[江苏]2013年初中毕业升学考试（江苏常州卷）英语

Have you got any books on English grammar? I want to borrow______.
Yes, here you are. But you must return it by Friday.

I will buy you a new bike if you learn how to swim this summer.
Is that a ______ ? I’m sure I’ll get the bike.

He speaks ______English ______French. Instead, he speaks German.

Shall I take my swimming suit?
No, you  ______. We will just go hiking on the mountain.

He offered ______ valuable advice that ______people disagreed.

This listening material, together with its CD-ROMS, ______well.

Why are you worried?
I’m expecting a call from my daughter. She ______ New York for three years.

Many social workers went to Ya’an to ______ clean water and food to local people to reduce their pain from the earthquake.

How soon will you start your journey?
I’m not sure. I haven’t decided ______.

How did you find the trip to the West Lake?
________.

“You know,Ann,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Anita were just talking about you.”  I immediately got 11.  “They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you are excellent.”
I 12 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 13 .
Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if(好像) 14  had happened.Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was 15 that they were able to pretend we had the perfect friendship. 16 they’d said such hurtful things.
I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of rumor(谣言).
The tongue can be our worst 17 . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking one’s dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say 18 things abut others, we’re hurting their hearts.
So how was I to act next? I thought of 19 them back. But instead, I told them directly they had hurt me. Lisa started 20 and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them 21 I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing (尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still 22  rumors from time to time. Talking about others is a part of our life, but the more I learn about the friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating others.

A．relaxed B．nervous C．scared D．energetic

A．struggled B．decided C．continued D．preferred

A．different B．wrong C．sick D．alone

A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing

A．surprised B．satisfied C．frightened D．worried

A．simply B．especially C．obviously D．probably

A．criminal B．victim C．suspect D．enemy

A．unpopular B．unlucky C．unkind D．unusual

A．attacking B．arguing C．bringing D．pulling

A．shouting B．keeping C．fighting D．crying

A．because B．although C．after D．unless

A．play with B．agree with C．deal with D．help with

We were doing the best to control the fire of the burning garage. Outside, I heard the sounds of cats crying. I couldn’t stop- I would have to look for the cats after the fire was put out.
It took a long time to finally bring the big fire under control. No one inside was hurt. At that point I was free to find out where the cat noises were from. There was still a lot of smoke and heat coming from the building. I followed the meowing to the sidewalk in front of the garage. There, crying and huddled together, were five frightened kittens . They must have been inside the building, as their fur was badly hurt.
I wanted to find the mother cat. It was obviously that she had gone into the burning garage and carried out all her babies, one by one----unbelievable.
We finally found her. Her paws and face were blackened, and her fur was burned all over. You could even see her reddened skin under the burned fur. She could hardly move. I picked her up, and she relaxed in my arms as much as her pain would allow. I was determined to save this brave little cat and her family.
The veterinarian told me they would watch the kittens and their mother for the night, but they weren’t confident about the about the mother’s chances.
About a week later, I found out she was going to live. We named her Scarlet because of her reddened skin.
I was happy to see Scarlet get together with the kittens again. She touched each of them, nose to nose. She had risked her life five times-and it had paid off. All of her babies had survived.
As a firefighter, I see heroic acts every day. But what Scarlet showed me that day was the kind of bravery that can only come from a mother’s love.
Which f the following is TRUE according to the story?

Why was the writer determined to save the cats?

The writer talks about the cat’s story to show that____.

Have you ever noticed that your fingertips are winked when you’ve just finished swimming or washing dishes? It seems as if your hands have aged 30 years in a second. But is this an accident? Or is it something that nature has built into our bodies?
If your finger’s wrinkling up had no use at all, “ it wouldn’t need to.” Professor Tom Smulders from Newcastle University, UK, told BBC News. By studying wet fingers closely, Smulders and his partners found that the wrinkles looked a bit like the patterns on the car tire or on the bottom of the running shoes. So they made a guess that wrinkles on fingers might be able to help the hand hold things more tightly.
To test this, researchers asked 20 people to pick up marbles from water with their hands. But before they started, some of the people had to keep their hands in water for half an hour.
The researchers found that the people with wrinkled fingers completed the task the task faster than those with dry hands. But when they were asked to move dry marbles, all the people performed equally well, no matter they had the wrinkled fingers or not.
Our ancestors might not have played with marbles, but wrinkled fingers could have made it easier for them to climb around in the wet forests and catch fish from rivers, researchers say.
Similarly, our toes also get wrinkled in water. This may have developed from our ancestor’s need to run on wet ground.
But the question is, if wrinkled fingers are so helpful, why don’t our hands just stay that way all the time? Researchers explained that wrinkling has its disadvantage: wet fingertips are far less sensitive than smooth ones, reducing our sense of touch.
What does the underlined world “this ” in the third paragraph refer to?

The test shows that ________.

What might be the disadvantage of wrinkled fingers?

One of sweetest memories as a child is of going down to the river and sitting comfortably on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to songs of birds. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under the pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their original state after the wind had died down.
When I think about the bamboo tree’s ability to bend and move back, the word “resilience” comes to my mind. When it is used for a person, this word means the ability to readily recover(恢复) from shock, sadness or any other suffering. Have you ever felt like you were going to snap? Have you ever felt like you were at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived to talk about it.
Life is a mixture(混合) of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
An amount of hope will take you through the unpleasant suffering. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem. The unpleasant suffering may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.
If things get tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo trees, bend, but don’t break!
What does the word “snap” in the second paragraph most probably mean?

What can help people get through sufferings according to the writer?

What would be the best title of this passage?

Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
The writer mainly _________ in this article.

Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?

What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容在在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。每空一词。
How important is music? When they are asked this question, students and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very important. It is often considered only as entertainment, but not the first choice for education. This opinion is shortsighted. In fact, music education is necessary and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Music reflects the creators’ thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. For example, just as Mozart music represents a lifestyle, rock music represents a lifestyle, too. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions.
Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different way. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music explores the emotive meanings. We need every possible way to discover and response to our world because no one way can get it all.
Music is a form of thought, as powerful as science. It is a way we human beings “talk” to each other. Through the language we expresses our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes so that they can be shared with others. When we do not let our children receive good music education, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses. Science does not tell us what it means to be human. Music does.
So music education is much more necessary than people generally realize.
Title: Music education is of
 

Passage outline	Detailed information
Introduction	Shortsighted opinion: Music is only a way of entertainment, not the top choice for education. Truth: Music education is necessary and important for all students.
Main Body	A way to tell who we are: Music not only reflects the social environment it came from but also expresses people’s thinking and ______
A way to know the world: We can’t discover and respond to our world in just one way. Science explains how nature . Music explores the emotive meanings of nature.
A way to communicate with others: We use music toour feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes with others. Music, from science, tells us what it means to be human.
Conclusion	Music education is necessary.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空一词
Johnson has the ____(little) bread of us four.
It is ____(possible) for humans to live on Mars at present.
He looked ____(angry) at the young man and didn’t say a word.
The audience can enjoy young ____(direct) films from different countries.
根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词
Steven’s exam results put him ____(在.........中) the top students of the class.
Excuse me, how far is the museum?
Only ____(三) stops away.
When the boy rushed across the finishing line, his mother cheered with an ____(兴奋的) look    on her face.
The more children are ____(鼓励) , the more progress they will make.

用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空（1’×5）
Isn’t it strange that the cat is used to ________(lie) beside the dog peacefully?
I believe that an important moment like this should ________( not forget).
Turn off the radio,dear. Baby is sleeping.
There is no need. He ________(wake) up.
What is he busy doing?
Doing the experiment ________(complete) the science project.
The project they had devoted up to two years to ________(choose) as the best one at the conference.

根据所给中文完成句子（1.5’×6）
我们正在猜想这首歌曲会让他想到什么。
We are guessing _______________________________.
这个男孩年龄大到可以独立上网查信息了吗？
_______________________________ on the Internet?
这个作家直到获了奖才出名。
The writer _______________________________.
多亏你的帮助，我的房间看起来整洁的多了。
_______________________________, my room _________________.
他别无选择，只能严格要求他的学生
He _______________________________ his students.
酒后驾车是多么危险啊！
How _______________________________!

你班上周举行了关于是否缩短寒暑假并增加春秋假的讨论，同学们各抒己见。请你根据下表中的讨论记录，结合你自己对此事的看法，用英语给校报写一篇短文。

 
注意：1.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称
2.结构完整，语言通顺，意思清楚，连贯，书写规范
3.词数不少于90。文章开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
We had a discussion about whether to shorten the summer and winter holidays and add the spring and autumn holidays lat week. Opinions are different.
Some students think____________________________________________________________