2020年江苏省常州市中考英语试卷
一、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， 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
1. Take it easy． There will be_________ two bus coming in a few minutes．（ ）
A.another B.other C.others D.the other
2. Millie's rearch paper isn't up to standard_________ she has worked at it for two weeks．（ ）
A.since B.unless C.if D.although
3. To the west of our school__________ some bookstores and a park．（ ）
A.lies B.lie C.has D.have
4. ﹣Were you required___________ at home during the outbreak of COVID﹣19？
﹣Yes． Luckily， the Internet made it possible for many of us________ from home．（ ）
A.to stay； to work B.staying； to work
C.to stay； work D.staying； work
5. ﹣Jim， turn down the music． Our baby is sleeping．
﹣Don't worry． He__________ for half an hour．（ ）
A.woke up B.has woken up C.was awake D.has been awake
6. Jenny's parents were completely__________ when they saw the_______ changes in her．（ ）
A.surprising； amazing B.surprid； amazing
C.surpring； amazed D.surprid； amazed
7. A factory will be built for the __________ of this type of new energy car．（ ）
A.position B.population C.product爱新觉罗弘昼
ion D.pronunciation
8. To my joy， we_________ go to the bank． Mary has lent us some money．（ ）
A.shouldn't B.needn't C.couldn't D.wouldn't
9. A great deal of my time is__________ with practicing playing the guitar．（ ）
A.taken up B.made up C.put up D.t up
10. ﹣Do you want to try some wild duck？
﹣__________． We should protect wild animals．（ ）
A.No idea B.No problem C.No way D.No doubt
二、完形填空 （共1小题；毎小题12分，满分12分）阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所铪的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．
11. A window is a common but powerful tool ﹣ a patch（小块） of the world, from which our body is parated． The only thing we can do is look． You have no（1）_______on what you will e． However, your brain may make an assumption（猜想） out of whatever happens to appear．
One day, I was taking a nap（小睡）in my office when I woke up to the（2）_______of a car crash．I 元宵制作
looked out of my window． A car had just backed into a fence（围栏）and damaged （毁坏）it．
The driver got out of the car． He was short without hair on his head． I（3）_______him at once．
To my surpri, the man tried to（4）_______the damage he caud． However, his efforts all failed． Once he even funnily fell onto the road when trying to pull the fence． I（5）_______a lot． The failure of this terrible man was brightening my whole day．
About 10 minutes later, the man left．
That, I thought, would be the（6）_______of his efforts．The man ﹣ that villainous（可憎的）man ﹣ was going to（7）_______all the mess behind for someone el to clean up．
But this is the（8）_______of windows． They contradict（与…矛盾）your easy assumptions． The man appeared a few minutes later with some（9）_______． For the next hour, I watched out of my window as he kept on fixing the fence（10）_______it was extra safe, stronger than before．
This man was a hero． My（11）_______assumptions, I realized, were all about mylf． I would be（12）_______and run away if I came across such a messy situation．
My window had woken me up from a nap to teach me a lesson, a lesson that changed my whole day and even my whole life．
（1）
A.agreement B.influence C.discovery D.impression
（2）
A.symbol B.sight C.sound D.sign
（3）
A.accepted B.remembered C.disliked D.greeted
（4）
A.confirm B.avoid C.cover D.repair
（5）
A.complained B.laughed C.learnt D.thought
（6）
A.end B.fun C.problem D.lesson
（7）
A.hide B.push C.move D.leave
（8）
A.quality B.shame C.power D.truth
（9）
A.friends B.tools C.medicines D.plans
（10）
A.until B.when C.after D.since
（11）
A.ugly B.friendly C.proper D.possible
（12）
A.encouraged B.plead C.scared D.relaxed
三、阅读理解（共4小题；每小题6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， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
12. With so much free time on our hands during lockdown, many of us have entertaine
d the idea of knowing more about the world． Learning a foreign language is a good choice． Here are a few examples, in order of time it takes people to learn them．
Latin languages （about 600 hours）
The popular Latin languages ﹣ Italian, French, Spanish and Portugue ﹣ require about 600 hours to learn． Of the, Spanish and Italian are the easiest for English speakers to learn． They are followed by Portugue and finally French．
Latin languages share many words with English．However, tho shared words look or sound similar, but have different meanings over time．
Greek （1, 100 hours）
Modern Greek is maybe the easiest language to learn that us a different alphabet（字母表）．It is also a language that has contributed many words to English． Indeed, the president of Greece once gave two speeches at an international meeting that included just Greek loan words（外来词） as well as the unavoidable basic English．
