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苏州外国语学校2024～2025学年度第二学期学情调研 初二英语 2025.05 一、听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 第一部分 听对话回答问题（计10分，每小题1分） 本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的答案。 1. What’s the weather like now? A. B. C. 2. What’s wrong with Mr Smith? A. B. C. 3. How will the man go to Beijing? A. B. C. 4. Where is Kate going to travel this year? A. B. C. 5. How often does the woman go swimming? A. Sometimes. B. Never. C. Every day. 6. Which animal does the man like best? A. Elephants. B. Pandas. C. Monkeys. 7. What does the woman mean? A. The man should stop smoking. B. The man should stop drinking coffee. C. Drinking coffee is better than smoking. 8. Where did Cathy go last Saturday? A. To the zoo. B. Near the sea. C. To the park. 9. What does the boy want to do in this conversation? A. Buy a pen. B. Change a pen. C. Take a pen. 10. How long has the man been there? A. 5 minutes. B. 13 minutes. C. 10 minutes. 第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题（计10分，每小题1分） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的答案。 听一段对话，回答11-12小题。 11. Why didn’t Sally hand in her homework that day? A. Her mother was ill. B. Her teacher was ill. C. She was ill. 12. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son. 听第一篇短文，回答13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。 The introduction of the storybook Name Emma and Jerry For whom It’s especially suitable for English beginners. Contents It has 10 stories, and they are 13 . The exercises include vocabulary, 14 and writing. There is a cartoon picture to match each story. Page& Price It has 15 pages and costs 9.9 dollars. 13. A. hard and meaningful B. funny and educational C. simple and interesting 14. A. reading B. grammar C. speaking 15. A.145 B. 155 C. 175 听第二篇短文，回答16-20小题。 16. How long will the group Red River stay in London? A. About 5 days. B. About half a month. C. About 3 weeks. 17. What’s the telephone number? A. 2830665. B. 2386005. C. 2830065. 18. Where will the concerts be? A. In Trinity Street. B. In the South Bank Hall. C. Near the children’s hospital. 19. What does the speaker want to tell us? A. Something about London. B. Something about a pop concert. C. Something about a pop star. 20. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Tickets are quite expensive. B. All of the money will go to a children’s hospital. C. You can telephone to book tickets at 10:00 p. m. 二、单项选择（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 1. Li Hai finished ________ first in the singing competition. It’s really ________ great success. A. 不填;a B. the;不填 C. the; the D. 不填；不填 2. Sandy thought ________ necessary ________ to take some dancing classes. A. that; for her B. it; of her C. that; of her D. it; for her 3. —Mum, I think I’m ________ to go back to school. —Not yet, my dear. You’d better stay at home for one or two days. A. so well B. so good C. well enough D. good enough 4. This exercise is _________ difficult _________. A. so; that few of us can do B. so; that many of us can do C. too; for any one of us to do D. too; for any one of us to do it 5. — Mum, can you give me some advice on how to behave myself at the table? — Well, I do have some advice. ________, please keep quiet while eating. A. In all B. Of all C. At all D. Above all 三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） My husband and I were taking a post-dinner walk in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. We kept ____6____ him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I thought he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that? ____7____, we decided to go up and speak to him. He was breaking up pieces of leftover bread that he had collected from his housemates to make ____8____ for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be ____9____ for the birds to eat, so he ground（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the rock. It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every ____10____, by himself, for the last three or four years. What moved us more was that he was surprised we were even taking ____11____ in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he ____12____ leftover bread from his housemates. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of bread and making a neat pile for the birds, which he says will be ____13____ by the next evening. He also ____14____ fresh water and adds birdseed（鸟食）on top of the pile. When we asked him why he does this small and simple act of service, he shrugged and said, “It’s just something ____15____ I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the trash（垃圾）and the birds get food.” We shared his story with the hope that it might remind us to be more careful with our leftover food. Perhaps it might inspire（启迪）someone to do something similar in their own area. 6. A. questioning B. showing C. helping D. noticing 7. A. Naturally B. Patiently C. Surely D. Finally 8. A. food B. drink C. nests D. desserts 9. A. perfect B. healthy C. difficult D. enough 10. A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. weekend 11. A. a role B. an interest C. part D. pride 12. A. collects B. buys C. borrows D. steals 13. A. removed B. lost C. gone D. discovered 14. A. leaves B. takes C. drops D. saves 15. A. special B. interesting C. small D. useful 四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A Healthy habits mean healthy eyes. Here are some daily tips for eye health. *Clean your eyes with pure cold water regularly. This is of the·best ways to keep eyes healthy and free from disease. *Avoid looking directly at the sun. *Roll your eyes up and down, then side to side. Then move your eyes in a circular notion. *Exercise 5 to 10 times a day to relax your eyes. *Keep a good distance from the computer screen-sit about 22-28 inches away from it. *Visit your eye doctor on a regular basis. There are also some tips for healthy contact lens (隐形眼镜) wear and care to help prevent eye infections (感染). Please visit CDC’s healthy contact lenses website and you can follow them on social media.(www.cdc.gov/contactlenses) 16. According to the tips, what can help relax the eyes? A. Pure cold water. B. Direct sunlight. C. Eye movements. D. Contact lens. 17. To protect our eyes, which is not suitable for our eyes? A. Eating vegetables. B. Wearing sunglasses. C. Looking at the sun directly. D. Cleaning them with cold water. 18. Where might we read the text? A. In a pet magazine. B. In a fashion magazine. C. In a science fiction. D. In a health magazine. B ①It’s always easier to say “Yes” because most of us want to please other people. Somebody asks you to go for a party but you have tests the next day, or to help them although you are busy at the moment, or to join the activities you have no interest at all! Even though your heart is crying NO, you find the word “Yes” come out of your mouth. However, it usually results in anger — not only for the person who asked you, but also for yourself for not being strong enough. ②Lisa Messenger, the Collective Hub CEO, said in her first few years of business, many people asked her to talk over a coffee. Actually, she usually ended up having 20 coffee meetings a week and that stopped her from doing business because she didn’t have time to do her own work. ③Messenger finally learned to refuse like “No, I’m sorry, but I don’t have time.”. She believes if you say “Yes”, you will regret later. Or your heart will be filled with guilt, fear or anger because you feel bad for agreeing to do something you never want to. So you need to be brave enough to say “No” when you’re asked at first. ④Janine Garner, CEO of The LBD Group, believed we need to get very clear about our goals. Unless we work towards our goals, nobody else will care about our time. Garner said, “We may end up saying ‘Yes’ because we feel sorry for somebody who needs us. But we end up having that awful feeling in our heart. You can only achieve the best of you by stopping doing the things that take up your time and don’t add anything towards your goals. Take a good look at the time spent on others, which you really should spend on yourself.” 19. How does the writer begin the text? A. By telling a story. B. By giving examples. C. By making a survey. D. By asking questions. 20. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Having 20 coffee meetings a week. B. Being asked to buy coffee 20 times. C. Talking with others without coffee. D. Drinking 20 cups of coffee a week. 21. Which opinion would Janine Garner probably agree with? A. Offering help is the key to make friends. B. Helping others may make you successful. C. You’d better say “No” bravely if necessary. D. People who need us will care about our time. 22. What’s the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. C Every year, wildfires destroy tens of thousands of square kilometers of forest land. People lose their homes. Some are hurt or even killed. Smokejumpers help to stop this. Smokejumpers are special firefighters. Some fires are in hard-to-reach places, such as in the middle of a mountain forest. These firefighters jump from planes or are lowered into those areas by helicopters (直升机). When they arrive, smokejumpers first check the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main job is to stop the fire from spreading until other firefighters arrive. Smokejumpers use shovels (铲子) or axes (斧头) to clear the land of burnable things. like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them too, but not a lot. Although most smokejumpers are men, more women are joining now. The most important factors (因素) are height and weight. Smokejumpers in the U. S., for example, must be between 54 and 91 kilograms. This way, they don’t get blown away by the strong winds or get hurt when-they-land. Smokejumpers also need to know how to survive in the wild. In Russia, many smokejumpers know how to find food in the forest and can even make simple furniture from trees. The work is dangerous, and the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumping isn’t just a job. They love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires and live in the forest. Alexi Tishin is a 28-year-old Russian smokejumper. He says, “This is the best job for tough guys (硬汉).” 23. When a smokejumper reaches a fire site, what is the first thing he or she does? A. Look for water. B. Clear the land. C. Study the land. D. Fight the fire. 24. If you want to be a smokejumper, you must be ________. A. a young man B. a university student C. a Russian D. within a certain weight range (范围) 25. In Alexi Tishin’s opinion, why do people become smokejumpers? A. For the money. B. For the excitement. C. For the country. D. For the medals. 26. What is the best title of the article? A. Flying into Fire B. Dangerous Jobs C. Forest Fire D. Challenging Yourself D My father, who was always drunk and angry, beat me more and more every day. He always locked the door when he went away and kept the key in this pocket. One day I found an old saw （锯子） that he hid in the roof. When I was alone in the house. I started to make a hole on the floor under the big table. The next day my father said, "Huck, go to the river and catch some fish for breakfast. Quickly! And don't try anything. Remember, I'm watching you!" While I was fishing by the river, I saw an empty boat nearby. "A boat!" I thought happily, “This is my chance to escape. I'll hide the boat near some trees and use it tonight!" When my father went to town that afternoon, I got my saw and started to work on the hole. It was late afternoon when I finished making the hole. "I did a good job," I thought, looking at the hole. “Now I'll get my father's gun.” I looked outside the window and there was nobody there. I quickly escaped through the hole. Then I ran into the woods to hunt a wild pig. Luckily, I found one. I shot it and took it back to the house and let the pig's blood fall on the wooden floor of the house. Then I pulled some of my hair out and put it on my father's axe（斧子） with some of the pig's blood. I took the pig's body outside and put it in a big bag with some rocks, and threw it into the river. "This way people will think ▲ !" I thought. "They'll come and look for my body in the river." This idea made me smile. I waited until it was dark and got into the boat and went to Jackson's Island. I knew about Jackson's Island because Tom, Ben, Joe and I had a lot of fun adventures there. （Adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain） 27. What's the correct order of the following? ①Huck hid a boat. ②Huck found a saw. ③Huck went fishing. ④Huck killed a wild pig. A. ①④②③ B. ③②①④ C. ②①③④ D. ②③①④ 28. Which of the following is the best to fill in the blank" ▲ "? A. my father went away and I'm sad B. the pig's blood is mine and I'm dead C. I killed the wild pig and I'm brave D. my friends helped me and I'm lucky 29. Huck went to Jackson's Island because he wanted to ________. A. meet his friends B. look for the treasure C. take an adventure D. escape from his father 30. According to the passage, what is Huck like? A. Brave and clever. B. Funny and helpful. C. Lazy and careless. D. Boring and stupid. 五、信息还原（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） China Brand（品牌）is a very popular phrase now. We trust Chinese brands. ____31____ Here are some examples. Technology（技术） From cellphones to drones（无人机）, the world is changing because of Chinese technology, Huawei, for example, is the world’s second largest cellphone company. ____32____. Huawei is also a leader in 5G technology. Fashion Feiyue, Huili and Li-Ning became world-famous. The shoes are cheap, fashionable and comfortable to wear. ____33____. It is China Qipao Town, many Chinese and foreign stars like to make beautiful clothes in the town. Makeup（化妆品）, Chinese makeup products （产品）are having their moment. ____34____, like huaxizi. Entertainment（娱乐） What’s one of the most popular apps in the US? It’s TikTok（抖音）. ____35____. But it’s not just a time-killer. People can buy things on it too. A. You may know a town of traditional Chinese clothes in Jiangsu Province. B. In fact, many Chinese brands are popular at home and abroad（国外）. C. Many fashion shows also show some Chinese brands. D. Chinese brands is our today’s treasure. E. 50 million US users spend about 46 minutes watching videos on it every day. F. And more than 170 countries use its cellphones. G. People from over 100 countries like to buy Chinese makeup products. 六、词汇检测（共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分） 第一节 根据所给汉语注释或首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。 36. The event gave young people more ________ (机会) to show their skills to their parents. 37. —Look at Lucy! How weak she looks! —Well, she never eats ________ (正确地) and that’s why she is not healthy. 38. Earlier reports were unable to confirm if there were any ________ (幸存者). 39. I think I will go to Brazil for travelling ____________ (在某时) next spring. 40. The p________ of our project is to help children in poor areas get better education. 41. The girl had trouble e________ herself clearly because of shyness. 42. Please look at the w________ carefully. You may be in danger if you pay no attention to them. 43. It is wrong to differentiate (区别) pupils according to their family b________ . 第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。 one surprise such as we even if What colour is a tennis ball? Ask your classmates, and they might give you some ____44____ answers. Among the 30,000 people surveyed, 52 per cent said tennis balls are green, 42 per cent said yellow, and 6 per cent said something else. According to the International Tennis Federation, tennis balls are yellow. So, why do most people say that they’re green? When we ____45____ see an object in natural light, our brains recognize its true colour. ____46____ the object is seen in different kinds of light later, our brains can still tell its true colour. Scientists call this colour constancy (色彩恒常性). A magazine says that when ____47____ brains try to figure out what colour the ball is, some people ignore (忽略) cool colours like green, blue and purple. So they see the ball as yellow. Others ignore warm colours, ____48____ red, yellow and orange. They see the ball as green. 七、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Henry is ____49____ American businessman. One day, when he was sailing (航行) on a boat near San Francisco, he was carried out into the sea by a strong wind. ___50___ (luck), he was discovered and picked up by a London-bound (开往伦敦的) ship. So he ___51___ (land) in London by accident. Alone and ___52___ (hunger), he walked on the streets of the city. Unexpectedly, he ____53____ (call) into a big house. There two rich ____54____ (brother), Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told ____55____ (he) not to open it until two o'clock of the day. Henry didn’t know it was a million-pound (百万英镑) bank note. He left the big house and went into a cheap restaurant to get something to eat. Everyone was impolite and impatient to him. Why? ____56____ he was in rags (衣衫褴褛) and looked dirty. Then, ___57___ everyone’s surprise, he handed the owner a million-pound bank note to pay for the meal. On seeing the note, all the people in the restaurant became friendly and tried their best ____58____ (please) Henry. Don’t you think it’s the most unbelievable story in the world? 八、阅读表达（共3小题；79题2分，80题2分，81题3分，满分7分） 阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。 Yang Hongwei, 56, is an inheritor(传承人) of the Weifang kite-making technique(技艺). Born into a kite-making family, Yang often saw kites with bright colors and different shapes in her grandfather’s workshop. Having a special connection with kites, Yang learned the technique from her grandfather at the age of 16. After practising the technique for 10 years, she started her own shop in 1992. “Many places around the world have a tradition of flying kites,” Yang said. “But I think the cultural idea behind our kites is special.” So, she tries to make special kites with prints telling Chinese stories. For example, she once made a kite with pictures of 50 famous women in Chinese history on each side. Each woman is different in look, clothes and makeup. She spent much effort and time checking historical records and discussing the details with experts(专家). Besides, she also travels abroad to tell the stories of Chinese kites and the ways they are made. Since the 1990s, she has been to many other countries, including Germany, Australia, the US and New Zealand. “It is an important job of mine to spread our traditional culture around the world and on to the children. As long as there are people who want to learn, I won’t stop teaching”, she said. 59. Who taught Yang to make kites? ______________________________________________ 60. What does Yang do to spread the traditional culture with kites? ______________________________________________ 61. If you got a chance, would you like to learn a traditional technique? Why or why not? ______________________________________________ 九、书面表达（满分20分） 62. Nowadays, more and more students are willing to be volunteers. In our life, we may have different volunteer experiences. Please share one of your volunteer experiences with us according to the following questions. 1. When and where did you do the volunteer work? 2. What did you do as a volunteer? 3. What did you learn from this experience? 要求： 1. 短文必须包括所有要点，并适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺； 2. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名等相关信息； 3. 词数100左右。 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 苏州外国语学校2024～2025学年度第二学期学情调研 初二英语 2025.05 一、听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 第一部分 听对话回答问题（计10分，每小题1分） 本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的答案。 1. What’s the weather like now? A. B. C. 2. What’s wrong with Mr Smith? A. B. C. 3. How will the man go to Beijing? A. B. C. 4. Where is Kate going to travel this year? A. B. C. 5. How often does the woman go swimming? A. Sometimes. B. Never. C. Every day. 6. Which animal does the man like best? A. Elephants. B. Pandas. C. Monkeys. 7. What does the woman mean? A. The man should stop smoking. B. The man should stop drinking coffee. C. Drinking coffee is better than smoking. 8. Where did Cathy go last Saturday? A. To the zoo. B. Near the sea. C. To the park. 9. What does the boy want to do in this conversation? A. Buy a pen. B. Change a pen. C. Take a pen. 10. How long has the man been there? A. 5 minutes. B. 13 minutes. C. 10 minutes. 第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题（计10分，每小题1分） 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的答案。 听一段对话，回答11-12小题。 11. Why didn’t Sally hand in her homework that day? A. Her mother was ill. B. Her teacher was ill. C. She was ill. 12. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son. 听第一篇短文，回答13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。 The introduction of the storybook Name Emma and Jerry For whom It’s especially suitable for English beginners. Contents It has 10 stories, and they are 13 . The exercises include vocabulary, 14 and writing. There is a cartoon picture to match each story. Page& Price It has 15 pages and costs 9.9 dollars. 13. A. hard and meaningful B. funny and educational C. simple and interesting 14. A. reading B. grammar C. speaking 15. A.145 B. 155 C. 175 听第二篇短文，回答16-20小题。 16. How long will the group Red River stay in London? A. About 5 days. B. About half a month. C. About 3 weeks. 17. What’s the telephone number? A. 2830665. B. 2386005. C. 2830065. 18. Where will the concerts be? A. In Trinity Street. B. In the South Bank Hall. C. Near the children’s hospital. 19. What does the speaker want to tell us? A. Something about London. B. Something about a pop concert. C. Something about a pop star. 20. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Tickets are quite expensive. B. All of the money will go to a children’s hospital. C. You can telephone to book tickets at 10:00 p. m. 二、单项选择（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】D 【3题答案】 【答案】C 【4题答案】 【答案】C 【5题答案】 【答案】D 三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 【6~15题答案】 【答案】6. D 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. C 四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） A 【16~18题答案】 【答案】16. C 17. C 18. D B 【19~22题答案】 【答案】19. B 20. A 21. C 22. C C 【23~26题答案】 【答案】23. C 24. D 25. B 26. A D 【27~30题答案】 【答案】27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A 五、信息还原（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. B 32. F 33. A 34. G 35. E 六、词汇检测（共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分） 第一节 根据所给汉语注释或首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。 【36题答案】 【答案】opportunities 【37题答案】 【答案】correctly##properly 【38题答案】 【答案】survivors 【39题答案】 【答案】sometime 【40题答案】 【答案】purpose##urpose 【41题答案】 【答案】expressing##xpressing 【42题答案】 【答案】warnings##arnings 【43题答案】 【答案】background##ackground 第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。 【44~48题答案】 【答案】44. surprising 45. first 46. Even if 47. our 48. such as 七、短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 【49~58题答案】 【答案】49. an 50. Luckily 51. landed 52. hungry 53. was called 54. brothers 55. him 56. Because 57. to 58. to please 八、阅读表达（共3小题；79题2分，80题2分，81题3分，满分7分） 【59~61题答案】 【答案】59. Her grandfather. 60. She makes special kites with prints telling Chinese stories and travels abroad to tell the stories of Chinese kites and the ways they are made. 61. 本题属于开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案：Yes, I’d like to. Because a traditional technique not only shows Chinese traditional culture, but also a way to relax myself. 九、书面表达（满分20分） 【62题答案】 【答案】 例文： Last summer, I volunteered at a small community library near my home. My main job was organizing children’s books and reading interesting stories to young readers every afternoon. I also helped clean the reading areas to create a warm and comfortable environment for everyone. Through this experience, I learned how to communicate better with children and became much more patient. I realized that volunteering is not only about helping others but also about growing and improving myself. Seeing the children’s happy smiles made me feel that my small efforts were truly meaningful. I will continue to take part in such volunteer activities in the future to help more people. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $