2026年福建省厦门市双十中学初三下学期期中（第三次月考）考试英语试题含解析.doc

2026年福建省厦门市双十中学初三下学期期中（第三次月考）考试英语试题
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、—This computer isn't working properly.
— . I kept having problems with it yesterday. I don't know what's wrong.
A．I told you so. B．Never mind. C．With pleasure. D．Not at all.
2、— Can you remember when the drama series All Is Well became so popular?
—Well, I only remember it was ______ Saturday that all my friends started to be crazy about it.
A．an B．the C．a D．/
3、I can’t find my notebook anywhere. I’m afraid I ______it.
A．lose B．lost C．have lost D．was losing
4、—Hi, Nora. Is your mother at home?
—Just a minute! She _______ flowers in the garden.
A．plant B．is planting C．planted D．was planting
5、Susan won't arrive at the airport on time _____ she hurries up.
A．once B．if
C．or D．unless
6、A new park _____ in our town next year.
A．built B．was built C．will build D．will be built
7、—Do you know ?
—Let me see. I remember it was on March 18th.
A．why did they move here B．why they moved here
C．when did they move here D．when they moved here
8、______ was born being good at all things. As an English learner, you can’t be excellent without enough practice.
A．Everybody B．Somebody C．Nobody D．Anybody
9、—______ did you do yesterday, Mary?
—I went to the park to fly kites with my parents.
A．When B．How C．What D．Why
10、—Are you surprised at the ending of the movie?
—No, because I _________ the story.
A．read B．will read C．have read D．was reading
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、 Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 2lth century, because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population(人口) is 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world, and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home, And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at 4 .
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century, and they will have more free time for sports, 5 TV and traveling. Traveling will be more 6 . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
More land(土地) will be used for building new towns and houses, Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so 7 will be more expensive, Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead they eat 8 vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be 9 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). 10 of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1．A．making B．growing C．running D．doing
2．A．longer B．shorter C．faster D．taller
3．A．Trains B．Cars C．Computers D．Houses
4．A．factory B．hospital C．farm D．school
5．A．watching B．seeing C．looking D．buying
6．A．interesting B．convenient（方便） C．expensive D．difficult
7．A．fruit B．milk C．meat D．bread
8．A．more B．fewer C．less D．much
9．A．dangerous B．difficult C．heavy D．different
10．A．One B．Some C．Because D．All
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、短文填空
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Thousands of people 1．attracted(吸引) to a 2-meter-wide lane in Tongcheng, Anhui province this spring festival. Although it was 2．to count the exact number, at3．5,000 people visited it each day.
This narrow lane4． Liuchi Lane in Chinese, won greater popularity after the story behind it was broadcast（播放） on a CCTV show. At first glance it may seem unimportant, but to those who know5．history，Liuchi Lane means much more than its appearance. In the early Qing Dynasty, it 6．as the boundary(边界) between Zhang family and Wu family. They quarreled（争论） fiercely over which family had the right to build a wall on the dividing line. After 7． to make a compromise（妥协）, the Zhangs turned to Zhang Ying, a family member of Zhangs and also a top official in the emperor’s court. To their8．, Zhang Ying did not provide the support they needed. He called for his family to move back 1 meter from the boundary. Seeing that, the Wus agreed to move 9．another meter, thus Liuchi Lane was born.
In reality, the story of Liuchi Lane is not only about how to get along with10．, but also a guideline for all the officials in China
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、I was twenty years old, and my parents were looking forward to the day when I would be earning my own living. Unfortunately, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted my future occupation to be. The only thing I did know was that I did not want to spend the next 45 years teaching, being a nurse or sitting in an office. But that was before the postman delivered a catalogue (目录) of courses that were being offered at the local college. As I looked through it, I was attracted by a page that talked about the difficulties faced by deaf people in their everyday lives and how students could help by learning sign language. It went on to say that graduates of the course usually find work in different organizations, such as law companies, the Stock Exchange, insurance companies and banks. Then I saw something that really caught my eye: “Singer” are also needed for sporting events, concerts, theatrical performances and, believe it or not, circuses! By the time I got to the bottom of the page, I knew I had found the perfect occupation.
I enrolled (注册) on the course, which to my parents’ great delight was free of charge. The course was brilliant. My favourite part was the final lesson, when our teacher asked us to sign our favourite song. It was really difficult because not only did we have to sign the words, but we also had to find a way of showing whether the song was happy or sad and whether the beat was slow or fast. It was the hardest thing I have ever done—but also the most rewarding.
1．The only thing the writer knew that she .
A．was too old to find a job as a teacher
B．wanted to work as a nurse in a hospital
C．had never liked being in a teacher’s office
D．would not get a job until she was at least 45
2．According to the catalogue the writer read, when students finish a sign language course, they .
A．do not have to work with deaf people
B．can work in many types of different places
C．may not always find a job in their chosen field
D．almost always start their career in a law company
3．The part of the course the writer enjoyed the most was when .
A．she should sing a song with a fast beat
B．she should sign a song for the last lesson
C．her teacher sang a very sad song to the class
D．she realized that her parents didn’t have to pay
4．Which of the following best describes the writer?
A．A young woman who has found her ideal career.
B．A young deaf woman who wants to help the deaf.
C．A young woman who wants to be a businesswoman.
D．A young woman who wants to write songs for the deaf.
B
14、Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from different places around the world. Tourists and travelers often get to try some unfamiliar food. That is part of the fun of traveling. Here are four people’s experiences with foreign food.
David King is a Chinese student in France. “I never had cheese or even milk before I came to France. Cows are seldom seen in my part of China. So there is no milk or milk products. I drank some milk when I first arrived in France. I hated it! I tried cheese, too, but I didn’t like it. I love ice cream, though that’s made from milk.”

Birgit is from Sweden. She traveled to Australia on vocation. “I was in a restaurant that was special in fish. I heard some other people order flake, so I ordered some, too. It was delicious! Later, I learned that flakes is an Australian name for shark. Now, whenever I see a new food, I try it on purpose. You know why? I remember how much I enjoyed flake.”

Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She is from India. “ I’m afraid to try new foods because maybe there is beef in them. I’m a Hindu(印度教信徒)and my religion(信仰) stops me from eating meat from the cow. That’s why I can’t eat hamburgers or noodles with meatballs.”

Nathan is from the United States. He taught for a year in China. “My friend gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didn’t like their appearance at all. The eggs were green inside, but my friends said the color was normal. Chinese people put something on fresh eggs. Then they put them in the earth for three months. So the eggs weren’t really very old. Even so, I didn’t want to touch them.”

1．David King is a student in France and he comes from________.
A．China B．Sweden C．India D．America
2．.Birgit ordered _____in a restaurant during her vocation in Australia.
A．cheese B．eggs
C．hamburgers D．flake
3．Chandra is afraid to try new foods because_________.
A．she can’t eat food with beef
B．she doesn’t like their appearance
C．she doesn’t like foreign food
D．she doesn’t need any food at all
4．Nathan worked as _______ in China for a year.
A．a worker B．a dentist
C．a teacher D．a student
5．The passage tells us that ___________.
A．David King often drinks milk
B．flake and shark are the same fish
C．a Hindu eats meat from the cow
D．the egg is put in the earth for a hundred years
C
15、Speaking two or more languages are useful. You can travel in another country easily. You can talk with strangers there. Ordering delicious food there is easy for you. Besides these things, speaking more languages is also good for you in many ways.
Adults who have spoken two languages seem to have better cognitive flexibility (认知灵活性), they are better able to accept a new thing than people who only speak one language. When they do the same work, people who know more language can finish more quickly. Nearly 324 people joined the experiment.
People, who learned a second language later in life, are also cleverer than those men who only know one language. They are better at reading. They can understand certain words in a different way, such as, the word “sport” in English and Chinese. They can understand it easily and fast.
Anyone can get Alzheimer (老年痴呆症). People who can speak two languages may develop the illness at least four years later than people who only speak one language. The result was got from 450 Alzheimer’s patients.
The study included 121 children. They all learn foreign languages. They can complete math problems faster. Their brains are better and they can make better decisions.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。
1．The writer thinks foreign languages are ________.
A．necessary B．useful C．simple D．difficult
2．The result of experiment on about ________ people shows that people speaking more languages can accept new things better that those who only speak one language.
A．324 B．121 C．450 D．230
3．How will people become if they learn a second language?
A．Braver. B．Happier. C．Friendlier. D．Cleverer.
4．If people speaking only one language get Alzheimer at 65, Mr Green, who can speak several languages, may get Alzheimer earliest at ________.
A．65. B．67 C．69. D．71.
5．What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．Speaking more languages can help people read better.
B．Speaking more languages is good for people in many ways.
C．People who know more languages can finish work more quickly.
D．Children who speak more languages can solve math problems faster.
D
16、
Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition. Du Fu, known as the Sage of Poetry, lived and wrote in the eighth century, and his work is still available to modern Chinese readers. Du Fu, in fact, is still widely quoted (引用) in China today, and he has had a great influence on Chinese poetry in the past 1,200 years. However, the poet’s complete works weren’t unavailable in English translation in the past.
Conant University Professor Stephen Owen, who spent eight years on The Poetry of Du Fu, a 3,000-page translation published by De Gruyter, has completed the first English translation of the complete works of Du Fu.
Because Du Fu, like Shakespeare, is known for great width — in subject, in the way he uses language to pass on different registers (不同场合用的语言和文体) (see “Out with the Sake, In With the Wine”) and layered (多层次的) meanings — he is one of the most challenging poets to translate. Chinese poetry, a literary tradition in which tenses are absent, pronouns rare, and the use of the singular and plural forms are hard to understand, is well known for seeming ambiguous (模糊不清的) at times. Within that tradition, the interpretation of Du Fu’s work is especially contested. Owen’s critical edition, in which his translations face the original texts, brings a scholarly aid for the first time to English-speaking readers ready to engage with China’s literary lion.
1．“Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary
tradition.” means “ ”.
A．Du Fu has the same important literary status as Shakespeare in their own countries
B．Du Fu is not as well-known as Shakespeare in China
C．Du Fu is much more famous than Shakespeare in England
2．The Poetry of Du Fu is translated into English by .
A．Shakespeare B．Du Fu C．Stephen Owen
3．The underlined sentence is closer to the original Chinese version “ ”.
A．零落栖迟一杯酒，主人奉觞客长寿
B．莫思身外无穷事，且尽生前有限杯
C．花间一壶酒，独酌无相亲
4．Chinese poems are hard to translate because of the following factors EXCEPT .
A．the use of singular and plural forms
B．too many characters
C．tenses and pronouns
5．According to the passage, the following statement “ ” is TRUE.
A．The Poetry of Du Fu is the first English translation of the complete works of Du Fu.
B．There was no English translation of Du’s works in the past.
C．Du’s works are out of style in China today.
E
17、Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did much extra work at night. I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I read the following article from a magazine:
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert during the war. She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew incessantly, and there was sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顾一切地) she wrote her parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father——just two lines:
"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars."
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维) but also with her heart. She decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about it.
The desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.
A change of attitude could change e