2023—2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测
初三英语试题
（考试时间：100分钟 满分：120分）
说明：
1．本试题分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，共六道大题。第Ⅰ卷为选择题，共50小题，共60分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，共三道大题，共60分。
2．所有题目均在答题卡上作答，在试题上作答无效。
卷一（60分）
一、听力测试（20分）
（一）听句子，选择适当的答语。每个句子听一遍。（5分）
1．A．They’re grown in Hangzhou.
B．It’s famous for kites.
C．It’s made of wood.
2．A．There’s a supermarket down the street.
B．I learned to ride a bike at the age of eight.
C．It really improves my speaking skills.
3．A．That’s OK. B．Sorry, I won’t. C．I’m glad to hear that.
4．A．I went to Qingdao in 2016．
B．I’d like to visit Taiwan.
C．I used to like insects.
5．A．Because they need to sleep.
B．I think it was invented in 1876．
C．I’m nervous about tests all the time.
（二）听对话和问题，选择正确答案。每组对话听两遍。（5分）
6．A．She has to do homework.
B．She has a part-time job.
C．She is not old enough.
7．A．In a water park. B．At the bus stop. C．In a shoe store.
8．A．It will rain.
B．Gina will take an umbrella.
C．Gina’s Dad will go shopping.
9．A．Last month. B．Last week. C．Last Monday.
10．A．He went swimming. B．He played basketball. C．He played ping-pong.
（三）听短文，按要求完成下列各题。（10分）
听第一遍短文，根据短文内容，将下列短语按照录音中出现的先后顺序排序。（5分）
A．will send me to Shanghai B．used to live in China
C．started a music group D．study Chinese hard at school
E．play at our school art festival
11．______ 12．______ 13．______ 14．______ 15．______
再听两遍短文，选出下列问题的正确答案。（5分）
16．When was Lee born
A．In 2009． B．In 2022． C．In 2012．
17．What’s Lee interested in
A．Chinese festivals. B．Chinese culture. C．Chinese food.
18．Lee began to take erhu lessons at the age of ______.
A．seven B．eight C．nine
19．What happened in 2022
A．Lee came to China for the first time.
B．Lee had a concert in Hong Kong.
C．Lee’s group won the school talent show.
20．Who were six of the songs written by
A．Lee’s teacher. B．Lee. C．Lee’s friend.
二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
Last August, the government in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, asked 21 to make their children do housework for at least two hours each week. The regulation（规定）is the first such 22 regulation on labor（劳动）education in China.
People had a 23 about it. Some thought it was necessary to teach young children simple life skills, and others said children would be too 24 if they had to do housework every week.
Zhou Xiaoyu is the mother of a seventh grader and she didn’t 25 on the regulation. “There are many ways to help students learn life skills, but the regulation is not one of 26 .”
Wang Xing, a high school student, said she didn’t have time for housework 27 she wanted to help her parents. “I have a lot of homework to do and many exams to prepare for. I only have a few hours to 28 every weekend,” said Wang.
“Parents’ role is 29 in labor education. However, many parents only 30 about students’ grades,” said Xiong Bingqi, an expert in education. “They don’t ask their children to do housework or learn life skills. In fact, labor education is good for students’ mind and body.”
21．A．parents B．teachers C．tourists D．schools
22．A．ideal B．international C．local D．general
23．A．show B．discussion C．fight. D．meeting
24．A．worried B．surprised C．excited D．tired
25．A．agree B．depend C．move D．turn
26．A．theirs B．themselves C．they D．them
27．A．unless B．because C．although D．so
28．A．improve B．relax C．study D．require
29．A．normal B．understanding C．meaningless D．important
30．A．dream B．hear C．care D．talk
三、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，选出最佳答案。（A、B、C篇为选择题，D篇为6选5补全短文，每小题1.5分，共30分）
A
Heroes are not just in the movies shown on the big screen. For parents, such news reminds them to strictly look out for their children, especially when they live in a tall building. The scene was indeed heart-stopping. Thankfully, a brave and agile（敏捷的）man saved the day. A hero was born in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province that day, and a life was saved.
The moment was caught by the camera. In the video, a child accidentally fell from the window of a tall building. The child fell from the sixth floor — it was an awful moment since it looked like a hopeless case. At that time, a man saw the child falling from the building. Without any hesitation（犹豫）, he caught the child with his arms quickly. A woman also came into the picture and helped the man carry the child before her head hit the ground. The scene was surprising, you might need to watch it a few more times to believe it actually happened.
The hero was reported to be named Shen Dong. Ever since he saved the life of the two-year-old girl, he was called “Real Superman” on the Internet.
“To be honest, I cannot remember the details of this incident. I don’t remember hurting my arms when I caught the girl, or what else happened,” Shen Dong said. “I heard a loud bang caused by the girl landing on the steel roof of the first-floor balcony（阳台）. It is just my instinct（本能）to reach out for her, and, thankfully, I managed to catch the girl before she landed on the ground.”
31．According to the writer, the news ______.
A．reminds parents of safety B．can only be seen on the big screen
C．makes people heart-stopping D．sounds terrible to the public
32．The accident was caught by ______.
A．a passer-by B．the police C．a camera D．the girl’s father
33．How might the writer feel when he /she watched the video of the accident
A．Sad. B．Unbelievable. C．Angry. D．Thankful.
34．What happened when Shen Dong caught the girl
A．His legs were hurt. B．The girl landed on the ground.
C．His arm was broken. D．A woman helped him.
35．What is the best title（标题）for the passage
A．An Exciting Moment B．The Spirits of Heroes
C．A Hero Saved a Girl D．Rules of Safety
B
This guy, in his own words, describes his gastronomic（烹饪的）adventures in school as “a really bad cooking show”. But it’s only bad in the sense of media production. His meals, however, are on a completely different level if we’re talking about school lunches.
So what comes to mind if you think about. school lunches A plain sandwich and a bottle of juice, maybe Perhaps rice, vegetables, fruit and drinks All are acceptable, but this student and a group of his friends will captivate anyone who passes by their table during lunchtime.
Danny’s dream is to become a cook. He is able to cook pizza, to make ice cream, and even butter by himself.
There are some videos of Danny making delicious food on TikTok. In his lemonade video, someone commented（评论）that Danny could make lemonade by just juicing a lemon and simply adding sugar. Danny coolly replied that that would make “mild（清淡可口的）lemonade”, and added, “I only make delicious food.”
Although he doesn’t post much, he has already had over 170,000 followers on his TikTok and an accumulated like（累计点赞）of 7.4 million. I for sure will be looking out for more of Danny’s creative cooking in the future. I just know that his college friends would be fighting over who gets to sit next to him during their lunch breaks.
36．What do we know from Paragraph 1
A．Danny is a famous teacher from the US.
B．Danny likes to adventure in his free time.
C．Danny teaches students how to cook at school.
D．School lunches made by Danny are much better than usual ones.
37．What does the underlined word “captivate” mean in Chinese
A．迷住 B．否认 C．迫使 D．告别
38．What’s Danny’s dream job
A．A writer. B．A video maker. C．A cook. D．A pop singer.
39．What can we infer（推断）from Danny’s reply in Paragraph 4
A．Danny only cooks healthy food.
B．Danny is confident（自信的）about his cooking skills.
C．Danny just doesn’t want to spend much time cooking.
D．Danny gets annoyed（恼怒的）when people question his cooking skills.
40．What does the writer think of Danny’s cooking
A．It’s difficult to copy. B．It’s traditional.
C．It’s common. D．It’s creative.
C
Recently, the story of a Chinese girl playing the erhu on the streets of Milan, Italy has been reported. She has been trying street performances in her spare time since April 2023．Every time she performs, she attracts（吸引）many people to watch, building a bridge of communication between China and Italy through music. The girl is Zheng Xiaohui from Shandong Province, who is talented in playing the erhu.
In 2021, Zheng went to Milan for study. There, she found the street art culture was very popular. She saw some wonderful street performances that caused many people to dance, “I was so touched, and found that music has agreat power to bring people together,” she said.
In 2023, Zheng started her street performance during Milan Design Week. And many tourists were attracted by her performance. Some even experienced playing the erhu. Zheng also performed at the 2023 Milan Fashion Week. “I am very happy that China’s erhu has shown its special beauty on the international stage,” Zheng said.
With the popularity of her performances, Zheng has more chances to show traditional Chinese culture. Besides street performances, she also performs online and gives concerts to show the beauty of the erhu to the world. She hopes to meet more friends who love Chinese folk music and traditional Chinese culture through her performances.
41．How did the writer start this passage
A．By asking a question. B．By telling a fact.
C．By giving an example. D．By answering a question.
42．When did Zheng Xiaohui start her street performance
A．In 2022． B．In 2024． C．In 2023． D．In 2021．
43．Why did Zheng decide to perform on the street
A．She hoped to touch people in Milan.
B．She hoped to become famous all over the world.
C．She wanted to make money to pay for her study in Italy.
D．She wanted more people to know traditional Chinese music.
44．To introduce erhu to foreign people, what other way（s）did Zheng try
A．Teaching erhu to kids and adults.
B．Performing online and giving concerts.
C．Opening an online store to sell erhu.
D．Starting a music school’in Milan.
45．What can we infer（推断）from the passage
A．Zheng is proud of Chinese culture.
B．Zheng is a talented erhu player.
C．Zheng learned dancing from local people.
D．Zheng will go on studying erhu in the future.
D
I have learned four languages—English, Spanish, French and Chinese. 46．______ But I increased by traveling to places like Beijing, Dali and Kunming.
47．______ That was an important time for me. I joined a program... where I became an English teacher for primary school kids. Our classroom was like a melting pot（熔炉）of ideas, with lots of language sharing and laughter.48．______.
My travels and teaching experience in Hangzhou completely changed how I see the world.49．______ And now I want to be a global citizen（世界公民）. I want to help people from different countries understand each other, especially between China and the US.
In China, we see a lot of signs of American culture, such as Disney cartoon characters, McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. However, I couldn’t find many signs of Chinese culture in the US, except for Chinese restaurants.50．______ I think China still has much to do to further promote（推动）its cultural influence among the American people.
As for me, I will continue to be one of those who can help deepen the understanding between China and the US.
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
A．Two summers ago, I went to Hangzhou.
B．When I was a kid, I wasn’t great at Chinese.
C．It made me realize the close relationship of different countries.
D．It’s important to let the world know China and let China go global.
E．I went to some but found the food there very different from real Chinese food.
F．This experience let me learn more about the Chinese language and traditions.
卷二（60分）
四、阅读表达 阅读短文，完成其后的任务。（20分）
A
Frank Rubio is an astronaut from America. He spent 371 days on the International Space Station（ISS）. During his time on the ISS, Mr. Rubio, along with other astronauts, worked on a lot of experiments（实验）. One of these experiments was trying to grow tomatoes in space. They wanted to learn how to grow fruits and vegetables to help feed astronauts on long trips through space. When the plant finally grew tomatoes, all of the astronauts each got one to study, except Mr. Rubio. He lost his tomato!
Mr. Rubio said he put the tomato in a bag and planned to show it to some students who were on a video call. But the bag was gone minutes later. It might have floated（飘）somewhere. Mr. Rubio spent over twenty hours looking for the tomato, but he didn’t find it.
The other astronauts said jokingly that Mr. Rubio ate it. The joking about the tomato continued even after Mr. Rubio returned to the Earth in September 2023．Reporters asked him about it. One of his leaders even asked Mr. Rubio if he ate the tomato. “I think everybody thinks I did,” he said.
Three months later, another astronaut on the ISS said she could now clear Mr. Rubio’s name. “We found the tomato,” she said.
51．Why did astronauts grow tomatoes in space （2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
52．Who did Mr. Rubio plan to show his tomato to （2 分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
53．How long did Mr. Rubio spend looking for the tomato （2 分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
54．根据短文内容填空，不超过5个词。（2分）
After Mr. Rubio returned to the Earth, people still wondered _______.
55．When did another astronaut say that she could clear Mr. Rubio’s name （2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
B
Shadow puppetry（皮影戏）started during the Western Han Dynasty. It used to be popular in the countryside because it was simple and cheap. It’s a mix of acting, singing and music. It tells us about historical stories, passing on customs and. traditional culture.
The puppets（木偶）are usually made from paper or animal skin. It is not easy to make them. In Shaanxi — the birthplace of shadow puppetry, puppet makers have to follow 24 steps to make a puppet. Each puppet usually has 11 parts, such as its head, legs and arms.
Wang Haiyan’s father is a master of shadow puppetry from Shaanxi. When she was a kid, she helped her father make puppets. “They were my favorite toys.” Wang said. At around 13, she started to learn to make puppets and perform with her father. Now the 46-year-old lady is a master. She has her own workroom to pass on the art. And her son Dang Feihua is the fifth-generation inheritor（继承者）of Wang’s Shadow.
These days, Wang came up with creative ways to make the folk art more popular. She works with companies that borrow elements（元素）of shadow puppetry for their own products. “From fashion and makeup products to souvenirs（纪念品）, anything is possible,” Wang said. In 2016, Wang made shadow puppets based on the cartoon series Huyao Xiaohongniang and put on a live performance. She used special colors and skills to make the performances more interesting. She teaches shadow puppetry classes in school as well. “I hope more young people can learn about the art!” she said.
56．Translate the underlined（划线）sentence into Chinese.（2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
57．What is the importance of Shadow puppetry（皮影戏） （2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
58．What are the puppets（木偶）usually made from （2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
59．根据短文内容填空，每空一词。（2分）
Wang Haiyan is a master of shadow puppetry. She w as①______ in Shaanxi. She showed great ②______ in shadow puppetry when she was a kid. She began to ③______ with his father when she was about 13．Now she has her own ④______ of this art.
60．What’s the main idea（大意）of Paragraph 4 （2分）
___________________________________________________________________________________________
五、综合运用（25分）
A．阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的动词并用其适当形式填空。（每词限用一次），（10分）
use, try, look, appear, kill
Elephants are the world’s largest land animals. There’s a lot to learn about them.
Elephants’ tusks（长牙）never stop growing. They first 61．______ when elephants are around 2 years old. Tusks continue growing throughout their lives. So the longer the tusks are, the older the elephant is. But these beautiful tusks often cause elephants danger. To make money, some people kill elephants for their tusks. In the 20th century, many elephants 62．______ by humans. It was hard for them to live in peace. Luckily, more people 63．______ to protect them now.
Elephants’ ears are not just for hearing. During hot days, they 64．______ as fans to keep the elephants cool! We can also tell the difference between African and Asian elephants by looking at their ears. The African elephants’ ears are very large, and the shape 65．______ like the African continent（大陆）. However, Asian elephants have much smaller ears. And their ears’ shape is like the country of India.
B．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式.（15分）
Looking after a sick person is not zn easy job. But Yang Zhiyang, a young man from Baoji, does it very well.
Yang’s mother, Su Jing, got ALS（渐冻症）in 2010 and she can’t do normal things 66．______（easy）. Since Yang’s father had to work for long 67．______（hour）to make money, Yang started to take care of his mother after 68．______（finish）college in 2020．
Yang helps his mother 69．______ daily activities. Feeding his mother a bowl of rice often takes about an hour. Every time his mother exercises, he takes her hands and cheers her up. To make it more fun, he often sings 70．______ her.
Su has 71．______（difficult）speaking, but she can “talk” to her son in another way. “My mother 72．______（usual）gives me a message through a look,” Yang says. “For example, when she wants to rest, she will look at me and then turns her head towards 73．______ bedroom. When she needs water, she’ll look at the cup on the table.”
“My mother brought 74．______（I）up. I’m just doing what a son should do,” Yang says. His mom also has something to say, “It is my son’s company and care that make me 75．______（strong）than before. In the days to come, I will move forward bravely, breaking through the waves.”
六、书面表达（15分）
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要求：
1．文中不得出现真实校名和人名：
2．不少于80词。
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2023--2024学年度第二学期期末质量检测
初三英语参考答案及评分标准
1------5 CABCA 6------10 BCABC 11----15 BDCEA 16-----20 ABACB
21---25 ACBDA 26----30 DCBDC 31---35 ACBDC 36----40DACBD
41---45 BCDBA 46---50 BAFCE
（31-50每小题1.5分；其余每小题1分，共60分）
四、阅读表达
A.51．（Because）They wanted to learn how to grow fruits and vegetables to help feed astronauts on long trips through space. / To learn how to grow fruits and vegetables to help feed astronauts on long trips through space.
52．Some students（who were on a video call）.
53．Over twenty hours.
54．if he ate the tomato
55．In December 2023．/ Three months after he returned to the Earth.
B．56．它过去在农村很流行，因为既简单又便宜。
57．It passes on customs and traditional culture of our country.
58．They’re usually made from paper or animal skin.
59．born; interest; perform; workroom
60．Creative ways that Wang came up with to make the folk art more popular.
（评分说明：阅读表达每小题2分。每处拼写或语法错误扣0.5分）
五、综合运用
A．61．appear 62．were killed 63．are trying 64．are used 65．looks
（每小题2分，只选对单词可得1分）
B．66．easily 67．hours 68．finishing 69．with 70．to
71．difficulty / difficulties 72．usually 73．the 74．me 75．stronger
（每小题1.5分；自由填空题允许使用其他语法正确且符合语境的单词）
六、书面表达
