2009初三英语

全国中学英语能力竞赛 初三组 2009 年初赛试题 I Multiple choice 选择填空 共 15 题 每小题 1 分 计 15 分 31 Tim is there e in the word volunteer No word volunteer has two e s instead of just one A a B an the C the the D an a 32 You dance beautifully Who taught you how to dance I taught myself A Anybody B Everybody C Somebody D Nobody 33 There are a lot of sand storms in this city so more trees to stop them A must be plated B can be planting C should plant D need plant 34 David your French is so good have you been in Paris Since I was a seven year old boy A How long B how soon C How often D How far 35 Jim saw a woman near the door of the bank so he thought she could be the manager and he walked up to her A talked B to sit C writes D standing 36 How did you work out this very physics problem last week Liz By A easy worked on my own B difficulty doing an experiment C hard ask my friends for help D difficult working with my deskmate 37 Sandy used to be shy and afraid to speak in public but she has changed a lot this term Yes she is quite confident now A wasn t she B isn t she C hasn t she D doesn t she 38 Which subject do you think is maths history or English Maths because I hate numbers A more interesting B the most boring C the most exciting D more useful 39 My beautiful notebook PC I paid 5500 for was missing from my office after I left the door unlocked A who B which C when D whose 40 Would you mind your radio I m sorry but I m trying to at the moment A turning on fix it up B turn down fix up it C to turn off mend it D turning up repairing it 41 Who is the girl under the big tree near the small river Is it Amy No it be her Amy is much taller than this girl A must B can t C mustn t D may 42 Many people use MSN or QQ to talk to each other on the Internet Do you know them A when can I find B what to look for C how to use D where can I buy 43 If you this kind of plant you very sick A eat will be B have got C will eat become D will have will feel 44 Do you like your new house Scott The rooms are comfortable and we have a beautiful garden That s wonderful A Don t mention it B I m afraid not C Yes it s great D It s terrible 45 Hi Susan That new cafe is open today We re going there now to give it a try That sounds great Um sorry no I d like to but I m busy A What do you think of its food B why doesn t she want to come C How do you like the new cafe D Would you like to come with us II Reading comprehension 阅读理解 共 20 小题 选择题 5 小题 每小题 1 分 非选择题 15 小题 每小 题 2 分 计 35 分 A In 1999 a television company in Britain made a very popular programme called The 1900 House They changed an ordinary house in a street in London so it was the same as a house from the year 1900 For example it had no electricity just gas for lights and the kitchen The toilet was outside in the garden and all the furniture was from 1900 or before Then they found a family the Bowlers to live in the house for three months Six people in the family lived in the house Paul and Joyce Bowler their daughters Kathryn Ruth and Hilary and their son Joe For three months while they were living in the house they had to wear Victorian clothes and live like people at that time For example they had to wash their hair with egg and lemon not shampoo They had to wash their clothes by hand because they didn t have a washing machine and they had to use the toilet outside in the garden But the family didn t have to go shopping because the TV company did all their shopping for them There were cameras inside the house to film the family s everyday life and the Bowlers talked on television about their experiences Here are some of the things that Hilary said later about her time in the house Some things were difficult we had to find things to do in the evenings because there was no television or computer and we all had to work hard to clean the house and to cook our food My sister and I had to share a bedroom and a bed too It was fun and we didn t have to go to school every day that was very nice But I don t want to do it again I think I d like to live in the future not the past 46 The 1900 House was made A in the USA in 1900 B in the UK in 1999 C in Canada before 1900 D in Australia before 1999 47 How long did the family live there A For only one day B For about three days C For about l2 weeks D For about one year 48 What could they find and use in the house A lemons and eggs B some shampoo C A washing machine D A TV and a computer 49 Why were there cameras inside the house A To stop the thieves B To see the films C To help the neighbours D To record everything 50 What did Paul s daughter think of life in the house A It was interesting and easy to live in the past B It was fun but it was hard to live in the past C It was nice so she wants to try again D It was both terrible to live in the past and future B Ray Charles Robinson was born in 1930 in Georgia USA but he grew up in Florida He lived with his mother Aretha and his younger brother They were very poor When Ray was five years old his brother died and then two years later Ray went blind Aretha Robinson sent her son to St Augustine s a school for blind children He studied classical music there When Ray was fourteen his mother died and he left school For two years he played the piano with some local bands to earn the money for a bus ticket to Seattle There he played in clubs and bars He didn t earn a lot of money but he loved music Music he said was like food or water for me At first he sang songs written by other famous singers but he soon created a new kind of music He used blues jazz country and gospel music and he created soul music He changed his name to Ray Charles and by 1955 the poor black boy from Florida was rich and famous He gave a lot of his money to schools for blind black children His life also had a dark side He was married and divorced twice and has twelve children In 1988 a film director Taylor Hackford started planning a film about the singer s Life He called it Ray The film s star Jamic Foxx won the Oscar for the Best Actor in 2005 Sadly Ray Charles wasn t there He died in June 2004 at the age of 73 Question 51 55 Fill in the blanks using suitable words according to the passage above Use only one word for each blank Ray Charles studied 51 music in St Augustine s when he was a blind child In 1946 Ray got enough money to travel to 52 and played in clubs and bars there Then he created 53 music by using blues jazz country and gospel music By 54 Ray was a rich person and he was very kind to blind black children A film about his 55 was made and the film s star won the Oscar for the Best Actor C The Museum of the Moving Image This is a museum about films and the cinema It s really interesting It has examples of the first cameras and information on old film stars and the history of TV Entrance Adults 8 Children 4 Children under 5 free Blue water Bluewater is a huge shopping centre near London It s one of the biggest in Europe There are over a thousand shops so you can find everything you want Take lots of money with you The Old Town of York York is a city in the north of England It s three hours by train from London The city is over two thousand years old and you can still walk round the old city walls and the old town There is also a beautiful cathedral called York Minster and several interesting museums Entrance fees to the museums are between 5 and 10 for adults The Hard Rock Cafe The world famous Hard Rock Cafe is in the centre of London It s a very big bar which is decorated with things from famous rock stars Entrance is free a bottle of beer costs about 5 and a burger with French fries costs about 10 Legoland This theme park is in Windsor near one of the Queen s castles and about twenty minutes by train from London You can walk round hundreds of models of famous places which are made out of Lego There are also lots of fun rides Entrance is 25 and all rides are included in the price Questions 56 60 complete the statements or answer the questions according to the information above Use no more than two words for each blank 56 Mr Green wants to visit the Museum of the Moving Image with his seven year old daughter They have to pay 57 What is one of the biggest shopping centres both in the UK and Europe 58 If you are interested in old city you should visit in the north of England 59 Where can you see things about famous rock stars in London 60 How far is the theme park Legoland from London D You should visit the town of Bunol in Spain in August Every year in the last week of August the town celebrates La Tomatina the tomato throwing festival It is a very unusual festival and it is a lot of fun About 20 000 people visit Bunol for La Tomatina On the day of the festival six trucks arrive in the town centre at midday The trucks are full of tomatoes They dump 倾倒 the tomatoes onto the street and the festival begins Everyone picks up tomatoes and throws them at other people The ground becomes wet with tomato juice People fall on tomatoes and people get tomatoes juice in their hair their eyes their ears their noses their mouths everywhere This part of the festival lasts about an hour A few friends starts to throw tomatoes They laugh and enjoy themselves and they decide to do it again next year They tell their friends and the next year everyone joins in the fun Every year after that the festival grew larger Now on festival day trucks carry 130 000 kilos of tomatoes to Bunol The festival is a big attraction for tourists In the week before the tomato fight there are parades 游行 fireworks and dancing For an exciting summer visit to Spain don t miss La Tomatina Questions 61 62 Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese Questions 63 65 Answer the following questions 61 When there are no more tomatoes people fill balloons with water and throw these water balloons Everyone gets wet but the water washes off the tomato juice 62 Imagine the scene the year is 1944 It is the end of the summer and there are boxes of old tomatoes that nobody wants 63 When is La Tomatina celebrated every year 64 Why does the ground become wet with tomato juice 65 What can visitors see a week before the festival III Cloze 完形填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 计 15 分 A Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of 10 out of the 12 words or phrases given according to the contest 阅读下面的短文 单词或短语中选择 10 个 并用其适当的形式填空 答 案写在答题纸上 read have be it see good idea no way also everything excited place either Everyone at school should see this said Larry You should 66 a show 67 said Jimmy The next day at school Jimmy and May put up a big sign that 68 See sunny and his Super Chicken 69 Jimmy and May Lee s backyard Time 2 pm Saturday afternoon On Saturday students from school arrived to see the show Everyone wanted 70 Super Chicken They clapped 拍手 and shouted Finally Sunny and Super Chicken came out on the stage Sunny wore a tall black hat Super Chicken wore Sunny s cap They started with easy tricks the chicken stood up sat down and clapped 71 wings Super Chicken did 72 very well Then Sunny asked Super Chicken to do some hard tricks jump through a hoop 圆环 sing like a songbird and type on a computer Super Chicken 73 put a pencil in its beak and drew a picture The crowd became more and more 74 They clapped loudly They shouted wildly They laughed and laughed Finally it 75 time for Super Chicken s last trick The crowd became very very quiet B Read the passage below and complete it by filling in the missing words Use only one word for each blank 阅读下面的短文 根据其内容填人所缺单词 每空只限填一词 答案写在答题纸上 Plastic bags didn t come into widespread use until the early 1980s However now in China they are used everywhere China uses more plastic bags 76 any other country with 3 billion plastic bags used daily People in China use too many plastic bags and fail to get rid of 77 properly wasting valuable oil and littering the country 78 order to solve this problem new rules were made about plastic bags Supermarkets and shops would not be allowed to hand out free plastic bags The production sale and use of plastic bags less than 0 025 mm in thickness were also banned 禁止 from June 1st 2008 Some people think the new rules will cause inconvenience but we should use cloth bags and baskets instead 79 plastic bags It s just a small change of habit 80 it ll be a great help to environmental protection IV Sentence pattern transformation 句式转换 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 计 5 分 Transform the following sentences as required Use only one word for each blank 按要求转换下列各句 每空只限一词 答案写在 答题纸上 81 The box is very heavy The man can t carry it 合并为一句 The box is heavy the man to carry 82 Tina will go to visit the Great Wall if she is free next summer holiday 对划线部分提问 will Tina if she is free next summer holiday 83 Sam told the children not to make so much noise in the classroom 改为被动语态 The children by Sam not to make so much noise in the classroom 84 This beautiful pair of gloves must be Mr Brown s 改为同义句 This beautiful pair of gloves must Mr Brown 85 The driver of the bus is Rod He bought a red car last year 改为含定语从句的复合句 The driver of the bus a red car last year is Rod V Translation 翻译 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 计 10 分 86 在大房子里你怕黑吗 be terrified of 87 这间办公室的许多人都对集邮很感兴趣 be interested in 88 这个故事让他想起了几年前发生的一起交通事故 remind sb of sth 89 几天前我的很多朋友都说李明很容易相处 get along with 90 等你到达北京的时候 请尽快给我发一封电子邮件 as soon as possible VI Error correction 短文改错 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 计 5 分 Read the following passage Write if the underlined part is right or correct it if it is wrong 阅读下面的短文 如果划线部分正确 写 如果有错误 请在右侧的横线上改正 答案写在答题纸上 When I knew that my train would be late I decided to took a bus instead I was eg take going to run to the bus stop when a old man stopped me Young man said the old 91 man why not to wait here for the train I looked at him with my mouth open How 92 does he know my decision Before I could say a word he added You see my train 93 is late either I had the same idea as you but I think a good conversation will help us 94 pass the time before our trains arrive 95 VII Dialogue completion 补全对话 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 计 5 分 Read the following dialogue Complete it by filling in the blanks with five out of the seven sentences given according to the context 阅读下 面的对话 根据对话内容从所给的 7 个句子中选出 5 个 补全对话 答案写在答题纸上 Sadie spends lots of time on her computer Lisa is asking her some question about it Lisa Hi Sadie Let s do this questionnaire Are you addicted 沉溺于 to computer games Sadie OK then Lisa First question Do you play computer games every day Sadie 96 Lisa How often do you play Sadie Five or six times a week I suppose Lisa 97 Next question Do you often play for a long time Sadie Yes I do Lisa Do you always try to beat your top score Sadie Usually but not always Lisa 98 Sadie Anxious No of course I don t Lisa 99 Sadie Well sometimes perhaps Lisa 100 You re addicted Sadie A If you can t play do you feel anxious B That s nearly every day C I think you ve got a problem Sadie D What about buying a new computer E Are you sure Never F Not every day no G I can help you repair your computer VIII IQ 智力测试 共