初二年级英语考试试卷III. 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。
每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）（共8分）Easter（复活节） is one of the oldest and most important Christian(基督教的) holidays. Christians celebrate Easter on the Sunday____46____the first full moon afterMarch21.They think of Easter Sunday as the day that Jesus _____47____ . Easter Sunday is always betweenMarc h 22 and April 25.Before Easter,Christian families decorate eggs with different colors and patterns. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find those egg _____48____ , and they will look for the eggs all around the house. Some organizations also h old Easter-egg hunts , and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize. In England, Germany and some other cou ntries, children roll eggs down hills on Easter morning. They go to the ___49____of a large hill with a decorated eg g, roll the eggs down the hill, and the last egg to break is the winner.In every little girl’s toy box，there might be a Barbie Doll（芭比娃娃）. Barbie is 57 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by an American business woman named Ruth Handl er. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named thenew doll ____50____ their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair in New York on March 9th，1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars.Today, a 57-year-old Barbie in good ___51___ might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll.When Mattel ____52____Barbie Dolls half a cent ury ago,they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries，and every____53___ three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world. Keys：EABD CABDplete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词):(共8分)54. The old couple will celebrate their___________anniversary next month.(forty)55.Mary is good at English,but she is poor at___________.(chemical)56.It is so hot here so I’d like to find the pla ce with an_________fan.(electricity)57.The weather is so cold that everything___________outside.（frozen）58.The old lady was very___________to the boy for helping her crossing the road.(thank)59.I’ve come to the___________that he is not the right person for the job.(conclude)60.Itis___________to say a bad word about anyone behind him.(polite)61.Fire and water may be good___________,but bad masters.(serve)Keys:54.fortieth;55.chemistry;56.electric;57.freezes;58.thankful;59.conclusion;60.impolite;61.servantsV. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词): (共14分) 62.Herry put on his coat before he went out.(改为否定句)Herry___________ ___________on his coat before he went out.63.There is a little pollution in Shanghai.(改为反意疑问句)There is a little pollution in Shanghai，___________ ___________？64.Amy got money to pay for the computer by starting Taobao e-shop every day.(划线提问)___________ ___________ Amy get money to pay for the computer every day？65.Mary failed in the physics exam.So did Kate.(两句合并成一句)___________ Mary___________ Kate passed the physics exam.66.Our school life is enjoyable that we will remember it forever.(保持句意不变)Our school life is enjoyable ___________ ___________us to remember forever.67.“Is that bridge the world’s longest sea bridge?”Cathy asked me.(保持句意不不变)Cathy asked me ___________ that bridge___________the world’s longest sea bridge.68.should,and,decision,thinkabout,we,a,it,make_____________________________________________________________________________Keys:62.didn’t put;63.isn’t there;64.How did;65.Neither…nor;66.enough for;67.if was;68.We should think about it and make a decision.Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写38%)VI.Reading comprehension (阅读理解); (共18分)A.Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): (共12分)Chinese are very gener ous when it comes to educating their children . Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England , the United States or Australia . They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life . The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is , the better it is . So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.Parents can see that their children's skills vary , skilled in some areas while poor in ot hers . What most parents fail to realize though , is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and ho w to study well , but parents aren't teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident , h appy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing housework . Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that the will need later in life . Cooking deman ds patience and time . It's an enjoyable but difficult experiment . A good cook always tries to improve hi s cooking , so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully . His result , a wel l-cooked dinner , will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them , trying to fix them ; yo ur child might become an engineer when he grows up . These activities aren't merely teaching a child to read a book , but rather to think , to use his mind . And that is more important.69. Parents in China , according to this passage , .A. are too strict with their childrenB. are too rich to educate their childrenC. have some problems in educating their children correctlyD. are too poor to educate their children70. Generally speaking , children's skills .A. come from their parentsB. have nothing to do with their educationC. may be differentD. have something to do with their marks in the exams71. The write of this passage doesn't seem to be satisfied with .A. the parents' idea of educating their childrenB. the education systemC. children's skillsD. children's hobbies72. Doing some cooking at home helps children .A. learn how to serve their parentsB. learn how to become strong and fatC. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the futureD. make their parents believe that they are clever73. According to the last paragraph , we can conclude that .A.broken radios and television sets are usefulB.one's curiosity may be useful for his later lifeC.an engineer must fix many broken radiosD. a good student should spend much time repairing radios74.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Infact,the best education parents can give their children is usually very cheap.B.The more generous the parents are,the better their children will do in their studies.C.Cooking can give a child a lot of pleasure and confidence.D.If a child spends hours trying to repair a broken radio,he may become an engineer.Keys: CCACBBB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词完成短文)（12分）Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand（农场工人）. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturdayhe ____75____ to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social activities with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite_____76_____with his life . But actually,life is hard, so my mother felt unsatisfied. She told Dad that they must make a ___77____ .My mother had heard of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and fame. And she hoped that I would some day become a great leader，ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she persuaded Dad to ___78____ his job as a farmhand. She even sent me abroad for ____79___education when I graduated from college. Under the drive ofmy mother’s hope, Dad and I achieved what we have today. Dad runs a big international company and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country, ___80____ not a leader as my mother expected.Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. So he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.75 A．rode B．walked C．ran D．drove76 A．Angry B．filled C．satisfied D．happy77 A．living B．change C．decision D．company78 A．give in B．give out C．give up D．give off79 A．farther B．higher C．easier D．closer80 A．though B．if C．and D．sinceKeys：A C B B CA AC.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):(14分)Moving out,moving backIn the countries all over the world, people are leaving the countryside in large numbers to find jobs inthe cities. They leave b___81____ the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn't much work there. S____82____ such as hospital and transport are usually much better in cities than they are in the country. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.But in the big cities of Europe and America-London, Paris, New York, people are moving out of the city. These are usually families who have some money, and want to live a quieter life.They are t____83___ ofthe noise and the dirt of the city, tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don't want to sit in traffic any more. They want a house with a garden, and clean air that isn't p____84____.So they move out. Some don't go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities, o____85____ people move to the real countryside with sheep and cows and green fields!There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big m____86____. They don't make so much money and there isn't much to do. Country people are very different and aren't always very friendly.As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "It's w___87____ to see crowded in the streets and cinema lights," they say, "I'm so glad back in the city !"Keys:81.because,82.services,83.tired,84.polluted,85.other,86.mistake,87.wonderfulD.Read the passage and answer the following questions.(根据短文内容回答下列问题)（共12分）Nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in Korean ways.“Thank goodness you have double eyelids (双眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a family friend when I was fi ve years old. Double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents money until that summer when I came back to Seoul. Everywhere I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics (整形诊所) and advertisements with South Korean women --- tall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. I found that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” as possible.Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women --- the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering and sacrificing (牺牲) is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. This suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.Appearance is starting to play a bigger role in work places. For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in their studies. In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.88. How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?________________________________________________________89. There are many cosmetic surgery clinics in Seoul, aren’t there?__________, _____________________________________________90. When did the writer understand having double eyelids saved his parents money?________________________________________________________91. Why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery?________________________________________________________92. What do many South Koreans believe?They believe _____________________________________________93. Will you have the cosmetic surgery to make yourself more beautiful in the future?Why?________________________________________________________Keys: 93. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.94. Yes, there are.95. He didn’t understand it until that summer when I came back to Seoul96. Because they want to be beautiful./ Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women --- the promise of beauty.97. that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.98. Any reasonable answers.。
