英 语
试题卷
一、听力(共20小题;每小题1分,计20分)
(一)听对话,选择与对话内容相对应的图片。每组对话读两遍。
答案:1. 2. 3. 5.
(二)听对话和问题,根据所听内容,选择最佳答案。对话和问题都读两遍。
6. What's the matter with Peter
A. He hurt himself.
B. He argued with his brother.
C. He had a fight with his friend.
7. What should Mark have to do first
A. Watch a TV show. B. Help to wash his mum's car. C. Visit his grandparents.
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8. Where was Dave when the rainstorm came
A. In the kitchen. B. In the library. C. In the park.
9. How long has the girl's grandfather been able to drive
A. For forty-five years. B. For sixty-five years. C. For twenty years.
10. When will they visit China
A. This October. B. This September. C. This August.
(三)听短文,根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误,正确的用“A”表示,不正确的用“B”表示。短文读两遍。听短文前,你们有20秒钟的时间阅读下列句子。
11. Joe wants to share something ab ou this experience of helping a lost cat..
12. Joe found the lost animal near the supermarket three years ago.
13. Joe cleaned the lost animal and found she was a beautiful black cat.
14. Joe put up a lost and found note the next day and found the owner soon.
15. This experience happened after Joe joined the Animal Club.
(四)听对话,根据对话内容完成下列句子,每空词数不限。对话读三遍。听对话前,你们有20秒钟的时间阅读下列句子。注意:请将答案填写在答题卡指定区域。
16. How many times has Tom read his favorite book
He has read it
17. Who gave Tom the toy bear
His gave it to him on his fifth birthday.
18. When did Aunt Taylor buy Tom's mom a new bread maker
She bought it for Tom's mom last .
19. What other things can Tom also give away
He can also give away. the and jeans.
20. Where will Tom take these things tomorrow
He will take these things to the tomorrow.
二、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题1.5分,计30分)
(一)阅读下列短文,根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
A
Family Sports Day
Come and join us for a day of fun with your kids.
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A family football game Kids’age: 8-13 、 Where: Sunshine Park When: Saturday, October 12th,2:00 p. m.-4:00 p. m.
Prizes: Place 1 A pair of sports shoes Place 2 A football Place 3 A T-shirt Please register (报名) online or by telephone before October 10. www.2familysportsday. 0539-6252778 Free food and drinks! You can also bring bread and juice to share.
21. Who can take part in the activity
A. Six-year-old Ben and his father. 7
B Nine-year-old Helen and her mother.
C. ten-year-old Nancy and her friend.
22. The activity will be long.
A. one hour B. two hours C. three hours
23. If Jane wins the third place in the game, she can get .
A. sports shoes B. a football C. a T-shirt
24. What do we know from the reading
A. The football game is on October 12th.
B. Everyone should bring food and drinks.
C. Parents can only register by telephone.
B
Have you always wanted to learn an instrument (乐器) Would you like to introduce your friends to instrument lessons and help them be interested in music In many cultures, music is an important part of people's ways of life, as it plays a key part in social and cultural activities. Peo-ple may make music as a hobby, like a teenager playing the violin in a youth orchestra (管弦乐队), or working as a musician or singer. But why is music so important
One reason may be because , music can train children's brains (大脑). Every time you listen to a piece of music, you're actually giving yourself a deep and full-brain training. If the brain is a
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muscle (肌肉) , then learning to play an instrument and read music is the basic exercise. Two new studies show that music training can change both the brain's white matter ( 白质) and grey matter (灰质).
Another reason is that people can get the joy of learning to play an instrument later in life.People of any age can learn to play and get a level of satisfaction. More people in their 50s and 60s are finding that taking up a musical instrument or singing improves their lives in many ways.
Music education can provide more than just learning how to sing or play an instrument. It can also provide different skills that people may need for success in a job outside of music. So learn a musical instrument to train your brain now!
25. The writer starts the passage by .
A. giving examples B. asking questions C. providing study results
26. Which one is NOT true according to the passage
A. Music can train children's brains.
B. Learning to play an instrument can make you get the joy.
C. Music education can only provide how to sing or play an instrument.
27. Which of the following best shows the structure (结构) of the passage (P=Paragraph)
28. Why did the writer write the passage
A. To introduce the instruments.
B. To introduce the way of learning music.
C. To talk about the importance of learning music.
C
Mishak rubs (揉) his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is tired. It is 5:30 A. m., and he hasn't had much sleep. Mishak sits next to a baby elephant, smiles and makes sure the baby elephant finishes its breakfast.
Mishak is a keeper from an elephant rescue (救援) center. Unluckily, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing here. For one thing, hunters(猎人) kill elephants for their ivory.For another, people build homes and plant fields where elephants used to live. Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food. They often cause serious damage, so farmers kill them. As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.
When a baby elephant loses its mother, it's also in great danger. This is because it needs its mother’s milk for about four years. Without this milk, the baby hardly ever lives any longer.Research shows that elephants, like people, have feelings. If the mother elephant dies, the baby
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elephant often becomes sad and ill.
29. What does the underlined word“damage”mean in Paragraph 2
A. Broken things. B. Illness. C. Surprise.
30. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A. The center’s job.
B. The elephants’life.
C The baby elephant without its mother.
31. What do we know from the passage
A The rescue center's job is to stop farmers trom selling ivory.
B. It's easy for baby elephants to come back to the wild.
C. When an elephant doesn't need milk, keepers move it to the wild.
32. What is the best title for the passage
A. An Elephant Rescue Center
B. Saving Baby Elephants
C. A Kind Animal Keeper
D
write and publish (出版) his own stories. When Andersen was a child, his family was very poor.
His father was a shoemaker, and his mother could hardly read. Andersen once said, “Most of what
I wrote is a reflection (映射) of myself.”According to his life as a child, he wrote a story called
’ The Ugly Duckling , which is laughed by other animals until it grows up to be a swan (天鹅), He has
other famous stories, such as The Little Match Girl, The Daughter of the Sea and The Snow Oueen.
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Andersen's fans celebra, d his 200th birthday in 2005. People are told his stories in many countries. They organized fferent kinds of celebrations to remind people of Andersen and his stories. In Singapore, thepost office published Andersen stamps. And in Egypt, the library showed Andersen’s books, tlse books were translated (翻译) into 150 languages! In New York,storyteller Ellen Sha.. ro told The Real Princess to children.
“Andersen’, stories have everything,”Shapiro told the reporter. “They are funny, sad and enjoyable. I never get tired of them.”
Storytellers such as Shapiro love continuing Andersen’s tradition. Shapiro doesn’t remember her favorite stories. However, she learns what happens at the beginning, middle and end. She changes the words of a story to fit the listeners. So every telling of a story is different.
33. There are Arrdersen’s stories mentioned (提及) in the passage.
A.6 B.7 C.15
34. What can we learn about Shapiro from the passage
A. She usually reads stories to her listeners.
B. She organized the celebrations of Andersen.
C. She never tells the same story in the same way.
35. According to the passage, we can know that ..
A Andersen's stories are only loved by children
B. all of Andersen’s stories reflect his own life
C. Andersen's stories are funny, sad and enjoyable
36. What can we know about Andersen from the passage
① His birth place. ② His family. ③His children. ④ His celebrations. ⑤ His stories.
A ①②③④ B.②③④⑤ C.①②④⑤
(二)阅读下面短文,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。
E
Should we use artificial intelligence ( AI,人工智能) in schools Some people may say no, but many people think we should use it in a good way. 37 Zheng Qinghua, a teacher of Tongji University, said it's important for us to use AI in education. He believed that AI could help us learn new things and get better at what we study. He also advised that young people should improve their understanding of how technology changes our lives.
38 Zheng said that an AI chatbot (聊天机器人) can write papers, solve science problems and do homework. Students also used AI for their study. A school did a survey(调查),it showed that 89% of students had used ChatGPT to help them do homework.
However, some people worry that it may bring the problem of academic integrity (学术诚信)and bad problems on education. 39 They use AI to give answers or finish homework and tests
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instead. People should use AI to help students be creative and solve real-world problems, said Zheng.
Colin Bailey, a teacher of Queen Mary University of London, said that as ChatGPT develops fast, stopping AI from being used in schools is not the answer. Instead, we should think about how to use it safely and in the right way.
To make it come true, people around the world are working on rules to make sure people use AI in a good way. 40 China also has some interim measures (临时的措施) for making Al services better.
A. They say AI can help us learn better.
B This shows that some people are not using AI properly.
C. However, sometimes people find it hard to tell who made new things.
D. In the US, people are making a plan to protect people with chabots.
R In fact, AI has already become more and more important for teaching and Hearning.
答案:37. 40. 38. .39. .
三、语言运用 (共20 小题;每小题1分,计20分)
A.阅读下面短文,根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空,使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供41——45 小题选用,第二个方框供46——50 小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次,每框有一项剩余。
A. in order to B. Even though C. planned D. included E. longest F. As soon as
Joseph Ditun is a 55-year-old university teacher. He is also famous as“Dr. Deep Sea”. He just broke the record for the 41 time living underwater in Florida, United States.
Joseph lived inside a small undersea house for 100 days between March 1 and June 9. He ate meals which were rich in protein (蛋白质) there. He exerorsed and took daily experiments 42 see how his body changed to the underwater pressure. 43 Joseph lived at the bottom (底部) of a 9-meter-deep lake, it didn’t use any technology to make the underwater pressure less. The man 44 to stay at the lake for 100 days and he did it. He finished the underwater program called Program Neptune 100. The program 45 medical research (医疗研究) and ocean research.
A. really B. compare C. but 。 unbelievable E. succeeded F. undersea
During his stay, Joseph shared his 46 list e with over 2,500 students through online classes at the University of South FloridA. And he answered their questions. “To be honest, I was surprised at how much I missed the sun. I 47 wanted to go out and have a look at the sun,” Joseph said. “I missed the sun a lot , 48 I still regard this experience as my treasure.”
After staying for 100 days, Joseph 49 in breaking the record for the longest time living underwater. According to the research. he now feels“10 years younger” because of some changes of his body. It is 50 . What a surprise!
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答案:41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 49. 48. 47. 50.
B.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was around 3 o’clock p. m. on Sunday. Gina 51 (plaw) basketball with her brother Bill outside when she saw a car stop in front of Jenny's house Jenny jumped out of the car, and Gina could hear a lot of voices laughing and saying goodbye to Jenny. The car drove away and Jenny jumped to her front door. Gina felt 52 sad that her eyes started to water.
“Hey, what's wrong ”Bill asked. “Nothing. I don't want to play anymore.” Gina went straight to her room. Gina heard Bill talking to her mom 53 the living room, but she didn’t want to talk to anyone.
“Gina, are you OK ”her mom asked. “What are you doing inside, my dear May I come in ”
Gina opened the door. Her mom always encouraged her 54 (solve) the problems in a right way.
“What's going on, Gina ”Mom asked.
“Jenny went somewhere with our friends. but she didn’t invite me,”Gina said. “ That’s not very nice. So far, we 55 (be ) friends for about 5 years.”
“Oh, honey, it's normal for you to have such 56 feeling. Maybe Jenny knew that you wouldn’t like what they were going to do.”Mom advised. “Why don’t you 57 (tam with Jenny on Monday ”
“I don't want to talk to her anymore.”
“But I don’t think this is a good 58 (decide). You might lose Jenny as a friend if you don't talk about it with her,”replied Mom.
“I still want Jenny to be my friend, but talking about it is uncomfortable. I just expect her to know what's wrong and say she's sorry.”
“That might happen, but it might not. I think talking to her about how you feel is the 59 (good) way.”“OK, Mom, I will. Thanks,”Gina said.
And guess what Gina's mom was right! Jenny went to see an 60 (usual) snake show that day. She knew Gina didn’t like snakes, so she didn’t invite her.
Gina was glad she had talked to Jenny to solve the problem.
答案:51. 55. 52. 55. 54. 56. 59. 58. 57. 60.
四、阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分,计10分)
阅读下面短文,完成短文后的问题。
Joey was happy because he had many special friends——four squirrels(松鼠), two rabbits, and many colorful birds. At the meal time, these wild animals came near to the family and they would
feed these special friends.
In the large yard stood thirteen trees of different sizes. One day, while Joey was playing with his sister under the trees, he noticed that a tree trunk (树干) had a sad look. He ran into the house to tell his mom about it. She told Joey to find the reason why it was sad.
So Joey went into the yard, ran to the sad tree and asked,“Why are you unhappy ”
“I am the smallest tree around. The birds don’t fly to me. The rabbits don’t eat grass under me. The squirrels don't climb to my top. Nobody needs me or loves me.”replied the sad tree.
After knowing the reason, the family had a meeting. Joey advised to make a seat under the sad tree. Joey’s father said he could help make a seat around the tree. The family would sit under the tree and the tree wouldn't feel sad any more.
When Joey told his special friends the tree was sad, they decided to do what they could to help make the sad tree happy again.
Early the next morning, when Joey woke up, he noticed birds singing happily in the little tree and saw squirrels running up and down in it. Rabbits were eating the fresh grass around the tree.The little tree was happy again.
Joey ran inside to tell the good news to his family. Joey's mother and father went into the yard and saw the happy tree.
“Let’s start to build the seats around the trees. I will need help to build them. Get the nails (钉子) for me, Joey,”said the father.
“I can help you hold the nails, Dad.”said Joey's sister.
61. Why did the tree feel sad
62. What did Joey advise to do to help the sad tree
63. What does the underlined word“it”in Paragraph 7 refer to (指代)
64. How did Joey's special friends help the sad tree (List two examples)
65. What do you think of Joey's family Why
五、补全对话(共4小题;66-68每小题1分,69题2分,计5分)
阅读下面对话,在每个空白处填入一个适当的句子,使对话完整,合乎情境。
Helen:I called you at seven yesterday evening. But you didn’t answer. 66
Bob:I was making a vacation plan with my father.
Helen: What are you going to do this vacation
Bob: We are going to Disneyland in Shanghai. 67
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Helen: Yes, I have. I have been there three times. It's an amusement park with a special theme —— Disney characters and movies.
Bob: 68
Helen: Well, we stayed there for 3 days. There are many exciting rides, lovely restaurants and fantastic gift shops there.
Bob: That sounds great. 69 . I can't wait to go there.
Helen: You can do that. I hope you can have a good time.
Bob:Thank you.
答案:66.
67.
68.
69.
六、书面表达(计15分)
为助力打造“书香校园”,学校英语社团将举办以“热爱阅读”为主题的征文活动,请以“Enjoy Reading, Enjoy Life”为标题,按照以下提示,用英语写一篇短文,介绍你自己的阅读情况并阐述阅读的重要性。
提示:
1. Why is reading important
2. How many books/stories have you ever read
3. What's your favorite book/story What's it about
4. What have you learned from the book/story
要求:
1.书写规范,语句通顺,语法正确。
2.不少于70词。
3.短文中不得出现任何真实人名、校名及其它相关信息,否则不予评分。
Enjoy Reading, Enjoy Life
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