定西2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初三英语

1、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。

【1】作为一名护士，她的工作远远不止照顾病人。

As a nurse, her work ________________________ of patients.

【2】孙俪是个好演员，在多部影片中成功地扮演了各种角色。

Sun Li is such a good ________________________ playing different roles in many films.

【3】如果你不独立完成作业，那就是浪费生命。

It is really ________________________ you do your homework by yourself.

【4】那家极具地方特色的小饭店吸引了大量游客的注意。

The small restaurant __________________________________________ of a large number

of tourists

【5】这份工作对他来说比其他什么都重要。

This job ________________________ than anything else.

【6】相当多的四十多岁的成年人是听邓丽君的歌长大的。

Quite a lot of adults ________________________________________ Teresa Deng’s songs.

2、—Is that woman Mrs. Yang?

—No, she ________ be Mrs. Yang. Mrs. Yang has gone to Shanghai.

A．can't

B．needn't

C．mustn't

D．won't

3、Spud Web, ________ NBA player, was ________ shortest of the team in 1985.

A．a; an

B．a; the

C．an; /

D．an; the

4、Look at the sheep ________ eating grass over there. They belong to Uncle Bob.

A.that is B.which are C.what are

5、Our country is getting better and better, all the Chinese people ______ our government.

A．educate

B．lift

C．attend

D．support

6、--It's very kind of you to help me. Thank you very much.

--__________

A. Thank you   B. Don't thank me

C. Sorry to help you little   D. You are welcome

7、Mary doesn’t know ___________.

A. what she is going to do next   B. what was she going to do next

C. what is she going to do next   D. what she was going to do next

8、The dream of flying up into space has _____.

A. come true B. come into being C. come back D. come in

9、—________ is it since the Communist Party of China was founded?

—100 years. It’s her 100th birthday this year.

A．How often

B．How far

C．How long

D．How soon

10、The teacher told us that light ________ faster than sound.

A．traveled

B．traveling

C．travels

D．travel

11、The children___ play football on the road.

A．can't B．can

C．mustn't   D．must

12、—Michelle, have you kept exercising recently? You look much slimmer now.

—Thanks. _________!

A．Not really

B．You are welcome

C．That’s all right

D．You made my day

13、—What do you usually do in your spare time?

—I often go to our community library. It ________ for three years in order to encourage us to read more.

A．opens

B．has opened

C．has been opened

D．has been open

14、If you spit in some countries, you could_______in prison.

A.look up B.cut up C.end up D.put up

15、The clothes shop is _____ the right side ____ the street.

A. at, in B. for, of   C. on, of

16、 —I could   believe my eyes when I came to Nanjing last year.

—Yes. Great changes have taken place in the past few years.

A. hard   B. hardly C. almost   D. nearly

17、After so many experiments，Susan was finally awarded_____ scientist of the year．

A.creative B.more creative

C.most creative D.the most creative

18、 If there __________ no buying and selling of animals , there __________ no killing .

A. will be , is   B. will be , will be

C. is , will be D. is , is

19、—Listen ! Helen is singing in the next room.

It ____ be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.

A. can’t   B. mustn’t C. may D. neen`t

20、He had tried many ways, but still ________ to lose his weight.

A．refused

B．failed

C．decided

D．requested

21、In Switzerland, if you’re even 10 minutes late, your friend may get mad.

A．sad

B．happy

C．angry

D．painful

22、(Mrs. Poole, a 77-year-old dancer, has just won “Best Ballet（芭蕾舞）Dancer of the city.)

ZHANG HUA: Congratulations! Could I ask you some questions?

MRS. POOLE: 【1】

ZHANG HUA: When did you start to learn ballet?

MRS. POOLE: 【2】

ZHANG HUA: It must be very difficult to become a good dancer. Did you think of giving up?

MRS. POOLE: Yes, it was in my thirties.

ZHANG HUA: 【3】

MRS. POOLE: Because I thought I was too old for ballet, but I’m still dancing now.

ZHANG HUA: Cool! 【4】

MRS. POOLE: It is not only a kind of dance, but also a lifelong job. Ballet is my life.

ZHANG HUA: How you love it! 【5】

MRS. POOLE: Certainly not. Do what you love to do. It’s the secret to success.

ZHANG HUA: Thank you! Nice talking with you!

A．Sure, you can.

B．I started at the age of seven.

C．I really can’t agree with you.

D．What does ballet mean to you?

E．Why did you want to stop dancing then?

F．Would you mind giving me some advice?

23、W：Hi, Michael! Would you like to do something with me on Sunday?

M：Sure! 【1】

W：I don't know. Do you have any ideas?

M：【2】

W：It sounds good to me. Which movie shall we see?

M：Ice Age 4?

W：【3】 It's for kids and it's boring. How about Met a Doctor Brown? I hear it's quite a funny movie.

M：OK! Let's go to see that. When will it be on?

W：【4】 Shall we have something to eat before the movie?

M：Sure. What about going to the new Italian restaurant?

W：【5】 Let's meet there at 6：00.

M：OK! See you!

A．I don't love it a lot.

B．What shall we do?

C．Great idea!

D．I love it very much.

E．It'll be on at 8：00 this Saturday.

F．Why don't we see a movie?

24、Charlie Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family was very poor, and life was difficult. Charles often wandered (流浪) the city streets to look for food and shelter. Charlie used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.

At the age of 17, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.

From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. He won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period. He is regarded as “The King of Comedy”.

Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got the US nationality (国籍). Then Chaplin, his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.

【1】Charlie Chaplin used to do his mother's job in the theatre when   .

A. he wanted to eat something

B. his mother was ill

C. he wandered the city streets

D. he had nothing to do

【2】Charlie Chaplin went to the USA at the age of   .

A. 10 B. 17 C. 24 D. 28

【3】The third paragraph mainly tells us   .

A. the Chaplin family

B. Chaplin’s personal details(细节）

C. Chaplin’s first real job

D. Chaplin’s acting career（生涯）

【4】Chaplin and his family had to move to Switzerland because   .

A. he didn’t get US nationality

B. he got a new job there

C. he was born there

D. he made a film there

25、Nature is very magic. Many things can produce electricity. Not only lightning but some animals also produce electricity. For example, some fish produce enough electricity to hurt other animals while others produce electricity to avoid being hurt.

People have tried many ways to produce electricity. Let’s look at some inventions that use and produce electricity.

【1】How does the writer tell us many things in nature can produce electricity?

A．By telling us a story.

B．By making a list of numbers.

C．By answering questions.

D．By giving examples.

【2】Who did the brothers’ factory mainly help?

A．Farmers.

B．Workers.

C．Teachers.

D．Drivers.

【3】What can we know from the material?

A．In 1880, Thomas Newcomen created electricity.

B．Alessandro Volta invented the first train engine.

C．Some fish can produce electricity to protect themselves.

D．Thomas Edison made the light bulb after weeks’ effort.

26、If you have no special plans for your holidays , why not spend your time helping others?

More and more young people in the US volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money . Here are some of their stories.

【1】 What does Alice volunteer to do in summer ?

A. To sleep under the stars .

B. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains .

C. To be house designer.

D. To spend the whole summer living in a tent .

【2】From the passage , we know that Jason Moore   .

A. is 18 years old     B. likes reading

C. isn’t very rich   D. likes children

【3】   wants to be a teacher .

A. Alice Hamilton   B. Jason Moore

C. Trish Anderson   D. The writer

27、An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!”

Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.

So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing,” She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”

【1】An old lady had _________ .

A. glasses   B. a blanket over her head

C. a coat   D. a basket

【2】A. She didn’t want to ________ .

A. Takes it off B. turn it off

C. get on   D. talk about it

【3】_________ spoke to her.

A. The air hostess   B. The man next to her

C. her husband   D. one of her friends

【4】The old lady had never been _________ before.

A. abroad   B. home   C. in a plane   D. in hospital

【5】The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________.

A. to fly again   B. to travel

C. to go abroad   D. to go home

28、When you came to this world, she held you in her arms and thought to 46【1】(her) that she would give you all she had.

When you were I year old, she was busy 47【2】housework. Then the moment came when you called her mama for the 48【3】(one)time, and you made her cry with 49【4】(Joyful).

When you were 2 years old, she stood by the side of your little bed on which you were sleeping.

When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school and left you at a school 50【5】 is the best in your neighborhood.

When you were 12 years old, she warned you not 51【6】(watch)TV shows which are not meaningful, but you didn’t understand the reason and closed your door in her face.

When you were 18 years old, she drove you to the railway station, but you got on the train 52【7】(excite), and didn't even notice the woman 53.【8】was behind you was very sad.

When you were 40 years old, she fell ill and needed your care, but you were busy doing your work, 54【9】(complain) about the trouble that parents had added to their children.

And one day, she left you forever. Gone are the days when she was with you. The only thing that you can do is to remember the 55.【10】(happy)she brought to you.

29、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。

Different nations have different culture. We can find the ________ in both words and body languages. So it’s necessary for us to learn about foreign culture. That helps us make ________ mistakes and reduce misunderstandings.

A group of young American volunteers recently had a ________ about their experiences. They’re all teaching English abroad. They said they could ________ avoid misunderstanding the local people sometimes, even over something as simple as “yes” or “no”.

Lisa taught on an island in the Pacific (太平洋). She thought people weren’t paying any attention to ________. One hot morning, she went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa asked again. ________ the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had ________ her. She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛) , which means “yes” there.

Mark’s Korean workmate liked singing. She sang in the office every day. One day, the workmate asked him, “Don’t you ________ my singing?” Because Mark didn’t mind it at all, he said “No!”. The smile suddenly disappeared, and she said, “I am sorry and I ________ do that again. ” Later Mark understood answering “No.” in this situation in Korea meant he hated her singing.

Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was ________ for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He ________ his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, nodding means no.

Tom had ________ problems when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they ________. They answered with many different nods and shakes. He thought some hadn’t understood, so he ________ again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out his students did understand. In India, people’s nodding and shaking ________ where they’re from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.

【1】

A．distance

B．importance

C．conference

D．difference

【2】

A．little

B．few

C．a little

D．a few

【3】

A．discussion

B．celebration

C．congratulation

D．protection

【4】

A．ever

B．sometimes

C．hardly

D．often

【5】

A．me

B．you

C．him

D．her

【6】

A．also

B．Still

C．Instead

D．Even

【7】

A．known

B．answered

C．asked

D．refused

【8】

A．mind

B．hear

C．like

D．admire

【9】

A．can’t

B．won’t.

C．needn’t

D．mustn’t

【10】

A．good

B．sorry

C．late

D．famous

【11】

A．touched

B．nodded

C．raised

D．pointed

【12】

A．serious

B．common

C．special

D．similar

【13】

A．remembered

B．left

C．understood

D．prepared

【14】

A．explained

B．agreed

C．suggested

D．thought

【15】

A．gets on

B．puts on

C．tries on

D．depends on