1、2024-2025学年广东省珠海市紫荆中学初三下学期中考模拟（最后一模）英语试题注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 单项选择1、President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to many countries around the world last year. He was welcomed wherever h
2、e went.AstronglyBterriblyCseriouslyDwarmly2、_ good advice she provided! It did help me a lot!AHow aBWhat aCHowDWhat3、The competition is coming, but the players level is still a little low. -Dont worry. The coach will _ to train for it.Aput in more effortBput to better useCput on more weight4、I _ /hp
3、/ you have a good trip.AkeepBhomeChopeDhelp5、To make your DIY work perfect, youd better get all the tools ready _ you start.AsinceBbeforeCwhenDafter6、-Did you find the small village yesterday?-Yes, without any difficulty, for it has_ changed over years.AhardlyBratherCquiteDalmost7、 Mom, Ive just sig
4、ned a big box by Express (快递). What did you buy?I havent bought anything these days. It_ be a present from your aunt. But Im not sure.AmustBshouldCmight8、 My house is very near a busy street. So it _ be very quiet.Amay notBmustntCcan t9、Its one thing to have a dream, but quite _ to realize it.Aanoth
5、erBotherCeveryDeach10、You must promise me that youll survive, that you wont give up, no matter what happens, no matter _ hopeless.AwhatBwhenChowDwho. 完形填空11、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。Johnny Sylvester, eleven years old, was in hospital. Several da
6、ys before, 1 he was playing in a football game, he 2 and his head hit the ground. The doctors believed that he might never get well.“He seems to have _ hope. So medicine wont help. Perhaps he needs something else,” said one of the doctors. “When I visit Johnny, all he ever says is that he would like
7、 to meet Babe Ruth.”To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not possible. Babe Ruth was as important a man in America as the president _, and he was the most famous baseball player in the game.The next day, Johnnys father 3 to tell Babe Ruth about the story of Johnny on the phone. Twenty-four hours 4 that
8、, in walked Babe Ruth. Young Johnny couldnt believed it really was the Babe.Babe Ruth sat down at Johnnys bedside and said, “ Now listen, kid, youve got to get well. Ive 5 you a new American League baseball. You must start throwing it.”Johnny said_, and his eyes were in admiration at the great man.F
9、or Johnny this was the beginning of a new life, once he thought he would never see. To the surprise of his doctors, young Sylvester went out of the hospital on his own 6 a few weeks later. He was also able to live a healthy life- all because of the 7 of Babe Ruth.1Awhile Bwhen Cbefore Dafter2Afell B
10、stopped Cran Djumped3Awaken up Bpicked up Cput up Dgiven up4Ahim Bhimself Che Dhis5Atried Bmanaged Cimproved Ddecided6Athough Bsince Cafter Dbefore7Afetched Bcaught Ctaken Dbrought8Anothing Banything Ceverything Dsomething9Ashoes Blegs Cfeet Dsocks10Areply Bpresent Cphoto Dsucces. 语法填空12、There is a
11、special kind of hotel in Quebec, Canada. It has a bar, a church, a shop and a small movie theater.These things are not unusual. But this hotel is only open from J1to March every year. Why? Because it is 2 (make)of ice and snow! When the weather 3 (get) warm, the hotel melts (融化) and closes. Every wi
12、nter, the hotel owners 4 (build) the hotel again.Everything in the Ice Hotel is made of ice and snow. All the furniture, such as the 5 ( table) and chairs, is made of ice, even the beds are made of ice! So people use special sleeping bags on the ice beds. Inside the Ice Hotel, the temperature is abo
13、ut 3 degrees blew zero.When people sleep, the sleeping bags keep them w6. In the morning, they can have a hot breakfast. After breakfast, people can enjoy winter activities. They can go skiing or ice fishing, or they can go s 7 in the dining room. A8the end of the day, people can relax at the bar. T
14、hey can have drinks in glasses made of ice. Many people e 9the Ice Hotel every year, but they can only enjoy it for a short time b 10it melts again. 阅读理解A13、1The book is suitable for_ATom, 5 years oldBNick, 10 years oldCSue, 7 years old2_ customers like the book very much.A32B2C83Which of the follow
15、ing is NOT true?AIf we want to get the book, we should pay for12 .BThe book was written in English and French.CThere are more than 60 simple recipes show us how to make nice food.B14、Youre in a department store and you see two fashionable young women, looking at a sweater. You listen to their conver
16、sation:“I cant believe ita Lorenzo Bertolla! They are hard to find. Its much cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”They leave and you go over to see this sweater. Youve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really fashionable. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize t
17、hat those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.Every day we notice what people are wearing, drinking and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of
18、 undercover marketing (秘密行销). Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it. It can reach people that dont pay attention to traditional advertising. For example, consumers between the age of 18 and 34. They have a lot of money to spend, but they dont believe ads.So advertising agencies hire (雇佣
19、) young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but the marketing manager Jonathan Reseller calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing”根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。1Why do the two fash
20、ionable young women make the conversation in the store?ABecause they want to buy the clothes.BBecause they are the owners of the store.CBecause they want to draw other customers attention.DBecause they are excited to find the clothes.2What is Lorenzo Bertolla?AThe name of a clothing store.BThe brand
21、 name of a sweater.CThe name of a fashionable girl.DThe name of an advertising agency.3The undercover marketing mainly aims at .Ateenagers Bthe oldCyoung adults Dyoung women4According to the passage, which sentence is wrong?AThe two fashionable young women are hired by an advertising agency.BSome co
22、mpanies begin to use the undercover marketing.CThe customers between 18 and 34 dont believe the ads.DThe undercover marketing is not as good as the traditional advertising.5Whats the passage mainly about?ALorenzo Bertolla clothes.BUndercover marketing.CTraditional advertising.DCompanies about Ford a
23、nd Nike.C15、 Most people may think that people who write computer code (代码) must be good at Maths and logical (逻辑的) thinking. However, people who write computer code say that creativity is also important for writting code.Software developers (开发者) in the USA have created a game called Osmo Coding Ja
24、m. The game is designed to help children use the creative side of their minds when learning to code. Children can play the game on iPads.Tanya Dodge is the mother of two children who play the game. According to her, these activities give her children important skills for the future. “Its an analytic
25、al (分析的) skill,” said Dodge.But the developers believe writing code is not just an analytical skill. “We want to explore the creative side of coding that I think is often not as explored,” said Felix Hu, an Osmo engineer. Hu added, “The coolest part is that were teaching kids how to be creative with
26、 code and thats a really important thing that kids should get comfortable with because coding is creative.”Hu also sees many parents who feel that software code is a second language that children need to learn to succeed in future jobs. Tanya Dodge agrees. She said, “l think youre going to have to u
27、nderstand the idea of coding will work well in the future.” Hu also explains that very often kids grow up not understanding how a computer works. He says by breaking it down to a lower level, kids can understand that the computer isnt as smart as they think it is.1What is Osmo Coding Jam designed fo
28、r?ATraining kids logical thinking.BHelping kids learn to code fast.CHelping children learn Maths well.DHelping kids become more creative.2What does Tanya Dodge think of Osmo Coding Jam?AIt needs to be improved.BIt can help kids play well.CIt is of great help to todays kids.DIt is not perfect in trai
29、ning kids analytical skills.3What can we learn from the passage?AIf someone doesnt learn Maths well, he or she cant write code.BCreativity comes from writing code in daily life.CWriting code is just a skill which helps kids to analyze things well.DA lot of parents agree that software code will be us
30、eful for their kids future jobs.4The writer wrote this passage _.Ato tell how to learn to code wellBto tell about a new game for kidsCto encourage kids to learn to study wellDto show the importance of creativityD16、When the great library of Alexandria was burned, the story goes, one book was saved.
31、It was not a valuable book, and so a poor man bought it for a few copper coins (铜钱). Between its pages there was something very interesting. It was a thin paper on which was written the secret of the touchstone!The touchstone was a small pebble (卵石) that could turn any common metal into gold. The wr
32、iting explained that it was among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: the real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles. He thought that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and put th
33、em down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea.He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.The days became weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, he picked up a pebble and it was warm
34、. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, its easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it
35、is at hand. And its just as easy to throw it away.1The poor man bought the book because _.Ait was very cheap Bit was of great valueCthere was a secret in the book Dhe wanted to find the touchstone2According to the story, the touchstone_.Ais a big pebble Bfeels coldCis magic Dis pure gold3The man thr
36、ew pebbles into the sea _.Ato test how far he could throw Bto practice throwing pebblesCto avoid picking up the same pebble Dto express his disappointment4What message does the story want to tell us?ACareful habits can lead to success. BHabits can benefit you but also hold you back.CNever judge a pe
37、rson or a thing by appearance. DOpportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind.E17、No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. He decided to dig a tunnel (隊道）into the k
38、ings palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length (长度）of its string (线).In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be.His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.Kites have been flown
39、 in Japan for hundreds of years. In the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. Today in Japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite fest
40、ivals are held each year in many parts of the country.Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. In 1752，Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s，Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite t
41、o test ideas about flight. From 1898 until 1933，the United States Weather Bureau (气象局） used box kites to collect weather data. The Wright brothers also experimented (试验）with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.1Why did Han Xin want to dig a tunnel?ATo pull down
42、 the palace. BTo fight against the king.CTo search for the kings treasure. DTo find out the length of the kite string.2What does the underlined word “determine” in Paragraph 1 probably mean in Chinese?A测定 B选择 C了解 D考察3One of the purposes of flying kites in Japan is_.Ato give thanks for a good harvest
43、 in summerBto express good wishes to the first-born daughterCto celebrate the beginning of a new yearDto hold kite festivals all over the country4When did the United States Weather Bureau begin to use box kites?AIn 1752. BIn 1898. CIn 1903. DIn 1933.5What would be the best title for the text?AThe Hi
44、story of Kites BThe Experiments of KitesCThe Invention of a Kite DThe First Record of a KiteF18、Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was showed in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her help as for her acting.Born in Belgiu
45、m in 1929, Audreys father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World war , she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during c
46、ollege. But when she returned to London after the war she realized she wasnt going to be a ballet dancer. So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.But it was Audrey Hepburns move to America that made her truly famous. In 1951 she played the character “Gigi” in the Broadway play Gigi and won popular praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was “Hoolly Golinghtly” in Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1961. Three years later she played “Eliza Doo
