2017年常州中考英语试卷及答案.docx

常英 第 PAGE 10页 (共8页) 常州市二○一七年初中毕业、升学统一文化考试 英 语 试 题 注意事项： 1. 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，写在试卷上的一律无效。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试证号填写在试卷上，并填写好答题卡上的考生信息。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、单项填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 1. – _________ is it since you left your primary school? – Three years. A. How old B. How long C. How far D. How soon 2. – How nice your dictionary is! Where did you get _________? I’d like to buy _________, too. – In the shop in the city centre. A. it; one B. one; one C. one; it D. it; it 3. My mother won’t allow my father to drive _________ he promises to give up drinking. A. unless B. since C. if D. after 4. A child should be encouraged to tell the truth instead of _________ stories whenever he or she has done something wrong. A. taking up B. putting up C. making up D. setting up 5. – Will Dad be back home at 6 o’clock this evening? – He should, but he _________ not. Sometimes he exercises after work. A. can B. must C. need D. may 6. – Could you tell me how to behave politely in public in the UK? – Yes. _________, you should keep your voice down and always queue. A. After all B. First of all C. In all D. At all 7. – Why doesn’t the surgeon stop _________ lunch? – Because he is too busy _________ a dying patient in the operation room. A. to have; to save B. having; to save C. to have; saving D. having; saving 8. I’ll never forget the town in which there _________ a clean river and many big tall trees. A. used to be B. used to have C. was used to being D. was used to having 9. The shopping mall _________ for two years, but I _________ there only once. A. has opened; have gone B. has opened; have been C. has been open; have gone D. has been open; have been 10. – Could you look after my plants while I’m away on business, please? – _________. I’ll water them on time. A. Come on B. With