初三上学期期末考试英语试题

1、期末试卷初三英语听力理解（共26分）、听对话，从下面各题所给的 A B、C三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话读两遍。（共4分，每小题1分）B.B.B.B.C.C.二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。（共12分，每小题1分）请听一段对话，完成第5至第6小题。5. What color is the shirt?C. Red.C. In a zoo.A. Green.B. Blue.6. Where are the speakers?A. At a bank.B. At a store.请听一段对话，完成第7至第8

2、小题。7. When will Tom come back?A. At 9:15.B. At 9:30.8. What does Betty ask Tom to do?A. Do sports.B. Return home.请听一段对话，完成第9至第10小题。9. How is Susan going to the seaside town?A. By bus.B. By plane.10. What is Susan probably going to take?A. An umbrella.B. A skirt.请听一段对话，完成第11至第13小题。11. Who is the man

3、' s youngest cousin?A. Lily.B. Bob.12. How often does the man usually visit his cousins?A. Once a week.B. Once a month.13. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is living in New York now.B. The woman has been to New York before.C. The speakers both enjoy visiting beautiful cities.请听

4、一段独白，完成第14至第16小题。14. Why did Lucy start a new magazine?A. She wanted to be famous.B. She wanted to get more experience.C. She wanted to do something different.15. How many parts are there in the magazine?A. Two.B. Three.16. What do you know about the magazine?A. It has the latest news.C. At 9:45.C.

5、Sing songs.C. By ship.C. A radio.C. John.C. Once a year.C. Four.B. It has some ads for restaurants.C. It has articles about the people in the town.、听对话，记录关键信息。（共10分，每小题2分）请根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在相应位置 上。对话读两遍。House for SaleRooms17.aone with two bedrooms, one bathroomand one kitchenAddress18. No.,

6、 Park StreetPrice$ 9859Surroundings 冲境）19. a supermarket, a20. a very goodTime to see it21. every day except Wednesday and知识运用（共25分）四、单项填空（共13分，每小题1分）从下面各题所给的 A B G D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选 项。22. Look at the girl in the red skirt.is my new classmate.A. SheB. HeC. YouD. It23. Lucy lived in Beijing 2008 t

7、o 2012.A. onB. fromC. atD. of24. Which do you prefer to use, QQ E-mail?A. andB. butC. orD. so25. Tony is not as clever as Lucy, but he works than her.A. hardB. harderC. hardestD. the hardest26. you sing the English song?Yes, I can. But only a little.A. CanB. MayC. MustD. Need27. David is the tallest

8、 student in our class.is taller than him.A. AnybodyB. EverybodyC. SomebodyD. Nobody28. There still some apples in the fridge now.A. isB. areC. wasD. were29. Jenny, I need some milk? Ok, Mum.do you need?A. How long B. How farC. How often D. How much30. Mike, where is Miss Li? She a speech to the firs

9、t-year students now.A. givesB. gaveC. is givingD. will give31. It ' s time for class. Mr.King asked all the children down quietly.A. sitB. to sitC. satD. sitting32. Miss Lin a lot of work for the poor area for about 10 years.A. doesB. didC. has doneD. will do33. The books into many other languag

10、es last year.A. translateB. translatedC. are translated D. were translatedB. where will my father go D. where my father went34. I don ' t know tomorrowA. where my father will goC. where did my father go五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Tina was a seventeen-year-old g

11、irl who always wore a bright smile. She got a serious disease and had to use a walker most of the time. People didn ' stpeak to 35 very often. Maybe it was because she looked _36_ and people didn ' t know how tone near to her. Tina usually 37, the ice with people she met with a big” HIn one

12、class, I gave the students an assignment俗业）to 38 a poem. I onlymade the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since I knew most of my _39一 wouldn ' t do it anyway. In the cass, one by one each student _40_ to correctly recite the poem. Finally, annoyed 住气）and half kidding （开玩笑）

13、,I said that the next student who couldn' he rpoetmthad to do three push-ups. To my41 , Tina was next. She used her walker to move to the front of the class. Whenshe recited, she made a mistake. . 42 I could say a word, she threw her walker andstarted doing push-ups. I wanted to say, “Tina, I wa

14、s just kidding! 43"，But she continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly.When she finished, a student asked, “Tinawhy did you do that? It ' not an important assignment! ”“ Becausewant to be like yours! To be 44 " Tina sa.Silence fell on the whole room when another student cri

15、ed out,“Tina, we ' renormal! We are teenagers! We get in _45_all the time. ”“I know. " Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.Tina got only a few _46_ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot m

16、ore than a grade.35.A. herB.meC.usD.them36.A. strongB.differentC.shortD.young37.A. gaveB.ateC.brokeD.brought38.A. readB.copyC.findD.recite39.A. friendsB.studentsC.teachersD.parents40. A. startedB. plannedC.continuedD.failed41. A. surpriseB. joyC.excitementD.satisfaction42. A. BecauseB. AfterC.Before

17、D.If43. A. woke upB. gave upC.stood upD.made up44. A. happyB. normalC.socialD.true45. A. attentionB. thoughtC.touchD.trouble46. A. pointsB. chancesC.mistakesD.exercises阅读理解（共44 分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共 26 分，每小题2 分）ANews ReviewHead-on Train CrashOn May 18, two trains had a he

18、ad-on crash相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60 people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.Travel TimeTourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000 tourists visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day

19、 holiday.Brave VolunteerLiao Zhi, a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya an13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come an

20、d offer help.Tomato CompetitionA tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.47. About people were hurt in theHead-on Train Crash.A

21、. 18B. 29C. 60D. 25048. Liao Zhi, the dance teacher from,came to Ya an to offer help.A. ChengduB. HuainanC. TaishanD. New York49. The Tomato Competition in Anhui Province was held to.A. help the people in Ya anB. save the people on the trainsC. help grow better tomatoes D. forget the terrible timeBK

22、indergartens may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father s life with the skills he learned.The boy sfather became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car s

23、afely. At that point, Dancy used his father s phone to call his mother for help. The5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “ F,U,R,N,I,T,U,

24、R,E. But ” that wasn tenough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey 22. s RoutThe mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.“ He just thought his dad needed help,

25、” Dancy s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too.“ It is surprising for himtheto get offhighway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick, ” she said.Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil.“ Dancy s spelling shelped hi

26、m seize （抓住）the moment," he said. “Andthat ' tSe real value of education. ”50. When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were .A. on the way homeB. in the kindergartenC. in a shopping centerD. at a bus station51. Dancy called for help when his father couldn t speak.A. 911B. his m

27、other C. Shine D. the reporter52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Dancy drove his father home.B. The reporter was really a hero.C. Shine sent Dancy s father to h.ospitalD. Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.CThe Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981

28、. At that time, they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an English-speaking country.Now the Vieira children are adults, and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and friends. But they cannot communicate wi

29、th them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries, they often leave their own customsand mother language behind. This is a mistake because there are many ben。睢处） of knowing more than one language.One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate dire

30、ctly with more people around the world. You do not have to depend on others to talk for you, so you ' erindespendent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.Furthermore, speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs mor

31、e effectively （有效地）.Local expressions, vocabulary, and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person' s understanding of another culture.So, knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.Finally, having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between c

32、ountries. If people from different countries can communicate well, the world can become closer. Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each other ' s problems.The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact, there are no disadvantages. It is

33、very sad that many people don' t try to learn another language. It iseven worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.53. The passage begins with the experience of the Vieira family in order to.A. discuss the need for teaching a new languageB. show the probl

34、ems of speaking only one languageC. describe the advantages of moving to another countryD. introduce the passage ' s main characters to the readers54. According to the passage,if you can speak more than one language, you can.A. find a better jobB. make more friendsC. better understand history D.

35、 communicate more independently55. The underlined phrase multi-language speakers" （In Paragraph 5） means“ people who know.”A. more than one language B. a new languageC. their mother languageD. body language56. What is the passage mainly about?A. How to learn another language.B. The importance o

36、f learning English.C. The benefits of learning other languages.D. The reasons why people come to America.“Yesladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard NASA s Space Elevator. We ' re going to leave soon. The entire ride will take a five hours, so sit back and enjoy the trip. As we rise, be sure to loo

37、k out the window. You ' ll see the sky change from deep blue t black. It is one of the most wonderful views （景色） you will ever see!Does this sound like the Sci-Fi Channel? Well, it ' not. Scientists are thinking that a“space elevator " will be possible towand thfethe 21st century. A spa

38、ceelevator will consist of a long cable （电缆）from the Earth ' s surface into space to an altitude（高度）of about 35,786 km. " Elevators “ will travel along the cable and move people and loads between Earth and space. One of the greatest advantages is that the cost will be much less. Researchers

39、 estimate 仙计）that a passenger with baggage at 150 kg might cost only $222! Compare that to today' s cost of around $3.3 million forthe same weight. It would make “cheapspace travel possible Scientists believe carbon nanotubes （纳米管）may be used to make high-strength materials for the cables, altho

40、ugh they are still being studied.It was Arthur C. Clarke who brought this idea to the general public. In his science fiction novel Fountains of Paradise, engineers build a space elevator on top of a mountain peak on an island. One day, Clarke was asked a question by a student during his speech. The

41、student asked when the space elevator would become a reality. Clarke answered, “ Probably about 50 years after everybody stops laughing." Hea point. When we stop thinking of something as impossible, then we start working on its development.57. Why should passengers in a space elevator look out

42、the window while they are moving into space?A. Because the blue sky is very beautiful.B. Because the view outside is wonderful.C. Because the sky changes from black to blue.D. Because the trip will take about seven hours.58. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Scientists h

43、aven t used carbon nanotubes to make the cables.B. Traveling in space elevators will cost much less in the future.C. Passengers will be able to travel in space elevators with baggage.D. Space elevators will travel for 35,786 km around the Earth' s surface.59. What is the best title for this pass

44、age?A. Possible Now: Space Travel B. Cheap Space TravelC. Going into Space in an Elevator D. Space Travel Impossible七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match.He hated losing anything. 60.If he lost,

45、he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the worst thing in the world.A new kid, Albert, came to Peter 'sshool. He was good at table tennis, too.61.Peter worked hard to get ready for the match, but Albert didn' t seem tothink much of it. When the match began, Albert was a r

46、eal player. There was always a smile on his face, while Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat, but he lost in the end.“You played very well, Peter. I think we can play again sometime, said Albert. ” But Peter didn ' hap

47、py and couldn ' t fall asleep that night.One day, Peter saw Albert playing basketball. Though he lost again and again, the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. 62.Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to rea

48、lize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it. 63. A. However, he enjoyed both of them.B. So he felt happier than ever before.C. Peter and Albert were good at swimming.D. When he won, he would feel really good.E. Soon there would be a match between Peter and Albert.八、阅读

49、短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Internet“I check my-mail almost forty times a day. ”“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.”“ Spend more time in chat rooms than withy real-life friends. ”Do you know any people like these?

50、They are part of a new addiction（瘾）calledInternet addiction. According to experts, Internet addicts（迷）spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worri

51、ed and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn' t find him. They called the police.The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet for seven days straight.A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted.The teenagers spend more time on the

52、 Internet than with families . That ' s why some experts worry most about young blem if you have one of the following symptoms（症状）:Is “surfingthe Internet a hobby or all addiction for you? You may have a You can' t wait to get online again. You go out with your friends less and les

53、s. You' vedecided to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. You do not go to important family events or you do not do schoolprojects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.What is the solution（解决办法）？ Some experts suggest that people set strict limits（限制）on their ti

54、me for Internet use. You have to learn to control it, or theInternet would control you.64. Do Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week?65. Where was the missing college student found?66. Why do some experts worry most about young people?67. How many symptoms are mentio

55、ned in the passage?68. What' s the passage mainly about?书面表达（25分）九、完成句子。（共10分，每小题2分）根据中英文提示词完成句子。69. 吸烟有害健康。Smoking our health.70. 他一接到母亲去世的消息，就立刻踏上归途。He started back he got the news of his mother' s death.71. 我过去常常爬山，可现在没有这样的胆量了。I do a lot of climbing, but I haven' t thenowve for72. 你坐火

56、车去要花很多钱，为什么不坐公共汽车呢？It will cost you to go by train; ?73. 同学之间好好相处很有必要。It s each other.十、文段表达（ 15 分）根据中文大意和英文提示词语，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60 词的短文。所给的英文提示词仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。74. 作为中学生，学习任务重，但也需要丰富多彩的业余生活。某英文报纸正以“My Spare Time”为题征文，请你投稿。说说你经常做些什么，并请说明想法或理由。提示词语：busy； colorful ； sports； healthy； read； knowledge； relax； housework13-14第一学期初三英语期末考试参考答案题号答案得分1A2B3C4B5A6B7B8C9A10B11A12C13B14C15A16C17small18719bank20school21Sunday22A23B24C25B26A27D28B29D30C31B题号答案得分33D34A35