知识运用(20分)
一、单项选择。(共10分,每小题1分)
1. ---Have you finished your work yet?
---No, not yet. I think it'll take _____ ten minutes.
A. another B. other
C. others D. more
2. ---You seem to like sweets.
---_______.That's probably why I'm becoming fatter and fatter.
A. So I do B. So do I
C. So am I D. So I am
3. ---Will you please show me how to operate the new machine?
---Sure. It’s a piece of cake. Now let me tell you ____ to do first.
A. what B. how
C. whether D. which
.4 ---What do you think of these two books?
---_____ of them are interesting. And I've read them several times.
A. Both B. Neither
C. None D. Either
5. ---How long ____ you ____a fever?
---Ever since last night.
A. have, got
B. have, had
C. have, caught
D. did, have
6. ---He seems _____ ill. Shall we take him to the hospital right now?
---I don‟t think it matters. Maybe he's caught a bit of a cold.
A. terrible B. terribly
C. even D. to be terrible
7. ---You've dropped _____ “s‟‟ in the word “acros‟‟
---Oh, ____ letter “s‟ should be doubled like this “across‟.
A. a, a B. an, a
C. a, the D. an, the
8. ---I eat ____ vegetables and ___ meat than I did last year.
---That's why you're getting fatter.
A. fewer, more B. more, less
C. least, more D. many, much
9. ---_____ is the population of the town?
---Over 20,000 .And a third of the population ____ workers of the car factory.
A. What, are B. How many, are
C. What, is D. How many, is
10. ---Dad, what‘s the sea like?
---Well, it’s large and full of water. It covers about _____ of the earth.
A. one third B. three quarter
C. three-fourth D. three quarters
二 完形填空。(共10分, 每小题1分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
What is the most important invention of all time? Is it the written word that helps us to record information? Is it the telephone that lets us talk to people _11_all over the world? Is it the car that lets us travel at great speeds to meet 12 ? Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, thinks it is something quite different. He says the most important invention might be right in front of your 13.He is talking about a simple pair of glasses.
Modern eye glasses were _14__about 1,000 years ago. They were more than just aconvenient way _15_. Before glasses, writers, scientists or teachers _16_ could not see properly had to memorize everything. After about ten years of poor eyesight, they could not remember well enough _17_ could not work. Glasses meant that people could work into their old _18_ .People who wanted to remember some information could __19__ and read it. Eye glasses are one of the world's greatest inventions and were probabl _20_ by the people who designed the first telephones and cars.
11. A. from B. in
C. of D. about
12. A. other B. others
C. the other D. the others
13. A. eyes B. nose
C. ears D. mouth
14. A. heard B. seen
C. found D. invented
15. A. to watch B. to read
C. watching D. reading
16. A. which B. why C. when D. who
17. A. and B. or C. so D. but
18. A. age B. name
C. class D. friend
19. A. write down it
B. write it down
C. write down them
D. write them down
20. A. given B. bought
C. sold D. worn
阅读理解(44分)
三、阅读选择。(共24分, 每小题2分)
A
One day, Mr. Li was reading a book in his office after school. To his surprise, a ball flew in suddenly and hurt him on the head. He took the ball to the window, but he only saw a group of boy students running away quickly and disapearing in a minute. He sat down again and continued his reading. As it got dark, it was time for him to leave for home. Looking at the ball, he wondered what to do with it. He knew the owner of the ball must be nearby and wished to get it back. He went downstairs and walked to the playground. It was at the center of the playground that he placed the ball with a piece of paper, on which he wrote “Be careful next time!”. Then he walked away.
The next morning, as Mr. Li opened the office door, he found the same piece of paper on the floor. Some words were added after his words: “Thank you for your kindness. Anyway, you are a clever fellow.”
21. What happened while Mr. Li was reading in his office?
A. The window was broken by a ball.
B. A ball hurt him on the head.
C. A ball hit the window.
D. The door was broken by a ball.
22. Why did the owner of the ball run away quickly?
A. He was afraid of Mr. Li.
B. He wanted to get the ball back.
C. He wanted to go home.
D. He went to look for the ball.
23. How did Mr. Li deal with the ball?
A. He took it home.
B. He put it in his office.
C. He put it back on the playground.
D. He had no idea about it.
24. According to the passage, we can know that ________.
A. Mr. Li is interested in reading
B. Mr. Li is too hard on his students
C. Mr. Li is good at playing sports
D. Mr. Li is a clever teacher with kindness
B
While many young people were enjoying the summer vacation, Zach Bonner was working his hardest. Zach started walking from Valrico, Florida, his hometown, on Christmas, 2009. He reached Los Angeles nine months later in September, 2010. He covered a total of 2,478 miles and raised $120,000 for kids in need. Along the way, Zach attended school online. His mother, brother and sister took turns to walk or drive together with him.
Although he is very young, Zach has a long history of helping others. When a terrible storm hit town in 2004, Zach, when six, pulled a wagon(小推车)through his community and collected food for people in need.
He has raised $400,000 for his Little Red Wagon Foundation since then. It gives money to projects which help homeless children. In 2007, Zach began walking to support a children's charity(慈善组织)in Tampa, Florida. He finished his journey 23 days later, 280 miles away in Tallahassee. Then in the summer of 2009, he trekked about 670 miles from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., in just two months.
“As long as there are homeless kids, I will never stop walking for them.” Zach says.
25. What did Zach do during the summer vacation in 2010?
A. He stayed at home to look after his family.
B. He travelled to his hometown with his family.
C. He joined in a school activity with other kids.
D. He walked to collect money for kids in need.
26. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that Zach ________.
A. began to help people at a very early age
B. made money to pay for his education
C. enjoyed playing around in his community
D. worked very hard for his family
27. At what age did Zach start walking to support a Tampa children's charity?
A. At six. B. At nine. C. At eleven. D. At twelve.
28.The underlined word “trekked” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.
A. 延伸 B. 挖掘 C. 跋涉 D. 飞行
C
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.
Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't lose heart, and don't ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
29.From the passage, we know that some great things come from ________.
A. listening B. reading
C. speaking D. thinking
30The idea of Isaac Newton's discovery was from ________.
A. the falling of an apple B. the cleaning of a garden
C. the falling of a tree D. the moving of a lid
31The right order of the following sentences is ________.
① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.
② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.
③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.
A. ③②① B. ②③① C. ②①③ D. ③①②
32.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Learn to ask for help.
B. A difficult lesson to learn.
C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”
D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
四 阅读还原。(共10分,每小题2分)
阅读短文,从短文后的六个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次,有一个选项是多余的。
Dawa Dorji has many jobs: singer, barkeeper and English tour guide, but he is the most famous as the lead singer of the first folk(民间的) pop band in Tibet().
In 2003, Dawa Dorji met two fans of Tibetan music. ____33____,and later another two joined the band.
__34 so they had to practise on weekdays in a small village after work. Dawa Dorji and his band members believed that they needed to communicate with their audience(听众) in order to write good songs. ___35____.
At the beginning, most audience were foreigners, but after a couple of months, many local people came to enjoy their music. ______36_____.
“Whenever there is a festival, we Tibetans sing and dance. I sang songs with the old people, and I learned more about how to sing,” said Dawa Dorji.
__37_____,and many of them are from traditional ones.
Dawa Dorji believes that their efforts(努力) are meaningful for introducing Tibetan folk music to the whole nation, and even the whole world.
A.Dawa Dorji was born in Lhasa
B.Each member of the band had his own job
C.They became good friends and started a band
D.As a result, the band became more and more popular
E.So at weekends they rushed to restaurants to sing for free
F.So far, four albums(唱片) with 48 Tibetan language songs have come out
五 阅读填词。(共10分, 每小题1分)
阅读短文,并选择下面划线的词或短语的适当形式填空。每个词或短语最多选用一次,有两项是多余的。
how ,much,safe, thank,play,be,invent,no,so,interest,must,ask
Thomas Edison was a great American ____38_____. When he was a child, he was always ___39______ questions and trying out new ideas. No matter ___40____ hard it was, he never gave up.
Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had ___41___ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any ___42___. He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found he ___43__ a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very ____44___ in science.
One day, he saw a little boy ____45___ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to ____46____. The boy’s father was so ___47____ that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph
书面表达(31分)
六 词语运用。 (共6分, 每小题1分)
根据句子意思和音标、首字母提示填词,每空一词。
48—I have two ____ [ˈtɪkɪts ] for the basketball game tomorrow. Would you like to go with me?
—Yes, I’d love to.
49—I want to be an astronaut.
—An astronaut?____[saʊndz] great!
50—Are you a single?
—No,l have been ___[ˈmærid] for 5 years
51—How excellent you are! We were all touched by your speech on the graduation ceremony
—Thanks.A________ I felt very nervous.
52 The d_______ between American English and British English are not very great .
53 A person with good m______ is always kind and polite.
七 完成句子。(共10分, 每小题1分)
根据汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
54. 根据奶奶的建议,这汤应该煮两个小时以上。
The soup ______ _____ ______ for more than two hours according to Grandma.
55. 我桌子上的钥匙不见了,不知谁拿走了。
The key on my desk is gone. I wonder ______ _____ it away.
56. 这部电影真乏味啊!我都快睡着了。
____ ____ ____ movie it was! I almost fell asleep.
57. 如果你现在不出发,你就会错过末班车。
_______ you don't leave now, you______ ______the final bus.
58 昨晚我直到爸妈回家才睡觉。
Last night I _______ ______ to bed _______ my parents got home.
59.购物与钓鱼相比,他更喜欢购物。
He______ ______shopping to going fishing.
60. 他问我是否会放风筝。
He asked me _____ _____ ____ fly a kite.
61. 图书馆里不准吸烟。 Smoking _____ ______ _______ in the library.
62. 我们周一到周五上课。
We have classes ______ _____.
63. 我期望可以尽快收到你的信。
I am looking forward _____ ______ ____you soon.
八 书面表达(共15分)
三年的初中生活即将结束,静坐在考场中的你,一定会思绪万千。三年来,你在学习、生活等方面取得了优异的成绩,这些成绩的背后有老师的辛勤教诲、家长的次次鼓励,还有……现在想来你很感谢他们。请以“Thank you,my...”为题写一篇英语短文。
要求如下:1. 短文内容应包括人物的外貌、性格、爱好和使你难忘之处等;
2. 短文中不得出现真实的校名和人名;
参
单项填空
1解析:another +数词+名词 固定用法,another表示“另外的,再” 根据题目意思,可以判断是需要再花10分钟,所以答案是A。
2解析:seem 是连系动词,不能用be动词来回答。So I do 是“的确如此”表示同意对方的观点 so do I “我也一样”答案为A。
3解析:whether是否,which哪一个,与题意不符合,而如果用how,do 后面应该有宾语。how to do it.答案为A,what to do first 首先做什么。
4解析:根据题意,是两本书,both“两者都”,neither"两者都不" ,none"一个也没有", either"两者中任何一个"答案是A。
5解析:根据后面的since我们可以判断要用完成时。而get,catch等瞬间动词在完成时中不能与for,since引导的时间状语连用,答案是B.
6解析:seem+形容词 “好像是”ill “病了”用副词修饰。答案为B. even修饰形容词/副词比较级。
7解析:本题考查冠词的用法。表示泛指时用不定冠词,a 用在辅音发音字母之前,an用在元音发音字母之前。s的读音为/es/,为元音发音。应用“an”,后面表特指,上面出现的,应用"the",答案为D.
8解析:第二句话的意思是:这就是你越来越胖的原因。那么可以判断第一句话是跟去年相比,我吃更少的蔬菜,更多的肉。而蔬菜是复数,只能用fewer来修饰表示比较少。less修饰不可数名词表示比较少。more是many 和much的比较级,可以修饰可数和不可数名词。答案为A。
9解析:对人口提问用how large 或what . The population of ....作主语时谓语动词用单数。当主语表示人口的百分之几,几分之几时,谓语动词用复数形式。答案为A。
10解析:我们知道海占了地球的大部分。A是三分之一,与题目不符合。quarter是四分之一,在分子大于一时,分母序数词要用复数,答案为D。everything.
完形填空
【分析】主要讲了意大利作家Umberto Eco认为最重要的发明是眼镜。
11句意:它是让我们和来自全世界的人交谈的电话吗?A.来自;B.在......里面;C. ......的......;D.关于。和来自全世界的人谈话,from来自,故选A。
12句意:它是让我们以高速度和他人见面的车吗?A.其他的,后面接可数名词复数;B.其他的人或者事物;C.两者中另一个;D.表示特指,其他的人或者事物。meet是及物动词,后面接宾语,即其他的人,所以用others,不表示特指,故选B。
13句意:他说最重要的发明可能就在你眼前。A.眼睛;B.鼻子;C.耳朵;D.嘴巴。根据后文可知讲的是眼镜,所以用eyes,故选A。
14句意:现代的眼镜大约1000年前被发明。A.听见;B.看见;C.发现;D.发明。根据全文可知讲的是最重要的发明,所以讲的是眼镜1000年前左右被发明。故选D。
15句意:他们不仅仅是一项读书的便利的方式。watch观看;read读。根据后文read it 可知是读, a way to do sth.一种做某事的方式,固定搭配,所以用to read,故选B。
16句意:在戴眼镜之前,看不清东西的作家、科学家或教师必须记住一切。A.哪一个;B.为什么;C.当......时候;D.谁。定语从句中先行词是teachers,指的是人,所以关系词用who,故选D。
17句意:大约十年的视力不好之后,他们记性不够好,不能工作。A.和;B.或者;C.所以;D.但是。前后句表示顺承,所以用and,故选A。
18句意:眼镜意味着人们可以工作到老年。A.年龄;B.名字;C.班级;D.朋友。戴上眼镜,人们可以工作到老,故选A。
19句意:想记住一些信息的人可以把它写下来读。A/C表达错误;B.写下它;D.写下它们。把信息写下来,information信息,不可数名词,所以用it代指,故选B。
20句意:眼镜是世界上最伟大的发明之一,可能是最早设计电话和汽车的人戴的。A.被给;B.被买;C.被卖;D.被戴。主语glasses是动作wear的承受者,所以用一般过去时的被动语态,结构是was/were+动词过去分词,wear的过去分词是worn,故选B。
阅读选择
A【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。在办公室被飞进来的球砸到,他以留纸条的方式将球归还给犯错的学生。这说明既聪明又善良。
21——24 BACDB
B 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。Zach是个乐于助人的年轻人,从很小的时候就开始帮助别人。现在他通过徒步的方式筹款,帮助无家可归的孩子们。
25——28 DABC
C【主旨大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要通过牛顿发现苹果落地的原因、瓦特改良蒸汽机和弗格森制作木头钟表的故事论证了思考对于我们发明创造的重要意义。
29——32 DABD
阅读填空
答案33-—37CBEDF
语篇分析:
本文是一篇记叙文,讲述的是Dawa Dorji和他乐队的故事。
33答案C。根据”In 2003, Dawa Dorji met two fans of Tibetan music”可知,他们三人成了friends。故选C。
34答案B。根据下文”they had to practise on weekdays”可知,他们各自在乐队里有分工。故选B。
35答案E。空白前面的内容”Dawa Dorji and his band members believed that they needed to communicate with their audience(听众) in order to write good songs.” 是”So at weekends they rushed to restaurants to sing for free”的原因,故选E。
36答案D。空白前面的讲的是起初,他们的观众主要是外国人,但几个月之后,许多当地人也来欣赏他们的音乐,所以“ the band became more and more popular ”。故选D。
37答案F。根据语境可知,下文的”traditional ones.”就是“ 48 Tibetan language songs ”其中的一部分,故选E。
阅读填词
38 inventor 39. asking 40.how 41.so 42. more 43.was 44.interested 45.playing 46. safety 47.thankful
词语运用
48 .tickets 49. Sounds
50 .married 51.Actually
52 .differences 53 .manners
完成句子
54.should be cooked
55.who took
56. What a boring
57. If, will miss
58. didn’t go until
59. prefers doing
60. if / whether I could
61. is not allowed
62. on weekdays
63. to hearing from
书面表达
Thank you, My English teacher
I should say “thank you”to my English teacher.
He’s a tall man with thick glasses. He likes sports and often plays football and basketball with us. He’s humorous and always makes his classes lively and interesting. He’s kind but strict with us. He never allows us to pretend that we know what we don’t know. He often tells us that it’s no use memorizing new words without understanding. My English has greatly improved with his help.I think he is the best in my mind.
I will remember him forever.