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2023学年第二学期中考试 初二年级 英语试卷 本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，共90分。考试时间100分钟。 第I卷（选择题 共60分） 注意事项： 1、 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等信息填写在答题纸上。 2、 答案必须填写在答题纸的相应位置上，答案写在试题卷上无效。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 People of different ages are fond of watching cartoons. Do you know how to make a cartoon ___1___? In the first stage, you need to decide on some basic ideas for a story. And then you should think about the characters you want and ___2___ they will look like. At the same time, make a rough sketch of the story. In the next stage, use a computer ___3___ detailed pictures and add color. Each picture should be made a little different from the one before it to make the characters and things ___4___ to move. Next, a computer program is used to put the pictures together as a film. At last, record the ___5___ voices and sound effects. After ___6___ has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played for everyone to enjoy. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both thought of ___7___ idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny ___8___ the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble. The first Tom and Jerry cartoon ___9___ in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Tom and Jerry became two of _____10_____ in the world. Hanna and Barbera spent more than 17 years _____11_____ 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom _____12_____ trouble and Jerry laughing at him. _____13_____ funny the stories are! The cartoons were _____14_____ good that they won a number of awards. Nowadays, the famous cat and mouse remain as _____15_____ as before. 1. A. correctly B. correct C. more correct D. correctness 2. A. how B. what C. why D. which 3. A. drawing B. drew C. to draw D. draw 4 A. appeared B. appearing C. appearance D. appear 5. A. character’s B. characters’ C. character D. characters 6. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 7. A. an B. a C. the D. / 8. A. because B. unless C. so D. if 9. A. is shown B. was shown C. show D. showing 10. A. more popular characters B. the most popular characters C. popular character D. the most popular character 11. A. make B. made C. making D. was made 12. A. into B. at C. from D. in 13. A. When B. Which C. What D. How 14. A. so B. very C. quite D. such 15 A. more popular B. the most popular C. popular D. popularly 【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了动画制作的基本步骤，并以经典动画《猫和老鼠》为例，说明其创作过程和持续受欢迎的原因。 【1题详解】 句意：你知道如何正确制作动画吗？ correctly正确地；correct正确的；more correct更正确的；correctness正确性。根据“Do you know how to make a cartoon…”可知，此处需用副词修饰动词make，故选A。 【2题详解】 句意：你应该考虑你想要的角色以及他们的样子。 how如何；what什么；why为什么；which哪一个。根据“and…they will look like.”可知，询问角色的外貌是什么样的，宾语从句中缺宾语，what符合语境。故选B。 【3题详解】 句意：在下一阶段，用电脑绘制详细的图片并上色。 drawing现在分词；drew过去式；to draw不定式；draw动词原形。根据“use a computer to do sth.”结构可知，要用to do形式，故选C。 【4题详解】 句意：每张图片应与前一张略有不同，使角色和物体看起来在移动。 appeared过去式；appearing现在分词；appearance外貌，名词；appear动词原形。make sb./sth. do sth. 表示“使某人 / 某物做某事”，此处用动词原形，故选D。 【5题详解】 句意：最后，录制角色的声音和音效。 character’s单数名词的所有格；characters’复数名词的所有格；character单数名词；characters复数名词。根据前文“record the...voices ”可知，此处应用复数名词的所有格修饰名词voices，故选B。 【6题详解】 句意：在检查所有内容后，动画即可播放供大家欣赏。 everything一切；something某事；anything任何事；nothing无事。根据“After…has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played for everyone to enjoy.”可知，是检查所有内容，故选A。 【7题详解】 句意：威廉·汉纳和约瑟夫·巴伯拉想到了猫和老鼠的主意。 an一个，用于以元音音素开头的单词前，表泛指；a一个，用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，表泛指；the这个/那个，表特指；/零冠词。根据“William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both thought of…idea of a cat and a mouse.”可知，特指想到了猫和老鼠的主意，故选C。 【8题详解】 句意：他们认为如果老鼠聪明且总让猫陷入麻烦会很有趣。 because因为；unless除非；so所以；if如果。根据“They thought it would be funny…the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.”可知，空处表示“如果”，用if引导条件状语从句，故选D。 【9题详解】 句意：第一部《猫和老鼠》动画于1940年在影院上映。 is shown用于一般现在时的被动语态；was shown用于一般过去时的被动语态；show动词原形；showing现在分词。根据“The first Tom and Jerry cartoon…in cinemas in 1940.”可知，为一般过去时，“被放映”用一般过去时的被动语态，故选B。 【10题详解】 句意：《猫和老鼠》成为世界上最受欢迎的角色之一。 more popular characters更受欢迎的角色；the most popular characters最受欢迎的角色；popular character受欢迎的角色；the most popular character最受欢迎的角色。根据“Tom and Jerry...in the world”可知，要用最高级形式，且名词为复数形式，故选B。 【11题详解】 句意：汉纳和巴伯拉花了17年多制作了114部《猫和老鼠》动画。 make动词原形；made过去式；making现在分词或动名词；was made用于被动语态。根据“spent time doing”结构可知，用动名词形式，故选C。 【12题详解】 句意：几乎每部动画都以汤姆陷入麻烦而杰瑞嘲笑他结束。 into进入；at在；from来自；in在……中。固定短语in trouble“陷入麻烦”，故选D。 【13题详解】 句意：这些故事多有趣啊！ When何时；Which哪个；What什么；How多么。感叹句修饰形容词“funny”用how，故选D。 【14题详解】 句意：这些动画如此优秀，赢得了许多奖项。 so如此；very非常；quite相当；such如此。根据“good that they won a number of awards”可知此处为结果状语从句，且要用so修饰形容词good。用句型so...that“如此……以至于……”，故选A。 【15题详解】 句意：如今，这对著名的猫和老鼠依然和以前一样受欢迎。 more popular更受欢迎；the most popular最受欢迎；popular受欢迎的；popularly流行地。根据“remain as...as before”可知，此处要用形容词原级作表语，故选C。 二、完形填空（本大题有10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 Do you know the story of shadow puppet play? Well, it has ____16____ to do with an emperor (皇帝) in the Han Dynasty. More than 2,000 years ago, in the Han Dynasty, a favorite concubine (妃子) of Wu Emperor ____17____ because she had a terrible disease. The emperor missed her so much that he also became seriously ill. But no doctors could help him. And he was getting ____18____. One day, a minister (大臣) happened to see children playing with dolls. The shadows of the dolls on the floor were clear and ____19____. He could even see the children moving their fingers quickly. Seeing these shadows, the smart minister suddenly came up with a(n) ____20____. He made a cotton puppet of the concubine and painted it. As night fell, he invited the emperor to ____21____ a puppet show behind a white cloth. The emperor was ____22____ and became interested in it from then on. This story was recorded in the official ____23____ book by Sima Qian. This is believed to be the beginning of shadow puppet play. Shadow puppet play was very popular during the Tang (618 - 907) and Song (960 - 1279) dynasties in many parts of China. They were first made of paper models, later from the ____24____ of donkeys or oxen. That’s why their Chinese name is pi ying, which means shadows of leather. Today, with TV, computers and smartphones, few young people are interested in it. In 50 years, perhaps the puppet show will _____25_____ like other traditional art forms such as Nuo Drama (傩戏). What can we do to change this situation? 16. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 17. A. killed B. hurt C. fell D. died 18. A. better B. more worried C. more tired D. weaker 19. A. mysterious B. lively C. difficult D. tiring 20. A. schedule B. idea C. decision D. puppet 21. A. watch B. act C. play D. move 22. A. pleased B. relaxed C. bored D. serious 23. A. science B. history C. art D. story 24. A. hair B. feather C. bone D. skin 25. A. spread B. destroy C. disappear D. live 【答案】16. C 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. B 21. A 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，皮影戏起源于汉武帝思念亡妃的故事，后经历代发展，如今面临失传风险。 【16题详解】 句意：它与汉朝的一位皇帝有关。 nothing什么也没；anything任何事情；something某事；everything每件事情。根据“More than 2,000 years ago, in the Han Dynasty, a favorite concubine of Wu Emperor…”可知后文讲述汉武帝与皮影戏起源的关联的一些事情，have something to do with“与……有关”故选C。 【17题详解】 句意：2000多年前的汉朝，汉武帝的一位宠妃因患重病去世。 killed被杀；hurt受伤；fell摔倒；died死亡。根据“terrible disease”和皇帝思念成疾的语境可知，宠妃应是因患病死了，故选D。 【18题详解】 句意：他变得越来越虚弱。 better更好；more worried更担忧；more tired更疲惫；weaker更虚弱。前文提到“no doctors could help him”，说明健康状况恶化，故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：玩偶的影子生动清晰。 mysterious神秘；lively生动；difficult困难；tiring疲惫。根据“clear”和儿童手指灵活移动的描写可知，应是生动的，故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：看到这些影子，聪明的大臣突然想出了一个主意。 schedule计划；idea主意；decision决定；puppet木偶。根据“He made a cotton puppet of the concubine and painted it.”可知后文描述他制作人偶的行动，故他应是想出了一个好主意，故选B。 【21题详解】 句意：夜幕降临时，他邀请皇帝去看白布后面的木偶戏。 watch观看；act表演；play玩耍；move移动。根据“puppet show”可知，这里是观看皮影戏，用watch，故选A。 【22题详解】 句意：皇帝很高兴，从此对皮影戏产生兴趣。 pleased高兴；relaxed放松；bored无聊；serious严肃。根据“interested in it”可知，产生兴趣了，所以是很高兴。故选A。 【23题详解】 句意：这个故事被司马迁记载在官方史书中。 science科学；history历史；art艺术；story故事。由常识可知司马迁的《史记》是历史著作，故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：它们最初是用纸模型制成的，后来用驴皮或牛皮制成。 hair毛发；feather羽毛；bone骨头；skin皮革。根据“pi ying”的汉语释义“皮革的影子”可知，皮影材料从纸变为驴或牛的皮革。故选D。 【25题详解】 句意：50年后，皮影戏可能像其他传统艺术一样消失。 spread传播；destroy破坏；disappear消失；live存活。根据“few young people are interested”可知，很少年轻人感兴趣，故应是到时候皮影戏可能会消失，故选C。 三、阅读（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 (A) SOCCER TOURNAMENT Final Match Sunday -------- 3 pm. ------- You may meet Captain Schofield here Will the local team make it all the way to the end? Find out more by calling555-3033 MOTHER’S DAY Friday 6-9 p.m. EVERYTHING 50% OFF Visit us at New Star Mall Monday to Saturday BIG HITS CINEMA Movies every night at 7 Actor of the week: Wentworth Miller ======================== Harry Potter children’s show Saturday at2 p. m. Tel: 690-1856 Earth Hour Join us! Turn off your lights for ONE hour 8:30 p.m. local time, Saturday 28Mar. 2019 ********************************** Take action to fight global warming More than 2,000 cities around the world expected to join in rolling event. 26. If you want to join the world for Earth Hour, you can simply ________ . A. call us on 555-3033 at 3 p.m. Sunday B. go around the world to 2,000 cities C. take actions at 7:30 p.m. on 28 Mar. 2019 D. switch off your lights for one hour 27. If you want to buy a jacket worth ¥ 100 at New Star Mall, how much will you pay for it on Mother’s Day? A. ¥ 25. B. ¥ 40. C. ¥ 50. D. ¥ 60. 28. Where would you probably read this article? A. A newspaper. B. A science magazine. C. A travel guide. D. A history report 【答案】26. D 27. C 28. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，包含足球决赛、母亲节促销、电影放映和地球一小时活动等多项公告的广告合集。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Turn off your lights for ONE hour 8:30 p.m. local time, Saturday 28Mar. 2019”可知，参与地球一小时活动只需在3月28日晚上8:30关灯一小时。故选D。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“MOTHER’S DAY Friday 6-9 p.m. EVERYTHING 50% OFF”可知，母亲节当天所有商品半价，原价100元的外套只需支付50元。故选C。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。根据文中多个活动广告的排版形式和内容判断，这类信息最可能出现在报纸上。故选A。 (B) A video of a German couple opening a bakery (面包店) in China and employing workers who have impaired hearing (听力受损) spread widely on social media. It touched thousands of Chinese. The German couple—Dorothee and Brutzer, known by their Chinese names of Du Xue hui and Wu Zhangrong, have lived in Changsha for nearly 20 years. Brutzer started to learn Mandarin (普通话) in 1997, 5 years before he and his wife came to China. In their first year in China, they worked as a part of the Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation to help children with impaired hearing. The couple decided to stay in China after spending some time with children there. To better help children in need, they worked with International China Concern (国际关心中国慈善协会) to care for disabled children and learned Chinese sign language as well. Years later, Brutzer opened a bakery in Changsha in 2011 to help local people with impaired hearing. He even employed a professional German baker and invited her to China to teach them for four years. Now, there are eleven bakers working in the store and one of them is intern (实习生). A child they helped years ago is also one of the workers in the bakery. “When I was working at the Disabled Person’s Federation, I saw there were some art training programs for disabled people to choose and they all did a great job. Then we decided to open a bakery and employ them, because they can make more money compared to selling flowers or paintings,” Brutzer said. During the hard times in 2020, Brutzer even made a decision to close his bakery because few people came out to buy things. Thankfully, the bakery got much attention online and many people visited the store. In the future, Brutzer hopes that he can remain in Changsha and run the bakery for as long as possible so that more deaf people will have the chance to learn bread-making and live by their own abilities. 29. When did Brutzer and his wife come to China? A. In 1997. B. In 2002. C. In 2011. D. In 2020. 30. What is the correct order of Brutzer’s actions? a. He decided to close the bakery. b. He opened a bakery in Changsha. c. He learned Chinese sign language. d. He helped children with impaired hearing e. He invited a German baker to teach his workers A. c-d-b-a-e B. c-b-d-e-a C. d-c-b-e-a D. d-b-e-a-c 31. Which of the following best describes Brutzer? A. Warm-hearted and kind. B. Pleasant but strict. C. Well-dressed and educational. D. Brave but crazy. 32. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To advertise a bakery that was opened by a German couple. B. To ask people to pay more attention to the disabled. C. To introduce the Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation. D. To introduce what a German couple did for the disabled in China. 【答案】29. B 30. C 31. A 32. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲了德国夫妇Dorothee和Brutzer在长沙生活20年，创办面包店雇佣听障员工，通过教授烘焙技能帮助他们自力更生，疫情期间虽面临困境仍坚持经营，致力于为残障人士创造就业机会。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Brutzer started to learn Mandarin in 1997, 5 years before he and his wife came to China.”可知，Brutzer和妻子于2002年来到中国。故选B。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“In their first year in China, they worked as a part of the Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation to help children with impaired hearing. ”可知，这对夫妻先帮助听障儿童；根据第二段“To better help children in need, they worked with International China Concern (国际关心中国慈善协会) to care for disabled children and learned Chinese sign language as well.”可知，然后这对夫妻学习手语；根据第三段“Years later, Brutzer opened a bakery in Changsha in 2011 to help local people with impaired hearing. He even employed a professional German baker and invited her to China to teach them for four years.”可知，接着他们开设面包店，然后邀请德国面包师教学；根据最后一段“During the hard times in 2020, Brutzer even made a decision to close his bakery because few people came out to buy things.”可知，最后他们考虑关闭店铺。所以正确顺序为d-c-b-e-a。故选C。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据“In the future, Brutzer hopes that he can remain in Changsha and run the bakery for as long as possible so that more deaf people will have the chance to learn bread-making and live by their own abilities.”和文章内容可知，Brutzer长期帮助听障人士、开设面包店提供就业机会等行为，可推断他善良且富有同情心。故选A。 【32题详解】 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍德国夫妇在中国帮助听障人士的事迹，包括开设面包店提供就业机会等。故选D。 (C) On Oct.12th,202l,1egendary Disney animator (传奇迪士尼动画师) Ruthie Tompson passed away peacefully at her home in California. She was 111 years old. People felt shocked about the bad news. Born in Portland Maine, on July 22, 1910, Tompson grew up in Boston. Later, she and her family moved to a house in Los Angeles, which was near Walt Disney’s workplace. As a little child, often went to the workplace and watched Walt making animation (动画片). At that time, Tompson started to become interested in animation. After Tompson finished high school, Walt offered her a job as a painter in the Ink&Paint Department. At that time, she helped finish the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). That film became her favorite to revisit over the years in her family. Soon, Tompson became final checker, and later scene planner. Because of her marvelous skill at guiding camera movement for animated films, Tompson was invited to join the International Photographers Union in 1952. As animator Floyd Norman said, “Tompson was our computer before computers were invented. Whatever the technical problem was, she could usually solve it. She is so smart and hard-working.” In 1975, Tompson retired (退休) from the Walt Disney Company after completing work on the Rescuers. Up until that moment, she was thought to have worked on almost every Disney animation. Tompson was an important contributor (贡献者)) to the progress and growth of the animation industry as we know it today. Her death led to many messages of sadness being left on the Internet. Just as Disney Parks wrote: “It’s with a heavy heart we report that Disney Legend Ruthie Tompson has passed away. Ruthie will be missed deeply.” 33. The underlined word “marvelous” in paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. terrible B. common C. wonderful D. traditional 34. How old was Tompson when she finished her work on The Rescuers? A. 27. B. 42. C. 46. D. 65. 35. Which of the following is true? A. Tompson died of a serious illness in hospital. B. Disney Parks were sorry for Tompson’s achievement. C. Tompson helped work on two Disney animations in total. D. Walt Disney worked near Tompson’s house in Los Angeles. 36. What is the passage mainly about according to the passage? A. The works of Ruthie Tompson. B. The introduction of Ruthie Tompson. C. The memory of the day Ruthie Tompson died. D. The reasons why Ruthie Tompson passed away. 【答案】33. C 34. D 35. D 36. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲了迪士尼传奇动画师Ruthie Tompson于2021年10月12日去世，享年111岁，她自1937年参与《白雪公主》制作起为迪士尼工作近40年，凭借卓越的动画摄影技术参与制作了几乎所有迪士尼经典动画，对动画产业发展做出重要贡献。 【33题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“Because of her marvelous skill at guiding camera movement for animated films”和Floyd Norman对她的评价可知，marvelous应表示“出色的”。故选C。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Born in Portland, Maine, on July 22, 1910”和“retired in 1975”计算，她完成《救难小英雄》时65岁。故选D。 【35题详解】 细节判断题。根据“moved to a house in Los Angeles, which was near Walt Disney’s workplace”可知迪士尼工作室就在她家附近。故选D。 【36题详解】 主旨大意题。全文主要介绍了传奇动画师Ruthie Tompson的生平事迹和职业成就。故选B。 (D) When he was in primary school, Dylan Woodley was teaching his classmates about animations (动画). At the age of 13, he sold some of his animations to a company in Australia. The Canadian boy also made an animated music video for the British band Coldplay’s song “Via La Vida”. The fun video caught the attention of tens of thousands of animation lovers around the world. It also resulted in a famous Toronto animation company knocking on Dylan’s door. In four years’ time, he brought home three international animation prizes for high school students. Yes, all of these things happened before Dylan had even turned 17. “This whole thing has just kind of exploded (爆发),” said the boy. But Dylan’s success didn’t come overnight. It was built on a strong foundation of Lego bricks (乐高积木). Dylan loved these colorful little bricks when he was a child. Since then, he has never stopped playing with them. When he started producing animations, the boy naturally thought of using his Lego bricks. Dylan likes to post his creation online. He didn’t really expect an international fan at first. “I just wanted to share my creativity with my friends,” he explained. But the video for “Via La Vida” is so nice. It has been viewed 1.4 million times and has received 21,000 “likes”. The video is just four minutes long, but Dylan spent two years creating it. He arranged his Lego bricks and filmed the scene he needed. Then, he tore the bricks down, rebuilt them and filmed the next scene. He repeated this countless times. Finally, he carefully finished his video. Dylan is looking ahead to a job in the animation industry. “It is a great love. I can take it as far as I want,” he said. 37. Where is Dylan Woodley from? A. America. B. Britain. C. Canada. D. Australia. 38. Which of the following is true about Dylan’s video for “Via La Vida”? A. It is about forty minutes long. B. Dylan used Lego bricks to create the music video. C. It took Dylan two months to film the music video. D It was the first animated video Dylan had created. 39. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Dylan has already begun a career in the animation industry. B. Dylan might give up creating animation after finishing high school. C. Dylan hasn’t decided yet whether to work in the animation industry or not. D. Dylan plans to work as an animator and to continue making animations. 40. What can be the best title of the passage? A. Dylan’s Great Love for Animations B. The Ways Dylan Make Animations C. Dylan’s Famous Video “Via La Vida” D. Dylan’s School Life 【答案】37. C 38. B 39. D 40. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲了加拿大少年Dylan Woodley从小热爱乐高和动画制作，13岁起创作并出售动画作品，17岁前已斩获三项国际动画奖项，其耗时两年用乐高制作的Coldplay歌曲《Via La Vida》动画MV获全球瞩目，未来计划投身动画行业。 【37题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The Canadian boy also made an animated music video for the British band Coldplay’s song ‘Via La Vida’.”可知，Dylan Woodley来自加拿大。故选C。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Dylan likes to post his creation online... He arranged his Lego bricks and filmed the scene he needed.”可知，Dylan用乐高积木制作了《Via La Vida》的音乐视频。故选B。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Dylan is looking ahead to a job in the animation industry. ‘It is a great love. I can take it as far as I want,’ he said.”可知，Dylan计划从事动画行业并继续制作动画。故选D。 【40题详解】 最佳标题题。根据全文内容，尤其是Dylan从小对动画的热爱、他的成功经历以及未来的职业规划，最适合的标题是“Dylan对动画的热爱”。故选A。 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入1~5各题空白处的最佳选项。 Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another. ___41___ Today, let’s learn a very important part of body language—eye contact. ___42___ It can be the key to communication. Eye contact can show feelings such as friendliness, interest and understanding. In Western countries, using eye contact in conversations is very important. If you do not use eye contact, Westerners may think that you are not listening. ___43___ However, in many Asian countries, looking down when talking with an older person, like a teacher or a parent, is polite. ___44___ For example, an Asian person might look down while listening to a Western speaker. The Western speaker might think this person is not interested in what he or she is saying. Not using eye contact can cause problems, but using too much is not polite either. In many countries, watching other people, especially strangers, for a long time is impolite. ___45___ A. Eye contact means looking into another person’s eyes. B. These differences can cause problems. C. It is very useful because it can help you make yourself easily understand. D. This may make them feel nervous. E. And if you look away, they may also think that you are lying. 【答案】41. C 42. A 43. E 44. B 45. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了眼神交流在肢体语言中的重要性，以及不同文化背景下眼神交流的差异和注意事项。 【41题详解】 根据“Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another.”可知，此处是介绍肢体语言的作用，C选项“它非常有用，因为它可以帮助你让自己更容易被理解”符合语境。故选C。 【42题详解】 根据“Today, let’s learn a very important part of body language—eye contact.”可知，此处是介绍眼神交流的定义，A选项“眼神交流意味着看着另一个人的眼睛”符合语境。故选A。 【43题详解】 根据“If you do not use eye contact, Westerners may think that you are not listening.”可知，此处是进一步说明眼神交流的重要性，E选项“如果你看向别处，他们可能还会认为你在撒谎”符合语境。故选E。 【44题详解】 根据“However, in many Asian countries, looking down when talking with an older person, like a teacher or a parent, is polite.”可知，此处是说明文化差异可能带来的问题，B选项“这些差异可能会引发问题”符合语境。故选B。 【45题详解】 根据“Not using eye contact can cause problems, but using too much is not polite either.”可知，此处是说明长时间注视他人可能带来的影响，D选项“这可能会让他们感到紧张”符合语境。故选D。 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共30分） 四、写作（共三节，满分30分） 第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据短文的内容及首字母提示写出文中所缺单词。 Mrs. Wang, my neighbor, is an old lady living alone. She worked as an a____46____ when she was young. She had acted in many films and her films were loved in our country. Her family died in a car accident ten years ago. Mrs. Wang hurt her legs because of the accident and had d____47____ walking or moving. Now, she always feels l____48____ when she sits at the yard alone thinking of her family. A___49___ she is sometimes really unhappy, she seldom talks about her pain with others or expresses her thought. She enjoys listening to music very much because music can bring her joy and peace. She often p____50____ playing the guitar in her free time. Sometimes she goes to the orphanage to visit the children without parents. She hopes to help and encourage the poor children. 【答案】46. (a)ctress 47. (d)ifficulty 48. (l)onely 49. (A)lthough 50. (p)ractices##(p)ractises 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲了王夫人是一位独居的老年演员，因车祸失去家人并行动不便，尽管孤独却很少倾诉，她通过弹吉他、听音乐和帮助孤儿来寻找慰藉。 【46题详解】 句意：王夫人年轻时是一名演员。根据“She had acted in many films...”可知，她曾在许多电影中演出，因此年轻时是一名演员。由“Mrs. Wang” 可知是女性，actress“女演员”，an后跟名词单数。故填(a)ctress。 【47题详解】 句意：由于事故，王夫人腿受伤，行走或移动有困难。根据“hurt her legs”和“walking or moving”可知，她的腿受伤后行动不便。“difficulty”作名词表示“困难”，常用于“have difficulty (in) doing sth.”结构，符合语境。故填(d)ifficulty。 【48题详解】 句意：当她独自坐在院子里思念家人时，她总是感到孤独。根据“alone”和“thinking of her family”可知，她独自一人时会感到孤独。“lonely”表示“孤独的”，符合语境。故填(l)onely。 【49题详解】 句意：尽管她有时真的不开心，但她很少向他人倾诉痛苦或表达想法。根据“she is sometimes really unhappy”和“she seldom talks about her pain”可知，前后句存在让步关系。“Although”表示“尽管”，符合语境。故填(A)lthough。 【50题详解】 句意：她空闲时经常练习弹吉他。根据“playing the guitar”和“in her free time”可知，她喜欢弹吉他。“practice/practise”表示“练习”，符合语境；结合“often”可知，本句是一般现在时，且主语是she，谓语动词需用三单形式。故填(p)ractices/(p)ractises。 第二节 完成句子（共6小题；每空0.5分，满分10分） 根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词） 51. 虽然他超过65岁了，但是很健壮并且仍然喜欢工作。 ________ he is over 65, he is very ________ and still enjoys ________. 【答案】 ①. Although##Though ②. strong ③. working 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文提示可知，第一空需填表示“虽然”含义的词，用Although/though引导让步状语从句；第二空需填表示“健壮的”形容词，用strong；第三空“喜欢做某事”用enjoy doing sth.，“工作”用work。故填Although/though；strong；working。 52. 给他人留下好印象在许多场合上十分重要。 ________ ________ ________ ________ on others is very important on many occasions. 【答案】 ①. Making ②. a ③. good ④. impression 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文提示可知，“给某人留下好印象”常用make a good impression on sb. 这一短语。此处作句子主语，动词短语作主语需用动名词形式。故填Making；a；good；impression。 53. 2025年，这里将建成一个新的公园。 In 2025, a new park ________ ________ ________ here. 【答案】 ①. will ②. be ③. built 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文提示可知，此处需使用一般将来时被动语态表达“被建成”；句子主语为“a new park”，谓语动词需用被动语态“be built”，时间状语“in 2025”对应将来时助动词will。故填will；be；built。 54. 他们打算举办一个晚会，来给贫穷的孩子筹款。 They’re going to hold a party _______ ________ money for poor children. 【答案】 ①. to ②. raise 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照，空格处缺“来筹款”，raise money“筹款”，动词不定式“to raise”作目的状语，表明举办派对的目的是为贫穷孩子筹款。故填to；raise。 55. 她留了一个口信提醒我下周的会议。 She left a message _________ _________ _________ _________ the meeting next week. 【答案】 ①. to ②. remind ③. me ④. of 【解析】 【详解】remind sb of sth“提醒某人某事”，留口信是为了提醒，用动词不定式表目的，故填to；remind；me；of。 56. 鸬鹚是多么可爱的鸟呀! ________ ________ birds the cormorants are! 【答案】 ①. What ②. lovely 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照，这是一个感叹句，原句强调“可爱的鸟”，英语感叹句中对名词进行感叹常用What引导，结构为What+形容词+可数名词复数+主语+谓语 ，这里“可爱的”用lovely，所以空格处缺“what lovely”，“what lovely”中文翻译为“多么可爱的”。故填What；lovely。 第三节 书面表达（共1小题；满分15分） 57. 有一批外国交换生将来中国进行参观学习，他们想了解我们的志愿者工作，你作为一名志愿者将带着他们参观学习。请你根据以下提示写一篇文章向他们介绍我们的志愿者工作。 内容提示： 周末常去孤儿院 1. 给他们讲故事，鼓励……；（适当补充） 2. 教他们制作皮影，并表演皮影戏，……；（适当补充） 3. 跟他们一起剪纸，……。（适当补充） 你的感受 ……（请补充） （1）参考词汇：orphanage 孤儿院，shadow puppet 皮影；paper cutting剪纸 （2）词数80词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入词数） （3）不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Some exchange students from other countries will come to China next week. They would like to learn about our voluntary work. We usually go to the orphanage to ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you can join us! 【答案】例文 Some exchange students from other countries will come to China next week. They would like to learn about our voluntary work. We usually go to the orphanage on weekends. Firstly, we tell the children interesting stories and encourage them to be brave and confident. We also share our own experiences to let them know they are not alone. Secondly, we teach them to make shadow puppets. After making the puppets, we perform shadow puppet shows together. The children are always excited to see the moving puppets on the screen. Moreover, we do paper-cutting with them. We cut out various patterns like flowers and animals. They are really interested in these traditional Chinese art forms. Doing voluntary work makes me feel warm-hearted. Seeing the children’s bright smiles, I know our efforts bring them joy and hope. It also makes me cherish what I have and inspires me to help more people. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态为一般现在时； ③提示：写作要点已给出，注意不要遗漏提示中的要点，可适当添加细节，并突出写作要点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，先根据要求写周末去孤儿院具体做的事情。 第二步，再写一下自己的感受 [亮点词汇] ①brave and confident勇敢和自信 ②on the screen在屏幕上 ③various patterns各种各样的卡通 [高分句型] ①Firstly, we tell the children interesting stories and encourage them to be brave and confident.（and连接并列成分） ②We also share our own experiences to let them know they are not alone. （动词不定式作目的状语） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023学年第二学期中考试 初二年级 英语试卷 本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，共90分。考试时间100分钟。 第I卷（选择题 共60分） 注意事项： 1、 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等信息填写在答题纸上。 2、 答案必须填写在答题纸的相应位置上，答案写在试题卷上无效。 一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 People of different ages are fond of watching cartoons. Do you know how to make a cartoon ___1___? In the first stage you need to decide on some basic ideas for a story. And then you should think about the characters you want and ___2___ they will look like. At the same time, make a rough sketch of the story. In the next stage, use a computer ___3___ detailed pictures and add color. Each picture should be made a little different from the one before it to make the characters and things ___4___ to move. Next, a computer program is used to put the pictures together as a film. At last, record the ___5___ voices and sound effects. After ___6___ has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played for everyone to enjoy. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both thought of ___7___ idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny ___8___ the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble. The first Tom and Jerry cartoon ___9___ in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Tom and Jerry became two of _____10_____ in the world. Hanna and Barbera spent more than 17 years _____11_____ 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom _____12_____ trouble and Jerry laughing at him. _____13_____ funny the stories are! The cartoons were _____14_____ good that they won a number of awards. Nowadays, the famous cat and mouse remain as _____15_____ as before. 1. A. correctly B. correct C. more correct D. correctness 2. A. how B. what C. why D. which 3. A. drawing B. drew C. to draw D. draw 4. A. appeared B. appearing C. appearance D. appear 5. A. character’s B. characters’ C. character D. characters 6. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 7. A. an B. a C. the D. / 8. A. because B. unless C. so D. if 9. A. is shown B. was shown C. show D. showing 10. A. more popular characters B. the most popular characters C. popular character D. the most popular character 11. A. make B. made C. making D. was made 12. A. into B. at C. from D. in 13. A. When B. Which C. What D. How 14. A. so B. very C. quite D. such 15. A. more popular B. the most popular C. popular D. popularly 二、完形填空（本大题有10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 Do you know the story of shadow puppet play? Well, it has ____16____ to do with an emperor (皇帝) in the Han Dynasty. More than 2,000 years ago, in the Han Dynasty, a favorite concubine (妃子) of Wu Emperor ____17____ because she had a terrible disease. The emperor missed her so much that he also became seriously ill. But no doctors could help him. And he was getting ____18____. One day, a minister (大臣) happened to see children playing with dolls. The shadows of the dolls on the floor were clear and ____19____. He could even see the children moving their fingers quickly. Seeing these shadows, the smart minister suddenly came up with a(n) ____20____. He made a cotton puppet of the concubine and painted it. As night fell, he invited the emperor to ____21____ a puppet show behind a white cloth. The emperor was ____22____ and became interested in it from then on. This story was recorded in the official ____23____ book by Sima Qian. This is believed to be the beginning of shadow puppet play. Shadow puppet play was very popular during the Tang (618 - 907) and Song (960 - 1279) dynasties in many parts of China. They were first made of paper models, later from the ____24____ of donkeys or oxen. That’s why their Chinese name is pi ying, which means shadows of leather. Today, with TV, computers and smartphones, few young people are interested in it. In 50 years, perhaps the puppet show will _____25_____ like other traditional art forms such as Nuo Drama (傩戏). What can we do to change this situation? 16. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 17. A. killed B. hurt C. fell D. died 18. A. better B. more worried C. more tired D. weaker 19. A. mysterious B. lively C. difficult D. tiring 20. A. schedule B. idea C. decision D. puppet 21. A. watch B. act C. play D. move 22. A. pleased B. relaxed C. bored D. serious 23. A. science B. history C. art D. story 24. A. hair B. feather C. bone D. skin 25. A. spread B. destroy C. disappear D. live 三、阅读（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 (A) SOCCER TOURNAMENT Final Match Sunday -------- 3 p.m. ------- You may meet Captain Schofield here Will the local team make it all the way to the end? Find out more by calling555-3033 MOTHER’S DAY Friday 6-9 p.m. EVERYTHING 50% OFF Visit us at New Star Mall Monday to Saturday BIG HITS CINEMA Movies every night at 7 Actor of the week: Wentworth Miller ======================== Harry Potter children’s show Saturday at2 p. m. Tel: 690-1856 Earth Hour Join us! Turn off your lights for ONE hour 8:30 p.m. local time, Saturday 28Mar. 2019 ********************************** Take action to fight global warming More than 2,000 cities around the world expected to join in rolling event. 26. If you want to join the world for Earth Hour, you can simply ________ . A. call us on 555-3033 at 3 p.m. Sunday B. go around the world to 2,000 cities C. take actions at 7:30 p.m. on 28 Mar. 2019 D. switch off your lights for one hour 27. If you want to buy a jacket worth ¥ 100 at New Star Mall, how much will you pay for it on Mother’s Day? A. ¥ 25. B. ¥ 40. C. ¥ 50. D. ¥ 60. 28. Where would you probably read this article? A. A newspaper. B. A science magazine. C. A travel guide. D. A history report (B) A video of a German couple opening a bakery (面包店) in China and employing workers who have impaired hearing (听力受损) spread widely on social media. It touched thousands of Chinese. The German couple—Dorothee and Brutzer, known by their Chinese names of Du Xue hui and Wu Zhangrong, have lived in Changsha for nearly 20 years. Brutzer started to learn Mandarin (普通话) in 1997, 5 years before he and his wife came to China. In their first year in China, they worked as a part of the Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation to help children with impaired hearing. The couple decided to stay in China after spending some time with children there. To better help children in need, they worked with International China Concern (国际关心中国慈善协会) to care for disabled children and learned Chinese sign language as well. Years later, Brutzer opened a bakery in Changsha in 2011 to help local people with impaired hearing. He even employed a professional German baker and invited her to China to teach them for four years. Now, there are eleven bakers working in the store and one of them is intern (实习生). A child they helped years ago is also one of the workers in the bakery. “When I was working at the Disabled Person’s Federation, I saw there were some art training programs for disabled people to choose and they all did a great job. Then we decided to open a bakery and employ them, because they can make more money compared to selling flowers or paintings,” Brutzer said. During the hard times in 2020, Brutzer even made a decision to close his bakery because few people came out to buy things. Thankfully, the bakery got much attention online and many people visited the store. In the future, Brutzer hopes that he can remain in Changsha and run the bakery for as long as possible so that more deaf people will have the chance to learn bread-making and live by their own abilities. 29. When did Brutzer and his wife come to China? A In 1997. B. In 2002. C. In 2011. D. In 2020. 30. What is the correct order of Brutzer’s actions? a. He decided to close the bakery. b. He opened a bakery in Changsha. c. He learned Chinese sign language. d. He helped children with impaired hearing e. He invited a German baker to teach his workers A. c-d-b-a-e B. c-b-d-e-a C. d-c-b-e-a D. d-b-e-a-c 31. Which of the following best describes Brutzer? A. Warm-hearted and kind. B. Pleasant but strict. C. Well-dressed and educational. D. Brave but crazy. 32. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To advertise a bakery that was opened by a German couple. B. To ask people to pay more attention to the disabled. C. To introduce the Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation. D. To introduce what a German couple did for the disabled in China. (C) On Oct.12th,202l,1egendary Disney animator (传奇迪士尼动画师) Ruthie Tompson passed away peacefully at her home in California. She was 111 years old. People felt shocked about the bad news. Born in Portland, Maine, on July 22, 1910, Tompson grew up in Boston. Later, she and her family moved to a house in Los Angeles, which was near Walt Disney’s workplace. As a little child, often went to the workplace and watched Walt making animation (动画片). At that time, Tompson started to become interested in animation. After Tompson finished high school, Walt offered her a job as a painter in the Ink&Paint Department. At that time, she helped finish the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). That film became her favorite to revisit over the years in her family. Soon, Tompson became final checker, and later scene planner. Because of her marvelous skill at guiding camera movement for animated films, Tompson was invited to join the International Photographers Union in 1952. As animator Floyd Norman said, “Tompson was our computer before computers were invented. Whatever the technical problem was, she could usually solve it. She is so smart and hard-working.” In 1975, Tompson retired (退休) from the Walt Disney Company after completing work on the Rescuers. Up until that moment, she was thought to have worked on almost every Disney animation. Tompson was an important contributor (贡献者)) to the progress and growth of the animation industry as we know it today. Her death led to many messages of sadness being left on the Internet. Just as Disney Parks wrote: “It’s with a heavy heart we report that Disney Legend Ruthie Tompson has passed away. Ruthie will be missed deeply.” 33. The underlined word “marvelous” in paragraph 4 probably means ________. A. terrible B. common C. wonderful D. traditional 34. How old was Tompson when she finished her work on The Rescuers? A. 27. B. 42. C. 46. D. 65. 35. Which of the following is true? A. Tompson died of a serious illness in hospital. B. Disney Parks were sorry for Tompson’s achievement. C. Tompson helped work on two Disney animations in total. D. Walt Disney worked near Tompson’s house in Los Angeles. 36. What is the passage mainly about according to the passage? A. The works of Ruthie Tompson. B. The introduction of Ruthie Tompson. C. The memory of the day Ruthie Tompson died. D. The reasons why Ruthie Tompson passed away. (D) When he was in primary school, Dylan Woodley was teaching his classmates about animations (动画). At the age of 13, he sold some of his animations to a company in Australia. The Canadian boy also made an animated music video for the British band Coldplay’s song “Via La Vida”. The fun video caught the attention of tens of thousands of animation lovers around the world. It also resulted in a famous Toronto animation company knocking on Dylan’s door. In four years’ time, he brought home three international animation prizes for high school students. Yes, all of these things happened before Dylan had even turned 17. “This whole thing has just kind of exploded (爆发),” said the boy. But Dylan’s success didn’t come overnight. It was built on a strong foundation of Lego bricks (乐高积木). Dylan loved these colorful little bricks when he was a child. Since then, he has never stopped playing with them. When he started producing animations, the boy naturally thought of using his Lego bricks. Dylan likes to post his creation online. He didn’t really expect an international fan at first. “I just wanted to share my creativity with my friends,” he explained. But the video for “Via La Vida” is so nice. It has been viewed 1.4 million times and has received 21,000 “likes”. The video is just four minutes long, but Dylan spent two years creating it. He arranged his Lego bricks and filmed the scene he needed. Then, he tore the bricks down, rebuilt them and filmed the next scene. He repeated this countless times. Finally, he carefully finished his video. Dylan is looking ahead to a job in the animation industry. “It is a great love. I can take it as far as I want,” he said. 37. Where is Dylan Woodley from? A. America. B. Britain. C. Canada. D. Australia. 38. Which of the following is true about Dylan’s video for “Via La Vida”? A. It is about forty minutes long. B. Dylan used Lego bricks to create the music video. C. It took Dylan two months to film the music video. D. It was the first animated video Dylan had created. 39. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Dylan has already begun a career in the animation industry. B. Dylan might give up creating animation after finishing high school. C. Dylan hasn’t decided yet whether to work in the animation industry or not. D. Dylan plans to work as an animator and to continue making animations. 40 What can be the best title of the passage? A. Dylan’s Great Love for Animations B. The Ways Dylan Make Animations C. Dylan’s Famous Video “Via La Vida” D. Dylan’s School Life 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入1~5各题空白处的最佳选项。 Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another. ___41___ Today, let’s learn a very important part of body language—eye contact. ___42___ It can be the key to communication. Eye contact can show feelings such as friendliness, interest and understanding. In Western countries, using eye contact in conversations is very important. If you do not use eye contact, Westerners may think that you are not listening. ___43___ However, in many Asian countries, looking down when talking with an older person, like a teacher or a parent, is polite. ___44___ For example, an Asian person might look down while listening to a Western speaker. The Western speaker might think this person is not interested in what he or she is saying. Not using eye contact can cause problems but using too much is not polite either. In many countries, watching other people, especially strangers, for a long time is impolite. ___45___ A. Eye contact means looking into another person’s eyes. B. These differences can cause problems. C. It is very useful because it can help you make yourself easily understand. D. This may make them feel nervous. E. And if you look away, they may also think that you are lying. 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共30分） 四、写作（共三节，满分30分） 第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 根据短文的内容及首字母提示写出文中所缺单词。 Mrs. Wang, my neighbor, is an old lady living alone. She worked as an a____46____ when she was young. She had acted in many films and her films were loved in our country. Her family died in a car accident ten years ago. Mrs. Wang hurt her legs because of the accident and had d____47____ walking or moving. Now, she always feels l____48____ when she sits at the yard alone thinking of her family. A___49___ she is sometimes really unhappy, she seldom talks about her pain with others or expresses her thought. She enjoys listening to music very much because music can bring her joy and peace. She often p____50____ playing the guitar in her free time. Sometimes she goes to the orphanage to visit the children without parents. She hopes to help and encourage the poor children. 第二节 完成句子（共6小题；每空0.5分，满分10分） 根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词） 51. 虽然他超过65岁了，但是很健壮并且仍然喜欢工作。 ________ he is over 65, he is very ________ and still enjoys ________. 52. 给他人留下好印象在许多场合上十分重要。 ________ ________ ________ ________ on others is very important on many occasions. 53. 2025年，这里将建成一个新的公园。 In 2025, a new park ________ ________ ________ here. 54. 他们打算举办一个晚会，来给贫穷的孩子筹款。 They’re going to hold a party _______ ________ money for poor children. 55. 她留了一个口信提醒我下周的会议。 She left a message _________ _________ _________ _________ the meeting next week. 56. 鸬鹚是多么可爱的鸟呀! ________ ________ birds the cormorants are! 第三节 书面表达（共1小题；满分15分） 57. 有一批外国交换生将来中国进行参观学习，他们想了解我们的志愿者工作，你作为一名志愿者将带着他们参观学习。请你根据以下提示写一篇文章向他们介绍我们的志愿者工作。 内容提示： 周末常去孤儿院 1. 给他们讲故事，鼓励……；（适当补充） 2. 教他们制作皮影，并表演皮影戏，……；（适当补充） 3. 跟他们一起剪纸，……（适当补充） 你的感受 ……（请补充） （1）参考词汇：orphanage 孤儿院，shadow puppet 皮影；paper cutting剪纸 （2）词数80词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入词数） （3）不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。 Some exchange students from other countries will come to China next week. They would like to learn about our voluntary work. We usually go to the orphanage to ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope you can join us! 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$