忻州2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、他无法想象他的生命没有篮球。

___________________________

2、Could you please offer me some ________ on my research?

A．idea

B．suggestion

C．advice

3、—What about meeting at the school gate at eight tomorrow morning?

—________. Will half past seven OK?

A．Sure. It’s up to you

B．Sure. No problem

C．Sorry. I can’t make it

D．Sorry. I’m not free now

4、— 5G network is coming into use. Will you buy a new mobile phone?

— I haven’t decided yet. If you don’t, ________.

A．so do I

B．so will I

C．neither do I

D．neither will I

5、Mo Yan’s books have been sold out in many book stores 　　　　 his winning of the Nobel Literature Prize.

A．because

B．since

C．as

D．because of

6、I used to ________ late, but now I am used to ________ early.

A．get up; get up

B．get up; getting up

C．getting up; get up

7、—Do you know ________?

—Alexander Graham Bell.

A．how the telephone was invented

B．how was the telephone invented

C．who was the telephone invented by

D．who the telephone was invented by

8、You should say sorry to your teacher.It's not right to__________when she points out your mistakes.

A.talk about B.talk back C.take back D.turn back

9、—Jacob is interested in math and he always loses himself in math exercises.

—But I think he should ________ his energy to different subjects.

A．connect

B．remain

C．drive

D．spread

10、—Hi, Bruce. Here is a letter for you.

—Thanks. I wonder ________.

A．who the letter is from

B．who is the letter from

C．who was the letter from

11、When the first ______ came to the US, they were hungry as they have nothing to eat.

A. students B. pioneers   C. heroes   D.soldiers

12、Mr. Wang, together with his students, ________ going on a trip next week.

A. is   B. are   C. were   D. was

13、I have to get up early in the morning   I can catch the first bus.

A. before   B. since C. because D. so that

14、—Which country has the biggest population in the world?

— China . It's a little ________than that of India.

A.most B.bigger C.more D.biggest

15、Usually, we don`t know how important something is _____ we lose it.

A. or B. until   C. as soon as

16、I don’t remember ________ my Chinese dictionary yesterday.

A．where did I put

B．where I put

C．where will I put

D．where I will put

17、I want you to listen to the customers ________ and speak to them in a polite way.

A．lonely

B．lovely

C．friendly

D．patiently

18、Our teacher Mr. Yuan is very ________. He always makes us laugh.

A．silent

B．humorous

C．serious

19、We can't begin the meeting．______，not everyone is here．

A. At first B. First

C. The first D. First of all

20、What are people in China supposed to do when they meet for the first time?

A. B. C. D.

21、— Cindy failed in the writing competition. She must be in a bad mood.

— Let’s go and   .

A. wake her up B. cheer her up

C. pick her up   D. give her up

22、根据对话内容，从方框中选择适当的句子完成对话，其中有两项多余。

A.Why not call a taxi to go there with your famiIy?

B.But our sightseeing bus will take you around the city.

C.How can I get there?

D.Could you introduce me a nice place to go for the coming holiday?

E.Hope you have a good trip．

F.How much is it?

G.It's the right time to go there.

W:Good morning,sir. Can I help you?

M:Yes.please.【1】 .

W:OK. Sanya is a nice place to vlsit. 【2】 The weather is very fine.

M:That sounds nice. 【3】 .

W:You can go there by plane.

M:Shall I visit places of interest by taxi there？

W:Sure.【4】.

M:Good. 【5】 .

W:3 000 yuan each person.It includes plane tickets, park tickets, hotel and meals.

M:Well.I'd like to book the tour for two.

23、动词填空（8分）

【1】I would rather ________(believe) what my grandma told me： bad reading hurts a person.

【2】It is foolish of you _____________ (not tell) the teacher the truth.

【3】The walls of his room _______________ (paint) light blue after he arrived home.

【4】--- Can Xiao Li get a good result in Maths this term?

--- It’s hard to say. It ______________ (depend) on his learning attitude（态度）.

【5】Neither Li Ping nor his cousins _____________ (play) computer games at the weekend.

【6】The doctor has devoted most of his time to ______________ (look) after the patients.

【7】Don’t enter the meeting room until you ______________ (require) to.

【8】Mrs. Rainbow ________________ (practise) colour therapy since last year.

24、Unlike Chinese people, the ones in the West believe in star signs. Western world has a complete system(系统) of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person’s characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are a cycle of 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.

Sagittarius (射手座) is one of them. Now, let’s take it as an example:

Sagittarius (November 23—December 21)

Sagittarius in short

Sagittarius are fun, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they’re so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions(直觉) that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude, that’s only because they’re very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.

More about Sagittarius

Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood. They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the truth, but they don’t mean to. Money is not their God. Their values are spiritual(精神的) rather than material.

They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it.

【1】Whose star sign is Sagittarius?

A. Miss Yao who was born on Mar 18, 1978.

B. Peter, a boy who was born on Nov 22, 1998.

C. Mr. Zhou who was born on Dec 23, 1976.

D. Lucy, a girl who was born on Nov 30, 1991.

【2】Which is WRONG about Sagittarians?

A. Sagittarians often tell lies.

B. Sagittarians can be rude.

C. Sagittarians show great interest in strange things and people.

D. Sagittarians can end up working by using their good intuition.

【3】What can we know from the underlined sentence “Money is not their God”?

A. Sagittarians care too much about money.

B. Sagittarians believe that money is from the God.

C. Sagittarians hate God.

D. Sagittarians pay no attention to money.

25、Celebrities(名人) are everywhere nowadays: on TV, in magazines, online. People think and talk about them a lot. Is this harmless fun or is it bad for us? How many people are truly crazy about modern idols(偶像)? And on the other side of the coin, is being famous harmful to the celebrities?

Studies suggest that most of the teenagers do not really idolize celebrities. Researchers have found three kinds of fans.

About 15% of young people have a social interest. They love chatting about their favorite celebrities with friends and this does not appear to do any harm.

Another 5% feel that they have a strong-personal relationship with a celebrity. Sometimes they see them as their soul-mates(心灵伴侣) and find that they are often thinking about them, even when they don't want to. These people are easy to feel depressed. If girls in this group idolize a woman star with a body they consider to be perfect, they are more likely to be unhappy with their own bodies.

That leaves 2% of young people with an unreasonable interest. They might spend several thousand pounds on a paper plate the celebrity had used, or they would do something lawbreaking. These people are in most danger of being seriously upset.

What about the celebrities themselves? Some researchers in the USA did a study to find out the effect of being famous on these people. The study showed celebrities showed off too much and they were very narcissistic(自恋的). The researchers looked at 200 celebrities, 200 young adults with MBAs (Masters in Business Administration), who were a group known for being narcissistic, and some general population. As the researchers expected, the celebrities were much more narcissistic than the MBAs and both of these two groups were a lot more narcissistic than the general population.

Four kinds of celebrities were included in the study. The most narcissistic were the ones who had become famous through reality TV shows. Next came comedians(喜剧演员) and then actors.

The least narcissistic were musicians. One interesting result was that there was no connection between narcissism and the length of time the celebrity had been famous.

So, what can we learn from this? Most people who are very successful or famous are usually self-centered and are likely to act only for their own benefits. As we can see from celebrity magazines, they also often feel lonely and even hopeless. They make harmful role models.

【1】The underlined word "depressed" in Paragraph 3 probably means   .

A. sad B. afraid C. pleased D. hopeful

【2】 According to Paragraph 5, who are the most narcissistic?

A. Celebrities.

B. The general population.

C. Young adults with MBAs.

D. Teenagers who admire celebrities.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Most fans of celebrities want to become famous.

B. Talking about celebrities does harm to teenagers.

C. Narcissism increases with the length of time of being famous.

D. Only a very small group of teenagers are crazy about celebrities.

【4】What's the purpose of this passage?

A. To make us understand celebrities better.

B. To direct teenagers to become celebrities.

C. To compare different people with celebrities.

D. To discourage teenagers from taking celebrities as idols.

26、Characters: a judge (法官) Mike (a painter) Peter (a cook)

Setting: a courtroom (法庭)

A judge is sitting behind a desk. Mike and Peter are standing in front of her.

Peter: Your honor. This man lives in a room above my restaurant. I heard him telling a friend that he was stealing from me.

Mike: Smell, your honor! I just take the smells of the food coming up from the restaurant.

Judge: (Looking at Mike) What do you do with the smells?

Mike: The smells help me imagine that I am eating a fine dinner.

Judge: (To Peter) And how much do you want for these smells, sir?

Peter: The 5 coins he always carries.

Mike: But my mother gave me the coins to save me when in need.

Judge: (To Mike) Drop the coins onto the table, one at a time. (Mike drops the coins.) Case dismissed (结案).

Peter: What do you mean? I didn’t get paid!

Judge: You want the SMELLS paid. Mike has now paid you in SOUNDS-the sounds of the coins.

【1】________ lives in a room above the restaurant.

A.The judge B.Mike C.Peter D.No one

【2】Peter wanted to get ________ from Mike.

A.the smells B.the food C.the sounds D.the coins

【3】From the passage, we can see that the judge is ________.

A.poor B.rich C.stupid D.wise

27、A group of old classmates, who have succeeded in their work, got together to visit their teacher. It was their first time to get together since they graduated(毕业) from high school twenty years ago. Their conversation soon turned to complaining about the stress in their work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and many cups. Some of the cups were expensive and lovely, but some were cheap and not beautiful. The teacher told them to drink the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Have you noticed that all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the cheap ones? It’s OK for you to want only the best for yourselves, but that is why you have the stress in your work and life even if you’re very successful now.”

“All of you really wanted the coffee, not the cups, but you chose the best cups and were looking at each other’s cups.”

“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life. They do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, we just care about the cups, and we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, don’t let the cups drive you, enjoy the coffee instead.

【1】How long have the students graduated from high school when they visited their teacher?

A．10 years.

B．15 years.

C．20 years.

D．25 years.

【2】What did the students complain about?

A．The cups.

B．Their teacher.

C．The coffee.

D．The stress in their work and life.

【3】Which cup would the students like best according to the passage?

A．A cheap and not beautiful cup.

B．A nice-looking and expensive cup.

C．An expensive but not beautiful cup.

D．A nice-looking but not expensive cup.

【4】What does the teacher think of money and position in society?

A．They are just tools to hold life.

B．The students should care about them.

C．They can change the quality of life.

D．The students should be driven by them.

28、根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整。

Sa Ye, 18, was born in a poor family in a remote village in Yunnan province. He was born with congenital muscular dystrophy (先天性肌肉萎缩症,CMD). The disease makes his muscles (肌肉) very w【1】. He has been unable to walk or even stand s【2】 the age of seven. He uses a scooter (滑板车) to get around.

Because of his disease, Sa felt like a loner and spent most of his time by himself. But one day, his older cousin gave him a smartphone. He could finally c【3】 with the outside world.

Sa soon became interested in playing the popular video game Honor of Kings (《王者荣耀》). Playing it made him feel happy again. But s【4】, his grandmother became quite sick, which put a new burden (负担) on his family.

To help his family r【5】 money for his grandmother’s treatment, Sa decided to become an e-sports streamer (电竞主播). He started streaming in 2019 on Huya Live under the name DK-770.

At first, he had just 700 followers. He trained hard, playing video games for more than 10 hours each day. Last May, he made a breakthrough (突破) — he learned to use his five f【6】 to better manipulate (操控) the game’s controls. T【7】 he had just 50-percent mobility (移动能力) in his hands, he was able to play better.

Sa now has n【8】 400,000 fans and earns about 10,000 yuan every month. His family’s life has improved. He is slowly saving up money for future operations to improve his condition. He d【9】 of becoming a professional e-sports streamer in the future.

“In the game, I’m not inferior (较差的) to others. I【10】, I feel that I’m stronger. This is why my account name is ‘770’. I want to be a hero like ‘007’ and have the ability to protect my family,” he said.

29、The shortest player in the NBA

Spud Webb was born in Texas, the USA, in 1963. He was very small-much smaller than     kids at school. However, he had a big dream – he wanted to play in the NBA.

While   junior high, Spud   the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was too small. He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. From then on, he was the star of the team.

In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands   his height. He practiced even   and got the coach to change his mind. Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year of senior high, he was named player of the Year in Texas.

However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result, he succeeded   a scholarship.

Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not   in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he   in another basketball league. He remained there for about a year   the NBA took notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time. He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986 – he won the Slam Dunk Contest.

Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter – you can do almost   if you never give up.

【1】A. any B. the other  C. all the   D. all

【2】A. attended  B. attending  C. to attend D. attends

【3】A. joined B. took part in  C. entered D. tried out for

【4】A. because of  B. because  C. since   D. as

【5】A. hard B. harder C. hardly   D. more hardly

【6】A. to get  B. getting C. in getting D. got

【7】A. interest  B. interesting  C. interested D. interests

【8】A. was willing to B. was happy to C. was forced to  D. was ready to

【9】A. when B. before C. while D. after

【10】A. something B. nothing  C. anything D. all thing