英语中等考模拟试题目

1、20102011学年第二学期初三期中考试英语试卷 2011.4第卷 （客观题，共55分）一、单项填空：在a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共15分，每小题1分)1. avatar（阿凡达）is such _ wonderful science fiction movie that i want to see it _ second time.a. a, theb. a, ac. /, thed. /, a2. -how much homework has your cousin finished? - _ at all. he has sat there the

2、whole morning, doing _.a. none; nothingb. nothing; nonec. no one, nothingd. nothing; none3. what do you think _ if the car _? a. can we do, is broken downb. can we do, breaks down c. we can do, breaks downd. we can do, is broken down4. i always sleep with windows open _ the fresh air can come in. a.

3、 untilb. ifc. so thatd. that5. _ of the task _ been completed by the end of last month. a. two-thirds; hasb. two-third; hadc. two thirds; hadd. two-third; has6. -did you enjoy yourself at the party?-yes. ive never been to _ one before.a. a more excitingb. the most excitedc. a more excitedd. the most

4、 exciting7. -millie, could you give me some advice? i dont know _.-why dont you wear this red shirt?a. when to wearb. what to wearc. how to weard. where to wear8. the thing that _ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.a. mindsb. caresc. mattersd. considers9. -is john coming by t

5、rain?-he should, but he _ not. he likes driving his car.a. mustb. canc. mayd. need10. lucy said that she had never heard _ music before. a. such a beautiful piece ofb. so a piece of beautiful c. so beautiful ad. such a beautiful11. did you find this computer game _ to play?a. easily enoughb. enough

6、easilyc. easy enoughd. enough easy12. sam will use what he has _ his friend a new computer.a. boughtb. been boughtc. to buyd. buying13. _ of the students could do it, _ they?a. few; couldb. few; cantc. a few; cantd. a few; could14. when i _ the museum, i found that it _.a. arrived; closedb. arrived;

7、 was closed c. reached; closedd. reached; was closed15.-are you sure you dont mind if i ask you to look after my birds while i _here ? - _.a. leave; yes, of courseb. am away from; yes, of course c. leave; no, of course notd. am away from; no, of course not二、完形填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的

8、最佳答案。(本大题共10分，每小题1分) one day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift. it completely changed my life. on that day i had a 16 with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. i was unhappy. then i noticed the gift, i 17 it and saw a dvd inside. its name was “the secret”. however, i was

9、 in no mood to watch it. i sat down to study, but the 18 in my life - the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health came to my mind and disturbed me. i wanted an answer but i wondered 19 there was any. just then, i saw the dvd again. maybe it would be helpful. i 20 my dvd player. i had no words

10、 to describe the feelings i experienced while watching it. the moving stories of human beings made me so moved that i wouldnt 21 any of them.thanks to my fathers gift “the secret”, i discovered 22 . everybody has difficulties in their lives. the important thing is that you should be 23 enough to fac

11、e them. now i have started 24 my studies and my friends. and im in good health, too. i often hear people say, “wow! 25 perfect life you have!16. a. tripb. partyc. talkd. fight17. a. openedb. keptc. movedd. broke18. a. chancesb. problemsc. suggestionsd. mistakes19. a. whyb. thatc. ifd. how20. a. turn

12、ed onb. looked forc. put awayd. paid for21. a. reportb. forgetc. thinkd. remember22. a. yourselfb. itselfc. himselfd. myself23. a. madb. bravec. sadd. weak24. a. being busy withb. worrying about c. getting on well withd. being afraid of25. a. what ab. whatc. how ad. how三、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

13、(本大题共30分) aone day when jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. the dog was looking up at the woman.jack walked up to the woman and said, “hello, sue, how are you? may i sit and talk with you for a while?” “of course, please

14、 sit down,” sue said. jack sat down next to sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. the dog continued to look up at sue, as if waiting to be fed.“thats a nice dog, isnt he?” jack said, pointing at the animal.“yes, he is. hes handsome. hes a bit of a mixture，but thats not a bad thing. hes

15、 strong and healthy.” “and hungry,” jack said, “he hasnt taken his eyes off you. he thinks youve got some food for him.” “thats true,” sue said, “but i havent.” they both laughed and then jack said. “does your dog bite?” “no,” sue said, “hes never bitten anyone. hes always gentle and friendly.” hear

16、ing this, jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animals head. suddenly it jumped up and bit him. “hey!” jack shouted. “you said your dog didnt bite.” sue replied in surprise, “yeah, i did. but this is not my dog. my dogs at home.”26. the dog looked at the woman because _.a. the woman wan

17、ted to feed himb. the woman was friendlyc. he was strong and healthyd. he was hungry27. jack touched the dog because he believed _.a. the dog was handsomeb. sues dog was unfriendlyc. the dog belonged to sued. sues dog was at home28. we can infer from the passage that _.a. sue gave a wrong answerb. j

18、ack made a mistakec. the dog wasnt dangerousd. both jack and sue liked the dogbwhen we talk about stars, especially women stars, it seems that they are always young, pretty and own charming body shapes. but recently a britains got talent（英国达人）star susan boyle has changed our views absolutely(绝对地).si

19、mon cowell, one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over ms boyles voice. “this lady camp up, and im thinking, this will take five seconds and i can go to have a cup of tea. that changed when she began to sing i dreamed to dream from les miserables. she knew we were going to have tha

20、t reaction(反应) and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through it was one of my favorite moments,” cowell said. the performance was posted on line and before long, the 47-year-old scottish woman has been famous all over the world.speaking from her home in scotland, ms boyle said

21、 that she hasnt thought of changing her appearance. she said that her friend helped her with make-up. “i mean, thats hardly a makeover,” she added.ms boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents, “i was kind of slow at school, so getting like singing was a good way of

22、hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence.”29. susan boyle is _.全品中考网 a. a judgeb. a reporterc. a beautyd. a scottish woman30. susan boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because_.a. she was confident of her singingb. she was satisfied with the judgesc. she was p

23、retty and in good shape全品中考网 d. she sang the song i dreamed a dream from les miserables31. according to the passage, which is not true?a. it was the vocal talents that built susans confidence.b. susan boyle was not good at her lessons when at school.c. susan boyle became famous because of her appear

24、ance.d. simon cowell didnt think susan boyle a good singer at the first sight.32. what can we learn from susan boyles success?a. its never too old to learn.b. its easier to succeed at the age of 47.c. if you have a dream, try to make it come true!d. if you are not able to study well, to be a singer

25、instead.cthe hawaiian islands are lying about two thousand miles away from north america, right in the middle of the pacific ocean. despite(不管) the distance the islands actually make up the fiftieth state of the united states. the islands were all formed by volcano eruption(火山爆发)and on the largest o

26、f the islands, hawaii, or the big island, there are still two active volcanoes, the mauna loa and the kilauea, which still erupt every few years. on the hawaiian islands the natives have a particularly strange way of indicating(指明) directions. they dont use the north, south, east and west system com

27、mon to the rest of the world. they use the mauka and makai system. mauka means mountain. the mountains in hawaii are always at the center of the islands, as these are volcanic islands. makai means the sea. the islands are small and the system is simple. wherever you want to visit, it can always be d

28、escribed in terms of where it lies in relation to the mountains and the sea. a typical conversation(谈话) between a native hawaiian and a visitor might go as follows. visitor： excuse me! could you tell me where the sheraton hotel is?hawaiian: well . let me see! from here its two blocks mauka, and then

29、 one block makai. you cant miss it!33. this article would be most likely to appear in which of the following? a. a novel.b. a collection of stories.c. a travel book.d. a womens magazine.34. which is the most suitable title for the article?a. the big island.b. giving directions in hawaii.c. volcanoes

30、.d. the hawaiian islands.35. in hawaii the mountains are in the center of the islands because_. a. of the weatherb. thats where they originally arec. the islands were created by volcanic eruptionsd. of the islands location in the pacific36. to find your way in hawaii, you must _.a. refer to geograph

31、ical directionsb. refer to well - known establishmentsc. refer to the location of the mountains and the sead. refer to the earth and the seadto what degree can a computer achieve intelligence(智力)? the answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed us computer program called smarter child on th

32、e internet.if you ran into smarter child online, you would be surprised at this kids huge memory. it can recite many facts. for example, smarter child knows every baseball player in every team this season.he knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city area across the us. h

33、owever, if you ask smarter child other questions, you get strange answers. a question about smarter childs age returns. “one year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” asking where he lives gets, “in a clean room in a high-tech building in california.”smarter child uses the vast(大量的) infor

34、mation on the world wide web as his memory bank. to answer questions about spelling, for example, smarter child goes to american heritage dictionary online. for the weather, he visits www. intellicast. com.some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the internet, an artificial(人造的) b

35、eing with the combined knowledge of, say, albert einstein, richard nixon and britney spears could be born. however, if smarter child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer david in the movie a. i. (artificial intelligence), he must overcome two problems.the first is that computers

36、 find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled（分类） in different ways. thats why programmers need to tell smarter child where to look for the weather. it would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.the other problem is that while smarter child can process inform

37、ation more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense(缺乏常识)a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.37. from the text we can know that is a website _.a. which is specially designed to help smarter childb. where we people can find smarter childc. where weather f

38、orecasts are maded. which is about artificial intelligence38. it is probably most difficult for smarter child to _.a. tell us how to spell a difficult wordb. tell us how the american government is runc. provide us with a famous poem by shakespeared. learn the ability to tell right behaviours from wr

39、ong ones39. which of the following is true according to the text?a. smart child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.b. a.i.(artificial intelligence) is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.c. smart child can recognize different files and find information neede

40、d on his own.d. we have a similar product now which has the knowledge of einstein, nixon and spears.40. which of the following is the best title for the passage?a. smarter childb. a new web childc. the future of internetd. intelligence development第卷（主观题，共45分）四、单词拼写。(本大题共10分，每小题1分)（a）根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形

41、式填空。1. marie curie received the nobel prize _ (two) during her life time.2. lets hope that all our troubles will_ (appear) soon.3. there are some beautiful chinese _ (paint) on the wall in each room of my house. 4. the more medicine you take, the_ (ill) youll feel. 5. the old should be spoken to _ (

42、polite). （b）根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。6. excuse me, sir, but you are not _（允许）to smoke here. 7. when and where to have a spring trip is under_(讨论) this evening.8. thank you for giving us so many good _ (建议). 9. on friday, many students are _（困倦）after a long week than usual. 10. the goal of this experiment

43、 is not to carry people, but to just make the balloon _（漂浮）high.五、动词填空：用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共10分，每小题1分)1. what he said just now _ (remind) me of the american professor.2. - why didnt you go to the cinema with us this afternoon? - i _ (wait) at the station for my uncle from beijing.3. mr. black is str

44、ongly against _ (keep) animals in the zoo, because he thinks animals should also have the right to enjoy freedom.4. a moment, please. im checking if mr. smith _ (be) free tomorrow. 5. john, you cant go out to play until your homework _ (finish).6. we really dont know what danger _ (face) in the futu

45、re.7. he said they _ (climb) the highest hill if it didnt rain the next day.8. -why are you crying, jim? -because i _ (break) my fathers watch.9. they _ (learn) about eight hundred english words by the end of last term.10. the sports meeting the students looked forward to _ (hold) yesterday.六、完成句子：按

46、所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。(本大题共9分，每小题1.5分)1. 驾驶员们要尽可能小心驾驶以免事故发生。drivers should run cars or buses as _happening.2. 那个迷路的男孩没有其它办法只好找警察帮忙。the lost boy _ policemans help.3. 红十字会给遭受地震的人们提供了一些食物和衣服。people who suffered from the earthquake _by the red cross.4. 建议青少年不要吃太多甜食，因为那样对健康有害。 teenagers are_ food, since its ba

47、d for their health.5. 她看起来那么虚弱。你知道最近两天她发生什么了吗？ she looks so weak. do you know_?6. 开着灯睡觉，这不是个好习惯。its a bad habit _. 七、首字母填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整，所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。(本大题共6分，每小题0.5分)a survey has been published which shows that british people dont like their neighbours very m

48、uch. 80% of the people who took part in the survey feel that their neighbours h 1 pay attention to others feelings. 25% dont talk to the people who live next door and 10% dont even know their n 2 . in fact, one million people in britain would like to m 3 because they dont get along w 4 with their neighbours.according to the survey, the b 5 problem is noise. many of the c 6 about noise came from people who live in flats and old houses. these places often have thin walls which cant s 7 the noise from next door.the other main problem