2020-2021 学年七中第二学期初三阶段(一)测试英语试题
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
If you were ninety years old，what would you plan to do? ___1___ people want to have new challenges（挑
战）___2___ that age. However，an old man ___3___ Jing Kui did something ___4___ surprised a lot of
people.
As a man of. 93, he met a challenge. One day, ___5___ film director came to him and asked ___6___ he
wanted to act in his movie. “What can I do in the movie?” asked the old man.
“You ___7___ a barber（理发师）in the past 50 years. I believe you’re the right man for my movie The
Barber.”
The old man read the script（剧本）before accepting the invitation. ___8___ he knew the story well，he
still needed to keep all the words in mind, ___9___ how big the challenge was! He finally made it and took home
a silver cup for a special acting prize. The movie also ____10____ both national and international prizes.
Jing became a barber when he was young. He loved the job, so he worked hard ____11____ a better one. In
his eighties, he was still doing the same job. That was why he ____12____ by the film director.
While the film was being made, the director had his worries because he didn’t know whether Mr. Jing
____13____ keep it going. At last, when the filming was done, the director was really pleased. Jing ____14____
solved all his problems! Now Jing set a world record as being a ____15____ actor star who had never acted
before.
1. A. Few B. Little C. A few D. A little
2. A. in B. from C. at D. of
3. A. was named B. name C. was naming D. named
4. A. that B. / C. which D. what
5. A. the B. an C. a D. /
6. A. how B. why C. if D. what
7. A. had been B. are C. were D. have been
8. A. Unless B. Though C. Because D. Until
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9 A. so B. because C. but D. yet
10. A. will win B. wins C. won D. win
11. A. to be B. be C. being D. been
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12 A. invite B. was invited C. inviting D. was inviting
13. A. must B. should C. could D. may
学科网（北京）股份有限公司14. A. success B. successfully C. succeeded D. successful
15. A. 93-year-old B. 93 years’ old C. 93 years-old D. 93-years’-old
二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
Scientists discovered that animals who live in groups such as elephants, foxes and wolves are especially likely
to follow rules. If they don’t and each does its own thing, the group might be ___16___. Group members would
then be forced to live alone and they’d have a ___17___ time hunting and raising their young. In a way we could
say animals have selfish reasons to ___18___, that is, it’s in their own ___19___ to do so. But sometimes these
same animals go out of their way to do what’s right even though there is nothing in it for them.
Take Sniff, the African chimpanzee, as an example. When this young and ___20___ animal, who always
avoided people, saw a hungry local villager trying to knock some fruit from a tree with a stick to get a meal, Sniff
took a(n) ___21___. He picked up an armload of fruits, swung ___22___ down from the tree-tops and handed
them to the amazed villager. And then there is the story of Tobie the generous cat who would always ___23___
her dinner with the hungry dog that lived next door.
Scientist Mark Benson says, “Nobody is sure why some ___24___ act this way. It might simply feel good to
be ____25____, just as it does for humans”.
16. A. broken down B. torn apart C. taken away D. sent away
17. A. shorter B. free C. harder D. great
18. A. fight B. leave C. connect D. unite
19. A. interest B. advantage C. reason D. assistance
20. A. friendly B. wild C. shy D. powerful
21. A. risk B. order C. rest D. chance
22. A. generously B. hungrily C. usually D. quickly
23. A. help B. share C. laugh D. give
24. A. villagers B. scientists C. chimpanzees D. animals
25. A. selfish B. kind C. calm D. honest
三、阅读(共两节，满分35分)
第一节阅读理解(共15小题:每小题2分，满分30分)
(A)
Everyone knows that there are people who can keep secrets and people who can’t. There are people who can
keep things to themselves until the day they die and people whose mouths often open like a door.
I have a granddaughter who, trying as she could, just can’t keep a secret. Take my recent birthday, for
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“I know it is going to be your birthday soon,” she said with a naughty smile. “How old are you going to be?”
“How old do you think I am going to be?”
“22. That’s pretty old.”
“You’re close. I am actually going to be 23.”
“Whoa,” she said, drawing the word out to make a bigger impact(影响).
“My mum said she would take me shopping because I wanted to buy you a present myself and I did.”
And with that, it began. I knew it was just a matter of time before she ruined the surprise. Ten, nine,
eight...It seemed like she was about to explode(爆发).
“Mum took me to Stein Mart!” Seven, six, five...She jumped out of her chair with excitement.
“I don’t want to know what you bought.” I said.
“Oh, yes you do!” My granddaughter is like a mind reader, but I can’t tell her that.
“You like turquoise(绿松石). I know you do.” She was hopping(跳) from foot to foot, spinning in circles, her
voice rising higher. Four, three, two...
“You don’t want to know if I got you a necklace.”
“No!”
“OK, I won’t tell you.”
She sat down and began to draw. She drew a semicircle(半圆) with the turquoise shapes bordering it on one
side and then, smiling from ear to ear, held the drawing up to her chest.
“I think I am going to like it,” I said.
When her mom picked her up, she immediately admitted to telling the secret. She said that her stomach had
hurt because the secret needed to come out. Isn’t that how it always happens? It’s not your fault. It is the secret’s
fault.
On my birthday, I unwrapped(拆开包装) the colour paper inside the gift bag and pulled out a lovely turquoise
necklace. It was very similar to the drawing I’d seen the day before.
The kid may never have a career in espionage(间谍行为), but she surely has a future in art.
26. What can we know about the author’s granddaughter?
A. She wanted to ruin the author’s birthday.
B. She was very worried that the author wouldn’t like the gift.
C. She wanted to tell the author about the gift because she was proud of it.
D. She was advised by her mother to buy a necklace for the author.
27. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 9 refer to?
A. How the shopping trip went.
学科网（北京）股份有限公司B. The granddaughter giving away the secret.
C. The author trying to find out about the gift.
D. The granddaughter explaining how she chose the gift.
28. What was the author’s purpose by counting down?
A. To describe how naughty her granddaughter was.
B. To show how much she wanted to know what the gift was.
C. To describe how impatient she was with her grandmother.
D. To show her granddaughter told the secret as quickly as she expected.
29. When she received the gift, the author ________.
A. found that her granddaughter had drawn it very well
B. was disappointed about learning about the gift too early
.
C was annoyed at her granddaughter for letting out the secret
D. found her granddaughter was sorry for telling her the secret
(B)
Before he sailed around the world alone, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He
had tried to fly around the world but failed. That was in 1931.
The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years
old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going around the world came back, but
this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester
was determined to carry out his plan. In August 1966, at the age of nearly 65, an age when many men retire, he
began the greatest voyage of his life.
Chichester covered 14,100 miles before stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance
anyone had previously sailed alone. He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He
received a warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him. On shore,
Chichester could not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not go any
further. But he did not listen.
After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends'’ attempts to
dissuade(劝阻) him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed
around the treacherous Cape Horn, succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn. Chichester sent the following radio
message to London: “I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape
Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again.”
Just before 9 o’clock on Sunday evening 28 May 1967, he arrived back in England, where a quarter of a
学科网（北京）股份有限公司million people were waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth II knighted(授以爵位) him with the very sword that
Queen Elizabeth had used almost 400 years earlier to knight Sir Francis Drake after he had sailed round the world
for the first time. The whole voyage from England and back had covered 28,500 miles. It had taken him nine
months, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.
30. What can we learn about Chichester?
A. He failed the solo transatlantic sailing race in 1959.
B. He was a brave and determined man.
C. The second half of his voyage was not as dangerous as the first half.
D. The radio message expressed his concern about the sailing.
31. What did Queen Elizabeth II do after Chichester arrived back in England?
A. She called on the English to learn from him.
B. She was waiting to congratulate on his success in sailing.
C. She thought poorly of his achievements.
D. She knighted him for praising him.
32. We can infer from the text that ________
A. anyone who had sailed alone traveled less than 7050 miles before 1966.
B. Chichester sailed around the Atlantic in 1931.
C. most of the English retire at the age of 65.
D. Chichester died of lung cancer in 1967 after he went back to England.
(C)
When it comes to making healthy lifestyle changes, which should come first changing your diet or becoming
more physically active?
Previous studies suggested that providing people with too much information about nutrition and physical
activity at once tends to be discouraging. That has led to the popularity of advising people to make changes
gradually, and set smaller goals.
So the scientists divided 200 inactive participants who were aged 45 or older into four groups. One group was
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instructed about making diet and fitness changes at the same time the second group was taught about diet changes
first, then fitness changes four months later, the third group changed their exercise habits first and made changes in
their eating habits four months later, and the final, control group was not instructed about either diet or fitness
changes but about how to manage their stress.
The researchers tracked（跟踪）the groups for full year. Compared to the control group， the three
intervention groups made healthy changes in their diet. Those who changed their fitness habits first significantly
学科网（北京）股份有限公司increased the amount of exercise they received daily compared to the other groups after four months. However，at
the end of the year，the group that changed both diet and exercise at the same time was the only one that met the
nationally recommended targets for both exercise and nutrition levels，while those who worked on improving their
nutrition first were unable to meet the recommended levels of fitness after a year. The researchers suspect that
changes to diet are easier to make than changes to physical activity.
The findings show, however, that pairing diet and exercise changes may help to overcome some of the barriers
people face in adding more physical activity into their lives. If people change diet and exercise orderly, the
scientists say, they may end up placing more importance on the first set of behavior changes and feel less pressured
to address the second set.
33. The advice mentioned in the second paragraph seemed ________.
A. popular B. dangerous C. scientific D. unsatisfactory
34. Which group made progress earlier than other groups in increasing the amount of daily exercise?
A. The first group. B. The second group. C. The third group. D. The control group.
35. The reason why those improving their nutrition first failed to meet the levels of fitness after a year might be that
_________.
A. they might be very crazy
B. they wouldn't like to change their behaviour
C. it is much harder to change physical activity
D. they might put on weight before changing their physical activity
36. Which of the following does the author probably approve of?
A. Pairing diet and exercise changes.
B. Becoming more physically active first.
C. Changing diet and exercise following a fixed order.
D. Changing diet first and placing more importance on it.
(D)
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Students can learn to build an app, program robot, or explore (探索) the world of music production. STEM courses
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Students will learn from our teachers who have been employed for both their teaching experience and rich
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memories.
Time: August 1st-August 31st
Daily Schedule:
8:30 a.m.~10:00 a.m. Hands on STEM Instruction
10:30 a.m.~12:00 p.m. Continued Instruction Creation
12:00 p.m.~1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.~3:00 p.m. Robots Programming
3:30 p.m.~4:30 p.m. Music Appreciation(鉴赏)
Saturday Open House:
At 3:30 p.m. every Saturday, parents are invited to our Open House. Students can show the projects they have been
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and creating.
If you are interested in it, please contact us at 020-83831234.
37. The digital media summer camp can help students ________.
A. keep healthy B. learn a foreign language
C. improve their writing ability D. develop STEM knowledge
38. Which word can best describe the teachers of the summer camp?
A. Experienced. B. Humorous. C. Young. D. Strict.
39. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Parents can be invited to see their kids’ projects.
B. Students will leave the camp with amazing final projects.
C. Students’ lunch break lasts for two hours.
D. Students can learn to program a robot in the summer camp.
40. We can see that this passage is ________.
A. a travel plan B. a piece of advice
C. a sports report D. an advertisement
第二节阅读填空(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)
阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?
____41____ The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
学科网（北京）股份有限公司◎Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will be better if you are
going after something you value.
◎Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by
people who think that way._____42_____
◎When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy
people don't allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the
circumstances back to their favour.
◎____43____ These few minutes will give you the chance to focus on the positive things in your life and
will lead you to continuous happiness.
◎____44____ Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra
minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously（下意识地）putting yourself in better mood.
◎ Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that
would otherwise make you happy.
◎Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness._____45_____
A. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will affect you.
B. There are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
.
C It is also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
D. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
E. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.
四、写作(共三节，满分30分)
第一节语篇填词(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)
根据下列句子意思及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词。(每空只写一
词)
Volunteers are probably some of the most overlooked（被忽视的）people. But no activity would carry on
smoothly（顺畅地）without hard-working-volunteers. This month, I volunteered at the Color Run in Melbourne.
A____46____ I didn’t have as much fun as the runners, I still learned an important lesson.
My job was to give a high-five to every runner at the finish line. At the beginning, we regard it as simple job.
When the first runner p____47____, we reached out our hands and yelled “Good job” excitedly. However, as more
and more people crossed the finish line and touched their hands with mine, my arm got sore（酸痛的）.
To make things worse, it became h____48____. Our clothes were all wet because of the sweat（汗）and we
felt tired. But soon we saw group of kids running towards us—they were about 6 years old. They could
h____49____ catch their breath. However, they still kept going with big smiles on their faces. They put of their
学科网（北京）股份有限公司hands and said, “High-five!”
At that moment, I was quite touched—they so young but they refused to give up. Suddenly I felt
m____50____ was full of strength. I clapped their hands, “Well done, little guys!”
That is the meaning of being a volunteer. It is never an easy job. However, we meet different people and see
the spirit that encourages them. Even if such spirit is not often found in daily life, it can encourage us a lot when we
do see it occasionally（偶尔）.
第二节完成句子(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。(每空只写一词)
51. 我们令天收到的消息是多么糟糕啊!我们都很难过。
_________ _________ __________ we got today! We all feel sad.
52. 上周政府派了数百个消防员来灭火。
Last week, ________ _________firemen ________ ________ to put out the fire by the government.
53. 学生们每周花费三个小时到运动场练习踢足球。
Students_________ three hours_________ _________ _________ on the playground every week.
54. 快点！除非我们5点前到达车站，否则我们就会错过这趟火车。
Hurry up! _________ we _________ at the station before 5 o’clock, we _________ the train.
55. 由于堵车他迟到了。
He was late _________ _________ _________ _________ the traffic jam.
第三节书面表达(共1小题，满分15分)
56. 近年来，“光盘行动”(Clear Your Plate)悄然流行，这一行动引导崇尚节约，反对浪费的社会风气。
其实，在我们的校园生活中也存在一些浪费现象，比如一些学生被注意到经常扔掉很多食物；没人在课室
时，灯还亮着等等。请简述三个学校中常见的浪费现象，并就学生如何厉行节约、反对浪费，谈谈你的看
法和建议。
词汇提示: campaign运动， advocate倡导
注意:1.文章要列举三个常见的浪费现象，并提两点以上的看法和建议
2.文中不得透露个人的姓名和学校的名称。
3.词数为80词左右。(开头已写好，不计入总词数。)
Recently, “Clear Your Plate” campaign has become more and more popular in our society, which advocates
saving against wasting.
The campaign draws our attention to wasting on campus.....
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