2025年无锡市河埒中学教育集团春学期初三年级第二次质量监测试卷
初三英语
2025.5
本试卷考试时间为100分钟。试卷满分为100分。
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡的相应位置上；并认真核对姓名、考号是否与本人的相符合。
2.答选择题必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的选项涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。
3.答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔作答，写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
第Ⅰ卷 客观题（共50分）
一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
1. —I know this lovely home robot! ________ do you call it?
—It’s Astro, developed by Amazon.
A. How B. Who C. When D. What
2. —There are many practical courses like cooking to choose from this term.
—Great! They can prepare us for the real world ________ just learning from books.
A. over B. against C. beyond D. through
3. —I hear he has given up his project.
—It ________ be true. As far as I know, he’s a strong-minded person.
A. can B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t
4. The chairperson warned that we ________ achieve our dreams if we didn’t work hard.
A. will B. won’t C. would D. wouldn’t
5. In Germany, you’d better not send gifts before someone’s birthday ________ early gifts are seen as bad luck.
A. since B. until C. unless D. though
6. —What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
—Drawing. ________ is more exciting to see my ideas come to life as I draw.
A. Nothing B. Something C. Anything D. Everything
7. During the Chinese New Year holiday, a Chinese company DeepSeek ________ the world’s thoughts of AI in a new way by starting a large model.
A. shut B. shone C. shaped D. shouted
8. To get more ________, Tom searched the train information, booked the rooms and planned the activities before the trip.
A. creative B. practical C. patient D. organized
9. The Shenzhou-19 astronaut Cai Xuzhe ________ his fifth spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on 21 March.
A. broke out B. carried out C. turned out D. worked out
10. Weight control isn’t ________ about weight loss but also about improving health and reducing the risk of diseases.
A. simply B. smoothly C. carefully D. correctly
11. —Do you remember the robots’ dance at this year’s Spring Festival Gala?
—Yes, that’s really amazing. And I wondered ________.
A. why could they move so easily B. what exactly made them so smart
C. if they can hear the music just like us D. that they could do more difficult tasks
12. What information can we get from the note below?
Badminton Club
If you’d like to join the Badminton Club, contact us by Friday (tomorrow). There are only 18 places left now. Practice evenings are Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A. The Badminton Club has only 18 members.
B. You can join the club if you call the club after Friday.
C. There are three badminton classes a week in the club.
D. You need to decide quickly if you want to join the club.
