常州市二〇二〇年初中学业水平考试英语试题一、单项选择1.Takeiteasy.Therewillbe_________twobusescominginafewminutes.A.another B.other C.others D.theother2.Millie’sresearchpaperisn’tuptostandard_________shehasworkedatitfortwoweeks.A.since B.unless C.if D.although3.Tothewestofourschool__________somebookstoresandapark.A.lies B.lie C.has D.have4.—Wereyourequired___________homeduringtheoutbreakofCOVID-19?—Yes.Luckily,theInternetmadeitpossibleformanyofus________fromhome.A.tostay;towork B.staying;towork C.tostay;work D.staying;work5.—Jim,turndownthemusic.Ourbabyissleeping.—Don’tworry.He__________forhalfanhour.A.wokeup B.haswokenup C.wasawake D.hasbeenawake6.Jenny’sparentswerecompletely__________whentheysawthe_______changesinher.A.surprising;amazing B.surprised;amazingC.surprising;amazed D.surprised;amazed7.Afactorywillbebuiltforthe__________ofthistypeofnewenergycar.A.position B.population C.production D.pronunciation8.Tomyjoy,we_________gotothebank.Maryhaslentussomemoney.Ashouldn’t B.needn’t C.couldn’t D.wouldn’t9.Agreatdealofmytimeis__________withpracticingplayingtheguitar.A.takenup B.madeup C.putup D.setup10.—Doyouwanttotrysomewildduck?—__________.Weshouldprotectwildanimals.A.Noidea B.Noproblem C.Noway D.Nodoubt二、完形填空Awindowisacommonbutpowerfultool—apatch(小块)oftheworld,fromwhichourbodyisseparated.Theonlythingwecandoislook.Youhaveno___11___onwhatyouwillsee.However,yourbrainmaymakeanassumption(猜想)outofwhateverhappenstoappear.Oneday,Iwastakinganap(小睡)inmyofficewhenIwokeuptothe____12____ofacarcrash.Ilookedoutofmywindow.Acarhadjustbackedintoafence(围栏)anddamaged(毁坏〉it.ThedrivergotoutofthecarHewasshortwithouthaironhishead.I____13____himatonce.Tomysurprise,themantriedto____14____thedamagehecaused.However,hiseffortsallfailed.Onceheevenfunnilyfellontotheroadwhentryingtopullthefence.I____15____alot.Thefailureofthisterriblemanwasbrighteningmywholeday.About10minuteslater,themanleft.That,Ithought,wouldbethe____16____ofhisefforts.Theman—thatvillainous(可憎的)man—wasgoingto____17____allthemessbehindforsomeoneelsetocleanup.Butthisisthe____18____ofwindows.Theycontradict(与…矛盾)youreasyassumptions.Themanappearedafewminuteslaterwithsome____19____.Forthenexthour,Iwatchedoutofmywindowashekeptonfixingthefence_____20_____itwasextrasafe,strongerthanbefore.Thismanwasahero.My_____21_____assumptions,Irealized,wereallaboutmyself.Iwouldbe_____22_____andrunawayifIcameacrosssuchamessysituation.Mywindowhadwokenmeupfromanaptoteachmealesson,alessonthatchangedmywholedayandevenmywholelife.11.A.agreement B.influence C.discovery D.impression12.A.symbol B.sight C.sound D.sign13.A.accepted B.remembered C.disliked D.greeted14.A.confirm B.avoid C.cover D.repair15.A.complained B.laughed C.learnt D.thought16.A.end B.fun C.problem D.lesson17.A.hide B.push C.move D.leave18.A.quality B.shame C.power D.truth19.A.friends B.tools C.medicines D.plans20.A.until B.when C.after D.since21.A.ugly B.friendly C.proper D.possible22.A.encouraged B.pleased C.scared D.relaxed三、阅读理解Withsomuchfreetimeonourhandsduringlockdown,manyofushaveentertainedtheideaofknowingmoreabouttheworld.Learningaforeignlanguageisagoodchoice.Hereareafewexamples,inorderoftimeittakespeopletolearnthem.Latinlanguages(about600hours)ThepopularLatinlanguages—Italian,French,SpanishandPortuguese—requireabout600hourstolearn.Ofthese,SpanishandItalianaretheeasiestforEnglishspeakerstolearn.TheyarefollowedbyPortugueseandfinallyFrench.LatinlanguagessharemanywordswithEnglish.However,thosesharedwordslookorsoundsimilar,buthavedifferentmeaningsovertime.Greek(1,100hours)ModernGreekismaybetheeasiestlanguagetolearnthatusesadifferentalphabet(字母表).ItisalsoalanguagethathascontributedmanywordstoEnglish.Indeed,thepresidentofGreeceoncegavetwospeechesataninternationalmeetingthatincludedjustGreekloanwords(外来词)aswellastheunavoidablebasicEnglish.Japanese(2,200hours)CountingobjectsinJapanesedependsonwhethertheyarelongandthin(like“roads”),smallandround(like“apples”),thinandflat(like“sheetsofpaper”),andhundredsmoreexamples.WhatJapaneseyouspeakalsodependsonyourgender(性别).There’sa“rough”languageformenandamore“ladylike”languageforwomen,butyoumustunderstandboth.Chinese(2,200hours)EachChinesewrittenwordishardlyunderstandablewhenspokenbetweenaMandarin(普通话)speakerinBeijingandaCantonesespeakerinGuangdong.Ifyouthinkthat'sstrange,considerournumbersystem:thesymbol“2”iswidelyunderstoodbutit’spronounced“two”inEnglishand“duex”inFrench.23.ForanEnglishspeaker,whichofthefollowingistheeasiesttolearn?A.Japanese. B.French. C.Greek. D.Italian.24.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Thesamewordintwolanguagesalwayshasthesamemeaning.B.TheEnglishlanguageandtheGreeklanguageusethesamealphabet.C.ObjectsarecounteddifferentlyinJapaneseaccordingtotheirshapes.DAMandarinspeakerandaCantonesespeakerwriteChinesedifferently.25.ThepurposeofthispassageistotellEnglishspeakers__________.A.howtolearnsomeforeignlanguagesB.whytheymustlearnaforeignlanguageC.someinformationonthedifficultyofforeignlanguagesD.nottochooseanAsianlanguagetolearnasitistoohardInfluenza,orflu(流感),isatypeofvirus.Itspreadsfromonepersontoanother