省锡初三第三次适应性练习英语试卷 2024年5月
初三英语备课组
注意事项：1、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试号和班级写在答题卷上。
2、本试卷满分100分，考试时间100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（客观题 共50分）
一、单项选择在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
1. ________ will you start your speech, Jack We are all busy with the project. Don’t waste time.
A. What B. Where C. When D. Why
2. —Mum, there is something wrong with my iPad. Can you give me a hand
—Just a minute. I am __________.
A. mopping the floor B. doing the dishes
C. fixing the bicycle D. ironing the clothes
3. —Tom, how about a drink to relax
—Thanks, but there’s __________ like a hot bath after a day’s climbing.
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
4. —Are you going to the concert given by the famous pianist tonight
—Sure, it’s __________ a chance to miss.
A. small enough B. good enough C. too small D. too good
5. Oh, come on, Zack! __________ you talk to me like that I’m your mother after all.
A. Can’t B. Can C. Mustn’t D. Must
6. It may not be a great suggestion. But before __________ one is put forward, we’d better take it.
A. a good B. a best C. a better D. the best
7. China Mobile expected that the number of 5G mobile connections in China __________ one billion by the year 2025.
A. will reach B. would reach C. had reached D. has reached
8. —Welcome to our dinner party. Help yourself to some food, Lucy.
—Thanks. It __________ delicious. I want more.
A. tastes B. looks C. smells D. feels
9. My grandpa often tells me we must work hard to get more knowledge __________ we are young.
A. since B. while C. if D. until
10. —I didn’t expect to see you studying at the library so early in the morning.
—__________, huh
A. Every dog has its day B. Many hands make light work
C. The early bird catches the worm D. No pain, no gain
11. It’s unbelievable! I hear our old friend Lucy was forced to marry __________ her will last week.
A. beyond B. over C. against D. through
12. —Paris Olympic Games will take place in July, 2024. The organizer has announced __________.
—Oh, on the River Seine. At least 600,000 viewers can attend it.
A. where will the opening ceremony be held
B. where the opening ceremony will be held
C. how many viewers would attend the opening ceremony
D. how many viewers will attend the opening ceremony
13. —Mom, could you get three VIP tickets to Lang Lang’s concert
—Honey, getting them isn’t as simple as you might __________.
A. expect B. wish C. suppose D. suggest
14. —Is Daniel the most suitable person to be our monitor
—__________! I’ve never met a more dishonest man.
A. Far from it B. It’s up in the air C. It isn’t much D. You name it
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
At a family reunion one year, I noticed that my 13-year-old granddaughter Lauren was not including her cousin Emily in her small circle of three friends.
I pulled Lauren aside, and thought of giving her a lecture (训斥) on 15 . Just then I remembered a 16 experience when I was about the same age as Lauren. I was left out in group activities, and I felt terrible. Seeing that, a thoughtful teacher asked me to hand out papers one day. Although the teacher’s kind act didn’t make me a member of the group at once, it 17 my self-confidence and created chances for communication with my classmates.
So, instead of giving Lauren a lecture, I changed my way. “Would you and the other girls be willing to make cupcakes for everyone ” I asked.
“Yes!” Lauren’s face brightened, but then 18 . “Hmm… does Emily have to help ” she asked.
This wasn’t a question I was hoping for. I told her firmly (坚定地) that Emily needed to be 19 . Then I told the other three girls about the plan. They were very happy with the idea, but Lauren wasn’t.
I gave each of them tasks for making the cupcakes. Soon, all the four girls 20 themselves in measuring (测量) mixing, and high-fiving one another. I could tell they had a great time there. When the cupcakes were ready, the kitchen was a mess, so I gave each girl their own clean-up duties. More high-fiving. More 21 .
Soon after, I heard laughter in the living room that evening. I noticed Lauren sitting on the floor behind Emily, brushing her hair while Emily was laughing at something Lauren had said. Obviously, my plan of involving them in an activity 22 .
After the family reunion, I told Lauren how kind of her it was to ask Emily to take part in their activities.
Now the four girls are young adults. They don’t see each other often, but each time they meet up, they never 23 to laugh about the messy kitchen they made that time. This best proves that having teens involved is much more 24 than just lecturing when teaching them how they should behave.
15. A. patience B. politeness C. bravery D. kindness
16. A. valuable B. special C. common D. similar
17. A. formed B. produced C. increased D. improved
18. A. cleared B. relaxed C. clouded D. softened
19. A. followed B. included C. accepted D. tested
20. A. busied B. trained C. bettered D. troubled
21. A. cupcakes B. complaint C. shout D. fun
22. A. mattered B. worked C. developed D. canceled
23. A. expect B. happen C. fail D. manage
24. A. useful B. popular C. traditional D. surprising
三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）
A
Word bank: kit n. 成套设备 diagram n. 示意图
25. How large is the Tree Mansion
A. It is 2.4 m high. B. It is 1.8 m wide.
C. It weighs 23 kg. D. It covers 3.24 m2.
26. How can a child of 30 kg go up to the Tree Mansion
A. B. C. D.
27. Where is the text most probably from
A. A storybook. B. A science report.
C. A travel magazine. D. A shopping poster.
B
Star Travel FLIGHT BOOKING FORM Booking reference 4789P Date: 3 March 2024 Title: Mr/Mrs/Ms First name: Helen Surname: Pang
Flight details Airlines: Star airlines Ticket type: Return Departure from: Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Destination: Haneda Airport, Tokyo Flight number: SA381 Seat number 55A (window) Departure date: 24 May (Saturday) Departure time: 09:30 Arrival time: 14:20 (local time) Return from: Kansai International Airport, Osaka Destination: Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Flight number: SA371 Seat number 34K (window) Departure date: 8 June (Sunday) Departure time: 19:50 Arrival time: 22:40 (local time) Cabin class: First/Business/Premium/Economy Meal: Vegetarian Air fare: 3,280+ 458 Airport (tax) Total: 3, 738 (paid by credit card) Note: ● Please confirm your ticket ONE week before the departure date. ● Please make sure your travel document has not expired before departure. ● Some countries may not allow you to enter if it is not valid for the coming six months from the date of entry. Check our website: . ● Please note that you may need to pay extra for check-in luggage over 22 kg ● For more information, please call us (2837 0298) or send us an email (enquiries@)
28. How many nights is Helen staying in Japan
A. 10. B. 12. C. 15. D. 20.
29. What type of food will Helen choose on her flight
A. Chicken B. Fish C. Beef D. Mixed vegetables
30. Which of the following is TRUE
A. Helen has only booked a single ticket.
B. Helen is arriving in Japan in the afternoon.
C. Helen is staying in the same city for the whole trip.
D. Helen should pay 738 with her check-in luggage over 22 kg.
C
One of the phrases which greatly puzzled me was “entertaining angels unaware”. How could anybody be unaware of entertaining an angel I had never thought that angelic qualities could hide under very common voices and in everyday bodies.
My angel, as it turned out, hid inside the little figure of my school-teacher, Miss McKenzie. To me, she was always a little old lady, with her grey hair framing a round rosy face and caught up in an old-fashioned bun (发髻) on top of her head.
Although I enjoyed Miss McKenzie’s approval, I never really felt very close to her. It never dawned on me to ask her advice as to what I should do when I left school. Surely there was only one thing to do: get a job and earn money as quickly as possible. But Miss McKenzie had other ideas. We in our house knew nothing of scholarships for fatherless children. The idea of a child from a working-class family going to college was the very thing of story-books.
Unknown to us, she forced the headmaster to put my name forward for a special scholarship open to children who showed some promise, and who would receive further education. He agreed, although he was a bit worried about the cost of keeping me at college for a whole year. No earnings from me, and fares and clothes to be covered, for, of course, only the fees would be paid if I won.
Miss McKenzie brushed all argument (争论) aside. To this day I can remember my complete feelings when, on being asked if she felt I had any special qualities, this elderly teacher banged the desk with her hand, and declared (断言) in an American saying I never suspected she knew, “I’d bet my bottom dollar on this girl!”
I shook at the passion (激情) in her voice, and at her trust in me. “What if I fail her ” I thought to myself. “What if she has to pay all the money back if I let her down ” I knew we hadn’t a spare dollar to repay anybody, and I was sick with a sense of responsibility in case I messed up.
The time at college went by quickly. At the end of my year at college, I was able to lay before her the college gold medal as the year’s top student and a whole pile of awards.
And suddenly as I looked at her, and saw her eyes shining with pride behind the gold-rimmed glasses, I realized how widely she had thrown open the door of chance for me. And I knew for the first time what the phrase “entertaining angels unaware” meant. For there, standing before me in class, was my very own angel, Miss McKenzie.
31. In Paragraph 6, the writer felt ________ when she heard Miss McKenzie’s passionate voice.
A. surprised and encouraged B. excited and pleased
C. nervous and curious D. worried and hopeful
32. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. everyone could get a scholarship if the headmaster agreed to
B. she finally found that her angel was Miss McKenzie
C. it is unlikely for children from an ordinary family to further their study in college
D. the writer had the idea of going to work after she left school
33. Which is the best title for this story
A. A Successful Girl B. An Important Chance
C. Love from Teacher D. Gift from Scholarship
D
Do you know full confidence in your memory Look at the two pictures and choose the one which you think is correct. Then check with the answer.
Answer: The one on the right is correct. Pikachu never had a black tail in any of its various versions. Its yellow tail does have brown fur at its base, but there is no sign of black fur on its tail. There has been a discussion about whether it is shi or si in the sentence. “Thus when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man…”
Most people voted si as what they learned at school. However, People’s Education Press (PEP), a leading publisher of Chinese textbooks, claimed on Oct. 26 that all its textbooks say shi. Supporters of si feel shocked and say they’ve experienced the “Mandela Effect”—the situation in which a large number of people believe that an event happened when it didn’t.
Many people believed that former South African president Nelson Mandela died in the 1980s in prison. However, Mandela was alive and well, finally passing away in 2013. US researcher Fiona Broome created a website to detail her discovery of this public phenomenon (现象), coining the term which has been in use till now.
Some often joke that our memories have been changed by a strange force. In fact, psychologists have looked into the reasons for the Mandela Effect, as reported on the US-based website Verywell Mind.
For example, your mind may fill in gaps missing in your memory to make more sense of it, which is called confabulation (虚构症). However, try not to feel bad—this is not lying, but rather remembering details that never happened.
The Internet may be another reason why we tend to have Mandela Effect events, as the news we read can be false from the beginning. In 2018, Science Journal published a study of over 100,000 news stories discussed across Twitter. It showed that false news can spread faster and reach more people than the truth. As a powerful way to spread information, the internet might be the main reason for falsehoods to enter our minds.
34. Why does the writer mention the discussion about the sentence in Paragraph 2
A. To solve a mystery of Mandela Effect.
B. To raise readers’ interest in confabulation.
C. To introduce the topic of the Mandela Effect.
D. To discuss which word is the right one, si or shi.
35. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to “coining” in Paragraph 4
A. creating. B. borrowing. C. describing. D correcting.
36. What is the “Mandela Effect” about
A. Attitudes to a special event. B. A kind of psychological effect.
C. The benefit of good memory. D. The effect of Mandela’s death.
37. What can we infer from the passage
A. Most people know the former South African president Mandela well.
B. The word si or shi both existed in Chinese textbooks published by the PEP.
C. If you can tell the right Pikachu, you will never suffer from the Mandela Effect.
D. If you remember details that never happened, you may experience the Mandela Effect.
第Ⅱ卷（主观题共50分）
四、词汇运用（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
38. The __________ (原因) of the fire that happened yesterday is not yet known.
39. We __________ (承诺) to deliver to your door within 48 hours of your ordering.
40. Audrey Hepburn, Hollywood’s all-time best, is a __________ (天生的) artist.
41. The TV programme is __________ (专门地) designed for seniors to view.
B) 根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
42. Jon Fosse was __________ (present) with the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature.
43. It’s __________ (high) possible that I’ll accept his advice because his plan reduces costs.
44. An amazing __________ (think) came into my mind as I walked across the park.
45. His __________ (tidy) appearance made him fail in his last job interview.
五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答卷标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
46. In the past few months, something terrible __________ (happen) in the world. That caught the attention of the people around the world.
47. He __________ (teach) for several years in a university before becoming a writer.
48. The islands, which __________ (control) by Japan, lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan.
49. Lily as well as her family __________ (climb) the green mountain nearby at this time of year.
50. An experienced fisherman advised us not to risk __________ (travel) in such a bad situation.
51. —Judy, have you finished your English letter
—Not yet, Mrs White. But I __________ (work) on it.
52. He’s a sad case—his wife died last year and he can’t seem __________ (manage) without her.
53. Meetings about how to solve the problem of stress __________ (take) place as soon as possible.
六、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。（本大题共5小题，每空1分，共5分）
Over two thousand years ago, the Greek writer Plato wrote in dialogues about Atlantis, an island in the Atlantic Ocean. The island’s people were very rich. They built a big city with many great buildings. According to Plato, the royal palace was a wonder to see for its size and beauty. It sat on a perfectly round island, surrounded by rings of water and land. Gardens, golden temples, a horse-racing track, and fancy bath houses filled the island rings. Ships sailed in the circular waterways, bringing goods from all over the world. The whole place was filled with fruit and flowers. Wise kings ruled over happy people.
But the people became greedy — they had many things, but they still wanted more. So the gods became angry. With deadly earthquakes and floods, the island sank into the sea, never to be seen again.
Ever since, people wondered: was Atlantis a real place If Atlantis was real, where is it now
Many explorers have looked for Atlantis. In 2004, explorer Robert Sarmast reported finding the remains of a city under the sea near Cyprus. However, Sarmast and other scientists later realized the structures he found under the sea were not man-made. Mark Adams, author of the 2016 book Meet Me in Atlantis believes the city was in Morocco. Plato wrote about red and black stone circles around the city. Adams found similar red and black stones there, very near the Atlantic Ocean. But how could Atlantis be in the desert
Most people, however, think Atlantis is simply a story. Plato may have been inspired (赋予灵感) by a real place. About 1,500 B.C., a volcano erupted (火山爆发) on the Greek island of Santorini. It destroyed much of the island, though half is still there. Earthquakes and floods swept the nearby island of Crete.
As a boy, Plato probably heard tales of the Santorini eruption, although it happened long before he was born. He lived on an island and had experienced earthquakes. But his story of Atlantis was not meant as true history. He told it as a story designed to teach people not to be greedy. Still, he described it so vividly that his imaginary island continues to amaze us.
The 54 City of Atlantis
Writer Plato, a Greek writer
Description of Atlantis Located in the Atlantic Ocean, it was a city built on an island. There were many people of great 55 living on the island. One day, gods got angry with them and made earthquakes and floods destroy the city.
Various theories about Atlantis tale In 2004, Robert Sarmast reported parts of a city 56 under the sea near Cyprus. Later, the structures under the sea proved to be 57 . In 2016, Mark Adams announced in his book that he found red and black stones similar to those in Plato’s book.
Conclusion His story of Atlantis wasn’t true history, 58 Plato described it quite vividly.
七、完成句子按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答卷标有题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分）
59. 令我们惊讶的是，小米SU7汽车配置很好，但是价格不高。
_________________________________, Xiaomi SU7 is well equipped but the price is not high.
60. 在驾驶员跟歹徒搏斗时，汽车失去了控制。
The car _________________________________ when the driver was fighting with the bad man.
61. 假如我忘了，她赠我的这块表将会使我想起我的承诺。
If I forget, the watch she gave me _________________________________ my promise.
62. 在中国古代，二十四节气对中国传统农业有很大的影响。
In ancient China, 24 solar terms _________________________________ Chinese traditional agriculture.
63. 这个苏州到宁波的高铁项目颇有意义，很值得开展。
The high-speed railway project between Suzhou and Ningbo is so meaningful_____________________________.
64. 现在任何酒菜对Jenny都毫无滋味，我想知道自上周起她感冒多久了。
Any food and drink has very little flavour to Jenny now, I wonder __________________ last week.
八、书面表达（本大题共20分）
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注意事项：
1. 词数100个左右，演讲稿开头与结尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数；
2. 图中内容为非限定性内容，可作参考；
3. 演讲稿中不得使用真实的个人姓名或学校名称；
4. 演讲稿必须写在答题卡指定的位置。
Dear friends,
The 2024 Wuxi Marathon was successfully held on March 24, 2024. Over 260,000 people from 48 countries and areas attended the event. It’s an ideal choice for both first-time runners and experienced athletes.
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I hope all of you can take part in the 2025 Wuxi Marathon!
Thanks for your listening.

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