初三英语期中试卷

1、初三英语期中试卷注意事项：1 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共 10 页， 满分为 90 分 ;考试时间90 分钟。2 答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上。选择题必须使用2B 铅笔填涂，非选择题必须使用墨水笔书写。选择题（共40 分）一、单项填空（共 15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）从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. Dad, I will try to study in an ideal senior high school. Believe me. If you make a , you must keep it.A.joke

2、B.designC.mistake D. promise2. The underlined letter “ i ” in the word “ ” hasa different pronunciation from the others.A.villageB.inviteC.noticeD. friendship3. Many people this cultural TV program can get thepublic interested in ancient Chinese poems.A.inventB.expectC. manage D. devote4. If you are

3、 buying today s Nanjing Daily, could you get for me? I am glad to help you.A.itB.thisC.oneD. that5. Life is like climbing a mountain. you feel tired,you will enjoy the beautiful view at the top of the mountain.A. Since B. Unless C. Though D. Because6. As the market , I think it will be easier for pe

4、opleto buy the things they want.A. opens upB. stays upC. takes upD.picks up7. We should always consider how much we have done for our society. I quite agree. It is for us to give than toreceive.A.important8. more important9. theimportant10. the most important8. As a new kind of transport service, pu

5、blic bicyclesin more Chinese cities in thefollowing years.lessleastareusedC. will useD. will be usedA.useB.9. In Sanya, you can enjoy all the water sports, or lie on the beach.A.simplyB.hardlyC.nearlyD. especially10. Daisy, go and see what is happening to the windows. Nothing serious. The heavy rain

6、 is beating them.A. againstB. acrossC. through D.above11. Mr. Wu someone, so I just smiled at him and went away peacefully.A.calledB.iscallingC.wascallingD. has called12. Some citizens are talking about the librariesin universities of Nanjing should be open to the public.A. whatB. whichC. whereD.whe

7、ther13. I hope to take the DIY course at weekends. Goodidea. more about it, visit the website.A. KnowB. KnewC. Knowing D. To know14. Joe, I hear that Carl got full marks in the English speaking and listening test. Exactly. . He practises hardest in ourclass.A. No pain, no gainB. A miss is as good as

8、a mileC.ManyhandsmakelightworkD. Actions speak louderthan words15. Howabout going shopping together at one o clock this afternoon? . Will three o clock be OK?A. Sorry, I can t make itB.Certainly, no problemC. Sure, it depends on youD.Sorry, I m not free today 二、完形填空（共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所

9、给各题的四个选项（A、 B、 C 和 D）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。Summer time in the United States generally means people have a lot more free time to enjoy the outdoors. The sun is out for 16, so there are more hours in the dayto enjoy. Having more free time does not mean you need to spend a lot of money, 17 ther

10、e are plenty of ways to enjoy your city or town for little or no money.In summer, many parks offer free concerts. Sometimes these concerts 18 bands （ 乐队 ） and musicians that are well known. Other times the concerts are given by up and coming artists. These free concerts in the park are a great way t

11、o enjoy music outdoors. If you arrive at the park early with your friends, you can19 have a picnic.Many parks also offer free outdoor movies. It s always agood idea to arrive early to get a good viewing 20 In fact, being too close to the movie screen is no fun. The loud sounds from the movie are bad

12、 for your ears. Your neck will also 21. Sitting too far means your eyes gettired easily.If theater is one of your favorite, most major cities have some Shakespeare-in-the-park programs. These programs show differentworks of Shakespeareperformed 22 and outdoors. Many of these programs are free. Some

13、of these Shakespeare-in-the-park programs are so 23 that people have to line up for several hours to get free tickets. As for the tickets, first come, first24. If all the tickets run outbefore you get to the front of the line, then you are out of 25. So get there early!If you don t have air conditio

14、ning, manymuseumsoffer free ticket days or hours. The museumsare cool places to relax. They are also cool because you can see amazing works of art. 16. A. shorterB. biggerC.longerD. furtheror17. A. soB. andC.D. but18.A.increaseB.describeC.interviewD. include19.A.everB.alreadyC.neverD. even20.A.progr

15、ammeB.environmentC.licenceD. location21.A.hitB.fitC. hurtD. fight22. A. liveB. aliveC.livingD. lovely23.A.boringB.popularC.difficultD. cheap24. A. serveB. sellC. showD.spend25. A. needB. luckC.orderD.control三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题每小题1 分，满分满分15分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、 C 和D)中,选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMES Austral

16、ia-Flagstaff is glad to offer you a place inCertificate （ 证书 ） in Spoken and Written English. This course is part of the Adult Migrant English Program, founded by the Australia Government Department of Education &Training.Course dates are: 03.10.2017-14.12.2017TimetableDAYS TIME ROOMMonday 9:00

17、am - 11:00 am11:15 am 1:15 pm Level 4Room 5Level 4 Room 5Tuesday 9:00 am - 11:00 am11:15 am 12:15 pm12:15 pm 1:15 pm Level 1Room 2Level 2LibraryLevel 1Room 2Wednesday 9:00 am - 11:00 am11:15 am - 12:00 pm12:00 pm 1:15 pm Level 4Room 5Level 4Room 5Level 2Computer RoomThis is 12 hours per week.If you

18、can t attend on the first day, you must tell us. Please contact the office on 99264717.If you neither contact us nor attend on the first day, you may lose your place in the class.If your children need care, please contact us.If you need to give up the course, you must tell both your counselor and yo

19、ur teacher.26. How long will the Spoken and Written English course last?A. About three days.B. Over 2 months.C. About 11 months.D.Less than 2 months.27. Which of the following is TRUEaccording to the course?A. Room 5 is only for Level 4 students.B. People of all ages can take this course.C. You can

20、have lessons in Room 2 on Monday.D. You re sure to lose your place unless you attend on the first day.BMany people think that keeping a diary is something that teenage girls do. It s seen as a place to write down secrets, things you don t want anyone else to know. The stereotype （ 模式化观念） is that onl

21、y women keep diaries. In fact,keeping a diary is a very old tradition. It can be usefulfor many different types of people. Many famous people have kept diaries. Many powerful people have kept diaries. Some of these people include famous writers and presidents.Keeping a diary is said to have health a

22、dvantages. Studies show that keeping a diary, that is, writing out thoughts daily, can reduce asthma symptoms （ 哮喘症状）.Writing uses your left brain, which is thoughtful and organized. While your left brain is busy, your right brain is free to create and feel. This allows you to use all of your brain

23、power to better understand yourself, others, and the world around you.The key to successful diary keeping is not stopping any thoughts from coming through. This even means allowing thoughts that influence you to come out in your writing. It helps make your feelings clearer, and is especially useful

24、if a person is faced with a hard decision. Sometimes just writing down the ideas you agree and disagree helps you better understand a problem. You begin to see a problem from different ways. This is helpful if you don t agreewith others.28. What does the word “ it ” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Keeping aw

25、ay from illness.B. Using your right brain to create.C. Stopping some thoughts coming through.D. Allowing thoughts to come out in your diary.29. According to the passage, keeping diaries can helpA. get along with othersB. understand thingsbetterC. know more about the old traditionD. become famousin t

26、he future30. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The advantages of keeping diaries.B.Keeping a diary with your left brain.C. The ways of keeping a diary successfully.D. Thereasons girls like keeping diaries.Cthe people of the British方言). A dialect is aa main language. It has 相关的 ) to the culture

27、 ofLike people from most countries, Islands speak their own dialects ( different version ( 版 本 ) of different words and is related ( the place in which it is spoken. It is usually spoken witha certain accent （ 口音 ）. Although it may be different, a dialect is usually not so different that an outsider

28、 cant understand what is being said.Speakers of dialects in Britain are often proud of them.For this reason, when you visit an area with a dialect, especially when it is a place visited by tourists, gift stores will sell books about the local words.The dialects of Northern Ireland have many words th

29、at the other British have never heard of. An unusual example I recently learned from this part of the world is“ boke” ,which means “ vomit （ 呕吐） ” . The nearly poetic （ 诗意的 ）words of the Cockneys （ 伦敦东区的人） of the East End ofLondon are famous throughout the world because they can be so clever and hum

30、orous. Here is a piece of rhyming slang（ 押 韵 俚 语 ）: A “ whistle and flute ” is Cockney for “ suit ” .It is true that there are fewer dialects in Britain todaythan there were a hundred years ago， and far fewer than there were 200 years ago. The reason is quite clear: The modernworld and its chances f

31、or communication have made the differences between people much smaller. Whenpeople speak and listen to more people from a muchlarger area than their mothers and fathers did, the differences between the ways they speak get smaller.This means that there are now far fewer problems understanding each ot

32、her for the people of the BritishIslands. Also, English speakers from all over the world can generally understand each other. Of course, without dialects, it will be much more difficult for English as a second language to have such a big success all over the world!31. According to Paragraph 1, we kn

33、ow that a dialect .A. represents the main languageB. has nothing to do with cultureC. is a local version of a main languageD. is too difficult for an outsider to understand32. How do people in Britain usually feel about their dialects?A. They takeno noticeofthem.B. They are not satisfied with them.C

34、. They are glad to show them before others.D. They are too shy to speak before other people.33. According to the passage, which of the following about the dialects in Britain is TRUE?A. A “ whistle and flute ” has a different meaning from “ suit ” .B. There are more dialects in Britain than in other

35、 countries.C. The number of the dialects in Britain is getting smaller now.D. It is easier for English to be more successful without these dialects.34. Now people of the British Islands can understand each other better because .A. they don t speak in dialects any moreB. they seldom talk to their mot

36、hers and fathersC. they like to stay there instead of going outsideD. they speak and listen to more people from a much larger area35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. The influence of British cultureB. Dialects inthe British IslandsC. The dialects with certain accentsD. Th

37、e speakers of dialects in Britain DDo you look like your name? Scientistssay there s a goodchance you do.This comes from a new study published in a magazine. Researchers from Israel found that our given namesmayhave something to do with our facial （ 面部的 ） appearances.Lead writer Yonat Zwebner of a u

38、niversity, along with herteam, did eight different experiments （ 实验 ） in Israel and France. The different experiments were set up to answer two main questions: whether people can correctly guess a person s name based only on a photo of a face and what is behind this matching effect.During the experi

39、ments, researchers asked students to look at photos of people s faces and guess each person s name from a list of four choices. They correctly guessed the right name 38 percent of the time, which was better than the 25 percent of a random （ 随机的 ） guess.What s more, when the faces the students looked

40、 at camefrom within their own country, they were able to best match the faces to the names. French students were better at matching only French names and faces while Israeli students were better at matching only Hebrew names and Israeli faces.Researchers believe it is possible that people change the

41、ir appearances without paying attention to it, to match their names. One study especially backed up this idea, showing that a hairstyle, something that can be changed by people easily, was enough to guide others in correctly guessing their names.“ Earlier research has shown there are cultural stereo

42、types carried by names, includinghow someone shouldlook. For example, people are more likely to imagine aperson namedBob to have a rounder face than a person named Tim. Webelieve these stereotypes can, over time, influence people s facial appearances, ” Zwebner said.The results of the experiments ma

43、y even make parents think twice when choosing a name for their children.“ If a namecan influence appearance, it can influence many other things. This research opens an important direction that may suggest how parents should consider better the namesfor their children, ” said Zwebner, who recently ha

44、d a baby herself.“ As parents, it was really difficult for us to name our 12-day-old daughter as we know the meanings of names.36. One of the purposes of the experiments is to .A. give the students a chance to know each otherB. explain what influences our facial appearancesC. find out different char

45、acteristics carried by different namesD. see if people can correctly guess a person s namebased only on a photo of a face37. People could match the faces to the names more easilyA. when they did a random guessB. when the faces are from other countriesC. when the faces are from their own countryD. wh

46、en they have more knowledge themselves38. The underlined part “ backed up ” in Paragraph 6 most probably means “ ” .A.supported B.changed C.comparedD. cancelled39. Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 are mainly to show .A. the results of changing namesB. names have something to do with appearancesC. the imp

47、ortance of cultural stereotypes carried by namesD. the importance of a hairstyle in guessingdifferent looks40. According to Zwebner, we know that .A. facial appearances may influence namesB. we shouldn t think of others just according to their namesC. a namemayinfluence manythings and should be well

48、 chosenD. we should pay less attention to the meanings of names and be ourselves非选择题（共 50 分）四、填空（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）A） 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41 45 的相应位置上。41. Farmers in these small villages aren t able to paytheir（账单 ） in time.42. We all know Father s Day falls on the（ 第三 ） Sunday

49、of June every year.43. It s reported China s second aircraft carrier will（ 进入 ） service by 2020.44. “ Double Eleven ”has been considered a special dayfor( 单身的 ) men andwomen in China.45. Squaredancingisbecoming hot(在49 Chinese citizens,but the loud music is terrible.B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在

50、答题卡标号为46 50 的相应位置上。46. (read) as often as possible, and you ll find your life meaningful.can depend on48. Manycountries to celebrate49. The47. Mary believes she won t live with her parents when she(she).(activity) are held in different“ World City Day ” every year.(week)talkshow “ Readers” hosted by

51、 Dong Qing has become popular(try),in China.50. If the whole of our society keeps we will have more and more blue skies with each passing year.C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 51 55 的相应位置上。The history of the Lantern Festival is not certain, but people have been lighting lanterns

52、for spiritual （ 精神的 ） purposes since before paper was invented. Lanterns 51 be madeof cloth. But they probably were not bright or colorful then. With the 52 of paper, Chinese started to make colorful paper lanterns.Thetraditions and days of celebrating the Lantern Festival are different in different

53、 places of China. In Nanjing, theConfucius Temple and the Lantern Festival have been 53 in Chinese history. At this time of year, lots of people from different areas come to54.Now the lantern show has spread out to Ming Dynasty CityWall. Bright lights decorate the 600-year-old wall. There is also a

54、light and firework show. There are 55 pretty paper lanterns at the lantern market. The government of Nanjing has made the festival bigger and bigger and is trying to make it an international market.五、阅读填空（共20 小题；每小题1 分，满分20 分）A） 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后56 65 小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56 65 的相应位置上。注意：每

55、个空格只填1 个单词。Mobile phone historyNot long ago, mobile phones were used mainly by business people and government officers in society. In the US, mobile phone users were about 340,000 in 1985. Now there are 205 million mobile phone users in the US. Studies also show that over 50 percent of children in t

56、he US own their own personal mobile phones. The mobile phone explosion （ 激 增 ） has led to a huge number of waste phones. The number of mobile phones users has also increased throughout the world. In the middle of 2005, the number of total users jumped to 2.4 billion worldwide.Mobile phone wasteWhen people throw their mobile phones away, they usually end up in the open air. Mobile phones include somematerials like lead, mercury and cadmium. They can go into public drinki