江苏省苏州市常熟一中学2025-2026学年初三下学期第一次调研考试英语试题含解析.doc

江苏省苏州市常熟一中学2025-2026学年初三下学期第一次调研考试英语试题
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、People often make a wish before candles when they celebrate birthday.
A．bringing out B．laying out C．finding out D．blowing out
2、Lily is my classmate. We each other since she came to our school.
A．know B．knew C．have known D．will know
3、The 24th Winter Olympic Games _____ in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in 2022, from February 4 th to 20th.
A．is going to hold B．hold C．will be held D．is held
4、They tried to find a table for two, but they were all ______________.
A．given away B．kept away C．used up D．taken up
5、—I can’t _______ you the moon, but I’ll do the best job I can.
A．prefer B．manage C．visit D．promise
6、— ________do you have dinner with your family at restaurants?
— Hardly ever.
A．How long B．How often
C．How many D．How much
7、—Did you notice him come in?
—No. I ________ a football game.
A．have watched B．had watched
C．am watching D．was watching
8、It’s reported that AlphaGo two master Go players so far.
A．beat B．beats C．has beaten
9—Your skirt looks very nice. I’ll buy ________.
—Let’s go shopping this afternoon.
A．it B．one C．that D．this
10、---I won't forget the teachers here          used to help and trust me.
---Neither will I.
A．which B．whose
C．whom D．who
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、You may have a lot of friends and expect your friendship to last a lifetime. However, lifelong friendships are not ________ what everybody can get. Friends sometimes misunderstand each other. For one thing, you may want your _______ to be near at hand, but also you need your independence (独立).
For example, when one of your friends comes asking __ it is all right to spend the evening in your house, sometimes you just say “_____” to him or her because it is not convenient for you. Unfortunately, not all your friends _______ this type of independence. They believe that friends can ask for any favor and the answer should always be “yes”.
Also, misunderstanding sometimes happens when you ask for ______. You expect your friends to help you whenever you need. But the fact is, your friends may not always drop everything to satisfy _______ of your needs. This may make you ______ with them and your friendship could end. The most important thing for you and your friends to do is to always show understanding and respect for each other.
Lifelong friendships don’t develop overnights. In a true friendship, both people equally _______ each other. Long-term friendships provide the time to build up a _____ together. As you spend more time with your friend, you are creating special times and stocking up (存储) on memories.
1．（小题1）A．always B．sometimes C．never D．ever
2．（小题2）A．parents B．friends C．students D．teachers
3．（小题3）A．when B．as C．if D．why
4．（小题4）A．yes B．no C．good D．OK
5．（小题5）A．provide B．understand C．produce D．invent
6．（小题6）A．help B．food C．money D．respect
7．（小题7）A．every B．each C．both D．either
8．（小题8）A．happy B．excited C．cheerful D．angry
9．（小题9）A．connect B．compare C．support D．solve
10．（小题10）A．story B．family C．character D．history
Ⅲ 语法填空
12、Henry was an office 1． (work) in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.
He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw 2． advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food, Fresh air, Horse riding, Walking, Fishing, cheap and interesting.” “This 3． (sound) a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from 4． (sit) by the seaside and swimming.”
He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first day of July, he left 5．West Hill Farm.
But four days later, he returned home.
“What was wrong 6．West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?” “Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”
“Oh. What?”
“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the 7． (two) day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“How 8． (luck) you are!”
“You don’t understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different meat every day,” Ed said 9． (loud), “and what are you complaining!”
“Let me finish,” Henry said. “on the fourth day the farmer 10． (dead), and I didn’t dare (敢) stay for dinner!”
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、Lemuel Gulliver enjoyed travelling. He was a ship’s doctor. On May 4, 1699, they were going to the Far East in the ship called the Antelope. One night, his ship crashed against the rocks, Gulliver was washed to the land. He found himself a prisoner（囚犯）of tiny people. They were less than 6 inches tall and lived in the island country of Lilliput. After he promised to behave well, they set him free and he could visit the city. The people of Blefuscu wanted to attack Lilliput. The king of Lilliput turned to Gulliver. He stopped Blefuscu attacking Lilliput by pulling its ships to Lilliput. The king was happy.Hewanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves(奴隶), so he asked Gulliver to bring some more ships. Gulliver did not like this plan. The king got angry. Some bad men in Lilliput wanted to kill Gulliver. Gulliver had to run away from Lilliput to Blefuscu.
He was welcomed by the king of Blefuscu. They soon became good friends. Three days after that , he asked king to send him twenty of his largest ships and two thousand men to pull the boat to the shore. In this boat, he set sail for England.
On the third day he saw a big ship to the southeast. He called out to the ship. The ship was moving very slowly. They raised a flag .His heart was full of happiness when he saw the English flag .
1．Why did Gulliver come to Lilliput?
A．Because he enjoyed traveling in Lilliput.
B．Because his ship brought him to Lilliput.
C．Because the tiny people brought him to Lilliput.
D．Because he was washed to Lilliput after a ship crash.
2．How did Gulliver help the Lilliputians?
A．By fighting with them.
B．By stealing Blefuscuians’ ships.
C．By killing Blefuscuians.
D．By keeping Blefuscuians prisoners.
3．“Hewanted to make the people of Blefuscu his slaves”. Who is he in this sentence?
A．The king of Lilliput. B．The king of Blefuscu.
C．Gulliver. D．One of the bad men.
4．Which of the following is NOT the reason why Gulliver ran away from Lilliput?
A．Gulliver killed some bad Lilliputians.
B．Gulliver felt he was in danger.
C．Gulliver didn’t agree to the king’s plan.
D．The king of Lilliput was unhappy about him.
B
14、I grew up in the 1950s with very practical parents. My mother washed aluminum foil（铝箔纸）after she cooked in it, and then she reused it. She was the earliest recycle（回收）queen before people had a name for it．
My father was no different. He preferred getting old shoes fixed to -buying new ones. Their marriage was good and their dreams were focused（集中）．Their best friends lived just a wave away. Though my parents have passed away, I can see them now - Dad in trousers, a T-shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawnmower（割草机）in one hand and dishtowel in the other.
It was the time to fix things -a curtain rod(挂帘杆),the kitchen radio, the screen door, the oven door, and so on. They fixed all things we had. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing and renewing made me want to scream.1 wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant being rich. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. I often thought like that.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I learned that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away and it will never return. So, while we have it, it is the best that we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and cure it when it's sick.
This is true for marriage, old cars, children with bad report cards, dogs with bad hips and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it and because we are worth it.
1．We can learn that when the writer was young, she_______.
A．thought highly of her parents' habits
B．often helped her parents fix old things
C．often threw things away without being noticed
D．at times hated it when her parents fixed old things
2．What did the writer realize afier her mother's death?
A．Her mother truly loved her.
B．She had wasted a lot of money.
C．Things may never return once they are gone.
D．She had hurt her parents for many times.
3．What is the writer's purpose in writing the passage?
A．To advise us to love what we have.
B．To encourage us to recycle old things.
C．To explain why her parents recycled.
D．To help us know about life in the past.
C
15、Running a marathon (马拉松) is difficult enough. Doing it with eyes closed for 26.2 miles is more difficult. But that’s exactly what Mike Bruno plans to do during the Pittsburgh marathon.
He’s doing this for his 7-year-old daughter, Cassie, who doesn’t like to communicate with others and has been blind since birth. “Having a blind daughter clearly has caused me a lot of trouble,” Bruno said. “ But it doesn't matter. I love my daughter. I hope to get a better understanding of how she deals with her daily life. I hope this journey will finally make me a better father to guide Cassie through her life.”
“When the doctor told us ‘Your baby is not going to see’, that was the most terrible experience we had ever had,” said Bruno.
“Sometimes I walk around the house with my eyes closed to see what it’s like for her,” said Cassie’s older sister, Carly, 9 years old. “It's kind of scary. You don’t know where everything is.”
But Cassie has fought against difficulties, and her father plans to do the same. “I closed my eyes, and I got ready, and then I tried running, just to see what it is like for her,” said Mike Bruno. “I want everyone to know it’s OK. It’s OK to ask us questions, but it’s not OK to look at us and point to us with surprise. If you’d like to ask us, we will be happy to tell you our story. ”
1．What's wrong with Cassie?
A．She is deaf. B．She is blind. C．She is lame (瘸的). D．She is stupid.
2．Mike Bruno will run the marathon with ______.
A．his mouth closed B．his eyes closed
C．only one leg D．some stones in his pocket
3．What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A．The distance of the marathon. B．The illness of Cassie.
C．The reason why Mike Bruno will run the marathon with his eyes closed. D．Carly's feeling of walking around with eyes closed.
4．From the last paragraph we can learn that ______.
A．it's interesting for Mike Bruno to run the marathon
B．Mike Bruno thinks it's OK to point to his daughter
C．it's not OK to ask Mike Bruno to tell the story of his daughter
D．Mike Bruno hopes people can treat Cassie as a normal person
D
16、TOKYO, Japan (AP) – Japan is very serious about robotics (机器人技术). If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a show this week, a humanoid(有人特点的)with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup. Then another robot on wheels delivered the cup of tea in an experimental room that has sensors embedded in the floor and sofa as well as cameras on the ceiling, to simulate(模仿)life with robot technology.
“A human being may be faster, but you’d have to say ‘Thank you,’” said University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato. “That’s the best part about a robot. You don’t have to feel bad about asking it to do things.”
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden(卧床不起的).
Already, monitoring technologies, such as sensors that automatically turn on lights when people enter a room, are becoming widespread in Japan.
The walking, child–size Asimo from Honda Motor Co. greets people at showrooms. NEC Corp. has developed a smaller companion robot–on –wheels called Papero. A seal robot available since 2004 can entertain the elderly and others in need of fuzzy companionship.
Sato says his experimental room is raising awareness about privacy questions that may arise when electronic devices(设备)monitor a person’s movements down to the smallest detail.
On the bright side, the tea – pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
1．What is the best title of this passage?
A．“Thank You” Will Never Be Needed in Japan
B．Monitoring Technologies Are Widespread in Japan
C．Robot Is Designed to Care for the Elderly.
D．Robot technologies are widespread in Japanese daily life.
2．The underlined word “embedded” in the first paragraph probably means .
A．fixed B．established C．settled D．rooted
3．According to Professor Sato, .
A．the robot serves tea much faster than a human being
B．the robot does anything like human beings
C．tea – serving robot helps to form laziness of the aging society
D．tea – serving robot doesn’t need any reward for the service
4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．A robot can imitate people to complete complicated tasks.
B．A robot has been programmed to clean the dishes.
C．All the problems in the aging society can be solved by robots.
D．The number of aging people is increasing rapidly in Japan.
5．We can infer from the passage that .
A．people are afraid of being monitored by robots.
B．the technology of robots has been highlighted in Japan.
C．robots can completely take the place of human beings.
D．people’s privacy should be strictly protected
E
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