初中英语试题

—May I take your order, Mr. Chen?

—I’d like a cup of coffee and a cake ________.

A．

by mistake

B．

at times

C．

as usual

You must ________ the traffic rules when riding a bike.

A．

make

B．

explain

C．

follow

It is a good ________ to do some reading before you go to bed every day.

A．

habit

B．

excuse

C．

result

After a two-hour discussion, they ________ came to an agreement.

A．

greatly

B．

finally

C．

specially

When I saw Xiao Wang yesterday, he ________ an old man cross the road.

A．

helps

B．

was helping

C．

will help

—I like the ________ in that restaurant near our school.

—Me, too. They have the best cooks in our town.

A．

food

B．

service

C．

environment

David is really ________ after the 1000-meter race, so he has to take a rest.

A．

worried

B．

bored

C．

tired

—Judy practices her oral English hard every day.

—So she does. She pronounces words ________ than before.

A．

clearly

B．

more clearly

C．

most clearly

—________ is the biggest blue whale?

—As I know, it weighs about 181, 000 kilos.

A．

How heavy

B．

How long

C．

How wide

Using AI tools in the right way can help ________ to work better.

A．

we

B．

us

C．

our

A special festival was held ________ September 23rd last year to honor the hard work of Chinese farmers.

A．

in

B．

for

C．

on

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Welcome to the Amazon rainforest. As the largest rainforest in the world, it plays an important role in keeping the balanced ecosystem（生态系统）on the Earth. With an area of around 6 million square kilometers, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. This area has a great many species（物种）. Actually, one in ten known species in the world can be found here.

Of the 390,000 plant species known to us, more than 40,000 can be found in the Amazon. There are different levels in the forest. At the bottom is a system of roots under the ground. Above that is leaf litter on the dark forest floor. The next level is made up of shorter plants with large leaves. Then there are the towering ancient hardwoods, and finally the tops of the trees which are taller than any other level of trees in the forest. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of living things.

More than 1,300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals（哺乳动物）hide among the forest’s plant life. This jaguar is one example. While a large number of jaguars survive here, they are only one part of this forest's food chain（食物链）. They feed on at least 87 species, including frogs. These frogs, in turn, feed on insects which eat leaves and fruit.

The Amazon rainforest is a treasure house of species that can be used for food or medicine. What’s more, the Amazon rainforest breathes life into the planet by producing over 20 percent of all the Earth’s oxygen（O₂）. So it is often known as the “lungs of the planet”.

The Amazon Rainforest
Introduction	The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world, which helps keep the （1） of the Earth’s ecosystem.
Species	Plant species	Number: over 40,000 species
		Different levels in the forest: ●the bottom: a system of roots ●the second level: leaf litter ●the third level: shorter plants with large leaves ●the fourth level: towering ancient hardwoods ●the top: the tops of the （2） trees
	（3） species	Number: more than 1,300 species of birds and over 400 species of mammals
		One of the food chains in the forest: leaves and fruit→ （4） →frogs→jaguars
Importance	●The Amazon rainforest is a treasure house of species that can be used for food or medicine. ●Known as the “lungs of the planet”, the Amazon rainforest （5） over 20% of all the Earth’s oxygen.

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Jiang Shumei, born in 1937, spent most of her time working in a factory. In 1996, she learned her （1） （one）Chinese character（汉字）. Sixteen years later, she started to write down some of her own （2） （story）. It was not easy. Sometimes, completing a single sentence could take a day. She （3） （usual）started at 3 or 4 a.m., and revised（修改）the pieces several times until she was （4） （satisfy）.

In 2013, her book, Time of Trouble, Time of Poverty, was published and proved to be （5） success. The book earned Jiang a lot of fans and sympathy（同情）. “Don’t feel sorry for me,” she says to her fans, “The hardships mentioned in the book are now in the past. （6） them, I could never have finished this book.”

So far, the elderly woman （7） （publish） six books, totaling more than 600,000 characters in length. “It’s never too late. I enjoy （8） （I）when writing,“ Jiang says. She lives a healthy life, exercising every day （9） eating a balanced diet. “If I could live as long as 130, would you still say that it is too late for me （10） （start）after 60?” she says jokingly.

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If sports are something that interests you, you must want to know how to be good at them. Succeeding at a sport takes skill. （1） Skill alone may take you far, but you’ll never go all the way without the right attitude and team spirit. The following tips can help you be a better sports player

Join a sports team. If you’re interested in sports, joining a team is a good way to start. （2） You are likely to develop friendships with at least some of your team members. Besides, even if your skills are low, joining a team will improve your skills.

Set big but realistic（现实的）goals for yourself. This does not mean being unrealistic, or saying you’re going to go professional within a year. Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and decide where you think you would like to be. （3）

Be a good sport. Being good at sports means more than physical strength and speed. （4） If you fail in a match, accept the loss and show respect to other players for their victory. Treat loss as a learning experience. Find out what you did wrong, and then try to improve it for the next game.

（5） It’s possible to get so crazy about winning that you forget why you want to be good at the very beginning. Not taking the time to enjoy the sport you play results in a fast burnout. Whether you’re practising or playing a competition, remember it is the joy that matters.

A. Let yourself have fun. B. Stay focused on the competition. C. Exercising with others is very enjoyable and encouraging. D. In order to be truly great, you need to be positive towards failure. E. Break a big goal down into small parts, and achieve them step by step. F. However, other things should be considered if you want to be a good sports player.

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Sugar painting, as the name means, is a painting made of sugar. It’s the sugar for us to taste, and the painting for us to admire.

Since the Warring States Period（战国时代）, the ancient people loved sweets and developed methods of producing sugar. In the Tang Dynasty, there was huge progress in the technology of sugar making. And sugar, the precious product once only served to the emperors and princes, also went into common people’s homes. With the cultural and economic（经济的）development of Song and Yuan Dynasties, people became less interested in only tasting sweetness. In the Ming Dynasty, some people added pictures with good luck into the bowl of sugar, and sugar painting appeared.

Sugar painting is different from normal painting. Sugar painters use syrup（糖浆）as the material, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth table as the “paper”. To make syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to produce the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting is done.

However, it’s a pity that this folk art is dying recently. The sugar painting that used to be rich in shapes has become poorer and poorer because of fewer needs. What’s worse, few people seem to be willing to pass on the art except those aging sugar painters.

For most people, painting is a kind of art and difficult to understand. However, sugar painting has pulled the art down into people’s daily lives. Through it, we may see the spiritual support of the ancient people across centuries. Now, sugar painting has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）in China. Therefore, the art should be remembered, missed and passed on.

（1）What does the underlined word “precious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．	Valuable and expensive.	B．	Useful and cheap.
C．	Special but worthless.	D．	Simple but priceless.

（2）When did sugar painting appear?

A．	In the Warring States Period.	B．	In the Tang Dynasty.
C．	In the Yuan Dynasty.	D．	In the Ming Dynasty.

（3）Why should sugar painters make the work very quickly?

A．	To show their excellent skills.	B．	To avoid syrup becoming hard.
C．	To protect the spoon and the table.	D．	To reduce people’s waiting time.

（4）What’s the writer’s attitude（态度）towards today’s sugar painting according to Paragraph 4?

A．

Uncaring.

B．

Doubtful.

C．

Worried.

D．

Unclear.

（5）Which can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．	Exploring the Art of Sugar Painting	B．	Improving the Taste of Sugar Painting
C．	Effects of the Sugar Producing Technology	D．	Ways to Change the Future of Sugar Painting