1、四川省泸州市 2021 年初中学业水平考试 英语试题 说明: 1.本试卷分为第一部分(选择题)和第二部分(非选择题)两部分。第一部分(选择题)第 1 至 6 页,第二部分(非选择题)第 7 至 8 页。 2.第一部分(选择题)满分 70 分, 第二部分(非选择题)满分 50 分, 全卷满分为 120 分;考试时 间为 120 分钟。 3.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上,并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形 码。答卷时,考生务必将答案涂写在答题卡上,答在试题卷上无效。考试结束,将试卷和答 题卡一并收回。 第一部分(选择题共 70 分) 注意事项: 每小题答案选出后,用 2B 铅笔把答题
2、卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦 干净后,再选涂其它答案。 一、基础知识运用(共两节;满分 30 分) 第一节、单项选择(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分) 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的正确答案,并把答题卡上对应题 目的答案标号涂黑。 1. -Hi, Jenny. What are you doing? -Im just washing the clothes for my sisters. A. Well, nothing much.B. Glad to hear that. C. Sure, no problem.D. Very kind
3、 of you. 2.一 Is this Linda s notebook? 一 No, its mine. The thick one on the desk is. A. sheB. herC. hersD. herself 3. 一 When was the Communist Party of China founded? - In 1921. Its herbirthday this year. A. hundredB. hundredthC. hundreds ofD.the hundredth 4. A group of elephants in Yunnan Province
4、have troubleproper living place. We should help them. A. findB. foundC. to findD. finding 5.-Fishing is one ofactivities among many people. -Yes. But now its not allowed to fish in the Yangtze River as well as other rivers. A. PopularB. more popularC. most popularD. the most popular 6. -Where is Luc
5、y? I havent seen her for days. -SheChengdu. Shell be back next week. A. has gone toB. has been toC. have gone toD.have been to 7.一 Are you going to do a part-time job in your free time? 一 Yes. I dont think I should alwaysmy parents. A. turn onB. put onC. depend onD. come on 8. “Im still working beca
6、use Im still capable and hope to guide more young people, said Wu Mengchao when he. A. is interviewedB. is interviewingC.wasinterviewedD.was interviewing 9. -_ do you have a sports meeting in your school? -Once a year. We all like sports. A. How muchB. How oftenC. How longD. How soon 10.-Can you tel
7、l mefor the summer vacation? -Why not volunteer at the museum? A. what I should doB. what should I doC. when I should doD. when should I do 第二节 完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 20 分) 通读下面的短文,然后从后面各题所给 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择可以填入空白处 的最佳答案,并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 A Today is Toms birthday. He is seventy years old. But there
8、 is nobody being11 him. He feels very disappointed. He can t find his happiness anywhere. His sons who are busy, working dont care for him on his special day.12the cake is very delicious, he doesnt want to touch it. He just13his children to come and stay with him. Nowadays, many people are so busy t
9、hat they14visit their parents. However, blood is 15thicker than water. Our dear parents make every effort to bring us up, so we are supposed to treat them well when they become old. 11.A. inB. withC. overD. about 12. A. AlthoughB. BecauseC. IfD. Since 13. A. expectsB. hopesC. makesD. notices 14. A.
10、usuallyB. oftenC. seldomD. always 15. A. lessB. .moreC. muchD. little B All the time, little Dick was happy. He used to go about singing and dancing the whole day long. Nothing could make him sad. One day, Dick wanted travel in the16. So he set out with excitement, singing till he made the forest fu
11、ll of songs. He was about to drink near a river in the woods when he was17. He found himself in the hands of a tall giant (庞然大物), a hundred times as18as himself! The giant looked at him and then put him into a large19and carried him off. Poor Dick tried to get out of the bag,20the giant only laughed
12、. At last the giant came to his house-a dark place. When he got in,21shut the door, and took Dick out of the bag. Dick now thought he would22, for when he looked around he saw a large fire, and before it his two brothers were roasted (烤) for the giants dinner. However, the giant, did not kill Dick,
13、but put him into a prison ( 监狱) which he had23for him. The prison was dark, with bars (栏杆) all round it. The only food was bread and water. Dick beat his head24the bars. Dick was too25to think of eating or drinking. The26Dick thought of his free life - - warm home, close friends, the27 the trees and
14、 the flowers. The giant came again, and wanted Dick to sing as he28do. “Sing, sing! said he. But Dick was too sad to29.A prison is no place in which to sing.30 the giant grew angry, and took Dick out to force him to sing. Dick cried, struggled, and then died in the giants hand! This is a true story.
15、 - Poor Dick was a little bird, and the giant was a cruel boy. 16. A. forestB. riverC. handsD. house 17. A. foundB. caughtC. movedD. killed 18. A. bigB. thinC. highD. short 19. A. holeB. buildingC. prisonD. bag 20. A. butB. soC. orD. for 21. A. itB. heC. thatD. they 22. A. argueB. jumpC. stickD. die
16、 23. A. preparedB. sentC. askedD. imagined 24. A. intoB. aboveC. amongD. against 25. A. surprisedB. touchedC. scaredD. interested 26. A. cleverB. happyC. poorD. shy 27. A. sunlightB. giantC. darknessD. fire 28. A. happened toB. used toC. seemed toD. continued to 29. A. danceB. eatC. travelD. sing 30
17、. A. WidelyB. RecentlyC. FinallyD. Mainly 二、阅读理解(共 20 小题;每小题 2 分满分 40 分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案,并把答题卡上对 应题目的答案标号涂黑。 A While I was jumping rope, my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks (裂缝)on my screen. However, the music kept playing. 30 minutes later, I could see only
18、one-tenth of my screen while the rest was black. The next morning, I decided not to use it for 24 hours. I felt a sense of calm that day, which led to my not using it for one week. One week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone. Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge
19、. -Youll become ”bored” Without my phone, I became bored, but my mind when through all kinds of topics, Boredom (无聊) is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project. When you are bored, you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities. 一 Youll be able to reduce your work hours A
20、 survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartplhone, I fell into deep work no easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time. -Youll improve your mental health Without my phone, I avoided reading
21、negative (负面的) news and comment. While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health, the biggest reason for it Was truly communicating with people. It brought me more connections with humans in the real world. I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers. 31. W
22、hat happened to the writers smartphone? A. It was lost.B. It had no sound. C. Its music stopped playing.D. Its screen was mostly black. 32. How long did the writer stop using the phone in the end? A. For 24 hours.B. For one week. C. For one month.D. For sixty days. 33. Boredom is a good way for the
23、writer. A. to create new ideasB. to start a business C. to set up a projectD. lo relax the body 34. Without the smartphone, the writer could finish the work. A. more terriblyB. more quickly C. more carelesslyD. more comfortably 35. What can improve people s mental health according to the passage? A.
24、 Chatting on the phone.B. Reading negative news. C. Communicating in the real world.D. Avoiding meeting friends and strangers. B In a small village there was a middle-aged postman, who just tuned 20 years old and started delivering (投递) all kinds of happy or sad stories to each home day after day fo
25、r 50 kilometers. 20 years flew by, and so many changes took place, but the road from the post office to the village always hadnt had any tree and nothing but the flying dust (尘土) could be seen. “How long shall I go along this lonely road? As soon as he thought he must spend his life riding the bike
26、on the dusty road with no flower or tree, he felt somewhat sorry. One day when he finished delivering the letters and was ready to return, he happened to pass by a flower shop.“Right, thats i! He walked into the shop, bought a handful of wild flower seeds (种子), and from the next day on put these see
27、ds along the roadside. Thus, after one day, two days, one month, two month. he always kept putting the wild flower seeds along the roadside. Before long, on the lonely road, where he had come and gone for 20 years, grew up a lot of little flowers, in all seasons endlessly. For the villages, the flow
28、ers were more enjoyable than any mail the postman delivered in all his life. On the road without dust but full of petals (花瓣), the postman rode his bike, losing himself in the sweet smell and not feeling lonely and anxious any more. 36. How old was the postman when he started his job? A. About thirt
29、y years old.B. About twenty years old. C. Over forty years old.D. Over fifty years old. 37. What was the road like before? A. Covered with flowers.B. Covered with trees. C. Full of flying dust.D. Full of seeds. 38. What did the postman buy at the flower shop? A. Wild flowers.B. Bikes.C. Wild flower
30、seeds.D. Petals. 39. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. The villagers showed no interest in the flowers. B. The postman enjoyed the road full of flowers. C. The villagers helped buy the flower seeds. D. The postman still felt lonely in the end. 40. What does the writer want
31、 to express in this passage? A. Little things make a big difference. B. Failure is the mother of success. C. Practice makes perfect. D. Old habits die hard. C After opening a free online Harry Potter center in April, British writer J K. Rowling brings even more good news. In May, Rowling started wri
32、ting a new story calledThe Ickabog, which was free to read online to help amuse people who stayed at home because of COVID-19. The new story centers around a monster (怪物) known as the Ickabog, a fierce child-eating monster who lives in the northern tip of an imaginary land known as Cornucopia and ha
33、s super powers. Though the book is written for children, it is also fascinating to adults. It talks about many things, such as weak leadership, and suppression (镇压) of disagreement. “The Ickabogis a story about truth and the abuse (滥用) of power, Rowling wrote on the website. “The themes are timeless
34、 and could be used in any era or any country.” Rowling put the first two chapters online on May 26, with daily writing to follow until July 10. She is also planing to publish (出版) the book in print later this year and then give away the money from its sales to projects and organizations helping the
35、groups most influenced by COVID-19. 41. When did Rowling begin writing the new story The Ickabog online? A. In April.B. In May.C. In June.D. In July. 42. What does the underlined word “fierce in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A.凶猛的B.失落的C.善良的D.兴奋的 43. Which theme is mentioned in the storyThe Ickabog? A.
36、COVID-19.B. Good leadership.C. The abuse of power. D. Working together. 44. How did Rowling finishThe lckabog? A. She finished the whole story in one go.B. She wrote part of it every day online. C. She printed the story by herself.D. She told the whole story twice. 45. From the end of the passage,we
37、 can most probably learn Rowling is. A. HelpfulB. famousC. hard-workingD. powerful D Boyan Slat has been dreaming of cleaning up the worlds oceans for a long time. In 2010, he went on a diving (潜水) vacation in Greece and was shocked. “I saw more plastic bags than fish in the water, he said. From the
38、n on, Slat began to pay more attention to ocean pollution. He decided to give up higher education and set up the 0cean Cleanup, a non-government organization. Its purpose is to clean up ocean rubbish. He has set up the world s first ocean cleanup system (系统) with his team. Every year, over 8 million
39、 tons of plastic end up in our oceans, and it can take up to 500 years to break down. In 2018 , the World Economic Forum predicted that the weight of ocean plastic would match that of all the fish in our oceans by 2050. Sea animals easily get caught in plastic. They cant move. They can even die if t
40、hey eat it. Smaller plastic pieces can also enter the food chain (链) and end up in our bodies. Slats plan was to create an environmentally-friendly, large system to clear out plastic rubbish from the ocean. After seven years of tests, on October 2nd, 2019, a machine called System 001/B came out. It
41、successfully caught and collected a large amount of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean. Slat and his team are working to improve System 001/B. Their dream is to clear out 90 percent of all the ocean plastic by 2040. 46. What did Boyan Slat care more about after his vacation in Greece? A. Diving.B
42、. Plastic bags. C. Ocean pollution.D. Higher education. 47. How long does it take to break down 8 million tons of plastic? A. More than 7 years.B. Up to 30 years. C. Less than 40 years.D. About 500 years. 48.FromthepredictionoftheWorldEconomicForumin2018,wecan learn. A. little pollution ends up in t
43、he oceanB. ocean plastic pollution is serious C. animals prefer plasticD. people like sea food 49. How did System 001/B work? A. It collected much plastic rubbish in the ocean. B. It dealt with all the rubbish in the ocean. C. It cleared out rubbish everywhere. D. It cleared out 90% of the plastic.
44、50. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. Animals and humans.B. Plastic problems. C. Life in the future.D. Ocean cleanup. 第二部分(非选择题共 50 分) 注意事项: 第二部分共 2 页,用 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔答在答题卡上,不能答在试卷上。 三、完成对话(共 5 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 5 分) 根据对话内容,在每个空缺处填入一个适当的词,使整段对话意思完整。请把该空缺处 的词填写在答题卡相应的位置上。( 每空限填一词) A: Hey, Jimmy, what
45、s wrong? B: I had a fight with my best friend. He is upset. What should I do? A: Well, you could write him a51 B: I dont think52. Im just not good at writing letters. A: Maybe you should53him up. B: No, I dont want to talk about it on the phone. A: But you rally should talk to him so that you can sa
46、y youre sorry. B: Yes, I know I should, but its not easy. A: Hey, I know. You could take54in the ball game. B: That sounds great. He likes ball game. Thanks55your advice. A: My pleasure. 四、短文填空(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分) 通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后面的括号内选出可以填人短文空格处的词, 并将该词的字母代号(不写出该词)填写在答题卡相应的位置上。 On May 22, 2
47、021 , the whole nation were saddened by the news that Dr. Yuan Longping passed away. That afternoon, it was56in Changsha, Hunan Province. As the hearse ( 灵 车 ) went slowly through the streets , people said together “Grandpa Yuan, rest in peace over and over again. Some ran along,57to see him off for
48、 a longer time. Tears ran down their faces with the rain. Dr. Yuan Longping worked most of his life growing better rice. As a result of his research, the Chinese people are no longer58about getting hungry. For his contributions, Dr. Yuan is always called the “Father of Hybrid (杂交的) Rice by the Chine
49、se. Born in 1930, Dr. Yuan graduated from college in 1953. Years later, he decided to do59. on hybrid rice. From 1964 to 1969, he did more than 3, 000 experiments, but all 60. He never gave up. In 1974, he became the first agricultural (农业的) pioneer 61grow rice that had a high output in the world. D
50、r. Yuan Longping was good at English. Actually , he spoke English62he talked with foreign reporters. He liked swimming and playing the violin. He also wrote lyrics for a song to show his dream and63his love for his mother. Like our neighbour and friend, Dr. Yuan Longping was a64and caring man. He en