2023北京通州区初三(上)期中英语试卷及答案

2023北京通州初三（上）期中

英语

2023年11月

学校班级姓名

1.本试卷共8页,共五道大题,38道小题,满分60分，考试时间90分钟。

2.请在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校名称、班级、姓名。

考生

3.试题答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。

须知

4.在答题卡上,选择题用2B铅笔作答,其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。

5.考试结束，请将答题卡交回。

第一部分

本部分共33题，共40分。在每题列出的四个选项中，选出最符合题目要求的一项。

一、单项填空（每题0.5分，共6分）

从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.Mr.Blackisagoodteacherandwealllikeclassesverymuch.

A.hisB.herC.theirD.its

2.ItisthebesttimetovisitBeijingautumn.

AatB.toC.inD.on

3.Scienceisuseful,Iwilltrymybesttolearnitwell.

A.butB.forC.soD.or

4.一Excuseme,canIparkmycarhere?

一Sorry,you.Thisisnoparkingarea.

A.canB.can'tC.mustD.needn't

5.一studentsarethereinyourclass?

一Therearethirty-six.

A.HowfarB.HowmanyC.HowlongD.Howmuch

6.一Whichsubjectis，English,scienceorgeography?

一science.

A.interestingB.moreinteresting

C.mostinterestingD.themostinteresting

7.一Mike,whereisyoursister?

——Shebooksinherhome.

A.readB.readsC.wasreadingD.isreading

8.TheearthquakeonthenightorSeptember,2023.

A.happensB.happenedC.willhappenD.hashappened

9.Thefamoussingerasongatthepartytomorrowevening.

A.willsingB.singsC.issingingD.sang

10.一Whatanoldbuilding!Ithinkithasalonghistory.

一Yes,ithereforalmostfivehundredyears.

A.isB.wasC.willbeD.hasbeen

11.Englishisimportantbecauseitallovertheworld.

A.isusedB.usesC.wasusedD.used

12.一Lucy,canyoutellmethedictionary?

一Sure.Iboughtitinthebookstorenearmyhome.

A.whereyoubuyB.whereyoubought

C.wheredoyoubuyD.wheredidyoubuy

二、完形填空（每题1分，共8分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择

最佳选项。

TheCatchingTree

Lindalookedupatthetree.Itwasthebiggesttreeintown.Itwassobigthatitcaughtthingsthat

peoplelost.Ifsomethingwasfloatedawayorblewaway,itwasusually_13_inthetree.

Lindahadlosther_14_,Shewantedtoclimbupandseeifitwasinthetree.Shethoughtshe

sawitinoneofthehighbranches（树枝）.Shehadtoclimbittomakesure.Thebrancheswerenotclose

tothe_15_.Theywere-highup.Sheneededaladdertostartclimbingupthetree.

Shebegantoclimb.Inthelowestbranches,shefoundbirdnests.Squirrelschatteredatherand

rantheotherway.Shewenthigher.

Shefoundanoldbaseball.Thentherewasakitethatwasnothers.Shefoundsomeone'scat,but

itranawayfromher.Shewenthigherstill.

Anewspaperwascaughtinoneofthebranches.Thenaballoonwastrapped（困住）intheleaves.

Thereweremorebirds,too.Shewentevenhigher.

Morebirds9nestsandsquirrels_16_her.Shefoundapaperairplane.Thentherewasanold

shoe.Nextshefoundalady'shatcaughtinsometwigs（小细枝）.Shewentevenhighertothetop.

Atlast,shefoundherkiteShe_17_itandtedittoherarm.Shefoundotherthings,too.There

wasatoyrocket,anothernewspaper,andatennisracket.Therewereotherthings,too.

Beforeshewentdown,shetookallthethingsthatbelongedto（属于）peoplefromthe

tree.She_18_theanimalsalone.Theybelongedinthetree.Bythetimeshereachedthegroundagain,

theareaaroundthetreewascoveredwiththingsshohadtakendown_19_.

Manypeoplewere_20_,buttheywerehappytogettheirthingsback.Lindawasjusthappyto

haveherkite.

13.A.plantedB.putC.placedD.caught

14.A.kiteB.catC.baseballD.balloon

15.A.skyB.nestsC.groundD.buildings

16.A.neededB.greetedC.protectedD.encouraged

17.A.producedB.followedC.freedD.broke

18.A.leftB.touchedC.savedD.studied

19.A.fastB.hardC.seriouslyD.curiously

20.A.carelessB.richC.nervousD.surprised

三、阅读理解（每题2分，共26分）

（一）信息匹配。下面材料分别介绍了四个习语,请根据21-23题中对Alice,Jenny和Mike的

描述，将其与相应的习语匹配，并将文中每个标题前的A、B、C、，D选项填在相应的位置上。

A

Idioms（习语）inEnglish

ThefollowinginformationisaboutsomeidiomsinEnglish.Pleasefindtherightidiomsforthe

followingsentences.

A|sleeponit:TothinkaboutsomethingforB|getsomethingoffone'schest:Totalk

awhilebeforemakingadecision.aboutaproblemthathasbeenworrying

someoneforalongtime,andsomeonefeels

betterbecauseofthis.

Cputyourfootinyourmouth:SayingDdownforthecount:Tired;givingup

somethingyoushouldn'thavesaid.unableorunwillingtoparticipateanylonger.

21.AliceDon'ttellmewhetheryou'llmovetoTexaswithmeornottoday.Ithinkyou

should,andtellmeyourdecisiontomorrow.

22.Jen"No,youcan'ttakemydogforawalk.Shewillgiveupbecausesheisafter

runningafterthecatsallday.

23.“ikeMissSmith,Tmsorry.Ihaveto,andit'saboutmyEnglishhomework.Icopied

myfiriend'sanswersyesterday.Ican'tfeelbetterafterthat.

（二）信息选择。阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D

四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

B

FortheLoveofHisHuman

At7weeks,Rockywasgiventoaboywithproblems.Unfortunately,theboytiedthedogand

threwhimintoalake.Luckily,theboy'sfathersavedthedog.However,thenextday,theboytried

tomakeRockydieagain.Hetookthedogandheldhimunderwater.Thedogwassavedoncemore

bythefatherandwasreturnedtotheanimalhome.

Later,RockywasgiventoRitawhenhewas10weeksold.Thetwowerealwayswithinreachof

eachothersotheywerecalledRandRbythefamily.

Once,whenRitawasabouttoenterastore,twolargemenrushedoutofthedoor,cryingtothe

shopkeeper,andnearlyknockingRitaover.Rockyrushedforward,puttinghimselfbetweenthegirl

andthetwomen.Hegrowled（咆哮）andthemenbackedoff.

Heseemedfearlessmostofthetime.ButRockysfearofwaterwasclearwhenRitawent

swimminginanearbylake.Hewouldpullback,paceontheshore（岸），andshake.

Whenhewas3yearsoldandRitawas11,shefelloffaboardwalkandintothelakefacedown.

Herbodywasnotmoving.WecanneverknowwhatwentthroughRocky'smindashestoodthere

watchinghiskeeper,buthejumpedintothewater.HeswamtoRita,caughtherdress,swambackto

theshore,andpulledherout.

Rocky'sfearofthewaterwascertainandneverbecameless.Hecontinuedtoavoiditfortherest

ofhislife,andnooneeversawhimsomuchasplaceafootinthelakeagain.Hebravedthewaterjust

once,forRita,forlove.

24.RockymetRitawhenRockywas.

A.7weeksoldB.10weeksoldC.3yearsoldD.11yearsold

25.RockyandRitawerecalledRandRbythefamilybecause.

A.RitawantedtohelpRockytoforgettheboywithproblems

B.Ritaaskedherfamilymemberstocallthemlikethis

C.theybecamefriendsandwerealwaystogether

D.herfamilymembershopedRitawouldbeasbraveasRocky

26.RockytosaveRitafromwater.

A.felloffthelakefacedownB.growledattwolargemen

C.rantoaskRita'sfatherD.faceduptohisfear

C

TipstoImproveEnglishListeningSkills

AsanEnglishlearner,isyourEnglishlisteningskillprogressingwell?Ifitisstillposinga

problem,maybethefollowingtipscangiveyousomehelp.

Firstofall,rememberthatyouarenotalone.Listeningcomprehensionisprobablythemost

difficulttaskforalmostallleanersofEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Themostimportantthingisto

listen,andthatmeansasoftenaspossible.

Whenyoubegintolisten,donottranslateintoyournativelanguage.Whenyoutranslateintoyour

nativelanguage,youaretakingthefocusofyourattentionawayfromthespeakerandconcentrating

（集中注意力）onthetranslationprocesstakingplaceinyourbrain.Translationleadstoamental（精神

的）blockinyourbrain.Itsometimesdoesn'tallowyoutounderstandanythingatall.

Mostofpeoplerepeatthemselves.Thinkforamomentaboutyourfriends,family,andyour

teachers.Whentheyspeakintheirnativetongue,dotheyrepeatthemselves?Iftheyarelikemost

people,theyprobablydo.Thatmeansthatwheneveryoulistentosomeonespeaking,itisverylikely

thattheywillrepeattheinformation,givingyouasecond,thirdorevenfourthchancetounderstand

whathasbeensaid.

Usekeywordsorkeyphrasestohelpyouunderstandthegeneral（大致的）ideas.Ifyouunderstand

“NewYork”,“businesstrip","lastyear”,youcanthinkthatthepersonisspeakingaboutabusiness

triptoNewYorklastyear.Thismayseemobvious（明显的，显然的）toyou,butrememberthat

understandingthegeneralideawillhelp-youtounderstandthedetail中田节）asthepersoncontinuesto

speak.

Listenforcontext.LefsimaginethatyourEnglishspeakingfriendsays,“Iboughtthisgreattuner

atJR's.ItwasreallycheapandnowIcanfinallylistentoNationalPublicRadiobroadcasts.99Youdon't

understandwhatatuneris,andifyoufocusontheword“tuner”,youmightbecomefrustrated.Ifyou

thinkincontext,youprobablywillbegintounderstand.Forexample,boughtisthepastofbuy,

listenisnoproblemandradioisobvious.Nowyouunderstand,heboughtsomething一thetuner一to

listentotheradio.Atunermustbeakindofradio.Thisisasimpleexamplebutitdemonstrateswhat

youneedtofocuson.Notthewordthatyoudon'tunderstand,butthewordsyoudounderstand.

27.Accordingtothepassage,whatisapossiblewaytounderstandthegeneralideas?

A.Toknowthekeyinformation.

B.Togetmoredetailedinformation.

C.Tounderstandalltheinformation.

D.Toremembertherepetitiveinformation.

28.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Translatingcreatesaroadbetweenthelistenerandthespeaker.

B.Itisdifficulttogetthekeyinformationwhilelisteningtothematerials.

C.Itisuselesstomakeapredictionaboutthewordspeopledon'tunderstand.

D.Sayingwhathasbeensaidagaincanhelppeopleunderstandtheinformation.

29.Theword"demonstrates“inParagraph6probablymeans^^”.

A.createscontinuouslyB.showsclearly

C.keepsitasecretofD.studiescarelesslyon

D

Whenwethinkofcommunication,weusuallythinknotoftouchbutofspeech.Thisisbecause

languageitselfhappensprimarilyovertheauditory（听力的，听觉的）channel.Sincesoundtravelsmore

thanfourtimesfasterinwater（1,480meterspersecond）thaninair（343meterspersecond）,it'sno

surprisethatahugenumberofanimalsintheoceanalsousesoundasanefficientmeansof

communication.Thelow-frequencysoundsproducedbylargerwhalescantraveltensofthousandsof

milesunderwater.Manyspecies（物种）offishusesoundforcommunication.

Theoceanisfullofanimalsusingtheauditorychannelforcommunication,butthismaybe

changing.Becauseofhuman-madenoise,theoceansoundsverydifferentthanitdidmillionsofyears

ago.Inoursearchingforbothunderstandingandhavingcommunicationwithoceanspecies,wehave

becomeourownworstenemy.Shipnoiseandwindfarms,alltheseactivitiesarecreatingtheloudand

unpleasantsoundintheocean.Toomuchnoisemakesitdifficultforfishtoavoidenemiesorforwhales

tohearthoselow-frequencycallsastheynowmustcompetewiththenoiseofshippingtraffic.

JasonBruckandotherresearchershavefocusedtheirattentiononthedolphinscommunication

andtheproblemofoceannoise.Theyarelookingathow'evenseeminglyminimal（极小的）amounts

ofbackgroundnoisemightmakeitdifficultnotonlyfordolphinstocommunicatewitheachotherbut

alsotopaylongenoughattentiontolearningnewskills.

PaigeStevensisstudyingthewaysinwhichnoiseaffectsdolphinstolearnlivingabilities.Just

asweseeinhumans,backgroundnoisemaymakeitdifficultfordolphinstofocusonthetaskathand.

Stevens9researchcouldshowthatit'sgettingsoloudintheoceanthatdolphinsmightbelosingtheir

abilitiestothinkclearlyenoughtoliveanormallife.

Humansfeelastrongpulltocommunicatewithoceananimals.Andwehaveenoughincommon

withmostspeciesintermsof（就而言）sharedcommunicationchannelstomakethispossible,even

ifit'sjustasofttouch.Ifsgoodtowanttohavecommunicationwithourfavoriteoceanspecies,but

unlesswefindawaytoturndownthevolume,wewon'teverhearwhattheymightwanttotellus.

30.Whatdoyouknowaboutthesound?

A.Soundtravelsfasterinairthaninwater.

B.Thereislittleloudsoundinthedeepocean.

C.Someoceananimalsusesoundtocommunicate.

D.Human-madenoiseisgoodforsomeoftheoceananimals.

31.PaigeStevensprobablyagreesthat.

A.animalslikeusinglanguagetocommunicate

B.peoplemakesomeoceannoisetostudytheanimals

C.peopleshouldstopcommunicatingwithoceanspecies

D.thebackgroundnoisecankeepdolphinsfromlivingnormally

32.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.LivingintheOceanB.FromtheOceantotheLand

C.AnimalCommunicationD.CommunicationintheDeep

33.Whatisthewriter'smainpurposeofwritingthispassage?

A.Totellussomewaystotalktoanimals.

B.Tocallonpeopletoreducenoiseintheocean.

C.Tointroducethecommunicationwaybetweenhumanandoceanspecies.

D.Toencouragepeopletodomoreresearchesoncommunicationintheocean.

第二部分

本部分共5题，共20分。根据题目要求，完成相应任务。

四、阅读表达（34-36题每题2分,37题4分，共10分）

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

OnTopoftheWorld

JennyToughisarunner,cyclist,andadventurer.Shehasspentmuchofherlifeclimbing

mountainsintheworld'smostplaces,oftencompletelyalone.Inherrecentbook,shetellsher

expeditionsandthelessonsshe'slearnedalongtheway.

“Iseeadventureasacreativepursuit（追求），onewhereI'minventingchallenges（挑战）fbrmyself

Theydon'tneedtomakesensetoanyoneelse.Inthiscase,Istartedwithagoaltorunacross

Kyrgyzstan.Noonehadeverdoneitbefore,andeveryonetoldmeitcouldn'tbedone.ButIwent,and

Ididit,Andonthattrip,Ibecamethebestofmyselfbutfinishingabigprojectlikethatleftahole,

andIfeltprettydepressed（沮丧的）afterward.SoIdecidedtojustkeepgoing.^^Shesaid.

Shealsosaidthatduringthejourney,somanythingshappened-somearescary,someare

beautiful.Wealwayshavetosetarecordorwe'vealwaysgottobethebest.Athousandpeoplecould

runacrossthesemountainsandcomebackwithathousanddifferentstories.

“Somanyofusgrowupinenvironmentswherewe'realwayslookedafter.Eachsolo（单独的）

tripItookwasarevelation（启示）ofmyabilities.I'vegottenmyselfinto.somebadsituations;and

I'vehadtothinkcreativelytogetmyselfout.IfIhadneverputmyselfthroughthat,Imightnever

havebecomeatrulyonewhoreallybacksherselfwhenthingsgetbad."Shealsosaid.

34.WheredoesJennyToughtellherexpeditionsandthelessonsshe'slearned?

35.WhydidJennyToughdecidetokeepgoingafterrunningacrossKyrgyzstan?

36.WhathasJennyToughhadtodowhenshehasgottenherselfintosomebadsituations?

37.DoyouthinkJennyToughshouldspendmuchofherlifeclimbingmountainsintheworld'smost

placesalone?Whyorwhynot?Pleasegiveatleasttworeasons.

五'文段表达（10分）

38.从下面两个题目中任选一题,根据所给提示，完成一篇不少于50词的英语文段写作。文中已

给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

题目①

假如你是李华，你们学校正在举办“英语学习方法交流”的主题活动。请用英语写一封电子

邮件向你们班交换生Peter介绍你英语学习方面曾遇到的问题,以及你的解决办法。

提示词语：words,remember,topicsentence,understand

提示问题：•whatproblem(s)didyoumeetinyourEnglishlearning?

,Howdidyousolvetheproblem(s)?

DearPeter,

Howareyou?_________________________________________________________

Whataboutyou?Pleasetellme.

Yours,

LiHua

题目②

某英文网站正在开展以“书香润心灵，阅读伴成长”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，

请用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈谈哪本书对你影响最大，介绍一下这本书的内容，以及给你成长

带来的帮助。

提示词语:write,story,life,change,help

提示问题：•Whichbookhashadabiginfluenceonyourlife?

•Whatisthebookabout?

,Howhasthebookhelpedyou?

Therearealotofbooksaroundus.

参考答案

第一部分