2008年初三英语模拟试卷.pdf

2008年初三英语模拟试卷 一 听力 共20小题 每小题1分 计20分 二 单项填空 在A B C D四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 本大题共15分 每小题1分 21 The weather in March is like baby s face It changes quickly A theB aC an D 22 It s careless him to make the same mistake again I think it important him to be more careful next time A to for B for of C of to D of for 23 dose Mrs Robot go to Beijing Once or twice a year A How longB How soonC How often D When 24 Which of the two English films do you like better because they are boring A BothB EitherC NoneD Neither 25 easy work it is If you work harder it ll get A What a easiestB What easier C How harderD How a easiest 26 May I park my car here Sir You may park it over there A Yes you may B Yes you can C No you needn t D No you mustn t 27 The food in the fridge bad Throw it away please A is smelt terribleB smells terrible C smells terriblyD is smelt terribly 28 Does your father smoke No he doesn t But he a lot now he has given it up A used to smokeB is used to smoke C is used to smokingD used to smoking 29 Ted is in various robots because he finds them A interested interesting B interesting interested C interested interestedD interesting interesting 30 I wonder which TV play at that time A they re talking aboutB they were talking about C they talking about D were they talking about 31 Give blood you can and many lives will be saved A ifB beforeC untilD because 32 We young people shouldn t think about the failure in the past Instead we should be to face the future A usually enough braveB seldom enough brave C sometimes brave enoughD always brave enough 33 I really don t know if Mr Zhang tomorrow If he I ll ask him to teach me how to play tennis A will come comes B will come will come C comes will come D comes comes 34 More attention should be paid good habits of reading carefully A for formingB to formC to forming D in forming 35 It s really a nice meal Thank you for having us A It doesn t matter B It was a pleasure C Not nice enough D With pleasure 三 完形填空 共10小题 每小题1分 满分10分 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C和D 中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Most adults once studied at school had classes and did their homework every day The same thing is going on at school now 36 it seems that doing weekend homework is a 37 for the modern students All the students 38 that weekend homework should be abolished 取消 It is 39 for them to study at school five days a week They have a lot of interests With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday when can they 40 time to help their parents do the housework go and see a football or basketball game or a good 41 join in family recreation 娱乐 or just have a rest at home Because of these other activities the homework can t be finished 42 Sunday evening So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are 43 because many of the students know little about the 44 If there were no weekend homework to do they would be 45 to go to school on Monday after two days good rest and to learn what the teachers teach 36 A Also B But C Still D Because 37 A questionB reason C problem D decision 38 A agreeB decideC understand D disagree 39 A enjoyable B enough C good D useful 40 A keep B find C choose D spend 41 A filmB storyC meetingD concert 42 A though B since C after D until 43 A pleased B sorry C unhappyD satisfied 44 A lessons B games C interestsD activities 45 A tiredB creative C worried D happy 四 阅读理解 共 小题 每小题 分 满分 分 A For most people the word fashion means clothes But people may ask the question What clothes are in fashion And they use the adjective fashionable in the same way She was wearing a fashionable coat His shirt was really a fashionable colour But of course there are fashions in many things not only in clothes There are fashions in holidays in restaurants in films and books There are even fashions in school subjects jobs and in languages Fashions change as time goes If you look at pictures of people or things from the past you will see that fashions have always changed An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650 A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860 Today fashions change very quickly Some of this is natural We hear about things much more quickly than in the past Newspaper radios telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours New fashions mean that people will buy new things so you see there is money in fashion 46 From this passage we know that fashion means A clothes B many things C most of the popular things D everything 4 Today fashions change very quickly because A people read newspaper every day B radios send information from one country to another C new things that people like are often shown on TV D people quickly learn what is happening in the world 4 There is money in fashion means A clothes are expensive B money comes from fashion C people like new things D fashions make big money B News 1 Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40 000 kilometers One day maybe you can Last Saturday the American X 43A airplane made its first flight It reached a speed of 8 000 kilometers an hour This makes it the fastest plane in the world The X 43A is only three to four meters long but it s very heavy it weighs 1 270 kilograms News 2 Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes Don t worry things will get better soon Last week China started checking textbooks dictionaries and children s books all over the country The government said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June News 3 There will be a new star in the sky soon China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006 It will stay in space for one year It will go around the moon and take pictures It must be very expensive right That s for sure 1 4 billion yuan News 4 Floods across the northern Mexican state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left100 more missing It was reported on Monday The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday so some banks of the river were broken Along the river about 3 000 families were seriously affected 49 News 1 talks about A people can t go around the earth in a few hours B the American X 43A airplane traveled around the earth in a few hours C the American X 43A airplane is the fastest one in the world D only Americans can make such a fast plane 50 If the X 43A goes around the earth it will take about hours to finish the trip A 3 B 5 C 8 D 12 51 Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE A There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks dictionaries and children s books B All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June C After the checking books will become better and better D A few mistakes are not serious for children C Maybe you know floods droughts earthquakes sandstorms and so on But have ever heard of typhoons Typhoons are some of the worst storms usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea Most happen in July August and September How does a typhoon happen When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun it evaporates into the air This makes the air hotter When the air gets warm enough it starts to move higher up into the sky Then cooler air around it rushes in It fills the space that is left After the air gets warmer it starts to move quickly making wind The wind goes in circles and it keeps moving higher in the sky The warmer the air gets the quicker the wind moves And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second a typhoon begins A typhoon has two parts One is called the eye In the eye the wind does not move so fast The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye This is where the strongest with and hardest rains are Typhoons are very dangerous In 2004 Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in Zhejiang and 24 people were missing In May 2006 Typhoon Pearl hit Guangdong and Fujian and thousands of houses were damaged What to do when a typhoon hits Stay inside Close all the windows and stay away from them Try to bring all of your things inside Strong winds could even blow away your bikes Listen to the radio or TV for important information If you re told to go to a safer place do so right away 52 Typhoons often happen A in the hot seasonB in the cold season C only in ChinaD under the sea 53 Which picture can tell meaning of the underlined sentences it starts to move higher up into the sky Then cooler air around it rushes in 54 When a typhoon comes we cannot A close all the windowsB listen to typhoon news C stay outside with our bikesD stay inside the strong house 55 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The warmer the air gets the slower the wind moves B This year Typhoon Peal killed 164 people in Zhejiang C The strongest winds and harder rains are in the eye of typhoon D A typhoon will happen when the wind goes faster than 30 meters a second 五 词汇运用 共10小题 每小题1分 满分10分 A 根据句意 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 56 This MP4 is not mine Maybe it s You d better go and ask him he 57 Thomas Edison the famous scientist devoted all his life to the of lights films telephones and more than one thousand other things invent 58 My grandfather is as as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day energy 59 We all feel very excited that the Olympic Games will be held in Beijing twenty nine 60 As we all know China sent up her first man made satellite in 1970 success B 根据句意和汉语注释 写出单词的正确形式 61 One of the 长处 of living at the centre of the city is that you can buy nearly everything you want 62 The most 有价值的 thing in his house is a picture drawn by Xu Beihong 63 Newspapers not only 提供 us with news from all over the world but also give us a lot of other knowledge 64 The place where we are going on a school trip is still under 讨论 65 How I wish that all families in the world could live together 和平地 for ever 六 短文填空 共10小题 每小题1分 满分10分 The 2008 Olympic Games are coming soon Chinese people are getting r 66 for it The people in Beijing are especially b 67 Taxi drivers are learning English so that they can t 68 with the foreign friends from all over the world during the Olympic Games Workers are working h 69 so that the buildings can be f 70 before the games start The environment is g 71 better and better The streets will be cleaner and the r 72 will be wider More trees and flowers will be p 73 in the city It is the first t 74 that China has got the chance to host the Olympic Games All of us b 75 that it will be a great success and Beijing will become a more beautiful city after the games are over 66r 67b 68t 69h 70f 71 g 72r 73p 74t 75b 七 任务型阅读 共10小题 每小题1分 满分10分 A One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar Every year in the United States the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science 电影艺术科学院 gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year another for the best actor and Oscars for doing many other things well in movies Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them They also want to see actors who have won Oscars This means movies that have won Oscars make a lot of money The Academy first gave prizes to movies in 1927 but they were not called Oscars then That happened four years later Most people think that Oscar was someone famous in the movies but he wasn t He was someone that a woman called Margaret Herrick knew She worked for the Academy and one day she saw the prize on a table She said He looked like my friend Oscar From that time on the prizes were called the Oscars 76 Is the Oscar one of the most famous movie prizes in the world 77 Who can win Oscars 78 When did the Oscars get their names 79 What is the passage m