reason
4、sThat doesnt me at allIm not a net-worm, anywayAsatisfy BsurpriseCworry Dinclude9Too many people were absentThe chairperson warned that he the meeting if necessaryAwould cancel BcancelledCwould start Dstarted10Is your sleeping problem getting better?NoAnd They gave me the wrong medicine this timeCan
5、 you believe that?Aa good miss is as good as a mileBit never rains but it poursCthe early bird catches the wormDevery dog has its day11I think you should complain, , of course, you are happy with the situationAunless BhoweverCuntil Dthough12What language is that guy speaking? I can hardly catch a si
6、ngle word! Hes from India, so I guess it is HindiANeither I can BNeither can ICSo I can DSo can I13I know hes been curious about everything, but thats Be patient!Awhat do kids like Bwhat kids likeCwhat are kids like Dwhat kids are like14Ive decided to give up my job, Mum Youd better think twiceASoun
7、ds great! BWhat a pity!CGuess what? DAre you serious？二、完形填空（共 1 小题）15.阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shopAs we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat down beside usHe called the waiter and ordered, “Two cups of coffee, of them there
8、on the wall“ We heard this with great and saw that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for twoAs soon as he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee“While we were still there, two other men had two cups of coffee but paid for three , the waiter did the s
9、ame thingIt seemed that this was usual at this placeHowever, it was something strange for usSince we had nothing to do with the , we finished our coffee, paid and leftAfter a few days, we again had a to go to this coffee shopWhile we were enjoying our coffee, a man enteredThe way this man was dresse
10、d did not match the of this coffee shopAs he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall“ The waiter served coffee to this man with the same The man had his coffee and left without payingThe waiter took off a piece of paper from the and threw it in the dust binNo
11、w there was no for usThe great kindness for the people in need shown by the people of this town filled up our eyes with tears1Aboth Bneither C one Dnone2Ajoy Binterest C effort Dfear3Aquickly Bsuddenly Cwisely Dproperly4AInstead BAgain CIndeed DAnyway5Ashop Bwaiter C matter D men6Ahurry Btime Cwish
12、Dchance7Astyle Bstandard Cfurniture D colour8Arespect Bcourage Cresult D custom9Aboard Btable Cbill Dwall10Achoice Bclue Cdoubt Dhope三、阅读理解（共 4 小题）16.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。From: annelfreemai14allcom Sent: Wed, Oct 19To: tss_liamkidstarmailnetSubject: Hello!Hi, Liam!So youre my new pe
13、n friendLet me tell you a bit about myselfIm 14 years old and I live in Calgary, CanadaI have two older brothers, Brian and SamIm the only girl I love sports and Im always looking for exciting new hobbies to tryI like playing baseball in winterIts fun beating the boys! But summer is my favourite tim
14、e of the yearI love skateboarding and rock climbing in summerSkateboardings great because its so fun and easy to learn! I often skateboard after schoolThere are many places in the park where I can do stuntsIm good at stunts like jumping and turning the skateboard!Rock climbing is also really funI us
15、ually climb with my dad on weekendsWe cant do it on real mountains very often because we live in the cityWe do indoor rock climbing instead but its not as challengingSo thats me! How about you? Please write back soon!Bye for now!Anne1Who wrote this email?ALiamBBrian CSamDAnne2What is the writer like
16、?AActiveBShyCLazyDKind3The writer sent this email in order to Adescribe some exciting sportsBlook for a suitable pen friendCmake a self-introductionDshow others his/her hobbies17.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。SCENE IOne dollar a weekThe doorway of the house where Chandler has a roomHe is dre
17、ssed in his best clothes, ready forhis evening outHe is going out as his friend, Jeff White, comes inWHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers?CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight Im going to live like a man with a million dollars!WHITE What are you talking about? You havent got a million dollars!CHANDLER
18、 How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?WHITE Eighteen dollars Why?CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?WHITE All of it, of courseCHANDLER Well, I dontEach week I save one dollar out of my eighteenThen,every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to rememb
19、erWHITE What do you do?CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York,eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and thentake a taxi home!WHITE ( 2 ) Why?CHANDLER Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in
20、America, and to make them think that Im rich, tooWHITE Youre crazy!CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am! Mrs Black comes inMRS BLACK Ah, Mr ChandlerI wanted to see youCHANDLER Good evening, Mrs BlackWhat a lovely evening!MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you havent paid me for your room thismonthWhe
21、n am I going to get the money?CHANDLER Soon, Mrs BlackVery soonMrs Black looks at Chandler s clothesMRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you cant pay for your roomIs that right?CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black!1This is most probably part of Aa playBa novelCa poemDa s
22、peech2Which of the following is the most suitable for ?AExcitedBSurprisedCBored DScared3What can we learn about Chandler?AHe is a man of great wealthBHe is a man of great wisdomCHe is not very practicalDHe is not very confident18.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。“Well, just take a look at that
23、wheel（航轮）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife“It must be older than anything we have back home“Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒馆） The pubs name, The Old Swan, was on the wallNext to the name was a wooden ships wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS SwanThe w
24、heel was old, Earl could tellThe next morning, Earl asked to see Tony ThatcherThe Old Swan was Tonys pubHe took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ships wheelHe told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to
25、America on the ship HMS SwanBut Tony said no at firstAfter all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pubs past“You can think of the past, MrThatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of todayAnd with the money, Tony, you can buy a good carMaybe a new Jaguar? And, as Ive told you, th
26、e wheel is part of my familys past tooSo you could say its going back home, in a waySo, what do you say?“A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, TexasEarl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his familys pastHe was happyIn Ports
27、mouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, tooHe was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（车库） He was careful not to drive into any of the six ships wheels in the garageA friend of his made the wheels for himThey were just like the one that Earl boughtAnd there was another wheel on the outside wall of T
28、he Old Swan nowOld or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was whichNever in a hundred years1Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?ABecause he thought it was old and part of the pubs pastBBecause he wanted to show it was important to his pubCBecause he tr
29、ied to sell it to someone else at a higher priceDBecause he did not really believe what Earl had told him2What can we infer(推断) from the story?AEarl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before thatBEarl would soon find out the truth and become rather angryCTony had sold quite a few wheels lik
30、e that ancl got wealthy,DTony would play the same trick again to make more money3Which of the following can be the best title of the story?AThe Wheel on the WallBAn Excellent BuyCOld or New - Who KnowsDthe Familys Past19.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。An early form of a game in which a ball w
31、as kicked around a field is recorded in 1004 BCJapan Some sports historians believe that the game of soccer began in England in the third century, howeverThey say that early English warriors（武士） kicked around the head of a killed enemyThis may or may not be true, but it is certain that soccer is an
32、ancient sportWithout doubt, the English played soccer during the times of King Edward I in the 1300sIn fact, the king passed a law against playing itThe law said, “There is great noisecaused by kicking large balls from which many ghosts may appear“ Anyone caught playing soccer at that time was put i
33、nto prisonTwo hundred years later, Queen Elizabeth I still had people put into prison for playing this “vulgar“ sportAlthough there were such laws, soccer grew more popular In 1681 it became an official(正式的) sport in EnglandBy the 1800s, people throughout the country played soccerBy the 18th century
34、, upper-class boys played it at schoolsIts popularity grew among all English peopleAt a meeting held in an English school in 1843, the first rules were suggestedIn 1863 the heads of English soccer teams met in London to agree on some official rulesThey organized an English football association（协会） B
35、y 1871 all of the English clubs were following these rulesToday all soccer teams play by themSoccer is called “football“ everywhere but in the United StatesThe game is played mostly with feetNo players except the goalie (守门员 ) may touch the ball with their handsThey may control the ball with any par
36、t of the body except their handsSoccer is by far the worlds most popular sportEvery four years, nearly every country in the world tlghts for the World CupTens of billions of soccer fans from around the world watch the World Cup on television1According to the passage, a “vulgar“ sport probably Aappea
37、rs to be rudeBappears to be oldCrequires lots of energyDrequires good teamwork2Which of the following shows the right order of the development of the game?a. Upper-class boy students played it at schoolsb. An English football association was organizedc. It became a popular sport throughout Englandd.
38、 The rules were accepted by all English clubse. Playing the game was considered to be guiltyAe-c-a-b-d Be-c-a-d-b Ce-a-c-b-d De-a-c-d-b 3What can we learn from the passage?AIt is certain that soccer has a history of over l,800 yearsBThe English had to play soccer in secret for two centuriesCFootball
39、 is called “soccer“ in the US because of the rulesDThe king passed the law against the game for a stupid reason4This passage is mainly about Awhy the game is so popularBhow the game has developedCwhat the game is likeDwhere the game first began四、单词拼写（共 1 小题）20.(A)根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。1Life is like a
40、（赛跑） You either take the lead or fall behind2I thought about what she had said and stayed （醒着的）all night3Hey! Relax! No one will （强迫）you to do that if youre not willing to4Many countries speak （高度地）of Chinas high-speed railway technologies(B)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。5Dont look at me like that! Im telling
41、 you the （true)6It is not polite to ask a stranger questions about his （person) life7Red lanterns are often （hang) along the streets before Spring Festival8The new system is now （wide) used by IT companies all over the world.五、其他（共 1 小题）21.用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。1Trust meI (keep) it between you and me, I p
42、romiseTalk now2Im so sorry that I (not understand) you, but I do now3Sally loves chocolate-That (explain) why its hard for her to lose weight4If you have any trouble (use) the website, just click on this icon for help5Why didnt you answer my call?I (take) a showerBut I called you back as soon as I g
43、ot out6A big parade was held on Red Square (remember) the dead in World War II7Cleverness is a gift; kindness is a choiceGifts are easy - they (give) after allChoices can be hard8Is the little baby in this photo me, Dad?It isAnd now you (grow) into a young manWhere does the time go, huh?六、完成句子（共 1 小
44、题）22.按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。1我记忆中的父亲不苟言笑，对我严格要求。In my memory, Father was a man of few words and he 2这些短信很无聊，不值得回复。These short messages are so boring that they 3为生价值并不取决于你是谁，而是你做什么。The value of life does not ， but what you do4这对新人相爱多年，今天终成眷属。真好！The new couple with each other for many years and they are fin
45、allygetting married todayHow nice!5 新天鹅湖的特别之处在于它是以现代方式编曲的。What makes New Swan Lake special is that 6别做白日梦了！别指望你会碰巧引起导演的注意。Stop daydreaming! Never expect that youll 七、书面表达（共 1 小题）23.假设你是悉尼大学一名华裔学生，名叫 Jason Wu。你从 China Daily 上看到该报正在开展主题为 Change for a Better China 的环保讨论活动。你打算结合自己所居住的小镇的变化，给报社写一封英文信参与讨论
46、。内容提示见下表：注意事项：1英文信须包括表格中所有提示内容，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；2表格中“感想建议” 一栏须用 2-3 句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；3词数在 90 个左右，信的首尾己在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数；4信件内容必须写在答题卡指定的位置上。参考词汇：澳洲最美小镇(Australias Nicest Towns) 清洁能源(clean energy)八、阅读填空（共 1 小题）24.阅读文章，完成填空。A “blog“is a shortened name for aweb log“People write blogs about all kinds of things, from news and events to hobbies and review
