初三英语期中考试卷

初三英语期中考试卷I 单项选择 ( 20分 ) (每小题1分 )( ) 1._ woman over there is _ English teacher. A.The; an B.The; the C. An; the D. An; an( ) 2. I like playing _ football which my sister likes playing _ piano. A. the; B. ; the C.the;the D. ; ( ) 3.How do people who cant speak understand one another ? They use _ to communicate. A.body language B.speaking and listening C.eye contact D.hand gestures and expressions ( ) 4.These apples taste _. A.well B.good C.to be nice D.pretty ( ) 5. Your son is _ to go to school this year.enough old B.enough young C.old enough D.young enough ( ) 6.The night was very _ , so she closed the door _. A.quiet; quietly B.quiet; quickly C.late; quick D.quite;quietly ( ) 7.It _ me two weeks _ the writing work. Its really a hard work. A.spent; finishing B.spent; to finish C.took; to finish D.took; finishing ( ) 8.How long is our office ? It is _. A.five-meters long B.five-meters-long C.four meters long D.five-meter long ( ) 9. We find _ important for us to learn English well. Thats why so many Chinese people want to improve their English. A.it B.them C.this D. That ( ) 10. Children should be praised for good _. A.report B.song C.behave D.behaviour（ ）11. The voice told Daisy _ waste water any more.A. do not to B. did not to C. not to D. not ( ) 12. It is not easy _ fish using only your hands.A. catch B. to catch C. to catching D. caught ( ) 13. Its very nice _ you to say so.A. to B. of C. with D for( ) 14. My parents have been in Shenzhen _ one month.A. since B. for C.in D. about ( )15._ does this car cost?A. How many B. How much C. How much dollars D. How much dollar( ) 16. There is a beautiful garden outside your house, _? A. are there B. is there C. isnt there D. arent there( )17._ go swimming? A. Why not you B. Why not C.Why dont you D. Band C.( ) 18. Snails can walk _slowly than any other animal. A. much more B. very more C. more much D. too more( ) 19.Many people think that 2012 is one of _ most successful film. A. a B. an C. the D.( ) 20. Have you _ a fireworks display? Yes, I have. A. see B. saw C.sees D. seenII. 完形填空 ( 10分 ) 阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并将其编号字母填在答题卷上。 ( 共10 小题, 每小题1分 )Once a clever man said to 21 honest man, “Lets 22 riddles. If one of us cant guess, he must give some money to 23 .” He thought he was 24 than the honest man.“All right,” said the honest man. “But Im not good at 25 riddles, you know, while you are good at it. If you cant guess, you should lose fifteen pence, if I cant, I lose only five pence.”The clever man thought 26 was hard to him, so he agreed. “OK, who will begin first?” he asked.“Of course I,” said the honest man. “Listen, there is an animal. It has four legs, two of them can run, 27 two can fly. Tell me what it 28 .”The clever man thought hard, but he could not guess what it was. He said finally, “I cant. Ill have to give you fifteen pence. Tell me now. What is it?”The honest man laughed and said, “ I cant, 29_ . Ill have to give you five pence.” So the honest man won _30_ pence off the clever man.( ) 21.A. an B. a C. the D. /( ) 22.A. to guess B. guessing C. guesses D. guess( ) 23. A.another B. the other C. others D. other( ) 24.A. clever B. better C. cleverer D. more honest( ) 25. A. guessing B. to guess C. guess D. guesses( ) 26.A.anything B. nothing C. everything D. something( ) 27.A these B. other C. the other D. those( ) 28.A.is B. was C. are D. were( ) 29.A.too B. also C. either D. neither( ) 30.A. fifteen B. twenty C. five D. TenIII. 阅读理解 ( 40分 )阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项,( 共40 小题, 每小题2分 ) (A) Sam dreamed of having a dog as his friend, but mum didnt let him keep one because there wasnt room for it at home. His dream came true when a new neighbour, Mr. Brown, moved in with a lovely dog named Bailey. Sam was very happy. After school he played with Bailey and trained her. Sometimes Bailey stared at Sam with her bright eyes that seemed to say “We are best friends.” One day Sam came home after school. He saw Bailey looking over the fence, whining（呜咽）. Sam dropped his bag and ran to the fence. In the garden half-lying against the tree was Mr. brown. He had a fall and broke his ankle. Sam called an ambulance immediately. When Mr. Brown was in hospital, Sam looked after Bailey and took her for a walk every day. He also trained Bailey to sit and shake hands with people. At the pet show, Bailey won a prize for the best trained dog. After Mr. Brown came home from hospital, they ate a welcome home cake happily. 31.Was Bailey Sams own dog? A. Yes, it was. B. No it wasnt C. It was Sams friend D. It was Mr. Browns friend. 32.How did Sam and Bailey become best friends? A. Sam loves dog very much. B. They were good neighbours.C. Bailey was a lovely dog. D. They played with each other and loved each other. 33. What happened to Mr. Brown? A. He lost his dog. B. He cut down a tree.C. He fell down and broke his ankle. D. He was looking over the fence, whining. 34. How did Sam know something had happened in the garden?A. Bailey showed him. B. Mr. brown was whining in the garden. C. He saw Mr. Brown half-lying against the tree. D. Sam got the news on his way home after school. 35. From the story we know _. A. Sam loved his own dog very much. B. Mr. Brown and Sam trained the dog. C. Sam and Bailey got a prize at a pet show. D. dogs can be peoples good friends if we are good to them. (B) A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god（神）. They thought the god drove the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun. The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than a million times larger.36.A long time ago, people said the sun was _.A.a god on a golden horse. B. a gold horseC. a god of a golden horse. D. a god and a gold horse37. It is true that_. A. the sun goes round the earth B. the earth goes round the sun C. the moon goes round the sun D. the sun goes round the moon.38. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is _. A. too far away B. too hot C. not a planet D. too heavy and too hot. 39. The earth travels over _ miles an hour. A. 1,000 B. 100,00 C. 6,000,00 D. 600,00 40. One year is _.A.the time for the earth to turn round. B.the time the earth travels one thousand miles.C.one circle the earth goes round the sun. D.the journey of the earth.( C) Humans have four blood types（血型）. They are blood type A, B, O and AB. The table below shows all kinds of possible blood types of parents and their children. Childrens blood types are shown in grey squares.MOTHERRFATHER ABOABAA,OA,B,O,ABA,OA,B,ABBA,B,O,ABB,OB,OA,B,ABOA,OB,OOA,BABA,B,ABA,B,ABA,BA,B,AB41. If both parents are blood type O, then their children must be _. A. blood type A B. blood type B C. blood type AB D. blood type O42. If a father is blood type A and a mother is blood type B, then childrens blood types may be _. A. any blood type B. blood type A and B C. blood type AB and O D. blood type A,B and AB43. If both parents are blood type AB, then their children can NOT be _. A. blood type A B. blood type AB C. blood type O D. blood type B44. If four children of the same parents are blood type A , B, O and AB, then their parents should be _. A. blood type A and B B. blood type A and AB C. blood type B and AB D. blood type AB and AB45. If one parent is blood type AB, and his or her nine children only get blood type A and B, then the other parents blood type is likely to be _. A. blood type A B. blood type B C. blood type AB D. blood type O(D)Life is like throwing and catching four balls of life in the air. You call the balls work, family, friends and minds. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back(弹回). The other three balls are made of glass and easy to be broken, so you must know how to protect them. But how?Dont shut love out of your family by saying its hard to find. The quickest way to get love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it closely; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.Dont think that you are not so good as others. It is because we are different and each of us is special. Never mind if you fall behind others. Its never too late to learn. Knowledge (知识) is a weightless treasure which you always carry easily.Dont let your life pass through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. If you live well today, you live all the days of your life.Yesterday is history, tomorrow is hard to guess and today is a gift. Thats why we call it “ The Present”46. Which is not the name of a ball talked about in the passage? A. work B. health C. family D. mind47. To give it wings means to _. A. hold it closely B. give love freedom C. get ready for love D. keep your love out of your family48. Why is knowledge a treasure you can always carry easily? A. Because it is heavy. B. Because you cant protect it. C. Because its never too late to learn. D. Because it is a treasure without weigh