江苏无锡市天一实验学校 2026-2027学年上学期初三英语Unit 3 单元测试

无锡市天一实验学校初三上U3单元测试   2026.10

一、阅读理解（本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

第一节 信息匹配

A

以下是四则英文典故介绍，请为每位同学选出他最想了解的条目。

A. Achilles' heel comes from Greek myth. It means a person' s only weak point. Even a very strong person may fail because of this small weakness.

B. Pandora's box is a well-known phrase. When Pandora opened the box out of curiosity, all kinds of troubles flew out. Now it stands for something that causes many unexpected problems.

C. The Trojan Horse tells a story of a secret trick in a war. Today it refers to something that looks friendly on the surface but hides danger inside.

D. Midas touch describes a magic power. If someone has the Midas touch, everything he touches can become gold. It is used for people who are good at making money.

_______1. Leo is writing an article about hidden danger. He wants a phrase for something that seems nice but                         actually brings harm.

_______2. Linda wants a phrase to describe somebody who is excellent in most ways but has one serious shortcoming.

_______3. Tony plans to talk about curiosity. He needs an example to show that a careless action may lead to lots of trouble.

_______4. Susan would like to find an expression for those people who always succeed in business and make much money.

 

B

以下是四位同学各自想要了解的音乐信息，请选择他们最需要的条目，其中有一项为多余选项。

A. When You Believe by the two super female singers tells you that when you meet difficulties in life, you can make it as long as you believe it. It provides you with strength and love.

B. Sounds of Silence is a 1960s folk song sung by Simon & amp; Garfunkel. The melody is slow and the lyrics are sad. The song may comfort you when you' re stressful.

C. Sugar is a song full of a sweet feeling of love. It gives its fans a pleasantly surprising gift, with its light music style and the wonderful MV by Maroon 5.

D. Auld Lang Syne is a poem at first, and later changed into a song. Students like to sing it at the farewell party to recall the old good times and show their best wishes for the future.

E. Take Me Home, Country Road, whenever it is sung,、brings people back to the beauty of their hometown as well as the happy old times.

_______5. Alice is an exchange student. She has lived in China for three years. She misses her hometown and her family a lot.

_______6. Jimmy is having a hard time learning physics. Sometimes he even wants to give up. Now he needs to cheer himself up.

_______7. Under the stress from her parents and teachers, Cathy often worries about her scores and doesn't know                                 what to do. She expects to have someone to talk to.

_______8. Joe plans to sing a song at the school leavers' party to show his best wishes to all his classmates.He expects all his friends to have a bright and wonderful future.

 

第二节 阅读理解

C

May 22,2025| Cloudy

Thursday

9PM

 Today is the 10th day since I came to Wuxi from London.

 At lunch, my friend Zhao Min said. "Shirley, try eating xiaolongbao like a local!" I picked one up with chopsticks. but the dumpling broke, and hot soup sprayed onto my classmate Chen Dan's shirt. He jumped up and shouted, "British attack!" Everyone in the dining hall laughed.

 In Chinese class, our teacher asked us to talk about hobbies. I wanted to say, "I like painting scenery(fengjing)", but I accidentally said fengzheng instead. The teacher smiled and said, "Hmm... That's interesting" Now my friend Zhang Ke keeps saying, "Show me your kite art!"

 The funniest part was PE class. We played jianzi. On my first try,I kicked it so hard that it flew onto the roof The coach shook his head, but Zhao Min whispered, "Use your shoe like this" I tried again and kicked it 3 times Everyone cheered. I felt so proud!

 I miss my friends back in London. But life in Wuxi is full of surprises, and I'm starting to love it here.

(      )9. What is the text above?

A. A diary.  B. A letter.  C. A report.  D. A survey.

(      )10. Who wrote it?

A. Zhao Min.  B Shirley.  C. Chen Dan.  D. Zhang Ke.

(      )11. What can we learn about Shirley?

A She is a new student of this school.  B. She is a Chinese student in London.

C. She can speak very good Chinese.  D. She can use chopsticks very well.

D

 Buck had never experienced such freezing cold before. When he first arrived in Alaska, the icy wind made him shake all over. Back in sunny California, the coldest days were just rainy, but here, everything was covered in thick, hard snow that never seemed to melt.

 The first night was especially difficult. Buck watched curiously as the other sled dogs（雪橇犬）skillfully dug holes in the snow to make warm beds. He tried to copy them, but his hole kept falling apart.Feeling frozen, he stood outside shaking until François, one of the sled drivers, noticed his problem. "Here,

let me show you, "François said kindly, showing how to properly shape the snow into a comfortable shelter.After several tries, Buck finally made his first successful snow nest and slept comfortably through the night.

 Mealtime brought another challenge. When the men threw frozen fish to the dogs, Buck ate slowly and politely as he always had at his former home. But before he could finish, a bigger dog named Spitz pushed him

away and stole his food. That night, Buck went to bed hungry, learning an important lesson. The next day, he started eating quickly and shouting angrily at any dog that came near.

 As weeks passed, Buck's body got used to the terrible environment. His once-soft paws grew hard and no longer hurt on the ice. His muscles became stronger from pulling the heavy sled daily. More importantly.his mind changed -he learned to read the other dogs' behaviors and the men's orders. The spoiled (娇惯的house pet from California was disappearing, replaced by a stronger, wiser survivor who understood the most important rule in the North: learn to play the game or you won't survive.

(      )12. Why did Buck keep shaking on his first night in Alaska?

A. He was scared of the drivers.

B. He couldn't make a snow nest.

C.The frozen fish made him sick.

D.Spitz attacked him in the dark.

(      )13. What prevented Buck from finishing his meal at the beginning?

A. Spitz took his food away.  B. The fish was too hard to eat.

C. François ordered him to stop.  D. He wanted to save food for later.

(      )14. What did the author probably mean by saying the underlined sentence?

A. Follow every human order strictly.  B. Master survival rules to stay alive.

C. Fight other dogs to protect food.  D. Build perfect snow nests for safety.

(      )15. Which picture shows the change of Buck's personality?

(      )16. What might be the best title for the story?

A. Learning to Dig Snow Nests  B A Dog's First Night in Alaska

C. Survival Lessons in the Wild  D. Teaching a California Dog

E

A theory of emotion Two scientists called Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion in 1962. They said that emotions are formed in two parts. First, the body has a physical response to a threat and then the mind considers the physical response as an emotion, which is then felt by the person. For example, imagine