2025年内蒙古自治区乌兰察布市初三上学期二检英语试卷

1、这是一个多么宝贵的经历啊！

_________________________!

2、—Listen, someone is playing the violin.

—Wow.   ________ beautiful song! I like it very much.

A．How

B．How a

C．What

D．What a

3、What ________ amazing music it is! Every time I listen to it, I can’t help dancing to it.

A．a

B．an

C．/

4、In cold winter, the temperature in northern cities often remains ________ zero.

A．among

B．beside

C．below

D．by

5、Many people believe that sometimes our moods ________ by music.

A.required B.are chosen C.are influenced D.explained

6、Tony is ________ active student and he often practices his spoken English in class.

A.a B.an C.the D./

7、The school sports meeting will be ________ because of the heavy rain.

A．put up

B．put on

C．put off

D．put down

8、He wanted me to write a short ________ for his new book.

A．interview

B．list

C．review

D．task

9、-- _______ do you write to your parents?

-- Once a month.

A. How long   B. How soon

C. How often   D. How far

10、 In our city, ________ college students want to work as a teacher in holidays.

A. thousand

B. thousands of

C. thousand of

D. two thousand of

11、_________ he’ll come or not isn’t important, because this party is just for fun.

A．Why

B．If

C．Whether

D．What

12、– I have successfully passed all the three examinations of sports!

–Really? ________!

A. Congratulations B. That’s impossible

C. Never mind D. My pleasure

13、Mooncakes are ___ the shape of the full moon.

A. in   B. on   C. at   D. with

14、—How many women teachers are there in your school, David?

—________ them ________ over seventy.

A．The number of; are

B．A number of; are

C．The number of; is

15、— Your new bike looks fantastic. ______ is it?

— ￥2600.

A. How many B. How often C. How much D. How long

16、—Why don’t you buy the car? It’s so cool.

—It is too expensive.I can’t _______ it.

A.receive B.afford C.sell D.work

17、--- Why didn’t you try your best to get on the subway?

--- I tried to, but it started moving ______ I could get on it.

A. before   B. after   C. since

18、—I missed the beginning of _________cartoon The Lion King.

—What a pity! You should have left school half ___________hour earlier.

A. a ；an   B. the ；a

C. the ；an   D. an ；the

19、The boy is such an excellent table tennis player in our school that we ________ him.

A．read out

B．look through

C．take pride in

D．take care of

20、—These days, teenagers often have to do what they ________ to.

—It's not good for their growth(成长). They need to think on their own.

A.are told B.tell C.be told

21、We can get more _______ about international events on the Internet than before.

A.report B.message C.information D.suggestion

22、根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出适当的选项补全对话，并将选项的编号依次填入题后横线上。

A： Hello， Maria! Haven't seen you for a long time.

B： I'm busy these days.

A： What a beautiful new skirt you wear today!

B： Thank you.   【1】 

A： Of course. Where did you buy it?

B： I didn't buy it. 

A： You didn't buy it? Is it a gift from your parents?

B： No. 【2】

A： Really? I can't believe it!

B： 【3】 I enjoy making clothes by myself. My mother is really good at making

clothes and she taught me a lot about it.   【4】 The color and design were very

nice to me. I made a skirt with it by myself. A： Wow， what a clever girl you are!

A. Last Sunday I bought a piece of cloth.

B. I'm not kidding.

C. I made it by myself.

D. Do you really think so?

23、根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项仅用一次。

A: Hello, Amy. What are you doing?

B:【1】

A: What kind of music are you listening to?

B: Folk music, Erquan Yingyue. 【2】 Many people like it.

A: I like it too. It’s really a great piece of art work. In my free time, I also listen to pop music.

B: Really? Who is your favourite singer?

A: Charlie.

B: Charlie? I have never heard of him. 【3】

A: China. His Chinese name is Zhou Shen. 【4】 He acted on the stage of Spring Festival Gala in 2023.

B: I like both folk music and pop music. 【5】 His musical talent is amazing.

A．He has a great gift for singing.

B．My favourite pop singer is Jay Chou.

C．I’m listening to music.

D．It’s a classical music played by erhu.

E．Which country does he come from?

24、My brother and I were driving home together and started talking. Because of this, my brother took a wrong turn (转弯).

Unluckily, the wrong turn took us toward a bridge, and we had no way of turning back. My brother had to pay $4 to cross the bridge. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake.

As we drove forward, my brother noticed a car pulled over to the side of the road. A young man was standing nearby and trying to phone someone. I was busy trying to find out which way we went next, but my brother pulled over and asked the man if he needed any help. And he did. He had a flat tire (漏气轮胎).

My brother helped him change the flat. He said that this had been a bad week for him. Earlier he had a car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “a breath of fresh air” and kept thanking us. After we changing the flat, he thanked us again and pulled out $20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” my brother said. “We shouldn’t get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a chance to help you.”

What I loved most was watching my brother during this process. He was able to turn his bad mood over the mistake into positive (积极的) energy. He was able to see a chance to help even in a bad situation. That was the bridge we were supposed to cross.

【1】How did the writer’s brother probably feel when they took a wrong turn at first?

A．Lucky.

B．Unhappy.

C．Thankful.

D．Excited.

【2】Why did the young man try to give the writer and his brother $20?

A．Because they turned the right turn.

B．Because the young man phoned them.

C．Because they helped him change the flat.

D．Because the young man had a car accident.

【3】What’s the right order according to the passage?

①The man tried to give us $20 to thank us.        ②My brother helped the man change the flat.

③My brother took a wrong turn.        ④We saw a car pulled over on the road.

A．④③①②

B．②①④③

C．③①④②

D．③④②①

【4】Which of the following could best describe the writer’s brother?

A．Quiet

B．Helpful

C．Creative

D．Careful

25、Smartphone, poor sight

Look around and you’ll see people busy on their smart phones. Smart phones do make our lives easier. But have you ever thought about what they mean to your eyes?

According to a study, half of British people own smart phones and they spend an average of two hours a day using them. There has been a 35% increase in the number of people in the UK who suffer from shortsightedness since smart phones were introduced there in 1997.

Staring at smart phones for a long time gives you dry eyes. When looking at something in the distance, your eyes automatically blink a certain number of times. However, when you look at things closer to your face, the blinking slows down. This reduces the amount of tears and causes discomfort in your eyes. Another bad habit is using smart phones in dark rooms before going to sleep. If you look at a bright screen while your pupils become larger, too much light enters your eyes. This can do harm to the eyes and cause a disease called glaucoma.

While you’re probably not going to stop using to your smart phone, there are a few things you can do to protect your eyes. Hold your phone at least 30 continues away from your eyes when using it. Take a break every hour and try the following: look at something at least five meters from you and then focus on the tip of your nose. Repeat this several times. It should reduce the discomfort in your eyes.

【1】The article is mainly about ________.

A．the rules to obey when using smart phones

B．the harm that smart phones do to users’ eyes

C．the reason why teenager get shortsightedness

D．advantages and disadvantages of smart phones

【2】From Paragraph 2, we learn that _______.

A．half of the British people began to use smart phones 17 years ago

B．each of the British people spends two hours a day on smart phones

C．more British people have suffered from shortsightedness since 1997

D．the number of British people who own smart phones increases by 35%

【3】According to Paragraph 3, using smart phones improperly may cause _______.

A．too many blinks

B．more tears in the eyes

C．smaller pupils

D．dry eyes and glaucoma

【4】Which of the following is suggested by the writer?

A．Don’t use the phone for over an hour without a break.

B．Hold the phone at learn half a meter away from the eyes.

C．Turn off your phone for a couple of hours every day.

D．Look at something green far away for several minutes.

【5】This article is written to advise people_______.

A．not to buy smart phones

B．to stop using smart phones

C．to make full use of smart phones

D．to use smart phones properly

26、How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, its day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

【1】According to the passage, there are ________ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

【2】The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ________.

A．they know very little about the sun

B．the sun there never goes down in winter

C．it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D．it has long dark winters and long light summers

【3】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Different Ways to Tell Time

B．Useful Machines to Tell Time

C．The History of the Clock

D．The Development of the Clock

27、Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center drew a map of brain changes after a year of aerobic (有氧的) exercise and discovered an important process: Exercise increases blood flow into two key areas of the brain connected with memory.

The study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, showed this blood flow can help even older people with memory problems. The finding could guide future Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默) disease research, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center.

In the study researchers followed 30 people who were 60 or older and had memory problems. Half experienced a year of aerobic exercise while the other half did stretches. “We’ve shown that even when your memory starts to drop, you can still do something about it by adding aerobic exercise to your lifestyle,” said Binu Thomas, a senior research scientist of UT Southwestern Medical Center who led the study. “The aerobic exercise group showed a 47% improvement in some memory scores after a year; the other group showed slight change. Brain imaging (成像) of the aerobic exercise group, taken while at rest at the beginning and end of the study, showed increased blood flew into the specific brain areas that played important roles in memory function.”

Many teams across the world are trying to decide if aerobic exercise might fight memory loss. Evidence (证据) is growing that it could at least play a small role in reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. For example, a 2018 study showed that people with lower fitness levels experienced faster retrogression of important nerve fibers (神经纤维) in the brain called white matter connected with memory.

“Blood flow in the brain connected with memory improvement is still a part of the puzzle, and we need to continue piecing it together,” Thomas says. “But we’ve seen enough date to know that starting a fitness program can have lifelong advantages for our brains as well as our hearts.”

【1】What is the study mainly about?

A．Old people have memory problems.

B．Exercise improves memory.

C．Aerobic workouts is good for people’s health.

D．Alzheimer’s disease can be cured.

【2】What happened to people after one-year aerobic exercise?

A．Earlier memories were refreshed.

B．Memory scores showed very small change.

C．Brain imaging remained the same.

D．More blood flew into the areas connected with memory.

【3】What does the underlined word “retrogression” mean in the fourth paragraph?

A．The process of growing.

B．The process of renewing.

C．The process of becoming stronger.

D．The process of becoming weaker.

【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Further research work requires doing.

B．More people experience memory loss.

C．Mystery of brain blood flow has been solved.

D．Signs of memory loss can be discovered earlier.

28、根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Some English expressions have something to do with clothes. Have you noticed them? Let’s have a look!

People wear pants to cover 【1】 bodies. When somebody is nervous, we can say “he has ants （蚂蚁）in his pants” . In every family, one person always takes control. Sometimes a

【2】 tells her husband what to do. Then we say “she wears the pants in the family.”Pants usually have pockets to hold things. If one spends his money 【3】 , we may say “he burns a hole in his pocket”. Please don’t do like this!

If a person 【4】 his money and does not spend too much, he may be rich in the future. 【5】 a person sticks to his dream, he may be successful at last. We should “take our hats off” to them.

Mr. Brad is an important person. He runs a big company. He wears a suit and tie, and a shirt with sleeves (袖子) which cover his arms. Though his clothes 【6】 him look cool and strict, we know he shows his feelings openly to everyone. Then we can say “he wears his heart on his sleeve”. We know for certain it’s easy to get along well 【7】 this kind of person.

Can you find some other similar English 【8】? Use your head and you can find them by yourself.

29、   Edward is a 14-year-old boy. He comes from the UK, but he _______ Beijing with his parents. Before Edward came to China, he didn’t know _______ about Beijing Opera. Like most teens, Edward liked pop music. When he first listened to Beijing Opera, he didn’t like it and thought it was too slow and _______.

One week later after that. Edward started _______ in a middle school in Beijing. He had music lessons twice a week. He started to learn Beijing Opera in the music class. His school asked some great Beijing Opera singers to _______ them. Edward couldn’t understand it well, _______ it sounded a little more interesting than before and he _______ interested in it. Now Edward loves Beijing Opera very much.

“I really love Beijing Opera and I want to be a _______ when I grow up,” Edward said. I hope more people can hear my voice and love it. Everyone _______ is learning Beijing Opera should try hard and ________ give up!

Maybe one day we will see a foreign young man standing on the stage as a great Beijing Opera performer.

【1】A.got B.arrived at C.arrived in D.came

【2】A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing

【3】A.beautiful B.different C.boring D.interesting

【4】A.working B.studying C.playing D.living

【5】A.teach B.visit C.tell D.answer

【6】A.so B.if C.and D.but

【7】A.sounded B.stayed C.became D.seemed

【8】A.teacher B.singer C.doctor D.violinist

【9】A.who B.which C.whose D.whom

【10】A.often B.usually C.always D.never