2010-2011苏州初三期中考试

1、.2010-2011 学年度苏州市景范中学第一学期初三期中考试英语试卷第 i卷（选择题三大题 共 75 分）一、听力选择。 （共 20 小题，满分20 分）第一节听对话回答问题。（计 10分，每小题1 分）。本部分共有10 小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5 秒钟的时间阅读题目。（） 1 1 whatsthe weather like today?（） 2 what did jim s father take away from him?abc（） 3 how does michel learn english?abc（） 4 where has the b

2、oy been?abc（） 5 how is david?a generousb easy-goingcorganized（） 6 which city will jane probably visit?a sydneyb new york csuzhou（） 7 whats the time now?;.a 10:30b 10:25c10:35（） 8 how does tom find the film?a he thinks it s greatb he wants to see a better onec he doesntlike it （） 9 how often does jam

3、es play basketball?a every dayb hardly ever ctwice a week（） 10 what does frank ask sophia to do?a to help him with his english b to listen to the radio together c to give him some suggestions on listening 第二节听对话或短文回答问题（共5 小题；每小题1 分，满分 5 分）你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。 听每段对话或短文时，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5 秒钟。听第一段对话，回答11

4、-12 小题。（） 11what did they want to do this weekend?a to stay in the office b to go to the concert c to buy some tickets （） 12 why did the woman say “it s a great pity”?a because there were no tickets left b because the concert was overc because the tickets were expensive听第二段对话，回答13-15 小题。（） 13 what d

5、oes sophia know?a she knows what colours representb she knows what clothes represent c she knows that clothes can affect moods （） 14 why does sophia think the young man in the picture in energetic?a because of the colour of his shirt b because of the colour of his trousers c because of the colour of

6、 his shoes ;.（） 15 what does frank think of the young man in the picture?a hes cleverb hes quietc hes hard-working 听一篇短文，回答16-20 小题。（共 5 小题；每小题1 分，满分5 分）（） 16 what may the students who often become worried or have trouble getting on withothers have?a mental problems b earachescknives （） 17 why did l

7、iu wei cut his finger with a knife?a because he was afraid of his teacherb because he wanted to frighten his parents c because he was very worried about his studies （） 18 when did yang fang s problem happen?a when she studied very hardb when she had examsc when she talked with her parents （） 19 why

8、will students who have problems not ask others for help?a because they wontlet others think they are stupid b because they dontthink doctors can help them c because they think the problems are not serious （） 20 what does liang yuezhu tell us?a it s necessary for them to be with others b only group a

9、ctivities and sports can help them c it s better for the students who have problems to join others 二、选择填空（共25 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 25分）a） 单项选择从 a 、 b、 c、 d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。填入答卷相应的空格里。（） 21 i have problems _many things for example, i have problems _learning maths well a with, inb about, withcin, withd in, abou

10、t（） 22 -thank you for your valuable advice -_ a with pleasureb never mindcit s my pleasured thats right ;.（） 23 _of the students in the whole class works out the physics problem a nob nonecalld neither（） 24 whats the article about?- _ in china the article is worth _ a something surprising, readingb

11、something surprised, to readc surprising something, readingd surprised something, to read（） 25 when i opened the door, i found him still _ outside the door a to waitb waitcwaitingd waited（） 26 she told us _many jokes _we kept laughing a such, andb so, andcso, thatd such, that（） 27 youd better wear a

12、 pair of comfortable trainers when _a long walk a you takeb you takingcto takec take（） 28 a year later, he said he _ at the poor village to teach the children a would rather to staybprefered stayingc would rather stayingd preferred to stay（） 29 the rest of the fish _by the cat a was eatenb atechave

13、been eatend were eaten（） 30 i hope that my words will be _you a some value ofbof some value forc some of value tod of some value to（） 31 what shall we do this weekend?-you can go swimming, hiking, or _else you enjoy doing a nothingb somethingceverythingd anything（） 32 i wanted to know _, but no one

14、would like to tell mea what did the old man saybhow did the old man comec whether the old man would comed who the old man went（） 33 the radio disturbs me would you please _ a bit?a turn it offb turn it downcturn off itd turn down it ;.（） 34 taking a deep breath _ a make you calm down easily b makes

15、you to calm down easily c makes it easily for you to calm downd makes it easy for you to calm down（） 35 be sure _ the recommendations as soon as possiblea replying tob to replycto answerd answeringb）完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从a、 b、 c、d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。填入答卷相应的空格里。i walked along the sea for about an hour unti

16、l i began to feel hungry it was seven by thattime, i was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where i often went to eat two or three timesa weeki knew the owner well i went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal while i waswaiting, i looked_36 _ to see if i knew

17、anyone in the restaurant then i saw a man sitting at acorner table near the door keeping looking in my _37_, as if he knew me i certainly didn tknow him, for i never forgot a38_ the man had a newspaper_39 _ in front of him buti could see that he was keeping an eye on me when the waiter brought my so

18、up, the manwas40puzzled （迷惑）by the familiarway that the waiter and i called each other hebecame even morepuzzled as41wenton he couldsee that iwas_42in therestaurantat last he got up and went into the kitchen after a few minutes he came out, paid forhis meal and left when i had finished, i called the

19、 owner of the restaurant over and asked him about theman the ownertoldme he was apoliceman “ really? i”was surprised “ he wascertainly43in mebut why? ” i asked“ he followed you because he thought you were a manhe was looking for , ” the owner said“ when he came into the kitchen, he_44_me apictureof

20、the wanted manhe certainly looked like you! of course, since we all know you here, i toldhim that he had made a mistake ” it _s45_ i came to this restaurant, or i might have beenarrested（逮捕） !（） 36 a forb atcaroundd like（） 37 a wayb faceceyesd direction;.（） 38 a nameb facecpersond friend（） 39 a open

21、b closedcopenedd close（） 40 a hardlyb fastcquicklyd clearly（） 41 a program b storyctimed news（） 42 a familiarb newcknownd brought（） 43 a interestedb interestingcworriedd sure（） 44 a showedb sentctookd gave（） 45 a badb goodcluckyd best三、阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的a 、 b、 c、 d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项

22、。填入答卷相应的空格里。aeveryone needs friendsthey are a basic source of happiness and hope in our lives however,the ability to make friends is different from person to person to some people, making friends iseasy, and to others it s very difficultwe all have the ability to make friends, but many people never

23、reach their potential （潜能） making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing that skill is knowing how to getalong with others people who are good at getting along with others take an interest in what other peoplelike therefore, the more things that your child knows about other kids, the m

24、ore chances he orshe has to make friendsif your child has trouble making friends, you can tell him or her how to do it realize your own strengths you have skills and talents that others can enjoy some peopledon t let others see their goodness believe that you are a good person who has something to s

25、hare with others develop a sense of humorlearn to laugh at yourself and your shortcomings it will relieve（释放）some of the stress in your life smile, smile, smile respect the rights of othersthey have their opinions, you have yours different opinionsare healthy be kind throughout your life, you will l

26、earn that if you are kind to others, they will usually be;.kind to you when should you start being kind right now open the door for someone waveto a friend say something positive（积极的）there are hundreds of little things you can do toshow kindness （） 46 the ability of making friends _a is not changed

27、by learning to get on with others b is quite different because we are different c is different because of the education one receives d depends on（取决于）one lifes experience （） 47 the most important thing in making friends is _a to be able to get along with others b to know otherswayof lifec to realize

28、 your own strengths d to develop a sense of humor（） 48 which of the following shouldnt one do in making friends?a know your own advantages and shortcomings b be friendly to others from now on c never accept the things you don t knowd wave to people and learn to smile bkillerbees started in brazil in

29、 1957 a scientist in sao paulo wanted bees to make morehoney（蜂蜜） so he put forty-six african bees with some brazilian bees the bees bred（繁殖） and made a new kind of bees but the new bees were a mistake they didn t want to makemore honey they wanted to attack then ,by accident, twenty six african bees

30、 escaped andbred with the brazilian bees outside scientists could not control the problem the bees increased fast they went from brazil tovenezuela then they went to central america now they are in north america theytravelabout 390 miles a year each group of bees grows four times a year this means o

31、ne million newgroups every five years ;.why are people afraid of killer bees? people are afraid for two reasons first, the bees sting（叮） many more times than usual bees killer bees can sting sixty times a minute non-stop fortwo hours second ,killer bees attack in groups four hundred bee stings can k

32、ill a person already several hundred people are dead now killer bees are in texas in a few years theywill reach all over the united states people can do nothing but wait （） 49 after the african bees lived together with the brazilian bees, they _a made more honeybmade a new kind of beesc made a mista

33、ked wanted to attack（） 50 why are people afraid of killer bees?a they increase faster and fasterbseveral hundred people are deadc they sting more and attack in groups d they re big and strong（） 51 where have killer bees reached now?a north america bbrazil c venezuelad all over the us（） 52 the best t

34、itle of the passage isa how to make more honeybkiller beesc a foolish scientistd how to feed killer beescmost musicians agree that the best violins were first made in gremona, italy, about 200 yearsagothese violins sound better than any others they even sound better than violins made today violin ma

35、kers and scientists try to make instruments （乐器） like the italian violins but they aren t the samemusicians still prefer the old ones some people think it is the age of the violins but not all old violins from gremona arespecial so age cannot be the answerthe people think the secret to those violins

36、 is the wood the wood must be from certain kindsof treesbut the kind of wood may not be so important it may be more important to cut the woodin a special way wood for a violin must be cut very carefully it has to be the right size andshapethe smallest difference will change the sound of the violinmu

37、sicians sometimes think that;.this was the secret of the italians maybe they understood more than we do about how to cut thewood size and shape may not be the answer either scientists can make new ones that are exactlythe same size and shapebut the new violins still do not sound as good as the old o

38、nessomescientists think the secret may be the varnish varnish is what covers the wood of the violin itmakes the wood shiny it also helps the sound of the instrument but no one knows what theitalian makers used in their varnish （） 53 the passage is abouta making violinsbmusical instrumentsc scientifi

39、c ideasd the old italian violins（） 54 musicians think that modern violinsa will sound better and better in the futureb will sound worse and worse in the futurec sound less wonderful than the old italian onesd sound really the same as the old italian ones（） 55 some scientists think the italian violin

40、 makersa did not know much about violinsbcut the wood carefullyc used many kinds of woodd knew something secret（） 56 violins made todaya can be the same shape as the old onesb sound the same as the old onesc are a bit better than the old onesd have the same varnish as the old onesdwatching some chil

41、dren trying to catch butterflies one hot august afternoon, i was reminded of an event in my own childhood when i was a boy of 12 in south carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cage we lived on the edge of the woods, and every evening the mo

42、ckingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing there isn at musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbird ;.i decided that i would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way, i would havemy own private （私人的）musician i fina

43、lly succeeded in catching one and put it in a cageat first, in its fright at being caught,the bird moved about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new homei felt very pleased withmyself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musiciani had left the cage out on our back por

44、ch, and on the second day of the bird（囚禁）, s captivitymy new pet s mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth the baby bird ate everything shebrought to it i was pleased to see this certainly the mother knew better than i how to feed herbabythe following morning when i went to see how my captive

45、 was doing, i found it on the floorof the cage, dead i was shocked! what had happened! i had taken excellent care of my little bird,or at least i thought so a friend of mine, an ornithologist, happened to be visiting my father at the time hearing mecrying over the death of my bird, he explained what

46、 had happened“ amother mockingbird,finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poisonous food she thinks it better for heryoung to die than to live in captivity ”never since then have i caught any living creature（生物）and put it in a cage all livingcreatures have a right to live free （） 57 why did the writer catch a mockingbird when he was a boy of 12?a he had just got a new cagebhe liked its beautiful feather c he wanted it to sing for himd he wanted a pet for fun （） 58 the mockingbird died because it _ a was frightened to deathbate the p