初三期中考试英语试题

1 哈工大附中 2007-2008 学年度第二学期 初三学年期中测试英语试卷 一、听力题（ 30 分） (二 ) 听对话及问题，选择最佳答案。（ 5 分） ( ) 1. A. Shanghai B. Shandong C. Sorry, I dont know. ( ) 2. A. Playing basketball. B. Running. C. Swimming. ( ) 3. A. Paper. B. Plastic. C. Bottles. ( ) 4. A. A scarf B. A pair of shoes. C. A watermelon. ( ) 5. A. 40 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 65 yuan. (三 ) 听长对话，选择最佳答案 （ 10 分） ( ) 1. Mary competes on a _. A. baseball team B. basketball team C. swimming team ( ) 2. Mary has been on the team _. 2 A. for only one year B. for two years C. We dont know. ( ) 3. Mary has won _ medal(s). A. 2 B. 1 C. 0 ( ) 4. Cathy was good at _. A. playing basketball B. playing baseball C. nothing ( ) 5. The man _ won swimming medals. A. hasnt B. has C. wants （四）根据所听短文内容，选出短文中出现的词的同义词或同义短语 （ 10 分） One of the most popular Olympic sports starts in China is Liu Xiang. He _1_ in Shanghai, on July 13, 1983. When he was young, his coach at school thought Liu Xiang looked like a winner. He put his whole _2_ into his training. As one coach said, Liu Xiang has the most important thing to be a great track athlete a desire to train hard with a competing heart. This _3_ has been _4_ to be true. Liu Xiang has competed in _5_ track and field since he was 18 years old. ( ) 1. A. started B. has no problem C. has good matter ( ) 2. A. before B. in the future C. a part of a ones body ( ) 3. A. sure B. make it nice C. in fact ( ) 4. A. showed B. made C. done ( ) 5. A. things in the country B. connected with many countries C. things between two cities 二、单项选择（ 15 分） ( ) 1. - Where were you last night? - I went to see a _ show in the cinema. The _ did a lot of amazing _. A. magic, magician, magic B. magic, magicians, magics C. magician, magic, magic ( ) 2. What happened to you? My PSP is broken, it _. - Let me see if I can help you. A. needs to be repaired B. need repairing C. needs repair ( ) 3. - What do you think of Liu Xiang? - He is an _ athlete. We are _ at his speed. A. amazed, amazement B. amazed, amazing C. amazing, amazed ( ) 4. Where have you been during May Day holiday?. - I have been to Beijing to see The Water Cube(水立方 ).It is _ and well worth（值得） seeing. A. 177 meters long B. 177-meter-long C. 177 meters long ( ) 5. Do you like the song Thousands of Miles Apart by Jay Chou? - Yes, and I think this is the most beautiful song _ I have ever heard. A. that B. which C. what 3 ( ) 6. - Hi, whats wrong with you? What happened? - Da - David _ with no words. His _ made us _ A. appeared, disappearance, surprising B. disappearance, disappear, surprised C. disappeared, disappearance, surprised ( ) 7. - There _ a lot of _ these foods. - You are right. A. are, benefits to eating B. is, benefits to eating C. are, benefits to eat ( ) 8. - Zhang Wei, what about _ horses this Sunday? - Oh, my god. I prefer _ in bed rather than _ horses. A. to ride, to lie, to ride B. riding, to lie, ride C. riding, lying, riding ( ) 9. Its reported that the 29th Olympic torch(火炬 ) Relay is going to travel to 135 cities around the world. - _ exciting the news is! And it will arrive at the _ ceremony on August 8th, 2008. A. How; Open B. What; Opening C. How; Opening ( ) 10. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem for air pollution. It is sure that if there fewer people _, there will be _ air pollution. A. driving; less B. to drive; less C. driving, the least ( ) 11. Good luck _ you _ your English. Thank you! A. for, in B. to, with C. to, in ( ) 12. What do you think of Mr. Lees speech? - His speech _ me a strong _. A. give, impress B. gave, impressive C. gives, impression ( ) 13. The mid-exams are coming, I feel very nervous, what should I do? - Our teacher told us _ keep our eyes on our work _ to anyone during the exam. A. to keep; instead of B. keep; not speak C. to keep; speak ( ) 14. Here is a chart about students reading books in Winter holiday. The number of students in Grade 7 who read books is _ than in Grade 8? 0510story novel essay poem Grade 7Grade 8( ) 15. Which stress of the following words is different from others? A. benefit B. decide C. desire 三、完形填空（ 10 分） 4 As we go through our busy days 1 our tasks- work, shopping, housework and so on. We often complain that we dont feel good. There is a simple way that you can feel better 2 the day and also be more attractive. All you have to do is smile more. Smiling changes your 3 , whether you realize it or not. If you dont think so, next time you feel 4 , start smiling and thinking active thoughts and see what happens. Smiling also raises your confidence. Smiling affects(影响 ) your feeling. It begins activity in the left head-the place of the brain 5 happiness is there. Your face has 44 muscles. This lets you make over 5000 different types pf expressions. And each will have different effect 6 your feelings and those persons who are looking at you. Smiling is a very important part of getting to know 7 . Now that you know how good smiling is for you , make an 8 to use this smile execise six times a day. When you smile , remember to breathe in through your nose and think active thoughts. This will have a good 9 on your day and in your life. In fact, the result 10 his simple exercise will have a huge effect. Heres a fact about energy; it is attracted to energy often. So when you smile not only will you make yourself feel better, you will also attract others energy into your life. Smiling makes your life colorful and full of happiness. ( ) 1. A. finish B. finishing C. finished ( ) 2. A. with B. through C. over ( ) 3. A. face B. thoughts C. attitude ( ) 4. A. happy B. confident C. confidence ( ) 5. A. what B. that C. where ( ) 6. A. in B. to C. on ( ) 7. A. anyone B. someone C. none ( ) 8. A. effort B. affect C. contribution ( ) 9. A. balance B. exercise C. influence ( ) 10. A. from B. for C. to 四、阅读理解（ 20 分） (A) 根据短文内容选择最佳答案（每题 2 分，共 10 分） There are more than ten million kinds of animals in the world. Only 1.5 million of them are given names. Now there are fewer forests and clean rivers in the world. Some parts of the sea are polluted, too. Many animals dont have places to live in. Some people even kill animals to get their fur or sell them for food. More and more animals are in danger. Every day, 75 kinds of animals disappear from this world. Every hour, 3 kinds of animals disappear in this world. Many animals disappear even before we know them. Hope more and more children learn to love animals after reading the book The world of Animals. 5 ( ) 1. How many kinds of animals have names? A. 150,000 B. 1,500,000 C. 15,000,000 ( ) 2. Whats the meaning of the word disappear A. 消失 B. 出现 C. 沮丧 ( ) 3. We can know the information above in the _ The world of Animals. A. film B. book C. song ( ) 4. The writer wants children to know _. A. the number of animals B. all the animals are living happily C. the danger of animals ( ) 5. Whats the best title for the passage? A. Animals names B. Save animals C. Animals are dangerous (B) 根据表格信息选择正确答案 Telephone companies in China At-least payment 20￥ for a month 10￥ for a month 15￥ for a month 9￥ for a month 10￥ for a month Calling-in Calling out Free 0.02￥ /min Free 0.25￥ /min 0.05￥ /min 0.10￥ /min Free 0.23￥ /min Free 0.25￥ /min Distance calling on weekdays 0.07￥ /second 0.07￥ /second 0.04￥ /second 0.80￥ /min Call 96951+number 0.05￥ /second Distance calling on weekends 0.05￥ /second 0.05￥ /second 0.03￥ /second 0.60￥ /min Call 96951+number 0.04￥ /second Customer Hot Line 96333/10060 10010 10070 10065 10086 (C) 根据短文判断正误，正确选 A，错误选 B。 Deng Yaping, Liu Xiang and Xu Sanduo are successful people. What makes them succeed? The difference between successful people and failures is that successful people make a habit of doing the things that failures do not like to do. And what are those things? Well, the things that failures dont like to do are the same things that successful people dont like to do either. But successful people do them anyway because they realize that these are the prices that they must pay for the success that they desire(渴望 ). Successful people are more concerned with (一心想做某事 ) pleasing results. Failures 6 are more concerned with pleasing methods. Successful people do things that are hard and necessary and important. Unsuccessful people, on the other hand, prefer to do the things that are fun and easy and which give immediate(直接的 ) enjoyment. Remember, everything in life is a test. Every day, every hour and sometimes every minute, you are taking a test of self-mastery, self-control and self-discipline. The test is to see whether you can make yourself do the things that are most important and stay with them until they are complete. The test is whether or not you can keep your mind on what you want and where you are going rather than thinking about things you dont want or problems that you have had in the past. ( ) 1. The things that people dont like to do are the same. ( ) 2. The things that both successful people and failures are more concerned with are the same. ( ) 3. Failures like to do the things that are fun and easy and which give immediate (直接的 ) enjoyment. ( ) 4. The reason for Xu Sanduos success is that he can make himself do the things that are most important and stay with them until they are complete. ( ) 5. If you desire your success, you must pay the prices for it. (D) 根据表格信息选择正确答案 Tom loves his dog pet-Puppy very much. He feeds her every day. Here are what other things Tom does for Puppy in April. Read it and answer the questions. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 Exercise 3 4 Bath 5 Play 6 Exercise 7 8 9 Exercise 10 11 Bath 12 13 Exercise 14 Hospital 15 16 Exercise 17 18 Bath 19 Play 20 Exercise 21 22 23 Exercise 24 Birthday 25 Bath 26 27 Exercise 28 29 30 Exercise ( ) 1. How often does Tom exercise Puppy? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Never ( ) 2. Tom gives Puppy a bath _. A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Never ( ) 3. Tom takes Puppy to the hospital on the _ Monday in April. A. first B. second C. third ( ) 4. Tom plays with Puppy _. A. weekly B. every two weeks C. monthly 7 ( ) 5. Tom gives Puppy a big dinner on the last Thursday because its _. A. Fools Day B. Toms birthday C. Puppys birthday 五、任务型阅读（ 10 分） (A) The word sport _1_ meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant _2_ wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first _3_ for organizing(有组织的 ) games. This is the _4_ meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their free time playing soccer, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are _5_ for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can get a lot of money. (B) British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry. So newspapermen use fewest words. They tell their readers at once what happened, where, when and how it happened, and so on. Readers want to know the whole thing as fully and accurately(正确地 ) as possible. Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from someone who was there. The information can be given in the persons own words. To use fewer words, the newspaperman must choose those words carefully. So, every one must be useful. Instead of he called out in a loud voice, he writes He shouted. 任务 1: 用方框里所给单词的是当形式填空 ,使文章通顺连贯 ,合理 . 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 任务 2: 根据英文释义及首字母 ,拼写单词 6. h_: need to get sth done quickly 7. i_: facts 任务 3: 同义句转换 ,每空一词 89 So newspapermen use fewest words. So newspapermen use as _ words as _. 任务 4: 根据短文 (B)内容简答问题 10. Whats the newspapermens way of saying he called out in a loud voice?_ 六、交际运用（ 10 分） (A) 从 A-G 选项中选出 5 个句子，补全对话。 A: Susan, what are you drinking? B: _ A: Is ginger tea good for you? B: Yes, it is. _. A: _. B: It helps you think more clearly. _ pay one use hunt usually A. Some milk. B. I often eat fried chicken legs. C. I eat a lot of vegetables. D. Do you eat any foods that are good for your health? E. What are benefits of ginger? F. It has many benefits. G. Some ginger tea. 8 A: Sure. _ B: Good for you. 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ (B) 在空格处填入一个适当的词，完成对话。 A: Tim, did you _1_ the news about Deng Yaping on CCTV-5 yesterday? B: No, I was doing my homework. What was the news? A: The news _2_ how Deng became a famous table tennis player. B: I know she was the best _3_ table tennis athlete in the world! Shes won a lot of championships, _4_ she? A: Yes. And she started _5_ when she was nine years old. B: I admire her so much. 1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 七、阅读表达（ 10 分） (A) 根据短文内容完成表格 ,每空一词 The first Olympic Games in modern time happened in 1896. They were held in Greecethe country in which