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1、* *宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷It may be hard to believe that many people eat insects（昆虫） andbugs （虫子）.Insects are now very common in all of their processed food （力口工食品） .Imagine sitting down at the dinner table and b 86 served a bowl of worms（软体虫）.It' s enough to make mostWesterners stomachs t 87. But i

2、n other countriesthe samemeal makes people ' s mouths water. Eating bugs has been around for thousands of years in some countries . Today it' s estimated（估计）that more than half of the people of the world eat different kinds ofbugs. Not only do these insects taste g_88, but also they are a ch

3、eap and nutritious food source. In the US, some people eat bugs for quite a different reason to show their courage. In television shows l 89 Survivor, contestants（参赛者） eat beetles （甲壳虫）and spiders（蜘蛛）,and viewers watch the shows at home, feeling shocked and disgusted（ 恶心的）.But many of the viewers do

4、n ' t realize that they may have done the same thing but just don ' t know it! Many American people don ' t p 90 eat bugs,but in the future they may. There are fewer and fewer natural r 91 and thepopulationis getting larger and larger. Experts say that insects will be raised as analterna

5、tive （可供选择的） form of protein （蛋白质）.If more people did their part to eat bugs and broaden their diets and did not just go out and eat chicken, beef and pork, the planetwould be better off （境况改善 ）today. Western children are not as n 92 about bugs astheir parents, because they often visit science museu

6、ms and zoos, and at school they are learning more about the environment and bugs.长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷“Just sign here, sir, " the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.The package consisted of a long, narrow box, c 86 wrapped（包装）in brown paper.Opening the box, Oscar saw an umbrella

7、inside a very old one with a beautifully carvedhandle. A 87 he had not seen it for more than 20 years, he recognized it immediately.Oscar was 16 when he first saw the u 88 umbrella. He had gone to a concert withhis grandparents, as they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impresse

8、d by its beauty, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its o 89.With the manager ' s help, Oscar found it belonged to Mrs. Katie O' Brien.Oscar and his grandparents went to Mrs. O ' Brien ' s house on their way home. When he rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared.

9、" May I help you? "she asked."I' d like to r 90 it if it ' s yours, “ Oscar said, holding out the umbrella as ifpresenting a gift that had long been wished for.“Why, yes! It ' s mine, " replied Mrs. O ' Brien with a wide smile and shining eyes."Itwas given to

10、 me by my father years ago. Thank you so much ! May I offer you a reward f 91 your kindness?”N No, ma ' am," he said, “ My grandmother says a good deed is its own reward.”Years later, Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrellaas heremembered Mrs. O ' Brien. It was in

11、perfect condition, considering how old it was. Why had it a 92 here today?As if in answer, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O' Brien wanted you to acceptthis umbrella as a present for a kind, unselfish gesture long ago.崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Do you want to be an online student? It is import

12、ant to remember that online education is not right for everyone.On your timeOne of the b 86 advantages of online classes is that you are able to enter your classroom when it is convenient for you. Do you work all day? Then you canlog on （登录）to your class in the evening or at the weekend. Are you an

13、early riser? You can log on to your class in the early morning h 87. Your virtual （虚拟的）classroom is open around the clock, seven days a week.The teacher ' s lectureIn an online classroom your teacher ' s lecture is written rather than s88. Thereare several advantages. The online classroom is

14、 completely different from the real one. If you can ' t remember what your teacher said, all you have to do is to reread his or her lecture. In most cases you will be able to get a copy of the lecture. You will be able to review your teacher ' s lecture w 89 even getting online again. Studen

15、ts ' interactionOnline students may find it d 90 to talk with each other face to face. T 91 discussion forums （论坛）and chat rooms provide some ways for student interaction, they do not provide the social connection of an on-campus class.We have to say, the disadvantages to be an online student ar

16、e clear. For example, the teachers can ' t help you face to face. They won ' t praise your work orally （口头）.An advantage is the fact that some students are shy. They are more willing to speak out their ideas on the discussion forum and are usually more l 92to ask theirteacher a question by e

17、mail. They will feel more comfortable with this online interaction.奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Connect to the worldOver the past 20 years, the Internet has greatly influenced our world and changed our lives. The Internet makes it much e 86for people to search forinformation. Forexample, when we write a histo

18、ry report, we don' t have to go to the library. We can findinformation about world leaders and historical events on different websites. Everything we want to know can be found at the click of a button.The Internet helps us to stay connected to family, friends and the world around us. Not long ag

19、o, we wrote letters by h 87 and waited weeks for a reply. Today, whenwe use QQ, we send and receive messages across thousands of miles in a few seconds.The Internet gives us a way to express our opinions in p 88. We shareinteresting ideas with other people on QQ, Baidu Tieba, blogs or forums（论坛）.If

20、we dislike the food at school, we can discuss it in the school' s forum or in the Tieba of ourown class.A 89 the Internet has made our world better in many ways, in some ways it canbe a bad influence. There is a lot of false information on the Internet. It is important not to believe a 90 we rea

21、d on the Internet.In addition, many teenagers choose to keep in touch with each other online instead of meeting face-to-face. People w 91 that this harms their social communicationskills.Some teenagers spend too much time playing Internet games. They may lose focus on their studies.There are million

22、s of interesting sites to visit and so many wonderful things to do online. How could we live without the Internet nowadays? But remember to use the Internet p 92 and wisely. Try to let the Internet be your good servant, not your badmaster!虹口区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Nike, Adidas, Converse，do you know these w

23、orld-famous brands （商标）？ What doyou think of them? Do you use their products?Sam : I' m a Nike fan. Many of Nike ' s a 86 on TV are fun and its products are great!Joe: In my eyes, top brand means top quality. So I love top brand products a 87 they ' re very expensive.Sally : The logos of

24、 famous brands are usually unique（独无二的）and nice. It ' sc 88 to own products with those logos.Jackie : Many top brand products are advertised by spokesmen. Spokesmen are my favourite stars. I love the stars, so of course I want to use the products they speak f89.Susan : I know it' s popular f

25、or young people to have famous brand products nowadays. But I have no i 90 in following the fashion. I only choose the productsthat suit（适合）me.Adam : As students, we don ' t earn money ourselves. It ' s not easy for our parents to support us. So I use whatever they choose for me now. When I

26、grow up and become financially i 91 J may buy the famous brand products I am fond of.Bob : I like playing basketball with my classmates. When we play on the playground, we don ' t care about what you wear as long as （只要）you can play w 92. So in myopinion, there is no need to care so much about t

27、he brands of what you wear.黄浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Dr Lynn Moorman 皿 sending Sy at hb parents> hou«. Whenever she 近cd with them.蛇。呈述 m 版 bed in the MSe F bed s 吨州但 ihu waULuidcr a larBC windowArtund Huet o'clock that Eonung. H Moorman opened her cj£and iaw afiashin h£hi （闪光j ouuidc

28、the house. She thoughl Him a was d firrR（里火玄）、A monjcnl Htcr a$ （lie licJit continued to 口用，she realized Chat it was too bright to be a firefly.Then the light moved toward the window and-.unbelievablythrough 小已 window into the room. It parsed in front ofhert perhaps as close as Gucc feet. Dr Moorman

29、 found ihnt it h34 E*。sets of wires toming from th 白 top and bottom-S _ _ the family dog. sleeping under the bed, woke up and saw the flashing lifijitEash time the objectthe object 咄so d一（物体 flash Ur Mcwnmin saw it clearly; but when the liit turned offDr MMrYnan qiiiir* frSfifiTcTitd by now. She tti

30、oujfht about c?0 for hclpk but she couldn't open her echiUk When the light moved into the kitchen, she ran to her sisterrs bedroom. The next mominE at b 91 she told her family whit hod happened, but no oneelse h乱d sern 肥 92No cnc believed hcrt so it was still a puzzle to her imd everyone else-嘉定

31、区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in February.T llcome and open the door for you, " she told her four-year-old grandson, Ryan Eshleman, in the back s 86.The car moved ahead before Cardona could even closed the door." Nana, the car ismoving! ” Ry

32、an cried. Cardona jumped into the driver ' s seat and reached for the handbrake （手I闸），her left leg stepping outside, trying to s 87 the car. She couldn t find the brake, and she got out of the car as it moved down thesteep slope （陡坡）towarda pond 20 feet way. Ryan was very f 88 and cried" Na

33、na! ” as the car fell into thepond and the water began pouring in.“Help! ” Cardona cried as the car moved from the bank." My grandson is i 89!”A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, had just stepped outside for a break when he saw acrowd gathering by the pond. He jumped down the slope and div

34、ed into the cold water.Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan ' s terrified face just inches above the water. “Unlock the door! ” Fountain shouted. The boy ' s fingers fumbled （未触到）with the lock.Fountain hit on the back window, but the glass wouldn' t break. A90 manDick McClung dived in and

35、 handed him ahammer （锤子）.Grabbing it, Fountain told theboy to move aside, and broke the glass. His hands went through the broken window in the black water and pulled the boy out. At that moment the last flash of the blue car d_91 under the water.“Climb onto my back, " Fountain said. Ryan did so

36、, but the tired man couldn' t swimback. McClung, still beside them in the water, picked up Ryan and swam to the banks92 . Later, doctors found Ryan had got only a littlehypothermia（体温过低）.“They risked their lives to save Ryan, “ Cardona said of the men. "I thank God every day for them. ”金山区初

37、三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Marco Polo?rneiiLF Marte ftd.o's ChlMIt is difficult to imagine what the world was like in 1254. Europe was living in an age that we call the Medieval Period（中世Z己）.It was a time ofmany wars.It was in that time that Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Life in Venice was d86 from

38、life in most of Europe. Venice was a city of beautiful buildings and water canals （运河）.Many businessmen did business in Venice. Marco Polo ' s father and uncle were businessmen. They had traveled to a far-off country called Cathay. （Cathay is now called China.） There they had friends with the gr

39、eat ruler, Kublai Khan （忽必烈）.He i 87 them to return to Cathay.When Marco Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey to China with his father and uncle. They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the desert and mountains of Asia on camels. The journey to China took three years.and sent them lots

40、of gifts. He was especiallycould speak four l 88 including ChineseKublai Khan greeted the Polos impressed （留印象）with Marco , who and others.Khan sent Marco on many trips t89 China. On these trips, Marco sawmany amazing things that he had never seen in Europe, such as coal used as fuel,paper money i90

41、 of coins, and papermaking and printing processes.Marco made many notesabout life in China.After almost twenty years in China, the Polos began their journey home to Italy. KublaiKhan gave them many gifts of ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.When they returned to Venice, they found their city at war. Mar

42、co Polo was put in prison. He spent his time w 91 a book about his years in China. The book iscalled Descriptions of the World . It became the most p 92 book in Europe.Because of the book, many people in Europe learned about life in China.静安区（青浦区）初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Li Ming has studied in the UK for nea

43、rly two years now. But he' ll never forget his firstfew weeks of living in a different country.The FoodIn China, I ' ll eat almost anything. But I remember the first food I tasted at school inEngland. We had this soup and it tasted of n86 at all. In China, our food is quite salty,but we like

44、 it because the salt m87 it taste nice. A friend advised me to try somecheese and biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as' cookies ' in America but I waswrong. Again, I felt disappointed at the taste of the biscuits and the cheese was really sour. IntroductionsIn China when you meet so

45、meone for the firsttime, you sometimes shake hands. I was sos 88 when my friend ' s mother gave mea kiss when I left his house. I felt so embarrassed and I know my face went very red at that moment.T 89When I want to go anywhere in China, I just take my bicycle. Here in England, I have toget a b

46、us everywhere. It ' s really confusing b 90 buses don ' t stop automatically like they do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring the bell or press the signal button.Socialising （社交）I remember when I went around to a friend ' s house and I wanted to say “thank you ” to his mother

47、. In China, we often give people cakes as p91. The boy ' s mother staredat the cake. She was trying to be polite but I knew from her face that I had taken something wrong. In England, a cake is moreo 92 given on someone ' s birthday.prclrrrc<i tn c 利6 jiidvcrniure I "Milwhy闵行区初三英语第一学

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52、#171;iver will be more attractives and teach hi学看 separably. There is ab1 ill ere st i fi g I 门r boys to aehicc their 己口行will ht hoysa and drearns oF llontino(J3It5n iiKI sitting in n eln . .rftfiin浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷If you thought you could protect yourself on the web by lying about your personal

53、details, you ' d better think again. In online communication at least, entering untrue details about name or age may no longer prevent others from working out exactly w86 youare.Microsoft is developing a new software that could accurately guess your name, your age, your s 87 and possibly even yo

54、ur location. Many studies show that there arestrong relationship b 88 the websites that people visit and their personalities. For example, 74% of women try to get some information about health and medical information online, while only 58% of men do. The software could use a wide series of such deta

55、ils to make a good guess about their ID from a p89 browsing history.So far the software can only guess your age and other information with any accuracy, but the research team say they expect to be able to "predict (预测)your job, and perhapsyour location one day."H 90, Ross Anderson, a compu

56、ter security engineer at the University ofCambridge, thinks the i 91 could put Microsoft in big trouble."I think it h 92 ifMicrosoft were to sell such software widely. It may provide opportunity for someone to make a mistake or even to commit a crime.普陀区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Dear PeterI hope everythi

57、ng is going well. I have something very special to tell you. Last week I went into space for the first time!My parents visited space last year, but I was too y86 to go with them. Anyway,a month ago I had my birthday party. It was very exciting when I opened my presents.There were lots of wonderful g

58、ames, but I was really happy when I saw a t87 for aspace flight!Two weeks after my birthday,I had to go on a short training course. It was quitedifficult, and I had to study very hard. L88, I got a good mark in the exam in the end,and my parents were able to b 89 the date of the space flight. I bega

59、n to look forward to that day.Finally the day arrived, and my parents took me to the airport. I got on the plane with ten other passengers. We took off from the runway and c 90 higher and higher. After about an hour, we went down from the plane into the space shuttle. The plane then dropped the space shuttle at very highaltitude （高度）.The engines in the space shuttlestarted, and thirty minutes later we were in space.I admit that for a few seconds I felt a little n91 when I sat