2020 苏州中考英语试题节选

满分100分，限时100分钟，请在100分钟内完成答卷；超时则自动提交。
一、单项填空（共 10 小题；每小题3分，满分30 分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的ABCD 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
*1. ﹣Did you go on the Silk Road trip by train？
﹣Yes. The train was great, just like a hotel_____wheels﹣it had all that I needed.
*2. ﹣Wow, you've made so much progress in drawing．
﹣Thanks. I______two online courses this winter holiday．
*3. ﹣ I don't really like big cities．
﹣ Neither do I. I feel much_____in the countryside．
*4. The doctors and nurses managed_____the lives of patients, though they didn't have enough medicine．
*5. I don't care how many words there are in your article, but the_____of it really matters．
*6. ﹣Mum, why do I have to wash hands so many times a day？
﹣For your health, you______be too careful.
*7. ﹣ Tony, come over. What do the letters "KIT" mean in the text message？
﹣ Don't you know that, Amy? They_____"keep in touch".
*8. Check what you have written_____you hand in your application form.
*9. Kunqu Opera is_____thought to be one of the symbols of Suzhou. Don't miss it during your stay here．
*10. ﹣Through 5G, people in two different cities can even "shake hands" on the same screen．
﹣_______
二、完形填空（共 1 小题；每小题30 分，满分30 分）
*11. 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A Swedish couple on holiday were traveling around Italy, and wanted to go to Capri ．

Capri is an island in the south of the country,
for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination （目的地）．The couple put their destination into their car 's GPS（全球定位系统） 
they made a spelling mistake．They
typed CARPI instead of CAPRI ． There is a real place called Carpi in Italy, but it is a small town in the
of the country ．

The couple followed the GPS directions． Although they were traveling to an island, it didn't
them that they didn't even cross a bridge or see the sea．When they arrived in Carpi, they went to the tourist office ． They asked
they could go to the Blue Grotto, a well﹣known sea cave in Capri ． Of course, the office worker there couldn't
them．He thought they wanted to go to a
called the Blue Grotto for dinner ．

When the man realized that the couple thought they were in Capri, he
their mistake. The couple got back into their car and started driving south．The office worker said, "They were
, but not angry."

It was a spelling mistake that took the couple 600 kilometres from their destination．
三、阅读理解（每小题3 分，满分18 分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A


I think there are several reasons that suggest developing robots is a waste of money．

 
In San Diego recently $ 325, 000 was spent on inventing a robotic squirrel to do some<br>scientific experiments. The research proved that squirrels are able to scare away snakes by<br>wagging （摇动） their tails. Do you need a robotic squirrel to work this out?
 
What about AIBO, a robotic pet, developed in Japan? In Japanese aibou means "buddy". These pets have been developed at huge cost mainly to provide entertainment ．They've been used in movies and music videos. Universities have used them for educational purposes. However, in 2006 the company stopped producing these<br>robotic pets in order to save money. Was it worth a lot of money?
 
Then there's NAO, a robot which has been developed by a French company. Its main purpose is to make life easier for humans. It speaks 19 languages and has its own personality. It can tell children a story, help in the classroom or the home, or act as a ________ to those people who need someone to be with. A fully developed one costs ﹩16, 000. Is that value for money? Who can afford it anyway?
 
There may be good reasons why it is worth developing robots, but so far I haven't thought of any．
*12. What does the underlined word "companion" in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?
*13. What is the true fact about the robots mentioned?
*14. What does the writer think of developing robots?
B
 

"This is John, " said Mr Turner．The boy standing next to him was tall, with a friendly face．I noticed Adam and Chen give each other the thumbs （大拇指） up．That meant they were going to invite him to join the cool group. They smiled at________ and he smiled back．


Mr Turner always gave new students a buddy with the same hobbies as them ．I was sure he wouldn't choose me. I wasn't one of the cool kids．


"Hyun, I want you to be John's buddy this term, " said Mr Turner. Me? I couldn't believe my ears! Everyone in the class looked in my direction ．Adam and Chen even looked unhappy ．


John walked over to my desk and sat down beside me ．He smiled at me ．"Hello, " he said in a confident voice．


"Hello, "I replied, not looking at him．All morning I could feel the boys in the cool group looking angrily at me, but John didn't seem to notice．Finally the bell rang for a break ．I had butterflies in my stomach ．I knew that Adam and Chen were going to make fun of me in front of John, and that John would decide that he'd rather be buddies with them ． 


Sure enough, as soon as we got outside, Adam and Chen swaggered （大摇大摆地走） up to us．


"Mr Turner says you're a good basketball player, John, "said Adam. "How'd you like to play with us at lunch break? Hyun doesn't know anything about basketball ．"

"No thanks, " said John．"I'd rather play chess with Hyun, if he doesn't mind ．Mr Turner< says he's an excellent player ．"

I was walking on air as John and I crossed the playground ．I remembered the saying we learnt in class about not judging （判断） a book by its cover. I completely misjudged John ．
*15. The underlined "him" in Paragraph 1 refers to________
*16. The sentence "I was walking on air…" in the last paragraph shows that the writer felt________.
*17. What can we learn from the story ？
四、选词填空，共一题，每空3分，满分15分
*18. 根据对话内容，从下面方框所给的选项中选出合适的句子补全对话。 （其中有两项是多余的）
A: Do you think the Olympics can change a city even after the Games finish?

B: Yes.

A:
请选择
B: Of course. One example is the Beijing Olympics. They built a new swimming center.
请选择

A: A great example! Can the Games make money for a city?

B: Sure. More people go to those cities even after the Games.
请选择
A: What about children?
请选择
B: Before the Games, many children preferred to play video games and watch TV.
请选择
五、词汇检测（共 7小题；每小题1 分，满分7 分）
*19. 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式．每空只写一词．
1. The future is something we
（创造）, but not something we enter.

2. Believe it or not， the two surveys have
（相似的） results.

3. Thank you for
（警告） us not to swim here ．

4. The
（秘密） of true friendship is to understand and to be understood．

5. Shake the bottle well so that the milk
（混合） with the tea ．

6. These
（艺术家） design won an international award ．

7. In ancient times ， food was
（存储） up for winter ．