1、张家港市梁丰初中张家港市梁丰初中 2019-2020 学年第一学期期中试卷学年第一学期期中试卷 初三英语初三英语 一、听力测试一、听力测试 (共共 20 小题小题; 每小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分 20 分分) A) 听对话, 选择正确答案。每段对话听两遍。 1. What is Simon drawing? A. B. C. 2. What kind of problem do they have? A. B. C. 3. How does the mans son usually go to school? A B. C. 4. Whats Joes animal sign? A. B
2、. C. 5. What does Mike do well in? A. Playing the violin. B. Playing the piano. C. Playing football. 6. Who needs to calm down? A. Sandy. B. Amy. C. Tom. 7. How often does the boy go to the reading room? A. Twice a day. B. Twice a week. C. Twice a month. 8. What does Sam think of May? A. Helpful and
3、 smart. B. Smart and brave. C. Helpful and confident. 9. What time did Nick get to school this morning? A. At 6:50 a.m. B. At 7:00 a.m. C. At 7:10 a.m. 10. Where are they talking? A. Outside the city library. B. On a bus. C. At a bus stop. B) 听对话, 回答第 11-12 小题。每段对话听两遍。 11. When will the lady go abro
4、ad? A. In October. B. In November. C. In December. 12. What will the lady study there? A. French. B. English. C. German. C) 听短文, 回答问题。每段对话听两遍。 听第一篇短文，回答第 13-15 小题。 Many students dont get enough sleep Problems * They feel sleepy in class or while 13 . * They feel nervous and forget things easily. * T
5、hey get low marks. Reasons Too much homework, a mobile phone or a 14 in their bedrooms. Suggestion Have about 15 hours sleep a night. 13. A. playing games B. doing homework C. watching TV 14. A. bicycle B. computer C. piano 15. A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 听第二篇短文, 回答第 16-20 小题。 16. There are lots of _ in Marys fa
6、mily. A. members B. children C. rules 17. Mary hopes to _ when she is free. A. go shopping online B. play computer games C. watch TV 18. Mary can buy _. A. pens B. her own clothes C. anything she likes 19. Mary enjoys _ with her classmates. A. playing games B. chatting C. doing homework 20. What doe
7、s Mary think of her parents? A. Careful. B. Strict. C. Kind. 二、单项选择二、单项选择(共共 10 小题小题; 每小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分 10 分分) 21. -Although my grandma is seventy years old, she is always in the pink. -Yes. Because she exercises every day and has a balanced diet .Here “in the pink” means _. A. healthy B. lucky C. b
8、eautiful D. creative 22. -Tell us something about Canada, OK? -Im sorry. _ Jack _ I have ever been there. A. Either; or B. Not only; but also C. Both; and D. Neither; nor 23. -Its dangerous to quarrel(争吵) with the driver. -You are right. The driver cant be _ careful while driving a bus. A. so B. ver
9、y C. too D. more 24. - How much difficulty did you have _ this problem? - _ . A. to solve, Nothing B. to solve, None C. with solving, Nothing D. solving, None 25. At first, the girl was refused. _ hard work, she succeeded in _ the chance. A. Through; get B. Through; getting C. Although; get D. Altho
10、ugh; getting 26. I _ Chinese food _Western food while my sister would rather _ some snacks for lunch. A. would rather; than; having B. prefer; to; have C. would rather; than; have D. prefer; to; to have 27. We never doubt _ you will have a _ future. A. that; successful B. if; successful C. that; suc
11、cess D. whether; success 28. -Why do you feel sleepy in class? -Because I _ late to finish my homework last night. A. got up B. woke up C. stayed up D. put up 29. -May I come in, Miss Green? Im sorry I am late. -Come in, please. But could you please tell me _? A. why are you late again B. how did yo
12、u come to school C. why you are late again D. where you lived 30.- I am afraid I have to give up my dreams of being a singer. - _ . No dream is too big and no dreamer is too small. A. Dont lose heart B. Youre welcome C. You must be joking D. You cant afford 三、完型填空三、完型填空(共共 10 小题小题; 每小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分
13、 10 分分) Life is short， so you have to make the most of it Has anybody ever told you that？ Maybe they just said YOLO to you instead It 31 You Only Live Once， and is a very popular saying on social media Having a YOLO attitude means that you make the 32 of every day It means you should enjoy your life
14、 33 you only get one Someone who has a YOLO attitude is always open to doing new and fun activities Now， thanks to a US study， YOLO might be more than just a popular 34 The study found it might be 35 to have a YOLO attitude! A research team did an experiment with two groups of students 36 different
15、US universities One group pretended（假装） they only had 30days left before moving to a new city They did lots of activities and 37 time with people they loved In other words， they had a YOLO lifestyle Another group continued to live 38 normal lives At the end of the experiment the students did a surve
16、y to 39 how happy they were It showed that the first group was much happier The study shows that being and making close friendships are important to 40 life， the research group told The Washington Post However， they also called on others to do experimerits with different groups of people and see if
17、their results were similar 31A stands for B waits for C thinks of D points at 32A worst B most C least D farthest 33A when B if C because D until 34A saying B book C idea D poem 35A happier B weaker C stronger D faster 36A to B from C about D with 37A cost B paid C took D spent 38A our B his C your
18、D their 39A put out B find out C take out D give out 40A lose B save C enjoy D kill 四、阅读理解四、阅读理解(共共 17 小题小题; 每小题每小题 2 分分, 满分满分 34 分分) A How was your big meeting yesterday? Jays girlfriend Hannah asked. Ben was thrown off the team. Jay laughed and said. What about Jack? Hannah went on asking. Jack an
19、d Brendon were both suspended(使暂停)from the team, for a month. And Mr. Duffy and Mr. Hanson? Jays mother asked. Jay nodded and smiled. Principal(校长)Hardy wants to talk to Mr. Duffy. He was very angry with him. As for Mr. Hanson, Principal Hardy was disappointed(对失望)in him. But, he is happy that Mr. H
20、anson came to him and explained everything. So he is not going to do anything about Mr. Hanson. Now Mr. Hanson is sorry for what he did to me. And you, Jay said slowly, looking from Hannah to his mother, you two really helped me. Its because of your help that I am not stubby(粗短的) any more and I am o
21、n the team, not off it! A little smile crossed Jays face, Im still five feet six inches tall. That hasnt changed at all. I may still be a stubs(矮个儿)to others, but not to myself. Not any more, I see myself differently now. Thats what I learned from the whole thing. Maybe I seem to be more grown-up. J
22、ay paused, surprised at what he said. From the fiction Stubs Grows Up 41. Who was suspended from the team? A. Ben and Jack. B. Jack and Brendon. C. Ben and Brendon. D. Jack and Hanson. 42. From the story, we can learn that . A. Jay is growing taller and taller. B. Ben will come back to the team in a
23、 month. C. Mr. Hanson didnt do anything to hurt Jay. D. Jays mother and his girlfriend Hannah helped him a lot. 43. How does Jay feel himself now? A. He feels angry about himself. B. He feels unhappy with himself. C. He feels sure about himself. D. He feels worried about himself. B Thousands of year
24、s ago, in the south of ancient China, there lived Shennong, a man who had an ox head and human body. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medical plants. To remember him, people named the place Shennongjia. The lege
25、nd(传说）makes Shennongjia in Hubei an inciting place for tourists. Traveling there is a unique experience, as you can see sceneries of the four seasons from different altitudes(海拔）. “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with
26、ice,”local people say of the special climate of Shennongjia. Shennongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants. Many animals in danger live there, such as the golden monkey, the clouded leopard and the Asian black bear. One interesting and mysterious(奇妙的）thing about Shennongjia is its
27、legend of wild men. Some people once claimed that they saw big prints or big-foot creatures. Yet so far, scientists havent proved it is true and some say they are just bears. The beautiful place has recently received a new title. On July 17,2016, Shennongjia Forestry District was added to United Nat
28、ions World Heritage list as a natural site. Chins now has 50 world heritage sites(遗址） ，second only to Italy in the world. 44. Which of the following is right about Shennong? A .Shennong had an ox body. B .Shennong grew medical plants for people. C .Shennong helped the local people. D .Shennong named
29、 the place Shennongjia. 45. In Shennongjia, . A .there are many medical stores along the way B .people can experience four seasons up the mountain C .there are 500 species of animals and plants D .scientists have proved that there are wild men there 46. What does the underlined word“title”mean in pa
30、ragraph 5? A .标题 B .景点 C .称号 D .职务 47. Which of the following countries has the most world heritage sites? A .Italy. B .The USA . China. D . Canada. C That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it
31、 was difficult to get back to normal (正常的) life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths. To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills, As time passed by, I made pro
32、gress. I remembered very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the talbe. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun. After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in
33、 body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class. As year went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke(中风). Now it was
34、 my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak and know anyboay around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with
35、herjust as she had worked with my years before. She make progress every day and was moved out of ICU(重症监护室) and finally out of hospital. One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, “Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything youve
36、 done for me.” I quickly said, “Thank you for everything youve done for me.” Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths. 48. Which of the following is the correct order of what happened in the story? a. Mrs. Pillar suffered a stroke and was
37、 in hospital. b. I fell of the stairs and had to leave school. c. I returned to school with Mrs. Pillars help. d. Mrs. Pillar got better with my help. A. b-c-d-a B. c-a-b-d C. b-c-a-d D.b-d-c-a 49. What does the underlined word “vividly” mean in Paragraph(段落) 3? A. 模糊的 B. 清晰地 C. 彻底地 D. 感激地 50. What
38、does the writer mean by saying “ I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class” in Paragraph 4? A. He was clever than his classmates. B. He worked very hard on maths. C. His classmates failed to graduate. D. Mrs. Pillars help greatly influenced him. 51. The writer asked Mrs. Pillar
39、 to show him 12 cents in the hospital in order to _. A. help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him B. play an interesting game with Mrs. Pillar C. see whether Mrs. Pillar was getting better D. make the nurse in the hospital feel strange 52. What is the best title for the passage? A. A Great Tea
40、cher B. Always Have A Dream C. Never Give up D. Kindness Makes Wonders D Do you think laughter can help you deal with pain？ Scientists from Britain did two experiments（实验）The first was done in a labPeople wore special wristbands（腕带） Some of them were asked to watch comedies while others watched seri
41、ous programs Then the scientists tightened（勒紧）the wristbands to see how much pain the people could feel The other test was done at an art festival Some people watched a comedy show and others watched a drama（戏剧） At the same time， they had to put their backs against the wall and keep their legs bent（
42、弯曲的）just like sitting on a chair They did this before and after the show Scientists found that just 15 minutes of laughter improves peoples ability to stand pain by 10%However， the serious programs and the drama didnt make a difference to pain at all The study found that the magic power of laughter
43、comes from endorphins（内啡肽） These are chemicals（化学物质） They are produced by the human body They make you feel less pain and can make people feel happier Exercise can produce endorphinsYour muscles（肌肉）move in and out when you are laughingScientists believe that this makes your muscles tiring，so we star
44、t to produce endorphins Scientists also found that the only real and relaxing laughter works not just polite laughter Next time you have a headache，get together with a group of Mends，watch a funny movie and laughYou will soon feel a lot better because laughter is the best medicine 53. Scientists kne
45、w how much pain the people felt by_ in the first experiment Aeating delicious dishes Bputting backs against walls Ctightening special wristbands Dsitting on comfortable seats 54. The other test was finished_ Aon a chair Bin a lab Con Sports Day Dat an art festival 55. Endorphins can help human body_
46、 Akeep better build Bfeel less pain Cget more muscles Dproduce worse results 56. According to the passage， we can infer that_ Arunning can produce endorphins Bwatching TV programs can stand pain Cdifferent kinds of laughter earl treat illness Dmuscles can improve peoples ability to laugh 57. We can
47、probably find this passage in a_ Aguide book Bmovie poster Ctravel diary Dmedical magazine 五、信息还原题五、信息还原题(共共 5 小题小题; 每小题每小题 1 分分, 满分满分 5 分分) Your schooldays should be the best time in your life 58 The following ways may help you Be active at school 59 Take an interest in school life Do difficult things actively Put up your hands in class If you are not working or learning， you are wasting your time at school Keep healthy If you dont eat breakfast， you will be hungry in class If you dont have enough sleep， you will be sleepy in class 60 Exercise can mak