2024-2025 南通田家炳中学初三下学期第一次月考（英语）
二、单项选择(本题共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分)
21. Look at the picture, Si Shengsheng appeared at the Spring Festival Gala in 2025 to welcome the Year of the Snake. Its ______ is from traditional culture and represents good luck.
A. photo B. design C. family D. decision
22. Everyone believes the 2024 Paris Olympic Games truly gave the athletes a chance to go ______cultural differences and work together for a better shared future.
A. against B. beyond C. across D. towards
23. — Oh, my God! I have ______ 5 kilograms!
— No worries. It’s normal for a growing teenager.
A. put up B. put down C. put on D. put off
24. — I hope I can take part in the English speech competition and win a prize.
— You will win nothing ______ you spend a few months preparing for it.
A. since B. though C. unless D. because
25. — Teenagers should be ______ that there’s no ending to learning.
— I agree with you. Learning is a lifelong journey.
A. absent B. awake C. aware D. afraid
26. — We can save energy by riding bicycles or taking buses instead of driving private cars.
— ______, we should recycle things like newspapers and clothes.
A. Anyway B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However
27. — Is ______ here?
— No, Bob and Tim have asked for leave.
A. anybody B. everybody C. somebody D. nobody
28. Look at the note on the right. Cindy writes ______.
Stella,
We had planned to finish our school project together tomorrow morning, but my mum is going to take me to see the dentist. Is it OK that we could do it another time? Please let me know.
Cindy
A. to ask Stella to be on time B. to tell Stella to protect her teeth
C. to remind Stella to see the dentist D. to expect Stella to change the time
29. “We have forgotten how to be good guests and how to walk lightly on the earth as other living things do.” The sentence tells us ______.
A. why we should take care of the earth
B. what we can do to improve our manners
C. whether we are rude to other living things
D. that it is important to protect the environment
30. — I’m afraid I can’t do well in the sports meeting. I may let my classmates down.
— ______. You don’t have to push yourself too hard.
A. Take it easy B. It’s a pleasure C. Don’t mention it D. I’m afraid not
三、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
It was a lovely ___31___ afternoon. My classmates and I were playing happily on the playground when I let out a ___32___, “OW! OW! Something in my shoe is biting me.”
Everyone was ___33___ by the cry! They took me into a classroom and was about to take off my shoe. “Which foot is it?” one asked. “Let us have a look.”
Suddenly, I remembered the holes in my socks. My family was very poor during those years. I wore welfare socks, which ___34___ only a little, but those cheap welfare socks didn’t ___35___ long. Soon there were holes at the bottom.
