2025-2026学年广西百色初一(上)期末试卷英语

1、令我们惊讶的是，他毫不费劲地就做出了那道化学题。

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2、—Would you like coffee or tea, Tom?

—________ coffee _________ tea. I’d like some orange.

A．Both; and

B．Neither; nor

C．Not only; but also

3、________ is the most important festival in the west countries.

A. Christmas   B. Spring Festival

C. Mid­Autumn Day   D. National Day

4、Dad, can I ________ your camera? I'd like to take some photos.

A.lend B.borrow C.replace D.divide

5、— Why not join them in their party?

— Well， I am not invited. And I   go to the cinema.

 A. prefer   B. would rather   C. wish D. require

6、We went to the train station and saw our friend______.

A. out   B. on   C. off   D. over

7、The volunteers were busy ____ the old people in the nursing home do some cleaning．

A.help B.helping C.helped D.to help

8、He didn’t know _______.

A.when Tom will come back B.who was the suspect

C.that Tom will come to school on time D.the detective have finished his report

9、It ______ me five days to finish reading the novel. It’s really interesting.

A. pays   B. takes   C. spends   D. cost

10、 — How do you like Mount Huangshan?

— Oh, wonderful.Its beauty is really out of ____ .

A.question B.imagination C.description D.emotion

11、Thanks to Project Hope, __________ children have better lives.

A．thousand

B．thousands

C．thousands of

12、—Tony ________ his homework when I called him this afternoon.

—No wonder he didn’t answer the phone.

A．is doing

B．will do

C．has done

D．was doing

13、—Excuse me, is there a box of apple juice at the moment?

—I’m not sure, but just a moment. I _________ it for you.

A．check

B．was checking

C．will check

D．checked

14、She was very tired, _______ she continued her work until midnight.

A.and B.so C.but D.for

15、— _______________, Betty?  — I lost my keys on my way to school this morning.

A.What’s going B.What a pity C.What’s up

16、We all know that Anti-Japanese War ________ in 1937 and ________ for eight years.

A．broken out; was lasted

B．was broken; lasted

C．was broken out; was lasted

D．broke out; lasted

17、—What do you think of Jim’s Chinese?

—He has made________progress with Mr. Li's help.

A.various B.leisure C.rapid

18、  It’s very difficult to learn English well , but you can’t___.

A.put it up B. take it up

C. look it up  D. give it up

19、Your baby brother is sleeping. ________ off the radio, please.

A．To turn

B．Turned

C．Turning

D．Turn

20、— How are you going to the Summer Palace?

— We’re going there   bike.

A. for B. at

C. of   D. by

21、— Can we play soccer here?

— No, you ________ play it near the road. That’s too dangerous!

A.can B.may C.won't D.mustn't

22、根据对话的内容，选择恰当的句子，将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

Tom：Hi, Dad, do you have time for a chat? I have met some problems.

Dad：【1】

Tom：Dad, you and Mum are always around me. I don’t have my own free time.

Dad：Are we?

Tom：Yes. You and Mum manage every minute of my life. 【2】

Dad：Oh, I didn’t realize that we hardly encouraged you to make your own decision in the past. 【3】

Tom：Dad, please don’t treat me like a child.

Dad：Right. You’re not a child any more. 【4】

Tom：That’s OK.

Dad：Son, remember, we are always open for a chat.

Tom：【5】

A．Thank you, Dad.

B．I’m sorry.

C．That’s because we always worry about you.

D．That’s not the point.

E．But I’m able to do things on my own now.

F．That’s amazing.

G．What’s the matter?

23、A: Good morning, Amy.

B: 【1】, Johnson.

A: 【2】?

B: It’s April 22nd. Why?

A: Today is World Earth Day.

B: Oh, really? What an important day! 【3】?

A: It started in 1970. And it encourages people to protect the earth.

B: Do you have any ideas about protecting the earth?

A: Yes. In fact, I’ve been keeping doing something in my own way.

B: Wow, sounds great. 【4】?

A: Well, I’ve planted more than 30 trees. I work as a volunteer to help sweep the streets.

B: You’re really doing something helpful. I’d like to join you.

A: That’s great. I’m going to pick up rubbish in the park. Would you like to go with me?

B: 【5】. Let’s go together.

24、

【1】Summer jobs cannot help the teenagers to________.

A．learn some valuable lessons of communication and teamwork

B．prepare themselves for the future

C．make a living by themselves

D．develop their life skills

【2】If a teenager wants to work in a summer camp, he should ________.

A．have ability of cooking

B．prefer staying indoors

C．like to live with others

D．have skills in sports or after class activities

【3】According to the passage, which job requires (要求) the teenagers to be strong?

A．Working in summer camps.

B．Looking after the baby.

C．Working in restaurants.

D．Gardening.

【4】The passage is written just for ________.

A．parents

B．teenagers

C．doctors

D．teachers

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Introduction of some summer jobs.

B．The importance of doing summer jobs.

C．Ways of finding a summer job.

D．Ways of doing summer jobs well.

25、   When I was a teenager (青少年), I was always unhappy. I often got angry with my parent by shouting at them and not talking with them.

Later on, when I thought about it, I understood it was wrong to do that. I decided to try my best to calm myself down and get along well with others.

Now when I laugh, I show at least eight teeth. That's how happy. I am feeling. I start to act more politely to people around me.

I had another teenage problem. I cared about my look very much. I spent time in front of the mirror (镜子) every day deciding what my hair should look like, while all my dirty clothes were on my bedroom floor.

As life went on, I learnt that sometimes looks aren't that important. True beauty should be inside our hearts, but not on our faces. I should spend time studying at home.

I believe most of the teenagers have problems like me, but I also believe that, if you deal with (处理) them healthily, they will become important lessons, and will help you make better future in your life.

【1】As a teenager, when I felt unhappy I usually ________.

A.shouted at my parents B.talked with my parents C.thought about my parents   D.tried my best to calm down

【2】The underlined words "calm down" means ________.

A.争吵 B.相处 C.热情 D.冷静

【3】"I show at least eight teeth" means ________.

A.I am very sorry B.I am very happy C.I am very lucky D.I am very shy

【4】The fourth paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A.I cared about my look very much

B.my dirty clothes were on the floor

C.I spent much time standing before the mirror

D.I couldn't spent much time standing before the mirror

【5】From the passage we mainly know ________.

A.teenagers always feel unhappy B.our life will be better in the future

C.we should deal with the problems healthily D.teenagers care about their looks very much

26、Why the Best Things in Life are All Backwards

There’s a part of Navy SEAL training called “drown-proofing” (抗溺水训练) where they bind your hands behind your back, tie your feet together, and dump you into a 9-foot-deep pool. Your job is to survive for five minutes.

Most people who try drown-proofing fail. Many of them panic and scream. But some make it. And they do so because they understand a counterintuitive (违反直觉的) lesson: the more you struggle to keep your head above water, the more likely you are to sink (下沉).

With your arms and legs bound, it’s impossible to keep yourself at the surface for the full five minutes. Even worse, your limited efforts to keep your body afloat will only cause you to sink faster. The trick to drown-proofing is to actually let yourself sink to the bottom of the pool. From there, you lightly push yourself off the pool floor and carry you back to the surface. Once there, you can have a quick breath of air and start the whole process over again.

Strangely, surviving drown-proofing requires no superhuman strength. It doesn’t even require that you know how to swim. However, it requires the ability to not swim. This skill—the ability to let go of control when one wants it most—is one of the most important skills anyone can develop. And not just for SEAL training. For life.

Most people suppose the relationship between effort and reward (回报、奖励) is one-to-one. We think that working twice as long will produce twice the results.

This is almost never true. Most of the world does not exist on a linear curve. Linear relationships only work for mindless or repetitive tasks—driving a car, filling out paperwork, cleaning the bathroom, etc. In all of these cases, doing something for two hours will double the output of doing it for one hour. But that’s simply because they require no thought or creativity.

Most activities in life do not operate along the linear effort/reward curve because most activities in life are not basic nor mindless. Most activities are complex (复杂的), mentally or emotionally involved. Therefore, most activities produce a diminishing returns curve.

Diminishing returns means that the more you experience something, the less rewarding it becomes. The classic example is money. The difference between earning $20,000 and $40,000 is life-changing. The difference between $120,000 and $140,000 means your car has nicer seat heaters. The difference between earning $127,020,000 and $127,040,000 is basically nothing.

Friendship has diminishing returns, as does eating, sleeping, working out at the gym, reading books, studying for an exam—the examples are endless.

But there’s another curve, the inverted curve, where effort and reward have a negative relation—the more effort you put into doing something, the more you will fail to do it.

Drown-proofing exists on an inverted curve. The more effort you put into rising to the surface, the more likely you will be to fail at it.

Few things in life work on an inverted curve. But the few things that do are important. In fact, the most important experiences and goals in life all exist on an inverted curve.

Going after happiness takes you further away from it. The longing for greater freedom is often what causes us to feel stuck and trapped. The need to be loved and accepted prevents us from loving and accepting ourselves.

The harder we try to do something, the less we shall succeed. This is “The Backwards Law”: desiring a positive experience is itself a negative experience; accepting a negative experience is a positive experience. The goal is to take your mind and teach it to stop chasing its own tail. To stop chasing meaning, freedom and happiness because those only serve to move it further away from itself. To show it how the only way to reach the surface is by letting itself sink.

You lean into the fear and uncertainty, and just when you think you’re going to drown, just as you reach the bottom, it will launch you back to your salvation (拯救).

【1】The key to survive drown-proofing is to ________.

A．sink down and lift up

B．have enough practice

C．hold your breath for long

D．move smartly underwater

【2】What can we know about the three curves?

A．Linear curve shows the possibility of success.

B．Diminishing returns tells us the less the better.

C．Inverted curve works when we have spiritual needs.

D．There is no direct link between the action and the result.

【3】According to the three curves, which application is probably true?

A．The more friends we have, the happier we will feel.

B．Cleaning works better in the first hour than the second.

C．Confidence increases when we try, and then stops increasing.

D．The more we want respect from others, the less they will respect us.

【4】The writer suggests that we should ________.

A．build mind power to live better

B．shape values for positive outcomes

C．give up struggle to gain what we desire

D．accept negativity because we are not perfect

27、Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones （时区）．The time difference between two zones is one hour．You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours．You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days．

If you make a five-day trip （旅行） across the Atlantic Ocean （大西洋） , your ship come into a different time zone every day．As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour．If you travel west, you set your watch back．If you travel east, you set it ahead （向前）．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．

If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean （太平洋） , you cross the International Date Line（国际日期变更线）．This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day．If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow．

【1】Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because_____．

A．a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours

B．a day has always more than twenty- four hours

C．a day has more or f ewer than twenty-four hours

D．some time zones are large and some time zones are small

【2】The time difference between two time zones is_______．

A．twenty-four hours B．one hour

C．two hours   D．twenty-three hours

【3】If we crossthe Atlantic Ocean, we_______．

A．change one full day

B．set our watch back

C．set our watch ahead

D．set our watch back or ahead

【4】If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July______．

A．3rd B．4th   C．5th D．6th

【5】The Atlantic Ocean________．

A．is in one time zone

B．is divided into twenty-four zones

C．is divided into five time zones

D．can not be crossed in five days

28、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

Sometimes, I felt stressed, The world around me was moving very quickly. And I didn’t know w【1】 to do.

I started asking myself, ”h【2】 can I keep up with all this? I started looking for a【3】. I spoke to many people, i【4】 my families and my friends. I even read many self-help books. But I couldn’t find anything satisfying. In fact, the more self-help books I read, the m【5】 stressed I became. Until one day, I found The Tao Te Ching（道德经）,which was w【6】 over 2600 years ago.

I remember the following s【7】: The supreme goodness is like water（上善若水）. It benefits all things without contention（水善利万物而不争, 处众人之所恶）…. After reading the passage, my stress suddenly disappeared. Today, I’d like to share you w【8】 three lessons I learned. The first lesson is to keep modest, the s【9】 lesson I learned is to keep peaceful. The last lesson is to keep o【10】, water is open to change.

These three lessons have become my guiding principles(原则) in my life.

29、BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.

On Saturday， heavy haze(霾) still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.

The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south， including Beijing， Hebei， Shandong， and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly   than 50 meters in some areas.

Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing， more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday   the haze， which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop   on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.

The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze： unpleasant weather conditions making   difficult for smog to disappear， automobile exhaust(尾气)， and coal use for winter heating.

  To fight pollution， the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use，     some factories， and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.

“We must face up to the facts，” said Yan Naiqiang， a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on， if we use buses or cars less and do more riding， we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”

【1】A. coaches  B. trains C. flights   D. double-deckers

【2】A. afforded  B. affected   C. admired   D. announced

【3】A. less B. more   C. farther   D. nearer

【4】A. in B. like   C. around D. outside

【5】A. hats B. gloves   C. sunglasses D. masks

【6】A. besides  B. except C. because of D. for

【7】A. classes  B. rest   C. work   D. shopping

【8】A. mainly  B. mostly   C. main   D. most

【9】A. that B. this   C. one   D. it

【10】A. close  B. closing C. open D. opening