初三英语试卷.doc

初三英语试卷（考试时间：120分钟 满分： 120分）第I卷 （选择题 共70分）一、 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）( ) 1. -What would you like for breakfast, Mr. Green?-Two pieces of bread and cup of tea, please.A. a; a B. a; the C. /; a D. /; the( )2. Shanghai is _the east of China and the country of Japan is _the east of Shanghai.A. in, on B. in, to C. to, in D.on, in( )3. The shoes dont fit me. Would you please show me _?Sure. Here you are.A. the other one B. the others C. another pair D. another one( )4. -Dont skate on the lake! -Why not? Isnt it thick enough_? A. to skate B. skating on C. skating D. to skate on( )5.- Can you tell me _ it is from here to the Summer Palace? -Let me see. Its about 15 minutes ride. A. how far B. how soon C. how much D. how long( )6. -I have lost the chance to win the game.- _.A. What a pity B. Dont mention it C. Never mind D. Thats OK( )7. About two years _ since the earthquake took place in Wenchuan. A. passed B. has passed C. have passed D. has been passed( ) 8. I wonder _ you said to him before he came.A. that B. if C. how D. what( )9. - _ wonderful music! - Yes, its written by Jay Chou, a pop singer. A. What B. What a C. How D. How a( )10. - Have you got a ticket for the show by Xiao Shenyang in Yangzhou？ - No. The price was too _. A. dear B. expensive C. great D. high ( ) 11.-Dont forget to hand in your homework again, Mike. - . A. No, I dont B. Dont worry C. Sorry, I wont D. Never mind ( ) 12. The boy was heard_ the piano at 8 yesterday evening.A. was playing B. play C. playing D. played( ) 13. The TV needs _, I will have it tomorrow.A. to repair, repairing B. being repaired, to repair C. repairing, repaired D. to be repaired, repair( ) 14. They _ 3000 English words by the end of last term.A. had learned B. are learning C. will learn D. have learned( )15. I dont know .A. where can we buy the tickets B. how much it costs to fly to HainanC. what is he waiting for D. why was he late for school this morning二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）“Ring ring” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 16 the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, 17 are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a. m. “Oh, my goodness! Theres an important 18 today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get 19 . When he was going to leave the house, he 20 that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the 21 and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as 22 as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were 23 writing. “Why are you so 24 ?” asked the teacher . “Im sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking 25 . “It was my clock. It 26 to wake me up this morning and .” “Dont say anything about it,” his teacher 27 him. “Dont try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his 28 quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not 29 in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a 30 day it has been for me!”( )16. A. find B. give C. put D. answer( )17. A. why B. how C. when D. where( )18. A. talk B. party C. exam D. meeting( )19. A. tired B. lost C. dressed D. rested( )20. A. forgot B. remembered C. understood D. thought( )21. A. classroom B. desk C. bus D. door( )22. A. carefully B. quietly C. early D. fast( )23. A. worried B. free C. busy D. careful( )24. A. 1ate B. ill C. lonely D. ready( )25. A. down B. up C. out D. back( )26. A. happened B. stopped C. failed D. pointed( )27. A. helped B. knew C. followed D. stopped( )28. A. room B. table C. seat D. teacher( )29. A. think B. sit C. turn D. speak( )30. A. short B. bad C. happy D. usual三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AOnce there were two brothers. They were very good to each other. They were half brothers because the elder brothers mother was dead, and then his father married again. The stepmother （继母）was not kind to the elder brother, but the younger brother loved him and often helped him. One day, the mother gave each of the brothers a box of seeds(种子) and enough food for a few days. She said to them, “Take them. Go and plant them. One of you must plant them on the east hill, and the other on the west hill. Do not come back if the seeds dont come out. ” The mother gave very bad seeds to the elder brother, but the two brothers didnt know this, and set out the next morning .When they came to a bridge, they sat down to rest . After that, they got up to say good-bye to each other, but they took the wrong boxes of seeds!Ten days later, the elder brothers seeds began to grow and he came back. But the younger brother dared not return home because his seeds didnt grow. At last, he died on the hill.( )31.One day, the mother gave two boxes of seeds _ A. only to the elder son B. only to the younger son C. to their father D. to the two sons( )32.The mother asked the two brothers to _. A .plant the seeds on the west hill B. come back soon after they planted the seeds C. plant the seeds on two hills D. take the trees and plant them( )33.In fact the mother wanted _ A. the two brothers to plant trees B. the two brothers to work hard C. the elder brother to die D. the younger brother to die( )34.Which of the following is not true? A. The mother was not kind to the elder brother B. The younger brother loved the elder brother C. The younger brother had two mothers D. The elder brother had two mothers( )35.The story tells us that _ . A. one mustnt do bad things B. one mustnt take the wrong box C. one must help others D. one must use good seedsBTYPINGThis course(课程) is for those who want to learn to type, as well as those who want to improve their typing. The course is not common. You are tested in the first class and begin practising at one of eight different skill levels(水平). This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each program lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.Course fee(费用): $125 Materials: $25Two hours each evening for two weeks. New classes begin every two weeks.This course is taught by a number of professional business education teachers who have successfully taught typing courses before.UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERSThis twelve - hour course is for people who do not know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and cant do and how to use them.Course fee: $75 Jan. 4,7,11,14,18 Wed.& Sat. 9:00-11:30a. m. Equipment fee: $10David is a professor of Computer Science at Beijing University. He has over twenty years of experience in the computer field.STOP SMOKINGDo you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now is the time to stop smoking using the latest methods . You can stop smoking, and this twelve -hour course will help you do it.Course fee: $30 Jan. 2,9,16,23 Mon. 2:00-5:00p. m.Dr John is a practising psychologist who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking.( )36. If you choose the UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS course, you will have classes_.A. from Monday to Sunday B. from Monday to FridayC. on Wednesday and Saturday D. on Saturday and Sunday( )37. How long will the STOP SMOKING course last?A. for half a day B. for three hours C. for a week D. for four weeks( )38. Mr. Black works every morning and evening, but he wants to take part in one of the three courses. What is suitable for him?A. TYPING B. UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERSC. STOP SMOKING D. all the courses( )39. If you want to learn about computers and at the same time you want to improve your typing, how much will you pay for it?A. $ 75 B. $ 150 C. $ 115 D. $ 235( )40. Whats the special difference between the TYPING course and the other two ?A. People with different skill levels may learn at different speedB. You will take a test after the courseC. You will pay the fee before practisingD. You will pay less money CA clam (蚌) decided to take a rest on the bank of the River Yi. When the clouds passed, he felt cool in their shadow. When the sun returned, he felt warm. It was a good time to daydream, and so he did.From above, a bird saw the clam and flew down and gave it a good peck (啄). The clam was frightened and closed his shell tight, catching the birds beak.“Remove your beak at once,” ordered the clam. But the bird was stubborn, though she was able to pull out her beak, she refused.“I will not remove my beak until you open your shell,” the bird mumbled. Like the clam, she found it was difficult to speak clearly under the situation. Of course, the clam was not about to listen to the bird and open his shell. But the bird threatened (威胁),“Open your shell or youll be a dead clam.” “Remove your beak at once,” returned the clam.“Open it!”“ Remove it!”“Open it!” The two went back and forth like this for several hours. But neither of them would follow the others orders first, they stayed in such a state until a young man who happened to come here and carried two of them off for dinner! ( )41. Why the clam choose the bank to have a rest? A. Because it was a place where he felt cool when the clouds passed and warm when the sun returned. B. Because he likes daydreaming.C. Because it wanted to meet the bird on the bank. D. Because it could find some food for dinner.( )42. In the fourth paragraph, the word “mumble” means _.A慢条斯理地说 B含糊地说 C狠狠地说 D快速的说( )43. Which of the following can be true according to the passage?A. The clam opened his shell first. B. The bird removed his beak first C. The clam and the bird didnt agree with each other until the young man came D. The clam and the bird were cooked as a good dinner by the young man( )44.Which of the following sayings can explain the story well?A. Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it.B. Two heads are better than one.C. Think twice before you doD. Saying is one thing and doing another( )45. The best title of the passage is _. A. Remove it first B. A daydreamC. A stubborn bird D. The bird and the clamDLook at the center circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In Diagram B. In fact , theyare exactly the same size.Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. “Whats happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Dont worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.( )46. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?A. something is wrong with our eyesB. the two circles are not the same sizeC. our brains interpret the information in a wrong wayD. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other( )47. Whats the right order according to the passage?a. We look at things with our eyes.b. Our brains interpret the messages.c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.A. a d b c B. c a b d C. a c d b D. b c a d( )48. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?A. To help the actors look better B. To make the actors much braverC. To help the actors become strongerD. To make the actors seem different in size ( )49. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?A. The second one. B. The third one. C. The fourth one. D. The sixth one.( )50. Where is the text probably taken from?A. an advertisement B. a science book C. a movie magazine D. a story book第卷 (非选择题，共50分)四、根据句意，用所给词的适当形式填空： （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） 51. Mary passed her exam because she studied very _(hard).52. Thats the _(enter) to the hall. Please come this way.53. Look! How _(happy) Kate looks after hearing the bad news! 54. The man in his (forty) is the person who saved that boy.55.I cant _(simple) understand what you said.56. We Chinese people devote much time to _(help) rebuild Yushu.57. Jim _( not be) late in the past.58. Hes _(ever) been to Beijing before, has he?59. All the children should_(treat) well after the earthquake.60. -What do you think of my advice? -Sorry. I _(think) of something else.五.阅读下面短文,根据短文内容完成相关任务。 (共5小题, 每小题2分, 计10分)Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. (1)Although failure happens to everyone, different peoples attitudes(态度) towards failure are different. Some people dont think their failure is a very important thing at all. So they pay no attention to it. _ a result, they will have the _ failure later. Some people think themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get a failure. Then they spend their time and energy on useless things. At last, they may really be fools as they have thought.Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of being hopeless and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced. After hard work, they will be successful in the end.So we should draw a lesson