上海安远中学第一学期初三英语期中试卷

上海安远中学第一学期初三英语期中试卷

安远中学2013学年度第一学期初三英语试卷 初 三 英 语 ‎（考试时间：90分钟 总分：100分）‎ 全部试题都做在答题纸上 Part 1 Vocabulary and Grammar ‎(第一部分 词汇和语法) （共62分）‎ I. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案) （共28分）‎ ‎( ) 1. Shopping online is __________useful and convenient way for us to buy things.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ A.a B. an C. the D. /‎ ‎( ) 2. What’s your view _________American education?‎ ‎ A. of B. on C. in D. at ‎ ( ) 3. Our school library provides readers _______a lot of information.‎ ‎ A. for B. at C. in D. with ‎( ) 4. let’s go to the computer room to surf the internet, _______?‎ ‎ A. will you B. do we C. shall we D. do you ‎( ) 5. How long can I _______these magazines?‎ ‎ A. keep B. borrow C. lend D. get ‎( ) 6. ----Is there __________in today’s newspaper?‎ ‎ ---Nothing.‎ ‎ A. important something B. important anything ‎ ‎ C. something important D. anything important ‎( ) 7. _______ great fun it is to go fishing!‎ ‎ A. what a B. what C. How D. How a ‎ ‎( ) 8. Her mother’s wish is ________in the biggest library in the world.‎ ‎ A. to read B. read C. has read D. reading ‎( ) 9. Tom is used to ___________in Enlish.‎ ‎ A. think B.thinking C. thinks D. thought ‎( ) 10.You’d better __________in the sun.‎ ‎ A. to read B. to not read C. don't read D. not read ‎( ) 11. I would rather ________at home.‎ ‎ A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed ‎( ) 12. ----________do you go to the English corner?‎ ‎ ----Twice a week.‎ ‎ A.How long B. How often C.How soon D. How far ‎( ) 13. Please _______the form so that we can let you know as soon as we have the books back.‎ ‎ A. read B. fill in C. discuss D. offer ‎( ) 14. I heard him _________the piano when I pass his room.‎ ‎ A. paly B. to play C. played D. playing ‎( ) 15. Look what you have done. You ________be more careful.‎ ‎ A. can B. should C. had to D. would ‎( ) 16. Shelly has very ___________friends. She likes to stay at home and play by herself.‎ ‎ A. little B. a little C. few D. a few ‎ ‎( ) 17. Peter was born ________the evening of June 6th.‎ ‎ A. on B. for C.in D. at ‎( ) 18. There are about ___________students in this school.‎ ‎ A. two thousand of B. two thousands ‎ ‎ C. two thousand D. thousands of ‎ ‎( ) 19. I can do it by myself. I ________any help.‎ ‎ A. needn’t B. don't need to C. don’t need D. don’t need to ‎( ) 20. I don’t know if it __________tomorrow. If it ________tomorrow, I won’t go shopping.‎ ‎ A. rains, rains B. rains , will rain ‎ C. will rain , rains D. will rain, will rain ‎( ) 21. Let the boy _________the animated movie.‎ ‎ A. watch B. to watch C.watching D. watched ‎( ) 22. Movies became even ___________in the 1920s.‎ ‎ A. more popular B. popular C. most popular D much popular ‎( ) 23. They said they _________us at 10:30 at the station.‎ ‎ A. meet B. will meet C. had meet D.would meet ‎( ) 24. You may ________the word in a dictionary if you don’t know its meaning.‎ ‎ A. look for B. look at C. look up D.look out ‎( ) 25. The teacher told us that the earth _________round the sun.‎ ‎ A.go B. goes C. went D.going ‎( ) 26.I didn’t understand ______________in class, so I raised my hand.‎ ‎ A. what my teacher said B. what did my teacher said ‎ C. what does my teacher said D. what my teacher says ‎( ) 27. ----Healthy eating and doing exercise every day can keep us fit.‎ ‎ ----__________‎ ‎ A. Sorry, I don't know B. Well done ‎ C. That’s right D. That’s OK ‎( ) 28. —You look so beautiful in your new dress.‎ ‎ — _______. ‎ ‎ A. Thank you B. No, I don’t C. I agree with you D. I don’t think so II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (用括号中所给的单词的适当形式完成下列句子) （共10分）‎ ‎1. She was too _________________to look down from the top of the building. (frighten) ‎ ‎2. ______________,the hunter saw a hare. (sudden)‎ ‎3. Let’s go ______________, shall we? (camp)‎ ‎4. I’ve got a wide ____________because there are many kinds of summer camps. ( choose)‎ ‎5. Computers today are ______________used to help people make big decisions. (wide) ‎ ‎6. The boy in blue is over five ___________five inches tall. (foot)‎ ‎7. The Smiths are going to hold a party to celebrate their son’s ______________birthday. (twenty)‎ ‎8. Shanghai has developed _______________in the past ten years. (rapid)‎ ‎9. Don’t touch anything here because it is ________________(danger).‎ ‎10. More and more people have realized the _______________of saving water. (important)‎ A. outside B. as well C. improved D. put on E. scores F. interview G. a number of H. delicious I. active III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each only can be used once. (将下列词或词组的序号填入空格内，每个词或词组只能填一次) （ 8%）‎ Dear Sir/ Madam,‎ I have seen your advertisement for a teacher in the magazine Guangzhou Education. I think I’m fit for the job.‎ I’m 28 years old. I finished my high school education in Xiamen, and then went to university in Fuzhou. I studied languages,with English as my major. I always got good _(1)_________for all my subjects. At university, I was a very (2)_________student. I was chairman of the English Film Club and a member of the university chess team.‎ I have traveled to ___(3)______English-speaking countries. I think my English language skills have ____(4)________as a result and I can teach senior classes without any problems.‎ I have worked as a teacher for four years. I have taught at a well-known language school in Hangzhou. This has been a good experience. I have taught special courses in Writing for Business, showing people how to write good business letters and email messages. I have started a new course __(5)_________: Spoken English for Tour Guides. All these experiences have helped me become a good teacher.‎ I am a warm and friendly person, and my students enjoy their lessons. I would like my students to work hard , but I think language learning can be fun. I encourage students to use English ___(6)________the classroom , do projects and take part in English language activities. I have helped students __(7)_________plays and give concerts of English songs.‎ I hope for an __(8)_______so I can tell you more. I want to live in Guangzhou and teache in your school.‎ ‎ Yours faithfully,‎ ‎ William Fang 1. ‎______ 2. _____ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. ______‎ IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required. (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词) （共16分）‎ ‎1. There is some fruit in the refrigerator. (改否定句)‎ ‎ There _________ ___________fruit in the refrigerator.‎ ‎2. David’s father has never been to Australia before. (改为反意疑问句)‎ ‎ David’s father has never been to Australia before, ________ _________?‎ ‎3. Sophie is not good at maths. Mark is not good at maths, either. (保持原意)‎ ‎ ___________Sophie __________Mark is good at maths.‎ ‎4. Grandma opened the window in order to breathe the fresh ari. (保持原意)‎ ‎ Grandma opened the window _________ _______ she could breathe the fresh air.‎ ‎5. It takes about two hours to fly from Shanghai to Beijing. (对划线部分提问)‎ ‎ ______ ______ does it take to fly from Shanghai to Beijing? ‎ ‎6. Does your mother work as a doctor, Mary? (改为宾语从句)‎ ‎ I asked Mary ___________ her mother __________ as a doctor.‎ ‎7. Please tell us how we can live a healty life. (改为简单句)‎ ‎ Please tell us __________ _________ live a healthy life.‎ ‎8. You can’t realize your dream unless you work harder. (保持原意)‎ ‎ You can’t realize your dream _________you ________work harder.‎ Part 2 Reading and Writing ‎(第二部分 读写) （共38分）‎ I. Reading comprehension. (阅读理解) （共28分）‎ A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 6分)‎ J.K. Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series, which is now one of the best-sellers. ‎ J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than she. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called “Rabbit” at the age of six. ‎ After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator in London. During that time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her daughter Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June, 1997. To her surprise, the book was very successful. The film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books have been sold in 200 countries.‎ Why has the series been so successful? There are a few reasons. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times. But Harry lives in modern England. He’s also a very normal boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. When other children read the story about Harry, they can imagine being like him. ‎ J.K. Rowling is very happy with her success. She’s writing full time and she’s really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children’s books. ‎ ‎1. From the passage, we know that J.K. Rowling .‎ ‎ A) loved playing volleyball  B) had two sisters ‎ C) wrote many poems D) was born in 1965‎ ‎2. The first Harry Potter book came out in .‎ ‎ A) July, 1965  B) the summer of 1990‎ ‎ C) June, 1997 D) November, 2001‎ ‎3. The Harry Potter series is .‎ ‎ A) written for young people B) only enjoyed by children ‎ C) about an old woman D) not very popular ‎ ‎4. In Rowling’s novel, Harry lives in .‎ ‎ A) the past B) a faraway village ‎ ‎ C) modern England  D) the future ‎ ‎5. J.K. Rowling spends the full time nowadays.‎ ‎ A) working as a translator B) teaching English ‎ C) living with her sister D) writing children’s books ‎6. How is the Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?‎ ‎ A) It took much time to finish. B) The stories happened in the modern world.‎ ‎ C) It has seven books. D) There are magical things.‎ B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（8分）‎ ‎ How to Practice Spoken English?‎ How can we practice our spoken English?‎ The first and the most important thing is to believe 1 . You should always be full of confidence(信心) or you 2 be able to improve your English. You should often encourage(鼓励) yourself. “Come on, don’t be afraid!”‎ You should never lose heart and never _3_____. Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think since we are students and we’re 4 , there’s no need to worry about anything. You must always be active in practice. There’s no problem that your pronunciation and intonation(语调) can’t be as 5 as the native people since we are Chinese. We don’t have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there sometimes. But you must know that the main way to study English is to 6 other people and make ourselves understood. You should believe that native speakers will not laugh at you, 7 they will encourage you. So if you are brave enough, you’ll 8 make great progress in your spoken English. ‎ Don’t be shy or afraid! Just have a try.‎ ‎1. A) itself B) themselves C) myself D) yourself ‎2. A) can’t never B) will never C) will always D) will ‎3. A) stand up B) put up C) give up D) turn up ‎4. A) working B) saying C) 1earning D) teaching ‎5. A) good B) well C) poor D) fluently ‎6. A) understanding B) to be understood C) understand D) understood ‎7. A) so B) nor C) or D) instead ‎8. A) hardly B) certainly C) never D) not C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) （共8分）‎ Thirty years ago, I walked into your bakery and asked for some loaves of bread to sell. At that time, I was 12 years old. A young lady s 1 me that day. She gave me five loaves and wished me good luck.‎ I took the loaves and went out to sell them. It took me all day, but I sold them all. At the end of the day, I had some m 2 . I was the happiest boy in the world as I walked home that evening.‎ The next day, I went to a bicycle shop. I paid a deposit(定金) on a new bicycle. And then I started my next job as a newspaper delivery(投递) boy. Soon I could _p_____ the rest of the money for the bicycle and the bike was mine. I was so proud of m 4 .‎ Today I s 5 work in the delivery business. I have a lot of trucks to send goods all over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I d 6 ride a bicycle these days. I drive a large nice car.‎ I don’t know who that young lady was. But b 7 she gave me the start, I have become a successful man. I’d like to show my t_____8______ to her.‎ D. Answer the questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题) （6分）‎ Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.‎ Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the schools these years. Some children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students want them.‎ Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction (分心) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat(作弊) during exams.‎ She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.‎ Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.‎ Many people say that they understand why parents would like their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.‎ ‎1. When are students not allowed to carry mobile phones in some middle schools in Australia?‎ ‎ .‎ ‎2. Do some children get mobile phones from the makers and the sellers?‎ ‎ .‎ ‎3. What will mobile phone use give teachers in their classrooms?‎ ‎ .‎ ‎4. Why did some parents feel unhappy after some schools had tried to ban mobile phones?‎ ‎ .‎ ‎5. Is it easy or difficult to ban students from using mobile phones at school?‎ ‎ .‎ ‎6. What do you think of students’ carrying mobile phones to school during school hours?‎ ‎ .‎ II. Writing. (作文) （共10分）‎ Write at least 60 words about the topic “ The hero in my eyes” (以“我眼中的英雄”为题 写不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）‎ ‎（注意：短文中不得出现考生的姓名，校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分）‎ Use the following points as a reference (以下问题仅供参考)‎ Who is the hero in your eyes?‎ Why do you think he / she is the hero in your eyes?(Give one or two reasons)‎ What have you learned from him/her?‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________‎