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2023—2024学年第二学期期末考试 初三英语试题 命题人：田苗苗 审核人：吴莹 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共45分） 一、听力选择（共15小题，计15分） （一）请听录音中八组短对话，每组对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出与对话内容相符的图片或能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每组对话读两遍） 1. What festival are the speakers talking about? A. B. C. 2. Where is the boy going during the summer holiday? A. B. C. 3. What did the girl’s mother buy for her birthday? A. B. C. 4. When did the English exam end? A. At2:00. B. At 11:00. C. At9:00. 5. What does the man think of the film? A. The music is nice. B. The story is fun. C. It’s too long. 6. Why does Helen want to be a reporter? A. Because she likes talking to people. B. Because she likes writing. C. Because she thinks it’s cool. 7. How far is the nearest supermarket? A. 20 minutes by taxi. B. minutes by bus. C. 5 minutes on foot. 8. What are the speakers doing now? A. Listening to the radio. B. Reading a storybook. C. Watching TV. （二）请听录音中两段较长的对话，每段对话后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每组对话读两遍） 听第一段对话，回答第9—11三个小题。 9. Who did the boy go to the Water Park with? A. His friend. B. His sister. C. His cousin. 10. What is beside the Water Park? A. A shopping mall. B. An art museum. C. A post office. 11. How did the boy get to the Water Park? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By subway. 听第二段对话，回答第12—15 四个小题。 12. How often does Tom play basketball? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 13. What is Mary good at? A. Basketball. B. English. C. Science. 14. What does Mary want to be? A. An English teacher. B. A basketball player. C. A translator. 15. Where are the speakers talking? A. At school. B. In the hospital. C. In the supermarket. 二、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分） 阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A 1. If Nancy wants to see a doctor, she can go to the hospital on ________. A. Hill Street B. Adam Street C. York Street D. King Street 2. The nearest place for the students at school to buy stationery (文具) is ________. A. the shopping mall B. the bookshop C. the post office D. the supermarket 3. If Helen starts from A, walks along Adam Street and then turns left at the second crossing, she will find ________. A. the park on the left B. the cinema on the right C. the library on the left D. the bookshop on the right 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了一些建筑设施以及街道的分布。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据图片可知，医院在Adam Street。故选B。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据图片可知，学校的左边就是购物中心，离学校最近，所以学生可以去买文具。故选A。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据图片可知，如果Helen从A出发，沿着Adam Street走，然后在第二个十字路口向左拐，她会在左边找到图书馆。故选C。 B It’s a hot day today. When you jump into a swimming pool to keep cool, do you know how animals fight against the heat? Animals have their own ways to keep cool in the heat. Here are some examples. Few animals can sweat like humans do, but horses can. They sweat to keep cool. If a horse keeps exercising for one hour, it can lose 15 liters of fluid (液体) by sweating. Dogs can not sweat, but they can keep cool by panting (气喘). Panting means breathing shortly and quickly. In summer, we often see dogs putting out their tongues and breathing shortly and quickly. An African elephant’s ears can grow to be 1.8 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. On the back of an elephant’s ears, there are many tiny blood vessels (血管). When the temperature of the elephant’s blood is higher than the temperature of the environment, heat is released (释放) from the ears. Besides, elephants also flap (拍打) their ears to create cool wind. The wind can make the elephant feel cool, too. Generally speaking, an elephant’s ears can cool its body by up to 5℃. Isn’t it amazing? 4. What is the meaning of the underlined word “sweat”? A. 出汗 B. 喘气 C. 吃甜食 D. 乘凉 5. How does an African elephant keep cool in the heat? A. By swimming in the pool. B. By sweating. C. By panting. D. Through their ears. 6. Which of the following is true? A. Many animals can sweat like humans do. B. Dogs can keep cool by breathing shortly and quickly. C. Flap (拍打) their ears to create cool wind is the only way for an African elephant to cool its body. D. Horses and dogs keep cool in the same way. 7. Which part from a newspaper may this passage come from? A. Sports B. Pet. C. News. D. Environment. 【答案】4. A 5. D 6. B 7. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了动物们是如何在炎热的天气保持凉爽的。 【4题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第二段中的“If a horse keeps exercising for one hour, it can lose 15 liters of fluid (液体) by sweating.”可知，马锻炼后会流失液体，所以划线部分的含义是“出汗”。故选A。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“When the temperature of the elephant’s blood is higher than the temperature of the environment, heat is released (释放) from the ears.”可知，大象通过耳朵来释放热量。故选D。 【6题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Dogs can not sweat, but they can keep cool by panting (气喘). Panting means breathing shortly and quickly.”可知，狗狗通过短而快的气喘来降温。故选B。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了动物们是如何在炎热的天气保持凉爽的，所以B项符合。故选B。 C Among the traditional clothes, qipao, a dress with a history of over 100 years, has become a symbol of beauty and elegance of Chinese women. Illustrator (插画师) Lu Mei, also a qipao lover, has been creating paintings of a woman in qipao for years. Her book Cheongsam with beautiful illustrations tells how the style of the dress has changed in the past 100 years. Lu Mei has been interested in qipao since she read a book by famous writer Zhang Ailing (1920—1995). In 2007, when she was asked to draw the illustrations for a book by Zhang Ailing and the clothes in the book, Lu agreed and started her research on the dress. According to some books, people first wore qipao in the late 1910s and it looked like the robes (长袍) which were long and wide and only worn by men at that time. In the 1930s, the dress was made into a different style—slimer cuts (较修身裁剪) and higher splits (开叉). “Nowadays qipao becomes a fashion choice for women and a symbol of traditional Chinese culture once again, but the dress is different from what it used to be. Because of the film In the Mood for Love, the dress now is much more close-fitting (紧身的),” Lu said. Lu Mei loves qipao, but she does not often wear it in her everyday life. Instead of wearing the dress, Lu hopes readers can learn something meaningful behind the clothes. 8. What does the underlined word “elegance” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. 勤劳 B. 宽容 C. 优雅 D. 朴素 9. Which of the following is TRUE about Zhang Ailing according to the passage? A. She was born in Shanghai. B. She is a well-known illustrator. C. She died at the age of sixty-five. D. Her book described qipao. 10. Which can describe the style of qipao in the 1930s? A. Short and Slim. B. Much more close-fitting. C. Slimmer cuts and higher splits. D. Look like robes. 11. What can we infer from the passage? A. People first wore qipao in the late 1930s. B. Illustrator is an interesting job. C. Lu Mei thinks the culture of qipao is more meaningful. D. To Chinese women, qipao is their favorite clothes. 12. What is the writer’s purpose according to the passage? A. To discuss why people love qipao. B. To encourage women to wear qipao. C. To tell how qipao was made. D. To introduce a qipao lover to people. 【答案】8 C 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍插画师陆梅对旗袍的喜爱，同时她希望人们了解其背后的文化。 【8题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“qipao”（旗袍）和“has become a symbol of beauty”（已成为美的象征）可知此空应填一个词和“美”并列，结合选项可知“优雅”符合，故选C。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Lu Mei has been interested in qipao since she read a book by famous writer Zhang Ailing (1920—1995).”可知张爱玲的书中描述了旗袍。故选D。 【10题详解】 细节理解题。根据“In the 1930s, the dress was made into a different style—slimer cuts (较修身的裁剪) and higher splits (开叉).”可知在20世纪30年代，礼服被做成了一种不同的风格——更修长的剪裁和更高的开口。故选C。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Instead of wearing the dress, Lu hopes readers can learn something meaningful behind the clothes.”可知陆梅更希望读者能了解旗袍背后有意义的东西，所以陆梅认为旗袍的文化更有意义。故选C。 【12题详解】 主旨大意题。全文主要介绍了插画师陆梅喜爱旗袍，并希望大家了解旗袍文化，所以文章是为了向人们介绍一位旗袍爱好者。故选D。 D Type in “A cat wants to go to space” and ask the robot to write a bedtime story. Just one second later, you’ll get the story of Max, who clawed his way past many difficulties to sing among the stars. This robot writer is real. It’s called ChatGPT. US company OpenAI developed it to generate (生成) human-like texts. It can translate languages, talk with people and write songs, poems and even jokes. It’s one of the most powerful AI of its kind, with the complete writing range (范围) of a real person! People around the world have tried ChatGPT and posted their results on social media. Some used it to write history essays (论文), some asked it to take notes of presentations, and some even generated advice on how to interact (互动) with people at a party. The power of ChatGPT lies in its speed and understanding of complicated (复杂的) matters. We may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution (进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds. Another good thing about it is that if you ask dark, harmful questions, such as how to make weapons (武器), it will not give you an answer. ChatGPT comes along at a time when AI is becoming increasingly able to do creative tasks. The materials they create are difficult to tell from those made by humans. This causes many issues (争论点) . These are the things that depend on humans to solve. 13. The cat story was written to ________. A. show what creative work ChatGPT can do B. introduce a cat that wants to go to space C. introduce a series of bedtime books D. show how robots create stories 14. What do we know about ChatGPT according to paragraph 2? A. It is the most powerful kind of AI. B. It is still under development. C. It can write almost anything a human can write. D. People cannot tell the difference between texts from ChatGPT and humans. 15. Paragraph 3 is mainly about ________. A. the disadvantages of ChatGPT B. the most popular use of ChatGPT C. what people think about ChatGPT D. how ChatGPT has helped people so far 16. Compared with human writing, ChatGPT is ________. A. faster B. safer C. more complicated D. more accurate (精确) 【答案】13. A 14. C 15. D 16. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了OpenAI开发的ChatGPT。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Type in ‘A cat wants to go to space’ and ask the robot to write a bedtime story.”可知，输入“一只猫想去太空”，就让机器人写一个睡前故事。再根据“This robot writer is real. It’s called ChatGPT.”可知，这个机器人作家是真的，它叫ChatGPT。由此可知，写猫的故事是为了展示ChatGPT可以做什么创造性的工作。故选A。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据“It’s one of the most powerful AI of its kind, with the complete writing range (范围) of a real person!”可知ChatGPT是同类人工智能中最强大的一款，拥有真人的完整写作范围。故选C。 【15题详解】 段落大意题。根据“People around the world have tried ChatGPT and posted their results on social media...”可知第三段主要介绍了ChatGPT是如何帮助人们的。故选D。 【16题详解】 推理判断题。根据“The power of ChatGPT lies in its speed and understanding of complicated (复杂的) matters. We may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution (进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds”可知我们可能会花几个小时研究、理解和写一篇关于进化论的文章。但ChatGPT可以在几秒钟内生成一个写得很好的，可见ChatGPT的速度更快。故选A。 第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题 共55分） 三、听力填词（共5小题，计5分） 请听下面一段独白。根据所听到的内容，写出可以填入下表空格处的适当单词，每空限填一词。（独白读两遍） What has changed for Henry? In the past Now Studies He used to be ________ He used to hate math. He works hard. He is ________in math. Hair He used to have long ________ hair. He has short straight hair. Sports He used to play ________ He is on the soccer team. Hobby He used to like collecting stamps. He likes collecting ________ 四、单词拼写与运用（共8小题，计8分） 根据所给汉语和首字母提示补全单词，使补全后的句子意义通顺，语法正确。 17. It’s i________ to keep others waiting, so we need to be on time. 【答案】(i)mpolite 【解析】 【详解】句意：让别人久等是不礼貌的，所以我们需要准时。根据“It’s…to keep others waiting, so we need to be on time.”的句意并结合首字母提示可知，此处指让别人久等是不礼貌的，impolite“不礼貌的”，形容词。故填(i)mpolite。 18. He said that he f________ in math but passed all his other subjects. 【答案】(f)ailed 【解析】 【详解】句意：他说他数学不及格，但其他科目都及格了。根据“but passed all his other subjects.”可知，数学考试不及格，fail“失败，不及格”符合语境，主句是一般过去时，从句用过去的时态。故填(f)ailed。 19. Don’t talk or laugh loudly. We should keep s_________ in the library. 【答案】(s)ilent 【解析】 【详解】句意：不要大声说笑，我们应该在图书馆里保持安静。keep后接形容词作表语，silent“无声的”，是形容词，故填(s)ilent。 20. Mike was p________ by our headteacher because he broke the school rules. 【答案】(p)unished 【解析】 【详解】句意：迈克因为违反校规而受到我们班主任的惩罚。根据“because he broke the school rules”并结合首字母提示可知，此处指受到惩罚，punish“惩罚”，动词；分析句子结构并结合句意可知，空处所在句的主语与谓语为逻辑上的动宾关系，所以此处应用过去分词形式构成被动语态。故填(p)unished。 21. The library is open to the ________ (民众) from Tuesday to Sunday. 【答案】public 【解析】 【详解】句意：图书馆星期二至星期日对公众开放。根据中文提示可知，“公众”英文表述为public。故填public。 22. We should be thankful for those _________ (邮递员) to help people receive products that they buy online. 【答案】postmen 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们应该感谢那些邮递员帮助人们收到他们在网上购买的产品。postman“邮递员”，结合those可知，这里要用复数，postman的复数为postmen。故填postmen。 23. Our government has recently ________ (传播) the traditional art to many foreign countries. 【答案】spread 【解析】 【详解】句意：我国政府最近把传统艺术传播到许多国家。根据中文提示可知，spread表示“传播”，has与过去分词构成现在完成时结构，故填spread。 24. The British people and the French people are all ________ (欧洲人). 【答案】Europeans 【解析】 【详解】句意：英国人和法国人都是欧洲人。欧洲人：European，名词作表语，空前有“all”，因此此处用名词复数“Europeans”。故填Europeans。 五、语法填空（共10小题，计10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the ____25____ (large) country in the world. I went there with my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year and I had some happy ____26____ (memory). One of the most interesting things ____27____ (be) that there are many dogs. Perhaps Russians like dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families has a dog. I made friends with many Russian children when I ____28____ (live) and studying there. They were all very nice. I played with them ____29____ (happy). I will never forget the experience there. 【答案】25. largest 26. memories 27. is 28. was living 29. happily 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，以回忆的方式，介绍了我在俄罗斯生活和学习的经历，表示永远不会忘记在莫斯科的美好回忆。 【25题详解】 句意：它是俄罗斯的首都，俄罗斯是世界上最大的国家。由“in the world”这一范围可知，此处应用形容词的最高级形式。故填largest。 【26题详解】 句意：我在那里生活和学习了一年，我有一些快乐的记忆。memory是可数名词，且由前面的“some”可知，此处应用复数形式。故填memories。 【27题详解】 句意：那个城市最有趣的事情之一是有许多狗。“one of...”作主语时，谓语动词应用单数，且该处描述的是客观的事情，be动词用is。故填is。 【28题详解】 句意：当我住在那儿并在那儿学习期间，我和很多俄罗斯孩子交了朋友。此分句为由when引导的时间状语从句，又根据and之后的分词studying可知，为了保持动词时态的一致，此空中动词要用过去进行时were/was doing，主语是I，be动词用was。故填was living。 【29题详解】 句意：我和他们玩得很开心。空格处在句中作状语修饰动词played，应用其副词形式。故填happily。 B In some provinces of Canada, people celebrate Family Day ____30____ the third Monday of February. It is ____31____ important holiday because the families can spend time together. On Family Day, many people plan and take part in activities with their families. These activities include visiting art museums, watching movies, playing games and holding parties. ____32____ the weather is usually very cold in February, some people never choose to stay at home. Hot chocolate and freshly made cookies are their favorite snacks. Other people use the long weekend as a chance ____33____ (take) a short winter break or to travel to visit friends. Family Day ____34____ (hold) in Canada in the province of Alberta in 1990 for the first time. It was to show the importance of family to people in Alberta. Later. Family Day was introduced to other provinces, such as Ontario and Saskatchewan. 【答案】30. on 31. an 32. Although##Though 33. to take 34. was held 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了加拿大一些省份庆祝家庭日。详细介绍了节日进行的活动及发展过程。 【30题详解】 句意：在加拿大的一些省份，人们在二月的第三个星期一庆祝家庭日。根据“the third Monday of February.”可知，是指具体的某一天，前用介词on。故填on。 【31题详解】 句意：这是一个重要的节日，因为家庭可以在一起度过时光。此处表示泛指一个重要的节日，且important是元音音素开头的单词，不定冠词用an。故填an。 【32题详解】 句意：虽然二月的天气通常很冷，但有些人从不选择待在家里。根据“the weather is usually very cold in February, some people never choose to stay at home.”可知，句子前后是让步关系，用although/though“虽然”引导让步状语从句。故填Although/Though。 【33题详解】 句意：还有一些人把长周末当作寒假短暂休息的机会，或者去旅游拜访朋友。空处用不定式to take作后置定语，修饰名词chance。故填to take。 【34题详解】 句意：家庭日于1990年在加拿大阿尔伯塔省首次举行。主语Family Day与谓语hold之间是动宾关系，因此用被动语态be done，结合“in 1990”可知，时态用一般过去时，主语是三单，be用was。故填was held。 六、完形填空（共7小题，计7分） 阅读下面的短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个多余选项。 popular leaves frem symbol by grown were first made Do you raise silkworms (蚕) these days? For thousands of years, people in China have been watching the wonderful life of silkworms. It is said that the silkworm’s silk was invented ____35____ Leizu the wife of the Yellow Emperor. The idea ____36____ came to Leizu when she was having tea under the tree. One day, a cocoon (茧) suddenly fell into her tea and she picked it out. Then she noticed that the cocoon was ____37____ from a long thread (线) that was strong and soft. So the secret about silkworms was discovered and she taught this to the people. Many families started to raise the silkworms for silk. For ages, there ____38____ the silkworm-raising ceremony (仪式) and the farming ceremony every spring. They picked the ____39____ and fed the silkworms. Silkworm raising and farming were the most important things in ancient Chinese life. Silk was not only ____40____ in China, but also in the rest of the world. It traveled through the. Silk Road and was loved in foreign countries. Over the years, silk has always been a ____41____ of China. It plays an important role in our culture and economy (经济). 【答案】35. by 36. first 37. made 38. were 39. leaves 40. popular 41. symbol 【解析】 【分析】本文主要介绍了丝绸的发展历史以及对现在的影响。 【35题详解】 句意：据说蚕丝是由黄帝妻子嫘祖发明的。根据句意及“was invented”可知，该句含有被动语态，填入by，意为“由……；被……”符合语境。故填by。 【36题详解】 句意：嫘祖第一次想到这个主意是在树下喝茶的时候。此处应填入副词修饰动词“came”，根据上一句可知，是嫘祖最先发明蚕丝的，备选词汇first意为“首先，首次”，符合语境。故填first。 【37题详解】 句意：然后她注意到，蚕茧是由一种既坚韧又柔软的长丝制成的。be made from意为“由……制成”，符合句意。故填made。 【38题详解】 句意：自古以来，每年春天都有养蚕和种蚕的仪式。该句为there be句型，要填入be动词。根据“the silkworm-raising ceremony (仪式) and the farming ceremony”可知，be动词为复数，且为一般过去时。故填were。 【39题详解】 句意：他们采摘桑叶来喂蚕。根据“fed the silkworms”可知，采摘桑叶喂蚕，备选词汇leave“树叶”，为leaf的复数形式，符合语境。故填leaves。 【40题详解】 句意：丝绸不仅在中国，在世界其他地方也受欢迎。根据“It traveled through the Silk Road and was loved by people in foreign countries”可知，丝绸受到世界各地人民的喜爱，可推测它很受欢迎，备选词汇popular“受欢迎的”符合语境。故填popular。 【41题详解】 句意：多年来，丝绸一直是中国的象征。a和of之间需填入名词，a symbol of意为“……的象征”，符合语境。故填symbol。 七、阅读表达（共5小题，计10分） 阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。 Everyone has lived in social groups since the day of birth. Some small things may often cause misunderstanding (误会). However, if we can put ourselves in other people’s places, we may understand their feelings, and then the bad situations will be changed completely. Understanding others is influenced by several things — feelings, tiredness and illness. This means that if a person is happy, he or she will be more willing to understand others. But if a person feels angry, he is less likely (可能) to understand other people. Listening is one of the best ways to understand others’ feelings, and it can sometimes help people get along well with each other. If people are talking, listening to them carefully will make them feel better. While many people just listen without any opinions, it may make the talk boring. No matter what kinds of roles we play in society, when we have different opinions, we should be calm to think about the situation we’re facing firstly. Every small action can build a good social connection and make us have a better understanding with each other. 42. How can we change the bad situations with others? (no more than 8 words) _________________________________________________________ 43. Understanding others is influenced by ________. (no more than 6 words) _________________________________________________________ 44. What should we do first when we have different opinions? (no more than 12 words) _________________________________________________________ 45. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。 _________________________________________________________ 46. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。 _________________________________________________________ 【答案】42. We can put ourselves in other people’s places./By putting ourselves in other people’s places. 43. feelings, tiredness and illness 44. We should be calm to think about the situation we’re facing firstly. 45. 但是如果一个人感觉愤怒，他就不太可能理解他人。 46. Understanding others can change the bad situations/To understand others can change the bad situations/Understand others /Understanding others 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了人们日常交流中经常存在的问题，即缺乏相互理解的态度。文章建议人们认真倾听他人意见，多站在对方角度思考问题。 【42题详解】 根据“However, if we can put ourselves in other people’s places, we may understand their feelings, and then the bad situations will be changed completely.”可知，如果我们能把自己放在别人的位置，我们可能会理解他们的感受，然后糟糕的情况将完全改变，故填We can put ourselves in other people’s places./By putting ourselves in other people’s places. 【43题详解】 根据“Understanding others is influenced by several things — feelings, tiredness and illness.”可知，理解他人受到几个因素的影响——感觉、疲劳和疾病，故填feelings, tiredness and illness. 【44题详解】 根据“when we have different opinions, we should be calm to think about the situation we’re facing firstly.”可知，当我们有不同的意见时，我们应该首先冷静地思考我们所面临的情况,故填We should be calm to think about the situation we’re facing firstly. 【45题详解】 but“但是”，if“如果”，a person feels angry“一个人感觉愤怒”，less likely“不太可能”，understand other people“理解他人”，故填：但是如果一个人感觉愤怒，他就不太可能理解他人。 【46题详解】 根据“However, if we can put ourselves in other people’s places, we may understand their feelings, and then the bad situations will be changed completely.”及全文的内容可知，主要介绍了人们日常交流中经常存在的问题，即缺乏相互理解的态度。文章建议人们认真倾听他人意见，多站在对方角度思考问题，故填Understanding others can change the bad situations/To understand others can change the bad situations/Understand others /Understanding others。 八、书面表达（共1小题，计15分） 47. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Jack对中国传统文化很感兴趣，给你发邮件询问有关孔明灯和元宵节的信息。请你给他回复邮件，至少从材料、用途及象征意义等方面向他介绍孔明灯，并从时间、美食及庆祝活动等方面介绍元宵节。 要求： 1. 涵盖所有要点，并做适当补充。 2. 不少于80词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jack, You wanted to know about Chinese sky lanterns and the Lantern Festival. Here I’m glad to tell you something about them. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 【答案】例文 Dear Jack, You wanted to know about Chinese sky lanterns and the Lantern Festival. Here I’m glad to tell you something about them. Sky lanterns, also known as Kongming lanterns, are made from thin bamboo frames covered with paper or silk. They serve as symbols of peace and good wishes. People often write messages on the lanterns before releasing them into the sky, hoping that their wishes will come true. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations. Families gather to enjoy a special dish called Tangyuan. This food symbolizes family unity. In many places, there are also dragon dances, lion dances, and riddle-guessing games attached to the lanterns. More and more people are interested in it. I hope you’ll come to China one day. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】【总体分析】 ①题材：本文是一篇应用文，为电子邮件； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”中孔明灯的材料、用途及象征意义等方面的介绍，并从时间、美食及庆祝活动等方面介绍元宵节。适当添加细节，语句连贯，条理清楚，突出重点。 【写作步骤】 第一步，表明写作意图。借用“英国笔友杰克对中国传统文化很感兴趣，询问有关孔明灯和元宵节的信息”来引出文章的重点内容； 第二步，具体阐述写作内容，从“材料”“用途”“象征意义”三个维度介绍孔明灯，并从“时间”“美食”“庆祝活动”三方面介绍元宵节。 第三步，书写结语。表达“欢迎杰克来中国”。体现了友好的态度。 【亮点词汇】 ①be made from由……制成 ②come true实现 ③serve as充当 ④be interested in对……感兴趣 【高分句型】 ①Sky lanterns, also known as Kongming lanterns, are made from thin bamboo frames covered with paper or silk.（过去分词作定语） ②People often write messages on the lanterns before releasing them into the sky, hoping that their wishes will come true.（that引导的宾语从句） ③The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations.（非限制性定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023—2024学年第二学期期末考试 初三英语试题 命题人：田苗苗 审核人：吴莹 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共45分） 一、听力选择（共15小题，计15分） （一）请听录音中八组短对话，每组对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出与对话内容相符的图片或能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每组对话读两遍） 1. What festival are the speakers talking about? A. B. C. 2. Where is the boy going during the summer holiday? A. B. C. 3. What did the girl’s mother buy for her birthday? A. B. C. 4. When did the English exam end? A. At2:00. B. At 11:00. C. At9:00. 5. What does the man think of the film? A. The music is nice. B. The story is fun. C. It’s too long. 6. Why does Helen want to be a reporter? A. Because she likes talking to people. B. Because she likes writing. C. Because she thinks it’s cool. 7. How far is the nearest supermarket? A. 20 minutes by taxi. B. minutes by bus. C. 5 minutes on foot. 8. What are the speakers doing now? A. Listening to the radio. B. Reading a storybook. C. Watching TV. （二）请听录音中两段较长的对话，每段对话后有几个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每组对话读两遍） 听第一段对话，回答第9—11三个小题。 9. Who did the boy go to the Water Park with? A. His friend. B. His sister. C. His cousin. 10. What is beside the Water Park? A. A shopping mall. B. An art museum. C. A post office. 11. How did the boy get to the Water Park? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By subway. 听第二段对话，回答第12—15 四个小题。 12. How often does Tom play basketball? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 13 What is Mary good at? A. Basketball. B. English. C. Science. 14. What does Mary want to be? A. An English teacher. B. A basketball player. C. A translator. 15. Where are the speakers talking? A. At school. B. In the hospital. C. In the supermarket. 二、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分） 阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A 1. If Nancy wants to see a doctor, she can go to the hospital on ________. A. Hill Street B. Adam Street C. York Street D. King Street 2. The nearest place for the students at school to buy stationery (文具) is ________. A. the shopping mall B. the bookshop C. the post office D. the supermarket 3. If Helen starts from A, walks along Adam Street and then turns left at the second crossing, she will find ________. A. the park on the left B. the cinema on the right C. the library on the left D. the bookshop on the right B It’s a hot day today. When you jump into a swimming pool to keep cool, do you know how animals fight against the heat? Animals have their own ways to keep cool in the heat. Here are some examples. Few animals can sweat like humans do, but horses can. They sweat to keep cool. If a horse keeps exercising for one hour, it can lose 15 liters of fluid (液体) by sweating. Dogs can not sweat, but they can keep cool by panting (气喘). Panting means breathing shortly and quickly. In summer, we often see dogs putting out their tongues and breathing shortly and quickly. An African elephant’s ears can grow to be 1.8 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. On the back of an elephant’s ears, there are many tiny blood vessels (血管). When the temperature of the elephant’s blood is higher than the temperature of the environment, heat is released (释放) from the ears. Besides, elephants also flap (拍打) their ears to create cool wind. The wind can make the elephant feel cool, too. Generally speaking, an elephant’s ears can cool its body by up to 5℃. Isn’t it amazing? 4. What is the meaning of the underlined word “sweat”? A. 出汗 B. 喘气 C. 吃甜食 D. 乘凉 5. How does an African elephant keep cool in the heat? A. By swimming in the pool. B. By sweating. C. By panting. D. Through their ears. 6. Which of the following is true? A. Many animals can sweat like humans do. B. Dogs can keep cool by breathing shortly and quickly. C. Flap (拍打) their ears to create cool wind is the only way for an African elephant to cool its body. D. Horses and dogs keep cool in the same way. 7. Which part from a newspaper may this passage come from? A. Sports B. Pet. C. News. D. Environment. C Among the traditional clothes, qipao, a dress with a history of over 100 years, has become a symbol of beauty and elegance of Chinese women. Illustrator (插画师) Lu Mei, also a qipao lover, has been creating paintings of a woman in qipao for years. Her book Cheongsam with beautiful illustrations tells how the style of the dress has changed in the past 100 years. Lu Mei has been interested in qipao since she read a book by famous writer Zhang Ailing (1920—1995). In 2007, when she was asked to draw the illustrations for a book by Zhang Ailing and the clothes in the book, Lu agreed and started her research on the dress. According to some books, people first wore qipao in the late 1910s and it looked like the robes (长袍) which were long and wide and only worn by men at that time. In the 1930s, the dress was made into a different style—slimer cuts (较修身的裁剪) and higher splits (开叉). “Nowadays qipao becomes a fashion choice for women and a symbol of traditional Chinese culture once again, but the dress is different from what it used to be. Because of the film In the Mood for Love, the dress now is much more close-fitting (紧身的),” Lu said. Lu Mei loves qipao, but she does not often wear it in her everyday life. Instead of wearing the dress, Lu hopes readers can learn something meaningful behind the clothes. 8. What does the underlined word “elegance” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. 勤劳 B. 宽容 C. 优雅 D. 朴素 9. Which of the following is TRUE about Zhang Ailing according to the passage? A. She was born in Shanghai. B. She is a well-known illustrator. C. She died at the age of sixty-five. D. Her book described qipao. 10. Which can describe the style of qipao in the 1930s? A. Short and Slim. B. Much more close-fitting. C. Slimmer cuts and higher splits. D. Look like robes. 11 What can we infer from the passage? A. People first wore qipao in the late 1930s. B. Illustrator is an interesting job. C. Lu Mei thinks the culture of qipao is more meaningful. D. To Chinese women, qipao is their favorite clothes. 12. What is the writer’s purpose according to the passage? A To discuss why people love qipao. B. To encourage women to wear qipao. C. To tell how qipao was made. D. To introduce a qipao lover to people. D Type in “A cat wants to go to space” and ask the robot to write a bedtime story. Just one second later you’ll get the story of Max, who clawed his way past many difficulties to sing among the stars. This robot writer is real. It’s called ChatGPT. US company OpenAI developed it to generate (生成) human-like texts. It can translate languages, talk with people and write songs, poems and even jokes. It’s one of the most powerful AI of its kind, with the complete writing range (范围) of a real person! People around the world have tried ChatGPT and posted their results on social media. Some used it to write history essays (论文), some asked it to take notes of presentations, and some even generated advice on how to interact (互动) with people at a party. The power of ChatGPT lies in its speed and understanding of complicated (复杂的) matters. We may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution (进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds. Another good thing about it is that if you ask dark, harmful questions, such as how to make weapons (武器), it will not give you an answer. ChatGPT comes along at a time when AI is becoming increasingly able to do creative tasks. The materials they create are difficult to tell from those made by humans. This causes many issues (争论点) . These are the things that depend on humans to solve. 13. The cat story was written to ________. A. show what creative work ChatGPT can do B. introduce a cat that wants to go to space C. introduce a series of bedtime books D. show how robots create stories 14. What do we know about ChatGPT according to paragraph 2? A. It is the most powerful kind of AI. B. It is still under development. C. It can write almost anything a human can write. D. People cannot tell the difference between texts from ChatGPT and humans. 15. Paragraph 3 is mainly about ________. A. the disadvantages of ChatGPT B. the most popular use of ChatGPT C. what people think about ChatGPT D. how ChatGPT has helped people so far 16. Compared with human writing, ChatGPT is ________. A. faster B. safer C. more complicated D. more accurate (精确) 第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题 共55分） 三、听力填词（共5小题，计5分） 请听下面一段独白。根据所听到的内容，写出可以填入下表空格处的适当单词，每空限填一词。（独白读两遍） What has changed for Henry? In the past Now Studies He used to be ________ He used to hate math. He works hard. He is ________in math. Hair He used to have long ________ hair. He has short straight hair. Sports He used to play ________ He is on the soccer team. Hobby He used to like collecting stamps. He likes collecting ________ 四、单词拼写与运用（共8小题，计8分） 根据所给汉语和首字母提示补全单词，使补全后的句子意义通顺，语法正确。 17. It’s i________ to keep others waiting, so we need to be on time. 18. He said that he f________ in math but passed all his other subjects. 19. Don’t talk or laugh loudly. We should keep s_________ in the library. 20. Mike was p________ by our headteacher because he broke the school rules. 21. The library is open to the ________ (民众) from Tuesday to Sunday. 22. We should be thankful for those _________ (邮递员) to help people receive products that they buy online. 23. Our government has recently ________ (传播) the traditional art to many foreign countries. 24. The British people and the French people are all ________ (欧洲人). 五、语法填空（共10小题，计10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the ____25____ (large) country in the world. I went there with my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year and I had some happy ____26____ (memory). One of the most interesting things ____27____ (be) that there are many dogs. Perhaps Russians like dogs very much. You can see dogs here and there. Almost each of the families has a dog. I made friends with many Russian children when I ____28____ (live) and studying there. They were all very nice. I played with them ____29____ (happy). I will never forget the experience there. B In some provinces of Canada people celebrate Family Day ____30____ the third Monday of February. It is ____31____ important holiday because the families can spend time together. On Family Day, many people plan and take part in activities with their families. These activities include visiting art museums, watching movies, playing games and holding parties. ____32____ the weather is usually very cold in February, some people never choose to stay at home. Hot chocolate and freshly made cookies are their favorite snacks. Other people use the long weekend as a chance ____33____ (take) a short winter break or to travel to visit friends. Family Day ____34____ (hold) in Canada in the province of Alberta in 1990 for the first time. It was to show the importance of family to people in Alberta. Later. Family Day was introduced to other provinces, such as Ontario and Saskatchewan. 六、完形填空（共7小题，计7分） 阅读下面的短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空。方框中有两个多余选项。 popular leaves frem symbol by grown were first made Do you raise silkworms (蚕) these days? For thousands of years, people in China have been watching the wonderful life of silkworms. It is said that the silkworm’s silk was invented ____35____ Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor. The idea ____36____ came to Leizu when she was having tea under the tree. One day, a cocoon (茧) suddenly fell into her tea and she picked it out. Then she noticed that the cocoon was ____37____ from a long thread (线) that was strong and soft. So the secret about silkworms was discovered and she taught this to the people. Many families started to raise the silkworms for silk. For ages, there ____38____ the silkworm-raising ceremony (仪式) and the farming ceremony every spring. They picked the ____39____ and fed the silkworms. Silkworm raising and farming were the most important things in ancient Chinese life. Silk was not only ____40____ in China, but also in the rest of the world. It traveled through the. Silk Road and was loved in foreign countries. Over the years, silk has always been a ____41____ of China. It plays an important role in our culture and economy (经济). 七、阅读表达（共5小题，计10分） 阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。 Everyone has lived in social groups since the day of birth. Some small things may often cause misunderstanding (误会). However, if we can put ourselves in other people’s places, we may understand their feelings, and then the bad situations will be changed completely. Understanding others is influenced by several things — feelings, tiredness and illness. This means that if a person is happy, he or she will be more willing to understand others. But if a person feels angry, he is less likely (可能的) to understand other people. Listening is one of the best ways to understand others’ feelings, and it can sometimes help people get along well with each other. If people are talking, listening to them carefully will make them feel better. While many people just listen without any opinions, it may make the talk boring. No matter what kinds of roles we play in society, when we have different opinions, we should be calm to think about the situation we’re facing firstly. Every small action can build a good social connection and make us have a better understanding with each other. 42. How can we change the bad situations with others? (no more than 8 words) _________________________________________________________ 43. Understanding others is influenced by ________. (no more than 6 words) _________________________________________________________ 44. What should we do first when we have different opinions? (no more than 12 words) _________________________________________________________ 45. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。 _________________________________________________________ 46. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。 _________________________________________________________ 八、书面表达（共1小题，计15分） 47. 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Jack对中国传统文化很感兴趣，给你发邮件询问有关孔明灯和元宵节的信息。请你给他回复邮件，至少从材料、用途及象征意义等方面向他介绍孔明灯，并从时间、美食及庆祝活动等方面介绍元宵节。 要求： 1. 涵盖所有要点，并做适当补充。 2. 不少于80词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jack, You wanted to know about Chinese sky lanterns and the Lantern Festival. Here I’m glad to tell you something about them. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$