2017年浙江省衢州市中考英语试卷一、完形填空(本大题共15小题,共15.0分)Awisemanwasonhislongjourneywithayoungman.(1)wasfalling,sotheydecidedtofindaplacetostay.Theysearchedforalongtimeandatlastfoundatinyoldhouse.A(n)(2)familylivedinit.Theygavethetwovisitorsawarmwelcomeandpreparedasimple(3)forthemincludingfreshmilkandcheese.Afterthemeal,thewisemanaskedhowthey(4)insuchapoorplace.Inalowvoicethehusbandreplied,"Wehavea(5).Wesellhermilktoourneighborsandkeepsomefor(6)ownneeds-makesomecheeseandcream."Thenextmorning,thetwovisitorscontinuedtheir(7).Aftertheywalkedafewmiles,thewisemansaidtotheyoungman,"Gobackandpushthecowoffthecliff(悬崖).""Why?Withoutthecow,theywillhavenothing."Thewisemanrepeatedhisorder,"Gobackand(8)thecow."Theyoungmanwas(9)aboutthefutureofthefamily.But(10)hereturnedtotheoldhouseanddidasthewisemantoldhim.Afew(11)later,theyoungmantravelledonthesameroad.Hedecidedtovisitthefamilyagain.Tohissurprise,hesawalargehousewithabeautifulgardenthere.Heknockedonthedoorandawell-dressedmanansweredit.Hewasthesonofthefamily.Themaninvitedhimtoenterthehouseandtoldhim(12)theirlifechanged."Youknow,wehad(13)butacowtokeepusaliveyearsago.Butonedayshefelloffthecliffanddied.Wehadtocomeupwithnew(14)ofmakingaliving.Yousee,wearemuch(15)thanbefore."Athiswords,theyoungmansmiled.1.A.RainB.NightC.LightD.Silence2.A.braveB.poorC.importantD.dangerous3.A.mealB.roomC.storyD.life4.A.tookawalkB.gotintotroubleC.tookavacationD.madealiving5.A.horseB.pigC.cowD.sheep6.A.ourB.theirC.hisD.her7.A.planB.workC.journeyD.sail8.A.helpB.killC.watchD.feed9.A.angryB.quietC.madD.worried10.A.luckilyB.finallyC.suddenlyD.especially11.A.yearsB.monthsC.weeksD.days12.A.whatB.whereC.howD.whether13.A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything14.A.placesB.wishesC.interestsD.ways15.A.betterB.smarterC.busierD.prettier二、阅读理解(本大题共15小题,共30.0分)AAlotoffamiliesinBritaingrowvegetables.Afewpeoplegrowunusualorstrangevegetables.Butagreatmanypeoplegrowtomatoes.Myneighborgrowsthebiggest,sweetest,happiesttomatoesintheworld."Howdoyoudoit?"Iask."Whycan'tIgrowtomatoeslikeyours?""Italktothem,"myneighborsays."I'vebeentalkingtomytomatoesforyears."Uptonow,Ihavealwayslaughedatthis.Thissummer,somescientistscarriedoutaninterestingexperiment,andIhavejustreadtheirreport.Threesetsoftomatoplantsweregrown.Nobodytalkedtothefirstset,buteverydayforamonth,arecordingofaman'svoicewasplayedtothesecondset,andarecordingofawoman'svoicewasplayedtothethirdset.Attheendofthemonth,thesecondsetofplantshadgrownfourcentimeterstallerthanthefirst,andthethirdsetofplantshadgrownfivecentimeterstallerthanthesecond.Theplantslikedthewoman'svoicebest."Wecan'texplainit,"ascientistsaid,"Butsoundwavessurelyhelpthetomatoestogrow.Plantgrowershavealwayspaidattentiontolightandwater.Nowweadviseyoutothinkofsoundwavesinthesameway."16.Thewriter'sneighborgrowsbettertomatoesbecausehe______.A.stayswiththemB.laughsatthemC.talkstothemD.thinksofthem17.Throughtheexperiment,thescientistsprovedthat______helpstomatoestogrowbest.A.aman'svoiceB.awoman'svoiceC.thesoundofnatureD.thesoundofanimals18.Bytheunderlinedsentencethescientistmeans______.A.plantsdon'tgrowwithoutsoundwavesB.scientistshavefoundthesecretofsoundwavesC.soundwavesaremoreimportantthanlightandwaterD.plantgrowersshouldalsoplayattentiontosoundwavesBAlotofp...