自贡2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、请带我们参观一下平江中学，好吗？

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2、 In Western countries, women are always dressed _______ white _______their wedding day, because white is the colour of purity.

A. on; on B. in; in  C. on; in D. in; on

3、—Mario won first prize in the English speech competition.

—Yes. His mother was very happy and______him.

A.took pride in

B.paid attention to

C.took care of

D.took part in

4、Use the link method, ________ you can memorize more than you think.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

5、— David asked ________________in China.

— Of course not. Chinese usually shake hands with a lady as a greeting.

A. if can he greet a lady by kissing her

B. if he can greet a lady by kissing her

C. whether could he greet a lady by kissing her

D. whether he could greet a lady by kissing her

6、This is my twin sister, Lucy. Not only she but also I   good at singing.

A. is   B. am   C. are   D. was

7、I’ve five pounds because I ate too much meat.

A. put up   B. put off   C. put away   D. put on

8、Tom said he had never been there, but he was   .

A. lay   B. lied   C. lying D. Lie

9、You should be honest and not copy ___________ answers in the exam.

A. nobody else  B. somebody elses’

C. anybody else  D. anybody else’s

10、—The milk is ________. Could you please go to buy some for me?

—No problem, Mom.

A．running out

B．moving out

C．getting out

11、—Is this English book __________?

—No. It’s Terry’s.

A．you

B．your

C．yours

D．yourself

12、------Do you mind me sit here?

------_________,it’s for Mr Brown.

A.Not at all  B.Never mind

C.Better not D.Of course not

13、从下列单词中选出一个划线部分读音和其他三个不同的选项。_______

A.low B.allow C.crowd D.uncrowded

14、—Bob always takes lots of school activities.

—________ hard he works! We should learn from him.

A．What

B．How

C．What an

D．How an

15、—How long has he _____from home?

—For eight days.

A. left   B. been away   C. be away

16、—Peter is so bright.

—I agree.But he will be a better student if he doesn’t .

A. get off   B. show off   C. take off   D. put off

17、He is ______ of the two men.

A．older B．the older

C．old D．the old

18、—What can I do for you?

—I’d like two _______.

A．box of apple B．boxes of apples

C．box of apples   D．boxes of apple

19、—Mark, you look so tired.

—Oh, I worked ____ it was 12 o’clock last night.

A. unless   B. after   C. till   D. as

20、Could you tell me ________?

A．where the hospital is

B．where is the hospital

C．how can I get to the hospital

D．is there a hospital near here

21、________ visitors visit the Great Wall every year.

A. Two millions   B. Millions   C. Two millions of   D. Millions of

22、根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话。

A: Hey, Ben. Long time no see.

B: Hi, Maria. 【1】 I visited many places, met different people and enjoyed delicious food.

A: Wow, you must have had a great time. 

B: Yes. I’ve bought some gifts for you and Tom. 【2】

A: Oh, it is beautiful. It’s made of silk, isn’t it?

B: Yes, it is. I bought it when I was in Hangzhou. 【3】

A: I like it very much. Thanks. 【4】

B: It’s a Beijing Opera facial mask (面具). I bought it in Beijing.

A: It’s fun. 【5】

B: Red means the man is brave and loves to help others.

A: That’s nice. I’m sure Tom will love it.

A.The umbrella is for you.

B.But why is it painted red?

C.What did you get for Tom?

D.Hangzhou is famous for its silk.

E.I just came back from China yesterday.

23、请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Mum: You look so happy, John! Is there anything interesting today?

John: Yes, mum. We had a special lesson at school, today.

Mum: A special lesson?

John: Uh-huh, Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu taught us a line science lesson in the Tiangong space station, 400 kilometers above Earth.

Mum: Really? 【1】

John: They showed us how they lived and worked inside the space station.

Mum: 【2】

John: Yes and no. They also use the microwave and fridge in the space kitchen, which can help them to heat and store food.

Mum: What about the differences?

John: 【3】In a buoyancy experiment (浮力实验), Wang put a table tennis ball in a glass of water. Instead of floating to the surface like on Earth, the ball remained in the middle of the water. Buoyancy almost disappeared in the weightless environment.

Mum: That’s amazing! What else?

John: She created a water film (水膜) using a metal ring and a bag filled with water 【4】.The bud blossomed (开花) magically on the film.

Mum: That must be beautiful. You are so lucky. The development in communication technology of China has made it possible to transmit (传输) real-time video from space to the ground.

John: It’s so amazing! 【5】

Mun: Go ahead.

[Mum smiles and hopes this lesson can take root in his heart as seed, and ultimately grow into towering trees. ]

A．What did they do?

B．How did they live there?

C．They did some special experiments for us.

D．Is there anything different from the way on the earth?

E．I can’t wait to surf the Internet and know more about the universe.

F．Then she placed on the water film a flower bud that she and her daughter folded with paper before the space journey.

G．Did they have any difficulty living in space?

24、请阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

【1】Lu Jin did well in the exams because she ________.

A．reviewed a lot

B．was smart enough

C．was good at them

【2】Lu Jin’s teacher advised her to ________.

A．learn more about science

B．join after-school activities

C．change her attitude to schoolwork

【3】Li Xiang probably wants to be _________ when he grows up.

A．a translator

B．an English teacher

C．a computer programmer

【4】Li Xiang’s teacher thinks that ________.

A．he should be lively this term

B．he should put more effort into math

C．he should take the Information Technology seriously

【5】From the reports, we can infer(推断) that _________.

A．both of the two students have made progress

B．both of their teachers expect them to work harder

C．neither of the teachers is satisfied with their results

25、

【1】The ad is about ______.

A. clothes B. cars C. houses

【2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the picture?

A. You can go there at 9:30 am on Monday.

B. You can only see new cars there.

C. The shop is closed on Sunday.

D.Here are some notes(短信） from Tina’s family

26、Yesterday, on Friday, January 13th, there was a terrible snowstorm and the wind was blowing. As a result, the power was cut in the village. At 5:30 Nancy Gordon, the maid (女仆), entered the sitting room and found Mrs Janet Smith lying in a pool of blood next to the sofa. She immediately took her mobile phone and called the police. Inspector (巡官) Japp and two detectives arrived ten minutes later and started looking for clues. They discovered a broken cup of tea under the coffee-table, a carving-knife covered in blood behind the TV set, and a small piece of paper in Mrs Smith’s hand where the words “can’t leave her” could only be read.

The three policemen narrowed(缩小) down the suspects to four people: Paul Smith, the victim’s husband, their daughter Jenny, their maid Nancy Gordon and their gardener Steven Baker. Inspector Japp questioned them by turns in the study.

Jenny, who is an accountant in a big firm, claimed she was in her bedroom finishing a report for the following week. She had to light some candles because it was already dark and she couldn’t see what she was doing. She added she hadn’t heard anything.

Paul Smith said he was in the library watching a football match on TV. He didn’t want to miss it because his favourite team was playing. He didn’t hear anything because he had turned up the volume(音量).

Nancy Gordon explained she had prepared a cup of tea for Mrs Smith at 5:00 and had brought it to the sitting room where Mrs Smith was reading a letter. Then she had gone back to the kitchen because she had to do the washing up since the dishwasher didn’t work and she wanted to leave everything in order before the weekend. When she went back to the sitting room to get the tea cup. she discovered Mrs Smith’s body but she didn’t touch anything.

Steven Baker told the police he was working in the greenhouse: because of the awful weather, he couldn’t do anything else. He didn’t see anything because of all the snow that was falling. Besides, he didn’t spend much time in the house.

Inspector Japp, after hearing the four suspects, arrested Paul Smith.

【1】The underlined word “claimed” in Paragraph 3 has the same meaning as it is in “________”.

A．The car accident claimed three lives.

B．Scientists claimed a new way to fight against cancer.

C．What the student did claimed the teacher’s attention.

D．You can claim some money from the government if you lose your job.

【2】Which is the correct order according to the passage?

①Nancy Gordon found Mrs Smith’s body.

②The police arrested Paul Smith.

③The police arrived and found some clues.

④The maid brought a cup of tea to Mrs Smith.

⑤Mrs Janet Smith was murdered in the sitting room.

⑥The suspects were confirmed and questioned.

A．⑤④①③⑥②

B．①⑤③④⑥②

C．④⑤①③⑥②

D．④⑤③①⑥②

【3】What can we infer according to the passage?

A．The maid should keep everything in order on Friday.

B．The terrible weather made Steven Baker have nothing to do.

C．The carving-knife was probably used to kill Mrs Janet Smith.

D．Neither the victim’s daughter nor her husband heard anything.

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

A．Who told the lie

B．An excellent inspector

C．How to stay calm

D．A murder in the village

27、       Two policemen stopped Andrew Kershaw in his sports car one night, because he was speeding in the street of the town. The young man was very drunk. He knew he was in trouble, so he decided to make fun of them. He was a law student at the university, so he knew the law very well, better than most people.

When the policemen came to his car, Andrew asked one of the policemen to write down in his notebook everything they said. The policemen had to do this because it is the law, although people usually don’t know it. The policemen tested Andrew’s breath and the breathalyzer showed that he had too much alcohol in his blood. This all took a long time because the policemen had to write down everything that he and the policemen said.

In the end, by law, the policemen had to ask Andrew if he wanted to say anything. Andrew decided that he had two things to say and the policemen had to write down. The first thing was “Please don’t hit me again, officer”. And the second thing was “Does the other officer want ￡5, too?” Of course, the poor policeman had to read this in court, in front of the judge , and he was very embarrassed. Andrew, who was in court, thought it was very funny, until the judge took away his license for a year and fined（罚款）him ￡100, ￡90 for drunk driving, and ￡10 for his rudeness!

【1】The policemen stopped Andrew in his car because __________.

A．it was very late

B．he was drunk

C．he was driving too fast

D．he hardly broke the law

【2】The underlined word “breathalyzer” means __________.

A．a tool used for repairing machines

B．a machine used for examining patients

C．a person who is in charge of giving breath test

D．an instrument（仪器）used for testing and analyzing（分析）one’s breath

【3】Andrew made fun of the policemen, only __________.

A．to be praised by the judge

B．to be asked by the judge

C．to be taken away by the judge

D．to be punished by the judge

28、缺词填空

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

I will never forget the tenth summer of my childhood with my grandfather in western Norway at the mountain farm where my mother was born.

One day my grandfather said, “Come. I have something for you.” I f【1】him to a workroom. “You should have a toy boat. You can sail it at Storvassdal,” he said. Great, I thought, looking around for the boat. But there was n【2】. Grandfather pointed to a block of wood. “The boat is in there,” he said. Then he handed me some tools and showed me h【3】to use them properly. “It’ll be a fine boat, and you’ll make it with your own hands,” he said. “No one can give you what you do for yourself.” The w【4】rang in my head as I worked. Finally I finished the boat. It wasn’t much to look at, but I was p【5】. Then I sailed it at Storvassdal.

We had to return to America. “You cannot bring that boat home with you,” my mother said. We already had too much baggage. Feeling sad, I h【6】my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal.

I said good-bye to Grandfather, not knowing I would n【7】see him again.

In 1964, I went to Storvassdal with my parents and my wife and children. To my surprise, for 34 years my treasure s【8】here, waiting for my return. I felt we three were together again

a【9】my grandfather had died 22 years before.

After that, I returned to the lake five times. Each time I held the boat and carved the year, my g【10】seemed near.

My last trip to Storvassdal was in 1991. I brought my granddaughters: Catherine, 13; Claire, 12. At Storvassdal, Claire said softly, “Grandpa, someday I’ll come back.” She added, “And I’ll bring my children.”

29、One day, my grandfather went fishing and let me come with him. He handed the rod(钓竿) to me, held my arms and taught me how to throw my ______ into the water. Our bobbers(浮标)floated together ______ we sat there, hoping for a bite.

The sun warmed us. We sat and talked. "I remember when I could sit here and watch the fish ______ in the water," he said. "Sometimes, they'd jump out and _____ beside me. I didn't need a rod and bait(饵)at that moment." "We have to be _____," he continued. "The fish may come or they may not. It doesn't matter. We're out in the sun. It's a beautiful day. If it had rained, we wouldn't be here. We're lucky to have the ______ of the sun."

I watched our bobbers. No fish ______ them under that day. It didn't matter. I was with Grandpa. I felt grown up. Just being with him was special.

I wanted to be like him when I ______. He was well liked by everyone. He'd worked hard all his life for what little he had, ______ he could still find time to laugh.

He was an amazing man. In the short time we had together, he taught me many things:______to bait a hook（钩子）, the value of a good laugh, the value of a good friend, respect for my elders, and the importance of working hard and loving harder. The list is long.

【1】A. line   B. rod   C. fish   D. worry

【2】A. if   B. because   C. unless   D. as

【3】A. swum   B. swims   C. swam   D. swim

【4】A. sit   B. stand   C. land   D. leave

【5】A. sleepy   B. grateful   C. happy   D. patient

【6】A. coldness   B. coolness   C. warmth   D. kindness

【7】A. pushed   B. pulled   C. beat   D. knocked

【8】A. grew up   B. went to school   C. went home   D. fell asleep

【9】A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

【10】A. what   B. which   C. how   D. where