潜江 天门 仙桃 江汉油田 2023年初中学业水平考试（中考）

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一、听力。（共20小题，每题1.5分，计30分）

第一节：听下面五段小对话，根据你所听到的对话，选择与其内容相符的图片。每段对话读两遍。

1. __________ 2. __________3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________

第二节：听下面四段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第1段材料，回答第6至7小题。

6. What sports does Paul play?

A. Soccer. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball.

7. What is Tony like?

A. Funny. B. Serious. C. Outgoing.

请听第2段材料，回答第8至9小题。

8. Where are they probably talking?

A. In the hospital. B. At the bus stop. C. On the playground.

9. What’s wrong with Ben?

A. He has a fever. B. He’s stressed out. C. He hurt himself while exercising.

请听第3段材料，回答第10至12小题。

10. What does the man do on Sunday?

A. He plays tennis. B. He cooks dinner. C. He cleans the house.

11. What does the woman mean by saying “You don’t understand”?

A. Housework is for women.

B. Women shouldn’t work outside.

C. Men should help with the housework.

12. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man wants to look after the children.

B. The woman wants to change the man’s idea.

C. The man’s father always did housework.

请听第4段材料，回答第13至15小题。

13. On the first day of Grade Seven, Li Hua ________.

A. read aloud in class B. made the words interesting C. enjoyed the class very much

14. Li Hua thinks Miss Ma is good at ________.

A. reading stories B. drawing pictures C. writing stories

15. Li Hua wrote this letter to ________.

A. ask for advice on how to read

B. invite the teacher to join the reading club

C. thank the teacher for opening the world of books

第三节：听下面一段独白，根据独白内容，写出表格中所缺单词，每空仅填一词。独白读两遍。

二、完形填空：阅读下面两篇短文，从每小题的四个选项中，选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳选项。（共20小题，每题1分，计20分）

A

I had a close call the other day. A man called last week and said he was a 21 . He told me there was a problem with my bank account (账户), and he would like to fix it 22 me.

I didn’t do what he told me to do and went to my bank 23 . I asked the clerk whether there was a problem with my bank account. The clerk told me there was 24 wrong with it. She asked why I was worried about it, so I told 25 about the phone call. She said that the police don’t call people about their bank accounts. Luckily, I was so careful that I didn’t 26 any information. In the future, if anyone calls you about your bank account, don’t 27 what the caller says.

Don’t take any action 28 you have checked your account with the bank. You can never be too careful.

21. A. driver B. doctor C. teacher D. policeman

22. A. for B. on C. at D. to

23. A. on time B. at once C. in turn D. by mistake

24. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything

25. A. it B. him C. her D. them

26. A. find out B. give out C. hand out D. check out

27. A. know B. think C. guess D. believe

28. A. when B. while C. until D. after

B

Once there was a poor woman, who lived with her little daughter after her husband died. She worked long hours each day, but only made enough 29 to live on.

One day, her little daughter came back from school 30 . She said that her teacher was full of praise for her 31 for singing and suggested that she should be trained as a singer. The woman was very pleased to hear that at first. 32 the pleasure soon turned to worry as she realized that she didn’t have the money to afford the training.

She 33 long and hard, and finally decided to borrow some money from a merchant (商人), who her husband had been friends with. When the merchant 34 their situation, he felt sorry for them and decided to help them.

“How much do you need, Madam?” asked the merchant.

“One hundred pounds will be enough, Sir.” said the woman, 35 to ask for money. “I’ll find another job and pay you back as soon as possible.”

The merchant sat down at his desk, wrote a cheque (支票), gave it to the woman with the words, “Take this to the 36 , Madam. You don’t need to pay me back.” The woman was very 37 , but she insisted on (坚持) writing an IOU (借条) to the merchant.

The woman handed the cheque to the bank teller. But to her surprise, the teller counted out one thousand pounds, 38 one hundred, and passed them to her.

“There is a mistake here,” the woman said. “You have given me one thousand pounds, and I only asked for one hundred.”

The teller looked at the cheque 39 , and said, “The cheque is for one thousand pounds.”

“It’s a mistake. I am sure of that.” said the woman. She took the cheque back and returned to the merchant.

“I did make a mistake, Madam,” said the merchant, when he had heard the woman’s words.

“I should 40 you a job rather than just giving you one thousand pounds. It would be my pleasure to work with a person as honest as you.”

29. A. food B. money C. friends D. progress

30. A. loudly B. happily C. politely D. angrily

31. A. talent B. action C. advice D. introduction

32. A. So B. Or C. But D. And

33. A. worked B. walked C. thought D. learned

34. A. turned on B. took up C. worked out D. heard about

35. A. shy B. silent C. excited D. bored

36. A. bank B. hotel C. school D. hospital

37. A. useful B. helpful C. careful D. thankful

38. A. as for B. such as C. except for` D. instead of

39. A. at first B. once more C. on purpose D. by accident

40. A. send B. show C. offer D. teach

三、综合填空：阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。(共10小题, 每题1.5分, 计15分)

The children, seeing the house the bird landed on, stopped and looked for some time. It was not a normal house at all. It was made of bread and candy, and the 41 (window)were made of sugar. The children 42 (sudden) ran to the house and started to eat it.

As they ate, a 43 (woman) voice could be heard from inside the house saying: “Who’s that, eating at my home?”

The children dropped what they 44 (eat), and were about to run away, but then a very old woman appeared at the door. “Ah! Children!” she said. “Do not run, come in. There’s much more food inside.” The woman seemed so kind 45 the children lost all feeling of danger, and went straight to her, and let her take their hands and lead them into her room.

They 46 (give) all kinds of delicious food and drink, and they were told that they could stay as long as they wanted, for the woman had another room 47 two clean beds.

As kind as the old lady appeared to be, she was really a terrible witch (女巫), who liked to eat children. Her house was made of bread and candy, because children liked such things, and so it would be easier for the witch 48 (get) them to stay. She did not eat them right away, for often the children were very thin, and the witch wished to make them 49 (fat) than before, by giving them a lot of food.

And so, the next morning, she 50 (go) into the room where the children were sleeping. As she looked down on them in their beds, she said, “Yes. They will make a very delicious dinner.”

四、阅读理解：A、B两篇，阅读短文，从每小题的四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项；C篇，阅读短文，根据短文内容，从文后所给的五个句子中，选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项；D篇，阅读短文，根据短文内容，回答问题。（共15小题，每题2分，计30分）

A

51. What’s the book Beauty and the Beastabout?

A. It’s about a girl who lives with a beast.

B. It’s about a hare who races to a tortoise.

C. It’s about a couple who want to be rich fast.

D. It’s about an emperor who loves new clothes.

52. What do you think of the hare in The Hare and the Tortoise?

A. Smart. B. Brave. C. Proud. D. Friendly.

53. In which column (栏目) of the newspaper can we find the text?

A. News. B. Sports. C. Science. D. Education.

B

Shen Yingbiao is a xiao player. Although he had strong interests in musical instruments from childhood, it is the xiao that has been the most important part of his life.

Not long after Shen was first attracted (吸引) to the instrument, he decided to learn it. In the 1990s, when Internet was not widespread in China, learning a less popular instrument was not an easy task because there were few teachers.

Besides teaching himself and listening to tapes to compare and improve, Shen stepped on trips to visit those who gave fascinating performances he heard on tapes, and received tutoring (指导) from masters in this area.

Since he had to study at school and then work to support himself, he could only undertake such trips in his spare time. “It was very tiring. Without high-speed trains, I had to take a train for more than 20 hours to Beijing, or other places, to visit people. But I was resolute to take this road. I wanted to improve my skills and learn more,” says Shen.

While learning the instrument, Shen was increasingly fascinated by the rich cultural meanings in the xiao. According to him, a scene from a TV series of a literate (有文化的) person piping (吹奏) the xiao in the moonlight, full of elegance (优雅), poetry and romance, has been kept in his heart since childhood. And that reflects the close relationship between this instrument and the literate in times gone by.

In ancient China, bamboo symbolized honesty, modesty (谦虚) and a spirit of trying to make progress. As a result, many liked the plant and used it to refer to their pursuits (追求) in poems. Song Dynasty (960-1279) poet Su Shi once wrote, “Better to eat without meat than live without bamboo”, suggesting the importance of bamboo in their hearts.

Therefore, the xiao, made of bamboo, was much more than an instrument, but something they often held in hands or put on walls to remind themselves of their pursuits, and they sometimes used the xiao to refer to themselves in poems as well, according to Shen.

“Since the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the xiao was often used in gatherings and meetings of the educated and literate, just like the guqin. It was so popular then that if one was not able to perform it, they were regarded as old-fashioned,” says Shen.

During his learning process, Shen summarized his experience, which paved (铺平) the way for his later teaching. In 2000, with the growth of his fame, he was invited to teach dongxiao, a kind of xiao popular in the Jiangnan area of China, at an art school in Hangzhou. A year later, he set up the Xixi Xiao Society with his students to better promote (推广) the instrument.

54. How did Shen improve his xiao skills?

① By teaching himself. ② By going on trips.

③ By visiting the masters. ④ By listening to tapes.

A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④ D.①③④

55. Why did the writer mention Su Shi and his poem in paragraph 6?

A. To state a fact. B. To give an example. C. To express a feeling. D. To show an opinion.

56. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. A man who loves the xiao deeply. B. An instrument that is less popular.

C. The ways that people learn the xiao. D. A plant which carries the literate’s pursuits.

C

Superfoods are foods that are full of vitamins and nutrients(营 养素). 57 Blueberries, chia seeds (奇亚籽), and green tea are all superfoods. Some research shows a diet (饮食) with many superfoods can prevent illness.

58 Many people like blueberries with their breakfast in the early morning, as they are sweet and tasty. They are good as part of a meal or we can eat them alone. These small round berries came from North America, but now they grow in Europe as well. Blueberries contain (包含) a lot of vitamins which help the body stay healthy. The United States is the biggest national producer of blueberries. 59

One healthy seed comes from Mexico. Chia seeds contain a lot of fiber (纤维素), which gives us energy and makes us feel full. You can add chia seeds to cereals, cakes and smoothies. Just one ounce of these seeds contains 10% of our daily protein needs. Runners eat energy bars containing chia seeds to help them run for longer. Chia seeds help our blood stay healthy and reduce the risk of brain disease. 60

There are many ways to enjoy superfoods in drinks. Green tea is a healthy superfood. Chinese people drink about half of the green tea in the world. Studies show green tea is good for your heart. 61 Some people don’t like green tea, as they think it tastes bitter. Other people like this taste. Many families drink green tea at mealtimes or take it out.

It’s important to eat a balanced diet. We can’t live just on superfoods, but they are good to eat and drink.

D

About 2300 years ago, the area around Chengdu had bad floods (洪水) in spring every year. Flood water from the mountains flowed (流动) down the Minjiang River and covered the land. Luckily, the Qin governor (太守), Li Bing, was a water engineer. The king of Qin provided the money and asked the governor to solve the problem.

The usual method to avoid flooding is to build a wall across the river, called a dam. Special openings in the dam allow the flow of water to be controlled. However, the king had also asked Li Bing to make sure that ships could still use the river. This was necessary because the king needed to send food to his army. So Li Bing studied the situation and came up with a plan — a plan that still works today!

Helped by his son, and tens of thousands of workers from the area, Li Bing built a man-made island in the middle of the river. This island was shaped like a fish and it divided the water into an inner and an outer river. The inner river was deeper than but not as wide as the outer river. It took four years to build the island.

Li Bing also cut a new channel (运河) through Mount Yulei. This channel would take water away to irrigate (灌溉) the land in the flat farmland below. The rock of the mountain was very hard and difficult to cut. Li Bing used fire to heat the rock and then water to cool it quickly. This made the rock break into smaller pieces which could be carried away more easily. Cutting the channel took eight years!

After Li Bing’s work was finished, there were no more floods, and the Dujiangyan irrigation system (灌溉系统) allowed the farmers to grow more and more food. The river flowed naturally, and because there was no dam, ships and fish could pass freely. Sichuan became the most productive area in China, as it still is today. Today, scientists and visitors from all over the world come to look at this wonderful example of engineering. This work and the name of Li Bing live on.

62. What was Li Bing’s job?（答题词数不超过11个）

63. Why did the king ask Li Bing to make sure that ships could still use the river?（答题词数不超过10个）

64. How long did it take Li Bing to cut a new channel?（答题词数不超过5个）

65. What does the writer think of the Dujiangyan irrigation system?（答题词数不超过12个）

五、补全对话：根据对话情境，从方框所给的五个句子中，选出能填入对话空白处的最佳选项，使对话连贯、完整。（共5小题，每题2分，计10 分）

R=Reservation (预定) Clerk G=Guest

R: Good morning. Room Reservations. May I help you?

G: Yes, I’d like to book a room.

R: Thank you, Sir. 66

G: From April 16 to 20. Just my wife and myself.

R: 67

G: A double room, please.

R: Could you hold the line, please? I’ll check. (After a while) Thank you for waiting, sir. We have a double room at ￥180 per night. 68

G: OK, I’ll take it.

R: Thank you, sir. 69

G: Sure. My name is Tom Johnson, and my phone number is 3242-5827.

R: 70

G: Around 9 p. m.

R: Thank you very much. We look forward to serving you.

六、书面表达。（计15分）

71.尊老敬老是中华民族的传统美德。东东的爸爸妈妈把乡下的爷爷接到了城里一起生活。假如你是东东，请结合图片提示，发挥你的想象，用英文写一篇80词左右的日记。文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名。

潜江 天门 仙桃 江汉油田 2023年初中学业水平考试（中考）

英语试卷参考答案及评分说明

一、试题参考答案：

（一）听力（共20小题，每题1.5分，计30分）

1—5 1. F 2. D 3. C 4. E5. A

6—106. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. A

11—15 11. C 12. B 13. C 14. A15. C

16—20 16. Saturday 17. old18. garden 19. picked 20. living

（二）完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，计20分）

21—2521. D 22. A 23. B24. A 25. C

26—30 26. B 27. D28. C 29. B 30. B

31—35 31. A 32. C33. C 34. D 35. A

36—4036. A 37. D 38. D 39. B 40. C

（三）综合填空（共10小题，每题1.5分，计15分）

41. windows42. suddenly 43. woman’s 44. were eating 45. that

46. were given 47. with48. to get 49. fatter 50. went

（四）阅读理解（共 15 小题，每题2分，计30分）

51—53 51. A 52. C 53. D

54—56 54. D 55. B 56. A

57—61 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. B61. E

62. He, the Qin governor, was a water engineer. / He was a governor, a water engineer. / A water engineer. / A governor.

63. Because the king needed to send food to his army. / To send food to his army.

64. It took him eight (8) years. / Eight (8) years.

65. The writer thinks it is a wonderful example of (water) engineering. / A wonderful (great) example of engineering. / It’s wonderful(great). / Wonderful(Great).

（五）补全对话（共5小题，每题2分，计10分）

66—7066. E 67. B 68. A 69. D 70. C

（六）书面表达（共1题，计15分）

Possible Version:

Today, Grandpa came to my house. We had a big dinner together.

After dinner, Grandpa told interesting stories to my brother and me. We drank tea and played chess together. We had a good time.

At about 9:00 in the evening, my mother told us it was time for bed. In order to help Grandpa sleep well, Mom decided to let him sleep in my room, and made me sleep with my brother.

Looking after Grandpa is our duty. The better Grandpa lives, the happier we are.