实验中学2010学年度初三级第一学期
期中考英语科试卷
友情提示:
1、本试卷满分120分，另附附加题30分以20%计入总分,但全卷总分不得超过120分，考试时间90分钟。
2、请用蓝色或黑色钢笔或圆珠笔作答。
一、听句子（本题共5小题，每小题1分）
请听句子，根据句子的内容和所提的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，
每小题听一遍。
( )1 What did Jim’s mother ask him to do ?
( )2 How does Helen keep fit ?
( )3 What did Philip forget to do when he left for school yesterday ?
( )4 What’s the speaker going to buy ?
( )5 Where are we now ?
二、听对话（本题共10小题，每小题1分）
回答每段对话后面的问题，在各题所给的三个选项中，选出一个最佳答案， 并将其字母编号写在题号前的括号内。每段对话听两遍。听第一段对话，回答第6题
( ) 6. How many times has the man been to the ?
Only once . B. Five times . C. Three times .
听第二段对话，回答第7题
( ) 7. At what time did the party begin ?
A. At 7:30 . B. At 7:45 . C. At 7:15 .
听第三段对话，回答第8题
( ) 8. What’s the population of Xinyi ?
A. Fourteen hundred . B 1.4 billion . C. About 1.2 million .
听第四段对话，回答第9题
( ) 9. How long has Jim been in ?
A. In 1998 . B. For ten years . C. Many weeks .
听第五段对话，回答第10题
( ) 10Why don’t Jack’s grandparents live in the city ?
A. It’s too expensive . B. It’s too noisy . C. It’ not safe .
听第六段对话，回答第11--12题
( ) 11. What’s the relationship between Linda and Peter ?
A. Classmates . B. Brother and sister . C. Mother and son .
( ) 12. What’s Linda’s telephone number ?
A. 870 9763 . B. 870 8563 . C. 887 0563 .
听第七段对话，回答第13--15题 ( ) 13.Where does the man want to go ?
A. The zoo . B. The bus stop . C. The public library .
( ) 14.Which bus must he take first ?
A. The No. 9 bus . B The No. 7 bus . C. The No. 2 bus .
( ) 15. How many buses must the man take if he wants to get to the Public Library ?
A. Two . B. Seven . C Nine .
三、听短文,选择正确答案, 短文读两遍。 （本题共5小题，每小题1分）
( ) 16. How did Tom live ?
A. He lived alone . B. He lived with his wife . C. He lived with his family .
( ) 17. How often did he go to town ?
A. Every day . B. Every week . C. Never .
( ) 18.What did the old people in the fast food shop do before reading their newspapers?
A. Drank their drinks B. Took their glasses off . C. Put their glasses on .
( ) 19.Tom went into a shop that sold .
A glasses for drinking . B. glasses for people who couldn’t read .
C. glasses for people who couldn’t see well .
( ) 20.What mistake did Tom make?
A. He didn’t try on all the glasses in the shop .
B. He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses .
C. He went to the wrong shop .
四、听短文，写信息。（共5小题，每小题1分） 你将听到一篇短文，请根据短文内容，填写出下面表格中的空缺部分，短
文读两遍。
笔 试 部 分
五、选择填空（15分）
( ) 1.— I have never visited a paper factory.— ___________
A. So have I. B. So I have. C. Neither have I. D. I haven’t now.
( ) 2. —_______ is the population of the ?
—Its population is ______ than ’s.
A. How much; less B. How much; smaller
C. What; less D.What; smaller
( ) 3. She asked me in the classroom.
A. how many chairs are there B. how many chairs there are
C. how many chairs there were D. how many chairs there had
( )4.My friend has for four years.
A. leave B. left C. been away from D. be away from
( )5. In , about ______ of people live in the country.
A. three fifth B. third fifth C. three fifths D. a quarters
( ) 6.This is the most beautiful park I have visited.
A. ever B. yet C. never D. already
( )7 Jim has made many friends since he to .
A. come B. will come C. comes D. came
( ) 8.There are two people ______ for you at the school gate.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. waited
( )9.They are making too much noise here. Let’s go _________.
A. somewhere quiet B. anywhere quiet C. quiet somewhere D. quiet anywhere
( ) 10. You will fall behind others _______ you work hard.
A. unless B. when C. after D. until
( ) 11. Jenny wants to get __ job. She can’t stand working here.
A. a B. an C. the other D. another
( ) 12.--- Where is your mother? --- She __ the supermarket.
A. went to B. has been in C. has gone to D. is
( ) 13. Please stop ______ noise in the classroom. I can’t stand it.
A. make B. to make C. making D. made
( )14. I think you’ll get used to here .
A. live B. living C. lived D. lives
( )15. It’s very kind _____ you ____ so.
A. of, say B. of, to say C. for, say D. for, to say
六、完形填空（10分）
No air means death（死） . we can’t see it, there is air around us. So air is everywhere and it 2 life to every __3___ thing. __4___ it we can’t live. Bad air makes people ill. We must have fresh air to keep us in good health.In the city there are a great many people and there are too many cars __5__ on the road.
The gas which the car sends out is made up of bad gases. Every day we breathe it in and __6___ . This makes us __7__ sick.. So people should go out of the door as much as they can. There are many factories, too. From the chimneys(烟囱) of these factories, we get the smoke usually in black color. This kind of smoke is dangerous __8__ our health. So in order to keep us __9__, we have to go out to the countryside to 10 more fresh air. Or we can climb up hills to get more fresh air.
( ) 1. A. Or B. But C. Though D. When
( ) 2. A. gives B. gave C. giving D. given
( ) 3. A. live B. lives C. lived D. living
( ) 4. A. With B. Without C. In D. Off
( ) 5. A. run B. to run C. running D. ran
( ) 6. A. out B. outside C. off D. away
( ) 7. A. feel B. feeling C. to feel D. felt
( ) 8. A. to B. with C. about D. for
( ) 9. A. health B. well C. healthy D. better
( ) 10. A. breathes B. breathe C. breathing D. breathed
七、阅读理解(30)
A
Dick lived in . One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner." He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel. "Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
( ) 1. Dick flew to because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观光) D. his home was there
( ) 2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet .
B. Because she wanted to go to , too .
C. Because she might send him another telegram .
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in .
( ) 3. Where did Dick stay in ?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.
( ) 4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.
( ) 5. Which of the following is not true?
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
B
No one was left in the museum now，and John was walking round to see if everything was all right． Suddenly he saw a beautiful painting lying on the floor．John picked it up and gave it to the director（馆长）of the museum． The director called several museums to check and see if it was a stolen painting，but no one claimed（认领）it．So the director decided to hang it in the museum．All the experts（专家）came to look at the painting．Each one said it was beautiful and had very deep meaning．The director was proud（自豪）to have such a painting in his museum and congratulated John on his discovery（发现）． Some weeks later a woman and her little son came to the museum．While they were looking at the new painting，the little boy began to cry．The director went over and asked him． “Why are you crying？” The child pointed to the painting and said，“That's my painting on the wall and I want it back．” “Yes，”said his mother，“he left it on the floor a few weeks ago．If you look carefully，you can see the name on the painting．” （ ）6、John was perhaps ____ ． A．a painter B．an expert on painting
C．a visitor to the museum D．a man working in the museum （ ）7、John found the painting ____ ． A．before the museum opened B．after the museum was closed C．during his visit to the museum D．while he was enjoying his walk （ ）8、The boy began to cry before the painting because ____ ． A．he was afraid of it B．he thought it was his painting C．he wanted to have the painting back D．Both B and C （ ）9、After the director heard what the woman and the boy said，he must be
very ____ ． A．angry B．afraid C．proud D．surprised （ ）10、All the experts thought the painting good because ____ ． A .it was really very beautiful B.it had very deep meaning C.none of them looked carefully enough D.they examined it very carefully
C
下面I栏是有些人在生活中所遇到的问题，请在II栏中选出一些合适的建议，把答案填在I栏相应的括号里。
八、完成句子（10分）
1.砍树对环境有害。
is bad for our environment .
2.我和他以前都没读过这部小说。
__________ he _____________ I have read the novel before.
3.我相信我们的生活会一天天好起来。
I believe our life will be fine .
4.因为大雨我们不得不呆在家。
We had to stay at home the heavy rain .
5.我的家乡近来发生了很大的变化。
Great changes in my hometown recently .
九、看图填词(10分)
One afternoon Mary and her five-year-old brother Tom (1) playing hide-and-seek in the street just outside the (2) office . Mary had covered her eyes and was counting up to ten (3) Tom found that the small door of the mail-box（邮箱） was left open . The postman(邮递员) had just taken all the (4)
out and gone into the post office . Tom went into the mail-box and pull the door from inside so hard (5) it was locked(被锁上) . When he knew what he had done , he became frightened and started (6) .
(7) the same time Mary was (8) for him everywhere but could not (9) him . When he heard her little brother crying in the mail-box , she quickly ran to tell the postman about it . The man hurried out to open the (10)
of the mail-box and Tom got out .
十、读写综合（20分）
信息归纳（6分）
现在，越来越多的人通过互联网寻求一些问题的解答。下面是Mary在互联网上发表的问题征求答信以及她在互联网上得到的回答。认真阅读Mary的提问内容及三位网友的回帖，然后根据有关内容完成表格。
Information Card
B) 书面表达（14分）
看了以上三位网友的回帖，假设你认为最有用的发明是Internet，请你(Simon)也用英语写一个70个单词左右的回帖，在回帖中你必须明确表达自己的观点，并简要阐述Internet的用途（至少三个）
十一、根据句意和首字母提示,补全单词（每小题2分，共20分）
1. They are c __________ buying a new car.
2. I couldn’t find a p place to sit on .
3. The flood in her hometown b out last year .
4. I know little about that . You can ask Maria because she knows the w .
5. Every student is s to keep the classroom clean .
6. Mozart （莫扎特）wrote a lot of c in his life .
7. Have you d up the plan yet ?
8. M of foreigners come to visit every year .
9. The writer is famous at home and a .
10. We have come to realize the i of learning English .
十二、阅读理解（每小题2分，共10分）
Taxes are a big part in the . Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes, social security(安全) taxes, sales taxes… and the list seems endless. The biggest tax for most Americans is the incomes tax. The personal income tax is called a “progressive tax”, because it takes more from those who earn(挣钱) most. For example, a person who earns about ＄ year, will pay a tax of only about 3.5% of earning, but if the same person earned ＄ year, he would pay an income tax of 35%. Over years the incomes tax has become more and more difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to prepare their tax reports. In fact, preparing taxes and giving tax have become a big industry(工业) in . ( )1. Most Americans pay _______________. A. taxes which are too many to list B. taxes either to the cities or the states they live in C. several kinds of taxes D. so many kinds of taxes that they even don’t know the names ( )2. Which is the biggest tax for most Americans is ___________. A. the state tax B. the social security(安全) tax C. the income tax D. the city tax ( )3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Americans have all kinds of taxes. B. Personal income tax is the biggest tax in American. C. The more a person earns, the more income tax he should pay. D. Personal income tax can prevent the rich from getting richer. ( )4. The so—called “progressive tax” is the tax ____________. A. collected for social progress B. that increases with each passing year C. that is collected from those who earn most D. that varies(变化) according to how much money a person earns ( )5. Why have preparing and giving advice become a big industry in ?
Because .
A. the list of taxes seems endless B. they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere C. they find their knowledge about taxes is too limited to write a tax report by themselves D. paying experts to prepare their tax reports and asking for tax have been very popular