常州市二O一九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、考试证号填写在试卷上. 并填写答题卡上的信息。
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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1.- When would you like to go swimming with me, this Friday or this Saturday?
-___________.I am free only this Sunday.
A. None B. Both C. Either D. Neither
2.- Can you give me some advice on how to be slimmer?
- Eat __________ meat and ___________cakes.
A. less; less B. fewer; fewer C. less; fewer D. fewer; less
3. Jim is watching a football match which is shown __________TV. Though he is not on the
scene, he can still cheer for his team.
A. lively B. live C. living D. alive
4. - ______________I keep the book for a week?
- Sorry, I'm afraid you ______________.
A. Need; couldn't B. Need; can't C. May; couldn't D. May; can’t
5. You must raise your hand if you have any questions in class._________, your teacher won’t
notice you.
A. Otherwise B. Anyhow C. Instead D. Moreover
6. He chose to study in a junior school near his home. It __________ to be a wise decision.
A. put out B. put on C. turned out D. turned on
7. I won't stop loving English ___________ the sun rises in the west.
A. if B. although C. because D. unless
8. In the library, students are required to keep ___________ and move ____________.
A. quiet; quiet B. quiet; quietly C. quietly; quiet D. quietly; quietly
9. -Could you tell me ___________ the music?
- He used traditional Chinese music art and the sounds of an ancient Chinese bell.
A. how he made B. how did he make
C. why he made D. why did he make
10. - How would you like your coffee?
-_____________________________.
A. I like it very much. B. With some milk, please.
C. No thanks. D. Yes, it smells good.
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、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Basketball can be fun, or it can be trouble. People gather around a ball, but their reactions (反应) often go 11 挤压者)", as it not only squeezed out of us sweet (汗水) and 13 肘部). After another round of game, one of the players and I fell to the ground at the same time. From his burning eyeballs. I could see a 15 was almost unavoidable. , but also our unhappy feelings. Body contact became more and more often, and we could all 14 the attacks of elbows ( the object. It was a terribly hot summer day when the group of us appeared on the basketball court. Silently, we 12 up and played, as always. The sun was a big " squeezer (
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