初三英语二模热身练习一．单项选择(10分，每小题1分)1.--- Which T-shirt do you like better, the blue one or the red one?--- ______ is OK, I think. Both go well with my pants.A.BothB. EitherC. NeitherD. None2.--- Would you like some more coffee?--- Yes. Just ______. Thanks.A.littleB. fewC. a littleD. a few3.--- Did your parents go to the Great Wall last week?--- No. They ______ went to a zoo instead.A.BothB. allC. eitherD. neither4.I have two vacation plans. One is going to the summer camp, ______ is being a volunteer.A.anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others5.We like traveling from one place to ______ to learn about different cultures in the world.A. otherB. anotherC. othersD. the others6. ______ in the world is impossible if you set your mind to do it.A. EverythingB. SomethingC. AnythingD. Nothing7. --- What’s the weather like tomorrow?--- The radio says it is going to be even ______.A. badB. worseC. worstD. badly8. Don’t always make Tony ______ this or that. He is already a big boy.A. doB. to doC. doingD. done9. We’ll have three days off if the work ______ today.A. finishB. was finishedC. can finishD. can be finished10. --- Can you tell me ______ when the teacher came in the classroom?---- Sorry, I don’t know.A.What were the students doingB. what are the students doingC. What the students were doingD. what the students are doing二．完形填空（12分，每小题1分）A teenage boy lived alone with his father. Even though the son was always warming the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering and never 11 a football game. When the son went to college, his father still never missed practice during his four years, but he never got to play in the game. It was the end of his senior 12 season, just shortly before the big play-off game, the coach met him with a telegram. He read it and then became deathly 13 . Swallowing (吞咽) hard, he said, "My father died this morning." The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come 14 to the game on Saturday."Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the 15 was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly 16 into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were 17 to see their teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I’ve just got to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game. But the young man 18 . Finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. Before long, the coach,the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This 19 young man, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. His team began to win.After the match, the coach noticed that the young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said,"Son, I can’t believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me 20 got into you? How did you do it?" He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was 21 ?" He swallowed hard and 22 a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"11. A. played B. watched C. missed D. practiced12. A. school B. college C. game D. football13. A. sad B. silent C. nervous D. upset14. A. back B. on C. over D. in15. A. coach B. player C. game D. team16. A. knocked B. slipped C. rushed D. jumped17. A. glad B. angry C. surprised D. excited18. A. insisted B. cried C. worried D. jumped19. A. unbelievable B. unknown C. unhappy D. unpopular20. A. who B. where C. what D. when21. A. blind B. deaf C. disabled D. patient22. A. gave B. showed C. made D. forced三．阅读理解：注意：阅读分为必做题和选做题。
选做题普通班同学选做，实验班同学必做。
（必做题14分，选做题16分，每小题2分）阅读（一）（必做题）DID you know that humans have been cleaning their teeth for over 7,000 years? According to the BBC, the Ancient Egyptians used a type of toothpaste But it is believed that the Egyptians used a finger instead of a toothbrush to clean their teeth. Chinese people may have invented the first toothbrush around 1,600 BC. It was made from the hairs of a wild pig as well as bamboo or bone.Your toothbrush, however, may have also become history. Because it is now possible to clean our teeth without using our hands! Two Canadians called Adel Elseri and Said Fayad have invented something called T2T or “tongue-to-teeth”. Elseri says he came up with the idea when he was driving home after a long day at work. His idea is a toothbrush that goes onto your tongue. T2T has uneven (不平坦的) edges and also has toothpaste. So all you need to do is move your tongue over your teeth and it cleans your teeth just like a toothbrush does! It will make your breath fresh too.Elseri and Fayad made this hand-free toothbrush because they believed it was a healthier way for someone to brush their teeth. But people can only use the T2T once.Would you use the tongue-to-teeth? The Huffington Post in the US asked readers what they thought. Sixty-one percent said that they would use it while only 39 percent said they wouldn’t. Pe rsonally I think I’m going to stick to the toothbrush!23. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. The Ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste.B. The Ancient Egyptians were good at using a toothbrush.C. Chinese people invented the first toothbrush.D. Humans have long known the importance of cleaning their teeth.24. What does the first sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Your toothbrush may be no longer useful.B. Your toothbrush may mark a new beginning in history.C. Your toothbrush plays a very important role in history.D. Your toothbrush may not have a long history.25. Which of the following about T2T is TRUE?A. It is a kind of toothbrush that uses the tongue to brush.B. You should put toothpaste in it when using it.C. You should also use your hands when using it.D. You can use it over and over again.26. According to the article, we learn that _____.A. Elseri and Fayad are from the USB. Fayad thought of the idea of T2TC. Elseri and Fayad think T2T is betterD. more than half o f people don’t like to use T2T阅读（二）（必做题）In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some people value it highly. They believe that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁荣). Others say that competition is terrible. They think it sets one person against another and it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth depended on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. When they try their best to pursue（追求）the success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.However, there are some who seem to have lost the wish to succeed. They take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they really hate competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe that there is a wish to fail in them. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” They are not usually willing to believe that if they had really tried but lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect depends on how well one performs in compa rison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. We can’t discover a new meaning in competition until this basic and often troublesome fear begins to disappear.27. Why do some people think competition is bad?A.Because they think it is helpless to make social progress.B.Because they think it can’t bring friendly relationship between people.C.Because they think it is a life-and-death affair.D.Because they think it can’t develop human qualities.28. The underlined phrase “the most voca l”in Paragraph 3 means __________.A. people who try their best to winB. people who value competition most highlyC. people who are against competition most stronglyD. people who are afraid of failure in competition29.The writer wants to tell us that ___________.A. competition should be valued highlyB. one’s self-respect is important in competitionC. the wish to succeed is important in competitionD. fear of failure should be driven out in competition阅读（三）（选做题）Could you sign off of the Internet today and not go online again for 12 months? For many of us, the answer is probably an emphatic“No!” – the Internet has become part of our lives and we have a hard time imagining life without it. But Paul Miller, a 26-year-old writer at The Verge, a technology website in the US, just did the seemingly (看似) impossible: he survived a year without the Internet.Beginning on April 30, 2012, he didn’t read any e-mail, type a word into Google or download a single app. He lived his entire year offline in hopes of finding out more about himself and focusing on other activities.But on May 1, Miller turned on the WiFi on his laptop and iPad. “I was wrong,” he began. His article is titled “I’m still here: back online after a year without the Internet”.At first, he was en couraged to “stop and smell the flowers by a new friend that he made at the beginning of his Internet-free adventure”. And that is what he intended to do. He described the first months of 2012 as full of surprising events: real life meetings, bike rides and Greek literature.In addition, his relationships with his family members strengthened. He visited his brother’s family instead of using Skype to communicate with them.But as the months went by, Miller “had learned how to make a new style of wrong choices off the Internet”. The learning and creativity turned into social retreat (隐退). Instead of reading and writing, he started playing video games for hours on his sofa. He missed some of his Facebook and long-distance friends as well. “I fell out of sync (不一致) with the flow of life,” he regretted. “The Internet is w here people are.”In an interview with ABC News, Miller said that “the experiment was a failure”. “My plan was to leave the Internet and therefore find the ‘real’ Paul and get in touch with the ‘real’ world, but the real Paul and the real world are alre ady linked to the Internet. Not to say that my life wasn’t different without the Internet, just that it wasn’t real life,” he said. “The Internet is where people are,” he repeated.30. The underlined word “emphatic” means doin g or saying something _______.A. in a forceful wayB. without a clear attitudeC. with great interestD. in a delighted manner31. Why did Paul Miller decide to spend a year offline?A. He wanted to have more adventures in his life.B. He was trying to cheer himself up.C. He was tired of sitting in front of his computer all day.D. He wanted to discover more about himself and the outside world.32. What happened after Paul Miller stopped using the Internet?A. He spent a whole year reading, writing and connecting with real people.B. He became devoted to adventures around the world.C. He made unwise decisions about how to use his time.D. He improved his relationships with family members and long distance friends.33. We can draw a conclusion from the article that Miller thinks _______.A. an Internet-free life is a healthier lifeB. there’s no need to ge t in touch with the real worldC. the Internet is already an unavoidable part of life todayD. without the Internet, life is more meaningful阅读（四）（选做题）Are you listening to pop songs but not learning to play a musical instrument?The idea of practicing the piano or violin every day under your parents’ watchful eyes is bad enough, not to mention all the playtime you’ll lose. But youwould change your mind if you knew that musical training could make yousmarter, especially if you start young, according to The New York Times.In fact, the study of the benefits of music has been going on for years. Back in 1993, Nature magazine reported an experiment showing that college students who listened to 10 minutes of Mozart music before taking an IQ test scored better. This is what’s now known as the “Mozart effect”.Although scientists later found that it wasn’t IQ that had been impro ved, temporary（短时的）reasoning ability, this study still got them thinking—if simply listening to music can bring good effects, what would actually playing an instrument do to brain development?Now researchers at Northwestern University, US, have got the answer. They studied a group of college students—some of them had received musical training in their school years while others had not. Looking at their brain waves, researchers discovered that they acted differently when hearing complex sounds —those who had learned music before were better at picking out single pitches（音高）from a noisy background. And this was true even if the lessons had ended years ago.This ability to single out certain sounds is connected to language-based learning. For example, reading. “To learn to read, you need to have good working memory, the ab ility to recognize speech sounds, make sound-to-meaning connections,” professor Nina Kraus from Northern University told the New York Times. “Each one of these things really seems to be strengthened when playing a musical instrument.”But the researchers also said that there is no one best way to apply these findings. Different instruments, different teaching methods, different schedules—parents need to find what works best for the child, and children should try to enjoy themselves and their lessons. After all, music is aboutpleasure instead of being a tool.34. Which of the following statements is true?A.Listening to Mozart’s music can improve one’s IQ.B.Playing a musical instrument is painful and a waste of time.C.Musical training at a young age can be a great advantage.D.Students who can play musical instruments are better at reasoning.35. According to the article, playing a musical instrument can’t strengthen ________.A. a good working memoryB.the ability to make single pitchesC.the ability to recognize different speech soundsD.the ability to connect different sounds with their meaning36. We can infer from this article that ___________.A.scientists think there must be pleasure in musicB.parents usually know what is the best for their childrenC.scientists will find a best teaching method for musical trainingD.children should learn to play musical instruments as early as possible37. The article is mainly about _____________.A.the longtime benefits of early music lessonsB.the connection between musical training and readingC.the effects of musical training on the development of human brainD.different teaching methods and schedules on playing musical instruments四．阅读短文，还原句子（16分，每小题2分）（一）WHENEVER there’s a disaster , there are plenty of sad stories. ___38___.A family in New Jersey, US, had a pet cat named Porsche. When hurricane (飓风)Sandy hit the country last October, they moved to a safer place 13km away fromhome. Sadly Porsche went missing . ___39___.But six months later, __40____, according to Yahoo News. They saw its return as a miracle (奇迹). No one can be sure where Porsche was for all that time.__41___. People usually say that dogs and cats find their way home through using their sense of smell.But that doesn’t explain how Porsche found his way back. Hurricane Sandy blew away the normal smells of home.“I wish he could talk,” said his owner.A. Porsche showed up at their houseB. Many animals died in the disaster.C. The family thought Porsche was gone foreverD. But sometimes these stories have happy endings tooE. Many animals are good at finding their way home（二）Have you ever noticed the black and white bars on a book? Do youknow what they are used for?They are barcodes used in most products. If you go to a supermarket,you can see almost every product with a barcode on it. 42 , such as nameand production date. It’s an easy and convenient way to keep track of the products. 43 .The first use of a barcode in a supermarket checkout system was on a pack of American Wrigley Company chewing gum in 1974. Besides supermarkets, barcodes are needed everywhere: For renting cars, for luggage checks on a plane, for parcels (包裹) you send. People can enter stadiums, cinemas and theaters by holding certain types of barcodes. 44 .If you find these barcode things boring, a barcode building might be more up your street. In St Petersburg, Russia, there is a building designed like a barcode. It looks strange, but it’s actually a shopping mall. There are games too. Barcode Monsters is a mobile phone game. 45 .A. You have to scan barcodes and find the monstersB. Just scan the bars with a barcode reader and everything is clearC. But some one thinks it’s useless to use barcodes.D. Life would be rather difficult without barcodesE. Barcodes contain information about the products五．阅读短文，回答问题。
