西安2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、你读得越多,你的阅读速度就越快。

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2、—It smells terrible. What has happened here?

—Look, there is much waste gas _____ from the chemical factory.

A.pour  B.pouring C.poured D.pours

3、Which of the following underlined part is different from the others in pronunciation?

A.jails B.strips  C.crimes D.conclusions

4、 We ________ not to go that way because the road ________.

A. told; is being repaired 

B. are told; is being repaired

C. have been told; is repairing

D. was told; is repaired

5、John wants to stop his father from _________ because it’s bad for his health.

A．smoke

B．smoked

C．to smoke

D．smoking

6、By the end of 2018, he ________ Chinese in more than 20 cities in the world.

A．was teaching

B．taught

C．had taught

D．has taught

7、It’s not easy for primary students ______ themselves freely in class.

A. express   B. to express

C. expressing D. expressed

8、—What did the teacher say?

—He told us that the earth ________ around once every 24 hours, which makes a day.

A．turned

B．turns

C．will turn

9、-- Can we make this plan a week later?

-- No, we can’t put off _______ it because the meeting is only two days from now.

A. to make   B. making

C. make      D. made

10、We talked about the problem and Tim ________ doing research first.

A．minded

B．kept

C．regretted

D．suggested

11、—The song Where did the time go ________ the old days and the love of family.

—Sure. It’s my favorite song.

A. helps us out   B. reminds us of

C. lets us down   D. regards us as

12、When we see the big changes taking place in our city, we ________ its fast development.

A．are good at

B．are absent from

C．are proud of

13、— Jack, you look weak. What’s wrong?

— I don’t feel well and I’m afraid you ________ me your cold.

A．give

B．are giving

C．have given

14、The 2022 Winter Olympic Games ________ in Beijing successfully.

A．held

B．is held

C．was held

15、It’s known to all that the Chinese are famous for ________ hard work and wisdom.

A.they B.them C.their D.themselves

16、The People’s Republic of China was ______ on October1st,1949.

A.find B.found C.founded D.founding

17、I want to have ______ English pen pal.

A．a B．the

C．an   D．/

18、—___________ can not drive in China.

—But in America, they can.

A.Sixteen-year-old B.Sixteen years old

C.Sixteen-year-olds D.Sixteen

19、A:I don’t think sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to drive.

B: I agree. They aren’t __________.

A. serious enough   B. seriously enough

C. enough serious   D. enough seriously

20、-Sandy, do you like English?

-Yes, I spend half an hour_______ English every day.

A. practise speaking B. practising speaking

C. ptractise speak   D. practising speak

21、_________ great inventions those teenagers made to the society!

A．What

B．How

C．What a

D．How a

22、Jim很爱他的爷爷奶奶，他每周末都去看望他们，还帮着做些家务。

Jim loves his grandparents ________ every weekend.

23、第二节  情景交际

Bruce is a foreign exchange student in China. It is his first time to meet Wang Lin.

Wang Lin: Hello, I’m Wang Lin! Nice to meet you!

Bruce: Hi, I’m Bruce! Nice to meet you, too.

Wang Lin: Where are you from? Wait! Let me guess.【1】.

Bruce: Wow, how can you guess it?

Wang Lin: By your umbrella. You take it on such a good day. It is too British!

Bruce: You are right. The weather in my country changes a lot in a day so we often take an umbrella.

Wang Lin: Oh, I see.

Bruce: By the way, 【2】? It looks so cool.

Wang Lin: You mean the mask on my T-shirt? It’s a mask (面具) of Beijing Opera. I am a super fan of it. I even perform it for my class.

Bruce: Amazing! I am also interested in it. Maybe you can teach me how to perform it one day.

【3】 besides Beijing Opera?

Wang Lin: I like music that expresses musicians’ true feelings. How about you?

Bruce: So do I. We seem to have the same taste in music. I have two tickets to a concert at the music hall this afternoon.【4】?

Wang Lin: Sure, I’d love to. 【5】?

Brace: Let’s meet at 5:00.

Wang Lin: OK. See you then.

24、Useful inventions

Inventions change how we live, work, play and think about what’s possible. Every year, TIME magazine lists the 100 best inventions based on how creative and useful they are in our life. What did the magazine choose this year? Let’s take a look.

Easier to read

Reading can be a big challenge for those who may have poor vision or reading difficulties. But Or Cam Read can help them! It’s the first of its kind reading pen with a smart camera and an AI system. After scanning (扫描) a page of text with the click of a button (点击按钮), it can read the text a loud to the user. You don’t need to connect it to the Internet. You can use it offline at home, work, school, or even in stores when you need to read a price tag (标签).

Sweet idea

Honey is produced by bees. But today’s beekeeping business is not good for these hard-working insects. Bee farmers may kill them after harvesting (收获) honey because it’s cheaper than feeding the bees through the winter. To save bees, US company MeliBio has found a way to make the world’s first bee-free honey. They used synthetic biology (合成生物学) to create honey directly from plants. This kind of honey tastes just like there alone, and it is healthy, too.

Keep you calm

When you feel angry or unhappy, what do you do about it? Scientists say you can try to calm others. This can help you calm down. That’s why Purrble was invented. This furry (毛茸茸的), bear like toy has 9 sensors (感应器). It has a quick “heartbeat” and can respond to your touch.

As you hold and pat it its heartbeat slows. And it purrs (发出咕噜声) like a cat: It sounds like it really enjoys your touch! Through patting Purrble, you will become more aware of your own feelings and learn how to feel calm yourself.

【1】How does Or Cam Read work for people?

A．By connecting to the Internet anywhere.

B．By making the words in the text larger.

C．By scanning the text and reading aloud.

D．By showing photos from a smart camera.

【2】What does “bee-free” mean?

A．Bees are not needed.

B．Bees can live freely in winter.

C．Bees can be set free after working

D．Bees feeding costs nothing.

【3】What do we know about the new kind of honey?

A．It is not good for human health.

B．It is made from real honey.

C．It is too expensive for most people.

D．It has the same taste as the real honey.

【4】Why can Purrble help you calm down?

A．Its purrs slow down your heartbeats.

B．Holding it makes you feel comfortable.

C．Its sensors reduce your anger and sadness.

D．Patting it helps you know your feelings.

【5】Where can we most probably read the passage?

A．In a guidebook.

B．In a magazine.

C．In a storybook.

D．On a noticeboard.

25、   Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair, or your fridge? Probably they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, thanks to the so-called “Internet of things”.

The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. Earlier this year, Samsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things. He said that five years from now, every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, no matter whether it’s a remote control or a washing machine.

So, how do household (家用的) objects that are part of the Internet of things work? Well, think of a common chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.

An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes. It can know people’s faces and has an infrared sensor (红外传感器), so even if it’s dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who’s there. If the person is someone you don’t know, it can tell you that, too.

But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security systems to the Internet, there may be some problems. For example, many early connected-home objects don’t have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked (被黑客攻击). Moreover, it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2014.

So, picture this: you enter your home. The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable. Your favourite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.

【1】What does the article mainly talk about?

A．Advantages of living with the Internet

B．Disadvantages of living with the Internet

C．The coming “Internet of things”

D．The impossible “Internet of things”

【2】Paragraph 5 is mainly about _________.

A．the possible problems of “the Internet of things”

B．the problems with early connected-home objects

C．how to get different new machines working together

D．how to solve the “the Internet of things” problems

【3】Which of the following words best describes the writer’s tone (语气) in the article?

A．Doubtful

B．Hopeful

C．Humorous

D．Worried

26、Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what he wants them to learn from him.

  What visual(视觉的)artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain,

because painters translate their experience into shapes and colours, not words. They seem to feel that a

certain selection of shapes and colours, out of countless billions of, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular Shapes and colours. or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.

Most artists take their shapes and colours from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and at rest; their choices indicate(指示)that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary(当代的)artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.

  If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(腐烂)leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something-all of which means that, consciously(有意识地)or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

【1】 An artist hopes that the public will   .

A. understand him and learn from him 

B. notice only shapes and colours in his work

C. teach him something 

D. believe what he says in his work

【2】It is hard to explain what a painter is saying because he/she   .

A. does not express himself/herself well 

B. uses unusual words and phrases

C. uses shapes and colours instead of words

D. does not say anything clearly

【3】 The writer points out that the contemporary artists might say their choices of subject   .

A. carry a message to the public

B. only provide interesting pattern

C. have no pattern or form

D. teach the public important truths

【4】What do you know from the passage?

A. A painting is more easily understood that music.

B. Art is merely the arranging of shape and colours.

C. Every artist tries to say something consciously to the public.

D. One must look beyond shape and colour to find what the artist is saying.

27、

“Have you ever heard Louis say good morning and good night to us, as the others do?”

“Since you mention it, I never have,” said the husband. “Goodness! What are you getting at? Do you wish me to believe that I have a son who is dumb in any way? This would worry me. I want everything to go well in my family life. Fatherhood is hard. I do not want the added stress of having a dumb child.”

“Well,” said the wife, “I’ve been watching Louis recently. I think the little guy can’t talk. I’ve never heard him make one sound. I think he came into the world lacking (缺失) a voice. If he had a voice, he’d use it, same as the others do.”

“Why, this is terrible!” said the husband. “This is painful. This is a very serious matter.” His wife looked at him. “It’s not too serious now,” she said. “But it will be serious two or three years from now when Louis falls in love, as he will surely do. A young male swan will be greatly handicapped in finding a mate if he can’t say the usual sweet words to the young female of his choice.”

The husband stood quietly, thinking about what his wife had just told him. He was a brave bird, and already he was beginning to work out a plan for his little son Louis.

“If it’s really true that Louis has no voice,” said the husband to himself, “then I shall provide him with a device (装置) of some kind, to enable him to make a lot of noise. There must be some way out of this difficulty. After all, my son is Trumpeter Swan; he should have a voice like a trumpet (小号). But first I will test him to make certain that what his mother says is true.”

(Taken from The Trumpet of the Swan)

【1】How did the husband feel after hearing his wife’s words in Paragraph 2?

A．Amazed and excited.

B．Curious and serious.

C．Painful and hopeful.

D．Surprised and worried.

【2】What does the underlined part “be greatly handicapped” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Have much trouble.

B．Have great fun.

C．Be quite uninterested.

D．Be very successful.

【3】What is the swan couple’s talk mainly about?

A．The dream about Louis’s future.

B．The plan for Louis’s education.

C．The problem with Louis’s health.

D．The suggestion on Louis’s growth.

28、   A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the l【1】menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to p【2】any dish, no matter how unusual it was.

At the b【3】 of the menu, there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will a【4】to the menu right away.”

The man looked at the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order something that was very unusual. When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, "You say you can s【5】any dish, even if it's not on your longest menu in the world."

" That is correct, sir. We are able to m【6】everyone's requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. Indian not African.”

The writer wrote down on his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

Very good, sir, "he said, "That shouldn’t t【7】 long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather d【8】.

Then he smiled as the waiter r【9】 with a very unhappy look on his face. "Ah" the man said. "You can't bring it to me, can you?"

The waiter made an apology (道歉). "I'm very sorry sir, and this is the most e【10】,"he said, "but I'm afraid we can't because we've run out of the bread."

29、完形填空

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer(顾客) on my newspaper route when I was twelve. Yet she taught me a________  that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the roof of the old lady's house near her garden. I found a perfectly smooth（光滑的） rock and threw it. The stone was too ________ , however, so it slipped(滑) from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the lady's door. At the  ________ of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran faster than any of our stones flew off her roof.

I was too ________ about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been ________ , I started to feel guilty. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably when seeing  ________.

I decided that I would  ________ my paper delivery(送) money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a ________ saying that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.

The next day, I  ________ the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits as I continued my route.

After several biscuits, I ________an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, "I'm proud of you."

【1】A. word   B. lesson   C. subject   D. song

【2】A. smooth   B. solid   C. soft   D. light

【3】A. back   B. age    C. sound   D. turn

【4】A. excited  B. happy   C. sad    D. scared

【5】A. discovered B. excused   C. praised   D. remembered

【6】A. you   B. me    C. him    D. her

【7】A. count   B. find   C. save   D. spend

【8】A. note   B. book   C. magazine  D. poster

【9】A. threw   B. handed   C. offered   D. bought

【10】A. sounded  B. smelled   C. felt    D. tasted