1、1无锡市初三适应性练习英语试卷 2019. 5注意事项：1. 本试卷共八大题，满分 90 分（不合听力口语 30 分） ，考试用时 100 分钟；2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考点名称、考场号、座位号用 0. 5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，并认真核对条形码上的准考号、姓名是否与本人相符合；3. 答选择题必须用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；答非选择题必须用 0. 5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题；4. 考生答题必须答在答题卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无
2、效。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. Never do anything bad because you think its too small. You never know_ it can lead. A. how B. what C. where D. when2. Green Book was a big winner at the 91 th Academy Awards, winning three Oscars: Bes
3、t Motion Picture, best supporting Actor _ Best Original Screenplay. A. as well as B. as soon as C. as much as D. as good as3. -How long can this mobile phone last?-If you use it_, it may work for you for quite a few years. A. smoothly B. completely C. properly D. widely4. -He seems terribly ill. Im
4、afraid we have to send him to hospital at once. - Maybe hes just got a bit of a cold, so I dont think it _. A. minds B. works C. cares D. matters5. Its really great to have a computer to store my photos. - Dont depend on it too much. It _ break down and youd better make copy of them. A. must B. can
5、C. should D. need6. _ nicknames are seen as a form of showing no respect for others, next time you want to call someone by his nickname at school, weigh it before you do. A. Since B. Although C. Unless D. Before7. - What are you doing, Jack? -I am searching for some information about the Blue Moon.
6、I wonder _. A. that it will appear next time B. why does it look blue C. when was it found for the first time D. whether it represents something lucky8. Learning English in a classroom is important, but using English in real _ will improve skills greatly. A conditions B. situations C. events D, posi
7、tions9. He had an accident yesterday. Luckily, he was not badly hurt, but his car is _ repair now. 2A. beyond B. over C. against D. with10. Pick up your pen and draw, your own invention. Maybe it will be _ a real product one day!A turned on B. turned down C. turned into D. turned off11. I didnt go t
8、o the cinema yesterday. What about you?- _, because I was preparing for the project all the lime. A. Neither I did B. Neither did I C. So I did D. So did I12. Of course, the boy will be recommended to be this years Top Ten Teenagers in Wuxi, because he is easy-going, smart and _ hard-working. A. aft
9、er all B. above all C. in all D. first of all13. -Look at this mess! How much time do you think we need to clear it up?-It is a big job, but _. Lets all get started now. A. Many bands make light work B. the more, the betterC. the early bird catches the worm D. actions speak louder than words14. -Im
10、going to Syria. Would you please tell me your experiences there?-_. Lets discuss it over dinner. A. Never mind B. Go ahead C. My Pleasure D. With pleasure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)I really love my job. I enjoy working with small childr
11、en and like the 15 and rewards from the job. I also mink my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that kind of job. I wasnt a good student because I didnt do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didnt have much to 16 . I jus
12、t accepted that I wasnt the type to have a career. I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasnt too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live 17 so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if t had to work 18 h
13、ours one week. shed give me time off the next. But unluckily it didnt often 19 . I was getting very tired, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children. One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my 20
14、. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书） if I wanted to work with children. I didnt think I would be 21_ because I didnt take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience mattered a lot and I got on a part-ti
15、me course. Now Ive got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known _22 that you could have a career, even if you arent 23 of the class at school. Each of us fails from time to time. If we are 24 we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process.
16、15. A. interests B. praises C. challenges D. gifts 16. A. get B. help C. award D. offer17. A. up B. on C. out D. in18. A. other B. extra C. free D. proper19. A. come out B. pick out C. carry out D. work out320. A. pain B. wish C. situation D. angel21. A. agreed B. received C. accepted D. allowed22.
17、A. better B. more C. faster D. earlier23. A. successful B. perfect C. top D. excellent24. A. wise B. powerful C. hard-working D. honest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)AIf you have ever been swimming in the ocean, you may have noticed that sea water i
18、s easier to float in than pool water. Heres why. Youll needTwo bowls Food coloring Spoon Salt Two eggs1. Fill bowls half way with water. 2. Add 10 tablespoons of salt to one bowl, mix until it dissolves(溶解), and then add several drops of color. 3. Carefully, put an egg into each bowl of water and wa
19、tch what happens. What happens?The egg in the plain water sinks. The egg in the salt water floats. (If the salt water egg does not float well, mix more salt into the bowl )The water and salt particles（粒子）in the salt water bowl are closer together it than plain water particles are. They push harder a
20、gainst the egg than the plain water particles do and the egg floats. 25. The purpose of: the experiment is to explain _. A. why the egg floats in the salt waterB. why people float more easily in the seaC. how we can make the egg float in waterD. how the water and salt particles act together26. Accor
21、ding to the text, if the egg in the salt water doesnt float, which is the reason?A. The water is too hot. B. The egg is not fresh. C. The bowl is too small. D. The salt is not enough. 27. What is this passage probably taken from?A. A science magazine B. A tour guide. C. A news report. D. A geography
22、 bookB4Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open peoples mind to another culture or race. “Most local stories are based on a larger theme, “ American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “Cinderella (灰姑娘), or the c
23、entral idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in different forms in almost every culture of the world. “Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoner too, helping them knowing who they
24、 are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they dont like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “To do business well, “ she says, “there is a greate
25、r need for communication. “ Storytelling can have a great influence on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says. Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was connected to the everyday life of the people there. The advantages of storytelling are
26、found everywhere, she says. “I learned how people used stories to spread their culture, “ she says, “We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybodys story. “28. The underlined sentence (Paragraph 3) suggests that prisoners can _. A. start a new life B. settle down in another
27、 placeC. direct films D. become good actors29. Pugh has practised storytelling with _ groups of people. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 530. What is the main idea of the text?A. Storytelling can influence the way people think. B. Storytelling is vital to the growth of business. C. Storytelling is the best way to
28、educate children in school. D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others. C“The hound（猎狗）! “cries Holmes. “Come, Watson! Come. We run quickly over the moor. We hear one last cry. A man is lying on the ground. As we came closer we see the dead body of Sir Henry Baskerville. He is wea
29、ring his brown suit. “Oh, no! “ says Holmes, This man has a beard（胡须）! “Indeed Selden is dead instead of Sir Henry. So it is all clear to me. I remember that Sir Henry gave his old suit to Barrymore, and Barrymore probably gave it to Selden- his wifes brother. “Then Selden is dead because of this su
30、it, ” says Holmes. “Think. Watson! Someone gives the hound some of Sir Henrys clothes -probably the boot from the hotel in London. The hound picks up Sir Henrys scent and runs after this poor man. “Suddenly we see Stapleton walking towards us. He says, “There was a strange noise. I was worried about
31、 Sir Henry. I wanted to check if he was all right. “Really? “ asks HolmesStapleton looks at Holmes. “Why, it is Mr Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective! Can you solve the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles? “Holmes shrugs his shoulders. “We cannot solve every mystery. Anyway I return to Londo
32、n tomorrow. “5“Oh, do you return to London tomorrow? “Yes. “So Holmes and I walk off to Baskerville Hall and Stapleton to his home. Holmes thinks Stapleton is dangerous. But we have no proof（证据）that Stapleton is the murderer. “There are no marks on Sir Charless body. We know that he is died of frigh
33、t （恐吓）, but we cant prove anything. “Things are becoming clear to me, “ Holmes says to Sir Henry. “Its a very difficult case. And you must help me to catch this hound. “We are surprised to see one painting of a thin man is Sir Hugo, the first victim of the Hound of the Baskervilles. And hes like bot
34、h Sir Henry and Stapleton. “ Stapleton is a Baskerville, “replies Holmes. “ So he wants to inherit (继承) the Baskerville fortune , and he. . . , “ I say. Its an important clues. 31. The underlined word “scent” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”. A. taste. B. boot. C. suit. D. smell. 32. We can infer(推
35、断) from the passage that _ . A. Sir Henry tells Holmes that Stapleton is a Baskerville. B. Stapleton wants to murder Sir Henry indeed. C. Watson finds out that Selden is Mrs Stapletons brother. D. Stapleton kills Selden by frightening him with the hound. 33. Which of the following is True according
36、to the passage?A. Holmes and Watson think Mr Barrymore murders Selden. B. One painting of Sir Hugo gives Sherlock of Stapleton one night C. Holmes and Watson find the dead body of Stapleton on the moor one night. D. Holmes tells Stapleton that he and Watson are going back to London. DThe story I wou
37、ld like to tell happened about a year ago. I accepted a position in a company. John, who I knew, told me much about the job and took my curriculum vitae (简历) to his manager. I did not see him as a friend because at the time we did not take part in activities together outside of work, nor did our wiv
38、es. The first week was fine. Nothing was clearly strange with John at first until the second week, when our communication began to get a little strange. John began making conversations like “you would have had to pay an employment agency（职业介绍所） several hundred dollars for a job like this“. I soon fo
39、rgot his words till the next day when he made another similar conversation. Right then I started to really pay attention to what he meant. He acted as if I owed him money for helping me to get the job. He began to get short with me and I had only been there for two weeks. He should train me in build
40、ing our e-mail servers（服务器）. Instead, he went through the process so fast that even an experienced worker could hardly keep up. He would not slow down or check whether I was with him or not. If there was something wrong with a server, he would just deal it by himself and not stop to say anything lik
41、e “you might want to remember this. “ I was in a bad mood from then on. By the third week I began to get tired of his condescension (傲慢). So I began to challenge him in a way that was only one to one. He would reply to a question of mine with a question or just make me repeat it, and then cut in on
42、me. I began to hate him. Later I tried to avoid him as much as I could. 6He stopped me one day and asked me what had happened. I told him he was very condescending. He asked me, “What can I do so that you will not feel like this way in the future?” I simply asked him to treat me with the same respec
43、t he would like to be treated with. He did it and we got along better slowly. I believed there was hope and finally we would become friends and now we are. 34. Why didnt the author refer to John as a friend at first?A. They seldom spent free time together. B. They had only met for two weeks. C. Thei
44、r wives didnt know each other. D. They had many disagreements on work. 35. What did John most probably mean by saying the underlined sentence?A. The company he and the author worked in was very good. B. The writer was wise not to ask an employment agency for help. C. He had helped the author get a j
45、ob without a penny. D. The writer didnt give him several hundred dollars to express his gratitude. 36. Which of the following is TRUE according to the third and fourth paragraphs?A. John was an experienced and hard-working employee. B. The writer was very slow in learning new things. C. John hardly
46、lent an ear to what the writer expressed. D. The writer slowly got used to his work37. Whats the writers purpose of sharing his story?A. To express his dislikes with John. B. To show the importance of communicationC. To remind us what problems can happen at work. D. To describe how to get on with yo
47、ur workmate. 第 II 卷(主观题 共 40 分)四、词汇运用 (本大题共 8 小题，每小题 1 分，共 8 分)(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡对应题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。38. The new house is far too expensive, though it is _ (无疑地) very comfortable to live in. 39. I think you can learn more about China through its traditional festival and _（庙会）. 40. Dont regret losing the chance. Another one always _（出现）when you feel hopeless. 41. Bad news travels fast. What he did a day ago was _（扩散）throughout the whole country so quickly. (B) 根
