江苏省无锡市第一女子中学2021-2022学年九年级上学期期中考试英语【试卷+答案】

无锡市第一女子中学2021-2022学年秋学期期中考试试卷

初三英语

一、单项选择 (每题1分，共15分)

1．We work together to achieve our common purpose: ________ world that is safer, cleaner and healthier than               ________ one we are living in．

A．the; / B．a; / C．the; the D．a; the

2．He has ________ a new way to cook the chicken.

A．kept up with B．come up with C．carried on with D．gone on with

3.  Don’t bother your father, he has got a lot          his mind.

A. on   B. in   C. at   D. of

4．The patient needs ________ and he needs________, too.

A．to take care of; to take more exercise B．taking care of; taking more exercise

C．to take care of; taking more exercises D．taking care of; to take more exercise

5．They have little doubt ________ the project will be a great success, though they are not sure  ________ they will have enough money to carry on with it.

A．that; whether B．whether; whether C．whether; that D．that;that

6．Friendship is ________ wine. It gets better as it grows older.

A．as soon as B．as good as C．as well as D．as long as

7． —What else should we pay attention to ________ building the bridge?

—The change of the weather, I think.

A．Finishing B．finished

C．to finish D．Finish

8． — ________ the students _______ the teacher was waiting for me when I arrived at the school gate.

— What a pity!

A．Neither; nor B．Either; or

C．Both; and D．Not only; but also

9．— I can’t imagine ________ all the work in such a short time.

— Well, we have no choice but ________ it.

A．to finish; to do B．to finish; doing C．finishing; to do D．finishing; doing

10．—Dad, could you tell me ________ from London? I miss her very much.

—Next week, I think.

A．when will Mum come back B．when would Mum come back

C．when Mum will come back D．how long Mum will come back

11．—Mr Zhong, why should we have to wash hands so often a day?

—For your health, you ________ be too careful.

A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．mustn’t D．can’t

12．—How much difficulty did you have ________ out the maths problem?

—________. It’s quite easy.

A．to work; Nothing  B．to work; None C．working; None D．working; Nothing

13．Has the Silk Road become a bridge to ________ China ________ the other countries of the world?

A．connect, to B．translate, into C．communicate, with D．separate, from

14.  Few men          shop with their wives          at home to watch TV. 

A. prefer going; to staying       B. prefer go; to shopping

C. would rather to go; than stay     D. would rather going; than staying

15．—I have passed my driving test, but only narrowly.

—Anyway, ________

A．It’s a piece of cake. B．Nice going. C．Cheer up.   D．That’s not the case.

二、完形填空 (每题1分，共10分)

On the top of a tree, an old eagle raised her young. It was a remarkable    16    to choose. She got her food from the ocean, but this tree stood full ten miles from the beach. It had long been known as the “Old Eagle Tree”.

On a warm, sunny day, the workmen were working in the fields. At a certain hour of the day, the old eagle was known to leave for the seaside to    17    food for her young. As she returned with a large fish in her claws, the workmen stood around the tree, shouting and throwing stones. They scared the poor bird. So she dropped her fish, and they carried it off.

The bird soon returned to her home    18    food. The babies at once started to cry for food. The parent bird seemed to try to comfort them,    19    the babies were so hungry that she couldn’t calm them down. She then stood near the babies, and looked down into the home in a manner that seemed to say, “I don’t know what to do next.” A minute later, she spread her wings and was    20    again for the sea.

She was away for nearly two hours, about double her usual time for a trip. When she again    21    on slow, weak wings, she flew uncommonly low in order to have more air to    22    her with another fish in her claws.

On nearing the field, she made a circuit round it to see if her    23    were again there. Finding the field clear, she once again reached the tree. Again the baby eagles began to cry. But soon they became    24   , busy having their big meal.

What a great bird! We can learn a lesson from her. Others might    25   , but this bird, at once recovering from the loss, has tried her best to finish her task.

16．A．time B．place C．person D．reason

17．A．buy B．offer C．show D．get

18．A．for B．by C．with D．without

19．A．or B．so C．and D．but

20．A．up B．away C．down D．on

21．A．returned B．left C．grew D．turned

22．A．find B．support C．afford D．offer

23．A．friends B．enemies C．children D．relatives

24．A．fat B．strong C．quiet D．old

25．A．give up B．give out C．give in D．give away

三、阅读理解 (每题2分，共30分)

A

Mr and Mrs Brown have two children, Mike and Liz．The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes for each other．Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.

26．Who should walk the dog today?

A．Mike    B．Mrs Brown   C．Liz．   D．Mr Brown

27．What is Mike doing at 6:50 pm ?

A．Practicing football．       B．Doing his homework

C．playing tennis．        D．looking for shoes

28．According to the notes, Teddy is ______.

A．Mike’s mother  B．Mike’s brother  C．the dog in the family  D．Mike’s friend

B

My favourite great book is The adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in a quiet street of St. Petersburg, Missouri. He’s a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures(冒险). He runs away with his friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave and finally they find a box of gold.

My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his town funeral. He hides and watches for a time and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they’re also pleased to see him alive.

Tom is the hero of the story, but there are another important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him . Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Tom’s best friend and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.

The theme of the story is about children growing up. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behavior.

Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it’s still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it’s only a story. Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on--read it! I know you’ll enjoy it, too.

29．Where does Tom run away with his friends?

A．To a quiet street. B．To a small town.

C．To an island. D．To a forest.

30．Who is the bad man in the story?

A．Huck Finn.       B．Injun Joe.       C．Becky.      D．Polly.

31．How did people feel when Tom appeared at his town funeral?

A．They were surprised and pleased.            B．They were surprised and sad.

C．They were worried and excited.             D．They were frightened and happy

32．The whole book is mainly about __________ .

A．freedom and social rules                   B．children’s bad behavior

C．the growth of young children               D．strangers in American small towns

33．The writer writes the article to ___________ .

A．tell us to read the book                    B．tell us how popular the book is today

C．tell us when Mark Twain wrote the story      D．tell us why the story sounds very real

C

If you look at a house from far away, you might see some of its features, such as doors and windows. If you go nearer to the house, you might find that it is made of bricks. When you look closely, you can see that the house is made of many bricks.

The bricks are the building blocks of the house.

Your body has building blocks too. They’re called cells. The bodies of plants and animals are very different from one another, but they all have one thing in common—all are made up of cells. There are many different kinds of cells in your body. Each kind of cell has its own job, such as muscle (肌肉) cells, bone cells, and blood cells.

Cells work together to keep your body alive. A group of similar cells that work together to do the same job form a tissue (组织). The human body is made of different kinds of tissues. Muscle tissue and nerve (神经) tissue are two kinds of tissues.

An organ is a group of different kinds of tissues that work together to carry out a certain job. Each kind of organ in your body has a special job to do. Some examples of organs are your stomach, heart and skin.

Like cells and tissues, organs work in groups too. A group of organs that work together to do a certain job is called an organ system (系统). All the organ systems in your body work together to keep you alive. These systems can be put into the two groups—Support and Control Systems as well as Energy and Transport Systems.

34．A tissue in the human body is made up of________.

A．lots of building bricks B．blood, bones and muscles

C．a group of similar cells D．cells that do different jobs

35．From this passage, we know that ________.

A．all the cells in the body do the same job

B．cells, tissues and organs all work in groups

C．our bones, muscles and nerves are all organs

D．the stomach and heart are two examples of tissues

36．It is possible for you to read this passage from ________.

A．a short novel B．a travel guide

C．a chemistry book D．a medical magazine

37．What’s the best title of this passage?

A．A closer look at your body             B．The building blocks of your house

C．An introduction of two organ systems    D．The jobs done by different kinds of cells

D

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, its day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

38．According to the passage, there are ________ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A．3 B．4 C．5 D．6

39．The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ________.

A．they know very little about the sun

B．the sun there never goes down in winter

C．it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D．it has long dark winters and long light summers

40．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Different Ways to Tell Time B．Useful Machines to Tell Time

C．The History of the Clock D．The Development of the Clock

四、单词填空 (每题1分，共10分)

41.  Lots of terrible accidents have taken place because of the drivers’ ________ (careless).

42.  I think the present that your grandpa gave you is ________ (value) to you.

43．The boy looks much          (live) in the sports clothes and trainers.

44．Miss Li says Sandy’s          (pronounce) is the best of us.

45．Amy visits his grandparents at a ________ (fix) date every month.

46．He told me that he would stay at home to celebrate his grandma’s             (九十) birthday．

47．You know, whatever you do ________ (要紧) much to me.

48．To our surprise, he turned away with an ________ (耐心的) look.

49．Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for medicine ________ (凭借) many years of hard work.

50．I’m wondering if the boy was ________ (影响) by some unhealthy websites.

五、动词填空 (每题1分，共10分)

51. --Bob has gone to California.

--Oh, can you tell me when he_____________ (leave)?

52. The woman who you called yesterday _____________ (give) a speech in five minutes, isn’t she?
53. The bag my cousin bought in Shanghai _______ (wash) easily.
54. --Would you like to get me some coffee?

   --You like coffee now? I remember that you _______ (prefer) tea when you were at work.

55. The Green family _____________ (hold) a party when the ground began to shake.
56. --Hello, I _______________ (call) to make sure if Dr. King will be free tonight.

 --Hold on, please.

57. How about going to the restaurant tomorrow? We __________ (not be) there for a while.
58. Could you tell me whether the paintings he devoted all his life to __________ (show)  

 successfully last weekend?

59. Nowadays, many students like searching information online, using apps or social networks like QQ

 and Wechat _____________(finish) their team work.

60. The young trees require          (look) after carefully, or they won’t grow well.

六、任务型阅读 (每题1分，共5分)

Now students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

Use paper with lines

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And remember that those capital letters are written properly.

Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slow makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.

Hold your pencil correctly

When you hold your pencil correctly, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.

Draw more pictures

Drawing can make your handwriting better. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs, of course!

七、完成句子 (每题1分，共10分)

66. 西蒙的父母对他太严格导致他经常心情很糟糕。

Simon’s parents ___________________________________that he was often in a bad mood.

67. 学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。

Learning is like a race. You                                         .

68. 那个男孩成功获得了奖学金。

The boy                                             last term.

69. 请你把所学内容再复习一遍。

Please                                                       again.

70. 根据医生的建议，你们最好不要熬夜。

We’d better                                                the doctor’s advice.

71. 行动前三思可增加你成功的几率。

___________________________________________________ may increase your chance of success.

72. 教养是你的名片。你若毫不在意，何来他人青眼相加。

Good manners show your grace. __________________________ to them, let alone others’ respect.

73. 进入九年级以来，许多和我同龄的学生竟然没有培养业余爱好的时间。

It’s surprising that many students                              their hobbies since they entered Grade 9.

74. 近年来，中国在环境保护方面取得了巨大的进步。

Recently, China                                           in protecting the environment.

75. 妈妈想知道儿子是否在参加《中国达人秀》的选拔。

Mother wonders                                         China’s Got Talent at the moment.

八、书面表达 (共10分)

你校English Reading Club面向全校招募负责人（chairperson），你班Millie同学想参加竞选。请根据以下提示，用英语写一封推荐信。

1. What do you think of her?

2. What is special about her?

3. What has she done? Give one or two examples.

注意：

1. 内容涵盖所有要点，可适当发挥。

2. 词数80左右（已给出的推荐信开头不计入总词数）。

3. 文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。

Dear Sir,

I’m writing to recommend Millie as our new chairperson of English Reading Club.                

                                                                   Your sincerely,

无锡市第一女子中学2021-2022学年秋学期期中考试答案

初三英语

一、单项选择 (每题1分，共15分)

1-5 DBADA   6-10 BCACC   11-15 DCAAC

二、完形填空 (每题1分，共10分)

16-20 BDDDB  21-25ABBCA 

三、阅读理解 (每题2分，共30分)

26-30 CBCCB  31-35 ACAC B  36-40 DACDA

四、单词填空 (每题1分，共10分)

41. carelessness  42. valuable    43. livelier    44. pronunciation   45. fixed

46. ninetieth    47. matters     48. impatient   49. through    50. influenced

五、动词填空 (每题1分，共10分)

51. left    52. is going to give  53. washes  54. preferred   55. were holding

56. am calling   57. haven’t been  58. were shown  59. to finish       60. looking/to be looked

六、任务型阅读 (每题1分，共5分)

61. improve   62. make   63. clearer   64. correct   65. importance

七、完成句子 (每题1分，共10分)

66. were so strict with him

67. either take the lead or fall behind

68. succeeded in getting a scholarship

69. go over what you have learnt/ learned

70. not stay up (late) according to

71. Thinking twice before taking action

72. If little attention is paid

73. of my age hardly had time to develop

74. has made great progress

75. whether/ if her son is trying out for

八、书面表达 (共10分)

Dear Sir,

I’m writing to recommend Millie as our new chairperson of English Reading Club. I think she is a quite excellent student with good personalities.

Millie is intelligent and hard-working. She always works to high standards. She is so energetic that she can come up with all kinds of good ideas. She is helpful. For example, she often explains things to us and is never impatient. Besides, she is good at spoken English. She once led our school team to get the first prize in English speech.

I believe Millie is the most suitable person to be new chairperson of English Reading Club.

Your sincerely,