最新上海初三英语2014年上学期期中试卷
松江区2014学年度第一学期期中测试
初三英语2014.11
（满分150分，完卷时间100分钟）
Part 1 Listening（第一部分听力）
I. Listening comprehension (听力理解) (共30分)
A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (6分)
A B C D
E F G H
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. ________
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的
对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) (8分)
7. A) Sue. B) Sally. C) Betty. D) Sharon.
8. A) At 8:00. B) At 6:30. C) At 6:00. D) At 6:15.
9. A) By bike. B) By car. C) By bus. D) On foot.
10. A) Rainy. B) Sunny. C) Windy. D) Snowy.
11. A) A doctor. B) A nurse. C) A teacher. D) An artist.
12. A)Teacher and student. B) Husband and wife.
C) Doctor and patient. D) Father and daughter.
13. A) Go for a lecture. B) Go for a drink.
C) Go for a book. D) Go for a walk.
14. A) Bob was too tired to study any more. B) The man told Bob not to study at night.
C) Bob didn’t hear what the man said.D) Bob didn’t take the man’s advice.
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列
句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (6分)
15. There was something wrong with the rich lady’s car on a snowy evening.
16. Robert spent nearly half an hour helping to repair the lady’s car.
17. The lady passed by an old house and went in to ask for some water.
18. The lady left some money on the table because the hostess made tea for her.
19. Robert and his wife were in great need of money for their coming baby.
20. The passage tells us we should help others because helping others is helping ourselves.
D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容。每空
格限填一词) (10分)
21.Giving ______ ______ helps boys and girls communicate better and more comfortably.
22.The way you stand, a hand gesture and a ______ ______ are all examples of body language.
23.______ ______Edward T. Hall, 65% of communication between two people is body language.
24.In some cases, you can even express yourself without any words ______ ______.
25.People in some countries ______ ______different body language to show the same meaning.
Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）
II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)
26. Computers rarely give wrong answers to us. Which of the following is correct for the
underlined word in the sentence?
A) [’r e?li] B) [’r a?li] C) [’r??li] D) [’raili]
27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A) Don’t pick flowers in the park. B) He is waiting downstairs for you.
C) Do you know how to solve the problem? D) What do you want to be when you grow up?
28. Outside the main gates of the city stood ______ huge wooden horse.
A) an B) the C) / D) a
29. I have never seen such a better handwriting like ______!
A) you B) your C) yours D) yourself
30. Some kinds of computers are so tiny that you may be unaware ______ them.
A) on B) in C) of D) from
31. We all know _______ of the twins have ever been to Hainan Island.
A) neither B) either C) both D) none
32. Peter bought some goldfish ________ he found it difficult to raise them.
A) because B) although C) or D) until
33. You can close your eyes for ______ seconds after watching TV for too long.
A) a few B) few C) a little D) little
34. The New York International Children’s Film Festival has become one of _______ festivals for
children and teens in North America.
A) a large B) larger C) the largest D) the larger
35. The new traffic law says everyone in a car ________ wear the seat belt.
A) need B) must C) can D) may
36. Nowadays scientists are working hard to find out ______ to solve air pollution.
A) how B) where C) when D) what
37. Nancy spoke in such a low voice that students in our class could hear her.
A) all B) many C) few D) most
38. The teacher told the student ________ attention to his spelling and grammar.
A) pay B) to paying C) to pay D) paying
39. I don’t want to see the film “The Hobbit II” because I ________ it already.
A) has seen B) saw C) have seen D) had seen
40. Our school sports meeting ________ twice a year and nearly all of us take part in it.
A) holds B) is held C) are held D) is holding
41. I have tried many times to memorize the poem, ______ I always fail.
A) and B) or C) but D) so
42. _______ exciting our life will be in the future with so many wonderful inventions!
A) What B) How C) How an D) What an
43. The students ______ to check the answers by discussing with others just now.
A) ask B) are asked C) asked D) were asked
44. ---A: Why not take an umbrella with you? It might rain in a while.
---B: ________
A) Oh, my god! B) You are welcome! C) All right! Thanks! D) See you later.
45. ---A: Excuse me, you just happened to take away my mobile phone by mistake.
---B: ________
A) I am fine. B) I am really sorry. C) Never mind. D) That’s all right.
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) (共8分)
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The 46 way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to the 47 , which it took a month or more to get to more than one hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its many advantages. You can 48__
the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They can 49 make the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many 50 countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains 51 planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own 52 . You can travel about three hundred miles or only fifty miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish. There is always something interesting to see, at a hotel to 53 the night or at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.
IV. Complete 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. This is the ________ time for our school to hold the robot-making contest. (three)
55. Don’t worry. Jimmy can try to work out the problem ________. (him)
56. We are proud of Wendy because she is very ________ in her business.(succeed)
57. Believe it or not, computers may be ________ than doctors at doing their job. (good)
58. In 50 years, perhaps there will be no more cormorant ________ in the world. (fisherman)
59. Eating vegetables and doing exercise regularly can ________ us to have a long life. (able)
60. If the Internet is ________ used, it will hold the key to success in the 21st century. (proper)
61. Young people can learn how to respect all ________ things by keeping a pet dog. (live)
V. Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共14分)
62. Beijing provides tourists with a lot of tasty local snacks. (改为一般疑问句)
_______ Beijing ________ tourists with a lot of tasty local snacks?
63. Tim and Laura had a wonderful holiday in Australia. (对划线部分提问)
_______ did Ted and Laura _______ in Australia?
64. Eric did the science test most quickly in our class. (保持句意基本不变)
Eric did the science test ________ ________ than any other student in our class.
65. Talent Show is a very popular TV program in China. (改为感叹句)
________ ________ popular TV program Talent Show is in China!
66. Though the earthquake destroyed many houses , people didn’t lose hope.(改为被动语态)
Though many houses _______ _______ by the earthquake, people didn’t lose hope.
67. We plant trees every year in order to make our city more beautiful.(保持句意基本不变)
We plant trees every year ________ ________ we can make our city more beautiful.
68. lovely, it, growing, is, pets, wonderful, to, see, quickly, up (连词成句)
___________________________________________________________________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分读写）
VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共50分)
A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12分)
Making full use of time is important in our daily life. Maybe there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish all you need to do. Here are some opinions that might help you.
1. Set up a plan. Go for a week at a time. Pay attention to the important things. Take the most important ones first, including things you want to accomplish.
2. Control your stress (压力). If any stress happens to you, try to keep cool. Stressing out can lead to an early breakdown, which is bad for you when you have a lot of things to do. It’s more relaxing to take a 30-minute walk and cool off than work all week with stress.
3. Shut your door. Do your important tasks with your door shut. This will make sure you have high efficiency (效率).
4. Pay attention to one thing at a time. If you do many things at a time, it will take you longer time to accomplish what you want to do.
5. Just say “no.” If other people often ask you for help, and you really don’t have the time to help out, just say “no.” You can’t save the whole world.
6. Stop wasting time on the phone. While talking on the phone, keep your talk short and to the point. Thus, you will waste much less time.
Finally, be realistic (现实). You can only do what you can do. Don’t set out to accomplish the impossible.
As families today get busier and busier, it’s important to your own mental health to keep things on track. Do it at once and you’ll get your life in order (井然有序) now.
69. There are______ opinions about making full use of time in this passage.
A) five B) six C) seven D) eight
70. The underlined word “accomplish” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.
A) make use of B) finish doing C) relax D) improve
71. Which of the following sentences is not true based on(根据) the first opinion?
A) Think carefully about the plan. B) Stop unimportant things.
C) Leave the most important ones behind. D) Refuse something that is unwanted.
72. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A) Take a walk when you feel stressed. B) Keep to the point when talking on the phone.
C) Say “no” when you are busy. D) Chat with your friends when you feel stressed.
73. The purpose(目的) of writing the passage is ______.
A) to ask readers to be realistic
B) to give suggestions on how to use time properly
C) to invite readers to discuss how to be a happy person
D) to tell readers how to control stress
74. If you follow the writer’s advice, you will ______.
A) do anything that you want to do. B) have no stress at all.
C) meet with no difficulties. D) be in good order in your daily life.
B. Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文) (12分)
In the town of Lopburi, Thailand, there are monkeys everywhere. They run around the streets. They climb on cars, houses, and other buildings. The monkeys in this town are very playful and sometimes they cause a lot of 75 . But how do people in Lopburi feel about these little animals? The truth is that the people of Lopburi are not too concerned about the trouble caused by the monkeys. Of course, they know that the monkeys are troublemakers. They also know that sometimes they can make life 76 . It’s not always fun when they run everywhere and take food.
77 , the people of Lopburi know that the people of the town also cause the problem. They allow the monkeys to run around the streets. They don’t try to 78 them. Once a year, they even have a monkey party with lots of food – for the monkeys!
Why do they have this big monkey party? The reasons includes legends (传说) and tradition. Most people in Thailand are Buddhists (佛教徒), and for many of them monkeys are very important animals. Monkeys 79 in many Thai stories and legends. In a famous old story, a monkey was considered as heroes. Because of the legend and Buddhist traditions, many people in Thailand are especially kind to monkeys today. This kindness is not only allowing monkeys to do ___80 they wish but also offering special food for monkeys – not just at festivals.
The yearly monkey party is a time when the community of Lopburi can show the monkeys just how much they like them. The festival organizers are giving the monkeys a whole cake! An organizer says these monkeys are part of our local Buddhist tradition.
75. A) pain B) argument C) contact D) trouble
76. A) difficult B) meaningful C) convenient D) interesting
77. A) However B) Finally C) Therefore D) Anyway
78. A) feed B) help C) stop D) kill
79. A) act B) live C) run D) appear
80. A) something B) anything C) nothing D) some things
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)
Mike enjoyed going fishing and decided to buy a new boat. A friend named Peter said that he knew of a boat for sale at a place called White Bay. Mike telephoned and asked w 81 it was for sale. The woman who was selling the boat explained that it had been her husband’s. His name
was Wayne and he used to go fishing a lot at night. One morning, however, another fisherman had found Wayne’s boat e 82 out at sea. Wayne wasn’t in the boat and people thought that he had been drowned (淹死).The woman said that her husband’s body had never been found. Now she hated the boat and wanted to sell it q 83 .
It was a good fishing boat but Mike bought it very cheaply. He moved the boat 100 kilometres or so to a harbor near where he lived. One Friday Mike and Peter were out in the boat a long way from the coast. It suddenly became very cloudy and the air was white, so they couldn’t see anything a 84 them. Mike told Peter to turn off the engine and wait for the weather to get better. He said that there were a long way from land. It was much s 85 to wait. The men waited but the weather didn’t improve. In fact, it was more and more terrible. At ten o’clock Mike told Peter to try to start the engine of the boat, but he couldn’t o 86 it. Mike used the radio, but it was broken. Then the lights went out. They were in the dark and in a broken-down boat a long way out at sea. At midnight they decided to go to sleep. The next thing Mike knew was that it was morning and he could hear something noisy. Was it another boat? He opened his eyes and looked out. The noise wasn’t a boat, but a car. Their boat was in a harbor, but not Mike’s harbor. The boat was b 87
in White Bay where Mike had bought it. Maybe only one person could have brought the boat there. That was Wayne. Was he dead?
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)
“If you are born with double eyelids (双眼皮), your parents will ‘save’ a lot of money,” said a family friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which are common in Caucasian (白种人), are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.
I didn’t understand how having double eyelids saved my parents money until that summer when I came back to Seoul. When I reached the city, I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics (整容诊所) everywhere. I also found out that South Korean beauty meant looking as “White” or Caucasian as possible.
South Korea is famous for its cosmetic surgery. Girls usually get eyelid surgery as high school graduation presents. What made South Koreans fall so madly in love with cosmetic surgery? Cosmetic surgery has some kind of magical appeal (吸引力) to them---beauty. Women think that suffering(美容所遭受的痛苦) is necessary to be beautiful. They believe that beauty will attract a “good” husband, which leads to a better lifestyle.
Nowadays, men also ask cosmetic surgery for help because appearance is starting to play an important part in the workplace. For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and over six feet tall, has more chances to get job than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier. You know, both of them graduated from the same college and had the same grades.
In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.
88. There are so many cosmetic surgery clinics in Seoul, aren’t there?
89. How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?