初三英语模考卷

1、2011 年海门市初中毕业、升学考试模拟试卷英 语第 i 卷（选择题共 60 分）一、单项填空（本题共15 小题；每小题1 分，共 15 分）从每题所给的a 、 b、c、 d 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1.i thought it was one-legged bird. i didn tknow thatleg was hidden down in its feathers.a. a; the otherb. a; anotherc. an; the otherd. an; another2.you walk very fast, i think. w

2、e have enough time to get there.a. cantb. needntc. mustd. may3.how was your trip with your parents? not bad. but i don tunderstand why we to so many museums.a. tookb. have takenc. are takend. were taken4.youd better not show off,you will not be so popular.a. becauseb. butc. ord. so5. wonderful music

3、 performance we have enjoyed!a. whatb. what ac. howd. how a6.the blacks havethe lonely village since they got married.a. moved tob. lived inc. reachedd. left7.a new bridge will be put up over the river. it will be 80wide.a. meterb. metersc. metersd. meters8.they found itto reach the top of the mount

4、ain before sunrise. yes, everybody was so tired.a. easyb. easilyc. hardd. hardly9. rices never grown in those cold areas,it? no. they only grow cotton.a. hasb. hasntc. isn td. is10.everybody thought his idea was a bright one. he was reallyof himself.a. pleasedb. proudc. interestedd. angry11.after th

5、e accident, the two drivers were sent to the hospital at once. luckily,are out of danger now.a. allb. bothc. noned. either12. i m really worried about the coming exams. , tom. you always work hard and i m sure youll make it.a. get awayb. take carec. look outd. come on13.mum will bring some good news

6、 when sheto china next month.a. returnsb. will returnc. returnedd. return14.the farmers keep taking land from the forest. , fewer and fewer wild animals can be seen.a. that is to sayb. as a resultc. for exampled. above all15. iwondered . so the guide told them everything about the trip in details ju

7、st now.a. when would the bus meet us at the school gateb. what can we take on the plane.c. whether they would visit some places of interest in dalian.d. that we came back half a month later第 1 页 共 7 页二、完形填空（本题共15 小题；每小题1 分，共15 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的上将该项涂黑。a 、b 、 c、d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡are you still li

8、stening towestlife or take that? you are out of date. one of the16pop stars in britainright now is 16-year-old declan galbraith. while most boys at his age are enjoying playing computer games andsports, he is touring the world17in front of thousands of people.th to perform for his chineselast month

9、galbraith arrived in china. he held a concert on may 2418 .galbraith has an amazing19 . the music he sings is diverse (多变的 ) and unusual for someone at his age.as well as singing popular songs includingill be there and angels, galbraith 20 performs traditional songssuch as danny boy .21 galbraith fi

10、rst appeared in a local play, he was only at the age of seven. after22he had a talentfor singing, he began entering talent competitions and won 15 of them.soon after, recording companies knocked at his door and at the age of 9 he signed his23recordcontract (合同 ) for 1 million. his first album (专辑 ),

11、 the24 of irish traditional songs, became a big25 .in 2003, galbraith even helped to26 the world record, forthe most people taking part in a sing-along.he sang tell me why27 with10,000 children and was also linkedby radio and satellite,withmore than80,000 children in their schools all over28 .at 29h

12、e is just enjoying the moment because he knows that it will not last forever. i just feel honoredto have been given the chance, he says. my greatest wish is30to make music people enjoy.16.a. hottestb. coldestc. strongestd. oldest17.a. singingb. dancingc. interviewingd. cheering18.a. studentsb. perfo

13、rmersc. fansd. stars19.a. hobbyb. voicec. chanced. experience20.a. alwaysb. seldomc. againd. also21.a. whenb. sincec. afterd. if22.a. hopingb. realizingc. rememberingd. dreaming23.a. firstb. lastc. newestd. cheapest24.a. competitionb. collectionc. contractd. programme25.a. successb. concertc. mistak

14、ed. trouble26.a. keepb. forgetc. breakd. write27.a. aloneb. lonelyc. alived. live28.a. chinab. britainc. americad. canada29.a. onceb. timesc. lastd. present30.a. quicklyb. slowlyc. possiblyd. simply三、阅读理解（本题共15 小题；每小题2 分，共 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a 、b 、 c、d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aanna lived on th

15、e side of a valley ( 山谷 ). one winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses were washed away. anna s house was high enough to escape the flood. whenso, the water had disappeared, her house was not damaged.however, anna s house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. her h

16、usband died when their four children were very young. but, anna shared her house with one of the families that had lost everything in the flood until it was possible for them to rebuild their own house.anna s friendswere very puzzled (困惑 ) when they saw anna do this. they could not understand why an

17、na wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she had so many children to support. life would be even harder when another family joined them.“ well, anna” explained to her friends, “ 30 years ago, a woman in thewastownvery poor, because her husband had been killed in the war, and she

18、had a lot of children, as i have now.第 2 页 共 7 页“ the day before christmas, this woman said to her children,muchweforwonchristmashavethis year,so i am going to get only one gift for all of us and i am sure we will all be glad to have it. now ishe came back with a little girl who was even poorer than

19、 they. and the girlhad no parents. here isgift,ourshe said to her children.“ the children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. they welcomed the little girl, and she grewup as their sister. i was that christmas gift.”31. annas house was not washed away by the flood because _.a. the house

20、was quite a tall oneb. the flood was not very strongc. it was built high on the side of the valleyd. it was strong enough to keep standing32. how many people were there in anna sbeforefamily her husband died?a. 4.b. 5.c. 6.d. 7.33. anna was willing to share the house with a homeless family because _

21、.a. she had once joined the homeless familyb. she was helped when she was homelessc. she was once given to a family as a christmas giftd. she was poor and had four children34. which is not true about the family where anna grew up?a. their house was once washed away by a flood.b. the father of the fa

22、mily lost his life in the war.c. the family members were all kind-hearted.d. the children had anna as their sister.bbedroom safety? always sleep with your bedroom door closed. the door will keep heat and smoke out of your room, while you make your escape.? if the smoke alarm（警报） sounds in the night,

23、 roll out of bed, crawl （爬行） to the door, and feel the doorwith the back of your hand.if theres no smoke? crawl out the door, and make your way out the house quickly.? go to your families meeting place outside.? never go back in. not for toys, not for pets, once out, stay out!? that means theres hea

24、t, smoke, and probably fire on the other side.? dont open the door!? crawl to your bedroom window.? if youre big enough to open the window, and you can get out safely, without falling, leave right away.? if youre too small to open the window, or your bedroom is above the main floor making it too hig

25、h for you to safely escape, then go to your bedroom window, and signal ( 发信号 ) firefighters.? never hide. firefighters want to find you and take you to your parents as quickly as they can.? as a child you should never burn candles in your bedroom, or play with matches or lighters.? if your bedroom i

26、s on the second floor, ask your parents about buying an escape ladder.? practice your home escape plan with your family regularly.? no one should ever smoke in bed.35.the above tips are useful when there is _.a. a fireb. an earthquakec. a floodd. a snowstorm36.when you escape from your bedroom, _.a.

27、 go to your family meeting placeb. try your best to save your pet and toysc. never forget to close the doord. signal firefighters so that they will help you37. which of the following is true about the instruction?a. the tips tell you what to do when your kitchen catches a fire.第 3 页 共 7 页b. the tips

28、 tell everything about how to put out a bedroom fire.c. the tips tell kids not to use a candle in the bedroom.d. the tips tell adults not to use a lighter or matches.cdeath valley is a beautiful but extremely( 极端 ) dangerous land. there high mountains reach more than3000 meters into the sky. but the

29、re is also a low place called badwater. it is the lowest area of land in thewestern hemisphere (西半球 ). if there were water there, it would be 86 meters below the level of the ocean.death valley can be dangerously cold during the winter months. storms in the mountains can producesudden flooding on th

30、e floor of the valley.the air temperature during the summer has been as high as 57 oc. the heat of death valley has killedpeople in the past. it will continue to kill those who do not honor this extreme climate (气候 ). death valley doesnot forgive those who are not careful.however, itwould be wrong t

31、o think that nothing lives in death valley.the valley is full of life. wildflowers grow very quicklyafter a little rain. some desert plants can send their roots (根 ) down more than 18meters to reach water deep in the ground. many kinds of birds live in death valley. so do mammals and reptiles (哺乳动物与

32、爬行动物 ).the area was named by a woman in 1849. thousands of people from other parts of the country traveled to the gold mining ( 矿 ) areas. they were in a hurry to get there before other people did. many people were not careful. they made bad choices or wrong decisions. one group decided to take a pa

33、th called the old spanish trail. by december they had reached death valley. they first did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, but there was still an extreme lack ( 缺乏 ) of water. there were few plants for their work animals to eat.the people could not find a pass through the tall mount

34、ains to the west of the valley. slowly, they began tosuffer from a lack of food. to survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the valley.as they left, one woman looked back and said, good-bye, death valley. the name has never been changed.38.death valley is known as a

35、 dangerous place because of its _.a. extreme climateb. high mountainsc. serious pollutiond. dry deserts39.although death valley is dangerous, it is a place where _.a. people like to spend their holidaysb. water can easily be foundc. no people have been killedd. lots of animals can survive40.it was p

36、roved to be a wrong decision _.a. to look for gold in the valleyb. to take the old spanish trailc. to get there before other people didd. to kill their work animals for food41.in the passage, the writer doesnttell us _.a. what the weather is like in the valleyb. why people were travelling in a hurry

37、c. how plants in the valley get waterd. that the valley has some other namesd“ starting this autumn with high school math and science, we will be the first state in the usa to provide schools with digital textbooks ( 电子教科书 ).”that was governor arnold schwarzenegger in june, talking abouthis effort t

38、o get schools to use online materials free. he listed reasons why he thinks digital textbooks make sense.digital textbooks can offer the latest information. they reduce the weight and size of school bags. theysave paper and trees, and make learning more fun and interactive（互动的） . and lastly he said

39、they help schools save money.the state has had to make cuts in school spending because of financial (资金 ) problems. more than six million students attend california public schools.earlier this year, california invited developers to offer digital math and science materials for high schools. these had

40、 to meet at least 90 percent of the states learning needs. specially trained teachers examined 16 textbooks.california cannot require all schools to use the digital textbooks. schools may decide for themselves. susan martimo, an education official, says she does not expect wide-spread use right away

41、. her best guessis that some schools with a lot of technology will be the first to use them, but only in addition (补充 ) to their第 4 页 共7页traditional books.some people are worried because not everyone has a computer or an e-reader. schools could print outcopies, but that would not help the environmen

42、t. also, there is the cost to train teachers to use digital textbooks.42.the underlined phrase “make sense”in the first paragraph means _ in chinese.a. 感觉不错b. 切实可行c. 制造麻烦d. 发展迅速43.the second paragraph mainly tells us the _ of the digital textbooks.a. developmentb. historyc. advantagesd. importance44

43、. we learn from the passage that susan martimo _.a. is an experienced teacher in californiab. is a strong supporter for the digital textbooksc. doesnt know much about the new materiald. doesnthope the materials will be used widely45. if the digital textbooks are widely spread, _.a. they will be used

44、 in addition to the traditional onesb. school teachers will be trained to use themc. each student will have a computer in his homed. traditional textbooks will be thrown away第 ii卷（非选择题共 60 分）注意事项：用黑色签字笔将答案填写在答题卡上。四、词汇（本题共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分 20 分）a. 请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义， 写出句中所缺单词， 使句子通顺。（每小题 1 分，共 5 分）46.

45、a brother far off is not as good as a near (邻居 ).47.save your (呼吸 ) . i will not believe any word from you.48.we should follow the traffic rules to(stop something from happening) accidents.49.it was(facing danger with courage) of you to give a speech in front of all those people.50.the qingming fest

46、ival is an important festival in china, falling onthth46 each year.b. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。（每小题 1 分，共 7 分）agreehealthyininetrue51.kate, what is the first thing you do after you get up in the morning?i look atin the mirror.52.i do a lot of exercise, yet i m not losing any weight.maybe you

47、donteat.53.next saturday is my sonsbirthday. he asks me to let him have a party in our house.54.if the reporter didnt write that article, we would never know the behind the accident.55.the chairman says he will not make a decision until everyone is in .c. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。( 每小题 1 分，共

48、 6 分）watchbuyeatcutfail56.excuse me, are you mr. brown? no. mr. brownthe grass over there.57.it s just not my day. my watch was broken and ito catch the last train home.58.i went to the shop and found that the comic book was sold out. dontworry. my fatherone for me. you can have mine.59.wein a great

49、 restaurant tonight. john decided it yesterday.60.the telephone rang while wethe fantastic programme. nobody would like to answer it.五、句型转换（本题共5 小题；每小题1 分，共 5 分）61.can you show me the way to wenfeng great world?（保持句意基本不变）can you tell meget to the post office?第 5页 共 7页62.mary had a wonderful time wit

50、h her family at christmas.（改写为一般疑问句）marya wonderful time with her family at christmas?63.mrs. white goes shopping once a week .（对划线部分提问）does mrs. white go shopping?64.tom asked alice, “ can you help me with the work?”（改为间接引语）tom asked aliceshehelp him with the work65.there are many people to come. w

51、e have to find a big room.(合并为一句 )there aremany people to comewe have to find a big room.六、短文填空（本题共10 小题；每小题1 分，共 10 分）almost everyone in this world knows when his or her birthday is. we (66)cit for it is the daywe came to this world. our parents never forget our birthday. they started to (67)gpresents to us evenwhen we were still little ones. few people could (68)rhis first birthday present. day in, day