初三英语上第二次月考暨期中试卷
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初三英语上第二次月考暨期中 （ （Units 1-10）
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试卷 （满分 120 分）
第一部分 听力部分（25 分）
分，共 25 分）
第二节：
听简短对话，然后挑选最佳答案回答所听到的问题。
•听力。（本题有 15 小题，第一节每小题 1 分，第二、第三节每小题 第一节：
（）1. 听小对话，根据对话内容选出相应的图片 ()4. ()5. ()2. C
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( )7. A.He will move the table. B. He will make a phone call.()6. A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
C. He will borrow a table. ( )8. A. The sights of Beijing. B. Nancy " friend.C. Plans for the summer holidays. ()9. A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Snowy. ( )10. A. For two days. B. For three days. C. For five days 第二节：听独白，完成下面信息记录表 Pers onal In formati on Form Name: Morskova Sex: F Natio nality: 12 Now live in: 14
( )11. A. 7 th
Jan. ,1966 B. 17 th
Jan. ,1976 C.17 th
Jan. ,1966 ( )12. A. Russia n B. En glish C. America n ( )13. A. Football player B. Basketball player C. Han dball player ( )14. A. Russia B. Spai n C. USA ( )15. A. Won the first place in Olympic Games
B. Be the best player in the world
C. Has nine daughters
)21. --Do you mind if I smoke here? -- __________
A. You " re welcomeB. Not in the slightest C. Not at all D. B and C )22. I don " t like stories _____________ have unhappy endings. A. who B. that C. where D. whose to watch this ki nd of movie because it is too scary.Date of birth : 11 Profession(职业)：13 Achieveme nt(成就 ) ：15 二.选择填空。
)16.——. ——I improve it _ A. How; with )17.This questi on is A. too much第二部分笔试部分(95 分) (本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分) _do you improve your liste ning? _ liste ning to tapes. B: What; with C: How; by D. What; by __ easy , all the stude nts can an swer the questi on. B. too many C. much tooD. many too )18. He _____ 50 yua n buying books last weeke nd. A. paid for B. spe nt C. cost )19. He is too tired _______ any Ion ger. A. n ot to walk B. to walk C. walki ng D. took D. not walki ng ( )20. The man is made __ A. work B. to work some extra hours. C. worked D. work ing )23. No children
A. should allow B. should be allowed
C. shouldn " t be allowed D. don " t allow
A. bega n B. had bega n C. had bee n on 三、完形填空(每小题 1 分，共 15 分) La Lan gji, a 14-year-old Tibeta n girl from Gan su, always wan ted to go to Beiji ng. But her pare nts could n"t 31 a train ticket because her family was too poor. Last Tuesday, her life was 32 . As one of the young "Olympic messe ngers", she and 102 other kids from western China took the train to Beijing. There they had a seve n-day "Our Dreams" trip 33 by Chi na Mobile. The young "messengers" brought best 34 for the coming 2008 Games. They were 45 out of millio ns three mon ths ago. Most of them are good dancers and sin gers. "It"s like a dream come 36_!" La Langji said. "For the first time, I took a trai n. It was more comfortable tha n I 37 !" During her trip in Beijing, she and the other "messe ngers" saw the un veili ng (揭幕 ) of the mascot of the 2008 Games. They 38 visited the Olympic stadium sites (运动场馆 )and met sports stars like Liu Xia ng.)24. Where ____________ live before you came here? A. did you used B. did you use to C. use he to D. he used to )25. --There " somebody at the door. Who ( postma n? --No. It _______ be A. may, can C may not ( it be? Is him. It "s just six o "clock. It " too early. B. will, won C C. may, mustn C D. it the must, )26.My brother has a _ A. four-years-old C. four — year — old )27. If I ___ a A. am will )28.lt C good being cool. A. the young bird, I B. was would that
___ son. B. fourth -ear— old D. four — year— olds fly freely in the sky. C. were would own ideas about life have their B. youth D. was will as well as about C. the youth )29 The Beiji ng Olympic Games is coming. The Chin ese are all the Games. D.young about A, excited, excited C, excit ing, excited )30 When I got to the cin ema, B, excit ing, excit ing D, excited, excit ing the film ________ for ten minu tes. D. be on
Now the Tibetan girl is dreaming 39 . She wants to study at Peking Un iversity 40 she can find a job in the big city. "I want to make lots of _41 to help my family," she said. Langji said when she gets home, she"ll 42 people know more about the Olympics. Their trip also cha nged the dreams of other kids. Zhaxi Nima is a Tibeta n boy from Qin ghai. The 12-year-old boy 43 in the past of being an astronaut （宇航员）or a singing star. Now Nima wants to play 44 Chin a"s n ati onal football team. "We"ll get a gold medal for China in the Olympics!" he said. Nima also hopes that in 2008 he can come to Beijing （自愿）to help in the Games. 45 and volun teer 31.A. order B afford C.book D. allow 32.A. attracted B. guided C. changed D. served 33.A. offered B foun ded C. produced D. improved 34.A. messages B con tributi onsC. thanks D. wishes 35.A. discovered Bchosen C. searched D. checked 36.A. full Bn ecessary C. short D. true 37.A. collected B described C. expected D. men ti oned 38.A. also Bstill C. ever D. just 39.A. clea ner B. bigger C.rougher D. wider 40.A. so B or C. but D. for 41.A. decisi ons Bfrien ds C. calls D. money 42.A. warn B find C. let D. realize 43.A. compla ined1Bdreamed C. in creased D. heard 44.A. aga inst B with C. on D. for 45.A. agai n Bforever C. n early D. especially 四 „阅读理解 （每题 2 分，共 3 0 分）
A Name Personal information Ludwig Von Beethove n Born in 1770, in Germa ny. A musicia n. Died in 1827 Flore nee Nighti ngale Born in Italy on May 12 th , 1820 An English nurse Died in 1910 Bill Gates Born in 1955 in the USA Wrote Busi ness @ the Speed of Thought Own Microsoft Thomas Edis on Born in 1847 in the USA Made over 6000 inventions
Died in 1931 Yao Mi ng Born on September 12 th , 1980 in Shanghai, China A basketball player Playing in the Houston Rockets, USA ( )46. Thomas Edis on is from _______
A. Can ada B. Italy C. America D. Australia ( )47. The
_______ was born in 1770. A. musicia n B. nurse C. bus in essma n D. scie ntist ( )48. Bus in ess @ the Speed of Thought is the n ame of a
_____ . A. song B. book C. school D. movie ( )49. Florence Night in gale died in
______
. A. 1931 B. 1827 C. 1847 D.1910 ( )50. Which of the followi ng is true? A . Beethoven made over 1000 inventions. B. Yao Ming is playing basketball in America. C.
Ediso n was born in 1820 . D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955 B In today "world many people seem to be hungry for mon ey. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect( 影响)on the poor, but once a pers on has a rich life, a lot more money does n"t mea n more happ in ess. If money was everything, all millionaires( 百万富翁)would have true love, true frien dship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true. Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are "love you ”. But can love be bought? I rm afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are probably the most precious( 宝贵的)things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with mon ey? The an swer is No”. Of all the Iongest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can "tbe bought, either. In a word, where money is worshiped( 崇 拜),money can cause brothers to quarrel, lovers to hate, strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have, it is still not eno ugh to make you a happy pers on if you have not one to laugh with, no one to cry for. ( )51. Accord ing to the passage, which of the follow ing do you thi nk is right? A. Money is everything. B. Money isn "tnecessary. C. Money is importa nt, but not the most importa nt. D. With no mon ey, with no success. ( )52. What "s the most important thing for every person according to the writer "s ideas? A. Only money. B. Health and a long life
C. Only friendship. D. A, B and C ( ) 53. Which sentence of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. If you haven "t much money, you can "tget more happiness. B. You may live a long life even if you are poor. C. Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor. D. If you are rich, you will have less friendship. ( )54. In fact, all millionaires
. A. have much money B. die earlier C. love their money D. have true love ( )55. What does the sentence “Love means to give, not to take. ”mean in the passage? A. 爱意味着给你，而不能带走。
B. 爱是可以得到的，不要走开。
C. 爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。
D. 爱是可以索取的，而不必付 出。
(C) Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water into the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don " t get much rain. But they still don " t become deserts. This is because some plants are grhoewrein.g t Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don " t le hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don " t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily. ( )56． Deserts _________
A. get very little rain B. never have any plants or animals in them C. can all be turned into good land before long D. both A and C ( ) 57.Small green plants are very important to dry places because
____________________________________ . A. they don t le"t the sun make the earth even drier B. the don " t let the wind blow the earth away. C. they hold the water D. all of the above （ ）
58. Land is becoming desert because
______ . A. plants can "t grow there B. there is not enough rain C. people haven" t done what scientists wish them to do D. scientists know little about the deserts （ ）
59 .Which is the main idea of the first three sentences? A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land
C. If scientists can bring water into desert, people can live and grow there. D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time. （ ）60. After reading this, we learn that
______ . A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desert B. it is good to get rid of the grass in the desert C. all places without much rain will become deserts D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass 五．词汇运用。
（本题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分）
There is a saying “Time is life and when the lazy man kills time ,he kills 61__ （他自己 ）. ”But today I did a 62 _ （ 愚蠢的 ）thing to waste a lot of time. This morning, after I had breakfast 63 _________ （迅速地 ）.I watched TV. But it was too boring. Then I started to 64 _______ （ 玩 ）
computer games. When I 65 _____ （ 意识到 ）
I should study hard for my coming English and math 66 _______ （ 考试 ）.Four hours had passed, what should I do? I didn "htave enough time. Mum knew this and 67___ （告诉）
me, “It "s no_t_6_8 ___ （有帮 助的 ）
to be worried now. The only thing you can do is to do it at once. Don"t play again. ”I think Mom is right. I should be the 69 _________ （所有者 ）of time and can "t make time70 ___飞（ ）away from me. 六、任务型阅读（ 5 分）
Lifelong Learning （ 终身学习 ）
In the past, when students graduated from college and got jobs, only some of them went on with their study. But today, lifelong learning is becoming more and more common （常见的 ）. Lucy, who is forty, teaches physics at a college in Boston. “Next term, I "ll teach some of classes by using the Internet. This is the way of teaching that I "ve never used before, ”says Lucy. “These days, I am taking a class to learn how to teach in this way, If not, I will lose my job. ” At the same time, Lucy "s seventy-year-old parents, who live in New York, are taking an art history class online. “We love this subject,”says her father , “and we learn it to enjoy
ourselves. You see we can study with people all over the world. What fun it is to learn like this!
Lucy Pare nts Age Forty 71. Subject Teach some of classes by using the Intern et. 72. Place 73. New work How to teach or lear n On the Internet/Online 74. For what they go on lear ning Not to lose her job 75 七、写作(20) 昨晚小明做了一个梦。他梦见自己成为了北京奥运会的一名志愿者：
他努力帮助了来自世界各国的外国朋友……在交谈中， 小明让外国朋友更多 地了解了北京。外国朋友感谢小明，并认为小明的英语非常好。
小明很高兴， 他甜蜜地笑了…… 请你根据设定的梦境并加以想象，写一段 80 词左右的短文。
参考词汇：
try(do) one " best, find(that), heavy(lost), talk with(about) Xiao Mi ng had a dream last ni ght. In the dream , he volun teered to serve(志 愿去服务)the Beijing Olympics …