2023学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷初三英语试卷2024. 1试卷 (满分140分, 考试时间90分钟)注: 所有答案包括写话必须写在答卷纸上, 写在试卷上不给分Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): (共25分) A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容, 选出相应的图片): (5分) ABCDEFB. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题, 选出最恰当的答案): (5分) 6. A. This Saturday. B. This Sunday. C. Next Saturday. D. Next Sunday. 7. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By underground. D. On foot. 8. A. A mystery box B. A birthday card, C. A jigsaw puzzle. C. Anew toy car.9. A. At a restaurant. B. At a book store. C. At an ocean park. D. At a museum.10. A. Secretary of the school football team. B. Captain of the school football team. C. Secretary of the school newspaper. D. Chief editor of the school newspaper. C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示, 不符合的用“F”表示): (5分) 11. If you want to be a drone (无人机) operator, you can learn practical skills from books. 12. Designing mobile phone is one of the future jobs mentioned in the radio program. 13. According to the host, mobile phone repair business makes money these days. 14. Forecasting climate (气候) change helps businesses and governments plan for the future. 15. From the radio program, the audience can know more about the subjects at school. D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following table (听对话, 完成下列内容, 每空格限填一词): (10分) 16. The Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) is a ________ ________ in Shanghai’s culture landscape. 17. Besides world famous exhibitions, there are works created by ________ ________.18. Tate Gallery signed an agreement ________ ________ to provide training and experts for MAP. 19. The cafe on the first floor serves ________ ________, coffee and some snacks. 20. On the roof of the art museum, one can have a ________ ________ of the Bund. Part 2 Grammar and Vocabulary (第二部分 词汇和语法)11. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共15分) 1. As ________ art teacher, Mr Lee shares classic music pieces around the world to the class.A. aB. anC. theD. /2. Interested in Chinese culture, Emma teaches ________ making moon cakes.A. sheB. herC. hersD. herself3. A good detective never jumps ________ conclusions without careful investigation.A. toB. forC. offD. across4. The sportsman will work harder and try to get ________ results at next year’s competition.A. goodB. betterC. bestD. the best5. The monitor of our class is warm-hearted and is always ready to help ________.A. otherB. the otherC. anotherD. others6. Your poster ________ be bright-colored to keep the viewers’ attention.A. shouldB. needC. canD. may7. My brother spent two days ________ his bicycle and turned it into a new one again.A. fixB. to fixC. fixingD. fixed8. Recently Qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise, ________ popular among young people.A. becomesB. becameC. has becomeD. will become9. The main character in the movie is a robot and he sounds ________.A. lovelyB. gentlyC. warmlyD. happily10. Join the Reading Club in our bookstore, ________ you may miss the exciting events.A. andB. butC. orD. for11. Would you like ________ out for a while to relax yourself and have some fun?A. goB. to goC. goingD. gone12. —The dictionary has been on the shelf for a week. ________ is it? —Maybe it’s Tony’s. A. WhoB. WhatC. WhereD. Whose13. When the teacher called Jack’s name, he ________ about his trip to Disneyland.A. dreamsB. is dreamingC. has dreamedD. was dreaming14. You can hardly find the historical site ________ it is under a clothes shop and a bakery.A. sinceB. becauseC. ifD. until15. ________ amazing the cartoon painting on the wall of the building looks!A. HowB. How aC. WhatD. What aIII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once. (选择最恰当的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词, 每词只能填一次) (本大题共8题, 每题1分, 共8分, 每题只有一个正确选项): (共8分) A. exchanges B. powerful C. escaped D. sense E. disappearedKelly is from a small town in Sydney. She has a special way of making a connection with nature. The connection is nowhere more ___16___ than her front yard. It is home to a community-based plant street library. Just like the book street libraries, this nature library operates through donations of seeds, little plants, cuttings and ___17___.Kelly, who hates waste, started leaving her cuttings out on the street several years ago. To her great surprise, they ___18___ in minutes. It wasn’t long before her front yard was open to the public and the community was offered a space. The local people took or left something of interest in the yard. With up to 50 new plants a week, there is often a queue for plants, flowers, herbs and vegetable seedlings. For this keen gardener, the library offers a “village life” and is all about having a ___19___ of community connection.A. decorate B. match C. already D. directly E. creationToilet paper has been enjoying special attention in recent times. But why is it usually plain white? According to Jessica a chemist, it is made either ___20___ from trees or recycled paper.Toilet paper ___21___ requires two processes: making the raw paper, and changing it into the end product you buy in the supermarket. It’s the bleach (漂白剂) that makes the paper whiter. This bleaching process also softens the paper. Toilet tissue made from recycled paper uses mostly office printer paper, which is ___22___ white. The white color of toilet paper is more traditional than functional. Indeed, it doesn’t have to be white to be soft and able to take in water. Although white toilet paper is regular nowadays, colored toilet paper was fashionable in the past, chiefly to ___23___ bathroom color style. The fashion died down because of worries about side-effect for the skin and the environment.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子, 每空格限填一词): (共8分) 24. My cousin is going to have his ________ birthday party in Happy Valley. (twelve)25. The Halloween Festival marked the end of summer and the ________ of winter. (begin)26. Seeing so many mistakes in the examination paper, the teacher was ________. (disappoint)27 The little girl still needs some ________ to give her English report in class. (confident)28. To ________ the problem, the team made a field research and did some tests. (solution)29. The water of Dead Sea is so ________ that swimmers can’t go down underwater. (salt)30. It was really ________ to have such a hot day in November in Shanghai. (usually)31. Can you imagine an AI actress can act as ________ as real ones in TV series? (nature)V. Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求完成句子。52-57小题每空格限填一词) (本大题共7 题, 每题2分, 共14分) 32. In the future most machines will be operated by computers. (改为反意疑问句) In the future most machines will be operated by computers, ________ ________?33. The world’s first computer mouse appeared in 1964. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________ the world’s first computer mouse appear?34. The tourists asked the guide how they could get to the wildlife park. (改为简单句) The tourists asked the guide ________ ________ get to the wildlife park.35. Liu Cixin wrote the science fiction Three-Body Problem. (改为被动语态) The science fiction Three-Body Problem ________ ________ by Liu Cixin.36. The smokers didn’t realize the risk of throwing cigarette ends on the ground. (保持句意基本不变) The smokers were ________ ________ the risk of throwing cigarette ends on the ground.37. “Can you find any idioms in this story?” Mr Green asked the students. (改为间接引语) Mr Green asked the students ________ they ________ find some idioms in this story.38. tea and coffee, help, get rid of, sleepiness, drinking, can (连词成句) ________________________________________________.Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分) Choose the best answer (根据内容，选择最恰当的答案) It’s the way the world has always been: one generation follows the next, and each has its own ideas about how it wants to shape its own life. Some of the wishes and dreams, worries and fears of today’s young people are similar to those of their elders. Still some are quite different from their parents’ and grandparents’. What would young people like to say to their elders? Here are some answers from some young people around the world. ①I am thankful...“I’m thankful to my parents because they are loving and supportive. I’m thankful for the many chances I have for my sport.”Paloma, 13, New Zealand“I’m thankful that you taught me to be kind to people from an early age. I find this to be very important as an adult.”Esmeralda, 23, Singapore②We don’t really like...“Please stop telling us what we should never do—only to then turn around and do just that!”Louise, 17, Austria“I wish you could have improved your cooking skills. For years I had to eat potatoes, meatballs and vegetables that were not tasty enough.”Boris, 25, The Netherlands③Where we plan to be like you...“I will give my children the same freedom to try everything they want. Success is important but so is failure.”Paulina, 23, Finland“I will think carefully, and do well in what I’ve decided to do. It doesn’t matter if I make a mistake and take a wrong path. I’ll appreciate and learn from what I see on the way.”Sam, 25, Thailand④What we are facing... “I wish older generations had shown more care for the environment—not left younger generations to fix up their mess.”Paloma, 13, New Zealand39. From the passage, ________ young people expressed their wishes, dreams, worries and fears.A. fourB. fiveC. sixD. seven40. We can put this idea—“I wish you could spend more time with me and talked more to me when I was young. Now I’m puzzled how to talk with people or make friends.” in table ________.A. ①B. ②C. ③D. ④41. The young person from ________ was not satisfied with the food cooked at home.A. New ZealandB. SingaporeC. The NetherlandsD. Thailand42. Both Paulina and Sam believe in the saying that ________.A. failure is the mother of successB. honesty is the best policyC. where there is a will, there is a wayD. seeing is believing43. ________ will probably take action to protect the environment.A. LouiseB. BorisC. SamD. Paloma44. We can find the passage above in the section of “________” in a magazine.A. NewsB. LifeC. SportsD. ScienceChoose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当单词或词语完成短文).You know that eating healthy, staying active, and working out a few brain games can help keep you sharp. But these lesser-known habits work wonders, too. 1. Sit tallWhen we are sad or afraid, we are more likely to slouch (没精打采地站、坐或走). This position causes us to feel worried or ___45___. It makes harder to think clearly and remember things. In a study of 125 university students, 56 percent found it easier to do maths problems when they sat up ___46___ than when they slumped down. Sitting tall does improve memory because it helps blood and oxygen flow to the brain—by up to 40 percent. 2. Exercise—onceHaving trouble remembering faces? In a small study, researchers showed pictures of faces to older people on two different days and after two different kinds of exercise. On one day, they rode bikes for 20 minutes and made sure they breathed heavily but were still able to talk. On the other day, they ___47___ sat on a self-pedaling bike for 20 minutes. ___48___, people remembered the faces better after this single exercise. 3. Limit TVAs we all know, too much screen time can hurt a child’s cognitive (认知) development. But what about those old people? It was a long-term study for those who were over 50, and they were healthy as well. It was found that people who watched more than three and a half hours of TV a day for six years experienced a greater ___49___ in memory test scores than those who watched less. Another study found that watching violent programming harms people’s memory as well. 4. Walk backwardsWhen trying to recall something, don’t just think “walk backwards”. In a series of ___50___, people viewed a video of a movie, a word list or a set of pictures. Then they imagined walking forward or backwards, watched a video that moved forward or backward, or actually walked forwards or backwards. Some people also sat still. Backward motion, whether real, imagined, or watched, is better than forward motion.45. A. upsetB. excitedC. happyD. peaceful46. A. carelesslyB. hardC. straightD. silently47. A. usuallyB. mostlyC. finallyD. simply48. A. After allB. In additionC. On averageD. Sooner or later49. A. dropB. increaseC. balanceD. progress50. A. debatesB. experimentsC. speechesD. gamesRead the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给） One morning before going off to work, I called my cat Socky to be fed, but she didn’t come. Socky was going to be a mother cat. I thought she had probably found somewhere to have her kittens and would turn up later. But when Socky didn’t come at dinner time, or the next day, I really started to w___51___.Socky had a habit of having her kittens in strange places, so I checked all her hidey-holes but she wasn’t in any of them. The next day was Saturday and I had the w___52___ day to search for her. I went into the garage, checked the places under and behind old books, but no Socky. After lunch I took some food with me in case I found her. I began searching the backyard. There were a lot of cardboard boxes full of junk and empty boxes. After about an hour of m___53___ cardboard boxes from one place to another and back again, I was tired. I sat down on a pile of boxes to have a r___54___ when I heard mewing (sound of cats). I put my head up against each of the boxes and had to carry each one carefully before I could look i___55___. Finally, I found Socky and her three tiny kittens. I could imagine when Socky jumped into one of the boxes, some higher ones f___56___ and covered her. Socky was very pleased to see me. Although she was so w___57___, she just jumped to ground. She managed to eat the food I brought her. I named the three kittens shortly after. They soon became lovely and healthy cats and all grew up to be great mouse catchers just like their mother.Answer the questions (根据短文内容完整回答下列问题)Enjoying a swim at their local beach was once a daily pleasure for Melati and her sister. But in 2013, when Melati was 12, and Isabel just 10, the sisters started to lose their love for swimming in the waters near their home on the island. When they walked back to shore, red and white plastic shopping bags would stick to their legs and bodies. Melati didn’t think much about it until later in 2013, when her teacher gave a lesson on world heroes. Each of the heroes made a positive change to the world. One night, the sisters talked about ways to fix the plastic pollution. Their parents agreed with the girls’ ideas. Soon, they gathered a team of 15, made up of school friends and students from other schools. They named their group “Bye Bye Plastic Bags (BBPB)”. Its task was simple: stop local people from using plastic bags. The following year, the BBPB team spent their lunchtimes having meetings and organizing activities to stop plastic bags. Within 24 hours, more than 6000 people, both local and people from around the world, had signed up. Melati and Isabel’s effort has made big changes. In 2017, they organized the first beach clean-up. Around 12,000 people collected 36 tons of rubbish across 55 locations. It became the biggest clean-up ever on the island and is now an event every year. In 2018, the government helped to stop single-use plastic bags. The law took effect in July 2019. Then, in 2020 the government promised to reduce plastic waste in the sea by 70 percent by 2025. Today, BBPB is a global youth movement and has more than 50 teams in 29 countries. Their teams are given a set of tools for starters and a handbook prepared by Melati and Isabel. It explains how to organize teams, events and how to better understand the plastic situation in their own community.58. What does BBPB mean according to the passage? ______________________________________59. Why did Melati and her sister lose their love for swimming at the local beach? Because of ________________.60. When was the first beach clean-up organized? ______________________________________61. How did the government help to stop the plastic pollution in the sea? By ________________________ and ________________________.62. What is BBPB’s handbook used for? ______________________________________63. What can you learn from Melati and her sister? (with at least 2 points) ______________________________________VII. Writing (作文): (共20分) 84. Write at least 60 words according to the given situation (根据以下情境写一篇不少于60个词的短文, 标点符号不占格。邮件格式已给) 64. 假如你是Joe，你所在学校将在学期结束前举办开放日，邀请家长了解校园文化生活。下面是一份活动安排。请给校方写一封邮件，针对方案中的一项你认为需要修改或完善的内容，谈谈你的想法和建议。Open Day ProgramParents arrive; look at notice board2:00 p.m. Visit classroom and observe one lesson2:20 p.m. Watch art performance3:00 p.m.Meet the teachers3: 30 p.m. Look at display board for high schools4:00 p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________