1、牛津版常州市中考英语模拟试题及答案常州市2014-2015学年初中毕业、升学模拟调研测试2014.4英 语 试 题注意事项：1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。试卷满分为110分，考试时间为120分钟。2请将答案全部填写在答题纸上，在本试卷上答题无效第卷（选择题共68分）一、 听力（每小题1分，共20分）A）听下面10段对话，每段对话或独白后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中 选出最佳选项，听每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。1. How did the man go to work today? A. B. C. 2. Wh
2、at does the mans cousin do ？ A. B. C. 3. Where are they talking? A. B. C. 4. What is useful for an astronaut on Mars? A. B. C. 5How long does Mary spend on her hobbies now? A. About two hours B. About an hour C. About half an hour 6When was Jane born? A. In 1992 B. In 1991 C. In 19937. How is the we
3、ather now? A. Rainy B. Windy C. Sunny8What does the man mean? AHe sat in front of the TV and watched the match. BHe didnt watch the match. CHe didnt like the match.9What subject does the woman like better? Amath Bscience Cboth math and science10. How much did Ann pay for her skirt? A. 300 B. 150 C.
4、100B）听下面3段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前你都有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的答题时间。每段对话读两遍。听第一段材料，回答第11-12小题。11. What are they going to do this afternoon? A. See a drama. B. See a film. C. Watch TV.12. What award did Ang Lee win? A. An Oscar for Best Actor. B. An Oscar for Best Actre
5、ss. C. An Oscar for Best Director. 听第2段材料，回答第1315小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。An interesting experimentSteps of the experiment Result First pour water into the glass until it is half fullThen put about 13 spoons of salt into the water.Pour in 14 until the glass is nearly full.Put the egg into water.Bec
6、ause salty water is heavier than drinking water, the egg 15 . 13. A. four B. five C. six 14. A. water B. salty water C. drinking water15. A. falls down to the bottom of the glass. B. stays in the middle of the glass. C. stays on the top of the glass. 听第3段材料，回答第1620小题16. Which floor does Jack live on
7、? A. The twelfth floor. B. The tenth floor. C. The second floor.17. Who has a cat? A. Jack B. Kitty C. Mary18. When did the story happen? A. Last Tuesday morning B. Last Thursday evening C. Last Saturday afternoon19. What happened to the robber at last? A. He was caught by the police. B. He was caug
8、ht by Jack. C. He was caught by the neighbours.20. What can we learn from the story? A. Mary lives with Jack. B. Jack should keep a cat, too. C. Its necessary for Mary to keep a cat as a pet.二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. The astronauts were so interested in beauty of natu
9、re that they took lots of pictures in space. A. the ; / B. the; the C. /; the D. /;/22. -Id like to book a room for tonight. -Sorry, sir, but we dont have any rooms right now. A. able B. comfortable C. available D. suitable23. Its an either-or situation. You can watch TV or play games, but you cant
10、do . A. others B. either C. another D. both24. When the star fell the darkness quickly at night, all the people felt it amazing. A. down B. off C. behind D. through25. The research group 15 members has made great achievements in recent years. A. is made up of B. makes up C. made up of D. making up o
11、f 26. -Shanghai Pudong Airport please! I must get there by 7. - , but Ill try my best A. No problem B. All right C. I cant promise D. I cant do that27. Theres no way of knowing why the man fails, he is always hard-working and wise. A. when B. although C. if D. unless 28. -Millie hardly did the house
12、work after she bought the robot, ? - . She could relax and have time for her hobbies. A. did she; Yes B. didnt she; No C. didnt she; Yes D. did she; No29. -Could you tell me ? -By speaking more. A. what I could do to improve my English B. how I can improve my English C. how can I deal with my Englis
13、h D. whats wrong with my English30. Icanstillrememberthesitting-room mymotherandI intheevening. A.which; used to sit B.that; used to sitting in C./; used to sit in D./; are used to sitting三、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。When I was 15, I announced to my English class that
14、 I was going to write my own books. All the students nearly fell out of their chairs, laughing at me. “Dont be 31 . Only geniuses (天才) can become writers,” the English teacher said sarcastically（讽刺地）. “And you are getting a D this term.” I was hurt deeply and I cried sadly.That night I wrote a short
15、, sad poem about 32 dreams and mailed it to the Cappers Weekly newspaper. To my surprise, they published it, and sent me two dollars. I was a（an） 33 writer! I showed my teacher and my classmates. They laughed again. “Just plain dumb luck,（纯属侥幸）” the teacher said. However, Id tasted 34 . Id sold the
16、first thing Id ever written. By the time I graduated from high school（with a C-minus average）, I had scrapbooks filled with my published 35 . I never talked about my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers, and if people must choose between their friends and their
17、 dreams, they must always choose their dreams.Later, I wrote a book about what I understood and 36 about life. It took me nine months, just like a（an） 37 . I chose a publisher and wrote a letter, which read: “I wrote this book myself, I hope you like it. Chapters(章节) 6 and 12 are my 38 . Thank you.”
18、 I mailed it without an envelope.A month later, I received a letter, and a request to start working on 39 book. Crying Wind became a bestseller, and was translated into 15 languages. People ask what college I attended, what degrees I have, and what qualities I have to be a writer. The answer is 40 .
19、 I just write. Im not a genius, and Im not gifted. I just write. To all those who dream of 41 , Im shouting at you, “Yes, you 42 ! Dont listen to them!” Writing is easy. Its fun, and anyone can do it.31. A. shy B. dishonest C. silly D. proud32. A. strange B. broken C. beautiful D. unusual33. A. welc
20、omed B. educated C. honored D. paid 34. A. luck B. failure C. success D. pain35. A. works B. poems C. letters D. jokes36. A. did B. felt C. heard D. saw37. A. animal B. plant C. baby D. boy38. A. explanations B. reasons C. dreams D. favorites39. A. others B. another C. other D. the other 40. A. many
21、 B. few C. some D. none 41. A. writing B. being famous C. success D. being rich42. A. must B. need C. can D. should四、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26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。AImagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing? No paper,
22、no books, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens which always seem to run out of ink at the important moment.Apaperlessclassroomiswhatmoreandmoreschoolsaretryingtoachieve.Studentsdont do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use hand-sized or specially-designed computers. Theteacher
23、downloadsinformationfromInternet libraries and sends them to every students personal computer.HavingcomputersalsomeansthatstudentscanusetheWeb.They can look up information on any subject theyre studying from math to social science. High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her c
24、lass used the Web to learn about whats going on in the world. “We could touch every side of the country through different sites from the forest to refugee(难民) camps” she said. “Using a book thats three or four years old is impossible.” And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US,
25、students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own grade book on the Internet.Apaperlessclassroomisabigsteptowardsreducingthewasteofpaper.HighschoolteacherStephanieSorrellinKentucky,US,saidsheusedtogiveabout90
26、0piecesofpapereach week to each student.Thinkaboutthemoneyandtreeswecouldsavewiththecomputers,shesaid.But,withallthistechnology,theresalwaystheriskthatthemachineswillbreakdown.So, paper books are still widely available for these hi-tech students. 43. Inapaperlessclassroom,whatisamust? A.Pens. B.Comp
27、uters. C.Information. D.books. 44. Thehighschoolteacher,JudyHerrell,usedtheexampleofherclasstoshowthat . A.theWebcouldtakethemeverywhere B.theWebtaughtthemalot C.theWebcan help students have online exams. D.theWebcanhelp students getthelatestnews.45.Whichofthefollowingisnotthewritersopinion? A.Thepa
28、perlessclassroomwillbegoodfortrees. B.Therearesomedifferencesbetweenthepaperlessstudiesandthoseintheusuallyway. C.Paperbooksarenolongeruseful. D.Paper-freestudiesarepopularwithmoreandmoreschools.BAfter the Spring Festival, I found some of my moms daily habits have changed.Her cooking way was differe
29、nt. Vegetables that had been cooked crisply(脆) became very tender and soft. Fish that had been fried(煎炸的) became soup. Her old shredded (切成细条的) potato turned into diced potato Feeling strange, dad and I asked Mom the reason for the change. But all she said was, “Just trying a different taste”. Then
30、she was silent.But it wasnt just her cooking way. _. After dinner, instead of watching films on TV as usual, she would put on her newly-bought sports clothes and asked Dad to go out for a walk. After they came back home, mom would lose herself in magazines or newspapers about healthcare. Mom almost never gets sick. Why was she suddenly interested in medicine?I couldnt understand her “abnormal” behavior. Then one day I came across her micro blog(博客). “While visiting my parents during the S
