Unit 3 能力提升 (Starting out — Understanding ideas) 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 3 (Starting out — Understanding ideas) 一、单项选择(10分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。 ( )16. I have ______ older sister and she works abroad. We have ______ online talk every Sunday. A. a; a B. a; an C. an; a D. an; an ( )17. The river is not wide and I can swim ______ it in one go. A. in B. over C. across D. through ( )18. After leaving school, Jane followed her ______ advice and worked as a teacher. A. mother B. mother’ C. mothers D. mother’s ( )19. Our new house is near a ______. Every day many cars and buses come and go. A. road B. railway C. pool D. mountain ( )20. My mum and dad seldom say they love me, ______ I know they love me more than anyone does. A. and B. but C. so D. or ( )21. She ______ the thing in her heart and didn’t tell it to anyone else. A. hid B. shared C. followed D. brought ( )22. The ending of the film is really ______. It moves lots of people to tears. A. difficult B. interesting C. touching D. important ( )23. These days, Peter is very busy. He ______ goes home from work before 9:00 pm. A. sometimes B. often C. always D. seldom ( )24. —What does your father do? —He ______ a policeman in our city. A. thinks of B. serves as C. knows about D. rushes into ( )25. —What a nice family photo! When did you take it? —______. A. We were happy B. Last Spring Festival C. In our family house D. With my grandparents and parents 二、完形填空(10分) 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的选项中选择最佳答案。 I have a little brother, but I didn’t like him. 26 ? Let me tell you. First, because of him, I couldn’t 27 my parents’ love myself. Second, when I wanted to stay alone or do my thing, he 28 asked me to play with him. Third, … Anyway, he was so troublesome (烦人的). But my 29 changed not long after I went to junior high. There was an exam (考试) and I didn’t do well. I was so sad. When I got home, I didn’t say “I’m home” as usual and went back to my room. My brother found I was 30 . He put down his toy and 31 me into my room. “Sister, what happened?” he asked. I sat down and kept 32 . Seeing this, he said, “It’s OK if you don’t want to tell me, 33 I want to tell you I love you and that you are the best.” I couldn’t help crying and hugged 34 . For the 35 time, I felt my little brother’s love. But in fact, it was always there. I just didn’t find it before. ( )26. A. Why B. When C. Where D. How ( )27. A. hide B. enjoy C. know D. remember ( )28. A. only B. never C. always D. seldom ( )29. A. wish B. problem C. reason D. thought ( )30. A. different B. interesting C. polite D. excited ( )31. A. carried B. brought C. stopped D. followed ( )32. A. awake B. silent C. strict D. busy ( )33. A. or B. so C. but D. because ( )34. A. him B. her C. me D. you ( )35. A. first B. second C. next D. last 三、阅读理解(20分) 阅读下面的材料，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A ( )36. The members of Colour Life love ______. A. drawing pictures B. playing sports C. writing stories D. taking photos ( )37. If Bob wants to take part in the competition, he may send his photo _____. A. this Thursday B. this Saturday C. next Friday D. next Sunday ( )38. Who did right for the competition? A. Mark: he sent three family photos. B. Susan: she sent a photo of a mountain. C. Sarah: she sent a colour photo of her dad and her. D. Mike: he sent a black-and-white photo of his grandparents. ( )39. If Bob wins second prize in the competition, how much can he get? A. 500 yuan. B. 300 yuan. C. 200 yuan. D. 100 yuan. ( )40. How can people get the result of the competition? A. By visiting a website. B. By sending an email. C. By making a call. D. By looking through the newspaper. B Peter’s mother left the world when he was little. Peter lived with his father. His father was a strict and silent man and Peter was not relaxed (放松的) around him. Every summer holiday, Peter’s father took him to see his grandparents in another city. That was Peter’s happiest time. This summer holiday, Peter said to his father, “I’m big now. Please let me go to my grandparents’ home by myself.” His father was worried and didn’t agree at first. But when Peter insisted (坚持), he said OK. That day, Peter’s father drove Peter to the railway station. Before Peter got on, his father gave him an envelope (信封) and told him to open it when he felt nervous. Peter started his trip excitedly. He had nothing to do and watched different people around him. Soon he found almost everyone was with someone and he started feeling lonely. At a station, a big man got on and sat down next to him. Peter got nervous because he looked very scary (吓人的). Suddenly Peter remembered his father’s envelope. He opened it and found a letter. It wrote: I am on this train too. —Dad ( )41. What can we learn from Paragraph 1? A. Peter’s father was a funny man. B. Peter’s father didn’t like Peter. C. Peter enjoyed staying with his grandparents. D. Peter and his grandparents lived in the same city. ( )42. What does the underlined word “agree” mean in Chinese? A. 相信 B. 同意 C. 介意 D. 犹豫 ( )43. How did Peter go to his grandparents’ home? A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By car. D. By train. ( )44. How did Peter’s feelings change during the trip? A. Excited→lonely→nervous→relaxed. B. Lonely→excited→nervous→happy. C. Relaxed→nervous→lonely→sorry. D. Happy→lonely→relaxed→nervous. ( )45. What does the passage want to tell us? A. We should listen to our father. B. Father’s love is silent but great. C. Travelling alone is not easy. D. It’s important to show love. 四、词汇运用(15分) A. 根据句意及首字母提示写出正确的单词。 46. —How about going to climb (爬) the m_____________ this weekend? —Good idea. 47. The boy has a high nose and big eyes. He is really h_____________. 48. Jimmy is my best friend. We know e_____________ other very well. 49. Can you give me a r_____________ why you didn’t come to my party? 50. They started their adventure. And a_____________ the way, they faced many difficulties. B. 阅读下面短文，请根据所给中文正确拼写单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。 Maria is fifty years old. She didn’t (51)_____________(结婚) and adopted (收养) a boy called Nick. For years, Maria tries to make money and take care of her (52)_____________(儿子). Now Maria and Nick are at home, and they are (53)_____________(沉默的). Nick gets a place in the best college (大学) in this (54)_____________(地区). This is good news, but they don’t have enough (足够的) money for it. Maria says, “I must find a new job to make more money. I can (55)_____________(供职) as a nurse (保姆) to look after a baby. That will be a good (56)_____________(职位) for me.” “No, Mum,” Nick says. “You have done a lot for my (57)_____________(成长). I’m a man now and I can make money myself. I can (58)_____________ (搬) heavy things for the shops to make money.” (59)_____________(眼泪) run down Maria’s face. She cries, “Sorry, I’m not a good mother.” Nick gives her a big (60)_____________(拥抱) and says, “No, you are the best mother in the world.” 五、完成句子(10分) 根据所给汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。 61. 谁将会接管大卫的工作？ Who will _____________ _____________ David’s job? 62. 我第一次坐高铁是在2020年。 I took the high-speed railway ________ ________ ________ ________ in 2020. 63. 莉萨为什么缺席了今天的会议？ Why was Lisa _____________ _____________ today’s meeting? 64. 我爸爸对我的学习要求很严格。 My dad _____________ _____________ _____________ my study. 65. 这首歌勾起我很多初中生活的回忆。 The song _____________ _____________ a lot of memories from my junior high school life. 六、补全对话(5分) 根据对话内容，从下面方框中选出恰当的句子补全对话。有一个多余选项。 A: Hey, what are you doing, Jenny? B: (66)_____________ A: Can I have a look? B: (67)_____________ Here you are. A: Oh, there are so many photos. B: Yes. (68)_____________ A: (69)_____________ B: This one. My mother and I are looking at each other and smiling in it. A: Why do you like it? B: (70)_____________ A: Yes, it’s a really nice photo. A. Of course. B. Who took them for you? C. Which one is your favourite? D. I’m looking at my family photo book. E. Because it shows the love between my mother and me. F. We like taking photos to remember our happy moments. 七、书面表达(10分) 中国人讲究“家和万事兴”，西方人认为“East or west, home is the best.”。家对于每个人来说都至关重要，家庭和睦更是幸福生活的保障。假如你们下周英语角活动的主题是“A happy family moment”，请你根据下面的提示问题，用英语写一篇短文，和同学们分享自己和家人的幸福时刻。 提示问题： 1. When was the great family moment? 2. What did you and your family do? 3. How did you feel? 要求： 1. 包括所有提示信息，可适当拓展； 2. 条理清楚，意思连贯，语句通顺，语法正确； 3. 50词左右。 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 16-20 DCDAB 21-25 ACDBB 26-30 ABCDA 31-35 DBCAA 36-40 DACBA 41-45 CBDAB 46. mountain 47. handsome 48. each 49. reason 50. along 51. marry 52. son 53. silent 54. area 55. serve 56. position 57. growth 58. carry 59. Tears 60. hug 61. take over 62. for the first time 63. absent from 64. is strict about 65. brings back 66-70 DAFCE 【写作指导】 本篇写作要求我们用英语写一篇短文分享自己和家人的幸福时刻。我们需要根据提示问题，结合自身经历，介绍具体的时间、当时的活动以及感受。 ☆主题：人与社会之社会服务与人际沟通 ☆子主题：和谐家庭 ☆时态：一般过去时 ☆人称：第一人称 ☆行文布局： ① 引出话题并交代时间 → I have a happy family and we have many happy family moments. →Let me share one of them with you. →It was in … / … ago. ② 介绍当时做了什么 →My parents and I … ③ 表达感受 →We enjoyed our time. →We were so happy. One possible version: I have a happy family and we have many happy family moments. Let me share one of them with you. It was two years ago. I remember it was a clear day and my parents and I decided to climb a mountain. We climbed and enjoyed the beautiful scene along the way. Later, we got tired. But we supported each other and finally got to the top of the mountain together. We were really happy and I knew the meaning of family at that moment. We took a family photo to record the great moment. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $