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2023- 2024 学年第一学期昌平区融合学区（第三组） 初三年级
期中质量抽测
英语笔试试卷
2023.10
本试卷共 8 页，五道大题，38 个小题，满分 60 分。考试时间 90 分钟。考生务必将答案
填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，请交回答题卡。
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. Yao Ming was higher than ________ classmates from an early age.
A. your B. her C. their D. his
2. Tom likes watching TV ________ 8: 00 pm every evening.
A. in B. on C. at D. during
3. — ________ you tell me the difference between the twins?
— Yes, I can.
A. Need B. Can C. Should D. Must
4. This book is ________ book I have ever read.
A. good B. better C. best D. the best
5. — ________ does Dick go to the Book Club?
— Twice a week.
A. How often B. How long C. How many D. How much
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6. The Chinese women’s basketball team met many difficulties ________ they never gave up.
A. and B. but C. so D. because
7. —Where is Jenny?
— She ________ a poster for the community in her study.
A. makes B. is making C. will make D. has made
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司8. If you read English every morning, your speaking ________ one day.
A. will improve B. is improving C. improves D. improved
9. Hank ________ in the kitchen when his sister came back home.
A. is cooking B. was cooking C. cooks D. cooked
10. I ________ this beautiful gold watch for over 25 years.
A. have B. had C. have had D. had had
11. The Beijing National Stadium—Bird’s Nest ________ in June, 2008.
A. was built B. has built C. have built D. built
12. My uncle remembered ________.
A. when we moved to the town B. when did we move to the town
C. when we move to the town D. when do we move to the town
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。
The Empty Pot (盆)
Long ago, the King of China announced a contest to find the next ruler of the land.
He was getting old and had no sons to take over the throne (王位).
One thing about the King is that he loved to grow plants. So he announced that any boy who wanted to be king
would have to come to the palace and ____13____ a royal (皇室的) seed. In six months, the boy who grew the
best____14____ would be the one to win the contest. He would be the next to sit on the throne.
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On the big day huge crowds of boys came to the palace. Jun was one of those boys, he was quiet and good at
growing things. Each boy took home his royal seed, held tightly in his hand.
Over the next few days, Jun watered his pot every day. All over the country, boys were doing the same thing.
Each one looked with____15____ at his own pot.
Chen was the first boy to announce that a green leaf was coming up. Han was the next one to say a little green
plant was coming up in his pot. Then it was Wang. Jun did not know why there was empty in his pot. He had much
experience in growing, none of the other boys could grow plants as ____16____ as he! But still, Jun’s seed did not
grow.
Six months passed. The day came when all the boys needed to bring their plants to the palace to be judged.
“What will I do?” cried Jun to his mother and father as he looked out the window. “My pot is empty! My seed
did not grow!”
“Bring the King your pot, the way it is.” said his father. “That’s right.” said Jun’s mother. “You did the best
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司you could.” Then Jun carried his empty pot on the road to the palace.
At the palace, all the boys lined up. Holding their big, strong plants in front of them, they ____17____ to be
judged. The King looked at each plant with a blank look on his face. When he came to Jun, he frowned (皱眉)
and said, “What is this? You brought me an empty pot?” It was all Jun could do to keep from crying. “I tried my
best. I planted your seed in the best soil I could find. I kept it wet and watched it every day. When the seed did not
____18____, I moved it to new soil, and I even moved it a third time. But it just didn’t grow!” Jun hung his
head. “I’m sorry.”
“Hmm,” said the King. Turning so everyone could hear he shouted, “I do not know where all these other boys
got their seeds. There is no ____19____ anything could grow from the seeds we passed out for the contest. And that
is because all those seeds had been ____20____! No plant could grow from them!” So anyone who showed me his
beautiful plant must be a liar. Only this man told me the truth. Do remember honesty is the best policy.” And he
smiled at Jun.
13.
A. get B. buy C. sell D. borrow
14.
A. tree B. flower C. plant D. grass
15.
A. sad B. care C. joy D. fun
16.
A. bad B. well C. good D. high
17.
A. studied B. stopped C. forgot D. waited
18.
A. clean B. open C. grow D. plant
19.
A. thought B. idea C. doubt D. way
20.
A. boiled B. grown C. planted D. sorted
三、阅读理解（每题 2 分，共 26 分）
（一）信息匹配。下面的材料分别介绍了四种肢体语言，请根据下面四位同学所处的情境，
帮助他们选择最佳方式。
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司A
A B
Eye contact is the act of It can be used to mean
looking into someone’s eyes. “okay” or “all right.” In some
Keeping eye contact during a parts of Europe, however, the
conversation gives the same signal is used to express
impression that you are friendly you are nothing. In some South
and that you are paying American countries, the symbol
attention to the other person. is actually a rude action.
Eye Contact
OK Gesture
C D
In most cases, nodding the
This widely recognized sign
head up and down often means
of agreement is actually used as
agreement, but not for the
a rudeness in Bangladesh. But
Greeks. Nodding one’s head up
in U.K., when you are standing
and down for them actually
on the street and thumb up,
means “no”, especially nodding
which means “get me a ride”.
your head slightly upward.
Nod Thumbs up
21. Tony wants to express friendliness while talking with others. _____ may help him.
22. Alice is in the street of Britain now, and she needs a ride to visit Big Ben. _____ may help her.
23. Paul wants to refuse the help from his Greek friend. _____ may help him.
B
An Invention Story
Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. He or she pushes it
many miles in a lifetime. But few know or even think to ask who invented it.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time, he was in the supermarket business.
Every day he would see shoppers carrying the shopping baskets hard, which led them unwilling to buy more items.
One day, Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping
much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司,
On June 4 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the
morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention. But, Goldman
was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try. After a
while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong
enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied. But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would
be a great success if only people could give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired（雇佣）a group of people to
push carts around his market as if they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying
them.
As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market.
As a result, more people came and bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers bought a greater
number of items than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s earliest model. Americans today spend more than
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five times as much money on food each year as they did in 1937 before the coming of the shopping cart perhaps
the shopping cart is one reason.
24. Why did Sylvan N. Goldman invent the shopping cart?
A. To sell shopping baskets. B. To make the shopping easier.
C. To help customers to use it. D. To attract more inventors’ eyes.
25. What was Goldman’s feeling on that morning as customers began arriving?
A. Happy. B. Sad. C. Excited. D. Terrible.
26. What did the real customers do after Goldman hired a group of people?
A. They came and bought items. B. They copied to buy items.
C. They tried to use the cart. D. They spent much money on food.
C
New Technology: Carbon Capture（捕获）
To reduce CO in the air, the European Union has set up strict regulations (法规) over the past few years, and
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most European car companies have begun to move to electric vehicle（交通工具） production under the new
regulations. However, their efforts are far from enough.
Planting trees can cut down CO in the air, but just doing this isn’t enough to deal with climate change. Now
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one way discussed widely is carbon capture. It refers to the technology that can protect the earth against climate
change by cutting down CO in the air.
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Carbon capture technology is used to collect CO that is given off by factories. For example, it can be fitted to
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司coal-burning power stations and factories to capture the CO before it is given off by factories. The captured CO
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can then be liquefied（液化） and stored underground. Besides, the technology can also be used to collect the
CO that has already gone into the air.
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Then how can we deal with the CO we capture? Proper utilization is truly important. It can not only help
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create markets for this new technology, but also make it cheaper for companies to use. Nowadays, CO is used in
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greenhouses to grow vegetables. CO can even be used to make useful products, such as plastics, building
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materials, and plants.
Carbon capture is considered to be quite helpful. However, there are many problems on the way. There’s 50
billion tons of carbon going out into the air from cars and factories every year. But even a great number of carbon
capture machines now can capture only a few dozens of tons of it. The thickness of CO , in the open air is about
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300 times less than that in the power stations or factories, making it much less efficient to capture CO . Because of
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this, carbon capture machines are very expensive today. So, it’s hard to make a real difference in fighting climate
change now. But it will be improved quickly and will become cheaper and more efficient. It is like the mobile
phones which were expensive and difficult to use 20 years ago. But now mobile phones have been greatly
improved.
27. What can carbon capture technology be used for?
A. Helping protect trees widely. B. Cutting down CO in the air.
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C. Studying the condition of the air. D. Checking signs of climate change.
28. What does the underlined word “utilization” refer to?
A. Storing CO B. Collecting CO
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C. Using CO D. Producing CO
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29. What can we know from the passage?
A. The market for CO products is growing fast.
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B. Carbon capture technology hasn’t been widely used.
C. The cost of fixing the carbon capture machines is high.
D. There is more CO in the open air than that in factories.
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D
Success is a state of happiness or satisfaction with one’s achievements and qualities. It is freedom of time,
freedom of money, and freedom of passion. This level of success makes you more productive for society and
creates the ability to give back to the community. What’s interesting is that most successful people have very
similar qualities. The more qualities you have in common, the higher your chances for being wildly successful.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司Those who have become successful have these qualities:
●Clear Aim
Successful people know what they want clearly and they follow their own dream. It is this sense of direction
that gives them the staying power to stick to their goals and achieve their dreams.
●Focused
People who experience success know how to concentrate. They realize that they cannot do everything and they
focus on the activities that will give them the highest return on the goals they want to achieve. They know that the
fastest way to finish their to-do’s is doing them one at a time.
●Masters of Time
Successful people are successful because they get a lot done. The only way to do that is by making the most
out of the 24 hours we all get. Extraordinary people value their time and see the direct connection between how
they spend their time and their energy.
●Confident
This is what helps successful people take action. Like the chicken and the egg situation, in which you do not
know which of two connected events is the cause of the other. Confidence helps you achieve your goals which in
turn makes you more confident. A great way to be confident is remembering your past successes and overcoming
your fear of failure. Signs of confidence include understanding that the first time you do something is always the
hardest and then it will get easier.
●Self-Control
Successful people rarely lose control. They don’t go into panics or blind anger. They have learned to control
their emotions and put themselves in a resourceful state. They understand that they can’t change other people or
what’s happening to them but they can change how they react to it and how they feel about it. Another sign of self-
control is doing what you’re supposed to do despite how you feel about it.
So where do you stand? I hope you have either made sure many of your own qualities or have created action
plans to develop the qualities you are lacking. Focus on developing one or two qualities at a time. Once your beliefs
and actions are lined with those of a successful person, you’ll be amazed by how successful you become.
30. According to the paragraph 1, the writer makes the term “success” clear to the reader by _________.
A. sorting items B. giving suggestions
C. giving explanations D. making a comparison
31. The writer takes the chicken and the egg as an example in Paragraph 5 to _________.
A. stress the meaning and the importance of confidence
B. explain the relationship between confidence and success
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司C. prove the importance of confidence for successful people
D. analyze the relation between achieving goals and success
32. The writer probably agrees that _________.
A. successful people usually make full use of their time
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B successful people can do many things at the same time
C. Controlling other people’s emotions is an important skill
D. The more dreams you have, the bright future you’ll have
33. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Master Your Success
B. Qualities Matter a Lot
C. Similar Qualities—Different Successes
D. Same Beliefs—More Likely to Succeed
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。
Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming: Love is why I do the sport
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games was a party for people around the world. Young athletes came out and
made a name for themselves. Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming is the youngest Chinese athlete.
On Feb. 15th, 2022, three days later would be his 18th birthday, he got the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing
Winter Olympics and he is the first Chinese snowboarder to win a gold medal at the Winter Games. When Su got
the medal, he was really excited.
Born in Jilin Province. Su’s parents took him to a ski club when he was just a little kid. He spent all day
playing outside in snow. He liked standing on his father’s snowboard best. When he turned four, Su received his
first snowboard and started to learn snowboarding. Despite（尽管） being even shorter than the snowboard, Su
managed to slide down on his own quickly. Just two years later, Su made such huge progress that it became
difficult for his father to catch up with his speed.
And ever since then, Su has not taken the snow board off his feet, no matter winter or summer, day or night.
Gradually, Su started taking part in competing against adults and traveling all over the world to train in a better
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司environment.
Known as a talented young snowboarder, Su was more famous for his roles in movies and TV series. It was a
difficult decision for this young man to make, but Su finally chose snowboarding over becoming a movie star,
because he wanted to become a professional athlete and compete in the Olympics.
“I successfully realized the dream that I’ve had since I was a kid. I’ve always dreamed about winning this gold
medal before 18 years old. I made it,” he said. “I also want everyone to know that I can not only be good at one
thing, but I can be the best at anything I like. I’ve learned a lesson that hard work would never lie. Today I proved
it.”
Su’s experience is an inspiration（激励；鼓舞）to us. Success requires much more than just talent. Hard work
matters a lot.
34. Where was Su Yiming born?
__________________________________________________________________________
35. When did Su Yining win a gold medal at the Winter Games?
__________________________________________________________________________
36. Why did Su Yiming choose snowboarding over a movie star?
__________________________________________________________________________
37. What have you learnt from Su Yiming’s success? Give examples to show how you will improve yourself.
__________________________________________________________________________
五、文段表达（10 分）
从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于 50 词的文段写作。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。
38. 假如你是李华，你们学校正在开展英语学习经验交流分享活动。你们学校的交换生Peter发来邮件
想了解你在英语学习过程中曾遇到的问题、解决方法以及英语学习现状。请你用英文给他回复一封电子邮
件。
提示词语：listening, vocabulary, talk in public, make word list, improved
提示问题：
1. What English learning problems did you have?
2. How did you solve the problems?
3. How is your English learning now?
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your email.
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Yours,
Li Hua
39. 进入初中以来，你的学校一定组织过很多有意义的外出研学活动，让你和同学们开阔了眼界，体
验了快乐，增进了友谊。新学期你的学校现正举办 “My Study Tour ”征文活动，请你根据下面的提示问题，
向大家介绍一次你所参加的外出研学活动， 说一说你去了哪，做了什么，以及你的收获。
提示词语：historical sites, museums, experience, fantastic, exciting
提示问题：
1.Where did you go on the study tour?
2.What did you do on the tour?
3.What have you learnt from the study tour?
My Study Tour
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