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2023年潍坊市初中学业水平考试
英语试题
2023. 6
注意事项:
1. 本试题满分110分, 考试时间为90分钟;
2. 答卷前务必将试题密封线内及答题卡上面的项目填涂清楚。所有答案都必须涂、写在答题卡相应位置, 答在本试卷上一律无效。
一、阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)
阅读下列语篇, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Joel: You’re not going to believe this. My dad is running in this!
Debbie: Your dad? The marathon? I didn’t know he liked doing sport.
Joel: Well, he doesn’t, really. He does a bit of running now and then, and he goes to the gym and that sort of thing. But there’s no way he could finish a marathon.
Three days later
Pete: So Joel, how did your dad do?
Joel: Hahahaha ... it took him 7 hours and 12 minutes.
Jess: So he finished it? That’s fantastic!
Joel: Yeah, but guess what? He was slower than any other runner in the race!
Pete: Still we’re talking about 26 miles here. That’s an awful lot of running. There’s no way I could do that!
Debbie: It would take me more than a month. And honestly, Joel, do you think you could do it?
Joel: That’s not the point. It took him more than 7 hours. So embarrassing!
Jess: So what? He set himself a goal (目标), and he did it. At the end of the day, that’s what matters.
Joel: Well, perhaps you’re right. I’ve never thought about it like that, I suppose.
1. In Picture 2, Joel is laughing because his father ________.
A. won the match B. couldn’t finish a marathon
C. did a bit of running D. was the last one in the race
2. What do Pete and Debbie think of the marathon?
A. Boring. B. Tiring. C. Exciting. D. Relaxing.
3 What’s Jess’s opinion?
A. Whatever you do, set a goal first. B. Give up if you can’t win a competition.
C. Make great efforts to achieve your goal. D. Never take part in difficult competitions.
B
On a cold January morning, a man sat at a subway station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. He played for about 45 minutes.
Three minutes went by, and a middle-aged man stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to take care of his own things.
A minute later the violinist received his first tip: a woman threw some