精编2013年初三英语评估(十三)黄莹菲

1、 嘉定丰庄-黄莹菲精编二0一三年初三英语评估（十三）Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): (共30 分) A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共 6 分)B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)：（10分）( )7. A) In the park.B) In the ho

2、spital.C) In the ticket office.D) In the cafeteria.( )8. A)At9:00.B) At9:40.C) At 10:00.D) At 10:20.( )9. A) Sunny.B) Windy.C) Rainy.D) Cloudy.( )10. A) Boss and secretary.B) Husband and wife.C) Doctor and patient.D) Teacher and student.( )11. A) Go swimming.B) Join the barbecue.C) Go to bed.D) Do s

3、ome cooking.( )12. A) Germany.B) Australia.C) Italy.D) France.( )13. A) Tea.B) Juice.C) Coffee.D) Water.( )14. A) He doesn't like his colleagues.B) He expects a higher salary.C) He thinks the job is boring.D) He wants to have his own company.( )15. A) He isn't interested.B) He got the job.C)

4、 He tried and failed.D) He is about to apply.( )16. A) Because she didn't have a driver's license.B) Because she couldn't see very well.C) Because she didn't obey the traffic rules.D) Because she didn't know the name of the street.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the fol

5、lowing statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容，符合的用 “T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)：（7分）() 17. The Shutters traveled by boat because no planes flew to the USA.() 18. It took the Shutters several weeks to reach the USA by boat.()19. The Shutters had to take the boat, then the trains to reach California.()20

6、. When the boat arrived, the Shutters carelessly left their luggage on it()21. The Shutters lost all the luggage except for Joan's handbag.()22. The Shutters had to borrow clothes from other passengers on the train.()23. The Shutters' luggage was finally found and sent to them.D. Listen to t

7、he passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词)：（7分）24. When the word 'google' is used as an adjective, it describes very large.25. As the name of an Internet search engine, it has a new.26. Theof a new edition of a dictionary list "google" as a verb.27. It is

8、generally accepted that "Google" is now an official part of the English.28. The new dictionary has collectednew words including "Google".29. If someone spends a lot of time on computer, we can call him "potato".30. In our daily life many new technology words have become

9、.Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分 词汇和语法）II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20 分)( )31. Terry can draw very well and he wants to bearchitect in the future.A) a B)an C)the D)/( )32. Michelle likes travelling very much andthe age of 25 she started her journeyaround the world.A) in B)for C) atD)

10、 on( )33. After the serious train accident, doctorsurgently to help to save the injured.A) needed B) were needed C) need D) are needing( )34. Work hard,you will make great progress in the future.A) and B)but C) because D) though( )35. The death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, made many Apple fan

11、svery sad.A) feel B) to feel C) feeling D) felt( )36. It is reported that the number of people visiting Japan ever since it was hit by theearthquake last year.A) is dropping B) has dropped C) is dropped D) drops( )37. Professor Li gave a lecture and offered the students a lot ofon how to improveEngl

12、ish.A) news B) advice C) facts D) jokes( )38. They have decided to buy a car of their own instead of borrowingall the time.A) us B)we C)our D)ours( )39. Many young Chinese parents have no choice but their children to the grandparents.A) to leave B)left C) leaveD) leaving( )40. Both these two dresses

13、 look nice. You can wearof them to the party.A) neither B)both C) eitherD)none( )41. Computers can process information muchthan human beings.A) faster B) the fastest C) quickerD) quickly( )42. Peter's mother rarely allows her son to have junk food,?A) doesn't sheB) doesn't itC) does sheD

14、) does he( )43. Iin the cafe and reading my favorite novel when the car accident happened.A) sat B) was sitting C) had sat D) have sat( )44. The hotel room we stayed in last timeus $80 per night.A) spentB)paidC) boughtD)cost( )45. Iup all the hope when finally I received the offer from my dream univ

15、ersity.A) had givenB) was givingC) would giveD)gave( )46. a clever trick the Greeks used to win the war!A) SoB)HowC. WhatD)Too( )47. there is a warning sign by the lake, quite a few tourists still swim in it every summer.A) IfB) BecauseC) AlthoughD)When( )48. -is it from our school to the nearest su

16、bway station?-About ten minutes' walk.A) How longB) How soonC) How oftenD) How far( )49. -1 am afraid we are lost again.A) That's great!B) You're welcome.C) Take it easy.D) Congratulations!( )50. -1 really like your idea. I am sure it will work well.A) I am sorry.B) I am glad it helps.C)

17、 Really? I don't believe it.D) Not at all.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)：（共8分）A) himselfB) practiceC) useD) untilE) finest F) even G) later H) difficult I) becauseThe hardworking blacksmith (铁匠)

18、Jones used to work all day in his shop. The son of Mr. Smith,a rich neighbor, came to see the blacksmith everyday. For hours and hours he would enjoy(51)watching how the tradesman (手艺人) worked."Young man, why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks (鞋钉), even if it is onlyto pas

19、s the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of (52)to you."The lazy boy began to see what he could do. And after a little (53), he found that hebecame very skilled and soon could make some good tacks.Old Mr. Smith died and (54)a war destroyed his home. Young Mr. S

20、mith had to moveto another country. It so happened that in this village there were a number of shoemakers who were spending a lot of money on tacks for their shoes. But at times when they paid high prices, they werenot always able to get what they wanted, (55)in that part of the country soldiers wer

21、e ingreat need of shoes.Young Mr. Smith, who was finding it (56)to earn his daily bread, remembered that onceupon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain (交易) with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help him to st

22、art a workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad to help. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he wassoon making the (57)tacks in the village."How funny it seems," he used to say, "(58)making tacks can bring wealth. My trade ismore useful to me than my former riches."IV.Compl

23、ete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词)：（共8分）59. We are sure that when we study hard enough, we will bein our life. (success)60. Everyone knows that reading canone's mind. (rich)61. The little cat looks. He refuses to jump into the swimming pool

24、. (frighten)62. Yao Ming is thought to be muchat playing basketball than the other Chinese players.(good)63. Jenny missed her 2-year-old daughter much. She called back homea day. (two)64. Dan has left his key on the desk. He willcome back for it. (probable)65. We can all make, but the manager has th

25、e last word. (suggest)66. The Water Cube, which uses rain to wash, can also recycle water. (it)V.Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词) :(共 14 分)67. He has locked himself in the room for more than two hours. (对划线部分提问) has he locked himself in the room?68. They managed to

26、 climb up onto the top of the mountain. (保持句意不变) Theyclimbing up onto the top of the mountain.69. The owner of the restaurant hangs many photos of film stars on the wall. (改为被动语态) Many photos of film starson the wall by the owner of the restaurant.70. The clown's performance is too boring to att

27、ract the audience. (保持句意不变) The clown's performance isn'tto attract the audience.71. Harry hurt his leg in the accident. (改为一般疑问句) Harryhis leg in the accident?72.Computers are very useful in our daily life. (改为感叹句)computers are in our daily life!73.Where will we go for our winter holiday? C

28、ould you please tell me? (合并为复合句)Could you please tell me wherego for our winter holiday?Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50 分)A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): (12 分)Many people decide to rebuild or redecorate their homes at some point, and sometime

29、s the job takes longer than expected. Very rarely, however, does it take as long as one house in the United States. The Winchester house, owned by Sarah Winchester in San Jose, California, was rebuilt twenty-four hours a day for over thirty-eight years.The remarkable story of the Winchester house be

30、gan in 1862 when Saran Pardee of Boston married William Winchester. William was the son of Oliver Winchester who had the right (权利) to make and sell the Winchester Rifle, one of the most popular guns of the time.In 1866, Sarah and William had a daughter, Annie, who died form a disease as a baby. Sar

31、ah was sad about the death of her child. Then, tragedy (悲剧) struck Sarah again when William died of a disease in 1882. Although her husband left her about $20 million in savings, and an income of a thousand dollars a day, Sarah was again in extreme sadness, and on the advice of a friend visited a fo

32、rtune-teller (算命人). The fortune-teller told her that her bad luck was being caused by the ghosts (鬼) of all the people who had been killed by the Winchester Rifle. The fortune-teller also told her to sell her home and "head towards the setting sun." Sarah Winchester took the fortune-teller

33、's advice and moved west to California, where she found the perfect house for her.The original (原始的) house was a six-room farmhouse. As soon as she arrived, Sarah started taking the fortune-teller's second piece of advice. She was told to never stop building her house. Using the money her hu

34、sband had left her, she employed over twenty builders who worked night and day on the house. Every morning, Sarah would meet the head of the builders and give him hand-drawn building plans for the day. This went on until Sarah's death in 1921.Today, the house has over 160 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 47

35、 fireplaces, 40 staircases and 3 elevators. Guests at the house can look out over the land around the Winchester house from any of the house's 10,000 windows. It is also easy for guests to get lost in the house. There are also, by some estimates, 2,000 doors if you include all the closets in the

36、 Winchester house, and doors behind which guests can find nothing but walls! Dozens of secret halls and trap doors are also built into the house. The reason why Sarah Winchester made all these changes isn't entirely known. Many people think it was to confuse the many ghosts who are said to haunt

37、 the house. Others think Sarah was simply mad. Either way, Winchester House is now a major tourist attraction and brings in thousands of visitors a year.( )74. Sarah Winchester was theof Oliver Winchester.A) wifeB) daughterC) daughter-in-lawD) mother( )75. made Sarah decide to sell the home and boug

38、ht a new house.A) Her daughter's deathB) Her husband's deathC) The ghosts killed by the RifleD) The fortune-teller's advice( )76. The right sequence (顺序) of what happened is. A fortune-teller gave some advice. Annie and William died from some disease. Sarah moved to California and employ

39、ed 20 workers. Winchester House became a major tourist attraction. Sarah married William, the son of Oliver Winchester. The rebuilding went on until Sarah's death.A) B) C) D) ( )77. The work on the house never stopped until Sarah's death because.A) it was the advice given by the fortune-tell

40、erB) there was too much work to doC) Sarah always had new plans in the morningD) the builders wanted to set up a new record( )78. People visiting the house may find the house very.A) expensiveB) frighteningC) strangeD) useless( )79. What can be the best title for this passage?A) The tragedy of Sarah

41、 Winchester.B) Secrets of a fortune-teller.C) The history of Winchester family.D) The story of a "longest" house.B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文): (12 分)Our lives are full of things to do. These things keep us busy not only at school and work bu

42、t also at home. As a result, we do not have enough time to enjoy ourselves. So we hope some machines will help us do all kinds of jobs, especially the 80 , difficult or boring one.Now there is no 81 for us to dream any longer. Robotic scientists have 82 different types of robots. Often they look lik

43、e ordinary machines, but they are different from each other. Some of them work in factories. They are industrial robots. They can work in very hot, cold or dirty places. Still 83 work at home. They can help do all kinds of 84 . For example, they can sweep the floor, tidy up rooms, make beds, prepare

44、 food and wash dishes.Robots have many advantages (优点). They can keep working for a long time but never get tired. They are not afraid of dangerous or difficult jobs. Besides, they don't need to eat or drink. They only need human beings to 85 them. They will follow different programs to carry ou

45、t different jobs.What good friends they are to human beings!() 80. A) amazingB) dangerousC) usualD) powerful() 81. A) needB)timeC) spaceD) money() 82. A) foundB) boughtC) collectedD) invented() 83. A) anotherB) the otherC) othersD) other() 84. A) sportsB) homeworkC) houseworkD) shopping() 85. A) fee

46、dB) programC) repairD) teachC.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：（共14分）Something landed in my e-mail inbox this year that filled me with horror (恐怖). It wasn't a virus. It was a little dancing snowman. The friend who had sent it had wri

47、tten "Merry Christmas, everyone!" at the bottom.I love the Internet. I would post on someone's micro blog to say "happy birthday". I would send an e-mail to give my c 86 to someone on his or her new job. But Christmas e-cards ? No way.There are some things you just don't

48、do through e-mail. I would always handwrite letters to say "thank you" to someone for having me to stay at their house, for example, or to e 87 my sadness if someone had died. Sitting down with a pile of at least 50 Christmas cards every year is part of the t 88 . It shows you can be bothe

49、red (烦恼) to actually put pen to paper, buy a stamp, and post a letter.But cards play even more of a special role at Christmas. At home, my family has special card display frames for our Christmas cards, and we stick red and green ribbons across the doors and hang cards over them. A 89 with the tree

50、and the candles, cards become Christmas decorations.At the end of the holiday, my grandma and I sit together and cut away the pictures from the f90 of the cards to use as labels for presents next year.Most importantly, there's the fun of r 91 the people you're writing to. Each year I'll

51、sit down with my address book. With each "Dear so-and-so" that I write, I remember the good times I spent with that person. More often than not, I'll let them know what I've been doing this year, before ending with "We really must meet up s 92 in the near future" Will thi

52、s all happen if I just select their e-mail addresses from my contacts list?86. c 87. e 88. t 89. A 90. f91. r 92. sD.Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 共 12 分)Since 1958, children have loved LEGO bricks (积木), and they are not alone. Parents and teachers are also big fans of the colorful toys. In

53、 fact, the bricks are so popular that they have been named "Toyof the Century"twice!The popularity of LEGO toys should be no surprise. The LEGO Group has spent much of its history focusing on fun, high-quality toys. Playing with their bricks can improve creativity, encourage teamwork and d

54、evelop problem solving skills. Even the name LEGO taken from the Danish term leg godt means "play well."But LEGO bricks are just toys, right? Wrong. Children, as it turns out, aren't the only people who can learn a lot from playing with the bricks. In 1995, the LEGO Group's owner w

55、anted to improve the way his company made decisions. With the help of university researchers, LEGO Serious Play (LSP) was born. At its heart, LEGO Serious Play is a process for improving business performance. But it is also about playing with bricks seriously.Most companies face their problems by ho

56、lding meetings. Unfortunately, meetings are not always the best way to solve problems. Meetings can make it difficult for everyone to take part and can lead people to oversimplify (轻视) problems. As a result, ideas are lost, misunderstandings appear, and some opinions are not listened to.LEGO Serious

57、 Play uses play to deal with these difficulties. People use bricks to build models that show how they and their organizations work. This is done over several rounds of building and then talking about what has been made.There are many advantages to dealing with problems through play. While playing, everyone gets to participate. More importantly, the process helps people