常州2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、这部两小时的电影向我们展示我们家乡这些年的变化。

________________

2、—Hey, Cindy! Nice to meet you.

—_________.

A．I’m fine, thanks

B．Good morning

C．M-E-E-T, meet

D．Nice to meet you, too

3、—Must I keep the door open all the time?

—No, you ________.

A．can’t

B．mustn’t

C．needn’t

4、The teacher found ________ easy for the boy to learn physics  well  in a short time.

A. that   B. this   C. it

5、Beijing is ________ capital of China, it has ________ long history.

A．the; /

B．a; a

C．the; a

6、The little girl set the fish free and watched it until it________in the river.

A.showed B.flew C.disappeared D.died

7、—______ a volunteer is great.

—I think so. Some of us want ____ volunteers.

A. Being, being   B.To be, being

C. Being, to be   D. Be, to be

8、Tell me everything _____ you know.

A. which   B. where C. whose D. that

9、The boy finds ________ useful dictionary, and ________ dictionary is Mary’s.

A．a; the

B．an; the

C．the; a

D．/; /

10、— What do you think of the actress Jia Ling?

— She has ________ me with her good sense of humour.

A．impressed

B．admired

C．reminded

D．warned

11、—Our country ___progress in science and culture in recent years.

A.made such

B.has made such

C.made so

D.has made so

12、—Finish your homework, ________ you can’t play games. —All right, Mum.

A.but B.and C.so D.or

13、—President Xi gave ________exciting speech on TV on the evening of Dec.31,2019.

— Yes. What______ great progress we Chinese made last year!

A.an; a B./; a C.an; / D./; /

14、We all know lazy people ________ succeed, so we should work hard to be successful.

A.often B.sometimes C.usually D.seldom

15、Don’t worry! I’m sure you’ll ________ your classmates if you are kind and friendly to them.

A．catch up with

B．agree with

C．get on well with

16、----Could you please carry these books for me?---- _________________.

A.Good luck   B.No, I couldn’t

C.My pleasure    D.Thank you

17、Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others？

A.They go to church every Friday.

B.Which character do you like best in this movie？

C.I’ll give you another chance to have a try.

D.We organized a charity sale last week to help the poor people.

18、I ________ TV when the telephone rang.

A.watch B.was watching C.watched

19、—Jack, could you help me ________ when the plane will take off on the Internet?

—I'm sorry, but my computer doesn't work.

A．get out

B．look out

C．take out

D．find out

20、It is not easy to became a Santa Claus（圣诞老人）. Each year before Christmas, Santa Clauses go to a Santa school to receive ________.

A．food

B．gifts

C．training

21、—Do you know the boy _______ is talking to Jane over there?

—No, he is completely a stranger to me.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．whom

22、根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子填入对话相应的空白处，使对话完整，合乎情景（有两个多余选项）。

A: My friend Kate invited me to her birthday party .【1】

B: How about an album?

A:【2】How much is an album?

B:【3】

A: That’s too expensive . I don’t have enough money for it.

B: Oh.【4】

A: No, no. She doesn’t like cats.

B: I see. What about a scarf?

A;【5】

B: Does she like flowers? Maybe flowers are wonderful.

A: Great! I will buy some for her. Thank you..

A. A scarf is interesting. B. That sounds good.

C. Why don’t you get her a pet cat? D. It’s too personal.

E. How can I get to her house? F. At least 20 dollars.

G. What should I get her?

23、阅读对话, 从每题A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案完成对话。

Harry: Hi, Becky. How was Paul’s party?

Becky: Oh, Harry, __________

Harry: Why? __________

Becky: Well, I was supposed to arrive at 7:00, but I arrived at 8:00.

Harry: Oh, __________

Becky: Yeah, but in my country, it’s different. When you are invited for 7:00, you should come later!

Harry: I see.

Becky: Then when I met Paul’s mom, I kissed her.

Harry: Oh...you were supposed to shake hands instead.

Becky: That’s right. And I wore a costume.

Harry: What’s wrong with that?

Becky: Well, it was an outdoor party. __________

Harry: I guess next time you should ask what you are supposed to wear.

Becky: __________

【1】

A．it doesn’t matter.

B．no problem.

C．it was terrible.

D．that’s OK.

【2】

A．Why not?

B．What else?

C．What about you?

D．What happened?

【3】

A．it rains a lot, right?

B．you are a little lazy.

C．so you were late.

D．the traffic is heavy.

【4】

A．Everyone was happy.

B．Everyone was singing together.

C．Everyone drove cars there.

D．Everyone else was in a T-shirt and jeans.

【5】

A．You are welcome.

B．That’s all right.

C．You should be nervous.

D．I am sure I will.

24、Nancy’s boss has just let her know that her customers’ products are about to leave the company. And then he tells her there’s a problem.

“The products were damaged (损坏) by someone in our company,” the boss says. “But this shouldn’t affect the use of the products. If the customers find it, we’ll say it was caused by the trucking (货运) company that delivered (运载) the products.”

Hearing this, Nancy feels uncomfortable. “But didn’t our workers damage the products?” Her boss looks at her, “Yeah, but the customers don’t know that. I’ll just say they were damaged while they were delivered. Don’t worry, the customers won’t even notice the damage.”

Nancy’s boss walks out. Nancy sits at her desk and she’s not sure what to do. She knows it’s dishonest to blame (将归咎于) the damage on the trucking company. It’s also dishonest to cheat her customers and give them less perfect products.

Many of us have to make decisions that make who we are and what we believe in. Most often, we face a choice that may seem insignificant (微不足道的). But this doesn’t mean that they’re not important to us because even the smallest action may make a difference to us.

【1】Who makes the products less perfect?

A．The trucking company.

B．Workers in Nancy’s company.

C．Nancy’s boss.

D．Nancy’s customers.

【2】What does the boss plan to do if the damage is found by the customers?

A．He will say sorry to the customers.

B．He doesn’t know what to do about that.

C．He will cheat the customers.

D．He will tell the truth.

【3】The writer of the passage mainly wants to tell us ________.

A．it’s important to make even a small choice

B．it’s important to deal with damaged products

C．it’s necessary to cheat others sometimes

D．it’s necessary to communicate with a boss

25、   Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.

Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.

Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.

First, relax. If you are over worried about remembering something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh, my God! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.

But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.

If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.

【1】The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.

A．Barbara was a very rich person

B．Mark often forgot his friends’ names

C．examples of memory problems

D．language problems of two persons

【2】When you forget things, you ________.

A．must be too careless

B．shouldn’t lose heart about your memory

C．must accept the fact

D．shouldn’t take notice of the result

【3】According to the passage, ________ can make your memory better.

A．realizing your memory problems

B．talking to your friends

C．making mind pictures of what you see

D．doing sports every day

26、阅读理解

Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?” The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish(星鱼) in the ocean.” “I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?”

“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.”

“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish, and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”

There is something very special in every one of us. We all have the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that talent, we will get the power to create the future through the strength of our visions（远见） .

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.

【1】What’s the habit of the wise man before he began his work?

A. Doing his writing

B. Picking up some starfish

C. Walking on the beach

D. Throwing some starfish into the ocean

【2】One day, the wise man saw the young man ______.

A. dancing along the beach

B. walking with a dancer

C. picking up starfish for sale

D. trying to save as many starfish as possible

【3】Near the end of the passage, “something very special” refers to ______.

A. the ability of throwing things

B. the strength of making decisions

C. our own starfish

D. the ability of creating one’s own future

【4】From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ______.

A. the wise man realized something new and important

B. the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfish in the ocean

C. the young man had the ability to change the whole world alone

D. it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

【5】The writer told this story in order to show us ______.

A. how and where we can write a good article

B. everyone can do something for the future

C. wise men are sometimes silly

D. young people are actually wiser than old people

27、It is said that people born under different star signs have different characteristics. Here are four people born under different star signs.

【1】Who is from England and likes orange best?

A. Tom.  B. Jack. C. Mary. D. Lucy.

【2】We can know that Jack is according to the materials.

A. lonely  B. hard-working

C. clever  D. modest

【3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “tightfisted” in Chinese?

A. 富裕的 B. 吝啬的 C. 奢侈的 D. 豁达的

【4】What’s Mary’s star sign?

A. Taurus.   B. GeminiC. Cancer.  D. Virgo.

【5】Which of the following is NOT true according to the materials?

A. People born under different star signs have different characteristics.

B. Tom is an old English man with lots of money.

C. Jack believes that his star sign can decide his life.

D. Mary is hard-working and wants to be a scientist.

28、   There used to be hundreds of red squirrels in the British forest. Every year, lots of 【1】 (tour) went there to watch them. But now they have become endangered and there are fewer than 160,000 red squirrels【2】（live） in the forest. And most of them are in Scotland. However, gray squirrels are now so common in Britain 【3】 so many people don not like them. Some people even think they should kill gray squirrels for the 【4】 (protect)of the red squirrels.

You can hardly notice the 【5】 (different) between two kinds of squirrels when you see them for the first time. They both have long tails. The tail helps them keep balance. And they have same large eyes,small ears and strong legs. However, gray squirrels are 【6】  (large).Their heads and bodies are bigger and their tails are also longer.

So why did red squirrels lose in competition 【7】 gray squirrels? Size is one reason, but there are others. Red squirrels live high up in the tree, while gray squirrels spend more of their time 【8】 (stay) on the ground. This 【9】 (mean) any loss of forests greatly influences the number of red squirrels, but it doesn’t have much to do with the gray squirrels. Another reason for gray squirrels’【10】 (succeed) is that they can live in towns and cities, and can get food from humans.

29、I used to hate running. In middle school, I found running really tiring(使人疲惫的) and I was always one of the ______ students to cross the finish line. Then, in 2018, my ______ asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. I answered without thinking, “No way! I hate running.”

Over the weekend, I _______his question. “Why do I hate running when I haven’t tried it since Year 7 in middle school?” In the end, I decided I should give running another ______before I said I hated it. I told my friend I would like to go to the 10K event with him. He was happy to hear that I would ______him. He advised me to look on the Internet for a running program to help me learn ______to run.

There were lots of running programs on the Internet. I ______a 14-week running program that would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I enjoyed following the program as I could see ______in my running each week. I went from hating running to loving running!

On the day of the 10K running event, my friends and father came to ______ for me. With their support(支持) and my training, I finished the 10K in 72 minutes. It was difficult, but I felt very proud for having tried it. From this ______, I learned that it is a good idea to try something before saying you hate it!

【1】

A．last

B．few

C．typical

D．lucky

【2】

A．neighbor

B．classmate

C．father

D．friend

【3】

A．looked through

B．thought about

C．prepared for

D．took in

【4】

A．review

B．treat

C．try

D．order

【5】

A．join

B．train

C．protect

D．believe

【6】

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．where

【7】

A．chose

B．described

C．sent

D．created

【8】

A．interest

B．meaning

C．progress

D．pressure

【9】

A．report

B．run

C．count

D．cheer

【10】

A．exam

B．experience

C．travel

D．performance