浦东新区2009学年度第一学期期末抽测
初三英语试卷
（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)
Ⅴ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共26分)
31. Every day students have ______ hour to take part in the “Sunshine Sports” program.
A) an B) a C) the D) / 32. The theme_____ Guangzhou Auto Show 2009 is \
A) on
B) of
C) in
D) for
33. Nancy _________ lots of charity work in her free time since she entered college. A) has done B) will do C) was doing D) is doing 34. The dance and recitation were dull. I enjoyed ______ of them.
A) either B) both C) neither D) none 35. President Obama said that his ________ visit to China was wonderful. A) four-days’ B) four-day C) four days D) four-days 36. Frowning forehead and drooping(下垂的) mouth make the person look __________.
A) worry B) worrying C) worries D) worried
37. Now China has become one of _______ countries in the world.
A) most strong B) the most strong C) strongest D) the strongest 38. Computers can work out the difficult problems __________ than human beings.
A) much quickly B) more quick C) far more quickly D) very quickly 39. Though the PSP ______ his parents about $ 300, Jim doesn’t think it is expensive. A) took B) cost C) spent D) paid 40. One good way of memorizing things is _______ a picture in your mind. A) imagine B) imagining C) to imagine D) imagines
41. This is a _______ process for every athlete that Liu Xiang will also go from the start to his top. A) global B) natural C)local D) final
42. Simon did quite well in the English oral test, he made ______ mistakes in his oral presentation. A) few B) a few C) little D) a little 43. David is thin, and of average height. The underlined part means __________. A) not tall but short B) neither tall nor short C) very tall and not short D) not short but tall
44. Shanghai will provide good service during the 2010 World Expo. The underlined word means __________. A) promise B) offer C) suggest D) prove 45. A: Must I finish my homework right now ?
B: No, you __________.You can relax for a while. A) must B) mustn’t C) need D) needn’t 46. A: May I speak to Judy?
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B: _______, she’s coming.
A) I’m sorry B) Never mind C) Hold on D) That’s all right 47. ______ useful information you’ve emailed me!
A) What a B) What C) How D) How a 48. An English short play will be _______ at the Children’s Palace during the winter holidays. A) put on B) put in C) put up D) put down 49. You can’t learn English well ______ you practise more.
A) if B) because C) unless D) after 50. Peter promised that he ______ his sister an electronic dictionary.
A) has bought B) had bought C) would buy D) will buy 51. Millie met a lot of trouble in her experiment. She didn’t know _______ to deal with it.
A) what B) where C) how D) when 52. You’re getting fatter and fatter, you’d better ________ enough exercise.
A) take B) to take C) taking D) took 53. What’s wrong with my son’s _______? He can’t see things clearly now. A) ears B) mouth C) eyes D) nose 54. If it ________ tomorrow, we won’t go on a trip to Shanghai Wild Animal Park. A) rains B) rain C) will rain D) raining 55. A: Would you mind booking two tickets for the film “2012”? B: _____, I’m so busy now. I’ll do it later. A) Not at all B) Sorry C) Thank you D) Of course 56. Could you tell me _________?
A) what’s Arthur doing now B) what was Arthur doing now C) what Arthur was doing now D) what Arthur is doing now
VI. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词 的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）: (共8分) 57. Mother’s Day is on the ___________ Sunday of May. ( two )
58. As Miss Lee has been ill these days, who will teach ____________ English? (we)
59. It’s __________ to cross the road without looking at the traffic lights carefully. (danger)
60. My brother has a good __________ because he can remember all the words quickly. (memorize) 61. Our ships sail ___________ in the Indian Ocean with the help of the Chinese warships. (safe ) 62. Mcdull is one of the ___________stories I’ve ever heard. ( fun )
63. The people in Wenchuan need a large amount of money to ___________their hometown.(build) 64. Shanghai will limit (限制) the number of ________ to wetlands on Chongming Island. (visit). VII. Rewrite the sentences as required（按要求改写下列句子，每空格限填一词）:（共12分） 65. Wang Damin, a fisherman sat with a large bird on his head. (改为否定句) Wang Damin, a fisherman ________ _______ with a large bird on his head. 66. The boy hardly goes to Henry’s pet shop.（改为反意疑问句） The boy hardly goes to Henry’s pet shop, ?
67. Whales can stay under water for up to twenty minutes. （对划线部分提问） can whales stay under the water?
68. The price of flat is so high that many people can’t afford it now. (保持句意基本不变）
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The price of flat is _______ _______ for many people to afford it now.
69. The headmaster praised Ben for his honesty yesterday afternoon. （改为被动语态） Ben _________ ___________ for his honesty by the headmaster yesterday afternoon. 70. The kids stopped playing basketball when it was dark. (保持句意基本不变） The kids _______ stop playing basketball _______ it was dark.
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
VIII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共56分) A. True or False ( 7分)
People have talked about whether aliens are real or not for thousands of years. Some ancient drawings over 50,000 years ago are thought to be the first pictures of spacecrafts. Aliens’ spacecrafts are often called flying saucers. The first person to use this name was an American, Kenneth Arnold. On 24th June, 1947, he was flying a small plane in Washington State in the USA when he saw something strange. “ I was looking out of the window.” Arnold said, “when I saw
nine saucer-like things in front of me.”
Two other Americans, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, said that aliens took them into a flying saucer! They were fishing on the Mississippi River in the USA on the night of 11th October, 1973. It was a dark night. The two men were sitting in their fishing boat when they saw a bright light. It was hanging in the air over the water and it looked like a flying saucer .Then three aliens came out of the flying saucer and carried Hickson and Parker into their spacecraft. In the spacecraft the aliens looked at the two men very carefully and then took them back to their boat. “The aliens were in a pale colour and had very small eyes.” Hickson said. “But they didn’t hurt us.”
In 1983, Pioneer 10, an American spacecraft, went into space. On the outside of the spacecraft are 13 pictures of men and women, and a map of space. If aliens find Pioneer 10, they will know how to get to the Earth.
Believing in UFO's and Aliens is anyone’s opinion. Just remember it is only a belief so far, not a fact.
71. People have talked about whether aliens are real or not for thousands of years. 72. An Australian person gave the name of flying saucers to Aliens’ spacecrafts. 73. Nine flying saucers were seen by Kenneth Arnold in Washington State.
74. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Mississippi River one day. 75. Hickson said that the aliens were in a bright colour and had very big eyes. 76. The two Americans carried the aliens in their fishing boat carefully. 77. In 1983, Pioneer 10 , with 13 men and women went into space. B. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）: ( 7分)
Linxi had taken part in a 6-month international student exchange scheme to Britain. When she came back, she wrote an article about the impression of Britain for the school newspaper. The following are parts of her article: Personal Space
British people like a lot of space around them. They don’t like to make
physical contact of any kind with strangers and feel very uncomfortable if anyone stands too close to them. One example of the British ‘keep their distance’ is that people do not often shake hands with one another at all.
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Making Polite Request
In making polite requests, British people like to use very indirect language, using the conditional tense and negatives. Amita, an Indian student said: ‘British people never got to the point. They go around this way and that way, using twenty words where three would do. It’s really hard to communicate with them.’ David, British High School Official gave his comment: ‘Some nationalities do not always seem very polite; ‘I want this’ or ‘I want that’, no smiles nor a please nor a thank you’. Smiling
Some students say that British people smile a lot, compared to many national groups – often for no particular reason. The British smile as a greeting, smile when asking for something, smile on receiving it.
King, a Korean student once said: ‘The British are so insincere(不诚恳的). They smile even when they are not happy or pleased to see you. One girl smiled at me every time we passed each other and I thought she really liked me. So I asked her to come out with me and she refused. She was leading me on and then turned me down.’ Well, she maybe did not realize that she was smiling and probably smiled at everyone. But it is easy to see how this could be misinterpreted by someone in whose culture smiles are used only to express genuine warmth.
But still many students comment that they do not find British people in shops, banks, at reception desks smile enough to make them feel welcome.
78. British people need a lot of space around them, so they ____________. A) make physical contact with others B) stand close to other people C) don’t often shake hands with others D) don’t like strangers 79. To make polite request, British People_____________. A) say directly what they need B) say indirectly what they need C) use less words than necessary D) use very polite words 80. According to David, _________________. A) British people are not polite enough
B) people from other countries are not polite enough C) it is important to use ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ D) people from other countries always smile 81. British people often smile _____________. A) as a greeting B) for a particular reason C) to show genuine warmth D) when asking questions 82. King thought British people are not sincere because they _________________. A) smile to show refuse B) smile even are not happy C) smile to show politeness D) smile at everyone
83. The underlined word “misinterpreted” in this passage probably means________________. A) understood correctly B) understood wrongly C) expressed easily D) expressed difficultly 84. The best title for Linxi’s article may be _______________. A) Watch The English B) Always Be Polite C) Students From Different Countries D) Polite British People C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（14分）
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Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history ? You can’t think of anyone else when you hear people (85) Confucius’ (孔子) 2,500-year-old words: ‘All study but no thinking makes people puzzled . All thinking but no study makes people lazy.’
Confucius is the one that knows almost (86) about human, and, is known nearly by every human. He is not the one with the longest lifespan, while he is the one whose thoughts that has (87)____the whole world for the longest time. Not only he is the greatest thinker but also is the greatest teacher. He had about 3,000 students. For more than 2,000 years, Confucius’ ideas have been around in people’s everyday lives. Even they have gone far into east and south Asia, people can (88) hear them today.
Why are his ideas so popular? They help not only in everyday life but in society as well. Confucius’ most important ideas are kindness and good manners. Confucius said young people should (89) the old. People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others. As a great teacher, Confucius said all should go to school if they could and wanted to learn. Some of Confucius’ popular words are “A kind person should care for others” and ‘be (90) with yourself, but be kind to others’. Kindness and honesty are the best ( 91) of the world today. People use his ideas to help themselves and society. Now , more than 100 Internet web sites are teaching people about him.
As the founder of Confucianism and a great master of culture in Chinese history, Confucius has become the symbol of Chinese culture and spirit. 85. A) say B) talk C) read D) speak 86. A) everything B) something C) nothing D) anything 87. A) improved B) invented C) introduced D) influenced 88. A) often B) still C) always D) only 89. A) take care of B) take charge of C) take advantage of D) take hold of 90. A) friendly B) strict C) happy D) angry 91. A) thoughts B) rules C) actions D) values
D. 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）:（14分） More than half of the people in the world now own a mobile. And most of
them think it’s the most important thing they own. In (92)r surveys, people said they could live without their TVs and computers but not without their mobile phones. Most people said that they would rather (93)l their wallet than their mobile. Many people said they even took their mobile phone to bed with them ... like a teddy bear!
Why are people so in love with their mobile phones? Well, according to an article in an American newspaper, a mobile satisfies some needs of the humans. First, Safety, it (94)m us feel more secure. Second, Belongingness, we feel connected to other people when we are (95)a . And third, Esteem, we feel important when others see us using a mobile phone.
Many countries are now trying to prevent the use of mobile phones while driving. When people
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