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1、宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷It may be hard to believe that many people eat insects（昆虫） andbugs （虫子） . Insects are now very common in all of their processed food （加工食品） . Imagine sitting down at the dinner table and b_86 served a bowl of worms（软体虫 ）. It's enough to make mostWesterners stomachs t87. But in

2、 other countries the samemeal makes people 's mouths water. Eating bugs has been around for thousands of years in some countries . Today it' s estimated （估计）that more than half of the people of the world eat different kinds ofbugs. Not only do these insects taste g_88_, but also they are a c

3、heap and nutritious food source. In the US, some people eat bugs for quite a different reason to show their courage. In television shows l89 Survivor, contestants （参赛者） eat beetles （甲壳虫） and spiders（ 蜘蛛 ）, and viewers watch the shows at home, feeling shocked and disgusted（ 恶心的 ）. But many of the vie

4、wers don' t realize that they may have done thesame thing but just don' t know it! Many American people don't p90 eat bugs,but in the future they may. There are fewer and fewer natural r_91 and thepopulation is getting larger and larger. Experts say that insects will be raised as an alte

5、rnative （可供选择的） form of protein （蛋白质） . If more people did their part to eat bugs and broaden their diets and did not just go out and eat chicken, beef and pork, the planet would be better off （境况改善 ） today. Western children are not as n_92 about bugs astheir parents, because they often visit scienc

6、e museums and zoos, and at school they are learning more about the environment and bugs.长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷“ Just sign here, sir, ” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.The package consisted of a long, narrow box, c_86_ wrapped（包装 ） in brown paper.Opening the box, Oscar saw an umb

7、rella inside a very old one with a beautifully carvedhandle. A_87_ he had not seen it for more than 20 years, he recognized it immediately.Oscar was 16 when he first saw the u_88_ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents, as they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat.

8、 Impressed by its beauty, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its o_89_.With the manager ' s help, Oscar found it belonged to Mrs. Katie O' Brien.Oscar and his grandparents went to Mrs. O' Brien ' s house on their way home. Whenhe rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman a

9、ppeared.“ May I help you? ”she asked.“ I' d like to r_90_ it if it' s yours, ” Oscar said, holding out the umbrella as ifpresenting a gift that had long been wished for.“ Why, yes! It 's mine, ” replied Mrs. O 'Brien with a wide smile and shining eyes.“ Itwas given to me by my father

10、 years ago. Thank you so much ! May I offer you a reward f_91_ your kindness? ”“ No, ma ' am, ” he said, “ My grandmother says a good deed is its own reward.”Years later, Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O ' Brien. It was in perfect conditio

11、n, considering how old it was. Why had it a_92_ here today?As if in answer, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O' Brien wanted you to acceptthis umbrella as a present for a kind, unselfish gesture long ago.崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Do you want to be an online student? It is important to remember

12、 that online education is not right for everyone.On your timeOne of the b 86advantages of online classes is that you are able to enter yourclassroom when it is convenient for you. Do you work all day? Then you canlog on （登录 ）to your class in the evening or at the weekend. Are you an early riser? You

13、 can log on to your class in the early morning h 87 . Your virtual （ 虚拟的 ） classroom is open around the clock, seven days a week. The teacher ' s lectureIn an online classroom your teacher' s lecture is written rather than s88 . Thereare several advantages. The online classroom is completely

14、 different from the real one. If you can ' t remember what your teacher said, all you have to do is to reread his or her lecture. In most cases you will be able to get a copy of the lecture. You will be able to review your teacher ' s lecture w 89 even getting online again.Students ' int

15、eractionOnline students may find it d 90 to talk with each other face to face. T 91 discussion forums （论坛） and chat rooms provide some ways for student interaction, they do not provide the social connection of an on-campus class.We have to say, the disadvantages to be an online student are clear. Fo

16、r example, the teachers can 't help you face to face. They won't praise your work orally （口头 ）.An advantage is the fact that some students are shy. They are more willing to speak out their ideas on the discussion forum and are usually more l 92 to ask their teacher a question by email. They

17、will feel more comfortable with this online interaction.奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Connect to the worldOver the past 20 years, the Internet has greatly influenced our world and changed our lives. The Internet makes it much e86 for people to search forinformation. Forexample, when we write a history report,

18、we don' t have to go to the library. We can findinformation about world leaders and historical events on different websites. Everything we want to know can be found at the click of a button.The Internet helps us to stay connected to family, friends and the world around us. Not long ago, we wrote

19、 letters by h_87 and waited weeks for a reply. Today, whenwe use QQ, we send and receive messages across thousands of miles in a few seconds.The Internet gives us a way to express our opinions in p88. We shareinteresting ideas with other people on QQ, Baidu Tieba, blogs or forums（ 论坛 ）. If we dislik

20、e the food at school, we can discuss it in the school' s forum or in the Tieba of ourown class.A89 the Internet has made our world better in many ways, in some ways it canbe a bad influence. There is a lot of false information on the Internet. It is important not to believe a90 we read on the In

21、ternet.In addition, many teenagers choose to keep in touch with each other online insteadof meeting face-to-face. People w91 that this harms their social communicationskills.Some teenagers spend too much time playing Internet games. They may lose focus on their studies.There are millions of interest

22、ing sites to visit and so many wonderful things to doonline. How could we live without the Internet nowadays? But remember to use the Internet p92 and wisely. Try to let the Internet be your good servant, not your badmaster!虹口区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Nike, Adidas, Converse , do you know these world-famous b

23、rands（商标） ? What doyou think of them? Do you use their products?Sam : I' m a Nike fan. Many of Nike' s a86 on TV are fun and its products aregreat!Joe: In my eyes, top brand means top quality. So I love top brand products a_87they ' re very expensive.Sally : The logos of famous brands ar

24、e usually unique（独一无二的） and nice. It ' sc_88_to own products with those logos.Jackie : Many top brand products are advertised by spokesmen. Spokesmen are myfavourite stars. I love the stars, so of course I want to use the products they speak f_89_.Susan : I know it ' s popular for young peop

25、le to have famous brand products nowadays. But I have no i90_ in following the fashion. I only choose the productsthat suit （适合） me.Adam : As students, we don ' t earn money ourselves. It' s not easy for our parents tosupport us. So I use whatever they choose for me now. When I grow up and b

26、ecome financially i_91, I may buy the famous brand products I am fond of.Bob : I like playing basketball with my classmates. When we play on the playground, wedon ' t care about what you wear as long as （只要 ） you can play w92.So in myopinion, there is no need to care so much about the brands of

27、what you wear.黄浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷嘉定区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in February.“ I'llcome and open the door for you,” she told her four-year-old grandson, Ryan Eshleman,in the back s86 .The car moved ahead before Cardona could even closed the door.“

28、 Nana, the car ismoving! ” Ryan cried. Cardona jumped into the driver ' s seat and reached for the handbrake （ 手闸 ）, her left leg stepping outside, trying to s87the car. She couldnt find the brake, and she got out of the car as it moved down thesteep slope （ 陡坡 ） towarda pond 20 feet way. Ryan w

29、as very f88 and cried “ Nana! ” as the car fell into thepond and the water began pouring in.“ Help! ” Cardona cried as the car moved from the bank.“ My grandson is i89 ! ”A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, had just stepped outside for a break when he saw a crowd gathering by the pond. He jumpe

30、d down the slope and dived into the cold water.Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan ' s terrified face just inches above the water. “ Unlock the door! ” Fountain shouted. The boy's fingers fumbled （ 未触到 ） with the lock.Fountain hit on the back window, but the glass wouldn' t break. A90 ma

31、nDick McClung dived in and handed him ahammer （ 锤子 ）. Grabbing it, Fountain told theboy to move aside, and broke the glass. His hands went through the broken window in the black water and pulled the boy out. At that moment the last flash of the blue car d 91 under the water.“ Climb onto my back,” Fo

32、untain said. Ryan did so, but the tired man couldn't swimback. McClung, still beside them in the water, picked up Ryan and swam to the banks92. Later, doctors found Ryan had got only a littlehypothermia （ 体温过低 ）.“They risked their lives to save Ryan,” Cardona said of the men. “ I thank God every

33、day for them. ”金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Marco PoloIt is difficult to imagine what the world was like in 1254. Europe was living in an age that we callthe Medieval Period（ 中世纪 ）. It was a time ofmany wars.It was in that time thatMarco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Life inVenice was d86 from life in most

34、of Europe. Venice was a city ofbeautiful buildings and water canals （运河 ）. Many businessmen did business in Venice. Marco Polo ' s father and uncle were businessmen. They had traveled to a far-off country called Cathay. （Cathay is now called China.） There they had friends with the great ruler, K

35、ublai Khan （忽必烈 ）. He i87 them to return to Cathay.When Marco Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey to China with hisfather and uncle. They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the desert and mountains of Asia on camels. The journey to China took three years.Kublai Khan greeted the Polos a

36、nd impressed （ 留印象 ） with Marco , who couldsent them lots of gifts. He was especiallyspeak four l 88 including Chineseand others.Khan sent Marco on many trips t89 China. On these trips, Marco sawmany amazingthings that he hadnever seen in Europe, such as coal used as fuel,but we like it because the

37、salt mpaper moneyi 90 of coins, and papermaking and printing processes.Marco made many notesabout life in China.After almost twenty years in China, the Polos began their journey home to Italy. KublaiKhan gave them many gifts of ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.When they returned to Venice, they found t

38、heir city at war. Marco Polo was put in prison. He spent his time w 91 a book about his years in China. The book is called Descriptions of the World. It became the most p 92 book in Europe.Because of the book, many people in Europe learned about life in China.静安区 （青浦区 ） 初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Li Ming has s

39、tudied in the UK for nearly two years now. But he' ll never forget his firstfew weeks of living in a different country.The FoodIn China, I ' ll eat almost anything. But I remember the first food I tasted at school in England. We had this soup and it tasted of n86 at all. In China, our food i

40、s quite salty,87 it taste nice. A friend advised me to try somecheese and biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as wrong. Again, I felt disappointed at the taste of the biscuits and the cheese was really sour.Introductionscookies ' in America but I wasIn China when you meet someone for the

41、first time, you sometimes shake hands. I was so s 88 when my friend 's mother gave me a kiss when I left his house. I felt so embarrassed and I know my face went very red at that moment.T 89When I want to go anywhere in China, I just take my bicycle. Here in England, I have toget a bus everywher

42、e. It ' s really confusing b90 buses don 't stop automatically likethey do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring the bell or press the signal button.Socialising （社交 ）I remember when I went around to a friend's house and I wanted to say“ thank you ”to his mother. In China, we of

43、ten give people cakes as p 91 . The boy ' s mother stared at the cake. She was trying to be polite but I knew from her face that I had taken something wrong. In England, a cake is moreo 92 given on someone 's birthday.闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷If you thought you could protect yo

44、urself on the web by lying about your personal details, you 'd better think again. In online communication at least, entering untrue details about name or age may no longer prevent others from working out exactly w86 youare.Microsoft is developing a new software that could accurately guess your

45、name, your age, your s 87 and possibly even your location. Many studies show that there are strong relationship b 88 the websites that people visit and their personalities. For example, 74% of women try to get some information about health and medical information online, while only 58% of men do. Th

46、e software could use a wide series of such details to make a good guess about their ID from a p89 browsing history.So far the software can only guess your age and other information with any accuracy, but the research team say they expect to be able to "predict （ 预测 ） your job, and perhapsyour l

47、ocation one day."H 90 , Ross Anderson, a computer security engineer at the University of Cambridge, thinks the i 91 could put Microsoft in big trouble. “ I think it h 92 ifMicrosoft were to sell such software widely. It may provide opportunity for someone to make a mistake or even to commit a c

48、rime.普陀区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Dear PeterI hope everything is going well. I have something very special to tell you. Last week I went into space for the first time!My parents visited space last year, but I was too y86to go with them. Anyway,a month ago I had my birthday party. It was very exciting when I o

49、pened my presents.There were lots of wonderful games, but I was really happy when I saw a t87 for aspace flight!Two weeks after my birthday, I had to go on a short training course. It was quite difficult, and I had to study very hard. L 88 , I got a good mark in the exam in the end, and my parents w

50、ere able to b 89 the date of the space flight. I began to look forward to that day.Finally the day arrived, and my parents took me to the airport. I got on the plane with ten other passengers. We took off from the runway and c 90 higher and higher. After about an hour, we went down from the plane in

51、to the space shuttle. The plane then dropped the space shuttle at very highaltitude （ 高度 ）. The engines in the space shuttlestarted, and thirty minutes later we were in space.I admit that for a few seconds I felt a little n91 when I sat in the space shuttle.However, when we left the Earth 's atm

52、osphere, everyone began to float （飘浮 ）. It was great fun! I felt so free in space, and it was really amazing to see some other p 92 out of the window though I had seen them many times in my geography book.My first space flight only lasted fifteen minutes, but I will never forget it. I also have some

53、 good news for you. My parents say they want to go back into space next year. They say I can bring a friend. Would you like to come with us? I hope to hear from you soon. Mark松江区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house.

54、 Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your t 86will be sent to your house in a matter of days.Nov 11 is a big day for people who like shopping online. Many online stores offered a big discount and free deliver s87 . On that day, the biggest online shopping sites inChina, T and T,

55、 sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.“ Goods online are often much c88 . It also saves me a lot of time. And we oftenhave more choices on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an onlineshopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily.A 89big advantage of online is that it help

56、s people get things from differentcities, even different countries, with ease.“ I like eating duck neck very much and I oftenbuy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It' s much more delicious than what our localstores sell, ” said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou.While enjoying online shopping, many pe

57、ople a90have worries, especially formiddle school student buyers. Young students are easily a91by advertisements onthe Internet and buy things they don' t need.“ Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for t h i n g s w 92 their time, ” said Jing Chunling, and

58、education expert.“ Online shop ownershave no idea of the ages of their buyers. It' s dangerous when young students can buythings such as cigarettes and wines so easily.徐汇区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Some people believe that schools will not be necessary in the near future. They say that because of the Internet and other new technology, there is no need for school buildings, classes ort86 . Perhaps this will be true one day, but if the world had noschools, I couldn ' t imagine how our society would be.In fac