2026届江苏省如皋市八校初三5月第三次联考英语试题试卷含解析.doc

2026届江苏省如皋市八校初三5月第三次联考英语试题试卷
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、—Sonia, is this your dictionary?
—Oh, no, it’s not ______. Ask Li Lei. He is looking for ______.
A．me; hers B．mine; him C．my; her D．mine; his
2、—Ann, when do you plan to go for your ten-day holiday?
—Next month. I’m going away on the and coming back on the 12th.
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth
3、Students _________ to read the text carefully before they answered the questions.
A．ask B．asked C．are asked D．were asked
4、________ story has an unhappy ending. Many people cried after watching it.
A．A B．An C．The D．/
5、Grade 9 students are usually ________ by their parents to work harder to enter a top senior high school.
A．allowed B．expected C．hoped D．suggested
6、—What does your new English teacher look like?
—She is a pretty lady________ long hair.
A．of B．for C．with
7、–The players in Super Brain can work out different problems in a very short time.
– they are! They have super brains indeed.
A．How interesting B．How amazing
C．What interesting D．What amazing
8、The sweater that my father bought me ________ wool.
A．is made of B．is made from C．was made of D．was made from
9、---________ is your classroom cleaned?
---Twice a day.
A．How many times B．How much C．How often D．How many
10、If you have any questions, please _____free to e-mail me at YH@163. com.
A．feel B．feeling C．to feel
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、 Could you imagine a library where you borrow tools, appliances and sports gear(用具)? As a student, Sabrina could see the simple solution to a problem — in order to reduce waste and create a good effect on our environment, perhaps we should try sharing the things we have.
When she arrived in Brisbane four years ago, Sabrina had nothing with her but a suitcase full of clothes and a laptop. To start settling in, she asked friends if she could borrow the things she needed. Over time, as she started to have things of her own, she would 1 them to her friends in return.
She then came to the conclusion that we don’t need to own every single tool for every single 2 , we just need to have them; we need a place where we can borrow what we need —in other words, a library. Sabrina decided to put her idea into action and so the Brisbane Tool Library was born.
Within two years the tool library has grown to over 225 members and today is run by a team of volunteers, mostly women, from 13 different nationalities. For a small membership fee, the library offers 3 from hand and power tools to sporting and camping gear, and kitchen equipment.
The library now has over 500 items in its storeroom with another 500 waiting to come. These are items that would otherwise have gone into landfill when their owners are 4 them sitting on the shelf — most are still new. “It doesn’t need to be like this,” says Sabrina. “It’s not just about reducing waste when things are at the 5 of their life cycle. And recycling is not enough. We need to rethink purchasing from the very beginning. We need some change.”
It’s a part of the rise of the share economy, where phone apps allow 6 to share rarely-used goods with people who need them. Libraries have been around for centuries offering public use of shared resources.
1．A．lend B．report C．read D．sell
2．A．excuse B．success C．purpose D．secret
3．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
4．A．fond of B．tired of C．surprised at D．afraid of
5．A．start B．top C．rest D．end
6．A．learners B．officers C．users D．designer
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。
Think before we speak!
It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train1．(arrive). Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.
It was a busy station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to get into the train to their seats.
The group of friends made loud noise2．(welcome) the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats before anyone entered the train.
The empty seats were3．(fill) and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young boy4．(age) around 15 had their seats just next to the friends' group. The young boy was so5．(surprise) to see everything. He cheered, "Dad, the train is moving and the things6．(move) backward."
His father smiled and7．(nod) his head.
As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed (尖叫) , "Dad, the trees are green in color and run backward very fast." His father said, “Yes, dear," and smiled.
Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great8．(interesting).
A fruit seller passed9．(sell) apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, "I want to eat apples." His father bought some for him. He said, "Oh, this apple looks a lot10．(sweet) than it tastes. I love this color." The group was watching all the activities of this boy and asked the boy's father, "Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so11．(different)?"
"His son is mad, I think," a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.
The father of the young boy, with patience, replied to the friends’ group, “My son was born blind. Only a few days ago he12．(operate). He is seeing different things in his life for the first time."
The young friends became very quiet.
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、

My sport blog（博客）
June 16th
We arrived in South Africa today. Things aren't looking too good for England. We only drew the first game，1-1. The question now is: will we be able to enter next round？
Well，our next two games are against Algeria（阿尔及利亚）and Slovenia（斯洛文尼亚），so our chances must be good.
June 18th England vs. Algeria
We almost missed the beginning of the game because we weren't able to find a taxi to get us to the stadium（体育场）.The game was awful！Our great hope，Rooney，didn't do much. Sometimes I think he'll never be able to score for England again！Well，perhaps he'll be better in the next game. Hope so.
June 23th England vs. Slovenia
We didn't see this live as we couldn't get tickets. So we watched it on a big screen in the city centre. It was great there，the atmosphere（氛围）was fantastic. There were people from all over the world and we could hear lots of different languages. We met some people from Slovenia. It's Germany next.
June 26th
We managed to get tickets for the round of 16 game tomorrow. England vs. Germany.
Just don't ask how much the tickets cost. We spent the rest of the day doing a bit of sightseeing. It was great but I wasn't able to stop thinking about the big game.I'm so excited.
1．They arrived in South Africa.
A．on June 16th B．on June 18th C．on June 23rd D．on June 26th
2．They almost missed the beginning of England vs. Algeria because .
A．they couldn't get tickets at once
B．they couldn't find a taxi to the stadium
C．they couldn't understand different languages
D．they couldn't know how much the tickets cost
3．On June 23rd,England football team played against.
A．South Africa B．Algeria C．Slovenia D．Germany
B
14、O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because the stories finished with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.
1．People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _______.
A．they had surprising endings.
B．they were easy to understand.
C．they showed his love for the poor.
D．they were about New York City.
2．O. Henry went to prison because _______.
A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B．he broke the law by not using his own name.
C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D．people thought he had taken money that was not his.
3．What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A．He was well-educated.
B．He was very good at learning.
C．He was devoted to the poor.
D．He was not serious about his work..
4．Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A．His life inside the prison.
B．The newspaper articles he wrote.
C．The city and poor people in New York.
D．His exciting early life as a boy.
C
15、After my husband died, my world crashed around me. My six children were 10, nine, eight, six, three and 18 months, and I was overwhelmed(压垮) with the responsibilities(责任) of earning a living, caring for the children and simply______________.
I was lucky to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone, and frankly(坦诚地) I was uneasy. Every unusual noise or any late-night phone call filled me with fear. I felt really lonely.
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd(牧羊犬) on our doorstep. It was obvious he wanted to make the house his home. The children took an instant（紧迫的） liking to "German" and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement(地下室) until the next day. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks. The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results. Saturday night he was still with us.
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas at a local station, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. He stayed again Sunday night.
Monday morning I let him out for a run while the children got ready for school. He didn’t come back. We thought we’d never see him again. On Friday evening, German was back again. We took him in, and again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived. It went like this for almost 10 months. We looked forward to his coming each Monday morning he left home.
Each week, between German's visits, I grew a little braver, but every weekend I enjoyed his company. Then one Monday morning we patted his head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. He never came back.
1．How long did the German shepherd stay with the family every week?
A．One day. B．Two days.
C．Three days. D．Four days.
2．What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?
A．trying to keep calm in public
B．trying to get attention from other men
C．showing her high spirit in the face of trouble
D．managing to continue to live
3．When the author’s husband died, ______.
A．she couldn’t raise the six children on her own
B．she couldn’t relax on the weekends
C．The housekeeper only came on weekends
D．she was too busy to feel lonely
4．Which of the following is Wrong according to the article?
A．German was fond of living with the family.
B．The writer felt safe and protected with German around.
C．The dog stayed until the writer was strong enough to go on alone.
D．The writer was too busy that weekend to go find the dog’s owner.
5．Which is the best title for the passage?
A．A homeless dog B．A friend’s strength
C．How to keep a dog D．Keep up when in trouble
D
16、Final exams are just around the corner. Liu Haoxuan, 14, who studies at Beijing Dayu School, is quite busy. However, he still had to find time to practice his spoken English. That’s because he had to take a new English listening and speaking test.

Liu is not alone. This is a new test for all students who are taking senior high school entrance exams (中考) in Beijing. Junior 3 students have to take an English listening and speaking test that counts for 40 points on their full English exam. The test is taken on a computer. They can take the test twice – once in December and again in March – to try to get the higher score possible. The test was just introduced last year.
During the 30-minute test, students have to fill in blanks, answer questions and retell stories after listening to different materials. “It pushes us to speak. Though it was hard at the beginning, it’s a good thing,” Liu said. He got a low score when he first took it last semester. But he kept working hard in order to improve his pronunciation and other skills. He practiced speaking in front of a mirror every day. Later, he got a score of 39 on the test.
Liu Tianyou, 14, from Beijing Yuying Middle School, has his own way to prepare for the spoken English test. He uses apps to take practice tests every day. “The apps will score your performance so that you can improve accordingly,” he said. “Also, the practice tests help me learn to take notes properly. They help me grasp topic sentences and connection words.”
1．The story mainly talks about _____.
A．the difficulties students face in learning English
B．the improvement of English education in China
C．an oral English class that students in Beijing have to take
D．a new oral English test for Beijing Junior 3 students
2．What do we know about the online English listening and speaking test?
A．Students have to take it twice.
B．The test was introduced many years ago.
C．It is worth 40 points on the full English exam.
D．Students rarely get high scores on the test.
3．What do students have to do for the test?
①Fill in blanks. ②Answer questions. ③Retell stories. ④Write stories.
A．①②③ B．①②④ C．①③④ D．②③④
4．How long does the new English listening and speaking test take?
A．40 minutes. B．30 minutes. C．One year D．two months
5．What do we know about Liu Tianyou?
A．He got a score of 39 on the test.
B．He prepared for the test by using apps.
C．He still finds it hard to grasp topic sentences.
D．He used to be nervous about speaking English.
E
17、 Like many 12-year-old girl, McKenzie Carey loves to dance. And though McKenzie has a special genetic (遗传的）disease that keeps her in a wheelchair, she has a good dance partner, her father, who took her to a pageants (舞蹈比赛）and danced with her.
“Dancing with daddy makes her feel like she’s on top of the world,” her father, Mike Carey, told Today. Com.
“Pageants give her the same chance as other children and show people that she can do anything with a little bit of help,” her mother, Tammy Carey, added. “I just want the judges to look at her, not her wh