松江区2024学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷
初三英语 2024.01
Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.
26. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation? A. admit B. afraid C. action 27. Every morning I have ____ egg and two pieces of bread for breakfast. A. a B. an C. the 28. ___ two hours, I am sure the painting will be completed. A. For B. With C. In 29. Children sometimes are better than adults ____ creative thinking. A. for B. in C. on 30. Their flowers seem dying while ____ look very lively. A. we B. our C. ourselves 31. This course is too easy for her son. She is planning to change to ____ one. A. another B. other C. the other 32. A large number of ____ will be on sale on the Internet as promised. A. news B. progress C. tickets 33. Of the three maths problems, I have just solved ____ difficult one. A. the more B. the most C. a most
34. –___ do you usually go fishing, John? –About once a week. A. How B. How often C. How soon 35. I will take the responsibility if anything goes _____. A. wrong B. mad C. well 36. Keep off the wet hill path. You ____ fall and hurt yourself. A. must B. should C. need 37. Don’t come to me ____ I call for your help. A. although B. because C. unless 38. The glasses are in fashion ____ they don’t look good on me. A. but B. so C. and 39. My advice on decorating the back wall ____ at last by the class teacher. A. was accepted B. was accepting C. will be accepted
40. –Look! My mother ____ a new hat for me. –Wow, it looks very beautiful on you. A. was making B. will make C. makes 41. I didn’t hear what you said. I _____ about our picnic plan. A. would think B. was thinking C. thought 42. He denied ____ down the old man although some witnesses said so. A. knock B. to knock C. knocking
43. –Do you always get up at five?
–Yes, ____ my dog. He barks very early in the morning.
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D. attract D. / D. At D. at D. ours D. others D. physics D. more
D. How long D. badly D. may D. when D. or D. will accept
D. has made D. had thought D. knocked
A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. walked 44. –I really had a good time at the party, Jenny. –_______.
A. Thank you B. With pleasure C. Never mind D. Glad to hear that 45. –____?
–Thank you very much, but I can manage. A. Anything I can do to help B. Would you like to join us C. Shall we go shopping now D. Would you mind opening the window
Ⅱ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. A. danger B. population C. instead D. harm E. importantly What kind of meat do you usually eat? Most of us eat chicken, pork, or beef. But as the world’s ___46___ grows, more people will need protein. There won’t be enough meat for everyone. And raising more livestock（家畜）will ___47___ the environment. How can we solve this problem?
Scientists think that humans could eat more insects ___48___. Insects are healthy and nutritious. They have a lot of protein, healthy fats and vitamins. More ___49___, they are less harmful to the environment. Farmers don’t need to clear forests to raise them. And raising insects will make fewer greenhouse gas emissions than raising cows. A. collects B. easier C. special D. consists E. liquid Have you ever thought about how astronauts wash their clothes without gravity（重力）? It’s not easy. There’s no washing machine on the International Space Station（ISS）. Luckily, this may not be a problem in the future. Russian scientists are making a ___50___ washing machine for astronauts to use in space. The washing machine is different from the ones we use. It doesn’t need water. It ___51___ carbon dioxide from the air that the astronauts breathe out. Then, it uses high pressure to turn that carbon dioxide into a ___52___ that can help clean clothes. This could make astronauts’ lives much ___53___. Because normal washing machines can’t work in space, astronauts living aboard the ISS need to bring as many clothes as possible. Sometimes they even ask other spacecrafts to bring clean clothes from Earth.
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. 54. As a soldier, you have to obey __________.（order）
55. China celebrated its __________ birthday in the year 2024.（seventy） 56. The scene in front is too __________ for me to have a look at.（frighten）
57. His students have to hand in their homework no __________ than next Friday.（late）
58. Teenagers should learn to be __________ thinkers rather than follow others blindly.（depend） 59. Make sure the windows are closed and the door is __________ locked before you leave.（secure） 60. Customers can make a __________ to the manager by phone, by letter or face to face.（complain） 61. The factories are planning to make products with recycled materials to __________ energy.（safe）
Ⅱ. Complete the following sentences as required.
62. John set off for London on a business trip yesterday.（改为一般疑问句） _______ John _______ off for London on a business trip yesterday? 63. Her husband is of average height.（对划线部分提问） ____________________________is her husband？
64. The dog loves his master very faithfully.（改为感叹句） _______ _______ the dog loves his master!
65. It is believed that organic tea tastes better and is healthier.（保持句意不变）
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_______ _______ that organic tea tastes better and is healthier.
66. As a new comer, Mike doesn’t know how he can get to the city museum.（改为简单句） As a new comer, Mike doesn’t know how _______ _______ get to the city museum. 67. The thief stole one million dollars’ worth of gold from the store.（改为被动语态） One million dollars’ worth of gold _______ _______ from the store.
68. the cartoon book, to attract, she, made, children’s attention, colorful（连词成句） ________________________________________________________________
Part 3 Reading and Writing
Ⅱ. Reading comprehension.
A. Choose the best answer.
The hot dog is popular. It’s not a dog, but a cooked sausage in a long piece of bread. Here are some stories and facts about it. HISTORY of the Hot Dog The 1600s A German called Johann Georghehner created the “dachshund”sausage.“Dachshund”is a small German dog with a long body and short legs. The 1860s The very first hot dot—the“dachshund”sausage in a roll—was sold by Germans in New York. It became popular in the US later. 1871 Charles Feltman, a German, started the first Coney Island hot dog stand. It made hot dogs known to more people. 1893 Chris Von Der Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks, making hot dogs more popular. 1901 A New York cartoonist, Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot“dachshund”sausages sold on streets. He wanted to draw a picture of it, but he wasn’t sure how to spell“dachshund”，so he simply wrote“Hot Dog”. It is widely believed how the hot dog had its name. 1949 The first vegetarian hot dog came out. HOT DOG FUN FACTS The world record for eating hot dogs: 73 in ten minutes. The hot dog was one of the first foods eaten on the moon! About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans on each July 4th. About 21million hot dogs were sold at American base ball parks in 2010. New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US. 69.“Dachshund”is a name for ____ at the very beginning. A. a kind of dog B. a person C. a kind of sausage D. a hot dog
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70. The underlined word roll in the passage probably means _____. A. a piece of paper B. a list of names C. a piece of bread D. a kind of jam
71. The Americans started the tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks in ____. A. 1871 B. 1893 C. 1901 D. 2010 72. ___ is believed to be the man who created the name“Hot Dog”. A. Johann Georghehner B. Charles Feltman C. Chris Von Der Ahe D. Tad Dorgan 73. Which of the following is TRUE about hot dogs? A. There is still no vegetarian hot dog now.
B. An American sold the every first hot dog in Germany.
C. Someone has once finished eating 73 hot dogs in ten minutes. D. New York people like eating hot dogs best throughout the world 74. The passage is most probably from a magazine on _______. A. plants and animals B. food and drinks C. history and society D. earth and space
B. Choose the best words and complete the passage.
You might have noticed that sometimes, when you’re playing mobile games or taking a video call, the picture suddenly freezes because the network speed is too ___75___. When you try to download a movie on your phone, it seems to take forever.
These annoying things will soon become a thing of the ___76___, as China just issued commercial licenses（发放商用牌照）for 5G networks on June 6, 2024. This means that China’s telecommunications（电信）companies will be able to offer 5G network speeds for mobile phone users.
The“G”in“5G”___77___ generation（of mobile network technology）. 1G let us talk to each other. 2G let us send messages. 3G gave us mobile data and internet, and 4G made all of these things faster. So what will 5G bring? First of all, 5G is so fast that it will allow you to download an entire HD movie in seconds. The delay between sending and receiving data will be shortened. Now 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds（毫秒），while humans have a reaction time of about 200 to 200 milliseconds. But 5G will get the delay down to 1 millisecond or less, which is almost real-time.
Because of this ___78___ in speed, it will be possible to create and use new kinds of technology. Robots will be used to do operations because doctors will be able to control them from somewhere else without any delay. Self-driving cars will be able to run more ___79___ because they can smoothly communicate with each other, traffic lights and road sensors（传感器）. 5G also makes the internet of things（IoT，物联网）possible. IoT is a large network that connects nearly everything. ___80___, your toaster might be able to automatically start making your breakfast after your alarm clock rings. All in all, 5G will shape every type of technology that it touches. And you won’t have to wait too long for that to happen.
75. A. small B. low C. fast D. high 76. A. present B. future C. past D. old 77. A. goes to B. looks like C. relies on D. stands for 78. A. increase B. competition C. delay D. practice 79. A. widely B. slowly C. carefully D. safely 80. A. At last B. In addition C. For example D. In other words
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C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
A boy named Michael visited his grandparents on their farm with his sister, May. One day, Grandma gave him a slingshot（弹弓）to play with out in the woods. He practiced how to use it for some time but he still couldn’t hit the target（目标）he set for himself.
Feeling a little u_____, he headed back to the farmhouse for dinner. On the way, he happened to see Grandma’s pet duck. Just then, an idea suddenly came to his mind. He a______ at the duck with his slingshot and let it fly, hitting the duck in the head and killing it. In a panic（惊慌），Michael hid the dead duck in the bushes, only to find that his sister was watching him all the time. May had seen everything he did, but she said n_______.
After lunch the next day, Grandma said,“May, let’s wash the dishes.”But May said.“Grandma, Michael told me he wanted to help in the k_______.”Then she came close to Michael and whispered（低语），“Remember the duck?”So Michael did the washing.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if Michael and May wanted to go fishing, but Grandma interrupted,“I’m sorry but I need May to help me prepare for dinner.”May just smiled and said,“Well, that’s all right because Michael told me he wanted to help you.”Then she whispered to Michael again,“Remember the duck?”
So May went fishing and Michael stayed b______ to help make supper. After several days of doing both his chores and May’s, Michael finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He went to his grandma and told her the t______ that he had caused the death of her pet duck.
It really s_______ Michael that Grandma just smiled and gave him a big hug.“Sweetheart, I know,”said Grandma.“You see, I was standing at the window the other day and saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I just wanted to find out how long you would let May make a slave of you!”
D. Answer the questions.
My name is Opal. Last summer my daddy sent me to the store for a box of cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog. This is what happened: I walked into the vegetable section of the grocery store to pick out my two tomatoes and I almost bumped（撞）right into the store manager. He was standing there all red-faced, screaming and waving his arms around.
“Who let a dog in here?”he kept on shouting.“Who let a dog in here?”
At first, I didn’t see a dog. There were just a lot of vegetables on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. It seemed that all the employees were running around, waving their arms just the same way the store manager was waving his.
And then the dog came running around the corner. He was a big dog. And ugly. And he looked like he was having a real good time. His tongue was hanging out and he was wagging（摇摆）his tail. He suddenly stopped and smiled right at me. I had never before in my life seen a dog smile, but that is what he did. He pulled back his lips and showed me all his teeth. Then he wagged his tail so hard that he knocked some oranges off a shelf, and they went rolling everywhere, mixing in with the tomatoes and onions and green peppers. The manager screamed,“Somebody get that dog!”
The dog went running over to the manager, wagging his tail and smiling. He stood up on his hind legs（后腿）. You could tell that all he wanted to do was get face to face with the manager and thank him for the good time he was having in the store, but somehow he ended up knocking the manager over. And the manager must have been having a bad day, because lying there on the floor, right in front of everybody, he started to cry. The dog came to him, real concerned, and licked（舔）his face.
“Please,”said the manager.“Somebody call the pound（流浪狗收留所）.” “Wait a minute！”I shouted.“_____________________________________.”
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上海市2024届松江区初三中考英语一模试卷及答案
