莆田2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初一英语

1、尽管现在污染很严重，但是我不认为是没有希望的。

______________________________

2、Not only Tom but also Alice and Mary_____ difficulty ______a decision.

has ; making   B. has ; to make  C. have ; making   D. have ; make

3、Please e—mail Jack _____ jacksmith@sina．com．

A．in   B．at

C．to   D．of

4、—Do you know when the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge _______ ?

—Yes. In 2018.

A．was built

B．is built

C．build

D．builds

5、Which of the following words doesn't have the same stress as the others？（　　）

A.support B.receive C.manner

6、In today's information age, the loss of data _______ cause serious problems for a person's privacy（隐私）.

A.need B.should C.can D.must

7、It will ________ you about 5 hours to reach the top of Mount Tai on foot. It is far ________ than you think.

A．take; tiring

B．cost; more tiring

C．spend; tired

D．take; more tiring

8、The Grand Canyon in Colorado, US is one of the most famous ______ wonders.

A.crowded B.ancient C.natural D.modern

9、 –Would you like some more chicken soup?

–Yes. It _______ really nice.

A. looks   B. feels   C. sounds D. tastes

10、—I think the biggest environmental problem in my country is air pollution.

—________. The air here is much more polluted than in my country.

A．Not really

B．Me, too

C．Yes, I agree

D．It doesn’t matter

11、In every ______there has to be some give-and-take．

A．instruction

B．attention

C．friendship

D．achievement

12、— Do you know how to pronounce this word?

— Yes. I ________ in the dictionary yesterday.

A．looked it up

B．give it away

C．put it off

13、—What measures should we take the problem? —We haven't decided.

A.solve B.solving C.to solve

14、—It’s reported that colour therapy is very useful and many people practice it.  

—Maybe, but for my mother, _____.

A．that’s all right

B．that’s not a good idea

C．that’s not the case

D．that’s for sure

15、My friends are celebrating my birthday at the moment. We are really enjoying ________.

A．ourselves

B．we

C．our

D．us

16、Some people have no choice but   their dogs in small spaces.

A.keep B.keeping C.to keep D.kept

17、The passengers are asked to remain seated ________ the flight has come to a complete stop.

A．if

B．until

C．although

D．because

18、The strawberries_________on the farm last year.

A.plant B.planted C.are planted D.were planted

19、一 So, you have to give students lessons on line. What fun!

一For God's sake. It is not as simple as you might _________.

A.except B.suppose C.express D.accept

20、—Do you know the man who is making a speech?

—Yes. He is such a successful sports star that all the people in the town ________ him.

A.create B.complete C.fail D.admire

21、Nearly 100 firemen in Tianjin devoted their lives ______ the people after the blast(爆炸).

A. to saving   B. save   C. to save   D. saved

22、根据下面的对话情景, 在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子, 使对话的意义连贯、完整。

A:Hi, Liu Ming. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, isn't it?

B:【1】 .

A:How do Chinese people celebrate the festival on this day?

B:【2】.

A:Well, did you have mooncakes this morning?

B:Sure. What about you?

A:I didn't eat any.

B:What a pity(遗憾)! But I have got some with me.【3】?

A:Yes, I'd love to. Wow,【4】!

B:Haha! I am glad to hear that.

A: Thanks for your mooncake.

B:【5】.

23、A: Hey, Alex. I want to find a job in a company(公司) and I will have an interview next week. 【1】

B: First, you should learn about the company. Learn what they do and how they do it.

A: Yes. Then I can ask good questions.

B: Right. 【2】 Tell them why they should hire(雇用) you instead of someone else.

A: So I must be confident.

B: Yeah. And when you answer their questions, look at them in the eyes.

A: All right. 【3】

B: Wear nice clothes. Don’t wear jeans.

A: What else?

B: 【4】

A: Right. That will be bad.

B: And after the interview, send a thank-you note to the interviewer. It’s good to be polite.

A: 【5】 That just might get me a job!

A．I agree with you.

B．How should I prepare for it?

C．And whatever you do, don’t be late for the interview!

D．And at an interview, sell yourself.

E．How should I dress for an interview?

F．What time will your interview begin?

24、   Children's Games in Ancient China

During ancient times, children didn't have much to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood.

Kicking stone balls

During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep warm.

Playing hide-and-seek

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play:covering a child's eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄）him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them.

Flying kites

Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. The three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite.

Watching shadow plays(皮影戏）

The closest thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control puppets(木偶）behind the screen and tell stories to the music.

【1】According to the text, the game of kicking a stone ball was ________.

A．played in summer

B．like flying kites

C．invented in Beijing

D．popular in the north of China

【2】How is hide-and-seek usually played?

A．One plays and others watch.

B．Others laugh and one must cry.

C．Others hide and one tries to find.

D．One runs and others try to catch.

【3】What does the underlined word “feature” mean in the text?

A．特征

B．地貌

C．五官

D．影片

【4】Which ancient game is like watching a film?

A．Kicking stone balls.

B．Flying kites.

C．Playing hide-and-seek.

D．Watching shadow plays.

【5】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Kicking stone balls was often played in summer.

B．The earliest kites were made of paper.

C．There are three ways to play hide-and-seek.

D．The artists control puppets behind the screen and tell stories along with the music.

25、   What Is Success The Oxford English Dictionary defines（定义） the word success as "the fact that you have achieved something that you want and have been trying to do or get; the fact of becoming rich or famous or of getting a high social position". Some rankings（排行榜） put Albert Einstein, Michael Jackson, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as among the most successful people in the world. What Michael Jackson did for music is the same as what Albert Einstein did for physics. All of them do have greatly influenced the industries or media to which they belonged. J.K.Rowling, the author of the famous Harry Potter novels. She created a magical world that sold more than 500 million books and became hit movies. With an estimated（估算的） net worth of ﹩650 million in 2017, she certainly goes for the dictionary definition of success, but for her it didn't come easy. Having no job, raising her child alone, she was refused by publishers about a dozen times before one took a chance on her. This is what people love: the rags-to-riches success story.

In comparison with Rowling, the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh practically suffered a lot in life to make ends meet. When he was alive, he only sold one painting even though he created more than 2,000 works of art. Van Gogh died when he was 37 years old and with very little money to his name. However, in 1990, his painting Portrait of Dr.Gachet sold for﹩82.5 million, which has a value today of around﹩137 million. So, the question is: Is Van Gogh considered successful even though he died poor?

Besides the dictionary definitions, different people have competing ideas of what success really means. Often times the most agree on the same characteristics that make a person a success. A financial magazine named Inc. points to the following qualities that make a person successful: Drive, Confidence, Patience, Honesty, Passion…

Success isn't always about getting a lot of money or fans, even though those are the stories we see most often. There are other people who we may not know well, but who have achieved success in their own right. One perfect example is mothers. They spent days, months, and years teaching their children from birth to young adulthood. If a child grows up to be a kind, helpful, thoughtful and considerate adult, can the mother consider herself a success?

Perhaps success really is subjective, and it's up to people to define it for themselves. However, one thing seems to be in complete agreement when we search for the definition and can be best summed up by Steve Jobs, who said, "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

【1】The word " rags-to-riches" in Paragraph 2 probably means " ______ ".

A.winning success from luck

B.turning talent into treasure

C.gaining money from honor

D.rising from poorness to wealth

【2】The writer mentions Vincent van Gogh to show that ______ .

A.success is through loneliness

B.success is beyond time and space

C.success is to take the life-changing opportunity

D.success is to achieve something you want and try

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Most successes happen overnight if we look closely.

B.What makes people successful is the strong mind and body.

C.A child growing to be a gentle adult can be the mother's success.

D.Albert Einstein makes greater achievement than Michael Jackson.

【4】The writer probably agrees that people should ______ .

A.reorder the rankings of the world's most successful people

B.reach an agreement of what makes a person success

C.recognize and appreciate different kinds of success

D.drive themselves to set great goals for success

26、   It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can deal with lots of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure. When someone says, “I've been working really hard," or "I'm really stressed out," we are taught to admire, even copy what they do. In my work as a stress consultant （顾问）I hear the proud words "I have a very high tolerance （忍耐力； 忍受力）to stress" almost every day. It probably won't come as a surprise that when these stressed-out people first arrive at my office, more often than not, what they are hoping for are methods to raise their tolerance to stress even higher so they can deal with even more!

Luckily, there is a powerful law in our emotional environment that goes something like this: our present level of stress will be exactly that of our tolerance to stress. You'll notice that the people who say, “I can deal with lots of stress" will always be under a great deal of it! So, if you teach people to raise their tolerance to stress, that's exactly what will happen. They will accept even more responsibility  until again, their level of stress matches that of their tolerance. Usually it takes a serious problem of some kind to wake up a stressed-out person to their own craziness一a great loss, a complete failure, or an unexpected illness一something  happens that forces them to search for a new kind of method.

It may seem strange, but if you were to join in the stress management workshop, what you would probably learn is to raise your tolerance to stress. It seems that even stress consultants are stressed out!

What you want to start doing is noticing your stress early before it gets out of hand. When your schedule （日程安排）is getting out of hand, it's a sign that it's time to slow down and reconsider what's important rather than power through everything on the list. When you're feeling out of control and tired of all you have to do, rather than roll up your sleeves and "get to it,” a better method is to relax, take a few deep breaths, and go for a short walk. You'll find that when you catch yourself getting too stressed out一early, before it gets out of control一your stress will be like the "snowball" rolling down the hill. When it's small, it's manageable and easy to control. Once it gathers more, however, it's difficult, if not impossible, to stop.

There's no need to worry that you won't get it all done. When your mind is clear and peaceful and your stress level comes down, you'll be more effective and you'll have more fun. As you lower your tolerance to stress, you will find that you'll have far less stress to deal with, as well as creative ideas for dealing with the stress that is left over.

【1】People hoping to raise their tolerance will probably_________.

A.shoulder fewer responsibilities B.have to deal with more stress

C.refuse to listen to the consultant D.manage to solve problems well

【2】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A.the level of stress differs from their tolerance

B.the level of stress changes with their tolerance

C.the level of stress goes beyond their tolerance

D.the level of stress falls below their tolerance

【3】What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.We should follow our schedule and power through everything on the list.

B.Rolling the snowball down the hill can help us relax and feel less stressed.

C.It's wise to notice the early sign of stress and manage it as soon as possible.

D.Going for a walk is a better choice when you are tired of what you're doing.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Lower Your Tolerance to Stress B.Turn to Your Consultant for Help

C.Better Your Emotional Environment D.Get Close to Nature to Lower Stress

27、

A spoon of pickles (榨菜) can sometimes make a meal taste way better. Recently, a new type of pickle is being discussed: “digital pickled vegetables”. It stands for the videos people watch while eating that make their food more delicious.

______①______. The topic received more than 16 million clicks on Sina Weibo and about 100,000 people joined in the discussion. Instead of having a good time with friends and family during a meal, many young people in China keep their eyes on TV shows or short videos. Many believe that their food is tastier with the digital pickles.

______②______. Can this habit influence your diet? According to a research paper published in 2019, you may eat more without noticing it. The international research team asked 62 volunteers to follow different eating habits on four different days. The habits included eating while looking at the mobile phone, reading magazines and without distraction (干扰). After studying their diets, the team discovered that eating with a distraction increased caloric intake by about 15 percent.

______③______. To find out the reason, the team invited two groups of people: one group ate while listening to sounds about another person eating and the other listened to sounds that helped them imagine themselves eating. The results showed that the second group ate less since they paid more attention to their meals. When eating with the “digital pickles”, our attention can be distracted, which leads to eating more than expected.

______④______. A research project led by the University of Sussex, UK, pointed out that activities which need lots of attention trick many people into overeating. The team invited 120 people to do different tasks while providing them with drinks and snacks. “Our study shows that if you’re eating or drinking while your attention is distracted by a difficult task, it is less possible for you to tell how full you feel,” one of the researchers Martin Yeomans explained.

【1】Which of the followings is a kind of digital pickles?

A．Drinks.

B．Snacks.

C．Videos.

D．Tasks.

【2】What can we know from Paragraph 3?

A．Eating with digital pickles may make people get fatter.

B．Reading magazines while eating is a good eating habit.

C．Different eating habits made little difference to people’s diet.

D．Volunteers were divided into four groups by the research team.

【3】Where can you put the sentence “This works not only for eating meals but other difficult tasks as well.”?

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

【4】What is the best title for the article?

A．Finish tasks while eating

B．Imagine yourself eating

C．Eat less and exercise more

D．Enjoy dinner with a show

28、   I came into a village and I saw a policeman standing outside the post office and reading something carefully. He looked up at the car, w______ into the road, and held up a hand to stop me.

I a______ stopped, but then I realized that the policeman had been reading about me. I supposed the police at the hotel had worked quickly, and called all the local villages. I drove faster, the policeman jumped out of my way, and I was soon out of the village.

I left the main road as soon as possible and tried a smaller one. It was not easy without a map, and I realized that I had been so s______ to steal the car. It would help the police to find me in any corner of Scotland. If I left it, and went off on foot, they would find me in an hour or two.

I was very hungry. I had eaten n______ since morning. And now, as I drove, I heard a noise in the sky, and there was a plane. I drove as fast as I could down into another town. Suddenly, a car appeared in front of me from a s______ road. There was no time to stop. I did the only thing possible and drove off the road into a fence, hoping to hit something soft beyond. But I was out of good l______. The car went through the fence like a knife through butter, and immediately began to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree, while the car disappeared into a river fifteen metres below.

A hand helped me out of the tree, and a frightened voice asked me if I was badly hurt. The speaker was a young man who was very sorry. I was more p______ than angry, it was a good way for the car to disappear.

【1】________

【2】________

【3】________

【4】________

【5】________

【6】________

【7】________

29、   Sometimes a small thing during your childhood can leave a lasting impression. The event happened one day when we were having ________ after shopping. I was glad to see there were so many delicious dishes on the table except for a plate of peas.

I can’t understand why so many people like to eat peas. But I do not like peas at all.

“Eat your peas,” my grandmother said. “Mother,” said my mother in her ________ voice, “He doesn’t like peas.” My grandmother did not ________, but there was something in her eyes that suggested she was not going to give up. She said ________ but firmly, “I’ll pay you five dollars if you eat those peas.” I didn’t know what to do then. I only knew that five dollars was a good amount of money. I began to force the awful things down my throat (喉咙).

With a satisfied smile on her face, Grandmother said, “I can do what I want to, Ellen, and you can’t ________ me.” My mother glared at me. No one can glare like my mother. The glares made me nervous, and every single pea made me want to throw up. Finally I swallowed (吞) the last pea. My grandmother ________ me the five dollars with a smile. However, my mother continued to glare ________.

That night, at dinner, my mother served ________ of my all-time favorite dishes, beef and potatoes. Along with them came a big, steaming bowl of peas. She offered me some peas, and I refused, “Mum, I don’t like peas,” I said.

“You ate them for ________,” she said. “You can also eat them for love.” “But, I ...” What could I say to refuse my mother? There was nothing. I had no choice but to eat the peas. The five dollars were quickly ________. But the story of the peas lives on to this day.

A．tea

B．lunch

C．coffee

D．supper

A．impatient

B．angry

C．impolite

D．warning

A．agree

B．reply

C．insist

D．refuse

A．excitedly

B．wisely

C．happily

D．slowly

A．prevent

B．order

C．understand

D．influenced

A．promised

B．borrowed

C．showed

D．handed

A．in silence

B．with excitement

C．in surprise

D．with doubt

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

A．grandmother

B．lunch

C．mother

D．money

A．saved

B．used

C．spent

D．lost