2019-2020年四川省内江市隆昌市第二高级中学2020届初三下冲刺考试英语试卷一、单项选择1. —What ________ useful book it is!—Yeah, it tells you how to play ________ guitar.A an; theB a; theC the; aD the; /2. Last Tuesday, Li Ming and I did a survey about our classmates' birthdays. Most of them were born ________ August, 2002.A inB onC atD of3. The lady in the kitchen ________ is doing the dishes is my aunt.A whereB whoC whichD whom4. In some African countries, children are made ________ heavy work because their parents have died.A doingB doneC doD to do5. My boss is waiting for the report, so I can't leave here ________ I finish it.A sinceB untilC thoughD if6. In the school, I asked one boy and two girls about the name of their headmaster, but _______ of them could help me.A neitherB noneC bothD all7. —I don't know ______. Can you give me some advice?—How about Mo Yan's? He is famous now.A whose novel I should buyB whose novel should I buyC where I can buythe novel D where can I buy the novel8. The boy ________ when his mother ________ to work yesterday morning.A slept; goB was sleeping; goC slept; wentD was sleeping; went9. —Tony is talking with our English teacher over there, isn't he?—No. It ________ be him. He is absent from school today.A won'tB mustn'tC can'tD needn't10. —Lily, could you please help me hand in my papers to our teacher?—______. Where are they?A With pleasureB Yes, pleaseC Of course notD Good idea11. I don't know how to deal with the problem.A 表语B 宾语C 状语D 宾补12. Many animals are in danger. We must protect them.A 状语B 谓语C 宾语D 表语13. The child can dress himself.A 谓语B 宾语C 表语D 状语14. The old photo made me think of my grandfather.A 真正主语B 形式主语C 间接宾语D 宾语补足语15. In order to keep healthy, you should stop smoking.A 主语B 宾语C 定语D 状语二、完形填空16.All of the staff in my hotel did a great job recently. We（1）________ to raise money for a woman called Nora. She is working as a front office clerk in the（2）________. A few weeks ago, she was told by doctors that she had a brain tumor（瘤）.She is from a poor family. While she was studying in the 6th grade, she（3）________ her parents. Now she is the single parent of a 3-year-old daughter and there is no one to（4）________ her kid. She is the only one to make money in the family, so it is very（5）________ for her family to deal with her treatment expenses（治疗费用）. Her monthly pay is only INR. 12,000（16,000）.When we come to know of her（7）________, we know we must do something for her. She is one of our team members! The only thing we were（8）________ to do was to help her at once. So we（9）________ this to the top level management and they supported and joined us. We decided to contribute（捐赠）from all the staffs'（10）________. We each contributed 2-day pay for her medical expenses, and many kind people from other fields（11）________ contributed for her treatment.（12）________, with the help of the kind people, she had enough to pay the（13）________.Now Nora is back from the（14）________ and her health is getting better day by day. Today we went to meet her at home. She was very（15）________ to all the people who helped for her medical treatment.（1）A expectedB helpedC decidedD waited（2）A hotelB libraryC restaurantD store（3）A foundB leftC lostD hated（4）A teachB seeC talk withD look after（5）A difficultB upsetC boringD tiring（6）A soB untilC butD when（7）A parentsB situationC educationD kid（8）A pleasedB excitedC ableD active（9）A describedB reportedC tookD mentioned（10）A payB friendsC familiesD work（11）A alsoB seldomC insteadD then（12）A CarefullyB EasilyC NaturallyD Luckily（13）A workB storyC expensesD manners（14）A marketB farmC tripD hospital（15）A politeB thankfulC responsibleD kind三、阅读理解17.Once there was a man living with his wife and children in a small house. There was always noise in his house as his children played, laughed and sang. He could find no peace at all. The man couldn't stand living in this noisy house. So he decided to ask for advice from a wise old woman who lived down the road. He told her about his problem. The wise old woman quickly had an answer for him. "Go home and bring all of your farm animals indoors to live in your house."The man thought this was bad advice. But since the old woman was known far and wide for her wisdom, he agreed to do as she said. He went home and brought inside all of his farm animals.As you can imagine, the animals made all kinds of noises. The dogs barked. The sheep bleated. The chickens clucked and the cows mooed.The man could find no comfort, no peace at all, so he went back to the wise old woman. She had been expecting him. She listened to him patiently and then offered some new advice. "Go home and take all of the animals out of your home," she said.The man was confused（迷惑的）. But as she was wise, he agreed to do what he was told. He returned to his house and drove all the animals outside. Then the house looked quite nice and it was quiet. It was that moment that the man felt his home was the most comfortable place in the world.（1）What was the man's problem?A His house was too small.B It was too noisy in his house.C He had no time to stay with his family.D There were too many animals on his farm.（2）As for the wise old woman's first piece of advice, the man ________.A decided to try itB understood it wellC was sure it would be helpfulD thought it was hard to follow（3）The words "barked", "bleated", "clucked", "mooed" in the underlined sentences are used to describe the farm animals' ________.A soundsB habitsC problemsD fights（4）What was the wise old woman's second piece of advice for the man?A To sell all his farm animals.B To live with his farm animals.C To drive all his farm animals outside.D To listen to his farm animals patiently.18. Dear Sir/ Madam,I am writing to ask for information about the courses in your school. I am especially interested in the four-week intensive course（强化课程）.I have been studying English for three years at a language school in Madrid, Spain. I'm good at listening, reading and writing. However, my speaking skills need to be improved.I have looked at the course introduction on your website but there is no information about the dates and price for the course. Are you offering it next month? I would also like to know where your students are from. Are they from different cultures?Finally, I hope to know what type of accommodations（住处）is available. My sister plans to visit me while I am there, for one week. We would prefer to stay together. Would that be possible? By the way, I don't plan to spend much money on accommodations.I would be thankful if you could send me the information to mariagomez@ or call me at 09568893.Thank you for your time.Looking forward to hearing from you.Yours faithfully,Maria Gomez（1）How long is the intensive course?A About one week.B About two weeks.C About one month.D About two months.（2）Maria hopes to improve her skills in ________.A listeningB readingC writingD speaking（3）What did Maria do to get information about the intensive course before writing this e-mail?A She asked her sister.B She called the school.C She visited the school's website.D She asked a teacher from the school.（4）What information does Maria want to know?①dates of the intensive course②price of the intensive course③accommodations of the school④teaching experience of the teachersA ①②③B ①②④C ②③④D ①③④19.One day in 1903, French scientist Edouard Benedictus climbed high to get something on a high shelf in his laboratory. He carelessly hit an empty glass flask（烧瓶）, and it fell to the stone floor.Benedictus climbed down, expecting a mess, but he found a surprise. The glass hadn't broken into a million pieces! It had cracked（破裂）, but it had held together. Benedictus wondered why. His helper explained he had used the flask to hold liquid plastic（液态塑料）. Thenhe'd put the flask aside and forgotten to wash it. The liquid plastic dried, so the flask looked empty. Benedictus realized the dried plastic had kept the cracked glass from falling apart. The same week, Benedictus read a report about a car accident in the newspaper. The car was a new and exciting invention, and many people were driving fast on the roads. When accidents happened, people were often hurt by flying broken glass. Suddenly Benedictus thought of the broken flask. Could his accident be something useful?Benedictus spent a lot of time in the lab, trying to find out the best way to make safety glass for cars. Finally, Benedictus put some liquid plastic between two pieces of glass and pressed them together. When he hit it, the "glass-and-plastic sandwich" cracked, but it didn't break into small pieces.Benedictus succeeded. He wrote in his diary, "I produced my first piece of Triplex（the name for his invention）—full of promise（充满希望）for the future."Benedictus was right. His method of putting plastic between pieces of glass is still used today. And that's how a careless accident led to an invention that made us all safer!（1）How did Bencdictus feel when he saw the cracked glass flask?A Angry.B Sorry.C Excited.D Surprised.（2）The glass flask didn't fall apart because ________.A the floor was not so hardB the shelf was not so highC there was dried plastic init D Benedictus' helper caught it（3）When did Benedictus decide to work on his invention?A When he read a news report.B After his helper had a car accident.C When he saw the cracked glass flask.D After his helper gave him a suggestion.（4）What do we know about Triplex?A It was invented in 1900.B It had plastic on its surface.C It got popular as soon asit was invented. D It had an influence on today's safety glass.20.Are the Olympic Games outdated? That might seem like a strange question. But it's exactly what the International Olympic Committee（奥林匹克委员会）is considering. At the 2012 London Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach noticed something. "You could see that the younger people did not have interest in watching the Games any more. They were not there." To change this, the IOC wants to make the Summer Olympics younger. But that isn't as simple as just adding more sports. It's impossible to always add new sports to the Olympics. It would become too much for host cities to deal with. The IOC asks host cities to choose the new sports and then the committee decides which ones can finally be added to that year's games. The new sports would be included in that year's Olympics only. The IOC has agreed to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.People are wondering what makes up an Olympic sport. Some people would like to see e-sports at the Olympics, because they are really popular. President Bach thinks video games with killing are not acceptable. One of the main principles（原则）of the Olympics is to encourage world peace. At the moment, the future of e-sports is still unclear.What about the Winter Olympics? Not to worry. The IOC has already added seven new sports for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter Olympics' situation is a little different. The Winter Olympics have less than half the sports of the Summer Olympics, so they have room to grow.（1）What did Thomas Bach notice after the 2012 London Olympics?A Some sports were less popular.B Some sports seemed too dangerous.C There were fewer young players at the Olympics.D Young people were not interested in the Olympics.（2）How many new sports will there be at the 2020 Olympics?A Four.B Five.C Six.D Seven.（3）In Thomas Bach's opinion, video games with killing ________.A have an unclear futureB are becoming more popularC are for young peopleonly D fail to encourage world peace（4）Compared with the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics ________.A have a longer historyB are more valued by the IOC C have more room for new sportsD show more interest in e-sports21.Your house may have an effect on the shape of your body. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you put on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of a diet plan.Open the curtains（窗帘）and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious（难为情的）when they're inpoorly lit places — and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lamps and fill the place with brightness.Mind the colours. Research suggests warm colours make us eat more. In one study, people who had meals in a blue room ate 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colours like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colours make us feel less hungry. So when it's time to repaint, go blue.Don't forget the clock — or the radio. People who eat slowly consume about 70 fewer calories （卡路里）per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin paying attention to the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you're at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon instead of a smaller one, total intake（摄取量）jumps by 14 percent. And we'll pour about 30 percent more liquid（液体）into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.（1）The passage is especially helpful for those who care about ________.A healthy eatingB house buyingC body shapeD home design（2）The underlined word "appetizing" in Paragraph 3 means "________" in Chinese.A 恶心的B 油腻的C 饱腹的D 开胃的（3）What are people advised to do at mealtimes?A Use smaller spoons.B Turn down the lights.C Eat quickly.D Play fast music.（4）What's the best title for the passage?A Is Your Home Environment RelaxingB Is Your House Making You FatC Ways of Serving DinnerD Effects of Self-Consciousness22. 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。
