初三英语下册试卷及答案

1、ADont be like meDear editor,I used to be an excellent, hard-working student at high school. Butafter entering college, I became lazy because I t know how to dealproperly with so much I cut spent most ofmy time chatting on the Internet and playing cards with my roommates. Ihardly did by myself. Inste

2、ad, I copied my work. I felt I had a lot of time every day, but I always wondered what todo with the time. I had no sense of guilt(内疚感) because I found manystudents doing the same things.Ihadbeenlivingacomfortablelifeuntilthefinalexamscame.Igotbusypreparingforit.Infact,itwasthefirsttimeIwasso busyin

3、thewhole term. I stayed up each night of the final week, but it turned outto be a useless effort. In the end, I make up for the knowledgelost during the term. I failed in three courses. I was filled withfrustration and regret. When I saw some of my classmates receivingscholarships(奖学金), I asked myse

4、lf, tearfully, “What have I got?”I hope other students will draw a lesson from my experience. twaste your time, and dont ignore(忽视) your study for any reason.By PeterComplete the following sentences according to the letter above. Oneword for one blank.1. This is a letter from _. He is a _ student.2.

5、 He cut classes, spent his time _ on the Internet and _cards with his roommates when he became a college student.3.Insteadof_assignmentsby_,Peteralwayscopied_.4. He _ get busy with his lessons _ the final exams came.5._heworkedhardforafewdays,he_threecourses.BThanksgivingDayisapublicholidayintheUSAa

6、ndCanadawhenfamilieshavealargemealtogethertocelebrateandthankforfood,healthandthefamiliestheyvegot.NowitbecomesmoreandmorepopularamongChineseyoungpeople.ButasurveymadebeforeThanksgivingDayshowsperhapsmanyChinese dont really understand the meaning of the holiday.TwohundredstudentsfromuniversitiesinHe

7、nantookpartinasurvey.According to the survey, only 10% students remember their parentsbirthdays and 16% said they had prepared birthday presents for theirparents. “Since most of the students are from one-child families, theyare used to be the focus and careless of others,” one psychiatrist(精神科医生) tr

8、ied to explain the result.Asforthestudents birthdays,33%ofthecollegestudentswouldliketocelebratetheirbirthdayswiththeirparents. “Manystudentschosetohaveabigbirthdaydinnerwiththeirfriendsorclassmates.Ofcoursethereisnothingwrongwiththat.Buteveryonesbirthdayisadayofsufferingforhismother,soweshouldremem

9、bertothankourparentsonthatspecialday,” a girl student said.Somestudentssaidafterthesurvey,theysuddenlyrealizedhowlittlethey had done for their parents. How about you?Answer the following questions according to the passage.1. What do the people in the USA and Canada do on Thanksgiving Day?_2. What is

10、 the survey about?_3.Howmanystudentscanremembertheirparentsbirthdaysaccordingto the survey?_4. Who should we remember to thank on our birthdays?_5. What kind of people is the passage mainly written for?_CHowmuchdoyouwanttopayforaCDbyyourfavoritesingerJayChou,five yuan for a pirated(盗版的) one, or more

11、 for a real one?WangYe,14,saidshewouldliketherealonealthoughthepiratedoneischeaper. “Arealoneisworthkeepingforyears,” saidthegirlfromNo.1MiddleSchoolinWuhu,Anhui. “RealCDsalwayssoundbettertome.”People want to do more to help those like Wang to get real CDs.This week the International Federation of t

12、he PhonographicIndustry(IFPI,国际唱片业协会) asked many countries to act againstpiracy(盗版).In many places in China, the government is checking audio and videoproducts. Pirated ones are broken into pieces.Piracyisinyourdailylife.Dontbelieveit?Astudyby21stCenturyTeensfoundthatmorethan80percentofteenagershadl

13、istenedtopiratedmusic.Theysaythisisbecausepiratedproductsareusuallymuchcheaperthan the real ones.Why are real CDs so expensive? When a music company makes music, itneeds to pay the song writers and singers. It costs a lot of money! ThismakesthepricesoftheCDsgoup.Piracyislikestealing.Peoplewhomakepir

14、ated copies of CDs take away the and work withoutpaying them. They dont even ask them if they can.So next time better keep your eyes widened when you see cheapCDs,rememberyourehelpingsomeonetodosomethingwrongifyoubuythem.Already made up your mind to buy real ones? Well, you should get toknow what re

15、al CDs look like.ArealCDhasthenameandtrademark(商标)ofthemusiccompanyonthecover. The address, telephone number and fax number are alsoon it.If you open the CD box, see the name and the albumtitle. Most important of all, a real CD has a number from the IFPI on it.ButpeoplewhomakepiratedCDsonlyneedthere

16、alCDforthemtocopy.Thats why some CDs are only five yuan, but some may sell for 150 yuan.Completethetablebelowwithproperwordsorphrasesaccordingtothepassage. DDo you feel uneasy in front of teachers? If you do, what would you doif you needed help from a teacher?The students in Class4,Senior 2atthe Hig

17、h School Attached to EastChinaUniversityofScienceTechnologyinShanghaiarehappythattheyhaveanewwayto1theirnervousness(紧张)withteachers.Theytalkwiththeirteachers and 2 for help via(通过) QQ.A young class teacher, Miss Jin is the QQ 3 of many students in herclass.“Many students are 4 to talk with us teache

18、rs face to face. This 5them solving problems successfully. So I hope online chats will 6 themrelaxed,” she said.“Whats more, 7 with them and convenient for me as a biologyteacher when it comes to certain teenage 8 .”As students have to give their real names, Miss Jin would notknow who is really 9 .“

19、It cuts the 10 between teachers and students. s another way toknow our teachers and ourselves better,” said Shen Min, 17.Choose the best word or phrase to complete the passage.( )1. A. write down B. deal withC. look for D. think of( )2. A. get B. prefer C. ask D. advise( )3. A. teacher B. person C.

20、girl D. friend( )4. A. shy B. excited C. unhappy D. bad( )5. A. stops B. lets C. misses D. helps( )6. A. expect B. make C. agree D. watch( )7. A. angry B. interestedC. popular D. known( )8. A. tastes B. ways C. ages D. problems( )9. A. who B. what C. how D. where( )10. A. opinion B. distanceC. feeli

21、ng D. ideaKey: A 1. Peter; bad 2. chatting; playing 3. doing; himself; others4. dindn;t; until 5. although; failed inB 1. families have a large meal together to celebrate and thank forfood, health and the families theyve got2.Howmanystudentscanremembertheirparents birthdayandpreparebirthday presents

22、 for them.3. 204. We should remember to thank our parents.5.ManyChineseyoungpeoplewhodontreallyunderstandthemeaningof the holiday.C 答案省略D 1-5 BCDAA 6-10 BCCAB综合阅读训练(四)AAlawyer,anartistandamusiciangotlostinthewoods(森林).Atlasttheycametoafarmershouseandaskedifhecouldletthemstayforthenight.“Sure,” the f

23、armer said.“But got room for only two of youin the house. The other one will have to sleep in the with theanimals, and the smell is very bad “Ill sleep in the the artist said.Half an hour later, a knock was heard on the door, andtherestoodtheartist,saying, “Icanttakethesmell.” right,”said the lawyer

24、, “Ill sleep in the barn.” And off went he.After a while there was another knock on the felt terriblewith the smell from the bad food.” The lawyer said in an angry way.twosissies(女人气的男子),”saidthemusician.sleepin the barn.”Thirty minutes later came another knock. When they opened the door,there stood

25、 all the animals from the barn.Choose the best answer according to the passage.()1.Whydidthelawyer,artist,musiciancometoafarmershouse?Because they _.A. got lost in the woodsB. wanted to visit the farmerC. wanted to ask the farmer if he could let them eat somethingD. wanted to stay with the farmer( )

26、2. Why did one of them have to sleep in the barn?A.Becausethefarmerdidnthaveenoughroomforthethreeofthem.B. Because the farmer wanted one of them to look after the animals.C. Because one of them liked to sleep in the barn.D. Because the farmer wanted to make fun of them.( )3. Why did the artist want

27、to sleep in the barn?A. Because he liked to sleep alone.B. Because he wanted to leave the room to the other two.C. Because he didnt think that the smell was so terrible.D. The passage didnt tell us.( )4. What do you think of the musician? He was _.A. stupid B. foolish C. clever D. helpful( )5. Why d

28、id they see all the animals standing in front of the door?Because _.A. the animals didnt like the musicianB. the musician drove them out of the barnC. the animals didnt like the smell, eitherD. the animals wanted to look for the artist and the lawyerBCome to Austria!Sollisavillageinthemountainsinwes

29、ternAustria.ThePostHotel,opened by a local family, is clean and not expensive. From the hotel youcan see the whole village, the forest and the mountains. Temperatures insummerareusually20to25 inthedaytime,butmuchcooleratnight.Enjoy Thailand!WhenyouvisitBangkok(曼谷)inThailand,donotmisstheearlymorningr

30、iverboattriptotheFloating(漂浮的)Marketjustoutsidethecity.Thereyou will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. There you can pay forthemwhenyousitinyourboat.Dontforgetyourhatandsunglasses:thesun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40at noon!Visit Hawaii!Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is

31、Kauai. You can visit itslong,sandybeachesinthesouthandwestoftheisland,andmountainsandforests in the north, but be careful: there are many ,and dont be surprised if it rains in the center of the land. Daytimetemperatures there are usually around to by the sea, and onlya little cooler in late evening.

32、Choose the best answer according to the passage.( )1. You can have a view of _ at the Post Hotel.A. the whole country B. the whole villageC. the forest and the mountains D. both B and C( )2. You can buy things _ at the Floating Market in Bangkok.A. in the boats B. in the streets C. in big stores D.

33、in small shops()3.Youdbetterwear_whenyouareattheFloatingMarket.A. a hat and sunglasses B. a raincoat and a swimming suitC. a hat and a T-shirt D. a shirt and an umbrella( )4. There are _ in the north of Kauai Island.A.sandybeachesB.heavyrainsC.mosquitoesD.forestsandmountains( )5. According to the pa

34、ssage, the hottest place is _ .A. Soll B. Bangkok C. Kauai D. AustriaCShenzhou VI safely returns to Earth神舟6号顺利返回secondmannedspaceshipreturnedsafelytoEarthearlyMonday,Oct.17, 2005 after a successful five-day flight. The flight was Chinassecond-evermannedspacemission(任务) followingthehistoricShenzhouV

35、, which in October, 2003 made China the third nation after the formerSoviet Union and the United States to put a man into space.Global bird flu 禽流感在全球蔓延Health officials tried their best to fight global bird flu. As ofmid-December,morethan35peoplehaddiedin2005becauseofthebirdflu.So far there have bee

36、n no human cases of the bird flu,H5NI, outside of Asia.Harry Potter hit “哈利波特”热Harry Potter kept attracting readers and moviegoers(常看电影的人)around the world. The sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and theHalf-BloodPrince,setanewrecordforbooksaleswhennearlyninemillioncopiesflewofftheshelvesintheUni

37、tedStatesandEnglandforthefirstdaytheywereputinbookshops.ThemovieHarryPotterandtheGobletFirehas gained(获得) more than $ 600 million worldwide.Earthquake in South Asia 南亚地震In early October, 2005, an earthquake shook some parts of Pakistan,AfghanistanandnorthernIndia,killingabout87,000people,andleavingm

38、orethan3millionhomeless.Rescue(援救)effortswerenearlyimpossiblefor many faraway villages.Hurricanes hit Central and North America飓风袭击中北美洲Hurricane(飓风) Katrina hit in Central and NorthAmerica.NewOrleans,Americaisoneoftheworst-hitareas.Theofficialdeath toll(死亡人数) tops 1,300, and thousands remain(依然)home

39、less. Amonth later, Hurricane Rita hit Central and North America mark of the most active hurricane season ever recorded.Read the top news in 2005 and choose the best answer.( )1. How long did Chinas second manned spaceship stay in space?A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Four days. D. Five days.()2.Howm

40、anypeoplehaddiedfromthebirdflubylastmid-December?A. Less than 52 people. B. 87,000 people or so.C. More than 35 people. D. Nearly 1,300 people.( )3. How many copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince weresold in the US and England for the first day they were put in bookshops?A. $600 million w

41、orldwide. B. 3 million copies.C. About nine million copies. D. Less than nine thousand.()4.WhichcountrieswerehitbyanearthquakeinSouthAsiainearlyOctober, 2005?A. China, Japan and Korea. B. The USA, England and Canada.C.France,NorthAmericaandIraq.D.Pakistan,AfghanistanandIndia.()5.LastyearHurricaneshi

42、tCentralandNorthAmerica.Doyouknowthe name of one of the Hurricanes?A.Londonbombings.B.BushSmith.C.Rita.D.BeautyandtheMonster.DIfyouhavetochoosea “PersonoftheYear”for2005,whowillyoupick? For many of us, the choice might not be a person at all. It wouldbe Mother Nature(大自然母亲).While the world was still

43、 getting over the Indian tsunami(海啸) ofDecember 2004. Mother Nature went on showing her power throughout 2005.From July to October, about seven typhoons(台风) hit Chinascoastal(沿海的)area.InAugust,thewholeNewOrleansCityintheUSwashit with its worst-ever natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina. In earlyOctobe

44、r, an earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 70,000 people.Mother Nature was trying to give us a message: humans need to takeresponsibility(duty) for the earth. She was just fighting back.It is we humans who burn coal and oil to make electricity and powercars. This makes huge amount of greenhouse gases, which cause globalwarming.It is we humans who cut forests and fill lakes to make space forbuildings. This leaves fewer trees and lakes to keep floods(洪水)