初三英语月考试卷2015.doc

初三英语月考试卷 2015-3-19一、单项选择 (共15小题；每小题l分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. He became husband and father before he was twenty-five.A. a, / B. a, the C. the, the D. the, a2. The underlined part of the word “houses” is pronounced . A. / siz / B. /ziz? C. /zis/ D. /is/ 3. I hear you have to get up early every morning. Right. Its one of the _ of my family.A. plans B. jobs C. programs D. rules4. The song Where did the time go _ the old days and the love of family.Sure. Its my favorite song. A. helps us outB. reminds us of C. lets us downD. regards us as5. - Hi, Alice! How can you improve your English so much? - Nothing difficult. The you work on it, the progress you will make.A. harder; more B. more hardly; moreC. hardly; greater D. harder; great6. I made a call to my parents yesterday, but _ of them answered it. A. either B. none C. neither D. nobody7. The man is feeling much better now, so you _ call a doctor.A. neednt B. cant C. mustnt D. shouldnt8. - This history book is of great value. - Exactly. can be enjoyed from it you have a deep understandingof it, however. A. Nothing; unless B. Few; till C. Something; until D. Little; since9. Keep quiet, please! Talking _ during the meeting. A. is allowed B. is not allowed C. doesnt allow D. allows10. He has got a chair to sit , but nobody to talk . A. on, to B. /, with C. on, / D. / , on11. There are as many as right-handed monkeys as left-handed . A. one B. ones C. those D. them12. - Whats the time now? - Its . A. four twenty five B. four past twenty-five C. twenty five to four D. twenty-five past four13. - Has Jack finished his homework yet? - Ive no idea, but he it the whole afternoon. A. would do B. was doing C. did D. had done14. Jim was so busy the answers that he forget her name into his. A. to copy, to change B. to copy, changing C. copying, to change D. copying, changing15. - Excuse me, could you tell me ? - Of course. You can take No. 104 bus there.A. where is NO. 1 Middle SchoolB. how long it will take me to Jiangbin HospitalC. how I can get to Jiaoshan ParkD. how far is my trip to Zhenjiang Museum 二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分) 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Barefoot (赤脚的) and dirty, the girl just sat there and watched the people go by. She never tried to speak. She never said a word. Many people 16 , but never did one person stop.The next day, I decided to go back to the park, being curious if the little girl would still be there. Right in the very spot as she was the day before, she sat, with the 17 look on her face. As I began walking towards her, I could see the back of the little girls dress showed a deformity (畸形的). As I got closer, the little girl slightly 18 her eyes to avoid (避开) my stare.I sat down beside her and opened with a simple 19 . The little girl stammered (结结巴巴地说) a hi. I smiled and she shyly smiled back. We talked till darkness fell and the park was completely empty.“Why are you so sad?” She replied slowly, “Because Im 20 .” “Little girl,” I said in a soft voice, “You remind me of an angel because of your difference.” She stood to her feet excitedly, “Really?” “Yes, thats the thing. Youre like a little angel sent to watch over all those people walking by.” She nodded her head and smiled, “ 21 I am. And since you think of someone 22 yourself, my job here is done.”What a big 23 ! I stood quickly, “Wait, so why did no one stop to help an angel?”She bloomed(绽放) a big smile, “Youre the 24 one who could see me, because you care for others.” With those words, she spread her wings and flied away from my sight.From then on, I believe I am not all I have, for there is an angel always 25 me. She is always watching over those who do good things for others. 16.A. passedB. lookedC. askedD. helped17.A. angriestB. coldestC. happiestD. saddest18.A. loweredB. closedC. roseD. opened19.A. smileB. helloC. questionD. word20.A. differentB. foolishC. beautifulD. poor21.A. IndeedB. HappilyC. PerhapsD. Luckily22.A. beyondB. besideC. includingD. except23.A. excitementB. presentC. surpriseD. happiness24.A. cleverB. greatC. luckyD. only25.A. onB. withC. inD. for三、阅读理解(共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。 AIroning a shirt is easy to learn. Just follow the steps in this short guide (指南), and youll learn how to iron your shirt properly with the help of the video. The most important thing is this: dont try to iron a dry shirt. Get readyYou will need an iron, an ironing board and a bottle of water. Place the shirt on the ironing board. You can iron in whatever order you like, but most people like to start at the top the collar. Have a bottle of water ready. Spray (喷) it onto the shirt to make it easier to iron. Do the ironing来源:First, iron the inside of the collar. Second, turn the collar over and iron the other side. Third, iron the back shoulders of the shirt. Fourth, iron the cuffs. Iron the inside, then the outside of the cuffs. Fifth, iron the sleeves. Sixth, iron the back of the shirt. Finally, iron the front of the shirt. Do one side, and then do the other side. Dry the shirtCheck your shirt and iron it again if you need to. Now put your shirt on a hanger and let it dry.26. You will need all of the following things EXCEPT _ before you iron a shirt.A. a ruler B. an ironC. an ironing board D. a bottle of water27. How many steps are there to do the ironing, according to this guide?A. Five. B. Six.C. Seven. D. Eight.28. The writer tells us its easy to learn how to iron a shirt by _.A. reading a bookB. watching a videoC. listening to the radioD. reading the newspaper BA city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasnt built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.Even so, travel isnt difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery(风光) and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.Venice grew out of small islands in salt water lakes when some Italians escaped from a war over 1,500 years ago, and built homes there. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and theres nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, its underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt(融化).Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italys biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.29._have always been the best way to go here and there in the city. A. Taxis and cars. B. The waterways C. 400 bridges. D. Boats and rain shoes. 30. Which is NOT the reason why the city gets lower and lower? A. The higher temperature B. Overused underground water C . Too many waterways D. The rising seawater31. What is the passage is mainly about?A. the waterways and bridge B. the MOST project and problemsC. the specials and problems D. the history and scenery CA Bite of China 2, which appeared on April 18, 2014. Viewers would like to spend an hour every Friday until June 6 enjoying in front of their television sets. Back then, the seven-episode documentary was considered the best one ever produced by CCTV, with its good effects and rich food culture. A famous foreigner praised it, saying “its the best TV show Ive ever seen about food. Im sure its the best one ever made. ”The new season includes eight episodes, covering 300 types of food. According to CCTV, every minute of the show was edited(编辑) out of 150 minutes of footage(影像镜头). Finding their subjects was often the hardest part of the film teams job. It took them six months to film a beekeeping couple, which included a journey of more than 2,000 kilometers. Food is a personal thing, in that no dish suits all tastes. However, the program has still managed to move all sorts of viewers. “Compared with A Bite of China, the new season has a more human touch, which makes viewers cover some tears while their mouths are watering,” said Sina Entertainment. As always, the people are the most interesting part. A Bite of China 2 shows a greater dreamthrough homemade food, it tells the joys and sorrows of common Chinese in changing times, according to director Chen Xiaoqing of the documentary series. “I was moved by the people in each simple story,” said Li Weifang, 17, of Beijing No 3 High School. “Their work helps enrich(丰富) Chinas food culture. ”In fact, that is exactly what the new season hopes to deliver. Through the program, “the listeners will see the characteristics of the Chinese people: save and tenacity(坚韧),” Chen told Xinhua. 32. How is A Bite of China 2 different from its first season?AIt took a longer time to film it. BIt introduces more food types. CIt has more human stories about food. DIt attracts more viewers around the world. 33. What was the most difficult part of filming the documentary?AFinding the right subjects. BCreating the good effects. CFilming in hard environments. DEditing so much footage. 34. What does the underlined word “sorrows” mean in Chinese?A故事 B伤害 C快乐 D悲伤35. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?AA Bite of China tells Chinas food culture. BA Bite of China tells the joys and sorrows of Chinese in changing times.CThe new season includes seven episodes, covering 300 types of food. DSometimes we could watch A Bite of China for an hour on Friday on CCTV. 四、词汇运用 (共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)A) 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空，每空一词。36. Most of us dont like (dry) food because it doesnt taste delicious.37. In the modern world, the news is (spread) very quickly all over the world.38. The word OK is one of the most (wide) spoken expressions in the world.39. As we know Thomas Edison is a great (invent ) in the twentieth century.40. Scientists are in (agree) that living on Mars would be possible for humans.B) 根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空一词。41. The valley (位于) in the northern part of Japan.42. The new store across the road has taken away most of my (顾客). 43. When I finished the work, the teacher gave me a (满意的) smile. 44. The company has grown (迅速地 ) in the last five years. 45. There is a (四分之一 ) of the work left, please hurry. 五、短文填空(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将完整单词写在答题卷对应题号的横线上。33-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history she is Chinas first teacher in space. Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment. She p 46 for the lecture for a long time. Wang, born in January 1980, is from east Chinas Shandong Province. She was a p 47 in the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (空军) with experience of 1,600 hours of f 48 .The worlds first teacher in s 49 was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States, but the Space Shuttle Challenger (挑战者号) disintegrated (崩裂) a 50 73 seconds into flight on Jan.28, 1986. McAuliffe and other six members were killed. “Wangs lecture was a pleasant surprise, ” said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut in the t 51 members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. “she is e 52 in whatever she does. Sometimes wed like to give her a helping hand, b 53 she just would not take the hand in help,” said Nie Haisheng.Like many young Chinese people, Wang l 54 photography, music and basketball. She said, “We are all students in facing the u 55 . We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical and beautiful universe.” 六、任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分) AHappiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard on your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.来源:&*中教%网#Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. So you cant always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转的) door, when it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person. 阅读以上信息，完成下面的句子，每空一词。Everyone 56 happiness. In fact, happiness is always around you. When you are introuble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard on your lessons, your parentsare always 57 after your life and your health well; when you 58 , your friendswill say congratulations to you. All these are your happiness.Happiness is 59 from money. Its a feeling of your heart. 60 you takeevery chance you get, you cant have happiness. BA young girl sits at her desk, reviewing her homework for the evening. English: Read three chapters and write a report. Math: Complete 30 problems. Science: Do a worksheet, front and back. French: Study new words for tomorrows test. Its going to be a long night.This happens to students in America. Now its time to start a homework revolution(变革).According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a second-grader, 20 minutes, and so on. This means that a student in my gradeseventhshould have no more than 70 minutes of work each night. Yet this is often doubled, sometimes even worse!Its no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.Some teachers assign more homework, but they are not the only ones to blame. “Many teachers are under greater pressure than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and getting better job in the future. But too much homework is sapping students strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?阅读以上信息，完成表格，每空一词。Something about 61 An 62 girls homework for one eveningThere are four subjects, including English, Math, Science and French.Results of too much homeworkIt can make the kids 63 more illness, such as stomachaches