初三英语阅读2

英语基础练习C级（二）姓名：_Part 1 Listening(第一卷 听力)I. Listen to the dialogue and complete the passage (听对话，补全短文) （共8分）Yuan Longping is the world-famous farming scientist. He was born in Beijing in 1930. After he graduated from 1 Agricultural College in China in 1953, he worked as a teacher at an agricultural school in Hunan Province.It is said that every scientist has a childhood dream of his future 2 . For Yuan Longping, the dream was that he would grow grains of rice as large as peanuts, and that farmers could 3 under the special rice. He has invented a type of rice that has a much larger yield. In 1960s, many Chinese went hungry 4 . He was determined to invent a special type of rice. Ten years later, his rice could produce 20 percent 5 yield than common types of rice. Now half of Chinas crops are Yuans special rice. 6 million more people per year in China have food because of his invention.Yuan Longping is working on another “Super Rice”. It 7 30 percent higher yield than ordinary rice. Professor Yuan has shared his 8 with thousands of scientists from over 25 countries in the world.Part 3 Reading and Writing(第三部分 读 写)II. Reading comprehension. (阅读理解)：A. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（共14分）Stonehenge is one of the oldest places made by man. It took about 700 years to build and the oldest part of it is now believed to be 4,800 years old. It is located in the South of England near a small town called Amesbury in an area which has many other ancient monuments.It consists of several circles. Some of them were made of stone, one was a ditch(沟渠) and one consists of 56 holes in the ground called “Aubrey holes”. Because many of the stones have fallen over or have been moved, it is difficult to see the full shape. The outside circle of stones once had 30 enormous(巨大的) stones, each weighing about 25 tonnes and on top of them were 30 more weighing 7 tonnes each, so that they made a circle of huge arches(拱形). Inside this was a horseshoe shape of five even bigger arches in which each of the upright(直立的) stones weighed 45 tonnes. Inside this is a bluestone circle of 60 stones, then a bluestone horseshoe of 19 stones. Finally in the middle is an enormous stone called the altar(祭坛) stone. The bluestone came from some mountains in Wales, 385 kilometres away, and even the other stones came a distance of 50 kilometres. To carry the 80 stones in the main circles probably took several thousand men several years.Nobody knows why it was built. It may have been a kind of church; it may have been a meeting-place for the people who lived near. Some people say that it is a kind of computer that was used to predict(预报) the position of the sun, the moon and the stars. Also it has been discovered that Stonehenge is located on some mysterious(神秘的) lines called “ley lines” that seem to join together ancient buildings and places in England.9. Where is Stonehenge?_10. How old is it?_11. How long did it take to build Stonehenge?_12. What is in the middle?_13. We are not sure why it was built, arent we?_14. What are “ley lines”?_15. What do you think of Stonehenge?_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）：(共14分)Martin Henfield talks about some of his experiences as a twin:When we were small my mother dressed us _16_ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didnt like it. but when we went on our first camping trip with the scouts(童子军), it was even _17_ .We were only ten years old, and while _18_ went into their sleeping bags for the night, we were not happy to snuggle(紧偎) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.At school our classmates _19_ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people couldnt even see our difference according to our initials because _20_ of us were M. H. It was only when I went to college and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity(身份).Before I went to college, during my last secondary school _21_, I got a job on a building site(建筑工地). My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didnt work. He was resting. One day I said to the foreman(工头), “Can I have a week off?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you wont have the job when you get back.” I didnt want to _22_ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went down in my jeans, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. None of them knew the difference. ( )16. A) in B) for C) on D) with( )17. A) bad B) worse C) good D) best( )18. A) all boys B) another boy C) all the other boysD) all the boys( )19. A) called B) asked C) made D) knew( )20. A) every B) each C) both D) all( )21. A) time B) holiday C) week D) weekend( )22. A) loose B) lost C) missing D) loseC. 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）：（共14分）In almost every big university in the United States, football is a p_23_ sport. American football is different from soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards(码). They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it a_24_ ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they r_25_ six points.It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to s_26_ the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.Each university wants its own team to w_27_. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favourite team.Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in S_28_ and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the f_29_ day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.Keys for reference:1. Southwest 2. success 3. relax 4. seriously 5. higher 6. 60 7. produces 8. knowledge9. In the South of England.10. Its 4,800 years old.11. It took about 700 years.12. Its an enormous stone called the altar stone.13. No, we arent.14. They are lines which seem to join together ancient buildings and places in England.15. It is one of the greatest wonders in the world. / It is wonderful. / etc.16. A 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. D23. popular 24. another 25. receive 26. stop 27. win 28. September 29. first听力原文：W: Look at the photo. Do you know who the old farmer is?M: An old farmer? Is he the world-famous farming scientist Yuan Longping? Ive often heard of him. He is known as Chinas “Father of hybrid rice”. W: Yes, he certainly is. He is great. When and were was he born?M: He was born in Beijing in 1930. Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in China in 1953. Then he worked as a teacher at an agricultural school in Hunan Province.W: Can you tell me something more about him?M: It is said that every scientist has a childhood dream of his future success. For Yuan Longping, the dream was that he would grow grains of rice as large as peanuts, and that farmers could relax under the special rice. He has invented a type of rice that has a much larger yield. W: In 1960s, many Chinese went hungr