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2023一2024年度第二学期初三英语模拟试卷 一、单项选择（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分） 1. —Millie, ________ are you preparing for? —My mom’s birthday is coming. I plan to hold a party for her. A. what B. who C. why D. how 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——米莉，你在准备什么？——我妈妈的生日就要到了。我打算给她开个派对。 考查疑问词辨析。what什么，用于问物；who谁，用于问人；why为什么，用于问原因；how怎么样，用于问方式。根据答语可知，米莉在准备生日派对，所以问的是准备什么。故选A。 2. The company expected that ChatGPT ________ the way people work and live. A. has changed B. was changing C. would change D. will change 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：这家公司希望ChatGPT可以改变人们工作和生活的方式。 考查宾语从句的时态。根据主句“The company expected that”可知，从句应用过去的某种时态，“这家公司希望……”说明事情尚未发生，从句应用过去将来时。故选C。 3. People with basic living skills can go more smoothly ________ life. A. beyond B. over C. against D. through 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：有基本生活技能的人可以更顺利地度过一生。 考查介词辨析。beyond超过；over在……上方；against反对；through穿过。根据“go more smoothly ... life”可知，此处为go through“度过，经历”，固定短语。故选D。 4. Lu Hong, who has an intellectual disability, said he ________ more jobs to help disabled people in the future. A. will provide B. has provided C. would provide D. provided 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：有智力残疾的卢宏说，为了帮助残疾人他将在未来提供更多的工作。 考查过去将来时。句子含宾语从句，根据其主句谓语动词said可知，从句应用过去的相应时态，由“in the future”可知此处时态应用过去将来时，其谓语结构为“would+do”，故选C。 5. A total of 33,000 Marathon athletes were invited to race ________ the clock in Wuxi on March 19, 2023, including twenty-seven foreign runners. A. beyond B. across C. against D. over 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：2023年3月19日，共有3.3万名马拉松运动员受邀在无锡与时间赛跑，其中包括27名外国选手。 考查介词辨析。beyond超过；across从一边到另一边；against与……竞争；over在……上面。根据“race...the clock ”可知，此处指与时间赛跑，race against“与……赛跑”。故选C。 6. With the appearance of Chat GPT, many people ________ lose their jobs. A. should B. must C. can D. may 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：随着GPT（人工智能聊天机器人程序）的出现，许多人可能会失去工作。 考查情态动词。should应该；must必须；can可以；may也许。根据“With the appearance of Chat GPT, many people...lose their jobs.”可知，此处表示一种可能，may符合语境，表示“可能会失去工作”。故选D。 7. —The past can hurt us, right? —Yes, indeed. But I think we can ________ run from it ________ learn from it. A. both; and B. either; or C. neither; nor D. not only; but also 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——过去会伤害我们，对吧？——是的，确实是。但我认为我们可以要么逃避，要么从中学习。 考查连词辨析。both ... and ... ……和……两者都；either ... or ... 要么……要么……；neither ... nor ... 既不……也不……；not only ... but also ... 不仅……而且……。根据“run from it ... learn from it”可知要么逃避要么从中学习，表选择，用either ... or ...。故选B。 8. —I didn’t know you could play the guitar so well. —Thanks. I ________ it for several years when I was a child. A. was learning B. have learned C. would learn D. learned 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我不知道你弹钢琴可以弹得这么好。——谢谢。我在我是个孩子的时候学了几年。 考查一般过去时。根据“ I... it for several years when I was a child.”可知，学钢琴这个动作发生在过去，学了几年，但已经在过去结束，用一般过去时。故选D。 9. —Great! My favourite athlete Xu Mengtao was chosen as one of the top ten people Touching China in 2022. — Her experience of winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after 16 years of hard work tells us that _________ is impossible and just do it. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——太棒了！我最喜欢的运动员徐梦桃被选为2022年感动中国的十大人物之一。——她经过十六年的努力，在2022年北京冬奥会上夺得金牌的经历告诉我们，没有什么是不可能的，只要去做就行。 考查复合不定代词。everything每件事；nothing没有什么；something某事；anything任何事物。根据句意可知，谈话双方是在谈论徐梦桃经过多年努力获得冬奥会金牌和被选为感动中国的十大人物之一的事情，所以从她的经历可知，没有什么是不可能的。故选B。 10. The course of life never runs smoothly ________ it is full of ups and downs. A. though B. since C. while D. unless 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：人生之路从不一帆风顺，因为它充满了起伏。 考查连词。though虽然；since因为；while然而；unless除非。根据“The course of life never runs smoothly...it is full of ups and downs.”可知，此空应是since，引导原因状语从句，表示因为人生充满了起伏，所以人生之路从来都不是一帆风顺的。故选B。 11. Reading English aloud in the morning will not _________ too much time, but it is of great help to an English beginner. A. make up B. take up C. put up D. set up 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：早晨大声朗读英语不会占用太多时间，但它对英语初学者有极大的帮助。 考查动词短语。make up编造；take up占用；put up张贴；set up建立。根据“too much time”可知此处应用动词短语take up表示“占用”时间。故选B。 12. —He insisted that he had nothing to do with the murder, but________. —Well, I think we should find more clues. A. every dog has its day B. out of sight, out of mind C. many hands make light work D. there is no smoke without fire 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——他坚称自己和谋杀案没有一点关系，但是无风不起浪。——是的，我认为我们应该找更多的线索。 考查习语俗语。every dog has its day意为“凡人都有得意日”；out of sight, out of mind意为“看不到，就想不到”；many hands make light work意为“众人拾柴火焰高”；there is no smoke without fire意为“无风不起浪”。后文提到“I think we should find more clues”应该找更多的线索，所以前文应该是指“无风不起浪”。故选D。 13. — China defeated (击败) South Korea to win the championship of AFC Women’s Cup. I wonder________. —They didn’t give up after falling behind and fought to the last minute of the match. A. how they won the game B. what score they got at last C. why could they achieve success D. how long the match lasted 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——中国击败韩国，赢得女足亚洲杯冠军。我想知道她们怎样赢得比赛的。——她们落后的时候没有放弃，奋斗到比赛的最后一分钟。 考查宾语从句。动词“wonder”后是宾语从句，是陈述句的语序，即“疑问词+主语+谓语动词”。C选项语序错误。根据“They didn’t give up after falling behind and fought to the last minute of the match”可知讲述的是怎样赢得比赛的，用疑问词“how”引导宾语从句。A选项“how they won the game”语序正确，语义符合。故选A。 14. —I have tried my best to learn DIY, but my work still looks terrible. I have no gift for it. —Oh, my sweetheart, _________. You can do better next time. A. you don’t say so B. certainly C. it takes time D. all right 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我尽了最大努力学习DIY，但我的工作看起来仍然很糟糕。我没有这个天赋。——哦，亲爱的，这需要时间。下次你可以做得更好。 考查情景交际。you don’t say so不会吧；certainly当然；it takes time这需要时间；all right好吧。根据“You can do better next time.”可知，妈妈劝慰孩子学习是需要时间的，下次你可以做得更好。故选C。 二、完形填空 （本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Did you watch the popular TV series Meet yourself during your winter vacation? In the TV series, Xu Hongdou travels to a village in Yunnan province and volunteers at a local café. She gets ____15____ meals in return. Because of this hot hit, ____16____ travel—similar to Xu’s type of work—has caught more attention. In general, the ____17____ of taking such a trip is to take part in a service chance to help others, according to Wise Tour. During the trip, volunteer travelers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. In ____18____ for their help, the volunteers may get free accommodation (住宿), meals and laundry (洗衣), activities, or classes. It seems that only modern transport could make these long journeys ____19____ in recent years. However, volunteer travel started from the 1960s, when Alec Dickson and his wife Mora from the UK ____20____ Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization. According to Sanlian Lifeweek magazine, volunteer projects in the ____21____ are now attracting more visitors from the city to relax from the fast and stressful life. Yang Yan, a pioneer of a volunteer platform (平台), told the magazine that there has been a rapid ____22____ in the number of tourists from the city to volunteer in village areas. People try volunteer travel for several reasons. By working voluntarily while traveling travelers may make a ____23____ to the world. The volunteers provide services through charities with lower costs for the communities they serve. Another ____24____ of volunteer travel is that it helps tourists from the city to get a taste of country life. In this way, travelers can relax from their busy lives, while country communities also develop by receiving more customers for local tourism industries. 15. A. free B. delicious C. big D. light 16. A. business B. volunteer C. group D. national 17. A. cause B. result C. purpose D. way 18. A. time B. exchange C. preparation D. answer 19. A. impossible B. hard C. easy D. possible 20. A. set up B. open up C. put up D. pick up 21 A. mountain B. desert C. countryside D. city 22. A. change B. development C. influence D. increase 23. A. decision B. difference C. promise D. plan 24. A. advantage B. disadvantage C. reason D. truth 【答案】15. A 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲解志愿者旅行的方式。 【15题详解】 句意：作为回报，她可以得到免费的饭菜。 free免费；delicious美味的；big大的；light轻的。根据“in return”可知指的是免费的饭菜作为回报。故选A。 【16题详解】 句意：由于这一热门话题，类似于许红豆的工作类型的志愿者旅行受到了更多关注。 business商业；volunteer志愿者；group团体；national国家。根据“Xu Hongdou travels to a village in Yunnan province and volunteers at a local café.”及“similar to Xu’s type of work”可知此处指的是志愿者。故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：据Wise Tour介绍，一般来说，参加这样一次旅行的目的是参加一次帮助他人的服务机会。 cause原因；result结果；purpose目的；way方式。根据“to take part in a service chance to help others”可知此处是不定式表目的，故选C。 【18题详解】 句意：作为对他们帮助的交换，志愿者可以获得免费住宿、膳食和洗衣、活动或课程。 time时间；exchange交换；preparation准备；answer回答。根据“the volunteers may get free accommodation (住宿), meals and laundry (洗衣), activities, or classes”可知这是志愿者帮忙后可获得的东西，空处应填“交换”合理。故选B。 【19题详解】 句意：近年来，似乎只有现代交通才能使这些长途旅行成为可能。 impossible不可能的；hard困难的；easy简单的；possible可能的。根据“It seems that only modern transport could make these long journeys”及语境可知，只有现代交通才能使这些长途旅行成为可能，故选D。 【20题详解】 句意：然而，志愿者旅行始于20世纪60年代，当时来自英国的亚历克·迪克森和他的妻子莫拉成立了海外志愿服务组织（VSO），这是一个国际志愿者组织。 set up建立；open up开放；put up张贴；pick up拾取。根据“Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization.”可知这是一个组织，应是成立了组织，故选A。 【21题详解】 句意：据《三联生活周刊》杂志报道，农村的志愿者项目现在吸引了更多来自城市的游客，让他们从快速而紧张的生活中放松下来。 mountain山；desert沙漠；countryside乡村；city城市。根据后文“in village areas”可知此处指的是乡村，故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：志愿者平台的先驱杨艳告诉该杂志，从城市到农村地区做志愿者的游客数量迅速增加。 change改变；development发展；influence影响；increase增加。根据“a rapid…in the number of tourists”可知此处指的是游客数量迅速增加，故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：通过在旅行中自愿工作，旅行者可以改变世界。 decision决定；difference差别；promise承诺；plan计划。根据“The volunteers provide services through charities with lower costs for the communities they serve.”可知此处指的是对世界有影响，make a difference“对某人(或某个环境)产生重大影响”为固定短语。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：志愿者旅行的另一个好处是，它可以帮助来自城市的游客体验乡村生活。 advantage好处；disadvantage劣势；reason原因；truth真相。根据“it helps tourists from the city to get a taste of country life”可知此处讲的是好处，故选A。 三、阅读理解 （本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A 25. The pictures above are ________. A. a poster B. a comic strip C. a diary D. a school story 26 The pictures are mostly probably created for ________ . A. parents B. teachers C. children D. friends 27. From the pictures, we can learn that we should ________. A. be brave to say no B. do what our friends do C. ask questions after class D. keep secrets to parents 【答案】25. B 26. C 27. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一则漫画，描绘了“勇敢说不”、“不盲目跟从朋友”、“课堂勇敢提问”及“向父母敞开心扉”四个场景。 【25题详解】 推理判断题。根据题干可知，本文是一则连环漫画。故选B。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据漫画可知，主要描绘了“勇敢说不”、“不盲目跟从朋友”、“课堂勇敢提问”及“向父母敞开心扉”四个场景，所以是为孩子创作的。故选C。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据左上方漫画“Hey, come with us!”及“No, it’s not a green light yet.”可知，我们要勇敢地说“不”。故选A。 B Resting my head on Helen’s shoulder, I put my arms round her waist(腰). She drew me to her, and we rested in silence. We had not sat long before another person came in. Some heavy clouds, swept from the sky by a rising wind , had left the moon bright; and her light, coming in through a window near, shone full both on us and on the coming person, Miss Temple. “I came on purpose to find you. Jane Eyre,” said she. “I want you in my room, and as Helen Burns is with you, she may come too.” We followed Miss Temple to her apartment. It had a good fire, and looked cheerful. Miss Temple told Helen Bums to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the fire place, and herself taking another, she called me to her side. “Is it all over?” she asked, looking down at my face. “Have you cried your sadness away?” “I am afraid I never shall do that.” “Why?” “Because I have been wrongly accused(指责), and you and everybody else, will now think me a bad girl.” “We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will satisfy us.” “Shall I, Miss Temple?” “You will.” said Miss Temple, “You have been accused of lying when you were little. Tell us the truth, but add nothing and exaggerate(夸大)nothing.” I made up my mind that I would be most modest and most correct. Having thought for a few minutes about where to start, I told her all the story of my sad childhood. 28. What can we infer from the underlined part? ________ A. Jane could get into big trouble again. B. Jane’s luck might change for the better. C. Jane would rather have some time on her own. D. Jane was going to be punished by Miss Temple. 29. Which of the following is TRUE about Jane according to the passage? ________ A. She chose to trust Miss Temple. B. She didn’t mind being accused. C. She made up her childhood story. D. She once behaved as a bad girl. 30. Which of the following words can best describe Miss Temple? ________ A. Ungenerous. B. Impatient. C. Thoughtful. D. Forgetful. 【答案】28. B 29. A 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文出自文学名著《简爱》，主要讲了坦普尔小姐和简的故事。 【28题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第三段“Some heavy clouds, swept from the sky by a rising wind , had left the moon bright; and her light, coming in through a window near, shone full both on us and on the coming person, Miss Temple.”可知，本段用明亮的天气暗示了简的日子也会明亮起来，因此猜测出这句话暗示了简的运气可能会变好。故选B。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后—段“Having thought for a few minutes about where to start, I told her all the story of my sad childhood.”可知，简选择信任坦普尔小姐，A是正确的。故选A。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据文中“We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will satisfy us.”可知，据此推断Temple女士是体贴的。故选C。 C The country is India. A large dinner party is being given by an official and his wife. The guests are local famous people and an American scientist. At one side of the long table a young girl and a colonel (上校) have a heated discussion. The girl insists women have made great progress and they are not as timid as before. The colonel says women always scream loudly and can’t control their deeds when there’s something dangerous. The other men at the table agree with him. The American scientist doesn’t join in the argument but sits and watches the faces of the other guests. Suddenly he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, the muscles of her face contracting (收缩) slightly. With a small gesture she calls the native boy standing behind and whispers to him. The boy’s eyes widen. He turns quickly and leaves the room. No one else except the American sees this. The American doesn’t realize there is a snake in the room until the boy puts a bowl of milk outside the glass door. Where is the snake? He looks around and finds out there is only one place—under the table. He wants to jump back and warns the others, but he knows such actions will frighten the snake and it will strike. He speaks quickly, “I want to know what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred and not one of you is to move.” The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. In the process of counting he sees the snake make for the bowl of milk. It is a cobra (眼镜蛇). Four or five screams ring out as he jumps to shut the door. “You certainly were right, Colonel!” the host says aloud. ‘‘A man has just shown us an example of real control.” “Just a minute,” the American says, turning to the hostess, “there’s one thing I’d like to know. Mrs. Wynnes, how did you know that cobra was in the room?” A faint smile lights up the woman’s face as she replies, “Because it was lying across my foot.” 31. Why does a strange expression come over Mrs. Wynnes’ face? A. Because she isn’t interested in the discussion. B. Because she is surprised by something terrible. C. Because she is tired of such a noisy dinner party. D. Because she doesn’t agree with what the colonel says. 32. What can we infer from the passage about the American scientist? A. He is curious and easily frightened. B. He is a wise person with a sharp mind. C. He is shy and doesn’t care about others. D. He is a rude person with poor knowledge. 33. Which is the best title for the story? A. A Brave Man. B. An Unexpected Cobra. C. A Dinner Party. D. An Endless Discussion. 【答案】31. B 32. B 33. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要描述了一场关于男人是否比女人勇敢的激烈的讨论，而这个时候房间里的一名女士以聪明的，沉着冷静的方式处理了趴在脚上的眼镜蛇，这个情况让在场的人知道了：女人并非不勇敢，女人也能很好的处理事情。这个讨论最终以一个意外的方式结束。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Suddenly he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, the muscles of her face contracting (收缩) slightly.”及“Because it was lying across my foot.”可推知，韦恩太太脸上会出现一个奇怪的表情是因为她看到了可怕的东西。故选B。 【32题详解】 推理判断题。根据“He speaks quickly, ‘I want to know what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred and not one of you is to move.’”及“In the process of counting he sees the snake make for the bowl of milk.”可推知，他是一个头脑敏锐的智者。故选B。 【33题详解】 最佳标题。根据“The country is India. A large dinner party is being given by an official and his wife.”可知，本文介绍了在晚宴上一名女士以聪明的，沉着冷静的方式处理了趴在脚上的眼镜蛇，这个情况让在场的人知道了：女人并非不勇敢，女人也能很好的处理事情。故选C。 D Do you know full confidence in your memory? Look at the two pictures and choose the one which you think is correct. Then check with the answer. Answer: The one on the right is correct. Pikachu never had a black tail in any of its various versions. Its yellow tail does have brown fur at its base, but there is no sign of black fur on its tail. There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence. “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...” (“故天将降大任于是/斯人也……”). Most people voted si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press (PEP), a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct. 26 that all its textbooks say shi. Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect”—the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event happened when it didn’t. Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandela died in the 1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, eventually passing away in 2013. US researcher Fiona Broome created a website to detail her discovery of this public phenomenon, coining the term (术语) which has been in use till now. Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind. For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened. The Internet may be another reason why we tend to have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science Journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds. 34. Why does the writer mention the discussion about the sentence in Paragraph 3? A. To solve a mystery of Mandela Effect. B. To raise readers’ interest in confabulation. C. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect. D. To discuss which word is the right one, si or shi. 35. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “coining” in Paragraph 6? A. Inventing. B. Borrowing. C. Describing. D. Correcting. 36. How does the writer further explain the Mandela Effect? A. By showing pictures. B. By giving examples. C. By listing numbers. D. By drawing conclusions. 37. What can we infer from the passage? A. Most people know the former South African president Mandela well. B. The word si or shi both existed in Chinese textbooks published by the PEP. C. If you can tell the right Pikachu, you will never suffer from the Mandela Effect. D. If you remember details that never happened, you may experience the Mandela Effect. 【答案】34. C 35. A 36. B 37. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要阐述了“曼德拉效应”的起因和该效应的影响。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据“There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence. ‘Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...’ (‘故天将降大任于是/斯人也……’).”以及“Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect”—the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event happened when it didn’t.”可知作者讲述这句话的目的是为了引出曼德拉效应的话题，故选C。 【35题详解】 词义猜测题。根据“US researcher Fiona Broome created a website to detail her discovery of this public phenomenon, coining the term which has been in use till now.”可知美国研究人员菲奥娜·布鲁姆创建了一个网站，详细介绍了她对这一公众现象的发现，并创造了这个词，直到现在还在使用。所以coining和inventing意思相近，故选A。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据“For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation. However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.”以及“In 2018, Science journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. ”可推知作者通过举例进一步解释曼德拉效应。故选B。 【37题详解】 推理判断题。根据“For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation. However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.”（例如，你的大脑可能会填补你记忆中的空白，以使它更有意义，这被称为虚构。然而，试着不要感觉糟糕——这不是撒谎，而是记住从未发生过的细节。）可推知如果你记得从未发生过的细节，你可能会体验到曼德拉效应。故选D。 四、词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 38. Yesterday morning, he had to cycle ________ (对抗) the wind all the way to school. 【答案】against 【解析】 【详解】句意：昨天早上，他不得不一路逆风骑车去上学。“对抗”为against，是介词，故填against。 39. The _______ (建议) on how to name babies on the Internet are liked by young couples. 【答案】suggestions 【解析】 【详解】句意：互联网上关于如何给婴儿取名字的建议受到年轻夫妇的喜爱。根据“are”可知此处主语用名词复数suggestions“建议”。故填suggestions。 40. Through hard work and practice, the ________ (不出名的) basketball player has grown up to a world—famous superstar. 【答案】unknown 【解析】 【详解】句意：通过努力和练习，这位不知名的篮球运动员已成长为世界著名的超级明星。根据“basketball player”可知，需要一个形容词作定语，结合中文提示，unknown符合句意。故填unknown。 41. Smile is a basic sense but some people have lost the ability to use it ________ (恰当地). 【答案】properly 【解析】 【详解】句意：微笑是一种基本的感觉，但是有些人已经失去了正确使用它的能力。properly“恰当地，正确地”，为副词，在此处修饰动词use。故填properly。 42. Though Uncle is already in his ________ (fifty), he keeps a childlike sense of wonder. 【答案】fifties 【解析】 【详解】句意：尽管叔叔已年五十多岁了，但仍然童心未泯。in+one’s后加表示整十的数词的复数形式，表示“某人的年龄处于某段时间”，in one’s fifties表示“五十多岁”。故填fifties。 43. New York is often ________ (mistake) for the capital city of America. 【答案】mistaken 【解析】 【详解】句意：纽约常被误认为是美国的首都。be mistaken for“被误认为是”。故填mistaken。 44. My mother was angry with me for being home late, but she went even ________ (mad) when she was told that I failed the exam. 【答案】madder 【解析】 【详解】句意：我妈妈对我回家晚很生气，但当她被告知我考试不及格时，她更生气了。根据“when she was told that I failed the exam.”可知当她被告知我考试不及格时，她比刚才更生气，even后加比较级madder“更生气”。故填madder。 45. It is said that many bookshops in Shanghai provide readers with 24-hour ________ (serve). 【答案】service 【解析】 【详解】句意：据说上海很多书店都为读者提供24小时服务。serve“服务”是动词，根据“with 24-hour”可知，空处应填入名词，serve的名词形式是service“服务”，为不可数名词。故填service。 五、动词填空（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 46. I know neither the twin sisters nor Jim ________ (play) such exciting games before. 【答案】has played 【解析】 【详解】句意：我知道这对双胞胎姐妹和吉姆以前都没有玩过这么刺激的游戏。根据“before”可知此处应用现在完成时，其结构为have/has+done，play的过去分词为played，neither…nor…遵循就近原则，Jim是第三人称单数，应用助动词has。故填has played。 47. This is not the way to the zoo. Maybe we ________ (go) the wrong way at the last turning. 【答案】went 【解析】 【详解】句意：这不是去动物园的路。也许我们在最后一个转弯处走错了路。go“走”，动词。根据“at the last turning”可知走错了路是已经发生的，应用一般过去时，故填went。 48. This morning the Kings ________ (clean) the house, but I’m not sure if they have completed it. 【答案】were cleaning 【解析】 【详解】句意：今天早上金一家正在打扫房子，但我不确定他们是否已经完成了。clean“打扫”，动词。根据“This morning”以及“I’m not sure if they have completed it.”可知金一家早上一直在打扫卫生，表示过去某一时间段一直进行的动作，应用过去进行时，主语是复数，be动词用were，故填were cleaning。 49. This kind of pen ________ (write) so well that everyone in my class has each got one. 【答案】writes 【解析】 【详解】句意：这种钢笔很好用，我们班里每个人都有一支。说明主语的性能时，应用主动语态表达被动意义，This kind of pen作主语，谓语动词用单数。故填writes。 50. Follow these small steps, and you ________ (make) a big difference to the Earth. 【答案】will make 【解析】 【详解】句意：按照这些小步骤，你会对地球产生重大影响。根据“Follow these small steps, and you ... a big difference to the Earth.”可知，本句为“祈使句，and+简单句”的结构，and后的句子应用一般将来时will do。故填will make。 51. Sorry, potato chips in our shop have been sold out. Do you mind ________ (cancel) your order? 【答案】canceling##cancelling 【解析】 【详解】句意：对不起，我们店里的薯片已经卖光了。你介意取消你的订单吗？mind doing sth“介意做某事”，可知填动名词。故填cance(l)ling。 52. —Will you go to Johnson’s birthday party? —Unless I ________ (invite). 【答案】am invited 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你会去约翰逊的生日聚会吗？——除非我被邀请。主语I与动词invite是动宾关系，结合unless引导条件状语从句“主将从现”的原则，可知此处填一般现在时的被动语态。故填am invited。 53. —What do you mean by saying so? —________ (make) the boss believe what we said. 【答案】To make 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你这么说是什么意思？——让老板相信我们说的话。根据“... the boss believe what we said.”可知让老板相信我们说的话是这么说的目的，用动词不定式表目的。句子开头首字母大写。故填To make。 六、阅读填空 （本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。 House noises that scare you at night can actually be explained by science It’s midnight and the room is dark and quiet. You are struggling to fall asleep when you hear some strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building—creaking, tapping or even marbles (弹珠) dropping and bouncing on the floor! Are there ghosts making noise? Luckily, science can explain. Andy Piacsek, a scientist with the US Acoustical Society, told US-based company Vox Media that the sounds could change as they spread through buildings, meaning the early sound could be very different from the final noise of “marbles” or “pins” reported by many people. “Plumbing (管路系统) is a good cause,” Piacsek suggested. When water floods through a pipe, it compresses (压缩) the air in the pipe and creates the first sound of a dropped marble. As the water flows away, the sound it makes grows more loudly, which may be similar to the sound of a dropped marble bouncing on the floor, then rolling across it. Another possible cause is a common phenomenon in physics—objects expand when heated and contract when cooled. According to China Science Communication, during the day when the temperature rises, buildings take in heat. At night, the air inside a building’s pipes becomes cold. The warm and cold air within buildings leads to the contraction of the walls, making strange sounds. However, knowing such sounds can be explained by science does not usually stop us from being scared. When scared, we may have an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and even a blank mind. Dr Felipe Amunategui at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, US, told ABC News that under such conditions, a frightened person will simply react to a scary situation rather than sit down and examine their reaction. Problem At midnight, you may hear strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building. When scared, you may have a ____54____ heart rate, rapid breathing and even a blank mind. Reasons The sounds could change as they spread through buildings. When water floods through a pipe, it compresses the air ____55____ and creates the sound like marbles dropping. As the water flows away, it makes ____56____ sounds. There is a common phenomenon in Physics—objects expand when heated and contract when cooled. With the ____57____ of the warm and cold air within buildings we may hear such strange sounds. Conclusion ____58____ such sounds can be explained by science, it doesn’t stop us from being scared. Under such conditions, it’s common for a frightened person to react like this. 【答案】54. growing##rising 55. inside 56. louder 57. influence 58. Although##Though 【解析】 【导语】本文是用科学理论来解释晚上大楼里或房间里传来奇怪的声音的原因。 【54题详解】 根据“When scared, we may have an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and even a blank mind.”可知，当我们感到害怕时，我们可能会心率加快，呼吸急促，甚至头脑一片空白，“上升的，增加的”可以用growing或rising，故填growing/rising。 【55题详解】 根据“When water floods through a pipe, it compresses the air in the pipe and creates the first sound of a dropped marble.可知，当水通过管道时，它会压缩管道中的空气，并产生大理石掉落的第一声，所以此处表示“压缩里面的空气”，应用副词inside，故填inside。 【56题详解】 根据“As the water flows away, the sound it makes grows more loudly…”可知，随着水流走，它发出的声音越来越大，所以此处表示发出更大的声音，应用形容词loud的比较级louder修饰名词sounds，故填louder。 【57题详解】 根据“The warm and cold air within buildings leads to the contraction of the walls, making strange sounds.”可知，建筑物内的冷热空气导致墙壁收缩，发出奇怪的声音，所以此处指“随着冷热空气的影响”，“影响”为influence，故填influence。 【58题详解】 根据“However, knowing such sounds can be explained by science does not usually stop us from being scared.”可知，尽管知道这些声音可以用科学来解释，但也不能阻止我们感到害怕，“尽管”为though或although，引导让步状语从句，句首首字母大写，故填Although/Though。 七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1. 5分，共9分） 59. 叔叔已年过半百，仍童心未泯。 Though Uncle is already ________, he keeps a childlike sense of wonder. 【答案】in his fifties 【解析】 【详解】由英汉对照可知，空格处填“年过半百”，in one’s fifties“五十多岁，年过半百”，此句主语“Uncle”可知，形容词性物主代词用his。故填in his fifties。 60. 汤姆相信星座与性格的形成无关。 Tom believes star signs ________ the formation of personalities. 【答案】have nothing to do with 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“与……无关”，其英文表达为“have nothing to do with”，而“star signs...the formation of personalities”为宾语从句，时态应是一般现在时，从句的主语是名词复数star signs，此时动词have用原形。故填have nothing to do with。 61. 我读杨绛的《我们仨》时，忍不住潸然泪下。 I _______________ when reading We Three written by Yang Jiang. 【答案】couldn’t stop crying##couldn’t help crying 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺少“忍不住潸然泪下”，其英文表达为can’t stop/help crying，结合题干，句子阐述过去的事情，时态应为一般过去时，此时can’t应用其过去式couldn’t。故填couldn’t stop/help crying。 62. ChatGTP肯定会对各行业改善服务质量有很大的影响。 ChatGTP is sure to ___________________ to improving the service of many industries. 【答案】make a great difference##make a big difference 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，空处应填“有很大的影响”。make a great/big difference“有很大的影响”，空前有不定式符号，动词用原形，故填make a great/big difference。 63. 《三体》的剧情如此精彩，值得深入研究。 The plot of Three-body is so ________ research. 【答案】wonderful that it is worth further 【解析】 【详解】wonderful“精彩的”，是形容词，作表语，此处用so...that...引导的结果状语从句，从句主语用it代替前面提到的名词，worth“值得的”，“深入”是抽象概念，应用further表示，故填wonderful that it is worth further。 64. “天宫课堂”系列很受欢迎，我想知道学生们注意它多久了。 “Tiangong Class” series is very popular. I wonder ________ of the students. 【答案】how long it has had the attention 【解析】 【详解】根据中文意思和句子结构可知此处应填宾语从句，由特殊疑问句充当，所以先写特殊疑问词how long“多久”，然后为陈述句语序，have the attention of...“引起……的注意”，而由语境可知此处时态为现在完成时，其谓语结构为“has/have+done”，主语it代指“天宫课堂”，为第三人称单数，故填how long it has had the attention。 八、书面表达（本大题共20分） 65. 世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会将生活技能（life skills)作为全球青少年儿童发展的重要主题之一。请根据图中提示写一篇英语短文，描述作为青少年，应该提高哪些及如何提高自己的生活技能。除了提示中的内容，请你至少再补充一条。 注意： 1.文中不得出现你的真实处名和学校名称： 2.表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范： 3.词数不少于100。文章的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。 Life skills are necessary for us. What life skills should we teenagers develop? And how? Here is my opinion.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Life skills are necessary for us. What life skills should we teenagers develop? And how? Here is my opinion. First, we should try our best to keep healthy. It’s a good idea to keep a balanced diet and take daily exercise. And be happy every day. Second, working with others is important. Sometimes, we need to work as a team. When communicating with others, try to understand them. Third, solve problems in different ways. We should be able to find out the solutions alone or with others. Besides, learn to manage time. We can make a list of things that we need to do every morning. Get up early and never be late for school. Finally, learn some basic skills, such as cooking. We can ask our family for help or search the Internet. All in all, if we try our best to improve these life skills, we will lead a happier and healthier life. 【解析】 【详解】1.题干解读：本题为一篇材料作文。题目要求根据提示内容写一篇青少年应该提高哪些生活技能及如何提高这些生活技能的短文，并适当拓展。 2.写作指导：本文时态应为一般现在时，人称以第一人称为主。写作时可采用经典的三段式写法：第一段引出主题；第二段论述青少年应提高哪些生活技能以及如何提高这些生活技能，并拓展至少一条；最后一段总结概括。写作时要保持主谓一致，逻辑合理，无语法和标点错误。 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2023一2024年度第二学期初三英语模拟试卷 一、单项选择（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分） 1. —Millie, ________ are you preparing for? —My mom’s birthday is coming. I plan to hold a party for her. A. what B. who C. why D. how 2. The company expected that ChatGPT ________ the way people work and live. A. has changed B. was changing C. would change D. will change 3. People with basic living skills can go more smoothly ________ life. A. beyond B. over C. against D. through 4. Lu Hong, who has an intellectual disability, said he ________ more jobs to help disabled people in the future. A. will provide B. has provided C. would provide D. provided 5. A total of 33,000 Marathon athletes were invited to race ________ the clock in Wuxi on March 19, 2023, including twenty-seven foreign runners. A. beyond B. across C. against D. over 6. With the appearance of Chat GPT, many people ________ lose their jobs. A. should B. must C. can D. may 7. —The past can hurt us, right? —Yes, indeed. But I think we can ________ run from it ________ learn from it. A. both; and B. either; or C. neither; nor D. not only; but also 8. —I didn’t know you could play the guitar so well. —Thanks. I ________ it for several years when I was a child. A. was learning B. have learned C. would learn D. learned 9. —Great! My favourite athlete Xu Mengtao was chosen as one of the top ten people Touching China in 2022. — Her experience of winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after 16 years of hard work tells us that _________ is impossible and just do it. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything 10. The course of life never runs smoothly ________ it is full of ups and downs. A. though B. since C. while D. unless 11. Reading English aloud in the morning will not _________ too much time, but it is of great help to an English beginner. A. make up B. take up C. put up D. set up 12. —He insisted that he had nothing to do with the murder, but________. —Well, I think we should find more clues. A. every dog has its day B. out of sight, out of mind C. many hands make light work D. there is no smoke without fire 13. — China defeated (击败) South Korea to win the championship of AFC Women’s Cup. I wonder________. —They didn’t give up after falling behind and fought to the last minute of the match. A. how they won the game B. what score they got at last C why could they achieve success D. how long the match lasted 14. —I have tried my best to learn DIY, but my work still looks terrible. I have no gift for it. —Oh, my sweetheart, _________. You can do better next time. A. you don’t say so B. certainly C. it takes time D. all right 二、完形填空 （本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Did you watch the popular TV series Meet yourself during your winter vacation? In the TV series, Xu Hongdou travels to a village in Yunnan province and volunteers at a local café. She gets ____15____ meals in return. Because of this hot hit, ____16____ travel—similar to Xu’s type of work—has caught more attention. In general, the ____17____ of taking such a trip is to take part in a service chance to help others, according to Wise Tour. During the trip, volunteer travelers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. In ____18____ for their help, the volunteers may get free accommodation (住宿), meals and laundry (洗衣), activities, or classes. It seems that only modern transport could make these long journeys ____19____ in recent years. However, volunteer travel started from the 1960s, when Alec Dickson and his wife Mora from the UK ____20____ Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization. According to Sanlian Lifeweek magazine, volunteer projects in the ____21____ are now attracting more visitors from the city to relax from the fast and stressful life. Yang Yan, a pioneer of a volunteer platform (平台), told the magazine that there has been a rapid ____22____ in the number of tourists from the city to volunteer in village areas. People try volunteer travel for several reasons. By working voluntarily while traveling, travelers may make a ____23____ to the world. The volunteers provide services through charities with lower costs for the communities they serve. Another ____24____ of volunteer travel is that it helps tourists from the city to get a taste of country life. In this way, travelers can relax from their busy lives, while country communities also develop by receiving more customers for local tourism industries. 15. A. free B. delicious C. big D. light 16. A. business B. volunteer C. group D. national 17. A. cause B. result C. purpose D. way 18. A. time B. exchange C. preparation D. answer 19. A. impossible B. hard C. easy D. possible 20. A. set up B. open up C. put up D. pick up 21. A. mountain B. desert C. countryside D. city 22. A. change B. development C. influence D. increase 23. A. decision B. difference C. promise D. plan 24. A. advantage B. disadvantage C. reason D. truth 三、阅读理解 （本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A 25. The pictures above are ________. A. a poster B. a comic strip C. a diary D. a school story 26. The pictures are mostly probably created for ________ . A. parents B. teachers C. children D. friends 27. From the pictures, we can learn that we should ________. A. be brave to say no B. do what our friends do C. ask questions after class D. keep secrets to parents B Resting my head on Helen’s shoulder, I put my arms round her waist(腰). She drew me to her, and we rested in silence. We had not sat long before another person came in. Some heavy clouds, swept from the sky by a rising wind , had left the moon bright; and her light, coming in through a window near, shone full both on us and on the coming person, Miss Temple. “I came on purpose to find you. Jane Eyre,” said she. “I want you in my room, and as Helen Burns is with you, she may come too.” We followed Miss Temple to her apartment. It had a good fire, and looked cheerful. Miss Temple told Helen Bums to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the fire place, and herself taking another, she called me to her side. “Is it all over?” she asked, looking down at my face. “Have you cried your sadness away?” “I am afraid I never shall do that.” “Why?” “Because I have been wrongly accused(指责) and you and everybody else, will now think me a bad girl.” “We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will satisfy us.” “Shall I, Miss Temple?” “You will.” said Miss Temple, “You have been accused of lying when you were little. Tell us the truth, but add nothing and exaggerate(夸大)nothing.” I made up my mind that I would be most modest and most correct. Having thought for a few minutes about where to start, I told her all the story of my sad childhood. 28. What can we infer from the underlined part? ________ A. Jane could get into big trouble again. B. Jane’s luck might change for the better. C. Jane would rather have some time on her own. D. Jane was going to be punished by Miss Temple. 29. Which of the following is TRUE about Jane according to the passage? ________ A She chose to trust Miss Temple. B. She didn’t mind being accused. C. She made up her childhood story. D. She once behaved as a bad girl. 30. Which of the following words can best describe Miss Temple? ________ A. Ungenerous. B. Impatient. C. Thoughtful. D. Forgetful. C The country is India. A large dinner party is being given by an official and his wife. The guests are local famous people and an American scientist. At one side of the long table a young girl and a colonel (上校) have a heated discussion. The girl insists women have made great progress and they are not as timid as before. The colonel says women always scream loudly and can’t control their deeds when there’s something dangerous. The other men at the table agree with him. The American scientist doesn’t join in the argument but sits and watches the faces of the other guests. Suddenly he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is staring straight ahead, the muscles of her face contracting (收缩) slightly. With a small gesture she calls the native boy standing behind and whispers to him. The boy’s eyes widen. He turns quickly and leaves the room. No one else except the American sees this. The American doesn’t realize there is a snake in the room until the boy puts a bowl of milk outside the glass door. Where is the snake? He looks around and finds out there is only one place—under the table. He wants to jump back and warns the others, but he knows such actions will frighten the snake and it will strike. He speaks quickly, “I want to know what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred and not one of you is to move.” The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. In the process of counting he sees the snake make for the bowl of milk. It is a cobra (眼镜蛇). Four or five screams ring out as he jumps to shut the door. “You certainly were right, Colonel!” the host says aloud. ‘‘A man has just shown us an example of real control.” “Just a minute,” the American says, turning to the hostess, “there’s one thing I’d like to know. Mrs. Wynnes, how did you know that cobra was in the room?” A faint smile lights up the woman’s face as she replies, “Because it was lying across my foot.” 31. Why does a strange expression come over Mrs. Wynnes’ face? A. Because she isn’t interested in the discussion. B. Because she is surprised by something terrible. C. Because she is tired of such a noisy dinner party. D. Because she doesn’t agree with what the colonel says. 32. What can we infer from the passage about the American scientist? A. He is curious and easily frightened. B. He is a wise person with a sharp mind. C. He is shy and doesn’t care about others. D. He is a rude person with poor knowledge. 33. Which is the best title for the story? A. A Brave Man. B. An Unexpected Cobra. C. A Dinner Party. D. An Endless Discussion. D Do you know full confidence in your memory? Look at the two pictures and choose the one which you think is correct. Then check with the answer. Answer: The one on the right is correct. Pikachu never had a black tail in any of its various versions. Its yellow tail does have brown fur at its base, but there is no sign of black fur on its tail. There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence. “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man...” (“故天将降大任于是/斯人也……”). Most people voted si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press (PEP), a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct. 26 that all its textbooks say shi. Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect”—the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event happened when it didn’t. Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandela died in the 1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, eventually passing away in 2013. US researcher Fiona Broome created a website to detail her discovery of this public phenomenon, coining the term (术语) which has been in use till now. Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind. For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened. The Internet may be another reason why we tend to have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science Journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds. 34. Why does the writer mention the discussion about the sentence in Paragraph 3? A. To solve a mystery of Mandela Effect. B. To raise readers’ interest in confabulation. C. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect. D. To discuss which word is the right one, si or shi. 35. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “coining” in Paragraph 6? A. Inventing. B. Borrowing. C. Describing. D. Correcting. 36. How does the writer further explain the Mandela Effect? A. By showing pictures. B. By giving examples. C. By listing numbers. D. By drawing conclusions. 37. What can we infer from the passage? A. Most people know the former South African president Mandela well. B. The word si or shi both existed in Chinese textbooks published by the PEP. C. If you can tell the right Pikachu, you will never suffer from the Mandela Effect. D. If you remember details that never happened, you may experience the Mandela Effect. 四、词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 38. Yesterday morning he had to cycle ________ (对抗) the wind all the way to school. 39. The _______ (建议) on how to name babies on the Internet are liked by young couples. 40. Through hard work and practice, the ________ (不出名的) basketball player has grown up to a world—famous superstar. 41. Smile is a basic sense but some people have lost the ability to use it ________ (恰当地). 42. Though Uncle is already in his ________ (fifty), he keeps a childlike sense of wonder. 43. New York is often ________ (mistake) for the capital city of America. 44. My mother was angry with me for being home late, but she went even ________ (mad) when she was told that I failed the exam. 45. It is said that many bookshops in Shanghai provide readers with 24-hour ________ (serve). 五、动词填空（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分） 46. I know neither the twin sisters nor Jim ________ (play) such exciting games before. 47. This is not the way to the zoo. Maybe we ________ (go) the wrong way at the last turning. 48. This morning the Kings ________ (clean) the house, but I’m not sure if they have completed it. 49. This kind of pen ________ (write) so well that everyone in my class has each got one. 50. Follow these small steps, and you ________ (make) a big difference to the Earth. 51. Sorry, potato chips in our shop have been sold out. Do you mind ________ (cancel) your order? 52. —Will you go to Johnson’s birthday party? —Unless I ________ (invite). 53. —What do you mean by saying so? —________ (make) the boss believe what we said. 六、阅读填空 （本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分） 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。 House noises that scare you at night can actually be explained by science It’s midnight and the room is dark and quiet. You are struggling to fall asleep when you hear some strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building—creaking, tapping or even marbles (弹珠) dropping and bouncing on the floor! Are there ghosts making noise? Luckily, science can explain. Andy Piacsek, a scientist with the US Acoustical Society, told US-based company Vox Media that the sounds could change as they spread through buildings, meaning the early sound could be very different from the final noise of “marbles” or “pins” reported by many people. “Plumbing (管路系统) is a good cause,” Piacsek suggested. When water floods through a pipe, it compresses (压缩) the air in the pipe and creates the first sound of a dropped marble. As the water flows away, the sound it makes grows more loudly, which may be similar to the sound of a dropped marble bouncing on the floor, then rolling across it. Another possible cause is a common phenomenon in physics—objects expand when heated and contract when cooled. According to China Science Communication, during the day when the temperature rises, buildings take in heat. At night, the air inside a building’s pipes becomes cold. The warm and cold air within buildings leads to the contraction of the walls, making strange sounds. However, knowing such sounds can be explained by science does not usually stop us from being scared. When scared, we may have an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and even a blank mind. Dr Felipe Amunategui at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, US, told ABC News that under such conditions, a frightened person will simply react to a scary situation rather than sit down and examine their reaction. Problem At midnight, you may hear strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building. When scared, you may have a ____54____ heart rate, rapid breathing and even a blank mind. Reasons The sounds could change as they spread through buildings. When water floods through a pipe it compresses the air ____55____ and creates the sound like marbles dropping. As the water flows away, it makes ____56____ sounds. There is a common phenomenon in Physics—objects expand when heated and contract when cooled. With the ____57____ of the warm and cold air within buildings, we may hear such strange sounds. Conclusion ____58____ such sounds can be explained by science, it doesn’t stop us from being scared. Under such conditions, it’s common for a frightened person to react like this. 七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1. 5分，共9分） 59. 叔叔已年过半百，仍童心未泯。 Though Uncle is already ________, he keeps a childlike sense of wonder. 60. 汤姆相信星座与性格的形成无关。 Tom believes star signs ________ the formation of personalities. 61. 我读杨绛的《我们仨》时，忍不住潸然泪下。 I _______________ when reading We Three written by Yang Jiang. 62. ChatGTP肯定会对各行业改善服务质量有很大的影响。 ChatGTP is sure to ___________________ to improving the service of many industries. 63. 《三体》的剧情如此精彩，值得深入研究。 The plot of Three-body is so ________ research. 64. “天宫课堂”系列很受欢迎，我想知道学生们注意它多久了。 “Tiangong Class” series is very popular. I wonder ________ of the students. 八、书面表达（本大题共20分） 65. 世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会将生活技能（life skills)作为全球青少年儿童发展的重要主题之一。请根据图中提示写一篇英语短文，描述作为青少年，应该提高哪些及如何提高自己的生活技能。除了提示中的内容，请你至少再补充一条。 注意： 1.文中不得出现你的真实处名和学校名称： 2.表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范： 3.词数不少于100。文章的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。 Life skills are necessary for us. What life skills should we teenagers develop? And how? Here is my opinion.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$