虹口区2008学年英语学科初三年级中考练习题.doc

1、虹口区 2009 年英语学科初三年级中考练习题Part2 Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分 词汇和语法） Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）：（共 26 分）( ) 31 Its time for fun. Lets play _ tennis, OK?A / B a C an D the( ) 32 There will be at least one clinic in every village in China _ three years, according to a medical reform（改革） plan.A on B

2、at C within D from( ) 33 I met a friend of _ on the street yesterday morning.A mine B me C my D myself( ) 34 My father always reads much _ after supper.A photos B news C newspaper D messages( ) 35 Sorry, _ of the books in the library are allowed to be taken away. You have to read books here.A all B

3、both C none D either( ) 36 After _ talk, they decided to go to Beijing on holiday.A two hour B two hours C two-hours D two hours( ) 37 _ students want to be volunteers （志愿者）of this project.A Hundreds B Five hundred C Much D Thousands( ) 38 Your grandmother has never been to Europe, _?A does she B do

4、esnt she C has she D hasnt she( ) 39 Shanghai is larger than _ city in New Zealand（新西兰） .A any other B other C all the other D any( ) 40 Everything weve seen and heard in Beijing is _ in the history of the Olympic Games.A the most exciting B more excitingC more exciting than D most exciting( ) 41 Ab

5、out 6,000,000 graduates in China are looking for jobs. Some companies are likely to leave more jobs open, _ others are cutting jobs.A so B and C but D or( ) 42 _ all of us can learn to love, everything around us will be a wonder.A Because B If C Before D Although( ) 43 Chusovitina felt like an 18-ye

6、ar-old girl when she won the silver medal on the vault（跳马银牌）. She felt _ at that time.A interesting B excited C exciting D beautiful( ) 44 The serious drought（干旱） in northern China made many people _ without proper drinking water.A live B to live C living D lived( ) 45 The weather forecast says that

7、 its going to rain _ this evening.A heavy B heavily C efficient D efficiently( ) 46 The students stopped _ and began to listen to the class teacher carefully.A talk B to talk C talking D talked( ) 47 We _ put off the meeting till next Monday because tomorrow is Saturday.A have to B neednt C mustnt D

8、 cant( ) 48 - Have you read these books?- Yes, I _ them three days ago.A have done B have read C read D did( ) 49 Ill call you when I _ at the town.A will arrive B arrived C arrives D arrive( ) 50 - Could you tell me _?- Next Tuesday.A when will your father go abroad B when your father will go abroa

9、dC when did your father go abroad D when your father went abroad( ) 51 The policemen were able to catch the chief. The underlined part means _.A managed B succeeded C failed D ordered( ) 52 The successful space walk of Zhai Zhigang is helpful to _ a space station.A look up B take up C set up D pick

10、up( ) 53 Im afraid I cant _ to go on holiday because I lost my job last week.A take B cost C spend D afford( ) 54 After years of hard work, her dream was realized. The underlined part in the sentence means _. A took away B came true C changed into D got rid of( ) 55 -You look so beautiful today.- _.

11、A No, I am not beautiful. B Thank you.C Not at all. D Im not so beautiful as you.( ) 56 - Thank you for coming to see me off.- _.A Im fine B My duty. C Nice to see you off. D My pleasure. 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）：57 Our beautiful roses wo

12、n _ prize at the flower show. We are very proud of it. (two)58 Snow is a/an _ sight in this warm place. (usual)59 To save money, using coupons (优惠卷) becomes one of the most popular shopping _ in America. (act)60 The manager tried to deal _ with angry workers. (polite)61 Some teenagers are used to re

13、ading _ magazines on line. (electricity)62 Too much work, worry, and _ have made him look older. (ill)63 I was late, so I missed the _ of the movie. (begin)64 China will produce the worlds _ train for the Beijing- Shanghai high-speed railway. (fast) Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求

14、，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词）：（共 12 分）65 My cousin has lunch at school every day. （改为一般疑问句）_ your cousin _ lunch at school every day?66 Qu Yuan gave some helpful advice at that time. （改为感叹句）_ _ advice Qu Yuan gave at that time!67 It took me about eight hours to fly from Shanghai to Beijing.（保持句意基本不变）I _ about ei

15、ght hours _ from Shanghai to Beijing.68 Jack was so careless that he couldnt pass the test.（改为简单句）Jack was _ careless _ pass the test.69 The headmaster awarded one of the students the top prize in the contest.（改为被动语态）One of the students _ _ the top prize in the contest.70 I have been to the Bund twi

16、ce.（对划线部分提问）How _ _ have you been to the Bund?Part3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写） Reading comprehension（阅读理解）：（共 56 分）A True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用 “T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填入空格内）：（共 7 分）Jenny: Itll soon be the school holidays. Is anyone doing anything exciting?Gus: Were going to stay with my grandpare

17、nts near Atlanta for four whole weeks. We do this every year. We have to pretend its great, or my mom gets angry.Jenny: You have to pretend its great for the whole four weeks? All the time?Gus: Well, not all the time. Its not too bad when the cousins are there, actually. Its fun. But this year Tom a

18、sked me to be with his family, didnt you, Tom?Tom: Yeah, its a shame you cant come. Itll just me and my parents, so itll be nothing but museums and art galleries and walking round all these European cities.Jenny: Youre going to Europe and youre unhappy. Ive never left the USA, ever.Gus: Nor me!Jenny

19、: I went to France once. It was OK, but it rained a lot. We went in early springtime, during school, when tickets were cheap.Tom: My parents would never let me take time off school.Jenny: My parents said it was educational. This year Im going to camp for most of the summer. It will be the same camp

20、as you go to, Gus.Gus: Great! Why are you going this year, Jenny?Jenny: My parents have got a lot of trips planned. They are going to a big school reunion and lots of parties over the summer. I didnt want to go with them and they wont let me stay home alone or even with friends( ) 71 The school holi

21、days are coming.( ) 72 Gus likes to stay with his grandparents for four whole weeks.( ) 73 Tom will visit museums and art galleries in European cities.( ) 74 Only Gus has never left the USA.( ) 75 It didnt rain when Jenny was in France.( ) 76 Jenny will camp for most of the summer.( ) 77 Jennys pare

22、nts wont allow her to stay home alone.B Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用 A、B、C 或 D 表示，填入括号内）：（共 7 分）Miss Bailey taught me English in Junior school. She cycled to school, and them when entering the school gate, she would give here bicycle to anyone of us to park it for her. It was a privilege

23、（特别恩惠） when Miss Bailey gave her bicycle to you. One day Shankar stood at the gate; Shankar was a hunchback（驼背的人）.We laughed and said, “Move out of the way, Shankar! Miss Bailey is going to enter!” Miss Bailey drove in and we all rushed to offer our hands to her. But Miss Bailey looked past us all.

24、“Will you park it for me?” She asked. We looked back to see who it was and were surprised to see it was towards Shankar. “I dont think so, Miss Bailey!” stammered （结结巴巴地说） Shankar. “Why? You lazy fellow!” said Miss Bailey playfully. “You dont want to help your teacher, do you?” “Of course I want to,

25、 Miss Bailey!” whispered Shankar. “But I might drop your cycle!” “If you drop it, you pick it up!” said the teacher with a smile.With that she gave her cycle to Shankar and didnt look to see how hed manage. Pretending she had confidence in his abilities, Miss Bailey turned and walked to class. We wa

26、tched Shankar as he held her bike. We held our breath as we thought it was going to fall. Dinesh rushed to help. “Leave it!” Shankar said, and we all stopped. It seemed that his hump（驼背） disappeared as he drew himself up to his full height, and then with growing confidence, he pushed Miss Baileys cy

27、cle to the parking lot. The school bell rang, and we rushed to class. Shankar was the last to enter, but we were surprised; it was a different boy who walked in.Miss Bailey didnt even look at him as he walked to her and handed her the keys. From that day on, Shankar was ready to answer the questions

28、 in class, his grades went up and a smile appeared on his face.( ) 78 Miss Bailey was _ teacher.A an English B a Chinese C a physics D a history( ) 79 How did Miss Bailey go to school?A By bus B By bike C By taxi D On foot.( ) 80 What does the underlined word “ It” in the first paragraph probably re

29、fer to?A Miss Baileys bike B Parking the bike for Miss Bailey.C Going to school by bike D Being a student of Miss Bailey( ) 81 From Paragraph 2, we learn that _.A Miss Baileys students disliked to help her.B Miss Bailey didnt like Shankar.C Shankar didnt believe in his ability at first.D Shankar did

30、nt want to help Miss Bailey( ) 82 When Shankar entered the classroom after parking the bike, _.A Miss Bailey praised him B his classmates cheeredC his hump disappeared D he was full of confidence( ) 83 From the passage, we know that _.A Shankar never stood at the school gate.B Miss Bailey pretended

31、not to see Shankar and walked to class.C Parking the bike for Miss Bailey made Shankar change himselfD Nobody wanted to help Shankar park Miss Baileys bike( ) 84 It can be inferred（推断） form the passage that Bailey _.A lived a comfortable life B had no pity on ShankarC was hard on her students D trea

32、ted every student fairlyC Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文）：（共 14 分）That day, I saw a dog named Belker. He was dying of cancer（癌）. The dogs owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were very 85 . I told the family we couldnt do 86 for Belker,

33、and I told them that they could give the old dog the euthanasia procedure （安乐死）in their home.The next day, I felt a catch in my throat as Belkers family was around him. Shane petted the old dog for the last time. In a few minutes, Belker died 87 . The little boy seemed to accept Belkers death. We sa

34、t together for a while after Belkers death, talking aobut why animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who was listening quietly, said, “ I know 88 ”.“People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” Shane said, “Well

35、, dogs already know how to do that, so they dont have to stay as 89 as human beings.”So remember, if a dog was the teacher, you would learn things like: When loved ones come home, always run to meet them. Run, 90 , and play daily. Let people touch you. On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under

36、a big tree. When you are happy, dance around. Never pretend to be something youre not. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle（轻触） them. Love people and dont remember the wrong things they do 91 .( ) 85 A surprised B worried C excited D pleased( ) 86 A everything B nothi

37、ng C something D anything( ) 87 A quietly B heavily C strangely D hard( ) 88 A how B what C why D who( ) 89 A hot B good C long D nice( ) 90 A jump B speak C read D think( ) 91 A in B on C with D forD 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）：（共 14

38、 分）More and more Japanese teenagers read novels on mobile phones（手机）, n 92 on the paper.The phone novels are usually written by first-time writers-usually in their tens or twenties. Several novels have been turned into real books. Love Sky, a story a 93 a boy with cancer, has sold more than 1.3 mill

39、ion books and has been made into a f 94 .Many of the phone novels are influenced by comic（漫画） books because comic books are very popular in Japan. So phone novels are heavy in dialogue and have r 95 short paragraphs. Large empty spaces between sentences are used to mean that the characters are think

40、ing.A mobile phone novel website, Maho i-Land which started several years ago, now has six million members and a million novels on the site.However, some t 96 writers are angry about phone novels. They c 97 that phone novels are short of scene（缺少情景） and character development.Koichiro Tomioka, a prof

41、essor at Kanto Gakuin University, said it was a new w 98 for writers to become known.He said, “Its interesting. The problem is: can this new type of writer keep on writing books as a professional writer?”92_ 93 _ 94 _ 95 _96 _ 97 _ 98 _E Answer the following question（阅读短文，然后回答问题）：（共 14 分）Nowadays th

42、ere is less and less contact（联络） between the old and the young. There are mainly four reasons for this, including the breakdown of the big family, working parents with little time to take care of their child, families that have moved away, and smaller flats with no room for grandparents. But the res

43、ults are the same - increasing numbers of children without grandparents and old people who have no contact with children, more old people who are lonely and feel useless, and more and more families with young children who need more love and care. Its a big problem in many countries.Now intergenerati

44、onal（代际交流） programmes, designed to bring the old and the young together, are growing popular all over the world. There are successful examples of such prorammes. There are schemes（方案） which involve older people visiting families who are having problems, maybe looking after the children for a while t

45、o give the tired mother a break. Or “ adopt a grandparent” schemes in which children write letters or visit a lonely old person in their area. One successful scheme in London pairs（使结对）young volunteer with old people who are losing their sight. The young people help with practical things such as rea

46、ding newspapers, reading bank statements and helping with shopping, and the older people can pass on their knowledge and experience to their young visitors. For example, a retired judge may be paired with a teenager who wants to study law.If older people can understand and accept the youth of today,

47、 and so do the youth, there will be less conflict（矛盾） in the words.99 Is there more and more contact between the old and the young?_100 How many reasons are mentioned（提到） for this situation?_101 Many old people feel lonely and useless, dont they?_102 What is designed to bring the old and the young together?_103 Where does the successful scheme pair young volunteers with old people who are lo