宁波市2021年初中学业水平考试英语试题考生须知：1. 全卷分试题卷I、试题卷【I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。2. 请将姓名、准考证号分别填写在试题卷和答题卷的规定位置上。3. 答题时，把试题卷I的答案在答题卷I上对应的选项位置用2B铅笔涂黑、涂满。将试题卷II答案用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔书写，答案必须按照题号顺序在答题卷II各题目规定区域内作答，做在试题卷上或超出答题区域书写的答案无效。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 didnt have any friend. His teacher Mr. Brown this. One day, he askedLarry to meet him after class. Mr. Brown said, I see that you dont talk to anyone or show any 2 in anything.Whats wrong? Larry replied, Sir, I have a very 3 life. I have to face some very sad incidents and 1 keep _4them. Because of this, 1 cant focus my attention on anything and dont even feel like talking to 5Mr. Brown listened carefully, thought for a while and said, “Would you like some lemonade（柠檬汽水）? Larryfelt 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 madea 8 face as soon as he drank a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. Brown asked, You dont like it?44Um.its just there is a bit too much 9 in it, Larry answered.Mr. Brown stopped him, Oh, it doesnt matter. I will throw it away. As the teacher was lifting the glass to10, Larry stopped him and said, Sir, please dont throw it away. 11 we put a little more sugar in thelemonade, 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 oflemonade, wc dont need to remove the salt from it, wc can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, wc cannot removesad things （hat have 14 happened to us, but wc can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keepon crying about your 15 , neither your present will be right nor the future will be bright.Larry realized his problem and promised lo live a positive life.1.A. enjoyedB. noticedC. believedD. forgot2.A. fearB. angerC. interestD. politeness3.A. simpleB. difficultC. quietD. common4.A. looking forB. learning fromC. laughing alD. thinking about5.A.anybodyB. somebodyC. everybodyD. nobody6.A. surprisedB. tiredC. boredD. shamed7.A. buyingB.cookingC. preparingD. drinking8.A. seriousB. friendlyC. patientD. strange9.A.sugarB. waterC. saltD. lemonade10.A. keep it awayB. take it awayC. drink it upD. use it up11.A. IfB. SinceC. AlthoughD. Unless12.A. bravelyB. coldlyC. happilyD. angrily13.A. tasteB. colorC.shapeD. smell14.A. neverB. alreadyC. nearlyD. seldom15.A. styleB. habitC. decisionD. past、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）（历险记）ofmagicalwere goingHannah,their door.charactersfriends with.Book review by JarradOn the weekend I read a totally amazing book called The AdventuresSiegfried and Hannah. It was such a cool book because it was full ofjoumeys to many mysterious lands. You never knew where the charactersto end up next.The main characters are a boy called Siegfried and his little sister.They are always ready for a mysterious adventure every time they step outThe book contains twelve separate stories.I wont spoil it for you, but what 1 loved the most was that the mainwere just like real kids. They were the sort of kids that Id want to beI 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 Jarrads class.B. The teachers in Jarrads school.C. People who have read the book.D. Kids who are interested in adventures.18. What docs the cover of this book tell you?A. What the writers name is.B. When the book came out.C. Who the main characters are.D. In which country the story happened.（B）Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest （热带雨林）?Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earthssurface, about six percent, but there are more kinds of trees than any other area in the whole world.Tropical rainforests are in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and on the Pacific islands. Thelargest tropical rainforest is the Amazon （亚马逊）Rainforest in South America, which covers 1.2 billion acres, oralmost five million square kilometers. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa.Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the lungs of our planeC because itproduces 20% of the worlds oxygen （狙气）.One fifth of the worlds fresh water is also found in the AmazonRainforest. Furthermore, one half of the worlds species of animals, plants a