1、1丰台区 2014-2015 学年度第一学期期末练习初 三 英 语 2015.1听力理解（共 26 分）一、听对话，从下面各题所给的 A、B、C 三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话你将听两遍。 （共 4 分，每小题 1 分）1A B C 2 A B C 3. A B C4 A B C 二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。(共 12 分，每小题 1 分)请听一段对话，完成第 5 至第 6 小题。5. What does Mike often do in his spare time?A. He goes
2、 swimming. B. He reads books. C. He plays basketball.6. What does Mike like to do during the trip?A. To buy presents. B. To take photos. C. To taste food.请听一段对话，完成第 7 至第 8 小题。7. How long has the woman learned English?A. For one year. B. For two years. C. For three years.8. What problem does the man
3、have in his English study?2A. Grammar. B. Pronunciation. C. Listening.请听一段对话，完成第 9 至第 10 小题。9. When will the visitors come?A. At the end of May. B. In the middle of June.C. At the beginning of July.10. How many days will the visitors spend on the visit?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.请听一段对话，完成第 11 至第 13
4、小题。11. Whats the matter with Tom in fact?A. He cant sleep at night.B. He is overweight.C. He catches a bad cold.12. What does Tom probably do?A.A. student. B. A writer. C. A player.13. What does the doctor advise him to do?A. Get up a little earlier and have breakfast.B. Stay in bed and take the med
5、icine on time.C. Do exercise and eat less food with high fat.请听一段独白，完成第 14 至第 16 小题。14. What is the speaker doing?A. Making a plan. B. Giving an introduction.C. Leading a discussion.15. What activity can everyone do in the evening?A. Play games. B. Play tennis. C. Go swimming.16. Who can get a speci
6、al price in the family this month?A. The adults. B. The kids. C. The grandparents.听对话，根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在答题卡的相应位置上。对话你将听两遍。 （共 10 分，每小题 2 分） 知识运用（共 25 分）Telephone messageFrom: MomTo: 17 What to do: order three 18 pizzas from Pizza House;find 19 on top of the fridge;prepare several 20 Moms Te
7、le: 21 3四、单项填空（共 13 分，每小题 1 分）从下面各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。22. This is my sister. _ name is Jane.A. My B. Its C. Her D. His23. When is the school sports meeting this term, Ann? Its _ September 30th.A. on B. in C. of D. at24. _ do you visit your grandparents, Mike? Once a week.A. How soon B.
8、 How long C. How often D. How far25. Tom missed the school bus, _ he was late for class.A. or B. so C. because D. but26. My friends and I _ going to Happy Valley this weekend.A. be B. am C. is D. are27. _ from your office phoned you. Here is the message.A. Somebody B. Nobody C. Anybody D. Everybody2
9、8. My sister is good at sports. She can jump _ than me.A. high B. higher C. highest D. the highest29. Can you ride a motorbike, Peter?No, I _.A. neednt B. mustnt C. cant D. shouldnt30. My father _ newspapers after dinner every day instead of watching TV.A. reads B. read C. will read D. is reading31.
10、 Tell me something about the new library. It _ last year and it has a lot of books.A. builds B. built C. is built D. was built32. We _ in the same school since three years ago.A. study B. were studying C. have studied D. will study33. My mother _ dinner when I got home yesterday.A. cooks B. will coo
11、k C. is cooking D. was cooking34. Could you tell me_? Two hours ago.A. when you finish your work B. when you finished your workC. when do you finish your work D. when did you finish your work五、完形填空（共 12 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。4I am sitting in front of the computer.
12、 I need to 35 what I am going to do during the beautiful fall coming up in New York. I am nervous because I think that my life at this moment depends on how much I learnt in the intensive English during the last four months.All my life I have been a fighter. When I was 5, I had a very 36 convulsion
13、(痉挛) with high fever. I had the wrong medicine, which caused me to 37 my speech. The doctor told my mother that I would never be able to speak well again or to learn another language.My mother, 38 , was a fighter. She sent me to a lot of 39 . Finally, she sent me to Maria. She was a very nice person
14、. She believed in me, and thought that I would speak again.The most amazing thing was that she taught me to read by mouth. I remember that I spent hours in front of the mirror and tried to 40 every word that I learnt. Imagine losing your speech and having to learn everything again. For me it was lik
15、e being 41 again. I learnt to talk and speak my native language: Spanish.Now, I am studying English in New York. I cant believe that I am learning another 42 . But, I am! I am crying because studying here makes me feel 43 , and it makes me smile when I remember what the doctors said to my mom: “She
16、will never be able to speak well again or to learn another language.”Ill always remember the beautiful words my mom said to me when I was a child and learnt to speak again after all. “You did something that nobody 44 you could do. You made an impossible dream that people said you would never do come
17、 true. I will always be proud of you, and you will always be my 45 .”Now, Im thinking about the beautiful fall leaf that is coming and what is going to happen to me. Just as every leaf is going to fall from the trees, I am going to take every 46 in my studies and in my life. I try to think about thi
18、s and be a grateful person.35. A. draw B. write C. watch D. explain36. A. serious B. strange C. important D. interesting 37. A. improve B. change C. lose D. end 38. A. luckily B. maybe C. suddenly D. however 39. A. doctors B. teachers C. reporters D. friends 40. A. repeat B. find C. copy D. record41
19、. A. saved B. born C. taught D. raised 42. A. language B. method C. subject D. skill43. A. nervous B. sad C. happy D. comfortable 44. A. imagined B. thought C. remembered D. expected45. A. future B. child C. hero D. honor 46. A. chance B. exam C. class D. step 阅读理解（共 48 分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A
20、、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 （共 30 分，每小题 2 分） A 547. What is the hotel like?A. Very new. B. Very old. C. Very small. D. Very dirty.48. What can people try in the village nearby?A. Meat. B. Milk. C. Soup. D. Tea.49. The bedrooms probably dont offer_.A. heating B. computer C. TV D. showerB Tony loved basketba
21、ll. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his coll
22、ege basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him, but it didnt work. After he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a health centerA week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coachHis legs were hurt badly in a skating accidentThough he couldnt move his legs，
23、Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called the SunsIt was an on-wheelchair basketball Come to the Rolling Fields Hotel!Enjoy the beautiful countryside when you stay with us in the hotel. It was a very old (18th century) house in the middle of pretty rolling hills and green fieldnear many of fa
24、mous places to see in the Lake District. Go for a boat ride, or walk along the country paths.Try a traditional English afternoon teain the villages nearby.We have 55 big, comfortable bedrooms,all with heating, shower and TV. (Bathsare an extra 25 per room, per night.)Rates: May-June: 40 per person,
25、per night.July-August: 50 per person, per night.All rates are bed + breakfast.Special: Book now and get 3 nights for the price of100！6team，because everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he sto
26、pped feeling sorry for himselfAfter becoming a part of the Suns，Tony improved quicklyBasketball was like medicine for himTony was much better than before When Tony became sad or angry，Sunny was there to be with himThe day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with SunnyHe asked Sunny how he cou
27、ld be so happy, even with his broken legsSunny smiled and said, “Its really quite easyWhen you keep your face to the sun，the shadows fall behind.”50. From the passage, we know that _. A. Tony was hit by a bus B. Tony was hit by a carC. Tony was hit by a basketball D. Tony was hit by a football51. Wh
28、ere was Tony when he woke up after the accident?A. In a hospital. B. In a health center. C. In a college. D. In a sports center. 52. How did Sunny help Tony? A. By teaching him how to play basketball. B. By giving him some medicine in the game. C. By having dinner with him in the health center. D. B
29、y inviting him to join the Suns and being with him.53. According the passage, we can know that Sunny was _. A. shy and careful B. humorous and patient C. helpful and hopeful D. serious and hardworkingC American nutrition expert Professor Barry Popkin says that the number of overweight people in the
30、world is now bigger than the number of people who dont have enough to eat. A billion people worldwide now weigh too much and the number of obese people is now more than 300 million. “Obese” means at least 15 kilos heavier than you should be. However, there are also 800 million people in the world wh
31、o dont have enough to eat.Professor Popkin said that the number of hungry people is falling slowly but the number of overweight people is rising fast. The main reasons for this are: people are doing less hard physical work more people worldwide now eat too much fatty food too many people are driving
32、 cars instead of walking people spend too much time in front of a televisionThe United States has the highest rate of obesity in the developed world and Japan has the lowest. Professor Benjamin Senauer is absolutely certain of the reasons for this.“Japanese people are fit. They use public transport
33、and walk,” he said. “The average American drives to work and drives to supermarket. When he gets home, he sits on a couch in front of the TV and eats junk food.”In Britain and many other European countries, there are three times as many obese people as there were 20 years ago. About two thirds of Br
34、itish adults are overweight or obese. “The effects of this are clear,” said London doctor Elena Power. “We have more illnesses related to weight and fewer fit people.China used to be one of the slimmest nations in the world. However, Professor Wu Yangfeng 7from the Chinese Academy of Medical Science
35、s in Beijing recently estimated （估计）that 20 percent of the worlds overweight people live in China. The Chinese government is especially worried about the increase in obesity among schoolchildren.“We have a serious problem,” said Professor Wu. “It requires an improvement from everyone, or it will get
36、 worse.54. How many people weigh too much in the world now?A. A billion. B. 20 billion. C. 300 million. D. 800 million.55. Professor Popkin probably agrees that_. A. walking to work helps people keep fit B. watching TV makes people put on weightC. eating food without fat helps people keep fit D. wor
37、king in offices makes people put on weight56. Which of the following is Not True according to the passage ? A. Being overweight can cause more illnesses.B. About two thirds of British people are overweight.C. More and more schoolchildren are overweight in China.D. Most Japanese people are healthier
38、than those in other countries.57. What does the writer try to tell us in the passage? A. The importance of losing weight.B. How people keep fit all over the world.C. How many countries have health problem.D. The number of overweight people is growing.D Do you want to become better at making small ta
39、lk with new people? Do you want to become better at networking with others? Nothing will improve your networking ability and your ability to make a successful conversation with other people rather than your curiosity(好奇心 ) about them.When you are curious about other people, you will want to discover
40、 some of the interesting ways that they are similar to you. When you are curious about them, youll also be interested to discover the ways in which they think differently and live differently from you.When you have curiosity about others, you will be much less self-conscious and your conversations w
41、ill work a lot better. Instead of worrying yourself, “What can I say next that wont sound stupid?”, you will be focused on learning more about the other person. Making small talk with strangers can be tricky. Weve all heard the advice that we should pick something out of our immediate environment an
42、d use that as a main point to start our small talk with the other person.Its true that this can be a great starting point for a conversation. However, when you focus too much on discussing things like the weather in your city, you can bring the conversation to a painful end very quickly. The other p
43、erson will sense that you are trying to make a conversation, but that you have no interest in really getting to know him or her.How can you keep small talk from becoming boring?One way is to watch the other person for clues they will give you about what is really 8interesting to them. When you get t
44、hese clues, use them to start making the conversation a bit more about their life, their opinions, and their experiences.After you have had a couple of minutes to break the ice, try looking for ways to make the conversation a little bit more personal. Ask the other person for his or her opinion abou
45、t something that is a bit more personal but not extremely so. The first few minutes of talking to someone new will not be the best time to ask the other person his or her opinion on religious（宗教的） or political（政治的） matters. However, he or she might be happy to discuss his or her favorite team or mus
46、ical band.58. In Paragraph 1, the writer mainly wants to tell us that_.A. curiosity can help us make a good talk B. its hard to make a talk with new peopleC. curiosity helps us know new people quicklyD. its hard to make a successful talk with others59. The underlined word “self-conscious” in Paragra
47、ph 3 probably means_. A. self-centered B. self-controlled C. serious D. nervous60. While carrying on a conversation, we should_. A. think about what wont sound stupidB. show our interests to the other personC. try to learn more about the other person D. discuss things like the weather in the city61.
48、 What is the best title for the passage? A. The way of starting small talk.B. Improving our small talk with curiosity.C. The importance of small talk in our life.D. Improving our relationship through small talk.七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 （共 8 分，每小题 2 分）For most people, summer holidays mean sun,
