周末练习12石景山二模

1、北大附中初三上周末练习（十二）2013 年 12 月一、单项填空1.Tom and I went boating yesterday. _ had a good time.A. WeB. TheyC. SheD. It2.We traveled all night to London and got there _ Sunday morning.A. inB. atC. toD. on3. _ did you spend your summer vacation last year? In England.A. When B. Where C. How D. Why 4. Is Tom at

2、school today? No, he is at home _ he has got a bad cold.A. so B. or C. because D. if 5. Could I borrow your dictionary? Of course you _.A. mustB. canC. shouldD. need6. What about this dress? I dontlike the colour. Please show me _ one.A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others7.Mike invited me _ tennis

3、 this weekend.A. playB. to playC. playingD. played8. Which do you think is _ subject, math, music or art? Art, I guess.A. interestingB. more interestingC. most interestingD. the most interesting9. Were you at home at that time? No, I _ dinner with my friends in a restaurant.A. haveB. hadC. will have

4、D. was having10.They will call us as soon as they _ there.A. getB. gotC. will getD. have got11.I _ much progress in my English study since last term.A. makeB. will make C. madeD. have made12.The 30th Olympic Games _ in London this summer.A. holdB. heldC. are heldD. will be held13. Do you know _ for

5、New York last night? At 9:00.A. what time he leavesB. what time he leftC. what time does he leaveD. what time did he leave二、完形填空My earliest memory of dad is grabbing（抓住） his hand while we walked together. As I grew older, I remember my father and I listening to basketball games on the radio. I alway

6、s fell asleep 14 thegame was over. When I woke up in the morning, the score sheet with the 15 score on it would be lying next to me. I ll always remember that.On cold mornings my father would bring his bread truck by the house. I used to ride on the floor of that bread truck as he delivered（分送） the

7、bread to the stores. The 16 and the warmth from the初三英语试卷第1页（共 6页）bread made my mouth waterand kept me warm. I ll always remember that.My father would be present at all my games. One night before an important game my father told me17that he wouldn bet able to watch the game because he had to deliver

8、 the bread and it was athree-hour 18. The next day as the game drew near I thought about my dad. I happened to lookacross the field and19 saw his bread truck pulling into the stadium. He managed to20thegame. I ll alwaysremember that.Years later Ihad become a21 . I llnever forget the voice on the pho

9、ne early one morningtellingme dad had just been killedin a trafficaccident. I could hear my heart22in my ears. I23the phone and went back to my bedroom. After that nothing really 24to me. I still taught inschool but I couldn centreattention on my teaching. One day I was on the playground when a litt

10、le boywalked up to me and grabbed my hand. His hand held mine the same way I used to hold my father s bythe last two fingers. At that moment I found my25 in life again. You see even though my fatherwas gone, he left something with me. He left me his smile, compassion and touch. My purpose was touse

11、those gifts as he did. From that day on startedI. I ll always remember that!14.A. whenB. althoughC. becauseD. before15.A. publicB. finalC. officialD. lucky16.A. colourB. tasteC. smellD. touch17.A. exactlyB. sadlyC. slowlyD. simply18.A. driveB. walkC. raceD. ride19.A. immediatelyB. hopefullyC. surpri

12、singlyD. unusually20.A. acceptB. chooseC. affordD. make21.A. teacherB. playerC. doctorD. reporter22.A. breakB. knockC. beatD. hit23.A. set upB. picked upC. put upD. hung up24.A. happenedB. matteredC. cameD. belonged25.A. purposeB. pleasureC. positionD. progress三、阅读理解AMrs. Chang, a new teacher at Par

13、k School, wants to know her students in Class 5, Grade 3. Here are the introductions of some of the students.NamesIntroductionsKellyKelly has to go to cram school from 6:20 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.SusanBecause Susan lives too far away, she usually comes to school late.NicoleNicole isa good student who does

14、 well on tests and helps others solvemath questions.JaneJane likes to do housework at home and helps clean the classroom.TomTom never goes to school on time and seldom finishes homework.JordanHe likes sports a lot and usually plays basketball in the park right afterschool.MayMay is friendly and like

15、s to help people.MarkMark does well on tests, buthe is shy and doesnt like to help hisclassmates.CarolShe is Mrs. Changs best assistant that will do everything for her!26. Who likes sports a lot?A. Jordan.B. Susan.C. Carol.D. Jane.初三英语试卷第2页（共 6页）27.What does Jane like to do?A. To go to school late.B

16、. To help clean the classroom.C. To play basketball in the park. D. To help others solve math questions.28.Who does well on tests?A. Kelly and Tom. B. Nicole and Jordan. C. May and Mark.D. Nicole and Mark.BFor Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He did

17、nmuch better in sports. Although he played for the school s golf team, he lost the only important match of the season.Sparky was a loser. He, his classmateseveryone knew it. Sparky neverclassmateasked toa go outin high school. He was too afraid of being refused.However, one thing was important to Sp

18、arky drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, noone else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down, Sparky was so confident about his ability that he decided to become an artist.After comple

19、ting high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected（拒绝）once again. Another loss for the los

20、er.So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography（自传）in cartoons. He described his childhooda little boy loser and underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had little success in school and whose work was rejected again and again was Charles S

21、chulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip（连环漫画） and little cartoon character Charlie Brown.29. We can know that Sparky was _ from the first paragraph.A. a top studentB. an artistC. a good playerD. a failure30. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out because he _.A. had never been invitedB. didntlik

22、e making friendsC. didntwant to be refusedD. was afraid of making mistakes31. WhatsSparky ssuccess according to the passage?A. He was good at golf playing.B. He wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios.C. He drew some cartoons for the Yearbook.D. His Peanuts comic strip became world famous.CTo err is h

23、uman. To blame（责备）the other guy is even more human.Common sense is not all that common.Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语） are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot abouthuman nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of

24、 being human, but it seems that most people don t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to doThe. original quote about human nature went like this: “ To err is human, to forgive, divine （神圣的） . ”This sayingmirrors an ideal: P eople should be forgiving of

25、others mistakes. Instead, we tend to do theopposite find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrongis a mark of great maturity（成熟） .初三英语试卷第3页（共 6页）Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good generalplan t

26、hat will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large companies, because there ar

27、e so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a largecompany, “ the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common prob

28、lems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get theidea that it s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary（直接推论） to that: if a goodexcuse is“ goodeven” if it isn t honest, then where is the place of the truth?32. Which of the following is NOT based on co

29、mmon sense?A. A secretary works to a timetable.B. A company s next move follows a good plan.C. A girl goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.D. A man tries to manage everything in a large company.33. What can we infer from the last paragraph according to the writer?A. A good excuse is the same

30、as honesty.B. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.C. Unpleasant truth is better than a good excuse.D. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better idea.34. What would be the best title for this passage?A. A Mirror of Human NatureB. To Blame or to ForgiveC. A Mark of MaturityD. Truth or Excuse

31、DWhen students and parents are asked to grade subjects according to their importance, the arts are usually at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is only viewed as entertainment, but certainly not an education priority（优先）. This view is shortsig

32、hted. In fact, music education is very important for all students.Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it shows their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schu

33、bert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity（身份，特性） as a society.Music provides a kind of perception （感知） that

34、cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts can express the emotive（情感的）meaning of the same thing. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason:No one way can get it all.The arts are forms of thought

35、 as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientificsymbols. They are ways we human beings “ talk ” to each other. They are the language through whic express our fears, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideasand imagination so that they ca

36、n be shared with others. When we do not give children an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering,

37、celebration, the value of peace and love.So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.初三英语试卷第4页（共 6页）35. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A. Students regard music as a way of entertainment.B. Students disagree with their parents on education.C. Students take music as an imp

38、ortant subject.D. Students prefer the arts to science.36. In Paragraph 2, the writer uses jazz as an example to_.A. compare it with rock musicB. show music identifies a societyC. introduce American musical traditionsD. prove music influences people s lifestyles37. According to the passage, the arts

39、and science_.A. explain the world in different waysB. explain different facts of the worldC. express people s feelings in different waysD. explain what it means to be human differently38. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Music education is worth more attention.B. Music should be of top educat

40、ion priority.C. Music is really a good communication tool.D. Music education makes students more imaginative.四、阅读还原句子I ll remember the first carnival（狂欢节）. 39. _. My parents came from Jamaica and theyhelped to start carnival. We had very little money, but we made costumers from old bits of material

41、and feathers, and colourful masks. We decorated old lorries, so that we could ride on them through the streets.It took us six months to get ready.But on the big day, all our hard work had been worth it. People of all ages, from babies tograndparents, black and white, danced together in the street. 4

42、0. _. The music was played onanything made of metal: it was very noisy.There were people watching from the windows of every house. We ate all our favourite Jamaicanfood, washed down with beer. 41.but carnival helps you forget the weather!When the carnival got too big, those old streets became too na

43、rrow for such big crowds（人群） .Some people said they felt frightened by the large crowds and the noise. We were worried that carnival would be banned（禁止） . Then we found an answereverything was moved to a wider and safer street. 42. _.A. It was in the 1960sB. The weather was wetC. The policemen dance

44、d, tooD. But sometimes its too crazyE. So carnival should continue for years.五、阅读与表达There are hundreds of funny and strange expressions in the English language. A lot of them include country names or nationalities. Take these examples:The Dutch（丹麦人）are the target of most English expressions about na

45、tionalities. Why are there soththmany jokes about the Dutch in English? And what do these expressions mean? In the 17 and early 18centuries, there were three wars between the British and the Dutch, and Dutch became a bad word. So double Dutch means something that has no meaning or is impossible to u

46、nderstand. A Dutch uncle is初三英语试卷第5页（共 6页）someone who gives much stronger advice than they need to. There are later expressions, which arefunnier and kinder, like to go Dutch, which is nowadays a popular expression. It means to pay for yourpart of a bill. This often happens when a group of friends h

47、ave a meal together, and each person pays forthe food they ate. I m a Dutchmanis another commonly used expression. This means not being able tobelieve something.An expression with a similar meaning to double Dutch is it s all Greek to me, which means I don tunderstand. The expression was made famous

48、 in Shakespeare plays Julius Caesar although theexpression is actually hundreds of years older.If you take French leave, you are not present or leave somewhere without permission. For example,you could take French leave from a classroom or the place where you work. This expression is from the18th century when French people left parties without saying goodbye to the host or hostess.There areChinese whispers, which mean confused（令人困惑的） messages. This describes the factthat a message can often change as it is passed f