2015希望之星初中组试卷

2015年希望之星英语风采大赛资格赛试卷（初中）本试卷满分100分，考试时间30分钟。考生注意事项：1. 答题前，务必在答题卷装订线内填写自己的姓名、联系方式、就读学校班级等相关信息。2. 答题时，务必在题号指示的答题区作答，超过答题区域书写的答案无效，在草稿纸上答题无效。要求字体工整、字迹清晰。3. 考试结束后，立即停止答卷，并将试卷上交。注 意：所有赛题答案请写在答题纸上。I. 阅读理解（60分）Passage 1（20分）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?l Stay inside, Close all the windows and stay away from them.l Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!l Listen to the radio or TV for important information.l If youre told to go to a safer place, do so right away.Questions1. Typhoons often happen . A. in the hot seasonB. in the cold seasonC. only in ChinaD. under the sea2. 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.”?3. When a typhoon comes, we cannot . A. close all the windowsB. listen to typhoon newsC. stay outside with our bikesD. stay inside the strong house4. This passage is mainly about .A. the knowledge of typhoon B. the eye of a typhoonC. the most dangerous typhoon YunnaD. the names of typhoon5. 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.Passage 2（20分）This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high schools will begin the first class at about 8:30 am.The students are happy about the change.Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first day of school. Great ! From now on we students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School don t have to get up so early ! Liu said that he used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn t start until 8:40 am.Wu Hongli feels the same. She said the new timetable（时间表）was good for her health. I used to get up at 6:30 am. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework, “said Wu.” Now I can finish it without coffee because I can sleep a little longer. Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. Students used to doze（瞌睡）for the first two classes in the morning, said Huang Shan, an English teacher at Chengdu No. 12 Middle School. But now they are active in class and learn much better than before.”But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.Questions:6. This year, most Sichuan junior high schools will start the first class _. A. at about 8: 30 amB. at about 7:40 am C. at about 7:30 am D. at about 6:40 am7. Hearing the news, the students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School felt _. A. worried B. sad C. excited D. angry8. How many classes are there in the morning in Chengdu schools now? _ A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D. Two.9. _ used to drink coffee at night in order to finish homework. A. Some parents B. Liu Ming C. Wu Hongli D. Huang Shan10. Which is right according to the text? _A. The students in Chengdu No. 12 Middle School used to doze for the first two classes in the morning. B. All the parents agree that the change will help students learn better. C. The students will have to get up one hour earlier than before. D. Many teachers are worried that more sleep will mean less learning.Passage 3（20分）Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing inline at the cash register（收款台）,I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friends. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I get out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I had left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池）was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership-a shop selling cars-was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment. So when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks, I received a letter back from one of the salesmen, No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.“Thank you”- two powerful words. Theyre easy to say and mean so much.Questions:11. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City .A. to visit a friendB. to see his parentsC. to pay or the cash registerD. to have more gas for his car12 .The words“took off”underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “_”.A. turned offB. moved offC. put upD. set up13. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car? _A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.B. The couples sent him a business card.C. The couple offered to help him.D. He called his friend for help.14. The battery of the authors car was dead because .A. something went wrong with the lightsB. the meeting lasted a whole dayC. he forgot to turn off the lightsD. he drove too long a distance15. By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show .A. how to write a thank-you letterB. how to deal with car problemsC. the kindheartedness of older peopleD. the importance of expressing thanksII. 语言综合运用（40分）16. - Do you know _ lady in blue? - Yes. She is _ professor in _ university nearby. A. the, a, anB. a. the, anC. the, a, aD. the, the, a17. With the help of the Internet, news can _ every corner of the world. A. arriveB. reachC. getD. catch18. He is _ humorous person tha