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初二英语试题卷 （时长： 100分钟） Part I Listening（第一部分 听力） （共30分） I. Listening comprehension （听力理解） A. Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）（6分） A B C D E F G H 1.______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）（8分） 7. A. A dog. B. A cat. C. A bird. D. A rabbit. 8. A. A hamburger B. A sandwich C. A hot—dog. D. A fruit salad. 9. A. At 6:00 B. At 6:30 C. At 7:00 D. At 7:30. 10. A. Fifteen minutes’ walk. B. A Fifteen minutes’ bus ride. C. Fifty minutes’ walk. D. Fifty minutes’ bus ride. 11. A. See a film. B. Watch TV. C. Play football. D. Read a book. 12. A. In the hospital. B. In the hotel. C. At the airport. D. At the station. 13. A. It’s cloudy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s sunny. D. It’s fine. 14. A. How to watch movies. B. How to read novels. C. How to talk with foreigners. D. How to learn English. C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)(6分) 15. Alice and Peter wanted to help others with their money. 16. They asked their mother for help, and she gave them good advice. 17. Their mother helped them pick up two pairs of shoes in the store. 18. Alice and Peter waited till dark so that Billy and Rose wouldn’t see them. 19. Billy and Rose thanked Alice and Peter for getting them the new shoes the next morning. 20. The story tells us that sometimes happiness comes from helping others. D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，用听到的单词完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)（共10分） 21. If you know how to change your habits, then even a small effort can create _____ _____. 22. It _______ _______ that you pay attention to one change for 30 days. 23. You should change one habit at a time because _______ _______ change a few habits at a time is useless. 24. Don’t manage to follow habits because you should, but because you’ve _______ _______ and they work in your life. 25. Just _______ _______. Your change should include one or two rules, not a dozen. Part Two Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary （第二部分 语音、语法和词汇）（共50分） II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（20分） 1. Which of the following words matches the sound /ɪkˈspekt/? A. expense B. except C. expect D. express 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：以下哪个单词与/ɪkˈspekt/这个发音相符？ 考查语音知识。expense/ɪkˈspens/；except/ɪkˈsept/；expect/ɪkˈspekt/；express/ɪkˈspres/。根据音标可知，expect符合。故选C。 2. David talked with a friend of ________ on the Internet for a long time last night. A. he B. him C. his D. himself 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：大卫昨晚在网上与他的一位朋友聊了很久。 考查名词所有格。he他，主格；him他，宾格；his他的，名词性物主代词/形容词性物主代词；himself他自己，反身代词。a friend of sb’s表示“某人的一个朋友”，如果of后为代词，只能用相应的名词性物主代词。结合选项，名词性物主代词his符合题意。故选C。 3. Is Mike responsible ________designing the entire project this year? A. of B. to C. for D. with 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：迈克今年负责整个项目的设计工作吗？ 考查介词辨析。of属于……的；to到；for为了；with和。be responsible for“对……负责”，固定短语。故选C。 4. After she passed the entrance exam, she finally became ________ university student. A. / B. an C. the D. a 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：在她通过入学考试之后，她终于成为了一名大学生。 考查冠词的用法。根据“she finally became…university student.”可知，此处表示泛指，应该填不定冠词a/an。university以辅音音素开头，不定冠词a符合题意。故选D。 5. I couldn't get much of the exhibition of clean-energy products from the website. A news B. photos C. posters D. advertisements 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：我从网站上看不到关于清洁能源产品展览会的很多新闻。 A. news新闻；B. photos照片；C. posters海报；D. advertisements广告。根据文中of the exhibition of clean-energy products from the website.可知这里是许多新闻。根据题意，故选A。 6. Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail ________ the coffee. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoys D. to enjoy 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：有时，如果我们只关注杯子，就会错过享受咖啡的乐趣。 考查非谓语动词。“fail to do”是固定搭配，表示“未能做某事”。故选D。 7. We usually go far a walk after supper if there a good program on TV. A. isn’t B. wasn’t C. won’t be D. wasn’t going to be 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：如果电视上没有好的节目，我们通常晚饭后去散步。 考查时态。isn’t一般现在时；wasn’t一般过去时；won’t be一般将来时；wasn’t going to be过去将来时。根据usually可知，主句用一般现在时，if引导的条件状语从句也要用一般现在时，故选A。 8. Unlike human beings, cats can’t smile and their looks seem cold and ________. A. horribly B. bravely C. gently D. unfriendly 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：猫不像人类，它们不会微笑，而且它们的样子似乎冷漠且不友善。 考查形容词作表语。horribly可怕地，副词；bravely勇敢地，副词；gently温和地，副词；unfriendly不友善的，形容词。根据题干中“their looks seem cold and ____”可知seem在句中作系动词，其后接两个由and连接的形容词。故选D。 9. Dragon culture is one of ________ cultures in China. A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：龙文化是中国最受欢迎的文化之一。 考查形容词最高级。“one of+the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数”表示“……中最……之一”。故选D。 10. Some learners listen to BBC to improve English, while _____ may prefer American shows. A. other B. the other C. others D. another 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：一些学习者听BBC来提高英语水平，而其他人可能更喜欢美国节目。 考查代词辨析。other其他的，后接名词复数；the other特指两者中的另一个，后接名词单数；others其他人或物；another非特指的另一个，后接名词单数。some … others …意为“一些……另一些……”，是固定用法；此处others并不表示剩下的所有。故选C。 11. Look at the crowded cinema! The film ________ be popular. Shall we go and see it? A. need B. ought to C. must D. has to 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：看那拥挤的电影院！这部电影一定很受欢迎。我们去看它好吗？ 考查情态动词用法。need需要；ought to应该；must一定；has to不得不。根据“Look at the crowded cinema!”可知，电影院很拥挤，所以推测电影一定受欢迎，用“must”。故选C。 12. ________ amazing adventure we are having on the small island these days! A. What B. What a C. What an D. How 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：这些天我们在这个小岛上经历了多么奇妙的冒险啊! 考查感叹句。根据句意及标点可知考查感叹句。How引导感叹句，后面跟形容词或副词原形，构成:How+形容词或副词+主语+谓语! ；Wha引导感叹句，后面跟名词，构成(1)What+a/an+形容词+可数名词单数+主语+谓语! (2)What+形容词+可数名词复数或不可数名词+主语+谓语!。本句中中心词是adventure，为可数名词；amazing元音音素开头，故选C。 13. There was something wrong with my car， I went to work by underground. A. for B. so C. or D. but 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我的车出了点问题，所以我乘地铁去工作。 A. for因为；B. so因此； C. or否则，要不然；D. but但是。根据上文There was something wrong with my car可知下文是因此，根据题意，故选B。 14. Steven made a phone call ________ his wife before he got on the plane. A. in B. of C. from D. to 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：Steven在登机前给他的妻子打了一个电话。 考查介词辨析。in在……里；of属于……的；from从……来；to向。根据句意，此处表示“给某人打电话”应使用固定搭配“make a phone call to sb.”。故选D。 15. the journey was tiring，Jeff thought it was worth both the time and the money. A. As B. Since C. Unless D. Although 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：虽然旅途很累，杰夫认为时间和金钱都值得。 A. As当……的时候；B. Since 自从；C. Unless除非；D. Although尽管。根据下文Jeff thought it was worth both the time and the money.可知上文是让步状语从句，这里用Although引导。根据题意，故选D。 16. His burning ambition was ________ medicine in the future. A. study B. studying C. studies D. to study 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：他一直以来的强烈愿望就是将来要学医。 考查非谓语动词。根据“His burning ambition was…”可知，此处用动词不定式作表语。故选D。 17. A couple of young people ________ cycling in the countryside once a month every year. A. go B. went C. will go D. has gone 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：一对年轻人每年一个月去农村骑一次自行车。 考查时态。根据“once a month every year.”可知，时态使用一般现在时。故选A。 18. Brian, ________ closer and you can see the words in the picture more clearly. A. come B. to come C. is coming D. comes 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：Brian，走近点，你就能更清楚地看到图片上的字了。 考查祈使句的用法。空格处需用动词原形构成祈使句，表示命令或建议。故选A。 19. -- Sorry about the mess I made in your kitchen. I’ll clean it up. -- The cleaning lady will do that later. A. You’re welcome. B. That’s too bad! C. Oh, it doesn’t matter. D. Be careful, please. 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——对不起，我将你的厨房弄得一团糟，我将打扫它。——哦，没关系，清洁女工一会就打扫了。 考查情景交际。You are welcome不用谢（回答感谢）；That’s too bad太糟糕了；Oh，it doesn’t matter没关系（回答道歉）；Be careful，please请小心。根据Sorry about the mess I made in your kitchen“对不起，我将你的厨房弄得一团糟”可知，回答道歉，用it doesn’t matter，故选C。 20. -_____________________ - That's a good idea. A. I've got the first prize in the English speech contest. B. I'd like to invite you to my birthday party tomorrow. C. Shall we go to the farm to pick peaches this weekend? D. Would you mind opening the window a bit more? 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这个周末我们去农场摘桃子好吗？——真是个好主意。A. I've got the first prize in the English speech contest. 我在英语演讲比赛中得了一等奖。B. I'd like to invite you to my birthday party tomorrow. 明天我想邀请你参加我的生日聚会。C. Shall we go to the farm to pick peaches this weekend? 这个周末我们去农场摘桃子好吗？D. Would you mind opening the window a bit more? 你介意把窗户再打开一点吗？根据答语“真是个好主意。”可知问题句应为一个提议。答案C符合题意。 III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can be used only once.(选择最恰当的选项填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)(8分) A Final Touch of Color A.fights B. different C. puzzle D. makes E. breaks down Why does nature paint some autumn leaves red? When Missy Eppes was young, she loved to climb her family’s maple tree during the fall. “It turned the most amazing colors of orange and red and yellow,” she says. “I would sit up in that tree in the fall and feel like I was sitting inside the sun.” Today, she is Dr. Eppes, a scientist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She and her students have worked to help solve a ____21____ about autumn leaf colors. Scientists understand why summer leaves are green and why they change to yellow or orange in the autumn. But autumn reds are ____22____. Some leaves turn red. Others don’t. It’s a mystery. Inside all leaves, all summer long, a green pigment (色素) called chlorophyll (叶绿素) catches energy from sunlight for photosynthesis (光合作用), a process that ____23____ food for the plant. Yellow and orange chemicals called carotenoids (类胡萝卜素) are there through the summer, hidden by the chlorophyll. These lighter colors help catch sunlight and pass the energy to chlorophyll. In autumn, photosynthesis stops, and the green chlorophyll ____24____. Then the yellow and orange carotenoids show through in the leaves. A.types B. probably C. test D. trouble E. naturally But for most plants, the red color, anthocyanin (花色素苷), has not been hiding. The leaf doesn’t start making this red pigment until the fall. Dr. Eppes says, “Trees use up a lot of energy to make anthocyanin. So it has always been a mystery why they would go to all of that ____25____ at a time when they should be ‘going to sleep’ for the winter.” Anthocyanins may help a leaf save nutrients that it stored up in the growing season. Dr. Eppes and her students ran a study to ____26____ that idea. In a protected area in North Carolina, they counted the kinds of trees that live in rich soil low on the hillsides, and the ____27____ that live in poor hilltop soils. Low on the hillsides, they found more birches, beeches, and other trees that can’t make anthocyanins. These trees have yellow or brown fall leaves. On the hilltops, most of the trees were red maples, sweet gums, and others that can make anthocyanins, giving them red leaves in the fall. “Trees that don’t make anthocyanins seem to ____28____ live in places with lots of ‘food,’ like floodplains where nutrients get added to the soil each time the river floods,” Dr. Eppes says. “Trees that make anthocyanins seem to live in places that don’t have this buffet.” Dr. Eppes suspects the anthocyanins may lie in the soil after the leaves drop, fertilizing the tree in the spring. Other scientists think the chemical works like sunscreen, protecting the leaf while it moves nutrients into the tree and stores them for the winter. The mystery isn’t solved yet, but scientists are a few steps closer! 【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D 24. E 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. E 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要探讨了自然界中部分秋叶会变红的原因，介绍了相关科学家的研究及猜想。 【21题详解】 句意：她和她的学生致力于帮助解开一个关于秋叶颜色的谜题。根据“She and her students have worked to help solve a ... about autumn leaf colors.”和备选词汇可知，设空处前有不定冠词“a”，需填名词，“puzzle”符合语境。故选C。 【22题详解】 句意：但秋天的红色是不同的。根据“But autumn reds are ...”和备选词汇可知，设空处位于系动词“are”后，需填形容词作表语，“different”符合描述秋天红色特点的语境。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：整个夏天，在所有的叶子里，一种叫做叶绿素的绿色色素从阳光中获取能量用于光合作用，这是一个为植物制造食物的过程。根据“Inside all leaves, all summer long, a green pigment (色素) called chlorophyll (叶绿素) catches energy from sunlight for photosynthesis (光合作用), a process that ... food for the plant.”和备选词汇可知，设空处所在定语从句缺少谓语动词，主语“a process”是单数，且描述客观事实用一般现在时，“makes”符合语境。故选D。 【24题详解】 句意：到了秋天，光合作用停止，绿色的叶绿素分解。根据“In autumn, photosynthesis stops, and the green chlorophyll ...”和备选词汇可知，设空处需填谓语动词（短语），“breaks down”符合叶绿素在秋天的变化情况。故选E。 【25题详解】 句意：所以，为什么它们会在本该为冬天“休眠”的时候，费尽所有那样的力气，这一直是个谜。根据“So it has always been a mystery why they would go to all of that ... at a time when they should be ‘going to sleep’ for the winter.”和备选词汇可知，设空处前有“that”（指代前文提到的消耗能量的事），需填名词，“trouble”符合语境。故选D。 【26题详解】 句意：埃普斯博士和她的学生进行了一项研究来验证那个想法。根据“Dr. Eppes and her students ran a study to ... that idea.”和备选词汇可知，设空处前有不定式符号“to”，需填动词原形，“test”符合进行研究的目的语境。故选C。 【27题详解】 句意：在北卡罗来纳州的一个保护区，他们统计了生长在山坡低处肥沃土壤中的树种，以及生长在山顶贫瘠土壤中的树种。根据“In a protected area in North Carolina, they counted the kinds of trees that live in rich soil low on the hillsides, and the ... that live in poor hilltop soils.”和备选词汇可知，设空处与前面的“the kinds”并列，需填名词复数，“types”符合语境。故选A。 【28题详解】 句意：不产生花色素苷的树似乎自然而然地生长在有很多“养分”的地方，比如洪泛区，那里每次河流泛滥都会给土壤增加养分。根据“Trees that don’t make anthocyanins seem to ... live in places with lots of ‘food’”和备选词汇可知，设空处修饰动词“live”，需填副词，“naturally”符合语境。故选E。 IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词）（8分） 29. Joe was made a team leader on his ________ day in the summer camp. (eight) 【答案】eighth 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：乔在夏令营的第八天被任命为队长。根据空前“his”和空后“day”可知，此处特指“第八天”，用序数词。故填eighth。 30. Jessie cooked a meal for her big family by ________ on New Year’s Eve. (she) 【答案】herself 【解析】 【详解】句意：除夕夜，Jessie 一个人为她的大家庭做了一顿饭。she她，主格，by oneself“独自，单独”，she的反身代词是herself。故填herself。 31. After some heated ____________, a decision was finally made. (argue) 【答案】arguments 【解析】 【详解】句意：经过一些激烈的争论后，终于做出了决定。根据空前的形容词“heated”可知，应填入名词，argue是动词，其对应的名词是argument“争论”，some后接可数名词的复数形式。故填arguments。 32. Students should be encouraged to do more ____________ exercise to improve their fitness. (physics) 【答案】physical 【解析】 【详解】句意：应该鼓励学生多做体育锻炼来增强体质。“physics”是名词，意为“物理”，其形容词形式“physical”意为“身体的；体育的”，在句中作定语，修饰“exercise”，“physical exercise”表示“体育锻炼”，符合语境。故填physical。 33. Unless you practise more, you won’t ____________ in winning the game. (successful) 【答案】succeed 【解析】 【详解】句意：除非你多加练习，否则你不会成功赢得比赛。“successful”是形容词，意为“成功的”，其动词形式“succeed”意为“成功”，“won’t”是“will not”的缩写，后接动词原形，“succeed”在句中作谓语，“succeed in doing sth.”是固定短语，意为“成功做某事”，符合语境。故填succeed。 34. Some tomatoes and eggs are on ____________ in the supermarket. (sell) 【答案】sale 【解析】 【详解】句意：超市里一些西红柿和鸡蛋正在促销。“sell”是动词，此处需要名词形式“sale”。“on sale”是固定短语，意为“促销；廉价出售”。故填sale。 35. She is ____________ and nobody in her team likes her. (bore) 【答案】boring 【解析】 【详解】句意：她很无趣，她团队里没人喜欢她。空格位于系动词“is”后，需填形容词作表语，“bore”的形容词形式“boring”意为“令人厌烦的；无趣的”，用于描述“she”的特点，符合语境。故填boring。 36. Shirley is an early bird. It was __________for her to be late for school today. (usual) 【答案】unusual 【解析】 【详解】句意：Shirley是个早起的人，今天上学迟到对她来说是不寻常的。 根据该空处在句中作表语故填入形容词，所给词usual为形容词意为"寻常的"，根据上文意思"Shirley是个早起的人，"可推知今天上学迟到对她来说是不寻常的。故填入usual的反义词unusual"不同寻常的"。故填unusual。 V. Complete the following sentences as required（根据所给要求完成句子。62—67小题每空格限填一词）（14分） 37. The robbery case has already been solved.（改为否定句） The robbery case _______ been solved ________. 【答案】 ①. hasn’t ②. yet 【解析】 【详解】句意：抢劫案已经破了。考查现在完成时的被动语态如何变否定句。原句是现在完成时的被动语态，其结构为has/have+been+done，变否定句时，在助动词has/have之后直接加not。原句使用的助动词是has，has not的缩写形式为hasn’t；already改为yet，放在句子末尾。故填hasn’t；yet。 38. They stole the valuable painting last night. (改为一般疑问句) ___________ they ___________ the valuable painting last night? 【答案】 ①. Did ②. steal 【解析】 【详解】句意：他们昨晚偷了那幅珍贵的画。原句是一般过去时，改为一般疑问句时，要借助助动词Did，放在句首，后面的实义动词steal要用原形。故填Did；steal。 39. Jenny hardly has coffee with milk in it.（改为反意疑问句） Jenny hardly has coffee with milk in it, ________ ________ ? 【答案】 ①. does ②. she 【解析】 【分析】 【详解】句意：Jenny几乎没有加咖啡的牛奶。hardly含有否定含义，因此反意疑问句，前否后肯。has为实义动词，疑问部分用助动词does，人称代词she代替Jenny。故填does；she。 40. His plan for the summer holiday is quite like mine.（保持句意基本不变） His plan for the summer holiday is ___________ ___________ mine. 【答案】 ①. similar ②. to 【解析】 【详解】句意：他的暑假计划和我的很像。根据题干，原句中的“quite like”可以用“similar to”替换，表示“与……相似”。故填similar；to。 41. Jack keeps in touch with his friends in America by e-mail every week. (对划线部分提问) ___________ ___________ Jack keep in touch with his friends in America? 【答案】 ①. How ②. does 【解析】 【详解】句意：杰克每周通过电子邮件与他在美国的朋友保持联系。划线部分是“by e-mail”，对方式提问用“How”。原句是一般现在时，主语“Jack”是第三人称单数，助动词用“does”。句首首字母大写。故填How；does。 42. The hall was not big enough to hold so many people.（保持句意基本不变） The hall was ___________ small that it ___________ hold so many people. 【答案】 ①. so ②. couldn’t 【解析】 【详解】句意：大厅不够大，容纳不了这么多人。“not big enough to do sth.”表示“不够大去做某事”，可替换为“so small that…can’t/couldn’t do sth.”。原句是一般过去时，所以第二空填couldn’t。故填so；couldn’t。 43. that restaurant, happened, an accident, near, last Monday（连词成句） _______________________________________________. 【答案】An accident happened near that restaurant last Monday 【解析】 【详解】根据所给标点及所给词可知，本句是陈述句。分析所给单词，an accident作主语；happened作谓语；near that restaurant作地点状语；last Monday作时间状语。故填An accident happened near that restaurant last Monday“上周一那家餐馆附近发生了一起事故”。 Part Three Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写） VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分） A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（12分） Twice a month, Nona Avery sits down, picks up her pen and writes a letter to her best friend. The British woman has been doing it for 81 years. She has sent more than 1,500 letters to her pen pal in America. The hobby started in 1942. Nona, then 12, was reading a magazine. Some ads in the magazine were asking for pen pals. One of them caught Nona’s eye. It was from Alice Powers. She lived in America and was also 12. “I was very excited,” Nona said. “I sat down immediately, wrote a letter, put it in an envelope — together with a picture of myself — and posted it.” Nona spent every day waiting for the postman. Two weeks later — which felt like a lifetime— a reply dropped through the letterbox. “I was overjoyed,” Nona said. “There was a letter and a picture of my new friend. She was all the way on the other side of the world!” Nona and Alice wanted to learn more about each other. They kept writing. The two found that they had a lot in common. They liked the same books and the same films. However, both Nona and Alice were too poor to afford a plane ticket. It was not until 1987 that they met. “I was excited to see the person I had been writing to for four decades,” Nona said. “We had a big hug and then sat down, chatting for hours.” Now in their nineties, Nona and Alice are still writing to each other. And they still write by hand. “Writing is much more intimate. So why shall we change the habit of a lifetime?” Nona said. “I’m so glad that I wrote that first letter 81 years ago.” 44. When did Nona Avery and Alice Powers become pen pals? A. In 1987. B. Ninety years ago. C. Four decades ago. D. When Nona was 12 years old. 45. Where did Nona first see Alice’s information? A. On a website. B. In a magazine. C. On social media. D. In a newspaper. 46. The underlined word “overjoyed” (in paragraph 3) probably means ________. A. very sad B. very happy C. very tired D. very worried 47. According to the article what did Nona and Alice have in common? ① They liked the same films. ② They were of the same age. ③ They liked the same books. ④ They liked the same movie stars. A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ②③④ 48. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A Nona has many pen pals. B. Nona and Alice will keep writing by hand. C. Nona doesn’t know how to use a computer. D. Nona and Alice will write to each other by email. 49. What’s the best title for this passage? A. Forever Friends. B. Making Friends with Alice. C. Pen Pals for over 80 Years. D. Nona and Alice. 【答案】44. D 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. B 49. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了英国女性诺娜・埃弗里和美国笔友艾丽斯・鲍尔斯长达 80 多年的笔友情谊，包括她们成为笔友的时间、相识过程以及一直保持手写通信的情况等。 【44题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“The hobby started in 1942. Nona, then 12, was reading a magazine. Some ads in the magazine were asking for pen pals. One of them caught Nona’s eye. It was from Alice Powers.”可知，诺娜12岁时和艾丽斯・鲍尔斯成为笔友。故选D。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“Nona, then 12, was reading a magazine. Some ads in the magazine were asking for pen pals. One of them caught Nona’s eye. It was from Alice Powers.”可知，诺娜第一次看到艾丽斯的信息是在杂志上。故选B。 【46题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章第3段“Two weeks later — which felt like a lifetime — a reply dropped through the letterbox. ‘I was overjoyed,’ Nona said. ‘There was a letter and a picture of my new friend.’”可知，收到笔友的回信和照片，诺娜应是非常高兴的，所以“overjoyed”意为“very happy”。故选B。 【47题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“Nona, then 12, was reading a magazine... It was from Alice Powers. She lived in America and was also 12.”以及第4段“They liked the same books and the same films.”可知，她们年龄相同、喜欢同样的电影和书，①②③符合。故选A。 【48题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Now in their nineties, Nona and Alice are still writing to each other. And they still write by hand. ‘Writing is much more intimate. So why shall we change the habit of a lifetime?’ Nona said.”可知，诺娜和艾丽斯会继续手写通信。故选B。 【49题详解】 最佳标题题。文章主要讲述了诺娜和艾丽斯长达80多年的笔友情谊，“Pen Pals for over 80 Years”能准确概括文章主旨。故选C。 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） ChatGPT is back in the headlines! OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4. On March 14, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than the previous GPT-3.5. One of its best new features is that it can ____50____ pictures. For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange or funny. But GPT-4’s developments don’t ____51____ there. The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games like Tetris (俄罗斯方块) in a matter of minutes, and produce the code and layout (布局) for a website based on a hand-made drawing. It can also change the tone (语气) and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry ____52____. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent. GPT-4 will also see greater use as a tool to power other apps and services. ____53____, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their upcoming Duolingo Max function (功能). Users can learn language by talking with AI. Another app, Be My Eyes, will have a digital assistant to help blind people better understand the world around them. The government of Iceland also plans to use GPT-4 to protect the Icelandic language. There are still problems with the new language model, however. GPT-4 still struggles to get completely correct answers, ____54____ with newer information after September 2021. GPT-4 also sometimes “hallucinates (产生幻觉)”, meaning that it will insist that ____55____ information is true. 50. A. draw B. express C. understand D. support 51. A. complete B. limit C. observe D. stop 52. A. graduates B. staff C. teachers D. partners 53. A. In addition B. As a result C. In fact D. For example 54. A. even B. exactly C. especially D. actually 55. A. serious B. precious C. regular D. wrong 【答案】50. C 51. D 52. C 53. D 54. C 55. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲GPT-4的一些强大功能及仍然存在的问题。 【50题详解】 句意：它最出色的新功能之一在于能够理解图片。 draw画；express表达；understand理解；support支持。根据“For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange or funny.”可知，GPT-4能够理解图片。故选C。 【51题详解】 句意：但GPT-4的发展远不止于此。 complete完成；limit限制；observe观察到；stop停止。根据“The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games like Tetris (俄罗斯方块) in a matter of minutes,…GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests,”可知，GPT-4更智能，但它的发展不止于此，stop符合题意。故选D。 【52题详解】 句意：GPT-4在通过测试方面比之前的 GPT 版本表现得要好得多，这可能会让教师们感到担忧。 graduates毕业生；staff员工；teachers教师；partners同伴。根据“GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests,”可知，GPT-4在通过测试方面比之前的GPT版本表现得要好得多，这可能会让教师们感到担忧。故选C。 【53题详解】 句意：例如，语言学习应用Duolingo计划在即将推出的Duolingo Max功能中使用GPT-4。 In addition此外；As a result结果是；In fact事实上；For example例如。根据“GPT-4 will also see greater use as a tool to power other apps and services.”以及“the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their upcoming Duolingo Max function”可知，空后是在举例说明GPT-4将被更多地用作支持其他应用和服务的工具，For example符合题意。故选D。 【54题详解】 句意：GPT-4仍然难以给出完全正确的答案，尤其是在2021年9月之后的新信息方面。 even甚至；exactly精确地；especially尤其；actually实际上。根据“GPT-4 still struggles to get completely correct answers,…with newer information after September 2021.”可知，空后表示强调，用especially。故选C。 【55题详解】 句意：GPT-4有时也会出现“幻觉”现象，即它会执意认为错误的信息是真实的。 serious严重的；precious珍贵的；regular规律的；wrong错误的。根据“hallucinates”可知，有时GPT-4会执意认为错误的信息是真实的。故选D。 C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空限填一词，首字母已给）（14分） I Am the Pine “Look at this,” I said to my friend Mandy, holding up the bright—red paper I had grabbed as we entered the library. “There’s a five—day art camp at White Cliff this summer.” Mandy took the paper and glanced at it. She stopped when her eyes caught the d_____56_____. “It’s during the last week of July,” she said. “That’s the same time as the Hill County Fair.” I had a feeling she’d mention that. “Yeah, that’s true,” I said. “But we always go to the fair.” Mandy handed the paper back to me as she stood up to look at the shelf of new books. “Tessa, you’re the artist.” She smiled. “My little brother thought the tulips (郁金香) I painted were rocket ships.” “You may not think you can draw, but you can learn,” I said in my most encouraging voice. I really didn’t want to go a_____57_____. Mandy giggled. “You sound like a TV commercial.” Later, I called my friends Emily and Yoshiko. Yoshiko was going to the fair, and Emily would be out of town in July. I sighed and dropped my head down on the red paper. I went home and decided to draw Weston’s pine tree (松树). I opened the door and blinked at the bright sunshine as I sat on the front stoop. I thought about art camp and wished I felt a little b_____58_____. Mandy could make friends with a whole busload of kids in 10 minutes, but my stomach twirls like a roller coaster when I don’t know anyone around me. Besides, I did have fun at the fair with my friends. By the time I started sketching, I had convinced myself I was happy to skip the camp. I used my ebony pencil and drew the pine’s strong trunk, straight and sturdy. I added the graceful branches, making sure the upper ones lifted gently toward the sun. Once I started sketching, I didn’t notice the fly buzzing around me or the sound of the lawn mower a few houses down. That’s why I j_____59_____ when Mr. Weston said, “You’ve done a great job capturing the strength of that tree on paper.” “Thanks.” I smiled, glancing up. Mr. Weston was out for a walk. He used a cane, and I cut the grass for him every week. “That pine was there when I moved in,” Mr. Weston said, “but I have planted pine trees before, when I worked for the park. You have to spread out the roots near the surface so the tree can get enough water and grow tall. If you plant the root ball too deep, the tree dies. I learned that roots grow out, not d_____60_____.” “That makes sense,” I said. I added a few more details before I stood up to stretch. I thought about what Mr. Weston told me as I stared at the towering pine. It made me think about art camp and my own roots. I wasn’t stretching them out at all. Instead, I was planting myself into one deep spot because it felt s_____61_____. I suddenly realized that if I wanted to grow, I had to start reaching out too. That night, I took a deep breath and filled in the application for art camp. My stomach felt a little jumbled, but I also felt e_____62_____. I am stretching my roots out into new earth so I can grow, I thought. I am the pine. 【答案】56. (d)ate 57. (a)lone 58. (b)raver 59. (j)umped 60 (d)own 61. (s)afe 62. (e)xcited 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了“我”起初因朋友不能同行且对未知的担忧，不想参加艺术营，后来通过画松树以及与Weston先生的交流，领悟到要像松树伸展根系一样去拓展自己，最终决定报名艺术营的故事。 【56题详解】 句意：当她的目光看到日期时，她停了下来。根据“She stopped when her eyes caught the ...”可知，设空处前有定冠词“the”，需填名词，结合后文提到的时间和首字母提示，“date”符合语境。故填(d)ate。 【57题详解】 句意：我真的不想独自去。根据“I really didn’t want to go ...”可知，设空处修饰动词“go”，需填副词，结合首字母提示，“alone”符合“我”不想单独去艺术营的语境。故填(a)lone。 【58题详解】 句意：我想到了艺术营，希望自己能感觉更勇敢一点。根据“I thought about art camp and wished I felt a little ...”可知，设空处前有“a little”，常修饰比较级，结合首字母提示“braver”符合“我”希望更有勇气去艺术营的语境。故填(b)raver。 【59题详解】 句意：那就是为什么当韦斯顿先生说“你在纸上很好地捕捉到了那棵树的力量”时，我跳了起来。根据前文“didn’t notice”可知句子时态为一般过去时，结合首字母提示，“jumped”（跳）符合“我”被突然说话的韦斯顿先生吓到的语境。故填(j)umped。 【60题详解】 句意：我了解到根是向外生长，而不是向下。根据“I learned that roots grow out, not ...”可知，设空处与“out”对应，需填副词，结合首字母提示，“down”符合根生长方向的描述。故填(d)own。 【61题详解】 句意：相反，我把自己根植于一个深处，因为那感觉很安全。根据“Instead, I was planting myself into one deep spot because it felt ...”可知，设空处前有系动词“felt”，需填形容词，结合首字母提示，“safe”符合“我”因感觉安全而不愿拓展的语境。故填(s)afe。 【62题详解】 句意：我的胃感觉有点不舒服，但我也感到兴奋。根据“My stomach felt a little jumbled, but I also felt ...”可知，设空处前有系动词“felt”，需填形容词，结合首字母提示，“excited”符合“我”决定参加艺术营既紧张又兴奋的语境。故填(e)xcited。 D.Answer the questions（根短文内容回答问题）（12分） Hi Kids! This month we focus on two people who have tried their hardest in their lives. Their life stories can inspire us. We hope that you can admire their achievements and learn lessons from them. Yao Ming is a basketball legend who played in the NBA (National Basketball Association) from 2002 to 2011, representing the Houston Rockets. Because of him, basketball has become very popular in China. Yao Ming was born in 1980 in Shanghai. He was a large baby when he was born. By the age of ten, he was 1.56 m tall. He used to be the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m. Both of Yao Ming’s parents are very tall. His mother was the captain of the women’s national basketball team that won the first Asian Championships in 1976. When he was very young, Yao Ming left his beloved family. He went to live in a state sports school where he trained as a basketball player. He had to practise for ten hours every day! After years of hard work, he finally played for China in the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. He also became an NBA star. Although he retired in 2011, Yao Ming still takes part in charity events. Yang Liwei was the first Chinese astronaut in space. He flew into space in the rocket Shenzhou-5 on 15th September 2003. Yang Liwei was born in Liaoning Province in 1965. When he was eighteen, he became a cadet pilot in the army and learnt to fly fighter planes. In 1998, he began training as an astronaut with fourteen other cadets. Since only one of them could go into space, Yang Liwei decided to train hard no matter what difficulties he faced. On the evening before the launch, the cadets still did not know which one of them would go into space. Then Yang Liwei received a phone call. The next day he became the first Chinese astronaut in space! This is the rocket that Yang Liwei travelled in. It spent twenty-four hours going around the Earth. When Yang Liwei was in space, his first words were, ‘I feel good.’ The whole nation was proud of him! Both Yang Liwei and Yao Ming are persistent people. They kept trying hard to succeed and succeed they did! Persistence will bring us success, whatever we want to do. 63. What do the letters NBA mean? ________________________________________________________________________________ 64. Why did the writer choose to write about Yao Ming and Yang Liwei? ________________________________________________________________________________ 65. Which sentence tells you that Yao Ming was tall when he was young? ________________________________________________________________________________ 66. When did Yang Liwei know that he was going to be the first Chinese astronaut in space? ________________________________________________________________________________ 67. Find a word in the passage that describes someone who never gives up. ________________________________________________________________________________ 68. Who else do you think made a difference in China? What can you learn from him/her? ________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】63. National Basketball Association. 64. Because they have tried their hardest in their lives, their life stories can inspire people, and people can admire their achievements and learn lessons from them. 65. By the age of ten, he was 1.56 m tall. 66. On the evening before the launch, after he received a phone call. 67. Persistent. 68. For example, Yuan Longping. He devoted his life to researching hybrid rice, which greatly increased rice production and helped solve the problem of food shortage for many people. From him, I can learn the spirit of dedication and perseverance in pursuing scientific research to make contributions to society. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了姚明和杨利伟的故事。 【63题详解】 根据“Yao Ming is a basketball legend who played in the NBA (National Basketball Association)”可知，NBA指的是国家篮球协会。故填National Basketball Association. 【64题详解】 根据“This month we focus on two people who have tried their hardest in their lives. Their life stories can inspire us. We hope that you can admire their achievements and learn lessons from them.”可知，因为他们一生都竭尽全力，他们的生平故事能够鼓舞人心，人们会钦佩他们的成就，并从他们身上汲取经验教训。故填Because they have tried their hardest in their lives, their life stories can inspire people, and people can admire their achievements and learn lessons from them. 【65题详解】 根据“By the age of ten, he was 1.56 m tall.”可知，这句话说明姚明小时候就很高了。故填By the age of ten, he was 1.56 m tall. 【66题详解】 根据“On the evening before the launch, the cadets still did not know which one of them would go into space. Then Yang Liwei received a phone call. The next day he became the first Chinese astronaut in space!”可知，在发射的前一天晚上，杨利伟接到了一个电话，从而知道了他将成为中国第一个进入太空的宇航员。故填On the evening before the launch, after he received a phone call. 【67题详解】 根据“Persistence will bring us success, whatever we want to do.”可知，坚持会给我们带来成功，无论我们想做什么。故填Persistent. 【68题详解】 开放性题目，答案合理即可。参考答案为For example, Yuan Longping. He devoted his life to researching hybrid rice, which greatly increased rice production and helped solve the problem of food shortage for many people. From him, I can learn the spirit of dedication and perseverance in pursuing scientific research to make contributions to society. VII. Writing（作文）（共20分） 94. Write at least 60 words to talk about a misunderstanding you experienced. 69. 在日常生活中，我们经常会遇到各种各样的误会，有的令人尴尬，有的令人捧腹，有的令人感动……请以“A misunderstanding I experienced”（我经历过的误会）为题，谈谈你的经历和感受。 （ 注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。标点符号不占格） ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 A misunderstanding I experienced Last month, I planned to buy my mom a birthday cake. I saved pocket money and asked a bakery to reserve one. When my mom saw me talking to the baker, she thought I was wasting money on snacks and criticized me gently. I felt a little upset but said nothing then. On her birthday, I brought the cake home. Mom was surprised and realized her mistake. She hugged me and apologized. This experience taught me that misunderstandings can be solved with patience, and they even make love warmer. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇记叙文，为话题作文； ②时态：以“一般过去时”为主； ③提示：围绕“我经历过的误会”，讲述事件经过及个人感受。 [写作步骤] 第一步，开篇点明要讲述的是关于给妈妈买生日蛋糕引发的误会经历。 第二步，中间详细叙述误会产生的过程以及误会解除的场景。 第三步，结尾分享从这次误会经历中得到的感悟。 [亮点词汇] ①reserve预订；预约 ②criticize批评；指责 ③upset心烦的；苦恼的 ④patience耐心 [高分句型] ①When my mom saw me talking to the baker, she thought I was wasting money on snacks and criticized me gently.（“when”引导的时间状语从句） ②This experience taught me that misunderstandings can be solved with patience, and they even make love warmer.（“that”引导的宾语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 初二英语试题卷 （时长： 100分钟） Part I Listening（第一部分 听力） （共30分） I. Listening comprehension （听力理解） A. Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）（6分） A B C D E F G H 1.______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________ 6. _______ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）（8分） 7. A. A dog. B. A cat. C. A bird. D. A rabbit. 8. A. A hamburger B. A sandwich C. A hot—dog. D. A fruit salad. 9. A. At 6:00 B. At 6:30 C. At 7:00 D. At 7:30. 10. A. Fifteen minutes’ walk. B. A Fifteen minutes’ bus ride. C. Fifty minutes’ walk. D. Fifty minutes’ bus ride. 11. A. See a film. B. Watch TV. C. Play football. D. Read a book. 12. A. In the hospital. B. In the hotel. C. At the airport. D. At the station. 13. A. It’s cloudy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s sunny. D. It’s fine. 14. A. How to watch movies. B. How to read novels. C. How to talk with foreigners. D. How to learn English. C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)(6分) 15. Alice and Peter wanted to help others with their money. 16. They asked their mother for help, and she gave them good advice. 17. Their mother helped them pick up two pairs of shoes in the store. 18. Alice and Peter waited till dark so that Billy and Rose wouldn’t see them. 19. Billy and Rose thanked Alice and Peter for getting them the new shoes the next morning. 20. The story tells us that sometimes happiness comes from helping others. D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，用听到的单词完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)（共10分） 21. If you know how to change your habits, then even a small effort can create _____ _____. 22. It _______ _______ that you pay attention to one change for 30 days. 23. You should change one habit at a time because _______ _______ change a few habits at a time is useless. 24. Don’t manage to follow habits because you should, but because you’ve _______ _______ and they work in your life. 25. Just _______ _______. Your change should include one or two rules, not a dozen. Part Two Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary （第二部分 语音、语法和词汇）（共50分） II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）（20分） 1. Which of the following words matches the sound /ɪkˈspekt/? A. expense B. except C. expect D. express 2. David talked with a friend of ________ on the Internet for a long time last night. A. he B. him C. his D. himself 3. Is Mike responsible ________designing the entire project this year? A. of B. to C. for D. with 4. After she passed the entrance exam, she finally became ________ university student. A. / B. an C. the D. a 5. I couldn't get much of the exhibition of clean-energy products from the website. A. news B. photos C. posters D. advertisements 6. Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail ________ the coffee. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoys D. to enjoy 7. We usually go far a walk after supper if there a good program on TV. A. isn’t B. wasn’t C. won’t be D. wasn’t going to be 8. Unlike human beings, cats can’t smile and their looks seem cold and ________. A. horribly B. bravely C. gently D. unfriendly 9. Dragon culture is one of ________ cultures in China. A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 10. Some learners listen to BBC to improve English, while _____ may prefer American shows. A. other B. the other C. others D. another 11. Look at the crowded cinema! The film ________ be popular. Shall we go and see it? A need B. ought to C. must D. has to 12. ________ amazing adventure we are having on the small island these days! A. What B. What a C. What an D. How 13. There was something wrong with my car， I went to work by underground. A. for B. so C. or D. but 14. Steven made a phone call ________ his wife before he got on the plane. A. in B. of C. from D. to 15. the journey was tiring，Jeff thought it was worth both the time and the money. A. As B. Since C. Unless D. Although 16. His burning ambition was ________ medicine in the future. A. study B. studying C. studies D. to study 17. A couple of young people ________ cycling in the countryside once a month every year. A go B. went C. will go D. has gone 18. Brian, ________ closer and you can see the words in the picture more clearly. A. come B. to come C. is coming D. comes 19. -- Sorry about the mess I made in your kitchen. I’ll clean it up. -- The cleaning lady will do that later. A. You’re welcome. B. That’s too bad! C. Oh, it doesn’t matter. D. Be careful, please. 20. -_____________________ - That's a good idea. A. I've got the first prize in the English speech contest. B. I'd like to invite you to my birthday party tomorrow. C. Shall we go to the farm to pick peaches this weekend? D. Would you mind opening the window a bit more? III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can be used only once.(选择最恰当的选项填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)(8分) A Final Touch of Color A.fights B. different C. puzzle D. makes E. breaks down Why does nature paint some autumn leaves red? When Missy Eppes was young, she loved to climb her family’s maple tree during the fall. “It turned the most amazing colors of orange and red and yellow,” she says. “I would sit up in that tree in the fall and feel like I was sitting inside the sun.” Today, she is Dr. Eppes, a scientist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She and her students have worked to help solve a ____21____ about autumn leaf colors. Scientists understand why summer leaves are green and why they change to yellow or orange in the autumn. But autumn reds are ____22____. Some leaves turn red. Others don’t. It’s a mystery. Inside all leaves, all summer long, a green pigment (色素) called chlorophyll (叶绿素) catches energy from sunlight for photosynthesis (光合作用), a process that ____23____ food for the plant. Yellow and orange chemicals called carotenoids (类胡萝卜素) are there through the summer, hidden by the chlorophyll. These lighter colors help catch sunlight and pass the energy to chlorophyll. In autumn, photosynthesis stops, and the green chlorophyll ____24____. Then the yellow and orange carotenoids show through in the leaves. A.types B. probably C. test D. trouble E. naturally But for most plants, the red color, anthocyanin (花色素苷), has not been hiding. The leaf doesn’t start making this red pigment until the fall. Dr. Eppes says, “Trees use up a lot of energy to make anthocyanin. So it has always been a mystery why they would go to all of that ____25____ at a time when they should be ‘going to sleep’ for the winter.” Anthocyanins may help a leaf save nutrients that it stored up in the growing season. Dr. Eppes and her students ran a study to ____26____ that idea. In a protected area in North Carolina, they counted the kinds of trees that live in rich soil low on the hillsides, and the ____27____ that live in poor hilltop soils. Low on the hillsides, they found more birches, beeches, and other trees that can’t make anthocyanins. These trees have yellow or brown fall leaves. On the hilltops, most of the trees were red maples, sweet gums, and others that can make anthocyanins, giving them red leaves in the fall. “Trees that don’t make anthocyanins seem to ____28____ live in places with lots of ‘food,’ like floodplains where nutrients get added to the soil each time the river floods,” Dr. Eppes says. “Trees that make anthocyanins seem to live in places that don’t have this buffet.” Dr. Eppes suspects the anthocyanins may lie in the soil after the leaves drop, fertilizing the tree in the spring. Other scientists think the chemical works like sunscreen, protecting the leaf while it moves nutrients into the tree and stores them for the winter. The mystery isn’t solved yet, but scientists are a few steps closer! IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词）（8分） 29. Joe was made a team leader on his ________ day in the summer camp. (eight) 30. Jessie cooked a meal for her big family by ________ on New Year’s Eve. (she) 31. After some heated ____________, a decision was finally made. (argue) 32. Students should be encouraged to do more ____________ exercise to improve their fitness. (physics) 33. Unless you practise more, you won’t ____________ in winning the game. (successful) 34. Some tomatoes and eggs are on ____________ in the supermarket. (sell) 35. She is ____________ and nobody in her team likes her. (bore) 36. Shirley is an early bird. It was __________for her to be late for school today. (usual) V. Complete the following sentences as required（根据所给要求完成句子。62—67小题每空格限填一词）（14分） 37. The robbery case has already been solved.（改为否定句） The robbery case _______ been solved ________. 38. They stole the valuable painting last night. (改为一般疑问句) ___________ they ___________ the valuable painting last night? 39. Jenny hardly has coffee with milk in it.（改为反意疑问句） Jenny hardly has coffee with milk in it, ________ ________ ? 40. His plan for the summer holiday is quite like mine.（保持句意基本不变） His plan for the summer holiday is ___________ ___________ mine. 41. Jack keeps in touch with his friends in America by e-mail every week. (对划线部分提问) ___________ ___________ Jack keep in touch with his friends in America? 42. The hall was not big enough to hold so many people.（保持句意基本不变） The hall was ___________ small that it ___________ hold so many people. 43. that restaurant happened, an accident, near, last Monday（连词成句） _______________________________________________. Part Three Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写） VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共50分） A. Choose the best answer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）（12分） Twice a month, Nona Avery sits down, picks up her pen and writes a letter to her best friend. The British woman has been doing it for 81 years. She has sent more than 1,500 letters to her pen pal in America. The hobby started in 1942. Nona, then 12, was reading a magazine. Some ads in the magazine were asking for pen pals. One of them caught Nona’s eye. It was from Alice Powers. She lived in America and was also 12. “I was very excited,” Nona said. “I sat down immediately, wrote a letter, put it in an envelope — together with a picture of myself — and posted it.” Nona spent every day waiting for the postman. Two weeks later — which felt like a lifetime— a reply dropped through the letterbox. “I was overjoyed,” Nona said. “There was a letter and a picture of my new friend. She was all the way on the other side of the world!” Nona and Alice wanted to learn more about each other. They kept writing. The two found that they had a lot in common. They liked the same books and the same films. However, both Nona and Alice were too poor to afford a plane ticket. It was not until 1987 that they met. “I was excited to see the person I had been writing to for four decades,” Nona said. “We had a big hug and then sat down, chatting for hours.” Now in their nineties, Nona and Alice are still writing to each other. And they still write by hand. “Writing is much more intimate. So why shall we change the habit of a lifetime?” Nona said. “I’m so glad that I wrote that first letter 81 years ago.” 44. When did Nona Avery and Alice Powers become pen pals? A. In 1987. B. Ninety years ago. C. Four decades ago. D. When Nona was 12 years old. 45. Where did Nona first see Alice’s information? A. On a website. B. In a magazine. C. On social media. D. In a newspaper. 46. The underlined word “overjoyed” (in paragraph 3) probably means ________. A. very sad B. very happy C. very tired D. very worried 47. According to the article, what did Nona and Alice have in common? ① They liked the same films. ② They were of the same age. ③ They liked the same books. ④ They liked the same movie stars. A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ②③④ 48. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Nona has many pen pals. B. Nona and Alice will keep writing by hand. C. Nona doesn’t know how to use a computer. D. Nona and Alice will write to each other by email. 49. What’s the best title for this passage? A. Forever Friends. B. Making Friends with Alice. C. Pen Pals for over 80 Years. D. Nona and Alice. B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12分） ChatGPT is back in the headlines! OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4. On March 14, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than the previous GPT-3.5. One of its best new features is that it can ____50____ pictures. For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange or funny. But GPT-4’s developments don’t ____51____ there. The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games like Tetris (俄罗斯方块) in a matter of minutes, and produce the code and layout (布局) for a website based on a hand-made drawing. It can also change the tone (语气) and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much better than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry ____52____. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent. GPT-4 will also see greater use as a tool to power other apps and services. ____53____, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their upcoming Duolingo Max function (功能). Users can learn language by talking with AI. Another app, Be My Eyes, will have a digital assistant to help blind people better understand the world around them. The government of Iceland also plans to use GPT-4 to protect the Icelandic language. There are still problems with the new language model, however. GPT-4 still struggles to get completely correct answers, ____54____ with newer information after September 2021. GPT-4 also sometimes “hallucinates (产生幻觉)”, meaning that it will insist that ____55____ information is true. 50. A. draw B. express C. understand D. support 51. A. complete B. limit C. observe D. stop 52. A. graduates B. staff C. teachers D. partners 53. A. In addition B. As a result C. In fact D. For example 54. A. even B. exactly C. especially D. actually 55 A. serious B. precious C. regular D. wrong C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空限填一词，首字母已给）（14分） I Am the Pine “Look at this,” I said to my friend Mandy, holding up the bright—red paper I had grabbed as we entered the library. “There’s a five—day art camp at White Cliff this summer.” Mandy took the paper and glanced at it. She stopped when her eyes caught the d_____56_____. “It’s during the last week of July,” she said. “That’s the same time as the Hill County Fair.” I had a feeling she’d mention that. “Yeah, that’s true,” I said. “But we always go to the fair.” Mandy handed the paper back to me as she stood up to look at the shelf of new books. “Tessa, you’re the artist.” She smiled. “My little brother thought the tulips (郁金香) I painted were rocket ships.” “You may not think you can draw, but you can learn,” I said in my most encouraging voice. I really didn’t want to go a_____57_____. Mandy giggled. “You sound like a TV commercial.” Later, I called my friends Emily and Yoshiko. Yoshiko was going to the fair, and Emily would be out of town in July. I sighed and dropped my head down on the red paper. I went home and decided to draw Weston’s pine tree (松树). I opened the door and blinked at the bright sunshine as I sat on the front stoop. I thought about art camp and wished I felt a little b_____58_____. Mandy could make friends with a whole busload of kids in 10 minutes, but my stomach twirls like a roller coaster when I don’t know anyone around me. Besides, I did have fun at the fair with my friends. By the time I started sketching, I had convinced myself I was happy to skip the camp. I used my ebony pencil and drew the pine’s strong trunk straight and sturdy. I added the graceful branches, making sure the upper ones lifted gently toward the sun. Once I started sketching, I didn’t notice the fly buzzing around me or the sound of the lawn mower a few houses down. That’s why I j_____59_____ when Mr. Weston said, “You’ve done a great job capturing the strength of that tree on paper.” “Thanks.” I smiled, glancing up. Mr. Weston was out for a walk. He used a cane, and I cut the grass for him every week. “That pine was there when I moved in,” Mr. Weston said, “but I have planted pine trees before, when I worked for the park. You have to spread out the roots near the surface so the tree can get enough water and grow tall. If you plant the root ball too deep, the tree dies. I learned that roots grow out, not d_____60_____.” “That makes sense,” I said. I added a few more details before I stood up to stretch. I thought about what Mr. Weston told me as I stared at the towering pine. It made me think about art camp and my own roots. I wasn’t stretching them out at all. Instead, I was planting myself into one deep spot because it felt s_____61_____. I suddenly realized that if I wanted to grow, I had to start reaching out too. That night, I took a deep breath and filled in the application for art camp. My stomach felt a little jumbled, but I also felt e_____62_____. I am stretching my roots out into new earth so I can grow, I thought. I am the pine. D.Answer the questions（根短文内容回答问题）（12分） Hi Kids! This month we focus on two people who have tried their hardest in their lives. Their life stories can inspire us. We hope that you can admire their achievements and learn lessons from them. Yao Ming is a basketball legend who played in the NBA (National Basketball Association) from 2002 to 2011, representing the Houston Rockets. Because of him, basketball has become very popular in China. Yao Ming was born in 1980 in Shanghai. He was a large baby when he was born. By the age of ten, he was 1.56 m tall. He used to be the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m. Both of Yao Ming’s parents are very tall. His mother was the captain of the women’s national basketball team that won the first Asian Championships in 1976. When he was very young, Yao Ming left his beloved family. He went to live in a state sports school where he trained as a basketball player. He had to practise for ten hours every day! After years of hard work, he finally played for China in the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. He also became an NBA star. Although he retired in 2011, Yao Ming still takes part in charity events. Yang Liwei was the first Chinese astronaut in space. He flew into space in the rocket Shenzhou-5 on 15th September 2003. Yang Liwei was born in Liaoning Province in 1965. When he was eighteen, he became a cadet pilot in the army and learnt to fly fighter planes. In 1998, he began training as an astronaut with fourteen other cadets. Since only one of them could go into space, Yang Liwei decided to train hard no matter what difficulties he faced. On the evening before the launch, the cadets still did not know which one of them would go into space. Then Yang Liwei received a phone call. The next day he became the first Chinese astronaut in space! This is the rocket that Yang Liwei travelled in. It spent twenty-four hours going around the Earth. When Yang Liwei was in space, his first words were, ‘I feel good.’ The whole nation was proud of him! Both Yang Liwei and Yao Ming are persistent people. They kept trying hard to succeed, and succeed they did! Persistence will bring us success, whatever we want to do. 63. What do the letters NBA mean? ________________________________________________________________________________ 64. Why did the writer choose to write about Yao Ming and Yang Liwei? ________________________________________________________________________________ 65. Which sentence tells you that Yao Ming was tall when he was young? ________________________________________________________________________________ 66. When did Yang Liwei know that he was going to be the first Chinese astronaut in space? ________________________________________________________________________________ 67. Find a word in the passage that describes someone who never gives up. ________________________________________________________________________________ 68. Who else do you think made a difference in China? What can you learn from him/her? ________________________________________________________________________________ VII. Writing（作文）（共20分） 94. Write at least 60 words to talk about a misunderstanding you experienced. 69. 在日常生活中，我们经常会遇到各种各样的误会，有的令人尴尬，有的令人捧腹，有的令人感动……请以“A misunderstanding I experienced”（我经历过的误会）为题，谈谈你的经历和感受。 （ 注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。标点符号不占格） ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $