2006-2007学年度崇文区第二学期初三统一练习（一）

英语试卷

2007.5

第I卷（选择题  共76分）

第I卷包括听力和笔试两部分，五道大题。每小题只能选择一个答案，多选不得分。

本试卷满分为120分，考试时间为120分钟。

第一部分  听力（24分）

一. 听简短叙述，选择正确答案。（简短叙述朗读两遍）（共4分，每小题1分）

二. 听对话和对话后的问题，选择正确答案。（对话和问题朗读两遍）（共6分，每小题1分）

  5. A. History                    B. Science                    C. Computer

  6. A. Carrots                    B. Vegetables                C. Salad

  7. A. About 40                  B. About 50                  C. About 60

  8. A. Bill                         B. Jim                          C. Jack

  9. A. December                B. November                C. October

  10. A. Pop music                     B. Rock music                     C. Classical music

三. 听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，选择正确答案。

（对话或独白朗读两遍）（共14分，每小题2分）

现在请听一段对话，完成第11、12小题。

  11. What was wrong with Jack yesterday afternoon?

A. He hurt his head

B. He got a cold

C. He got a stomachache

  12. What did the doctor ask Jack to do?

A. Stay in bed                            B. Go to school                    C. Buy some medicine

现在请听一段独白，完成第13、14小题。

生词：departure  n. 出发

  13. Where can you possibly hear the announcement（广播）？

    A. At a station                   B. At an airport                 C. In a hotel

  14. Who will get a free round―trip ticket?

    A. People having more patience

    B. People preparing the departure

C. People taking a later flight

现在请听一段对话，完成第15、16、17小题。

  15. What kind of people does Triple J mainly play for?

    A. The old people

    B. The young people

    C. The young kids

  16. What kind of program does Tripe J mainly present?

    A. Comedy                       B. News                    C. Music

  17. What is the main role of Triple J?

    A. Introducing new things that make people think

    B. Introducing new things that please people

    C. Introducing latest music to young Australians

第二部分  笔试（52分）

四. 语言知识运用（1）

（一）单项填空（共18分，每小题1分）

从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

  18. The coach said they needed to choose four ______________ for the football team.

    A. singers                  B. players                  C. farmers                 D. actors

  19. ――Do you know the old man in the black jacket?

――Certainly. He’s Mr. Liu. He teaches ______________ history.

    A. ours                      B. our                       C. us                         D. we

  20. ――What else do you want?

――______________ else. I think I have got all the things ready.

    A. Something                                 B. Anything

    C. Everything                                 D. Nothing

  21. ――Mum, I made two cards. One is for you, ______________ is for my teacher.

――Nice boy, thanks.

    A. other                    B. another                 C. the other               D. the others

  22. ――______________ kinds of English novels have you got?

――More than twenty.

    A. How many                                 B. How much

    C. How far                                     D. How long

  23. ――I like riding motorbike very fast. It’s very exciting.

――Oh! Don’t do that, ______________ you may have an accident.

    A. and                       B. but                       C. or                         D. so

  24. ――When are you going to meet your parents ______________ Sunday morning?

――At half past seven.

    A. on                        B. in                                C. to                                D. for

  25. Liu Xiang is the hero of China. I think he runs ______________ in Asia.

    A. fast                       B. faster                    C. much faster                  D. fastest

  26. ――I can’t find Dad. Where is he?

――I’m not sure. He ______________ be in the study.

    A. must                     B. may                      C. need                     D. will

  27. ――What about going shopping with me now?

――Sorry. I want ______________ my grandparents.

    A. visit                      B. to visit                         C. visiting                 D. visited

  28. ――Where is Judy?

――She ______________ the Palace Museum.

    A. has been to                                        B. had been to

    C. has gone to                                        D. had gone to

  29. ――Listen! What a beautiful song! Who ______________ in the next room?

――I don’t know. Is that Mary?

    A. sing                      B. sings                     C. is singing              D. has sung

  30. ――The tall building looks so wonderful.

――Yes, it is the newest building here. It ______________ last year.

    A. build                    B. built                     C. is built                         D. was built

  31. ――Has he finished ______________ the novel?

――Yes, he has.

    A. reading                 B. to read                         C. read                      D. reads

  32. It’s quite difficult to learn English well, but you can’t ______________.

    A. put it up                                     B. pick it up

    C. look it up                                   D. give it up

  33. The students didn’t stop talking ______________ the teacher came in.

    A. if                         B. until              C. that                D. why

  34. ――Please tell her the news when she ______________.

――OK, I will.

    A. comes                   B. will come              C. come             D. would come

  35. ――We’ll have a new music teacher―Mrs. Li.

――Really? Do you know ______________?

    A. when will she come                     B. When she will come

    C. when did she come                      D. when she came

（二）完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Shaquille O’Neal was chosen in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He was   36   as the 1999-2000 Most Valuable Player by media. He was in All-NBA First Team four times. He was in All-Star nine times. O’Neal is a great basketball player, and he is also a successful   37  .

Shaquille O’Neal is both a big man, more than 7 feet tall and 310 pounds, and a big basketball star. Here are some facts about this   38   player. He was born on March 6, 1972, in Newark, New Jersey. His nickname（绰号）, Shaq, is taken from his   39   name. Shaquille Rashaun, which means “little warrior”   40   Arabic. When he was a child, he did not want to play basketball or be a rap singer. He wanted to be a break dancer,   41   when he was 13, he started playing basketball for an American team in Germany, where he was living   42   his family. His parents had to look after the young basketball player in his daily life because he was too young at that time. In Germany, he met Dale Brown, the trainer of the basketball team of Lousiana State University（LSU）. This   43   with Trainer Brown guided Shaq to choose LSU after he finished high school. Then at the age of 20, Shaq   44   the Orlando Magic, an NBA team. Shaq is now number 34 with the Los Angeles Lakers and has   45   a 7-year contract for $ 123 million, or “a hundred mil”   46   Shaquille calls it in his rap song “It Was All a Dream.”

Shaquille O’Neal is the greatest example of an NBA player who became a rapper. He has made four successful rap albums（专辑）. “It Was All a Dream” is one of his rap songs. In the song he tells people how he   47   when he became successful.

What an amazing success story he has had.

  36. A. reached                  B. caught               C. held                         D. picked

  37. A. dancer                    B. trainer               C. rap singer                 D. movie star

  38. A. rich                       B. famous              C. strange                     D. young

  39. A. big                        B. good                 C. given                       D. family

  40. A. in                          B. on                    C. at                                   D. to

  41. A. so                          B. then                  C. but                          D. or

  42. A. from                      B. with                  C. by                           D. for

  43. A. connection              B. help                  C. agreement                D. stay

  44. A. played                    B. joined               C. left                          D. bought

  45. A. found                     B. wrote                C. marked                    D. signed

  46. A. as                          B. while                C. since                        D. because

  47. A. sang                       B. played               C. dreamed                   D. felt

五. 阅读理解（共22分，每小题2分）

阅读下面A、B、C三篇短文。根据短文内容从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

A

  48. Linda likes romantic movies best, which movie will she watch?

A. DejaVu                                         B. Night at the Museum

C. Babel                                            D. The Devil Wears Prada

  49. Brad Pitt is Jack’s favorite movie star, which theater will he go to?

A. The Classic Theater                        B. The Plaza Theater

C. The Center Theater                         D. The Hill Theater

  50. John likes movies, but he’s free only after 16:45, so he can watch a/ an ___________.

A. scientific movie                             B. horror movie

C. action movie                                 D. romantic movie

B

What would life be like aboard（在……上）a spaceship? Perhaps the strangest and most interesting thing about living in space is that people are weightless because there is no gravity（重力）. This condition, which is called zero gravity, makes it possible for astronauts to fly through the spaceship simply by pushing off from a wall or a chair. It’s almost like swimming underwater, except that there is no up or down. Imagine, then, taking a shower when water moves in the air instead of running down on you. Tie yourself to a wall so that you don’t fly away while taking a sleep. You couldn’t brush your teeth in the usual way. The following may help you understand how these and other everyday activities can be difficult tasks for people who travel in space.

●Showers

Taking a shower aboard a spaceship isn’t like taking one at home. On a spaceship, you must store up water. And preparing the equipment for showers takes a long time. It is also not a simple activity. On Russian spaceships, an astronaut gets in an elastic（弹性的） cylinder（汽缸） with caps at both ends. Rubber slippers, fixed to the floor, keep the astronaut from flying upward. The astronaut puts a soft pipe into his or her mouth in order to breathe. Then the astronaut presses his or her nose to keep water out, because water doesn’t drop downward in space. When the water is turned on, it comes out of holes at the top and bottom of the cylinder. Astronauts use a soap-filled cloth to wash and then a plain cloth to clean.

●Teeth cleaning

Astronauts use electric toothbrushes. They are encouraged to massage their gums（按摩牙龈）with a special cloth. A special chewing gum, used after every meal, also helps them keep their teeth clean.

●Sleep

When you’re really tired, it feels wonderful to lie down on a bed and sleep. In space, however, there is no “down”. An astronaut sleeps in a standing position in a sleeping bag fixed to the wall of a sleeping place. In the space station, elastic bands keep the sleeper in place and give the feeling of lying flatly on a bed. These bands press the sleeper back in the same way that gravity presses down.

  51. Why do the everyday activities become difficult in space?

A. Because astronauts can fly away.

B. Because people are weightless.

C. Because there is no up or down.

D. Because water moves in the air.

  52. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in the second paragraph?

A. Keeping the water out.

B. Storing up water in space.

C. Fixing cylinders to the floor.

D. Preparing shower equipment.

  53. What does the underlined word “bands” mean in the last paragraph?

A. Flat things fixing sleepers.

B. Series of space numbers.

C. Narrow areas with light.

D. Groups of musicians.

  54. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Zero Gravity                          B. Strange Space

C. Brave Spacemen                            D. Living in Space

C

Think of all the things you throw away: juice bottles, soda cans, candy covers. It adds up. How much rubbish do you produce? Americans throw away about 1 ton of rubbish per person every year. That’s 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of rubbish! Most of this rubbish gets covered in big holes in the ground called landfills（垃圾掩埋）.

A lot of this rubbish can be recycled, or turned back into something useful. The main things we recycle today are made from metal, paper or glass.

People recycle for many reasons. One of the main reasons is to protect resources. Making new cans out of old ones means less aluminum（铝）is needed for new cans.

The leads to a second reason people recycle: It saves energy. Recycling old aluminum cans takes much less energy than making new aluminum. To make new aluminum, you need to mine metal ore（矿石）from the ground, remove it, and refine it into a finished metal.

Recycling also protects valuable land. By recycling, we produce less rubbish. That means fewer landfills are needed for dropping our rubbish.

Because metals are somewhat costly to make, they are the world’s most recycled materials. About two―thirds of all steel（钢）is recycled.

Almost all drink cans are made of aluminum. Americans recycle about one―third of their used aluminum cans. Empty cans are sent to special factories. There, they are cleaned, melted, and made into new pieces of aluminum.

Americans use lots of paper―mostly in the form of newspapers, magazines, and cardboard boxes. In fact, paper takes up more space in landfills than any other material.

Old paper can be cut and made into new paper. Americans recycle a little more than one-third of their paper rubbish. New paper is made from trees. Each ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees!

Glass can be recycled, too. Americans recycle less than one―quarter of the glass they use. Perhaps that is because recyclers must take more work to recycle glass. First, only bottle glass can be melted and made into new glass. Second, different colors of glass must be melted separately. This means bottles must be separated by color before they can be recycled.

  55. The passage is mainly about _________________________.

A. reasons of recycling

B. advantages of recycling

C. difficulties of recycling

D. different kinds of recycling

  56. Which of the following is not the reason for people to recycle?

A. To protect resources                       B. To save energy

C. To protect land                              D. To save lives

  57. Which of the following is the most difficult to recycle?

A. Metal               B. Glass                C. Paper                D. Land

  58. What should be the writer’s feeling to recycling according to the passage?

A. He supports it and calls for it

B. He wants to help but can do little

C. He feels disappointed and gives up

D. He thinks it’s useful but difficult

第II卷（非选择题  共44分）

一. 语言知识运用（2）（共10分，每小题2分）

根据中文意思完成句子。

  1. 孩子们正忙于打开圣诞节的礼物。

Children ________________________________________________ the Christmas gifts.

  2. David和Jack都非常喜欢足球。

____________________________________________________ enjoy football very much.

  3. 我想你最好先问一下你妈妈。

I think ____________________________________________________ your mother first.

  4. 英语不仅有用而且有趣。

English is ____________________________________________________.

  5. 对于老师来说，帮助学生学会学习的方法是很重要的。

____________________________________________________ the methods of study.

二. 口语交际（共10分，每小题2分）

根据上下文的意思补全对话。在横线上写出所缺少的内容。

A: Excuse me, sir. 6 ______________________________________________ the zoo?

B: Sorry, I don’t know. I’m new here. Maybe you can ask that girl over there.

A: 7 ______________________________________________ all the same.

B: Not at all.

A: Excuse me, I’d like to go to the zoo, could you help me?

C: Let me see. Walk along this street until you reach the second traffic lights. Then turn left. At the end of the street, you’ll find the zoo.

A: It sounds not very near. Can I 8______________________________________________?

C: Yes, you can.

A: Where is the 9 ______________________________________________?

C: It’s over there, on the other side of the street.

A: 10 ______________________________________________ will it take me to get there by bus?

C: Only ten minutes.

A: Thank you very much.

C: You’re welcome.

三. 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Music is part of every culture on Earth. Many people feel that music makes life worth living. We can make music ourselves if we play an instrument（乐器）or sing. We can hear music on CDs or tapes, on radio or television and even on the Internet. Music gives up pleasure. It can cheer us up, or excite us.

Music can make us feel happy, sad, excited or calm―all kinds of feelings. But what is it? Some people describe it as an artful form of sounds across time. These sounds might be loud or soft, high or low, quick and short, or slow and long. The sounds need to keep on for some time in some kinds of forms to become music.

Music, like language, is a special human form of communication. Also like language, there are many different kinds. In North America, people listen to jazz, rock, classical, folk, country, and many other kinds of music. Each kind of music has its own rules and “speaks” to us in its own way.

What we think of music depends on where we live. What Americans are used to listening to might sound strange to someone from another culture. It might not even sound like music. And also you can find that every country has its own typical instruments to show their traditional music.

Today, modern communications（通讯系统）make it possible for us to listen to music from all over the world. In this way music from one part of the world could influence（影响）music from another part.

Music goes along with many of our activities. We dance to music. We sing songs at school. Many of us exercise to music. We hear music in cars and stores. Music comes with many important moments.

Music pleases us. We listen to slow music, spiritual music, pop music, rock music, and opera. We have favorite performers. We hear music as the background in movies. Perhaps we go to the theater to see a musical movie―play with music, singing, and often with dancing.

Music is part of our lives.

  11. Can we hear music on the Internet?

_______________________________________________________________________________

  12. What kinds of feelings can music give us?

_______________________________________________________________________________

  13. Why can music all over the world influence each other today?

_______________________________________________________________________________

  14. What are the similarities（相似点）between music and language?

_______________________________________________________________________________

  15. What is the passage mainly about?

_______________________________________________________________________________

四. 写作（共14分）

（一）单句表达（4分）

根据中文意思和英文提示词语，写出四句语法正确，意思连贯的话。

中国有着悠久历史，北京是中国的首都，北京位于华北地区。2008年将在这里……

  16. China, a long history

_______________________________________________________________________________

  17. Beijing, the capital of China

_______________________________________________________________________________

  18. Beijing, lies, the north part of China

_______________________________________________________________________________

  19. Olympic Games, be, held in Beijing, in 2008

_______________________________________________________________________________

（二）文段表达（10分）

根据中文提示和英文提示，写一篇意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的短文。

2008年，中国北京将要主办奥运会。请你代表中学生给国际奥委会主席罗格写一封信。信的内容应包括对于北京城市变化的描述；作为中学生的迎奥运行为；同时还要表达对于北京成功举办奥运会的信心。

参考词汇（供选用）：hold, change, study English, successful

Dear Mr. Rogge,

How are you doing? I’m so happy that I can write this letter to you.

I’m a student from Beijing. ____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

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See you in 2008

A middle school student from Beijing