初三英语阅读5.doc

A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)：(12分)Its the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.Since last year, the trend (潮流) of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update their blogs over five times per day.We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class, said Andy Liang, 14. If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop.It is also a great place for students to let out stress. My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure, said Simon Zhang, 15. When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better.But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children.If parents can read their childrens micro blogs, theyll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems, he said. He also gives some tips for kids. -Dont micro blog for more than one hour a day. -Never micro blog in class. -Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.-Be critical(批判性的). Dont trust all the messages on a micro blog.74. Students log on to their micro blogs to .A) check the thingsB) write articlesC) listen to musicD) call their parents75. The underlined part out of the loop in the passage probably means .A) not popularB) not excitedC) unhealthyD) unlucky76. Andy Liang thinks students are out of the loop if they dont know . A) the latest fillsB) the famous pop song singers C) the popular topics in classD) many flesh things on TV77. Micro blog made Simon when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro biog.A) feel sadB) let out stressC) add pressureD) make friends78. We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can .A) make kids crazy while logging on to itB) bring a lot of misleading messagesC) become a window to understand young kidsD) lead to worse communication79. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?A) Its good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day.B) Kids should trust all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful. C) The trend of micro blogging has swept the country since five years ago.D) Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging.B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)：(12分)When I was a boy of twelve in South Carolina, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage. We lived on the edge of a forest, and every evening the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and _80_. There isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird. I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my ownprivate musician. I finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, being _81_, the bird fluttered (扑腾) about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new home. I felt very pleased with myself and _82_ some beautiful singing from my little musician. On the second day, the little birds mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth. The baby bird ate _83_ she brought to it. I was pleased to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby than I did. The following morning when I went to see my bird, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was terribly surprised! _84_ had happened! Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist (鸟类专家), who happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained to me. A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries (毒莓). She thinks it better forher baby to die than to lose _85_.Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.80. A) danceB) flyC) singD) jump81. A) happyB) excitedC) boredD) frightened82. A) looked forward toB) looked out ofC) looked forD) looked up83. A) somebodyB) everythingC) nothingD) none84. A) HowB) WhatC) WhenD) Which85. A) friendsB) parentsC) freedomD) happinessC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：(14分)Each Indian tribe (部落) had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language e_86_ their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each? They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals. Sign language is a way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w_87_ the stranger was a friend or an enemy. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony (小马). He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows (箭) . To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r_88_ his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger. The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c_89_ of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing (摇动) the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket. He could also send many signals with a mirror to w_90_ someone or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o_91_ when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling. An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he r_92_ the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.Now you can see that Indians didnt need to learn each others language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：(12分) I lost my childhood to Harry Potter. -Tom FeltonAfter nearly ten years, the Harry Potter bandwagon (热潮) is going to end. And for the young stars who have spent half their lives filming the movie, the pain of saying goodbye could not be greater. But there are several things Tom Felton-also known as Harrys school nemesis (复仇者) Draco Malfoy - is looking forward to. And from the moment you see him, it is clear why.For the past ten years we havent had much free time to do other things. I certainly havent had much free time to keep my own hair color, or lie in the sun, or do anything with only a little danger like skiing. It was nice to go on holiday and not have to make up on the SPF50 and sit under an umbrella with three caps on, Tom said.For all the fame and wealth that Harry Potter has brought its young stars, there have been plenty of downsides, too.Tom is now 23 but talks like he is ten years older, and his co-stars have been working since they were young children. And while he says he has no regrets about being in the movies, he also says that at the same time he had to grow up fast.One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up fax missing out on my childhood, he says. But the idea of money -put