广东中山大学附属中学2026学年第一学期期中质量监测初三年级英语科试卷

中大附中2026学年第一学期期中质量监测

初三年级英语科试卷

本试卷共五大题，满分110分；考试时间100分钟

一、语言知识运用（共两节，满分25分）

第一节 语法选择（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1 ~ 10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Lu Ban was a famous woodworker during the Spring and Autumn Period. One day, he was given a task that seemed almost impossible — to collect a huge amount of wood and build a palace in eight months.

At first, Lu Ban and his men took their axes to a mountain and tried    1    down tall thick trees. However, it was very hard to do that with axes alone. After several days of tiring work, they ran into trouble. They were really exhausted, but the wood they had collected was still far from enough. Lu Ban grew    2   . He worked day and night to think of ways to cut down trees faster and    3   .

One day, while he was looking for better wood on the mountain, he suddenly tripped and fell. Luckily, he reached out and held on to some grass.    4    the grass hurt his hand, Lu Ban stayed silent, for he was already lost in thought.

He wondered why    5    so sharp as he looked at the small cuts on his hand. Lu Ban examined the grass and noticed that there    6    a lot of little sharp teeth on its leaves. When he ran these teeth across his hand, they easily cut through his skin.    7    idea came to his mind. “   8    a tool with many small teeth like these, and we can cut down trees much faster!”

With this in mind, Lu Ban made a new tool and called it ju, or a saw in English. He tried it out, and it worked well. Soon, all    9    workers learned to use saws. In the end, they were able to cut down large trees quickly. With the help of the saw, the palace    10    on time.

1. A. cut B. cutting C. to cut  D was cut

2. A. worry B. worrying C. worried D. worriedly

3. A. easy B. easier C. easily D. more easily

4. A. If B. Because C. Until D. Although

5. A. was this grass B. this grass was C. were this grass D. this grass were

6. A. has B. had C. was D. were

7. A. A B. An C. The D. /

8. A. Make B. Made C. Making D. To make

9. A. the other B. others C. another D. the others

10. A. completed B. was completed C. has completed D. were completed

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11 ~ 20各题所给的A，B，C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The day I walked into Westfield High School, I felt like everyone in the hallway somehow knew I was the new kid. Three weeks earlier, my family moved across the country after my mum changed jobs.    11    a new school in the middle of the term felt like hitting reset on my whole life.

At lunch that first day, I sat at a corner table pretending to be very interested in my phone while    12    searching for “how to survive being the new kid”. Teen articles kept saying the same thing — feeling worried during a school transition is normal. That helped a little, but it still felt    13   .

The first week was awful. I got lost    14    for the chemistry class, mispronounced a teacher’s name, and accidentally walked into the wrong classroom twice. But something small started to    15    when a boy asked if I wanted to join his group in the science lab. That made the whole day easier. One thing I learned quickly is that most students don’t    16    you as much as you think. Everyone is busy worrying about their own things.

Slowly, I found a way to    17   . Instead of trying to do many big things right away, I focused on    18    things, like learning two classmates’ names a week and asking one question in a class. Those small wins slowly built up my confidence.

By the end of the term, things looked very    19   . I joined the photography club and started hanging out with my classmates after school. Changing schools in the middle of the term was not easy, but it taught me something important about resilience (适应力) and    20   . Feeling uneasy does not last forever. If you are the new kid right now, hang in there. The hallway that feels strange today may become the place where you begin your new stage of life.

11. A. Starting B. Visiting C. Supporting D. Enjoying

12. A. suddenly B. excitedly C. angrily D. secretly

13. A. unwise B. unreasonable C. uncomfortable D. unimportant

14. A. reaching B. looking C. fighting D. standing

15. A. move B. change C. increase D. respond

16. A. push B. judge C. protect  D. respect

17. A. show up B. stand out C. come back D. fit in

18. A. simple B. difficult C. significant D. awkward

19. A. different B. strange C. common D. serious

20. A. honesty B. freedom C. confidence D. cooperation

二、阅读（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从26 ~ 40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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21. Who can join the Upcycle Competition?

A. A group with five teenagers.

B. An eleven-year-old boy alone.

C. A family of parents and two kids.

D. A team with three 12-year-olds.

22. Which of the following is TRUE about the competition?

A. One can send his competition information after 25 July 2024.

B. The winners’ photos will be posted on www.earthhelper.co / upcycle.

C. If your team becomes the champion, you can get 600 dollars.

D. You can send email to hi@earthhelper.co to know more requirements.

23. What is the main purpose of showing the differences of recycling and upcycling?

A. To make sure that readers know what they need to create for the competition.

B. To help readers choose the better way to save the earth.

C. To tell the readers to think wisely before deciding to enter the competition.

D. To let the readers do more upcycling activities.

24. Which of the following picture should be put in the on the poster?

A.  B.  C.  D.

25. How are recycling and upcycling good for the environment?