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2025学年度第一学期期中初三年级 英语学科调研试卷 Part 1 Listening（第一部分 听力） I. Listening Comprehension （听力理解 本大题共20题，25分） A. Listen and choose the right picture. 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. 6. A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot. D. By bike. 7. A. At 5:00 p.m.. B. At 6:00 p.m.. C. At 9:00 p.m.. D. At 9:30 p.m.. 8. A. In the cinema. B. In the library. C. At the supermarket. D. At the post office. 9. A. Because she wants to play with her neighbour. B. Because her neighbour makes too much noise. C. Because her new house is big and nice. D. Because she wants to learn music. 10. A. The lecture was famous. B. The girl enjoyed the lecture very much. C. The lecture was boring. D. Most of the people liked the lecture. C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false. 11. A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. 12. The old man told the young man that there was money in his bag. 13. The young man woke the old man up when the bus came. 14. The old man must be sad when he knew the young man had taken away his bag. 15. According to the story, we learned that the young man was tricked by the old man. D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following statements. 16. Whether your purpose is to put the child sleep or ________ ________, storytelling needs a set of skills. 17. The audience will listen to you more closely when you are telling the story from________ ________. 18. If your audience is just one person, keep ________ ________ for most of the time. 19. If you use popular words to tell stories, people feel they can follow along by ________ ________ what you will say next. 20. Storytelling is not a ________ ________ and we all have to be good at one point or another. Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分 词汇和语法） II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共15分) 1. It’s time for meeting. Tom went up the stairs so fast—two at _________ time, but he was still late. A. a B. an C. the D. / 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：该开会了。汤姆飞快地上楼——一次上两级台阶，但他还是迟到了。 考查冠词。a一，泛指，用于辅音音素开头的单词前；an一，泛指，用于元音音素开头的单词前；the特指。at a time“每次”，为固定短语，故选A。 2. Mike is good at English, but sometimes he still has ________ problems. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：麦克擅长英语，但有时他仍然有一些问题。 考查不定代词辨析。a little一点（修饰不可数名词）；little几乎没有（修饰不可数名词）；a few一些（修饰可数名词复数）；few几乎没有（修饰可数名词复数）。problems是可数名词复数，且根据“but”可知，此处表示转折，虽然迈克擅长英语，但还是有一些问题。故选C。 3. Oh, Maggie, I have ________ to tell you about my trip to France. A. interesting something B. something interesting C. anything interesting D. interesting nothing 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：哦，玛吉，关于我的法国之行，我有些有趣的事情要告诉你。 考查不定代词和形容词的用法。something某事，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything任何东西，一般用于否定句及疑问句中；nothing没有东西。形容词修饰不定代词时，放在代词后面，排除A、D选项；根据“I have ... to tell you about my trip to France.”可知，本句为肯定句，因此用something interesting。故选B。 4. The old woman can't see the message on the mobile phone ________. A. clear enough B. enough clear C. clearly enough D. enough clearly 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：老妇人看不清手机上的信息。考查形容词副词辨析。clear明确的，清澈的，清楚的，明白的，形容词；它的副词是clearly。结合句意可知本词修饰动词see，副词修饰动词，可知填clearly；enough足够地(的)，修饰形容词副词需后置，可知填clearly enough；选C。 5. The 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival gala brought the audience an audiovisual feast ________ Monday night. A. at B. in C. on D. of 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：2025年中秋晚会于周一晚上为观众带来了一场视听盛宴。 考查介词辨析。at 在（具体时刻或小时间段）；in 在（年、月、季节等较长时间段）；on 在（某一天的上午、下午或晚上）；of属于……的。根据“Monday night”可知，指具体某一天的晚上，应用介词on。故选C。 6. _________ Kate ________ her cousin has been to Russia, but both of them have known the country very well. A. Either, or B. Neither, nor C. Both, and D. Not only, but also 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：凯特和她的表妹都没有去过俄罗斯，但她们俩都对这个国家非常了解。 考查就近原则。either…or…要么……要么……；neither…nor…既不……也不……；Both…and…两者都；not only…but also…不仅……而且……。结合“but both of them have known the country very well.”可知，虽然凯特和她的表妹都没有去过俄罗斯，但她们俩都对这个国家非常了解，所以表示两者都不。故选B。 7. Michael wasn’t late for work this morning ________ he missed the early bus. A. though B. because C. while D. if 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：Michael今天早上没有迟到，尽管他错过了早班车。 考查连词辨析。though尽管；because因为；while当……时；如果。前后为转折关系，表示“虽然错过了早班车，但没有迟到”。故选A。 8. —This song seems __________ these days. It was played everywhere when it came out. —That’s true. We seldom hear it now. A. popular B. more popular C. less popular D. most popular 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这首歌最近好像不太流行了。以前它一出来就到处播放。——确实如此。我们现在很少听到了。 考查形容词比较级。popular流行的；more popular更流行的；less popular不那么流行的；most popular最流行的。根据“It was played everywhere when it came out.”可知，此处是指歌曲刚出来的时候比现在流行，即最近不太流行了，暗含比较级含义。故选C。 9. Paper decorations for the art festival ________ from the ceiling in every classroom last month. A. were hanged B. were hung C. had been hanged D. had been hung 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：上个月，每个教室的天花板上都挂上了艺术节的纸质装饰品。 考查动词时态和语态。根据“last month”可知，用一般过去时，hang“悬挂”，主语Paper decorations与动词hang之间是被动关系，所以此处用一般过去时被动语态was/were done的结构，hang的过去分词是hung。故选B。 10. ________ important information Miss Green told us! A. How B. What C. What a D. What an 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：格林女士告诉我们的信息多么重要啊！ 考查感叹句结构。How多么；What多么；What a多么一个，修饰辅音音素开头的可数名词；What an多么一个，修饰元音音素开头的可数名词。感叹句通常由“What + (a/an) + 形容词 + 名词 + 主语 + 谓语！”或“How + 形容词/副词 + 主语 + 谓语！”构成。本题中，中心词是“information”，为不可数名词，且前面有形容词“important”修饰。不可数名词前不能用冠词a/an，因此排除C和D；又因中心词是名词，应用What引导，而非How。故选B。 11. The young man is good at ________ traditional Chinese cutting. A. make B. makes C. making D. made 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：这个年轻人擅长制作传统中国剪纸。 考查动名词作宾语。be good at意为“擅长……”，at是介词，后面应接名词、代词或动名词作宾语，因此动词需用动名词形式making。故选C。 12. —Listen! Is that Bill singing in the next room? —No, it ________ be Bill. He has gone to the playground. A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. may not 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——听！那是比尔在隔壁唱歌吗？——不，那不可能是比尔。他去操场了。 考查情态动词。can’t不可能；mustn’t禁止；needn’t不必；may not可能不。根据答语“He has gone to the playground.（他去操场了）”可知，比尔不在隔壁，因此否定推测“不可能是比尔”应用can’t。故选A。 13. Peter doesn’t tell me when he ________. I’ll telephone you as soon as he ________. A. will come, comes B. will come, will come C. comes, will come D. comes, comes 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：彼得没有告诉我他什么时候会来。他一到我就给你打电话。 考查时态。will come将会来，一般将来时；comes来，一般现在时第三人称单数。第一空，为when引导宾语从句，根据主句“doesn’t tell me”可知，“come”是将要发生的动作，应用一般将来时will come。第二空，为as soon as引导的时间状语从句，遵循“主将从现”原则，主句“I’ll telephone you”为一般将来时，从句应用一般现在时comes表将来。故选A。 14. Tom fell off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday. ________, he had to be away from school for two or three months. A. In addition B. As a result C. At the same time D. In the end 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：昨天汤姆从自行车上摔了下来并伤了他的腿，结果，他不得不离开学校两到三个月。 A.除此之外；B.结果；C.同时；D.最后。根据句意可知，他伤了腿的结果是他要离开学校两到三个月。故选B。 15. — Cooking helps us show love for family. — ________. Every time I make dishes for Mum, she is very happy. A. I can’t believe it B. Take it easy C. I can’t agree more D. That depends 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——烹饪帮助我们表达对家人的爱。——我完全同意。每次我为妈妈做菜，她都很开心。 考查情境交际。I can’t believe it我无法相信；Take it easy别紧张；I can’t agree more我完全同意；That depends视情况而定。根据答语“Every time I make dishes for Mum, she is very happy”可知，说话者非常赞同前一句的观点。故选C。 III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次） (共 8 分） A. seldom B. completely C. hours’ D. always E. without In Mianning, Liangshan, the village doctor Ma Li is at the health center by herself. On the door is her phone number. She is ____16____ on call as long as the villagers fall ill. When Ma Li arrived at the village for the first time she was ____17____ shocked. As a doctor, she felt very sad to learn that women often died ____18____ getting medical care in time when they gave birth to children. It was just because no hospital was nearby. So she made a decision to help them. Many years have passed. Ma Li is still sticking to her work. Every day she gets up early and works hard. She sees at least 10 patients, sometimes even 30 or 40. It may be many ____19____ walk to a patient’s home. A. life B. governments C. continue D. if E. living It’s dangerous to walk on those mountain roads. It is not easy for a woman. People often ask ____20____ she is afraid. Ma Li says she is a daughter of the mountains, she has been used to ____21____ here. And she says the number of village doctors like her is about 1.3 million in China. Since a targeted poverty relief project (精准扶贫) was introduced to the village, the ____22____ have made efforts to develop the village and the results are great. There are lots of changes—a new health station is being built in the village, a bridge across the river is standing over the river. As a daughter of the mountains, Ma Li is happy to see these changes. She will ____23____ to be a village doctor in the mountains. She is a beautiful flower deeply grown in the mountains. 【答案】16. D 17. B 18. E 19. C 20. D 21. E 22. B 23. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了四川凉山冕宁县乡村医生马丽（Ma Li）扎根山区、服务村民的感人事迹。 【16题详解】 句意：只要村民生病，她总是随时待命。根据“as long as the villagers fall ill”可知，强调马医生随时响应村民需求，“always（总是）”符合语境。故选D。 【17题详解】 句意：当她第一次来到村庄时，她感到十分震惊。根据“As a doctor, she felt very sad…gave birth to children.”可知，空格需修饰形容词“shocked”，应选用副词。completely（完全地） 强调震惊程度之深，与后文“她得知妇女因无法及时就医而死亡”的严重事实相呼应，突出了她初到时的心理冲击。“completely（完全地）”强调震惊程度。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：她得知妇女生孩子时常常没有得到及时的医疗救治。根据“she felt very sad to learn that women often died”和“getting medical care in time when they gave birth to children.”可知，从后句“仅仅因为附近没有医院”可知，妇女缺乏医疗救助。without（没有） 表示否定条件，准确表达“未能获得”的含义，与“in time（及时）”形成遗憾对比。故选E。 【19题详解】 句意：到病人家里可能需要步行数小时。根据“It may be many…walk to a patient’s home.”可知，空格后为名词“walk”，需用所有格形式表示“多长时间的路程”。hours’ 是复数名词的所有格，意为“数小时的”，符合山区出诊路途遥远的语境。故选C。 【20题详解】 句意：人们经常问她是否害怕。根据“ask”和“she is afraid”可知，空格引导宾语从句，表示“是否”害怕。if在此意为“是否”，用于间接疑问句，符合“ask + if从句”的常见结构。故选D。 【21题详解】 句意：她说自己是山的女儿，已经习惯了在这里生活。固定搭配be used to doing sth. 表示“习惯于做某事”，其中to是介词，后接动名词。living 为live的动名词形式，意为“生活”，强调她已适应山区生活状态。故选E。 【22题详解】 句意：政府努力发展村庄，成效显著。前文提到“a targeted poverty relief project (精准扶贫)”，此类政策通常由政府主导实施。governments（政府） 为复数形式，泛指各级政府部门，与“make efforts（努力）”搭配合理。故选B。 【23题详解】 句意：她将继续在大山里当一名乡村医生。前文描述她多年坚守，且后文称她为“深植于大山的花”，暗示未来会持续奉献。continue to do sth.表示“继续做某事”，符合她承诺坚守岗位的语境。故选C。 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) (共 8 分) 24. The kilometer is the biggest unit of ________ in the metric system (计量单位). (long) 【答案】length 【解析】 【详解】句意：千米是公制计量单位中最大的长度单位。介词“of”后需接名词作宾语，long“长的”，形容词，其名词形式为length，unit of length意为“长度单位”，固定搭配。故填length。 25. There are a number of ________ about the service of the hotel. (complain) 【答案】complaints 【解析】 【详解】句意：对这家旅馆的服务有许多抱怨。根据“are a number of ”可知，需要名词复数，complaints“抱怨”符合句意。故填complaints。 26. The careless boy was ________ of the coming danger around him. (aware) 【答案】unaware 【解析】 【详解】句意：那个粗心的男孩没有意识到周围即将来临的危险。根据“The careless boy”可知，既然男孩很粗心，说明他没有察觉到危险，因此空处应填aware的反义词。aware的否定形式是unaware，意为“未意识到的”。be unaware of意为“对……没有意识到”。故填unaware。 27. Students should learn to be ________ and solve the problems by themselves. (dependent) 【答案】independent 【解析】 【详解】句意：学生们应该学会独立，自己解决问题。dependent是形容词，意为“依赖的”；根据后文“solve the problems by themselves”的提示可知，此处应用其反义词independent“独立的”，表示“学会独立”，符合语境。故填independent。 28. It is common _________ that the earth goes around the sun. (know) 【答案】knowledge 【解析】 【详解】句意：地球绕着太阳转是常识。分析句子结构并结合所给单词可知，此空应填动词know的名词knowledge“知识”，作表语；common knowledge“常识”。故填knowledge。 29. There are ten people who gained the scholarship __________ you. (include) 【答案】including 【解析】 【详解】句意：包括你在内，共有十个人获得了奖学金。此处用介词including此处作后置定语，故填including。 30. We should ________ to others when we do something wrong. (apology) 【答案】apologize 【解析】 【详解】句意：当我们做错事时，我们应该向其他人道歉。根据空前情态动词“should”可知，空处用动词原形，apology是名词，其动词形式为apologize。故填apologize。 31. The pilot didn’t ________ the plane correctly and all the passengers died because of his carelessness. (operation) 【答案】operate 【解析】 【详解】句意：飞行员未能正确操作飞机，由于他的疏忽，所有乘客都遇难了。分析句子结构可知，需要动词原形作谓语。括号内提示词“operation”是名词，意为“操作”，其动词形式为“operate”，意为“操作、运转”。空前有助动词“didn’t”，其后应接动词原形构成否定。故填operate。 V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求完成句子。52-57小题每空格限填一词. (共 14 分. 32. Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month. (改为反意疑问句) Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month, ________ ________? 【答案】 ①. didn’t ②. he 【解析】 【详解】句意：布鲁斯上个月给他的笔友写了一些信。原句为肯定句，谓语动词“wrote”为一般过去时。改为反意疑问句时，需遵循“前肯后否”原则，助动词用过去式否定形式“didn’t”，主语“Bruce”对应代词“he”。故填didn’t；he。 33. My aunt has had this flat since eight years ago. (对划线部分提问) __________ __________ has your ant had this flat? 【答案】 ①. How ②. long 【解析】 【详解】句意：我姑妈八年前就有这套公寓了。划线部分时间状语，英语中对“多久时间”提问，疑问词用“how long”，句首首字母要大写。故填How；long。 34. Some notebooks are so small that we can put them in the pockets. (保持句意不变) Some notebooks are ________ ________ to be put in our pockets. 【答案】 ①. small ②. enough 【解析】 【详解】句意：有些笔记本太小了，我们可以把它们放进口袋里。“so small that we can put them in the pockets”和“small enough to be put in our pockets”都表示“小到可以放进口袋”。故填small；enough。 35. Unless you lose weight, you will have health problems. (保持句意不变) ________ you ________ lose weight, you will have health problems. 【答案】 ①. If ②. don’t 【解析】 【详解】句意：除非你减肥，否则你将会有健康问题。unless“除非”，引导条件状语从句，相当于“if…not”。原句主句为一般将来时，从句时态为一般现在时，改写从句的时态也为一般现在时，if放在句首，首字母需大写；所给句子的主语是“you”，结合原句句意，应借助助动词don’t构成否定句。故填If；don’t。 36. The flood washed away some villages along the river two years ago. (改为被动语态) Some villages along the river ________ ________ away by the flood two years ago. 【答案】 ①. were ②. washed 【解析】 【详解】句意：两年前，洪水冲走了沿河的一些村庄。句子为一般过去时。被动语态的结构为“was/were+动词过去分词”，主语为“Some villages”，是可数名词复数形式，故be动词用were，wash的过去分词形式为washed。故填were washed。 37. Martin asked the man politely, “Are you Mr. Smith’s patient?” (改为宾语从句) Martin asked the man politely ________ he ________ Mr. Smith’s patient. 【答案】 ①. whether##if ②. was 【解析】 【详解】句意：马丁礼貌地问那个男人：“您是史密斯先生的病人吗？”原句为直接引语的一般疑问句。改为宾语从句时，需用从属连词“whether”或“if”引导，将疑问句语序改为陈述句语序。原句谓语“are”在从句中需根据主语“he”改为过去式“was”，以保持主句谓语动词asked与从句时态呼应。故填whether/if；was。 38. how, in the darkness, the reporter, fish, Damin, could, wanted to, know（连词成句） __________________________________________________________________. 【答案】The reporter wanted to know how Damin could fish in the darkness 【解析】 【详解】根据标点及选词可知，句子是陈述句，主语是the reporter，谓语是wanted to，此处是不定式的结构，后接动词原形know，之后是省略that的宾语从句，用how引导，从句主语是Damin，谓语是could fish，介词短语in the darkness作状语，故填The reporter wanted to know how Damin could fish in the darkness “记者想知道Damin是如何在黑暗中钓鱼的”。 Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写) VI. Reading comprehension(阅读理解)(共50分) A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)(12分) Let’s go on a trip with some brave adventurers throughout history! Women Who Led the Way by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (Otter-Barry Books) Discover the stories of 21 amazing adventurers, explorers and travellers, including Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee (被截肢者) to climb Mount Everest. When Darwin Sailed the Sea by David Long Illustrated by Sam Kalda (Wide Eyed Editions) When Charles Darwin climbed aboard the HMS Beagle, he set sail on a journey of exploration that would change the way we view the world. Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the ship’s launch, this book includes details about species he discovered on his travels and his important scientific theories. Corpse Talk: Ground-breaking Explorers by Adam and Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books) Get to know some of history’s most outstanding explorers with this fact-filled and funny comic book. In some interesting “interviews”, you’ll meet Ferdinand Magellan, Amelia Earhart and Ernest Shackleton, among others. Explorers by Nellie Huang and Jessamy Hawke (Dorling Kindersley) Featuring 50 brave real-life explorers and their amazing adventures, this book is filled with maps, photographs and artworks. You’ll learn about all sorts of people through the ages, including intrepid Viking explorer Leif Erikson and Jeanne Baret, the first woman to sail around the world. 39. In When Darwin Sailed the Sea, we can know that ________. A. Darwin travelled around the world by ship and by land B. Darwin began to travel around the world 21 hundred years ago C. Darwin made a lot of important discoveries during his journey D. Darwin put forward his famous theories even before his journey 40. You will not read anything about a woman in Book ________. A. Women Who Led the Way B. When Darwin Sailed the Sea C. Corpse Talk: Ground-breaking Explorers D. Explorers. 41. The underlined word “intrepid” means ________. A. brave B. honest C. boring D. hardworking 42. Which of the following is right according to the passage? A. Arunima Sinha was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. B. Charles Darwin got on the HMS Beagle and started his journey. C. Adam and Lisa Murphy wrote their book in a serious way. D. Jeanne Baret was the first person to sail around the world. 43. All the four books are about ________. A. brave explorers B. famous writers C. interesting women D. unbelievable people 44. You will most probably find the article in ________. A. a novel B. a text book C. an encyclopedia D. a magazine 【答案】39. C 40. B 41. A 42. B 43. A 44. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了四本讲述探险家的书。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When Charles Darwin climbed aboard the HMS Beagle…this book includes details about species he discovered on his travels and his important scientific theories.”可知，Darwin在航海的旅行中发现了物种。故选C。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space”、“you’ll meet Ferdinand Magellan, Amelia Earhart and Ernest Shackleton, among others.”以及“the first woman to sail around the world.”可知ACD选项的书中都提及了女性。只有选项B没有提及。故选B。 【41题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“You’ll learn about all sorts of people through the ages, including intrepid Viking explorer Leif Erikson and Jeanne Baret, the first woman to sail around the world.”可知，intrepid修饰的是Viking explorer Leif Erikson and Jeanne Baret，选项A符合语境。故选A。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据“When Charles Darwin climbed aboard the HMS Beagle, he set sail on a journey of exploration that would change the way we view the world.”可知，选项B符合句中的描写。故选B。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Let’s go on a trip with some brave adventurers throughout history!”可知，四本书都是讲述探险家的。故选A。 【44题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章显示的四本书的简介可知，这篇文章有可能出现在杂志上。故选D。 B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage(选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12分) Discovering the Power of Placebos (安慰剂) A little girl cries after falling and bumping her knee against the ground. Her father rushes over and looks closely at the leg. “I’ll kiss it and make it better,” he says. The kiss works. The girl sniffles (抽噎), then jumps up and gets back to playing. Her pain is ___45___. Things like this one happen on playgrounds and in homes around the world every day. When a child gets a bump or bruise (淤伤), says better Ulrike Bingel, “Someone will blow the pain away.” Bingel is a doctor at a Germany university. A caring adult seems to have the ability to stop a child’s pain with a puff of air a kiss or even just a few kind words. ___46___, none of these things can repair injured skin. So what’s happening? Doctors call it the placebo effect. It describes what happens when something that should have no effect leads to a(n) ___47___ positive change in someone’s body. Placebos are a very ___48___ part of medical research. To prove that a new medicine works, researchers must show that the people who are taking a new drug will be in much better health than those who are taking a placebo. This placebo is usually a pill and it ___49___ the same as the new medicine but contains no medicine. At times a person may feel better after taking a placebo pill though the pill did not act on any disease. This placebo response isn’t an illusion (幻觉). It comes from the brain. A placebo effect can only influence body processes that the brain can change like a pain. “Placebos can’t fight cancer,” Bingel says. But they can change how ___50___ someone experiences pain or other illness.” Bingel and his team are working to better understand what brain processes make this happen. 45. A. delivered B. forgotten C. forgiven D. increased 46. A. For example B. Now and then C. Of course D. In the end 47. A. correct B. strange C. real D. easy 48. A. attractive B. important C. natural D. different 49. A. looks B. becomes C. keeps D. thinks 50. A. commonly B. hardly C. slightly D. strongly 【答案】45. B 46. C 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了安慰剂对人们疾病或疼痛感知的减轻具有重要作用。 【45题详解】 句意：她的疼痛被遗忘了。 delivered递送；forgotten忘记；forgiven原谅；increased增加。由“The kiss works. The girl sniffles, then jumps up and gets back to playing.”可知，父亲的吻起作用了，让她暂时忘记了摔倒的痛苦。故选B。 【46题详解】 句意：当然，这些东西都不能修复受伤皮肤。 For example比如；Now and then有时；Of course当然；In the end最后。由“... none of these things can repair injured skin. So what’s happening? Doctors call it the placebo effect.”可知，伤口是受到安慰剂的影响，才不觉疼痛，并不能通过家人的关心得到实质性恢复。故选C。 【47题详解】 句意：它描述了当一些不应该有任何影响的事情导致某人身体发生真正的积极变化时会发生什么。 correct正确的；strange陌生的；real真正的；easy简单的。由上文女孩的例子可知，一些事情会真实地影响人身体发生变化。故选C。 【48题详解】 句意：安慰剂是医学研究的重要组成部分。 attractive有吸引力的；important重要的；natural自然的；different不同的。由“To prove that a new medicine works, researchers must show that the people who are taking a new drug will be in much better health than those who are taking a placebo.”可知，在研究新药物的时候研究人员会将其与安慰剂的作用进行对比，说明安慰剂在医学研究领域很重要。故选B。 【49题详解】 句意：这种安慰剂通常是一种药丸，它看起来与新药一样，但不包含任何药物。 looks看起来；becomes变得；keeps保持；thinks思考。由“... but contains no medicine.”可知，前后语义转折，后半句说不含任何药物，可推断前半句说的是看着像药物。故选A。 【50题详解】 句意：但是它们可以改变人们经历疼痛或其他疾病的强烈程度。 commonly通常；hardly几乎不；slightly稍微；strongly强烈地。由“Placebos can’t fight cancer ...”可知，前后语义转折，前半句说安慰剂不能治愈癌症，后半句转折，结合前文所说的安慰剂使人减轻痛苦的内容，可推断意思为安慰剂可以改变人们经历疼痛或其他疾病的强烈程度。故选D。 C. Fill in the blanks with proper words(在空格内填入适当的词，每空限填一词，首字母已给)(7分) Have you ever felt anxious when going out in public? Have you felt as if people were looking at you, talking about you, laughing at you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Today we’re going to speak about how to d____51____ with this sort of social anxiety. Here are two tips to help overcome this problem. One tip is to understand the spotlight effect (聚光灯效应). Most of people believe that others are paying attention to them much more than they actually are. In fact, everyone is thinking that they’re being judged over a hundred times w____52____ it may only be once or twice. By keeping this in mind, we can look at others and think to ourselves, “ah, they’re probably thinking about themselves right now.” Whenever you start feeling anxious outside, you can remind y____53____ of this principle. This will help you become b____54____ in your future social interactions (互动). The o____55____ tip is exposure therapy (暴露疗法). You need to expose yourself to the things that make you anxious. If you run away from a fear, it will only get bigger. On the other hand, if you face your fears over time, your body will start to realize that it is not a life-threatening situation and the amount of anxiety that you feel should gradually decrease over time. You can take small s____56____ here. If you feel extremely anxious, you can start off by saying thank you to people who naturally have to talk with you such as cashier or bus drivers. Then when you don’t feel so anxious, you can move on to making small talk with strangers who happen to be around you. For example, making a comment when waiting in line for something, you can gradually increase the amount of interactions and also the depth of these interactions over many months at a speed that you find c____57____. 【答案】51. deal##eal 52. while##hile 53. yourself##ourself##yourselves##ourselves 54. better##etter##braver##raver 55. other##ther 56. steps##teps 57. comfortable##omfortable 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了克服社交焦虑的方法。 【51题详解】 句意：今天我们来谈谈如何应对这种社交焦虑。根据“how to…with this sort of social anxiety”及首字母可知，此处用deal with表示“处理，应对”，动词不定式符号to后接动词原形，故填写deal。 【52题详解】 句意：事实上，每个人都认为自己被评判了一百多次，而实际上可能只有一两次。“everyone is thinking that they’re being judged over a hundred times”与“it may only be once or twice.”是转折关系，结合首字母w可知，应填while表示“然而”，故填while。 【53题详解】 句意：每当你/你们在外面感到焦虑时，你/你们可以提醒自己这个原则。根据“you can remind…of this principle”及首字母可知，提醒你自己/你们自己这个原则，yourself“你自己”/yourselves“你们自己”，故填yourself/yourselves。 【54题详解】 句意：这将帮助你在未来的社会交往中变得更好/更勇敢。根据“This will help you become…in your future social interactions”及首字母可知，在未来的社会交往中变得更好/更勇敢，better“更好”/braver“更勇敢”，故填better/braver。 【55题详解】 句意：另一个建议是暴露疗法。根据“Here are two tips to help overcome this problem.”以及“The o… tip is exposure therapy”及首字母可知，此处介绍另一个建议，the other“另一个”，故填other。 【56题详解】 句意：你可以采取小步骤。根据“You can take small…here.”及下文的内容可知，建议要采取这样的步骤，step“步骤”，此空应填复数形式，故填steps。 【57题详解】 句意：例如，在排队等候时发表评论，你可以在几个月的时间里以你觉得舒服的速度逐渐增加互动的数量和深度。根据“also the depth of these interactions over many months at a speed that you find”及首字母可知，以你觉得舒服的速度逐渐增加互动的数量和深度，comfortable“舒服的”，故填comfortable。 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题)(5分) A Wonderful Christmas Gift Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come... At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie. Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out. Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow... The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive lace! Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress. Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress. Dear Ann, This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that _________58_________. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift. 58. What did Ann want for Christmas? _________________________________________________________ 59. Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates? _________________________________________________________ 60. Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she? _________________________________________________________ 61. How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve? _________________________________________________________ 62. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph. She realized that ____________________________________________ 63. Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift? _________________________________________________________ 【答案】58. A new dress with frills and lace. 59. Because she had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. 60. No, she wasn’t. 61. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty.  62. this handwriting was similar to her mother’s/the note was written by her mother 63. Because she had got the gift she wanted along with the deepest love of her mother./Because she thought her mother’s deep love for her was the most precious gift of all.(Any reasonable answers are OK.) 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位母亲通过加班攒钱为女儿购买心仪圣诞礼物的故事。这件礼物凝聚了母亲深沉的爱意，是最好的一份圣诞礼物。 【58题详解】 根据“She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. ”可知安希望得到一件有荷叶边、蕾丝的裙子，故填A new dress with frills and lace. 【59题详解】 根据“Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. ”可知安感觉无话可谈是因为她既没有有钱的父母，也没有有钱的阿姨给她买昂贵的礼物，故填Because she had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. 【60题详解】 根据“It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. ”可知安担心的不只是礼物，她也担心她的妈妈，故填No, she wasn’t. 【61题详解】 根据“ In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. ”可知每个人家里都有一颗圣诞树，但是安家里却是又冷又空，故填 In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree, but Ann’s house was cold and empty. 【62题详解】 根据前文“Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. ”和后文“ Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. ”可知安意识到那张便条是自己妈妈写的，故填this handwriting was similar to her mother’s/the note was written by her mother。 【63题详解】 根据“Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. ”可知安的妈妈通过加班攒钱给安买了这份昂贵的礼物，这份礼物承载着母亲对女儿深深的爱，所以安觉得这份礼物是最好的圣诞礼物，故填Because she had got the gift she wanted along with the deepest love of her mother./Because she thought her mother’s deep love for her was the most precious gift of all. VII. Writing(写话)(6分) 64. AI (artificial intelligence, 人工智能) 技术已经融入了我们生活中的方方面面。假设你是九年级的李华，学校正在举办科技节，你应邀参加以“AI has changed our lives”为主题的演讲比赛。请你结合自身或他人经历，用英语写一篇不少于60词的短文，介绍AI给生活带来的至少两方面的变化及你对AI技术的观点。 注意： 1. 文中不得出现真实姓名、校名等个人信息，否则不予评分。 2. 照抄阅读语篇不得分。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 例文： AI has changed our lives Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua. I’m honored to stand here and share my views on how AI has changed our lives. Nowadays, AI is everywhere. For students like me, it is a great helper. We can use AI learning tools to solve difficult problems and improve our study efficiency. Besides, smart homes make our lives more comfortable. We can control lights and TVs just by voice. I believe AI brings us not only convenience but also a better future. We should embrace it and use it wisely. Thanks for listening! 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇讲稿； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不得遗漏，可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。 [写作步骤] 第一步：开场问候，自我介绍并引出话题； 第二步：结合自身经历，具体阐述AI在学习和生活两方面带来的改变； 第三步：总结全文，表达对AI技术积极看法和合理使用的建议。 [亮点词汇] ①efficiency效率 ②convenience便利 ③embrace拥抱 ④improve提高 ⑤comfortable舒适的 [高分句型] ①We can use AI learning tools to solve difficult problems and improve our study efficiency. (use sth. to do sth.结构) ②I believe AI brings us not only convenience but also a better future. (not only…but also…连接并列宾语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2025学年度第一学期期中初三年级 英语学科调研试卷 Part 1 Listening（第一部分 听力） I. Listening Comprehension （听力理解 本大题共20题，25分） A. Listen and choose the right picture. 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. 6. A. By bus. B. By car. C. On foot. D. By bike. 7. A. At 5:00 p.m.. B. At 6:00 p.m.. C. At 9:00 p.m.. D. At 9:30 p.m.. 8. A. In the cinema. B. In the library. C. At the supermarket. D. At the post office. 9. A. Because she wants to play with her neighbour. B. Because her neighbour makes too much noise. C. Because her new house is big and nice. D. Because she wants to learn music. 10. A. The lecture was famous. B. The girl enjoyed the lecture very much. C. The lecture was boring. D. Most of the people liked the lecture. C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false. 11. A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. 12. The old man told the young man that there was money in his bag. 13. The young man woke the old man up when the bus came. 14. The old man must be sad when he knew the young man had taken away his bag. 15. According to the story, we learned that the young man was tricked by the old man. D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following statements. 16. Whether your purpose is to put the child sleep or ________ ________, storytelling needs a set of skills. 17. The audience will listen to you more closely when you are telling the story from________ ________. 18. If your audience is just one person, keep ________ ________ for most of the time. 19. If you use popular words to tell stories, people feel they can follow along by ________ ________ what you will say next. 20. Storytelling is not a ________ ________ and we all have to be good at one point or another. Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分 词汇和语法） II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共15分) 1. It’s time for meeting. Tom went up the stairs so fast—two at _________ time, but he was still late. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. Mike is good at English, but sometimes he still has ________ problems. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few 3. Oh, Maggie, I have ________ to tell you about my trip to France. A. interesting something B. something interesting C. anything interesting D. interesting nothing 4. The old woman can't see the message on the mobile phone ________. A. clear enough B. enough clear C. clearly enough D. enough clearly 5. The 2025 Mid-Autumn Festival gala brought the audience an audiovisual feast ________ Monday night. A. at B. in C. on D. of 6. _________ Kate ________ her cousin has been to Russia, but both of them have known the country very well. A. Either, or B. Neither, nor C. Both, and D. Not only, but also 7. Michael wasn’t late for work this morning ________ he missed the early bus. A. though B. because C. while D. if 8. —This song seems __________ these days. It was played everywhere when it came out. —That’s true. We seldom hear it now. A. popular B. more popular C. less popular D. most popular 9. Paper decorations for the art festival ________ from the ceiling in every classroom last month. A. were hanged B. were hung C. had been hanged D. had been hung 10. ________ important information Miss Green told us! A. How B. What C. What a D. What an 11. The young man is good at ________ traditional Chinese cutting. A. make B. makes C. making D. made 12. —Listen! Is that Bill singing in the next room? —No, it ________ be Bill. He has gone to the playground. A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. may not 13. Peter doesn’t tell me when he ________. I’ll telephone you as soon as he ________. A. will come, comes B. will come, will come C. comes, will come D. comes, comes 14. Tom fell off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday. ________, he had to be away from school for two or three months. A. In addition B. As a result C. At the same time D. In the end 15. — Cooking helps us show love for family. — ________. Every time I make dishes for Mum, she is very happy. A. I can’t believe it B. Take it easy C. I can’t agree more D. That depends III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次） (共 8 分） A. seldom B. completely C. hours’ D. always E. without In Mianning, Liangshan, the village doctor Ma Li is at the health center by herself. On the door is her phone number. She is ____16____ on call as long as the villagers fall ill. When Ma Li arrived at the village for the first time, she was ____17____ shocked. As a doctor, she felt very sad to learn that women often died ____18____ getting medical care in time when they gave birth to children. It was just because no hospital was nearby. So she made a decision to help them. Many years have passed. Ma Li is still sticking to her work. Every day she gets up early and works hard. She sees at least 10 patients sometimes even 30 or 40. It may be many ____19____ walk to a patient’s home. A. life B. governments C. continue D. if E. living It’s dangerous to walk on those mountain roads. It is not easy for a woman. People often ask ____20____ she is afraid. Ma Li says she is a daughter of the mountains, she has been used to ____21____ here. And she says the number of village doctors like her is about 1.3 million in China. Since a targeted poverty relief project (精准扶贫) was introduced to the village, the ____22____ have made efforts to develop the village and the results are great. There are lots of changes—a new health station is being built in the village, a bridge across the river is standing over the river. As a daughter of the mountains, Ma Li is happy to see these changes. She will ____23____ to be a village doctor in the mountains. She is a beautiful flower deeply grown in the mountains. 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) (共 8 分) 24. The kilometer is the biggest unit of ________ in the metric system (计量单位). (long) 25. There are a number of ________ about the service of the hotel. (complain) 26. The careless boy was ________ of the coming danger around him. (aware) 27. Students should learn to be ________ and solve the problems by themselves. (dependent) 28. It is common _________ that the earth goes around the sun. (know) 29. There are ten people who gained the scholarship __________ you. (include) 30. We should ________ to others when we do something wrong. (apology) 31. The pilot didn’t ________ the plane correctly and all the passengers died because of his carelessness. (operation) V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求完成句子。52-57小题每空格限填一词. (共 14 分. 32. Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month. (改为反意疑问句) Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month, ________ ________? 33. My aunt has had this flat since eight years ago. (对划线部分提问) __________ __________ has your ant had this flat? 34. Some notebooks are so small that we can put them in the pockets. (保持句意不变) Some notebooks are ________ ________ to be put in our pockets. 35. Unless you lose weight, you will have health problems. (保持句意不变) ________ you ________ lose weight, you will have health problems. 36. The flood washed away some villages along the river two years ago. (改为被动语态) Some villages along the river ________ ________ away by the flood two years ago. 37. Martin asked the man politely, “Are you Mr. Smith’s patient?” (改为宾语从句) Martin asked the man politely ________ he ________ Mr. Smith’s patient. 38. how, in the darkness, the reporter, fish, Damin, could, wanted to, know（连词成句） __________________________________________________________________. Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写) VI. Reading comprehension(阅读理解)(共50分) A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)(12分) Let’s go on a trip with some brave adventurers throughout history! Women Who Led the Way by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (Otter-Barry Books) Discover the stories of 21 amazing adventurers, explorers and travellers, including Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee (被截肢者) to climb Mount Everest. When Darwin Sailed the Sea by David Long Illustrated by Sam Kalda (Wide Eyed Editions) When Charles Darwin climbed aboard the HMS Beagle, he set sail on a journey of exploration that would change the way we view the world. Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the ship’s launch, this book includes details about species he discovered on his travels and his important scientific theories. Corpse Talk: Ground-breaking Explorers by Adam and Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books) Get to know some of history’s most outstanding explorers with this fact-filled and funny comic book. In some interesting “interviews”, you’ll meet Ferdinand Magellan, Amelia Earhart and Ernest Shackleton, among others. Explorers by Nellie Huang and Jessamy Hawke (Dorling Kindersley) Featuring 50 brave real-life explorers and their amazing adventures, this book is filled with maps, photographs and artworks. You’ll learn about all sorts of people through the ages, including intrepid Viking explorer Leif Erikson and Jeanne Baret, the first woman to sail around the world. 39. In When Darwin Sailed the Sea, we can know that ________. A. Darwin travelled around the world by ship and by land B. Darwin began to travel around the world 21 hundred years ago C. Darwin made a lot of important discoveries during his journey D. Darwin put forward his famous theories even before his journey 40. You will not read anything about a woman in Book ________. A. Women Who Led the Way B. When Darwin Sailed the Sea C. Corpse Talk: Ground-breaking Explorers D. Explorers. 41. The underlined word “intrepid” means ________. A. brave B. honest C. boring D. hardworking 42. Which of the following is right according to the passage? A. Arunima Sinha was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. B. Charles Darwin got on the HMS Beagle and started his journey. C. Adam and Lisa Murphy wrote their book in a serious way. D. Jeanne Baret was the first person to sail around the world. 43. All the four books are about ________. A. brave explorers B. famous writers C. interesting women D. unbelievable people 44. You will most probably find the article in ________. A. a novel B. a text book C. an encyclopedia D. a magazine B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage(选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12分) Discovering the Power of Placebos (安慰剂) A little girl cries after falling and bumping her knee against the ground. Her father rushes over and looks closely at the leg. “I’ll kiss it and make it better,” he says. The kiss works. The girl sniffles (抽噎), then jumps up and gets back to playing. Her pain is ___45___. Things like this one happen on playgrounds and in homes around the world every day. When a child gets a bump or bruise (淤伤), says better Ulrike Bingel, “Someone will blow the pain away.” Bingel is a doctor at a Germany university. A caring adult seems to have the ability to stop a child’s pain with a puff of air a kiss or even just a few kind words. ___46___, none of these things can repair injured skin. So what’s happening? Doctors call it the placebo effect. It describes what happens when something that should have no effect leads to a(n) ___47___ positive change in someone’s body. Placebos are a very ___48___ part of medical research. To prove that a new medicine works researchers must show that the people who are taking a new drug will be in much better health than those who are taking a placebo. This placebo is usually a pill and it ___49___ the same as the new medicine but contains no medicine. At times a person may feel better after taking a placebo pill though the pill did not act on any disease. This placebo response isn’t an illusion (幻觉). It comes from the brain. A placebo effect can only influence body processes that the brain can change like a pain. “Placebos can’t fight cancer,” Bingel says. But they can change how ___50___ someone experiences pain or other illness.” Bingel and his team are working to better understand what brain processes make this happen. 45. A. delivered B. forgotten C. forgiven D. increased 46. A. For example B. Now and then C. Of course D. In the end 47. A. correct B. strange C. real D. easy 48. A. attractive B. important C. natural D. different 49. A. looks B. becomes C. keeps D. thinks 50. A. commonly B. hardly C. slightly D. strongly C. Fill in the blanks with proper words(在空格内填入适当的词，每空限填一词，首字母已给)(7分) Have you ever felt anxious when going out in public? Have you felt as if people were looking at you, talking about you, laughing at you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Today we’re going to speak about how to d____51____ with this sort of social anxiety. Here are two tips to help overcome this problem. One tip is to understand the spotlight effect (聚光灯效应). Most of people believe that others are paying attention to them much more than they actually are. In fact, everyone is thinking that they’re being judged over a hundred times w____52____ it may only be once or twice. By keeping this in mind, we can look at others and think to ourselves, “ah, they’re probably thinking about themselves right now.” Whenever you start feeling anxious outside, you can remind y____53____ of this principle. This will help you become b____54____ in your future social interactions (互动). The o____55____ tip is exposure therapy (暴露疗法). You need to expose yourself to the things that make you anxious. If you run away from a fear, it will only get bigger. On the other hand, if you face your fears over time, your body will start to realize that it is not a life-threatening situation and the amount of anxiety that you feel should gradually decrease over time. You can take small s____56____ here. If you feel extremely anxious, you can start off by saying thank you to people who naturally have to talk with you such as cashier or bus drivers. Then when you don’t feel so anxious, you can move on to making small talk with strangers who happen to be around you. For example, making a comment when waiting in line for something, you can gradually increase the amount of interactions and also the depth of these interactions over many months at a speed that you find c____57____. D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题)(5分) A Wonderful Christmas Gift Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. She wished she could get a new dress with frills (荷叶边) and lace (蕾丝) as a wonderful Christmas gift. But Ann did not want to ask her mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make a living. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus (圣诞老人) would come... At school her classmates were talking only about Christmas celebrations. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting (暗示) about that costly watch to my parents,” told Tessie. Ann felt out of these conversations. She had neither rich parents nor wealthy aunts to give her expensive gifts. It was not just the gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Recently she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out. Soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s house there was a decorated Christmas tree but Ann’s house was cold and empty. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts. Ann went to bed, wishing that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamed of Santa riding in the snow... The next morning Ann jumped up after hearing her alarm. Out of her expectation, there lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon near her bed. Inside the package was a pretty white dress with fluffy frills and attractive lace! Ann checked the gift carefully to find out who had given her this beautiful dress. Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the dress. Dear Ann, This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother. Your Loving friend, Santa Claus Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note She looked into the note carefully. Then it struck her. She realized that _________58_________. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have been given the best Christmas gift. 58. What did Ann want for Christmas? _________________________________________________________ 59. Why did Ann feel out of the conversations of her classmates? _________________________________________________________ 60. Ann was only worried about her Christmas gift, wasn’t she? _________________________________________________________ 61. How was Ann’s house different from other people’s houses on Christmas Eve? _________________________________________________________ 62. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph. She realized that ____________________________________________ 63. Why did Ann think that she had been given the best Christmas gift? _________________________________________________________ VII. Writing(写话)(6分) 64. AI (artificial intelligence, 人工智能) 技术已经融入了我们生活中的方方面面。假设你是九年级的李华，学校正在举办科技节，你应邀参加以“AI has changed our lives”为主题的演讲比赛。请你结合自身或他人经历，用英语写一篇不少于60词的短文，介绍AI给生活带来的至少两方面的变化及你对AI技术的观点。 注意： 1. 文中不得出现真实姓名、校名等个人信息，否则不予评分。 2. 照抄阅读语篇不得分。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $