宿州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测初三英语

1、When we talked about the space, we know the universe means the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars and so on in space. Many of the stars are so far away that we can’t see them.

We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time. Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all, but it looks quite bright. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. 1. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon.

There are still many other planets in the universe. But of all these planets, only on the earth there are living things. 1. People on the earth have studied the space all the time. They’ve sent many spaceships in the space many times. On 3rd and 14th November, 2011, Chinese scientists let Shenzhou VIII successfully dock with (对接) the Tiangong I twice. This is one of the greatest events in the history of China’s space.

【1】________________________________________

【2】________________________________________

2、选用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每个词只能用一次。

be   go   buy   friend   she

Today is November 8th. It’s Linda’s birthday. She is twelve. Jim, Kate and Bill are her【1】. They wanted 【2】some presents for Linda. They 【3】 to the shop near the school. There【4】a lot of things in the shop. They bought a big cake, two boxes of color pencils, a pencil case and some exercise books. They wanted to buy two dolls for 【5】, but the dolls were not cheap.

3、语言运用

根据A句完成B句，使其意思相同或相近，每空填写一词。

【1】A: Mary borrowed a storybook from her cousin last weekend.

B: Mary’s cousin_______ a storybook _________ her last weekend.

【2】A: He tried his best to make her happy.

B: He tried his best to ________ her________.

【3】A: We need to come up with some new ideas.

B: We need to ________  ________some new ideas.

【4】A: The owner of the restaurant provides breakfast for street cleaners.

B: The owner of the restaurant________  street cleaners________ breakfast.

【5】A: The girl went home after he cleaned the classroom yesterday.

B: The girl _______go home _______he cleaned the classroom yesterday.

4、The True Story of Ah Q made people __________ about the society.

A.laugh B.is laughing C.laughed D.to laugh

5、I haven't heard________my son for weeks, so I’m worried__________him now.

A. from;with     B. from;about

C. from;with  D. about;from

6、It’s not the ________ time to ask her to the party because her mother is badly ill.

A．useful

B．interesting

C．proper

D．special

7、He _______on the right in China， but he soon _________ on the left in Hong Kong.

A．used to drive， got used to drive

B．used to driving， got used to driving

C．got used to go，  used to driving

D．used to drive， got used to driving

8、The baby looks ______. Now he is looking ______ at his mother.

A．happy; happy

B．happily; happily

C．happy; happily

D．happily; happy

9、How about ____ sports news?

A. watch   B. watches   C. watching   D. to watch

10、______Bill is watching TV at home, but I’m not sure.

A．May be

B．Maybe

C．May

D．Can

11、It took us ________ to finish this work,

A．three hour and a half

B．three and a half hours

C．three and half hours

D．three and half a hours

12、—The Bike-sharing System is very popular with people in China.

—Yes. With a smart phone, we can find a bike ________.

A．safely

B．easily

C．carefully

D．importantly

13、You’d better ____________ late next time.

A. not be   B. not to be C. won’t be   D. don’t be

14、My teacher always tells me, “Avoid ________ the mistake about spelling.”

A．making

B．to make

C．to making

D．make

15、—Lily, I can’t make it to your birthday this weekend. I am going to Xi’an to visit my grandparents.

—It doesn’t matter. ________, have a nice trip.

A．You’re welcome

B．By the way

C．Come back soon

16、—What is your plan for this weekend?

—I feel like _____ this weekend.

A. doing different something   B. to do different something

C. to do something different   D. doing something different

17、—Do you like eating junk food，Peter?

—No，I ________ eat it. It's bad for our health.

A. usually   B. sometimes   C. always   D. never

18、 –My CD is seven yuan. What about yours?

--It’s   . Mine is ten yuan.

A. cheap   B. cheaper   C. expensive D. more expensive

19、根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。

【1】My grandpa enjoys the  ______________ (nature) food on the farm every day.

【2】In fact, wolves are not dangerous to ___________(human).

【3】Sometimes he can’t remember where ___________ (find) the books.

【4】Giant pandas live __________ (main) on a special kind of bamboo.

【5】Thank you for your ____________(kind).

20、补全对话

A: 【1】

B: Lao She. He was called a "Great Master of Language".

A : You're right. 【2】

B : Four Generations in one Household.   【3】

A : And it mainly talks about the life of Qi's family, doesn't it?

B: Yes, it does. Do you like Lao She?

A: Yes, but Cao Yu is my favorite writer.   【4】

B: Have you watched any of his plays?

A: Yes. Last year 1 saw Sunrise in Beijing. 【5】

A. The performance was great.

B. It's a novel.

C. Then which work do you like best?

D. He has written lots of plays.

E. Who's your favorite writer?

21、Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out .

Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was hopeless at science and finished bottom of his class. Now, aged 79, the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobe Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell(干细胞) researcher Shinya Yamanaka.

Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity and perseverance (坚持不懈)can lead.

At the age of 15 in 1948, Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every other science subject. Gurdon’s high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was“quite ridiculous”.

In spite of his teacher s criticisms，Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab early and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.

“My own belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work,” Gurdon said.

In 1962, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic(基因的）information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone(克隆) of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first cloned mammal(哺乳动物）in the world.

In 2006，Gurdon’s work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample(样本）of a person’s skin can be used to create stem cells. Using this technique, doctors can repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.

Luck favors the prepared mind Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. “Ninety percent of the time things don’t work，but when they do，you have to seize(抓住）the chance.”

【1】Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A. Sir John Gurdon

B. Shiny a Yamanaka.

C. Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

D. Gurdon’s science teacher.

【2】In what order are the followings mentioned in the passage?

a. create the sheep Dolly

b. take a cell from an adult frog

d. use a person’s skin to create stem cells

d. move a frog’s genetic information into an egg cell

e. grow into a clone of a frog

A. b—a—c—d—e   B. b—d—e—a—c

C. b—d—a—p—e   D. b—c—d—a—c

【3】What does the underlined word “ridiculous” mean?

A.无知的 B.无畏的  C.荒废的  D.荒谬的

【4】According to the passage, which statement is true?

A. As a boy, he was told he was hopeful.

B. He ranked first at his high school in biology.

C. It’s impossible for the doctors to repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.

D. In spite of-his teacher's criticisms, he kept working hard.

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Ninety percent of the time things don’t work.

B. Luck favors the prepared mind

C. Life is full of surprises.

D. How to know cells actually work.

22、Wearing his bright red armband（袖章）and speaking Chinese, you may think 62-year-old Gao Tianrui could be a Chinese man. But things are not quite what they seem: Gao’s real name is Terry and he is from the United States. Having lived in Beijing for more than 20 years, Terry has finally made his Chinese dream come true: becoming a security （治安）volunteer. Life as a “Xicheng Dama” has even made him popular online. “Xicheng Dama” are volunteer, usually women in late middle-age, who walk around the streets of Beijing’s Xicheng. And now Terry has joined their club.

Terry became interested in Chinese culture as a teenager. At 18, he went to Taiwan to learn Chinese. And there he had a Chinese name Gao Tianrui. Terry first came to Shanghai and Suzhou in 1981. His first visit to Beijing was six years later. There were few cars and lots of bicycles on the roads at that time. Terry and his family moved to Beijing in 1997. Since then he has lived and worked in Beijing.

He lived in many different places in the US, but he never felt like he had a home there. “Your home is where your things are. So Beijing is my home.” He asked for a red armband from the club. The armband is the symbol of volunteers. If I become a volunteer, I can make more friends.” he said. “I feel special with the armband. Now I just enjoy living here.”

【1】When was Terry born?

A．In 1997.

B．In 1981.

C．In 1960.

D．In1962.

【2】What is Terry’s Chinese dream?

A．Speaking Chinese.

B．Having a Chinese name.

C．Becoming a security volunteer.

D．Living in Beijing.

【3】Which is NOT true about “Xicheng Dama” ?

A．They are middle aged.

B．They walk around the streets of Beijing’s Xicheng.

C．They are volunteers.

D．They are usually men.

【4】What was Terry interested in as a teenager?

A．The armband.

B．Chinese culture.

C．Cars and roads.

D．Chinese name.

【5】From the passage we can know that ________.

A．Terry will live in Beijing in the future

B．Terry likes living in the United States

C．Terry first visited Beijing in 1997

D．Terry doesn’t think the armband is important

23、

Do you think your life is so boring that you want to change it? In the story The Wonderful Wizard(男巫) of Oz (1900) by US writer L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), Dorothy's life is changed by a storm.

Dorothy lives in Kansas in the US Midwest. Her life is boring until one day a storm blows her into the sky, along with her house and her little dog Toto. Dorothy's adventure begins.

She lands in Munchkin land and becomes a heroine (女英雄) when her house lands on and kills the Wicked Witch(女巫) of the East.

But how can Dorothy get back to Kansas? She must find the Wizard of Oz. He can send her safely back home with his magic.

Along the way to find Oz, she makes three new friends. The Scarecrow thinks he doesn't have a brain. The Tin Woodman believes he doesn't have a heart. The Cowardly Lion is... well, a coward. At least he thinks so.

To their surprise, the Wizard of Oz is no wizard at all, but just a common man. But he tells them that what they're missing is not a brain, a heart or courage, but confidence. After they know it, Dorothy's friends have become the things they dreamt to be.

When Dorothy finally returns home, she's very happy to see her family and says, "There is no place like home." Nothing is more important than family!

In 1939, the book was made into one of the most famous children's films, The Wizard of Oz. Thousands of children became big fans of Dorothy. And it is still one of the most popular stories to children now.

【1】Dorothy's life begins to change when ________.

A.she gets back the Kansas B.she meets three new friends C.a storm carries her house away

【2】The underlined word "coward" probably means ________.

A.吝啬鬼 B.胆小鬼 C.冒失鬼

【3】Dorothy gets back to Kansas at last because of ________.

A.a big storm B.the Wizard's magic C.Dorothy's courage and friends

【4】The book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is so popular among children because ________.

A.kids can learn to use magic from the book

B.children like the story of Dorothy's adventure

C.it is written by the famous US writer L. Frank Baum

【5】After reading the passage, we can infer that ________.

A.the Wicked Witch of the East is a good witch

B.Dorothy and her friends don't realize their dreams

C.it is important to have confidence when we have difficulties

24、阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

Qingming, meaning clear and bright, is the most important 【1】 (/ˈfestəvl/ ) in spring. It is also called Tomb-Sweeping Day. It comes 【2】 early April. On that day, people visit tombs (坟墓) to honor the dead. They always spend some time 【3】 (clean) the tomb area. They usually plant some trees near the tombs and decorate them with fresh 【4】 (/flaʊə(r)z/).

【5】, it is not just a day for honoring the dead. It is also a good time to 【6】(/ˈselɪbreɪt) the coming of spring. With the coming of spring, nature wakes 【7】, dressing the world in green. All is new, clean and fresh. Birds begin to build houses for their babies. In forests and fields, many animals have babies at this time of 【8】. Days begin to get 【9】 (long) and the weather gets warmer so Qingming is also a wonderful time for people to enjoy the outdoor 【10】 (activity), such as flying kites, swinging and hiking. This is why Qingming has been very popular for thousands of years.

25、书面表达

目前，世界上有很多动物处于濒危状态，在我国，熊猫、金丝猴、华南虎等动物也处于濒危状态，WWF组织和我国政府正在努力的保护这些濒危动物，如果你是一名动物保护志愿者，请谈一谈濒危动物的情况和保护濒危动物的措施。

书写要求：

1. 短文应条理清楚，行文连贯，段落分明；

2. 字数不少于80词。

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