无锡锡山初三第一学期期中考试

无锡锡山初三第一学期期中考试 2013,2014学年第一学期期中考试 初三英语试卷 说 明:1. 本分两卷，第I卷(听力题)在第1至第2页，第II卷(客观题) 在第3页到第7页。第III卷(主观题)在第8页 2. 考试时间100分钟。本试题满分110分。 第I卷(听力题，共20分) 第一部分 听对话，回答问题。(本大题共10分，每小题1分) 本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。 1. What is Tom?s family?s favourite fruit? A. B. C. 2. How did the man go to the football match? A. B. C. 3. What did the boy?s brother do last Sunday? A. B. C. 4. Where does Paul?s mother work? A. B. C. 5. Who did the boy go shopping with yesterday afternoon? A. His parents. B. His father. C. His mother 6. When does the man usually get to his office in the morning? A. At 7:30. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30. 7. What colour is Jack?s pen? A. Blue. B. Black. C. Black and blue. 8. What did Mr. Zhang think of his journey? A. Pleasant. B. Bad. C. Interesting. 9. What will the man do this evening? 初三英语期中试题卷第 1 页 共 8 页 A. He?ll meet his aunt at the airport. B. He?ll say goodbye to his aunt at the airport. C. He?ll fly to another city with his aunt. 10. How much is the white shirt? A. ,20. B. ,40. C. ,80. 第二部分 听对话和短文，回答问题。(本大题共10分，每小题1分) 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅 读相关小题，每小题五秒钟，听完后每小题你仍有五秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的 备选答案。 听第一段对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. Who was the host of the show? A. Mr. Wang B. Mr. Wu C. Mr. Yang 12. How long did the show last? A. About two hours. B. About two and a half hours. C. About half an hour. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息 。 Li Yang Hometown , Yancheng Personality , 13 . Favourite activity , 14 . Dream job , A 15 reporter 13. A. Outgoing B. Nervous C. Shy 14. A. Shopping B. Having sports C. Listening to music 15. A. weather B. news C. sports 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 16. Why did the boy go on an outing by car last weekend? A. Because they didn?t want to stay at home. B. Because his father bought a car and they were free. C. Because he had finished the homework. 17. How long did it take them to get to the lake? A. 1 hour. B. Half an hour. C. 2 hours. 18. What did they do first? A. They had lunch. B. They had a sunbath(洗日光浴). C. They had a swim. 19. What was the weather like when they went back? A. It was sunny. B. It was cloudy. C. It was rainy. 20. When did they get back? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At night. 第II卷(客观题, 共50分) 初三英语期中试题卷第 2 页 共 8 页 一、单项填空 (本大题共14分，每小题1分) 1. __________ charities is ________ hard work A. Raise money to; a B. Donate money to; a C. Raising money for; / D. Donating money for; / 2. Disabled people ________ in the old days. B. are looked down on A. look down on C. were looked down on D. were looked 3. The people in the village are grateful ______ ORBIS doctors ______ their help. A. to; for B. /; for C. at; of D. toward; at 4. Lucy _________ spend all her pocket money, but now she __________ saving some of it. A. was used to; used to B. used to; is used to C. used to; used to D. was used to; is used 5. — Look at the bird over there! It?s so beautiful! — Wow! It?s a rare crane. It _____ appears in our city. A. always B. usually C. seldom D. often 6. _________ have you known about charities around the world? A. How many B. How much C. How often D. How long 7. — How do like the film you saw yesterday? — I?ve never seen ______ one before, I almost fell asleep at last. A. a worse B. a better C. the worst D. the best 8. We find the work ________________. A. easily enough for finishing B. enough easy for finishing C. enough easily to finish D. easy enough to finish 9. When _______ Oxfam Trailwalker _________ every year? A. is; happen B. is; taken place C. does; happened D. does; take place 10. The old man ______ lots of money on _______ his eye problem. A. took; curing B. takes; treating C. spent; treat D. spent; curing 11. Is it necessary ______ you _____ down when you get angry? A. for; to calm B. for; calming C. of; to calm D. of; calming 12. One of the difficulties we have _____ English is how to remember new words. A. to learn B. in learning C. learn D. learned 13. Little Tom is happy because he has made ______ mistakes in the test this time than last time. A. much more B. even less C. more many D. much fewer 14. — Hi, John! Are you going to the museum with us? —_________. I have to finish my homework first. A. Of course, I do. B. No, not until 11:00 a.m. C. Sorry, but I have. D. Yes, but I don?t. 二 、完形填空 (本大题共10分，每小题1分) 初三英语期中试题卷第 3 页 共 8 页 Five paintings worth(价值) 500 million euros, including works by modern masters Henri Matisse(亨利?马蒂斯) and Pablo Picasso(帕勃罗?毕加索), have been stolen(偷) from a Paris museum, officials said Thursday. The paintings 15 found missing just before the Musee d?Art Moderne was to open. A 16 window and lock showed that it took place overnight Wednesday. Video cameras recorded one person entering the museum 17 a window. But it was unclear 18 more thieves(小偷) took part in stealing the art. Besides(除…之外) the Matisse and the Picasso, works by Georges Braque, Ferdinand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani were also 19 from the walls of the museum, one of the most-visited in the French capital. It is said that the stolen paintings 20 500 million euros (635 million dollars). France has seen a growing 21 of art thefts(偷窃) in recent months. In January, about 30 paintings— 22 some by Picasso and Henri Rousseau— were stolen from a building in the Cote d?Azur, with a total value of around one million euros. 23 New Year?s Eve, a painting by Edgar Degas disappeared from the Cantini Museum in Marseille, also in the south of France. The 1877 painting worth 800,000 euros had been lent for 24 by the Musee d?Orsay(奥赛美术 馆) in Paris. In June last year, the Picasso Museum in Paris was robbed during the day, the art stolen was worth three million euros. 15. A. / B. were C. have D. is 16. A. moved B. pulled C. lost D. broken 17. A. across B. through C. on D. over 18. A. why B. when C. if D. where 19. A. taken away B. given away C. thrown away D. put away 20. A. sold B. cost C. took D. afford 21. A. group B. part C. lot D. number 22. A. including B. except C. with D. against 23. A. In B. At C. on D. During 24. A. a meeting B. an exhibition C. a play D. a concert 三、阅读理解 (本大题共26分，每小题2分) 初三英语期中试题卷第 4 页 共 8 页 A My Favorite Sweater My favorite sweater grew too small. I loved that sweater best of all. My grandma made it when I was three. She made that sweater just for me. I picked the yarn(纱线), a special blue. The color of bluebells(风铃草).wet with dew(露水). When I was three I was very small, But now I'm five and much too tall. I have a new jacket now that's green, So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen. Queen just had babies out in the shed(棚). My favorite sweater is now in their bed. 25. What is the most likely reason that the writer likes the sweater? A. The girl picked the color of the yarn. B. The girl got it at the age of three. C. The girl's grandma made it. D. The mother cat uses it for the babies now. 26. What does the underlined(划线的) sentence mean? A. The girl liked small sweaters. B. The girl became too big for the sweater. C. The girl's grandma made a small sweater. D. The girl's sweater became smaller than before. 27. We can read the passage in a book about ______. A. animals B. history C. geography D. poetry B Abu Dhabi(阿布扎比) is the capital of the Muslim desert emirate(阿联酋). The seven-star hotel named Emirates Palace hotel is in the capital. On Wednesday the manager of the hotel said they would set up an expensive Christmas tree in the middle of the hall of the hotel to celebrate Christmas. This man-made tree is thirteen meters tall with lots of jewelry(珠宝) on it. The tree is decorated(装饰) with silver(银), gold and small white lights. And the manager said it was the “most expensive Christmas tree ever”, with a “value of over eleven million dollars”. The tree holds 181 diamonds, pearls, emeralds and other expensive stones. And the tree itself is about ten thousand dollars. The jewelry has a value of about 11.4 million dollars to 11.5 million dollars. The hotel wants to contact the organization of the Guinness book of world records. And the tree will stay at the hotel until the end of the year. The hotel in February introduced a package for a seven-day stay priced at one million dollars. And in May, the hotel opened a vending machine(自动售货 机) made of gold. 初三英语期中试题卷第 5 页 共 8 页 28. Emirates Palace hotel is . A. a five-star hotel B. in Abu Dhabi C. very nice D. the capital 29. The tree itself in the hotel is . A. about 10000 dollars B. about 100000 dollars C. over 11 million dollars D. about 11.4 million dollars to 11.5 million dollars 30. Which of the following is NOT right? A. The hotel set up the expensive tree to celebrate Christmas. B. This man-made tree is 13 meters tall with lots of jewelry on it. C. The hotel will stay there until the end of the year. D. The vending machine in the hotel is made of gold. C Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令 人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”. On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren?t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a shop and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn?t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her. She had raised her eyebrows which in Micronesia means “yes”. Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”. Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his student did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”. 31. People in Micronesia show “yes” by ______________. A. nodding heads B. raising eyebrows C. shaking heads D. saying “no” 32. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no. B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island. C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. D. In India, only shaking heads means “yes”. D 初三英语期中试题卷第 6 页 共 8 页 She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she has no secret from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her: What will I do if she falls in love, which is too early for her age? After all, she is reaching the "dangerous time". These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother's mind. One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed and she couldn't help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time, she heard the noise of a car parking. She went to the window and saw her daughter waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat(跳动). When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, just like nothing had happened. „Mum. I'm back.? „Yeah.? „Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?? „Yes. Oh, that ... who's that boy?? The daughter got a surprise. „Ah... it's my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed. ? „All right. Go to sleep early. ? The next morning when the mother went to the daughter's room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes' thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads: Mum, it's love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't asked me. Holding the diary, the mother fell into thought. 33. What does the underlined phrase “gave me a lift” mean? A. 给我提高 B.带我一程 C. 给我拖一把 D. 提携我 34. From the diary, we can see the daughter _________________. A. thanked her mother for caring her much. B. thought it was her mother's duty to ask. C. wanted her mother to talk with her as much as before. D. thought her mother's understanding is better than simple love. 35. Which is the correct order according to the story? a. Her mother was watching TV. b. She wrote a diary to her mother. c. She came back in her monitor's car. d. She went to see a film with her classmate. e. Her mother worried about her daughter's returning late. A. d, c, e, a, b B. c, d, e, a, b C. d, e, c, a, b D. d, c, e, b, a 36. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story? A. The girl's diary was always on her bed. B. What the daughter did these days didn?t worry her mother. C. Maybe the mother would have a talk with her daughter later. D. The girl knew her mother would ask her the question about the boy. 37. The main purpose of this article is to show that parents should_________. A. not give much freedom to their children. B. talk with their children about their early love. C. care about what their children really think and feel. D. not read their children?s diaries without their permission. 第III卷(主观题，共40分) 初三英语期中试题卷第 7 页 共 8 页 四、词汇运用(本大题共8分，每小题1分) (A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。 1. The woman doesn?t feel _________(精力充沛的)enough to keep on working. 2. Dr Ma did all his best to _____________(改善)the lives of patients. 3. Are there any tickets ____________(可获得的)for this Saturday?s concert? 4. One of the ________ (邮递员)comes from the poorest area in China. (B) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 5. He didn?t get high marks in the exams because of his ____________ (care). 6. They want to borrow my car, for ____________ (they) won?t start. 7. Don?t make any changes until _____________ (far) notice. 8. All the players did their best to finish the training ______________ (success). 五、动词填空 用所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共8分，每小题1分) 1. What a waste of time it is _____________ (watch) such a boring film! 2. My mother told me that the moon _____________ (not rise) in the west. 3. Let?s go and find out what _______________ (happen) over there. 4. Some medicine _______________ (give) to the patient by the nurse just now. 5. The life we were used to _____________ (change) greatly since 1992. 6. The angry dad made his son _____________(read) books two hours a day. 7. That is an experience you ________ never ___________ (forget). 8. You won?t have any problems _____________ (find) the place. 六、短文填空 根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完 整。(本大题共5分，每格0.5分) Are you having a nice time today? A famous thinker Francis Bacon told us: When you are h (1), tell your friends, then the happiness will double—b (2) to you and to your friends; when you meet some problems and feel lonely or h (3), also tell your friends, then your unhappiness will be h (4), especially to you! Do you agree? When you smile to others, others can feel your k (5). If he or she is facing a d (6) time, the love perhaps will help them go t (7) all the hard time. A smile really has great power. What will you do when someone smiles at you? R (8) a sweet smile. You also send your love through the smile. From it, you may get a t (9) friend or a strong supporter. You are in great need of them today, t (10) and forever! So just try it, and then you will find a new and happy world. 七、完成句子 (本大题共9分，每小题1.5分) 1. 房价太高了，他买不起。The house is so ___________________________________ it. 2. 请你把书桌上的收音机关上好吗,Would you mind __________________________, 3. 这个作家很谦虚，他从不炫耀他的学问。 This writer is very modest and he _____________________________________. 4. 你不必为没有许多时间操练英语而担心。 You needn?t ______________________________________ to practise English. 5. 吉姆够有想象力的，想出这些新主意。 Jim is ____________________________________________ these new ideas. 6. 老师说要多注意这些细节。 The teacher said that more attention must _______________________________. 八、书面表达 (本大题共10分) 具体内容见答卷。 初三英语期中试题卷第 8 页 共 8 页