江苏省常州市2024届中考一模英语试卷(含答案)

这是一份江苏省常州市2024届中考一模英语试卷(含答案)，共17页。试卷主要包含了单选题，完形填空，阅读理解，短文填空题，翻译题，写作题等内容，欢迎下载使用。


一、单选题
1．—Is ________ here?
—N, Bb and Tim have asked fr leave.
A. anybdyB. everybdyC. smebdyD. nbdy
2．T run ________ the prblems, but nt away frm them. That is what we shuld d.
A. beyndB. thrughC. twardsD. against
3．I knw Sphia’s favurite star is a female singer, s it ________ be this actr.
A. may ntB. mustn’tC. shuldn’tD. can’t
4．The heres d nt win respect by shwing wh they are, but ________ they have dne.
A. whereB. whatC. hwD. when
5．—We can save energy by riding bicycles r taking buses instead f driving private cars.
—________, we shuld recycle things like newspapers and clthes.
A. AnywayB. OtherwiseC. MreverD. Hwever
6．Artemisinin (青蒿素) was first________ by Chinese scientist Tu Yuyu in the 1970s.
A. inventedB. createdC. prducedD. discvered
7．A true friend can see the pain in yur eyes ________ thers believe the smile n yur face.
A. becauseB. whileC. befreD. until
8．Last summer, several terrible frest fires ________ in Califrnia and caused great lss.
A. brke utB. carried utC. put utD. turned ut
9．—Culd yu please tell me ________?
—Well, he is kind and helpful. Everyne in ur club likes him very much.
A. what des yur buddy likeB. what is yur buddy like
C. what yur buddy likesD. what yur buddy is like
10．—Giving thers a helping hand nt nly helps us make friends but als makes us happy.
—________.
A. That’s all rightB. That’s the caseC. It’s my pleasureD. Dn’t mentin it
二、完形填空
Life at Cambridge was exciting fr Charles. Then bug (虫子)-cllecting was a 1 activity amng the students there. They wuld spend a lt f time lking fr insects and hld cmpetitins t see wh culd find the mst 2 bugs! Bug-mad Charles sn became ne f these “cllectrs”.
3 , while lking fr bugs, Charles fund a dead tree—a great place t lk fr new insects! He pulled away sme f its bark (树皮) and fund a very beautiful bug, which he caught with ne hand. He then fund 4 , and caught it in his ther hand. That was 5 he saw a very unusual bug running arund.
Thinking quickly, he put ne f the insects he was hlding int his 6 s he culd catch the new ne. In a secnd, he realized he had made a big 7 —the bug in his muth let ut sme sur juice that made him spit (吐) it ut. In a cugh, he 8 all three bugs and had t start lking all ver again! He culdn’t help but 9 at what had happened: hw amazing! It als gave him a great idea: why nt 10 a club where he and his friends culd taste ther unusual things?
Charles set up the Gluttn Club t share his interest in 11 strange creatures. The members wuld serve different insects and then cmpare their tastes t see which tasted best.
The by wh lved bugs never lst his interest in 12 the secrets f nature. He wuld g n t have many exciting adventures (冒险) and discver many amazing things.
Yu might nt have guessed that the by in this stry is Charles Darwin.
11．A. hiddenB. ppularC. smallD. challenging
12．A. strangeB. deliciusC. expensiveD. unusual
13．A. OnceB. FinallyC. FirstlyD. Later
14．A. the therB. thersC. antherD. the ne
15．A. whenB. whereC. hwD. why
16．A. pcketB. muthC. hairD. she
17．A. achievementB. successC. surpriseD. mistake
18．A. killedB. hurtC. lstD. caught
19．A. cryB. laughC. shakeD. scream
20．A. startB. manageC. chseD. cntrl
21．A. catchingB. raisingC. eatingD. hlding
22．A. filmingB. tellingC. watchingD. explring
三、阅读理解
There are many idims r sayings in English that we use when we want t describe relatinships between and amng friends. Here are a few t practice with yur friends.
The idim “thrugh thick and thin” is used t describe a friend wh is lyal and supprtive during bad times as well as gd times. It mst ften describes a friendship that has been strng fr a lng time. Here are tw examples: Jhn and Lisa have been friends thrugh thick and thin. My best friend and I stayed tgether thrugh thick and thin.
If tw peple are “like tw peas (豌豆) in a pd”, it means that they get alng very well. They are tw very gd friends and they are very similar t each ther. I have never seen Lla and Camille argue; they are like tw peas in a pd.
Sme friends are especially sympathetic and easy t talk t. They are nt judgmental r impatient. They are gd at sharing ur pain, which helps reduce ur pain. A friend like this is ften called “a shulder t cry n”. We can g t this persn with a prblem r sadness and this persn can bring cmfrt t us.
“Hit it ff” with smene means falling in lve with smene quickly r getting alng with smene. This usually happens the first time tw peple are meeting. They ften share interests, gals and beliefs. This can happen between friends wh like each ther at first sight. Carmen and Isabel hit it ff at the party and are ging t a mvie tgether tday. Mike and I did nt hit it ff n ur first date, but we are ging t try nce mre.
23．Which f the fllwing may be friends thrugh thick and thin?
A. Friends wh ften play games.B. Friends wh help reduce pain.
C. Friends wh share a lng friendship.D. Friends wh are easy t deal with.
24．Which f the fllwing idims describes tw similar friends?
A. Hit it ff.B. Thrugh thick and thin.
C. A shulder t cry n.D. Like tw peas in a pd.
25．What’s the purpse f the text?
A. T intrduce sme English idims.
B. T explain what a gd friendship is.
C. T teach readers hw t learn idims well.
D. T ffer sme examples f English sentences.
Hw many times des the chrus (副歌) repeat in yur favrite sng? Repetitin is a feature that music arund the wrld likes t share. S, why des music depend s heavily n repetitin?
One part f the answer cmes frm what psychlgists (心理学家) call the mere expsure (纯粹的暴露) effect. In shrt, peple usually prefer things they’ve been expsed t befre. Fr example, a sng cmes n the radi that we dn’t especially like, but then we hear the sng at the grcery stre, at the mvie theater and again n the street crner. Sn, we are tapping t the beat, singing the wrds, and even dwnlading it.
Repetitin cnnects each bit f music t the next bit f music that fllws it. S when yu hear a few ntes, yu’re already imagining what’s cming next. Yur mind is uncnsciusly (无意识地) singing alng. Recent studies have shwn that when peple hear a part f music repeated, they are mre likely (可能的) t mve r tap alng t it. Repetitin invites us int music as imagined participants (参与者), rather than as passive (被动的) listeners.
Research has als shwn that listeners shifts their attentin acrss musical repetitins, paying attentin t different parts f the sund n each new listen. Yu might ntice the meldy f a phrase the first time, but when it’s repeated, yur attentin mves t hw the guitarist bends a pitch.
Critic (评论家) are ften embarrassed (被尴尬的) by music’s repetitiveness, finding it childish, but repetitin, far frm an embarrassment, is in fact a key feature that gives rise t the kind f experience as cncert.
26．Which f the fllwing belngs t (属于) the mere expsure effect?
A. The mre yu like a sng, the better yu will sing it.
B. The mre yu are clse t a play, the better yu will act it.
C. The mre yu hear a sng, the mre pssible yu will buy it.
D. The mre yu listen t a sng, the mre pssibly yu will like it.
27．Hw des repetitin invite us int music as imagined participants?
A. By singing with the sng.B. By listening t the music passively.
C. By expecting what’s cming next.D. By imagining what the ntes describe.
28．What des the underlined wrd “shift” prbably mean?
A. 固定B. 转移C. 夸大D. 冷却
If I had a cld, I wuldn’t think twice abut telling my friends r my dctr. Fr sme reasn, hwever, mental (心理的) health is nt treated in the same way.
At my primary schl, mental health was nt discussed even nce as far as I can remember. This makes me wnder hw many ther schls are failing t educate their students n this tpic. It makes me sad that children grwing up with mental illness may feel like it is smething t be ashamed f (对……感到羞耻的) because it is never discussed. When I reached high schl, mental health was still seldm discussed. But when it was in the tpic f health r bilgy class, I was given a brad idea that mental illness was a “thing” that really lies.
In my pinin, verstressed high schl students culd benefit (获益) greatly frm mre deep discussins abut hw t deal with mental health prblems, such as hw t knw when yu shuld care abut yurself r a friend, r wh t reach ut fr help. I knw my friends and I culd have (本可以) benefited. Even if yu persnally have never faced mental health prblems, smene yu knw is sure t have, and yu can ffer timely help.
I believe we need t nrmalize (使……正常化) discussins abut mental health at an early age, rather than hiding them frm sight. At schl, I saw a student’s reprt n mental health educatin and hw it can be carried ut in the American schl system. The student used the film Inside Out (头脑特工队) t explain feelings t yunger kids. This reprt made me believe that it is pssible t start these discussins at a yung age if we try.
Althugh we can’t change the way peple think abut mental health ver ne night, there are still things we can d. Asking ur friends hw they’re feeling is a gd start.
29．What was mental health educatin like when the writer was in high schl?
A. It was dealt with in detail.B. It was paid n attentin t.
C. It was far frm enugh.D. It was cnsidered imprtant.
30．What can we infer (推断) frm Paragraph 3?
A. High schl students are under increasing stress these days.
B. There is an increased awareness f mental health prblems.
C. Many students are ashamed f having mental health prblems.
D. The writer might have had mental health prblems in high schl.
31．What did the writer learn frm the student’s reprt?
A. Kids wh are healthy utside might be ill inside.
B. Mental health discussins can be held with yung kids.
C. The American schl system is pen t mental health educatin.
D. Watching educatinal films can help children with mental illness.
32．What is the best title fr the text?
A. Mental health matters!B. Is it kay if it’s nt gd?
C. The earlier, the better!D. Hw t pay attentin t mental health?
“Nw it is ver,” he thught. All the wunds were hurting with the cld f the night. “I hpe s much I d nt have t fight again.”
But at midnight they came again in a grup. He culd nly see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phsphrescence as they threw themselves n the fish.
He beat their heads with the tiller (舵柄), but the ship shk heavily as they kncked belw... They drve in ne after anther, tearing ff the pieces f fish... He swung (摆动) the tiller with all his strength... He heard the tiller break... He threw his sharp prk as heavily as pssible... The last shark rlled away. There was nthing mre fr them t eat.
The ld man culd hardly breathe nw and he felt a strange taste in his muth. He spat (吐) int the cean and said. “Eat that, galans. And make a dream that yu’ve killed a man.”
After a while, he settled the ship n her curse. He had n thughts nr any feelings. He sailed lightly nw as well and as wisely as he culd. The ld man paid n attentin t anything except steering (驾驶). He nly nticed hw lightly and hw well the ship sailed nw — there was n great weight beside her.
“She’s gd,” he thught. “She is nt harmed in any way except fr the tiller. That is easily replaced.”
He culd feel he was inside the current (水流) nw and he culd see the lights f the beach. He knew where he was nw and it was nthing t get hme.
“The wind is ur friend, anyway,” he thught. Then he added, “Smetimes.” “And the great sea with ur friends and ur enemies. Bed is my friend. Just bed. Bed will be a great thing. It is easy when yu are beaten. I never knew hw easy it was. And what beat yu?” he thught.
“Nthing,” he said alud. “I went ut t far.”
33．What des the underlined wrd “they” in the 2nd paragraph refer t (指代)?
A. The sharks attacking the ship.B. The fish in the ship.
C. The fish in the sea.D. Birds abve the sea.
34．The underlined wrd “She” in the 6th paragraph means ________.
A. The last shark.B. The dead fish.C. The ship.D. The sea.
35．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the stry?
A. The ld came hme safely with a ship f fish.
B. The ld man nly fught against ne shark that night.
C. The ld man wuld never g ut t catch fish any mre.
D. The ld man thught bed was always his gd friend.
36．What wrds can be used t describe the ld man in the stry?
A. Impatient and careless.B. Brave and fighting.
C. Brave but weak.D. Strng but scared.
四、短文填空题
37．Chpsticks were first used in China and then intrduced t ther areas in the wrld. ①______ Here are 3 things t knw abut them.
When were chpsticks invented?
Lng lng time ag, Chinese ancestrs (祖先) actually als used hands t eat. Abut 3,000 years ag during the Shang Dynasty, Chinese peple started t use chpsticks. During the pre-Qin perid, chpsticks were called “Jia (梜)”, and in the Qin and Han dynasties, they were called “Zhu (箸)”. Because “Zhu” shares the same prnunciatin with “stp” in Chinese, which is an unlucky wrd, by the Ming Dynasty, peple began t call them “Kuai”, meaning “fast” in Chinese. ②______
Wh invented chpsticks?
③______ One is that Jiang Ziya was inspired (激励) t create chpsticks by a mythical (神话中的) bird. Anther ne is that Daji, the favrite cnsrt (妃子) f the King Zhu f Shang, invented chpsticks in rder t please the king. It is als said that Yu the Great, wh funded the Xia Dynasty, used sticks t pick up ht fd in rder t save time t cntrl flds. S, chpsticks came int being.
④______
When eating with the elders, Chinese peple usually let the elders take up chpsticks befre anyne else. Besides, playing with chpsticks is thught t be a bad manner. It’s als implite t tap chpsticks n the edge f ne’s bwl, because in ancient China beggars (乞丐) ften did it t attract attentin.
A. What shuld we pay attentin t when using chpsticks?
B. What else shuld we knw abut the histry f chpsticks?
C. This is the rigin (起源) f tday’s name f Chinese chpsticks.
D. Chpsticks are cnsidered ne f the symbls f Chinese fd culture.
E. The inventin f chpsticks plays a very imprtant rle in Chinese histry.
F. There is n exact histrical recrd abut the questin, but there are many flk stries abut it.
38．There are many special days in a year, nt nly in the Western cuntries ①_______ in China. Mther’s Day is ne f them. It is a special day when peple shw respect t their mthers. But d yu knw hw it riginated (起源)?
Mther’s Day that ②_______ (celebrate) tday began with a wman named Anna Jarvis. She wrte ③_______ (thusand) f letters t the lcal gvernment and advised that the secnd Sunday in May shuld be celebrated ④_______ Mther’s Day. In 1914, the gvernment f the US ⑤_______ (final) agreed. After that, the secnd Sunday in May became a day t express lve fr mthers all ver the cuntry.
On Mther’s Day, children f all ⑥_______ (age) give their mthers different gifts. Ppular gifts include flwers, jewellery r candy. Children als d nice things s their mther will nt have t d any wrk n this day. Children ⑦_______ can’t be with their mther n the hliday send a card with a message f lve. They als call their mther n the telephne ⑧_______ (wish) her a happy day. Mther’s Day is ne f ⑨_______ (busy) days f the year fr telephne use in the US.
Nwadays, mre and mre peple arund the wrld like t celebrate Mther’s day. In China, many peple invite their mther t see a film r g ⑩_______(travel). Sme family get tgether and have a big dinner fr this day. It makes their life clrful and their life is full f mre lve.
五、翻译题
39．三思过后，他们做出了缩短行程的决定。
After ________, they ________.
40．每当落后时，他们是怎么让自己振作起来的?
Hw did they __________________?
41．吉姆觉得很有必要再编两个故事。
Jim thught __________________.
42．最终证明，迈克与这次事故无关。
________ Mike ________ the accident.
43．西蒙宁愿被嘲笑也不愿放弃自己的梦想。
Simn __________________.
44．火势失控后，及时扑灭大火是多么费劲啊！
Hw ________ after it is ________!
六、写作题
45．常州历史文化底蕴深厚、经济实力雄厚、自然风光秀丽、人文景观丰富。某报社正在征集主题为“你眼中的常州”的文章，请你写篇英语文章投稿，谈谈你的看法。
Yu shuld share yur ideas abut the tpic:
1. What was Changzhu like 10 years ag?
2. What is Changzhu like nw?
3. What d yu think f the changes?
注意：
1. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
2. 要点齐全，语句通顺，表达清晰，书写规范；
3. 词数不少于100。文章的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Changzhu, my hmetwn, has changed a lt ver the past ten years.
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参考答案
1．答案：B
解析：主要与上下文的语境有关。全文语境为:“大家都到齐了吗?”“没有，Bb和Tim两人请假了。”
2．答案：C
解析：A项beynd(超出);B项thrugh(穿过);C项twards(朝向);D项against(反对)。根据句意，这里应该填入“奔向”的意思，所以答案为C。
3．答案：D
解析：may nt可能不;mustn't禁止;shuldn't不应该;can't不可能。根据"我知道索菲亚最喜欢的明星是位女歌手，所以……是这位演员。"可知，应该是"不可能"，表示否定推测用can't。故选: D。
4．答案：B
解析：A.哪里;B.什么;C.如何;D.什么时间。根据they have dne(他们做的)此处what是动词have dne的宾语。故选:B。
5．答案：C
解析：Anyway无论如何;Otherwise否则;Mrever而且，此外;Hwever然而。根据"we shuld recycle things like newspapers and clthes"可知，此处表示递进关系。故选:C。
6．答案：D
解析：invented发明;created创造;prduced生产;discvered发现。青蒿素是本身就存在，只是后来才被屠呦呦发现，用动词discvered。故选: D。
7．答案：B
解析：句意表达的是对比;because因为，while然而，却，befre之前，until直到;根据句意，故选B.
8．答案：A
解析：brke ut爆发;carried ut实施;put ut扑灭;turned ut结果证明，都是动词短语。根据语境和后面的句意"造成了巨大的损失"可知，前面是"几场可怕的森林大火在加利福尼亚爆发"，要填"爆发"，其它选项语意不通。故选:A。
9．答案：D
解析：buddy朋友。根据观察可知题干包含宾语从句。宾语从句使用陈述句语序，因此可先排除A和B。选项C:你朋友喜欢什么;选项D:你的朋友怎么样。根据答语he is kind and helpful (他既善良又乐于助人)可知正确答案是D。故选: D。
10．答案：B
解析：根据Giving thers a helping hand nt nly helps us make friends but als makes us happy.(给予别人帮助不仅可以帮助我们交到朋友，还能让我们感到快乐。)，根据语境表示对这一事实的认同。其他选项如A、C、D通常用于回答别人的感谢，表示"不用谢"或"很高兴帮忙"。所以在这个语境中，B选项最为合适。故选:B。
11．答案：B
解析：考查形容词。句意：那时，收集昆虫在那里的学生中是一项受欢迎的活动。hidden隐藏的；ppular受欢迎的；small小的；challenging挑战性的。根据They wuld spend a lt f time lking fr insects（他们会花很多时间寻找昆虫）可知，是很受欢迎的。故选B。
12．答案：D
解析：考查形容词。句意：他们会花很多时间寻找昆虫并举行比赛，看看谁能找到最不寻常的虫子！strange奇怪的；delicius美味的；expensive昂贵的；unusual不同寻常的。根据下文"he saw a very unusual bug running arund."（他看到一只非常不寻常的虫子在到处跑。）可知，他们要找的是最不同寻常的虫子。故选D。
13．答案：A
解析：考查副词。句意：有一次，在寻找虫子时，查尔斯发现了一棵枯树——一个寻找新昆虫的好地方！Once有一次；Finally最终；Firstly首先；Later后来。根据"while lking fr bugs，Charles fund a dead tree—a great place t lk fr new insects"（在寻找虫子时，查尔斯发现了一棵枯树——一个寻找新昆虫的好地方）可知，此处讲的是他的一次寻找虫子的经历，所以填"有一次"，其他选项不符合句意。故选A。
14．答案：C
解析：考查形容词。句意：然后他找到了另一只虫子，并用另一只手抓住了它。the ther两者中的另一个；thers其他的（人或物）；anther三者或三者以上中的另一个，表泛指；the ne那一个。根据句意可知，此处泛指发现了另一只虫子，无范围，所以填anther。故选C。
15．答案：A
解析：考查连词。句意：就在这时，他看到一只非常不寻常的虫子到处跑。when……的时候；where……的地方；hw……的方式；why……的原因。根据"He then fund anther，and caught it in his ther hand."（然后他找到了另一只虫子，并用另一只手抓住了它。）可知，此处指在用另一只手抓住虫子的时候看到一只非常不寻常的虫子，应用when引导时间状语从句。故选A。
16．答案：B
解析：考查名词。句意：他快速地思考着，把手里拿着的一只昆虫放进嘴里，这样他就可以抓住新的昆虫了。pcket口袋；muth嘴巴；hair头发；she鞋子。根据下文" the bug in his muth "（他嘴里的虫子）可知，他把虫子放进了嘴里。故选B。
17．答案：D
解析：考查名词。句意：一秒钟后，他意识到自己犯了一个大错误——他嘴里的虫子吐出了一些酸汁，让他吐了出来。achievement成就；success成功；surprise惊喜；mistake错误。根据"the bug in his muth let ut sme sur juice that made him spit （吐） it ut"（他嘴里的虫子吐出了一些酸汁，让他吐了出来）可知，虫子吐出的酸汁使他不舒服，所以他认为把虫子放进嘴巴是一个错误的决定。故选D。
18．答案：C
解析：考查动词。句意：在咳嗽中，他失去了所有三只虫子，不得不重新开始寻找！killed杀死；hurt伤害；lst失去；caught抓住。根据"had t start lking all ver again!"（他不得不重新开始寻找！）可知，需要重新再找虫子，应是失去了所有三只虫子。故选C。
19．答案：B
解析：考查动词。句意：他忍不住对所发生的事情大笑起来：多么神奇！cry哭；laugh大笑；shake摇晃；scream尖叫。根据"hw amazing"（多么神奇）可知，此处指"大笑"。故选B。
20．答案：A
解析：考查动词。句意：这也给了他一个好主意：为什么不开一个俱乐部，让他和他的朋友们可以品尝到其他不寻常的东西呢？start开设；manage管理；chse选择；cntrl控制。根据"Charles set up the Gluttn Club"（查尔斯成立了饕餮俱乐部）可知，此处指"开设一个俱乐部"。故选A。
21．答案：C
解析：考查动名词。句意：查尔斯成立了饕餮俱乐部，以分享他对吃奇怪生物的兴趣。catching抓；raising养；eating吃；hlding握住。根据"The members wuld serve different insects and then cmpare their tastes t see which tasted best."（成员们会端上不同的昆虫，然后比较它们的味道，看哪种味道最好。）可知，此处指"吃奇怪的生物"。故选C。
22．答案：D
解析：考查动名词。句意：这个喜欢虫子的男孩从未失去探索大自然奥秘的兴趣。filming拍摄；telling讲；watching看；explring探索。根据"He wuld g n t have many exciting adventures （冒险） and discver many amazing things."（他将继续进行许多激动人心的冒险，发现许多惊人的事情。）可知，此处指"探索大自然"。故选D。
23．答案：C
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24．答案：D
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25．答案：A
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26．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据“In shrt, peple usually prefer things they’ve been expsed t befre.”可知，暴露效应指的是人们通常更喜欢他们以前接触过的东西。D选项“你听一首歌的次数越多，你就越有可能喜欢它。”符合，故选D。
27．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据“Repetitin cnnects each bit f music t the next bit f music that fllws it. S when yu hear a few ntes, yu're already imagining what's cming next. Yur mind is uncnsciusly (无意识地) singing alng.”可知，重复将每段音乐与随后的下一段音乐联系起来。所以当你听到几个音符时，你已经在想象下一个音符是什么了。你的大脑在无意识地跟着哼唱。故选C。
28．答案：B
解析：词义猜测题。根据“paying attentin t different parts f the sund n each new listen”可知，每次重新听时都要注意声音的不同部分，所以划线单词意思为“转移”，故选B。
29．答案：C
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30．答案：D
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31．答案：B
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32．答案：A
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33．答案：A
解析：代词指代题。根据第二段" He culd nly see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phsphrescence as they threw themselves n the fish."及第三段" but the ship shk heavily as they kncked belw "（他只能看到它们的鳍在水中划出的线条，以及它们扑到鱼身上时发出的磷光。）及（但当他们撞到下面时），可知，此处"they"指代的是攻击船的鲨鱼。故选A。
34．答案：C
解析：代词指代题。根据第六段" She is nt harmed in any way except fr the tiller."（除了舵柄，她没有受到任何伤害。）可知，"she"指代的是船，故选C。
35．答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第八段" Bed is my friend. Just bed."（床是我的好朋友，就是床。）可知，老人认为床一直是他的好朋友，故选D。
36．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段" He beat their heads with the tiller (舵柄), but the ship shk heavily as they kncked belw... The last shark rlled away. There was nthing mre fr them t eat."（他用舵柄打他们的头，但当他们撞到下面时，船剧烈摇晃...）可知，他勇敢而好战的，故选B。
37．答案：DCFA
解析：本文介绍了筷子的相关信息，包括发明时间、发明者及使用注意点。
①根据“Chpsticks were first used in China and then intrduced t ther areas in the wrld.”可知，此空从总体上来介绍筷子，D选项“筷子被认为是中国饮食文化的象征之一。”符合，故选D。
②根据空格位置可知,此空总结该段落,C选项“这就是今天中国筷子名字的由来。”符合，故选C。
③根据“Wh invented chpsticks?”及“One is that Jiang Ziya was inspired (激励) t create chpsticks by a mythical(神话中的) bird.”可知，此空讲“问题的答案与故事有关”，F选项“关于这个问题没有确切的历史记载，但有许多民间事。”符合，故选F。
④根据空格位置可知，此处为段落小标题，为特殊疑问句，结合段落大意可知，主要讲的是“使用筷子需要注意的内容”，A选项“使用筷子时要注意什么?”符合，故选 A。
38．答案：①but②is celebrated③thusands④as⑤finally⑥ages⑦wh/that⑧t wish⑨the busiest⑩travelling
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39．答案：thinking twice; decided t cut the trip shrt/decided t cut the jurney shrt
解析：根据句意可知，“三思”即“反复思考”，“反复思考”的短语是“think twice”;又根据“after ding sth(做某事之后)”可知，“think”应使用动词ing形式“thinking”，所以第一处横线应填入“thinking twice”。第二处横线应填入“做出了缩短行程的决定”，“做出……决定”的短语是“make a decisin t d sth”，“缩短行程”的短语是“cut the jurney shrt”，又根据句意可知，“做出了”应使用过去时态“made”，所以第二处横线应填入“made a decisin t cut the jurney shrt”。因此本题答案为“thinking twice; decided t cut the trip shrt/decided t cut the jurney shrt”。
40．答案：cheer themselves up when falling behind (every time)/cheer themselves up each time they fell behind
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41．答案：it necessary t make up anther tw stries/it was necessary t make up anther tw stries/it necessary t make up tw mre stries/it was necessary t make up tw mre stries
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42．答案：It turned ut that; had nthing t d with
解析：根据句意提示"最终证明，迈克与这次事故无关"，可知本题为肯定句，且为一般过去时。主句部分考虑用固定句型"It turned ut+ that+从句"，意为"最终证明...";从句部分Mike作主语，短语had nthing t d with(与...无关)作谓语，名词短语the accident(这次事故)作宾语。故填:It turned ut that; had nthing t d with。
43．答案：wuld rather be laughed at than give up his dream
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44．答案：difficult it is t put ut the fire; ut f cntrl
解析：difficult困难的，费劲的;it它，is是;t put ut the fire扑灭大火，in time及时;ut f cntrl失去控制。是一般现在时。是Hw(多么)引导的感叹句。故填:difficult it is t put ut the fire; ut f cntrl。
45．答案：
Changzhu, my hmetwn, has changed a lt ver the past ten years.
Ten years ag, Changzhu was a quiet and small city with fewer shps and cars. When ging utside, peple didn’t have many chices but t take a bus and it tk them much time. There were nly a few parks and peple needed t pay fr visiting them. Life was a little bring and hard.
Nwadays, Changzhu has becme a mdern place. Mre wide rads and undergrunds make it cnvenient/easy fr us t g everywhere. Besides, s many different pen parks have been built and we can enjy different views freely. Mre imprtantly, peple here have becme richer, and we are devting urselves t making the city mre beautiful and the life better.
What great changes! As we knw, changes mean nt nly pwer but als chances. I hpe mre changes will take place in Changzhu.
解析：[总体分析]
①题材:本文是一篇话题作文;
②时态:时态为“一般现在时”，描写十年前的样子用“一般过去时”;
③提示:写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏信息提示的内容，适当增加细节，并且突出写作的重点。
[写作步骤]
第一步，介绍常州十年前的样子;
第二步，介绍常州现在的样子;
第三步，谈谈你对变化的看法。
[亮点词汇]
①devte neself t ding致力于做某事
②nt als...不仅……而且……
③take place发生
[高分句型]
①What great changes!(感叹句)
②I hpe mre changes will take place in Changzhu.(宾语从句)