2012年江蘇省13個省轄市的英語中考試卷中,都體現(xiàn)了語言基礎(chǔ)知識運(yùn)用的考查。主要考查學(xué)生在各種語言情境中對語言基礎(chǔ)知識的掌握情況,也就是學(xué)生對題干的閱讀能力、對具體語境的領(lǐng)悟能力以及在所設(shè)置的語言情境中正確運(yùn)用語言知識的能力。它涉及的題型有:單項選擇、詞匯運(yùn)用、短文填空等。
一、單項選擇
單項選擇是各地中考英語試卷中都采用的共同的一個題型,主要考查學(xué)生初中三年所要求掌握的詞匯、語法知識及其運(yùn)用,以及在具體的語言交際情境中運(yùn)用所學(xué)英語知識的能力。試題的難易度適中,試題的題干能結(jié)合教材文本與現(xiàn)實(shí)熱點(diǎn),充分體現(xiàn)知識在當(dāng)下時事中的運(yùn)用。
1、注重基礎(chǔ)考查,拓展學(xué)用渠道
與往年相比,2012年的中考英語試卷中的單項選擇題更加注重基礎(chǔ),日常交際活動中使用頻率比較高的冠詞、代詞、名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞以及時態(tài)、語態(tài)、從句等主干知識的考查比例較大,考點(diǎn)覆蓋面廣,難度適中,發(fā)揮了該題型的測試功能。
例1 (蘇州) In order to find _______better job, she planned to learn _______ second foreign language.
A. the; a B. a; a C. the; the D. a; the
答案:B
點(diǎn)評:本題考查冠詞的用法。前半句句意為“為了找一份較好的工作”,表示泛指,在better前用不定冠詞a;后半句句意為“她計劃再學(xué)一門外語”,在序數(shù)詞second前用a表示“又一、再一”的意思。故選B。
例2 (南京)—How is Susan?
—Oh, she lives abroad, so I ______ ever see her.
A. hardly B. greatly C. clearly D. nearly
答案:A
點(diǎn)評:本題考查副詞的辨析。hardly意為“幾乎不”; greatly意為“非常、很”; clearly意為“清楚地”; nearly意為“將近”。由答句句意:蘇珊住在國外,所以我?guī)缀醪辉娺^她。故選A。
例3 (南通)Each of the club members ____ready to help those who were in trouble.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
答案:C
點(diǎn)評:本題考查主謂一致中動詞的用法。句意為:俱樂部的每一位成員都樂于幫助那些深陷困境中的人們。代詞each做主語,謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式;通過后面句子“who were in trouble”判定句子時態(tài)用一般過去時。故C為正確答案。
例4 (揚(yáng)州)She sang a song I believe I can fly in Yangzhou English Classics Reading Contest. I have never heard a ________ voice than that before.
A. good B. well C. better D. best
答案:C
點(diǎn)評:本題考查形容詞的比較級用法。題干第二句句意為“在那之前,我從來沒有聽過更好的聲音?!痹摼溆械湫偷谋容^級詞“than”,選項A、B都是原級;C是比較級;D是最高級。故選C。
例5(無錫)The old theatre will close soon_______ some extra donations
are made.
A. so B. if C. because D. unless
答案:D
點(diǎn)評:本題考查連詞的辨析。句意:這個老劇院不久就會關(guān)閉,除非能夠得到一些額外的捐贈。so表示“因此”,if表示“如果、是否”,because表示“因為”,unless表示“除非”。根據(jù)題意可知D為正確答案。
例6(宿遷)Peter enjoyed _______ at his birthday party last night.
A. he B. him C. himself D. his
答案:C
點(diǎn)評:本題考查固定搭配的用法。句意為:昨天晚上彼得在他的生日晚會上玩得很開心。enjoy oneself表示“玩得開心”。故C為正確答案。
例7(徐州)The 30th London Olympic Games will begin ___ 27th July 2012.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
答案:B
點(diǎn)評:本題考查介詞的用法。句意為:第30屆倫敦奧運(yùn)會將在2012年7月27日舉行。具體到某一天要用介詞on。故選B。
2、凸顯交際功能,突出語言運(yùn)用
語言最顯著的功能是交際。在2012年各市中考試卷中,交際用語的考查有所凸顯。這些題目的題面有涉及學(xué)生的經(jīng)歷,有身邊發(fā)生的真實(shí)的事,既反映出語言的交際性,同時也體現(xiàn)了語言的真實(shí)性。
例8 (鹽城)—Are you going to take part in the speech competition?
—_________. It’s too good a chance to miss.
A. No problem B. Thanks a lot
C. Never mind D. That’s for sure
答案:D
評析:本題考查交際用語。A項意為“沒有問題”;B項意為“非常感謝”;C項意為“沒有關(guān)系”;D項意為“毫無疑問”。問句為“你將要參加演講比賽嗎?”答句為“當(dāng)然,這是一個不容錯過的好機(jī)會?!备鶕?jù)上下文的情境,故選D。
例9(鎮(zhèn)江)— Shall we have a cup of coffee? —_________.
A. Good idea B. Thank you C. That’s Ok D. Me too
答案:A
點(diǎn)評:本題考查交際用語。問句是:我們喝杯咖啡好嗎?這是一種表示建議的問句,答句應(yīng)該是“好主意”。Good idea 意為“好主意”;Thank you意為“謝謝你”;That’s Ok意為“沒關(guān)系”;Me too意為“我也是”。只有A項符合對話的情境。
例10 (蘇州)—Congratulations! Your speech is excellent. — !
A. Oh, no B. It doesn’t matter
C. That’s a good idea D. Many thanks
答案:D
點(diǎn)評:本題考查當(dāng)別人對你祝賀時的回答。Oh, no是“哦,不!” It doesn’t matter是“沒關(guān)系!” That’s a good idea是“真是一個好主意” Many thanks是“多謝”,根據(jù)英美人的習(xí)慣,當(dāng)別人對你祝賀時,你應(yīng)該說“謝謝”。故選D。
例11(南京)—My mother says that we won’t go on a trip to Hong Kong Disneyland. I just can’t understand.
—_______ You were looking forward to it.
A. Never mind. B. Enjoy yourselves!
C. What a pity! D. Don’t worry about it.
答案:C
點(diǎn)評:本題考查交際用語中前后句子的照應(yīng)。上句說話人表達(dá)了不能理解媽媽說不去香港迪斯尼樂園游玩,而答句“你一直期盼去(那兒旅行)”,可推出回答者很遺憾。A是“沒關(guān)系”,B是“玩得很開心”,D是“不要擔(dān)心”,都不符合題意。C是“真遺憾”與后面的那句“你一直期盼去(那兒旅行)”很吻合。故選C。
3、聯(lián)系生活實(shí)際,體現(xiàn)時代精神
在2012年江蘇省13市中考試卷中,都有以國內(nèi)外的大事、生活中發(fā)生的事為題目背景編寫題面,把知識的考查與生活實(shí)際緊密結(jié)合,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生關(guān)注社會、關(guān)注生活。
例12 (鎮(zhèn)江)The new Apple’s product(產(chǎn)品) “iphone4S” is ________ among the young people.
A. meaningful B. traditional C. popular D. special
答案:C
點(diǎn)評:句意為:新的蘋果公司的產(chǎn)品iphone4S在年輕人中很受歡迎。該題把知識的考查與社會流行趨勢緊密結(jié)合,考查了四個形容詞的辨析。meaningful 為“有意義的”;traditional 意為“傳統(tǒng)的”;popular意為“受歡迎的”;special意為“特殊的”。故此題選C。
例13 (徐州)Don’t forget to take your bag when you ______ the bus.
A. get off B. take off C. turn off D. put off
答案:A
點(diǎn)評:該句意為“當(dāng)你下公共汽車時,不要忘記拿你的包。”該題把知識的考查與生活實(shí)際緊密結(jié)合,有助于學(xué)生理解題面。本題主要考查了四個詞組的辨析。get off意為“下車”;take off 意為“脫下或起飛”;turn off意為“關(guān)掉”;put off意為“推遲”。故選A。
例14 (泰州)—Have you heard of ________ about Jeremy Lin(林書豪)?
—Yes. He did quite well in the last NBA basketball match.
A. anything exciting B. something interesting
C. anything humorous D. something important
答案:A
點(diǎn)評:題面是關(guān)于家喻戶曉的華裔籃球明星林書豪。本題考查不定代詞的用法和形容詞的辨析。本句為一般疑問句,應(yīng)該用anything, 排除了B、D項。根據(jù)答句,“在上次的NBA籃球賽中,他表現(xiàn)的相當(dāng)好?!?,由此推斷上句是詢問是否聽說過關(guān)于林書豪的激動人心的事,而不是幽默的事。故A選項是正確的。
二、詞匯運(yùn)用
英語詞匯知識是各項英語語言技能發(fā)展的基礎(chǔ),詞匯知識的積累對英語運(yùn)用能力和交際能力的發(fā)展影響很大。中考注重考查學(xué)生在句子或語篇的語境中運(yùn)用詞匯的能力,以及掌握運(yùn)用習(xí)慣用法和常用搭配的能力。2012年各市中考試卷中都設(shè)有詞匯題,雖然在形式、題量上略有不同,但命題思想和考查范圍基本一致,突出考查學(xué)生將詞義、詞性、句法、語義于一體的綜合運(yùn)用語言知識的能力。
1、根據(jù)括號中的中文提示、英文釋義及句意,寫出句中所缺單詞,使句子通順。
例1 (蘇州)The cat was _______(臥) fast asleep by the fire.
例2 (揚(yáng)州)Mr. Wu always spends a lot of time _____things to us. (解釋)
例3 (徐州)Take the ________(第二) turning on your right and you’ll see the museum.
例4 (常州)I’m sorry to hear that the dog you once played a trick on _______(咬) you on the hand.
例5 (鎮(zhèn)江)—What’s the _________(高度、身高) of Jeremy Shu-How?
— I don’t know. Maybe he is shorter than Yao Ming.
例6 (宿遷)Colours can change our moods and some may make us feel ___(in need of sleep).
答案:lying; explaining; second; bit;height; sleepy;
點(diǎn)評:這類題目要求學(xué)生根據(jù)所給漢語或英文釋義,結(jié)合句意寫出單詞的正確形式,通常一空一詞,試題難度略大于選詞或用所給詞的正確形式填空。但所考查的詞匯均為初中階段的重要詞匯,多為名詞、動詞、形容詞或序數(shù)詞等信息詞匯,通常句中還會出現(xiàn)固定搭配進(jìn)行提示。該類型題目語境的指向性較為明確,突出語言的實(shí)用性和靈活性。
2、根據(jù)句意,用所給詞的正確形式填空。
例7 (南京) Justin Bieber’s first single, One Time, is about one of his favourite _______ (topic), puppy love.
例8 (淮安) I haven’t seen my grandma for a long time. I’m looking forward to (visit) her soon.
例9 (鹽城)John is so __________(honest) that no one believes him.
例10(無錫)This machine is ________(special) designed for blind people.
例11(泰州) Though my grandfather is in his ________(seventy), he has got a QQ number.
答案: topics; visiting; dishonest; specially; seventies;
點(diǎn)評:此類題目主要集中考查名詞、動詞、形容詞、副詞、數(shù)詞以及代詞等有變化形式的詞匯,如名詞的復(fù)數(shù)變化、動詞的時態(tài)變化和非謂語動詞變化、形容詞與副詞比較級和最高級的變化、基數(shù)詞與序數(shù)詞的變化、代詞的類別和人稱變化以及常見的有詞綴變化的派生詞等。主要考查學(xué)生在特定的語境中結(jié)合語法、句法使用詞匯的能力。
3、短文填空。(保留原題號)
例1(南通)請認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文,并根據(jù)各題所給首字母的提示,寫出一個合適的英語單詞完整、正確的形式,使短文通順。
If you think of after-school activities as a waste(浪費(fèi)) of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many (66) w______. Above all, they offer us chances to practice what we learn in (67) c_________. Through various activities, we can also learn more about today’s society(社會) and a lot of (68) n_______ things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the (69)f_________.
We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to (70) r_______ ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe (71) f________ air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay (72) a________ to our studies and achieve good results.
Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to (73) o_______; some can keep us strong and (74) h________; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and taken an (75) a________ part in various after-school activities.
答案:66. ways 67. class 68. new 69. future 70. relax
71. fresh 72. attention 73. others 74. healthy 75. active
點(diǎn)評:該題型主要考查單詞、詞組、固定搭配及習(xí)慣用語等,同時兼顧有關(guān)篇章性結(jié)構(gòu)的連接性詞語的考查,突出考查學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語言知識的能力。此篇短文敘述的是課外活動的作用。通過例舉課外活動的好處,提倡學(xué)生們積極參加各種各樣的課外活動。本題考查了學(xué)生的閱讀能力以及在短文中考查詞匯、句法和語法知識的掌握情況,如:名詞單復(fù)數(shù)的用法ways,class;固定搭配in the future and pay attention to;形容詞new, fresh, healthy, active語義的理解;以及代詞others的用法等。