厦门双十中学2015-2016学年第二学期初三二模英语试卷

1、厦门双十中学2015-2016学年第二学期初三二模试卷英 语（试卷满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）准考证号_ 姓名_ 座位号_考生注意：本试卷分为两大部分，第一部分（1-61小题）为选择题，请考生将答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上；第二部分为非选择题，请考生将答案用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书写在答题卡上。第一部分（选择题）（一）听力测试（每小题1.5分，共30分）I. Listen and choose the right pictures.(听音，选择符合内容情景的图片。听两遍)1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. II. Liste

2、n to some short dialogues and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (听简短对话，然后挑选最佳答案回答所听到的问题。听两遍)5. A. At the parkB. At the restaurantC. At the doctors6. A. 30 minutesB. 15 minutesC. 7 minutes7. A. A TV programB. A concertC. A movie8. A. 15 yuanB. 30 yuanC. 90 yuan9. A. By listening to

3、a radioB. By asking a travel agentC. By using a computer 10. A. On August 2ndB. On August 8thC. On August 14thIII. Listen to a long dialogue and a passage, then choose the right answers to questions 11-16. (听一篇较长对话和一篇短文，然后选择正确答案作答11 16小题。听两遍)Text A11. The woman has just been to _.A. ShanghaiB. Suzho

4、uC. Hangzhou12. The womans skirt is made of _.A. cottonB. woolC. silk13. The woman also bought _.A. a pair of shoesB. a CD playerC. a TV setText B14. The boys cousin went to Hong Kong for _ last year.A. businessB. vacationC. education15. His cousin bought a _ for him as a present.A. schoolbagB. hamb

5、urgerC. dog16. The boy is sorry for _ that day.A. running fastB. jumping into the poolC. playing with dogs.注意：请将该题的答案书写在答题卡的第二部分IV. Listen to a passage, then fill in the blanks with the right words. (听一篇短文，用恰当的单词填空完成6265小题，每空一词。听三遍)My Best Friend Dan CarterLiving placeIn 62. _His jobA 63. _His advan

6、tageA good 64. _His disadvantageNever saying sorry for his being late for 65. _.（二）基础知识与运用（每小题1.5分，共30分）V. 选择填空：从A、B、C中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。17.Finding information is not difficult today.Well, the _ is how we can tell whether the information is useful or not.A. messageB. challengeC. knowledge18. Sally is _

7、honest girl, she always tells the truth.A. theB. aC. an19. Im afraid I wont pass the exam.Come on, Bill. You should believe in _. Thats the secret of success.A. myselfB. yourselfC. himself20.Just be _ , you cant make such great progress in a day. It takes time.A. patientB. humorousC. quiet21.The wor

8、ker in the library told me that I could _ the books for a week.A. returnB. keepC. borrow22. Harry has been driving all day. He _ be tired.A. mustB. canC. need23.Who was WeChat invented by?Zhang Xiaolong is the person _ created WeChat.A. whatB. whichC. who24.Its warm outside. Why not _ your coat?A. t

9、ake offB. take upC. take away25. Hi, Lily! Why dont you go swimming with them?Because I _ my homework yet.A. wont finishB. havent finishedC. didnt finish26.You cant use your camera here, taking photos _ in the museum.Oh, sorry. Ill stop right now.A. isnt allowedB. hasnt allowedC. doesnt allow27.I wa

10、nt to go to your home. Can you tell me _?NO.33 Zhenhai Road. A. what is the addressB. where your home wasC. where you live28. To protect the environment, we should ask people to use buses more._.A. Never mindB. Not at allC. I agreeVI. 完形填空：从A、B、C中，选择一个最佳答案，使短文意思完整。 Are you thinking of writing a book

11、 or entering a competition, or doing some other amazing things, but have no ideas? Its not that hard _29_ up with some. Read this article, and your problem may be solved!Brainstorm. Take out a sheet of _30_ and write down some thoughts. Anything goes, let your mind go wild. Once you have a few thoug

12、hts, written, use each of those as a jumping off point for _31_ thoughts. Write a nice big chart of all kinds of possibilities.Try looking for inspiration(灵感). Read. The _32_ way to find inspiration is always to read. Read magazines, read books, read websites on the Internet. Find some material in t

13、he general area which interests you can read all about the topic.Travel. You can take a day trip, In a fresh, new place, so many ideas that you have _33_ thought of before can come over to you! Dream. Put a journal near your bed, and when you _34_ up, be quick to write down your dreams. You could fi

14、nd the gem(精华) of an idea in there.Dont give up! Dont get frustrated if you cant think of any ideas at the moment. Your brain will not be able to think properly _35_ you get frustrated. Sometimes you need to relax your brain so that the idea will come. Try going for a walk or _36_. Anything makes yo

15、u relax may help.29. A. catching B. coming C. thinking30. A. paperB. clothC. wood31. A. lessB. fewerC. more 32. A. lastB. bestC. only33. A. neverB. sometimesC. always34. A. stay B. cleanC. wake35. A. unlessB. ifC. until36. A. studying for testsB. listening to musicC. seeing a doctor（三）阅读理解（每小题2分，共50

16、分）VII. 阅读下面五篇短文，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答3761小题。A It was December 20th. A couple who lived in New York were shopping for the coming big festival. There were so many people there, so the shopping center was packed, and as the wife walked through one of the malls she was surprised when she looked around to find

17、 that her husband was nowhere to be seen. She was quite upset because they had a lot to do and she became so worried that she called him on her mobile phone to ask him where he was. In a quiet voice her husband said, “Do you remember the jewelers (珠宝店) we went into about five years ago where you fel

18、l in love with that diamond necklace (钻石项链) that we couldnt afford, and I told you that I would get it for you one day?” The wife got excited and started to cry and said, “Yes, I do remember that shop.”He said, “Well, Im drinking beer in the bar next door.”37. “The big festival” in paragraph one ref

19、ers to _.A. Christmas B. Thanksgiving C. Halloween38. The underlined word “packed” means _ in English.A. warmB. crowdedC. new39. The woman found her husband by _.A. asking policemen for help B. making a telephone callC. putting up a notice40. The woman started to cry because _.A. they had a lot to d

20、o and she worried about her husband a lot B. they were still poor and couldnt afford the diamond necklaceC. she thought her husband was buying her the diamond necklace41. We can infer that the woman would feel _ after she heard what his husband said.A. happyB. confidentC. disappointedBCharge(收费) by

21、distanceStarting on May 1st, 2016, Beijing will charge for ambulance use in the city under a distance-based fare system similar to that used by taxis. The new rule will be used on ambulances called by both 120 and 999 hotlines. Patients will be charged 50 yuan for up to 3 kilometers. After that, 7 y

22、uan will be added for each kilometer.Shanghai Disney The Disney in Shanghai started a trial run(试运营) last week in preparation for its official opening on June 16. According to some tourists who had been there, its convenient to get there by pubic transportation, the settings are fun enough, but some

23、one complained about that they spent too much on the food. And the food itself is not as good as the advertisements have showed. But, it still attracts many people to have fun there. For now, its impossible to buy a ticket at a set price.The best country Germany is the best country in the world, acc

24、ording to a survey by the US News and World Report. Canada comes in second, followed by the UK, the US, Sweden, Australia, Japan, France, the Netherlands and Denmark. China is at the 17th place. The list is made according to people in the countries, business, international influence, future developm

25、ent, power and quality of life.42. These three short passages are _.A. newsB. jokes C. stories43. A patient who lives 4 kilometers away from the hospital calls the ambulance will pay_.A. 50 yuanB. 53 yuanC. 57 yuan44. Some tourists are not satisfied with the _ at Disney in Shanghai.A. trafficB. food

26、C. settings45. According to the survey, _ is at the third place of “The best country”.A. GermanyB. the US C. the UK46. After reading the passages we can know that _.A. people who are ill can call 120, 110 and 999 for an ambulance service.B. some tourists thinks the price for the food is much too exp

27、ensive for them. C. the environment was considered when they did the “best country” survey.CAt some point we all will be required to wear a tie, but how do you tie a tie? To answer that question, Ive drawn up a step-by-step instruction to an easy tie knot(结) to help you.Four-in-Hand knot is the easi

28、est to learn. It is a small tie knot that suits shirts with a narrow collar(领子) opening and is suitable for most situations, but it doesnt look like good on wide collar shirts. Since it doesnt look like you need to spend too much time in front of the mirror seriously tying it. You can just quickly p

29、ut on a tie and go out the door. Also, if youre ever in a hurry, this is the knot to know. 1. Begin by crossing the wide end over the narrow end. 2. Fold the wide end under the narrow end. 3. Pass the wide end over the narrow end again. 4. Take the wide end up and through the circle around your neck

30、. 5. Take the wide end through the knot in front. Tighten(变紧) the knot and pull it up to your collar. Its important for men to learn this basic knot themselves. Just use this easy step-by-step instruction on tying a tie and practice it. Its really not that hard. You just need to practice it a lot.47

31、. You _ when you tie a Four-in-Hand knot.A. may spend a lot of your timeB. must stand in front of a mirrorC. can wear a narrow collar shirt48. Picture _ is the right one for the 4th step.A. B. C. 49. If you want to tie a Four-in-Hand knot, you must know _ according to the instruction.A. how long the

32、 tie isB. what the tie is made ofC. what wide and narrow ends are.50. The writer wrote this passage to _.A. teach us an easy way to tie a tie.B. suggest us how to buy a good tie.C. tell us when men should wear a tie.51. This passage may come from a _.A. science report B. fashion magazineC. story boo

33、kDHe Jiang, a Chinese graduate(毕业生) made history at Harvard, has become a star on Chinese social media. On Thursday morning, Harvard commencement(毕业典礼) speech, with their centuries-old history, welcomed their first-ever Chinese speakerHe Jiang, a 2016 graduate in biochemistry, made a speech represen

34、ting(代表) the graduate students at the commencement.He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of ChinaOne of Chinas top universitieswith a bachelors degree in 2009 and was matriculated by Harvards PhD program. Then his amazing school life at Harvard started the same year. He Jiang be

35、gan his speech with a childhood memory from his small village in central Chinas Hunan province. He was bitten on the hand by a spider and his mother treated it in an old folk waysetting his hand on firerather than going to the doctor, because there were no doctors.He Jiang was one of the speakers to

36、 speak at the commencement. By tradition, one of the speakers is believed in Latin by a graduating senior from the college; the second, in English, is also by a graduating college senior; and the third by a student representative of the graduate and professional schools.To win the chance to speak, h

37、e went through three rounds of competition. Asked why he entered the competition, he simply said, “I want more voices from China to be heard.” But ability and hard work are what really led him to the speech.52. He Jiang made history, because he is the first Chinese student who_.A. comes from Hunan a

38、nd studies in HarvardB. has the ability to give others a good speech C. gives a speech at Harvard commencement53. The underlined word “matriculated” means _ in English.A. accepted B. punishedC. helped54. When he was bitten by a spider, his mother _.A. sent him to the hospital at onceB. gave him some

39、 medicine to takeC. used their own way to treat him55. By tradition, there are always _ speakers at the commencement.A. two B. three C. four56. According to the last paragraph, we can know that He Jiang _.A. loves his country very muchB. always joins in competitionsC. gets the chance by accidentEWha

40、t are fossils?Fossils are the remains of plants or animals. For such remains to be considered fossils, scientists have decided they have to be over 10,000 years old. The word fossil comes from the Latin word “fossilis”, which means, “dug up”.  Fossils can be divided into “body fossils

41、” and “trace(痕迹) fossils”. Body fossils are the remains of a plant or animals body. Trace fossils are the remains of the activity of an animal, such as footprints, egg shells, and nests.How are fossils formed?Some animals were quickly covered after their death by sediment(沉淀物) like earth, mud or san

42、d. Over time, the parts of the animals that didnt rot (usually the harder parts like bones and teeth) were covered in the newly formed sediment. Then, a lot of chemical changes happened to the animals bodies. Water with minerals(矿物质) went into the bone and took the place of the chemicals in the bone

43、 with rock-like minerals. In the end we get a heavy, rock-like copy of the original object - a fossil. There werent any changes in size and shape when an object changed into a fossil, but the fossil of a bone doesnt have any bone in it! It is chemically more like a rock! According to scientists

44、, fossils have been found on every continent(大陆) on Earth.57. According to the passage, there are _ kinds of fossils.A. two B. three C. four58. Picture _ is an example of “trace fossil”.A. B. C. 59. _ brings the rock-like minerals into the bone.A. Sunlight B. WaterC. Earth60. The fossil is _ the ori

45、ginal object in size and shape.A. smaller thanB. the same as C. bigger than61. Which of the following statement is True according to the passage?A. Scientists think that the fossils may have a history of 100 centuries. B. People havent found any fossil on the continent of Africa.C. We can find some

46、bones in the fossils of bone.第二部分（非选择题）准考证号_ 姓名_ 座位号_（四）情景交际运用（共15分）VIII. 根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。（每空一词，每词1分，共5分）David: Hi, Kevin. Whats wrong with you? Are you OK?Kevin: To tell you the truth, I feel 66._. Ive got a headache and sore throat.David: Thats too bad. When did it 67._?Kevin: About two days ago.David: Have you ever seen a 68._?Kevin: Im going to the hospital right now.Davi