2016年嘉兴市中考英语真题及答案解析

Leon was a postman. Every day wake up and feed his 37 cats. Leon didn’t really want 37 cats, but one by one they had appeared on his doorstep, and Leon had taken them in. Every day, after feeding the cats, Leon would collect the mail from the red postboxes in the village and take it home. “If only I had 37 helpers instead of 37 cats, my job would be so much easier, ” Leon thought. Just then, the cats started meowing for their dinner. That gave Leon an idea. That night, Leon worked late making 37 cat-sized postal backpacks. Then, he went around to each postbox, putting up signs that read: postbox closed! Please use the postal cat service. The next day, Leon put a backpack on each cat and dropped off the cats around the village. Leon knew that the cats would be happy walking around all day. He also knew that they would always come home for dinner. Leon spent the day relaxing, waiting for his helpers to return. Leon was right. The cats did return, but they did not bring home many letters. Some got the letters wet. Some bit off the corners of the letters. Some even lost their backpacks. “”Cats are just too unreliable（不可靠的）,” Leon thought. Just then, a strange sound came from the outside of Leon’s door. A dirty dog was waiting to be invited inside. That gave Leon an idea.

【参考答案】 31-33ACD 【考查内容】 体裁：选择型阅读理解——记叙文 题型：细节理解题，推理判断题和主旨大意题 【解析思路】 细节理解题，文章第二段一开始写到每天Leon疲于每天出去到村庄里收集村民们寄的信，后来就想出了一个让他的37只猫帮他收信的办法，从第二段的倒数第三句话“That night, Leon worked late making 37 cat-sized postal backpacks.”可以这题选择A 。 推理判断题，从最后一段的文意可以推断出C项的内容就是本题的答案，由于之前的37只猫都unreliable（不可靠的），所以作者将会请狗进家门，开始做他的得力助手。 主旨大意题，通过全文得出文章的作者属于很幽默滑稽的性格，而且A,B,C的选项都不是文章要表现的作者的性格。 B Luca Gramberini has been scuba diving since he was a kid. His family owns a scuba company. For the past three summers, Luca has added gardening to his underwater activities. He helps run Nemo’s Garden, a project to grow plants in the sea. From May through September, Luca and other divers are working on Nemo’s Garden in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 feet from the coast of Noli, Italy. Five large balloon-like objects, called biospheres（生物圈）, hold plants such as beans and strawberries. The biospheres are filled with air and placed 20 feet below the surface. “My father came up with the idea because he loves gardening very much,” Luca said. According to Luca, the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable, changing little from day to night. The biospheres act like greenhouses. Inside the air-filled biospheres, fresh water keeps evaporating（蒸发）, providing the plants with a good environment to grow in. “We have already seen the plants, grow faster and better,” Luca says. “And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biospheres during the summer.” Luca hopes Nemo’s Garden will provide a new way of growing crops. “There is not enough land on the Earth,” he says. “And in many developing countries, bad conditions make it difficult for crops to grow.” Though the project has just started, Nemo’s Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas. “We’re going to try growing other plants.” Luca says. “We hope to set up biospheres in other countries. There are many possibilities.”

【参考答案】DCBA 【考查内容】体裁：选择型阅读——记叙文；题型：细节理解题，词义猜测题，推理判断题，主旨大意题。 【解题思路】 细节理解题。定位于第一段最后一句话：He helps run Nemo’s Garden, a project to grow plants in the sea. 得出答案D。 词义猜测题。根据下文得出答案：changing little from day to night，说明改变得很少，得出“稳定”的意思。 推理判断题。根据全文判断，文章讲了在海底种植植物的事情，比较可能出现在科技部分。 主旨大意题。文章主要围绕海底花园展开。 C Some English words have more than one meaning. These are called multi-meaning words. Multi-meaning words have the same pronunciation with different meanings. For example, let’s look at the word “ball”. You could have a “ball” which means you would have a good time. You could toss a “ball” which means you throw an object. You could be on the “ball” which means you know what is happening. You could go to a “ball” which means a dance. ______Take the word “can”. You “can” ride a bike which means you are able to ride a bike. You have a “can” of soup which means the soup is in a round-shaped holder. You can do the “can-can” which is a dance from the 1920s. And you might get “canned” if you do a poor job at work, which means you might lose your job. How about “fly”? You can “fly” an airplane or you can hit a “fly” that is on your food in your house. Or, you can “fly by the seat of your pants” which means you don’t make a plan before taking an action. And, you know that the “fly” of a zipper（拉链）is the top part of the zipper. There are hundreds of words that are multi-meaning words. The word “set” has more meanings than any other word in the English language. When you have time, why don’t you try to think of all the ways the word “set” is used? If you look at the title of this book Can a Fly, Fly? ... you know that the answer is “Yes” because you have seen an insect named a “fly” go up in the air and move around through the air…which is what “fly” means. Can a Fly, Fly? Of course, it can!

【参考答案】BCAB 【考查内容】体裁：选择型阅读理解——说明文 题型：细节理解题，推理判断题，主旨大意题 【解题思路】 第38小题属于细节理解题，在文中第三段最后一句话有所提及。 第39小题属于细节理解题，在文中第五段第二句有所提及“the word “set” has more meanings than any other word即the word “set” has the most meanings”。 第40小题属于推理判断题，文章第二、三段都在介绍单词的多种意思，故中间缺一衔接句，A项符合。 第41小题属于主旨大意题，通过全文得出文章介绍的是一本关于学习英语词汇的书，ACD三项的内容都没有提及。 D Once, Louis the Twelfth, the King of France, happened to walk into the kitchen of his palace. There he found a small boy busy at work and singing happily. The boy had bright eyes, and a happy, sunny face, and his looks and manners pleased the king. With a smile Louis asked him his name. He replied that his name was Simon. In answer to further questions, the king learnt that the boy was an orphan; both his father and mother were dead. “Are you content（满足的）to do this kind of work?” the king asked, pointing at the bowls which the boy was washing. “Are you willing to spend your time in the kitchen when so many of the others work upstairs?” “Why not?” answered the boy, with a twinkle in his eye. “I am doing as well as the best of them. The king himself can do no better.” “Indeed!” said the king, no little surprised at the boy’s words. “How do you know that?” “Well, sir, the king lives, and so do I. I am content with my life. Can the king say that he is content with his life?” Louis walked away, his mind full of strange, sad thoughts. No one knew better than he did that kings seldom feel content. The next day, much to Simon’s surprise, he was called before the king. He was still more surprised when he found that his visitor of the day before was Louis himself. The king talked with him about many things, and found him to be a very quick and clever boy. After that Simon was made to serve the king directly. Step by step, he rose from one important task to another, until he became one of the best soldiers of that time. He is known in his history as General La Roche, and considered as one of the greatest men of France. If Simon had not, early in life, learnt to be content with his life, he might never have been given those chances. The king did not want people who were always unhappy because they did not have as good a place as some others. You cannot too soon learn that only those who are content are happy.