初三英语知识拓展训练试题

1、初三英语知识拓展训练试题一、阅读理解（ 30 分）AWhat will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars （ 无 人驾驶汽车 ）. The mostfamous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radar

2、s （雷达 ） on the top of the car. They allowthe computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed aself-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than

3、 humans. If only 10% of cars on thestreet are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives（ 生命 ）every year. If 90% of vehicles（交通工具 ）are self-driving, 21,700lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to bevery popular in the ne

4、ar future.根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。（ ）1. American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.（ ）2. Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.（ ）3. In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.（ ）4. The more self-driving cars there are on

5、the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.（ ）5. The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.BIt is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and lateryou may cough. You must have a cold! Wait a moment. Could it ju

6、st be a common cold or the flu（ 流感 ）that s been goingaround?A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drinkherbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usual

7、ly gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death.According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.Don t worry. If you get a flu vaccine （ 疫苗 ）, it can stop you from getting the virus （ 病毒 ）. Flu vaccines work bygiving the body a small amount of flu vi

8、ruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies （ 抗体 ）. So next time you getthe flu, the antibodies should help you.The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. Theantibodies for one type of flu can t help us against all types of flu. Th

9、at why we need to get the vacc ine every year.However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing yourhands often helps stop you from gett ing viruses. It is also importa nt to get regular exercise and eathealthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune sy

10、stem ( 增强免疫系统 ).()6. If you have a com mon cold, usually you ll feel better after_ .A. a weekB. two weeksC. ten daysD. twenty days()7. According to the passage, which is TRUE of the flu?A. It first happened in 1919 .B. It usually doe sn t give you fever.C. It is easy to deal with .D. It can kill peo

11、ple sometimes.()8. If you get a flu vaccine,_ .A. it can t stop you from getting the flu virusB. it won t cause your body to develop antibodiesC. your body will develop an tibodiesD. your body will get a large amount of flu viruses()9. We need to get a flu vaccine every year because_ .A. we probably

12、 have a cold in win terB. the flu virus cha nges every few yearsC. the flu is very dan gerousD. you don t need to take any medicine after that()10. The followi ng ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT_.A. stay ing in doorsB. gett ing regular exerciseC. eat ing healthy foodD. wash ing our hands ofte nCHa

13、ving a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in SouthAfrica, one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Importa nt Pers on) in the house.The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie. _11_ She canoften be found eating from the kitchen table, taki

14、ng a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping onLucy and Jeff s bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Brow ns other pet, the more usone a sheepdog (牧羊犬). _ 12Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. At first, Mrs Brown was n t willing to keep a cheetah asa pet. She said, _ 13 But we are now

15、happy that we did it she is part of the family.”Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity status (名人地位)in theBrow ns hometow n. Fans ofte n come to thr home to take pictures of her. _ 14However, a cheetah is always a cheetah. _15_ “ Shemakes a lot of mess in thehouse, urin at

16、ing ( 小便) everywhere and chew ing everyth in g. ItMrs Brow n.There might be some problems of havi ng a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unu sual fun must also be wait ingahead.根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。s her wil 本 nstJncts(saidA. Interestingly, Jolie enjoys all the special attention

17、that is paid to her.B. I was really pleased to have a cheetah as a pet at the beg inning.C. Though Jolie is now a pet in the house, she still has some wild habits.D. She is surely the VIP at Lucy and Jeff Brown s home.E. I was really aga inst the idea of gett ing a cheetah as a pet.F. An impossible

18、frien dship has happe ned betwee n these two ani mals.二、 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，每空限填一词。（10 分）On July2, 1937, Amelia Earhart（ an American pilot） and Fred Noo nan left New Gui nea forHowland Island in the Pacific. This was the Iongest and most dangerous part of their t _16 around the world. Earhart hadtr

19、ouble soon after the plane took off. The weather was very bad, so she had to f 17at 3,000 metres. Going this high, thepla ne used fuel quickly.After about 20 h18 , Earhart and Noonan got close to Howla nd Isla nd. The isla nd was o 19about 65 miles （英里）away, but the bright sun was shining in their f

20、aces so they couldn t see iNear Howland, a ship was w _20_ for the plane. Earhart contacted the ship:“ We don t haveeno ugh fuel, ” she said. The ship tried to stay in touch with her 21 got no an swer. Fin ally, the ship called for help. Peoplelooked for Earhart and Noonan for days. However, they fo

21、und no thi ng.What happe ned to Amelia Earhart? No one knows for sure. D _22the flight, she probablymoved in the wrong direction（ 方向）because the sun was bright and it was d_ 23_ to see. So she got lost; soon after, herplane ran out of fuel, and she died at sea. Another idea is that she survived （幸存）

22、 the plane crash （飞机失事） ,s 24 to a Ionelyisland, and later died there. Still other think she survived the crash and secretly returned to the U.S. with a new identity（ 身份）.Till now, none of these i 一 25 has been proved. People are still wondering about them. （Noonan sbody has never been found either.

23、） No matter what happened, Earhart probably died as she wished.“ When I go, ” she said, I d like best to go in my pla ne.”三、完形填空（10 分）In China, very few children make pocket money.26, in western countries, most kidsmake pocket money by themselves. They make money in many differe nt27.When kids are v

24、ery young, their pare nts help them sell the fruits of their own trees to n eighbours. Kids may also help 28 dohousework to make money at home. When they 29 sixtee n, they can make money by sending newspapers or by working infast food restaurants,30duri ng the summer holidays.There are many 31 of making pocket money by kids themselves. First of all, they learn the 32 ofmoney by working hard so that they will not waste any. Secondly, they learn to 33_ money to buy thingsthey need or want, such as books, pencils, movies, and even clothes they like.