2023年江蘇常州中考英語真題及答案

2023年江蘇常州中考英語真題及答案

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一、單項選擇（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

1.We_______onthecountrysideroadwhenasuddenstormhit,sowemadeourway

back.

A.joggedB.werejoggingC.havejoggedD.will

jog

2.MyfathergoesbacktoNanjingfortheSpringFestivaleveryyearlast

yearbecausehewasbusywithhisworkinChangzhou.

A.includingB.sinceC.exceptD.till

3.Asweliveinarapidlydevelopingworld,wewillbeleftbehindwekeep

learning.

AunlessB.ifC.afterD.though

4.Whenyouhavefixedthistypeoflock,youtakeakeywithyou.Youcan

openthedoorwithyourfingerprint.

A.shouldn,tB.needn'tC.mustn,tD.can,t

5.I'vevisitedNewYorkandLosAngeles,butIdon'tlike________ofthemvery

much.

A.eitherB.anyC.neitherD.none

6.AftershewasbroughtbacktoChina,thesickgiantpandaYaYareceivedgood

inhernewhomeandgotbetter.

A.educationB.communicationC.entertainmentD.

treatment

7.—Canyouthesignforthecommunityparty?

—Sure,whereshouldIhangit?

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A.keepupB.takeupC.giveupD.putup

8.—Let,sinvitesomemorepeopletohelpwiththeprojectonairpollutionin

thisarea.

—Goodidea!_______.

A.Manyhandsmakelightwork

B.Theearlybirdcatchestheworm

C.Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherside

D.WheninRome,doastheRomansdo

9.CouldyoutellmesomethingaboutQuQiubai?Ineedtoknowabout.

A.howmanybooksdidhepublishB.thathestudiedandworkedin

Russia

C.whichpartofChangzhoudidheliveinD.whatforeignlanguageshecould

speak

10.—ShallwebevolunteersinChangzhouMuseumduringthesummerholiday?

—.I’mlookingforwardtothat.

A.Don,tmentionitB.That,snotthecaseC.Itcouldn*tbebetterD.Fm

afraidnot

二、完形填空（共12小題；每小題1分，滿分12分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡

上將該項涂黑。

Lastyearinearlysummer,IwaswalkingupthehilltomyhousewhenIsawtwo

birds,eachabout60centimetrestall,standingonthepath.Theydidn,tseemto

11meuntilIwasrightinfrontofthemandthentheyatoncemovedquickly

intothebushes.

Iwasquiteexcitedbytheideaoftwobirdsmakinganest（巢）inmyfrontyard,

althoughIdidn,treallyexpectthemto12wildbirdsdon,tusuallynest

soclose.

Afewweekslater,thebirds13again.Ifoundthemcrouchingbesidea

treeofftothesideofthepath.AsImovednearertothem,I14thatthey

wouldrunawayliketheydidlasttime.Butinsteadtheystuckouttheirheadsand

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madeathreatening（威脅的）croaking（呱呱叫）sound.Itseemedtowarnmenotto

goany15.

Ididn'tknowwhytheywerecroakingatmeuntilashorttimelaterImadean

amazing16:theyhadtwosmallbabybirds.

AsImovedquietlytowardsthebirds,17nottomakeanysuddenmovements,

theystartedtheircroakingagain.Theystraightenedtheirnecksforwardsothey

seemed18andmorethreatening.Themothercarefullycroucheddownoverthe

chicks,and19herbabieswellinherfeathers.

Iwaswatchingthemwith20whenIsuddenlytrippedandfelltotheground.

Thebirdstookthisasathreatandthefatherracedtowardsme,21hiswings

toprotectthemotherandthechickswhilemakinghimselfappearlarger.

Iwas22tohavesurprisedthemandleftquickly.Iwasamazedbytheir

fearlessactions.Theirparentalnaturalabilitykickedinandmadethemso

courageous.Itishardnottorespectnature.

11.A.noticeB.welcomeC.followD.

believe

12.A.whenB.untilC.becauseD.while

13.A.foughtB.flewC.screamedD.

appeared

14.A.explainedB.imaginedC.confirmedD.

remembered

15.A.nearerB.fasterC.earlierD.deeper

16.A.discoveryB.contributionC.achievementD.

agreement

17.A.patientB.curiousC.carefulD.polite

18.A.widerB.longerC.weakerD.

smaller

19.A.pulledB.shookC.touchedD.hid

20.A.trustB.courageC.confidenceD.

respect

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21.A.shuttingB.spreadingC.controllingD.

breaking

22.A.angryB.happyC.sorryD.proud

三、閱讀理解（共14小題；每小題2分，滿分28分）

閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡

上將該項涂黑。

A

Belowislastmonth,scaption

competition:

Forlastmonth'scompetition,we

gotthefollowinginteresting

CAPTIONCOMPETITION

captions:

Comeupwiththefunniestcaption（文字

1.Whatashark-ingsight!

說明）forthefollowingphotoandyoucould

ByJessica

win$100.

ChengHuiMin

Toenter,email

2.Justoutforaquickbite.

asiaeditor@readersdigest.com.au

ByChrisRamos

Orseedetailsbelow

3.Ithinkthatredcarmightbelost.

Emai1:asiaeditor@readersdigest.com.au

Itjustkeepscircling.

Write:ReaderJsDigestAsia,Editorial

ByAdam

Department,SingaporePostCentre,

Williams

POBox272,Singapore,914010

4.Carpooling!

Online:rdasia.com/contribute

By

SukhdeepSingh

Thewinneroflastmonth'swasChris

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Ramos.

Congratulations（祝賀）!

Besidescaptioncompetition,wealsoneedsomeotherideasforthefollowing:

Laughs&Jokes$50一$100foreachwinner

Sendinyourreal-lifelaughforLife'sLikeThatorAllInADay'sWork.Got

ajoke?SenditinforLaughterIsTheBestMedicine!

SmartAnimalsUpto$100foreachwinner

Sharearticlesofspecialpetsorwildlifeinupto300words.

MyStory$250foreachwinner

Doyouhaveanencouragingstorytotell?Articlesmustbetrue,unpublished

and800—1000words.

23.Whichcaptionoflastmonth*swasconsideredthefunniest?

AWhatashark-ingsight!

B.Justoutforaquickbite.

C.Ithinkthatredcarmightbelost.Itjustkeepscircling.

D.Carpooling!

24.Whichofthefollowingwillwinthemostmoneyifitischosen?

A.Afunnycaption.B.Areal-lifelaughorjoke.

C.Anarticleaboutsmartpetsorwildlife.D.Atrueandencouragingstory.

25.Wherecanwereadthetext?

A.Onabusinesswebsite.B.Inamagazine.

C.Inatextbook.D.Inatravelguide.

B

SendingastronautstoMarsisabigchallenge.Astronautswillhavetotake

everythingtheyneed,includingfood,airandwater.Theroominsidethespaceship

istoolimitedtoholdmanythings.Sopackingaspaceshipisahugechallengefor

atriptoMars.

Sixastronautsonaneight-monthtriptoMarswillneedatleast18,000kilograms

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ofwaterfordrinkingandwashing.They’11alsoneedwatertoprotectthemselves

fromspacerayswhichcanpassrightthroughspaceshipwallsandharmastronauts,

livingcells.Butalayerofwaterplacedaroundtheshipcanstoptheharm.

That'salotofwater.Andsendingwaterintospaceistooexpensive.Itcosts

$33,000tosendonecupofwatertoMars.Themoreyoutake,themoreitcosts.We

havethetechnologytogettoMars,buttheproblemisthatit'stooexpensive.

ButFlynn,anengineeratNASA,thinkshehasawayofsolvingtheproblem.

Insteadofbuildingaheavyspaceshipandpackingitfullofstuff（物料），whynot

usethestuffaspartofthespaceship?

Imagineaspaceshipthatblowsuplikeaballoon.Inside,thewallshavepockets

likeabighoneycomb（蜂巢）.Theseholdlotsofplasticbagsfilledwithwater,dried

foodandalgae（水藻）.Allthesemakehardwallsandgreatradiation（輻射）

protection.Andstoppingradiationdoesn,tinfluencethefoodorwater

itself-it'ssafetoeatanddrink.Andwhatifthesamewatercouldbereusedagain

andagain?Flynnandhisteamcalltheirpacked-pocketideaWaterWalls.

MakingoxygenandtakingawayC02-thewastegasyoubreatheout一isanother

probleminspace.WaterWallswilltakeawayC02thesamewayit'sdonehereon

ourEarth—withlivingplants,“Flynnsays.LivingplantstakeinC02tomaketheir

food,andgiveoffoxygen."Plantsarehardtogrowinaspacecraft,soweuse

algae,“hesays.

Algaearetinyplantsthatliveinwater.Thealgaewillliveinbagsinthe

wallstoo,fedbyhumanwasteandsunlight,eatingupC02andmakingoxygenforthe

astronautstobreathe.

Flynnthinkshisonboardrecyclingsystemhasmanyadvantages.Hehopesitwill

helpmakeflyingtoMarsarealityverysoon.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedphraseupackingaspaceship“inparagraph1most

probablymean?

A.repairingthingsinaspaceshipB.recyclingthingsinaspaceship

C.checkingthingsinaspaceshipD.puttingthingsintoaspaceship

27.WhatistheadvantageofFlynn'ssystem?

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A.Costissaved.B.Travellingtimeissaved.

C.Plasticbagsaresaved.D.Foodissaved.

28.WhatisonepurposeofFlynn'sideaofWaterWalls?

A.Topreventspaceraysduringthespacetrip.B.Tomakethewholespaceship

stronger.

C.Tocontrolthetemperatureinthespaceship.D.Toproducewaterinthe

spaceship.

29.Whyarealgaeputintheplasticbags?

ATopreventwaterfrombeingpolluted.B.Toserveasfoodforastronauts.

C.Toprovideoxygenforastronauts.D.Tohelpotherplantsgrowina

spaceship.

C

WhenSingaporeanTongWeiqiangwatchedHongKongwuxiadramasmorethan10years

ago,hewasgreatlyimpressed.Hethenpioneeredalocalmovementtosupporthanfu,

ortraditionalChineseclothes,andstartedtheHanCulturalSocietyofSingapore

in2012toattractmorefans."Manypeopleinourculturalsocietyfirstlearned

abouthanfufromtheseChinesewuxiadramas,“hetoldChinaDaily,

Inrecentyears,withtheincreasedpopularityofChineseculturethroughdramas

andonlineliterature,wuxia-relatedcontenthasstartedtoregainpopularitywith

viewersallovertheworld,includingthoseinSoutheastAsia,AccordingtoChina

Daily,Wuxiaworld,awebnovelsitestartedbyChinese-AmericanLaiJingpingin2014,

attractsmillionsofpageviewsperdayfromusersinmorethan100countries.

Onereasonforitspopularityisthatwuxiaworksbringthemfreshnew

experiences.Theeconomies（經(jīng)濟）ofmanySoutheastAsiancountriesarebasedon

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agriculture.AsChinaDailymentioned,whatreallyintereststhemisthedifferent

lifestylesofwuxiaheroestheyhaveneverexperienced.

Newthoughtsandideasinwuxiaworksalsohelpitgoastepfurtherabroad.

Unliketraditionalwuxia,themodernformofwuxiawhichhasgainedpopularityin

SoutheastAsiaisabroaderideathatincludesxianxiaandxuanhuan.

Buttheresonethingthatneverchanges-itscore（核心）spirit.Mixingthe

Chinesecharacters“wu"and“xia"theseworksalwayskeepthespiritofthe

Chineseheroesfightingagainstsocialinjustice（不公正）andbeatingbadpeople,

notedtheInteractKungfuwebsite.

“AlthoughwuxiaisaspecialpartofChineseculture,thecorespiritof

pursuing（追求）freedomandjusticeisgenerallyacceptedbypeoplealloverthe

world,vLilyLee,presidentofYou-CloudwhichoperatesAppGrowing,toldChina

Daily.

30.WhydoesthewritertellthestoryofTongWeiqiang?

A.Toprovidethebackground.B.Toraiseupthequestion.

C.Toleadintothemaintopic.D.Tointroducethemaincharacter.

31.Whichofthefollowingisonereasonforwuxia'spopularity?

A.PeopleJswishestochangeothers'lifestyles.

B.Theeconomicconditionsofdifferentcountries.

C.Thedifferencesbetweenxianxiaandxuanhuan.

D.Theacceptanceofwuxia*scorespiritacrosstheworld.

32.Whatisthebesttitleofthisarticle?

A.AWideWorldofWuxiaB.ASpecialPartofWuxia

C.TheCoreSpiritofWuxiaD.TheNewMeaningofWuxia

D

Scientistswhostudyhappinesshaveevidence（證據(jù)）toshowthatbeingkindto

otherscanresultinhappiness.Actsassimpleasbuyingacupofcoffeeforsomeone

canliftaperson?smood,forexample.Everydaylifeisfullofchancesforsuch

actions,yetpeopledonotalwaysmakethemostofthem.

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Instudies,behavioralscientistNicholasEpleyandIexaminedapossible

explanation:peoplewhodokindactsunderestimate（低估）howmuchtheonesreceiving

kindnessvaluetheirbehavior.

Intheexperiments（實驗），about1,000peoplewereaskedtodosomeactions

tomakesomeoneelsefeelgood.Weaskedboththepersonperforming（執(zhí)行）thekind

actandtheonereceivingittoanswersomequestions.Theperformerswereasked

toreporttheirownexperienceandtoguesshowthereceiversmightfeel.Wewanted

tounderstandhowvaluablepeopleconsideredtheseactstobe,soboththeperformer

andreceiverhadtorate（評分）how“big"theactseemed.Inallcases,wecompared

theperformersexpectationsofthereceiver?smoodwiththereceiver'sactual

（實際的）experience.

Forone,bothperformersandreceiversexperiencedmorepositive（積極的）moods.

Foranother,thereceiversfeltmuchbetterthanthekindperformersexpected.The

receiversalsoratedtheseactsas“bigger“thanthepeopleperformingthemdid.

Atfirst,westudiedactsofthekindnessdoneforfamiliarpeople,suchas

friends,classmatesorfamily.Butwefoundthatperformersunderestimatedtheir

positiveinfluencesonstrangersaswell.Inoneexperiment,performersinapublic

parkgaveawayhotchocolateonacoldwinter,sdaytopeoplethatjusthappened

tobenearby.Again,thekindactbroughtmorehappinessthantheperformers

expected.

Thesefindingssuggestthatwhatmightseemsmallcouldmatteragreatdealto

thepersonwedoitfor.Consideringthesewarmactionscanimproveourownmood

andbrightenthedayofanotherperson,whynotchoosekindnesswhenwecan?

33.Whatdidthereceiversdointheexperiments?

A.Theyshowedkindnesstoothers.

B.Theyguessedtheperformers?feelings.

C.Theyratedhowvaluabletheperformers*actofkindnesswas.

D.TheycomparedtheperformersJexpectationswiththeiractualresults.

34.Whatisparagraph5mainlyabout?

A.Differentpurposesoftheresearch.B.Moreevidencefortheresearch

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results.

C.Possibleinfluencesoftheresearchfindings.D.Anotherexplanationofthe

researchmethods.

35.Whatisthewriter*sattitude（態(tài)度）towardsshowingkindnesstoothers?

A.Supportive.B.Unclear.C.Doubtful.D.

Uninterested.

36.Whatisthemainideaofthisarticle?

A.Beingkindcanreduceone'shappinessasexpected.

B.Kindnesscanhaveunexpectedlypositiveinfluences.

C.Choosingkindnessismoredifficultthanexpected.

D.Showingkindnessismorevaluablethanreceivingit.

四、還原信息（共4小題；每小題1.5分，滿分6分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的六個選項中選出四個可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Yearsago,Iinterviewedasuccessfuladvertisingman.37Inever

believedhecouldmakeit.Abouttenyearslater,however,Iwassurprisedtosee

themanonTV,holdinguphisnewbook.Hehaspublishedmorethan100bestsellers.

Hisabilitytoseehimselfasawritershowsaconcept（理念）knownas"possible

selves."Itdescribeshowpeoplepicturetheirfuturelife:whattheymaybecome,

orwanttobecome,orevenfeartobecome.

38Whatyouimaginecancometrueifyoubuildabridgefromyour"now”

selftoyourpossibleself.Buthowdowebuildthatbridge?Hereareafewsteps

youcantry.

Firstofall,justtakeaction.Ifyou'redreamingofacertainjob,attend

acourse,followsomeonewhodoeswhatyouwanttodoandstartbytakingupthat

typeofworkasahobbyorasidejob.Youshouldtellyourselfthatthesearethe

stepsyoucantaketoachievethatgoal（目標）.

Astudyofadultsagedbetween23and72foundthatmorethan70percentofthose

whosentweeklyprogresstoafriendcompletedtheirgoals,twicethepercentage

ofthosewhodidn'tsharewrittengoals.Sosecondly,whenyouhaveagoal,share

it.39Thatfindingheldtrueforallgoals.

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Finally,trylookingtowardpeopleyouknowonlybychanceforadvice,orthose

withwhomyouhavenJtspokeninyears.Alotofresearchhasfoundthatwhenyou're

askingforvaluableadvice,peopleinyourlargernetworkaremorelikely(可能)

tohelpyouthanthoseclosesttoyou.40

A.Askyourbestfriendstosharetheirgoals.

B.Apossibleselfcantakeyoubeyonddaydreams.

C.Hetoldmethathedreamedofbeingawriterinfact.

D.So,reachouttoyourweakconnectionsforitwhenneeded.

E.Healwaysimaginedhimselfasthemostsuccessfulbusinessman.

F.Morefriendsknowingaboutyourgoalmakesitmorelikelytobeachieved.

五、綜合填空(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

DearMillie,

YouaskedmeabouttheDragonBoatFestival.Nowletmetellyousomethingabout

TheDragonBoatFestivalisatraditionalChinesefestivalweChinese41

(celebrate)forover2,000years.It'soneofthethreemostimportantlunar

festivalsinChina,alongwiththeSpringFestivalandtheMid-AutumnFestival.The

DragonBoatFestivaltakesplaceonthe42(twenty-two)ofJunethisyear.

Throughouttheyears,manystorieshavebeentoldaboutthe43(begin)

ofthisfestival.Amongthem,44(famous)oneisaboutQuYuan,awell-known

scholarinancientChina.Henotonly45(write)goodpoemsbutalsogave

suggestionstotheking.46hedevotedhimselftohiscountry,theking

didn,tlikehim.Thisgreatpersondrowned(溺水)himselfintheMiluoRiveron

the5thdayofthe5thChineselunarmonthbecausehisChuStatefelltoQinState.

Localpeopletriedtosavehimorfindhisbody,buttheydidn't47(success).

QuYuanwaslaterconsideredas48nationalhero.Torememberhim,every

fifthdayofthefifthlunarmonth,peoplebeatdrumsandgoboatracingontheriver

astheyoncedid49(keep)fishawayfromhisbody.

DragonboatracingisoneofthemostimportantcustomsChinesepeoplepractice

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tocelebratetheDragonBoatFestival.Thisactivity50（hold）widelyin

China,ssouthernandsoutheasternareaswheretherearelotsofriversandlakes.

Lotsoflove,

Wendy

六、根據(jù)所給中文完成句子（共6小題；每小題L5分，滿分9分）

51.邁克已經(jīng)承諾會為同學們發(fā)書。

Miketohisclassmates.

52.鄉(xiāng)村音樂聽起來和搖滾音樂一樣讓人激動嗎？

__________________________________________________rockmusic?

53.我想知道你的親戚們?nèi)ズＤ隙燃儆卸嗑昧恕?/p>

Iwonder.

54.幸運的是，這場大火被及時撲滅了。

55.吉姆和他的雙胞胎兄弟的方向感都不好。

NeitherJim.

56.這幅畫有著永恒的價值，因此它值得保存。

Thepainting.

七、書面表達（共1題；滿分15分）

57.當前，有些學生忽視傾聽的作用，針對該情況，請你根據(jù)要點提示，用英語寫一篇

短文向校英文報投稿，闡述傾聽的重要性。

要點：

1.在學校生活中要傾聽及理由；

2.在日常生活中要傾聽及理由。

注意：

1.文中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實姓名和學校名稱；

2.詞數(shù)100左右；文章的開頭己為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Listeningcarefullyplaysanimportantroleinourlife.

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常州市二0二三年初中學業(yè)水平考試

英語試題

注意事項：

1.本試卷共8頁，全卷滿分為90分?？荚嚂r間為100分鐘?？忌殞⒋鸢笗鴮懺诖痤}卡上,

寫在試卷上的一律無效。

2.答題前，考生務必將自己的姓名、考試號填寫在試卷上，并填寫答題卡上的考生信息。

考試結(jié)束后，請將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。

一、單項選擇（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

【1題答案】

【答案】B

【2題答案】

【答案】C

【3題答案】

【答案】A

【4題答案】

【答案】B

【5題