牛津译林版初三英语二模试卷

1、初三英语二模试卷第一部分 单项填空：（10）1. his achievements have increased rice production _ 20%.a. by b. in c. to d. at 2. just like weather, life _ be beautiful all the time.a. mustnt b. neednt c. cantd. wouldnt3. he accepted the with pleasure. he thought it as an honor to attend such a great party. a. instruction

2、b. invitation c. introduction d. invention4. -dont forget to come to the important meeting tomorrow morning.- i wont. i was _ just now.a. remained b. refused c. reminded d. required5. -what do you think of the concert given by the artist?- exciting, _ one piece of the music wasnt played quite well.a

3、. though b. unless c. because d. since6. -mr. lin, when will the plan be _?- ask all the engineers to come here! lets have a discussion right now.a. turned out b. taken out c. broke out d. carried out7. - how was your job interview yesterday?- oh, i couldnt feel _. i could hardly answer most of the

4、questions they askeda. better b. easier c. worse d. happier8. -i havent seen you for months. have you been _?-yes. i went to climb mount qomolangma.a. to somewhere dangerous b. to anywhere interestingc. somewhere dangerous d. anywhere interesting9. -my uncle works in yangzhou. he spends much time dr

5、iving every time he comes to my home.-dont worry about that. itll be easier after the high-speed railway _.a. will build b. is built c. builds d. will be built10. im new here. could you tell me _?a. what was the matter with the bikesb. how i can call the yellow bikesc. whether i should pay something

6、 if i use the yellow bikesd. why there are so many yellow bikes here第二部分 完形填空：（10）when i was eight years old, my mother told me to put my coat onbecause we were going to go somewhere 11 . usually, thatmeant we were going to see someone important. i would at least get anew toy. i asked which one it w

7、ould be that day, and she told me that iwould get something 12than a toy. she said i would get “access（通道）to a world of toys.”i had no real idea what she meant. did thatmean we were buying a toy 13 ?but we did not end up at any toy store. neither did we finally see anyone we knew.14 , mother pulled

8、her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past. it didnt have a modern 15 at all.1we took stone steps up to the entrance. only then i found out what this place was, because there was a sign that 16 “marcy public library”. we pushed the door open, and my

9、mother led me to the front desk. “id like to get my daughter a library card”, she told the man 17 the desk. he asked her to fill out a form. “what kind of books do you like to read?” he asked. i was too shy to 18 . i only smiled. “well, youll find it out in time,” he said. i do not remember 19 i pic

10、ked out that day, but i know that in the years that followed i read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. the library opened up a world that i 20 knew that day.so my mother was right. getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys. 11. a. special b. s

11、trange c. lovely d. strict12. a. worse b. better c. cheaper d. uglier13. a. model b. car c. card d. store14. a. otherwise b. however c. anyway d. instead15. a. smell b. look c. taste d. feeling16. a. said b. printed c. spoke d. read17. a. over b. above c. on d. behind18. a. choose b. reply c. borrow

12、 d. scream19. a. what b. how c. when d. why20. a. ever b. always c. never d. already第三部分 阅读理解：（24）a21. the note told greg his mother was _.a. not at home b. in the garden c. washing the dog d. making afternoon tea 22. what did gregs mother ask him to do first?a. brush the cat. b. go outside. c. have

13、 afternoon tea. d. change his clothes.bwe wake up very early to go to school, maybe even earlier to meet with a teacher, complete our extracurricular(课程以外的) activities, come home to have a quick dinner, talk for eight minutes with our parents and do homework until we fall asleep. but then we remembe

14、r we have to2look at the american college test(act) exercises one more time. half asleep, we run downstairs to get the act books, and start studying. after this we finally get to turn off the lights and drift away to sleep. and then six hours later, we do it all over again.in my health class, my tea

15、cher told us that teenagers need at least eight to nine hours of sleep each night. the sad truth is, with so much to do every day, high school students cannot keep to this sleep schedule(安排).let me ask you all a question: doesnt it seem more humane(人道的) to give a teenager perhaps two hours of homewo

16、rk each night? this would allow us to have the eight to nine hours of much needed sleep. or does it seem better to pile students with five hours of work a night? it leaves us very little time to relax, therefore reducing the time that we can sleep.in my opinion, the present structure(结构) of the juni

17、or year of high school doesnt work well. junior year of high school is a time for growth. by this time many students have the ability to think creatively, and solve challenging problems. homework is important for a students growth. but do we really need to spend countless hours a night doing it? too

18、 much homework can only lead to too little sleep and too low an ability. i do think it is time to change the structure, so that we sleep at home and learn at school.23. in the first paragraph the writer gives _.a. a picture of the present daily life of high school studentsb. an example of an ideal d

19、aily life of high school studentsc. a reason for high school students to live a busy daily school lifed. a suggestion of what high school students should do to pass act24. from the last paragraph we know that the writer thinks _.a. junior year of high school is the most important growth perioda. cha

20、llenging problems are needed for a teenagers growtha. the ability to think has nothing to do with homeworkb. the present structure leads to students often sleeping in class25. why does the writer write this article?a. to prove the role of enough sleep in teenagers growth.b. to complain about the pro

21、blems in the system of the act.c. to ask for a change for less homework and more sleep.d. to discuss the relationship between sleep and homework.cafter a while attention to tom ended, and the usual school murmur( 嗡嗡读书声) rose upon the boring air once more. now the boy began to steal secret glances( 偷

22、看) at the girl. she noticed it, made a face at him and gave him the back of her head for the space of a minute. when she slowly faced around again, an apple lay before her. she pushed it away. tom gently put it back. she pushed it away again, but with less animosity( 敌意). tom patiently returned it t

23、o its place. then she let it remain. tom wrote on his paper, “please take it. i got more.” the girl glanced at the words, but made no sign.now the boy began to draw something on the paper, hiding his work with his left hand. for a time the girl refused to notice, but her human curiosity soon began t

24、o show itself by hardly noticeable( 明显的 ) signs. the boy worked on, seemingly not aware. the girl made some non-committal(含糊的) efforts to see, but the boy did not display that he was aware of it. at last she couldnt bear it and whispered:3“let me see it.”tom partly uncovered the picture of a house w

25、ith some smoke rising from the chimney(烟囱). then the girls interest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else. when it was finished, she gazed a moment, then whispered:“its nice! draw a man.”the artist created a man in the front yard. she was satisfied, and whispered:“its a

26、 beautiful man-now draw me in it.”tom drew an hour-glass(沙漏) as the body, a full moon as her head and some arms added to it. the girl said:“its ever so nice. i wish i could draw. no one has ever taught me that.”“its easy,” whispered tom,“ill teach you.”“oh, will you? when?”“at noon. do you go home f

27、or dinner?”“ill stay if you will.”“good, thats a deal. whats your name?”26. what probably happened in the classroom before this passage?a. the girl introduced herself to the boy.b. something noticeable happened to the boy.c. they had a lesson on how to draw.d. the boy drew an apple for the girl.27.

28、what most probably happened to the apple finally?a. eaten by the boy because the girl didnt accept it.a. eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had got.b. eaten by the girl because they finally became friends.c. eaten by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time.28. what in this pas

29、sage made tom succeed in making friends with the girl?a. using her curiosity. b. showing off his drawing ability.c. teaching her how to draw. d. inviting her to dinner.dfrom asia to america and everywhere in between, swing-an energetic form of dance that includes six-step and eight-step rhythms(节奏 )

30、-has taken the world by storm. making a recent comeback, swing dance floors have popped up all over the world. many clubs make fans of swing happy by holding nights when swing music is played, and sometimes even offering classes to attract customers.though swing is now popular worldwide, it first ap

31、peared alongside the jazz movements of the 1920s and 1930s in new york city. while listening tojazz, the young black people of that time developed the movements of the lindy hop-a style of dance that is best known for a break away or “swing out” move and sudden improvisation( 即兴表 演).it was reportedl

32、y given this name when a reporter was interviewing a person at the dance hall who was watching other couples dance. when asked what that dance was called, the watcher looked at a newspaper next to him that had an article about lindbergh-the first person to fly alone across the atlantic(大西洋)-which wa

33、s titled, “lindy hops the atlantic”. then the watcher4announced that the “lindy hop” was the name of the dance, and it has stuck since then.in 1926, the savoy ballroom was the first large business to offer a place for people to listen to swing music and dance. with its huge dance floor, the savoy be

34、came a big success overnight, attracting some of the best dancers and musicians in the new york area.within ten years, the lindy hops was sweeping through the united states and became a symbol of unity, as young people of all racial( 种族的) backgrounds crowded into dance halls to swing the night away.

35、 traditional dance teachers did not welcome it because they thought it was not even a real dance and were quite sure about its demise but swing has proved them wrong; it continues to be one of the worlds most fun dances.29. the writing purpose of this passage is _.a. to describe the special moves of

36、 a dance b. to discover the fun secrets of a dancec. to tell stories about an energetic dance d. to introduce a popular form of dance30. which of the following words has the closest meaning to “demise”?a. challenge. b. change. c. development. d. death. 31. what can we learn about swing?a. its a live

37、ly dance with strict rules.b. it has a close connection to a pilot.c. it has a history of around 90 years. d. it attracts mostly young black people. 32. what can we infer(推断) from the passage?a. the dance style will soon be accepted by traditional dance teachers.b. the name was changed from “lindy h

38、op” to “swing” in the 1940s.a. the movements of different swing dancers always look the same.b. the dance might have become unpopular sometime in its history.第四部分 信息还原：（5）once upon a time, there was a strange bird. he lived in a tree near the bank of a river. _33_ one day, one of the two heads saw a

39、 delicious fruit on a tree. he picked it and started eatingthe fruit. “it is one of the most delicious fruits i have ever eaten,” he said.the other head said, “_34_” the first head laughed and said, “you know that we have only one stomach. it makes no difference whether i eat it or you eat it. moreo

40、ver, im the one who found the fruit. _35_”later that day, the other head found a tree having poisonous (有毒的) fruits. he took a poisonous fruit and told the first head, “i will eat this fruit.”the first head shouted, “_36_ if you eat it, both of us will die.”the other head replied, “shut up! im the o

41、ne who found the fruit. i have the right to eat it.” _37_ in the end, both of them lost their lives.a. so i have the right to eat it.b. the first head started crying, but the other head still ate the poisonous fruit.c. let me also taste the delicious fruit.d. the bird had two heads, but they shared

42、one stomach.e. what do you think of the bird with two heads?f. please dont eat this poisonous fruit.g. the bird looks very beautiful and cute.5第五部分 词汇检测：（10）38. its twenty_分钟)(walk from my home to school.39. -has he _(摇动) the sand out of his shoes? -not yet.40. _ (表扬) children is a good way to make

43、them confident.41. the foreign visitors_(大部分)come from north america.42. mr. wu said he had finished reading the _ (九十九) chapter (章).43. the teenagers should learn to look after (他们).44. the new flyovers(立交桥)close to our school will be in (服务)next year.45. -is mr. green this womans brother?-no, they

44、 are a nice and they have a lovely daughter.46. -this math problem is really hard. could you help me?-you are sure to work it if you read it carefully enough47. - have you found your lost wallet?- no. to make things _, i lost my phone when i was looking for the wallet.第六部分 句子翻译：（15）48. 格林先生更情愿带领宾客们游

45、览当地的自然美景。 _ 49. 麦克和他的表哥都认为这本小说不值得看两遍。 _ 50. 警方正在怀疑这个嫌疑犯是否真的与这个谋杀案无关。 _ 51. 你们有没有都为这个即将到来的考试做好准备了？ _ 52. 为了防范有可能的事故，应该遵守交通法规。 _ 第七部分 阅读表达：（6）when it comes to the letter grade on your test or homework, you might notice that there is no letter e. have you ever thought about why that is so?in the a, b,

46、c, d and f grading system, the first four letters are typically considered passing grades. an f in this system simply stands for fail. the word fail happens to start with the letter f, which seems to leave out the letter e.the first college in the us to use a letter grading system like the ones we use today is mount holyoke college. in 1897, they began to use the following grading scale;a: 95-100% (excellent) b: 85-94% (good) c: 76-84% (fair)d: 75%( nearly passed) e: below 75% (failed)we can see the inclusion of e instead of f.gradually, the letter