初三英语期中卷 2.doc

初三英语期中测试卷（2014.4）第一卷（客观题 共 70 分）一、听力测试（20%）第一节（共10小题） 听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。1. Which sport does the woman do in Harbin? A.B.C.2. How did Jenny go to school today? A.B. C. 3. Where does the girls father work now? A. B. C. 4. What is the time now?5. What does the man do? A. A detective. B. A salesman. C. A student.6. How many maths problems has Rose finished? A. Two.B. Ten.C. Eight.7. Where is the man going? A. To the market.B. To the office.C. To the park.8. What does Mr Zhang think of Miss Yang?A. She walks too fast.B. She walks very slowly.C. She cant walk any further.9. How much did Mrs Green pay for the shirt?A. 20 yuan. B. 40 yuan.C. 60 yuan.10. What can we learn from the talk?A. Bob didnt watch the game.B. Bob lost the game.C. Bob works hard.第二节（共10小题） 听下面3段长对话和短文，每段对话和短文后有几个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和短文前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话和短文读两遍。听第11段材料，回答第11、12题。11. How long has the man had the computer? A. Two days. B. One day. C. Two weeks.12. How soon can the computer be repaired?A. At least two days. B. At least two weeks. C. At least a year.听第12段材料，回答第13至15题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。Why is hiking popular?Reason 1 healthy and relaxing good exercise without _ (13)Reason 2 simple and cheap what you need to do: wear a pair of _ (14) and a smile on your faceReason 3 can help you get away from your _ (15) can make you energetic and confident13. A. runningB. jumping C. hurting14. A. glassesB. bootsC. trousers15. A. daily life B. strange moodC. bad habits听第13段材料，回答第16至20题。16. How will most thieves save themselves when they are in trouble?A. Running away.B. Killing people. C. Making up stories.17. What was the man trying to take away?A. A camera. B. A necklace.C. A gold ring.18. At first what did the owner want to do when he caught the thief? A. To call the police. B. To throw him out of the shop.C. To kill him.19. Do you think the thief really wanted to buy the beautiful thing?A. Yes, because his wife liked it a lot.B. Yes, but he only wanted a cheaper one.C. No, he just made an excuse.20. What do you think the shop owner would feel when the thief asked for something cheaper?A. He would feel very angry and would like to send him to the police station.B. He would feel sorry and went to get a cheaper one for him.C. He would feel worried because he didnt have anything cheaper.二、 单项填空（14%）21. The weather in June is like _ babys face. It changes quickly. A. a B. the C. an D. /22. -What do you think of his words? -What he said sounds _. A. nicely B. friendly C. pleasantly D. wonderfully23. -I went to your home to visit your parents at 8:00 p.m. yesterday, but nobody was in. -Oh, _ of us were enjoying a concert at that moment. A. both B. none C. all D. neither24. An important meeting was held in our city last week. Many reporters came to _ the meeting. A. watch B. look C. write D. cover25. -Could I watch TV tonight, Mum? -Yes, you _. But you _ go to bed before 10 oclock. A. could; should B. must; should C. can; must D. could; must26. He speaks English _ an American, so we all believe that he has stayed in America for many years. A. as good as B. as well as C. worse than D. as badly as27. Marie Curie paid no attention _ the prize that she won in physics. A. about B. of C. to D. from28. -I cant find my pen. Can you lend me _? -Sorry, Im using it _. A. yours; myself B. your; myself C. your; mine D. yours; mine29. -Could you please tell me _ the USA? -In two weeks, I think. A. how long will you visit B. how long you will visit C. how soon will you visit D. how soon you will visit30. -Im afraid you _ a bad headache. -Yes, I _ a bad headache for two days. A. have; have got B. have got; have had C. had; have had D. have got; have31. When Jim lost his job, he found _ to get a new one. A. that impossible B. impossible C. its impossible D. it impossible32. -Why are you looking for me in such a hurry? -The headmaster is wondering where you_ and how long you _ there. A. have been; have been B. have gone; have gone C. have been; have gone D. have gone; have been33. Which one do you think youd like _ with you, Tom or Millie? A. to let to go B. to let go C. letting to go D. letting go 34. -I have lost the chance to win the match. - _! A. What a pity B. Dont mention it C. Never mind D. Thats OK三、完型填空 （10%）Tick, tock, tick, tock. Im sitting here, watching the movements of my existence pass slowly away. My house has been 35 for such a long time, and Im lonely and forgotten. Sitting here, by myself, all that I can do is to 36 and think about my past. I could tell you stories that only 37 would know. But walls cant speak.I came to this place many years ago, along with an old man 38 , he was with me for only three short years before he passed onFor a time, I was left alone, while people came and looked at the houseThen, one day a nice couple moved in with a young son. Their son Danny liked to stay with me. He always looked as if he loved the stories I told, most of which began with. “Back in my day” and “When I was 39 ” I sometimes had the kind of idea that he didnt really understand what I was saying, but it felt good to be loved. When Danny went off to college, my heart broke. Soon afterward, 40 sold the houseNew owners came and 41 . Then, one day it so happened that I was in when a new family was moving into the house. You cant even imagine my 42 when, unexpectedly, Danny walked through the front door. He had a 43 and kids now. I was so overjoyed when I saw him that I put all my 44 into my daily activities I spent the next twenty years watching his kids grow up, with a feeling of pride.35. A. crowdedB. emptyC. paintedD. sold36. A. look backB. enjoy foodC have a dreamD. chat with friends37. A. friendsB. learnersC. neighborsD. walls38. A. LuckilyB. HappilyC. SadlyD. Surprisingly39. A. older B. healthierC. betterD. younger40. A. DannyB. IC. his parentsD. the old man41. A. settled B. wentC. livedD. greeted42. A. pityB. prideC. surpriseD. sadness43. A. friendB. daughterC. sonD. wife44. A. energyB. timeC. lifeD. ideas四、阅读理解 （26%）AThink stars dont move? Think again! When you look at the sky at night, the stars may appear to stay in the same place. But stars are always on the movethey are just so far away that the movement is hard to see. But some stars move in ways that appear to be strange to be real. In 2005, astronomer Warren Brown found one of these space oddities(奇特). It was located on the outer edge of the Milky Way, the galaxy(星系) we live in. The star was speeding away like nothing hed ever seen. “It seemed unbelievable. No star in the galaxy has a speed like that,” Brown remembers. “I thought, oh my goodness, I have something kind of special here.” No one had ever seen a star like this one. What does a scientist do when the results dont make sense? Brown didnt give up. Instead, he kept looking. And he kept finding more of these strange and speedy stars, called hypervelocity stars. Hyper means “above” and velocity has to do with speed. He and his team just found six more of these “above speed” stars, bringing to the total of 16. And, he says, hes found even more, and is just waiting for the scientific community to confirm them.45. Which of the following is true?A. Stars never move at all. B. Its hard to see the stars moving. C. No star in the galaxy has a fast speed. D. Brown has never seen something special.46. The underlined word “hypervelocity” in the last paragraph probably means “_”.A. 匀速的 B. 超速的 C.超重的 D. 超常的47. The writer writes this passage to tell us _.A. something about an astronomer B. where the Milky way isC. something about the speedy stars D. how scientists do their researchB I began to send e-mails when I was 17.I discovered Google 5 years later.Now, I use the Internet allthe time.The Internet has become so popular that 90 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds in the United States use the Internet, and about half of these children use it every day.They visit chat rooms and send e-mails.They go to websites to get information for their homework. Kids are now living in a virtual (虚拟的) world, says Greenfield, an expert at the University of California, As the Internet is becoming more and more important for our life, we should worry about one question: Is the Internet good or bad for kids? Its difficult to answer the question because the Internet involves (涉及) so many things, says Justine, who is from Northwestern University.They include online computer games, news, messages and even e-mails to your grandmother. So, more and more people believe that the online world can be helpful in some ways but dangerous in others. Although its not easy to tell whether its good or bad, says Justine, the Internet, at least, is very useful and can be used widely by everyone in the world. 48.The writer discovered Google at the age of _. A. 5B.12 C.17D.2249. What is the percentage of American 12-to17-year-olds using the Internet every day? A.About 45%. B.About 50%. C.About80%. D.About 90%50.Which is the best title of the passage? A.Dont Use the Internet B.Kids and Emails C.Is the Internet Good or Bad D.Two Experts from Universities C Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries. A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake-a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup（枫糖浆）. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China. Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish（波兰的） people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe. In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews（犹太人）from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe(制作法) for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go. Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War. After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.51. This reading is mainly about _. A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfast B. popular American breakfast foods coming from ChinaC. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United State D. the most popular types of pancakes in the United States52. Who brought bagels to America? A. Polish people. B. Jewish people. C. Chinese people. D. American soldiers.53. Which of the following is true for both bagels and donuts? A. They are both sweet. B. They are both easy to make. C. They are from Europe. D. People in New York make them best.DIf you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you still want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you dont know whats coming.Sure, its hard to see uncertainty in such positive(积极的) light when you are out of work, or when you feel like youre failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting(咨询), but she knew she wouldnt stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income by teaching students. Still, she didnt think she wanted to go to graduate school. Allison knew she wasnt doing what she wanted, but she didnt know what she wanted.She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a general plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realizes that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if were being honest with ourselves.The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own- it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesnt end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty.54. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that _. A. being out of work is a sad thing B. uncertainty is what makes life interesting C. life in a film is more exciting than real life D. chance never appears when we need it55. What troubles Allison after graduation? A. She couldnt find a well-paid job. B. She had no money to start a business. C. She was not sure what to do. D. She didnt score high enough to graduate school.56. How did Allison feel about her six years working experience? A. Uncertain. B. Amazed. C. Sorry. D. Satisfied.57. What is most likely to be discussed in the following paragraph? A. How to deal with uncertainty. B. What role uncertainty plays in life. C. Why people fear uncertainty. D. Whom to go to when facing uncertainty.第二卷 （主观题 共40分）五、词汇运用 （8%）(A) 根据句意，写出所给单词的适当形式。1. My grandmother is already in her _(ninety), but she is still in good health.2. The boy was out of _(breathe) when he got to the museum.3. _(hope), he will move to another city to start a better life.4. This kind of tool is _(value) for mending bikes.(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出所给单词的适当形式。5. _(比较) with what it used to be, our life has improved a lot.6. People will not see this kind of animal _(贯穿) the winter.7. The victim was attacked with a knife and was still _(流血) when the police arrived.8. None of the _(宇航员) felt uncomfortable after they landed on the moon.六、动词填空 （8%）1. -Hi, John! I called you last night, but there was no answer. -Im sorry. I _(have) a meeting in my company.2. Jack _(prefer) jogging to walking, but now he doesnt.3. -When shall we go to watch the basketball match? -Not until the work _(finish) tomorrow.4. The boys played computers happily, _(forget) all about their homework.5. It was too late when I turned on the radio. They _(finish) broadcasting the important news already.6. If you get a drivers licence, you _(allow) to drive alone.7. -Has Tom come to school today?-Yes, but he was the last one in our class _(come) to