2016年中考英语真题试卷（江西卷）

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请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A 、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    Things like Hula hoops（呼啦圈）used to be very popular. Did you ever own any of these? If you didn't, don't feel too bad. They were all fads. A fad is something that becomes very 1 among a large number of people, but only for a short time.2 can become a fad very quickly, but can stop being popular just as quickly.3 it is no longer “cool,” a fad goes away. Anything can become a(n) 4-fashion, food, music, technology, even language.

In the late 1970s, Erno Rubik, a professor was looking for a 5 way to teach his students about 3D objects. He 6 a six-color plastic object that would be called the Rubik's Cube(魔方). The goal was to get each side of the cube a 7 color. It was very challenging. It took a few years for the toy to become popular, but then 8, in 1982, it seemed everyone had one. People bought over a hundred million of the9. There were 50 books available that year offering solutions(解决办法). Then, just as suddenly as the craze (风尚) started, it 10. By 1983, people were not interested in the Rubik's Cube anymore, perhaps because so many people 11 had one in their home.

    In 2012, a South Korean musician named Psy released a song called “ Gangnam (江南) Style.” The music video shows Psy pretending (假装) to horse-ride while he is dancing. In six months, it became the first Youtube (一视频网站) video ever to reach a billion views (观看). Six months after that,12 went on to reach two billion views. The song and video started a worldwide 13 craze. “Gangnam Style” had a huge influence on world popular culture. U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron even 14 the dance. “Gangnam Style” became less and less popular,15 the “Korean Wave” of culture remains popular all over the world.

     Many people have cars in the city. But pollution is a problem because of the. Nowadays some downtown (市中心) areas around the world don't have cars. These car-free zones (无车区) are for people, bicycles, and public transportation only.

     Eight million people in the center of London and another two million people go to work there every day. The downtown area is very with hundreds of cars, buses, and taxis, but there are a lot of beautiful parks with free music concert. At lunchtime, many people go there for a rest  they get off work.

     Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people - but no cars! These modern car-free zones are popular and people like shopping there.

     In the past, Bogota was polluted because therelots of cars and traffic. Now the downtown area is car-free zone and the air is! Many people don't have a car and half a million people take the bus. There are lots of stores. It's not expensive.

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Carlton Joseph is a fashion designer(服装设计师), but not just any fashion designer. He appears on television, he writes books, and he owns his fashion house.

    Born in 1980, Carlton started designing clothes when he was eleven. His father owned a clothes store, and Carlton used to work there at the weekend. Then he did a design course at college.

    When he was 21, someone suggested doing a TV program. He made his first show “Carlton's Clothes” in 2004, and he wrote his first book in the same year. Since then he has written four more. Carlton got married to TV producer Susan Mills in 2005.

Three months ago, Carlton started his new company. He called it “Design Carlton”.

At work Carlton always wears black trousers and a blue coat, but at home, or when he goes out, he wears clothes with bright colors (red, blue and yellow). He is especially crazy about new glasses, he buys a new pair every few weeks. “I like to look different every day,” he says.

     Carlton started wearing glasses when he was twelve. He dyed(给……染色) his hair red when he was 18. It is still red, and this year, for the first time, he has grown a beard. “My wife likes it, that's why” is his explanation. But his beard is black.

    Have you ever wanted to see the Great Wall of China, or win an Oscar for Best Director, or swim with dolphins(海豚)? If so, you are not alone. We all have things we want to do or achieve. These are part of our “bucket lists”. A bucket is a list of things that someone wants to experience in his or her lifetimes. These things can be big or small. Have you ever thought about what is on your bucket list?

    Lindsay, 15, created her bucket list when she was 14. She has given her list serious thought. “I've always wanted to travel into space,” she says. “I don't really want to be an astronaut. But I do want to go to space as a tourist. I want to see the Earth from above.” Other things on her list include being on TV, seeing her favorite band in concert, learning how to speak Portuguese(葡萄牙语), and living in a foreign country. “I've always wanted to live in Brazil. As part of my bucket list, I want to attend Carnival(狂欢节)in the capital of Brazil,” she says.

    Jose, 16, recently created a list of things he wants to achieve. It changes sometimes he adds and takes away things because he wants to keep the number of the things at seven. One thing has stayed at number one, though: he wants to visit a movie set(影视基地). He would like to see the Harry Potter of The Hobbit movie sets. Other things on the list include being on TV, meeting his favorite sports star, living in a foreign country, skateboarding down a mountain, attending the World Cup, and backpacking across Europe. He would like to spend two months visiting Eastern Europe with his best friend Adam. “Maybe after I graduate from college,” says Jose.

    Carrie, 14, also has a bucket list. She first created it when she was 12. She would like to live in a foreign country for at least two years. She also wants to learn as many foreign languages as possible. But the number one thing on her list is to see her favorite band in concert. She also wants to go on a trip and to visit a movie set. Her favorite movies are the Hunger Games and Star Wars. Carrie is confident she will do most or all of the things on her bucket list. “I'm only 14,” she says, “I have my whole life ahead of me!”

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的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。

In many countries, tattoos are in fashion (时尚). On TV you can often see a famous actor or musician with a tattoo on his arm or foot. Many sports players have them, too. In the US, tattoos are very popular. Forty percent of Americans aged between 26 and 40 have a tattoo, and 60 percent of customers in US tattoo parlors are women. These people are often professional people like doctor, teachers and lawyers.

However, tattoos are not modern. In fact, they are very old in human history. For example, archaeologists (考古学家) found a human in ice from 5,000 years ago. He had 57 tattoos on his back, ankles, legs, knees and feet. Tattoos were used for many different reasons. In ancient Egypt, people got tattoos because they were “beautiful”. But in ancient Rome, tattoos were negative (负面的) and put on criminals and prisoners. In India, tattoos were religious (宗教的).

In the 16^th and 17^th century, European sailors (船员) arrived on the islands of Polynesia. They saw tattoos for the first time. The people on the islands had tattoos on their shoulders, chests, backs and legs. Often the tattoos were of animals or natural features like a river or a mountain. The European sailors liked them and made their own tattoos, so the idea traveled to Europe. Tattoos in Polynesia are still important today. They show information about a person's history, their island or their job.

So is there a connection (联系) between traditional tattoos and fashionable tattoos? And can you call tattoos a fashion? Chris Rainier is an expert in tattoos and his book Ancient Marks has photos of tattoos from all over the world. He thinks people in modern societies often have tattoos because they are a connection to the traditional world. But tattoos aren't a fashion like clothes or a haircut because you can't put them on and take them off again like a jacket or a hat. They are permanent (永久的) and for life.

Humans' Greatest Achievements

     The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press (印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones (智能手机).

    What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics?

Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements.  We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.

    What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by “great”.  Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow,” like the Great Wall? What do you think?

( R=Receptionist (宾馆接待员), J=Jack )

R: Hello.

J: Could you give us the room number of Mrs. Taylor, please?

R: Is she a guest here at the hotel?

J: Yes, she's our English teacher.

R:

J: She arrived yesterday.

R: Here we are …Room 602. Would you like me to call the room?

J: Yes, please. That would be great.

R:  She's not in her room, I'm sorry.

J: Oh dear. I need to speak to her.

R: Why not look in the restaurant? It's time for breakfast.

J: I've been there already. She's not there. And she's not there. And she's not in the gift shop, either.

R:

J: Yes. Could you tell her to call me when she comes back?

R: Sure, no problem.

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My Schoolbag

I have a schoolbag.……