江苏省无锡外国语学校2025-2026学年度第二学期二模考试 初三英语试卷

无锡外国语学校2025-2026学年度第二学期二模考试 初三英语试卷 2026.5 第Ⅰ卷（客观题 共50分） 一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14小题；每小题1分，共14分） 1. To get ____ the difficult times, it is of great importance for countries all over the world to work closely together. A. beyond B. through C. across D. against 2. We cannot have a double ____ where we say everybody else must play by the rules, but we do not need to. A. survey B. spirit C. standard D. system 3. —Andy is in a blue mood in recent days. What has happened to him? —Well, everyone has one of those days when ____ goes right. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 4. The machine can help you ski safely, so you can practise ____ you want without weighing the weather. A. whatever B. however C. whenever D. wherever 5. My mum made a big dinner yesterday, ____ for my 16th birthday. A. exactly B. properly C. specially D. probably 6. —Mom, do you mind buying me a new dress? —Oh, sweet. The red one on you looks ____ new. Learn to save money. A. as well as B. as good as C. as long as D. as far as 7. Alex promised that he ____ himself only if his parents agreed to have some time for him. A. behaves B. will behave C. behaved D. would behave 8. —Mum, could you tell me ____? —Someone who can make you a better person. A. what makes good friends B. what were true friends like C. who should I ask for help D. who I should make friends with 9. Life is like climbing a mountain. ____ you feel tired, you will enjoy the beautiful view at the top of the mountain. A. Since B. If C. Though D. Unless 10. The doctor found that the old man was not well enough to ____ such a hard task. A. give out B. put out C. carry out D. run out 11. —You look lovely in this dress, if I ____ say so. —Bill, thanks. You really make my day. A. must B. may C. need D. should 12. —Why does Jim always come first, not me? —Son, remember to ____ your present self to your past self instead of others. A. connect B. contact C. compare D. compete 13. —I feel relaxed to be back. How terrible I feel about the crowded places during my trip! —____. I can imagine. A. It never rains but pours B. East or west, home is best C. When in Rome, do as the Romans do D. The grass is always greener on the other side 14. —Could I have your book *A Day with Birds*, John? —____. I have read it. A. Go ahead B. Go for it C. Take it easy D. Take your time 二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Leo hated his name. Every time the teacher called "Leo" in class, he would sink lower in his chair, wishing he could disappear. He thought his name sounded 15____ and old-fashioned, like something from a black-and-white movie. His classmates had cool names like "Alex" or "Mia". Leo 16____ his name made him different—in a bad way. One day, the school asked everyone to bring a family 17____ for a history project. Leo found an old picture of a serious-looking man with kind eyes. "That's your great-grandfather Leo," his grandfather said. Then he told Leo the story: "Your great-grandfather was the first person in our town to build a library. He worked as a carpenter during the day and 18____ donated books at night. People laughed at him, but he never 19____. 'Every child,' he said, 'should have books to read.'" Leo was 20____. He had never known that. Suddenly, his name was no longer a heavy stone. It became a lantern—carrying a story of 21____ and hope. The next week, the class had to give a short talk about "What makes you you?". Leo stood in front of the class. He no longer sank in his chair. "My name is Leo," he said 22____. "It means being someone who helps others learn. My great-grandfather built a library. One day, I want to build something too—maybe a reading club." After class, a classmate said, "Leo, that's really cool." For the first time, Leo 23____ when hearing his name. Leo learned that self-acceptance doesn't come from changing who you are. It comes from discovering the meaning behind what you already have. Everyone has a story. Sometimes you need to listen—and then decide to live it 24____. Leo finally felt proud of his name. 15. A. popular B. interesting C. strange D. ideal 16. A. believed B. required C. forgot D. reminded 17. A. poster B. photo C. card D. dictionary 18. A. collected B. controlled C. connected D. changed 19. A. set up B. gave up C. stayed up D. put up 20. A. bored B. worried C. surprised D. relaxed 21. A. sadness B. politeness C. carelessness D. kindness 22. A. clearly B. closely C. widely D. angrily 23. A. cried B. shouted C. smiled D. agreed 24. A. toward B. backward C. upward D. forward 三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分） A HOW TO COLLECT YOUR PARCELS Check this guide to learn how to collect your parcels. Make sure to follow these steps when you come to the counter! COLLECTION TIME MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9:00 AM-12:30 PM (STAFFS) 2:00 PM-5:00 PM (STUDENT) (Closed on Public Holidays) IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT Please prepare your physical Student / Staff ID Card / Identification Card (IC) / Passport. (Photo or soft copy is not accepted.) - If you are collecting on behalf of a friend, please bring your friend's Student/ Staff ID card along with yours. - If your friend does not have a physical ID Card, they must email to admoffice@xmu.edu.my to authorize you to collect on their behalf. - You may use two ID cards per collection at the most. QUEUE AND ENTRY Queue in line and wait for your turn before entering Room 109. VERIFICATION Pass your physical ID card and the tracking number of your parcel(s) to the counter staff. - Parcels that arrive on the same day cannot be collected and must be picked up on the next working day. - Please include your full name and student/ staff ID number when shopping online. CHECKOUT PROCESS Advance to the checkout counter to scan your ID and parcel(s). 25. Generally what should you bring to collect a parcel for a friend? A. Two other students' ID. B. Your friend's digital ID. C. Your physical ID and your friend's. D. A printed authorization email to you. 26. When can a student collect a parcel that arrives his Friday? A. At 4:00 PM this Friday. B. At 9:00 AM this Saturday. C. At 10:30 AM next Monday. D. At 3:00 PM next Tuesday. 27. What is the text? A. An advertisement. B. A school notice. C. A travel guide. D. A book review. B Much information can be conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression "eyes also talk" is often heard. Can you recall any experience that further proves this statement? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable. It is the same in daily life. If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry about other's staring at you that way. Eyes do convey information, right? Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is showing affection for her. However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uneasy. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. In fact, continuous eye contact happens between lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show love that words cannot express. Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation. 28. What may a person usually do on a bus? A. Glance at a stranger with eye contact. B. Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely. C. Glance at a stranger without eye contact. D. Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance. 29. Why is a poor liar easy to be seen through? A. He thinks that he is honest. B. He wants to control the victim. C. He feels uneasy about others' eye contact. D. He looks straight at the victim for too long a time. 30. What's the best title of the passage? A. Eyes Can Also "Talk" B. How to Make Eye Contact C. Different Ways of Expressing Thoughts D. The Importance of Body Language C Laurie had just come home from school when she heard a light hammering sound coming from Grandpa's study. Curious, she tapped on the door. "Grandpa? Can I come in?" "Just a second!" Grandpa answered. Laurie heard lots of shuffling. "Enter!" Grandpa was sitting empty-handed at his desk, but there were wood shavings everywhere. "Aren't you supposed to be at school?" he asked. "It's over at three. What were you doing here?" Laurie said curiously. She saw something wooden underneath a book. "Aha!" she cried, pulling the object out. "What's this?" "Well, that's your birthday gift. But now it won't be a surprise," Grandpa said. It was a wooden crocodile with a string on the top of its head so the mouth could be opened and shut. "It's an ancient Egyptian toy," Grandpa said. "I made this, but if you were a child in ancient Egypt, you might have something similar. Crocodiles were an important part of Egyptian life, and many crocodiles lived in the Nile River." "The Egyptians depended on the Nile River for many things. It flooded every year, giving much-needed water and nutrients to the land. This made farming easy for the Egyptians. The soft, wet land also made good mud for building mud-brick houses." "And the river provided the people of the area with a convenient highway for transportation and communication." "Ancient Egypt was an agricultural society. If you were a little Egyptian girl living about four thousand years ago, your father would probably be a grain farmer. Grains were the most common crop, especially wheat and barley, which were used to make bread and beer—the most typical food and drink." "Unluckily, children didn't go to school like you do now. You'd probably spend most days helping your parents. During the harvest season maybe you would bundle wheat up on the farm. Or perhaps you'd be at home, helping to cook or take care of the vegetable garden near your house." Just then, Mom called from downstairs, "Laurie! I'm home!" "Hi, Mom! I'll be right down!" Laurie said. "Thanks, Grandpa. I'll pretend I never saw this," she said, putting the crocodile back on the desk. "Until next time!" "Until next time! Bye, Laurie!" 31. Grandpa answered "Just a second!" because he wanted to ____. A. clean the floor B. look for a book for kids C. hide the wooden crocodile D. tell a story about ancient Egypt 32. Which is NOT true about ancient Egyptian children? A. They learned how to farm at school. B. They helped to cook at home. C. They helped their parents with the harvest. D. They played with crocodile toys. 33. What is the main purpose of the story? A. To describe a typical day in Laurie's life. B. To explain how to make wooden toys. C. To tell ancient Egyptian life through a conversation. D. To show the importance of birthday surprises. D Many concepts that are central to the human experience are abstract, such as relationships, ideas, and time—things we can't directly see or touch. We commonly use concrete language to talk and think about these things, often through metaphors. Using metaphors is far more than a poetic device of factual statements. A study carried out at Purchase College found that metaphors can frame people's opinions, thus shaping their reasoning and following actions. For example, describing the effort to stop climate change as a "war" rather than a "race" caused people to feel more urgency about reducing emissions. Another example is the lightbulb metaphor commonly used to describe new ideas, suggesting that new thoughts appear suddenly like a light switch being turned on. However, this metaphor proves that new ideas come effortlessly and are accessible only to a select few geniuses, such as Isaac Newton, who supposedly developed his theory of gravity from a sudden insight about a falling apple. It may lead people to question their capability to have new ideas, and as a behavioral result, people may overlook the role of hard work and constant learning in bringing about change. An alternative way to describe ideas is by comparing new thoughts to seeds that fall on fertile ground and—if cared for—will grow and develop over time. Different from the lightbulb metaphor, the seed metaphor shows an understanding that creating new ideas is a laborious process, which requires time and effort. It also suggests that anybody can be the cultivator of ideas as long as they put their mind to it. The effects of metaphors show how powerful language can be, even though we often don't realize it. Who'd have thought a simple use of a lightbulb metaphor could influence how we understand the concept of innovation? Given the nature of our metaphorical minds, it is worth asking: are our metaphors suitable? We owe it to ourselves and others to use metaphors properly. These choices—conscious or not—can be helpful or harmful. 34. What can we learn about metaphors from the first two paragraphs? A. They can frame people's behaviors. B. They can make language more poetic. C. They may develop people's viewpoints. D. They may use abstract language more often. 35. What does the underlined word "overlook" in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Fail to notice. B. Think highly of. C. Take pride in. D. Pay attention to. 36. What does the seed metaphor differ from the lightbulb metaphor? A. The importance of natural talent. B. The people's doubt about creativity. C. The process of producing new ideas. D. The continuous efforts of individuals. 37. What is the author's attitude towards using metaphors? A. Negative. B. Careful. C. Supportive. D. Respectful. 第Ⅱ卷（主观题 共50分） 四、词汇运用（本大题共10小题；每小题1分，共10分） (A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。 38. We marked several key ____ (地址) on the map to find the meeting place faster. 39. She repeated that she didn't mind and acted ____ (满不在乎地). 40. ____ (定) flights are fully booked on that day—which other day could we go? 41. No one can predict ____ (是否) or not the strong team will keep winning in the following JSFL rounds. 42. Celia gave up the wonderful chance. It can't be much ____ (傻的)! (B) 根据句意在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 43. There is some ____ (possible) that the oil price will keep falling in the following days. 44. ____ (science) recent research has drawn great attention to the mental health of teenagers. 45. While expecting the interview result, he got ____ (patient) and checked his phone again and again. 46. It is clear that we have difficulty ____ (success) without hard work. 47. People live ____ (peace) with nature, creating a warm and harmonious world. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。（本大题共10小题；每小题1分，共10分） 48. —What do you think of the poem? —It's a little bit long, but anyway, it ____ (read) well. 49. —I ____ (try) my best, but I still failed. —Come on, boy! You should learn to accept the result and keep trying. 50. You can't step into this private garden unless you ____ (allow) to. 51. Our monitor is considering ____ (organize) a recycling event for the Environment Day. 52. Listen! How sweet the voice is! Who do you suppose ____ (sing)? 53. What I think is that more and more people ____ (buy) electric cars instead in the future. 54. The heavy rain started at about seven this morning while we ____ (wait) for the school bus. 55. —Where is Andy? —He ____ (not catch) the bus up to now! So he will be a few minutes late. 56. City Library is open every day ____ (serve) the public's reading needs. 57. She ____ (control) by strict family rules last year and couldn't hang out with her friends freely. 六、阅读表达（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答案不超过8个单词。 On April 19, the world's first half-marathon for humanoid robots was held in Beijing. The robot waited beside human runners, starting from the same line. "I saw many robots running. Some were surprisingly fast, others had very lovely designs, and their running styles were quite different," said Zhang Huihui, who took part in the race. During the 21-kilometer-long race, the robots had to run on two legs. Some even wore running shoes. Each robot was supported by a team of human guides, operators and engineers. They could have their batteries changed during the race. Teams could even use new robots when the old ones could no longer run. There were 20 robots in the race and six of them made it to the end. Tiangong Ultra won the first in two hours and 40 minutes. "It crossed the finish line about 30 minutes earlier than expected," said Xiong Youjun, CEO of a robot center. "In general, all the robots today could deal with challenges such as turns and speed bumps. We made history together." "Robots' completing the race isn't the finish line. It's the starting point for the growth of the robot industry," said Liang Liang, from Yizhuang's Administrative Committee. Although the robots fell from time to time, the event proved that they could do real-life tasks. Liang added, "Their small steps today will become giant leaps for human technological progress tomorrow." 58. Where was the world's first half-marathon for humanoid robots held? 59. What did Zhang Huihui say about robots' running styles? 60. Who supported the robots to finish the race? 61. How many robots crossed the finish line? 62. What did the robots' half-marathon event prove? 七、书面表达（本大题共20分） 人要有目标、有理想，并坚定地追求自己的梦想，这样人生才有意义。毕业在即，你们学校将在下周为九年级的学生举办一场以“梦想点亮未来，奋斗成就人生”为主题的演讲活动，请参考下面提示图，结合自身情况，以My dream为题，写一篇英文演讲稿。 Why do I have the dream? What is my dream? How can I realize my dream? To be a teacher/an engineer? To travel around the world? Personality Ability Experience … 注意： 1. 演讲稿须根据提示图自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意； 2. 提示图中斜体部分为非限定性内容，仅供参考； 3. 词数：100词左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数； 4. 文中不得提及考生所在学校及自己的姓名等信息。 My dream Everyone should have a dream. Dreams are to give life a hope. If dreams die, life is like a broken-winged bird that can never fly. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 答案 一、单项选择 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. B 14. A 二、完形填空 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. D 三、阅读理解 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. B 四、词汇运用 38. addresses 39. carelessly 40. Fixed 41. whether 42. sillier 43. possibility 44. Scientists' 45. impatient 46. succeeding 47. peacefully 五、动词填空 48. reads 49. tried 50. are allowed 51. organizing 52. is singing 53. will buy 54. were waiting 55. hasn't caught 56. to serve 57. was controlled 六、阅读表达 58. In Beijing. 59. Quite different. 60. Human team. 61. Six. 62. They can do real-life tasks. 七、书面表达（满分范文） My dream Everyone should have a dream. Dreams are to give life a hope. If dreams die, life is like a broken-winged bird that can never fly. My dream is to be a teacher. I love children and enjoy sharing knowledge with them. I want to help students become better and find their own light. To make my dream come true, I will study hard first. I will read more to improve myself. I will also learn to be patient and kind. I will take every chance to practice teaching skills. I believe where there is a will, there is a way. I will keep trying until I achieve my dream. 第 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $