2013届初三英语加试复习卷(4) 答案.doc

2013届初三英语加试复习卷(八)2013届初三英语加试复习卷（八）(Cam II Theme A-F)I. Multiple choices. ( ) 1.We went right round to the west coast by _ sea instead of driving across _ continent.A. the; theB. /; theC. the; /D. /; / ( ) 2.- May I ask a question after class, Sir? - _, but not during my lunch break.A. Im sorryB. AnytimeC. CertainlyD. Go ahead ( ) 3.The place _ interested me most was the Childrens Palace.A. which B. where C. what D. in which( ) 4._ comes from rainforest.A. Rubber which can be used to make tyres B. Many of our medicinesC. 75% of all the types of animals that we know D. Global warming( ) 5.- Have you handed in your schoolwork yet?- Yes, I have. I guess it _ now. A. has gradedB. is gradedC. is being gradedD. is grading( ) 6.The Mississippi River, going from Minnesota to New Orleans, is _.A. 3,800 kilometer longB. 3,800 kilometer in lengthC. 3,800 kilometers long riverD. 3,800 kilometers long( ) 7._ is still a mystery.A. What Maya (玛雅人) did calendars with the sunB. Why Mayan pyramids are forC. How Maya built their pyramids D. Maya disappeared overnight( ) 8.Do you like listening to records? I find that records are often _ or better than an actual performance. A. as good as B. as good C. good D. good as( ) 9.The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _ could go penniless by next year. A. the larger oneB. the larger of which C. the largest oneD. the largest of which( ) 10.If I were in a movie, I _ my head in my hands for a cry.A. buryB. buriedC. would buryD. would have buried( ) 11.Which of the following is not a raw material?A. copperB. aluminiumC. rubberD. flour( ) 12.The worlds greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, upholds (维护, 支持决定) the amateur (业余爱好者) that _ matters is not winning but participating. A. anything B. it C. what D. everything( ) 13.It has been estimated that the earths surface temperature has increased _ one quarter to three quarters of a degree since 1850. A. to B. byC. atD. from( ) 14.Iceland lies far north in the Atlantic, with its northern most tip actually _ the Arctic Circle. A. touched B. touches C. touching D. being touched( ) 15.Today the public is much worried about the way _. A. nature is being destroyedB. which nature is being destroyedC. in that nature is being destroyedD. how nature is being destroyed( ) 16.- Do you have any problems if you _ this job? - Well, Im thinking about the salaryA. offerB. will offerC. areofferedD. will be offered ( ) 17.- They are quiet, arent they? - Yes. They are used _ at meals.A. to talkB. to not talkC. to talkingD. to not talking( ) 18._ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.A. To throwB. ThrownC. ThrowingD. Being thrown ( ) 19.He _ football regularly for many years when he was young.A. was playingB. playedC. has playedD. had played ( ) 20.Bread in this _ always sells well.A. bakersB. bakerC. bakersD. bakersII. Vocabulary.a. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words with the help of the first letters given. 1. Elephants can only be found in the continents of Africa and Asia.2. Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese explorer, sailed from Portugal and reached the Cape of Good Hope.3. Anaerobic exercises, such as football and squash, help to strength your muscles, but they dont help your heart very much.4. - What do you want for a dessert, cake or ice-cream?- No, thank you. Im pretty full.5. The Channel Tunnel, which has made it possible to travel by train direct from London to Paris, is believed to be one of the most incredible/important pieces of engineering.6. You can find two volcanoes on that island, one active, which erupted just a few years ago, the other extinct.7. Yellowstone National Park is a must go place in the US, where you can enjoy spectacular landscapes, see geysers coming out from under the ground, and come across wild animals.8. Archaeologists study the ancient societies by examining what remains of their buildings, graves, tools etc.9. Sam is a deeply religious person. He goes to church every Sunday and never misses a service.10. By his own instruction, Thomas Jeffersons tombstone notes his authorship of the Declaration of Independence, his founding of the University of Virginia, and his responsibility for Virginias Statute of Religious Freedom. But it fails to mention his presidency.11. Affected /attacked by the coming typhoon, it has been raining for a whole week.12. Different from the weather in tropical or polar regions, in temperate zone, it is never very hot or very cold.13. Aiming to come to an agreement on a climate policy focusing on environment, representatives from 170 countries attend the climate conference in Copenhagen.14. On the last day of our tour, we go whitewater canoeing in a river. It can be dangerous, so do remember to wear a lifejacket.15. Modern technology has greatly developed transports, which makes the world a lot smaller than it used to be.16. Dont panic and stay calm if you get trapped in an elevator. Press the alert button first and shout for help.17. Try our new product, please. It uses an advanced functional material which is breathable and waterproof (防水的).b. Word transformation.1. The young mother lioness fought to protect her young.If you dont want spend much money on bed and food, youth hostels are a good choice. (young)2. After a war of three years with the Aztecs, the Spanish took control of Mexico, which had been controlled by the Aztecs for about 200 years. (control)3. David Noble discovered the Wollemi Pines, a new type of tree over 150 million years old. It was one of the most important discoveries for a long time. (discover)4. China is a country with a long history. On this land, you can find not only a lot of special historic cities but also fossils from prehistoric times. (history)5. It is said that the power fee is going to increase, but nothing has been officially announced yet. The government official is asked to make an official announcement to confirm or deny it. (office)6. Electricity makes electric equipment possible. Now we have three main ways to make it, with water, with coal or gas, or with nuclear, among which, hydro-electric power is the cleanest. (electricity)7. After the Civil War in 1861-1865, the government of the US stopped Slavery, and the slaves were set free. (slave)8. An international economy forum (论坛) was held in Beijing last month. Representatives from many countries discussed a lot of issues. How national businesses deals with the fierce competition brought by multinational companies was also raised in the forum. On the other hand, they also thought if there was possibility to cooperate with those multinationals. (nation)9. Developed countries import primary products from underdeveloped countries at low prices, manufacture things with them, and then sell the manufactured products back to the underdeveloped countries at high prices. (manufacture)10. During the blackout, prisoners started fighting. When police went to control them, they found some had escaped from the prison. (prison)c. Choose a phrase from the box each time and fill in the blank with its appropriate form. Each phrase can only be used ONCE. Two are extra. save lots of timeon both sides of the areapick uptoo old to build learn more aboutpaint whiteproduce natural disastersworking in dangerous conditionsin desert areasdisappear into the junglemake especially for in mountain areas1. After disappearing into the jungle for 350 years, Machu Picchu, an old Inca city, was discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, a Yale professor.2. Powerful radio telescopes are used to learn more about the stars and planets.3. Houses in the Middle East are painted white to reflect the sun.4. In mountain areas there are a lot of trees. There, many people live in wooden houses.5. Although working in dangerous conditions, he was not paid high wages, let alone (更不用说) insurance.6. The scenery of the beaches on both sides of the area is so different that a lot of visitors come all year around.7. You should try this cake, made especially for your birthday.8. Its cold here in winters, but my house is too old to be build a central heating system.9. The wide use of super-fast trains in China in the future will save travelers a lot of time.10. - Do you mind driving to the supermarket and picking up some furniture there?- Im busy now. Can you ask John to do it for you?d. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. 1. In order to look for signs of intelligent life into other planets, scientists are sending radio messages into space, listening to the radio signals that come to Earth and studying the photographs sent back from the spaceships.2. When doing exercise, you breathe oxygen into your lungs and carbon dioxide out of your lungs.3. The rain runs down the outside of the tree to the ground, and then go into the ground. There, the water goes into the roots and then goes inside the tree to the leaves. The sun shines on the leaves and makes water vapour. The water vapour becomes clouds.4. - Excuse me, where can I get ticket for The Mash Boys concert?- You can buy them in the box office beside the concert hall.- How can I get there?- You turn left here and go straight on. Then take the second turning on the right. Turn left at the traffic lights. Its just on the corner.- Thank you very much.5. People cut trees for wood and then make wood into many things. For example, we make furniture out of wood and make paper from wood.III. Sentence translation. 1. 在奥运会拿到金牌以后她不再参加比赛了，而是去一个游泳学校当教练。After winning / getting a gold medal in the Olympic Games, she no longer took part in any competition, but went to be a coach in a swimming school.2. 地球表面的6%被雨林覆盖。他们制造我们呼吸的氧气。但不幸的是，在许多地方，雨林的树木正在被砍伐，一些雨林甚至已经消失。Six percent of the Earths surface is covered by rainforests. They make the air that we breathe. But unfortunately, in many places, trees in rainforests are being chopped / cut down now. Some rainforests have even disappeared.3. 1亿5千万年前，当气候急剧变化的时候，大部分的动、植物都死了，但是这种松树没有任何问题，继续在地球上生长。150 million years ago, when the climate dramatically changed, most of the plants and animals died, but this type of pine continued growing without any problem.4. 有了印刷机后，世界上最早的出版社剑桥大学出版社在1534年开张了。With printing press, Cambridge University Press, the oldest publishing house in the world, began in 1534.5. 为了拒绝向英国政府纳税，美国人在波士顿倾茶事件中把茶叶扔进了大海。自此美英之间爆发了战争。To refuse to pay tax to the British government, Americans threw tea into the sea at the Boston Tea Party. A war between America and Britain started then.6. 我没有看过完整的阿凡达，只看过片段。好看吗？ 特效很棒。- I didnt watch the complete film Avatar, but some extracts from it. Was it good?- The special effects were fantastic.7. 由于受到飓风的袭击，数以万计的人无家可归。Attacked/Hit by a hurricane, tens of thousands of people had nowhere to live.8. 使用清洁能源和公共交通系统可以减缓气候变暖。Using clean power and public transport system can help to deal with global warming.9. 初级产品指的是原材料，比如铁，和农产品，比如小麦。Primary products are raw materials, such as iron, and agricultural products, such as wheat.10. 住了一年了，你觉得这个城市怎么样？ 这里的土特产很好吃。但是房子太老，隔热不够。热量会通过墙、窗户、门和烟囱跑出去。12月室内的平均气温只有3度。- Living here for a whole year, what do you think of the town?- The specialities are tasty, but the houses are too old and dont have enough insulation. The heat goes out through the walls, the windows, the doors and up the chimney. The indoor average temperature in December is only 3C. Its too cold.IV. Cloze test.I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great _1_ started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to _2_ us. “Hurry!” they cried to one another as the flames came nearer. At last they reached us and _3_ me and my mother out from under everything _4_ the flames reached us.Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that _5_ the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the _6_ of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering a terrible, _7_ death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I _8_. As I looked at him, I _9_ him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his _10_ the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city _11_ we dropped the bomb, I cried, Oh, God, what have I _12_ .” I could see that he found it _13_ to speak of that day.As this happened I suddenly _14_ my hatred (仇恨) of him was _15_. It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load _16_ my shoulders. Then I decided to _17_ him. I did so and my life was _18_.I now help those who suffer from _19_ other people. I try to help them to _20_ everyone, as I am now able to do.( ) 1. A. sound B. heat C. fire D. light( ) 2. A. call B. reach C. find D. help( ) 3. A. put B. sent C. pulled D. brought( ) 4. A. after B. as C. when D. before( ) 5. A. made B. dropped C. attacked D. set( ) 6. A. noise B. energy C. effect D. power( ) 7. A. slow B. serious C. sad D. hard( ) 8. A. joined B. took C. attended D. gave( ) 9. A. hated B. feared C. honored D. believed( ) 10.A. activity B. idea C. experience D. opinion( ) 11.A. when B. after C. as D. before( ) 12.A. got B. heard C. done D. seen( ) 13.A. difficult B. easy C. useless D. proud( ) 14.A. imagined B. realized C. knew D. thought( ) 15.A. right B. funny C. necessary D. wrong( ) 16.A. took away B. took off C. fell off D. fell on( ) 17.A. forgive B. kill C. defeat D. accept( ) 18.A. balanced B. changed C. continued D. ruined( ) 19.A. punishing B. hurting C. disliking D. hating( ) 20.A. respect B. love C. consider D. moveV. Reading comprehension.Ive loved my mothers desk since I was just tall enough to see the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.Years later during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again “is for Elizabeth.”I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”.As years passed and I had my own family, I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace it seemed that nothing happened. I couldnt be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.But the present of her desk told me, as shed never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”( ) 1. The writer began to love her mothers desk _. A. after Mother diedB. before she became a writer C. when she was a childD. when Mother gave it to her( ) 2. The passage shows that _.A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughterB. Mother was too serious about her daughter in wordsC. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful wordsD. Mother wrote to her daughter in severe words( ) 3. The word “gulf” in the passage means _.A. deep understanding between the old and the youngB. different ideas between mother and daughterC. free talks between mother and daughterD. part of the sea going far in land( ) 4. What did Mother do with her daughters letter asking for forgiveness?A. She had never received the letter.B. For years, she often talked about the letter.C. She didnt forgive her daughter at all in all her life.D. She read the letter again and again till she died.(