卢湾2012英语一模卷

2012年上海市各区县初三英语一模试题分题型汇总【词汇9选8长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷III. Complete the following passage with the words or expression in the box. Each word can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空格限填一词，每个单词只能填一次)：（共8分）A. phonesB. exceptC. commonD. keepsE. differentF. besidesG. insideH. suggestedI. at the end ofAccording to Xinhua News Agency, 3,000 yellow school buses started their service in Chongqing 51 2011. These school buses are like the ones in the US as we usually see on TV and in movies.The school buses are bright yellow in colour. They are stronger than the army’s cars. They are from the US. The yellow school bus has a big nose. This 52 the students safe when other cars crash into the school bus. The bus also has some devices(设备), such as warning lights and stop signal arm.In the US, yellow school buses are very 53 . There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. Usually, the yellow school buses are free to ride.In China, school buses became popular in the past few years. On the bus, 54 the bus driver, there is always a teacher whose duty is to watch the students. Children usually rest on the bus. Some of them also recite texts. School buses in China are not free. The fee is 55 from school to school.More about yellow school buses in the USYellow became the colour of school buses in 1939. American educator, Frank W. Cyr 56 it. The colour helped other cars to see the buses. In the early morning, the black letters on the yellow bus are easy to see.Kids can listen to music, talk on their 57 or just sleep. But they can’t place things in the aisle(过道). They should keep their heads and arms 58 the bus. It is not a good idea to talk to the bus driver – the driver needs to pay attention to the road.宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷VI. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once. (将下列单词或词组填入空格。

2012年上海市初中毕业统一学业考试英语试卷(满分150分，考试时间100分钟)考生注意：本卷有七大题，共99小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part I Listening(第一部分听力)I．Listening Comprehension(听力理解)：(共30分)A Listen and choose the right picture(根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片)：(6分)1 ______ 2_____ 3_____ 4______ 5 _______ 6______B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear （根据你所听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案10分）7. A) In March. B) In April. C) In May. D) In June.8. A) Once a week. B) Twice a week. C) Once a month. D) Twice a month.9. A) By bus. B) By underground. C) On foot. D) By taxi.10. A) The brown one. B) The blue one. C) The red one. D) The green one.11. A) To watch TV. B) To play football. C) To see a film. D) To hold a match.12. A) In a car park. B) In a post office. C) In a coffee bar. D) In a school hall.13. A) A librarian. B) A shop assistant. C) A secretary. D) A tour guide.14 A) A film. B) A novel. C) A game. D) A person.15. A) Jane should change a bus. B) Jane stayed up too late last night.C) Jane always gets up early. D) Jane used the same excuse again.16. A) Because painting is fun to her. B) Because she is good at painting.C) Because her parents are artists. D) Because she wants to be an artist.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false （判断下列句子是否符合你所听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示共7分）17. Jack was in charge of the sales department in a big company.18. Jack took some work home to complete for a meeting one day.19. While Jack was working, he took several breaks as he was tired.20. In order to make Tim busy, Jack gave him a newspaper to read.21. It took Tim only about four minutes to finish the task from his dad.22. When Tim said he had completed his task, Jack was excited.23. Tim was familiar with the world map so he put it together quicklyD. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences （听对话，完成下列内容。

C. 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): (14分)The Economist Intelligence Unit (《经济学人》情报组) is the world‘s leading resource for economic and business research . Every year, the EIU makes a list of the best cities to live in a__86___the world. It has its own ideas for scoring, for example: Is the city s___87__? Is the air clean? Are the schools good?Melbourne is at the t __88___of the list in every category. people get along well there. Trees and grass c__89___ 40 percent of the city. People ride streetcars (有轨电车) and there aren‘t many cars ,s___90__ the air is clean .As a result, according to the EIU‘s survey, Melbourne is the best city in the world to live in.Vienna is NO.2 on the list. It is the capital of Austria. The city is famous for its culture and art. As ‗the city of music‘, Vienna has a lot of big c___91__.The third city on the list is V ancouver, Canada. It used to be No.1 on the list .But this time , the city got f__92___ points because of its traffic jams .Will it get its place back next year ?宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C) Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)The Empire State Building(帝国大厦) has held a special place in the hearts of Americans since it was completed in 1931.It r___86__ more than 443 metres into the sky. For more than fortyyears , it was the tallest building in the world.It has one hundred and three levels and six thousand five hundred windows. V isitors can ride in one of seventy-three elevators that take them from the b__87__ to very near the top of thebuilding. Some of these elevators are very fast, reaching the eightieth floor in only forty-fiveseconds.The heads of government of almost every n__88___ in the world have visited the Empire State Building. These important people are just a few of million who have ridden to the observation area near the top of the building each year. From there, visitors can see almost all of New Y ork City. They can see the view a __89__ the Hudson River into the state of New Jersey. They can see ships in the East River.Even if you have never visited New Y ork, there is a good chance for you to see the Empire State Building. It has been photographed c __90__ times. It has even played parts in movies. One is about a huge ape(猿)that escapes and climbs to the top of the building. The movie is ―King Kong‖(金刚). It was made in 1933. The Empire State Building also appeared in the love story ―An Affair to Remember‖(金玉盟).Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play a man and a woman who meet and fall in love on a ship. They are looking at the New Y ork City skyline from the ship when they plan a future meeting.More recently, in ―Sleepless in Seattle(西雅图未眠夜)‖，two people in love agree to meet at the Observation Deck on V alentine‘s Day(情人节). B__91__ do arrive, but one is a little later. They almost m __92___each other.In the early nineteen seventies, the Empire State Building lost its place as the tallest building in New Y ork. People in the city then had the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center to look up to. Tragically that all changed on the morning of September 11,2001. Terrorists hijacked(劫持) passenger airplanes into the Twin Towers and destroyed them. The Empire State Building again has become the city‘s tallest building.C．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)：(14分)What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will most p 86 be the TV! Y oung people would certainly choose the TV, but you will be surprised to find out that the older o 87 will at least hesitate about choosing it. Why is this? Are the books not as interesting as they used to be? Is it that the world has changed so much in recent years that our habits are not the same anymore?Nowadays many people have no interest in literature(文学). This may be a possible explanation. Another r 88 might be the change of lifestyle (生活方式). We are more 1 89 to visit a club or a bar to relax ourselves after a long day's work, rather than read a book in the comfort of our own homes. People are more outgoing than they used to be. All the stress(压力)of work makes us want a quick relaxing means. Perhaps, most of us do not have the patience to read anymore. It is much s 90 to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature!With all the TV programs, every one of us can find an interesting show or movie to watch. What'sbetter than getting into b 91 with the remote control(遥控器) and falling asleep whenever youwish? Y ou are the master of all the TV programs. The only disadvantage is that TV will never p 92 youwith all the facts that a book can do. TV is much more superficial (肤浅的)than books, even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment!奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the 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)：（14分）A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these ―woods‖.Elephants, tigers and many o__86__ animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the animals began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and r__87__ pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed fire to keep t__88__ warm in winter, to cook their food and to drive away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly d___89__because there was not enough food for them. So did most of the wolves and tigers.Y ou might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong e__90__ in the zoos, but there are still about 36 different animals living there. One of the most lovely of Hong Kong‘s animals is the barking deer. There are beautiful little animals w__91__ a rich brown coat and a white patch under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet high. They make a noise rather like a dog barking. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one r__92__enemy- men. People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(犯法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important for people to protect these wild animals.虹口区2011学年度第一学期初三年级英语学科期终教学质量监控测试题C．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)：(14分)What are the most popular shoes in the world? Sneakers, of course! Almost everybody o 86at least one pair of sneaker. But, how many people know the history of the sneaker?Sneakers were first introduced around the b 87 of the 20th century. The sneaker was invented when a shoe company glued a piece of rubber to the shoetop. They called it an athletic(运动的)shoe.In 1917, U.S.Rubber sold athletic shoes called Keds. The shoes became known as“sneakers,‖because they were so q 88 that you could sneak up on (偷偷接近) people while wearing them.For many years, sneakers only came in one c 89 choice-and it wasn‘t white. They were brown with black bottoms.The way sneakers looked changed in the early 1960s. A runner named Phil Knight and hiscoach, Bill Bowerman, decided to make them b 90 . They made some experiments to find a light, comfortable athletic shoe, and went into the sneaker business.One day, Bowerman stuck a piece of rubber into a waffle maker (华夫饼制造器)．W 91 he heated it up, the ironmade a pattern of criss-crosses(十字图案)in the rubber. Bowerman was inspired to use this on thesole(鞋底) of a shoe to give the shoe traction(摩擦力)and a lighter weight. He knew that thisrubber wouldn't slip on the gym floor.The two men named their shoes Nike, after a Greek goddess. Nike was a symbol of victory. From then o 92 , Nike shoes became winners, too. They were sold in many different colors and styles and have sold millions and millions all around the world.黄浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)I came into a village and I saw a policeman standing outside the post office and reading something carefully. He looked up at the car, w___86__ into the road, and held up a hand to stop me.I a__87___ stopped, but then I realized that the policeman had been reading about me. I supposed the police at the hotel had worked quickly, and called all the local villages. I drove faster, the policeman jumped out of my way, and I was soon out of the village.I left the main road as soon as possible and tried a smaller one. It was not easy without a map, and I realized that I had been so s___88___ to steal the car. It would help the police to find me in any corner of Scotland. If I left it, and went off on foot, they would find me in an hour or two.I was very hungry; I had eaten n__89__ since morning. And now, as I drove, I heard a noise in the sky, and there wasa plane. I drove as fast as I could down into another town. Suddenly, a car appeared in front of me from a s__90___road. There was no time to stop. I did the only thing possible and drove off the road into a fence, hoping to hit something soft beyond. But I was out of good l___91__. The car went through the fence like a knife through butter, and immediately began to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree, while the car disappeared into a river fifteen meters below.A hand helped me out of the tree, and a frightened voice asked me if I was badly hurt. The speaker was a young man who was very sorry. I was more p__92___ than angry; it was a good way for the car to disappear.嘉定区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：（14分）As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn aboutd__86___ kinds of cultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today,however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most museums, the design museum shows objectsthat are e__87___found in bur daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.The advantage of design museums is mat they are places where people feel f 88 with the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s 89 feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design has i 90 the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understandingSeveral new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing i 91 in the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museum seem m 92 less strict than those to art museum, and visitors may also sense(感觉到) the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive joys collected from our everyday life.金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)Now students‘ English handwriting (书法)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel w__86__. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!◆Use paper with linesUsing paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you writeEnglish words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the r__87__ size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.◆Slow downIf your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it‘s hard for you to stop where you should, and even w__88__, you may make more mistakes.◆Hold your pencil rightWhen you hold your pencil in a correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try t o be relaxed and don‘t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good h___89__.◆Draw more picturesDrawing can improve your handwriting. Y ou need to use the skills to c__ 90__ your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y__91___ at home.Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f__92__ run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course.静安区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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）：（14分）Are you eager to be a person who has a good memory? People who enjoy their wonderfulmemory often do well in their studies and work. These people only have to spend a fewm__86___ on a page and will keep what they read in mind. Here are some things you can doto improve your memory. Try these:Be more observant(善于观察的). Some people who said to have a bad memory don'tr__87___ have memory problems. They just don't take time to notice the details. If you pay moreattention to the details. you're sure to have a much clearer memory of events. A little exercisethat you could do is to p___88___ memorizing lists of things, such as the things you are going to buy in a supermarket, or even the ingredients(原料)printed on your biscuit box.Do more activities such as puzzles, word g__89___, and learn a new language. These activities will further improve your brain functions and will help you improve your memory.Try to have more free time. When you are t___90___, probably you are to have a weaker focus. Find ways to get rid of stress, so your brain will be clearer and ready to have new i___91___.Get enough sleeping hours. Y ou need at least seven hours of sleep every night. Give your brain cells a chance to r___92__ the damage done by a day's tiring work. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains. Do your best to be healthy, and these foods help you improve your memory.卢湾区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have. It is important to remember that the body needs properc 86 in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Y our body cannot work well if it doesn'treceive the proper kind of "fuel". Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty offoods which are h 87 in protein(蛋白质), like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. V egetables and fruits arevery important because they p 88 necessary vitamins and minerals (矿物质) . However, don't eattoo much. It is not helpful to be overweight.Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you will feeltired and get angry e 89 . Y ou will have no energy. So, be sure to have seven to nine h 90 of sleep each night. It you do, your body will feel strong.F 91 get plenty of exercise. Exercise makes the body strong and prevents you from putting on weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably i 92 your life-span (寿命) 1 Doing exercises is not only good for your body, but it is fun and enjoyable, too.If you eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, you will all live to be much older and wiser.闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)A television news story has led to the reunion twin sisters who were separated at birth 28 years ago. Nina Rosario and Alic ia Torres were born in 1980 in Mendoza, Argentina(阿根廷). Their mother, an unmarried 21-year-old, was unabl e to take care of the twins and l___86___ them at an orphanage(孤儿院).The two girls were adopted by different families. They both are the only child in the new family and grew up not knowing that she had a twin sister. However, they both had a feeling that something was missing. Nina says, ―I felt l__87__ growing up but I didn‘t know why.‖While Nina was doing some housework last week, something on a local news programme caught her eye. It wasAlicia being interviewed by a reporter. ―I couldn‘t believe it. It was like looking at a mirror.‖Nina couldn‘t wait any longer. She contacted(联系)the TV station i___88__, and asked the reporter about the mystery woman. ―I found out that the woman was Alicia Torres, an artist from Buenos Aires. I got her contact details from the reporter and sent her an e-mail w__89___ some photos of myself.‖After receiving the e-mail, Alicia called Nina and a___90___ a meeting. The reunion took place at Cordoba Airport. ―It was an incredible feeling to see my twin sister walking towards me. We hugged and cried from joy,‖ recalls Alicia.The twins were amazed that they shared so many life e___91___: both had studied art at a university and married young. In addition, they have the same sense of humour; in fact, they both like the same favourite film – the comedy, Wedding Crashers.Even though the sisters were happy to find that they have a lot in common, they were also relieved(放松的) not to be ―exact c___92___.‖ Nina explains, ―We look alike and have similar interests, yet we each have our own style. Alicia is more fashionable that me, more outgoing and sociable.‖浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Each Indian tribe(部落) had a different language. Many Indians never learned any languagee__86__ their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each? They had twoways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.Sign language is a way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way,they could find out w__87__ the stranger was a friend or an enemy.Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To makesignals, an Indian might use a pony(小马). He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows(箭) .To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r__88__ his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c__89__ of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing (摇动)the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.He could also send many signals with a mirror to w__90__ someone or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o__91__ when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on i t. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he r__92__ the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other's language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.普陀区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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):(14分)Anyone who has a dog as a pet will tell you why the dog is called 'man's best friend'. "They are loyal, funny andloving. They seldom complain and always o 86 their owners," said Mary Smith of Washington D.C.Doctors will also tell you that people who have dogs seem to be happier and healthier than those who live a 87 . One reason for this is that people with dogs lead more active lives. Who can say no to a lovely dog when he pulls on your arm and asks yon to take him for a walk?Dogs are really amazing animals. They not only offer emotional (情感的) support but also p 88 great help for humans. Think about guide dogs for blind people, or dogs that help people in wheelchairs.However, it is the emotional side of owning a dog that has been studied in detail by Dr Julie Davis of Chicago University. "B 89 every dog lover there is a story," says Dr. Davis. "Why do people love their dogs so much? if you hear their stories, it's not difficult to understand why. "Dr. Davis has studied the r 90 between dogs and people for the last ten years. "I have spoken to people in parks, pet stores, and veterinary (兽医的) offices, as well as stopping people in the street. I have interviewed office workers and farmers, policemen and construction workers," says Dr Davis. "E 91 wants to talk about their dogs. Many people said they cried much more when their dogs died than when their parents did. They said the sadness was much d 92 . People are finding animals are more reliable than human beings. People tell me all the time that they get more emotional support from their dogs than they do from their husbands or wives."青浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Carla was riding the bus with her elder brother, Brian. It was pretty hot outside, so they decided to get o 86 the bus and buy some cold drinks. They got their refreshments(活力恢复) and took a walk down the street.As they waited at the crosswalk, they saw a wonderful new car come up. As they admired(羡慕) the car, the passenger door opened a bit and an empty juice b 87 rolled out. Then the light turned green and the car sped off.Carla and Brain could hardly believe it. Who would put trash(垃圾) in the middle of the street? Brian n 88 all the other trash in the street and on sidewalks. He explained to Carla how muchhe hated litter and how lazy it was to be a "Jitterbug" (垃圾虫). They decided that they had to get their neighbourhood cleaned up.When they got home, Carla and Brian wrote a letter.They suggested that the city put p 89 trash cans in every comer. They described how they felt about people littering in their town. They wrote that they wanted to see the streets and sidewalks cleaned up. They e 90 asked everyone in the neighbourhood to sign the letter. Then Brian sent it to the mayor (市长).A few weeks later, Brian told Carla he wanted to s 91 her something. He took his sister for a walk up the street. What do you think they saw? There were new trash cans on every corner and hardly any litter on the sidewalks!The mayor had listened to them. Carla and Brian were happy and p 92 They decided they would always help keep their town clean.松江区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students c (86) small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers andplay music 1 ( 87) as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the n (88) about sports, the weather, and activities of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio starts to use in every state. Once the popular signer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the m (89) from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the signer has become a national s (90) .There are o ( 91) kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was done by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, a (92) music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.徐汇区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)For years I wanted a flower garden. I‘d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together. But when we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five c__86___. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that c ost too much, and I‘d have to say,‖ Do you see a m__87___ tree outside? Mo ney doesn‘t grow on trees, you know.‖Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their o__88__. I stared thinking again about having a garden. I wasn‘t sur e, though. I mean, gardens cost money.Then, one spring morning, on Mother‘s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, realized that there must be something u___89___outside there because a group of people were gathering at the gate. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow(垂柳树), because I saw things b__90___around on it .Then I put my glasses on - and I couldn‘t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard!I went outside to look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree. There was also a note writing :‖Y ou also have my eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin.‖Marvin kept his p__91___, too. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen foot flower bed for my. And my other children bought me tools, pipes, flower seeds and gardening books.That was three years ago. My garden‘s now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don‘t seem to m__92___my children as muc h as I once did. It feels like they‘re right there with me.I‘m still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!杨浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)I didn't cry when I learned I was the parent of a disabled (残疾的) child."Go ahead and cry," the doctor advised kindly, but I couldn't cry then, nor during the days that followed.When Jenny was old enough, I sent her to a kindergarten. On the first morning, Jenny spent hours playing by herself. It seemed that she felt very l 86 .However, to my joy, Jenny's classmates always encouraged her, "Y ou got all your spelling words righttoday!" In fact her spelling list was the e 87 . Later, she faced a very painful problem —at the end of the term, there was a game which had something to do with physical education. But Jenny was way behind in it.My husband and I were anxious (忧虑)about die day. I wanted to keep her home. Why let Jenny fail in a gymnasium filled with parents, students and teachers? What a simple s 88 ! But my heart wouldn't let me off that easily. So I pushed a pale, unwilling Jenny onto the school bus.At the kindergarten, I was quite worried because of her s 89 action, Jenny would probably hold up (阻碍) her team. The game went on well until it was time for the sack (麻袋) race. Surely Jenny would find it difficult. Now each child had to climb into a sack, jump to the finishing line, return and climb out of the sack. I noticed Jenny standing near the end of her line of players.But as it was her turn to join, a c 90 took place in her team. The tallest boy behind Jenny placed his hands on her waist (腰). Two other boys stood ahead of her. The moment the player before Jenny stepped out from the sack, those two boys picked up the sack quickly and held it open while the tall boy lifted Jenny and dropped her into it. A girl in front of Jenny took her hand and s 91 her until Jenny gained her balance. Then she jumped forward, smiling and proud.In the cheers of teachers, schoolmates and parents, I silently thanked Heaven for the warm, understanding people in life who make it p 92 for my disabled daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally cried.闸北区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格里填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：（共14分）In 2008, an Indian film Slumdog Millionaire(《贫民窟的百万富翁》) won an Oscar award. It tells the story of a poor young man w__86__ wins the top prize on a TV game show. Now, in r __87__ life, there is a ―slumdog millionaire‖ too. An Indian office worker has b__88__ the first person to win the＄1 million top prize on the Indian TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire.The w__89__ , Sushil Kumar, is 27 years old. He works as a computer operator in agovernment office. He earns around only $120 every month. His house is almost broken down and he had a lot of loans (贷款) to be repaired. He e__90___ watched the TV game show at a neighbour‘s house, because his family is too poor to afford a television set.People are interested in how Kumar will use the prize. Kumar said that he was going to r__91___ his house and fulfill a few basic needs. He would also use part of the prize to study for the civil service(公务员)exams. ―I love r___92___,‖ Kumar said in an interview after his win. ―Before winning the prize, I couldn‘t buy many books, but now, I will make a huge library.‖长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷·参考答案86. around 87. safe 88. top 89. cover 90. so 91. concerts 92. fewer宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷·参考答案86. reaches 87. bottom 88. nation 89. across 90. countless 91. Both 92. miss。

1.范围在…和…之间between…andfrom…torange in age from 5 to 10 2.six other students= six othersanother six students3.what you do matters. What matters is not…but….重要的不是…而是…What matters is not the result but the process. What matters is notwhether he has succeeded but how hard he is during the process.4.at the end of 过去by the end of 完成5.现在完成时since 一般过去时It has been ten years since Iarrived in SH.6.Internet has been the most important progress since personal computer was invented.7.have no choice but to do8.do nothing but do9.can’t help but do10.including sthsth. included11.prove to be true12.sign your name /signature13.refer to 牵涉，谈到=mention14.旅游胜地 a place of interest15.tourist attraction16.追溯到date back to17.meet sb. at the station18.baby sitterpet sitter19.Because different people want to use them in different areas.20.Smoking is illegal in public.It’s illegal to smoke in public places/areas.21.be absorbed inread a bookI was absorbed in readinga book, and I didn’t hear the mobile/cell phone wasringing.22.take upa sense of humor/ responsibility/satisfaction be worth doingTaking up a job that is worth doing can give people a sense of satisfaction mentally. 23.give sb. a chance to do sth.China Talent Show attracted thousands of people of all ages,because it gave ordinary people chances to show themselves.。

闵行区1. B2. D3. A4. B5. C6. C7. D8. C9. D 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. C 15.A 16.B17. accident 18. broken 19. wet 20. lady21. Modern East Asia 22. biology 23. 3rd 24. share the book / split the cost 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. D41. C 42. A 43. F 44. D 45. H 46. I 47. E 48. J 49. B 50. C 51. D 52. B 53. C 54. A 55. B 56. A 57. C 58. D 59. B 60. A 61. C 62. B 63. A 64. D65. C 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. B 71. D 72. C 73. A 74. D75. B76.B 77. D 78. C 79. A 80. E81. in reality independent and private (actually)82. only a small number of children are studying there83. Because it is required by law.84. Because they have great influence on English education and society.第II卷I. Translation1. It is necessary for us to make a plan before we start.2. It is/ has been ten years since China joined WTO.3. This is a newly released / the newest mobile phone, and I am not quite familiar with some of the functions.4. Although the singer is not well recognized/received by the audience (popular with the audience), he sticks to his own singing style.5. Having experienced / After we have experienced failure after failure, we realize that there is no shortcut in doing anything and we won’t succeed unless we work hard.奉贤区II. Grammar and vocabulary25—29 CBBAB 30—34 CADDB 35—39 CBC(B)DC 40 C41—45 GHCAJ 46—49 FBEIIII. Reading50—54 BDCAB 55—59 BBCCC 60—64 AACCA65—68 BDCC 69—71 BDA 72—75 ADAB76—80 ACEFB81. chemicals in the brain82. they needed more junk food to stimulate their pleasure centers/ needed more brain stimulationto feel good83. By delivering a small electrical charge to the rats’ brains.84. To understand the role the brain plays in obesity/ how chemicals in the brain contribute toobesity.Translation:1.We had better take/do exercise/ exercise every day.2. Don’t hesitate to contact me/get in touch /make contact with me if you need more/any furtherinformation.3. The total amount of the export this year has increased by three times, compared with/to that ofthe same time last year.4. It is essential/necessary for students to participate in social activity/practice (in order) to learnsomething that they can’t get in class.5. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they can communicate with adults through facial expressions and by making noises.Children can communicate with adults through facial expressions and by making noises long before they are able to speak or understand a language.长宁ection A: 单选部分题目比较基础，难度基本与高考持平，甚至略简单。

2012年上海市各区县初三英语一模试题分题型汇总【首字母填空】长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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): (14分)The Economist Intelligence Unit (《经济学人》情报组) is the world’s leading resource for economic and business research . Every year, the EIU makes a list of the best cities to live in a__86___the world. It has its own ideas for scoring, for example: Is the city s___87__? Is the air clean? Are the schools good?Melbourne is at the t __88___of the list in every category. people get along well there. Trees and grass c__89___ 40 percent of the city. People ride streetcars (有轨电车) and there aren’t many cars ,s___90__ the air is clean .As a result, according to the EIU’s survey, Melbourne is the best city in the world to live in.Vienna is NO.2 on the list. It is the capital of Austria. The city is famous for its culture and art. As ‘the city of music’, Vienna has a lot of big c___91__.The third city on the list is Vancouver, Canada. It used to be No.1 on the list .But this time , the city got f__92___ points because of its traffic jams .Will it get its place back next year ?宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C) Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)The Empire State Building(帝国大厦) has held a special place in the hearts of Americans since it was completed in 1931.It r___86__ more than443 metres into the sky. For more than forty years , it was the tallestbuilding in the world.It has one hundred and three levels and six thousand five hundred windows. Visitors can ride in one of seventy-three elevators that take themfrom the b__87__ to very near the top of the building. Some of theseelevators are very fast, reaching the eightieth floor in only forty-fiveseconds.The heads of government of almost every n__88___ in the world have visited the Empire State Building. These important people are just a few of million who have ridden to the observation area near the top of the building each year. From there, visitors can see almost all of New York City. They can see the view a __89__ the Hudson River into the state of New Jersey. They can see ships in the East River.Even if you have never visited New York, there is a good chance for you to see the Empire State Building. It has been photographed c __90__ times. It has even played parts in movies. One is about a huge ape(猿)that escapes and climbs to the top of the building. The movie is “King Kong”(金刚). It was made in 1933. The Empire State Building also appeared in the love story “AnAffair to Remember”(金玉盟).Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play a man and a woman who meet and fall in love on a ship. They are looking at the New York City skyline from the ship when they plan a future meeting.More recently, in “Sleepless in Seattle(西雅图未眠夜)”，two people in love agree to meet at the Observation Deck on Valentine’s Day(情人节). B__91__ do arrive, but one is a little later. They almost m __92___each other.In the early nineteen seventies, the Empire State Building lost its place as the tallest building in New York. People in the city then had the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center to look up to. Tragically that all changed on the morning of September 11,2001. Terrorists hijacked(劫持) passenger airplanes into the Twin Towers and destroyed them. The Empire State Building again has become the city’s tallest building.崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C．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)：(14分)What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will most p 86 be the TV! Young people would certainly choose the TV, but you will be surprised to find out that the older o 87 will at least hesitate about choosing it. Why is this? Are the books not as interesting as they used to be? Is it that the world has changed so much in recent years that our habits are not the same anymore?Nowadays many people have no interest in literature(文学). This may be a possible explanation. Another r 88 might be the change of lifestyle (生活方式). We are more 1 89 to visit a club or a bar to relax ourselves after a long day's work, rather than read a book in the comfort of our own homes. People are more outgoing than they used to be. All the stress(压力)of work makes us want a quick relaxing means. Perhaps, most of us do not have the patience to read anymore. It is much s 90 to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature!With all the TV programs, every one of us can find an interesting show or movie to watch. What'sbetter than getting into b 91 with the remote control(遥控器) and falling asleep whenever youwish? You are the master of all the TV programs. The only disadvantage is that TV will never p 92 youwith all the facts that a book can do. TV is much more superficial (肤浅的)than books, even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment!奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the 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)：（14分）A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left,though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these “woods”.Elephants, tigers and many o__86__ animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the animals began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and r__87__ pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed fire to keep t__88__ warm in winter, to cook their food and to drive away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly d___89__because there was not enough food for them. So did most of the wolves and tigers.You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong e__90__ in the zoos, but there are still about 36 different animals living there. One of the most lovely of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. There are beautiful little animals w__91__ a rich brown coat and a white patch under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet high. They make a noise rather like a dog barking. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one r__92__enemy- men. People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(犯法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important for people to protect these wild animals.虹口区2011学年度第一学期初三年级英语学科期终教学质量监控测试题C．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)：(14分)What are the most popular shoes in the world? Sneakers, of course! Almost everybody o 86 at least one pair of sneaker. But, how many people know the history of the sneaker?Sneakers were first introduced around the b 87 of the 20th century. The sneaker was invented when a shoe company glued a piece of rubber to the shoetop. They called it an athletic(运动的)shoe.In 1917, U.S.Rubber sold athletic shoes called Keds. The shoes became known as“sneakers,”because they were so q 88 that you could sneak up on (偷偷接近) people while wearing them.For many years, sneakers only came in one c 89 choice-and it wasn’t white. They were brown with black bottoms.The way sneakers looked changed in the early 1960s. A runner named Phil Knight and his coach, Bill Bowerman, decided to make them b 90 . They made some experiments to find a light, comfortable athletic shoe, and went into the sneaker business.One day, Bowerman stuck a piece of rubber into a waffle maker (华夫饼制造器)．W 91 he heated it up, the iron made a pattern of criss-crosses(十字图案)in therubber. Bowerman was inspired to use this on the sole(鞋底) of a shoe togive the shoe traction(摩擦力)and a lighter weight. He knew that thisrubber wouldn't slip on the gym floor.The two men named their shoes Nike, after a Greek goddess. Nike was a symbol of victory. From then o 92 , Nike shoes became winners, too. They were sold in many different colors and styles and have sold millions and millions all around the world.黄浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)I came into a village and I saw a policeman standing outside the post office and reading something carefully. He looked up at the car, w___86__ into the road, and held up a hand to stop me.I a__87___ stopped, but then I realized that the policeman had been reading about me. I supposed the police at the hotel had worked quickly, and called all the local villages. I drove faster, the policeman jumped out of my way, and I was soon out of the village.I left the main road as soon as possible and tried a smaller one. It was not easy without a map, and I realized that I had been so s___88___ to steal the car. It would help the police to find me in any corner of Scotland. If I left it, and went off on foot, they would find me in an hour or two.I was very hungry; I had eaten n__89__ since morning. And now, as I drove, I heard a noise in the sky, and there was a plane. I drove as fast as I could down into another town. Suddenly, a car appeared in front of me from a s__90___road. There was no time to stop. I did the only thing possible and drove off the road into a fence, hoping to hit something soft beyond. But I was out of good l___91__. The car went through the fence like a knife through butter, and immediately began to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree, while the car disappeared into a river fifteen meters below.A hand helped me out of the tree, and a frightened voice asked me if I was badly hurt. The speaker was a young man who was very sorry. I was more p__92___ than angry; it was a good way for the car to disappear.嘉定区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：（14分）As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For example,art museums are places where people can learn about d__86___ kinds ofcultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today,however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most museums, the designmuseum shows objects that are e__87___found in bur daily life, such asfridges and washing machines.The advantage of design museums is mat they are places where people feel f 88 with the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s 89 feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design has i 90 the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understandingSeveral new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing i 91 in the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museum seem m 92 less strict than those to art museum, and visitors may also sense(感觉到) the humorous part ofour society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive joys collected from our everyday life.金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)Now students’ English handwriting (书法)gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel w__86__. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!◆Use paper with linesUsing paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the r__87__ size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.◆Slow downIf your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even w__88__, you may make more mistakes.◆Hold your pencil rightWhen you hold your pencil in a correct way, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try t o be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good h___89__.◆Draw more picturesDrawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to c__ 90__ your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by y__91___ at home.Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your f__92__ run up to you? Give them your autographs(亲笔签名), of course.静安区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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）：（14分）Are you eager to be a person who has a good memory? People who enjoy their wonderful memory often do well in their studies and work. These people only have to spend a fewm__86___ on a page and will keep what they read in mind. Here are some things you can doto improve your memory. Try these:Be more observant(善于观察的). Some people who said to have a bad memory don'tr__87___ have memory problems. They just don't take time to notice the details. If you pay more attention to the details. you're sure to have a much clearer memory of events. A little exercise that you could do is to p___88___ memorizing lists of things, such as the things you are going tobuy in a supermarket, or even the ingredients(原料)printed on your biscuit box.Do more activities such as puzzles, word g__89___, and learn a new language. These activities will further improve your brain functions and will help you improve your memory.Try to have more free time. When you are t___90___, probably you are to have a weaker focus. Find ways to get rid of stress, so your brain will be clearer and ready to have new i___91___.Get enough sleeping hours. You need at least seven hours of sleep every night. Give your brain cells a chance to r___92__ the damage done by a day's tiring work. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and grains. Do your best to be healthy, and these foods help you improve your memory.卢湾区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷C. 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)：(14分)Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have. It is important to remember that the body needs properc 86 in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well if it doesn't receive the proper kind of "fuel". Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods which are h 87 in protein(蛋白质), like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they p 88 necessary vitamins and minerals (矿物质) . However, don't eat too much. It is not helpful to be overweight.Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you will feel tired and get angry e 89 . You will have no energy. So, be sure to have seven to nine h 90 of sleep each night. It you do, your body will feel strong.F 91 get plenty of exercise. Exercise makes the body strong and prevents you from putting on weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably i 92 your life-span (寿命) 1 Doing exercises is not only good for your body, but it is fun and enjoyable, too.If you eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, you will all live to be much older and wiser.闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)A television news story has led to the reunion twin sisters who were separated at birth 28 years ago. Nina Rosario and Alicia Torres were born in 1980 in Mendoza, Argentina(阿根廷). Their mother, an unmarried 21-year-old, was unable to take care of the twins and l___86___ them at an orphanage(孤儿院).The two girls were adopted by different families. They both are the only child in the newfamily and grew up not knowing that she had a twin sister. However, they both had a feeling that something was missing. Nina says, “I felt l__87__ growing up but I didn’t know why.”While Nina was doing some housework last week, something on a local news programme caught her eye. It was Alicia being interviewed by a reporter. “I couldn’t believe it. It was like looking at a mirror.” Nina couldn’t wait any longer. She contacted(联系)the TV station i___88__, and asked the reporter about the mystery woman. “I found out that the woman was Alicia Torres, an artist from Buenos Aires. I got her contact details from the reporter and sent her an e-mail w__89___ some photos of myself.”After receiving the e-mail, Alicia called Nina and a___90___ a meeting. The reunion took place at Cordoba Airport. “It was an incredible feeling to see my twin sister walking towards me. We hugged and cried from joy,” recalls Alicia.The twins were amazed that they shared so many life e___91___: both had studied art at a university and married young. In addition, they have the same sense of humour; in fact, they both like the same favourite film – the comedy, Wedding Crashers.Even though the sisters were happy to find that they have a lot in common, they were also relieved(放松的) not to be “exact c___92___.”Nina explains, “We look alike and have similar interests, yet we each have our own style. Alicia is more fashionable that me, more outgoing and sociable.”浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Each Indian tribe(部落) had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language e__86__ their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each? They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.Sign language is a way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w__87__ the stranger was a friend or an enemy.Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To makesignals, an Indian might use a pony(小马). He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows(箭) .To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r__88__ his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c__89__ of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing (摇动) the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.He could also send many signals with a mirror to w__90__ someone or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o__91__ when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he r__92__ the blanketfrom the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.Now you can see that Indians didn't need to learn each other's language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.普陀区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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):(14分)Anyone who has a dog as a pet will tell you why the dog is called 'man's best friend'. "They are loyal, funny and loving. They seldom complain and always o 86 their owners," said Mary Smith of Washington D.C.Doctors will also tell you that people who have dogs seem to be happier and healthier than those who live a 87 . One reason for this is that people with dogs lead more active lives. Who can say no to a lovely dog when he pulls on your arm and asks yon to take him for a walk?Dogs are really amazing animals. They not only offer emotional (情感的) support but also p 88 great help for humans. Think about guide dogs for blind people, or dogs that help people in wheelchairs.However, it is the emotional side of owning a dog that has been studied in detail by Dr Julie Davis of Chicago University. "B 89 every dog lover there is a story," says Dr. Davis. "Why do people love their dogs so much? if you hear their stories, it's not difficult to understand why. "Dr. Davis has studied the r 90 between dogs and people for the last ten years. "I have spoken to people in parks, pet stores, and veterinary (兽医的) offices, as well as stopping people in the street. I have interviewed office workers and farmers, policemen and construction workers," says Dr Davis. "E 91 wants to talk about their dogs. Many people said they cried much more when their dogs died than when their parents did. They said the sadness was much d 92 . People are finding animals are more reliable than human beings. People tell me all the time that they get more emotional support from their dogs than they do from their husbands or wives."青浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Carla was riding the bus with her elder brother, Brian. It was pretty hot outside, so they decided to get o 86 the bus and buy some cold drinks. They got their refreshments(活力恢复) and took a walk down the street.As they waited at the crosswalk, they saw a wonderful new car come up. As they admired(羡慕) the car, the passenger door opened a bit and an empty juice b 87 rolled out. Then the light turned green and the car sped off.Carla and Brain could hardly believe it. Who would put trash(垃圾) in the middle of the street? Brian n 88 a ll the other trash in the street and on sidewalks. He explained to Carla how muchhe hated litter and how lazy it was to be a "Jitterbug" (垃圾虫). They decided that they had to get their neighbourhood cleaned up.When they got home, Carla and Brian wrote a letter.They suggested that the city put p 89 trash cans in every comer. They described how they felt about people littering in their town. They wrote that they wanted to see the streets and sidewalks cleaned up. They e 90 asked everyone in the neighbourhood to sign the letter. Then Brian sent it to the mayor (市长).A few weeks later, Brian told Carla he wanted to s 91 her something. He took his sister for a walk up the street. What do you think they saw? There were new trash cans on every corner and hardly any litter on the sidewalks!The mayor had listened to them. Carla and Brian were happy and p 92 They decided they would always help keep their town clean.松江区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students c (86) small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music 1 ( 87) as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the n (88) about sports, the weather, and activities of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio starts to use in every state. Once the popular signer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the m (89) from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the signer has become a national s (90) .There are o ( 91) kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was done by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, a (92) music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.徐汇区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)For years I wanted a flower garden. I’d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together. But when we had Matthew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa andAlan. And then Helen. Five c__86___. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.Money was tight, as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say,” Do you see a m__87___ tree outside? Mo ney doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their o__88__. I stared thinking again about having a garden. I wasn’t sur e, though. I mean, gardens cost money.Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, realized that there must be something u___89___outside there because a group of people were gathering at the gate. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow(垂柳树), because I saw things b__90___around on it .Then I put my glasses on - and I couldn’t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard!I went outside to look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree. There was also a note writing :”You also have my eight hours of digging time. Love, Marvin.”Marvin kept his p__91___, too. He dug up a nice ten-by-fifteen foot flower bed for my. And my other children bought me tools, pipes, flower seeds and gardening books.That was three years ago. My garden’s now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don’t seem to m__92___my children as much as I once did. It feels like they’re right there with me.I’m still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!杨浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷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)：(14分)I didn't cry when I learned I was the parent of a disabled (残疾的) child."Go ahead and cry," the doctor advised kindly, but I couldn't cry then, nor during the days that followed.When Jenny was old enough, I sent her to a kindergarten. On the first morning, Jenny spent hours playing by herself. It seemed that she felt very l 86 .However, to my joy, Jenny's classmates always encouraged her, "You got all your spelling words right today!" In fact her spelling list was the e 87 . Later, she faced a very painful problem—at the end of the term, there was a game which had something to do with physical education. But Jenny was way behind in it.My husband and I were anxious (忧虑)about die day. I wanted to keep her home. Why let Jenny fail in a gymnasium filled with parents, students and teachers? What a simple s 88 ! But my heart wouldn't let me off that easily. So I pushed a pale, unwilling Jenny onto the school bus.At the kindergarten, I was quite worried because of her s 89 action, Jenny would probably hold up (阻碍) her team. The game went on well until it was time for the sack (麻袋) race. Surely Jenny would find it difficult. Now each child had to climb into a sack, jump to the finishing line, return and climb out of the sack. I noticed Jenny standing near the end of her line of players.But as it was her turn to join, a c 90 took place in her team. The tallest boy behind Jenny。

2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently.The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians.Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court’s reputation for being independentand impartial.Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes itless likely that the court’s decisi ons will be _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is thatthe justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to the codeof conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary.This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_between the court andpolitics.The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. Theygave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no needto _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics preciselybecause they are so closely _14_.Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_ isinescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to thecode of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_,convincing as law.1. [A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify [D] recognize2. [A]when [B]lest [C]before [D] unless3. [A]restored [B]weakened [C]established [D] eliminated4. [A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected [D] accepted5. [A]advanced [B]caught [C]bound [D]founded6. [A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone7. [A]resorts [B]sticks [C]loads [D]applies8. [A]evade [B]raise [C]deny [D]settle9. [A]line [B]barrier [C]similarity [D]conflict10. [A]by [B]as [C]though [D]towards11. [A]so [B]since [C]provided [D]though12. [A]serve [B]satisfy [C]upset [D]replace13. [A]confirm [B]express [C]cultivate [D]offer14. [A]guarded [B]followed [C]studied [D]tied15. [A]concepts [B]theories [C]divisions [D]conceptions16. [A]excludes [B]questions [C]shapes [D]controls17. [A]dismissed [B]released [C]ranked [D]distorted18. [A]suppress [B]exploit [C]address [D]ignore19. [A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable [D]accountable20. [A]by all mesns [B]atall costs [C]in a word [D]as a resultSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Come on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is w hat most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising，and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthyhabits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.” Dare to be d ifferent, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pre ssure so powerful. The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day. Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It’s like the teacher w ho breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.21. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as[A] a supplement to the social cure[B] a stimulus to group dynamics[C] an obstacle to school progress[D] a cause of undesirable behaviors22. Rosenberg holds that public advocates should[A] recruit professional advertisers[B] learn from advertisers’ experience[C] stay away from commercial advertisers[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements23. In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to[A] adequately probe social and biological factors[B] effectively evade the flaws of the social cure[C] illustrate the functions of state funding[D]produce a long-lasting social effect24. Paragraph 5shows that our imitation of behaviors[A] is harmful to our networks of friends[B] will mislead behavioral studies[C] occurs without our realizing it[D] can produce negative health habits25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is[A] harmful[B] desirable[C] profound[D] questionableText 2A deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear powe r plant running. It’s a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never real ly intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management–especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a poblic trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to[A] condemning.[B] reaffirming.[C] dishonoring.[D] securing.27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.[C] acquire an extension of its business license .[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its[A] managerial practices.[B] technical innovativeness.[C] financial goals.[D] business vision29. In the author’s view, th e Vermont case will test[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.[B] the mature of states’ patchwork regulations.[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .[D] the limits of states’ power over nuclear issues.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.Text 3In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work. But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take. Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience. Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential. But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery. This is the credibility process, through which the individual researcher’s me, here, now becomes the community’s anyone, anywhere, anytime. Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit. But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next. Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public (including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology. As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about thescience and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.Two paradoxes exist throughout this credibility process. First, scientific work tends to focus on some aspect of prevailing Knowledge that is viewed as incomplete or incorrect. Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed. The goal isnew-search, not re-search. Not surprisingly, newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers. Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missed may not change their views. Sometimes years are required for truly novel discovery claims to be accepted and appreciated.In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim –a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind. “We reason together, challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conceptions of reason.”31. According to the first paragraph, the process of discovery is characterized by its[A] uncertainty and complexity.[B] misconception and deceptiveness.[C] logicality and objectivity.[D] systematicness and regularity.32. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that credibility process requires[A] strict inspection.[B]shared efforts.[C] individual wisdom.[D]persistent innovation.33.Paragraph 3 shows that a discovery claim becomes credible after it[A] has attracted the attention of the general public.[B]has been examined by the scientific community.[C] has received recognition from editors and reviewers.[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.34. Albert Szent-Györgyi would most likely agree that[A] scientific claims will survive challenges.[B]discoveries today inspire future research.[C] efforts to make discoveries are justified.[D]scientific work calls for a critical mind.35.Which of the following would be the best title of the test?[A] Novelty as an Engine of Scientific Development.[B]Collective Scrutiny in Scientific Discovery.[C] Evolution of Credibility in Doing Science.[D]Challenge to Credibility at the Gate to Science.Text 4If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. When Hoffa’s Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in ten American government workers belonged to a union; now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America’s public sector passed that of their fellow members in the private sector. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions’ thriving. First, they can shut things down without suffering much in the way of consequences. Second, they are mostly bright andwell-educated. A quarter of America’s public-sector workers have a university degree. Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. Some of their ties go back a long way. Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism. Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.At the state level their influence can be even more fearsome. Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state’s budget is patrolled by unions. The teachers’ unio ns keep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in the private one. But the real gains come in benefits and work practices. Politicians h ave repeatedly “backloaded”public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down. In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker, the hardline Republican governor. But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.John Donahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers. The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but apublic-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.36. It can be learned from the first paragraph that[A] Teamsters still have a large body of members.[B] Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.[C] unions have enlarged their public-sector membership.[D]the government has improved its relationship with unionists.37. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 2?[A] Public-sector unions are prudent in taking actions.[B] Education is required for public-sector union membership.[C] Labor Party has long been fighting against public-sector unions.[D]Public-sector unions seldom get in trouble for their actions.38. It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that the income in the state sector is[A] illegally secured.[B] indirectly augmented.[C] excessively increased.[D]fairly adjusted.39. The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions[A]often run against the current political system.[B]can change people’s political attitudes.[C]may be a barrier to public-sector reforms.[D]are dominant in the government.40. John Donahue’s attitude towards the public-sector system is one of[A]disapproval.[B]appreciation.[C]tolerance.[D]indifference.Part BDirections:In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.（10 points）Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier. (41)The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. The computer is the 21st century's culture machine.But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also tread with caution. (42)I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy. (43) For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume. (44)Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.(45)What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness" - creations and experiences to which others adhere.[A] Of course, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.[B] Applications like , which allow users to combine pictures, words and other media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickiness by amusing, entertaining and enlightening others.[C] Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.[D] This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.[E] The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.[F] One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.[G]The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized the scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest for commonalities defines science. Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory ofeverything—a single generative equation for all we see.It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too. (47)Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings. Just as thebewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, so cial and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features. (48)To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us tounderstand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language—acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar. A few generative rules are then sufficient to unfold the entire fundamental structure of a language, which is why children can learn it so quickly.(49)The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universalityidentifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraintsGray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.(50)Chomsky’s grammar should show p atterns oflanguage change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations. Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lire age-specific and not governed by universalsSection III WritingPart A51. Directions:Some internationals students are coming to your university. Write them an email in the name of the Students’ Union to1)extend your welcome and2)provide some suggestions for their campus life here.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.Do not write the address(10 points)Part B52. Directions: write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay you should1) describe the drawing briefly2) explain its intended meaning, and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.（20 points）1.【答案】B【解析】从空后信息可以看出，这句表达的是“_ _法官表现得像政治家”的情况下，法庭就不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象，所以应该选C,maintain“维持，保持”，其他显然语义不通。

卢湾区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)31. There is "h" in the word •'honest", but it is not pronounced.A)/ B)a C)an D) the32. The worst fire occurred (发生)in Hong Kong November 30, 201 1.A) in B)on C) at D) by33. As soon as you come back from the airport, please give a ring.A) my B) mine C) I D) me34. I don't like this kind of cellphone. Will you show me ?A) other B) the other C) another D) others35. The customer was angry the waitress for her bad service.A) in B)at C) with D) about36. —Shall we leave now?—Don't hurry. We still have time left.A) a little B) little C) a few D) few37. Alice's mother bought Alice a new dress. This beautiful dress made her look .A) quietly B) lovely C) politely D) gently38. My son likes reading stories. Now he can tell a story as as his sister.A) better B) best C) good D) well39. The film Tintin 's Adventure is , so it is welcomed by teenagers.A. amazing B) excited C) boring D) bored40. I have something important to discuss with Tim. I will wait for Tim he gets back.A) as B) until C) when D) after41. Feixin is very convenient. Sending Feixin popular these days.A) getting B) got C) get D) is getting42. Kevin came from England. He in Shanghai for ten years by the end of last year.A) has lived B) lived C) had lived D) lives43. —Shall I tell Mike about it?—No, you . He's already known it.A) needn't B) can't C) must D) may44. Let's have a competition. The first to finish this novel will be the winner.A) read B) to read C) reading D) reads45. This problem is very difficult. It is not easy it.A) solve B) solving C) solves D) to solve46. Computers work accurately. They seldom give wrong answers, ?A) are they B) aren't they C) don't they D) do they47. There some bread in the fridge. It is not necessary to go to the store today.A) am B) is C) are D) be48. —Could you tell me tomorrow evening?—Well, it will start at 9 o'clock.A) when the film will startB) when will the film startC) when the film would startD) when would the film start49. — Jack, help yourself to some dumplings.—A) No, thanks. I've had enough. B) That's all right.C) You're welcome. D) It's a pleasure.50. — Robert hurt his leg while he was having 400m relay race(接力棒比赛) yesterday.—A) It doesn't matter much. B) I'm sorry to hear that.C) That's great. D) It's bad news.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once. (将下列单词或词组填入空格。

长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer：(选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示)：(共20分)31. ―Who knows the _______ answer to the question?‖ the teacher asked.A. aB. anC. theD. /32. Joyce wrote an article _______ how to improve our memory for the school newspaper.A. forB. onC. inD. at33. In the modern world, _______ young people are interested in cormorant fishing.A. a fewB. fewC. lots ofD. some34. The Greens and the Browns ________next-door neighbours for many years.A. wereB. will beC. have beenD. had been35. It is nice ______into a new house with a beautiful garden.A. movingB. movesC. moveD. to move36. Alice likes to _______the little puppy and hold it in her arms.A. set upB. pick upC. get upD. give up37. Steven completed the science test______ in our class yesterday.A. most quicklyB. more quicklyC. less quicklyD. quickly38. _______ super calculators computers are!A. WhatB. What aC. What anD. How39. We will remember the picture ______ it is silly, strange and colorful.A. unlessB. ifC. beforeD. after40. -Have you brought _______ with you? We won’t have time to come back.-Don’t worry. All the things we need are here, in this big bag.A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything41. Speak louder_______ everyone in the meeting room can hear you clearly.A. so thatB. in order toC. sinceD. because42. It doesn’t look like rain, so you _______bring your umbrella with you.A. mustn’tB. can’tC. needn’tD. may not43. The taxi base fare(起步价)in Shanghai ________from 12yuan to 14 Yuan last August.A. raisedB. was raisedC. has raisedD. has been raised44. He was unaware of the mistakes he made in the report. The underlined part means _______A. didn’t think aboutB. didn’t seeC. didn’t knowD. didn’t want45. The actress is at least 50, but she looks _______than she really is.A. very youngB. much youngerC. very oldD. much older46. Flora told us such a funny joke that it made all of us _______.A．laugh B. to laugh C. laughing D. laughed47. I imagine you’re tired from the journey. The underlined part means_______.A. guessB. planC. wonderD. hope48. Jack, you’d better _______ too many soft drinks. It’s bad for your health.A. not to haveB. to haveC. not haveD. have49. I’d like to see you off at the airport. Could you tell me _______?A. when your plane took offB. when did your plane take offC. when your plane takes offD. when does your plane take off50. -Why don’t we have a get-together next week?--_______A. Yes, please.B. No, thanks. C .That’s a good ide a. D. I’m sorry.宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) ：（共20分）31. In the United States, Father’s Day is on _______ third Sunday in June.A. aB. anC. theD. /32. I telephoned Jane just now, but she wasn’t in. I has to leave her a(n) _______.A. adviceB. informationC. messageD. paper33. It is no doubt that Liu Xiang is _______ favourite star.A. usB. weC. ourD. ours34. Many scientists say that it’s importa nt for us to have ______ food in our diet.A. a variety ofB. a great dealC. a large number ofD. a good many35. Five _______ students from different schools took part in the English contest last Saturday.A. hundred ofB. hundredC. hundreds ofD. hundreds36. Many experts think pigs are ______ to train than dogs or cats.A. easierB. much easyC. more easilyD. too easy37. You _______ to tell him the news. It will make him sad.A. needn’tB. shouldn’tC. couldn’tD. don’t need38. You have been to Beijing. How long _______ you ______ there/A. did…stayB. have…stayedC. do…stayD. will…stay39. Today Chinese ______ by more and more people all over the world.A. was spokenB. is spokenC. spokeD. speak40. Mother often tells Tom ______ too much time playing video games.A. not to spendB. to not spendC. don’t spendD. doesn’t spend41. Mrs. Smith found the toys here and there, so she asked her son to ______ his toys beforehaving dinnerA. put offB. give awayC. put awayD. give out42. A: When did it begin to snow?B: It started ______ the night.A. duringB. byC. fromD. at43. I haven’t got an armchair_________. Will you make room for me?A. To sitB. to sit inC. for sittingD. sitting on44. Children, will you finish _________the classroom before 5:00 p.m.?A. cleanB. to cleanC. cleanedD. cleaning45. I don’t know if he _______tomorrow.A. Will comeB. comesC. cameD. has come46. Get up early and do exercise every day, _______you won’t have a strong body.A. butB. forC. andD. or47. They usually have lunch at school, ________?A. haven’t theyB. do theyC. don’t theyD. have they48. A: Have you heard from Jim?B: No, I haven’t. The underlined part means‖_______‖.A. Heard of the letterB. received a letter fromC. written a letter fromD. heard about49. Big Ben is a famous _______in London.A．statue B. museum C. park D. clock50. A: Would you mind repairing the MP3 player for me?B: ______.A. Never mindB. Don’t worryC. Not at allD. I’m glad you like it崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案)：(20分)31. Linda got up very late this morning and she went to school in hurry.A)/ B)a C)an D) the32. Jessie is keen watching the TV show One out of 100 at the weekend.A) on B)in C) to D) with33. I happened to meet a friend of in the bookstore yesterday afternoon.A) I B)me C) my D)mine34. There were so many in the street today because it was a national holiday.A) student B) traffic C) policeman D) people35. The English guest could speak only Chinese, but she managed to communicate with us.A) few B) little C) a little D) a few36. Nowadays China 's Got Talent is one of TV programs in Shanghai.A) popular B) more popularC) most popular D) the most popular37. —does the winter holiday begin this year?—On January 14,h.A) What B)How C) Why D) When38. The fish soup tasted so that the guests asked for more.A) bad B) terrible C) well D) good39. Children be very careful when they go across the busy street.A) shouldn't B) needn't C) must D) may40. We've just had a warm December. unusual weather it was!A) What B) What a C) What an D) How41. Which mobile phone would you like to buy, a Nokia an iPhone4 ?A) so B)or C)but D) and42. Jack was half an hour late for the party he was stuck in a traffic jam.A) unless B) while C) because D) if43. Ben computer games when I went to see him last night.A) is playing B) was playingC) will play D) play44. Sarah many interesting places since she came to live in Shanghai last year.A) has visited B) will visitC) was visiting D) had visited45. Nancy has decided to lose weight. Nothing will make her her mind.A) change B) changed C) changing D) to change46. There so many beautiful toys that he didn't know which one to choose.A) is B) are C) was D) were47. Please your coat. It's very hot inside the room.A) show off B) take offC) turn off D) put off48. Would you please tell me ?A) when will we have an English examB) when we will have an English examC) when would we have an English examD) when we would have an English exam49. —We're going to have a picnic tomorrow. Would you like to join us?—A) I'd love to. B) That's right.C) Well done. D) Not at all.50. —I'm sorry I've broken your glass.—A) Me too. B) Never mind.C) You're welcome. D) Of course not.奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当答案)：（共20分）31. We are planning______ one-day trip to Century Park during the winter holidays. ______trip must be full of fun, I think.A. a, TheB. an, TheC. the, AD. the, The32. _______December 11,2001, China formally became the 143rd member of the WTOA. inB. OnC. AtD. Until33. -----Would you like some______?-----OH, YES, just a littleA. milkB. appleC. pearsD. oranges34 . Tom. Mary can't open the box. can you give ______ a helping hand?A. sheB. herC. hersD. herself35. Excuse me, sir. I bought the shoes yesterday, but they are in different sizes. One is size 37,_____is size 38.A. the othersB. otherC. anotherD. the other36. _______of the newspaper in the world are written in English.A. Three quarterB. Three-fourthsC. Three -fourthD. Third-four37. Mobile phones are very popular nowdays and they are_______ than before.A. cheapB. cheaperC. cheapestD. the cheapest38. It's difficult to live in a foreign country，________if you don't speak the languageA. importantlyB. naturallyC. especiallyD. usually39. My uncle doesn't have much money. ______he always enjoys himself.A. butB. soC. andD. or40. The comic strip is _____funny______ readers art fond of it.A. too, toB. so, thatC. very, toD. too, that41. All the children like Mr. White very much because he often makes them________A. laughedB. laughingC. laughD. to laugh42. I looked everywhere for the book, but I ______find itA. mustn'tB. needn'tC. may notD. couldn't43. Private cars are becoming very popular though most of them still ______too muchA. payB. costC. sellD. spend44. Many students have to______ their hobbies because of their busy school workA. stay upB. put upC. give upD. look up45. Look! What a clean room! Who_______ it?A. has tidiedB. is tidyingC. will tidyD. tidied46. Most people _______when the big earthquake took place in that area.A. are sleepingB. were sleepingC. sleptD. sleep47 Don't put off today's work for tomorrow. I mean, today's work______ today.A. may doB. must doC. may be doneD. must be done48．Mary keeps talking about the party. She had a very good time,_______?A. hadn’t sheB. had sheC. didn’t sheD. did she49. --____________?--I’d like to see that red dress.A. What can I do for you?B. Do you want anything?C. What do you like?D. What will you do?50. --I’m sorry. I’m late because the traffic is bad.--________. But tomorrow, please be on time.A. It’s a pleasureB. You’re welcomeC. It doesn’t matterD. That’s right虹口区2011学年度第一学期初三年级英语学科期终教学质量监控测试题II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案)：(共20分)31. Anna ordered a square umbrella from the Taobao net last week and now ______ umbrella has arrived.A. aB. anC. theD. /32. –Where did you but the nice card?–I made it by __________.A. IB. meC. myselfD. mine33.The postman cried out downstairs, ―Mr. Anderson, here is a letter _______ you.‖A. ofB. onC. withD. for34. Peter’s parents are good at physics, but _______ of them is good at English.A. allB. bothC. neitherD. none35. I need _____ bananas to make fruit salad. Could you please buy some?A. fewB. a fewC. littleD. a little36. The more you smile, the _______ will feel in your everyday life.A. happyB. happierC. happiestD. the happiest37. ―How much _____ the pair of shoes over there?‖ the lady asked the shop assistant.A. amB. isC. beD. are38. Tony, what would you like for your fourteenth birthday, an MP4 _____ a bike?A. butB. andC. orD. so39. My father was preparing for his speech ______ my mother was doing some washing last night.A. whileB. untilC. unlessD. if40. –Must I do all the housework, Mum?--No, you _____. Just clean your bedroom.A. mustn’tB. shouldn’tC. needn’tD. can’t41. –Would you like to go and have some coffee with me?--I’d like to, but my father _______ for me outside now.A. waitsB. is waitingC. will waitD. waited42. –Helen, I called you yesterday evening, but nobody answered the phone.--Oh, I _______ a walk with my sister at that time.A. takeB. tookC. am takingD. was taking43. The students in the middle school ______ their e-bags since 2010.A. haveB. will haveC. have hadD. had44. A flower show _________ next week in the park and I’ll go to visit it with my family.A. is holdingB. will holdC. has been heldD. will be held45. He decided to leave for Thailand as soon as he finished _____ the novel.A. writeB. writingC. to writeD. written46. –I feel a bit hungry now.–Why not ______ for dinner with us?A. goB. goingC. to goD. gone47. ________ excited the mother was when she heard her son’s voice from the space station!A. HowB. WhatC. What aD. What an48. _______ comes the last bus! Hurry up, or we’ll have to walk home.A. ThisB. HereC. ItD. One49. –Would you mind telling me your brother’s e-mail address?–_______.A. You’re welcome.B. Certainly not.C. The same to you.D. Yes, please.50. –I like the party so much, but I have to go home. It’s too late.–______.A. What a pity!B. Have another try.C. Congratulations!D. It’s a pleasure.黄浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案)：(共20分)31.At least 89 people were killed when _______ fire took place in a hospital in the easternIndian city of Calcutta.A. /B. aC. anD. the32.The Yangtze River runs____________ the mountains, through the beautiful Three Gorgesand finally into the sea.A. atB. toC. onD. Down33.We can do nothing about yesterday. When one door closes, __________ door opens.A. anotherB. otherC. othersD. the others34.According to a recent survey, more and more _______ prefer to shop on line.A. personB. peopleC. manD. Woman35.The house price in Shanghai is __________ to become lower and lower in the comingyears.A. politelyB. possiblyC. likelyD. happily36.With the help of computers, writing does not seem so _________ as it used to be.A. difficultB. less difficultC. more difficultD. the most difficult37.He didn't realize his mistake ______ he was told about it.A. ifB. whileC. untilD. since38.Believe it or not, it's said that people born in the year of the rat __________ becomeexcellent writers.A. shouldB. canC. mustD. need39.My father______ for Japan next week and he will stay there for two weeks.A. leavesB. leftC. is leavingD. has left40.Justin Bieber ________ a lot of young fans since his first appearance on the stage.A. winsB. is winningC. will winD. has won41.When the light went out suddenly last night, I _______ a book in bed.A. readB. was readingC. had readD. am reading42. The children _______ by the funny performance in Shanghai Circus World.A. attractB. attractedC. are attractingD. were attracted43.He doesn't mind ______you a helping hand if you can't find anyone else.A. giveB. givesC. givingD. to give44.You can't expect ______ a foreign language in a few months.A. learnB. learntC. learningD. to learn45.The problem is __________will be in charge of our school newspaper.A. whoB. whenC. whatD. where46.The girl in red with a pair of glasses ______ good at communicating with others.A. amB. isC. areD. be47.We must do something to protect the earth,_______ we will lose our home.A. orB. butC. soD. and48.________ good idea it is that we will visit London this summer holiday!A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a49.—Would you like me to call a taxi for you?—__________.A. Yes, please.B. It's a pleasure.C. Not at allD. Never mind50.——I'm sorry for what has happened. I didn't mean it.——_________.A. You are welcome.B. All right.C. That's all right.D. Good idea.嘉定区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)31. It's so hot. Let's go for swim, shall we?A)/ B)a C)an D)the32. I hear our head teacher will be back from USA three weeks' time.A)at B) of C)in D)with33. The poor girl has to depend on for living because her parents/are both ill in bed.A) she B) her C) hers D)herself34. of the money will go to the Red Cross to help those who need help.A) Many B)Much C) A little D)A few35. Every citizen should be responsible his behaviors.A)for B)with C)on D)to36. can stop the young mean from going to Guangzhou to watch the basketball match.A) Something B) Nothing. C) Anything D) Everything37. Your grandpa usually wears glasses when he reads newspapers, ?A) hasn't he B) has he C) doesn't he D) does he38. Do you think which means of transport is , the underground or the plane?A) safe B) safety C) safest D) the safest39. The story took place in Italy many years ago, many people still remember it.A) so B) or C)but. D) and40. Will you help him you see an old man lying in the middle of the street?A) though B)when C) because D) unless41. —do you Study German?—By listening to tapes.A) How B) Where C) When D) Why42. The famous singer seven tour concerts since this May.A) gives B)gave C) is giving D)has given43. The 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine to three scientists last month.A) awards B) awarded C) was awarding D) was, awarded44. Would you mind another cup of coffee?A) have B) having C) to have D)had45. — Must I finish my homework before I go to play basketball ?—Yes, you .A) needn't B) can't C)must D)may46. Mum told his son too much time on computer games.A) not spend B) not spending C) don't spend D) not to spend47. There only three little dogs and a small cam that small pet shop.A) am B)is C)are D)be48. Could you tell me ?A) when will the next bullet train leave for NanjingB) when the next bullet train will leave for NanjingC) when would the next bullet train leave for NanjingD) when the next bullet train would leave for Nanjing49. —Are you sure you can do well in tomorrow's test, Anna?—I've got everything ready.A) It's hard to say. B) I'm afraid not.C) I think so. D) I hope not.50. — May I nave your name?—.A) Yes, please. B) All right.C) Of course. D) Call me Yang, please.金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案) （共20分）31. Cindy, do you have _______ e-mail addresses? I want to send you some photos.A. aB. anC. theD. /32. Teenagers should learn to protect ______ from all kinds of danger.A. theyB. themC. theirD. themselves33. We have two foreign teachers here. One is from England, and ______ is from America.A. anotherB. the otherC. otherD. the others34. Could you please get me some _______ ? I’m hungry.A. appleB. waterC. breadD. egg35. He has read many books on history, so it’s _______ for him to answer these questions.A. hardB. impossibleC. seriousD. easy36. Guo Jingming, 24, has topped the 2011 Rich List of Chinese Writers, which was published _____November 21, 2011.A. inB. onC. atD. for37. _______important news is to our daily life!A. WhatB. HowC. What anD. How a38. Ja ck, you ______ ask a woman her age in England. It’s impolite.A. needn’tB. don’t have toC. ought toD. shouldn’t39. John and I are good friends. We ______ each other for ten years.A. have knownB. had knownC. knowD. knew40. –Have you moved into your new flat, Mr. Smith?– Not yet, the rooms ________ next month.A. are paintedB. are paintingC. will paintD. will be painted41. If you take a fish out of water, it _______.A. dieB. diesC. dyingD. died42. Oh, my God. I ________ my phoned in the car just now.A. leftB. diesC. dyingD. died43. Although the police had got many clues, the thief still wanted to deny ______ the car.A. stealB. stealingC. stoleD. steals.44. When he heard the greetings in the bank, he thought the clerk sounded_______.A. rudeB. rudelyC. politeD. politely45. A good friend always gives you a helping hand _______ you’re in trouble.A. whenB. beforeC. untilD. though46. Readers won’t be interested in a comic strip______ it doesn’t have much action.A. ifB. whenC. unlessD. because47. When he heard a cry for help, he can out as______ as he could.A. hardlyB. finallyC. quicklyD. slowly48. My grandpa ______ driving lessons in his sixties. He is ready to drive around China.A. stayed upB. gave upC. took upD. woke up49. –Hello, Ms. Li, you carry so many things. Anything I can do to help?–________A. Yes, I’d like to.B. No, thanks. I am OK.C. You’re welcome.D. That’s all right.50. –Excuse me, would you mind if I sit here?–_________.A. Yes, pleas.B. Never mind.C. CertainlyD. Of , course not.静安区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）：（共20分）31. My parents asked me to send them e-mail once a week.A) a B) an C) the D) /32. You can improve your spoken English using it more and more.A) in B) at C) by D) from33. Computers are super calculators and people often call electronic brain.A) they B) their C) theirs D) them34. People in England prefer to buy many in the supermarket at weekends.A) bread B) meat C) rice D) potatoes35. Trees on sides of the street are decorated beautifully to welcome the great event.A) either B) both C) neither D) all36. The roast beef tastes so . May I have one more piece, mum?A) well B) bad C) delicious D) terrible37. Among the earrings I choose pair because I didn’t bring enough money that day.A) cheap B) cheaper C) cheapest D) the cheapest38. Miss Fang’s never been to Hainan Island for ho liday. Mr. Lin.A) Neither is B) Neither has C) So is D) So has39. You tell him the good news because he has already known it.A) needn’t B) may not C) mustn’t D) can’t40. useful advice on my diet our teacher has given us!A) What B) What a C) What an D) How41. Do more exercise every day, you’ll be stronger than before.A) so B) but C) and D) or42. We have been good friends we joined the same singing group.A) until B) when C) since D) though43. The OTV Tower a lot of visitors from all over the world every year.A) will attract B) attracts C) attracted D) has attracted44. The chief editor asked Michael an arti cle about ―Memory‖.A) wrote B) to write C) writing D) writes45. We great progress in English since Miss Huang came to teach us 3years ago.A) made B) make C) have made D) had made46. The funny story told be Zhoulibo made the little girl a lot.A) laugh B) laughed C) laughs D) laughing47. Many graduates by the university to celebrate its 100th birthday last week.A) have invited B) will inviteC) are invited D) were invited48. The old lady couldn’t remember .A) where she had put her glasses B) where had she put her glassesC) where she puts her glasses D) where did she put her glasses49. -It’s a bit cold today. Would you mind closing the wind ow?-A) Never mind. B) You’re welcome.C) Of course not. D) No, thanks.50. -You cough a lot these days. You’d better go to see the doctor.- .A) I’m sorry. B) Not at all.C) That’s all right D) OK , I’ll take your advice.卢湾区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)31. There is "h" in the word •'honest", but it is not pronounced.A)/ B)a C)an D) the32. The worst fire occurred (发生)in Hong Kong November 30, 201 1.A) in B)on C) at D) by33. As soon as you come back from the airport, please give a ring.A) my B) mine C) I D) me34. I don't like this kind of cellphone. Will you show me ?A) other B) the other C) another D) others35. The customer was angry the waitress for her bad service.A) in B)at C) with D) about36. —Shall we leave now?—Don't hurry. We still have time left.A) a little B) little C) a few D) few37. Alice's mother bought Alice a new dress. This beautiful dress made her look .A) quietly B) lovely C) politely D) gently38. My son likes reading stories. Now he can tell a story as as his sister.A) better B) best C) good D) well39. The film Tintin 's Adventure is , so it is welcomed by teenagers.A. amazing B) excited C) boring D) bored40. I have something important to discuss with Tim. I will wait for Tim he gets back.A) as B) until C) when D) after41. Feixin is very convenient. Sending Feixin popular these days.A) getting B) got C) get D) is getting42. Kevin came from England. He in Shanghai for ten years by the end of last year.A) has lived B) lived C) had lived D) lives43. —Shall I tell Mike about it?—No, you . He's already known it.A) needn't B) can't C) must D) may44. Let's have a competition. The first to finish this novel will be the winner.A) read B) to read C) reading D) reads45. This problem is very difficult. It is not easy it.A) solve B) solving C) solves D) to solve46. Computers work accurately. They seldom give wrong answers, ?A) are they B) aren't they C) don't they D) do they47. There some bread in the fridge. It is not necessary to go to the store today.A) am B) is C) are D) be48. —Could you tell me tomorrow evening?—Well, it will start at 9 o'clock.A) when the film will startB) when will the film startC) when the film would startD) when would the film start49. — Jack, help yourself to some dumplings.—A) No, thanks. I've had enough. B) That's all right.C) You're welcome. D) It's a pleasure.50. — Robert hurt his leg while he was having 400m relay race(接力棒比赛) yesterday.—A) It doesn't matter much. B) I'm sorry to hear that.C) That's great. D) It's bad news.闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷II. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案) （共20分）31. Cormorant fishing is _______ traditional Chinese skill, but few people know it now.A. aB. anC. theD./32. Fancy is a pleasant girl with a cheerful face. She is a good friend of _______.A .I B. my C. me D. mine33. Lucy thinks young people can learn how to care for others ________ keeping pets.A .at B. on C. in D. by34. Mark isn’t feeling well now as she had too much _______ just now.A. potatoB. noodleC. breadD. biscuit35. – Which place do you prefer to live in, a city or a countryside?– I don’t care. ________ is fine.A. EitherB. NeitherC. AllD. None36. We ______ hurry all the way to the airport, the flight was cancelled because of the foggy weather.A. mustn’tB. could n’tC. needn’tD. shouldn’t37. ________ funny the animals are! They are jumping up and down the trees excitedly.A. HowB. WhatC. What aD. What an38. Ginger can’t dance as ______ as Jasmine, but she still got the prize.A. beautifullyB. more beautifullyC. less beautifullyD. the most beautifully39. If you ______right now, you will catch up with him in two hours.A. startB. will startC. startedD. are starting40. The Smiths _______ the fence of their new house dark green already.A. paintB. will paintC. have paintedD. had painted41.Henry ________ more than two hundred foreign stamps by the end of last month.。

012宝山区高三答案及评分标准参考答案：1—5 CBCCA 6—10 AABDA 11—16 BBC BAD17. magazine 18. concerts 19. traveling 20. disabled21. Euston Centre 22.AD 58412 23.By cheque/check 24. Within three weeks25—29 CADAC 30—34 CBBDC 35—40 BCABA A41. D 42. C 43.H 44.B 45.G 46.J 47.F 48.A 49. E50—54 BAACD 55—59 DBACC 60—64 BADCB65—68 ACBC 69—71 ACD 72—75 BBDC 76—80 ADFEB81. the financial crisis could influence other parts82. swift and impressive83. not smart enough84. trusting and supporting the Fed and the U.S. government.85. The monitor was absent from/ the class meeting /yesterday/yesterday’s class meeting.86. In order to/To catch up with other students, /he is trying to /cure himself of bad habits /in his study.87. There is no doubt that /the teacher finds fault with your homework/exercises /in order to/so as to/to help you/ make greater progress.88. Although (they were) tired out, /they still continued to /search for the survivors/in the accident.89. Only by /facing the reality /and analyzing the situation seriously /can we find /the solution to the problem.评分标准：Reading:1. 每题2分。