天一实验中学2018初三英语一模试卷

1、.初三英语第一次模拟试卷2018. 03一、单项选择1. Life is like _ ocean. Only _ strong-willed can reach the other side.A.a; /B. the; aC. an; theD. /; a2. _ is it from your home to the nearest supermarket? Nearest? Let me see. About five minutes ride.A.How longB. How farC. How oftenD. How soon3. Put such dangerous things

2、as medicine, knives and lights _ the reach of children.A.inB. withinC. beyondD. over4. Does your mother have any hobbies? No, _ you call watching TV a hobby.A.ifB. unlessC. untilD. when5. You _ pay too much attention to your pronunciation, as it is so important in the oraltest.A.shouldn tB. mustn tC

3、. cantD. neednt6. Do you drink much coffee as before? No, _ at all. My sleeping problem is getting worse.A.LittleB. noneC. nothingD. anything7. All right. I lltake it. But I tell you, it is the last time I will _ this kind of work. Come on, Buddy! Don tbe so serious.A.take offB. take onC. take outD.

4、 take up8. There is something wrong with my new shower. I llreturn it to the shop tomorrow. How come? Are you sure you put it in _?A.carefullyB. peacefullyC. wiselyD. properly9. What do you think of your school, Linda? It s a good place for us to _ ourselves for the future.A. promiseB. prepareC. pro

5、veD. present10.You should go to see him since he is so seriously ill. _, he is your brother.A. In allB. First of allC. Above allD. After all11.Over these years, I have had a new understanding of _ people traditionally call aperfect person.A. howB. whatC. whoD. whom12. The novel Gulliver s Travels is

6、 very nice. So it is. Could you tell me _?A.how long can I borrow itB. that I can borrow itC.if I can keep it for another weekD. when should I return it13. I may find a better job if I go abroad. Dontbe silly. _, you know.A. Dontput all eggs in one basketB. Don tburn the candle at both ends.C. Actio

7、ns speak louder than wordsD. The grass is always greener on the other side14. John, when will you pay a visit to that place of interest? I can tdecide at present. _A. It just depends.B. It s up to you.C. What a good idea!D. Take your time.二、完型填空I looked up the word “successful”in my dictionary and s

8、ome ofthe words listed were:happy, fortunate, and hard-working.If thatis the definition( 定义 ) of“successful”, then Iamtruly successful after15.I started dabbling( 涉足 ) in the Internet marketing in October 2010. It didnttake long formeto become a16of the “become-a-millionaire-overnight”thought that w

9、as sopopular on the Internet. I had supposed that selling things on the Internet was so easy that evenbeginners could start makingmoney on the very17day. Ispent most of my timeadvertising rather than learning18to advertise. However, half a years hard work ledto no money at all.In June, I found a pro

10、gram that was19, and I began to learn from it. It wasntlong before I gave20the“get-rich-quick ” mind. Ibegan to21thattheInternet sale is a job like any other job and I would have to take it22. I kept trying tocheer myself up, whichI thought was the key to success in sales. Iinsistedon the excellentI

11、nternet marketing and then good23came. My dabbling became a hobby, and thenpassion(热情 ). Later passion24my business. I have really become a millionairewithin a year.The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn more. I ve made a lot of mistakes, but Iknow that every mistake is just one more s

12、tep forward, as a song tells us“Youve got to lose toknow how to win. ”15.A. failureB. dangerC. courseD. warning16.A. loverB. victimC. haterD. supporter17.A. nextB. lastC. firstD. second18.A. howB. whatC. whenD. where19.A. helplessB. valuableC. comfortableD. meaningless20.A. outB. awayC. upD. in21.A.

13、 complainB. imagineC. wonderD. realize22.A. quietlyB. seriouslyC. slightlyD. heavily23.A. luckB. matterC. placeD. event24.A. organizedB. describedC. correctedD. encouraged.三、阅读理解ANameGalia Anne CookerDate of birthJan 14, 2003ContactAdd: 25 Greenfield Road, Borough of Dartford, Kent, England, B12 456

14、Tel: 0111 186 123456E-mail: galiamyspace. comEducation9GCSEs, including English and Maths Greenfield High School, DartfordWorkVolunteer at greenfield Nursery School on summer holidays 2 weeksexperienceWaitress at Lily s Pizza restaurant on Saturdays 10 monthsLanguagesFrench B1 levelChinese A2 levelS

15、killsandCompetitive swimminginterestsLifeguard course Evesop Swimming Pool25.Which languages can Galia speak?a. Englishb. Frenchc. Chinesed. RussianA. a and bB. a, b and cC. a and cD. b, c and d26.Galia is probably _.A. confidentB. helplessC. lazyD. kind-hearted27.How can Galia be contacted?A. By ca

16、lling at 0111 168 12345B. By visiting her office.C. By sending emails to her teachers.D. By sending a letter to her home.BIt seems food deliverymen( 送货员 ) are always in a hurry. They wear blue, red or yellow helmets and many of them don tfollow traffic rules. They drive on the wrong side of the road

17、 and run red lights. They use mobile phones while driving.These reckless behaviors have caught the public s attention.In the first half of 2017, food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai, according to Shanghai Public Security Bureau. That means every two and a half days, a food deliverym

18、an will die or get hurt on the road.What makes deliveryman take such risks? The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and the impatient customers may be the answer.Many companies will fine a deliveryman up to 2,000 yuan, if he fails to deliver an order on time, reported China daily. Fi

19、nes also go to those who get bad reviews from customers.To solve the problem, food delivery service companies need to improve their incentive(激励 ) system, noted CRI Online.Some cities are also taking action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety. Now in

20、Shenzhen, if a deliveryman gets caught breaking traffic rules more than twice, then he can be prevented from driving food service delivery vehicles for a whole year.28.How many traffic accidents did food deliverymen in Shanghai cause in the first half of 2017?A. 38B. 76C. 153D. 2,00029.The companies

21、 will fine them if a food deliveryman _.A. gets bad viewsB. obeys traffic rulesC. drives too slowlyD. delivers food on time30. What s the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Companies are improving their review systems.B. Some cities are working to improve the situation.C. To drive safely, food deliv

22、erymen will obey more traffic rules.D. Food deliverymen cannot drive on important roads in the future.CWhen the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn tso rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest. He really did

23、n tknow how they would fight when they broke up the family and lived apart( 分开的 ).One day, their father was sick, lying in bed and staring( 凝 ) at something, when the elderson came over to wish him good health. His father said, “Ask your brother to come here, and I have something to say.”The younger

24、 brother arrived. Their father sat up and said,“Idon tknow how the diseasehit. I m feeling terribly unwell. ”The brothers persuaded (劝说 ) their father not to worry about it, but he shook his head, “In fact, I don tworry about the disease because I can manage it, but ifyou are in disorder with each o

25、ther in the future, it will be our familys disease and no one candeal with it. ”The brothers felt ashamed.The father got out of the bed, pointed to some chickens in the yard and said, “Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn tit good? ”Then their father brought out a bowl of corns,

26、went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground. Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung( 挥动 ) at the chickens. As soon as they saw the corns, the chicken jumped up, waved their wings and fought for it. The peaceful world was now filled with smoke of gu

27、npowder for some corns.The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at.Their father added, “Both of you saw more corns are behind the house ”As a matter of fact, arent there many troubles in life because God spread some corns before us?31. How did the old man think of his illness

28、?A. It was serious, but he could go through it.B. It was serious, so he couldn tlive long.C. It was serious, and he could hardly stand it.D. It was not serious, and he thought of it as nothing.32. Why did the old man spread most of the corns on the ground?.A. Because the chickens had already had eno

29、ugh.B. Because he wanted the chickens to fight for the rest.C. Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.D. Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.33. What does the writer want to tell us?A. We should find new ways to deal with troubles in life.B. People should be har

30、d-working and live peacefully together.C. There are always bad things in our life which we should face.D. The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.DMany people believe the glare( 炫目的光 ) from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet, with dark glasses or not, they may have headache

31、s and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness after several hours of snow light.The United States army has now found out that glare from snow does not cause snow-blindness in army in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man s eyes often find nothing to focus on( 聚集 ) in a broad space of snow-covered are

32、a. So his long fixed look continually moves and jumps backward and forward over the whole landscape in search of something to look at. Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles( 肌肉 ) ache. As tears continued increasing, they m

33、ake eyes difficult to see clearly, and the result is total, even though for a short time, snow-blindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming( 克服 ) this problem. Scouts(侦察兵 ) ahead of the army are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a line as they cross complet

34、ely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they can focus too. The men flowing can then see something. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their atten

35、tion on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a continuous white land is overcome.34. What is the first paragraph mainly about ？A. The whiteness from snow.B. Snow light and snow blindness.C. The need for d

36、ark glasses.D. Headaches and watering eyes.35. Snow-blindness can be avoided _.A. by covering the eyeballs with more and more tearsB. by walking ahead and keep looking aroundC. by making up for the discomfort of ones eyesD. by providing the eyes with something to focus on36. What is the best title f

37、or this passage?A. Snow-blindness: what it is and whom it influenceB. Snow-blindness: what it is and how nature helps.C. Snow-blindness: how it forms and how to solve itD. Snow-blindness: how it forms and whom it hurts37. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Solving the problem

38、 of snow-blindness is important in army.B. Snow-blindness was once a big problem but could be cured easily.C. The glare from snow is considered as the main cause of snow-blindness.D. Armies around the world pay attention to the problems of snow-blindness.四、词汇运用1. More and more people use _ ( 电子的 ) i

39、nstead of cash now.2. The government has done a lot to prevent this kinds of disease from being _ ( 传播 ).3. The man of medium height was charged with _ ( 偷) a valuable necklace the other day.4. Im sorry you are _ ( 完全 ) wrong. You ve mistaken Lucy for Lily.5. It won tbe easy to reach an _ (agree) wi

40、th their company, but we have to try our best.6. The fish will be much _ (taste) if you put some sugar in it.7. There is an old saying, “_ (proud) goes before a fall. ”8. It was a great pitythat the old man s _ (serve) to themountain area were neverknown by people.五、动词填空1. He didn teven mention the

41、difficulty he had at that time _ (control) the moving train.2. So far, not only the highways but also the railway _ (connect) the two cities.3. How was your flight to Hainan? Couldntbe worse. We _ (keep) at the airport for five hours.4. If I _ (take) a rest when he comes, please ask him to wait for

42、a while in my office.5. What a great pity it is _ (hear) that so many famous Brazilian footballers died inthe air crash on November 28, 2016.6. Nothing else _ (appear) on the screen until I click on it. Look,I m clicking now.7. Why were the whole family away from Wuxi last week? Well, the mother, as

43、 well as her sons, _ (try) out for the singing program.8. Im sure the bag my cousin bought in Shanghai _ (wash) easily.六、任务型阅读Some people believe that greed(贪婪 ) and selfishness has become the main theme of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community in order t

44、o have a better life.In this fast paced(快节奏的 ) world, many values are experiencing great changes. While people traditionally caring, sharing and generosity the most important things in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-centered.Modern people act selfishly to survive the highly compet

45、itive world. To survive, you have to fight with whatever ways you can think of. Obviously greed and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, workers do everything they can to get better pay and higher.position, even if it means their workmates will lose a lot because of this. The

46、y are not born cold-blooded; it is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way because of outside influences.To be honest, it is hard to say that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and

47、selfish things though such behaviors were more seriously punished then. But we can tbe blind to the fact that people in the past faced less pressure compared with the modern environment.Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I pers