2016初三英语知识拓展训练试题.doc

初三英语知识拓展训练试题一、阅读理解（30分）AWhat will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车). The most famous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radars (雷达) on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed a self-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than humans. If only 10% of cars on the street are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives (生命) every year. If 90% of vehicles (交通工具) are self-driving, 21,700 lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to be very popular in the near future.根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。( )1. American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.( )2. Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.( )3. In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.( )4. The more self-driving cars there are on the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.( )5. The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.BIt is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough. You must have a cold! Wait a moment. Could it just be a common cold or the flu (流感) thats been going around?A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But its usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.Dont worry. If you get a flu vaccine (疫苗), it can stop you from getting the virus (病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies (抗体). So next time you get the flu, the antibodies should help you.The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu cant help us against all types of flu. Thats why we need to get the vaccine every year.However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps stop you from getting viruses. It is also important to get regular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune system (增强免疫系统).()6. If you have a common cold, usually youll feel better after _.A. a week B. two weeks C. ten days D. twenty days（）7. According to the passage, which is TRUE of the flu?A. It first happened in 1919 B. It usually doesnt give you fever.C. It is easy to deal withD. It can kill people sometimes. （）8. If you get a flu vaccine, _.A. it cant stop you from getting the flu virusB. it wont cause your body to develop antibodiesC. your body will develop antibodies D. your body will get a large amount of flu viruses（）9. We need to get a flu vaccine every year because _.A. we probably have a cold in winterB. the flu virus changes every few yearsC. the flu is very dangerous D. you dont need to take any medicine after that( )10. The following ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT _.A. staying indoorsB. getting regular exerciseC. eating healthy food D. washing our hands oftenCHaving a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa, one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Important Person) in the house.The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie. 11 She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeffs bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns other pet, the more usual one a sheepdog (牧羊犬). 12 Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. At first, Mrs Brown wasnt willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said, “ 13 But we are now happy that we did it she is part of the family.” Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity status (名人地位) in the Browns hometown. Fans often come to their home to take pictures of her. 14 However, a cheetah is always a cheetah. 15 “She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating (小便) everywhere and chewing everything. Its her wild instincts (本能),” said Mrs Brown.There might be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.根据短文内容, 从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处, 使短文内容完整正确。A. Interestingly, Jolie enjoys all the special attention that is paid to her. B. I was really pleased to have a cheetah as a pet at the beginning.C. Though Jolie is now a pet in the house, she still has some wild habits.D. She is surely the VIP at Lucy and Jeff Browns home.E. I was really against the idea of getting a cheetah as a pet.F. An impossible friendship has happened between these two animals.二、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，每空限填一词。（10分）On July2, 1937, Amelia Earhart( an American pilot) and Fred Noonan left New Guinea for Howland Island in the Pacific. This was the longest and most dangerous part of their t 16 around the world. Earhart had trouble soon after the plane took off. The weather was very bad, so she had to f 17 at 3,000 metres. Going this high, the plane used fuel quickly.After about 20 h 18 , Earhart and Noonan got close to Howland Island. The island was o 19 about 65 miles (英里) away, but the bright sun was shining in their faces so they couldnt see it. Near Howland, a ship was w 20 for the plane. Earhart contacted the ship: “We dont have enough fuel,” she said. The ship tried to stay in touch with her b 21 got no answer. Finally, the ship called for help. People looked for Earhart and Noonan for days. However, they found nothing.What happened to Amelia Earhart? No one knows for sure. D 22 the flight, she probably moved in the wrong direction(方向) because the sun was bright and it was d 23 to see. So she got lost; soon after, her plane ran out of fuel, and she died at sea. Another idea is that she survived(幸存) the plane crash(飞机失事), s 24 to a lonely island, and later died there. Still other think she survived the crash and secretly returned to the U.S. with a new identity(身份).Till now, none of these i 25 has been proved. People are still wondering about them. (Noonans body has never been found either.) No matter what happened, Earhart probably died as she wished. “When I go,” she said, “Id like best to go in my plane.”三、完形填空（10分）In China, very few children make pocket money. 26 , in western countries, most kids make pocket money by themselves. They make money in many different 27 .When kids are very young, their parents help them sell the fruits of their own trees to neighbours. Kids may also help 28 do housework to make money at home. When they 29 sixteen, they can make money by sending newspapers or by working in fast food restaurants, 30 during the summer holidays.There are many 31 of making pocket money by kids themselves. First of all, they learn the 32 of money by working hard so that they will not waste any. Secondly, they learn to 33 money to buy things they need or want, such as books, pencils, movies, and even clothes they like. Thirdly, t