江苏省南通市海门区东洲国际学校2023-2024学年七年级上学期开学英语试题

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南通市海门区东洲国际学校2023-2024学年度七年级上学期十月份月考

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第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）

一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. There is ______ old saying that it is better to light a candle than curse (诅咒) ______ darkness.

A. the; the          B. an; a              C. an; the              D. the：a

2. ---Driving less, walking more is good for our health.

       ---So I’d rather ______ an hour’s walk to work than ________driving a car.

A. take; consider     B. take; to consider    C. to take; to consider  D.taking; considering

3. She has ______ gift ______dancing that she dreams of being a ballet dancer in the future.

 A. such; of          B. such a; for        C. so; of              D. so a; for

4. ---Is the woman next door guilty?  ---We are not sure_____she will be charged _____theft or robbery.

A. that; of        B. if; with         C. Whether; of       D. whether. with

5. How much money has he devoted ______ these poor children return to school?

A. to help         B. helping         C. helps          D. to helping

6. — Be careful _________ your hair when you start the camp fire.

  —Thanks. I will take care.

1. of            B. with           C. to            D. for

7. ________ big fish they are!

A. What a        B. What     C. How    D. How a

8. If a foreigner wants to learn ________about Chinese culture, he can choose to live in a Chinese family.

A. a lot of             B. a lot     C. many    D. lots of

9. ___________ interesting news! Where did you learn about it?

   A. How            B. How an    C. What           D. What an

10. Put the following books in the alphabetical order according to the writers’ surnames.

   a. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)          b. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

   c. War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)                  d. The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

   A. b-a-c-d           B. b-a-d-c            C. a-b-c-d            D. a-b-d-c

11.It_________that some people can’t help________by advertisements.

A. is said; influencing                B. said; being influenced

C. said; to be influenced             D. is said; being influenced

 12. ---Excuse me, could you call me when my friend     here?

        ---Of course. But I am still not sure when your friend      here.

A. comes; will come                 B. comes; comes

C. will come; comes              D. will come; will come

13.What a day! The car I ___________ seems to go wrong again.

   A. have repaired it   B. had repaired      C. had repaired it   D. have it repaired

14. ---I’m not going swimming this afternoon.

        ---______________.I have to help my mother do some cleaning.

     A. So am I            B. So I am            C. Neither am I       D. Neither I am

15.About two-ninths of the engineers in my company______to be in their_______.

A. seems; fourties      B. seem; forties        C. seem; fortieth     D. seems; fourtieth

二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl Sarah.

   16    Sarah left university she began to live in New York on her own. She found a job in a publishing house but the salary(薪水)was    17   $30 000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved $5 000 in a year. How was that    18    in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people that    19    housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was    20    . When she ate out she went to cheap restaurants. Once she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then    21    the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often    22    a lot of money on entertainment（娱乐）.But Sarah said “I enjoy walking    23   in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips one to the Netherlands    24    to Portland.

 “Don't think of saving money as something    25    . It's a kind of game " said Sarah.

16.A. Until        B. Because      C. After       D. Before

17.A. more than        B. less than     C. at least     D. higher than

18.A. difficult        B. possible      C. useful      D. different

19.A. helps           B. becomes      C. makes       D. means

20A. food      B. rest         C. study       D. hobby

21.A. prepared        B. took         C. caught      D. picked

22.A. pay       B. cost         C spend        D. save

23.A. along      B. up           C. down        D. around

24.A.the other         B. another      C. other       D. the others

25. A. hard           B. interesting   C. easy        D. tiny

三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

26. After he lost his first job, Edison ____________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

27 The head man was interested in ____________.

A. Thomas Edison           B. the old machines

C. the new machines           D. Edison’s telephone

28. Edison made a telephone. It ____________.

A. was the first one in the world        B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly         D. carried voices much farther

B

Most of us think of sand dollars (海胆) as round seashells (海贝), but that’s completely wrong. During its lifetime of about 10 years, a sand dollar is a living thing, and is a cousin to sea stars.

While living things have legs, wings or some other transportation methods to move around, sand dollars get around through a water vascular system (水管系统). The preferred sand dollars’ diet is plants got from hard surfaces by their teeth. They also eat other food moving freely in the water.

Sand dollars are surprisingly social. Sand dollars prefer to hang out on the ocean floor with lots of other sand dollars. This is especially important during the reproduction (繁殖) season, since being in a large group increases chances of success. The babies then undergo (经历) a series of developmental changes until they settle on the ocean floor.

Then is it all right to pick one up from the beach and take it home as a treasured thing? As live animals, sand dollars are fairly low down on the food chain and furnish a tasty food source to many fish in the ocean. Even after their death, the shells of sand dollars still provide a source of calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) for our oceans. As it can sometimes be difficult to decide whether or not a sand dollar is alive, it’s always best to leave them where they were found.

But if one is found and simply must be kept, be 100 percent sure that it is no longer a living being. In most states taking a live sand dollar is against the law, but laws are different about collecting a dead one. If by chance you do find a live sand dollar, take action quickly. Sand dollars will not survive out of the water for very long, and you should send it to the ocean quickly.

29. What can we learn about sand dollars?

A. They are round seashells.

B. They live on hard surface.

C. They have a shorter lifetime than sea stars.

D. They have a special way of moving around.

30. Which of the following ensures (确保) sand dollars’ chances reproduction?

A. They like living together.     B. They have strange appearance.

C. They get food from hard surfaces.   D. They take good care of their babies.

31. What does the underlined word “furnish” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Lend.    B. Offer.   C. Pass.    D. Show.

32. What should you do when finding a live sand dollar?

A. Take it to your house.      B. Give it to a sea fish.

C. Return it to the ocean.         D. Leave it where it is find.

C

Lions, tigers and other mammals (哺乳动物) are staying awake at night to avoid human beings, a new study finds. Many mammals may move around less or travel to distant places to avoid contact (接触) with people. Being awake at night, mammals can also be on guard against possible attackers (攻击者) and spend less time looking for food.

The latest research found even activities like hiking and camping could frighten animals and cause them to become more active at night. Kaitlyn Gaynor of the University of California, Berkeley led the study. She said, “It suggests that animals might be playing it safe around people. We may think that we leave no sign when we’re just hiking in the woods, but our mere presence (仅仅存在) can have lasting results.

She and her team examined 76 other studies including 62 species (物种). Among the animals studied were lions in Tanzania, tigers in Nepal and otters in Brazil. Researchers compared how much time those animals were active at night in areas of human activity, such as hunting, hiking and farming. The team found that human activity caused an increase of about 20 percent in night time activity, even in creatures (生物) that usually sleep at night.

Ecologist Marlee Tucker was surprised that any kind of human activity is enough for mammals to see people as a danger. “It’s a little bit scary,” she said.

Kaitlyn Gaynor said the change in hours will influence animals that already have trouble in the darkness. But she said that the changes could also help animals reduce contact with people. “Humans can do their thing during the day; wildlife can do their thing at night,” she said. Gaynor added, that way, people would be sharing the planet with many other species.

33. What do the findings of the new study show?

A. Mammals love moving around at night.

B. Lions and tigers aren’t afraid of humans.

C. Mammals have difficulty in finding food.

D. Human activity can lead to changes in nature.

34. What does the underlined part “playing it safe” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Avoiding risks carefully.     B. Playing together with others.

C. Feeling safe to play.      D. Finding safety.

35. How did the researchers arrive at their findings?

A. Through working with other researchers.

B. Through watching mammals at night.

C. Through using others’ findings.

D. Through doing experiments (实验).

36. What does Kaitlyn Gaynor think humans should do?

A. Stop moving around at night.

B. Move wild animals to safer places.

C. Try our best to protect wild animals.

D. Avoid going where animals live at night.

D

If you’ve ever been puzzled (困惑) by a revolving door (旋转门)—who goes in first? do we go together, or one at a time?—you have one person to thank: a man by the name of Theophilus van Kannel. He invented the revolving door to keep people from having to hold open doors for women at the beginning. Theophilus van Kannel was born in Pennsylvania in 1841. His invention still has great advantages to this day.

He patented (获得专利) his “storm-door structure” in 1888, which included weather stripping (挡风雨条) to prevent energy loss. The first revolving door was used at an expensive restaurant called Rectors in 1889. It helped control temperature and air pressure, thereby saving up to 30 percent of energy costs. This invention solved many problems that traditional doors couldn’t answer.

Unluckily, the world we live in is far off from that society Theophilus van Kannel had dreamed of. When it comes to society, revolving doors caused more problems than they solved. A study found that only 20 to 30 percent of people chose to use revolving doors, while the rest head for the traditional doors. The market for revolving doors today seems not competitive (竞争的).

Men don’t have to hold the door for women. But should they be polite and let women go first? RealSimple asked this question, and about half of the readers said yes. That’s at the level of chance—not a good sign for the next time you’re facing off with a stranger at a revolving door. But according to Chicago doorman Joe, “ladies first” is not the convenient (方便的) way because the first person to go through has to do most of the hard push. Joe says the man should go first. “A gentleman should always go first and help the woman to go through the revolving door,” he told RealSimple.

37. Why did Theophilus van Kannel invent the revolving door?

A. To lower the great cost of doors.

B. To avoid holding the doors for women.

C. To get his own patent (专利) on an invention.

D. To make it easy to women to open doors.

38. Which of the following best describes the revolving door at Rectors?

A. Beautiful.   B. Expensive.   C. Traditional.   D. Valuable.

39. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A. The falling market for revolving doors.

B. The importance of revolving doors.

C. The advantages of traditional doors.

D. The problems traditional doors are facing.

40. According to Chicago doorman Joe, “ladies first” _________.

A. is a good chance to show politeness

B. requires men to push revolving doors hard

C. seems a bit inconvenient for women

D. saves time in going through revolving doors

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题  共60分）

四、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

41.— What can we do to help the sick boy?

— What about ____________(筹集) some money for him?

42.People have different ___________ (能力) to do many things.

43.We ___________ (相信) our China dreams will come true.

44.Teens is one of the most useful English ___________ (报纸) for Chinese middle school students.

45.— What were you doing at that ___________ (时刻)? — I was __________ (put) out the fire.

46.We all think she is a _______ (care) girl because she often makes mistakes in spelling words.

47.We should do ____________ (we) best to make our city more beautiful.

48.You can do much _________ (well) in your English if you read ___________(much) than before.

49.How _____________ (care) the boy is and he always thinks _____________ (care).

50.She ______________ (plan) everything well when she was in primary school.

51.What beautiful ______________ (钢琴) they are! But they are too expensive for me to buy.

52.He was in a hurry and just ____________ （冲；奔） to me when he passed by.

53.Did he do anything ___________ (保护) himself?

54.He often ____________ (点头) when he was very nervous.

55.Are you afraid of__________________ (be) late for home?

五、句型转换（本题共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

请根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。

56．The lazy boy spread his things all over the floor．（改为一般疑问句）

        the lazy boy         his things all over the floor？

57．Everything will be all right in a few days．（对划线部分提问）

                  will everything be all right？

58．If you are not careful enough，you’ll probably make a mistake．（保持句意基本不变）

         be careless，       you’ll probably make a mistake．

59．Jerry was very excited．He could not express himself clearly．（合并为一句）

  Jerry was        excited         he couldn’t express himself clearly．

60．Mr．Jiang advised us which we should choose as our after-school activities．（改为简单句）

Mr．Jiang advised us which                 as our after-school activities．

六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Humans think animals are really cute. In the last few years, many people (61) _______ (form) a habit of taking selfies (自拍) with wildlife. However, this habit is (62) ________ (harm) to animals, so we hope those who have the habit of taking selfies should do everything they can to stop (63) ________ (do) that.

Professor Philip Seddon, one of the famous (64) ________ (science), described the rise in wildlife selfies as “scary”. “When plenty of people step into the natural world to go after wildlife, their improper behaviors can (65) _________ (serious) influence the animal’s physical and mental health,” said he.

According to (66) ________ article from the newspaper The Guardian, a study carried out by World Animal Protection has found a rise in wildlife selfies (67) _______ show wrong interactions (互动) with animals. For example, in New Zealand, tourists tried to dance with sea lions to take selfies.

Some researchers say (68) ________ many tourists don’t realize is that even the flashes (闪光) from smartphones can make animals stressed. Therefore, it’s clever that more education is needed (69) _______ (teach) people about the safe distances that must (70) _________ (keep) between themselves and the wild animals.

七、阅读与回答问题（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

New York City is not very big, It is about 300 square miles in size, but it has a population(人口) of more than 8.5 million. With such high population, it becomes the most expensive city in the United Sates. New York City has a few nicknames, but the most famous one is “The Big Apple”. In the 1920s, horse racing (竞赛) was very popular. After winning a race, winners would give an apple to the horse. A newspaper reporter often called the prize money (奖金 ) for hose winners “the big apple” when writing reporters. The horse races in New York City gave winners money more than any other city, so the horse keepers scared calling the city “The Big Apple”.

New York City is popular among teachers. There are more than 40 theatres in Broadway. There are shows in most theatres between Tuesday and Saturday, But most theatres go “dark”on Monday so that performers (表演者) and other workers can have a rest. New York City is home to several word-famous sites (景点). The Empire State Building once was the tallest building in the world. It is an office building, but the floor at the top of the building is a popular site. You can get a bird’s eye view ( 风景 ) of the city from the top floor. Or you can take a rest at the Central Park lakes and grass around.

New York City is busy 12 months a year, 24 hours a day. It has something for everyone.

八、书面表达（满分20分）

很多人在生活中都会有自己喜爱的一段时光，也许是生机盎然的春天，也许是和父母一次开心的旅行……，它让我们兴奋、喜悦，给我们带来甜美的回忆.请以My favorite time of year为题，根据以下提示写一篇英语短文向大家介绍你在一年中最喜爱的一段时光。

写作要点:

1.喜爱的一段时光: 暑假

2.期间最想做的事: 看成龙主演的电影，因为祟拜他在电影和慈善界取得的成就;

                 看各种纪录片，大自然的知识有助于开阔眼界;

                 边看书边欣赏谭盾的音乐，天籁之音，使人心情平静;

3.喜欢的理由:夏季象征着热情和活力，让我们兴奋、喜悦……。

注意:词数在90词左右。