潮州2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、   The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Xu Haoran, a 14-year-old from Changsha, gets up at 7 a. m. to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise is a part of his homework.

徐不是唯一一个在寒假里坚持锻炼的学生。Nowadays many schools across the country ask students to exercise during the winter holiday. One of the main reasons is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination (中考). In Changsha, the score is up to 60 points, which is 10 points higher than geography or biology.

因此，徐和他的同学们被要求晴天跑步。If the weather is bad, they have to do some indoor sports. Students also need to post exercise photos in their classes’ WeChat groups. This has been a big challenge for many students, but has also helped to make exercise a more important part of their lives. Li Junjie, a 14-year-old student at the same school as Xu, used to hate running. But he is now able to run for half an hour every day. “I have decided to keep doing this in the future,” he said.

Not only teenagers but also primary school students are supposed to exercise during the winter vacation. Yuan Zicheng, a 10-year-old student at the Dong Hu Primary School in Jinan, fell in love with exercise during the holiday. He skips rope(跳绳) for more than 10 minutes every day. “I didn’t use to exercise a lot, but it’s time to catch up!” he said.

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2、—It’s dangerous for bus drivers to talk when they are driving.

—You’re right.They can’t be   careful while driving.

A. so   B. very   C. too   D. more

3、Have you ever seen UFO?

A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

4、 We don’t have enough nurses to look after the patients. At last ________ are needed.

A.ten another nurses B.more ten nurses

C.other ten nurses D. another ten nurses

5、The book Jane Eyre is a famous book and really worth_________.

A.read B.to read C.reading

6、The thing flew very fast in the sky and soon it   .Nobody knew what it was.

A. appeared   B. disappeared   C. arrived   D. reached

7、 interesting information they have got!

A．What an

B．What

C．How

D．How an

8、— You are never late for school, ________ ?

—________. My house is near my school.

A．are you；Yes, I am

B．are you；No, I’m not

C．aren’t you；No, I’m not

9、If you ________ the classroom, please turn off the light.

A．left

B．are leaving

C．leave

D．leaves

10、—Jenny, do you know WeChat（微信）was created by?

—By Zhang Xiaolong, right?

A. What B. Who   C. Whose   D. Which

11、I didn’t have a very close relationship with my sister ________. But now we are closer.

A．at that time

B．at the same time

C．for the first time

D．in time

12、—Excuse me, how can I get to the nearest bus stop?

—Go down this road. It's about_________ walk

A．five minute's B．five minutes'   C．five-minutes

13、—Could you tell me ________ the film?

—To be honest, it’s a little bit boring.

A．when you will see

B．when will you see

C．what you think of

D．what do you think of

14、I think it’s ______ for him to finish the work.

A. enough easy   B. easy enough

C. enough easily   D. easily enough

15、He said he ______ his teachers in the primary school since then.

A. didn’t see   B. hasn’t seen   C. hadn’t seen   D. wouldn’t see

16、Cathy sold some of her things in a yard sale and ________ the money to a poor child’s home.

A．gave out

B．gave away

C．gave up

D．gave in

17、Alice, do you know________ tomorrow?

A. what will we do

B. how will they go there

C. when we will start

18、—You look worried．What’s wrong?

—I went for a job interview yesterday and I ______the result．

A. waited for   B. was waiting for

C. am waiting for   D. will wait for

19、 -I ______ stay up late.

-Really? I didn’t. But I ______ working in the night now.

A.used to; used to B.was used to; used to C.used to; am used to D.was used to; use to

20、—I hear music and art will enter the examination for the high school.

—Yes. But don't worry. Nothing will be difficult if more attention ________ to them.

A.is paid B.will pay C.were paid

21、—There are more and more people speaking Chinese around the world.

—Yes, Chinese is_______ spoken now.

A．widely

B．wisely

C．hardly

D．politely

22、根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白的最佳选项。(选项中有两项为多余选项)

A: Hi, Ann! You look so sad. 【1】

B: Yesterday I failed the English exam again.

A: 【2】 But you don’t need to worry about it all the time.

B: I really don’t know how to study English well. 【3】

A: Yes, I think studying with a group is the best way to learn it well. You’d better study with a group.

B: Oh, that’s a good idea. Do you always study English this way?

A: Yes, I do it with my friends after class.

B: May I join your group?

A: 【4】. And we can learn from each other.

B: Sounds good. When can I join you?

A: 【5】

B: That’s very kind of you. I hope I can improve my English quickly.

A．I’m sorry to hear that.

B．Tomorrow if you like.

C．What’s the matter with you?

D．Sorry, you’d better not.

E．Of course.

F．Can you tell me what I should do?

G．When do you think the best time to learn English is?

23、配对阅读  左栏是对五个人的描述，右栏是外国八种文化的介绍，从右栏中选出最恰当的选项并把它的字母编号写在题号前的括号内。

24、Many people often spend hours watching videos on their phones before sleep, with the lights off. However, did you know that using your phone in the dark is not a very good idea? The screen of your phone sends out blue light, which is quite harmful to your eyes. It can also be hard for you to go asleep.

What is blue light? Blue light is everywhere. It is sent out both by artificial (人造的) light and by our biggest light—the sun! Blue light is the part of visible light which has the second shortest wavelength. Light with shorter wavelengths have greater power. The strong energy of blue light allows it to pass easily through the cornea (角膜) of our eyes. Therefore, blue light is quite harmful to our eyes.

However, blue light isn’t all that bad. After all, it is a part of sunlight. In fact, it can help to improve our sleep. The problem, however, lies in the bright screen lights we stare at each night. In other words, the problem isn’t exactly the exposure (暴露) to blue light, but the timing of our exposure to it.

Some scientists studied the difference between reading a paper book and an e-book before bedtime. They found that it took longer for people who used an e-reader to fall asleep. These people were also less smart in the following morning.

So, to protect the quality of your sleep, avoid screens an hour or two before your bedtime. If you must use your phone before going to bed, keep a night lamp on.

【1】________ doesn’t send out blue light.

A．The sun.

B．The moon

C．The mobile phone

D．The LED light

【2】Blue light is harmful to your eyes because ________.

A．it has the longest waves

B．it makes you hard to sleep

C．the light is too weak

D．it can go through your eye cornea easily

【3】What does the third paragraph mean?

A．Don’t use your phone or watch TV at night.

B．Don’t spend too much time on the bright screen.

C．Blue light affects our lives.

D．Blue light can improve our sleep.

【4】What does the underlined word “stare” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．阅读

B．打开

C．盯着

D．运用

【5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．You’d better use your phone before going to bed.

B．Don’t use your e-reader any more.

C．We should know about blue light and learn how to use it.

D．Blue light is sure to affect our health.

25、A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma (Ma Yun), 50, is executive chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba(阿里巴巴) Group. On Sept 19, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所), raising $25 billion through an IPO (首次公开发行股票), the biggest in US history. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.

In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit than Amazon and e-Bay combined.

【1】 We can tell from the first paragraph that _____.

A. Ababa Group is the biggest company in China

B. Alibaba’s IPO has raised $25 billion

C. Jack Ma used to be a math teacher

D. Jack Ma is the richest man in the world

【2】 When did Ma and his team found Alibaba?

A. In 1995. B. In 1998.

C. In 1999. D. In 2014.

【3】 Which is the world’s largest e-commerce company?

A. Alibaba. B. Taobao.   C. Amazon.   D. e-Bay.

26、We were standing at the top of a church tower．My father had brought me to this high tower in a small town not far from our home in Rome．I wondered why．

“Look down, Elsa," Father said．I gathered all my courage and looked down．I saw the square in the center of the village．And I saw several streets leading to the square．“See, my dear,”Father said gently．“There is more than one way to the square．Life is like that．If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another．"

Now I understood why I was there．Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the bad lunches that were served at school．But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said．

When I turned to Father for help, he would not help．Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson．By the time we reached home, I had a plan．

At school the next day, I poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home．Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner．The plan worked perfectly．She tried one spoonful and sputtered．“The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother promised that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!

In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson Father taught me．I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago．I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible way．Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square．

【1】Father brought Elsa to the top of the church tower to_________________．

A. have sports with Elsa

B. explain what he means clearly

C. enjoy the views

D. have a rest there

【2】Elsa wanted her mother to_____________ earlier that day．

A. do something delicious for lunch

B. know he was complaining about his lunch

C. speak to the school about lunch

D. change the terrible eating habit

【3】By sharing her own experiences, Elsa tries to tell us________

A. when one road is blocked , try another

B. how bad the lunch of her school is

C. how wise her father is

D. how terrible her mother is

27、   Hello, everyone! My name is Lydia. Today, I’m very glad to share my ideas with you.

I love learning foreign languages. In fact, I love it so much that I like to learn a new language every two years, and now I’m working on my eighth one.

When people found that out about me, they always asked me, “How do you do that? What’s your secret?” They wanted to know the secret of polyglots---people who speak a lot of languages. And that made me wonder too. What do polyglots have in common? What is it that helps polyglots to learn languages so much faster than other people? I decided to meet other people like me and find that out.

And so I met Benny from Ireland, who told me that his method was to start speaking right away. He learned a few sentences from a travel book and went to meet native (本地的) speakers and started talking with them. He didn’t mind making  even 200 mistakes a day.

I also met Lucas from Brazil who had a really interesting method to learn Russian. He simply added a hundred random (随机的) Russian speakers on Skype  as friends, and then he opened a chat window with one of them and wrote “Hi” in Russian. And the person replied, “Hi, how are you?” “Lucas copied this and put it into a text window with another person, and the person replied, “I’m fine, thank you, and how are you?” Lucas copied this back to the first person, and in this way, he let two strangers have a talk with each other without knowing about it. And soon he would begin chatting with Russians himself, because he had so many of these talks that he found out how the Russians usually start their talks. What a creative method, right?

And then I met polyglots who always started by imitating (模仿) sounds of the language, and others who always learned the 500 most used words of the language, and yet others who always started by reading about the grammar. Everybody seems to have a special way to learn a language, and yet we all come to the same result of speaking several languages very well.

And as I was listening to these polyglots telling me about their methods, I suddenly realized that the one thing we all had in common was that we simply found ways to enjoy learning languages. All of these polyglots were talking about language learning as if it was great fun. Then, I understood that this was how I learned languages myself. So if you also tried to learn a language and you gave up, give it another try! Thank you!

【1】The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A.the person who is like Lydia

B.working on the eighth language

C.why Lydia learns faster than other polyglots

D.the secret of learning languages by polyglots

【2】Benny learned foreign languages by ________.

A.learning the most used words

B.talking with native speakers

C.reading different kinds of books

D.imitating the sounds of the language

【3】Which of the followings is TRUE about Lucas?

A.He spent several years studying Russian online.

B.His good Friends taught him how to speak Russian.

C.His method of learning Russian was interesting and creative.

D.He learned Russian by writing letters to his Russian pen friends.

【4】What characteristics do polyglots have in common?

A.They are afraid of making mistakes.

B.They learn foreign languages in the same way.

C.They enjoy themselves learning foreign languages.

D.They like making foreign friends while learning languages.

【5】The main purpose of Lydia’s speech is to ________.

A.share ideas about learning foreign languages

B.show how she can speak eight foreign languages

C.give two examples of learning foreign languages

D.communicate with more polyglots all over the world

28、根据短文内容及所给提示，填单词、补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。

In China, people often talk 【1】 “Shuxiang”, 【2】 (especial) during the Spring Festival. Images (形象) of the 12 Chinese “Shuxiang” animals are fun for everyone. The rabbit is in the 【3】 (four) place.

The rabbit is 【4】 symbol (象征) of kindness and a love of beauty in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of Rabbit are usually 【5】 (peace) and quick-minded. Although they are sometimes shy, they have a strong mind and will try their best 【6】 (make) their dreams come true. It is said that rabbit people are much 【7】 (wise) than other people and love taking part in artistic activities.

2023 is a “rabbit year”. Rabbits become more popular. You can see 【8】 (they) across the world. As a cultural image, the rabbit has been in different forms of art, including 【9】 (stamp), colourful lights and so on. Through the rabbit, people from other countries can get a closer look into Chinese culture. In January, 2023, an exhibition (展览) about rabbits 【10】 (hold) in the US.

29、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。

In my final year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop near my home. I thought the job would be easy and free of stress.

I___________ myself making delicious doughnuts, serving the best coffee and becoming friends with those customers who often came to the coffee shop. I wasn’t_______the people with too many orders, the women who complained that the coffee was much too creamy, or the men who wanted their iced coffee remade again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn’t seem to_______anyone. One rainy day, one of my customers Hank came in looking upset. He said he felt like getting in bed, pulling the sheets (床单) up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

Before he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was_______, because he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee. I had given him his favourite kind of doughnut.

“It’s on me and I’ve paid for it.” I told him. “I know you like doughnuts very  much.

Have a nice day.”

He smiled and_______me before heading back out into the rain. The next day, it was still raining. I spent the whole afternoon hanging out of the window handing people their orders. I was completely_______ and cold. Worse, no one was tipping (给小费) that day. Every time I looked into our empty tip jar, I grew more upset for myself.

In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a note.

The note read:

Christine,

Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday. It is so nice to meet someone who's truly nice. Please don' t change your___________!-Have a great day!

Hank

After that, whenever I felt upset or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat (嗓子) and ask_______ , “How can I help you?”

【1】A.pictured B.mentioned C.developed D.decided

【2】A.asking B.expecting C.waiting D.believing

【3】A.fear B.worry C.please D.interest

【4】A.angry B.sad C.relaxed D.surprised

【5】A.helped B.invited C.promised D.thanked

【6】A.ready B.wet C.free D.patient

【7】A.way B.shape C.form D.practice

【8】A.unusually B.secretly C.politely D.carelessly