2020年江苏省苏州市高新区九年级(上)期中英语试卷
期中英语试卷一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）1.─I watched movie which has seven short stories．─Do you mean My People，My Country？（）A. the； theB. a；不填C. a； theD. an；不填2.─Do you know the man over there is a top co mputer scientist in China？─Oh，he looks so ．He is answering a schoolboy's questions．（）A. creativeB. curiousC. patientD. energetic3.Toys are often into boys' and girls'．Girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks．A. decidedB. discoveredC. decoratedD. divided4.─I cried when the old heroes appeared in the National Day parade．─Me too．We can still learn from them，and their spirit will surely be youngerpeople．（）A. carried intoB. turned intoC. passed ontoD. pushed onto5.─How do you like the two pairs of shoes?─They don't fit me. They are big small.A. both; andB. neither; norC. either; orD. not only; but also6.I visited Beijing this summer and the wonderful memory with me forever．（）A. will stayB. is stayingC. stayedD. stays7.─Can we have a rest？I don't have the to walk further．─Come on．We'll be rightthere．（）A. forceB. strengthC. powerD. stress8.─Where have you been？I've waited for you 5：30．─Sorry to let you wait for two hours．（）A. whenB. beforeC. untilD. since9.─It's too late to cook．Let's get some takeout（外卖）．─Good idea．But I don'tknow ．（）A. what you would like to eatB. when can we have itC. whether we ate Japanese foodD. where the food come from10.─I'm so sorry for making the same mistake again．─ Be careful next time!（）A. Congratulations!B. That's all right．C. Don't mention it．D. All right．二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）When I was in primary school，I got into an argument（争论）with a boy in my class．I can't(11) what it was about，but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day．I was sure that I was right and he was wrong and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right．The teacher (12) to teach us a very important lesson．She (13) both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other．In the middle of her desk was a large，round object（物品）．I could see that it was black．She asked the boy what (14) the object was．"White"，he answered．I couldn't believe he said the object was white，(15) it was clearly black! Another argument started between my classmate and me，this (16) about the color of the object．The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been ．We changed (17)， and now she asked me what the color of the object was ． I had to answer ， "White"． It was an object with two (18) colored sides ， and from his side it was white ．Only from my side was the color black ．My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day ：You (19) stand in the other person's shoes and look at the situation (20) their eyes in order to truly understand their view ． 11. A. think B. believe C. remind D. remember 12. A. continued B. refused C. decided D. failed13. A. told B. brought C. drove D. pushed 14. A. height B. shape C. color D. size15. A. when B. unless C. until D. if16. A. time B. year C. month D. day17. A. answers B. seats C. places D. ideas18. A. similarly B. differently C. beautifully D. surprisingly 19. A. will B. must C. shall D. may20. A. behind B. across C. against D. through三、补全对话（本大题共1小题，共5.0分）21. A ： How are you going to Shanghai next week ？B ：I'm taking the high-speed train ．A ： (1) It only takes about two hours'to fly from Beijing ．B ： I know ． But you need to be at the airport two hours before going through security （安检），so the whole trip often ends up taking four hours or even longer ． (2) A ： How long does the train ride take ？B ： (3)A ： How long ago was that ？B ： I was ten years old ， so it was twenty years ago!A ： Yeah ， the travel time has gone down a lot over the past ten years ． (4)B ： Wow! But is it going to be safe enough ？A ： (5) The biggest worry is the running costs ．四、阅读理解（本大题共12小题，共24.0分）A？A. Swing from trees．B. Jump all day long．C. Stand on one hand．D. Sit still and smile．23.Why does the writer want to be a monkey？______A. He likes monkeys very much．B. He hopes to be as free as monkeys．C. He thinks monkeys are lovely．D. He wants to learn from monkeys．BClothes are like a second skin．Probably you feel good when you wear your favourite color．What happens when someone sees you wearing any color一for example blue？Does the color send a message？One of the most common examples of color symbolism（象征）in clothing is the custom of using pink for girls and blue for boys…but it wasn't always this way．At the turn of the 20th century，since pink was thought to be a stronger color，it was best for boys；blue was more delicate and best for girls．In 1921，the Women's Institute for Domestic Science in Pennsylvania supported pink for boys and blue for girls．Even more interesting is the fact that pink is the color for baby boys and blue is the color for baby girls in Belgium today．Also，British bankers have worn pink shirts for many years．Pink goes in and out of fashion in other parts of the world．White is the traditional color for a bride's wedding dress in the U．S．and most European cultures．White symbolizes purity．In Asia，however，white is the color of death．This comes from the belief that death is seen as a beginning and that white represents the purity that the dead brings into the next life．Therefore，brides in Japan and China wear red in traditional （传统的）weddings．Black symbolizes death in Western cultures．Black clothing is connected with powerful forces in many parts of the world．Bad and good．Witches（女巫）wear black…and so do judges （法官）．Here's something else to think about：What happens when they wear green？Are they as powerful？24.What is true about pink and blue in traditional clothing？______A. Pink was thought to be more suitable for boys．B. Parents preferred to choose blue clothes for boys．C. Blue clothes were more welcomed than pink ones．D. Pink was no longer popular in making girls' clothes．25.White represents ______ in both Western and traditional Asian cultures．A. lifeB. deathC. purityD. beginning26.What can be the best title for the passage？______A. Colour matters for kidsB. Fun stories of colourC. The traditional clothingD. Colour and clothesCFamous sportsmen have a great influence on society：Lang Ping，the famous volleyball player and coach，is an excellent example．Lang Ping，born in Tianjin，China，she played the leading role in the success of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the 1980s．Known as the "Iron Hammer"，Lang Ping was one of the Chinese National Women's Team members，who won several golden medals in the world competitions．Lang Ping is not only a successful volleyball player，her career as a volleyball coach is also a legend（传奇）．In 1995，Lang became the head coach of the Chinese National Team and finally led the team to the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics．As the coach of the US National Team in'2005，Lang guided the team to the silver medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing．On August 21，2016，Lang Ping guided the Chinese National Team to the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics．On September 29，2019，Lang Pings team won the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup．The win has inspired Chinese people with national pride．"This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding（建立）of our country．The best we can do is to pay back our nation，which，has given so much to our team，" said Lang，the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold both as a player and a coach．Lang Pings achievements in her，sport career are not the only reason why I admire her．More importantly，I am moved by her personality．After her success as a sport player，she decided to go to the US for further study．When the Chinese National Team hoped that she could return to China and take over the team again，she made her decision to come back．I admire her courage to shoulder the responsibility（责任）．27.We can learn from the passage that Lang Ping ______ ．A. is famous only as a successful volleyball playerB. won all the gold medals at the Olympics as a coachC. has devoted most of her life and energy to volleyballD. was forced to go to another country to play volleyball28.What did Lang Ping do to pay back our nation before this year's National Day？______A. She and her team won the Women's Volleyball World Cup．B. She made people all over the country feel very proud of her．C. She became the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold．D. She helped a lot with the founding of our volleyball team．29.According to the passage，what kind of person is Lang Ping？______A. Honest and clever．B. Gentle and careful．C. Hard working and loyal．D. Brave and powerful．DDo you enjoy working with kids？Do you like helping people？Is learning fun for you？Teaching could be the career for you!Teachers need to graduate from university and get their teaching license（许可证），This requires taking some tests and working with another teacher for a few months to make sure they understand the best ways to work with students．Teachers need to be able to work well with other people．They need to work with students，parents，and other teachers．Sometimes when the students don't understand the work，teachers need to know how to help them calm down and work through it．Other times the students might have something unpleasant going on at home，so teachers need to be able tolisten and provide a safe place for those students．Teachers may plan lessons with other teachers in the same subject or grade，so they have to be able to work well with other teachers．As most kids know，teachers also have to do a lot of grading．They grade math tests，spelling tests，and many other papers．But did you know that a lot of teachers also have to create their own lessons，worksheets projects，and tests？Most teachers are told what information they have to teach，but they may get to choose how to teach it．Teachers may use technology，art，books，and experiments to teach their topics，among other ways! They take a lot of time to create lessons that will help their students learn．Teachers have to continue to learn throughout their careers．They attend workshops（研讨会），take classes，read books，and research teaching topics online All kids learn a little differently，so there is always new information to learn about the best ways to teach students! Not only do teachers have to get along with many different types of people，plan lessons，and keep learning，but they also have to keep track of how students are doing so that they can offer extra help to any students who are having a hard time learning．They want to make sure that students in all of the schools are learning as much as they can，no matter where they live or which school they attend．Teaching is a great career for people who love to help others；who love to keep learning，and who want to make the world a better place．30.What is not required if you want to be a teacher？______A. You should get the teaching license．B. You should graduate from university．C. You should be trained for some time．D. You should help others to take tests．31.What does the underlined words "keep track of" in paragraph 6 mean？______A. take pity onB. have interest inC. take part inD. have information about32.What is true about teachers according to the passage？______A. They don't need to work with all kinds of people．B. They have to look for all the teaching contents．C. They should keep learning new things themselves．D. They must make sure all students live in safe places．33.What is the purpose of writing the passage？______A. To introduce the work of teachers．B. To ask more people to be teachers：C. To explain how difficult teaching is．D. To encourage teachers to work better．五、任务型阅读-简答（本大题共1小题，共6.0分）34.Charlotte is a fourteen-year-old school girl．She speaks about her school problem．"Last year，we moved to a new town in the south of Ireland．It is the second largest town and we were all excited to live there．I started at a new school．At first，I was really happy about the school and I made friends with the popular girls．Although I was strange among them，my classmates were as friendly as my old friends in our village．""But soon，they started laughing at me．I think they were jealous（嫉妒）of me．I wasa very smart student and I was good at all the subjects we were learning．In fact，whenI walked past them，they called me names and they sometimes hit me．They even wroteimpolite words about me for no reason on the desk top．I was so depressed（沮丧的）that I decided to tell my teacher about my problem．She tried to help me and dideverything she could but nothing stopped them．""I was so sad because nobody could do anything about it．It was too bad．They made my life terrible．I could no more do well in class．I started to feel afraid of failing in the exams．In the end，I felt really sad and lonely．What should I do？"Where did Charlotte live before her family moved to a new town？______What problem does Charlotte have in the new school？______Will you turn to your teachers for help like Charlotte if you have problems in school？Why or why not？______六、单词拼写/单词释义（本大题共3小题，共3.0分）35.─Tom does a better job than others．─Yes．It is because he always works to high______．36.─Will you be at the hospital tomorrow morning？─I'll be there，I______ you．37.─I really can't decide which one to buy，red，blue，yellow，or…？─Wow，too many______ can be so painful．七、单词拼写-单句（本大题共1小题，共1.0分）38.I look forward to your______ （宝贵的）advice．八、完成句子（本大题共6小题，共6.0分）39.The couple have one baby already and now they're going to have______（另一个）．puters are a part of______（日常的）life．41.The dictionary gives two different______（发音）of this word．42.He______（得分）two goals in the game last Friday．43.She is a popular writer，although______（个人）I find her books rather boring．44.What difficulty do you have______（对付）with the children？九、句子翻译（本大题共5小题，共15.0分）45.孩子们总是有一些奇怪的想法是很自然的事．______46.你能不能告诉我，我应该怎样做才能更好地管理时间呢？______47.令我吃惊的是，他在半个小时内成功地记住了这些生词．______48.据说同一星座出生的人可能个性相似．______49.他决定去看看是否值得把房子买下来．______十、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共20.0分）50.假如你叫李明，是美国中学生Lucy的笔友，你收到了她的电子邮件．请根据她来信中提到的问题用英语写一封回信，谈谈你的看法，同时提出一些建议，可以有适2．回复中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息．Dear Lucy，I'm glad to hear from you again，but I feel sorry for your problem．I once had the same problem as yours．Here is my advice．_______________________________________________________________________ _____．Wish you good luck!Yours，Li Ming答案和解析1.【答案】B【解析】a，an，the三者都是冠词，a，an 是不定冠词，放在单数可数名词前面，表示某类人或事物中的"一个，一名"，表泛指，a用于以辅音音素开头单词前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词前．the 是定冠词，表特指，为"这、那、这些、那些"．放在可数名词和不可数名词前．seven short stories "七个短故事"，前不加冠词．由题干"---我看了那部有七个短故事的电影．---你是说《我的人民，我的国家》吗？"可知，"那部…电影"，表特指，前用定冠词the，因此第一个空格用the；第二个空格"不填" ，所以答案应是a；/．故选：B．---我看了那部有七个短故事的电影．---你是说《我的人民，我的国家》吗？本题考查不定冠词的用法，在熟知所给单词的基础上与句子的语境相结合，从而判断出正确答案．2.【答案】C【解析】creative创造性的．curious好奇的．patient有耐心的．energetic精力充沛的．根据He is answering a schoolboy's questions．"他在回答一个小学生的问题．"及"顶尖电脑科学家"可知，回答小学生的问题，应该是"有耐心的"．故选：C．--你知道那边那个人是中国的顶尖电脑科学家吗？--哦，他看起来很有耐心．他在回答一个小学生的问题．形容词的种类有很多，要根据具体语境选择适当的形容词．抓住关键词，分析用法，完成试题．3.【答案】D【解析】decided决定．discovered发现．decorated装饰．divided分配．根据Girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks．"女孩玩洋娃娃，男孩玩卡车．"可知，应该是"分给男孩和女孩"，divide into"把…分为…"．故选：D．玩具通常分为男孩和女孩．女孩玩洋娃娃，男孩玩卡车．动词是表示动作或者是状态的词，要结合语境，掌握一些固定搭配，选择合适答案完成试题．4.【答案】C【解析】A．带进B．变成C．传递D．推到．根据their spirit will surely be…younger people，可知是指他们的精神肯定会传递给年轻人．故选：C．-当老英雄们出现在国庆节游行队伍中时，我哭了．-我也是．我们仍然可以向他们学习，他们的精神肯定会传递给年轻人．熟悉动词短语的用法，结合题意，给出答案．5.【答案】C【解析】句意：——你觉得这两双鞋怎么样？——它们不适合我。
江苏省苏州市立达中学2020届九年级英语上学期期中试题(无答案) 牛津版
苏州市立达中学校2020学年第一学期期中考试试卷九年级英语第Ⅰ卷一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）第一部分听对话回答问题本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。
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1.Where will they probably go?2. Which city has Mr. Green gone to?3. What does the man like best?4. What wil l the boy do for International Volunteer Day?5. What are they going to do first?A. Have lunch.B. Clean the room.C. Come up with a plan.6. What time does Linda get up on Tuesday'?A. 6:10 am.B. 8:00 am.C. 7:30 am.7. What does the woman mean?A. She will go on working hard this afternoon.B. She will have some rest this afternoon.C. She will take an exam this afternoon.8. How does Tina learn English?A. By studying with a group.B. By watching TV.C. By listening to the radio.9. What does the woman mean?A. She wouldn't like to lend the man her umbrella.B. An umbrella is not as good as a raincoat.C. She doesn't nave an umbrella.10. What does Mark mean?A. He reads books quickly.B. It's easy to read a book in one morning.C. He can read a lot when he's interested.第二部分听对话和短文回答问题。
2020-2021学年九年级上学期期中英语试卷(含答案)
2020-2021学年第一学期初三期中考试英语试卷一、听力（略）二、单项填空（本大题共15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分）从下列每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. She is ________ honest girl. She always tells __________ truth.A. an; anB. an; theC. a；不填D. an；不填22. He has a wide_____________ of painting and music.A. knowledgeB. adventureC. volunteerD. experiment23. Tianjin Binhai International Airport is one of ___________ airports in China.A. bigB. biggerC. biggestD. the biggest24.-Mum, must I stay there for the whole day?-No, you _________ .You ____________ come back after lunch, if you like.A. mustn't, canB. needn't; mustC. needn't; canD. mustn't; must25. She may come with us ____________ she arrives in time.A. ifB. andC. orD. so26. She is considering ____________ her job.A. changingB. changeC. changedD. to change27. Her grade is the best __________ the three students.A. betweenB. atC. amongD. on28. The building has ___________ floors and the Greens live on the __________ floor.A. twenty; twelveB. twenty; twelfthC. twentieth; twelveD. twentieth, twelfth29.1 left school three years ago and since then he ____________ as a teacher.A. WorksB. workedC. has workedD. is working30. The movie is __________ funny________ everybody likes it very much.A. so; becauseB. such; becauseC. such; thatD. so; that31. After listening to the teacher's advice, Tony _________playing computer games and started to spend more time on his studies.A. gave upB. took upC. made upD. lifted up32. - Is there _________ who can help me?一Of course, I can.A anything B. anybody C. nothing D. nobody33. You can use my computer, but ___________ you should ask me first.A at last B. at times C. at least D. at present34. -Have you decided _________ this summer holiday?-Sure. To Rome. I have expected this day for a long time.A. when will you goB. when you will goC. where will you goD. where you will go35. – Jo, I'm sorry I can't go shopping with you on Sunday. I have to prepare for my exam.一__________ .But we can go shopping another day.A. That's amazingB. That's a shameC. That's no goodD. That's not the point三、完形填空（本大题共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, , 然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
江苏省苏州市太仓市2020届九年级英语上学期期中教学质量调研测试试题(无答案) 牛津版
2020～2020学年第一学期期中教学质量调研测试九年级英语一、听力选择（共25小题；1-20题，每小题1分，21-25题，每小题2分，满分30分）请先熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。
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A)听对话回答问题1. How does the man often go to work?A. By car.B. By bus.C. On foot.2. Will her friend go to the cinema?A. Yes, he will.B. No, he won't.C. No, he isn't.3. What did the man and his friends do last Sunday?A. They played football.B. They flew kites,C. They had a picnic.4. How much is the coat now?A. 1 20 dollars.B. 80 dollars.C. 40 dollars.5. What is the boy's father?A. A teacher.B. A doctor.C. A singer.6. Where are the man and the woman talking?A. In a club.B. In a school.C. In a clothes shop,7. What's the weather like tomorrow afternoon?A. Sunny and warm.B. Cloudy and cool.C. Rainy and cool.8. When .did Sam join the Swimming Club?A. In 1978.B. In 1982.C. In 1980.9. How many floors does the building have?A. 15 floors.B. 16 floors.C. 17 flo ors.10. What's the man's favorite color?A. I don't know.B. White.C. Black.B)听对话和短文回答问题听第一段对话，回答11-12小题。
2020-2021学年苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及参考答案
2020-2021学年苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AFor some people, there’s no better companion than mans best friend-a dog. This four-legged pet can bring comfort and joy and provide much- needed exercise for you when it needs walkies! This probably explains why dog ownership increased last year because people spent more time at home during he CovID-I9 lockdown.However, as demand for a new dog increased, so did the price tag. Popular breeds, such as Cockapoos and Cocker Spaniels, saw even sharper price increases, and puppies have been selling for $3,000 or more.Animal welfare charities fearthat high prices could encourage puppy farming, smuggling (走私) or dog theft. An investigation found some breeders have been selling puppies and kittens on social media sites--something charities have called “extremely irresponsible”.But despite some new owners purchasing a dog legally, maybe from a rescue center or registered breeder, they’ve proved to be ill-prepared for life with a new pet, and the pet itself has found it hard tocome to terms withlife in a new home.Looking to the future, there are concerns about the welfare of these much-loved pets. Lan Alkin manager of the Oxfordshire Animal Sanct uary in the UK, notes: “At the moment, the dogs are having a great time, but separation anxiety could still surface when people go back to work.” And Cliare Calder from the UKs Dogs Trust rescue charity says, “The economic situation also means that some people may find they can’t afford to look aftera dog.” The message is not to buy a dog in haste and to pick one that fits into our lifestyle.1. The greater demand for dogs can cause the following problems except ________.A. illegal trade of dogsB. less dog farmingC. high prices of dogsD. online sale of dogs2. What does the underlined phrase"come to terms with"in paragraph 4 mean?A. Fit in withB. Go in forC. Make up for.D. End up with3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Despite the problems, dogs are living happily.B. The writer has a positive attitude towards dogs future.C. Experts are worried that dogs will be unaffordable to people.D. The writer advises people to think twice before keeping dogs as pets.BHundreds of millions of people watched on television on July 20, 1969, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. Back then, businesses sold many products connected to the event and many such products are now on sales again — in celebration of the moon landing’s 50th anniversary.A limited number of Omega’s gold Speedmaster watches — the same kind that Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon — will be sold at $34,600. Omega Speedmaster watches have been an important part of space travel since NASA chose them for its moon landing in 1965. Other watches had failed required tests. Omega gave its gold Speedmasters to the astronauts at a dinner in 1969 before the landing. Another less costly type of silver Speedmasters will be sold at $ 9,650. It carries a picture of Aldrin stepping down from the moon lander.Something for children-as well as adults — is the NASA Apollo 11 moon lander set. Made by Lego, it is a group of small pieces to put together to make a model of the moon lander.Other things for sale include the anti-gravity Fisher Space Pens,developed just for the Apollo 11 mission. They work even when writing upside down. Now Fisher Space Pen Company has a limited-edition pen for sale at anout-of this-worldprice: $700, with real material from the Apollo 11 spacecraft.Back in 1969, companies were quick to show their Apollo 11 connections with media and advertisements. The food company Stouffer’s made sure consumers knew it provided food for Apollo 11 astronauts once they returned to Earth. It started the ad campaign “Everybody who’s been to the moon is eating Stouffer’s”. Fifty years later, the company is celebrating with a media campaign to share some recipes from 1969.Marketing experts David Meerman Scott says, “Since 1972,we’ve gone around and around the earth many times, and it is not interesting to people any more. I’m not sure whether they can accept such crazy prices. Now NASA has had plans to go to Mars in the 2030s and marketing efforts for a NASA Mars mission should be in development.”4. What can we learn about the gold Speedmaster watch?A. It will be sold at $34,600.B. NASA bought itats9,650.C. It has Aldrin’s picture inside.D. It was chosen by NASA in 1969.5. What does the underlined word “out-of-this-world” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Extremely fair.B. Surprisingly high.C. Really low.D. Trulyworthwhile.6. What does David Meerman Scott mean?A. It is a waste of money to go around and around the moon.B. People will be interested in the products connected to Apollo.C. Since 1972,governments have lost interest in moon explorations.D. The event of going to Mars will be another good chance to advertise.7. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the text?A. To show how to design the best advertisement.B. To forecast the sales of the products in the text.C. To introduce some of the products connected to Apollo 11.D. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.CBertha von Suttner received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905—she was the first woman to receive it, and also the inspiration for the creation of the Nobel Prize.She met Alfred Nobel, a rich millionaire, by answering hisnewspaper ad for a secretary. Although she only worked for him for a few weeks, she remained good friends with Alfred Nobel for the next 20 years. When she became involved in the peace movement inEurope, she promised to keep Nobel informed of its progress. When Alfred Nobel died in 1896, his will included the establishment of a peace prize, thanks to Bertha von Suttner’s influence.Bertha von Suttner was born in an aristocratic (贵族) military family, but she spent the second half of her life working for peace. She wrote books, attended peace conferences, gave lectures and helped organize peace societies inAustria,GermanyandHungary, as well as the International Peace Bureau inSwitzerland. Her novel Lay Down your Arms, was one of the most influential anti-war books of all time, and helped to make her a leader of the peace movement in Europe. Its end to war theme was both the ambition (抱负) and the most important goal in the life of this great woman.Bertha von Suttner worked so hard for peace because she believed that a terrible war would break out inEuropeif nations didn’t work hard to establish lasting peace institutions. She made many major achievements for a more peaceful world, but two months after she died, World War I broke out. A hundred years after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, nations still seem to view war as a choice to work out their problems. But like Bertha von Suttner did, many today are working hard around the world to help strengthen peace institutions and spread theidea that it’s time to put an end to war.8. Which of the following is true about Bertha von Suttner?A. She worked for Alfred Nobel for 20 years.B. She helped Alfred Nobel draw up his will.C. She persuaded Alfred Nobel to join the peace movement.D. She inspired Alfred Nobel to establish the Nobel Peace Prize.9. Paragraph 3 is mainly about Bertha von Suttner’s _____________.A. efforts and contributions to the peace movement.B. family background and work experiences.C. writing career and life experiences.D. ambition and goals in life.10. What do we know aboutLay Doun Your Arms?A. It was based on a true story.B. It recorded Bertha von Suttner’s daily life.C. It was about an aristocratic military family.D. It showed Bertha von Suttner’s wish for peace.11. What can we infer about Bertha von Suttner from the last paragraph?A. Her fight for peace is still shared by many.B. She failed to found peace institutions.C. She successfully predicted awar.D. She lost her life in World War I.DElizabeth Spelke, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard, has spent her career testing the world’s most complex learning system-the mind of a baby. Babies might seem like no match for artificial intelligence (AI). They are terrible at labeling images, hopeless at mining text, and awful at video games. Then again, babies can do things beyond the reach of any AI. By just a few months old, they’ve begun to grasp the foundations of language, such as grammar. They’ve started to understand how to adapt to unfamiliar situations.Yet even experts like Spelke don’t understand precisely how babies or adults learn. Consider one of the most impressive examples of AI, Alpha Zero, a programme that plays board games with superhuman skill. After playing thousands of games against itself at a super speed, and learning from winning positions, Alpha Zero independentlydiscovered several famous chess strategies and even invented new ones. It certainly seems like a machineeclipsinghuman cognitive abilities. But Alpha Zero needs to play millions more games than a person during practice to learn a game. Most importantly, it cannot take what it has learned from the game and apply it to another area.To some AI experts, that calls for a new approach. In a November research paper, Francois Chollet, a well-known AI engineer, argued that it’s misguided to measure machine intelligence just according to its skills at specific tasks. “Humans don’t start out with skills; they start out with a broad ability to acquire new skills,” he says. “What a strong human chess player is demonstrating is not only the ability to play chess, but the potential to fulfill any task of a similar difficulty.”12. Compared to an advanced AI programme, a baby might be better at ________.A playing games B. identifying locations C. labeling pictures D. making adjustments13. What does the underlined word “eclipsing” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Imitating.B. Beating.C. Limiting.D. Promoting.14. According to the text, Francois Chollet may agree that ________.A. AI is good at completing certain assignments.B. AI is likely to gain abilities with less training.C. AI lacks the ability of acquiring specific skills.D. AI performs better than humans in cognitive ability.15. Whichwould be the best title for this passage?A. What is exactly intelligence?B. Why is modern AI advanced?C. Where is human intelligence going?D. How do humans face the challenge of AI?第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020九年级英语上学期期中试题(含解析) 人教新目标版3
七、书面表达（共1小题）24.某英语报开展“How to Deal with Our Study Problems”征文比赛，请你根据提示的内容，简要描述并适当发表自己的观点，写一篇英语短文。
内容要点如下：1．尽管我们常常感到有压力，但是应该找到合适的方式来解压。
可以选择穿像蓝色和白色一样的冷色调来使我们自己感到放松；2．我们应该足够细心，因为“失之毫厘，谬以千里”；3．也应该在课业和业余爱好之间取得平衡，试着安排好自己的空余时间；4．任何时候都不要失去信心。
通过努力学习，我们会取得大的进步。
5．有问题时，我们…要求：1．内容须包含所有要点，语句通顺，意思连贯；2．词数90个左右；3．第5点的内容需展开合理想象，用2句话补充完整。
答案：1．D 2．C 3．A17.考点：人物传记／故事类阅读答案：1．B 2．D 3．A18.考点：健康保健类阅读试题解析：本文主要讲的是美国和中国上学期间都注重学生的健康水平，用体育测试来督促孩子们的平常训练。
但两国的测试奖励方式不同。
1细节理解题根据这句话Students who get scores at or above 85 percent on all the activities can get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award．可知学生谁获得分数或以上的百分之85个活动可以得到总统的身体健康奖。
故选D。
2细节理解题根据短文最后一段知，中国体育测试是得分的。
故选C。
3细节理解题短文意思测试的目的就是让学生们健康快乐的生活。
故选A。
答案：1．D 2．C 3．A。
江苏省苏州市吴中区2020届九年级英语上学期期中教学质量调研测试试题(无答案) 牛津版
江苏省苏州市吴中区2020届九年级英语上学期期中教学质量调研测试试题（无答案）牛津版本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
共七大题，满分120分。
考试用时100分钟。
注意事项：1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、学校、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，认真填写自己的考试号并用2B铅笔把考试号对应的数字涂黑。
2．答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题。
第Ⅰ卷（四大题，共75分）一、听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分；满分20分）（请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
）A)听对话回答问题本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。
在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. What gift did Millie receive from Daniel?2. Where did Miss Brown go yesterday?3. What does Mr Smith do?4. What is Lily going to do?5. What's the woman doing now?A. She is listening to music.B. She is writing a report.C. She is turning down the adio.6. What's the relationship between the two speakers?A. Father and daughter.B. Doctor and patient.C. Teacher and student.7. What does Tom's mother mean?A. Shed means Tom should spend more time playing football.B. She means Tom should give up playing footboall.C. She means Tom should spend less time playing football.8. Why is Suzy wearing a yellow dress?A. Because she likes yellow best.B. Becaus e she wants to get good marks in the English test.C. Because she is going to a party.9. Why doesn't the woman eat chocolates?A. Because she feels sick.B. Because she wants to lose weight.C. Because she wants to protect her teeth.10. What colour was John's bedroom before?A. Green.B. Blue.C. Yellow.B)听对话和短文回答问题你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍，听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
2020年苏州市高新区九年级上英语第六单元四校联考调研测试(含答案)
2020年苏州市高新区英语九年级上第六单元四校联考调研测试Unit 6 TV Programmes注：本试卷共8部分，合计100分，考试时间100分钟姓名：_________ 班级：_________ 学号：_________ 得分：_________第一部分单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10 分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. —I like the story of Murder in a Country House better than _____ of Unusual Weekend.—I agree. The actors act better than ______ in Unusual Weekend,A. that；thatB. those；thoseC. that；the onesD. one；those2. Can you imagine _____ I want to see my daughter again? She has been abroad for 3 years.A.how soonB.how longC.how oftenD.how much3.Some people have died,but in my heart they are still_______.A.l iveB.livelyC.aliveD.loving4.The number of the students in My class______ forty-five.Look,a number of students in my class ______playing football there.A.is, areB.is, isC.are, isD.are, are5.People can't watch mobile phones too much while_____to some places.A.driveB.drivingC.are drivingD.to drive6.If you don’t go go a picnic the day after tomorrow,_________.A.so do IB.neither do IC.neither do ID.nor will I7.The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow.Therefore,I_____go camping,but I am not sure.A.canB.couldC.will D .might8. —Don’t sleep with the light on.—I won’t.I ______reminded.A.remindedB.remindC.was remindedD.will be reminded9. —Would You mind ______ the window.—______.The strong wind outside can make me cold.A.me to open, Of course notB.me opening, CertainlyC.my opening, You'd better notD.me open, Not at all10. — I like game shows because I want to take on challenges and win a big prize.— _______________. I think game shows are interesting.A.I don’t agreeB. I am afraid not.C. I can’t agree moreD. I hate them.第二部分完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many centuries.In fact,an English dictionary you 1______ today wasn’t made until the Qing Dynasty(清朝）.Three men did most of the important 2______ work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3______ words for their dictionaries. For them, It was a wonderful journey.The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary.The 4_____ for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857.Twenty -two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary,Murray had never been to 5______.At the age of fourteen, He left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank, 6______ he became a great teacher.AfterOxford give him the job, Murray had a small house 7_______in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Mary got out of bed at five o'clock and 8_______ in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night.Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was 9______ adding words for the letter “A”!he worked on the dictionary 10_______he was very old.Forty- four years later, In 1928,other editors finished the dictionary.1.A. write B. use C. copy D. miss2.A early B. boring C. easy D.difficult3.A spell B. collect C. invent D. make4.A.way B. use C. idea D. prize5.A. school B. cinema C.village D. college6.A. ever since B.since then C.so far D. later7.A.built B. sold C. broken D. drawn8.A. read B. wrote C. worked D. thought9.A.already B. still ually D. always10.A. if B. because C. until D. unless第三部分阅读理解(共12小题;每小题2分,满分24分)A1. What did the thief steal?A. A woman’s car.B. A mobile phone.C. Some cash in a supermarket.D. A police car.2. The underlined word “fled” means in Chinese.A. 闯入B. 整理C. 逃跑D. 清点3. What can we learn from the three cases?A. The man in Belgium robbed the jewellery store of some diamond rings.B. The thief was arrested when he bought the woman’s car.C. The clerk called the police before she gave the cash to the robber.D. The man who robbed the supermarket took away less cash than he had left on the counter.BThere would be a school party on Friday evening. The girls were talking about what they were going to wear."I'm going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice(意)me, "said Emily. "How about you, Linda?""I'm not sure. Maybe jeans(仔裤), an old shirt, and a hat. People will notice me more thanyou! "Linda said."But what are the boys going to do in the party?" asked Jane. "Do you remember the last school party last year? They just stood there, and we girls had to dance by ourselves! ""I hear that some of the boys learned how to dance this summer holiday. Maybe it'll be better this time, "said Mary.The party was held on Friday evening, groups of students arrived. The music began. The girls stood in a line on one side, and the boys on another side. Mr Green, their teacher, tried to get them together, but failed. After a while, Tim said, "l don't want to stand here the whole time. The party is only for two hours. It'll be over soon.” He started to dance. All the others watched him. Then David asked Emily if she wanted to dance. Then Jack and Linda. Then, all began to dance. Soon there were more dancers than watchers.4. How long would the party last?A. On Friday evening.B. For one hour.C. For two hours.D. For three hours.5. What kind of clothes was Emily going to wear?A. A black dress.B. Jeans.C. An old shirt.D. Jeans, an old shirt and a hat.6. Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?A. There would be a school party on Friday evening.B. Their teacher asked them to dance together.C. Jack and Linda danced together.D. The boys and girls stood together and watched their teacher dance.CMore than anything else in the world, Lion liked being King of the jungle. He walked around, showing off his power and pride.Each day Lion took a long lazy sleep under the shade of his favourite tree. He always dreamed of weaker animals bowing(鞠躬) before him.One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped over Lion’s huge paws. Lion wokeup with a start. “How dare you wake me up! ” he shouted angrily. Lion grabbed Mouse with one paw. “On the second thought, I’m in the mood for the snack, and you’ll make a delicious meal.”, he said.Mouse cried out, “King Lion, please spare（饶恕）me! If you let me live, I’ll always remember your kindness. And, some day, I might be able to help you.”“ How could such a powerless little mouse ever help me?” That thought made Lion laugh so much that he decided to let Mouse go. A week later, Lion was walking through the jungle on the way to his favourite tree when he stepped onto a hunter’s net. The net scooped him up. No matter how he twisted and turned, he couldn’t escape.When Mouse heard Lion’s frightened shouts, he raced to help. Mouse quickly chewed（咬）through the ropes to make a hole in the net. Soon, Lion moved out and was free. Lion looked down at the little mouse. “Thank you for saving my life,” said Lion, smiling his widest smile. “I was mistaken. You are not a powerless little mouse. You are a great friend!”7. Why did Lion let Mouse go?A. Because he was trapped in the net.B. Because he took Mouse as his good friend.C. Because he believed Mouse could save him.D. Because he doubted if Mouse could be of any help.8. What do you think of Mouse?A. Clever and honest.B. Silly and lazyC. Humorous and stubbornD. Proud and selfish.9. What can we learn from the passage?A. Pride makes you lose what you have.B. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.C. Even the small can show great strength.D. When the cat’s away, the mice will play.DGloria is a famous hostess of a TV station. When she was 15, she happened to walk into a book store in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, John Smith,asked if she'd like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes.Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer. The woman seemed anxious. Gloria showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Gloria has always remembered the pride she felt in having helped her customer.Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand. His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.Gloria persuaded (说服) her boss to agree to let her do the story. After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free.Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!At Smith's bookstore, Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the same. The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes, helping them understand the world better.10. What does the word "she" in the third paragraph refer to (所指)?A. The boss.B. The woman.C. The doctor.D. Gloria.11. How did Gloria help the child get the operation he needed?A. Her boss agreed to raise money.B. She paid for the operation herself.C. She allowed the boy to show on TV.D. Her news report affected some doctors.12. What particularly gives her the feeling of pride?A. Helping people through her work.B. Reporting interesting stories.C. Paying for her college education herself.D. Being able to do different jobs well.第四部分信息还原(共5 小题;每小题1分,满分5分)In China，more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before．（1），because they have much homework to do．Some homework is given by their teachers，and some by their parents．Also，（2）They are not careful enough while they do their homework，（3）Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games．They stay up very late．Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike．（4）．It will probably make them sleepy during school hours．Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health．For children，they should make the most best use of their time．（5）They will find it much better for both their study and healthA.Some homework is too difficultB.Most students sleep less than nine hours every night．C.When we have enough time for sleepingD.It can be a long way from home to schoolE.So it takes them a lot of timeF.Some students don't know how to save time．G.Some students like to stay up late1._______2._______3._______4._______5._______第五部分词汇检测(共10 小题;每小题1分,满分10分)根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。
苏州市高新区2020-2021学年第一学期初三英语自主检测试卷(含答案)
2020-2021学年第一学期自主检测试卷初三英语本试卷共九大部分，满分120分。
考试用时100分钟。
注意事项:1.答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、学校、考场号、座位号、考试号用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，并用2B铅笔认真正确填涂考试号下方的数字;2.答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案;答非选择题必须用0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题;3.考生答题必须答在答题卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。
第一部分听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A)听对话回答问题(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 听下面10段对话。
每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
每段对话读两遍。
（）1. What does Sandy’s father do?A B C（）2. Which is Mary’s animal sign?A B C（）3. What does Amy want to buy today?A B C（）4. What did they see?A B C（）5. Who are the two speakers?A. A manager and a worker.B. A doctor and a patient.C. A teacher and a student.（）6. Where will they take their cousin first?A. The shopping mall .B. The W ater W orld.C. The Art Museum.（）7. What does John advise the girl to wear for the party?A. A blue blouse.B. A blue dress.C. A pink blouse.（）8. Why is the boy going to wear jeans today ?A. He will plant trees.B. He will go on a picnic .C. He will play football.（）9. What was the TV programme about?A. Colour therapy.B. Colours and moods.C. A football game.（）10. Who wants to stay in bed on rainy days?A. Millie.B. Tom.C. Neither of them.B)听对话和短文回答问题(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) 听下面对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
2020届苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案
2020届苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AYou haven’t truly visited a city until you’ve experienced its nightlife. Watching a big city likeLondongradually turn dark and darker into the night is a beautiful journey of time and light. So how about taking a historical evening walk and touchingsome of the nicest areas in centralLondon? Let’s get started.6:30 pmThe walk starts on theMillenniumBridge. On the bridge, watch the scenic city across the River Thames with the skyscrapers gradually lighting up against the darkening skies.TheMillenniumBridgehas been featured in many London-based films, includingHarry Potter, and the filmGuardians of the Galaxy.7:30 pmIt’s getting dark. A fifteen-minute walk northwest fromSt Paul’s Cathedral takes you to the historic Borough Market. During the evenings, you find a lot of restaurants around the market. This is an excellent time to get your dinner.9:00 pmThe next stop isLondonBridge. This is about 6 minutes’ walk from the Borough Market. As you join other onlookers and mentally go through the nursery school rhyme of “LondonBridgeis Falling Down”, you get lost again in history. Why does the song sayLondonBridgeis falling and who is the fair lady?During theLondoncity fire of 1897,LondonBridgeserved an important role in fire control. It was one of the major structures that prevented the fire from crossing over to the other side ofLondon.11:30 pmLondonnever sleeps; it’s a few minutes to midnight and everywhere is still filled with people moving around. About four minutes away from the Golden Jubilee Bridges isTrafalgar Square, our next stop.12:00 amIt’s been a beautiful evening, hasn’t it?1. Where can you visit aGuardians of the Galaxyfilming location?A. In theSt Paul’s Cathedral.B. On theMillenniumBridge.C. In the Borough Market.D. On the Golden Jubilee Bridges.2. What can be learned about the Borough Market?A. It is far fromLondonBridge.B. It is related to a famous song.C. It is an ideal place for dinner.D. It is a modern open-air market.3. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To showLondon’s color1 ful culture.B. To introduce the scenery inLondon.C. To ask people to do outdoor activities.D. To recommend a night tour inLondon.BJapan's prime minister encouraged the decision to ban viewers, even family members, by issuing a state of emergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.From the perspective of sports psychologists, an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment that is helping researchers and clinicians to comb through the true impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on viewers at home. The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure on some athletes. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women's team event, telling teammates and reporters she wasn't in the right “headspace” to compete. “It's been really stressful this Olympic Games. There are a lot of different variables going into it,” Biles told the Washington Post.The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers. The English Premier League supplemented (增加) game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video game FIFA 20, mixed with game audio in real time. A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team began populating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans, and the trend caught on internationally.Jamey Houle, the lead sports psychologist for Ohio State University Athletics and a former Al-American gymnast, says competitive athletes are trained in visualization— imagining performing a certain action or motion, such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics. Without moving a muscle, players using visualization can solidify neural (神经的) connections and activate their motor cortex (皮层). To visualize most effectively, Houle says, athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actual gameplay. Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players' performance. This phenomenon is grounded in a psychological concept called “social facilitation”, referring to a change in a person's performance that occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.4. What caused Biles to drop out of the women's team event?A. The poor physical condition.B. The absence of the audience.C. The fiercely competitive event.D. The influence of crowds of fans.5. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.B. The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.C. The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.D. The crowd noise plays a leading role in the English Premier League.6. How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players' performance?A. By doing a roundoff back handspring.B. By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.C. By using the concept called social facilitation.D. By changing the viewers of a player.7. What message does the author mainly convey in the text?A. Athletes should be trained in visualization.B. Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.C. Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.D. Viewers present may influence players' performance.CYour best friend that follows you around when the sun comes out - your shadow - doesn’t serve an important function like your heart or brain, but what if you could use shadows to create electricity? When using solar panels (电池板) that are powered by light, shadows can be boring because it means electricity can’t be created. However, researchers from the National University of Singapore have engineered a way to create power from the shadows present everywhere.A team of the university created a machine that can collect energy from shadows. It is created by placing a thin coating of gold onto silicon (硅). Like in a normal solar panel, when put in light, the silicon electrons (电子) become energized and the energized electrons then jump from the silicon to the gold. The voltage (电压) of the part of the machine that is placed in the light increases to the dark part and the electrons in the machine flow from high to low voltage. They are sent through an external circuit (外电路) creating a current that can be used to power another machine. The greater the contrast between light and dark, more energy is provided by the machine.The team isworking on improving the performance of the machine, borrowing approaches from solar panels to gather light. Increasing the amount of light the machines can receive allows them to better make use ofshadows, as well as developing shadow energy collecting panels that can successfully gather from indoor lighting. The team is also researching the use of other materials other than gold to drop the price of the machine, meaning they would be more cost effective and easier to apply in society.Shadows are present everywhere and perhaps one day in the future we will be able to collect energy from them by placing the shadow-effect energy machine around the world in places that have been considered unfit for solar panels to work, or indoors. “A lot of people think that shadows are useless,” Tan says, but “anything can be useful, even shadows.”8. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. Your best friend always stays with you after the sunrise.B. The shadow has the same function as the heart and brain.C. Shadows can stop solar panels from creating electricity.D. Researchers have found a way to create power from shadows.9. What is the key working principle of the machine mentioned in the text?A. The silicon produces electricity when it is in the light.B. The gold produces power with the help of the silicon.C. The energized electrons flow from high to low voltage.D. An external circuit creates current using another machine.10. How does the team improve the performance of the machine?A. Using solar panels in the machine.B. Increasing the amount of light received.C. Developing light energy collecting panels.D. Bringing down the price of gold.11. Which of the following is the best place to apply the machine?A. A gym.B. A park.C. A farm.D. A playground.DIf our kids don’t fall, they don’t learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. I’m the oldest of four children, and no doubt she’d had a long day with the other kids and it’d slipped her mind. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom’s face that she’d forgotten me.Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I figured my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was midterm, and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications, being late wasn’t an option (选择). In my mind, missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. I told her she was ruining my future and everything I’d worked for. But sheheld her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.My mom didn’t rescue me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, I’ve realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. It’s how we self-educate to learn what’s right and respectable, and what’s not. It’s how we become responsible and enthusiastic. Falling down makes us better because we learn how to get up.12. What is one of the reasons that the author got angry that day?A. She was tired.B. She failed in a test.C. She was late for school.D. She had to walk home by herself.13. How does the author feel about her childhood experience?A. Terrible.B. Meaningful.C. Embarrassing.D. Colorful.14. The underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.A. gave in to meB. said yes to meC. stayed in the placeD. kept to her idea15. What is the best title for the text?A. My Way of GrowingB. The Value of FailureC. My Love for MotherD. Failure in My Life第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020届苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案
2020届苏州高新区实验初中高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AThe OrchardI had a very nice meal at the Orchard restaurant．The food was lovely and the service was quite good．We chose to eat in the garden which was full of beautiful flowers and very relaxing．The only disappointment was the dessert — the apple piewas far too sweet and it was cold too．Apart from that it was an enjoyable evening．As for the price — what a bargain，excellent value for money！Park InnThe best thing about Park Inn was the service — it was excellent．There was a warm welcome when we arrived and the waiters were very helpful all evening．However，the food wasn’t as good．The menu looked interesting but the meals were rather tasteless．It’s not a cheap restaurant and I wasn’t happy to pay so much for boring food．Richard’s PlaceWhen we enteredthe restaurant，we were surprised by the lovely interior (内部的) design of it．So stylish，so modern！This is one of the most popular restaurants in town and it’s very easy to see why．The food was great and excellent value for money but it was ruined by very，very poor service！TheRiversideIt was lovely sitting outside and looking over the river．There were lots of little lanterns (灯笼) and color1 ed lights everywhere and it all looked very pretty．The food was good，nothing very special but quite tasty．The service was OK; we didn’t have to wait too long for our food but the waiter never looked very happy！It’s quite an expensive place but with the view I think it’s quite good value for money．1. In which restaurant can customers eat in the garden？A. Park Inn．B. TheOrchard．C. The Riverside．D. Richard’s Place．2. What makes the customers of Park Inn most satisfied？A. The food．B. The price．C. The service．D. The environment．3. In Richard’s Place，customers can ________．A. receive good serviceB. enjoy its moderndesignC. listen to wonderful musicD. enjoy the beauty of a riverBWhether for a special holiday, as a way of showing gratitude or just a way of letting someone know you care, gift giving is a universal custom Though the purpose may be similar from place to place, traditions vary widely from one country to the next. A behavior that shows respect in one place might be consideredoffensivesomewhere else. Take a look at unique gifting traditions from around the world.Here in theUS, a set of kitchen knives seems like the perfect gift idea for a wedding. However, in certain European countries likeGermany, people believe that a knife presented as a gift will cut off your friendship. There is a way to break it: Tie a coin to the knife or gift box. The receiver then returns the coin to you as a “payment”to remove the bad luck.There's a well-known Italian wedding tradition where the groom's (新郎) tie is cut into a number of tiny pieces. Wedding guests can then "buy” these tie pieces in exchange for cash. It's a fun way to give money to the new couple thatleaves guests with a wedding souvenir.As left hands are considered unclean in Indian culture, behaviors such as touching, passing money, or giving gifts are to be done with the right hand. Different from some other cultures , an odd number (奇数) of thingsor currency represents good luck. For example, £11 should be given rather than £10.InZimbabwe, it is common to directly ask for a gift. When you receive a gift without asking for it, even if the giver's family is poor, it's the worst way to reject the offering. Also, expressing thanks with actions is better than giving thanks orally (口头地).These may include jumping up and down, dancing, or whistling.4. What does the underlined word “offensive“ in paragraph 1 refer to?A. Rude.B. Creative.C. Suitable.D. Caring.5. How do people prevent friendship breaking down when giving gifts like knives?A. The guests cut the groom's tie into pieces.B. The receiver returns the coin to the giver.C. The giver gives gifts with the right hand.D. The receiver expresses thanks by dancing.6. What can we learn about the gift giving inZimbabwe?A. It is not proper to ask for a gift directly.B. It's better to reject a gift from a poor family.C. One can express thanks by writing letters.D. Showing gratitude with actions is better than words.7. Which can be a suitable title for the text?A. The Wayof Showing GratitudeB. A Fun Behavior to Respect PeopleC. Various Gift Giving TraditionsD. A Special Custom of Gift GivingCHave you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for quite often achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I’ve found during this period!”Theboy’s goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is for－to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!Not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will endup with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.8. The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be______.A. braveB. impoliteC. foolishD. warm-hearted9. Why did the boy show the jar to the older boys?A. To drive them away.B. To show what he had found in digging.C. To show how beautiful the jar was.D. To attract them to join him in the work.10. What can be learnt from the fourth paragraph of the text?A. No dream can come true.B. All work will end successfully.C. Goals shouldn’t be set too high.D. Goals will make us work harder.11. The best title for the text should be______.A. A Boy Dug a HoleB. Joy in the JourneyC. No Pain, No GainsD. Failure Is the Mother of SuccessDDid you know that horses talk? Well, they do, and you can lean to understand “horse talk” if you pay close attention to the horses you see.When horses live in the wild, other animals try to eat them, so a lot of horse talk is about staying alive. Even now, when most horses live on farms, they watch for danger. For this reason, never walk behind a horse. If you surprise it, the horse might mistake you for a mountain lion or wolf and give a dangerous kick.By watching the ears of a horse, you can get clues to what it's hearing. A horse can tum each ear in a different direction. For a wild horse, this trick is important for survival. The horse can hear something sneaking up behind it while also checking out a threatening noise in front. When a horse lets its ears down, it's feeling safe and relaxed. If horses becomeisolated, they neigh, or “whinny,” calling for company. They're saying, “Where are you? I'm over here!” If a horse snorts(哼) while holding its head high and staring at something, it's saying, “That looks dangerous. Get ready to run!” When two horses meet, they put their noses together and smell each other's breath. It's their way of asking, “Are you a friend?” Horses nicker,too. Nickering is a quiet sort of sound. This friendly noise means they're feeling secure and saying, “Clad to see you.”In the wild, horses live in herds, with all members watching for danger. In a herd, only one horse is the leader, the “boss hoss”. The “boss hoss” is usually an older female. She watches for threats and teaches younger horses how to behave. However, others may want her job. When that happens, she pins her ears back against her headand may even bite or kick to get challengers to back off. She's using body language to say, “Hey, I'm in charge here!” All horses know that the one who makes others move is the leader. Horses relate to people that way, too.Horses have a language of their own. Now you know a bit of what they might be saying.12. What is the general idea of this passage?A. Horses can talk with their owners.B. You can know a bit of horses' language.C. Horses can “talk” in their own way.D. Other animals can also learn language.13. What does the underlined word “isolated” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Lonely.B. Glad.C. Sad.D. Frightened.14. What will a horse do when he wants to know whether another horse is a friend?A. He will let his ears down.B. He and another horse will put their noses together and smell each other's breath.C They both will hold their heads high and stare at something.D. He will give another horse a dangerous kick.15. How will the “boss hoss” deal with her challengers?A. By warning or fighting.B. By watching for threats.C. By teaching younger horses how to behave.D. By relating to people.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。