初三英语阅读竞赛卷

1、初三上英语阅读竞赛（2016.10）一、完型填空（20分）Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the _1_ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didnt_2_, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who _3_, but Jane didnt

2、want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, _4_just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was _5_about her. She went to bed too _6_. The night before the first exam, Barbara _7_ that she have an early night and take a _8_ pill. She promised to wake _9_up in the m

3、orning.As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her _10_ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of _11_, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination _12_, but she couldnt answer any of the

4、 questions. _13_ around her was writing pages and gages. _14_ she thought hard, she couldnt find anything to write _15_. She kept looking at her _16_. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, _17_ and tried another one. With only half an hour

5、 left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started _18_. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she _19_ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a _20_ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.( )1. A. teachers B. students C. classmates D. schools

6、( )2. A. prepare B. miss C. join D. pass( )3. A. succeeded B. failed C. ended D. called( )4. A. but B. so C. and D. because( )5. A. excited B. frightened C. worried D. pleased( )6. A. early B. late C. heavily D. eagerly( )7. A. insisted B. hoped C. ordered D. wished( )8. A. sleeping B. resting C. ex

7、citing D. breathing( )9. A. him B. her C. them D. herself( )10. A. hand B. eye C. mind D. body( )11. A. her sister B. her parents C. the lessons D. the medicine( )12. A. result B. marks C. desk D. paper( )13. A. The teacher B. The students C. No one D. Everyone( )14. A. If B. Though C. So D. How( )1

8、5. A. with B. about C. on D. to( )16. A. watch B. textbook C. sister D. subject( )17. A. gave up B. put off C. look around D. think over( )18. A. examining B. leaving C. copying D. crying( )19. A. raised B. woke C. stood D. cheered( )20. A. nice B. wonderful C. terrible D. special二、 阅读理解（A)What is e

9、Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoesthe list goes on and on.

10、The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he

11、 started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级）and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whit9man, he has never looked

12、back. Even in the great .com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet. eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyers and sellers into contact with each other. All you have to do is to take a

13、n e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item（商品）sold, eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items a

14、re sold. ( )1. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_. A. a way of buying and selling goods B. a website for them to upgrade C. a place to exhibit their own photos D. a chance to buy things at low prices ( ) 2. From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter_. A.

15、did not feel lonely B. was always hopeful C. did not think about the past D. became more and more successful ( )3. How does eBay make money from its website? A. By bringing sellers together. B. By charging for each sale. C. By listing items online. D. By making e-photos. (B)Almost every day we come

16、across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world，in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising

17、their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertisers hoping to sell their products.The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in peoples lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide rang

18、e of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. Mo

19、re difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and productio

20、n help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one coul

21、d just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.( )4. What does the author try to argue in Paragraph 1?A. The exercise of rights is a luxury.B. The practice of choice is difficult.C. The right of choice is given but at a price.D. Choice and right exist at the same time.( )

22、5. Why do more choices of goods cause anxiety?A. Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.B. People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.C. Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.D. Companies and advertisers are often misleading about

23、 the range of choice.( )6. By using computers as an example, the author wants to prove that_.A. advanced products meet the needs of peopleB. products of the latest design flood the marketC. competitions are fierce in high-tech industryD. everyday goods need to be replaced often( )7. What is this pas

24、sage mainly about?A. The variety of choices in modern society.B. The opinions on peoples rights in different countries.C. The problems about the availability of everyday goods.D. The helplessness in purchasing decisions.三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的适当形式（每空不多于3个单词）A Frenchman went to a small Italian town_1_stayed with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and qu