福建省厦门双十中学海沧附属学校2024-2024年上初三期中考卷-英语试卷
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厦门双十中学海沧附属学校2024-2024学年上初三期中考卷
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II. 单项选择。从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。（每小题1分，满分15分）
16. — My brother often eats sweets before sleep. — Oh, what ________ unhealthy habit! A. a
B. the
C. an
17. What parents do or say has great ________ on their kids. A. background
B. influence
C. knowledge
18. — I’ve learned a lot from the ________ given by Yao Ming. — Yeah, me, too. He is really a man that we should look up to. A. product
B. address
C. speech
19. 1 leave home early to ________ the rush hour so that I won’t be late for work. A. fail
B. create
C. avoid
20. I love Mr. Smith best because he is such a ________ teacher. I never feel bored in his class A. humorous
B. polite
C. serious
21. Now WeChat has become the most ________ used chatting tool. It’s so popular. A. exactly
B. slowly
C. widely
22. — John, you made a very big mistake in your work! You must explain to me ________. — Sorry, sir. I’ll come to your office at once. A. in person
B. in public
C. in silence
23. Mr. Smith hasn’t come back from his business trip yet. He will be ________ today’s meeting. A. worried about
B. absent from
C. proud of
24. He is a difficult man. Nobody knows how to ________ him.
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A. talk about
B. think of
C. deal with
25. — Mario, is that you? You look so different！
— Yeah. it is. It ________ 4 years since we last saw each other in primary school. A. has been
B. was
C. will be
26. — What tools ________ to make paper cutting? — Scissors and paper A. are used
B. used
C. will use
27. Students today find ________ harder and harder to make a balance between their schoolwork and hobbies. A. that
B. it
C. they
28. I’ll finish the task, ________ how long it takes. A. even though
B. so that
C. no matter
29. — Wow, your dress looks nice. Could you please tell me ________? — In Beauty Clothes Store! A. when you bought it
B how you bought it
C. where you bought
30. — Will you in the discussion with us? — ________. Maybe I’ll have a meeting. A. Well. I’m not sure
III. 完形填空。从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(每小题1.5分，满分15分)
I remember believing in Santa when I was very young. But as I grew older, I began to doubt it. So I used tests to decide __31__ Santa Claus was real.
The first test happened when I was 5 years old. I thought that if I __32__ all night on Christmas Eve. I could see if Santa really came. But I fell __33__ When I woke up. I had a nice present under the tree.
The next year, I tested if Santa knew where I was. My family __34__ Christmas in another
B. Of course
C. Not at all
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state. I thought that if Santa was all knowing, he would know I wasn’t __35__. Sure enough, I found a gift the next morning.
At the age of 7, I had my final __36__. That year, I didn’t __37__ out my Christmas letter to Santa. On Christmas Eve, my mother took me to a supermarket and led me around the toy section. I didn’t say a word, but I did look at a beautiful __38__ a few times. I bet that Santa wouldn’t know what to get me because he couldn’t __39__ my mind. But Mom would know everything. On Christmas morning, I did find the doll and knew that Santa was __40__ Mom.
The magic and mystery of Santa made Christmas a fun time for me. In the future, I want it to be part of children’s childhood as well.
31. A. that
B. whether B. took up B. apart B. spread B. home B. show B. lay
C. how C. stayed up C. asleep C. stole C. safe C. test C. clear C. doll C. read C. directly
32. A. looked up 33. A. ill
34. A. spent 35. A. happy 36.A dream 37. A. send
38. A. toy car 39. A. look
B. model plane B. open B. actually
40. A. especially
IV. 阅读理解。（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：阅读下面A、B、C、D四篇短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。（每小题2分，满分40分）
A
A woman was walking down the street when a woman beggar(乞丐) came to her and asked for some money. The lady took a 50-yuan note out of her purse and asked, “If I give you this money, will you spend it on chocolate?”
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“Don’t be ridiculous,” the beggar replied. “Does it look like I have nothing better to spend money on?”
“What about shopping?” the lady asked.
“No,” the beggar said, “don’t you understand I need money just to stay alive?” “Will you spend it on your hair?” the lady asked.
Annoyed, the beggar replied, “No, I just need money for food and places to live in. Madam, I am really thankful for your money, but please don’t give me such a hard time!”
“Well, in that case(这样的话),” the lady said, “I would like you to eat dinner with me and my husband in the Mrs. Jone’s restaurant tonight. Come on, I’m heading to it. My husband has already been there waiting for me.”
“Why?” the beggar asked.
“Well,” the lady said, “I think it’s important for him to see what a lady looks like after she gives up chocolate, shopping, and hair appointments(预约)”
41. According to the passage, the woman beggar asked money to _________. A. buy chocolate C. have a haircut
B. go shopping
D. spend on food and places to live in
42. The woman was going to _________. A. have dinner with her husband C. go shopping with her husband
B. make a hair appointment D. buy some food for the beggar
43. The underlined word “ridiculous” could possibly mean _________ in Chinese. A. 生气的 C. 小气的
B. 荒唐搞笑的 D.令人厌烦的
44. What does the woman from her last sentence?
A. She hopes that the beggar would make friends with her husband.
B. She hopes that her husband would agree her to spend money on chocolate, shopping or hai. C. She wants to play a trick on the beggar.
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D. She hopes her husband could know what a woman beggar looks like. 45. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The beggar would have dinner with the woman and her husband. B. The woman wouldn’t give any money to the beggar.
C. The woman’s husband may be not happy with her about how she spends the money. D. The beggar was not angry with the woman.
B
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