江苏省宜兴市屺亭中学2026年初三下学期第一次联考（2月）英语试题含解析.doc

江苏省宜兴市屺亭中学2026年初三下学期第一次联考（2月）英语试题
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Ⅰ. 单项选择
1、— Whose apples are these?
— They're apples.
A．they B．them C．theirs D．their
2、--- Which sweater do you prefer, the red one or the blue one?
-- _______. I think I like the green one best.
A．Neither B．Both C．Either D．All
3、My little daughter is watching some ants ________ bread on the ground.
A．carry B．to carry C．carrying D．carried
4、Which of the following saying has the meaning of “ risk losing everything all at one time”?
A．Every dog has its day. B．Put all your eggs in one basket.
C．Burn the candle at both ends. D．It never rains but it pours.
5、Read it aloud ________ the whole class can hear you clearly.
A．so that B．if C．when D．although
6、This year, the Ministry of Education plans to increase _____ specialist (特色) soccer
schools to 20,000.
A．a number of B．the number of C．a great deal of D．plenty of
7、—How soon will we get the offer from a new high school？
—_____ about two months．
A．In B．For C．Among D．During
8、You must promise me that you’ll survive, that you won’t give up, no matter what happens, no matter ______ hopeless.
A．what B．when C．how D．who
9、You ________ open the door before the train stops. It’s dangerous.
A．won’t B．may not C．mustn’t D．needn’t
10、---I saw Kevin in the supermarket this morning.
---No, it him. He moved to Canada last week.
A．can be B．must be C．can't be D．mustn’t be
Ⅱ. 完形填空
11、 I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly bum to the ground. A few minutes 1 I had been in a deep sleep in my nice，warm bed when a shout woke me up. Jenny's 2 was just next to mine and my brother's. A fire 3 there and woke her up. 4 her，my older brother began to take action. While I stumbled（跌跌撞撞）in the 5 and darkness，he ran from room to room quickly waking everyone in the house. The house，however，was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything the fire look it down.
I stood there shaking while the fire burnt my books，clothes and toys. I watched 6 while my Mom cried and my Dad shouted. I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things. As I looked around，though，I realized something for the first time：The things that 7 are not things but our life.Everything that was important had survived（幸免于）the fire. Our lives would continue.
I still think of that fire in the 8 . It helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly 9 in life. It helped me to learn 10 love is far more important than the things we own. Love others. Help everyone. Let the love inside of you make this world a warmer place. Let your soul shine brightly.
1．A．later B．earlier C．sooner
2．A．living room B．bedroom C．dining room
3．A．gave out. B．went out C．broke out
4．A．Understanding B．Seeing C．Hearing
5．A．smoke B．cloud C．noise
6．A．helplessly B．uselessly C．carelessly
7．A．fail B．matter C．go
8．A．morning B．afternoon C．night
9．A．important B．convenient C．patient
10．A．what B．how. C．that
Ⅲ. 语法填空
12、In China, many junior school students spend a lot of time on their studies. Many of them try their best 1． (get) good marks in the exams. They have a lot of homework every day, and the exam is 2． big headache. They think good education is the ticket to 3． (succeed) in the future.
At school, students study very hard, but they enjoy 4． (them) after class. They can take part 5． all kinds of sports and games, music and dance, painting and hiking. Most students like pop music 6． Hollywood movies. Some students spend their free time 7． (play) computer games and chatting with their friends. Sometimes they go to libraries and bookstores. They are 8． (real) good places to relax. So as a junior school student, 9． (live) in China is not easy, but it is colorful and 10． (interest).
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
A
13、One day in 1924, five men who were camping in the Cascade Mountains saw a group of huge apelike creatures coming out of the woods. They hurried back to their wooden house and locked themselves inside. While they were in, the creatures threw rocks against the house. Several hours later these strange hairy giants went back into the woods.
After the men returned to the town and told the people about their adventure,____These were the people who remembered hearing tales about footprints of an animal that walked like a human being.
The five men, however, were not the first to have seen these creatures called Bigfoot. Long before their experience, the local Native Americans were certain that a group of apelike animals had been living in theneighboringmountain for centuries.
In 1958, some workers, who were building a road through the jungles of Northern California, often found huge footprints in the earth around their camp. Then in 1967, Roger Patterson, a man who was interested in finding Bigfoot, went into the same jungles with a friend. While riding, they were suddenly thrown off from their horses. Patterson saw a tall apelike animal standing not far away. He managed to take photos of the hairy creature before it disappeared in the jungles. When Patterson’s photos were shown to the public, not many people believed his story.
Richard Brown, an experienced hunter, discovered a similar creature. He saw the animal clearly through the telescopic lens (望远镜头) of his rifle (步枪). He said the creature looked more like a human being than an animal.
Later many other people also found deep footprints in the same area. In spite of regular reports of sightings and footprints, most experts still do not believe that Bigfoot really exists (存在).
1．（小题1）What did the five campers do when they saw a group of apelike creatures?
A．They fought with the creatures by throwing rocks at them.
B．They ran into the woods and hid there for several hours.
C．They made a big fire to frighten the creatures away.
D．They quickly ran back into their house and locked the door.
2．（小题2）Which of the following can be put in ?
A．however, only a few people accepted their story
B．all the people said they had seen the animal
C．some said they were making up their own story
D．only those who had killed the creature believed them
3．（小题3）. Who were the first to have seen these apelike creatures?
A．Some workers.
B．Richard Brown.
C．The local Native Americans.
D．Roger Patterson and his friend.
4．（小题4）The wordneighboringmay mean　　　　.
A．great B．nearby
C．snowy D．tall
5．（小题5）The BEST title for this passage would be “　　　　”.
A．The adventures of five campers B．The experts and Bigfoot
C．The creatures called Bigfoot D．The adventures of Bigfoot
B
14、Getting electricity(电)has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged(损坏)the only power cables(电缆)in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.
Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology(UT)in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution(解决方法).They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.
While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the idea is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun's energy, water and chemicals from the soil )，they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons一the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to get the energy and keep it in the lamp's batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt LED light for two hours 一enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.
The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp，believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities. 2% of whom have no electricity.
1．What is true about the Plant Lamp?
A．It can be made by local people.
B．It is much easier to use than oil lamps.
C．It can produce all the electricity the villagers need.
D．The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find.
2．The Plant Lamp's inventor believes it could be most helpful for .
A．rainforest communities B．cars
C．poor people in cities D．farmers
3．What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To report on a new invention
B．To explain a new scientific theory(理论)
C．To describe how electricity is made
D．To discuss the problems of poor villages
C
15、One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag. ” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰)down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson, that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
1．Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A．The son.
B．The father.
C．Both the father and the son.
2．The farmer bought ________ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A．some water B．some cherries C．some pennies
3．When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father ________.
A．didn’t say anything
B．felt very sad
C．became very angry
4．The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ________.
A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B．he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．he wanted his son to eat them all
5．From the story, we can learn that ________.
A．many hands make light work
B．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe
C．if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things
D
16、The dodo was a ground nesting(筑巢), flightless bird. An adult dodo could grow to a height of about a meter and weigh between 45-50 pounds. The natural habitat of this kind of bird lay in the forest of Mauritius.
Seed(种子) and fruits that were found in the forest were the main food of the dodo birds. As they could easily get the food they required in the forest, they didn’t need to fly. As time went by, they finally lost the ability to fly. It turned out to be a major disadvantage for dodos, as they were left with no ability to protect themselves against human beings’ attacks in their natural habitat, which drove this kind of bird to extinction(灭绝).
The extinction of the dodo started in 1505, when Portuguese sailors set their foot on the Island of Mauritius. Before this, the dodo didn’t face any danger. People began to hunt them. It was not long before animals, like cats, pigs and monkeys, were also introduced to the island by humans. When ships arrived, the rats on these ships came onto the land. Though these animals were not able to attack huge dodos, it was easy for them to attack dodos’ nests on the ground. These animals continued to feed on dodo eggs.
The dodo became a relatively(相对地) rare bird in Mauritius at the beginning of the 17thcentury, and became extinct in the end. The last reported sighting of a dodo was in 1681.
1．Why did the dodo lose its ability to fly?
A．Because it liked walking on the ground.
B．Because it had no enemies in the forest.
C．Because it was too big to fly.
D．Because it didn’t need to fly to look for food.
2．What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A．Humans hunted for dodos for money .
B．Dodos’ nesting places were attacked by human beings.
C．The dodo became extinct because of human activity.
D．Other animals on the island lived mainly on dodos’ meat.
3．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The extinction of the dodo.
B．The appearance of the dodo.
C．The actions taken to protect the dodo.
D．The punishment for hunting the dodo
E
17、You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years. One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves.
"We certainly have the technology for it now." says Andrew Poliak of automotive（机动车辆的）technology supplier QNX ."We expect self-driving cars to be a mainstream（主流）thing between 2020 and 2025."
The American company Google has been working on self-driving cars for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States and are truly self-driving. Last week, the police ordered one of Google's cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not breaking any law, so no one was punished.
Another American company, Tesla, added an "Autopilot" feature(特点) to its cars last month. With the Autopilot turned on, the vehicle drives itself. The car will speed up, slow down, brake(刹车) and drive by itself. You can take control of driving any time by turning the steering wheel or touching a pedal. The car uses sensors（感应器）to know when driveway changing is safe and whether it should speed up or slow down.
Tesla Autopilot is made for cross-country driving. It keeps you in the driveway and helps you avoid hitting other cars. It does not work well on local roads, for it will not stop at a red light or stop sign.
Reporter Carolyn Nicander Mohr tried the Autopilot feature(特点) of a Tesla earlier this month. She had a hard time trusting the car to do what it should do. She thought about canceling the Autopilot feature many times during her trip. She wanted to take control at every corner in the road and hit the brake when the car in front of her slowed down. However, the car drove perfectly itself.
Other companies like Marcedes-Benz