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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） 在A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. If success is a gate, the road to this gate _______ be made up of difficulties. A. need B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果成功是一扇门，那么通往这扇门的道路一定由困难组成。 考查情态动词辨析。need需要；can’t不可以；must必须，一定；mustn’t禁止。根据题干“the road to this gate ... be made up of difficulties.”可知，表示肯定推测，应用must表示。故选C。 2. A man is not old as long as he is searching for something. A man is not old ________ regrets take the place of dreams. A. when B. until C. since D. as 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】 句意：只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才算老。 考查从属连词词义辨析。when当……时，until直到……为止；since自从，由于；as因为，随着。根据题干中的not可知，此处为not ... until ...句型，意思是“直到……才”。故选B。 3. The film was shot in a special way to give the audience an unusual feeling ________ a sense of seriousness. A. as soon as B. as often as C. as good as D. as well as 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：这部电影以一种特殊的方式拍摄，以给观众一种不寻常的感觉，同时还有严肃感。 考查连词辨析。as soon as一……就……；as often as每当；as good as几乎；as well as也。根据“give the audience an unusual feeling...a sense of seriousness”可知，此处表示“给观众一种不寻常的感觉，以及严肃感”，用“as well as”连接并列成分“an unusual feeling”和“a sense of seriousness”。故选D。 4. Life is ________ to be serious all the time. So try to relax sometimes. A. too long B. too short C. long enough D. short enough 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：人生苦短，不能时时严肃认真。所以有时候试着放松一下。 考查形容词及副词辨析。too... to do“太……而不能……”；...enough to do“足以……去做……”。short短的；long长的。根据“So try to relax sometimes”可知前句是表达人生太短不能一直严肃认真。故选B。 5. —________ is more comfortable than staying at home in such bad weather. —You’re the boss. So, would you care for a cup of tea? A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：—— 在这样恶劣的天气里，没有什么比待在家里更舒服的了。—— 我听你的。那么，你想喝杯茶吗？ 考查不定代词。Something某物，某事，一般用于肯定句中；Everything一切事物；Anything任何事物，一般用于疑问句或否定句中；Nothing没有什么。根据常识和下文“You’re the boss. So, would you care for a cup of tea?”可知，在恶劣的天气里，没有什么比待在家里更舒服。故选D。 6. Though the way of thinking between the two generations is ________ different, the love between them is really true. A. hardly B. peacefully C. completely D. heavily 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：尽管两代人的思维方式完全不同，但他们之间的爱是真实的。 考查副词辨析。hardly几乎不；peacefully平静地；completely完全地；heavily重地。根据“Though the way of thinking between the two generations is...”以及“the love between them is really true.”可知，此句为让步状语从句，意为尽管两代人的思维方式完全不同，但他们之间的爱是真实的。故选C。 7. It is said that China will send Shenzhou XVI into space in May! ________we Chinese are! A. What proud B. How proud C. What a surprise D. How a surprise 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：据说中国将在五月发送神舟十六号进入太空。我们中国人是多么自豪呀！ 考查感叹句结构。感叹句的结构为“What+(a/an)+adj.+n+主谓”或者“How+adj.+主谓”，根据句子可知，we Chinese为主语，are为谓语，结合选项可知只有选项B符合感叹句结构，故选B。 8. —Keep things clean and organized! It can provide a safer ________. —My thoughts exactly. We should obey the rules in the lab. A. system B. method C. service D. environment 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——保持干净有序！它可以提供一个更安全的环境。——正是我的想法。我们应该遵守实验室的规则。 考查名词词义辨析。system方法，制度，体制；method方法；service服务；environment环境。根据“Keep things clean and organized! We should obey the rules in the lab.”可知，说话人在提倡遵守实验室的规则，让实验室保持干净有序。所以这有利于提供一个更安全的环境。选项D符合语境。故选D。 9. —Mum, Christmas Father gave me a dress instead of a Lego that I wanted. —Honey, maybe you can tell him ________ what you want in the letter next year. A. probably B. exactly C. rapidly D. properly 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——妈妈，圣诞老人给了我一件连衣裙而不是我想要的乐高。——亲爱的，或许，你可以写信确切地告诉他你明年想要什么。 考查副词辨析。probably可能；exactly确切地；rapidly快速地；properly合适地。根据前句可知，圣诞老人并没有给孩子想要的礼物，所以妈妈建议要准确地说出想要的东西。故选B。 10. Don’t refuse to communicate with someone different from you, for he or she may ________ to be your best friend. A. turn out B. find out C. work out D. try out 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：不要拒绝与不同于你的人交流，因为他或她可能会成为你最好的朋友。 考查动词短语辨析。turn out最后是，结果是；find out找出，查明；work out得到（解决方法），进展（顺利），圆满结束，完成；try out测试，测验，试用。根据“Don’t refuse to communicate with someone different from you”可知，正在建议不要拒绝与不同于自己的人交流，因为他或她可能会成为自己最好的朋友。所以选项A符合语境。故选A。 11. —I can’t sleep well these days and wake up feeling worn out. —It is said that doing sports can help you sleep ________. Why not have a try? A. deeply B. properly C. hardly D. simply 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这些天我睡不好，醒来后感觉疲惫不堪。——据说运动可以帮助你熟睡。为什么不试一下？ 考查副词辨析。deeply深深地；properly合适地；hardly几乎不；simply仅仅。根据“It is said that doing sports can help you sleep...”可知，睡眠有助于熟睡，sleep deeply“沉睡， 熟睡”。故选A。 12. —If you’ll ________ me, Mr. Brown, I have to answer the phone from my doctor. —OK, go ahead. A. advise B. refuse C. excuse D. praise 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——布朗先生，如果可以，我得去接医生的电话。——可以，去吧。 考查动词辨析。advise建议；refuse拒绝；excuse准许……离开；praise赞美。根据“I have to answer the phone from my doctor.”可知，要去接电话，所以应是希望得到允许离开，故选C。 13. Eating out may change the form of the tradition in celebrating the Spring Festival, but the love between the family members ________ the same. A. feels B. means C. lasts D. remains 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：外出就餐可能会改变庆祝春节的传统形式，但家庭成员之间的爱是不变的。 考查动词辨析。feels感觉；means意思是；lasts持续；remains保持不变。根据“the love between the family members…the same”可知，家人之间的爱是保持不变的。故选D。 14. — I honestly don’t think I am going to be accepted by the Party. — Well, ________! You may have made a better impression than you think. A. you never know B. I told you C. not a chance D. what a pity 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——老实说，我认为我不会被党接受。——说不准！你给人的印象可能比你想象的要好。 考查情景交际。you never know说不准；I told you我告诉你；not a chance想都别想；what a pity真遗憾。根据“You may have made a better impression than you think.”可知，被党接受是可能的，故选A。 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 “We have visitors this morning.” Ms. Myers told Class 5. “A journalist and a photographer from the newspaper are doing an article about our new school ___15___. And some of you will be in the photo.” The kids were excited, except for Brad. He knew he wouldn’t be in the photo. Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how ___16___ he was. “They won’t put Brad in the photo,” John said. “ You’d need a magnifying glass (放大镜) to see him.” The other kids laughed. Brad grinned ( smiled widely ), even though John’s words were rude. He ___17___ smiled when people made jokes like that. The visitors arrived. The journalist was called Tegan and the photographer was a short guy named Rick. Tegan talked to the class about how a journalist had to ___18___ clear sentences and Rick told them about some amazing photos he’d taken. Rick also said, “Once I had to photograph a mother duck that was looking after a baby duck. She thought I was trying to ___19___ the baby duck, so she started hitting me with her wings. Picking on a little guy like me !”. Class 5 laughed again, and Brad grinned, too. It’s OK when you make jokes about _____20_____, he thought. It was jokes from other people that could hurt. Time to take photos. Rick said,“ I’Il have them.” pointing to 6 kids, Brad ___21___. Brad could hardly believe it. In the hall, Rick put them in front of the new library’s big painting of stars and planets and books. he said. “We’ll get you guys to ___22___ in front of it, so it looks even bigger .” “Is that why you picked Brad ?” called one of the Class 5 kids. “So it looks really big?” Some people laughed. Brad started to grin as he usually did. ___23___ Rick shook his head. “ No way,” he said. “I picked him because he’s got a smile two miles long.” He looked at Brad ,“ Plus, this guy is ___24___ inside where it matters. Right, mate ?” This time, Brad spoke before he could think. “ Inside, I’m three miles long.” Class 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing with him, not at him. 15. A. playground B. dinning room C. library D. classroom building 16. A. shy B. silent C. black D. short 17. A. usually B. sometimes C. seldom D. never 18. A. recite B. read C. write D. copy 19. A. eat B. attack C. touch D. feed 20. A. itself B. herself C. himself D. yourself 21. A. advised B. noticed C. included D. followed 22. A. stand B. sit C. jump D. sing 23. A. But B. So C. Or D. For 24. A. simple B. soft C. warm D. big 【答案】15. C 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。布拉德是一个小个子男孩，经常被同学嘲笑。有一次来自报社的一名记者和一名摄影师去布拉德所在的学校访谈，摄影师瑞克机制巧妙地为布拉德化解了尴尬。 【15题详解】 句意：报纸的一名记者和一名摄影师正在写一篇关于我们新学校图书馆的文章。 playground游戏场；dinning room餐厅；library图书馆；classroom building教学楼。根据“In the hall , Rick put them in front of the new library’s big painting of stars and planets and books .”可知，摄影师和记者是要写关于学校图书馆的访谈。故选C。 【16题详解】 句意：孩子们总是拿他有多矮开玩笑。 shy害羞的；silent沉默的；black黑色的；short矮的。根据“Brad was small.”可知，同学嘲笑布拉德个子矮。故选D 【17题详解】 句意：当人们开这样的玩笑时，他通常会微笑。 usually通常；sometimes有时；seldom几乎不；never从不。根据“Brad grinned ( smiled widely ), even though John’s words were rude.”可知，布拉德对于别人的嘲笑经常报以微笑。故选A。 【18题详解】 句意：泰根向全班同学讲述了记者如何写清晰的句子，瑞克告诉他们他拍的一些令人惊叹的照片。 recite背诵；read读；write写；copy复制。因为是记者，所以是写句子，“write”意为“写”，to后加动词原形，故选C。 【19题详解】 句意：她以为我想攻击小鸭，所以她开始用翅膀打我。 eat吃；attack攻击；touch摸；feed喂。根据“so she started hitting me with her wings.”可知，鸭妈妈用翅膀打我是因为她以为我要攻击小鸭，故选B。 【20题详解】 句意：他想，你拿自己开玩笑也没关系。 itself它自己；herself她自己；himself 他自己；yourself你自己。本句主语为“you”，其反身代词为“yourself”，故选D。 【21题详解】 句意：指着包括布拉德在内的6个孩子。 advised建议；noticed注意到；included包括；followed跟随。根据“Brad could hardly believe it.”可知，六个孩子也包括布拉德。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：我们会让你们坐在它前面，让它看起来更大。 stand站立；sit做；jump跳；sing唱歌。结合语境可知，我会让你们坐在它的前面，“sit”意为“坐下”，to后加动词原形，故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：但瑞克摇了摇头。 But但是；So所以；Or或者；For为了。根据“No way”可知，瑞克说不可能，是一个转折，故选A。 【24题详解】 句意：另外，这家伙在内心重要的地方也很强大，对吧，伙计？ simple简单的；soft柔软的；warm温暖的；big大的。根据“Inside , I’m three miles long.”可知，这个男孩内心也很强大，故选D。 三、阅读理解（本大题共13小题,每小题2分,共26分) 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A An experiment (实验) you can try at home WHAT YOU NEED STEPS TO TAKE: ● Fill the glasses with water. Put two large spoons of salt into the first glass and stir (搅拌)it. ● Add a few drops (滴)of food colouring into the other glass. ● Cover the glass of coloured water with the cardboard/plastic. Turn it upside down and put it on top of the glass of salt water. Pull the cardboard/plastic out from between the glasses. ● The coloured water and the colourless salt water won’t mix! HOW IT WORKS: The coloured water and the colourless salt water stay apart (分离) because salt water is heavier. The heavier salt water stays at the bottom of the glass and the lighter coloured water at the top. 25. What should be put in _____? A. sugar B. food coloring C. a towel D. ice 26. Why is salt used in the experiment? A. To add more taste to the coloured water. B. To keep the colourless water stay at the top. C. To make the colourless water become heavier. D. To mix the coloured water with the colourless water. 27. In which part of the magazine can we find the reading material? A. Your Voice B. Star Stories C. Facing Changes D. Amazing Science 【答案】25. B 26. C 27. D 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了可以在家做实验的材料，步骤并解释原因。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Add a few drops of food colouring into the other glass.”可知，实验需要食用色素。故选B。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据“because salt water is heavier. The heavier salt water stays at the bottom of the glass and the lighter coloured water at the top.”可知盐使无色水变得更重。故选C。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。本文介绍的是在家可以做的实验，与科学有关，所以我们能在“Amazing Science”部分找到这篇文章。故选D。 B That evening Holmes again wore different clothes, and a large, black hat. But it was not just the clothes that were different. He changed his face, his hair—everything. He was a different man. We walked together to Serpentine Avenue. Outside the house there were a lot of people who were smoking, laughing and talking. Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house. “You see,” said Holmes to me, “I don’t think she wants her new husband to see the photo. But where is it? At her bank? No. Such a woman likes to keep important things herself. I’m sure it’s in her house.” “But the King’s men tried to find it,” I said. “Yes, but they didn’t know where to look for it!” said Holmes. “But how will you know?” I asked. “She’ll show me. She’ll have to.” Just then Irene’s taxi arrived. One of the men in the street ran to open the door, and then another man pushed him. Other men were also pushing and shouting, and a fight began. Irene was in the middle of it, but Holmes ran to help her. Then suddenly he fell to the ground, with blood running down his face. Irene hurried to her front door, but she looked back. “How kind of him to help me! Is the poor man hurt?” she called. “He’s dead,” cried some voices. “No, he’s only hurt,” cried others. “Bring him into the living room,” she said. Some people carried Holmes into the house. I waited outside the window and watched. I saw how beautiful Irene was. Then Holmes put up his hand, and I threw the smoke-stick into the room. At once, the people in the street and in the house all began to shout “Fire!” very loudly. The house was full of smoke. I walked away, and ten minutes later Holmes came to meet me. “Well done, Watson,” he said. “Have you got the photo?” I asked. “I know where it is. She showed me.” he answered. “But why did she show you?” “It’s easy,” he said, and laughed. “You saw all those people in the street? I paid them to help us. It wasn’t a real fight and the blood wasn’t real. When people shout ‘Fire!’, a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or…a photo. Irene ran to find her photo which is in a cupboard in the living room. I saw it. But I did not take it. Tomorrow we will go to the palace and tell it to the King first. And then we will go to the house with the King. We will go very early, before she gets up. The King himself can take the photo from the cupboard. And then we’ll go.” 28. At first, Holmes changed his clothes in order to ________. A. hide his real looks B. take a taxi easily C. make him smarter D. catch Irene’s attention 29. What can we know about the photo? A. It was locked at Irene’s bank and nobody knew. B. It was important and hidden somewhere carefully. C The king put it in the palace’s cupboard secretly. D. The king asked Holmes to burn it at Irene’s home. 30. What is the correct order of the following sentences? 　 　 a. Holmes changed his looks. b. Holmes helped Irene. c. Watson threw the smoke-stick. d. Irene ran to the cupboard. e. Holmes paid a lot of men. A. a-b-c-d-e B. a-c-d-e-b C. e-a-b-c-d D. e-c-d-b-a 【答案】28. A 29. B 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文节选自《福尔摩斯》，讲述了福尔摩斯如何找到照片的故事。 【28题详解】 推理判断题。根据“He changed his face, his hair—everything. He was a different man.”可知，福尔摩斯换衣服是为了隐藏他的真实长相。故选A。 【29题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Such a woman likes to keep important things herself. I’m sure it’s in her house.”和“a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or…a photo.”可知，照片很重要，被她小心地藏起来了。故选B。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。通读全文可知，e选项“福尔摩斯花钱雇了很多人（配合他）”最先发生；然后是a选项“福尔摩斯乔装打扮”；再然后是福尔摩斯帮助艾琳，华生向屋内扔烟火筒，大家喊着“失火啦”，艾琳奔向橱柜。由此可知e-a-b-c-d是正确顺序。故选C。 C ChatGPT, a powerful AI (artificial intelligence人工智能) chatbot tool, has swept the world in the past few months. The tool is an AI chatbot system that was created by OpenAI company in America and went public in November 2022. ChatGPT can remember the topic of your conversation, answer your questions and write stories and any other written texts you can think of. It gets its answers from a great deal of information on the Internet. You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming (编程) help. Perhaps it’s not smart enough to complete everything humans can do yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound completely correct. A few days after its coming, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. It is reported that ChatGPT reached 100 million users in 2 months, while it took TikTok about 9 months to reach 100 million users and Instagram spend two and a half years reaching it. ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research process (过程). But when too many people flood onto the server (服务器), it is crowded with too many users and can’t deal with your needs. It just means you should try visiting the website at a later time when fewer people are trying to enter it. If you wouldn’t like to wait, there is a good choice for you. Up to February, 2023, OpenAI has another product, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to join the server quickly even during the rush hour of Network. This service does come at a cost of $20 per month. However, Google has an advantage over ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence robot that can solve your problems, while Google is a search engine, and on it you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has fixed knowledge because of its programming but Google has up-to-date knowledge every day. 31. Why does the writer list figures (列数字) in Paragraph 2? A. To show that ChatGPT is very popular. B. To show that ChatGPT is very expensive. C. To show that ChatGPT is very creative. D. To show that ChatGPT is very helpful. 32. What is ChatGPT Plus designed for? A. Guiding users to experience free services. B. Allowing users to visit the website later. C. Helping users write their stories. D. Offering users a chance to visit the website quickly. 33. What is the disadvantage of ChatGPT compared with Google? A. It works on fixed numbers. B. It takes more time to search for information. C. It doesn’t have the latest knowledge. D. It may provide wrong answers to questions. 【答案】31. A 32. D 33. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了智能聊天机器人程序ChatGPT。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据“A few days after its coming, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. It is reported that ChatGPT reached 100 million users in 2 months, while it took TikTok about 9 months to reach 100 million users and Instagram spend two and a half years reaching it.”可知，ChatGPT在极短的时间内便吸引了TikTok和Instagram需要很长时间才能吸引的用户量，由此推知，它非常受欢迎。故选A。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Up to February, 2023, OpenAI has another product, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to join the server quickly even during the rush hour of Network.”可知ChatGPT Plus在高峰时段为消费者提供优先访问。故选D。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“ChatGPT has fixed knowledge because of its programming but Google has up-to-date knowledge every day.”可知ChatGPT没有最新的知识。故选C。 D Growing up in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Abdulrazak Gurnah never considered the possibility that he might one day be a writer. “It wasn’t something you could say ‘I want to be a writer.’ as you were growing up.” He thought he would become “something useful, like an engineer”. However, Gurnah, 72, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. He is the first black writer to receive the prize since Toni Momson in 1993, and the first African to win the award in more than ten years. In 1964, Gurnah had to escape to England at the age of 18 because of a violent uprising (暴力起义). Miserable, poor, homesick, he began to write short passages about home in his diary, then longer articles, then stories about other people. The habit of writing to understand and record his hard life eventually made him complete the first novel, and then nine more. Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he used English as his literary language, with his prose(散文) often influenced by works of Swahili, Arabic and German. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, as well as from Arabic and Persian poetry, especially “The Arabian Nights”. A novelist described his prose as being like a gentle knife slowly moving in. “He is writing stories that are often quiet stories of people who aren’t heard, but there’s an insistence there that we listen.” the novelist said. A director from Nigeria said that she expected the Nobel Prize would draw a larger audience for Gurnah on the African continent, where his work is not very widely known, and that she hoped his historical fiction might encourage younger generations to think more carefully and deeply about their countries’ pasts. Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a teenager, the country continues to give Gurnah the ideas for creating. “You don’t have to be there to write about a place,” he said. “It’s all in the fiber of everything you are.” He also said that his homeland always asserts(积极表达) himself in his imagination. 34. What can we learn about Gurnah? A. He is the first African to win the award. B. He writes his novels in Swahill and English. C. He spends most of his life in Tanzania. D. His homeland has a big influence on him. 35. Which of the following words is suitable to describe Gurnah’s works? A. simple B. exciting C. common D. powerful 36. what does the underlined word “fiber” mean in this passage? A. A material used to make rope or cloth. B. Something helping people keep health. C. A tiny piece that forms parts of the body. D. A strong feeling that really wants something. 37. The news story is most probably written to ________. A. make readers take pity on the people in Africa B. introduce Gurnah as the winner of Nobel Prize C. attract more people to know about Africa’s pasts D. encourage more people to read Curnah’s works 【答案】34. D 35. D 36. C 37. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了诺贝尔文学奖得主Abdulrazak Gurnah。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a teenager, the country continues to give Gurnah the ideas for creating.…He also said that his homeland always asserts himself in his imagination.”可知，Gurnah虽然在祖国坦桑尼亚生活的时间不长，但是这个国家一直提供给他创作的灵感，可推知他的祖国对他影响很大。故选D。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“A novelist described his prose as being like a gentle knife slowly moving in.”可知，一位小说家形容Gurnah的散文就像一把温柔的刀慢慢插进来，故可知他的作品是有力量的。故选D。 【36题详解】 词义猜测题。根据最后一段“ ‘You don’t have to be there to write about a place,’ he said. ‘It’s all in the fiber of everything you are.’ ”可知，Gurnah不必亲自到坦桑尼亚，对祖国的印象存在于他的身体里，是身体的一部分，故划线部分意为A tiny piece that forms parts of the body.“身体的一部分”。故选C。 【37题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了诺贝尔文学奖得主Abdulrazak Gurnah。故选B。 四、词汇运用(本大题共8小题,每小题1分,共8分) (A)根据句意和汉语注释，用单词的正确形式。 38. We won’t realize how much health ________ (要紧) to us until we lose it. 【答案】matters 【解析】 【详解】句意：直到我们失去健康，我们才会意识到健康对我们有多重要。matter“要紧”，动词。本句陈述事实，故为一般现在时，主语health为不可数名词，故谓语动词用其单三形式。故填matters。 39. You can ________ (无疑) enter the ideal high school through your hard work in the following months. 【答案】undoubtedly##certainly 【解析】 【详解】句意：在接下来的几个月里，通过你的努力，你无疑可以进入理想的高中。undoubtedly/certainly“无疑地”，副词，修饰动词enter。故填undoubtedly/certainly。 40. Soft music is often played at some malls to _______ (创造) a relaxing shopping environment. 【答案】create 【解析】 【详解】句意：一些商场经常播放轻柔的音乐，营造轻松的购物环境。create“创造”，此处to为不定式符号，后跟动词原形。故填create。 41. Ahead of President Xi’s visit to European countries, Washington asked European countries to be “with us, or ________ (反对) us.” 【答案】against 【解析】 【详解】句意：在习主席访问欧洲国家之前，华盛顿要求欧洲国家“要么支持我们，要么反对我们。” against“反对”，介词。“or”为表示选择关系的并列连词，此处是连接两个介词短语。故填against。 (B)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 42. The government agrees that the __________ (wealth) people are, the more income taxes they may have to pay. 【答案】wealthier 【解析】 【详解】句意：政府赞成人们越富有，他们需要缴纳的税就越多。此处构成比较级句型“the+比较级，the+比较级”，意为“越……就越……”。wealth意为“财富”，是名词，其形容词为wealthy，比较级为wealthier，故答案为wealthier。 43. Though my grandpa is in his ________ (ninety), he is still in good condition. 【答案】nineties 【解析】 【详解】句意：虽然我爷爷已经九十多岁了，但他的身体状况仍然很好。ninety“九十”，基数词。“in one’s+基数词复数”意为“在某人几十多岁时”，故用其复数形式。故填nineties。 44. While I’m walking in the woods, I like the ________ (feel) of peace and quiet. 【答案】feeling 【解析】 【详解】句意：当我在树林里散步时，我喜欢那种平静的感觉。feel“感觉”，动词，此处是of所有格，故用其名词feeling“感觉”。故填feeling。 45. The students were ________ (complete) out of control after their teacher left the classroom. 【答案】completely 【解析】 【详解】句意：老师离开教室后，学生们完全失去了控制。complete“完全的”，形容词；分析句子可知，本句不缺成分，所以用complete的副词completely“完全地”修饰介词短语out of control。故填completely。 五、动词填空（本大题共8小题,每小题1分,共8分) 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 46. I’m sure the development of home robots _________ (satisfy) more people’s needs in the future. 【答案】will satisfy 【解析】 【详解】句意：我相信家用机器人的发展将在未来满足更多人的需求。根据“in the future”可判断用一般将来时，故填will satisfy。 47. It’s a long time! I can’t remember when this picture _______ (take) in Xihui Park. 【答案】was taken 【解析】 【详解】句意：很长时间了！我不记得这张照片是什么时候在锡惠公园拍摄的。picture和take之间为动宾关系，应该用被动语态，即be done；又因为照片是过去某一时间拍的，且picture为单数。故填was taken。 48. _________ (save) the people locked inside, the firemen broke down the door. 【答案】To save 【解析】 【详解】句意：为了救被锁在里面的人，消防员把门撞开了。消防员撞开门的目的是为了救里面的人，动词不定式可以表目的；又因为to位于句首，所以首字母需要大写。故填To save。 49. Recently Chinese people ________ (care) about Panda Yaya after the sudden death of its partner Lele at the US zoo in February. 【答案】have cared 【解析】 【详解】句意：今年2月，熊猫丫丫的伴侣乐乐在美国动物园突然去世，最近中国人开始关心它。根据“Recently”和“people … about Panda Yaya after the sudden death of its partner Lele at the US zoo in February.”可知，最近，自从乐乐去世人们开始关心丫丫，并且这种关心还在持续下去，应用现在完成时“have/has+过去分词”，主语Chinese people为复数，助动词用have，care的过去分词为cared。故填have cared。 50. —Why didn’t you open the door for me, Jim? —I ________ (wash) clothes in the bathroom. I didn’t hear the knock. 【答案】was washing 【解析】 【详解】句意：——Jim，你为什么没有给我开门？——我在浴室洗衣服。我没有听到敲门声。根据“didn’t you open the door for me”可知，表示在过去某个时刻正在发生的事情，用过去进行时was/were doing的结构，主语I是第一人称，助动词用was，故填was washing。 51. The most famous tradition on the second day of the second month is to have your hair _______ (cut), which means your luck will come. 【答案】cut 【解析】 【详解】句意：二月二最著名的传统是剪头发，这意味着你的运气会到来。have one’s hair cut“剪某人的头发”，have sth done“使某事被做”，cut的过去分词形式为cut。故填cut。 52. —Miss Hua, I haven’t seen you for a long time. —Yes. I ________ (work) as a volunteer nurse in Shanghai for a month and came back yesterday. 【答案】worked 【解析】 【详解】句意：——华老师，很长时间没见你了。——是的。我在上海做一个月的护士志愿者，昨天回来的。根据“came back yesterday.”可知，在上海做志愿者发生在过去，看不出对现在的影响和结果，所以句子用一般过去时，其结构为did。work的过去式为worked。故填worked。 53. Learning is a life-long journey, for it ________ (bring) us something new every day. 【答案】brings 【解析】 【详解】句意：学习是一段终生的旅程，因为它每天都给我们带来新的东西。根据“every day”可知时态为一般现在时，主语“it”为第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，bring的第三人称单数形式为brings。故填brings。 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。每个空格只能填一个单词。 Don’t do these when you have a fever A fever—defined(给……下定义) as an increase in body temperature over 37.3℃—is a common sign of illness. But recently, it has caught uncommon attention: It can be a sign of catching COVID-19. Whatever the cause, here are some things you should remember if you develop a fever. Don’t have certain drinks. Alcohol (酒精), soda (苏打) and caffeinated (含咖啡因的) drinks should be avoided when you have a fever. They can cause your body to lose water when it really needs a lot of water. Do not dress too warmly or put yourself in a place that is too hot. This can influence the body’s ability to regulate (调节) its temperature and make your fever worse. Don’t double your medicines. Although fever-reducing medicines are very useful for treating fever, taking more than the recommended amount can cause serious harm to your health and even death. Don’t stay hungry. The old saying “Those with a cold should eat, while those with a fever should eat nothing” is wrong and dangerous. Fever speeds up your metabolism (新陈代谢), so you need to get more energy from food. Hunger also reduces the body’s ability to fight off disease. Don’t forget to drink water. A fever will increase the number of breaths, causing water loss. The body also sweats more as it regulates its temperature. What’s more, people usually drink less water when they have a fever, which finally cause the body to lose water faster. Don’t do these when you have a fever It is ____54____ to have a fever in our everyday life, so don’t worry. Here are some tips for you. Something that you shouldn’t do ____55____ why you shouldn’t do these Have drinks like alcohol, soda and caffeinated drinks. These drinks can ____56____ to the loss of water in your body. Dress warmly or stay in a hot place It can have a bad influence on the body’s ability of regulating its temperature. Double your medicines. Taking too many pills can be ____57____ to your health and even cause death. Stay hungry. Hunger can make you ____58____ to fight off disease without energy from food. Forget to drink water. Drinking less water can cause your body to lose water faster. 【答案】54. common 55. Reasons 56. lead 57. harmful 58. unable 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了发烧了不能做的事：不要喝某种饮料；不要穿得太暖和，也不要待在太热的地方；不要服用双倍的药物；不要饿着肚子；别忘了喝水。 【54题详解】 根据“A fever—defined (给……下定义) as an increase in body temperature over 37.3℃—is a common sign of illness.”可知，在我们日常生活中发烧是常见的，故填common。 【55题详解】 根据“Whatever the cause, here are some things you should remember if you develop a fever.”和“Something that you shouldn’t do”可知，此处介绍发烧时不应该做一些事的原因，故填Reasons。 【56题详解】 根据“Alcohol (酒精), soda (苏打) and caffeinated (含咖啡因的) drinks should be avoided when you have a fever. They can cause your body to lose water when it really needs a lot of water.”可知，酒精、苏打和含咖啡因的饮料会导致你的身体失去很多水，lead to表示“导致”，故填lead。 【57题详解】 根据“Although fever-reducing medicines are very useful for treating fever, taking more than the recommended amount can cause serious harm to your health and even death.”可知，服用太多退烧药会对你的健康造成严重损害，甚至死亡。be harmful to表示“对……有害”，故填harmful。 【58题详解】 根据“Hunger also reduces the body’s ability to fight off disease.”可知，饥饿让你不能抵抗疾病。be unable to表示“不能”，故填unable。 七、完成句子(本大题共6小题,每小题1.5分,共9分) 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子。 59. 为了保护学生们的视力，近几年来，中国政府采取了很多措施。 ________ students’ eyesight, Chinese government has taken actions in recent years. 【答案】In order to protect##To protect 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文句子可知此处缺少“为了保护”的翻译，“为了”其英文表达为in order to do或动词不定式作目的状语，“保护”protect，句首单词的首字母应大写。故填In order to protect/To protect。 60. 尽管Wilson已经筋疲力尽了，但他还是决定尽快动身。 Though he ________, Wilson decided to set off as soon as possible. 【答案】was tired out 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文句子可知此处缺少“筋疲力尽”的翻译，其英文表达为be tired out，根据“decided”可知此处时态应为一般过去时，he作主语，谓语动词用单数。故填was tired out。 61. 和那些愚蠢的家伙保持联系就是浪费时间。 It’s __________________ to keep in touch with those stupid guys. 【答案】a waste of time 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文句子可知此处缺少“浪费时间”的翻译，其英文表达为a waste of time，固定短语。故填a waste of time。 62. 他的粗心大意给了我领先的机会。 His carelessness provided me ________. 【答案】with a chance to take the lead 【解析】 【详解】给某人提供某物：provide sb with sth；一个机会：a chance；领先：take the lead，用动词不定式作后置定语。故填with a chance to take the lead。 63. 小男孩已经答应不会在课堂上插嘴了。 The little boy ________ in class. 【答案】has promised not to cut in on others##has promised not to cut in 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文句子可知此处缺少“已经答应不会插嘴”的翻译，根据中文可知此处时态应为现在完成时，其结构为have/has+done，the little boy作主语，谓语动词用单数，应用助动词has，promise not to do“承诺不会做某事”，“插嘴”其英文表达为cut in或者cut in on others。故填has promised not to cut in on others/has promised not to cut in。 64. 自从《流浪地球》上映以来，越来越多的年轻人爱上了科幻电影。 Since The Wandering Earth was on the screen, more and more young people ________ science fiction. 【答案】have been in love with 【解析】 【详解】根据中英对比可知，此处缺少“爱上了”，译为fall in love with，又根据前文中的since可知，此处应用现在完成时且用延续性动词，fall对应延续性动词be，且主语“young people”是复数，助动词用have。故填have been in love with。 八、书面表达（本大题共20分) 65. 时间太瘦，指缝太宽，转眼我们就迎来了毕业季。初中三年，我们一起经历了学习的苦，更享受着读书的乐。假定你是李华，你打算把读过的一本英文名著改编成短剧参加学校的毕业演出，请给外教Mr. Lee写封电子邮件，邀请他帮忙指导。 邮件内容包括：1. 剧情简介；2. 指导内容；3. 商定指导时间及地点。 注意事项： 1. 词数110左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 邮件中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。 Dear Mr, Lee, How’s everything going? I am writing in the hope that you could do me a favor. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【答案】例文： Dear Mr, Lee, How’s everything going? I am writing in the hope that you could do me a favor. My classmates and I plan to perform an interesting play. It is based on a novel called Alice in Wonderland. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who accidentally fell into a rabbit hole in order to chase a rabbit with a pocket watch, then entered a magical world and experienced a series of amazing adventures. Since you are a specialist in drama and have a gift for performing, I am wondering if you could give us some suggestions on our play and acting skills. Thanks in advance. And if you are willing to help, could we make it at 2:00 p.m. next Friday in our school hall? I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇应用文，为电子邮件； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生注意不要遗漏要点，并注意适当添加细节，突出写作要点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，介绍剧情； 第二步，请求老师指导并提供时间和地点； 第三步，期待回复（原文已给出）。 [亮点词汇] ①be based on以……为基础 ②in order to了 [高分句型] ①Since you are a specialist in drama and have a gift for performing,（since引导原因状语从句） ②And if you are willing to help, could we make it at 2:00 p.m. next Friday in our school hall?（if引导条件状语从句） 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） 在A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. If success is a gate, the road to this gate _______ be made up of difficulties. A. need B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t 2. A man is not old as long as he is searching for something. A man is not old ________ regrets take the place of dreams. A. when B. until C. since D. as 3. The film was shot in a special way to give the audience an unusual feeling ________ a sense of seriousness. A. as soon as B. as often as C. as good as D. as well as 4 Life is ________ to be serious all the time. So try to relax sometimes. A. too long B. too short C. long enough D. short enough 5. —________ is more comfortable than staying at home in such bad weather. —You’re the boss. So, would you care for a cup of tea? A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing 6. Though the way of thinking between the two generations is ________ different, the love between them is really true. A. hardly B. peacefully C. completely D. heavily 7. It is said that China will send Shenzhou XVI into space in May! ________we Chinese are! A. What proud B. How proud C. What a surprise D. How a surprise 8. —Keep things clean and organized! It can provide a safer ________. —My thoughts exactly. We should obey the rules in the lab. A. system B. method C. service D. environment 9. —Mum, Christmas Father gave me a dress instead of a Lego that I wanted. —Honey, maybe you can tell him ________ what you want in the letter next year. A. probably B. exactly C. rapidly D. properly 10. Don’t refuse to communicate with someone different from you, for he or she may ________ to be your best friend. A. turn out B. find out C. work out D. try out 11. —I can’t sleep well these days and wake up feeling worn out. —It is said that doing sports can help you sleep ________. Why not have a try? A. deeply B. properly C. hardly D. simply 12. —If you’ll ________ me, Mr. Brown, I have to answer the phone from my doctor. —OK, go ahead. A. advise B. refuse C. excuse D. praise 13. Eating out may change the form of the tradition in celebrating the Spring Festival, but the love between the family members ________ the same. A. feels B. means C. lasts D. remains 14. — I honestly don’t think I am going to be accepted by the Party. — Well, ________! You may have made a better impression than you think. A. you never know B. I told you C. not a chance D. what a pity 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 “We have visitors this morning.” Ms. Myers told Class 5. “A journalist and a photographer from the newspaper are doing an article about our new school ___15___. And some of you will be in the photo.” The kids were excited, except for Brad. He knew he wouldn’t be in the photo. Brad was small. Kids were always making jokes about how ___16___ he was. “They won’t put Brad in the photo,” John said. “ You’d need a magnifying glass (放大镜) to see him.” The other kids laughed. Brad grinned ( smiled widely ), even though John’s words were rude. He ___17___ smiled when people made jokes like that. The visitors arrived. The journalist was called Tegan and the photographer was a short guy named Rick. Tegan talked to the class about how a journalist had to ___18___ clear sentences and Rick told them about some amazing photos he’d taken. Rick also said, “Once I had to photograph a mother duck that was looking after a baby duck. She thought I was trying to ___19___ the baby duck, so she started hitting me with her wings. Picking on a little guy like me !”. Class 5 laughed again, and Brad grinned, too. It’s OK when you make jokes about _____20_____, he thought. It was jokes from other people that could hurt. Time to take photos. Rick said,“ I’Il have them.” pointing to 6 kids, Brad ___21___. Brad could hardly believe it. In the hall, Rick put them in front of the new library’s big painting of stars and planets and books. he said. “We’ll get you guys to ___22___ in front of it, so it looks even bigger .” “Is that why you picked Brad ?” called one of the Class 5 kids. “So it looks really big?” Some people laughed. Brad started to grin as he usually did. ___23___ Rick shook his head. “ No way,” he said. “I picked him because he’s got a smile two miles long.” He looked at Brad ,“ Plus, this guy is ___24___ inside where it matters. Right, mate ?” This time, Brad spoke before he could think. “ Inside, I’m three miles long.” Class 5 laughed again. But Brad knew that they were laughing with him, not at him. 15. A. playground B. dinning room C. library D. classroom building 16. A. shy B. silent C. black D. short 17. A. usually B. sometimes C. seldom D. never 18. A. recite B. read C. write D. copy 19. A. eat B. attack C. touch D. feed 20. A. itself B. herself C. himself D. yourself 21. A. advised B. noticed C. included D. followed 22. A. stand B. sit C. jump D. sing 23. A. But B. So C. Or D. For 24. A. simple B. soft C. warm D. big 三、阅读理解（本大题共13小题,每小题2分,共26分) 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A An experiment (实验) you can try at home WHAT YOU NEED STEPS TO TAKE: ● Fill the glasses with water. Put two large spoons of salt into the first glass and stir (搅拌)it. ● Add a few drops (滴)of food colouring into the other glass. ● Cover the glass of coloured water with the cardboard/plastic. Turn it upside down and put it on top of the glass of salt water. Pull the cardboard/plastic out from between the glasses. ● The coloured water and the colourless salt water won’t mix! HOW IT WORKS: The coloured water and the colourless salt water stay apart (分离) because salt water is heavier. The heavier salt water stays at the bottom of the glass and the lighter coloured water at the top. 25. What should be put in _____? A. sugar B. food coloring C. a towel D. ice 26. Why is salt used in the experiment? A. To add more taste to the coloured water. B. To keep the colourless water stay at the top. C. To make the colourless water become heavier. D To mix the coloured water with the colourless water. 27. In which part of the magazine can we find the reading material? A. Your Voice B. Star Stories C. Facing Changes D. Amazing Science B That evening Holmes again wore different clothes, and a large, black hat. But it was not just the clothes that were different. He changed his face, his hair—everything. He was a different man. We walked together to Serpentine Avenue. Outside the house there were a lot of people who were smoking, laughing and talking. Holmes and I walked up and down in front of the house. “You see,” said Holmes to me, “I don’t think she wants her new husband to see the photo. But where is it? At her bank? No. Such a woman likes to keep important things herself. I’m sure it’s in her house.” “But the King’s men tried to find it,” I said. “Yes, but they didn’t know where to look for it!” said Holmes. “But how will you know?” I asked. “She’ll show me. She’ll have to.” Just then Irene’s taxi arrived. One of the men in the street ran to open the door, and then another man pushed him. Other men were also pushing and shouting, and a fight began. Irene was in the middle of it, but Holmes ran to help her. Then suddenly he fell to the ground, with blood running down his face. Irene hurried to her front door, but she looked back. “How kind of him to help me! Is the poor man hurt?” she called. “He’s dead,” cried some voices. “No, he’s only hurt,” cried others. “Bring him into the living room” she said. Some people carried Holmes into the house. I waited outside the window and watched. I saw how beautiful Irene was. Then Holmes put up his hand, and I threw the smoke-stick into the room. At once, the people in the street and in the house all began to shout “Fire!” very loudly. The house was full of smoke. I walked away, and ten minutes later Holmes came to meet me. “Well done, Watson,” he said. “Have you got the photo?” I asked. “I know where it is. She showed me.” he answered. “But why did she show you?” “It’s easy,” he said, and laughed. “You saw all those people in the street? I paid them to help us. It wasn’t a real fight and the blood wasn’t real. When people shout ‘Fire!’, a woman runs to the most important thing in her house, her baby, her gold, or…a photo. Irene ran to find her photo which is in a cupboard in the living room. I saw it. But I did not take it. Tomorrow we will go to the palace and tell it to the King first. And then we will go to the house with the King. We will go very early, before she gets up. The King himself can take the photo from the cupboard. And then we’ll go.” 28. At first, Holmes changed his clothes in order to ________. A. hide his real looks B. take a taxi easily C. make him smarter D. catch Irene’s attention 29. What can we know about the photo? A. It was locked at Irene’s bank and nobody knew. B. It was important and hidden somewhere carefully. C. The king put it in the palace’s cupboard secretly. D. The king asked Holmes to burn it at Irene’s home. 30. What is the correct order of the following sentences? 　 　 a. Holmes changed his looks. b. Holmes helped Irene. c. Watson threw the smoke-stick. d. Irene ran to the cupboard. e. Holmes paid a lot of men. A. a-b-c-d-e B. a-c-d-e-b C. e-a-b-c-d D. e-c-d-b-a C ChatGPT, a powerful AI (artificial intelligence人工智能) chatbot tool, has swept the world in the past few months. The tool is an AI chatbot system that was created by OpenAI company in America and went public in November 2022. ChatGPT can remember the topic of your conversation, answer your questions and write stories and any other written texts you can think of. It gets its answers from a great deal of information on the Internet. You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming (编程) help. Perhaps it’s not smart enough to complete everything humans can do yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound completely correct. A few days after its coming, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. It is reported that ChatGPT reached 100 million users in 2 months, while it took TikTok about 9 months to reach 100 million users and Instagram spend two and a half years reaching it. ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research process (过程). But when too many people flood onto the server (服务器), it is crowded with too many users and can’t deal with your needs. It just means you should try visiting the website at a later time when fewer people are trying to enter it. If you wouldn’t like to wait, there is a good choice for you. Up to February, 2023, OpenAI has another product, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to join the server quickly even during the rush hour of Network. This service does come at a cost of $20 per month. However, Google has an advantage over ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence robot that can solve your problems, while Google is a search engine, and on it you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has fixed knowledge because of its programming but Google has up-to-date knowledge every day. 31. Why does the writer list figures (列数字) in Paragraph 2? A. To show that ChatGPT is very popular. B. To show that ChatGPT is very expensive. C. To show that ChatGPT is very creative. D. To show that ChatGPT is very helpful. 32. What is ChatGPT Plus designed for? A. Guiding users to experience free services. B. Allowing users to visit the website later. C. Helping users write their stories. D. Offering users a chance to visit the website quickly. 33. What is the disadvantage of ChatGPT compared with Google? A. It works on fixed numbers. B. It takes more time to search for information. C. It doesn’t have the latest knowledge. D. It may provide wrong answers to questions. D Growing up in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Abdulrazak Gurnah never considered the possibility that he might one day be a writer. “It wasn’t something you could say ‘I want to be a writer.’ as you were growing up.” He thought he would become “something useful, like an engineer”. However, Gurnah, 72, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. He is the first black writer to receive the prize since Toni Momson in 1993, and the first African to win the award in more than ten years. In 1964, Gurnah had to escape to England at the age of 18 because of a violent uprising (暴力起义). Miserable, poor, homesick, he began to write short passages about home in his diary, then longer articles, then stories about other people. The habit of writing to understand and record his hard life eventually made him complete the first novel, and then nine more. Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he used English as his literary language, with his prose(散文) often influenced by works of Swahili, Arabic and German. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, as well as from Arabic and Persian poetry, especially “The Arabian Nights”. A novelist described his prose as being like a gentle knife slowly moving in. “He is writing stories that are often quiet stories of people who aren’t heard, but there’s an insistence there that we listen.” the novelist said. A director from Nigeria said that she expected the Nobel Prize would draw a larger audience for Gurnah on the African continent, where his work is not very widely known, and that she hoped his historical fiction might encourage younger generations to think more carefully and deeply about their countries’ pasts. Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a teenager, the country continues to give Gurnah the ideas for creating. “You don’t have to be there to write about a place,” he said. “It’s all in the fiber of everything you are.” He also said that his homeland always asserts(积极表达) himself in his imagination. 34. What can we learn about Gurnah? A. He is the first African to win the award. B. He writes his novels in Swahill and English. C. He spends most of his life in Tanzania. D. His homeland has a big influence on him. 35. Which of the following words is suitable to describe Gurnah’s works? A. simple B. exciting C. common D. powerful 36. what does the underlined word “fiber” mean in this passage? A. A material used to make rope or cloth. B. Something helping people keep health. C. A tiny piece that forms parts of the body. D. A strong feeling that really wants something. 37. The news story is most probably written to ________. A. make readers take pity on the people in Africa B. introduce Gurnah as the winner of Nobel Prize C. attract more people to know about Africa’s pasts D. encourage more people to read Curnah’s works 四、词汇运用(本大题共8小题,每小题1分,共8分) (A)根据句意和汉语注释，用单词的正确形式。 38. We won’t realize how much health ________ (要紧) to us until we lose it. 39. You can ________ (无疑) enter the ideal high school through your hard work in the following months. 40. Soft music is often played at some malls to _______ (创造) a relaxing shopping environment. 41. Ahead of President Xi’s visit to European countries Washington asked European countries to be “with us, or ________ (反对) us.” (B)根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 42. The government agrees that the __________ (wealth) people are, the more income taxes they may have to pay. 43. Though my grandpa is in his ________ (ninety), he is still in good condition. 44. While I’m walking in the woods, I like the ________ (feel) of peace and quiet. 45. The students were ________ (complete) out of control after their teacher left the classroom. 五、动词填空（本大题共8小题,每小题1分,共8分) 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 46. I’m sure the development of home robots _________ (satisfy) more people’s needs in the future. 47. It’s a long time! I can’t remember when this picture _______ (take) in Xihui Park. 48. _________ (save) the people locked inside, the firemen broke down the door. 49. Recently Chinese people ________ (care) about Panda Yaya after the sudden death of its partner Lele at the US zoo in February. 50. —Why didn’t you open the door for me, Jim? —I ________ (wash) clothes in the bathroom. I didn’t hear the knock. 51. The most famous tradition on the second day of the second month is to have your hair _______ (cut), which means your luck will come. 52. —Miss Hua, I haven’t seen you for a long time. —Yes. I ________ (work) as a volunteer nurse in Shanghai for a month and came back yesterday. 53. Learning is a life-long journey, for it ________ (bring) us something new every day. 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。每个空格只能填一个单词。 Don’t do these when you have a fever A fever—defined(给……下定义) as an increase in body temperature over 37.3℃—is a common sign of illness. But recently, it has caught uncommon attention: It can be a sign of catching COVID-19. Whatever the cause, here are some things you should remember if you develop a fever. Don’t have certain drinks. Alcohol (酒精), soda (苏打) and caffeinated (含咖啡因的) drinks should be avoided when you have a fever. They can cause your body to lose water when it really needs a lot of water. Do not dress too warmly or put yourself in a place that is too hot. This can influence the body’s ability to regulate (调节) its temperature and make your fever worse. Don’t double your medicines. Although fever-reducing medicines are very useful for treating fever, taking more than the recommended amount can cause serious harm to your health and even death. Don’t stay hungry. The old saying “Those with a cold should eat, while those with a fever should eat nothing” is wrong and dangerous. Fever speeds up your metabolism (新陈代谢), so you need to get more energy from food. Hunger also reduces the body’s ability to fight off disease. Don’t forget to drink water. A fever will increase the number of breaths, causing water loss. The body also sweats more as it regulates its temperature. What’s more, people usually drink less water when they have a fever, which finally cause the body to lose water faster. Don’t do these when you have a fever It is ____54____ to have a fever in our everyday life, so don’t worry. Here are some tips for you. Something that you shouldn’t do ____55____ why you shouldn’t do these Have drinks like alcohol, soda and caffeinated drinks. These drinks can ____56____ to the loss of water in your body. Dress warmly or stay in a hot place. It can have a bad influence on the body’s ability of regulating its temperature. Double your medicines. Taking too many pills can be ____57____ to your health and even cause death. Stay hungry. Hunger can make you ____58____ to fight off disease without energy from food. Forget to drink water Drinking less water can cause your body to lose water faster. 七、完成句子(本大题共6小题,每小题1.5分,共9分) 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子。 59. 为了保护学生们的视力，近几年来，中国政府采取了很多措施。 ________ students’ eyesight, Chinese government has taken actions in recent years. 60. 尽管Wilson已经筋疲力尽了，但是他还是决定尽快动身。 Though he ________, Wilson decided to set off as soon as possible. 61. 和那些愚蠢的家伙保持联系就是浪费时间。 It’s __________________ to keep in touch with those stupid guys. 62. 他的粗心大意给了我领先的机会。 His carelessness provided me ________. 63. 小男孩已经答应不会在课堂上插嘴了。 The little boy ________ in class. 64. 自从《流浪地球》上映以来，越来越多的年轻人爱上了科幻电影。 Since The Wandering Earth was on the screen, more and more young people ________ science fiction. 八、书面表达（本大题共20分) 65. 时间太瘦，指缝太宽，转眼我们就迎来了毕业季。初中三年，我们一起经历了学习的苦，更享受着读书的乐。假定你是李华，你打算把读过的一本英文名著改编成短剧参加学校的毕业演出，请给外教Mr. Lee写封电子邮件，邀请他帮忙指导。 邮件内容包括：1. 剧情简介；2. 指导内容；3. 商定指导时间及地点。 注意事项： 1. 词数110左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 邮件中不得使用真实的个人及学校信息。 Dear Mr, Lee, How’s everything going? I am writing in the hope that you could do me a favor. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$