初三英语期中考试卷
I．单项选择( 20分) (每小题1分)
( ) 1.______ woman over there is ______ English teacher.
A.The; an
B.The; the
C. An; the
D. An; an
( ) 2. I like playing ______ football which my sister likes playing ______ piano.
A. the; ／
B. ／; the
C.the;the
D. ／; ／
( ) 3.How do people who can’t speak understand one another ? They use ______ to communicate.
A.body language
B.speaking and listening
C.eye contact
D.hand gestures and expressions ( ) 4.These apples taste _______.
A.well
B.good
C.to be nice
D.pretty
( ) 5. Your son is _____ to go to school this year.
enough old B.enough young C.old enough D.young enough
( ) 6.The night was very ______ , so she closed the door _______.
A.quiet; quietly
B.quiet; quickly
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D.quite;quietly
( ) 7.It ______ me two weeks _____ the writing work.
It’s really a hard work.
A.spent; finishing
B.spent; to finish
C.took; to finish
D.took; finishing ( ) 8.How long is our office ? It is ________.
A.five-meters long
B.five-meters-long
C.four meters long
D.five-meter long ( ) 9. We find ______ important for us to learn English well.
That’s why so many Chinese people want to improve their English.
A.it
B.them
C.this
D. That
( ) 10. Children should be praised for good _______.
A.report
B.song
C.behave
D.behaviour
（）11. The voice told Daisy _________ waste water any more.
A. do not to
B. did not to
C. not to
D. not
( ) 12. It is not easy _______ fish using only your hands.
A. catch
B. to catch
C. to catching
D. caught
( ) 13. It’s very nice _____ you to say so.
A. to
B. of
C. with D for
( ) 14. My parents have been in Shenzhen __________ one month.
A. since
B. for
C.in
D. about
( )15.______ does this car cost?
A. How many
B. How much
C. How much dollars
D. How much dollar
( ) 16. There is a beautiful garden outside your house, ___________?
A. are there
B. is there
C. isn’t there
D. aren’t there
( )17.____________ go swimming?
A. Why not you
B. Why not
C.Why don't you
D. Band C
.( ) 18. Snails can walk ______slowly than any other animal.
A. much more
B. very more
C. more much
D. too more
( ) 19.Many people think that 2012 is one of _______ most successful film.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D.／
( ) 20. Have you ________ a fireworks’ display? Yes, I have.
A. see
B. saw
C.sees
D. seen
II. 完形填空( 10分) 阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并将其编号字母填在答题卷上。( 共10 小题, 每小题1分)
Once a clever man said to 21 honest man, “Let’s 22 riddles. If one of us can’t guess, he must give some money to 23 .” He thought he was 24 than the honest man.
“All right,” said the honest man. “But I’m not good at 25 riddles, you know, while you are good at it. If you can’t guess, you should lose fifteen pence, if I can’t, I lose only five pence.”
The clever man thought 26 was hard to him, so he agreed. “OK, who will begin first?” he asked.
“Of course I,” said the honest man. “Listen, there is an animal. It has four legs, two of them can run, 27 two can fly. Tell me what it 28 .”
The clever man thought hard, but he could not guess what it was. He said finally, “I can’t. I’ll have to give you fifteen pence. Tell me no w. What is it?”
The honest man laughed and said, “ I can’t, 29___ . I’ll have to give you five pence.” So the honest man won __30___ pence off the clever man.
( ) 21.A. an B. a C. the D. /
( ) 22.A. to guess B. guessing C. guesses D. guess
( ) 23. A.another B. the other C. others D. other
( ) 24.A. clever B. better C. cleverer D. more honest
( ) 25. A. guessing B. to guess C. guess D. guesses
( ) 26.A.anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
( ) 27.A these B. other C. the other D. those
( ) 28.A.is B. was C. are D. were
( ) 29.A.too B. also C. either D. neither
( ) 30.A. fifteen B. twenty C. five D. Ten
III. 阅读理解( 40分)
阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项,( 共40 小题, 每小题2分)
(A)
Sam dreamed of having a dog as his friend, but mum didn’t let him keep one because there wasn’t room for it at home. His dream came true when a new neighbour, Mr. Brown, moved in with a lovely dog named Bailey. Sam was very happy. After school he played with Bailey and trained her. Sometimes Bailey stared at Sam with her bright eyes that seemed to say “We are best friends.”
One day Sam came home after school. He saw Bailey looking over the fence, whining（呜咽）. Sam dropped
his bag and ran to the fence. In the garden half-lying against the tree was Mr. brown. He had a fall and broke his ankle. Sam called an ambulance immediately. When Mr. Brown was in hospital, Sam looked after Bailey and took her for a walk every day. He also trained Bailey to sit and shake hands with people. At the pet show, Bailey won a prize for the best trained dog. After Mr. Brown came home from hospital, they ate a welcome home cake happily. 31.Was Bailey Sam’s own dog?
A. Yes, it was.
B. No’ it wasn’t
C. It was Sam’s friend
D. It was Mr. Brown’s friend.
32.How did Sam and Bailey become best friends?
A. Sam loves dog very much.
B. They were good neighbours.
C. Bailey was a lovely dog.
D. They played with each other and loved each other.
33. What happened to Mr. Brown?
A. He lost his dog.
B. He cut down a tree.
C. He fell down and broke his ankle.
D. He was looking over the fence, whining.
34. How did Sam know something had happened in the garden?
A. Bailey showed him.
B. Mr. brown was whining in the garden.
C. He saw Mr. Brown half-lying against the tree.
D. Sam got the news on his way home after school.
35. From the story we know ___________.
A. Sam loved his own dog very much.
B. Mr. Brown and Sam trained the dog.
C. Sam and Bailey got a prize at a pet show.
D. dogs can be people’s good friends if we are good to them.
(B)
A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that
the sun was a god（神）. They thought the god drove the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse.
Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun. The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than
a million times larger.
36.A long time ago, people said the sun was _______.
A.a god on a golden horse.
B. a gold horse
C. a god of a golden horse.
D. a god and a gold horse
37. It is true that______.
A. the sun goes round the earth
B. the earth goes round the sun
C. the moon goes round the sun
D. the sun goes round the moon.
38. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is _____.
A. too far away
B. too hot
C. not a planet
D. too heavy and too hot.
39. The earth travels over _____ miles an hour.
A. 1,000
B. 100,00
C. 6,000,00
D. 600,00
40. One year is _____.
A.the time for the earth to turn round.
B.the time the earth travels one thousand miles.
C.one circle the earth goes round the sun.
D.the journey of the earth.
( C)
Humans have four blood types（血型）. They are blood type A, B, O and AB. The table below shows all
41. If both parents are blood type O, then their children must be _________.
A. blood type A
B. blood type B
C. blood type AB
D. blood type O
42. If a father is blood type A and a mother is blood type B, then children’s blood types may be ________.
A. any blood type
B. blood type A and B
C. blood type AB and O
D. blood type A,B and AB