There are marry kinds of amineds that live in the forest, such as mice, rabbits , squirrels, ouls and hawks. Amimals in the forest depend on one another for food. Many small forest amimass. Such as mice , eat green plants for food, and then they, themselves , and eaten by larger amimals . This is called a food chain. A food chain begins with the sun, The green plants in the forest use the sun’s enery to make food for themselves, This process, or action, is called photosynthesis. Forest plants produle flowers and seeds that ane eaten by mice and other animals. The mice get their enery from the plants, and the mice become food for a larger animals, such as the hunting hawk.. So, the enery from the sun passes from the plnants to the nice to the hawk . A break in any link of this food chain means that some animals may not have enough food to live. ( )26、Photosynthesis tahes place when_______. A. larger amimals eat small amimals B. green plants use the sun’s energy to mahe food C. forest amimals eat the food made by green plants D. the food chain is broken ( )27、what is the first link in a food chain? A. The sun B. The earth C. Green plants D. Forest amimals ( )28、Amimals sometimes can’t find enough food because_____. A. it’s cloudy B. there is very little food in a forest C. photosnthesins stops D. there is a break in the food chain ( )29、 what dose the food chain show about living things?
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A. They depend wpon each other
B. Small amimals eat as much as large amimall C. Plants with flowers are the most important D. Plants are more than amimals ( )30、
Which of the living things below fills the missing link in this food chain?
Sun’s energy --------squirrels------hawks A.rabbits B. mice C. green plants D. owls
Geogrge Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. His parents were Augustine and Mary Washington. George grew up on a farm in Virginia. George didn’t go to school. His father taught him at home. George’s favourite subject was maths .George learned to be a surveyor of land when he grew up .
He joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution. He cater became the first President of the united states. George Washington is called the
“Father of the USA”Americans celebrate his birthday on president’s Day in February. His picture is on the one dollar bill.
( )31、why is George Washington called the
“ Father of the USA”______________________________________
( )32、
what subject did George like to study best________________________________________
( )33、where was George Washington born__________________ ( )34、
when is washington’s birthday celebrated_________________________
( )35、what did George learn to be ______________________
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三、完形填空：（10小题，20分） 根据首字提示，填出空内所缺单词
William Stafford a f______(36)American poet, was often visited by people. He was o____(37) asked.“when did you d____(38) to become a poet”
Stafford answered that the question was w_______(39).“E____(40) is born a poet.”He said“a person discovering the way words sound and w____(41), caring and deligloting in words. I j____(42) kept on doing w____(43) everyone starts out doing . The real question is why olsd o___(44) people s ______(45)”
四、句式转换：（5小题，5分） 按要求转换下列句型，每空限填一词。
46、The English problem is too difficult for him to work out.(改为复合句)。
The English problem is ___ difficult he can’t work it out.
47、The surfers both won first price in the city surfing competition(改为否定句)
____ ____ the surfers won first price in the city surfing competition. 48、I think the fastest way to travel is by plane.（改为特殊疑问句） ___do you think___ the fastest way to travel?
49、Mrs zhang showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur(改被动语态)。
We ____ _____ a picture of the feathered dinosaur by Mrs zhang. 50、
Bob had no teacher, but he bearned Chinese well at his young age.(改为同义句)。
Bob_____ _____ Chinese when he was young. 五、动词填空：（5小题5分）
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51、He found the word_______(write) wrong as soon as he turned to the page.
52、I’ll nrite to you after I ______(arrive) there. 53、He _______(make)
_______(do) the exercises again as he didn’t do them carefully erongh.
54、Harris began______ (work) when he saw the boss ______(come). 55、Robert _____________(not finish)
_________(do) his lessons until his father returned home.
六、智力测试（共5小题，计5分） 56、What’s the smallest bridge in the world? 57、where mene you when lights ment out?
58、The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters . can you figure out how?
59、If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 60、what has fingers but can’t type? 七、写作：（15分）
根据中文意思和英文提示词语，并结合自己的想象，写出意思连贯，符合逻辑的英语短文，所出的英文提示词语必须全都用上。中文提示不必逐字翻译。
上星期五下午，王敏放学后乘公共汽车回家，在车上她发现司机在学英语，司机对王敏说了些什么此事对你有何启示为2008年北京奥运会你打算做些什么
Afternoon, go home , bus , in the bus , find , surprised weak , English , when , work hard , Beijing Olympic Games , I think , modern
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答案：
一、1-20小题： A A C B C B D D C C C B A D C B B C A B 二、21-30小题： D C B D B B A D A C
31、Because he was the first President of the USA 32. Maths 33. Virginia 34. In February 35. A surveyor
三、36. famous 37. once 38. decide 39. wrong 40. Everybody/Evenyone 41.work 42.just 43. what 44.other 45.stop
四、46. so, that 47. Neither, of 48. what, is
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初三英语竞赛试题
