2023学年度第一学期初三期末质量调研英 语 试 卷 (2023年12月)考生注意：1. 本场考试时间90分钟, 试卷共10页, 满分140分, 答题卡共2页。2. 作答前, 将核对后的条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置。3. 所有作答务必填涂或书写在答题卡上与试卷题号对应的区域, 不得错位。在试卷上作 答一律不得分。4. 用 2B 铅笔作答选择题, 用黑色字迹水笔作答非选择题。Part 1 Listening (第1部分听力)I. Listening comprehension (听力理解)(本大题共20题, 共25分)Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片)【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. B. C. D. E. F. 1 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ B. 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)2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. A snake.B. A dog.C. A spider.D. A rabbit.3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. A T-shirt.B. A shirt.C. A sweater.D. A jacket.4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. By taxi.B. On foot.C. By car.D. By bus5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. At 6:30.B. At 7:00.C. At 7:30.D. At 8:00.6. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. She got something to eat.B. She rested for a short time.C. She did some shopping.D. She went out for some fresh air.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短文内容，符合的用 “T” 表示，不符合的用 “F” 表示) 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】7. People play E-sports on the fields as well as on the computers.8. Some people argue E-sports are not real sports because players do not have to move much.9. The president of ESPN sports television believes E-sports should be considered real sports.10. No universities in the USA let E-sports players into their schools.11. The article suggests that time and practice are essential for becoming skillful in E-sports.Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences (听对话，用听到的单词完成 下列句子。每空格限填一词)【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】12. Frank and his mum are at the ________ ________ now.13. One of Van Gogn’s paintings Sunflowers is worth over ________ ________ dollars.14. Franks thinks that becoming an artist could make him ________ ________.15. It was not until after Van Gogh died that his paintings were ________ ________ lots of money.16. Mum thinks it’s a ________ ________ for Frank to stick to his original plan.Part 2 Grammar and Vocabulary (第2部分语法与词汇)II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案)(本大题共15分, 每题1分, 共15分。 每题只有一个正确选项)17. The soup is tasteless. Pass me ________ salt over there, please!A. aB. anC. theD. /18. The team celebrated ________ victory with a big party with the crazy fans.A theyB. themC. theirD. theirs19. The bus to the airport has just left. We have to wait half an hour for ________.A anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others20. After the long journey, there was ________ energy left for exploring the city. Everyone just wanted to have a good rest.A. a fewB. a littleC. fewD. little21. Beverly is often too full to eat anything at mealtimes because she eats lots of snacks ________ meals.A. afterB. betweenC. duringD. from22. Susan looked extremely ________ in that yellow dress at the party last night.A. beautifullyB. badlyC. lovelyD. wonderfully23. Bob is ________ of the boys in the family. He never does any housework. His brothers at least take out the rubbish sometimes.A. lazyB. lazierC. laziestD. the laziest24. You ________ take an umbrella. The weather report says it might rain in the evening.A. mustB. had betterC. needD. may25. Aunt Gina has lived in this town for more than sixty years. That’s why she ________ it very well.A. will knowB. knewC. knowsD. is knowing26. The sun ________ brightly every day during our holiday in Milan last year.A. is shiningB. shoneC. has shoneD. shines27. It took me lots of time ________ a big meal for ten people and I was happy that everyone enjoyed it.A. prepareB. to prepareC. preparingD. prepared28. After hours of questioning, the suspect finally admitted ________ the woman’s purse.A. stealB. to stealC. stealingD. stole29. The film starts at two o’clock, ________ let’s meet at the cinema at one forty-five.A. soB. orC. andD. for30. Jimmy would not get up for breakfast, ________ his dad had already tried to pull him from his bed several times.A. althoughB. becauseC. ifD. until31. Diana: ________ does your brother attend violin classes?Peter: Three times a week.A. How longB. How muchC. How soonD. How often选择最恰当选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。Shadow Puppet ShowsA. character B. means C. meaning D. traditions E. traditionalPeople in many cultures love theatre. One of the oldest and greatest storytelling ___32___ in the world can be seen in theatres in Indonesia. It is a kind of shadow puppet show (皮影戏) called Wayang Kulit. Wayang is a kind of leather and kulit ___33___ puppet.In a Wayang Kulit show, the stage and the equipment are quite simple—not like ___34___ theatres! There are puppets, musicians, a puppeteer and a screen made from a white sheet.Wayang Kulit puppets are flat and made of leather, and they come in big and small sizes. They have different eyes, noses and mouths, so they all look very different—just like people! Each puppet plays a different ___35___ in a story. Some characters are good and some are bad. Puppets, which are painted in bright colours, are sometimes used for daytime puppet shows.A. noise B. last C. voice D. famous E. appearFor each show, there is only one puppeteer. He moves the puppets, tells the story, and does the ___36___ for each puppet. Puppeteers are amazing because there are sometimes between 100 and 500 puppets for him to move in one show! This is a very special job and it is not easy. Good puppeteers are very ___37___ in Indonesia, and sometimes more than 6,000 people come to see the show.In a Wayang Kulit show, the puppeteer sits behind a white screen. A lamp or light is shone onto the screen, so the puppets look like dark shadows. Each puppet has three sticks attached to it: one on the body and one on each arm. The puppeteer moves the puppet with these sticks. Usually, good characters ___38___ on the right side of the screen, and bad characters on the left side.One of the most amazing things about the Wayang Kulit, is that a show can ___39___ all night, even up to ten hours! The puppeteer and musicians are going to be tired after each show!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)(本大题共8题, 每题1分, 共8分)40. Sam, do it ________—I don’t have time to help you today. (you)41. David tried his best and got the ________ place in the race at last. (five)42. Several people made ________ to congratulate the new couple at the wedding. (speech)43. A family is a ________ unit that helps build a whole society. (base) 44. The final result was that the doctors were not able to ________ the child’s life. (safe)45. I’ve come to the ________ that he’s not the right person for the job. (conclude)46. There is a wide ________ of patterns (图样) for you to choose from. (various)47. During the tourist season, the people in the hotel were ________ from other countries. （main）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)48. Angela has already sent her grandmother a postcard. （改为否定句）Angela ________ sent her grandmother a postcard ________.49. The sunset is so beautiful over the ocean! (改为感叹句)________ ________ beautiful sunset it is over the ocean!50. The comic strip should be full of action to keep the readers interested. （就画线部分提问）________ ________ the comic strip be full of action?51. I delivered the message to your office this morning. (改为被动语态)The message ________ ________ to your office this morning.52. When did you take my car key from my bag yesterday? I just want to know that.（改宾语从句）I just want to know ________ you ________ my car key from my bag yesterday.53. He got up early in order not to miss the train. （保持原句意思基本不变）He got up early ________ ________ he would not miss the train.54. a, case, me, tell, you, let, something, about, recent（连词成句）_____________________________________________________________.Part 3 Reading and Writing (第3部分读写)VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解)(本大题共25题。共50分)A. Choose the best answer(根据以下内容, 选择最恰当的答案)Dear Andy Lee,You have bought an NR ticket online for a train that runs between White Water City and Cloud City.We are sorry to tell you that, because of the typhoon last month, the Sand Town-Spring Town line will be closed between August 14 and 28 20XX. During this time, some trains will change lines and will not stop at a few stations. There will be free buses to take travelers to these stations. Please check below for the changes. Visit http://www. rails. gov/ for more information.We wish you a nice summer.Lena MullerNational RailwayNR1. Trains that run between Green City and Cloud City will take the Smoke Town-Spring Town line, and will stop at every station. Below are the trains that will change lines. TrainNew Line (from 8/14 to 8/28)Going SouthRL101White Water City →Cloud CityRL102White Water City →Spring Town RL103Green City →Cloud CityGoing NorthRL201Spring Town →Green CityRL202Cloud City →Green City2. The free buses for the Sand Town-Spring Town line will wait at Green City (going south) and Spring Town (going north) stations. No stop at Gray Village. 55. It is obvious that Andy Lee left his ________ when he booked his ticket.A. home addressB. mobile phone numberC. email addressD. company address56. The travellers who got the letter from NR ________.A. bought the tickets onlineB. wanted to travel to Black TownC. worked for National RailwayD. booked the tickets on August 1457. National Railway writes this letter because ________.A. there is a train ticket saleB. a train line will be closed in JulyC. it will open a new train line in AugustD. some of its trains will run on different lines58. What is true about NR’s trains between August 14 and 28?A. No trains will stop at Spring Town.B. Trains that change lines will all stop at Black Town.C. People can take the free buses to any station on the Sand Town-Spring Town line.D. People can go to Hill Town on any train that runs between Green City and Cloud City.59. From the reading material, we can infer (推断) that National Railway will ________ from August 24 to August 28.A. carry a lot of travellers to Gray Village by using their free busesB. fix the railway between Sand Town and Spring TownC. make a lot of mistakes in carrying travellers to wrong placesD. stop the Green City-Cloud City line trains60. James lives in Smoke Town. He wants to go to Black Town on August 19. How can he get there?A. Take Train RL202 to Green City, get off there, and take the free bus.B. Take Train RL103 to Green City, get off there, and take the free bus.C. Take Train RL102 to Spring Town, get off there, and take Train RL201.D. Take Train RL101 to Cloud City, get off there, and take the free bus.B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage(选择最恰当的选项完成短文)Intelligent animalsScientists used to believe that animals could not think, but now we know that animals can understand information and use it. ___61___, if we repeat words such as Down or Sit to dogs, they’ll begin to understand them and follow the instruction. Some kinds of dogs can understand more than one hundred words!Some dogs have jobs. Working dogs are ___62___ good at learning words because they have to listen carefully to instructions. Border collies, a kind of dog, are often used to move sheep. Farmers use special words to tell the dogs what to do. They say Find when they want the dog to go and look for the sheep, and then Walk when they want the dog to move towards the sheep. The dogs also need to understand the word Stop. They can also understand if they have done a job well and ___63___ whether the command is from their own farmer.Dogs are not the only creatures that can learn words. An orca (killer whale) called Wilkie has been taught to repeat the words Hello and Bye-bye and can count to three. She produces the sounds by pushing air through her blowhole, but amazingly, she can ___64___ the sound of a human voice. If she listens to children, she sounds like a child when she repeats the words. In the wild, orcas live in groups and the young orcas make the similar sounds to the sounds the adult orcas make. So, each group of orcas ___65___ from other groups.Parrots are famous for repeating words, and an African Grey parrot called Alex could understand the English words for one hundred and fifty different things—like water, banana and grape. He knew some colours and shapes, and he could count various items. He could even understand the word none or zero. People once thought it was ___66___ to say someone had a brain like a bird, but now it seems birds and other animals are smarter than we thought.An orca in the deep ocean61. A. As a resultB. For exampleC. In factD. What’s more62. A. especiallyB. obviouslyC. trulyD. recently63. A. wonderB. hesitateC. recognizeD. guess64. A. followB. createC. operateD. copy65. A. communicates in a different wayB. stays in a distanceC. moves quickly awayD. protects their children66. A. strangeB. puzzlingC. calmD. rude在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。首字母已给。AN ANCIENT MURDER[1]In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered a body frozen in ice in Ötzi. They were surprised to learn that it belonged to a man who died 5,300 years ago! This was the o___67___ complete human body ever found.Scientists named the man Ötzi after the p___68___ he was found. They studied his body and learned many things. His teeth and skull[2] showed that he was probably in his 40s. He wore thick clothes and shoes made of bear skin. He carried a stone knife, wooden arrows, and equipment for starting fires. And he had a copper axe[3]—a rare and valuable t___69___ back when Ötzi was alive.The Plot ThickensMost interestingly, there were injuries on Ötzi’s body that showed he was a___70___. There was a piece from a stone arrow buried deep in his left shoulder. Scientists believe this is what killed him. There was also the blood of four other people on his clothes, as well as injuries on his hands. These injuries were not c___71___ healed[4]—they were recent, but not as recent as the injury on his shoulder.Ötzi’s story quickly became a murder mystery[5]—the world’s earliest murder mystery. Why was he killed? Was he running away when he died? And why was he even there, in such a cold and faraway place? New studies in 2010 and 2018 revealed more clues.New FindingsScientists learned that Ötzi ate a big m___72___ right before he died—they found goat and deer meat in his stomach. He was therefore probably resting, not running, when he died. They also learned that the arrow in Ötzi’s shoulder hit him from behind.Did someone injure Ötzi in a fight, and did Ötzi run up the mountain to e___73___? Did that same person follow Ötzi up the mountain and shoot him in the back? It’s a good theory, but scientists will probably never completely know how or why Ötzi died.Word box[1] murder n. & v. 谋杀 [2]skull n. 颅骨 [3]copper axe 铜斧[4]heal v. 愈合 [5]mystery n. 不可理解之事根据短文内容回答问题SIT WITH USYou’re at your new school. It’s lunchtime, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, but you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? One student’s solution was to create an app.Natalie Hampton from California, USA, knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to search for a new table at lunch every day. If she ____74____, she felt ____75____. But if she asked to join someone and got rejected[1], she felt embarrassed. Her solution was to create a lunch-planning app to help students like her find people to have lunch with.The app—called Sit With Us—is simple. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, they can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and accept that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to meet. This allows students to make plans online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason it works so well: it reduces the risk[2] of rejection, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.Natalie is pleased with the way people are responding to her app-especially those who suffer from bullying[3]. Soon after the launch[4] o f her app, she won an award for it. She also appeared in many news stories.Natalie was even asked to speak at a United Nations Youth Assembly[5]. In her talk, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something big to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference.Word box[1] reject v. 拒绝 [2] risk n. 风险 [3] bullying n. 欺凌行为 [4] launch n. 上市 [5] assembly n. 集会74. Natalie created the app for a school project, didn’t she?___________, ______________________________________.75. What caused Natalie to feel embarrassed, sitting by herself or getting rejected?_______________________________________________________76. Complete the sentence in the article.If she _______________, she felt _____________________.77. What do you need to do after your invitation is accepted by someone?_____________________________________________________78. What message was Natalie trying to share at the United Nations Youth Assembly?_____________________________________________________79. Why did Natalie’s app become so popular and successful? (List at least two reasons.)_____________________________________________________VII. Writing(作文)(共15分)80. Write a paragraph in at least 60 words according to the given situation（根据所给情境，写一段不少于60个单词的文字）学校的漫画社（Cartoon Club）、信息技术社（IT Club）、茶艺社（Tea-making Club）和阅读社（Reading Club）正在招募社长（club secretary）。假设你是吴磊，结合你的特长与爱好，给负责社团工作的王老师（Mr Wang）写一份自我介绍，参与其中一个社团社长的竞选。________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________