1、 初三英语试卷 第1页（共 10 页） 石景山区石景山区 2020202020202 21 1 学年第一学期学年第一学期初三初三期末试卷期末试卷 英英 语语 学校学校_姓名姓名_准考证号准考证号_ 考考 生生 须须 知知 1. 本试卷为闭卷考试，共 10 页，满分 60 分，考试时间为 90 分钟。 2. 请在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校名称、姓名和准考证号。 3. 试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。答题卡上的选择题用 2B 铅笔规范填涂，其他试题用黑色签字笔作答。 4. 考试结束后，请将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 知识运用知识运用 （共（共 14 分）分） 一、单项填空（共 6
2、分，每小题 0.5 分） 从下列各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Mr. Cooper is very popular, and we all enjoy _ classes. A. his B. her C. their D. your 2. Happy birthday, Jack! Here is a gift _ you. Thanks. Thats very nice of you. A. from B. for C. on D. in 3. Put on your warm clothes before you go out, _ you
3、 may have a cold. A. or B. so C. but D. and 4. You _ cross the road when the traffic lights are red. A. couldnt B. wouldnt C. mustnt D. neednt 5. _ do you go to the cinema, Li Wen? Once a month. A. How many B. How much C. How often D. How soon 6. Zhong Nanshan is one of _ scientists in China. A. fam
4、ous B. more famous C. most famous D. the most famous 7. Life is like a mirror. If you smile at it, it _ back. A. has smiled B. will smile C. smiled D. is smiling 8. I _ an online test when my mum walked in. A. do B. will do C. was doing D. am doing 9. They _ each other since Lily left Beijing last y
5、ear, but they stay in touch. A. dont see B. didnt see C. wont see D. havent seen 10. What is your little sister doing, Tom? She _ with her toys now. A. will play B. is playing C. plays D. played 初三英语试卷 第2页（共 10 页） 11. Chinese spacecraft Change 5 _ into space on November 24th, 2020. A. sends B. sent
6、C. is sent D. was sent 12. Do you know _? At 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. A. when our class meeting began B. when did our class meeting begin C. when our class meeting will begin D. when will our class meeting 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。 Families That Care
7、, Care about Families. My 10th Christmas was the one that I was not looking forward to. Money was limited. Mom said we were old enough now not to expect 13 . “How can I even wear the same old dress one more time?” I 14 to my sister. “I know,” said my sister. “I have asked for a horse forever but it
8、never happens.” The next day, Mom told us that she had been saving up and shopping around so that we could give the Walters family a Christmas basket. “If anyone needs some 15 , its the Walters,” Mom reminded us. Looking like a family of hobos (流浪汉), the Walters could hardly afford their food. I not
9、iced that Mom had prepared a small gift for each of the children. How could Mom be so generous (慷慨的) with someone elses kids when we didnt have enough? We 16 the basket to the Walters, knocked hard on the door and then ran fast to hide behind a tree. When the family came out and picked up the basket
10、, I saw their faces. They looked happy. But mostly, they looked like, well, like they were thinking, maybe we do belong here. Christmas morning arrived. 17 , I received a beautiful dress and my sister got a horse! “Mom, how did you manage to do all this?” I asked. “We were 18 for a no-present Christ
11、mas.” “Oh, everybody helped. Mrs. Olsen at the dress shop sold me your gift at half price. Mrs. Marshall paid me to hang up her tree lights. Mr. Jones gave us one of his horses because we got your sister to love it. And the Larsens, down the way, 19 some of their pasture (牧场) for us to keep the hors
12、e.” “But the Walters dont have anything to give in return.” “Doesnt matter who can or cant give. If we just listen to our hearts, the right gifts will end up with the right families,” Mom said. That was the Christmas that I learned about the magic of 20 . The “belonging” feeling was more valuable th
13、an any of the gifts. And I thought families that care, care about families. All families. 初三英语试卷 第3页（共 10 页） 13. A. gifts B. trees C. games D. holidays 14. A. explained B. complained C. introduced D. repeated 15. A. advice B. choices C. lessons D. cheer 16. A. covered B. delivered C. changed D. chec
14、ked 17. A. Surprisingly B. Proudly C. Confidently D. Carefully 18. A. absent B. eager C. ready D. late 19. A. visited B. offered C. watered D. sold 20. A. understanding B. expecting C. exchanging D. giving 阅读理解阅读理解 （共（共 36 分）分） 三、阅读理解（共 26 分，每小题 2 分） 阅读下面的四篇短文，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。
15、A Interesting Festivals around the World Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a festival of hot air balloons. It happens in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA during early October every year. The Balloon Fiesta is a nine day event, and has about 750 balloons
16、. It is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world. Battle of the Oranges This festival includes a tradition of throwing oranges between groups. It is the largest food fight in Italy. There are normally thousands of people divided into 9 teams. They throw oranges at each other during the trad
17、itional carnival (狂欢节) days. The carnival happens in February. It sure is a fun party! Songkran Water Festival The Thai New Year festival falls on some of the hottest days in Thailand, and people celebrate it by throwing water on each other. Sometimes people put colors on each others faces for good
18、luck. Elephants can also join them! Songkran is the Thai New Years national holiday in April. People get a few days off to travel home. La Tomatina It started the last Wednesday of August in 1945 in a town in the east of Spain. And the date hasnt changed. People throw tomatoes at each other just for
19、 fun. The fight usually lasts for an hour. Fire trucks will clean the streets afterwards. 初三英语试卷 第4页（共 10 页） 21. When is Battle of the Oranges? A. In February. B. In April. C. In August. D. In October. 22. Where does Sonkran Water Festival happen? A. In Mexico. B. In America. C. In Thailand. D. In S
20、pain. 23. What do people do on La Tomatina? A. They fly lots of hot air balloons. B. They pass oranges between groups. C. They throw tomatoes at each other. D. They put colours on each others faces. B It was Willie, the parrot, who saved the life of two-year-old Hannah. The young child was eating wh
21、en something got stuck in her throat (喉咙). Hannahs babysitter, Megan Howard, was in the bathroom at the time. She suddenly heard the bird screaming (尖叫) and making noises with its wings. “Then he started saying mama baby over and over and over again until I came out.” Megan said. Megan saw that Hann
22、ahs face was blue. Megan was quickly able to remove the food from Hannahs throat, but she says that Willie is the real hero. Willie was the one who later received an award for saving Hannahs life. When he was eight weeks old, Buddy, a little dog, came to live with Joe Stalnaker. Stalnaker sometimes
23、experiences seizures (癫痫) that make him unable to move easily. Stalnaker taught his new dog to bring him the phone when he started to experience a seizure. Stalnaker also trained Buddy to hit the phone to call 911. So when Stalnaker had a really bad seizure one day, Buddy was the one who called for
24、help and began making sounds into the phone. Doctors arrived within minutes and found Stalnaker. They took him to the hospital where he recovered. Stalnaker later said this about Buddy: “Hes my world. Hes my best friend, no question. Hes always there, and I just hope I can be as good to him as hes b
25、een to me.” a parrot 初三英语试卷 第5页（共 10 页） One night, there was a gas leak (煤气泄漏) at Keeslings home. The family was sleeping. Their cat, Winnie, began to push her owners and made loud meowing (喵) sounds. “It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming,” said Cathy Keesling. Keesling woke up and was
26、 already feeling sick. It was hard for her to wake up her husband and son because they already breathed in a large amount of gas. But thanks to their heroic cat Winnie, Keesling was able to call 911 and get help before anyone was hurt. The family says that Winnie is the one who saved their lives. 24
27、. How did Willie save Hannahs life? A. He removed the food from Hannahs mouth quickly. B. He made unusual noises to get Megans attention. C. He flew into the bathroom to ask Megan for help. D. He pushed Hannah and made a meowing sound. 25. What did Buddy do when Stalnaker had a seizure? A. He tried
28、to move Stalnaker. B. He took him to the hospital. C. He hit the phone to call 911. D. He called Stalnakers friend. 26. What can we learn from the passage? A. Animals are cleverer than humans. B. Animals can be life savers for humans. C. Animals can sense better than humans. D. Animals are brave eno
29、ugh to face danger. C You Can Be a World Memory Champion! Every year, people with amazing memory skills compete in an event called the World Memory Championships. The tasks require huge powers of memory retention: remembering the order of 52 cards in a deck (副); memorizing the names of 110 people af
30、ter looking at their pictures; and other tasks. Completing any of these tasks may not seem easy for the normal person, but scientific proof seems to show that even someone with normal skills can, through 初三英语试卷 第6页（共 10 页） training, improve his or her memory skills and become a memory champion. One
31、memory champion explained his methods of recalling the order of the cards in a deck. Firstly, he connected a person, an action and a thing with each card. For example, the king of hearts is Elvis Presley, eating, a chocolate sandwich. The three of spades (黑桃) is Rocky Balboa, boxing, Madison Square
32、Garden. The ten of hearts is William Shakespeare, writing Hamlet, a broken pen. Take a person from the first card, an action from the second card, and a thing from the third card so that any group of three cards creates a vivid (生动的) image that is easier to recall. For example: king-ten-three become
33、s Elvis Presley writing Hamlet in Madison Square Garden a memorable image. Still, even having created images for each group of three cards, it is difficult to keep them in order. This is done using the loci method, or what some call a “Memory Palace” a term created by Frances Yates in his 1966 book
34、The Art of Memory which is a simple but effective method discovered by the ancient Greeks. But are there people with naturally amazing memories? The winner of the 2011 World Memory Championships was 21-year-old Chinese Wang Feng. He said he had a “normal memory as a child,” and no special talent exc
35、ept for the hard work and attention to detail. Although many still think that people have either good or bad memories from birth, that need not be true. By using the methods of grouping, connecting with vivid images, and the loci method, we can all improve our memories. Who knows you might even beco
36、me the next World Memory Champion! 27. According to Paragraph 2, ten-king-three can create an image of _. A. William Shakespeare eating in Madison Square Garden B. Hamlet eating a chocolate sandwich with a broken pen C. Rocky Balboa writing Hamlet with a broken pen D. Elvis Presley boxing in Madison
37、 Square Garden 28. Why is loci method useful for memorizing the cards? A. It connects the images with their time order. B. It reorganizes the cards to build a vivid palace. C. It uses the terms from a book to create a new image. 初三英语试卷 第7页（共 10 页） D. It helps memorize the order of the three-card gro
38、ups. 29. Whats the writers main purpose in writing this passage? A. To praise the winners of the World Memory Championship. B. To help people win the World Memory Championship. C. To show a good memory is more a matter of training. D. To explain methods of remembering a deck of cards. D In recent ye
39、ars, there has been a general direction for new buildings to be more environmentally friendly. These buildings use energy and water nicely, reducing waste and pollution. However, setting up solar panels and water recycling systems involves higher costs than in a traditional building. The question is
40、 whether people are willing to pay these additional costs. One school in the UK has shown us that environmental principles (原则) are just as important to small projects as to large ones. Howe Dell primary school has its own wind turbine (风力发电机) to produce energy, uses rainwater to wash toilets, and u
41、ses desks made from recycled materials. These environmental parts of the building are relatively inexpensive, and over the life of the building, should provide a large return for the early costs. They also perform as valuable teaching materials when educating students about the environment. Another
42、example in the UK is a private house in Wales, known as the “Hobbit House”. It is made from wood and the walls are made from straw. Solar panels provide electricity for lighting and electrical equipment. Water is supplied directly from a nearby river and is also collected from the rain for use in ga
43、rden to avoid wasting clean water. Houses like this one are green because they do not use oil or gas, but instead use renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power. However, critics of these kinds of environmentally friendly building say that while they may be good for the environment, there
44、 are practical problems with their affordability, as they are too expensive to become a method of construction (建筑) that can be widely used. There are further worries about their long-term efficiency. Not much energy can be produced by solar panels in the UK, and not every location has natural water
45、 source. In order to pay for environmentally friendly construction and produce an affordable building, compromises have solar panels 初三英语试卷 第8页（共 10 页） to be made. These may be that the building will have to be smaller or made of less durable materials and with less energy-hungry technology. The ben
46、efits for constructing green buildings are clear. The United Nations Environment Programme believes that the construction accounts for (占据) 30-40% of energy use in the world. We need to reduce this energy use for the good of the Earth. However, it remains to be seen whether we are now able to accept
47、 the cost and practical problems of producing and living in environmentally friendly buildings. 30. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A. People are not willing to pay for green buildings. B. Its affordable for big buildings to set up solar panels. C. Wind turbines can produce enough energy for lig
48、hting. D. Environmental principles are meaningful to big and small projects. 31. The word “compromises” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”. A. measurements B. agreements C. suggestions D. inventions 32. The writer probably agrees that green buildings _. A. can not be constructed widely B. may not be
49、as green as they seem C. are too expensive to be constructed D. are worthy though there are problems 33. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Are Green Buildings Too Costly? B. Do Green Buildings Last for Long? C. Green Buildings: A New Method of Construction D. Green B
50、uildings: A Better Way to Produce Energy 四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 （共 10 分，每小题 2 分） HUTONG Every year thousands of tourists come to China. They come to see the great sights of the Great Wall and the Forbidden City but often it is the hutongs that leave the strongest impression(印象), as they offer travelers
