2008年初三英语模拟试卷
考试时间：120分钟
全卷满分：110分
第一卷 (共60分)
一、听力（共两节，每小题1分，计20分）
第一节（本节共5小题）
请你根据每小题所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择符合其意的图画。每小题读一遍。
1. A. B. C.
2. A. B. C.
3. A. B. C.
4. A. B. C.
5. A. B. C.
第二节（本节共15小题）
听下面的对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几小题，请根据你所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个适当的答语。听每段对话或独白前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6—7题。
6. Why does the woman look tired today?
A. Because she didn’t go to bed last night.
B. Because she went to bed too late night.
C. Because she worked too hard last night.
7. What was the woman doing last night?
A. She was doing a lot of housework.
B. She was listening to the radio.
C. She was reading an interesting story-book.
听第7段材料，回答8—10题。
8. When is ’s birthday?
A. Tomorrow. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Next Monday.
9. What will the man and the woman buy for ?
A. A CD player. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.
10. Where are they going to buy ’s birthday present?
A. In the food shop. B. In the flower shop. C. In the music shop.
听第8段材料，回答11—15题。
11. How does Philip like watching TV?
A. He doesn’t like watching TV.
B. He likes watching TV very much.
C. He seldom watches TV.
12. What does Philip think of sports programmes?
A. They’re very sad. B. They’re very boring. C. They’re very exciting.
13. Which programme does Philip like best?
A. . B. Tiger Watch. C. Music World.
14. What time is on TV?
A. Every Wednesday. B. Every Sunday. C. Every Saturday.
15. How long does Philip watch TV every day?
A. An hour and a half. B. About two hours. C. About an hour.
听第9段材料，回答16—20题。
16. What did the Frenchman come to to do?
A. To visit his friend. B. To study English. C. To read books.
17. Where did the Frenchman live in ?
A. Near a bird cage. B. In a language school. C. In an old lady’s home.
18. What did the Frenchman often do in the morning?
A. He sat in the garden. B. He saw the bird. C. He did some reading.
19. Where was the bird cage often hung in the morning?
A. On the tree in the garden.
B. On the window upstairs.
C. Either on the tree in the garden or on the window upstairs.
20. What happened to the old lady one morning?
A. She dropped her cage. B. She fell off the window. C. Her bird flew away.
二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. His father teaches English at ______ middle school but I don’t know which one.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
22. --- What would you like to drink, coffee or orange juice?
--- . Please give me a cup of tea.
A. Neither B. Both C. All D. None
23. Mobile phones are very popular in now and they are ______ than before.
A. more cheap B. much cheaper C. the cheapest D. quite cheaper
24. I like comedies because actors are always very funny and they make me ______.
A. to laugh B. laughing C. laugh D. laughed
25. Don’t forget to ______ the lights before you leave the classroom.
A. turn down B. turn on C. turn off D. turn up
26. ---Why not come and join us in the game, Linda?
--- ______, but I have something to discuss with Mr Smith at his office now.
A. Let's go B. I'd like to C. Yes, please D. It's a pleasure
27. I don’t know if it ______ tomorrow. If it ______, we’ll go out for a picnic.
A. will rain; won’t rain B. rains; doesn’t rain
C. rains; won’t rain D. will rain; doesn’t rain
28. --- Must I finish the project now?
--- No, you _ . You _ do it this evening.
A. mustn’t; can B. needn’t; may
C. can’t; must D. needn’t; must
29. It’s easy to make football fans ______ when they’re watching an ______ game.
A. excited; excited B. excited, exciting
C. exciting; exciting D. exciting, excited
30. I think ______ is necessary ______ us to do something useful to protect the birds.
A. this; for B. it; of C. this; of D. it; for
31. I really wanted to help those homeless children in the flooded areas, ______ I donated all the pocket money that I had saved for months.
A. so B. because C. since D. for
32. --- May I use your dictionary, please?
--- Sorry. My dictionary . I’ve looked for it everywhere but I ______ it yet.
A. has lost; don’t find B. is missing; haven’t found
C. has lost; haven’t found D. is missing; don’t find
33. ______ of the workers in the computer factory is about two thousand, and ______ of them are women workers.
A. The number; second third B. A number; three quarters
C. A number; half second D. The number; two thirds
34. --- I’m afraid Millie can’t finish the work in time. Would you mind ______ her ______ the work?
--- Not at all.
A. helping; doing B. to help; does
C. helping; do D. to help; to do
35. Police believe that the murder ______ between nine o’clock yesterday evening and one o’clock this morning.
A. was taken place B. took place
C. had been taken place D. have been taken place
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day. The same thing is going on at school now. 36 it seems that doing weekend homework is a 37 for the modern students. All the students 38 that weekend homework should be abolished (取消). It is 39 for them to study at school five days a week. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they 40 _ time to help their parents do the housework, go and see a football or basketball game or a good 41 , join in family recreation (娱乐), or just have a rest at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can't be finished 42 Sunday evening. So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are 43 because many of the students know little about the 44 . If there were no weekend homework to do, they would be __45 to go to school on Monday after two days' good rest and to learn what the teachers teach.
36. A. Also B. But C. Still D. Because
37. A. question B. reason C. problem D. decision
38. A. agree B. decide C. understand D. disagree
39. A. enjoyable B. enough C. good D. useful
40. A. keep B. find C. choose D. spend
41. A. film B. story C. meeting D. concert
42. A. though B. since C. after D. until
43. A. pleased B. sorry C. unhappy D. satisfied
44. A. lessons B. games C. interests D. activities
45. A. tired B. creative C. worried D. happy
四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
(A)
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour.” But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages. Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860. Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
46. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______. A. clothes B. many things
C. most of the popular things D. everything 47. Which of the following things is fashionable today? A. Surfing on the Internet. B. Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day. C. Learning to sing songs on the radio. D. Doing morning exercises at school. 48. Today fashions change very quickly because _______. A. people read newspaper every day B. radios send information from one country to another C. new things that people like are often shown on TV D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world 49. “There is money in fashion” means ______. A. clothes are expensive B. money comes from fashion C. people like new things D. fashions make big money 50. The best title for the passage is ______. A. Fashions B. Fashion mean clothes C. Fashion means money D.A fashionable colour
(B)
51. News 1 talks about ______.
A. people can't go around the earth in a few hours
B. the American X airplane traveled around the earth in a few hours
C. the American X airplane is the fastest one in the world
D. only Americans can make such a fast plane
52. If the X goes around the earth，it will take about ______ hours to finish the trip.
A. 3 B. C. 8 D. 12
53. Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?
A. There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks，dictionaries and children's books.
B. All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.
C. After the checking books will become better and better.
D. A few mistakes are not serious for children.
54. Which of the following about the new “star” is NOT TRUE?
A. It will help us know more about the moon.
B. It will go around the earth for one year.
C. It will cost 1.4 billion yuan.
D. It will be sent up by the year 2006.
55. Many families were affected because of ______.
A. the heavy rain on Monday B. the broken banks of the river
C. the floods across D. the death of 132 people
(C)
Maybe you know floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have ever heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the . Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles, and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts, One is called the “eye”. In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest with and hardest rains are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In 2004, Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in , and 24 people were missing. In May 2006, Typhoon hit and , and thousands of houses were damaged.
What to do when a typhoon hits:
●Stay inside, Close all the windows and stay away from them.
●Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
●Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
●If you’re told to go to a safer place, do so right away.
56. Typhoons often happen .
A. in the hot season B. in the cold season
C. only in D. under the sea
57. Which picture can tell meaning of the underlined sentences“…，it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in.”?
58. When a typhoon comes, we cannot .
A. close all the windows B. listen to typhoon news
C. stay outside with our bikes D. stay inside the strong house
59. This passage is mainly about .
A. the knowledge of typhoon B. the eye of a typhoon
C. the names of typhoon D. the most dangerous typhoon Yunna
60. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The warmer the air gets, the slower the wind moves.
B. This year Typhoon Peal killed 164 people in .
C. The strongest winds and harder rains are in the eye of typhoon.
D. A typhoon will happen when the wind goes faster than 30 meters a second.
第二卷 (共50分)
五、词汇（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
(A) 根据括号中的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
61. You love peace and do not like to ___________ (争论) with others.
62. Blindness can be treated with modern ___________（医药）and skills.
63. It is ____________ (不可能) for her to finish the work in half an hour.
64. Orange can bring you ____________ (成功) and cheer you up when you are feeling sad.
65. The teacher asked the students to read as many ____________ (杂志) as they could during the reading week.
(B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
66. We’re going to learn the __________ ( twelve) lesson tomorrow.
67. Blue is a calm and __________ (peace) colour. It can make you feel relaxed.
68. I think the clever girl can work out the problem__________ (easy).
69. The two American scientists ___________ (work) in the computer company since they came to two years ago.
70. Many students feel ___________ (stress) and some of them are not sure how to deal with the problem.
(C) 用方框中所给的词或词组填空，使对话内容意思完整正确。
Millie: Did you watch the documentary about sea life last night? The underwater ____71____ was very good.
Amy: No. I wanted to watch it because I heard it won an award. ____72____, my parents were watching a film by a famous ____73____ at the time.
Millie: What was it about?
Amy: It was about a man who tried to use money to win an election. ____74____, he is told off (责备) by his sister.
Millie: It sounds ____75____, but I prefer films with lots of mystery and suspense (悬念).
71. ___________ 72. __________ 73. __________ 74. __________ 75. ___________
六、 阅读短文，按要求答题。（共20分）
(A) 根据短文内容，按要求答题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar. Every year in the United States, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science（电影艺术科学院）gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies. There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year, another for the best actor, and Oscars for doing many other things well in movies.
Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them. They also want to see actors who have won Oscars. This means movies that have won Oscars make a lot of money. The Academy first gave prizes to movies in 1927, but they were not called Oscars then. That happened four years later. Most people think that Oscar was someone famous in the movies, but he wasn’t. He was someone that a woman called Margaret Herrick knew. She worked for the Academy and one day she saw the prize on a table. She said, “He looked like my friend Oscar.” From that time on the prizes were called the Oscars.
76. Is the Oscar one of the most famous movie prizes in the world?
_________________________________________________________
77. Who can win Oscars?
_________________________________________________________
78. When did the Oscars get their names?
_________________________________________________________
79. What is the passage mainly about?
_________________________________________________________
80. Please translate the sentence “Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them.” into Chinese.
_________________________________________________________
(B) 根据短文内容及所给的首字母写出单词，使短文意思完整正确。（共10空，每空1分，计10分）
The 2008 Olympic Games are coming soon. Chinese people are getting r___81___ for it. The people in are especially b___82___. Taxi drivers are learning English so that they can t___83___ with the foreign friends from all over the world during the Olympic Games. Workers are working h___84___ so that the buildings can be f___85___ before the games start.
The environment is g___86___ better and better. The streets will be cleaner and the r___87___ will be wider. More trees and flowers will be p___88___ in the city.
It is the first t___89___ that has got the chance to host the Olympic Games. All of us b___90___ that it will be a great success and will become a more beautiful city after the games are over.
七、书面表达（共1题，计15分）
假如你是第二中学的一名初三学生刘红，你要写一封信给青少年专家Sigmund Friend，告诉他你遇到的问题，并请求帮助。请根据下列表格中所列的信息，写完这封信。
注意：
1．词数90左右。信的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。
2．信中须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使语句通顺，意思连贯，符合逻辑。
Dear Sigmund Friend,
My name is Liu Hong. I’m a Grade 9 student in No. 2 Middle School._________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Can you give me some useful advice? I hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Liu Hong
2008年初三英语模拟试卷
听力内容及参考答案
听力内容：
第一节（本节共5小题）
请你根据每小题所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择符合其意的图画。每小题读一遍。
1. M: What did you buy in the shop this morning?
W: I bought a T-shirt.
2. M: What time is it?
W: It’s half past six.
3. M: It’s raining hard outside. How can you go home without an umbrella, Jane?
W: Don’t worry. I’ll call a taxi.
4. M: Where can you see the ?
W: Oh, we can see it in .
5. M: How did you go to last Sunday?
W: We went there by train.
第二节（本节共15小题）
听下面的对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几小题，请根据你所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个适当的答语。听每段对话或独白前，你都有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6—7题。
M: Hello. You look tired today.
W: Yes. I went to bed too late last night.
M: What were you doing last night?
W: I was reading an interesting story-book and forgot the time.
M: You’d better go to bed earlier if you can.
W: Yes, you’re right.
听第7段材料，回答8—10题。
M: Millie, I have something to tell you. Tomorrow is ’s birthday.
W: Are you sure? I think it should be the day after tomorrow.
M: Well, let me see. Oh, I’m sorry. You’re right. It is the day after tomorrow. Shall we buy her a present?
W: Yes, of course. Shall we give her some flowers?
M: Flowers are lovely. But I think it’s better to buy her a box of chocolates
W: doesn’t like sweet things. Didn’t you know that?
M: Er… I know. We can give her a CD player. She loves music.
W: That’s a good idea. Let’s go to the music shop and choose one for her.
听第8段材料，回答11—15题。
Millie: Philip, do you like watching TV?
Philip: Yes, I do. I like sports programmes very much! They’re very exciting. However, I don’t like programmes about animals, I think they’re sad.
Millie: What is your favourite programme, Philip?
Philip: My favourite programme is . It’s on TV every Sunday.
Millie: So, how long do you spend watching TV every day?
Philip: I watch TV for about an hour every day.
Millie: Thank you, Philip.
Philip: You are welcome.
听第9段材料，回答16—20题。
A Frenchman came to to study English. He lived in an old lady’s home. Every morning he did some reading by the window before he came to the class. The lady had a bird. Every morning the lady hung her cage on the tree in the garden or on her window upstairs.
One morning when the lady took out her bird cage and tried to hang it on the window upstairs, the cage suddenly fell out of her hand. So she shouted, “Look out!” The Frenchman heard it and put his head out of the window to see what was happening. The cage was just in time to hit him on the head.
参考答案：
第一卷(共60分)
一、听力（共两节，每小题1分，计20分）
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. A
二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. D
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. B
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
36. B 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. B 41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. D
四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
(A) 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. D 50. A
(B) 51. C 52. B 53. C 54. B 55. B
(C) 56. A 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. D
第二卷 (共50分)
五、五、词汇（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）
(A) 61. argue 62. medicine 63. impossible 64. success 65. magazines
(B) 66. 66. twelfth 67. peaceful 68. easily 69. have worked 70 stressed
(C) 71. photography 72. However 73. French director 74. In the end
75. interesting
六、阅读短文，按要求答题。（共20分）
(A) 76. Yes, it is.
77. People who have done well in the movies.
78. In 1931.
79. Something about Oscar.
80. 奥斯卡奖项非常重要，因为人们想看获得这些奖项的电影。
(B) 81. ready 82. busy 83. talk 84. hard 85. finished
86. getting 87. roads 88. planted 89. time 90. believe
七、书面表达（共1题，计15分）
One possible version:
Dear Sigmund Friend,
My name is Liu Hong. I’m a Grade 9 student in No. 2 Middle School. My star sign is Gemini. And blue and yellow are my favourite colours. But I have a big problem and I want to know how to deal with it.
My parents are very strict with me. They hardly give me some free time to play. I really hate this. I love to chat online, so I spend lots of time on the Internet after school. I also like to stay up late outside. Sometimes I don’t hand in my homework on time. Now my study is getting worse and worse. My parents and teachers are very angry with me. They want me to stop chatting online. Should I give up my only hobby? I’m very stressed.
Can you give me some useful advice? I hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Liu Hong
书面表达评分标准：
第一档：（13---15分）能写明全部要点，语言基本无误或有少量拼写错误，行文连贯，表达清楚。
第二档：（10---12分）能写明大部分要点，语言有一些错误（句子结构或动词时态错误1---2处），但行文基本连贯，表达基本清楚。
第三档：（7---9分）能写明一些要点，语言错误较多（句子结构或动词时态错误3---4处），但意思基本连贯，尚能达意。
第四档：（4---6分）能写出少数要点，语言错误多，意思不连贯，影响意思表达。
第五档：（1---3分）只能写出若干词语，无可读的句子。