2005学年第二学期初三英语检测卷（2006.3）
一、听对话回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
听下面一段对话，回答第1至第2三个小题。
1. What are they talking about?
A. Buying a sweater. B. Buying a coat. C. Buying a shirt.
2. How much does the woman pay for it?
A. One hundred yuan. B. Eighty yuan. C. Two hundred yuan.
听下面一段对话，回答第3至第5三个小题。
3. What did the man do after school?
A. Often watch football match. B. Often play some sports. C. Often visit Lucy’s school.
4. How often did the woman play tennis?
A. Every day. B. Once a month. C. Once a week.
5. How many sports games are mentioned in the conversation?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Two.
二、听说明选择答案（共5小题，计10分）
听下面一段说明，并按说明的要求在试卷上完成任务，你可以边听边完成任务。然后你会看到5个问题和相关的选项。请从每个问题A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
| 1st floor | 2nd floor | 3rd floor | 4th floor | 5th floor | 6th floor | 7th floor | |||||||
| in | out | in | out | in | out | in | out | in | out | in | out | out | |
| men | — | — | |||||||||||
| women | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| children | — | — | |||||||||||
6. How many people got to the second floor in the lift?
A. Five. B. Thirteen. C. Sixteen.
7. How many people got out of the lift on the second floor?
A. Four. B. Three. C. One.
8. On the fourth floor, how many women got in?
A. Four. B. Two. C. None.
9. How many people got to the seventh floor?
A. Ten. B. Fourteen. C. Four.
10. How many children got into the lift from the first floor to the seventh?
A. Three. B. Six. C. Eight.
三、单项填空（15小题，计15分）
| 11. | It takes us _____ hour or more to go to my hometown by _____ train. | ||||||
| A. an; a | B. a; an | C. an; / | D. a; / | ||||
| 12. | About _____ films were shown during the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival. | ||||||
| A. two hundred of | B. two hundreds of | C. two hundred | D. two hundreds | ||||
| 13. | There are quite a few old books on the shelf, but _____ of them is useful to him. | ||||||
| A. both | B. all | C. neither | D. none | ||||
| 14. | He hurt her _____ badly _____ she had to see a doctor. | ||||||
| A. too; that | B. so; that | C. either; or | D. too; to | ||||
| 15. | Study hard, _____ you’re sure to have a good result in the exam! | ||||||
| A. but | B. and | C. for | D. or | ||||
| 16. | Of all these subjects, I like Chinese _____. | ||||||
| A. more | B. better | C. well | D. best | ||||
| 17. | —_____ will Mr. Smith go back to London? — In two weeks. | ||||||
| A. How often | B. How long | C. How soon | D. How far | ||||
| 18. | —Don’t you think the radio is too loud? —Yes, I’ll tell him to _____. | ||||||
| A. turn it up | B. turn it on | C. turn it over | D. turn it down | ||||
| 19. | —You’ve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs. Chen. —_____. | ||||||
| A. Come again when you are free | B. It’s not necessary to say so | ||||||
| C. I’m glad you enjoyed it | D. Oh, I’m afraid I didn’t cook very well | ||||||
| 20. | Mr. Li has _____ for three years. Three years _____ a long time. | ||||||
| A. left home; is | B. been away from home; is | ||||||
| C. been away from home; are | D. left home; are | ||||||
| 21. | Look! _____ beautiful that lake is! | ||||||
| A. What | B. How | C. How a | D. What a | ||||
| 22. | This book _____ be Lucy’s. Look! Her name is on the book cover. | ||||||
| A. must | B. may | C. can’t | D. mustn’t | ||||
| 23. | —Something is wrong with my computer. I’m going to _____. —Let me try. I think I can mend it. | ||||||
| A. have it mend | B. have it mending | C. have it to mend | D. have it mended | ||||
| 24. | —Could you tell me _____? —Sure. She’s a bookseller. | ||||||
| A. what does your aunt do | B. what your aunt was | ||||||
| C. what your aunt does | D. what your aunt did | ||||||
| 25. | —It took me about two hours to do the math homework. —Really? _____? | ||||||
| A. So long as that | B. As long as that | C. As much as that | D. So much as that | ||||
四、完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
While senior middle school students are busy ___26___ for university entrance exams, their __27__ worry about their futures. What will ___28___ if their children don’t pass the exams, since they know ___29___ than the knowledge in their books? This is a real ___30___. Since 1978, millions of senior middle school students have been competing for a small number of chances.
In 1990, for example, only 670,000 students out of 2,460,000 went to ___31___. That is to say, more than 60% of all senior middle school graduates went into the job market ___32__ any professional knowledge.
Many people have worked hard for more than 10 years to __33__ their studies and this is their suggestions: ___34___ three years in middle school, students would be divided into two groups. A __35__ number of them would go to universities and most of them would __36__ to go to professional schools __37___ they can go on __38___ high school lessons and will __39__ most of their time learning professional lessons, in order to __40___ jobs in two or three years.
| 26. | A. with | B. asking | C. doing | D. preparing |
| 27. | A. fathers | B. teachers | C. mothers | D. parents |
| 28. | A. happen | B. do | C. take | D. chance |
| 29 | A. much | B. many | C. more | D. less |
| 30. | A. secret | B. answer | C. problem | D. information |
| 31. | A. high school | B. professional school | ||
| C. universities | D. middle schools | |||
| 32. | A. with | B. having | C. without | D. having no |
| 33. | A. find | B. improve | C. study | D. find out |
| 34. | A. After | B. For | C. During | D. In |
| 35. | A. big | B. small | C. large | D. little |
| 36. | A. have | B. ask | C. be happy | D. be allowed |
| 37. | A. which | B. that | C. here | D. where |
| 38. | A. study | B. studying | C. to study | D. studied |
| 39. | A. take | B. spend | C. cost | D. pay |
| 40. | A. keep | B. find out | C. get | D. ask |
五、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）
A
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”
“It depends,” answered the judge.
“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.
“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”
“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said, “When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first.” And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”
41. The neighbour asked the judge_______.
A. whether the first cow was responsible
B. whether the owner of the first cow was responsible
C. whether both cows were responsible D. whether both the owners were responsible
42. When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that______.
A. a cow was responsible B. its owner was not responsible
C. neither a cow nor its owner was responsible D. his cow was responsible
43. When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.
A. there was nothing happened B. his cow had been killed
C. it was his cow that had killed the judge's D. both cows had been killed
44. When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.
A. got angry B. said nothing
C. put his neighbor into prison D. changed what he had said at first
45. In this story the judge was______.
A. a clever judge B. a humorist C. unfair D. foolish
B
| 1. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants (申请人) should have at least 2 years experience skills needed. Apply in person at United Business Ltd. 17 Browning Street, Leads or call at 427-882108. | 2. Are you looking for a part time job? We need 3 part time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience needed. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564 for more information. |
| 3. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 457-896754. | 4. Part time work available: We are looking for retired (退休) adults who would like to work part time at the weekend. Work includes answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 345-674132. |
46. Mary recently retired and is looking for a part time position. She would like to work with people. The best job for Mary is ______.
A. the full time secretary B. the shop assistant
C. the computer trained secretary D. the part time work at the weekend
47. Alice is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her university cost. She can only work in the evening. She should call at _____.
A. 427-882108 B. 366-76564 C. 457-896754 D. 345-674132
48. If Lucy applies for the position at United Business Ltd. she needs _____.
A. 2 years experience B. computer skills
C. to work at the weekend D. to work in the evening
49. If Jenny gets the job as a computer trained secretary, she’ll probably work _____.
A. in a factory B. in a shop C. in a company D. in a school
50. The four text above are most probably _____.
A. notices B. letters C. invitations D. advertisements
C
The United States has many different kinds of climates (气候). On the northwest coast (海岸), the temperature changes very little between summer and winter, but the north central states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothes in summer, and they need heavy woolen clothes in winter.
In the southwest coast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot.
In the northeast of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures are cool.
Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States didn’t often get fresh (新鲜的) vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.
51. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same _____.
A. in the northeastern states B. on the northwest coast
C. in the western states D. on the north central states
52. The word “fall” in this passage means _____.
A. autumn B. down C. drop D. spring
53. Today people _____ can get fresh vegetables and fruits.
A. in the north central states B. in the southwest part of the US
C. in the cold parts of the USA D. in every part of the USA
54. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States _____.
A. is widely different B. is warm in winter
C. is always very cold D. changes very little between summer and winter
55. From Paragraph 2 (第2段) we know that the climate of the southwest coast is _____.
A. Maritime (海洋性) climate B. Savanna (热带草原) climate
C. Tropical rainforest (热带雨林) climate D. Mediterranean (地中海) climate
六、词语填空 （共15小题，计15分）
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When my friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time ___56___ us that they are in a hurry and looking at their _57___. It is not that our friend are all very busy, it is just that we __58___ got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evenings?” We __59__ by some people. The answer is simple. Both my wife and I have a lot of things to do. We certainly don’t spend our evenings looking at the walls. My wife __60__ cooking and painting. She often goes to evening classes ___61___ foreign languages. This is very ___62___ as we always go to foreign countries ___63___ our holidays. I like stamps and I am always busy with collection. Both of us enjoy listening to music and playing cards together.
Sometimes there are power cuts ___64___ we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us as we just light candles and carry on with what we ___65___ before. Our friends are ___66___ —no television! So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ___67___ they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting ___68___ in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. Yes, life is possible without television! I think our life is ___69___ than our ___70___.
七、 单词拼写：（共10小题，计10分）
71. How do you ____( 装饰) the Christmas tree?
72. What do you think is the ______(传统)food?
73. The ________(说明) are on the bottle.
74. How long have you ___________( 加入) in the Party?
75. How long did you _____（花）washing your hair?
76. The _____(外国) were visiting our school.
77. Rice is g________ in South China.
78. What did you do after you g_________ from school?
79. My father is sick. The doctor is o_______ on him.
80. “Telephone” is one of Edison’s i___________.
八、 书面表达（共1题，计15分）
假如你校校刊的英语园地栏目上就中学生玩电脑游戏举行一次英语讨论，许多同学认为玩游戏会荒废学业，而李平不同意这种观点，请你代他给报社写一封信，反映这种观点。词数60~80。理由：
1电脑游戏有助于我们学好电脑。
2使我们学到很多课本上没有的知识。
3但是不能玩得太长，对眼睛有害。
4游戏中有很多暴力，我们不能仿效。
下面的词汇供你参考，你不必用完，你也可以选用你自己熟悉的词汇。
Play computer games, be bad for, help to learn, gain knowledge, a lot of violence, copy , besides, do harm to
（gain[gein] vt.获得 violence[`vaiələns](u) n.暴力，copy vt. 照搬,仿效 besides 除 … 之外，此外）文章的开头和结尾已给出，你只需接着写。
初三英语月考答卷
一、 听对话 10%
1._________ 2._________ 3._________ 4._________ 5._________
二、 听短文 10%
6._________ 7._________ 8._________ 9._________ 10._________
三、 单项填空 15%
11._________ 12._________ 13._________ 14._________ 15._________ 16._________ 17._________ 18._________ 19._________ 20._________ 21._________ 22._________ 23._________ 24._________ 25._________
四、 完型填空 15%
26._________ 27._________ 28._________ 29._________ 30._________ 31._________ 32._________ 33._________ 34._________ 35._________ 36._________ 37._________ 38._________ 39._________ 40._________
五、 阅读理解 30%
41._________ 42._________ 43._________ 44._________ 45._________ 46._________ 47._________ 48._________ 49._________ 50._________ 51._________ 52._________ 53._________ 54._________ 55._________
六、 选词填空 15%
56._________ 57._________ 58._________ 59._________ 60._________ 61._________ 62._________ 63._________ 64._________ 65._________ 66._________ 67._________ 68._________ 69._________ 70._________
七、 单词拼写 10%
71._________ 72._________ 73._________ 74._________ 75._________ 76._________ 77._________ 78._________ 79._________ 80._________
八、 书面表达 15%
Dear Editor,
Many students think that______________________________________
Yours,
Li Ming
听力材料：
一、听对话回答问题。
Dialogue 1:
M: Hi, madam. What can I do for you?
W: Hi, I’d like a sweater for my son.
M: This way, please. Here are the sweaters. The red ones on the right are very good. And they are very popular these days.
W: Sorry, I don’t think he likes red. Have you got any other colours.
M: Other colours? Yes, they are on the left. We’ve got blue, black and brown ones, too. How about the blue one?
W: It looks nice. How much is it?
M: 200 yuan.
W: It’s too expensive, I’m afraid.
M: What about the brown one? It’s cheap. It’s only 100 yuan.
W: It looks all right. Can it be cheaper?
M: What about 90 yuan?
W: No, it’s still expensive. 80 yuan?
M: 80 yuan? OK. Please take it.
Dialogue 2:
W: Hi, Tom. Haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you doing?
M: Well, I’m busy with my Chinese, but after school I often play some sports.
W: Like what?
M: Like basketball, football and tennis.
W: Tennis? That’s my favourite game, too. By the way, do you play tennis every day?
M: Oh, no. I play football every day. I play tennis once a month. What about you?
W: I play every Saturday even when it rains.
M: Where do you go?
W: Lucy’s school. Have you ever been there?
M: Oh, yes. I was there once.
二、听说明选择答案
Welcome to Blue-sky Investigation Company. I’m glad to see so many of you want to join us. But as you know, only three jobs are offered. So we’ll have a test to choose the best ones.
Now you’ve got a form. Please fill in the number of the men, women or children who go in or out of the lift on each floor. If there is no man, woman or child getting in or out, please draw a short line. You should finish the form as soon as the tape ends. Now please listen to the tape.
The lift arrived at the first floor with no one in it. When the doors opened, eight women, five men and three children got in. On the second floor, three of the men and one of the children got out and one woman got in. On the third floor, no one got out but three men got in. On the fourth floor, four women got out. On the fifth floor, a man, a woman and a child got out and two women and three children got in. The lift didn’t stop at the sixth floor. When it got to the seventh floor, everyone got out.
That’s the end of the tape. The three fastest persons with the right answers will be our members. Thank you.
英语答案：
一、ABBCA
二、CACBB
三、CCDBB DCDCB BADCB
四、DDADC CCBAB ADBBC
五、BCCDC DBACD BADAD
六、56. telling 57. watches 58. haven’t 59. are asked 60. enjoys 61.to learn
62. useful 63. for 64. and 65. are doing 66. lost 67. as 68. quietly
69. more interesting 70. friends’
七、71. decorate 72. traditional 73. instructions 74. been 75. spend
76. foreigners 77. grown 78. graduate 79. operating 80. inventions