2026年江苏省扬州市中考英语试题

扬州市2026年初中毕业升学考试

英语

注意事项

考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求

1．本试卷共8页，包含选择题（第1题~第45题，共45题）、非选择题（第46题~第76题，共31题）两部分。本卷满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0.5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置，在试卷第一面的右下角填写好座位号。

3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符。

4．答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答非选择题，必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效。

一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。

1. —When did you first come to China, Kevin?

—I came to China for the very first time ________ 2004.

A. in B. on C. at D. to

2. Great changes have taken place since I ________ here 20 years ago.

A. move B. have moved C. will move D. moved

3. People pay for everything on ________ smart phones.

A. they B. them C. their D. theirs

4. I like to ________ the great mountains and rivers and people’s life with my camera.

A. interview B. explore C. expect D. influence

5. In the past few years, I ________ many Chinese stories through my photos.

A. tell B. told C. have told D. will tell

6. People in other countries can better understand ________ through these photos.

A. what life here is like B. what is life here like

C. how life here is like D. how is life here like

7. Cities in China are becoming more beautiful, as more parks ________ every year.

A. build B. built C. are built D. were built

8. Life in the parks here, with rich activities, such as singing, dancing and doing Tai Chi, is ________ different

from parks in the UK.

A. rapidly B. totally C. suddenly D. finally

9. —________ do you often travel to other cities during holidays?

—By high-speed train.

A. When B. Where C. What D. How

10. The traffic goes so well: trains, undergrounds and buses always run ________.

A. in time B. on time C. by the time D. for some time

11. I take ________ of China’s high-speed trains and have travelled throughout the country to experience different cultures.

A. notice B. care C. control D. advantage

12. Things in China change so fast. Stay a month ________ you will have enough material for a book.

A. whether B. but C. or D. and

13. If you want to understand a culture better, you need to ________ time with local people.

A. spend B. lose C. cost D. change

14. China continues ________ me endless chances for discovery.

A. offer B. offered C. to offer D. to offering

15. —What do you ________ your experience of living in China?

—There is always something new. 20 years on, China still surprises me.

A. think over B. think of C. think back D. think out

二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Among the activities during student orientation (迎新会), the balloon activity is my favorite. This year I worked with Mr Rodriguez. We moved the tables to make a big open space for a mountain of blue ____16____. As the students entered, we handed each a sharp pencil and told them to get a balloon.

Mr Rodriguez announced, “Let’s circle up. We’re going to play a game. If your balloon ____17____ the next minute, you get a prize. Go!” The room was in a mess as the kids ran around popping (使爆裂) one another’s balloons. Laughter, scream, and loud pops filled the room. Some kids hid under tables ____18____ others jumped on top of them. Even those who seemed ____19____ at first quickly started to pop others’ balloons happily.

“Stop! Come back together and talk about what happened,” I shouted.

As the kids formed a circle, they looked around to ____20____ a surviving balloon, a winner.

“No one ____21____. Everyone’s balloon is popped,” said a girl sadly. She’d spent the minute under the table, trying to ____22____ her balloon, but she failed.

“If no one has a balloon, maybe the winner can be the person who popped ____23____ balloons,” offered a boy, who had popped a lot of balloons.

“Yeah, I got seven of them,” offered another boy. A few others began to ____24____ their self-recorded scores.

“We ____25____ said you had to pop anyone’s balloon to win,” said Mr Rodriguez calmly.

“What? That is ____26____,” said the boy who popped seven balloons, “if no one popped anyone else’s balloon, then who would win?”

“____27____,” said Mr Rodriguez. He let the students think about it for a while. I could see they were trying to ____28____ what it would be like when everyone could win.

Mr Rodriguez started to describe our school. I then explained how success would look different for each of us. ____29____ didn’t have to come at the cost of anyone else. Each of us could be ____30____. And we could help one another succeed as well.

16. A. tables B. balloons C. pencils D. circles

17. A. survives B. breaks C. allows D. avoids

18. A. until B. unless C. though D. while

19. A. active B. lucky C. shy D. forgetful

20. A. pay for B. search for C. prepare for D. stand for

21. A. agreed B. risked C. hurt D. won

22. A. protect B. present C. blow D. change

23. A. the biggest B. the smallest C. the most D. the fewest

24. A. save B. print C. reduce D. share

25. A. ever B. never C. often D. seldom

26. A. endless B. careless C. meaningless D. helpless

27. A. Everyone B. Someone C. None D. No one

28. A. check B. act C. imagine D. suggest

29. A. It B. He C. They D. We

30. A. careful B. colorful C. cheerful D. successful

三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）