初三上学期期末英语试题及标准答案

1、20162017学年度第一学期期末练习初三英语2016.1四、单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最隹选项21. Is this your coat? No. coat is black.A. My B. His C. Her D. Your22. Beijing will hold the Winter Olympic Games August, 2022.A. at B. on C. in D. of23. The weather is bad outside, we have to study at home.A. so B. o

2、r C. but D. because24. is your favourite writer? Mark Twain.A. What B. Who C. When D. Where25. Tom is growing fast. He is even than his father.A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest26. Must I finish the homework tonight? No, you . You can finish it tomorrow.A. needn t B. mustn t C. shouldn t D.

3、 can t27. My sister when I got home yesterday evening.A. sleep B. slept C. was sleeping D. is sleeping28. Mr. Green here since last year.A. lives B. will live C. was living D. has lived29. The iphone by Apple Computer Inc. before 2007.A. invent B. invented C. is invented D. was invented30. Do you kn

4、owthe meeting? Tomorrow morning.A. when they hadB. when they willhaveC. when did they have D. when will they have五、完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最隹选项。Puppy LoveNate looked out his bedroom window. He had a perfect view of his neighbor' sbackyard and his neighbor '

5、s new puppy, Peanut. Mr. Jensen had recently moved to the neighborhood. Helet Nate play with his little 31 he brought home fromthe pet store just now.Nate was 32. He wanted a puppy, but hissister had dog allergies （过敏）. After a while, though,Mr. Jensen told him to stop playing with Peanut because th

6、ey made too much noise.The weather was getting colder. Nate could see Peanut was_33_ in the backyard a lot. It seemed like Mr. Jensen never played with Peanut. Nate also 34 thatPeanut ' s food and water dishes were always empty. Peanut looke&kinny. He didn ' t run around like he used to.

7、“Mom." said Nate, “I am worried about Peanut. He doesn' t have any protection froithe sun or cold. I never see Mr. Jensen play with him. What should we do?”“Let ' skeep an eye on Peanut, Nate. " said Mom. " Being responsible means we _35 about other people as well as animals.

8、We need to show them respect and wehave a responsibility to make sure their owners are kind to animals.”“Okay, Mom. " said Nate.Peanut ' s living conditions did not improve. One day Nate saw Mr.Jensen 36Peanut for barking too much. Nate told his Mom. His mother helped him call the Departmen

9、t of Animal Control.The Officer Clark came totalk to Nate and his Mom and they explained how Mr. Jensen treated Peanut.“I think Peanut deserves应得） a better home. " said Officer Clark.Because of Peanut ' s living conditions, Animal Control 37 Peanut away fromMr. Jensen. Officer Clark placed

10、Peanut in an animal shelter wherevolunteers helped. Here Peanut received food, water, exercise and, of course, love.Best of all, Nate was inspired to become a volunteer there. His work there taught him about being responsible and respectful to the animals and the 38 who workedthere.After a month, a

11、kind family came39for a pet. Nate introduced the family toPeanut. Peanut ' s tail didn ' t stop wagging as each family member hugged him. When the family asked if they could keep Peanut, Nate smiled.Before Nate said goodbye to Peanut, he gave him a hug and said,“ Thank you, Pefor teaching me

12、 that I have a 40 to care about others.”31. A. dogB. cat C. horse D. rabbit32. A. surprised B. moved C. sadD. excited33. A. noisyB. aloneC. safeD. happy34. A. noticedB. recognizedC. understoodD. realized35. A. think36. A. hitB. worryB. pushC. careD. talkC. knock D. point37. A. putB. tookC.gaveD. thr

13、ew38. A. leadersB. visitors39. A. waitingB. paying40. A. braveryB. confidenceC. volunteers D. doctorsC. sending D. lookingC.wisdomD.responsibility阅读理解（共50分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最隹选项。（共30分，每小题2分）© 0,回国给户改砧回口烟蚓畿号lit ，/WWW. 1r 工 YQU £ <1。1口 P；ll$口口 L . ccnn<Teqiis WIi

14、q VolunteerMarioNatalieRiverside High School is home to tin ce very special young people: Alan, Mario, and Natalie. These three students all giv< up several hours each week to help outothor peopk.Mario Iftves animalg and plat达 to be 注 vet. Every Saturday momiiig, while other teens arc playing spo

15、rts, studying or sleeping it Mario is helping out at an animal hospital. But volunteering brings its own reward, according to Mario. LiSurc? I work hard：' he says, "but I'm also learning a lot about animals ?Natalie likes reading. She taught herself to read at the iige of four. She wotk

16、s as the volunteer at an After School Reading C«nter? helping young people to read. Volunteering is great/' says Natalie, "because you coil do the things that you love to do and help others at the same time?*Al mi wants to be a professional singer. Most weekends, he works 理 a charity h

17、ospital. Volunteers don't receive any money. For Alan, the reward comes in bringing happiness to others. Alan says, Evciyonc should do 50111c land of volunteer worlc Then the world would he n better placc?s41. Riverside High School is home to very special young people.A. 2 B. 3C. 4D. 542. Mario

18、is helping out at.A. a charity hospitalB. a high schoolC. an animal hospitalD. a reading center43. What does Natalie likedoing?A. Studying.B. Playing.C. Singing.D. Reading.44. For Alan, the reward comes in.A. bringing happiness to othersB. doing the things helovesC. learning a lot about animalsD. re

19、ceiving some moneyBSanta ClausDoes Not ForgetBertie was a very good boy,but he always forgot. No matter what he was asked to do, in the end his answer always was “I forgot. " If he was sent to the store to get something, he would return with nothing but his usual answer.His parents decided that

20、 something must be done tomake the little boy remember.Christmas was near, and Bertie was busy making out a long list of things that he wanted Santa Claus to bring him." Santa Claus may forget some of those things.”mother.“He cannot, “ replied Bertie, “ because I will write all the things on th

21、is paper. ThenSanta Claus can see it and put the things in my stocking袜）.”Christmas morning came, and Bertie was up early to see what was in his stocking. His mother kept away from him as far as she could, for she knew what Santa Claus had done.Finally she heard him coming to her room. He held a lis

22、t in his hand,which is much longer than the one he had made out. He put it in his mother' s hand, while tears ofdisappointment fell from his eyes. It was a list of all the things that Bertie had forgotten to do over the last six months. At the end of all was written, in big letters, I FORGOT. &q

23、uot; ,”Bertie cried for an hour. Then they went to grandpa'the IfiostseriThere forhe saw a Christmas tree. It was very strange to Bertie, but on the Christmas tree he found everything he had written on his list.Did he change his bad habit? Not all at once,but when his mother saw that he was very

24、 careless,she would say, “ Remember, Santa Claus does not forget! ”45. When Bertie was asked to do something,his answer always was". " in theend.A. I remembered B. I returned C. I didD. I forgot46. Bertie made a long list of the things.A. he puton the Christmas treeB. he had forgotten to d

25、o beforeC. he wanted Santa to bring himD. his parents wanted him to remember47. How did Bertie feel after he read the list Santa Clausleft to him?A. He was disappointed.B. He was excited.C. He was pleased.D. He was angry.48. Why would his mother say,“ Remember, Santa Claus does not forget!” ?A. To m

26、ake Bertie remember Santa Claus' gifts.B. To remind Bertie to change his bad habit.C. To help Santa Claus not to forget the list.D. To tell Bertie Santa Claus never forgets.CHaving a Perfect Holiday'Arc you between 12 and 16 years old?Do you feel bored when you go and play with your fiiends

27、neaiby?Arc you looking for the perfect holidayWould you like fun, new fiiends and a new adventure?We have the answer? And all yon need is a bike! Join aYou will join a group of up to 12 teenagers and one ortwo leaders. You' ll seemountains, the sea, pretty country villages, and lakes. You' l

28、l cycle about 20 km on mdays, but don ' t wouydon-' t need to cycle upyamountains and you can go quite't cycle,you can have a go at some'll move to a different hotel mostslowly if you need to. On the days when you don different sports, like swimming and caving, and you nights.At the

29、end of your holiday youfriends! It is really the perfect holiday.'ll ffitdeyoran areenergetic and have morePlaces are limited,so book your place now!Phone 005 6867 4758 or visit our website: .Welcome to aWe have been the leaders in short exchange holidaysbetween Chinese and American schoolchildr

30、en since 1995.The Culture Exchange Holidayoffersprogrammes in more cities than ever before -New York, Washington DC, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago and New Orleans. In addition to English classes, you go to a real American school with children of your own age, and youlive with an American f

31、amily for four weeks. In return, an Americanschoolgirl or boy lives with your family and goes to your school.Weekends are spent with the American family, but on Sundays cultural visits are also offered to places of interest and on these visits you will meet other exchange students. Our group leaders

32、 are fully qualified and experienced tour guides. You can even enter our competition and win a free Cultural Exchange Holiday!Check out our five-week programme. Spend four weeks with an American family and then join us for a week touring Florida by train. Visit the Everglades, seethe dolphinsand hav

33、e fun at Disneyland!Want to know more? Fancy winning a free trip? Contact us at:.49. Ifwe have a bike and want to have a perfectholiday, we canA. join a Paradise Cycling Adventure HolidayB. learn English at real American schoolsC. go and play with our friends nearbyD. join a Cultural Exchange Holida

34、y50. Ifwejoin the Paradise CyclingAdventure Holiday,wewill.A. win the competition for a free holidayB. visit many famous American citiesC. see mountains,the sea and lakesD. cycle up to all mountains quickly51. Duringa culture exchange holiday, we canA.go to American schools with the children over 16

35、B. accept American students to live in our homesC. livewith an American familyfor five weeksD. visit places of interestthe whole weekend52. The passage is mainly about.A. the introduction of teenagers' holidayB. the experience of teenagers' holidayC. the purpose of teenagers' holidayD. t

36、he changes of teenagers' holidayDTechnology to Help Developing CountriesWhen we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the mo

37、st important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it' hsfarcfresn enougand gentlemen, we ' ve got to come up with some better ideas to help them.I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computersfor children in developing countries. A man

38、 called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheaplaptop computer, which can run without electricity. He decided to invent this computer after he visited a school in Cambodia.The laptop which Mr.Negroponte has designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in the shops. One di

39、fference is that it will be covered in rubber （橡月J） so that it is very strong and won be damagedeasily. As an electricity supplycan be a problem in developing countries,the computer also has a special handle so that children can wind the computer up to give it extra power when needed.These special l

40、aptop computers will cost less than 100 US dollars and Mr.Negroponte wants to build as many as 15 million machines in the first year of production.The idea is that these computers will help the children on as they w illsDedabcetto access the Internet. These computers might not help the people in dev

41、eloping countries immediately, but by improving children' s education they should help people to find theirown solutions to their problems in the long term.Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phonesso that they can be used again. In the UK, and probably

42、 in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown awayevery year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We

43、 will reduce the waste we“kill two birds with one stoneproduce and help others. In other words, we will be able to and that is always a good thing.53. The expression be damaged" in Paragraph 3 probably meansA. be fixed B. be hurtC. be usedD. be broken54. From the passage we can learn thatthe ch

44、eap laptopA. can help the developing countries with theelectricity supplyC. can help the childrenB. can be moved and carried with the help of a special handles s educationby surfing the InternetD. will be covered with rubber so that it can save money55. The writer may agreethat in developing countri

45、es these ideas canA. help the children reduce waste and earn moneyB. be good for the environment and the educationC. help the children solve the problems at onceD. provide the basic needsforthe people there七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最 隹选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共10分，每小题2分）Once upon a time there were three

46、 roommates who lived on the sixtieth floor of a tall building.One evening they returned home from hard work, they were very tired. 56_. So they tried to think of how to get to their apartment, finally one of them said, 57_, but to climb the stairs all the way up, I suggest that after twenty floors,

47、one of us tellsa funny story, so we laugh and forget about being tired. And again on the fortiethfloor, the second one would do the same.When we get to the sixtieth floor, the last one should tell a sad story.So we can fall asleep right away.They all agreed, and after reachingthetwenty-firstfloor, o

48、ne told them a very funny story. 58_.And then the second boytold even a better joke, again they laughed even harder, and continued up till they got to their apartment door. The first two said to the third one, 59_ So we can go straight to bed.“I will tell you one of the saddest things that could hav

49、e ever happened to us.said. " And what would that be?" Theyb60haskedhe repl ied.A. They laughed so hard and continued to the foiti elh floorB. But they found the elevators di dn? t workC. We forgot the keys in the car downstairsD. Now you have to tell us a real sad storySin4wq don't an

50、y otlKr qhoiqws八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）You might hear about all the different clubs at your school and wonder - where did they all come from? How do you start a school club? This simple step-by-step guide will show you how to start a club right from the beginning to the end.Work out the plan.

51、Choose a time and a place for your club. Decide on a room tohold the club in with your friend, and speak with the person in charge of the room. Agree with them on a time, but make it during school hours, and not during lessons or work time. Plan out how the club will run. At many schools, students s

52、tart planning the club before the summer vacation.Find responsible people. You can ' t start a club with only one member. Every club needs some people who are responsible, intelligent and hardworking. A club including people like this will certainly succeed. Also starting to talk with the respon

53、sible friends will help in the planning of the club so that you will not have to do it by yourself.Talk to the teachers. Speak to the teachers of both your classes and your members classes. If all of them agree on your plan, you may speak to the headmaster. If the headmaster agrees, move on to the n

54、ext step.Persuade （说服） others to join. The first thing is to create a poster. On the poster, you can introduce your club with some pictures to attract others. Prepare a speech. Make people understand the motive of your club and different needs of the club. This will provide a clear view to get peopl

55、e to join.Stay organized. Now that a club has started, it is not over yet. All of the hard parts may have passed, but there is still the maintenance维护）of the club. You need to make sure that everything works well and members can learn and enjoy themselves in the club.Enjoy your club!61. Will this step-by-step guide show you how to start a club?62. When do students start planning the club at many schools?63. What kind of people does every club need?64. What isthe first thing to persuadeothers to join in the club?65. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?书面表达（共15分