2020-2021北京延庆区初三下学期英语期末试卷（及答案）.docx

1、延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 1 页 （共 12 页） 延庆区延庆区 2020-20212020-2021 学年第二学期期末测试卷学年第二学期期末测试卷 初三英语初三英语2021.6 知识运用（共 14 分） 一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分） 从下面各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中， 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. My sister and I like badminton. _ play it together once a week. A. IB. TheyC. YouD. We 2. More and more people go skii

2、ng _ winter. A. inB. atC. onD. over 3. Many people like pandas _ they are cute. A. whileB. ifC. thoughD. because 4. _ did you go last weekend? We went to the Summer Palace. A. WhereB. WhyC. HowD. When 5. Must we wear masks in PE class? No, you _. A. mustntB. cantC. needntD. shouldnt 6. I _ homework

3、when my mum came back. A. have doneB. was doingC. didD. do 7. I work hard this term, but Mary works much_. A. hardB. harderC. hardestD. the hardest 8. Whats that noise, Sam? My little brother _ his toy car. A. playedB. is playingC. playsD. was playing 9. Peter _ in China for 10 years. He knows a lot

4、 about the country. A. livesB. livedC. will liveD. has lived 10. If it _, I will go to the Palace Museum with you tomorrow. A. doesnt rainB. isnt raining C. didnt rainD. wont rain 11. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway _ in 2019. 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 2 页 （共 12 页） A. buildsB. is builtC

5、. was builtD. built 12. Can you tell me _? At 9:00 tomorrow morning. A. when the film beganB. when did the film begin C. when the film will beginD. when will the film begin 二、完形填空（共 8 分，每小题 1 分） 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。 Angel in his arms During summer vacations, I volunteer at

6、 the vets, so I have seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was by far the funniest-looking dog. Her thin, curly hair barely covered her body. Her bugged-out eyes always made her seem13.And her tail looked like a rats tail. She was brought to the vet because her owners didnt want her anymore. I thought Minnie h

7、ad a sweet personality, though. “No one should judge her by her 14,” I thought. I put a personal advertisement for Minnie in the local newspaper: “Funny-looking dog, well-behaved, needs loving family.” When a young man called, I15him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that

8、 his grandfathers 16-year-old dog had just died. They wanted Minnie, no matter what. I gave Minnie a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive. At last, an old car drove up in front of the vets office. Two children16 to the door. They scooped Minnie into their arms and rushed her out to their gra

9、ndfather, who was in the car. I hurried behind them to see his17to Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms and lightly touched her soft hair. Minnie licked his face. Her tail wagged around so quickly that it looked like it might18off of her body. “Shes perfect!” the old man s

10、aid19. I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home. Thats when I saw that the grandfathers eyes were a milky white color he was blind! After that summer vacation, I missed Minnie. So I went to the grandfathers house. The grandfather was walking in the garden with Minnie20the way. I could see bo

11、th of them were happy. In the grandfathers eyes, Minnie is the most beautiful dog. 13. A. beautifulB. sadC. pleasedD. surprised 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 3 页 （共 12 页） 14. A. looksB. eyesC. qualitiesD. personalities 15. A. advisedB. notifiedC. showedD. warned 16. A. pointedB. jumpedC. returnedD. mo

12、ved 17. A. faceB. feelingC. reactionD. attention 18. A. kickB. flyC. fallD. run 19. A. happilyB. carefullyC. clearlyD. quietly 20. A. findingB. smellingC. leadingD. reading 阅读理解（共 36 分） 三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 （共 26 分，每小题 2 分） A The film My People, My Country hit Chinese cine

13、mas to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China last year. The film focuses on national memories and tells ordinary Chinese peoples stories. In The Champion, a boy has to fix a TV antenna ( 天 线 ) so that his neighbors can watch the Chinese womens volleyball tea

14、m play in the 1984 Olympics. Hello, Beijing is about a taxi driver who gets a ticket for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He plans to give it to his son as a birthday gift. But instead, the kind-hearted man gives it to another child in the end. Going Home is about Hong Kongs return

15、 to China in 1997. It focuses on a Chinese soldier who is responsible for raising the national flag at midnight. 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 4 页 （共 12 页） 21. _ fixes a TV antenna so that his neighbors can watch the game. A. AboyB. Ataxi driverC. AsoldierD. Apilot 22. What does the taxi driver want t

16、o give to his son as a birthday present? A. Avolleyball.B. Anational flag.C. Atelevision.D. Aticket. 23. What is Going Home about? A. The 2008 Beijing Olympics. B. Amilitary parade held in 2015. C. Hong Kongs return to China in 1997. D. The womens volleyball game in 1984. BThe Job “Serena, dont forg

17、et your promise to me that you will mow(割)Mrs. Martins yard this weekend,” said Dad. “Dont let me down.” Serena was the oldest child in the family, and one of her chores was to mow their yard. Mrs. Martin, their elderly neighbor, was unable to take care of her yard, so Serenas Dad had volunteered Se

18、rena for this job. Since Mrs. Martins yard was not very big, Serena knew the job would go quickly. However, she still disliked her dads promise. “Why didnt you ask me first?” Serena had complained. “Did you ask me first when you volunteered me to be in the school festival last fall?” asked Serenas f

19、ather. “Well, no, I didnt ask you first, but you would have done those things anyway. Youre always willing to help.” “I try when I can,” Dad answered. “Serena, we have known Mrs. Martin for a very long time. She has often helped our family. Now we can do something for her. Besides, the feeling you g

20、et from helping someone makes you wonder who is really helping who.” “I dont know, Dad,” said Serena. “The only feeling I get from mowing our yard is tired.” “Just you wait and see,” said Dad. One for All focuses on a female fighter jet pilot who helps her partner complete a performance that is part

21、 of a military parade (阅兵式) held in 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 5 页 （共 12 页） After breakfast, Serena made her way to Mrs. Martins yard. She was good at her job and soon had Mrs. Martins yard looking tidy. Mrs. Martin came outside wit

22、h a big glass of orange juice and offered it to her. Serena stopped her work and gratefully enjoyed the drink, while Mrs. Martin talked to her about all of the flowers in her yard. Seeing the joy in Mrs. Martins eyes, Serena began to understand how much the yard meant to Mrs. Martin. After finishing

23、 her drink, Serena returned to work with a new attitude. A warm feeling began to spread through her body. Her dad was right. It was hard to tell who was helping who! 24. Why did Serena dislike her Dads promise? A. Because Mrs. Martins yard was too big to mow. B. Because Mrs. Martin was able to take

24、care of her yard. C. Because her Dad volunteered her for the job without telling her first. D. Because her Dad thought mowing the yard was one of her chores. 25. _ made Serena change her attitude toward the job. A. Enjoying the orange juice Mrs. Martin offered B. Seeing the love for the yard in Mrs.

25、 Martins eyes C. Enjoying breakfast with Mrs. Martin D. Seeing the beautiful flowers in Mrs. Martins yard 26. What can we learn from the text？ A. Serena likes the job of mowing her familys yard. B. Mrs. Martin and Serena did the yard work together. C. Serena agreed with his father after mowing Mrs.

26、Martins yard. D. Dad volunteered himself to take part in the school festival last fall. C When it comes to having perfect memories, it is clear that we humans must have had some faults in our blueprints! Why dont we remember everything that we want to remember? It can be frustrating and disheartenin

27、g. Sometimes it can even cause us to lose self-esteem or others to think less of us. Truly, though, we are all forgetful. If we werent, diaries would never be kept, secretaries would never be hired, and the “Blackberry” would not have been invented! Most of us have vivid memories of our lives from a

28、bout age three to our present ages. These are stored in what we call our “long-term memory”. What about before age three? Sigmund Freud discovered the fact that we forget most of our early childhood. Psychologists disagree on what causes this amnesia, and the investigation(调 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末

29、练习第 6 页 （共 12 页） 查) has been going on since Freuds time. A very good theory, born from the results of experimentation with babies, is that absence of language ability at the time of an event stopped us from describing it to others. The memory exists in our minds, but words were not associated with i

30、t when it happened, and therefore, it doesnt become a subject in our adult autobiographies. There are some exceptions, but these are rare. The other kind of memory, the “short-term memory”, is what we are usually referring to when we say, “I forgot.” Experts say that you can keep about seven things

31、in your memory at once for up to three days. During that time, you may forget something in order to put something else in its place, or you, believe it or not, put it into long-term memory. What goes into short-term memory are things youve learned about recently, in the past day or two. Only if some

32、thing really remarkable happens does it stay in your short-term memory for longer. For instance, you may have met your favorite celebrity last week, and this week you can tell all the details to a friend. A simple example to illustrate your short-term memory is to look at a list of twenty words for

33、a minute or two. You will discover that you cannot remember more than about seven of them and that they are the ones in the beginning and at the end of the list (because your mind has judged them to be more important than those in the middle). 27.According to the passage, we keep the diaries to _. A

34、. help us remember thingsB. let us think less C. have perfect memoriesD. hire secretaries 28. The word “amnesia” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”. A. memoryB. forgettingC. descriptionD. discovering 29. What can we learn from the passage? A. Most of us can describe our lives before age three clearly

35、. B. We may remember the things we are interested in longer. C. We can erase the memory of our experience in the past day. D. Long-term memory is more important than short-term memory. 30. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. How Memories Are Stored B. How Do We Remembe

36、r Things? C. Why Memories Are Important D. Why Do We Forget Things? D “Fear is good.” Fear is the bad feeling that one has when he is in danger or when a particular thing frightens him. A German 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 7 页 （共 12 页） proverb goes, “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” This is a

37、bsolutely true as fear will often cause people to imagine the worst and act irrationally. In that case, can fear be any good? Personally, I think a small amount of fear is good and even necessary as it not only acts as a form of control and prevention but also serves to motivate oneself. Nevertheles

38、s, being overly fearful is bad as it will severely hamper mans progress. In this essay, I will discuss how fear can be a double-edged sword, bringing both advantages and disadvantages to man. Fear is good as it prevents people from doing dangerous acts and prompts them to control and regulate their

39、behavior. Next, fear is good as it is a powerful motivator. For individuals such as students and businessmen, the fear of failure will prompt them to work hard and put in their best effort in their studies and business undertakings. This will lead to results and progress. Although fear is good, man

40、must keep in mind that too much fear may be harmful to his development. Being overly fearful of the unknown and intangible will prevent people from venturing into areas previously unexplored. For example, in the area of space exploration, Apollo 11 would have never landed the first humans on the moo

41、n if they had let fear get in the way of their dream. As the late John F. Kennedy once said, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” To achieve great feats, man must learn to conquer(战胜)his fear and find the courage t

42、o overcome the difficulties that life presents. Only then can the human race continue to make progress and enjoy the sweet smell of success. In sum, fear is good as it will finally lead to a well-controlled and motivated society. Nevertheless, people must keep in mind that they should not be clouded

43、 by fear as it will stop their progress. I believe that a small dose of fear and a good deal of courage will make a great man as such a man will have the spirit to pursue his goals and the sense to act responsibly in the process. 31. The writer mentionsApollo 11 in Paragraph 4 to show that_. A. peop

44、le can overcome fears that life presents B. people should not be overly afraid of the unknown areas C. exploring the space is a good way to overcome fears D. exploration helps us to realize our dreams 32. What can we learn from the passage? A. Failure in business can lead to good results. B. Fear ca

45、n help people learn to behave properly. C. Failure in studies can help the students make great progress. D. Fear of failure in studies can encourage students to study hard. 延庆区 2020-2021 第二学期初三英语期末练习第 8 页 （共 12 页） 33. What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage? A. To advise us to be ne

46、ither overly fearful nor completely fearless. B. To explain why a little amount of fear is of benefit to people. C. To introduce the ways of preventing us from being overly fearful. D. To encourage us to overcome fears and act responsibly. 四、阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。 （共 10 分，每小题 2 分） Recycling Pioneer Milly Z

47、antow Many of us accustomed to looking for the numbered triangle stamped on the bottom of plastic products. For that, we can thank Milly Zantow, who was named recycling pioneer. In 1978, Milly visited Japan and noticed how people there sorted their waste materials each day. Back then, only paper and

48、 metal were recycled in the U.S., in very few places. When Milly returned to her home in Wisconsin, she heard that the local landfill was running out of space. She went there and watched the trash trucks dump their loads. She was shocked to see so much plastic waste. Nobody knows how long it takes f

49、or plastic to break down. Some scientists think it is at least 500 years. Others say never! Milly wanted to find a way to recycle plastics. She called Borden Dairy Company and asked a representative how the company made its plastic milk jugs. Then she asked what happened when a jug was damaged. The

50、representative explained that the company would melt the plastic down and pour it back into the mold. At that moment, Milly realized that plastic could be melted and made into something new. At 55 years old, Milly had found her passion. Milly talked to the owner of Flambeau Plastics. He told Milly p