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高级中学2023-2024学年第一学期期中测试初三英语
注意事项:
1、答题前,考生务必在答题卡写上姓名、班级,准考证号用2B铅笔涂写在答题卡上。
2、每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动用橡皮擦干净后,再涂其它答案,不能答在试题卷上。
3、考试结束,监考人员将答题卡收回。
第一部分 选择题(50分)
I.完形填空 (10分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。
While traveling to big cities in the world, you will see statues of thousands of characters ___1___ in the streets. Do you believe that they are actually real people working as ___2___ artists? They often cover themselves ___3___ with paint. They have to stand still (静止的) and keep eyes open for several hours. Street artists need to be strong-minded and ___4___. It is not an easy job, but there’s plenty of fun ___5___ them.
Yorge is one of the most famous street artists in Brazil. He stands out ___6___ his partner, a cute dog named Jaspe. When Yorge goes to work, Jaspe ___7___ on his arm and keeps still as long as she can. Most people are ___8___ by their perfect work together. However, the pair once got into trouble. Some animal lovers thought that Yorge forced his dog to give a ___9___ in the street. In fact, Yorge ____10____ trained Jaspe at all.
The performance of living statues has become a street art. Now it is really popular in many large cities around the world.
1.
A. walking B. singing C. standing D. dancing
2.
A. language B. genius C. paint D. street
3.
A. clearly B. completely C. suddenly D. correctly
4.
A. patient B. active C. bright D. honest
5.
A. of B. as C. for D. on
6.
A. thanks to B. instead of C. besides D. without
7.
A. plays B. eats C. rests D. answers
8.
A. encouraged B. disappointed C. refused D. surprised
9.
A. lecture B. performance C. report D. hand
10.
A. seldom B. sometimes C. never D. often
II.阅读理解 (40分)
第一节阅读下列短文,从下面每小處所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。(共15小题,每小题1.5分)
A
Zhuge Liang, also known as Kongming, was a famous and smart person in ancient China. He was good at strategy and was very clever.
Born in the late 2nd century, Zhuge Lang became well-known when he joined L