初中英语试题

His team had lost the game because of him．He felt like there was a heavy w　　on his shoulders as he walked home alone．

I′m very hungry I haven't e　　anything since 7： 00 this morning．

The eco﹣house

Simon Dale didn't want to live in a city's apartment building．So he made up his mind （1）　　（build） his own home in the countryside．He moved to Wales with his family and built a wooden eco﹣house．With the help of his father﹣in﹣law，a builder，he moved into a （2）　__　（comfort） new home after only four months．（3）　　only cost ＄4，700 to build the house．

The eco﹣house is made of natural （4）　　（material）．Simon Dale and his father﹣in﹣ law（5）　　（dig） into the side of a hill and then used the mud and stone to make the walls．The floors （6）　　（make） from wood from the nearby area．The design is open﹣plan．There is no central heating， （7）　　 there's a wood﹣burner and solar panels（太阳能电板） on the top（8）　　can provide power for lighting， music and computing．Drinking water is from a nearby spring．The fridge stays cool，thanks （9）　　air from under the ground．Simon Dale says，"We try to live in peace with the natural world． "He has （10）　 （certain） done his best to achieve that．

Katy Sullivan is an actress，an athlete（运动员），and a person who also refuses to accept the words no or I can′t．

She was born without the lower half of her （1）　　and has worn prosthetic（假体）ones all her life．She grew up in Alabama，US and had a（n）（2）　　childhood．She kept up with her sisters and brothers at the gym and the swimming pool．She feels lucky（3）　　 her family treated her in just the same way as the other members．

When a person is born without legs，there are plenty of things that are （4）　　 to do．But Katy believed she could （5）　　 anything．So she chose two jobs that are difficult，（6）　　with both legs．As a teenager，she once saw a good movie．Before it was （7）　　，Katy had made her mind up to be a（n） （8）　　．

She did a degree in theater and then moved to Los Angeles，where she has played （9）_　　in theater，television and movies．She has a positive（积极的） view of life．She thinks that if you believe （10）　　can do something，you should （11）　　it．So when Katy's friend asked her （12）　　she′d like to try running，she said "yes"．She was given a pair of running legs and she （13）　　her new life．

Katy was the first person in the world with two prosthetic legs to（14）　　running as a competitive sport．

She entered the final of the 100 meters in the 2012 London Paralympics．

Katy's family，friends，and fans look up to her as an （15）　　 of someone who has overcome her difficulty and achieved her dreams．

（1）A．arms	B．legs	C．feet	D．hands
（2）A．embarrassing	B．lonely	C．active	D．strange
（3）A．though	B．unless	C．before	D．because
（4）A．difficult	B．important	C．possible	D．easy
（5）A．achieve	B． accept	C．examine	D．prevent
（6）A．just	B． also	C．even	D．ever
（7）A．up	B．over	C．on	D．out
（8）A．athlete	B．writer	C．actress	D．coach
（9）A．games	B．music	C．sports	D．roles
（10）A．you	B．we	C．she	D．they
（11）A．depend on	B．go for	C．get used to	D．look after
（12）A．whether	B．how	C．when	D．why
（13）A．shared	B．started	C．changed	D．prepared
（14）A．fix up	B．show up	C．take up	D．set up
（15）A．ancestor	B．enemy	C．influence	D．example

Where you sit and how you fit

（1）　　For more than seventy years，researchers and teachers have studied the link between the place where students choose to sit in class and what they are like as people and learners．Where do you usually decide to sit？ Have you ever really thought about the reasons for your decision？

（2）　　But is this really true？ Well，some researchers say it is not．In fact，shy students often choose the back row because it is far away from the teacher and they don′t want to answer questions，At the back，students probably won't speak much，but in big classrooms，it can be hard to see the board and hear what the teacher is saying．This could be the reason why students who sit here often get lower grades on tests and exams．For students with poor eyesight or hearing，a seat at the back of the classroom is not a good choice．

（3）　　However，they like watching and listening rather than joining in．These students are usually also very good at taking notes．Next time you miss a class，borrow notes from someone who sits here．On the sides of the classroom you will generally find modest and thoughtful people．These people usually get good grades in school and are interested in learning．

（4）　　Then the statistics（统计数据） say you probably like your teacher．You probably also have a good relationship with your classmates．Caring，outgoing，and cheerful people usually sit in the middle．They are normally serious about learning and feel disappointed with low grades on tests and exams．

（5）　　Students who sit here usually want to discuss things with the teacher and are often very interested in the subject．They want to be in the best place to see and hear everything the teacher does and says．The only problem with sitting here is that it can be difficult to see and hear what other students do and say in class．

So， if you really want to hear what everyone says in class， choose a different place to sit．

A．You probably sit right at the front of the class if you're longing for knowledge．

B．Research suggests that the seat you choose in the classroom says a lot about you and your personality．

C．Do you sit in the middle of the classroom？

D．This means it's a good idea to sit in a different place every day．

E．People often think that students who sit at the back are lazy．

F．Students who sit at the side of the classroom are normally interested in class．

If you go shopping in any toy store，you can see clearly the different games and toys for boys and girls：there are a lot of pink toys on one side of the store for girls；and dark﹣ colored cars，guns，and soldiers for boys．Some big stores with toys may even have a pink floor for girls and a blue floor for boys．In fact，it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink．

Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls．Sue Palmer，writer of Toxic Childhood， is very

worried that most girls over the age of three are crazy about the color．According to some scientists，this happens for two reasons．Firstly，most companies offer too many products in pink．Also，many parents think their little daughter looks cute in pink．Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by themselves，but the pink can affect （影响） the choices and the decisions they will make in the future．

Some parents are worried too﹣﹣ for example，Vanessa Holburn，thirty﹣two，who has two girls under the age of four．Their bedrooms are a sea of pink and Vanessa is not happy．"Pink says that you are soft and gentle．Blue says that you are strong and powerful． I want my daughters to be strong and powerful．I′m worried that pink will not help them with that， "she says．

But not everyone thinks there's something wrong with pink．Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn't worried at all． "People forget that things change all the time，" he says． "My girls used to love pink when they were little，but as they get older，they change． "Turner explains that his twelve﹣year﹣old daughter never wears pink clothes anymore． "This love of pink is just a fashion and all fashions change， "he adds， "It's only since the 1940s that people have started dressing girls in pink﹣﹣ before that it was a color for boys．"

（1）Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage　　？

（2）The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 3 means　　．

A．being soft and gentle

B．being strong and powerful

C．being gentle but powerful

D．being cute and beautiful

（3）According to Grayson Turner，　　．

A．parents needn't worry about pink toys

B．all little kids love the color pink

C．pink has always been a color for girls

D． his girls now prefer the color blue

（4）The purpose of this passage is to　　．

A．explain why girls are crazy about the color pink

B．make parents less worried about the color pink

C．encourage girls to give up playing with pink toys

D．show people's different opinions about the color pink

Smile Train is a charity（慈善团体） that helps the millions of children around the world，who suffer

from a facial defect （缺陷）．The defect happens when a baby ' s top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth．Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies．The charity provides free operations，which give these children a new smile，and with it，new hope and a new beginning．

Children with the defect need all the help．Although many sufferers are accepted by their families，sadly，others are not．In some countries，children with this defect are often abandoned at birth because their parents feel ashamed of them or cannot afford the operations． The good news is that the operation is not difficult．It takes less than an hour and costs the family nothing．The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations．

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said，"Each child who has the operation is given a second chance at

life．After years of staying at home，the children can finally go to school and be happy．Every year I perform hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train．Some of the stories I have heard are quite surprising．One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train．Luckily for her，she was found and adopted（收养）by a passenger．This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital． I did the operation and gave hope to the family．Experienced doctors like me share our kills with local doctors．In this way we make sure that these operations will always be available．"

（1）Smile Train is a charity which　　．

A． provides food and medical care for poor children

B． raises money for all the doctors working in the UK

C． offers free medical help to children with the facial defect

D． gives children without parents new hope and a new beginning

（2）The underlined word "abandoned"in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to　　．

A． given up

B． dressed up

C． called up

D．brought up

（3）What did the doctor from the UK think of his volunteer work　　？

A． Dangerous

B． Surprising

C． Relaxing

D． valuable

（4）It can be inferred from the passage that　　．

A． children with the facial defect are becoming more ashamed than before．

B． more doctors are trained to help children with the facial defect

C． fewer baby boys with the facial defect are operated on than girls

D． doctors in Smile Train are always well paid for doing the operations

This painting is called The Fighting Temeraire．Temeraire is the name of the big．old sailing ship that you can see on the left of the picture．People chose this picture to be the greatest painting in Britain．

J．M．W．Turner painted it in 1839．It shows the old sailing ship，the Temeraire，on the River Thames near London．There's a small tugboat pulling the old ship． It's in fact taking the Temeraire on its last journey．The old ship is going to the breaker's yard．In the background we can see the sun setting．

The picture，however，is more than just a painting of two boats in the evening．The artist wanted to show the end of an era（时代）．The time of the beautiful，old sailing ships is coming to an end．That's why we see this happening at sunset．In the little，brown tugboat we can see the new industrial era starting．The tugboat is small and dark and it's making a lot of smoke，but it's very strong，because it's pulling the much bigger ship．

The painting shows a real event．Turner watched the Temeraire taking its last journey up the Thames，but he changed some of the details．He painted the old ship white and gold so that it looks like a ghost． In fact，the real ship was black and yellow．We also see the sun setting behind the ship，but in fact，the ship travelled towards the sunset．However，Turner wanted to show the sun setting on the time of the beautiful old sailing ships．

Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire when he was quite old，so perhaps he wanted to show the sun

setting on his own life，too．He loved the painting and he never sold it．You can see it today in the National Gallery in London．

（1）The Fighting Temeraire　　．

A．is the name of a big sailing ship．

B．was thought the best painting in Britain．

C．shows two nice new ships．

D．was painted by a famous young artist．

（2）The old ship was pulled to the yard　　．

A．to be painted new．

B．to be repaired．

C．to be broken up．

D．to be sold．

（3）What does the tugboat stand for according to the passage　　？

A．The new industrial era．

B．The beautiful old era．

C．The painter's own life．

D．The white and gold ghost．

（4）What can we learn from the last two paragraphs　　？

A．The color of the real sailing ship was white and gold．

B．In the painting the sailing ship was going towards the sunset．

C．Finally Turner sold this painting because he didn′t like it．

D．Today the painting is kept in the National Gallery in London．

The Coffee Pot Restaurant

We're looking for Saturday assistants（帮手）in our busy town centre restaurant．The job will include setting and clearing tables，serving customers and helping in the kitchen．We′re looking for polite and patient people who can work under pressure．

Hours：10 am﹣4 pm including a half﹣hour lunch break

Pay：￡5 an hour +lunch

Film Extras Wanted

Have you ever wanted to be in the movies？Are you interested in acting？We′re making a film in the local area during July and August and we'll need several young people as extras（临时演员）．

We′re looking for active and social 14﹣18﹣year﹣olds．

Pay：￡50 a day+meals

Please include a recent photograph in your application．

Newspaper Boys/Girls

We′re looking for honest young people to deliver （投递）newspapers and magazines，We need one person for morning deliveries（7﹣8）and two people for evening deliveries（5﹣6）．You must be at least 13 years old and have your own bicycle．For morning deliveries you need to be good at getting up early，too！

Pay：￡30 a week

When you apply（申请），please say whether you prefer mornings or evenings．

PART﹣TIME ASSISTANTS WANTED

Shop′n′ Save Supermarket needs two young people （14﹣18）for evening and weekend work．The job includes helping customers，putting things on the shelves，collecting trolleys，etc．

Hours：5﹣7 evenings or 10﹣5 Saturdays and Sundays．

Pay：￡4 an hour and free lunch for weekend hours

（1）To be a film extra，one has to be　　．

A．polite an patient．

B．active and social．

C．honest and strong．

D．helpful and careful．

（2）A part﹣time assistant at Shop′n′Save Supermarket needs to　　．

A．set and clear tables．

B．provide a photo．

C．deliver newspapers．

D．help customers．

（3）If 13﹣year﹣old Tom is free from 5： 00 pm to 7：00 pm， which job can he apply for　　？

A．A restaurant assistant．

B．A film extra．

C．A newspaper boy．

D．A supermarket assistant．

Sometimes we throw apple remains into forests，hoping small animals around may find them．But what if they are never noticed？People believe they would rot（腐烂）one day．So it doesn't matter．Is that true？

Sure they will．But it won't happen overnight．

Marjorie Woodruff，works in the Grand Canyon，set up a small experiment．She put a banana peel（皮），orange peels in a box，wide enough to allow small animals to go in and out．After six months，the orange peels had dried out，the banana had turned black．Nothing had been eaten or had rotted．

She buried the same things in sand and soil and six months later everything could still be seen．

In fact，it takes two months for apple remains to rot and an orange peel can take up to one year．

"Do we eat orange peels？ We do not．So why would a squirrel（松鼠）eat？ "Woodruff writes in High Country News． "The animals do just fine on nuts and berries．They do not need us．"There's another point to think about．

When animals start to get food from people．they may stop looking for their own food in nature．This is dangerous because it may weaken their hunting ability．Besides，they need different food．

Food waste also attracts animals to areas where there are a lot of people，says the Leave No Trace organization．This may put their life in danger as they may get used to looking for food alongside busy roads． Many of them are too small to be noticed by drivers．

When you're throwing fruit remains，you may be fined（罚款）．Fines are different．Some states might only fine people 100，but a few states fine people more than 6，000 for a first time．

（1）Where does Marjorie Woodruff work？　　

（2）How long does it take for apple remains to rot？　　

（3）Which animal is mentioned？　　

（4）How much might you be fined at least if you throw fruit remains？　　

（5）Why can't we give food waste to animals？　　

Since its reform and opening up began in the late 1970s，China has made great achievements in many fields．

（1）Beijing's new airport saw four passenger planes complete test flights Monday morning．At 9 am，on May 13，2019，the A380 from China Southern Airlines made the first flight（飞行），taking off from Beijing Capital International Airport in the northern part of the city．At 9：30 am，the plane landed smoothly on the western runway at Beijing Daxing International Airport．

China's first science fiction（科幻）film The Wandering Earth interests moviegoers around the world．（2）中国的科幻电影行业前途光明．Science fiction is really taking the central stage in China．Let's just see more of it．

A study from NASA said that the Earth is a greener place than it was 20 years ago．（3）China is leading the world's greening effort．The result comes mostly from tree﹣planting programs and intensive agriculture in China．

Another research scientist and co﹣author of the study Rama Nemani said， "（4）Once people realize there is a problem，they begin to fix it．In the 1970s and 80s in China，the greening situation was not good．In the 1990s，people realized it．And today things have improved．"

So many achievements make us feel proud of our motherland．（5）"我最亲爱的祖国，你像大海永不干涸．"We want to sing sincerely for her．

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The 2030 Agenda says that ending poverty in all its forms，including extreme poverty（极度贫困），is the greatest task．Because 1.4 billion people in developing countries live on less than ﹩1.25 a day．Another 842 million people，or one in eight people，do not have enough to eat，today．

The good news is that there are ways to end poverty．

Creating jobs，both in the United States and abroad，is a great way to deal with poverty．When people have jobs，they have money，and when people have money，they can more easily get themselves out of poverty．The U．N．says that "For the poor，labor is often the only thing they can use to improve their well﹣being．"

The education of girls and women impacts（影响）the rest of the societies．A woman's degree of education is linked to the age at which she marries and has children，to her health and diseases．Educating girls and women can end poverty in developing nations，as well as in the United States．

The United States hasn't raised the lowest pay since 2007．Because of this，right now，"A full﹣time worker with two children getting the lowest pay will still raise his or her family in poverty．"And this is a problem in almost every other country，especially in developing nations．Raising the lowest pay could possibly increase the health and well﹣being of millions．

The president of the World Bank，Jim Yong Kim，says that he believes "health care covering in all countries can help achieve a goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030．" He says that health care could end poverty．Because about 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty every year by having to spend money on health problems，and health problems push about another 150 million into very serious hardship．

These ways to end poverty show that while there is a difficult road ahead，there is a practical path forward．

（1）How many people do not have enough to eat today？　　

A．100 million．

B．150 million．

C．842 million．

（2）What is the only thing the poor can use to improve their well﹣being？　　

A．Creating．

B．Labor．

C．Studying．

（3）The fourth paragraph mainly tells us　　．

A．the importance of educating girls and women．

B．the ways of educating girls and women．

C．the time of educating girls and women．

（4）Who is Jim Yong Kim？　　

A．The President of the U．N．

B．The president of the World Bank．

C．The President of the United States．

（5）How many ways to end poverty are mentioned？　　

A．4．

B．6．

C．7．

The United Kingdom，officially known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland，is a state located at north﹣west Europe．The United Kingdom has four countries：England，Scotland，Wales and Northern Ireland．

It is one of the most powerful，and richest countries in the world．It is an amazing piece of land that is rich in history and facts，some of which are yet to be discovered．From the natural beauty to the people，technological advancement（科技进步）and sports，no one can ever have enough of the UK．To learn more about the country，you should read the facts below．

The English drink the most tea in the world．They drink over 163 million cups of tea daily，about 20 times the number of cups drunk by Americans．

Although Britain has been involved in many wars lasting for many years，it has also been involved in the shortest war．The Anglo﹣Zanzibar War fought in 1896 lasted only 45 minutes，just the time for a class．

The UK has the highest rate（比率）of being very fat in the world．Almost 25% of the British duets are very fat．

The UK has the third﹣highest rate of heart disease in Europe．It ranks（排位）just below Ireland and Finland．

Of all countries that celebrate Independence Day，58 are independent of the UK，the highest by any country．

Almost 25% of all women in the UK were named Mary in 1811．

According to history，the London Bridge had indeed fallen down according to the old rhyme，when the Saxons had tom it down using ropes and boats．The Thames has over 200 bridges and tunnels along its course．

（1）The first paragraph introduces the　　of the UK．

A．people

B．countries

C．weather

（2）What do the English drink the most？　　

A．Coffee．

B．Cola．

C．Tea．

（3）When did the Anglo﹣Zanzibar War happen？　　

A．In 1896．

B．In 1811．

C．In 1800．

（4）What did the writer use most to tell the truth？　　

A．Stories．

B．Examples．

C．Numbers．

（5）What can be the best title of the passage？　　

A．The Culture of the UK．

B．The Fun Facts of the UK．

C．The Science of the UK．

Protecting the earth is like protecting our eyes．People's attention to recycling is increasing．From recycling plastic bags to using environment friendly products，there are many developments to be seen in almost every comer of the world．

Sweden is a worldwide leader in recycling．They open world's first mall for repaired and recycled goods，It's called ReTuna，a two﹣story building in Eskilstuna，Sweden，about 70 miles west of Stockholm．The clever thing about this mall is its position．It's right next to the city's recycling centre．So a stream of cars is already coming to drop off unwanted household things．This produces a supply of things for the shops．There are 14 special shops．When goods arrive，a team sorts everything into categories（类别）．The mall only sells goods that are recycled or"upcycled"，meaning unwanted things broken down and reinvented as something new．By doing so，50 new jobs were created in repair and retail（零售）

"You can come and just do sustainable shopping and Sweden loves it．And the world loves it，"said Anna Bergstrom，the manager of the ReTuna Mall．"I think it's fun to find something that people have used，and we can use further，"said Cato Limas，a ReTuna customer（顾客）．"If you look at the things they're selling here，they're almost new．So actually，why do you need to buy new things？"

These unwanted things found new homes．In 2018，the mall sold second﹣hand goods worth 1.3million．

（1）The Sweden's first mall for repaired and recycled goods is　　．

A．RcTuna

B．Eskilstuna

C．Anna Bergstrom

（2）How many new jobs were created in repair and retail？　　

A．14．

B．50．

C．70．

（3）What does the underlined word "sustainable" in Paragraph 3 mean？　　

A．Lucky．

B．Private．

C．Environment friendly．

（4）Who is Cato Limas？　　

A．A manager．

B．A customer．

C．A driver．

（5）The passage mainly talks about　　．

A．shopping in Sweden

B．making more money

C．the mall selling second﹣hand goods

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Students	◇of all ages	◇a gap year before college study
Buildings		◇ By AI
Courses	◇over 30 course to choose from	◇more than 10 languages
Teachers
Exams	◇all sides	◇different kinds

（1）What can students get before college study？　　

A．30 courses．

B．Al robots．

C．A gap year．

（2）How many points does the form mention？　　

A．4．

B．6．

C．19．

（3）What can be the best title for the form？　　

A．Future Schools of China．

B．Future Exams of China．

C．Future Students of China．