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1. 全卷分试题卷Ⅰ、试题卷Ⅱ和答题卷。试题卷共8页，有6个大题，61个小题，满分为95分。考试时长为90分钟。
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试 题 卷 Ⅰ
一、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意, 然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Larry seemed always silent and didn’t have any friend. His teacher Mr. Brown __1__ this. One day, he asked Larry to meet him after class. Mr. Brown said, “I see that you don’t talk to anyone or show any __2__ in anything. What’s wrong?” Larry replied, “Sir, I have a very __3__ life. I have to face some very sad incidents and I keep __4__ them. Because of this, I can’t focus my attention on anything and don’t even feel like talking to __5__.”
Mr. Brown listened carefully, thought for a while and said, “Would you like some lemonade(柠檬汽水)?” Larry felt a little __6__ and nervously replied, “Yes, thank you!”
While __7__ lemonade, Mr. Brown added more salt on purpose and kept the quantity of sugar low. Larry made a __8__ face as soon as he drank a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. Brown asked, “You don’t like it?”
“Um… it’s just there is a bit too much __9__ in it,” Larry answered.
Mr. Brown stopped him, “Oh, it doesn’t matter. I will throw it away.” As the teacher was lifting the glass to __10__, Larry stopped him and said, “Sir, please don’t throw it away. __11__ we put a little more sugar in the lemonade, it will be fine to drink.”
Hearing this, Mr. Brown said __12__, “This is what I want to hear from you. To improve the __13__ of lemonade, we don’t need to remove the salt from it, we can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, we cannot remove sad things that have __14__ happened to us, but we can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keep on crying about your __15__, neither your present will be right nor the future will be bright.”
Larry realized his problem and promised to live a positive life. 1. A. enjoyed 2. A. fear 3. A. simple 4. A. looking for 5. A. anybody 6. A. surprised 7. A. buying 8. A. serious 9. A. sugar
B. noticed B. anger B. difficult B. learning from B. somebody B. tired B. cooking B. friendly B. water
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C. believed C. interest C. quiet C. laughing at C. everybody C. bored C. preparing C. patient C. salt
D. forgot D. politeness D. common D. thinking about D. nobody D. shamed D. drinking D. strange D. lemonade
10. A. keep it away 11. A. If 12. A. bravely 13. A. taste 14. A. never 15. A. style
B. take it away B. Since B. coldly B. color B. already B. habit
C. drink it up C. Although C. happily C. shape C. nearly C. decision
D. use it up D. Unless D. angrily D. smell D. seldom D. past
二、阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共计30分）
阅读下面材料, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(A)
Book review by Jarrad
On the weekend I read a totally amazing book called The Adventures(历险记) of Siegfried and Hannah. It was such a cool book because it was full of
magical journeys to many mysterious lands. You never knew where the characters were going to end up next.
The main characters are a boy called Siegfried and his little sister Hannah. They are always ready for a mysterious adventure every time they step out their door. The book contains twelve separate stories.
I won’t spoil it for you, but what I loved the most was that the main characters were just like real kids. They were the sort of kids that I’d want to be friends with.
I would really recommend(推荐) that you read this book, especially if you like fairies, dragons, magic, adventures and surprises. It is the best book that I have read all year. There was nothing I did not like about this book, except that it should have been longer! 16. What did Jarrad think of this book?
A. Common.
B. Amazing.
C. Humorous
D. Scary.
17. Who are the main readers for this book review?
A. The students in Jarrad’s class. C. People who have read the book. 18. What does the cover of this book tell you?
A. What the writer’s name is. C. Who the main characters are.
(B)
Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest(热带雨林)? Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth’s surface, about six percent, but there are more kinds of tees than any other area in the whole world.
Tropical rainforests are in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and on the Pacific islands. The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon(亚马逊) Rainforest in South America, which covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometres. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa.
Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the “lungs of our planet” because it produces 20% of the world’s oxygen(氧气). One fifth of the world’s fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest. Furthermore, one half of the world’s species of animals, plants and insects live in the Earth’s rainforests. 80% of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest. 25% of the drugs we take when we are sick are
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B. The teachers in Jarrad’s school. D. Kids who are interested in adventures. B. When the book came out. D. In which country the story happened
made of plants that grow only in rainforests. Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer.
There are four different levels of trees in a rainforest. The forest floor is the lowest layer full of animal life and receives the least amount of light. The understorey is the dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground. The canopy layer is the upper parts of most of the trees. The emergent layer contains a small number of very tall trees.
These different parts of a rainforest exist together to create an ecosystem for many animals, plants and human beings.
19. This passage is mainly about __________.
A. kinds of forest
B. where rainforests are
D. how much oxygen rainforests make C. fifty C. In Canada.
D. eighty D. In Britain.
C. facts about rainforests A. twenty A. In France.
B. twenty-five B. In China.
20. The Amazon Rainforest provides us with __________ percent of the world’s oxygen. 21. Where can we probably find a tropical rainforest according to the passage? 22. Which is the right picture to show four different levels of trees in a rainforest?
A. B. C. D.
(C)
Jason and his father were going to the grocery store by car to pick up some apples. It had been an unusual day. The sky was dark but there were few clouds. As they drove up the street, there started to be a rumbling(隆隆的) sound heard across the ground.
Jason’s father immediately realized that a tornado(龙卷风) was coming. He stopped the car and told Jason to get out immediately. Jason and his father got out of the car and made their way to the closest building. By this time the wind was blowing harder, and it was hard to see or hear. Debris was falling all over the place. Jason couldn’t see his dad anymore. He also realized that he wasn’t getting to the building fast enough. He was afraid he would be picked up by the wind and thrown into the air.
As he made his way towards the building, he noticed a field to his right. He could see an irrigation ditch(灌溉渠). In a panic, he scrambled(爬) to the ditch and lay flat on the ground. More debris and objects flew overhead. His heart was beating hard, and he was nervous. He had never been in a tornado before.
After a while, the winds died down and the loud roaring sound was gone. Jason slowly lifted his head and nervously looked around. What he saw was a great mess. Jason could hardly recognize the buildings in front of him because of all the damage.
He stood up and with shaky legs walked to the building. Once there, he pushed the door open and went inside. It was a public building owned by the city. It was empty, but Jason could hear noises further inside. He walked
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into the large room and saw his dad. He ran across the room and gave him a big hug.
“Jason! How are you? I’ve been worried sick about you!” said his father. “I couldn’t find you anywhere!” Jason breathed a sigh of a relief(松了一口气) and sat down. He did have a story to tell! 23. From Paragraph 1, we can get the __________ of the story.
A. background
B. development D. ending
C. climax (most exciting part)
24. Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?
①Jason nervously looked around from the irrigation ditch. ②Jason ran across the room and gave his father a big hug. ③Jason got out of the car. ④Jason noticed a field to his right. A. ②①③④
A. parts of the tornado
B. ③④①② B. apple pies
C. ④①②③ C. broken pieces
D. ③①②④ D. drop of rain
25. The underlined word “Debris” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________. 26. The story tells us that when we are in danger, __________.
A. we should wait patiently until help comes
B. we should work hard to make our dreams come true C. we should be brave enough to change nature D. we should be quick-thinking and believe in ourselves
(D)
Have you ever bought something and then changed your mind? For Alison Jenson, 15, this used to happen several times a week. Alison was a shopaholic. She just couldn’t stop shopping and she loved special offers.
Alison’s bedroom is full of stuff. “I’ve been to every shop in Birmingham, I think,” says Alison. She picks up some earrings. The labels are still on them. “These were half price,” she says. “I’ve never won them.” Alison’s problem wasn’t just jewellery. She also bought a lot of clothes, though not many shoes, because they were usually too expensive. She has also bought lots of other small things — like 20 new covers for her phone. She hasn’t used any of them.
According to experts, we all feel excited after we buy something new. For shopaholics, it’s a little different. Soon after they buy something, they think they’ve made a mistake and start to feel unhappy. So they buy themselves something else to feel happier.
Psychologists(心理学家) first described the problems of shopaholics in 1915. However, there was very little research on the subject until recently. Now, doctors think thousands of people suffer from the problem, and the situation is getting worse. There are also more teenage shopaholics now, although most young people don’t have enough money to go shopping very regularly.
Alison knew she had a problem. “I often bought something every day. Usually it was something small, but I just needed to buy it,” she says. “I spent money that I got for my birthday, and when I was short of cash, I borrowed money from friends or my parents. When I couldn’t go shopping, I felt anxious. Then one day, my parents just looked at all the stuff in my room and said, This is crazy! ‘I knew they were right.” I needed some big changes in my life.
Alison now gets help with her problem and feels she has changed. She no longer thinks she’s a shopaholic.
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“When I want to buy something in a shop, I ask myself two questions,” she says. “Do I need it? Can I afford it? The answer to both questions is usually ‘no’, so I walk away. It’s great!” 27. What do experts say about shopaholics?
A. Shopaholics feel sad when they are shopping.
B. Shopaholics soon feel unhappy after they have bought something. C. Shopaholics feel more excited than other people when they shop. D. Shopping is the only way shopaholics can feel happy. 28. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refers to __________.
A. psychologists A. Glad.
B. doctors B. Worried.
C. Alison’s parents C. Embarrassed.
D. Alison’s friends D. Moved.
29. Which word can best describe Alison’s feeling at the end of the passage? 30. The best title for the passage above might be __________.
A. Shop Till You Drop! C. You’d Better Shop Less !
B. Shopping Makes Me Happy! D. I Can Stop Shopping Now!
三、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）
下面是一幅关于提高说话技巧的结构图。请你根据结构图提供的信息，将选项中的小标题（A-F）与相应的段落匹配。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Get a good idea Choose a topic carefully. You can talk more easily about something you like and know about. 31. __________ It’s better to say less. Choose a few good ideas and think about how to communicate them clearly to your audience(听众; 观众). 32. __________ BEGINNING: Think of an interesting way to begin. MDDLE: Think carefully about this part of your talk. END: People often remember the ending best, so plan this part of your talk first. 33. __________ Write your main ideas on a card. It helps you remember your talk while practicing. When you can do it easily without notes, then you’re ready. 34. __________ Talk more slowly than you usually do but speak more loudly than usual. Make sure that everyone can hear you easily. 35. __________ Talk to your audience, not to your hands or to the floor. Look around the room at people’s faces and check they’re listening. Before the talk How to Give a Good Talk When you do the talk
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A. Don’t try to say too much B. Don’t speak too fast C. Make notes and prepare D. Plan your talk E. Look up not down F. Finish on time 试 题 卷 Ⅱ
四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共计15分） A. 根据下列句子及所给汉语注释, 写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。 36. It’s not safe to leave a baby in a car by __________ (它自己). 37. The big tree over there is probably one __________ (百) years old. 38. Mike often __________ (收集) stamps and plays basketball in his spare time. 39. Traditional Chinese __________ (药) has been playing an important role in treating COVID-19. 40. I often see an old man with __________ (灰色) hair sweeping the road near my school. 41. People around the world can hardly __________ (避免) buying products made in China. 42. To help my parents live a better life is__________ (确切地) what I want. 43. If we don’t protect the environment well, we’ll be __________ (惩罚) sooner or later. 44. Yuan Longping, the “Father of Hybrid Rice”, won many___________ (奖) for his rice research. 45. Of the three cities, Ningbo, our hometown, is the __________ (生机勃勃的). B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）。 mean helpful tooth without wise Do you know that we are using up the Earth’s fresh water faster than we can replace it? We need water to stay alive and if we don’t use water 46 , we will run out! Water is needed for just about everything we do. We need it to farm, to wash, to provide power, to control fires and — most importantly — to drink. 47 water, we would all die. So we should all save water if we want to have enough to stay alive. Using less water 48 saving money and saving energy. Saving water is EASY. Here are some 49 tips: * Have shorter showers and only half fill the bath. * Turn the tap off while you soap your hands or brush your 50 . * Fix any taps or hoses(软管) that drip — every drop counts! 五、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共计10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 Susan was tired of having her three children talk back to her. One day, she climbed into her kids’ tree house. It was 51 good place, she thought, for a mother to go on strike(罢工). She was tired of 52 (drive) 6
them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house. Until 53 (thing) changed, Susan decided to stay up in the tree.
Susan’s strike got her kids’ attention, 54 course. But that was not all that happened. Word of the fed-up mother spread. Before long, a camera crew from television’s Today Show came into their yard. Now people all across America were going to find 55 who drove the kids’ mother up a tree.
As the cameras worked, the three kids stood with their father near the tree house. Kate, the Today Show host, had a question for 56 (they). “What do you think about your mom on strike in that tree house?” she asked.
“I am kind of embarrassed,” said Misty.
“I’m really shocked,” said Joseph. “TI did not think it would go this far. My mom is much 57 (crazy) than we thought.”
Rachel added, “T think mom is so strange 58 I can hardly believe it.”
But Susan had made her point. If the kids 59 (want) her back, they should know what to do. When the TV crew left, the kids went into their house 60 (quick)and got busy. Not long after that, Susan climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.
六、书面表达（共计20分）
61. 假如你是李华，上个月你校举行了“祖国在我心中”的主题活动(theme event)，请你根据以下提供的信息并结合你参加这个主题活动的经历，写一篇英语短文向你校英语报投稿。
注意: （1）短文必须包括导图的所有要点，并适当发挥； 1. purpose: express love for our country 1. activities: 3. my experience; … sing red songs, … Motherland in My Heart 4. my feeling… 5. my hope…. Motherland in My Heart
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（2）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；
（3）词数 80-100；标题已给出，不计入总词数。
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宁波市2021年初中学业水平考试参考答案与评分参考
英 语
一、完形填空 二、阅读理解 四、词汇运用
36. itself 37. hundred 38. collects 39. medicine 40. gray/grey 41. avoid 42. exactly 43. punished 44. prizes 45. liveliest 46. wisely 47. Without 48. means 49. helpful 50. teeth 五、语法填空
51. a 52. driving 53. things 54. of 55. out 56. them 57. crazier 58. that 59. wanted 60. quickly 六、书面表达 Possible version:
Motherland in My Heart
Last month, our school held an event with the theme of “Motherland in My Heart” to express our love for our motherland.
During the event, we had many activities, including singing red songs and telling stories about the Red Army. I took part in the singing competition. Besides, I attended the speech contest in which I told a story about a hero, Many students were moved by my story.
I think this event is very meaningful. I’m proud of my country. I hope our motherland will become much greater and everybody can live a better life.
01-05 BCBDA 06-10 ACDCB 11-15 ACABD 16-20 BDCCA 21-25 BDABC 26-30 DBCAD
三、任务型阅读 31-35 ADCBE
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