初三英语第一学期期中练习
说明：本试卷满分为135分，另加口试成绩(满分15分)，合计为期中考试成绩。
听力部分(共30分)
一、听对话，选择与对话内容相符的图片，将代表图片的字母填在相应的序号后。(共6分，每小题1分)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F)
1. ( ) 2. ( ) 3. ( ) 4. ( ) 5. ( ) 6. ( )
二、听对话，判断下列句子是否符合对话内容。符合的写(T)，不符合的写(F)。(共6分，每小题1分)
( ) 7. The tennis ball must be Andy’s.
( ) 8. Andy likes playing tennis.
( ) 9. Mary can go out after she finishes her homework.
( ) 10. Mary is not allowed to surf the Internet on weekends.
( ) 11. Tony thinks teenagers need time to relax at school.
( ) 12. Tony and Mary will watch a movie this weekend.
三、听短文，选择正确答案。(共8分，每小题2分)
(注: bark 叫 tail 尾巴 dress 穿衣服)
( ) 13. Where did Mrs. White want to go?
A. Cinema. B. TV station. C. Shop.
( ) 14. What was her problem?
A. Her dog wanted to go to the movies.
B. Her dog did not like the movie.
C. Her dog would bark if she left it home.
( ) 15. What was her good idea?
A. She took her dog in baby clothes to the movies.
B. She gave her dog a new name.
C. She never let her dog make a sound.
( ) 16. Why were the people laughing when she left?
A. They liked her dog
B. They saw a tail out of the clothes of the "baby".
C. They saw a tail out of her clothes.
四、听短文，完成下面的表格。(共10分，每小题2分)
| 17.Where are they going? | To |
| 18.How long are they going to stay there? | For |
| 19.Why must they wear red shirts? | Because the family will them . |
| 20.What’s the school kffice telephone number? |
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| 21.What could Mrs.Bdlcher’s job be according to the listning? | She could be a(an)
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基础知识运用(共30分)
五、单项填空。(共15分，每小题1分)
( )1. Mary looks great, exercises every day.
A. She B. He C. I D. We
( )2. This hat is not I have a hat with my name on it.
A. I B. me C. my D. mine
( )3. -- rules do you have at home?
--I have to clean up my room.
A. Why B. Where C. What D. Whose
( )4. If I had a dollars, I’ d build an old people’ s home.
A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of
( )5. I didn’t play chess with my brother Sunday.
A. by B. for C. at D. on
( )6. He likes He often plays tennis after school.
A. music B. sports C. drawing D. singing
( )7. She is dogs. So she never keeps them.
A. worried about B. friendly to C. interested in D. afraid of
( )8. My parents are when I pass a test.
A. sad B. old C. happy D. tired
( )9. I can’t understand when people talk to me because they too fast.
A. listen B. speak C. read D. write
( )10. If you get to class late, you should say" "
A. Nice to meet you B. I’m sorry C. Thank you D. Here you are
( )11. The black bag be Anna’ s. She has a blue one.
A. should B. can’t C. wouldn’t D. could
( ) 12. Sally really wants a cat, her father won’ t let her have one.
A. and B. so C. but D. then
( ) 13. The students in our school should not wear their own clothes.
A. be allowed to B. allow to C. be allowed D. allow
( ) 14. --Do you have his telephone number?
--He me his telephone number but I’m afraid I it.
A. gives, lost B. gave, have lost
C. had given, lost D. has given, have lost
( ) 15. Tom’ s mother was always telling him what he should do, but didn’t help.
A. it B. he C. she D. which
六、完形填空。（共15分，每小题1分）
请根据短文内容，从16-30小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
(A)
Many students said they learned English by using English. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by 16 English magazines. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, "I 17 study grammar. It’s too boring."
Wei Ming feels differently. He thinks studying grammar is a 18 way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English movies isn’t a bad way because he can watch the 19 say the words.
Liu Chang said that 20 the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of 21 and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not 22 at all. "We get excited about something and then end up speaking in Chinese." she said.
( ) 16. A. borrowing B. finding C. reading D. buying
( ) 17. A. always B. never C. ever D. really
( ) 18. A. bad B. wrong C. easy D. great
( ) 19. A. films B. actors C. players D. singers
( ) 20. A. watching B. getting C. making D. joining
( ) 21. A. time B. money C. practice D. rest
( ) 22. A. helpful B. important C. boring D. nervous
(B)
When you are invited to a meal in Thailand, the words of the invitation mean "come and eat rice." In fact, nearly all Thai 23 are eaten with rice, which grows there very easily 24 the climate (气候) is warm and there is much rain.
The food that is served is always cut into pieces, so there is no need to use knives and forks but, instead, special spoons and forks are used. The Thais used to eat with their hands and now there are still some people who eat this 25 First they wash their 26 hands in a bowl of water—they only eat with their right hands. They are careful not to let the 27 touch the palms (手掌心) of their hands. After the meal, tile hands are 28 carefully washed.
The meal usually has several different dishes. They are all hot. They are served in bowls which everyone shares (共享), though each person has their own bowl of 29 As Thailand has a long coastline (海岸线), it is not 30 that fish and shellfish play an important part in Thai cooking.
( ) 23. A. dishes B. books C. movies D. drinks
( ) 24. A. when B. if C. because D. so
( ) 25. A. time B. style C. kind D. way
( ) 26. A. dirty B. right C. left D. big
( ) 27. A. drinks B. water C. fish D. food
( ) 28. A. more B. soon C. again D. at once
( ) 29. A. fish B. rice C. water D. vegetables
( ) 30. A. special B. interesting C. difficult D. surprising
阅读理解（共30分）
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共30分，每小题2分）
(A)
Evening came. It was time for Mr. Bell to close his shop. He was checking his money. His son Tom, who was 15, had just gone outside to buy a newspaper. Just then, a big man walked into the shop. He had a gun in his hand.
When Tom came back, he could hear the man asking his father for money. Tom could see the gun in the man’ s hand, but the man didn’t see or hear Tom.
Tom hurried up to the street. He looked for the police, but he didn’t see any. Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street. "Maybe this will help," he thought. He ran back with it.
His father was just giving some of the money to the man. The man was watching Tom’s father. Tom knew he could not wait long. "Now is the time. I must do it now." Tom went up to the man and knocked him down with the bat.
Tom and his father then ran outside. This time they got the police and told them what had happened. The police quickly went to the shop and caught the man.
( ) 31. The story happened in a
A. hotel B. shop C. hospital D. school
( ) 32. Tom could see the man had a in his hand when he came back.
A. money B. newspaper C. gun D. baseball bat
( ) 33. Tom went up to the man and with the bat.
A. looked at him B. listened to him
C. turned him down D. knocked him down
( ) 34. Who caught the man at last?
A. Tom. B. Tom’s father C. Tom and his father. D. The police.
(B)
Thomas Edison was a great inventor. One day, about one hundred years ago, Edison stood by a strange-looking machine. He said the words, "Mary had a little lamb." Then something marvelous happened -- the machine talked back. He had invented the phonograph.
At first the machine did not work very well. Another famous inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, helped Edison to improve it. Still people were not sure that they liked listening to the phonograph. Then a great singer, Enrico Caruso, made some records. Everyone loved them, and the phonograph became popular.
Today we can listen to our favorite singers whenever we want to -- thanks to Thomas Edison.
35. The name of the great singer was
A. Thomas Edison B. Alexander Graham Bell
C.Enrico Caruso D. Mary Lamb
36. Edison called his "talking machine" the
A. photograph B. telephone C. telegraph D. phonograph
37. The best title of this passage is
A. Alexander Graham Bell B. How Enrico Caruso Made Records
C. The Invention of the Phonograph D. Listening to Singers
(C)
Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks (鹰) were taking many of their chickens. The farmers did not know what to do. Finally they decided to kill the hawks.
The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice (老鼠) were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain (food plants).
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers did not know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance (平衡) of nature (自然界)。
When people move into a new place, they often destroy (破坏) many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals cannot find enough plants’ to eat, the), will go hungry or have to leave the place.
In one part of the United States, for example, the deer (鹿) there like to eat a kind of wild rose (some plants). The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions, and wild roses does not change much. But people killed many mountain lions to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson from nature.
To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.
根据短文内容，完成下面的表格。
(D)
Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus , an animal that was wiped out (灭绝) during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later had a test.
When he returned my paper, I was shocked. There was a big red "X" through each of my answers. I had failed. There had to be some mistake! I had written down exactly what Mr. Whitson said. Then I realized that everyone in the class had failed. What had happened?
"Very simple." Mr. Whitson explained. He had made up all those things about cattywampus. There had never been any such animal. The information in our notes was wrong. Did we expect praise (表扬) for wrong answers?
We were very angry. What kind of test was that? And what kind of teacher?
We should have figured it out (弄……明白)，Mr. Whitson said. At the very moment he was passing around that cattywampus skull, hadn’t he been telling us that no trace (迹象) of the animal remained (存在)? He had described its color and other facts he couldn’ t have known. He had given the animal a strange name, and we still hadn’ t been suspicious (有疑心的). The zeroes on our papers would be recorded in his grade book, he said. And they were.
Mr. Whitson said he hoped we would learn something from this experience. Teachers and notebooks are not never wrong. In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to speak up if we ever thought he or textbook was wrong.
I haven’t made any great scientific discoveries (科学发现), but Mr. Whitson’ s class gave me and my classmates something just as important: the courage (勇气) to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong. He also showed us that you can have fun doing it.
( ) 43. All the students failed in the test because
A. they didn’t make good preparations for the test
B. the information given by the teacher was not right
C. they didn’t put down exactly what the teacher said in class
D. they made up the answer
( ) 44. Why did the teacher give the students such a test?
A. He wanted to know if they understood the lecture.
B. He wanted to know if they had studied hard and taken notes carefully.
C. He wanted to tell them they should concentrate on listening to him.
D. He wanted to tell them the teachers and textbooks are not always correct.
( ) 45. From the text, we can know that the writer
A. thought Mr. Whitson shouldn’t play a joke like that
B. thought the test was too difficult to pass
C. liked Mr Whitson and the way of his teaching
D. felt angry to have such a teacher
开放性试题(共45分)
一、要是人们有很多钱，通常他们会做些什么呢?请完成以下两个任务。(共11分)
A. 按要求，将所给的单词、词组分类。(请写字母)(9分)
A. big houses B. hospitals C. travel all over the world D. nice cars
E. interesting books F. the poor G. medical research H. clothes I. study in English-speaking countries J. put it in the bank
1) They would buy D,
2) They would give it to
3 ) They would
B. 回答问题（2分）
If you had a lot of money, what would you do most? Why?
If I had a lot of money, I would because because
二、描述Kate和你的变化。(共10分)
A. 根据下面图中所给信息，描述Kate外表、性格和爱好的变化，补全文段内容。(6分)
Kate used to be 1. short , but now she is 2. And she used to be
3. , but now she’ s very 4. She used to like 5. in
the past, but now she 6. very much.
B．请你从外表、性格和爱好三方面描述你自己的变化。(4分)(30—40字)
I have really changed a lot in the last few years. I used to
三、请阅读下面的e-mail，完成下面两项任务。(共12分)
Dear friend,
Now I am new here. I have learned English for only one year, so I can’ t understand what the teacher says and I am afraid of talking with classmates in English. I know this is the most important year for me and I really work very hard. But the biggest problem for me is that I can’ t read fast and I couldn’t sleep the night before big exams. Could you help me？
Yours,
Li Yang
A. 请找出李阳在英语学习中的困难。(4分)
1. He can’t understand
2. He is afraid of
3. He
4. He
B．请针对他的两个困难，提出建议，回一封邮件。(60字左右)(8分)
提示：同学们可以使用以下句型结构：
1. You should…… 2. You could…… 3. Why don’t you…… 4. If I were you, I would……
四、这是一份某班同学(共50人)对一些在校生活看法的调查表。请描述图表内容，然后选择图表中你感兴趣的话题发表自己的意见，并说明赞成或不赞成的理由。(字数70左右)(共12分)
We did a survey of school roles. Here are the results……