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2024-2025学年度第二学期期中质网检测
初四英语试题
本试卷共10页,满分90分,为试时问100分钟。
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第1卷(选择题共42分)
一、完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处
的最佳答案。
Near my home,there is a small lake with a walking path.We would drive
there a few times a week and take a walk around the lake,1 the fresh air
and the calming sounds of nature.Being so 2 to nature always filled me
with a sense of joy and peace.
One autumn day,however,I noticed that the path wasn't looking so good.
3 its usual clean state,it was littered with trash (dropped by other
people.The next time my kids and I went there,I brought a large trash bag
and decided to make a 4.As we walked,we saw pieces of trash every few
yards.We bent (down to 5 them up and put them in the bag.There
were candy wrappers,plastic bags,cans,and6,a single tennis shoe.
We collected every piece we saw.By the time we finished,the bag was nearly
full,and the path looked cleaner.Though it took us more than twice as long
to complete the loop around the lake,we felt deeply 7 and proud.
Before we got back in the car,I put the almost full trash bag into a
nearby bin.I looked back at the lake shining in the golden sunlight and smiled.
We hadn't made the lake more8-that was nature's gift-but we had
at least taken away some of the things that spoil (it.At that moment,I
9 that even small actions matter.It felt as though we had done our part,a
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small way to express 10 appreciation (for the world we live in.
1.A.watching
B.breathing
C.hearing
D.enjoying
2.A.open
B.kind
C.close
D.friendly
3.A.Because of
B:Thanks to
C.As for
D.Instead of
4.A.report
B.difference
f:noise
D.mess
5.A.pick
B.pack
C.mix
D.step
6.A.naturally
B.finally
C.luckily
D.surprisingly
7.A.satisfied
B.encouraged
C.touched
D.relaxed
8.A.valuable
B.popular
C.beautiful
D.convenient
9.A.imagined
B.recognized
C.realized
D..doubted
10.A.her
B.our
C.their
D.your
二、阅读理解(共16小题,每小题2分,满分32分)
阅读短文A、B并做每篇后面的题目,从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、
D)中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
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2025美东地区“汉语桥”中文比赛
2025 "CHINESE BRIDGE"COMPETITION
FOR EASTERN UNITED STATES REGION
Preliminniy Ronnd Deadline:Thursdiy Aprll21
In-person Final Competition:Saturday.May 17
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2025 "Chinese Bridge"Competition for Eastern United States Region
To provide a platform for young Chinese language learners in the United
States to show their Chinese skills and talents,arouse (their interest and
enthusiasm,and promote Chinese language education in the U.S.,the 2025
"Chinese Bridge"Competition in the Eastern United States Region is officially
launched ()This event is organized by the Chinese Consulate General in
New York and hosted by China Institute in America.
Eligibility(参赛对象)
Elementary school students,secondary school students or college students.
They must be U.S.citizens (and have a native language other than
Chinese.
Students who attended the 2024 final "Chinese Bridge"global
competition in China can't take part in it.
Competition Format and Awards(比赛方式,及奖励)
*This year's competition consists of two rounds:the preliminaries()and
finals.It is divided into three groups:elementary school students,secondary
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school students,and college students,each with their own preliminary rounds
and finals.
Applicants to the preliminary round must complete the information form
and submit (their videos online,and the final round will be held
in-person at China Institute in America.
All preliminary and final rounds participants will receive a participation
certificate().The first prize winners from each group will have the chance
to take part in the 2025 "Chinese Bridge"global final competition in China.
*Preliminary Round Deadline(截止日期):5PM,Thursday,April24,2025
In-person Final Competition:Saturday,May 17,2025
Inquiry and Contact Information:Yonggiang Lin
Email:ylin@chinainstitute.org
Phone:212-744-8181ext.141
11.Who is organizing the 2025 "Chinese Bridge"Competition?
\China Institute in America.
B.The Chinese Consulate General in New York.
C.Local American schools.
D.The winners of the 2024 competition.
12.Which students CANNOT take part in this competition?
A.A 5th grade student who is a U.S.citizen.
B.A Chinese-American college student.
C.A high school student from New York who speaks English at home.
D.A student who won last year's world competition.
13.How should students take part in the preliminary round?
A.By going to China Institute in America in person.
R By calling the contact number.
C.By submitting online videos with the information form.
B Through written tests at local schools.
B
The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has studied obesity (
recently in the U.S.The results are worrying.About 75%of Americans are
overweight or obese.Obesity doesn't just harm the body-it also damages the
brain and affects our brain function.
People with a high BMI often perform worse on memory tests.Eating
unhealthy food every day may not hurt your thinking right away.But if you
eat like this for years and become obese,your daily thinking skills will be hurt.
Obesity makes important parts of the brain smaller and raises the risk of
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memory loss.
Scientists have found that fat cells produce harmful proteins(蛋白质)
called“cytokines"(细胞因子.These proteins can cause brain inflammation(炎
)They can make parts of the brain smaller,which are important for
learning and memory.Losing weight can helpimprove brain function,proving
the link between obesity and memory loss.
Our brain rewards us for eating unhealthy foods high in fat,salt,and
sngar.In the past,these foods were difficult to find.So our brain developed
ways to make us eat them whenever we could.Today,these high-calorie foods
(fast food,sweets,sugary drinks)are cheap and everywhere,making obesity
worse.
We can prevent obesity,but it's not easy.A famous trainer on the show
"The Biggest Loser"thought exercise was the key to losing weight at first.But
later,he found that diet matters most.Exercise alone isn't enough to lose
weight.Many overweight people exercise but eat too many calories,which
makes us age ()faster and increases health risks because fat causes
inflammation.
The good news?Obesity is preventable.Eating healthier can protect both
your body and brain.
14.What did the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation find?
A.Most Americans are overweight or obese.
B.Obesity rates are the same in all states.
C.Only adults in the U.S.are obese.
D.Obesity has no effect on the brain.
15.What does the underlined word "They"in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Fat cells.B.High-calorie foods.C.Memory tests.
D.Cytokines.
l6.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A.Obesity is a problem that is easy to solve.
B.Eating healthily may make us age slowly
C.Losing weight can help reduce brain function.
D.People who exercise never have obesity problems.
17.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.The Battle Against Obesity:Tips for Losing Weight
B.The Connection Between Diet and Exercise
C.Obesity:Harmful to Both Body and Brain
D.The History of Obesity Research
阅读短文C,根据短文内容,从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选
初四英语试题第4页(共10页)
项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
C
When they got to the Hootalinqua and good ice,Buck and the other dogs
were very,very tired.But they were late,so Perrault made them run faster.
18 Finally,they reached the Five Fingers.
The other dogs had hard feet from years of pulling sledges(雪桶),but
Buck's feet were still soft from his early life down south.All day he ran
painfully,and when they camped for the first night,he lay down like a dead
dog.He was hungry,but he was too tired to walk to the fish.So Francois
brought it to him.One day Francois made four little shoes for him,and this
made Buck much more comfortable.19He lay on his back with his feet
in the air,until Francois put the shoes on.Later his feet grew harder and the
shoes were not needed.
One morning,at the Pelly River,a dog called Dolly went suddenly mad
She howled (long and loud like a wolf and then jumped at Buck.20
She couldn't catch him,but he couldn't escape from her.They ran half a
kilometre and then Buck heard Francois call to him.He turned,running
towards Francois and he saved him.
Buck fell down by the sledge,too tired to move.Immediately,Spitz
attacked him and bit his helpless enemy twice,as hard as he could.But
Francois saw this,and gave Spitz a terrible beating for it.
“He's a wild dog,.that Spitz,”said Perrault..“One day he'lI kill Buck.”
"Buck is wilder,"replied Francois,"I've been watching him.One day
he'll get very angry and he'll fight Spitz;and he'll win"
Francois was right.Buck wanted to be lead-dog.21 Buck started to
help the other dogs when Spitz punished them for being lazy.
A.Buck ran,with Dolly one step behind him.
B.In three days they went a hundred and eighty kilometers.
C.Spitz was standing on three legs.
D.Spitz knew this and hated him.
E.Francois forgot the shoes one morning,and Buck refused to move.
阅读D部分的材料,将关于企鹅的五个特征描述(22-26题)与对应的具体说
明(A-E选项)进行匹配。
D
22.What are they?
23.Where do they usually live?
初四英语试题第5页(共10页)
24.What does it usually eat?
25.How do penguins raise their young?
26.Why are they in danger?
\Penguins are meat eaters,and thelr diet includes fish,squid,crab,and
other ocean animals.Most penguins find their food near the ocean's surface,
but larger species may dive deep in the ocean to find food.Like other birds,
penguins have no teeth.However,some seabirds (including penguins)have a
fringe of spines inside their mouths to help them hold onto slippery food.
While they are slurping down their dinners,they have to be careful not to end
up as dinner themselves.They are the favorite food of marine mammals such
as leopard seals and killer whales.
B.Penguins live between the equator and the south pole.Some live on the ice
around Antarctica-the coldest place on Earth and some live on islands near
Antarctica.But not all penguins live in cold places.Some exist along the
temperate coasts of Australia and New Zealand,where forests meet the ocean.
The Galapagos penguin lives off the west coast of South America near Ecuador,
which lies on the equator!Adaptable to varied landscapes,penguins live on
islands,on coasts and even on icebergs in the sea.They just need to be near
water because they spend most of their lives in the water.
C.Most penguins lay two eggs at a time,though typically only one chick
survives.After hatching,both parents take turns to keep the chick warm and
feed it.After a couple of weeks,chicks wait together while the parents go back
to the sea to find food.When returning with food,they have to find their
chicks in a huge crowd of baby birds.How do they do it?The baby birds sing
special songs to help their parents find them.Finally,after months of care,the
whole family returns to the sea.
D.Global warming is creating new threats for penguins.As Antarctic air and
water temperatures rise,the ice mass shrinks.In spring,the ice melts and krill
eat the algae.Less ice means less algae and less food for krill.With less krill to
eat,fewer Antarctic penguins survive.Research indicates that the numbers of
many penguin species drop by nearly half in the past fifty years.The effects of
global warming are most easily seen in polar regions.Penguins,like all bird
and all wildlife--need our help to survive.
E.What Birds spend most of their lives in the ocean but are not fish?What
birds live in the coldest part of the world-all year long?The answer?
Penguins!They are perfect for their lives at sea.They have a sleek shape for
speed.A layer of waterproof feathers keeps them warm.Their black backs
make them hard to see from above and their white bellies make them hard to
初四英语试题第6页(共10页)
see from below.They can swim fast.Their strong,solid flippers help them
escape predators and get where they want to go.
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题,共48分)
三、选词填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,选择适当的单词填空,使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次,
有两项剩余。
请务必将27-36小题的答案写在答题卡的相应位置!
decply
discover
another
wishes
our
which
touching
become
with
first
when
nation's
Have you ever heard of Chinese-style romance(浪漫)?It has_27_a
hot word these days.It's not about flowers and poetry,but about turning
ancient dreams into modern technological wonders.Let's take a look at it.
China's 28 man-made satellite (moving around the moon is
named "Chang'e".It carries Chinese people's 29 for the moon for
thousands of years.The successful launch of the satellite has turned a
30 thousand-year dream into reality.Our deep-sea ship is named
"Jiaolong".It means that the Chinese dragon will go into the deep sea to do
research on the underwater world.These names connect the ancient fairy tales
31 modern science and technology.They show a kind of romance of "space
and ocean"that we achieve together with32 ancestors.Such romantic
and names an only come from China-a country with 5000-year
history and culture.
From manned spaceflight(载人航天)to deep sea research,the special
Chinese Romance is passed down by Chinese people from one generation(
人)to
.he romance of flying to the moon and going into the ocean lies
35 iritu the hearts of the Chinese people.It also shows the strong sense of
national pride and love for the country and its people.As China continues to
advance in science and technology,it will further embrace (this special
romance in the future.We believe that China's romance,36 Is connected
to China's 5,000-year culture rich culture,will keep inspiring future
generations to create new wonders.
四、语法填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的
正确形式。
初四英语试题第7页(共10页)
请务必将37-46小题的答案写在答题卡的相应位置!
How do you read?Different people have different reading habits.Some
focus only on dialogue,some skip (large parts,while others read every
word carefully.
The digital age has a big influence on our reading.Surveys show thot
Americans read fewer books now and they just spend just 26 minutes
(read)books every day (vs.3 hours online).Even though social media like
BookTok has increased book sales,Americans spend more time on the Internet
or TV38reading.
Studies show that we often skim instead of read closely,Skimming,a
common reading strategy,helps you grasp the main idea by skipping certain
words and sections.Experts think that it's okay as long as it doesn't prevent
39 (understand)and it's great if you read for fun or need to finish quickly.
Close reading,on the other hand,make us understand complex texts
40(well).It means linking new knowledge with what you already know,
asking questions,and understan ling the text completely.Some studies show
close reading.41(create)more brain activity.But some experts think
strong readers often use both skimming close reading.They might
skim less important parts but focus on key sections.
Reading on screens may lead to more skimming Some experts think that
kids now have trouble reading long stories carefully
they are used to
just looking at the main points quickly.This might make it harder for them
44(focus)and understand things deeply.But not all experts agree on this
point.
Professor Willingham thinks our changing reading habits are because of
the Internet.The Internet makes us less willing to focus on reading.But he
believes that we can learn close reading 45(skill)through practice.
In conclusion,everyone's reading journey is unique.Skimming and close
reading are both 46 jumportance),especially in the digital age.
五、阅读表达(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容回答问题。
ENGLISH TE
A
Tea is an essential part of both British and Chinese cultures,but the way
they enjoy their tea differs greatly.English tea is traditionally served with
milk,while Chinese tea is generally enjoyed without it.But how did these two
tea-drinking cultures come to be so different?
English tea has a long and rich history that dates back to the 17th century.
It is widely believed that tea was introduced to Britain from China,where it
had been enjoyed for centuries.At first,tea was drunk in the Chinese way.
However,tea was very expensive,and many people were unable to afford it.
Adding milk to tea made it more satisfying and allowed people to drink more
of it.Milk also softened the bitterness of stronger black teas.Finally,this
practice became part of British culture,leading to the "cuppa"that many
Britons cherish today.
Chinese tea is typically served without nny additions,cnjoying the natural
tastes of the tea leaves.There are different kinds of Chinese tea,each with its
own brewing (method,such as green tea,oolong,pu-erh and jasmine tea
The Chinese also value the brewing process (and the proper etiquette(
)Tea-drinking is seen as a form of art,where people appreciate the tea in its
purest form with no additions.
Tea in both England and China holds great cultural importance.In the
UK,tea has been a symbol of comfort,conversation and community.The
famous "afternoon tea"focuses on socializing in British culture,and it's a
social event to connect with others.In China,tea has a similarly deep-rooted
history.Tea drinking is seen as a form of art,where people appreciate the tea
in its purest form.Chinese tea ceremonies are complex and have been passed
down for generations,showing respect for tradition and the natural world.
The Chinese view tea as a spiritual experience,one that brings calmness and
balance to the mind.
Whether served with milk or consumed in its purest form,tea in both
cultures continues to be a symbol of connection and a moment of peace in a
chaotic world.
请务必将47-51小题的答案写在答题卡的相应位置!
47.When was tea introduced to Britain?
48.List at least two reasons why the British add milk to their tea.
49.What kinds of Chinese tea are mentioned in the passage?
50.What do you know about the cultural importance of tea in China?
51.Do you prefer British tea with milk or Chinese tea without any additions?
Why?
六.书面表达(满分18分)》
请务必将短文写在答题卡的相应位置」
初中四年转瞬即逝,那些让你成长的珍贵时刻是否仍历历在目?你校英
语报正开展以“My Growth”为题的征文活动,请你写一篇100词左右的短文,
讲述最触动你的成长经历:或许是一次突破,一份友谊,一个启发,或是一
份责任。
内容提示:
1.What does growth mean to you?
2.What was your experience about growth?
3.How did this growth influence you?
注意:
1.书写规范,表达连贯,可根据内容适当发挥;
2文中不得出现真实的区县、学校及姓名。
2024-2025学年度第二学期期中质量检测
一、 完形填空(共 10题,每小题 1分,满分 10分)
1-5 DCDBA 6-10 DACCB
二、 阅读理解(共 16题,每小题 2分,满分 32分)
11-13 BDC 14-17 ADBC 18-21 BEAD 22-26 EBACD
三、 选词填空(共 10题,每小题 1分,满分 10分)
27、become 28、first 29、wishes 30、nation’s 31、with
32、our 33、touching 34、another 35、deeply 36、which
四、语法填空(共 10题,每小题 1分,满分 10分)
37、reading 38、than 39、understanding 40、better 41、creates
42、and 43、because 44、 to focus 45、skills 46、important
五、阅读表达(共 5题,每小题 2分,满分 10分)
47、17th century
48、① Adding milk to tea makes it more satisfying. ② It allows people to drink more of tea.
③ Milk can also soften the bitterness of stronger black teas.
49、Green tea、oolong, pu-erh and jasmine tea.
50、Chinese tea ceremonies are complex and have been passed down for generations, showing
respect for tradition and the natural world.
51、言之有理即可
六、书面表达(满分 18分)
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