1、宁波市2021年初中学业水平考试英 语 试 题考生须知1. 全卷分试题卷、试题卷和答题卷。试题卷共8页，有6个大题，61个小题，满分为95分。考试时长为90分钟。2. 请将姓名、准考证号分别填写在试题卷和答题卷的规定位置上。 3. 答题时，把试题卷的答案在答题卷上对应的选项位置用2B铅笔涂黑、涂满。将试题卷答案用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔书写，答案必须按照题号顺序在答题卷各题目规定区域内作答，做在试题卷上或超出答题区域书写的答案无效。试 题 卷 一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。Larry seemed alw
2、ays silent and didnt have any friend. His teacher Mr. Brown _1_ this. One day, he asked Larry to meet him after class. Mr. Brown said, “I see that you dont talk to anyone or show any _2_ in anything. Whats wrong?” Larry replied, “Sir, I have a very _3_ life. I have to face some very sad incidents an
3、d I keep _4_ them. Because of this, I cant focus my attention on anything and dont even feel like talking to _5_.”Mr. Brown listened carefully, thought for a while and said, “Would you like some lemonade(柠檬汽水)?” Larry felt a little _6_ and nervously replied, “Yes, thank you!”While _7_ lemonade, Mr.
4、Brown added more salt on purpose and kept the quantity of sugar low. Larry made a _8_ face as soon as he drank a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. Brown asked, “You dont like it?”“Um its just there is a bit too much _9_ in it,” Larry answered. Mr. Brown stopped him, “Oh, it doesnt matter. I wil
5、l throw it away.” As the teacher was lifting the glass to _10_, Larry stopped him and said, “Sir, please dont throw it away. _11_ we put a little more sugar in the lemonade, it will be fine to drink.”Hearing this, Mr. Brown said _12_, “This is what I want to hear from you. To improve the _13_ of lem
6、onade, we dont need to remove the salt from it, we can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, we cannot remove sad things that have _14_ happened to us, but we can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keep on crying about your _15_, neither your present will be right nor the future w
7、ill be bright.”Larry realized his problem and promised to live a positive life. 1. A. enjoyed B. noticed C. believed D. forgot2. A. fear B. anger C. interest D. politeness3. A. simple B. difficult C. quiet D. common4. A. looking for B. learning from C. laughing at D. thinking about5. A. anybody B. s
8、omebody C. everybody D. nobody6. A. surprised B. tired C. bored D. shamed7. A. buying B. cooking C. preparing D. drinking8. A. serious B. friendly C. patient D. strange9. A. sugar B. water C. salt D. lemonade10. A. keep it away B. take it away C. drink it up D. use it up11. A. If B. Since C. Althoug
9、h D. Unless12. A. bravely B. coldly C. happily D. angrily13. A. taste B. color C. shape D. smell14. A. never B. already C. nearly D. seldom15. A. style B. habit C. decision D. past二、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共计30分）阅读下面材料, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。(A)Book review by JarradOn the weekend I read a totally am
10、azing book called The Adventures(历险记) of Siegfried and Hannah. It was such a cool book because it was full of magical journeys to many mysterious lands. You never knew where the characters were going to end up next. The main characters are a boy called Siegfried and his little sister Hannah. They ar
11、e always ready for a mysterious adventure every time they step out their door. The book contains twelve separate stories. I wont spoil it for you, but what I loved the most was that the main characters were just like real kids. They were the sort of kids that Id want to be friends with. I would real
12、ly recommend(推荐) that you read this book, especially if you like fairies, dragons, magic, adventures and surprises. It is the best book that I have read all year. There was nothing I did not like about this book, except that it should have been longer! 16. What did Jarrad think of this book?A. Commo
13、n. B. Amazing. C. Humorous D. Scary. 17. Who are the main readers for this book review?A. The students in Jarrads class. B. The teachers in Jarrads school.C. People who have read the book. D. Kids who are interested in adventures. 18. What does the cover of this book tell you?A. What the writers nam
14、e is. B. When the book came out. C. Who the main characters are. D. In which country the story happened(B)Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest(热带雨林)? Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earths surface, about six percent, but there are more kinds of tees than any other area in the who
15、le world. Tropical rainforests are in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and on the Pacific islands. The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon(亚马逊) Rainforest in South America, which covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometres. The second largest rainfores
16、t is in Western Africa. Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the “lungs of our planet” because it produces 20% of the worlds oxygen(氧气). One fifth of the worlds fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest. Furthermore, one half of the worlds species of an
17、imals, plants and insects live in the Earths rainforests. 80% of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest. 25% of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests. Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer. There are four different levels of tr
18、ees in a rainforest. The forest floor is the lowest layer full of animal life and receives the least amount of light. The understorey is the dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground. The canopy layer is the upper parts of most of the trees. The emergent layer contains a small numb
19、er of very tall trees. These different parts of a rainforest exist together to create an ecosystem for many animals, plants and human beings. 19. This passage is mainly about _. A. kinds of forest B. where rainforests areC. facts about rainforests D. how much oxygen rainforests make20. The Amazon Ra
20、inforest provides us with _ percent of the worlds oxygen.A. twenty B. twenty-five C. fifty D. eighty21. Where can we probably find a tropical rainforest according to the passage?A. In France. B. In China. C. In Canada. D. In Britain. 22. Which is the right picture to show four different levels of tr
21、ees in a rainforest? A. B. C. D.(C)Jason and his father were going to the grocery store by car to pick up some apples. It had been an unusual day. The sky was dark but there were few clouds. As they drove up the street, there started to be a rumbling(隆隆的) sound heard across the ground. Jasons father
22、 immediately realized that a tornado(龙卷风) was coming. He stopped the car and told Jason to get out immediately. Jason and his father got out of the car and made their way to the closest building. By this time the wind was blowing harder, and it was hard to see or hear. Debris was falling all over th
23、e place. Jason couldnt see his dad anymore. He also realized that he wasnt getting to the building fast enough. He was afraid he would be picked up by the wind and thrown into the air. As he made his way towards the building, he noticed a field to his right. He could see an irrigation ditch(灌溉渠). In
24、 a panic, he scrambled(爬) to the ditch and lay flat on the ground. More debris and objects flew overhead. His heart was beating hard, and he was nervous. He had never been in a tornado before. After a while, the winds died down and the loud roaring sound was gone. Jason slowly lifted his head and ne
25、rvously looked around. What he saw was a great mess. Jason could hardly recognize the buildings in front of him because of all the damage. He stood up and with shaky legs walked to the building. Once there, he pushed the door open and went inside. It was a public building owned by the city. It was e
26、mpty, but Jason could hear noises further inside. He walked into the large room and saw his dad. He ran across the room and gave him a big hug. “Jason! How are you? Ive been worried sick about you!” said his father. “I couldnt find you anywhere!”Jason breathed a sigh of a relief(松了一口气) and sat down.
27、 He did have a story to tell!23. From Paragraph 1, we can get the _ of the story. A. background B. development C. climax (most exciting part)D. ending24. Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?Jason nervously looked around from the irrigation ditch. Jason ran across the r
28、oom and gave his father a big hug. Jason got out of the car. Jason noticed a field to his right. A. B. C. D. 25. The underlined word “Debris” in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. parts of the tornado B. apple pies C. broken pieces D. drop of rain26. The story tells us that when we are in danger, _.A.
29、we should wait patiently until help comes B. we should work hard to make our dreams come true C. we should be brave enough to change nature D. we should be quick-thinking and believe in ourselves(D)Have you ever bought something and then changed your mind? For Alison Jenson, 15, this used to happen
30、several times a week. Alison was a shopaholic. She just couldnt stop shopping and she loved special offers. Alisons bedroom is full of stuff. “Ive been to every shop in Birmingham, I think,” says Alison. She picks up some earrings. The labels are still on them. “These were half price,” she says. “Iv
31、e never won them.” Alisons problem wasnt just jewellery. She also bought a lot of clothes, though not many shoes, because they were usually too expensive. She has also bought lots of other small things like 20 new covers for her phone. She hasnt used any of them. According to experts, we all feel ex
32、cited after we buy something new. For shopaholics, its a little different. Soon after they buy something, they think theyve made a mistake and start to feel unhappy. So they buy themselves something else to feel happier. Psychologists(心理学家) first described the problems of shopaholics in 1915. Howeve
33、r, there was very little research on the subject until recently. Now, doctors think thousands of people suffer from the problem, and the situation is getting worse. There are also more teenage shopaholics now, although most young people dont have enough money to go shopping very regularly. Alison kn
34、ew she had a problem. “I often bought something every day. Usually it was something small, but I just needed to buy it,” she says. “I spent money that I got for my birthday, and when I was short of cash, I borrowed money from friends or my parents. When I couldnt go shopping, I felt anxious. Then on
35、e day, my parents just looked at all the stuff in my room and said, This is crazy! I knew they were right.” I needed some big changes in my life. Alison now gets help with her problem and feels she has changed. She no longer thinks shes a shopaholic. “When I want to buy something in a shop, I ask my
36、self two questions,” she says. “Do I need it? Can I afford it? The answer to both questions is usually no, so I walk away. Its great!”27. What do experts say about shopaholics?A. Shopaholics feel sad when they are shopping. B. Shopaholics soon feel unhappy after they have bought something. C. Shopah
37、olics feel more excited than other people when they shop. D. Shopping is the only way shopaholics can feel happy. 28. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refers to _.A. psychologists B. doctors C. Alisons parents D. Alisons friends29. Which word can best describe Alisons feeling at the end of
38、the passage? A. Glad. B. Worried. C. Embarrassed. D. Moved. 30. The best title for the passage above might be _.A. Shop Till You Drop! B. Shopping Makes Me Happy!C. Youd Better Shop Less ! D. I Can Stop Shopping Now! 三、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）下面是一幅关于提高说话技巧的结构图。请你根据结构图提供的信息，将选项中的小标题（A-F）与相应的段落匹配。选项中有
39、一项为多余选项。Get a good ideaChoose a topic carefully. You can talk more easily about something you like and know about.31. _Its better to say less. Choose a few good ideas and think about Beforethe talkhow to communicate them clearly to your audience(听众; 观众).32. _ BEGINNING: Think of an interesting way t
40、o begin. MDDLE: Think carefully about this part of your talk.END: People often remember the ending best, so plan this part How to Givea Good Talkof your talk first.33. _ Write your main ideas on a card. It helps you remember your talk while practicing. When you can do it easily without notes, then y
41、oure ready.34. _Whenyou dothe talkTalk more slowly than you usually do but speak more loudly than usual. Make sure that everyone can hear you easily.35. _ Talk to your audience, not to your hands or to the floor. Look around the room at peoples faces and check theyre listening.A. Dont try to say too
42、 much B. Dont speak too fast C. Make notes and prepare D. Plan your talk E. Look up not down F. Finish on time试 题 卷 四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）A. 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释, 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。 36. Its not safe to leave a baby in a car by _ (它自己). 37. The big tree over there is probably one _ (百) years old. 38.
43、 Mike often _ (收集) stamps and plays basketball in his spare time. 39. Traditional Chinese _ (药) has been playing an important role in treating COVID-19. 40. I often see an old man with _ (灰色) hair sweeping the road near my school. 41. People around the world can hardly _ (避免) buying products made in
44、 China. 42. To help my parents live a better life is_ (确切地) what I want. 43. If we dont protect the environment well, well be _ (惩罚) sooner or later. 44. Yuan Longping, the “Father of Hybrid Rice”, won many_ (奖) for his rice research. 45. Of the three cities, Ningbo, our hometown, is the _ (生机勃勃的).
45、B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）。mean helpful tooth without wiseDo you know that we are using up the Earths fresh water faster than we can replace it? We need water to stay alive and if we dont use water 46 , we will run out!Water is needed for just about everything we do. We need it to farm, to wash
46、, to provide power, to control fires and most importantly to drink. 47 water, we would all die. So we should all save water if we want to have enough to stay alive. Using less water 48 saving money and saving energy. Saving water is EASY. Here are some 49 tips:* Have shorter showers and only half fill the bath. * Turn the tap off while you soap your hands or brush your 50 .* Fix any taps or hoses(软管) that drip every drop counts!五、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共计10分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Susan was tired of havi
