中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 常州市二〇二四年初中学业水平考试 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、考试号填写在试卷上,并填写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、单项选择（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. Little Mary was proud of _____ because she taught Uncle Li how to borrow books online. A. herself B. hers C. she D. her 2. —_____ is it from Changzhou to Beijing —It is about four hours’ ride by high-speed train. A. How long B. How far C. How soon D. How often 3. I _____ Yancheng Park several times, so I know a lot about it. A. was visiting B. have visited C. visit D. will visit 4. When you make a fresh salad, you _____ add your favorite fruit if you would like to. A. may B. should C. must D. have to 5. —Which school club should I choose —It _____ what skills you want to develop. A. takes on B. carries on C. puts on D. depends on 6. Practice is very important. You will forget the new words _____ you often use them. A. when B. unless C. if D. until 7. When seeing the Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship flying into the sky my father was _____ than any one of us. A. more excited B. more exciting C. the most excited D. the most exciting 8. —Could you tell me _____ —Sorry, I’ve never had a home robot before. Why not read the instructions first A. where can I buy a home robot B. where I can buy a home robot C. how can I turn the home robot on D. how I can turn the home robot on 9 —Believe it or not! My grandpa is learning to play the piano. —Oh! _____. A. It never rains but it pours B. When in Rome, do as the Romans do C. One is never too old to learn D. Every dog has its day 10. —Dr. Sun will give us a talk on Zhou Youguang, the “father of Pinyin”, this afternoon. —_____. Let’s go together. A. Good luck B. I agree C. Sounds good D. Have fun 二、完形填空（共12小题;每小题1分,满分12分） 阅读下面短文，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。 With a birthday usually comes a party, as well as a cake, presents and wishes from friends. But beyond these, what does a birthday ____11____ mean One year, I spent my birthday alone in a completely new place. Calls and messages poured in as usual.____12____, I was uncertain what to do. I had nowhere to go, nor did I know anyone with whom I could go out and share the ____13____ of the event. At that moment, my mother called me, asking, “What are you ____14____ for your birthday ” “I’m not sure, Mum. There’s ____15____ here,” I said in a low voice. “You don’t always need a lot of people for your birthday. Just follow your heart and make this day yours.” What Mum said made me feel less ____16____. Then I picked up a book and lost myself in it, with music on. I did exactly as my mother told me and ____17____ “my own day”. Unexpectedly, I got connected with my inn ... ...
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