2024-2025年四川乐山初一下册期末英语试卷

1、When _______ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A.comparing B.compare C.compared D.being compared

2、Filled with anger, a person tends to say ______ comes to his mind.

A.whatever B.whichever C.whenever D.whoever

3、—Will you go to Mary’s birthday party?

—No. _____ invited, I cannot go to it. I will be very busy then.

A.Only if B.Now that

C.As though D.Even though

4、The cash the company has recently received from the government is not enough to cover the debt ______.

A.remained to pay B.remaining to be paid

C.remaining to pay D.remained to be paid

5、Many people feel nervous _______ they attend a concert, so I recommend _______ the hall early to have enough time _______ yourself comfortable.

A.at the first time, arriving, to make B.the first time, to arrive, making

C.for the first time, reaching, making D.the first time, getting to, to make

6、Rafael Nadal is a tennis champion equipped with a big heart,   to win and resolution to defeat all his opponents.

A.persuasion B.determination C.fascination D.accumulation

7、Seeing the happy________of children playing in the park，I’m full of joy and confidence in the future of our country.

A. sight B. scene

C. view  ​ D. sign

8、_______ the coming talent competition, he has spent all his free time making preparation.

A.Win B.Winning C.Having won D.To win

9、_____ his conclusion on the evidence he collected on the spot, he proved that the murderer was guilty.

A．Based

B．Basing

C．To base

D．Being based

10、As a rough estimate, this room is _______ that.

A.three times the size B.three times as the size of

C.the size three times of D.three times the size of

11、_____several times, but unfortunately，the boy still couldn't solve the problem on his own.

A.Having been explained

B.The problem having been explained

C.The problem had been explained

D.Although the problem had been explained

12、—$300, and that’s my last offer.

—OK. It is a ________.

A. charge B. price

C. cost D. deal

13、Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach   their children compared with of their parents.

A.to educate; that B.to educate; one

C.to educating; that D.to educating; one

14、The population of China is _____than that of America.

A.larger five times B.five times larger C.five times as D.as five times

15、— I’m so sorry for what I said to you yesterday.

— Forget it! I know you were just letting off ______.

A．emotions

B．liquid

C．feelings

D．steam

16、_________ has recently been done to provide more buses, a shortage of public vehicles remains a serious problem.

A.That B.What C.In spite of what D.Though what

17、On Sundays, many parents go to the boarding school _________ to see their children.

A.especially B.specially C.particularly D.in particular

18、A knife and fork________needed when you try western food.

A. is B. are C. has D. have

19、What a fine day! Let’s go to the park ________I can fly this beautiful kite.

A. where B. which C. that D. why

20、Mozart _________ his last opera shortly before his death.

A.conducted B.composed C.complex D.completed

21、I would rather she ______ tomorrow than today.

A.comes B.came C.will come D.should come

22、—Can you tell us your ________ for happiness and a long life?

—Living every day to the full, definitely.

A.recipe B.record C.range D.reflection

23、Don’t bother to look for my umbrella; it will _______ some day.

A.turn down B.turn out C.turn up D.turn over

24、Only when he left his home _________ to know how important the family was for him.

A．he began

B．did he begin

C．had he begun

D．he had begun

25、—Is there anything wrong with my heart, doctor?

—Not too bad. But I advise you________ anymore.

A. to not smoke B. not smoking C. smoking not D. not to smoke

26、   Engineers have launched a huge garbage collection device to gather plastics floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. The plastic makes up what is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is the world’s largest spread of garbage, twice the size of the state of Texas.

The Organization Ocean Cleanup created the collection device. The group’s founder is Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old inventor from the Netherlands. When Slat was 16, he went diving in Mediterranean Sea and saw more plastic bags than fish. Since then, he has made up his mind to clean up the oceans.

He told the Associated Press that researchers with his organization have found plastic from the 1960s and 1970s among the material in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It contains an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in total. Most of them float on the surface of the water, or are within a few meters of the surface.

Last Saturday, a ship pulling the pipe-shaped floating barrier left San Francisco for the Garbage Patch. The barrier, called the floater, is 600 meters across. Attached to it is a screen (筛子) that hangs three meters down in the water. The screen is designed to collect the plastic as it moves through the water. Sea animals can safely swim under the barrier. The cleanup system also comes with lights powered by the sun, cameras, and other special devices. Slat said this enabled the system to communicate its position at all times.

Shipping containers will hold all the plastic gathered, including bottles and fishing equipment. Slat said the containers were expected to be back on land within a year. Then the plastic will be recycled. And they will also study how the system performs in severe ocean conditions, including huge waves.

【1】How did Boyan Slat react to that dive in the Mediterranean Sea?

A.He showed a great interest in diving.

B.He became worried about his safety.

C.He decided to remove the garbage in oceans.

D.He became curious about underwater creatures.

【2】What has the organization Ocean Cleanup found about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

A.Most of its plastic is half a century old.

B.It covers almost the size of the state of Texas.

C.Altogether there are about 1.8 billion pieces of plastic.

D.The majority of its plastic floats on or near the surface.

【3】Why was a screen attached to the ship?

A.To power lights in the ship. B.To protect sea animals near it.

C.To tell the position of the ship. D.To collect plastic along the way.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.Approaches to removing garbage in oceans.

B.The problem of garbage in the Pacific Ocean.

C.A young man who does well in classifying garbage.

D.A huge device made to clean garbage in oceans.

27、（题文）Discover Nature Schools Programmer

Becoming Bears (Kindergarten—2 grade)

By becoming baby bears, children learn from their  “parent” to survive the seasons.Kids will find safety in the spring and learn kinds of food bears eat during the summer, and then create a cave for winter hibernation  (冬眠)．After learning the skills needed to survive, students will go out of the cave as an independent black bear able to care for themselves.( 1.5—2 hours)

Whose Clues? (3—5 grade)

Kids will discover how plants and animals use their special structures to survive. Through outdoor study of plants and animals, kids will recognise their special structures and learn how they enable species to eat, avoid their enemies and survive.Using what they have learnt, kids will choose one species and tell how they survive in their living places.(3—4 hours)

Winged Wonders ( 3—5 grade)

Birds add colour and sound to our world and play an important ecological (生态的) role.Students will learn the basics of birds, understand the role birds play in food chains and go bird watching using field guides and telescopes.Students will do hands－on activities.Students will use tools to build bird feeders, allowing them to attract birds at home.(3—4 hours)

Exploring Your Watershed (6—8 grade)

We all depend on clean water.Examining how our actions shape the waterways around us.Go on a hike to see some of the first－hand challenging water quality problems in a city.Students will test the water quality to determine the health of an ecosystem.

●Each programme is taught for a class with at least 10 students.

●All programmes include plenty of time outdoor.So please prepare proper clothing, sunscreen and insect killers for children.

●To take part in a programme, please e－mail dcprogrammes@ mdc.mo.gov.

【1】（小题1）What can kids do at Becoming Bears？

A. Watch bears' performances.

B. Take care of bears.

C. Dress up as baby bears to learn about bears.

D. Learn how to survive a bear attack.

【2】（小题2）Kids who are interested in plants will choose ____.

A. Winged Wonders

B. Exploring Your Watershed

C. Becoming Bears

D. Whose Clues?

【3】（小题3）According to the passage, all the four programmes ____.

A. have the same teaching hours

B. have outdoor activities

C. are offered during summer holidays

D. are designed for primary school students

28、   Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod(棒) to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”

For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.

【1】Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?

A.Cruel. B.Serious. C.Cold. D.Strict.

【2】What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” in Paragraph 4 imply?

A.Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

B.The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.

C.Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

D.What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

【3】When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.

A.they felt sorry for what they had done before

B.they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

C.they were astonished to find the author’s progress

D.they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

【4】The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is that ______.

A.the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

B.the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own

C.Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

D.in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth

29、   In an ideal world, people would not test medicines on animals. Such experiments are stressful and sometimes painful for animals, and expensive and time-consuming for people. Yet animal experimentation is still needed to help bridge vast gaps in medical knowledge. That is why there are some 50 to 100 million animals used in research around the world each year.

Europe, on the whole, has the world’s most restrictive laws on animal experiments. Even so, its scientists use some 12 million animals a year, most of them mice and rats, for medical research. Official statistics show that just 1.1 million animals are used in research in America each year. But that is misleading. The American authorities do not think mice and rats are worth counting and, as these are the most common laboratory animals, the true figure is much higher. Japan and China have even less comprehensive data than America.

Now Europe is reforming the rules governing animal experiments by restricting the number of animals used in labs. Alternatives to animal testing, such as using human tissue or computer models,are now strongly recommended. In addition, sharing all research results freely should help to reduce the number of animals for scientific use. At present, scientists often share only the results of successful experiments. If their findings do not fit the hypothesis being tested, the work never sees the light of day. This practice means wasting time, money, and animals’ lives in endlessly repeating the failed experiments.

Animal experimentation has taught humanity a great deal and saved countless lives. It needs to continue, even if that means animals sometimes suffer. Europe’s new measures should eventually both reduce the number of animals used in experiments and improve the way in which scientific research is conducted.

【1】What is the main idea of this passage?

A.The success of animal experiments should be ensured.

B.A ban on the use of animals in the lab should be enforced.

C.Greater efforts need to be taken to reduce the number of lab animals.

D.Scientists should be required to share their research results with each other.

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE about animals used in the lab?

A.America uses only about 1.1 million lab animals per year.

B.Europe does not use mice and rats as lab animals at all.

C.Britain does not use as many lab animals as China does.

D.Japan has limited data on the number of lab animals used each year.

【3】Which of the following is mentioned as an alternative to replace animal experiments?

A.Statistical studies.

B.Computer models.

C.DNA planted in animals.

D.Tissue from dead animals.

【4】What usually happens to unsuccessful animal experiments?

A.They are not revealed to the public.

B.They are made into teaching materials.

C.They are collected for future publication.

D.They are not removed from the research topic list.

30、   Almost everyone around us uses a phone. Phones provide a simple and efficient way to conduct work or _______ with social arrangements from day to day. Several times in the course of a work day, you may be _______ by your workmates, students or friends by means of phone. If you want a/an _______ with your department head, you will _______ call him and arrange a time with him. If you are unable to _______ your appointment, or if you find you have to be _______ for it, you will phone and change the _______. In this way, no one _______ time waiting for someone who is not coming. If you want to buy something, you will “let your _______ do the walking”. That is, you call ahead to make sure the store has what you ________. If it is an expensive item, you might call several stores to ________ prices so that you can buy the cheapest one. If you want to __________ a train or plane, after finding out the prices, you can call to __________ the ticket; if you want to shop for clothes after work, you might call to ask how __________ the store is open before you travel all the way there.

Phones are easily __________. In streets, you can see public phones in which you feed coins to make a call. Phones have __________ answering services; if you are not at home or in the office, or don’t wish to be __________, you switch on a machine, which will answer the call for you. A pre-recorded message will say to the __________, “I’m sorry, I’m not available at the moment. Please leave your name and number and I will call you __________ as soon as possible.” It’s more efficient to __________ one’s name and number than to waste their time calling again and again.

A．deal

B．communicate

C．share

D．talk

A．suggested

B．reminded

C．connected

D．ignored

A．prize

B．promise

C．deal

D．appointment

A．never

B．usually

C．seldom

D．frequently

A．keep

B．make

C．break

D．take

A．intended

B．prepared

C．late

D．ready

A．mind

B．place

C．plan

D．idea

A．arranges

B．takes

C．kills

D．wastes

A．feet

B．finger

C．head

D．legs

A．need

B．hate

C．have

D．think

A．pay

B．cut

C．raise

D．compare

A．make

B．take

C．miss

D．get

A．choose

B．offer

C．book

D．ask

A．late

B．fast

C．soon

D．early

A．suitable

B．usable

C．enjoyable

D．available

A．proper

B．automatic

C．artificial

D．free

A．noticed

B．upset

C．disturbed

D．worried

A．seller

B．visitor

C．speaker

D．caller

A．on

B．back

C．up

D．at

A．leave

B．sign

C．remember

D．write

31、阅读下面课文段落，在空白处填入1-3个适当的单词，补全句子。

Not that Charlie’s own life was 【1】! I He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall 【2】. You may find 【3】 astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as she could speak.

32、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Sarah打算暑期来北京旅游，来信询问改建后前门大街的情况。请你写封回信，简单介绍以下内容:

1.简况:800多米长，600多年历史，300多家商铺；

2.位置:天安门广场南面；

3.交通:公共汽车17、69、59路等，地铁2号线；

4.特色:步行街、当当车、茶馆、剧院等。

注意:词数100左右。

参考词汇:步行街pedestrian street；当当车trolley car；地铁subway

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