初三英语竞赛试题
一、从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(15分)
1. My family_________ very small. Just only three people.
A. are
B. is
C. be
D. there is
2. --Tom went to a wonderful party last Sunday.
--His class had a good time,______ ?
A. hadn't he
B. didn't he
C. hadn't they
D. didn't they
3. --Today is April Fool's Day. Are you_____ me?
--Oh, believe it or not ,but it's true.
A. playing
B. foolish
C. kidding
D. fool
4. --It's very cold today.
--But it's__________ than it was yesterday.
A. less cold
B. less colder
C. not less colder
D. not less cold
5. His _____English is___________.
A. spoken; excellent
B. speak; excellent
C. spoken; very excellent
D. speak; very excellent
6. --____________ ?
--Not too well ,I'm afraid.
A. How do you do
B. How is your school
C. How are things getting on
D. What are you
7. --Please don't make a noise.
-- _____ . I'll be as quiet as mouse.
A. Yes, I do
B. No, I don't
C. Yes, I will
D. No, I won't
8. Your skirt needs_____ . You need______ it.
A. washing ;to wash
B. to wash; washing
C. washing; washing
D. to wash; to wash
9.--Did your sister pass the exam?
--She failed, so she is in low spirits,
--I'm sorry for her.
--______.
A. I would think so
B. The pleasure is mine
C. Thank you
D. You're welcome
10. She _____ terrible at this time yesterday.
A. feels
B. felt
C. is feeling
D. was feeling
11. He said nothing at the meeting because he wanted to let the sleeping lie.
A. dogs
B. cats
C. tigers
D. pigs
12. ______ weather it is!
A. What broken
B. What a broken
C. How breaking
D. How broken
13. If you don’t go , ______.
A. Nor will I
B. So will I
C. Neither do I
D. So do I
14. He learned a lot when he lived in the country for a holiday.
A. got to know a lot
B. did much
C. received a lot
D. knows a lot
15. He stands first in his class. It means_____.
A. He stands up first
B. He’s the best stud ent in his class
C. He’s the tallest in his class
D. He sits in the front of his classroom.
二、阅读理解(20分)
A
Tanya Ferguson lives in Sydney. On September 23, she
woke up to a strong wind blowing through her window. She
then saw that the room was completely orange.
“I could not believe my eyes,” she told BBC news.
She thought there was a bush fire. But when she went
outside, the whole city was covered in a film of orange dust.
“It was like being in the outback (内陆), but it was
right here in the city,” she said.
On that day, a big dust storm swept through Sydney. It covered the city in orange dust for about eight hours, and people can’t see landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge.
The storm influenced the transportation system. Flights were put off. Roads were busy in the difficult conditions. Children and the elderly were told to stay indoors until the dust had cleared. Later strong winds blew it out to sea and up the coast. No one was hurt in the storm, though health officials and emergency services answered hundreds of calls from people with breathing(呼吸)difficulties.
Dust storms are common in the Australian outback, where the land is poor. But the storms hardly reach the coastal areas. Officials said it was the worst dust storm of the past 70 years. Experts said that dry conditions in the outback and strong winds caused the sandstorm.
“Ten very dry years over inland southern Australia and very strong winds have co-operated to produce the storm,” said Nigel Tapper, an environmental scientist at Monash University, Australia.
16. Tanya Ferguson lives _____________.
A. in the Australian outback
B. in the Australian city
C. next to the Sydney Opera House
D. near Harbor Bridge
17. We learned that the dust storm________.
A. didn’t land on the coastal areas of Australia
B. lasted about eight hours
C. made most of the buildings better seen
D. left children and the elderly outdoors safely
18. Health officials and emergency services are busy ____________.
A. looking after the people with breathing(呼吸)difficulties
B. dealing with the traffic accidents
C. answering hundreds of calls
D. taking the old people to hospital
19. The article tells us that ________.
A. a bush fire may have brought the orange dust
B. dust storms never happens in the Australian outback
