河南省驻马店市平舆县重点名校2026届第二学期初三期中考试英语试题试卷含解析.doc

河南省驻马店市平舆县重点名校2026届第二学期初三期中考试英语试题试卷
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、—What do you think of happiness, Zoe?
—I think happiness is a way station too much and too little.
A．among B．between C．opposite D．beyond
2、—________ more and more foreigners coming to our country to learn Chinese?
—Of course. Because of the fast development, many foreign countries pay more attention to China.
A．will there be B．will be there C．Are there going to have
3、— Why did Jane look so upset yesterday, Betty?
—Because she failed the English exam again, and she didn’t know what to do.
A．didn’t take B．didn’t like C didn’t pass
4、That photo made me think of my good friend. The underlined phrase means “ ”.
A．built … out of B．filled … with C．reminded … of
5、The accident happened ____ the night of March 12.
A．on B．from C．in
6、This is _______ film I have ever seen. I almost fell asleep when I was watching it.
A．interesting B．boring C．more interesting D．the most boring
7、Which of the following words has a different sound from the underlined letter of the word “reason”?
A．breathe B．great C．feature
8、—Could you tell me ______ ?
—He rides his bike.
A．how does he go to work B．how he goes to work
C．what does he do D．where he goes
9、Mr Smith is old man and he usually walks his dog after supper.
A．a; the B．an; a
C．an; 不填 D．the ; 不填
10、— It’s reported that the plastic pollution is harming the ocean.
— I saw the report in the newspaper at breakfast. It will be worse _________ stronger laws are made.
A．since B．after C．until D．unless
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、The Water City of Venice
In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and 1 .
As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man 2 glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there 3 the wall. ”
We heard this order with interest and found that he 4 with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.
When he left, the waiter 5 a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there. 6 middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but 7 three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”
It was 8 and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we had a chance 9 this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man 10 dresses entered. As he seats himself, he 11 the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”
The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left 12 paying.
We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter 13 a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.
Now it was no 14 for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it 15 our eyes well up in tears.
Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.
1．A．food B．noodles C．water D．coffee
2．A．wearing B．putting on C．wore D．put on
3．A．in B．besides C．next to D．on
4．A．served B．was served C．was serving D．would serve
5．A．put B．took C．got D．saw
6．A．two another B．other two C．more two D．two other
7．A．didn’t spend B．spent C．didn’t pay for D．paid for
8．
A．strange something B．something strange
C．funny something D．something funny
9．A．to arrive B．reached C．to go to D．got to
10．A．richly B．seriously C．poorly D．pretty
11．A．looked through B．looked at C．looked over D．looked up
12．A．with B．for C．without D．by
13．A．took off B．took on C．took after D．took back
14．A．choice B．surprise C．excitement D．sadness
15．A．hurt B．got C．made D．stood
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过2个单词）
Many people catch a cold in the spring or fall. It makes us wonder: since scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a treatment for the common cold? The question is easy 1． (answer)----there are hundreds of kinds of cold viruses(病毒) out there. You never know 2． one you’ll get, so there isn’t a treatment for each one.
When a cold virus 3． (try) to hurt your body, your body will work hard to fight against it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(堵塞) with it. This makes you feel terrible because you can’t breathe comfortably, but actually, your body 4． (eat) the virus. Your body temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a runny (流鼻涕的) nose to stop the virus 5． (get) close to the cells(细胞). And as a 6． , your body may be very painful. But it is actually doing everything it can to get a victory over the cold.
Different people have different ways to 7． with colds. Some have chicken soup to feel better, some take hot baths, and many other people take medicine. However, some scientists say that taking medicine when you have a cold is actually 8． to health. The virus stays in your body even longer because your body can’t do it’s 9． to fight with it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on their own. There’s a joke about taking medicine when you have a cold. It 10． (go) like this.
It takes about 1 week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine, but only 7 days to get over a cold if you take medicine.
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、A
Help wanted
Can you spend two hours a week doing some gardening? We are in need of help from 2 pm to 4 pm every Saturday. If you word like to help out, please call Elaine at 4435—7792
A Telephone Message
From:Jessica To:Lucas
Date: May5 Time:15:00
Message: She says that you must put on
Your sports shoes, cap and sunglasses; bring
Somefood and drinks at the school gate at 8 am tomorrow.
Tel: [phone]. Taken by:Jim
Found
Feb13,2016/6/30
An ipad was found in the library on the morning of Feb12. Please call 3345—67898 or come to Class 2, Grade 8 to get it.
Lost
March 7, 2016
Lost near Man Street. Puppy is 6 months old. He is a black schnauzer (雪纳瑞狗)。 He is very important to me.
Reward . Please call Allen at 8956—7778.
1．If you are interested in a part-time job, you can call _____.
A．4435-7792 B．8467-6352
C．3345-6789 D．8956-7778
2．Jessica and Lucas will meet at the school gate _____.
A．at 8 am on May 5 B．at 8 am on May 6
C．at 15:00 on May 5 D．at 15:00 on May 6
3．What will Jessica and Lucas do?
A．Go to a party. B．Go to a movie.
C．Go climbing. D．Go shopping.
4．A student in Class 2, Grade 8 found _____.
A．a telephone message B．a pair of sunglasses
C．a dog D．an iPad
5．What can you infer(推断) according to the fourth piece of information?
A．Puppy is a 6-year-old black schnauzer.
B．Allen’s dog went missing on Man Street.
C．We treat him as my family member.
D．You can get a reward if you call Allen.
B
14、Xiao Jing, a Beijing girl took home a cup of iced tea for her father after having supper at McDonald’s. But when the father happily started to drink his daughter’s gift, he found that there was a filter tip (过滤嘴) inside it. Xiao Jing and her father got very angry.
This is not the first time that McDonald’s has let Chinese customers down. According to a CCTV program on World Consumer Rights Day(消费者权益保护日) on March 15, a McDonald’s restaurant in Beijing sold chicken wings 90 minutes after they were cooked. The company’s rules set a 30-minutes limit. What’s more, some workers changed desserts’ expiration dates (保质期) or even put them into a new bag or box to sell them again.
McDonald’s China released a letter of apology on their official micro blog (微博) soon after the program. “McDonald’s China pays great attention to this. We will immediately look into this accident, deal with it seriously and take practical actions to apologize (道歉) to consumers. We’ll try our best to provide healthy and safe food,” the letter said.
We all need to learn how to fight for our rights and interests. Here are some tips:
1. Learn some of the differences between real andfake, fresh and overdue (过期的) products.
2. Get the invoices（发票）for all your goods and services.
3. If you find there’s a problem with your goods, call 12315 or go to your local Consumer Association (消费者协会) for help.
1．Why did Xiao Jing and her father angry?
A．Because the drink was not fresh.
B．Because the drink was not clean.
C．Because the drink was not a full cup.
D．Because the drink was not what they ordered.
2．The sentence “McDonald’s has let Chinese customers down” means “ ”.
A．McDonald’s has made Chinese customers happy
B．McDonald’s has disappointed(使…失望) Chinese customers
C．Chinese customers don’t like McDonald’s food
D．Chinese customers think McDonald’s doesn’t provide good service
3．What does the word “fake” mean in Chinese?
A．假的 B．优秀的
C．肤浅的 D．错误的
4．Which of the following is NOT the right way for consumers to protect their rights?
A．Learn the differences between real and fake products.
B．Ask for invoices after getting goods or services.
C．Check the expiration dates on products before buying them.
D．Call the police office if there is something wrong with the goods.
5．What does the article mainly aim to tell us?
A．McDonald’s China doesn’t provide healthy food.
B．It’s necessary for us to learn how to protect our rights.
C．We should pay more attention when buying things in the supermarket.
D．The Consumer Association can solve all kinds of problems.
C
15、One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language so it is necessary(必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.. ＂What’s the matter?＂ ＂I went to a party last night, so I…＂. ＂I feel so tired these days.＂＂ I think you’d better…＂. ＂Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…＂
You can see from the above three examples that the context(上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So ＂guessing ＂is very important in understanding English, especially(尤其) spoken English.
1．This passage tells us mainly about __________.
A．the importance of ＂guessing ＂ in learning a foreign language
B．how to guess what one is going to talk about
C．some examples of right guessing
D．how important it is to guess all the time
2．From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE I is __________.
A．＂… so I didn’t have a good time.＂
B．＂…so I went to bed very late.＂
C．＂…. So I felt unhappy.＂
D．＂… so I got up very early.＂
3．Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is __________.
A．＂I think you’d better have a good rest and take good care of yourself.＂
B．＂I think you’d better have something to drink.＂
C．＂I think you’d better get some help from your friends.＂
D．＂I think you’d better be more careful.＂
4．Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 3 is __________.
A．＂… she is one of the most famous film stars.＂
B．＂…she is one of the most beautiful women.＂
C．＂… she is one of the most famous speakers.＂
D．＂ .. she is one of the most talkative women.＂
5．From the passage we can infer推断) that guessing is __________ in learning a foreign language.
A．the only way
B．more important in spoken English than in written English
C．more important than any other way
D．more important in written English than in spoken English
D
16、
1．The advertisement offers information mainly to people from ________.
A．China B．America C．England D．Canada
2．We learn from the material that _______.
A．you can sign up on October 30th B．you can call for more information
C．the Great Wall Trek lasts for half a month D．the joiners can trek on the whole Great Wall
3．NSPCC has something to do with __
A．nature B．children C．the Great Wall D．standard network
E
17、Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. Thesewagesystem. takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
1．You can most probably read the passage in .
A．a science book B．a TV guide
C．a history book D．a telephone book
2．. The main idea of the passage is .
A．to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job
B．to explain the need for rubbish collection
C．to introduce different ways to treat rubbish
D．to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish
3．The underlined word“sewage”in the passage means .
A．排污 B．染色 C．洗涤 D．吸尘
4．According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again .
A．to feed animals B．to feed plants
C．to build a house D．to make machines
5．How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
A．By burning it off. B．By putting it in water
C．By throwing it away. D．By reusing and recycling it
F
18、There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee (委员会), the students would be in fear, for he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness,