初三英语上第二次月考暨期中 (Units 1-10) 试卷
（满分 120分）
第一部分 听力部分（25分）
一．听力。（本题有15小题，第一节每小题1分，第二、第三节每小题2分，共25分）
第一节： 听小对话，根据对话内容选出相应的图片
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第二节： 听简短对话，然后挑选最佳答案回答所听到的问题。
（ ）6. A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
（ ）7. A.He will move the table. B. He will make a phone call.
C. He will borrow a table.
（ ）8. A. The sights of Beijing. B. Nancy’s 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
第三节：听独白，完成下面信息记录表
Personal Information Form
Name: Morskova Sex: F Date of birth : 11
Nationality: 12 Profession(职业)：13
Now live in: 14 Achievement(成就)： 15
( ) 11. A. 7th Jan.,1966 B. 17th Jan.,1976 C.17 th Jan.,1966
( ) 12. A. Russian B. English C. American
( ) 13. A. Football player B. Basketball player C. Handball player
( ) 14. A. Russia B. Spain C. USA
( ) 15. A. Won the first place in Olympic Games
B. Be the best player in the world
C. Has nine daughters
第二部分 笔试部分（95分）
二．选择填空。（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
( ) 16.----_____do you improve your listening?
----I improve it ______ listening to tapes.
A. How; with B: What; with C: How; by D. What; by
( ) 17.This question is ______ easy , all the students can answer the question.
A. too much B. too many C. much too D. many too
( ) 18. He _____50 yuan buying books last weekend.
A. paid for B. spent C. cost D. took
( )19. He is too tired ________ any longer.
A. not to walk B. to walk C. walking D. not walking
( )20. The man is made _____ some extra hours.
A. work B. to work C. worked D. working
( )21. --Do you mind if I smoke here? --________
A. You’re welcome B. 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
( ) 23. No children to watch this kind of movie because it is too scary.
A. should allow B. should be allowed
C. shouldn’t be allowed D. don’t allow
( ) 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’s somebody at the door. Who ________ it be? Is it the postman?
--No. It _______ be him. It’s just six o’clock. It’s too early.
A. may, can’t B. will, won’t C. may, mustn’t D. must, may not
( )26.My brother has a ________ son.
A. four-years-old B. fourth–year—old
C. four—year—old D. four—year—olds
( )27. If I ___ a bird, I ____ fly freely in the sky.
A. am will B. was would C. were would D. was will
( )28.It’s good that have their own ideas about life as well as about being cool.
A. the young B. youth C. the youth D. young
( )29 The Beijing Olympic Games is coming. The Chinese are all ____ about the ___ Games.
A, excited, excited B, exciting, exciting
C, exciting, excited D, excited, exciting
( )30 When I got to the cinema, the film for ten minutes.
A. began B. had began C. had been on D. be on
三、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）
La Langji, a 14-year-old Tibetan girl from Gansu, always wanted to go to Beijing. But her parents couldn't 31 a train ticket because her family was too poor.
Last Tuesday, her life
was 32 . As one of the young
"Olympic messengers", she and 102 other kids from western China took
the train to Beijing. There they had a seven-day "Our Dreams" trip 33 by China Mobile.
The young
"messengers" brought best 34 for the coming 2008 Games. They were 45
out of millions three months
ago. Most of them are good dancers and singers.
"It's like a dream come 36_!" La Langji said. "For the first time, I took a train. It was more comfortable than I 37 !"
During her trip in Beijing, she and the other "messengers" saw the unveiling (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 Xiang.
Now the Tibetan girl is dreaming 39 . She wants to study at Peking University 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 changed the dreams of other kids.
Zhaxi Nima is a Tibetan boy from Qinghai. 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 China's national 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 45 and volunteer (自愿) to help in the Games.
| 31. | A. order | B. afford | C. book | D. allow |
| 32. | A. attracted | B. guided | C. changed | D. served |
| 33. | A. offered | B. founded | C. produced | D. improved |
| 34. | A. messages | B. contributions | C. thanks | D. wishes |
| 35. | A. discovered | B. chosen | C. searched | D. checked |
| 36. | A. full | B. necessary | C. short | D. true |
| 37. | A. collected | B. described | C. expected | D. mentioned |
| 38. | A. also | B. still | C. ever | D. just |
| 39. | A. cleaner | B. bigger | C. rougher | D. wider |
| 40. | A. so | B. or | C. but | D. for |
| 41. | A. decisions | B. friends | C. calls | D. money |
| 42. | A. warn | B. find | C. let | D. realize |
| 43. | A. complained | B. dreamed | C. increased | D. heard |
| 44. | A. against | B. with | C. on | D. for |
| 45. | A. again | B. forever | C. nearly | D. especially |
四．阅读理解（每题2分，共3 0分）
A
| Name | Personal information |
| Ludwig Von Beethoven | Born in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827 |
| Florence Nightingale | Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820 An English nurse Died in 1910 |
| Bill Gates | Born in 1955 in the USA Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought Own Microsoft |
| Thomas Edison | Born in 1847 in the USA Made over 6000 inventions Died in 1931 |
| Yao Ming | Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China A basketball player Playing in the Houston Rockets, USA |
( )46. Thomas Edison is from _.
A. Canada B. Italy C. America D. Australia
( )47. The _ was born in 1770.
A. musician B. nurse C. businessman D. scientist
( ) 48. Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a .
A. song B. book C. school D. movie
( ) 49. Florence Nightingale died in _.
A. 1931 B. 1827 C. 1847 D. 1910
( ) 50. Which of the following is true?
A．Beethoven made over 1000 inventions.
B．Yao Ming is playing basketball in America.
C． Edison was born in 1820 .
D． Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955
B
In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect(影响) on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more happiness.
If money was everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.
Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m 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 money? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be 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 enough to make you a happy person if you have not one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
( )51. According to the passage, which of the following do you think is right?
A. Money is everything. B. Money isn’t necessary.
C. Money is important, but not the most important.
D. With no money, 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’t get 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 growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the 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 let 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’t have enough time. Mum knew this and 67___（告诉）me, “It’s not 68_______(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 | Parents | |
| Age | Forty | 71. ____________ |
| Subject | Teach some of classes by using the Internet. | 72. ____________ |
| Place | 73. ____________ | New work |
| How to teach or learn | On the Internet/Online | 74. _____________ |
| For what they go on learning | 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’s best, find(that), heavy(lost), talk with(about)
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