年寒窗苦读日，只盼金榜题名时，祝你考试拿高分，鲤鱼跳龙门！加油！ 2019江苏省南通市中考英语真题及答案注 意 事 项考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项：1. 本试卷共12页，满分为120分，考试时间为120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、考试证号用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔填写在试卷及 答题卡上指定的位置。3. 答案必须按要求填涂、书写在答题卡上，在试卷、草稿纸上答题一律无效。第卷（选择题 共60分）第卷共45小题，请将答案按要求填涂在答题卡上。一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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. Sandy is _ Australian girl. She came to China for travelling with her parents last week. A. aB. anC. theD. 不填2. Its been 100 years since the May Fourth Movement took place _ May 4, 1919. A. for B. inC. at D. on3. _ did you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Tom? By making rice dumplings with my Chinese friends. A. WhereB. WhenC. How D. Why4. Excuse me, can you teach me how to _ this new word? No problem. Look at my mouth and listen carefully. A. proveB. pronounceC. prepareD. produce5. I hear people can pay for almost everything by ZHI FU BAO in China.Actually. Its _ that people often go shopping without taking any paper money.A. importantB. impossible C. surprising D. necessary6. He _ like coffee. I see him drink a cup at times. A. must B. may C. cant D. mustnt7. Would you like to go to the city and live with us, Granny?Oh, dear, Im used to the life in the country. I think life here is _.A. more comfortable B. less comfortableC. the most comfortable D. the least comfortable8. What do you think of yesterdays activity in your community? Wonderful. A lot of useful advice on self protection _. A. is offered B. are offeredC. was offeredD. were offered9. Is everyone here, Jonathan? No, Sir. Millie is absent. She _ for two days. A. has fallen ill B. has been ill C. fell ill D. was ill10. High-speed trains are seen as one of the new Four Great _ of China.A. Achievements B. AgreementsC. Environments D. Instruments11. Whats the weather like in Kunming, Lucy? Its _ hot _ cold. So Kunming is called “the Spring City”. A. neither; norB. not only; but alsoC. either; orD. both; and12. Some jazz musicians are great because they can _ music while playing. A. put up B. set upC. take upD. make up13. I still keep taking exercise every day _ I am busy with so many subjects. A. until B. unlessC. becauseD. though14. Could you please tell me _? With pleasure. Wait a moment, please. A. if the scarf looked nice on meB. whats the new product like C. that Guilin is worth visitingD. how I can order a robot online15. Why not hold a Chinese Poetry Competition to welcome our motherlands 70th birthday? _. Lets make a plan together in our group. A. Thats all rightB. Yes, pleaseC. Good ideaD. Never mind二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面短文，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。Thank you very much. Thank you!Thank you for Principal Xu, all the teachers and most importantly, the class of 2019. If I cant make my speech fantastic, I will at least try to make it short.Its been nearly 40 years since I became a member of the navy. You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief. In fact, it all began from the half a 16 basic training, which I will never forget. The training included midnight swims in the cold water, days without 17 and long painful runs in the soft sand. I always felt cold, wet, sleepy and painful.The training also needed to find those who could 18 in an environment of stress, mess, failure and hardships. To me, the basic training was a lifetime of challenges that lasted six months. And today, Id like to talk about one little thing, which I think is one of the most important points leading to great 19 .Every morning in the training, my instructors (教官) would 20 in our rooms. The first thing they did was to 21 our beds. The corners would be square if we did it right. The covers would be pulled tight, and the pillow would be centered just under the headboard.It was a(n) 22 task. But every morning we were required to make our beds 23 . It seemed a little funny, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proved to me many times over.If you make your bed every morning, you will have completed the 24 task of the day. It will bring you a small sense of success, and it will 25 you to do another task, and another and another. And by the end of the day, one task completed will have 26 into many tasks completed. Making your bed will prove the fact. If you cant do the little things right, you will 27 be able to do the big things right. 28 the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. I can make sure that it doesnt matter whether I ever 29 a day i