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省锡中实验学校2024-2025学年度第一学期 初二英语期中测试 2024年11月 命题人：李男 审题人：刘阿娟 第Ⅰ卷 客观题（共70分） 一、听力测试（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一部分（共10小题） 听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。 1. Where did the girl's uncle visit? A. B. C. 2. What will they buy? A. B. C. 3. How did they go to town? A. B. C. 4. What time is it now? A. B. C. 5. Who read the most books during the Reading Week? A. Amy. B. Lucy. C. Kitty. 6. What is the weather like today? A. Hotter. B. Wetter. C. Cooler. 7. What does the woman think of her job? A Boring. B. Interesting. C. Difficult. 8. How long was the basketball match? A. One and a half hours. B. Two hours. C. Two and a half hours. 9. What is the woman worried about? A. Being too hot. B. Too many people. C. Being late. 10. What does the man mean? A. Bob is never late. B. Bob is often late. C. Nobody will be late. 第二部分 听对话和短文答题（共10小题） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。 听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What is Sarah like? A. She is pretty, helpful and easy-going. B. She is pretty, honest and hard-working. C. She is pretty, friendly and polite. 12. What would she like to be in the future? A. A youth worker. B. A factory worker. C. A social worker. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Who Comments (评价) on Scott Maths teacher He was a 13 student. 14 teacher He could do better. English teacher Good at speaking but should spend more time 15 and listening 13. A. hard-working B. top C. lazy 14. A. Chinese B. Physics C. Art 15. A. reading B. writing C. talking 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 16. The traveller lived in a ________. A. station B. store C. hotel 17. When the traveller remembered that he left something in the room, he ________. A. asked a waiter to run upstairs (往楼上) for it B. run downstairs for it himself C. ran up to his room himself 18. After the boy left, the traveller was ________. A. walking up and down in the hall B. waiting quietly in the hall C. going to the station 19. The traveller looked at his watch again and again because ________. A. something was wrong with it B. he was afraid he couldn't catch the train C. he didn't know when the train would start 20. How would the traveller feel at last? A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Excited. 二、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分） 1. What can you know from the postcard? A. Amy took a tour on foot yesterday. B Millie sent the postcard from Beijing. C. Amy enjoyed the things she saw from the bus. D. Millie liked the bus sightseeing tour very much. 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：从明信片中你知道什么？ 考查常识。Amy took a tour on foot yesterday. Amy昨天步行游览；Millie sent the postcard from Beijing.Millie从北京发送的明信片；Amy enjoyed the things she saw from the bus. Amy很享受她在公共汽车上看到的东西；Millie liked the bus sightseeing tour very much. Millie非常喜欢巴士观光旅游。根据Millie写的“I went on a bus sightseeing tour of the city yesterday. We didn’t stop anywhere but I saw more than you would on foot.”可知，Millie喜欢巴士观光旅游。D项正确。故选D。 2. In northern cities, most families ________ central heating (中央供暖) when decorating their houses because of the cold weather. A. put on B. put up C. put in D. put away 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：在北方城市里，由于天气寒冷，大部分家庭在装修房子的时候通常会安装中央供暖系统。 考查动词短语。 put on穿上；put up张贴；put in安装；put away收拾好。根据“central heating (中央供暖)”可知，在建造房子的时候安装暖气设备。故选C。 3. —David turns a deaf ear (充耳不闻) to the teachers’ ________ in class. —That’s why he often fails the exams. A. competitions B. introductions C. instructions D. discussions 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——大卫在课堂上对老师的指示充耳不闻。——这就是他考试总是不及格的原因。 考查名词辨析。competitions竞争；introductions介绍；instructions指示，说明；discussions讨论。。根据“That’s why he often fails the exams.”可知，大卫在课堂上对老师的指示充耳不闻。故选C。 4. My holiday plans are ________ because I don’t know how much money I shall have. A. impossible B. uncertain C. incorrect D. unusual 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我的假期计划是不确定的，因为我不知道我将有多少钱。 考查形容词辨析。impossible不可能的；uncertain不确定的；incorrect不正确的；unusual不寻常的。根据“because I don’t know how much money I shall have.”可知，因为不知道会有多少钱，故而假期计划是不确定的。故选B。 5. Look, they are ________ Huawei’s Triple-Folding (三折叠) Phone. I hope to try out for myself some day. A. talking B. chatting C. discussing D. saying 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：看，他们正在讨论华为的三折叠手机。我希望有一天能亲自尝试一下。 考查动词辨析。talking谈论，不能直接跟宾语；chatting聊天，是不及物动词；discussing讨论，及物动词；saying说，侧重说话的内容。根据“Huawei’s Triple-Folding (三折叠) Phone.”可知，此处指的是在讨论新出的手机，用及物动词discussing，故选C。 6. —Everyone says you are an excellent engineer. You never make a mistake, do you? —________. No one is perfect (完美的) . A. Yes, never B. Yes, sometimes C. Oh, really D. No, sometimes 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——每个人都说你是一个优秀的工程师。你从不犯错误，是吗？——不，有时候（会犯错）。没有人是完美的。 考查反意疑问句回答。Yes, never不，从不；Yes, sometimes不，有时候；Oh, really哦，真的吗；No, sometimes是的，有时候。根据“No one is perfect (完美的) .”可知这位工程师有时候会犯错误，应作肯定回答，此处的Yes应翻译为“不”。故选B。 7. —Jack, you kept spelling the words wrong in your homework, I don’t think you study ________ before. —Sorry, Mrs Green. I’ll work harder. A. as careless as B. so careful as C. as carelessly as D. so carefully as 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——杰克，你在作业中一直拼错单词，我觉得你学习没有以前认真。——对不起，格林老师。我会更加努力的。 考查原级比较和副词用法。careless粗心的；careful仔细的；carelessly粗心地；carefully认真地。根据“you kept spelling the words wrong in your homework, I don’t think you study…before.”可知，应该说“不如以前认真”，用“not as/so…as”结构，修饰动词study用副词carefully，故选D。 8. The shoes may be perfect for that person, but they ________ right at all for you. A. maybe not B. may not be C. can not be D. must not be 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：这些鞋子对那个人来说可能是完美的，但对你来说就可能不合适了。 考查情态动词用法。maybe not可能不，maybe为副词，在句中作状语；may not be可能不，在句中作谓语；can not be不能是；must not be禁止是。根据“but they... right at all for you.”可知，空处表推测且缺谓语，需may not be。故选B。 9. “For you, it is priceless,” he said, “but for them it is ________ if they can’t sell it in the market.” A. useless B. useful C. helpless D. helpful 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：“对你来说，这是无价的，”他说，“但对他们来说，如果他们不能在市场上出售，那就没有用了。” 考查形容词辨析。useless无用的；useful有用的；helpless无助的；helpful有帮助的。根据“but for them”可知此处表转折，因此是不能在市场上卖掉，这东西就是无用的。故选A。 10. Sun Yingsha is more popular than ________ after the Olympic Games in-Paris. She is often a top search on the Internet. A. any other table tennis player B. any table tennis player C. the other table tennis player D. all the other tennis players 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：在巴黎奥运会后，孙颖莎比其他任何乒乓球运动员都更受欢迎。她经常是互联网上的热门搜索对象。 考查比较级句型。any other table tennis player任何其他乒乓球运动员；any table tennis player任何乒乓球运动员；the other table tennis player另一个乒乓球运动员；all the other tennis players所有网球运动员。孙颖莎是乒乓球运动员，D项不符合事实，B项中指包含“孙颖莎”在内的乒乓球运动员，不合语境，C项也不合语境。当比较的对象属于同一范围，且不包括被比较的对象本身时，使用句型“比较级+than any other+单数名词”，故选A。 11. I think one of the things that ________ me as a parent is the effect (影响) of some mobile Apps, like Tik Tok, on children. A. worry B. worries C. is worried about D. worrying 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我觉得作为父母让我担心事情之一是某些移动应用程序对孩子的影响，比如Tik Tok。 考查动词。worry使担心，三单形式是worries，现在分词是worrying；be worried about对……担心。根据“I think one of the things that…me”可知，此处指的“使我担心的是……”，排除C。该句陈述事实，为一般现在时，且设空处是定语从句的谓语，that是从句主语，指代“the things”，所以从句谓语动词需用原形，故选A。 12. Not only the twins but also their father ________ interested in those books. A. seem being B. seems being C. seem to be D. seems to be 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：不仅双胞胎，他们的父亲似乎也对那些书感兴趣。 考查主谓一致。seem to do似乎；be interested in对……感兴趣。根据“Not only the twins but also their father”可知，not only… but also连接并列主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”，句中their father是单数，动词用seems；seem to be表示“似乎是”，符合句意。故选D。 13. How many problems did those beginners have in the first class ________ a star-shaped card with scissors? A. cutting off B. cutting out C. to cut off D. to cut out 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：那些初学者在第一节课上用剪刀剪出一张星形卡片遇到了多少问题？ 考查非谓语及动词短语。cut off切断；cut out剪出；根据“a star-shaped card with scissors”可知是剪出星形卡片；have problems doing sth“做某事有问题”，故选B。 14. —So you mean you don’t like the book? —________. I like the stories in the book, but I don’t like the writing style. A. Not at all B. Not exactly C. Not really D. You are right 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——所以你的意思是你不喜欢这本书？——不全是。我喜欢这本书里面的故事，但是我不喜欢它的写作风格。 考查情景交际用语。Not at all一点也不；Not exactly不全是；Not really也不是；You are right你是对的。根据后文“I like the stories in the book, but I don’t like the writing style.”可知，我喜欢这本书里面的故事，但不喜欢它的写作风格，可推测此处应回答“不全是”，应用Not exactly，故选B。 三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river. Thornton was in the boat, but Hans and Pete had to move along the river bank (岸) , holding the boat with a rope. Buck, the dog, followed them, keeping a (n) ____15____ eye on Thornton. They came to a more ____16____ part of the river, and the boat started to go too quickly. Hans pulled on the rope to stop it, but pulled it too hard. The boat ____17____, and Thornton fell into the water. Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he ____18____ Thornton. Then Buck returned, with Thornton holding his tail. Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough, so he let go of Buck, held on to a rock in the middle of the water, and ____19____ “Go, Buck, go! ! ” Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank, and Pete and Hans pulled him out. It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in the water, and his friends knew they had only a few minutes to save him. They ____20____ their rope round Buck, who at once jumped into the river and tried to swim to Thornton. The first time, the water took him ____21____ the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back. The second time, he swam higher up the river. ____22____, the water brought him down to Thornton. Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could. Man and dog disappeared (消失) under the water, ____23____ rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck on top, sometimes Thornton. When Hans and Pete finally pulled them out, both seemed more dead than alive. But after a while their eyes opened and ____24____ returned. They all smiled. 15. A. worried B. helpless C. surprised D. careful 16. A. crazy B. ideal C. dangerous D. interesting 17. A. turned up B. turned over C. turned down D. turned off 18. A. made B. saw C. saved D. reached 19. A. shouted B. complained C. replied D. spoke 20. A. put B. brought C. held D. tied 21. A. under B. past C. in D. through 22. A. Otherwise B. Then C. However D. Instead 23. A. holding B. cutting C. hitting D. breaking 24. A. fear B. love C. trust D. life 【答案】15. A 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. B 22. B 23. C 24. D 【解析】 【导语】本文节选自《野性的呼唤》，讲述了Thornton，Hans和Pete的一次让人感到惊险的经历。 【15题详解】 句意：巴克狗跟在他们后面，关切地注视着桑顿。 worried担心的；helpless无助的；surprised吃惊的；careful仔细的。根据“The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river.”可知这三个人正沿着一条水流湍急、布满岩石的河流顺流而下。所以是担忧地看着。故选A。 【16题详解】 句意：他们来到了河边一个比较危险的地方。 crazy痴迷的；ideal完美的；dangerous危险的；interesting有趣的。根据“the boat started to go too quickly”可知船开得太快了，所以是到了危险地。故选C。 【17题详解】 句意：船翻了，桑顿被扔进了水里。 turned up出现；turned over翻过来；turned down被拒绝；turned off关闭。根据“and Thornton fell into the water.”可知桑顿掉水里了，所以是船翻了。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：巴克立即跳入水中，游了三百米，直到到达桑顿。 made制作；saw看见；saved拯救；reached到达。根据“swam three hundred meters until he...Thornton”可知应是到达。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：于是他放开了巴克，抓住水中的一块岩石，大声喊道。“走吧，巴克，走吧！” shouted大叫；complained抱怨；replied回答；spoke说话。根据那时情形很急，可知是大叫。故选A。 【20题详解】 句意：他们把绳子绑在巴克身上，巴克立刻跳进河里，试图游向桑顿。 put放；brought带来；held举办；tied捆绑。根据“...their rope round Buck”可知是绳子绑在了狗身上。故选D。 【21题详解】 句意：第一次，水把他冲过岩石。 under在……下；past经过；in在里面；through穿过。根据文中说河水将它带到岩石边，Pete和Hans必须把它拉回来，可知狗经过岩石时被岩石绕住了。故选B。 【22题详解】 句意：接着，水把他带到了桑顿身边。 Otherwise否则；Then然后；However然而；Instead代替。根据“Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could.”可知狗已经到主人身边，故是承接上文，无转折意思，故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：人和狗撞到岩石上翻来覆去消失在水下。 holding抓住；cutting切；hitting击打；breaking打破。根据语境，人和狗消失在水下，一定是撞击水里的岩石。故选C。 【24题详解】 句意：但过了一会儿，他们的眼睛睁开了，又活过来了。 fear害怕；love爱；trust信任；life生命。根据“But after a while their eyes opened”可知眼睛睁开了，表示活着。故选D。 四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A In this experiment, you will see if salt has any effect (影响) on the way water freezes (冷冻) . 25. How many kinds of things should you prepare to do the experiment? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Seven. 26. What are the differences among the three cups? A. Cup 1 has the most water at first. B. The ice in Cup 3 is softer than that in Cup 2. C. There are different spoons of salt in each cup. D. The cups are put into the fridge at different time. 27. What does this experiment show? A. Salty water is easy to freeze. B. People can use salt to make ice. C. Salt can help stop water freezing. D. The more salt the water has, the harder the ice will be. 【答案】25. C 26. C 27. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。讲述了盐是否对于水结冰有影响，详细描述了实验所需器材、实验步骤以及观察到的结果。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“You’ll need”栏列出了“Table salt...Three clean cups...Spoon, Marker, Fridge”可知，做实验需要5种物品。故选C。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据图片信息“Put three spoons of salt in one cup and make it ‘1’...Put 1 spoon of salt in one cup and mark it “2”. Mark the last cup “3” but don’t put any salt in it.”可知1号杯子放了三勺盐，2号杯子放了一勺盐，3号杯子没有放盐。所以三个杯子的区别在于盐的含量不同。故选C。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据“In this experiment (实验), you will see if salt has any effect (影响) on the way water freezes (冷冻) .”以及实验结论——盐水更难结冰，盐量越多越难结冰。因此实验展示了盐可以阻止水结冰。故选C。 B Below is the information about tennis and badminton that Natalie found on a website. In the USA, tennis a very popular racket sport. What you need for tennis are a racket for each player, a tennis ball and a tennis court (球场). Tennis is played on a rectangle outdoor court. However, it can also be played indoors to stay away from the sunshine or the rain. A tennis court is 78 feet long and 36 feet wide. There is a three-foot-tall net in the centre of the court. A racket is about 27-28 inches long and over 300 grams. Tennis serves (发球) are overhead and underhand. If you can’t do it well for the first, you will have a second chance. For people in the USA, badminton is a backyard activity more than a sport. The things you need to play badminton are a racket for each player, a single shuttlecock, a net and a badminton court. Just like tennis, it is also a racket sport on a rectangle court in an indoor gym. A badminton court is 44 feet long and 20 feet wide. The net in a badminton court is about 5 feet tall. A badminton racket is about 26-27 inches long and 90 grams. Badminton serves are underhand and below the waist (腰部). And if you hit the ball outside of the court or hit the net on the serve, you will lose the point. 28. On which website did Natalie most likely find the information? A. A B. B C. C D. D 29. Which of the following does NOT show a correct serve? A. B. C. D. 30. The underlined sentence “For people in the USA, badminton is a backyard activity more than a sport, ” shows that ________. A. badminton is more popular than tennis in the USA B. few Americans take part in the badminton matches C. Americans like to see badminton as an outdoor game with family members or friends D. American badminton players usually practise in their backyards 【答案】28. D 29. A 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了关于网球和羽毛球运动的相关内容，包括其场地要求，球拍规格和发球动作等。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。文章主要提供的是网球和羽毛球方面的信息，因此Natalie要在有网球和羽毛球的网站上找到相关内容，选项D提供了这方面的内容。故选D。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Badminton serves are underhand and below the waist (腰部).”可知，羽毛球发球是在腰部以下，因此选项A发球姿势错误。故选A。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据“For people in the USA, badminton is a backyard activity more than a sport.”可知，句子强调羽毛球更像是美国人家庭或朋友之间户外的活动，而不是一种正式的运动。因此C选项正确，说明美国人喜欢将羽毛球看作一种户外家庭活动。故选C。 C They left the busy streets and went to a part of the town Scrooge never visited. It was a terrible place. The streets were dirty, and the smell was very bad. The houses and shops were of the poorest kind. The people were all thin, dirty, and they looked very ill. Everything was ugly. They came to where an old man sat. He was selling dirty pieces of cloth, smelly old bones, and all kinds of old and useless things. As they watched, two old women and an old man, equally dirty, smelly, and ugly, came into the shop. They carried large bags. “Come and sit by the fire,” the shopkeeper said. “Tell me what you have to sell me.” “Nothing a dead man will miss,” the first woman said with a nasty (让人讨厌的) laugh. “If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, why wasn’t he a good man when he was alive? If he was, he would have someone to look after him. He would not die alone.” “That’s very true,” said the second woman, putting a few clothes on the floor. “He got the death he deserved.” She pointed at the clothes. “What will you give me for those, Joe?” She asked the shopkeeper, adding, “I did no wrong taking them from the dead man’s house.” The shopkeeper looked at everything the woman wanted to sell him and put a price on it. Then he added everything up. The final amount was very small. “That’s not much,” the woman said. “Take it or leave it,” the shopkeeper said. “I won’t pay a penny (便士) more.” —Taken from A Christmas Carol 31. What does the underlined word “deserved” mean? A. Should be remembered. B. Give something unwillingly. C. Be out of someone’s plan. D. Have something because of what someone does or is like. 32. What is the right order of the following things? ①The women took clothes from a dead man’s house. ②The shopkeeper bought the things at a low price. ③The women showed the shopkeeper what they had to sell by the fire. ④Scrooge watched an old man selling things in a poor part of the town. A. ④①③② B. ①④②③ C. ④③①② D. ①④③② 33. What can we infer from the passage? A. The dead man didn’t have any children or friends. B. The women didn’t feel sorry for the dead man. C. The shopkeeper wanted to buy the things more than its value (价值). D. Scrooge seemed very taken with the things the old man sold. 【答案】31. D 32. A 33. B 【解析】 【导语】本文节选自小说《圣诞颂歌》，介绍了吝啬鬼在一个肮脏贫穷的地方所见的景象。 【31题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“ ‘If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, why wasn’t he a good man when he was alive? If he was, he would have someone to look after him. He would not die alone.’ ”可知，一位死者在生前的品行不端，不是个好人，所以最终孤独的死去，妇人说他的死是罪有应得，因此划线部分单词意为“应得，应受”，即因为行为或品质而接受的东西。故选D。 32题详解】 细节理解题。通读全文可知，先是Scrooge在镇上看见一个老人出售物品，接着女人从死者家中拿走衣物，然后两个老妇女和一个老人在店里展示要销售的东西，并最后以低价卖给了店主，正确顺序是④①③②，故选A。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。根据“‘If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, why wasn’t he a good man when he was alive? If he was, he would have someone to look after him. He would not die alone.’ ”以及“‘That’s very true, ’ said the second woman...‘He got the death he deserved.’”可知，从两位妇女的对话中可以推断出她们对死者没有怜悯之心，认为他罪有应得，故选B。 D In our life, we should often be ready for change that will help us unlock (释放) our self-improvement power (自我提升的力量) . However, we don’t always understand it. We think of unlocking our self-improvement power only when everything gets worst. When do we know that we need to change diets? When none of our shirts and jeans would fit us. When do we stop eating candies and chocolates? When all of our teeth fall off. We see the warning (警告) signs when things get difficult. Most of us will learn about unlocking our self-improvement power only when the whole world go to pieces. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change. However, change becomes more painful (痛苦的) when we take no notice of it. Change will happen, like it or hate it. At one point or another, we are all going to finally unlock our self-improvement power, not because the world says so, but because we know it’s good for ourselves. Happy people don’t just accept (接受) change; they welcome it. Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves out of the box of thought that is just the way we are. It is such a poor excuse for people who are afraid of change. Jane always tells everyone that she is afraid of being around groups of people. Over the years, that is what Jane believed. Every time a great number of people come, she steps back and locks herself up in a room. Jane not only believes in her story, but lives it! If we look at things in a different way, we might have greater fun. Doing exercise three times a week would result in a healthier life. Reading books every day would build up knowledge. And only when we are enjoying the whole process (过程) of unlocking our self-improvement power, we will find that we can take things light and become happy. 34. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing Paragraph 2? A. To show that health is the most important. B. To list the problems people often have in their life. C. To tell that people do not know their problems at times. D. To show that we learn lessons when having pain. 35. What advice (建议) is helpful to Jane’s problem? A. Always believe in herself. B. Unlock herself out of the box of thought. C. Get on with people in a friendly way. D. Talk with people around her patiently. 36. Which of the following opinions may the writer support? A. Change is always good for us if we like it. B. People change when they find it easy to do that. C. If you welcome change in life, you’ll make it better. D. Process of self-improvement makes life worse. 37. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Is it important to take things light? B. Are you ready for every change in life? C. Painful change, happy life! D. To unlock ourselves out of the box of thought or to stay in it? 【答案】34. D 35. B 36. C 37. D 【解析】 【导语】本文作者论述了释放自我提升能力的力量是在一切都变得最糟糕的时候，因此作者认为迎接生活中的变化，才能把它变得更好。享受释放自我提升能力的整个过程时，我们才会意识到我们开始变得轻松快乐。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据“We see the warning signs when things get difficult.”可知，第2段主要告诉我们，当事情变得艰难时，我们会看到警告信号。也就是说，我们在经历痛苦时才会吸取了教训。故选D。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves out of the box of thought that is just the way we are.”可知，释放我们自我提升的力量意味着把我们自己从思维的盒子里解放出来。因此，要解决Jane的问题，要建议她把自己从思维的盒子里解放出来。故选B。 【36题详解】 观点态度题。根据第五段“Happy people don’t just accept change; they welcome it.”可知，快乐的人不仅仅接受改变；他们对此表示欢迎。也就是说，作者认为，如果你欢迎生活中的变化，你会让它变得更好。故选C。 【37题详解】 最佳标题题。通读全文可知，尤其是“Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves out of the box of thought that is just the way we are. It is such a poor excuse for people who are afraid of change.”以及最后一句“And only when we are enjoying the whole process (过程) of unlocking out self-improvement power, we will find that we can take things light and become happy.”可知，作者认为享受释放自我提升能力的整个过程时，我们才会意识到我们开始变得轻松快乐，所以适合本文的标题是：是把我们自己从思想的盒子里打开还是留在里面？故选D。 第Ⅱ卷（主观题共40分） 五、词汇运用 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上写出单词的正确形式。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 38. Boys, your father plans to ________ (修补) the roof this Sunday. Want to help? 【答案】repair 【解析】 【详解】句意：孩子们，你们的爸爸计划这个星期天修屋顶。想帮忙吗？根据中文提示，repair“修补”符合题意，设空处前是不定式符号to，接动词原形。故填repair。 39. He is a welcome talk show host because his language is easy to understand, ________ (幽默的), and full of life. 【答案】humorous 【解析】 【详解】句意：他是一位受欢迎的脱口秀主持人，因为他的语言易于理解、幽默且充满活力。根据汉语提示可知，“幽默的”的英文为humorous，为形容词。故填humorous。 40. Please let me know if you have time to _______ (出席) tomorrow’s meeting. 【答案】attend 【解析】 【详解】句意：请告诉我你是否有时间参加明天的会议。attend“出席”，have time to do sth“有时间做某事”。故填attend。 41. “If faith (信念) has a color, it must be Chinese red.” Meng Wanzhou said, and she kept the faith going ________ (自始至终) the difficult days. 【答案】through 【解析】 【详解】句意：孟晚舟说：“如果信仰有颜色，那一定是中国红。”她在艰难的日子里保持着信念。through“自始至终”，go through“度过”，故填through。 42. It is said that the ________ (high) of Mount Qomolangma is 8, 848 meters. 【答案】height 【解析】 【详解】句意：据说珠穆朗玛峰的高度是8848米。the height of“……的高度”，故填height。 43. They made ________ (they) a wooden house in the woods. 【答案】themselves 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们给自己在树林里建了一栋木屋。根据“a wooden house in the woods”可知，给自己建木屋，主语是they，宾语应用反身代词themselves。故填themselves。 44. After a couple of rainy days, the sun finally ________ (shine) brightly in the sky. 【答案】shone##shined 【解析】 【详解】句意：在几天的雨后，太阳终于出来并且明亮地照耀着。shine“照耀”，动词，根据“the sun finally...”可知，此句为一般过去时，shine变为过去式shone/shined。故填shone/shined。 45. Friends are those who see you at your ________ (bad), and still take you as you are. 【答案】worst 【解析】 【详解】句意：朋友是那些看到你最不好的一面的人，仍然接纳你本来面目的人。根据“Friends are those who see you at your...(bad) , and still take you as you are.”可知，空处指“最坏的”，需形容词bad的最高级worst。故填worst。 六、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 46. Jackson is feeling blue because of the exam. We’d better ________ (not make) fun of him. 【答案】not make 【解析】 【详解】句意：Jackson因考试感到伤心，我们不要取笑他。“had better not do”用于建议或劝告某人不要做某事，后面接动词原形，故填not make。 47. The mid-term exam is around the corner. I am spending as much time as I can ________ (prepare) for it these days. 【答案】preparing 【解析】 【详解】句意：期中考试即将到来。这些天我花了尽可能多的时间准备。根据“The mid-term exam is around the corner. I am spending as much time as I can…for it these days.”及提示词可知，此处指的是花费尽可能多的时间准备期中考试，spend time doing sth“花费时间做某事”，固定短语，符合语境。故填preparing。 48. Because he is too selfish, we decide, after a big fight with him, ________ (not be) friends with him any more. 【答案】not to be 【解析】 【详解】句意：因为他太自私，我们决定，在和他一次大吵之后，不再和他做朋友。decide to do sth“决定做某事”，否定not放在不定式前。故填not to be。 49. Will you be kind enough to hold the door open for me as I ________ (carry) too many things to spare a hand? 【答案】am carrying 【解析】 【详解】句意：请你替我把门打开好吗？因为我搬了太多的东西而不能腾出一只手。结合句意可知，此处表达“我搬了太多的东西而腾不出一只手”，此处表示动作的正在进行，应用现在进行时be+doing的结构，主语是I，be动词对应为am，实义动词carry的现在分词为carrying。故填am carrying。 50. —You may find the key to the Maths problem on Page 10. —That’s so easy. I wonder why I ________ (not think) of that. 【答案】didn’t think 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你可以在第十页找到这道数学题的答案。——这太简单了。我想知道为什么我没有想到这一点。此句为宾语从句，从句缺谓语动词，根据语境可知，此处应表示“过去没想到”，故时态为一般过去时，think “想到”，实义动词，一般过去时的否定句应借助助动词did not，后加动词原形，did not缩写成didn’t。故填didn’t think。 51. —Sandy, I still can’t use the app properly. —Don’t worry, dear. It’s not so difficult. I ________ (show) you later. 【答案】will show 【解析】 【详解】句意：——桑迪，我仍然无法正确使用该应用程序。——别担心，亲爱的。这并没有那么难。稍后我会给你演示。结合“later”可知时态为一般将来时，结构为will+动词原形。故填will show。 52. Don't lose heart, boy. There ________ (be) always a way out. 【答案】is 【解析】 【详解】句意：别灰心，孩子。总会有出路的。此句属于一般现在时态，主语是单数名词短语“a way”，因此动词be应用第三人称单数形式is。故填is。 53. The White family ________ (not visit) Tsinghua University in the coming days, are they? 【答案】aren’t going to visit 【解析】 【详解】句意：怀特一家在未来几天不参观清华大学，是吗？根据分析句子“The White family…Tsinghua University in the coming days, are they?”可知，该句是反意疑问句，时态为一般将来时，陈述部分主语是The White family，结合所给词可知，此处变否定，应该借助助动词aren’t，后跟going to visit。故填aren’t going to visit。 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过6个单词。 One day, a young boy named Zhang Liang was walking along a bridge. He saw an old man sitting there. One of the old man’s shoes was left under the bridge. “Go over there and get my shoe, young boy! ” the old man asked. Zhang Liang felt surprised, but he still picked it up for the old man. The old man said, “Five days later, please come to meet me at the bridge early in the morning. ” Five days later, Zhang Liang went there as promised (承诺). But the old man came there before him. The old man got angry about his lazy habit. The old man asked Zhang Liang to come again. The next day, Zhang Liang arrived earlier than before. But the old man was still before him. The old man became much angrier and asked him to get there again the next morning. This time, Zhang Liang arrived at the bridge late at night. He spent the whole night there. When the old man came the next early morning, he was happy to find Zhang Liang there earlier than him. The old man nodded with a smile and gave Zhang Liang an important book. Zhang Liang read the book carefully day and night and learned many skills from it. Many years later, he became a wise general and made great achievements (成就). 54. Where did Zhang Liang get one of the old man’s shoes? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. Who came to the bridge first five days later? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 56. Why was the old man angry with Zhang Liang? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 57. How many times did Zhang Liang meet the old man at the bridge? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 58. What can we learn from Zhang Liang? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】54. Under the bridge. 55. The old man./The old man came first. 56. Because of his lazy habit./His lazy habit./Because Zhang Liang was late./Because Zhang Liang came late./Because Zhang Liang arrived late./Zhang Liang got there late./Zhang Liang came after him./Zhang Liang arrived after him. 57. Three times. 58. Never give up./Don’t give up./Be polite to the elderly./Be hard-working./Be patient./Be helpful./Work hard./Study hard.(开放题，言之有理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了“张良拾履”的故事，告诉我们耐心和容忍是成功所必备的德行，而一个人的美德就是从细微的小事中体现出来的。 【54题详解】 根据“One of the old man’s shoes was left under the bridge.”可知是在桥下面找到的鞋子，故填Under the bridge. 【55题详解】 根据“Five days later, Zhang Liang went there as promised (承诺) . But the old man came there before him.”可知5天后老人先到的，故填The old man./The old man came first. 【56题详解】 根据“The old man got angry about his lazy habit.”可知因为张良来得比老人晚，所以老人生气，故填Because of his lazy habit./His lazy habit./Because Zhang Liang was late./Because Zhang Liang came late./Because Zhang Liang arrived late./Zhang Liang got there late./Zhang Liang came after him./Zhang Liang arrived after him. 【57题详解】 根据“Five days later, Zhang Liang went there as promised (承诺)...The old man asked Zhang Liang to come again...This time, Zhang Liang arrived at the bridge late at night.”可知一共见了3次面，故填Three times. 【58题详解】 开放性作答，结合文章，言之有理即可。参考答案为Never give up./Don’t give up./Be polite to the elderly./Be hard-working./Be patient./Be helpful./Work hard./Study hard. 八、完成句子（本大题共4小题，每小题1分，共4分） 59. 我们队刚进一球他就迫不及待地为之欢呼。 He ________ our team as soon as they scored a goal. 【答案】cheered for 【解析】 【详解】本句是as soon as引导的时间状语从句，根据“scored”可知从句时态是一般过去时，故主句时态也用一般过去时。“为……欢呼”对应的是cheer for；故填cheered for。 60. 我为妈妈的生日准备了礼物。为了给她一个惊喜，爸爸建议我将这件事保密。 I prepared a gift for Mum’s birthday. To give her a surprise, Dad ________. 【答案】advised me to keep it secret 【解析】 【详解】advise sb. to do sth“建议某人做某事”；keep it secret“保密”；根据“prepared”可知时态是一般过去时，谓语动词用过去式。advise变为过去式为advised；advised后接代词宾格me。故填advised me to keep it secret。 61. 他们俩在这次考试中都比平时少犯错。 ________ in the exam. 【答案】Both of them made fewer mistakes than usual 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处缺“他们俩都比平时少犯错”的英文。他们俩“Both of them”，作主语；“比平时少犯错”make fewer mistakes than usual”。“犯错误”用短语make mistakes。根据句意，时态用一般过去时，动词需用过去式made。故填Both of them made fewer mistakes than usual。 62. 非常感谢你在我低谷时继续支持我，而不像其他人一样背后说我的坏话。 Thanks a lot ____________ about me behind my back like others when I was down. 【答案】for keeping supporting me instead of saying bad words 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，Thanks a lot for doing sth.“非常感谢你做某事”，固定搭配；keep doing sth.“继续做某事”，动词短语；support“支持”，动词；me“我”，人称代词的宾格；instead of doing sth.“而不是做某事”，固定短语；say bad words about sb.“说某人的坏话”，固定搭配。故填for keeping supporting me instead of saying bad words。 九、书面表达（本大题共15分） 63. 假如Andy是一位来自美国的交换生，目前就读于你所在的中学，通过两个月的接触，你们成了好朋友，请你根据下面的提示，以A Friend From the USA 为题介绍一下他。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 外貌特征 …… 性格品质 …… 兴趣爱好 痴迷于 DIY…… 喜欢旅游…… 生活体验 认为中国的学校与美国相当不同， 在这儿上课较多而休假较少； 未来打算 …… 注意：1. 语法正确，意思连贯，书写规范，要点齐全； 2 省略部分请用1~2句话补充完整； 3. 文中不得提及真实的人名、校名； 4. 词数90字左右。 A Friend From the USA Andy is my new friend from the USA. He is ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 A Friend From the USA Andy is my new friend from the USA. He is from America. He is 14 years old. He has short hair, a round face, and he is tall and handsome. He is always smiling. He is honest and humorous. He often tells us jokes. He never lies at school. He is crazy about DIY. He often makes and repairs things by himself on weekends. He likes Chinese best, because he thinks it very interesting to learn Chinese. He thinks Chinese schools are quite different from those in the United States, with more classes and fewer vacations. He wants to be a social worker in the future because he wants to help people. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：本文应使用“一般现在时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已给出，应注意不要遗漏题干中每一项内容，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍好友的外貌，和性格特征； 第二步，详细描述好友的兴趣爱好以及在中国的生活体验； 第三步，介绍好友的未来打算，并收尾。 [亮点词汇] ①tell jokes讲笑话 ②on weekends在周末 [高分句型] ①He likes Chinese best, because he thinks it very interesting to learn Chinese.（原因状语从句） ②He thinks Chinese schools are quite different from those in the United States, with more classes and fewer vacations.（宾语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 省锡中实验学校2024-2025学年度第一学期 初二英语期中测试 2024年11月 命题人：李男 审题人：刘阿娟 第Ⅰ卷 客观题（共70分） 一、听力测试（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一部分（共10小题） 听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有5秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。 1. Where did the girl's uncle visit? A B. C. 2. What will they buy? A. B. C. 3. How did they go to town? A. B. C. 4. What time is it now? A. B. C. 5. Who read the most books during the Reading Week? A. Amy. B. Lucy. C. Kitty. 6. What is the weather like today? A. Hotter. B. Wetter. C. Cooler. 7. What does the woman think of her job? A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Difficult. 8. How long was the basketball match? A. One and a half hours. B. Two hours. C. Two and a half hours. 9. What is the woman worried about? A. Being too hot. B. Too many people. C. Being late. 10. What does the man mean? A. Bob is never late. B. Bob is often late. C. Nobody will be late. 第二部分 听对话和短文答题（共10小题） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。 听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What is Sarah like? A. She is pretty, helpful and easy-going. B. She is pretty, honest and hard-working. C. She is pretty, friendly and polite. 12. What would she like to be in the future? A. A youth worker. B. A factory worker. C. A social worker. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Who Comments (评价) on Scott Maths teacher He was a 13 student. 14 teacher He could do better. English teacher Good at speaking but should spend more time 15 and listening 13 A. hard-working B. top C. lazy 14. A. Chinese B. Physics C. Art 15. A. reading B. writing C. talking 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 16. The traveller lived in a ________. A. station B. store C. hotel 17. When the traveller remembered that he left something in the room, he ________. A. asked a waiter to run upstairs (往楼上) for it B. run downstairs for it himself C. ran up to his room himself 18. After the boy left, the traveller was ________. A. walking up and down in the hall B. waiting quietly in the hall C. going to the station 19. The traveller looked at his watch again and again because ________. A. something was wrong with it B. he was afraid he couldn't catch the train C. he didn't know when the train would start 20. How would the traveller feel at last? A. Happy. B. Angry. C. Excited. 二、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分） 1. What can you know from the postcard? A. Amy took a tour on foot yesterday. B. Millie sent the postcard from Beijing. C. Amy enjoyed the things she saw from the bus. D. Millie liked the bus sightseeing tour very much. 2. In northern cities, most families ________ central heating (中央供暖) when decorating their houses because of the cold weather. A. put on B. put up C. put in D. put away 3. —David turns a deaf ear (充耳不闻) to the teachers’ ________ in class. —That’s why he often fails the exams. A. competitions B. introductions C. instructions D. discussions 4. My holiday plans are ________ because I don’t know how much money I shall have. A. impossible B. uncertain C. incorrect D. unusual 5. Look, they are ________ Huawei’s Triple-Folding (三折叠) Phone. I hope to try out for myself some day. A. talking B. chatting C. discussing D. saying 6. —Everyone says you are an excellent engineer. You never make a mistake, do you? —________. No one is perfect (完美的) . A. Yes, never B. Yes, sometimes C. Oh, really D. No, sometimes 7. —Jack, you kept spelling the words wrong in your homework, I don’t think you study ________ before. —Sorry, Mrs Green. I’ll work harder. A. as careless as B. so careful as C. as carelessly as D. so carefully as 8. The shoes may be perfect for that person, but they ________ right at all for you. A. maybe not B. may not be C. can not be D. must not be 9. “For you, it is priceless,” he said, “but for them it is ________ if they can’t sell it in the market.” A. useless B. useful C. helpless D. helpful 10. Sun Yingsha is more popular than ________ after the Olympic Games in-Paris. She is often a top search on the Internet. A. any other table tennis player B. any table tennis player C. the other table tennis player D. all the other tennis players 11. I think one of the things that ________ me as a parent is the effect (影响) of some mobile Apps, like Tik Tok, on children. A. worry B. worries C. is worried about D. worrying 12. Not only the twins but also their father ________ interested in those books. A. seem being B. seems being C. seem to be D. seems to be 13. How many problems did those beginners have in the first class ________ a star-shaped card with scissors? A. cutting off B. cutting out C. to cut off D. to cut out 14. —So you mean you don’t like the book? —________. I like the stories in the book but I don’t like the writing style. A. Not at all B. Not exactly C. Not really D. You are right 三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） The three men were moving down a fast and rocky river. Thornton was in the boat, but Hans and Pete had to move along the river bank (岸) , holding the boat with a rope. Buck, the dog, followed them, keeping a (n) ____15____ eye on Thornton. They came to a more ____16____ part of the river, and the boat started to go too quickly. Hans pulled on the rope to stop it, but pulled it too hard. The boat ____17____, and Thornton fell into the water. Buck jumped in at once and swam three hundred meters until he ____18____ Thornton. Then Buck returned, with Thornton holding his tail. Thornton knew they would not get to the bank quickly enough, so he let go of Buck, held on to a rock in the middle of the water, and ____19____ “Go, Buck, go! ! ” Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank, and Pete and Hans pulled him out. It was hard for Thornton to hold on to his rock in the water, and his friends knew they had only a few minutes to save him. They ____20____ their rope round Buck, who at once jumped into the river and tried to swim to Thornton. The first time, the water took him ____21____ the rock, and Pete and Hans had to pull him back. The second time, he swam higher up the river. ____22____, the water brought him down to Thornton. Thornton held on to Buck, and Hans and Pete pulled the rope as hard as they could. Man and dog disappeared (消失) under the water, ____23____ rocks, turning over and over, sometimes with Buck on top, sometimes Thornton. When Hans and Pete finally pulled them out, both seemed more dead than alive. But after a while their eyes opened and ____24____ returned. They all smiled. 15. A. worried B. helpless C. surprised D. careful 16. A. crazy B. ideal C. dangerous D. interesting 17. A. turned up B. turned over C. turned down D. turned off 18. A. made B. saw C. saved D. reached 19. A. shouted B. complained C. replied D. spoke 20. A. put B. brought C. held D. tied 21. A. under B. past C. in D. through 22. A. Otherwise B. Then C. However D. Instead 23. A. holding B. cutting C. hitting D. breaking 24. A. fear B. love C. trust D. life 四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A In this experiment, you will see if salt has any effect (影响) on the way water freezes (冷冻) . 25. How many kinds of things should you prepare to do the experiment? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Seven. 26. What are the differences among the three cups? A. Cup 1 has the most water at first. B. The ice in Cup 3 is softer than that in Cup 2. C. There are different spoons of salt in each cup. D. The cups are put into the fridge at different time. 27. What does this experiment show? A. Salty water is easy to freeze. B. People can use salt to make ice. C. Salt can help stop water freezing. D. The more salt the water has, the harder the ice will be. B Below is the information about tennis and badminton that Natalie found on a website. In the USA, tennis a very popular racket sport. What you need for tennis are a racket for each player, a tennis ball and a tennis court (球场). Tennis is played on a rectangle outdoor court. However, it can also be played indoors to stay away from the sunshine or the rain. A tennis court is 78 feet long and 36 feet wide. There is a three-foot-tall net in the centre of the court. A racket is about 27-28 inches long and over 300 grams. Tennis serves (发球) are overhead and underhand. If you can’t do it well for the first, you will have a second chance. For people in the USA, badminton is a backyard activity more than a sport. The things you need to play badminton are a racket for each player, a single shuttlecock, a net and a badminton court. Just like tennis, it is also a racket sport on a rectangle court in an indoor gym. A badminton court is 44 feet long and 20 feet wide. The net in a badminton court is about 5 feet tall. A badminton racket is about 26-27 inches long and 90 grams. Badminton serves are underhand and below the waist (腰部). And if you hit the ball outside of the court or hit the net on the serve, you will lose the point. 28. On which website did Natalie most likely find the information? A. A B. B C. C D. D 29. Which of the following does NOT show a correct serve? A. B. C. D. 30. The underlined sentence “For people in the USA, badminton is a backyard activity more than a sport, ” shows that ________. A. badminton is more popular than tennis in the USA B. few Americans take part in the badminton matches C. Americans like to see badminton as an outdoor game with family members or friends D. American badminton players usually practise in their backyards C They left the busy streets and went to a part of the town Scrooge never visited. It was a terrible place. The streets were dirty, and the smell was very bad. The houses and shops were of the poorest kind. The people were all thin, dirty, and they looked very ill. Everything was ugly. They came to where an old man sat. He was selling dirty pieces of cloth, smelly old bones, and all kinds of old and useless things. As they watched, two old women and an old man, equally dirty, smelly, and ugly, came into the shop. They carried large bags. “Come and sit by the fire,” the shopkeeper said. “Tell me what you have to sell me.” “Nothing a dead man will miss,” the first woman said with a nasty (让人讨厌的) laugh. “If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, why wasn’t he a good man when he was alive? If he was, he would have someone to look after him. He would not die alone.” “That’s very true,” said the second woman, putting a few clothes on the floor. “He got the death he deserved.” She pointed at the clothes. “What will you give me for those, Joe?” She asked the shopkeeper, adding, “I did no wrong taking them from the dead man’s house.” The shopkeeper looked at everything the woman wanted to sell him and put a price on it. Then he added everything up. The final amount was very small. “That’s not much,” the woman said. “Take it or leave it,” the shopkeeper said. “I won’t pay a penny (便士) more.” —Taken from A Christmas Carol 31. What does the underlined word “deserved” mean? A. Should be remembered. B. Give something unwillingly. C. Be out of someone’s plan. D. Have something because of what someone does or is like. 32. What is the right order of the following things? ①The women took clothes from a dead man’s house. ②The shopkeeper bought the things at a low price. ③The women showed the shopkeeper what they had to sell by the fire. ④Scrooge watched an old man selling things in a poor part of the town. A. ④①③② B. ①④②③ C. ④③①② D. ①④③② 33. What can we infer from the passage? A. The dead man didn’t have any children or friends. B. The women didn’t feel sorry for the dead man. C. The shopkeeper wanted to buy the things more than its value (价值). D. Scrooge seemed very taken with the things the old man sold. D In our life, we should often be ready for change that will help us unlock (释放) our self-improvement power (自我提升的力量) . However, we don’t always understand it. We think of unlocking our self-improvement power only when everything gets worst. When do we know that we need to change diets? When none of our shirts and jeans would fit us. When do we stop eating candies and chocolates? When all of our teeth fall off. We see the warning (警告) signs when things get difficult. Most of us will learn about unlocking our self-improvement power only when the whole world go to pieces. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change. However, change becomes more painful (痛苦的) when we take no notice of it. Change will happen, like it or hate it. At one point or another, we are all going to finally unlock our self-improvement power, not because the world says so, but because we know it’s good for ourselves. Happy people don’t just accept (接受) change; they welcome it. Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves out of the box of thought that is just the way we are. It is such a poor excuse for people who are afraid of change. Jane always tells everyone that she is afraid of being around groups of people. Over the years, that is what Jane believed. Every time a great number of people come, she steps back and locks herself up in a room. Jane not only believes in her story, but lives it! If we look at things in a different way, we might have greater fun. Doing exercise three times a week would result in a healthier life. Reading books every day would build up knowledge. And only when we are enjoying the whole process (过程) of unlocking our self-improvement power, we will find that we can take things light and become happy. 34. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing Paragraph 2? A. To show that health is the most important. B. To list the problems people often have in their life. C. To tell that people do not know their problems at times. D. To show that we learn lessons when having pain. 35. What advice (建议) is helpful to Jane’s problem? A. Always believe in herself. B. Unlock herself out of the box of thought. C. Get on with people in a friendly way. D. Talk with people around her patiently. 36. Which of the following opinions may the writer support? A. Change is always good for us if we like it. B People change when they find it easy to do that. C. If you welcome change in life, you’ll make it better. D. Process of self-improvement makes life worse. 37. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Is it important to take things light? B. Are you ready for every change in life? C. Painful change, happy life! D. To unlock ourselves out of the box of thought or to stay in it? 第Ⅱ卷（主观题共40分） 五、词汇运用 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上写出单词的正确形式。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 38. Boys, your father plans to ________ (修补) the roof this Sunday. Want to help? 39. He is a welcome talk show host because his language is easy to understand, ________ (幽默的), and full of life. 40. Please let me know if you have time to _______ (出席) tomorrow’s meeting. 41. “If faith (信念) has a color, it must be Chinese red.” Meng Wanzhou said, and she kept the faith going ________ (自始至终) the difficult days. 42. It is said that the ________ (high) of Mount Qomolangma is 8, 848 meters. 43. They made ________ (they) a wooden house in the woods. 44. After a couple of rainy days, the sun finally ________ (shine) brightly in the sky. 45. Friends are those who see you at your ________ (bad), and still take you as you are. 六、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 46. Jackson is feeling blue because of the exam. We’d better ________ (not make) fun of him. 47. The mid-term exam is around the corner. I am spending as much time as I can ________ (prepare) for it these days. 48. Because he is too selfish, we decide, after a big fight with him, ________ (not be) friends with him any more. 49. Will you be kind enough to hold the door open for me as I ________ (carry) too many things to spare a hand? 50. —You may find the key to the Maths problem on Page 10. —That’s so easy. I wonder why I ________ (not think) of that. 51. —Sandy, I still can’t use the app properly. —Don’t worry, dear. It’s not so difficult. I ________ (show) you later. 52. Don't lose heart, boy. There ________ (be) always a way out. 53. The White family ________ (not visit) Tsinghua University in the coming days, are they? 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过6个单词。 One day, a young boy named Zhang Liang was walking along a bridge. He saw an old man sitting there. One of the old man’s shoes was left under the bridge. “Go over there and get my shoe, young boy! ” the old man asked. Zhang Liang felt surprised, but he still picked it up for the old man. The old man said, “Five days later, please come to meet me at the bridge early in the morning. ” Five days later, Zhang Liang went there as promised (承诺). But the old man came there before him. The old man got angry about his lazy habit. The old man asked Zhang Liang to come again. The next day, Zhang Liang arrived earlier than before. But the old man was still before him. The old man became much angrier and asked him to get there again the next morning. This time, Zhang Liang arrived at the bridge late at night. He spent the whole night there. When the old man came the next early morning, he was happy to find Zhang Liang there earlier than him. The old man nodded with a smile and gave Zhang Liang an important book. Zhang Liang read the book carefully day and night and learned many skills from it. Many years later, he became a wise general and made great achievements (成就). 54. Where did Zhang Liang get one of the old man’s shoes? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. Who came to the bridge first five days later? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 56. Why was the old man angry with Zhang Liang? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 57. How many times did Zhang Liang meet the old man at the bridge? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 58. What can we learn from Zhang Liang? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 八、完成句子（本大题共4小题，每小题1分，共4分） 59. 我们队刚进一球他就迫不及待地为之欢呼。 He ________ our team as soon as they scored a goal. 60. 我为妈妈的生日准备了礼物。为了给她一个惊喜，爸爸建议我将这件事保密。 I prepared a gift for Mum’s birthday. To give her a surprise, Dad ________. 61. 他们俩在这次考试中都比平时少犯错。 ________ in the exam. 62. 非常感谢你在我低谷时继续支持我，而不像其他人一样背后说我的坏话。 Thanks a lot ____________ about me behind my back like others when I was down. 九、书面表达（本大题共15分） 63. 假如Andy是一位来自美国的交换生，目前就读于你所在的中学，通过两个月的接触，你们成了好朋友，请你根据下面的提示，以A Friend From the USA 为题介绍一下他。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 外貌特征 …… 性格品质 …… 兴趣爱好 痴迷于 DIY…… 喜欢旅游…… 生活体验 认为中国的学校与美国相当不同， 在这儿上课较多而休假较少； 未来打算 …… 注意：1 语法正确，意思连贯，书写规范，要点齐全； 2. 省略部分请用1~2句话补充完整； 3. 文中不得提及真实的人名、校名； 4. 词数90字左右。 A Friend From the USA Andy is my new friend from the USA. 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