1、苏州市吴中、吴江、相城区2023年初三英语第三次模拟试卷第一部分 完形填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The day before my daughter Norahs fourth birthday, I picked her up from preschool. On the way, she said, I like old people best because they walk slowly like I walk slowly and they have soft sk
2、in like I have soft skin. What she said marked a 1 beginning.The following day, her birthday, again on the way home, she asked 2 we could stop at the store to buy cakes for her. How could I say 3 to a birthday girl? After paying for the bill, I noticed that Norah was standing up in the cart, excited
3、ly announcing, Hi, old person! Its my birthday today!?However, the old man in front of her didnt show he was 4 by my talkative child. He replied with a smile, Well, little lady! And how old are you today? After a few minutes chat, Norah offered to take a photo with the 0M man called Mr. Dan, his exp
4、ression changed from surprised to delighted. We exchanged our phone numbers. There was magic happening in the store that day, and we could 5 feel it.During our first visit in Mr. Dans home, we walked with him to his front door. He pulled out a knife and 6 the only blooming red rose. He spent ten min
5、utes cutting every thorn（剌） off the stem before handing it to his new friend. Norah keeps that rose, now 7 as a bone, under pillow for a long time.Norah asks about Mr. Dan every day. She worries about him. She wonders if hes 8 or cold. She wants him to be OK. She wants him to feel loved. Mr. Dan thi
6、nks about Norah too. After 9 recent visit he said that he had never had a whole nights sleep since his wife died.Norah has healed me since meeting her. he said. That left me 10 and my eyes wet with tears. Somehow, their hearts and souls（灵魂）seem to recognize each other from long ago. Sometimes talkin
7、g to strangers can lead to beautiful new beginnings.1. A. broken B. beautiful C. boring D. busy2. A. what B. that C. if D. when3. A. hello B. no C. yes D. thanks4. A. treated B. trained C. trapped D. troubled5. A. neither B. both C. all D. none6. A. let B. get C. put D. cut7. A. wet B. white C.dry D
8、. red8. A. surprised B. excited C. lonely D. silly9. A. the other B. another C. other D. others10. A. useless B. meaningless C. careless D. speechless第二部分 阅读理解（共12小题;每小题2分,满分24分）请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYoung Heroes for the PlanetNowadays, people around the world are worki
9、ng to help our planet. Check out how the four young adults made a difference.Saving PandasWhen Jack was 11, he started a group to teach kids about pandas. He also sold toy pandas to raise money to protect pandas in danger. I hope to encourage more people to care about pandas, Jack says.Growing Right
10、Kathy, 14, set up an organization to educate people growing right plants in right places. She also wrote a book to help people learn what plants are native（本土的）to their area.Creating Energy At the age of 12, Linda invented a machine called SuperE. It collects heat from fields to make electricity（电）,
11、 Linda says her invention creates electricity in a way that is less harmful to the environment.Cleaning UpPatrick, 13, joined the Ocean Heroes Camp last year. He started a project and picked up plastic waste around nearby lakes with his friends. The goal of the project was to fight plastic 11. Among
12、 the four adults, who didnt work in a group to help our planet?A. Jack. B. Kathy. C. Linda. D. Patrick.12. Which of the following is not mentioned in the table above? A. New energy. B. Plastic pollution. C. Animal and plant. D. Waste recycling.13. Which of the following is not true according to the
13、information in the table?A. Jack hope to ask more people to join them.B. Kathy wrote a book to help people grow plants.C. Linda collects heat from fields to make electricity.D. Patrick started the project to fight plastic pollution.BYou must have many hobbles, reading, painting and so on. One day, y
14、ou happen to see a poster, World Book Day.Interested, you stop and read the poster.Hello and welcome to World Book DayWorld Book Day is here to change lives through a love of books and shared reading, and bring books to the children who need them most. World Book Day is an excellent chance for every
15、one to celebrate the joy of reading.Share A Story Live-our exciting digital events programme, bringing writers straight into your school.Raising money, raising readers-our fundraising ideas to help us change lives through reading. World Book Day Book Club-a new online reading community. Share A Stor
16、y Corner-stories to encourage families to read together.Happy World Book Day!For up-to-date information, visit our website world book !14. World Book Day is a special day for people to _.A. celebrate the joy of reading B. change lives by raising moneyC. meet famous writers at home D. enjoy writing i
17、n local communities15. According to the poster, if you want to read stories with your parents, you can join _.A. Share A Story Live B. Share A Story CornerC. World Book Day Book Club D. Raising money, raising readers16. The designer uses words and pictures in the poster to _.A. catch readers attenti
18、on B. encourage families to write booksC. help readers form reading habits D. recommend different types of booksCLook at the Earth from space. Why does our planet look so blue? Its blue because water covers almost three quarters of the Earths surface. Water is not just an important part of our plane
19、t. It is an important part of our body, too. More than half of our total body weight is water.Our body loses water whenever we exercise or go to the toilet. Thats why we need to drink plenty of water every day. We drink water. We use it to cook, dean, and carry waste out of our homes. Farmers use it
20、 to grow vegetables and crops like rice and corn; factories use it to make products.Since the 1950s, the amount（数量） of water people use has increased by three times. But the water supply（供应）hasnt. Scientists worry that soon there wont be enough water for us, as well as for the animals and plants tha
21、t share our world. What can we do to help? Use water wisely.Having enough water isnt our only problem. We also need it clean.Right now, ships and factories are putting wastes into seas, rivers and so on. Even chemicals that farmers use are running into rivers and lakes. All this pollution can make t
22、he water dangerous to drink. It can also harm fish and other water-living lives.We must do something to stop pollution. Its the best way to protect our worlds most valuable natural resource.17. How many important areas of water are mentioned in Paragraph 1?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.18. The u
23、nderlined sentence We also need it clean in Paragraph 4 means_.A. We also need water to wash things B. We also need water that looks cleanC. We also need to keep water clean D. We also need to discover clean water19. This passage was written to _.A. ask people to value water B. advise people to drin
24、k more waterC. introduce the uses of water D. describe the situation of water supplyDMany scientists once believed that physical similarities between identical twins are genetic（基因的）while their personalities, intelligence and other differences between them are an effect of their environment. Now sci
25、entists are discovering that the boundaries between genes and environment are not so dear.Twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted（领养）as babies and raised by different couples. When the Jims finally met at age 39, they discovered they had plenty in common. Both were six feet tall, 180 pounds. T
26、hey had the same smile and the same voice. When scientist Thomas Bouchard Jt. invited the Jim twins to his lab, people there found it very hard to tell them apart.But the similarities didnt stop at the physical. Theyd both had dogs named Toy. They had both married women named Linda and then their ma
27、rriage broke up. Theyd both been policemen, enjoyed music, and let love notes around the house for their wives. They had so much in common, it seemed unlikely these were just coincidences（巧合）.The Jim twins were just one of 137 sets of separated twins Bouchard tested. When they compared the twins IQ
28、scores, Bouchard and his team reached a surprising conclusion. They concluded that intelligence was mostly connected to genes rather than to training or education. It seemed the difference s in family and environment had little effect.However, genes cant control everything, argues geneticist Daniell
29、e Reed, who also studies twins. Reads research shows that though nothing can truly change our DNA, environmental differences that a child experiences before birth and in their first year can sometimes affect the way the DNA behaves, making even identical twins into very different people.What I like
30、to say is that Mother Nature writes some things in pencil and some things in pen, She explains. Things written in pen you can t change. Thats DNA. But things written in pencil you can.20. How many physical similarities between the Jim twins are mentioned?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.21. What did Bouchards
31、 study find about the twins?A. Each seemed to be as tall as their twin. B. Each had the same hobby as their twin.C. Each had almost the same ability as their twin. D. Each had about the same IQ level as their twin.22. What is Reeds opinion about genes and environment?A. Only DNA has an effect on our
32、 development.B. Environment could possibly change some things about us.C. There are no boundaries between genes and environment.D. Environmental differences can sometimes change our DNA.第三部分 信息还原（共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分）请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。The paper money in your wallet h
33、as some new fiends. China has upgraded the fifth edition（版本） of the renminbi （RMB）. The new money has brighter colors and new security features （防伪特征）. 23 In fact, China was the first country to use paper money. 24 It was used during the Northern Song Dynasty（960-1279）.For about 1,000 years, paper m
34、oney has played a big part in our lives. But things have changed in recent years. 25 More people are paying for things with the WeChat Wallet and Alipay mobile apps.Does this mean paper money will go away one day? Maybe. But not for now, according to The New York Times. 26 First of all, not every co
35、untry is going cashless. Paper money is still widely used in most countries. There is also the danger of hacking. If you pay for ever s thing online, someone could hack into your phone and steal your money.So, you may still want to keep some paper money on hand-just in case.On the road toward a cash
36、less future, one country is farther ahead than others-Sweden. Sweden plans to become the worlds first cashless county by March 2023. 27 They will mostly use bankcards to pay for things. In fact, many banks in Sweden no longer have cash on hand already.A. The earliest paper money was the jiaozi.B. We
37、 are sure more and more people prefer to use paper money.C. By then, people will no longer use cash.D. Many countries use high tech to make online shopping not dangerous.E. Making fake（伪造的）money will become even harder.F. There are a few reasons for this.G. In China, paper money is getting less popu
38、lar.第四部分 词汇运用（共13小题;每小题1分,满分13分）第一节 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或首字母,在答题卡上标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。28. David is crazy about Chinese history. He always visits _（博物馆）wherever he travels in China.29. Mind-maps are very useful and are _ （广泛地）used in our English class.30.My uncles reviews on the four great classic
39、al Chinese novels may be _（出版）in 2021.31. Shopkeepers should always meet _（顾客的）needs because they are very importent.32.I use the short-wave radio to get the _（最新的）news so that I can know whats happening around the world.33. These m_ are so sweet that I will remember them forever.34. Last Sunday mor
40、ning I was busy d_ in the garden to plant tress.35. I like the saying by Fan Zhongyan: To be the first to worry about the events of the sate and the last to enjoy o_.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,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,填其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。 succeed grow spend period wake upDuring the Jin Dynasty （266-420）, there
41、 was a child called Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He 36 up in a poor family and couldnt afford lamp oil to study at night.One night, he saw fireflies outside his house and came up with an idea. He caught some fireflies and put them in a cloth bag and hung the bag up as a lamp. It was said
42、 that he 37 all of his summer nights reading like this.Another child named Sun Kang lived during the same 38 . At that time, a lot of people loved reading very much. One night during winter, Sun used up all of his lamp oil and couldnt study at night. When he suddenly 39 at midnight, he noticed the t
43、hick snow reflecting the moonlight. His first thought was Oh, I can use the reflected light to read! He still took out his books and read, even if it was very cold.Both of the kids later 40 became g over moment officers. People were touched by their hard- working spirit. Their stories gave the idea
44、of the Chinese idiom（成语） nangying yingxue, or to read by the light of bagged fireflies or the reflected light of snow.第五部分 短文填空（共10小题;每题1分,满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确的形式。 Boys and girls,Thank you for coming today to attend the graduation ceremony at our school. First of all, Id like to co
45、ngratulate all the students who are here today.The end of junior high school is the 41 （begin）of a new life. I dont need to tell you that life in senior high school will be 42 （hard）and that you may have many difficult tasks ahead of you.Youll make mistakes along the way, 43 the key is to learn from
46、 your mistakes and never give up. But along with difficulties, there will also be many 44 （excite）tings waiting for you. Behind each door you open 45 （be）chances to learn new things, and you have the 46 （able） to make your choices. Choose 47 （wise） and be responsible for your decisions and actions. 48