初三英语考试作文大全(推荐20篇)

高一英语作文 我的考试经验

My Experience In Examination

In my opinion, examinations are one of the important activities in school life. I have gone through all sorts of examinations since my primary school. I have tasted the flavor of happiness and sadness.

Before examinations I always have a hard time and dont know what to do.During examinations I feel nervous and sometimes my mind becomes blank Only after examinations does the world seem to be bright again and am I brimming with vigor. We often complain that our teachers make trouble for us on purpose. But it is not true. The fact is that examinations are just a way to-help us do better in our study.( 110 words)

[高中英语参考作文: 我的考试经验

Dear editor,

亲爱的编辑：

I have read many articles on the school magazine. I find that almost all the essays on the school magazine are about the daily trifles in the campus. It is good for us to know the whole things in the campus. But I think if there are some articls about current affairs andlearning methods must be better. Current affairs can open students’ eyes to know more about the world. Sharing learning methods can help some students find the best way for themselves to study.I hope you will find these proposals useful and put into effect as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely,

Li Lei

我看过校刊上的很多文章。我发现几乎校刊上所有的文章都是关于校园里的一些日常琐事。这对于我们了解整个校园的情况是很好的。但我想如果有一些关于时事和学习方法的文章一定会更好。时事可以开阔学生们的视野，了解世界。共享学习方法可以帮助一些学生找到最适合自己的学习方法。我希望你会觉得这些建议是有用的，并尽落实。

李磊

下面请在2个小时的时间里，选择两个作文题目，完成作文。

1、人生需要 。请将标题补充完整，然后以备料作文，完成一篇文章。可以有新的创意，可以脱离老师的备料作文，但是最好不要脱离开老师的结构。注意，在抒情上，必须要根据主题进行改变。

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3、以“台阶”为话题，写一篇文章，要求立意新颖，有创意，有个性，有独特的感悟和间接。

4、以“精神信念”为话题，写一篇600以上的文章。题目自拟，文体自定。

所谓备考作文，并不是机械的。也未必需要你把整篇作文背下来。但是，你要记住3个方面的东西。一是文章的结构，譬如这种“总分总”的结构和开头结尾的抒情，你一定要记住。甚至，背诵一下首尾的原句，就很有好处。二是文章的材料。这些材料有的普通，有的是历史典故，应该记住。三是，寻找类似的材料。譬如战胜挫折的材料、譬如普通人或者名人的感动瞬间等。老师提供的是一种方法，你能不能用上，靠的是自己的悟性。

1、以“懂你”为话题，任选角度，写一篇作文。

2、以“痴迷”为话题，任选角度，写一篇作文。

3、半命题作文：聆听

4、以“回味”为话题，写一篇作文。

5、与 拥抱。

6、生活中，有些人有些事引起了人们的足够重视，有些人有些事被我们忽略了。关于“重视”和“忽略”一直牵引着我们的视线，激动着我们的心灵，引发着我们的思考。联系生活实际，以“重视和忽略”为话题，写一篇文章。

7.请以“让我悄悄地告诉你”为题目，写一篇文章。(65分)

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8.生命中那些感动的瞬间

Topic one：Environment Protection(环境保护)

Water Pollution

With the development of industry, water pollution is becoming more serious now. The polluted water not only kills fish, it is also harmful to our health. Many people get sick because they drink the polluted water. In some rivers the water is so dirty that they can even kill plants.

We should fight against the pollution. We should stop using harmful things. I wish it is not a dream that in the near future we can have clean rivers again.

Environment Protection

Nowadays, peoples life has changed a lot with the development of modern technology and economy, which has put lots of negative effects on the environment.

Why this? Because, firstly, some factories are pouring wastes into rivers, lakes, seas and so forth; secondly, because of human activities, a great number of plants and animals are losing their lives; thirdly, using modern machines and chemicals is bad for the environment. Besides these, there are a lot of human activities which have done or are doing harm to our surroundings.

For this, I think, first, our government should make drastic measures to regulate human activities; second, we human beings should take pains-taking work to stop ourselves destroying the environment and try our best to protect our living space more.

Forest Pretention保护森林

Our country has a large area of forest. However, not until recently did the government begin to realize the importance of protecting the forest. As we may know from various sources, the government recently adopted a policy called "restore the farmland to the forest"(退耕还林).This has brought much hope to the forest of our country as well as the sustainable development of our country.

Pollution: a Social Problem

When we read newspapers, we often come across the word pollution. This word was not familiar to the people some decades ago. But now, it is a serious threat to usbecause. it means the poisoning of the air, seas, rivers and lands, which would do harm to our health.

There are many factories that bring pollution to us. We can not have fresh air in the morning. This is mainly because of the poisonous smoke coming from factories, especially chemical ones. In rivers, seas and oceans, there are industrial wastes. Some factories just throw their wastes into seas or let them flow into rivers. When people drink the water from such rivers, they get poisoned. Besides, there is rubbish from ships and when sometimes an accident occurs in an ocean, oil flows out from tankers.

On land, the accumulation of rubbish in the streets may dirty the city and ruin our health. This is mainly due to the improper disposal of rubbish by people.

If we do mot fight against pollution, surely one day all of us will be killed. Some people like to put the blame on the industrial revolutions. On the contrary, the pollution problem will be solved only with the help of modem science and technology.

Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. It offers a lot of advantages. The most important one is convenience. You can shop whenever you like because the online shops are open 24 hours a day. And you don’t have to queue with others. And it is often cheaper to buy goods through the Internet and it is also easy to find what you are looking for.

There are some disadvantages, too. You can not see the products or check their qualities. Besides you can not enjoy walking around the shops and talking with your friends.

[Internet shopping初三英语优秀作文

A Sports Meeting

Yesterday our grade held a sports meeting.We have six classes in our grade. All the classes did very well.

In the Boys 100-metre race, I.Jn I.in from Class 2 won the first. At first, Zhang Lin from our class and I.in %ao from Class 1 were neck and neck. Lin Lin fell behind, but, finally he tried his best and came out first.

In the Girls 100-metre race, Mei Mei ran the fastest, and Zhang Fang from Class 4 and Li Ming from Class 5 were both fell behind. But they tried their best, and that was enough.

In the High Jump, when Jin Ling jumped 1.80 metres high, all the classes stood up and cried,Well done!Congratulations! But Liu Tao from our class also did very well,he jumped 1.71 metres high and Chen Hao, 1.56 metres high.

In the Long Jump, Zhang Ming from Class 2 was the top.He jumped 7.78 metres long. Zhou Ping and Gao Lin from Class 4 and Class 6 were both very good.

Finally, our class won the second. We were all very happy.Our headmaster told us to do our best in everything.（约185字）

[关于初三英语作文推荐：A Sports Meeting

I like to watch fictional movies and novels, because I am always attracted

by the unpredictable plots, which opens my vision. In the fiction movies, aliens

come to the earth and try to destroy the world. Human being have to fight

against the aliens with their wisdom. I can see the big world from these

stories. It triggers my interest to explore the world. At the same time, I gain

a lot of knowledge about the earth. I believe that aliens must exist in another

galaxy. When the scientists make further research of the universe, someday, we

can know more about the outer space. I have the great passion to explore the

universe.

Theres No Story without Coincidence

The story happened a year ago. One day, I was walking along the street when an old man walked towards me. He asked me the way in English. No matter how hard I tried I couldnt understand what he said. He repeated again and again. At last I seemed to know what he was saying.

He was a Japanese. He thought I could speak English. So he asked me the way in English. My goodness! His Japanese English confused me a lot. then he spoke English very slowly.He even wrote the English words on a piece of paper. In the end I managed to help him get the right way. I thought maybe it was necessary for me to learn some Japanese.

A few months later, I was enrolled to attend a summer course, learning Japanese. I was surprised to find that old man was there, teaching us Japanese.Theres no story without coincidence!

[关于初三英语作文推荐：无巧不成书

期中初二英语作文篇1

Everyone wants to know their future, but nobody knows it. I hope my future will like that. I think I will be an excellent lawyer in the future. I help many people who is in difficulty. I will help the people are in need, no matter they are rich or poor. Then I think I will have a good reputation among the society. In order to have a good body, I will do some exercise every week. My family will be proud of me and always stand behind me. I will work hard to reach my future. Ok, this is the future in my dream. What’ yours?

每个人都想知道自己的未来，却没有人可以知道它。我希望我的未来会这样的。我想将来我会成为一位出色的律师。我会帮助很多人有困难的人。我会帮助那些有需要帮助的人，无论他们是富人还是穷人。我会在社会中享有良好的信誉。为了身体健康，我每个星期都会做一些运动。我的家人为我感到骄傲，而且会永远支持我。我会努力实现那样子的未来。好了，这就是我梦想中的未来。你的是什么呢?

期中初二英语作文篇2

As we all know, the environment around us is getting worse and worse. In some places we cant see fish swimming in the river or trees on the hills. Bird there is less and less fresh water in the world.Some people even have no clean water to drink. So I think we must do something to protect the environment. But what can we do? How to protect our environment? For example, we can go to school on foot or by bike instead of taking a car. We had better use shopping basketbets instead of plastic bags when we go shopping. We should use both sides of the paper when we write. Dot use paper cups. At our school dinning room, use our own bowls and chopsticks instead of disposable ones. We can reuse the water and save the electricity.In a word, if everyone pays more attention to ourenvironment, there will be less pollution and our life will be better.

"There is only one earth", I hope everyone will protect our environment well.

期中初二英语作文篇3

The leaves circled in the air and were written with a grateful movement, which was the trees thanks to the nourishment of the earth; the white clouds drifted in the blue sky and painted the picture of the sky, which was the blue sky Thanksgiving. Because Thanksgiving will have this colorful society, because Thanksgiving will have sincere friendship. Because thanksgiving let us know the true meaning of life - inscription

From the babys "wah-wah" to fall to nurture him grow up, parents spent a lot of effort and sweat, weaving the number of day and night; from primary school to junior high school, and even the number of teachers for his painstaking efforts , Quietly dedicated light and heat, burning their own, lit up others.

Thanksgiving is from the heart. As the saying goes, "dripping of grace, when the Yongquan phase reported." Moreover, parents, relatives and friends to pay you not only "a drop of water", but a vast ocean. Whether you handed a cup of warm tea after your parents were tired, handed a card on their birthday, and greeted and comforted them when they were lost. They often poured hard and energy for us, and why did we remember them Of the birthday, to experience their tired, and whether it is aware of the strands of silver, that trace of wrinkles. Thanksgiving need your heart to experience, to repay.

Thanksgiving is respectful. Marie Curie as a famous scientist, twice won the Nobel Prize, but she saw her primary school teacher at the meeting, with a bouquet of flowers to express her gratitude; great Mao Zedong also sent to the teacher in the holiday season Deeply grateful. Since ancient times the great man all have a grateful heart, grateful do not need to earth-shattering, just need your greeting, a call, a trace of emotion.

Thanksgiving is meaningful. Love to keep the world spinning. Parents pay far more than the mountains, than the sea deep, and as we only know rice to mouth, clothing to reach out. And it seems that there is a separate zone, let us become selfish, forget the parents have to pay, forget that the sound of happiness, learn to appreciate others is their own conscience, a filial piety, because it will have Harmony, there is happiness, there is respect between each other.

With a grateful heart, to look at the community, look at their parents, look at friends and relatives, you will find yourself how happy, let go of your mind, so start falling rain to wash your mind pollution. Learn to be grateful because it will make the world a better place and make life more fulfilling.

1.everything has its time and that time must be watched.

万物皆有时，时来不可失。

2.take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.

时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

3.when an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。

4.make hay while the sun shines.

晒草要趁太阳好。

5.strike while the iron is hot.

趁热打铁。

6.work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。

7.punctuality is the soul of business.

因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。

8.wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。

9.every tide hath ist ebb.

潮涨必有潮落时。

10.knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

11.wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

知识可羡，胜于财富。

12.wisdom is better than gold or silver.

知识胜过金银，

13.wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。

14.doubt is the key of knowledge.

怀疑是知识之钥。

15.if you want knowledge,you must toil for it.

若要求知识，须从勤苦得。

16.a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

浅学误人。

17.a handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

18.knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

19.learn wisdom by the follies of others.

从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。

[英语作文考试加分句

For the young people, it is very important to have ambition, they need the motivation to move on. But most of them are just talking about the ambition and never take the action. The action is as important as the ambition. On the one hand, ambition sets up the goal for a person to fight. Without ambition, no one can be successful, ambition is just like the light in the dark, it leads people to see the bright future.

On the other hand, action helps people to realize their dreams. Sometimes, action even is more important than the ambition. Everyone has the ambition, but the action makes them different. The one who just keeps thinking and not to take action will never be successful. As the saying that no pain, no gain, it reminds people to take action. So we need to have both ambition and action.

对于年轻人来说，有雄心壮志是很重要的，他们需要动力来前进。但是他们大部分人只是嘴上说说，从来不行动。行动和决心一样重要。一方面，决心为人定下目标去奋斗。没有决心，没有人能够成功，决心就如黑暗中的灯光，引导着人们来看光明的未来。

另一方面，行动帮助人们实现他们的梦想。有时候，行动比决心更加重要。每个人都有决心，但是行动才会有所作为。谁只是想想而不采取行动的话，是不会成功的。正如有句话说没有付出，就没有收获，这告诉人们要采取行动。因此我们既需要决心，也需要行动。

Im have many teachers now and I love them all,but my favorate teacher,I think she is my English teacher Miss Gao.

She is tall and thin,in my eyes she is most beautiful teacher woman in the world,I love her sweet smile and attractive.So I always feel free in her class.

I like her class very much,she often tell us interesting stories in her class,and she teaches us to play English games and English songs,too.since she become my English teacher,Im have madel a lot of progess.

I like English,I like my English teacher.

我现在有许多的老师,我爱他们,但是我最喜欢的老师,我认为她是我的英语老师高小姐。

她又瘦又高,在我眼里她是世界上最美丽的乡村女教师的女人,我喜欢她甜美的微笑和有吸引力。所以我总是感觉她班上的自由。

我非常喜欢上她的课,她经常告诉我们有趣的故事在她的课,她教我们玩英语游戏,唱英语歌曲,。自从她成为我的英语老师,我有设计、很多的进步。

我喜欢英语,我喜欢我的英语老师。

That was a morning in the early of June. I took a bus to my school in the suburb which was surrounded by rice paddies and ponds. The sky was gray with the gloomy clouds congregating gradually along the far eastern horizon. "There must be a heavy rain soon." I spoke to myself.

When I hurried into the classroom, the sky, gray before, was shrouded now by black clouds, darken to twilight, I felt quite stuffy, while it was quite calm, without wind. I saw the leaves of trees and grass static, which seem to await something tohappen. Several minutes later, I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. Suddenly, the curtain of rain fell and the wind blew. soon the grass flattened under the wind and the rain. With the rain forming like a fog, the sky became bright. I took several deep breathes. I felt comfortable.

The heavy rain lasted three hours and stopped when the class was over. The air was so fresh and the sky was so clear. I felt like a new man myself.

As more and more people focus on health diet,green food has begun to draw more and more attention by the public.In recent years,the market demand for green food has increased dramatically,and all kinds of green food have emerged in an endless stream.Why does green food become so popular in China?Above all,compared with ordinary food,green food is healthier,safer and more nutritious.Moreover,nowadays,many vegetables are polluted because of the usage of agricultural chemicals,while green food is free of pollution.Besides,with the improvement of the living standards,more people can afford a healthier but more expensive lifestyle.So green food,despite its higher price,still becomes peoples favorite food.

However,nowadays the market is full of real and fake green food,making many consumers confused.Therefore,the government must strengthen the supervision and administration of green food market.Besides,consumers should increase the knowledge of green food.Only in this way can green food play a more positive role in peoples life.

随着越来越多的人关注健康饮食,绿色食品已经开始吸引越来越多的公众关注。近年来,市场对绿色食品的需求急剧增加,并出现了各种各样的绿色食品在无穷无尽。为什么在中国绿色食品变得如此受欢迎?最重要的是,与普通食品相比,绿色食品更健康、更安全、更有营养。此外,如今,许多蔬菜污染由于农用化学品的使用,而绿色食品没有污染。此外,随着生活水平的提高,越来越多的人能买得起一个更健康更昂贵的生活方式。所以绿色食品,尽管其更高的价格,还成为人们最喜欢的食物。

然而,如今的市场充满真实和假的绿色食品,使许多消费者感到困惑。因此,政府必须加强绿色食品市场的监督管理。此外,消费者应该提高绿色食品的知识。只有这样才能绿色食品在人们的生活中发挥更积极的作用。

【导读】：我到了考场，那里面有很多老师，一张桌子一个。告诉你们，我们是考口试，不用笔写，所以进行的很快。我到了老师面前，我没有想到，给我考试的是平时给我们上课的老师。

【正文】：

我在世纪英才学了很长一段时间的英语了，昨天我参加了英语考试。

我在休息室里等着，一位老师进来说：我念到名字的同学跟我来，我带你们进考场。我很紧张，我万万没想到的是老师念的同学中第二个就是我。

我到了考场，那里面有很多老师，一张桌子一个。告诉你们，我们是考口试，不用笔写，所以进行的很快。我到了老师面前，我没有想到，给我考试的是平时给我们上课的老师。老师先让我读了几个英语单词，然后让我翻译了几个句子。你也可以投稿，我的了满分，我现在松了一口气，我对我自己的考试成绩很满意。

[紧张的英语考试二年级作文

First cut up two tomates.Next put two teaspoons of oil into the pan.When the oil is hot,put the tomatoes into the pan and fry for a few minutes.Then add a bowl of water and boil.When the water boils,put the noodles into the pan and boil for 5 minutes.Break two eggs and put them into the pan.Finally ,add two teaspoons of salt.It’s very easy.

You can try to make it.

[最新初三英语作文：How to make tomato and egg noodles.

Now a lot of people pay attention to a piece of new on the Internet. A teacher calledZhang Lili was hurt by a car, because she wanted to save her students. People call her “Hemost beartiful teacher”. She is only 29 years old , but she can do so great thing. I think it isdifficult for other people to do this. It’s the love for the students , she is one of the bestteachers in China.As a student, I think the most beautiful teacher must be good to students. And she alwayshelps her stduents with all kinds of problems. The teacher must have many ideas to keep thestudents healthy and happy. I think if a teacher do these, she must be a good teacher, and herstudents will be good too. And if all teachers can do these, the world will be more beautifulbecause of them .

期末考试结束后，面对四个班的成绩，我喜忧参半：喜的是个班成绩比较均衡，优秀率都在百分之八十以上，及格率百分之九十九。忧的是我所教的四个班中的学困生比其他班多几个。感觉自己在平时的转化学困生工作中下了不少功夫，为什么没有进展呢?我静下心来好好反思自己的工作，总结经验与不足，为下学期的工作做一下铺垫：

一、教学经验

1。精心备课，不打无准备之仗。每节课上课前，我除了精心编写教案、学案外，还上网搜集各种英语课本知识相关的小视频，小动画，制作精美使用的课件，尽量用多种手段吸引学生的注意。事实证明精心，好上课的材料是提高课堂效率的有效策略。

2.严宽结合，狠抓课堂常规。我一直坚持对学生充满爱的教育，但绝不是无条件无原则的爱。尤其是在抓班级教学常规工作中，我更是注重严宽结合，当学生注意力集中时，我就抓紧讲解基础知识。当学生表现疲惫不专心时，我就放慢速度，运用课堂口令帮助学生集中精力。如：我要求学生坐端正会说：one-two-three学生就说：A-B-C并坐好。我要求学生认真听会说：Listen!学生要说：I will listen!总之，恰当的口令语是保证课堂顺利进行的重要条件之一。

3.以鼓励为主，关注学困生。我感觉教师的鼓励是学生奋进的催化剂，尤其针对学困生。平时我总是多给学困生表现的机会，及时肯定他们的进步，坚持给他们写鼓励性评语，让他们时时尝到成功的甜头。一学期下来，个班的学困生明显减少，并且普遍增强自信心，发挥出较强的主观能动性，激发出前所未有的兴趣和热情，英语成绩持续上升，在这次期末考试中脱颖而出。对于纪律不好的学生，我也是坚持多表扬少批评的原则，只要他们一有好的表现，我就会在全班同学面前大加表扬，强化他们已经形成的好习惯。确保班上每一个孩子都能参与到课堂教学的有效互动中，提高了课堂教学效率，在这次期末考试中四个班的成绩名列前茅。

二、不足之处：

1.对待学困生缺少耐心，没有关注好每一个学困生，为他们制定恰当的补习计划和措施。

2.经常犯急躁情绪，没有很好的反思自己的课堂教学而怪罪学生不会学习。

今后我会在原有成绩的基础上继续努力，潜心学习，积极探索更加有效地教学策略，关注每一个学生，为他们的终生学习奠定坚实的基础!

本次期中试卷以新课标为本，以教材为根，以课外为延伸，力求体现面向全体学生的原则。命题体现出语文知识的基础性,集知识与能力为一体的综合性等特点。

一、从试卷来看,反映了学生语文素养方面的一些问题。

1、学生字词基础差。写词语中，错别字多。如：“玷污”、“告诫”，所以在教学中仍应重视基础知识的教学。在新课程中，生字拼音的教学仍是必须的。虽然在新课程教材中，并没有将拼音和错别字作为一个专门的知识点，但教师仍需重视其教学。另外在练习中出现纠正错字，学生也有改不出。在加标点中，学生对省略号、书名号不能正确运用。教师以后还要加强练习。

2、学生的口头、文字表达能力还不强。在上课过程中，有些学生对问题答案心知肚明，却不知该用如何的词语来表达，往往表达出来的意思并不是很确切，与原意有一段差距。在作文中,学生很难找到好词好句来美化自己的文章，结果写出来的文章干巴巴的，不够生动形象。由此可见，学生的词汇存储量是很小的，课外阅读明显偏少。因此教师要指导学生多阅读美文，多摘录好词佳句，以提高词汇存储量，并多开展一些口头和书面表达训练，最终提高口头、文字表达能力。

3、学生的阅读能力比较薄弱，阅读只停留在表面，没有深入思考下去。因此教师要多开展一些阅读练习，加强对学生的引导，从而逐步提高学生的阅读能力。

二、教学启示：

通过这次考试，给了我一个很深刻的警醒，以后在学生的学习态度上还要进一步端正。对于学习有困难的同学要努力使他进步，耐心为他讲解，这也是我一直以来所坚持的原则。

1、努力培养学生严谨踏实的学风。

2、注重好词佳句的积累。

3、注重课内外知识的整合。

4、进一步提高阅读能力。

5、积极推行“自主、合作、探索”的学习方式，注重课堂教学中发挥学生学习的主动性。变“接受性学习”为“发现式学习”，努力提高学生的语文综合素质。6、激发学生的学习兴趣，使学生乐学。

但有些学生的成绩也是可喜的，说明我们只要付出了，就一定会有收获。以后我也会对自己提出更高的要求，不断地完善自己，在自己的业务能力上有更大的提高和突破。

作者：许亚岚

Dear David,

Thanks for you latter. I’m very happy when I know you will come to Changsha soon. You said you wanted to learn Chinese. I think you can learn Chinese well. Because you love Chinese and you are a good boy. Now, I will give you some advice about learning Chinese . If you want to learn Chinese well ,you should read a lot and read aloud when you begin to learn it. I think you’d better learn Pingyin fisrt, then you can watch some Chinese movies and listen to some Chinese music. If you study hared , your Chinese will be good soon.

Last March, my mother told my father and me that my grandfather would come in April. We were very happy because my grandfather was an interesting old man and he had not visited us since he went to Hong Kong. On April 1 my father and I bought a lot of food from the supermarket and bought a big bunch of flowers home. Then we did some cleaning at home. At night when we were waiting for my grandfather, the bell rang and in came my mother. She smiled to us and said "April fools"!