上宝中学2017学年第二学期初三英语月考测试卷Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.（20’）26. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?A. The construction industry is no longer as depressed as it wasB. The reason for these forces cannot be ignoredC. He was not displeased at the way he had handled the meetingD. They dropped to their knees and begged for forgiveness27. He had a terrible sense of humor and could be very amazing. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence?A. /teˈrefik/B. /tiˈrefik/C. /tiˈrifik/D. /teˈrifik/28. We ought to be focusing on discouraging kids from smoking. The underlined part doesn’t mean _____.A. preventing kids from smokingB. keeping kids from smokingC. stopping kids from smokingD. keeping kids smoking29. Economic recovery is just around the corner. The underlined part means _______.A. likely to happen soonB. between two wallsC. finishedD. at the corner30. Clients were ______ believing their money was being invested.A. trickedB. tricked intoC. trickingD. tricking into31. _____ are used in the kitchen?A. How many eqipmentsB. How many pieces of equipmentC. How much eqipmentD. How many pieces of equipments32. We arranged to meet at the cinema at a quarter to five. It’s five O’clock, but they haven’t _______ yet.A. turned inB. turned downC. turned outD. turned up33. They are ______ twice daily radio contact with the rebel leader.A. OverB. inC. onD. from34. Which of the following is wrong?A. Tom pretended to add a bit more on the right place.B. When he heard the bad news, he said nothing with a calm look on his face and worry in his heart.C. The table in the corner has already been reserved.D. He was surprised at the unexpected guest’s arrival.35. Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer ______ his path.A. coveredB. blockedC. movedD. protected36. The ______ is just around the corner and you won’t miss it.A. shoe’s shopB. shoe shopC. shoes shopD. shoes’ shop37. There aren’t enough peaches, I can’t Kingdom give you two ____.A. everyB. bothC. eachD. either38. The artist from ______ United lived in _____ Fifth Avenue in _____ 1930s.A. /,the,/B. the, the, theC. the, the, /D. the, /, the39. John has given us _____.A. a large number of helpB. many helpsC. a great helpD. large quantities of helps40. A poet and scientist ______ a lecture right now in the studio.A. are givingB. is givingC. has been givenD. had given41. Chinese timber traders imported more than 200million ______ worth of hardwood from Brazil in just a few months.A. dollarB. of dollarsC. dollars’D. dollars of42. One of the most important questions they had to consider was _____ of public health.A. whatB. thisC. thatD. which43. Three months later that country explored a nuclear device joining the club of ____ known nuclear states.A. other sevenB. seven otherC. another sevenD. seven more44. A: Where is peter?B: He is at _______.A. Mr Green’sB. MR GreenC. The Mr GreenD. The Green’s45. A:______B: Thank you very much. I will ____.A. congratulationsB. best wishesC. Please say hello to your familyD. What a good wish to youⅢ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.（8分）A. takesB. winnerC. reallyD. plansE. killedEric Chen, a 17-year-old student from California, U.S.A., was the big ___46___ of this year’s Google Science Fair（谷歌科学挑战赛）. He introduced a new medicine to fight against the spread of flu viruses. Flu viruses, such as H7N9 pose a great threat to the world and have already ___47___ millions of people.“I felt like this was a ___48___ urgent problem and I thoug ht, Why can’t I find a new anti-flu medicine?”Chen said. Then he started his research and wowed the judges of the Google Science Fair. As the winner, Chen got a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands（加拉帕哥斯群岛）. He ___49___ to use part of the money to develop a more powerful flu medicine.“I really like doing research,”Chen said.“I’m doing work that will make the world a better place.”A. beautifulB. mountainC. aboveD. underE. safeIf your dream is to live and work in rooms with amazing views, the office on the Alps must be your choice. The little hut, sitting 7,000 feet ___50___ the ground. Is on a mountain of the Alps in Switzerland, It was built to house the operator of a chairlift on the ___51___. Though in a high place, the office is a ___52___ place to work. What’s more, the office is quite small for it hold one person in it. The office, with its special location, provides a good place to enjoy the view of the Alps. However, the hut itself is also a ___53___ attraction. When fog surrounds the mountains, the hut seems as if it is floating in the air. How amazing!Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.（8分）54. It was a very frighting experience and they were very _________（courage）55. I found the whole experience very _________.（depress）56. _________ of a law does not excuse a man for violating it.（ignore）57. They let me have these chillies for ________.（freedom）58. There’s been a huge increase in the number of ________ on London’s streets.（beg）59. He is young and _________, but please do not count that against him.（experience）60. He had always wanted an ________ life in the tropics.（adventure）61. The whole house could do with a fresh coat of ________.（unpainted）Ⅴ.Rewrite the following sentences as required（14分）62. They continued talking after the meal.（保持句意不变）They _________ __________ talking after the meal.63. It’s cold outside. Let these children in.（改反义疑问句）It’s cold outside. Let these children in, ____________________?64. They offered him a very good job but he turned it down.（保持句意）They _________ a very good job for him but he _______________it.65. They lay more emphasis on the grammer points in class.（改为被动语态）More emphasis _________ _________ by them on the grammer points in class.66. The kids at school always laughed at Jill’s clothes.（保持句意不变）The kids at school always _________ _________ of Jill’s clothes.67. out, in, almost, suddenly, of, front, my, he, when, jumped, me, I, appeared, skin, of_______________________________________________________________________________Ⅵ. Reading and ComprehensionA. Choose the best answer（12’）As we all know, the Paralympics are competitions for athletes with disabilities. They take place every four years after the Olympics and in the same locations, which is Sochi（索契）, Russia, this year.Some athlets who take part in the Paralympics have lost limbs（手和脚）due to illness or injury, and others have poor vision. Paralypmpics athletes may also be affected by several other disabilities such as muscle or mental issues. That’s why three of the Paralymics’ five sports are divided into standing, sitting, and vision-challenged categories.Standing events can look so much like their Olympic versio ns that many people don’t know they’re watching a paralymic event. For the other two categories, special sit skis are used for sitting events, and guides lead vision-challenged athletes. Iced sledge hockey（雪橇冰球）and wheelchair curling（轮椅冰壶）are only open to athletes with lower-body disabilities. One of the athletes to watch at the Sochi Paralympics will be 19-year-old Mark Arendz. Growing up in Canada, Mark learned to ski at the age of five, Unfortunately, he lost his left arm while using some farm machinery two years later. After that, he begin to ski in competitions using special equipment. In recent years, he has won numerous medals in international events.At school, Mark will compete in men’s cross countr y skiing and biathlon（滑雪两项）races. Cross country and biathlon are similar in that they are both involve skiing routes of various lengths. In men’s biathlon, each athletes is also carrying a rifle. During the race, he must stop several times and shoot at a target. If he missed, some time is added to his overall race time. Therefore, biathlon tests both an athlete’s skiing ability and shooting accuracy.68. At the beginning of the article, the author tells us _____.A. how much the Paralymics Games cost to hold.B. how often the Paralymics games take place.C. how Russia has prepared for the Paralymics Games.D. how many athletes take part in the Paralymics Games this year.69. The Paralymics are competitions for athletes with disabilities expect those who _____.A. have lost limbs because of injuryB. are poor in eyesightC. have mental issuesD. are very poor in healthy wheelchair70. A vision-challenged athletes has _____ during an event.A. A large mapB. special sit skisC. a wheelchairD. Person leading the way71. Only those who lack ______ can enter for ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.A. a footB. a handC. an armD. an eye72. Which of the following statements about Mark Arendz is True?A. Unfortunately, Mark lost his right arm in an accident at the age of seven.B. Mark learned how to ski with special equipment when he was five.C. Growing up in Canada, Mark will be 19years old this year.D. Though physically-challenged, Mark has still won medals in many events.73. What is the best title of the passage?A. Mark Arendz, the Best AthleteB. Athletes with DisabilitiesC. The 2014 Paralymics GamesD. Different Categories in SportsB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（12’）Anxiety disorders—defined by extreme fear, restlessness, and muscle tension-are carefully considering, disabling, and can increasethe risk for ___74___ and self-murder. They are some of the most common mental health conditions around the world, affecting around four out of every 100 people and costing the health care system and job employers over US $42billion each year.People with anxiety are more likely to miss days from work and are less productive. Young people with anxiety are also less likely to enter school and complete it--leading to fewer life ___75___. Even though this evidence points to anxiety disorders as being important mental health issues, insufficient ___76___ is being given to them by researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. My team and I at the University of Cambridge wanted to find out who is most affected by anxiety disorders.To do this, we conducted a systematic ___77__ of studies that reported on the proportion of people with anxiety in a variety of contexts around the world, used accurate methods to keep the highest quality studies.Our results showed women are almost twice as likely to suffer from anxiety as men, and people living in Europe and North America are disproportionately affected. So why are women more probable?It could be because of differences in brain chemistry and hormone(荷尔蒙)variations. Reproductive events across a woman’s life are associated with hormonal changes, which have been linked to anxiety. The rise in oestrogens(雌激素) that occurs during pregnancy can ___78___ the risk for uncontrollable disorder.This is characterized by disturbing and repetitive thoughts, impulses and addictions that are upsetting and less effective. But in addition to biological mechanisms, women and men seem to experience and react to events in their life ___79___. Women when faced with stressful situations, women and men which can increase their anxiety. Also, when faced with stressful situations ,women and men tend to use different coping strategies. Women faced with life stressors are more likely to think about them seriously, which can increase their anxiety, while men engage more in active, problem-focused coping.74. A. symptom B. depression C. misery D. frightening75. A. adventures B. insurances C. chances D. programs76. A. conclusion B. attention C. solution D. contribution77. A. ignorance B. outlook C. discovery D. review78. A. challenge B. decline C. eliminate D. increase79. A. equally B. similarly C. differently D. terriblyC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper words（14’）That experiences influence future behavior is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering. Learning could not occur without the function popularly named m___80___. Constant practice has such an effect on memory as to lead to skillful performance on the piano, to recitation of a poem, and even to reading and understanding these words. So called intelligent behavior demands memory, remembering being a p___81___ requirement for reasoning. The ability to solve any problem or even to r___82___ that a problem exists depends on memory. Typically, the decision to cross a street is based on remembering many e___83___ experiences.Practice(or review) tends to b___84___ and maintain memory for a task or for any learned material. Over a period of no practice what has been learned lends to be forgotten; and the adaptive consequences may not seem obvious. Yet, dramatic instances of sudden forgetting can be seen to be adaptive. In this sense, the ability to forget can be interpreted to have survived through a p___85___ of natural selection in animals. Indeed, when one’smemory of an emotionally painful experience leads to s___86___ anxiety, forgetting may produce relief. Nevertheless, an evolutionary interpretation might.Make it difficult to understand how the commonly gradual process of forgetting Survived natural selection.D. Answer the questions（12’）Pompeii（庞培）In AD 79, Pompeii was a large city by the sea about 150 kilometres south of Rome. Ten kilometres to the north of Pompeii there was the beautiful and peaceful mountain. Mount Vesuvius（维苏威火山）。
