初三英语综合测试（9）
单项选择
1.People must _____ dirty things into rivers.
A. be stopped to throw B. be stopped from throwing
C. stop to throw D. stop from throwing
2. The more careful you are doing your homework, the _____ mistakes you’ll make.
A. more B. better C. fewer D. less
3. _____ the help of the teacher, her English is much better than before.
A. With B. Under C. By D. For
4. About _____ of the land is covered with water in that country.
A. one-thirds B. two-third C. three-thirds D.two-thirds
5. The river near here is nearly _____ deep.
A. two metre B. two metres C. two metre’s D. two metres’
6. Children are _____ in the kindergarton.
A. look after B. take good care C. taken good care of D. looked after
7. There are several Australians _____ the crowd.
A. between B in C. among D. about
8. I think he will be back _____.
A. in two days’ B. after two days’ time C. in two days D. two days later
9. Your kitchen needs _____ again.
A. to clean B. to be cleaned C. cleans D. cleaned
10. Corns _____ in autumn.
A. must pick B. must be picked up C. must be picked D. must pick up
11. Why should trees _____ in spring every year?
A. plant B. be planted C. are planted D. to plant
12. Man can’t live _____ air _____ water.
A. with, and B. with, or C. without, and D. without, or
13. I will spend as much time as I can _____ speaking English.
A. practicing B. to practise C. practise D. practiced
14. It was hard to work _____ the Great Green Wall.
A. in B. at C. up D. on
15. He read it to me _____ I could understand it.
A. so as B. so that C. because D. for
16. We have never seen _____ exciting match.
A. such B. so C. such an D. so an
完型填空
A pine tree in California was thought to be the 1_ tree in the world. People thought it was nearly 2 years old, 3 they could not be sure. Then someone cut the tree down 4 a chain saw. Killing the oldest tree in the world was a 5 thing to do. But __6 the tree was cut down, everyone knew 7 _ age. It was 4,900 years old.
How can you 8 the age of a tree? If you ever see a tree that has just been cut down, 9 a look at the cut part. You will see 10 . There are little rings in the middle. Around each ring is a 11 ring. The ring near the bark(树皮) is 12 _ one of all.
Count these rings. A tree grows one ring 13 . A ten-year-old tree has ten rings. A 14 tree has sixty rings. 15 rings does a 4,900-year-old tree have?
1. A. youngest B. biggest C. oldest D. smallest
2. A. five thousands B. five thousand of C. four thousand D. five thousand
3. A. but B. so C. and D. as
4. A. by B. with C. use D. have
5. A. silly B. difficult C. easy D. wise
6. A. as soon as B. if C. because D. when
7. A. it B. their C. its D. it’s
8. A. say B. tell C. see D. have
9. A. took B. to Take care, C. taking D. take
10. A. rings B. leaves C. bark D. branches
11. A. longer B. wider C. larger D. clearer
12. A. the biggest B. the smallest C. the larger D. the smaller
13. A. every two years B.every ten years C. each year D. every spring
14. A. six-year-old B. sixteen-year-old C. sixty-year-old D. sixty year old
15. A. Why B. How many C. How much D. Where
阅读理解
A young father was visiting an old neighbour. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said. “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string between a big, strong tree and a thin, young one.
“Please untie that string,” he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side.
“ Now tie it again, please,” said the old man. “ But first pull the string tight(紧紧地) so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so. Then the old man said , “ There, it is the same with children. You must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take string away.”
1.The story is about __________ .
A. how to take care of young tree
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbour
2. The young man untied string __________ .
A. in order to throw it away
B. so that both of the trees would grow straight
C. only to find that one tree bent over to one side
3. When could the string be taken away?
A. When the old man left.
B. When the young man untie it next time
C. When the young tree grows enough.
4. At last the old man told the young man __________ .
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not stand alone
B. that he should always be strict with his children
C. that he should be hard on his children
5. In the story, the relation of the big strong tree to the thin young one is like that of__________ .
A. the young father to the neighbour
B. parents to their children
C. the old neighbour to the children of the young father
The First Americans
People have been living in North America for a long time. When explorers came to North America from Europe 500 years ago, they were looking for a way to get to the Indies. Their maps did not show North America. The explorers traveled a long time on ships. When the explorers got to land, they thought they were in the Indies.
The European explorers called these people Indians because they thought they had come to the Indies. Later the explorers found out that they had come to a new place. Europeans then called this new place America. The people who lived here first are now called Native Americans.
① Europe n. 欧洲 ② European adj. 欧洲的 ③ the Indies 印度群岛
Choose the best answer.
1.Another good name for “ The First Americans” is __________ .
A. “ Finding the Indies” B. “ Explorers in North America”
C. “ Maps of North America D. “ How native Americans Came to North America
2. The European explorers thought they were in the Indies because__________ .
A. the liked the Indies B. their map did not show North America
C. they didn’t take a map with them D. they were very close to the country of India
Tick (√ ) what is right
( ) 1. Native Americans had been living in North America before explores came.
( ) 2. The European explorers had wished to find a new place and they did.
( ) 3. North America was not shown on maps 500 years ago.
( ) 4. The Native Americans were called Indies because they looked the same as people in the country of India.
( ) 5. The European explorers named this new place America.
Fill in the blanks with “ look for”, “find” and “ find out”
1.The police are still __________ the missing boy. They will call the parents as soon as they __________ him.
2. The boys didn’t __________ any treasure in the cave, but they __________ a secret which amazed the whole country.
Native American Homes
When the European explorers first came to North America, there were about 1300 groups of Native Americans. These groups were different from one another.
In the east, Native Americans hunted and grew crops. They made houses of wood and bark. They lived in houses because they stayed in one place to grow crops.
On the Great Plains, Native Americans hunted buffalo. They lived in tents that could be moved quickly. They needed to follow the buffalo.
In the dry land of the southwest, Native Americans grew crops that did not need much water. They made houses out of clay, sand, and straw.
In the northwest, Native Americans fished and cut down trees to make houses and boats.
① hunt v. 打猎；猎取 ② the Great Plains 美国中西部的大平原③ bark n. 树皮
④ buffalo n. 野牛 ⑤ tent n. 帐篷 ⑥ straw n. 草
Choose the best answer.
1. “Native American Homes is MAINLY about __________ .
A. how Native American groups are like each other
B. how Native Americans live today
C. Native Americans in the Eastern United States
D. how Native American groups are different from one another
2.In the northwest, Native Americans lived in __________.
A. houses made of wood B. places where crops were grown
C. tents D. houses made out of clay, sand, and straw
Find out facts and fill in the following table.
| Native Americans In the east | Native Americans On the Great Plains | Native Americans in The dry land of The southwest | Native Americans in The northwest | |
| Where To live | ||||
| What to Live on |
Fill in each blanks with a proper word from the passage you have read.
500 years ago, Native Americans were in __________ groups. They got food in different ways. Some groups __________ __________ , some __________ animals and some lived on water and __________ . They lived in either ________ or__________ .
单词拼写
1.These flowers should be __________ (浇水) often.
2.Mount Emei is over three thousand metres __________ (高).
3.China has built a new Great Wall across the __________ (北方的)part.
4.You should __________ (改正) your mistakes as soon as possible.
5.The stranger came __________ (朝) us.
6.Her tears came down in __________ (滴).
7. Please wait for me. I’ll be back in a few __________ time.(分)
8. What’s the little girl doing? She’s __________ (系) her shoes.
9. A hole must be dug large __________ (够) for the tree.
10. To make the tree straight, a stick must be __________ (敲) in next to it.
任务型阅读
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favourite subjects at school were science and maths. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. He and some of his friends spent a lot of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon.
| Name: __________ Sex: __________ Age: __________ Nationality: __________ Language: __________ Birthplace: __________ Favourite subject: __________ First play with computers: In 1955 □ In 1968 □ In 1973 □ In 1975 □ What has been done in his life: ●play with computers □ ● listen to the music □ ●work out a software programme □ ●finish Harvard University □ ●set up his own computer by himself □ |
写作 根据下面的图画，用英语写一篇短文，要求达意、正确、连贯。
单项选择 1~5 BCADB 6~10 CCCBC 11~16 BDADBC
完型填空 1~5 CDABA 6~10 DCBDA 11~15 CACCB
阅读理解 BCCAB
The First Americans
1. A 2. B Tick 1. 3. 5. 1. looking for, find 2. find, find out
Native American Homes
1. D 2. A
| Native Americans In the east | Native Americans On the Great Plains | Native Americans in The dry land of The southwest | Native Americans in The northwest | |
| Where To live | houses made out of wood and bark | tents | houses made out of clay,sand and straw | houses made out of wood |
| What to Live on | hunting and growing crops | hunting buffalo | growing crops | fishing |
Different, grew crops, hunted, fished, houses, tents
单词拼写1. watered 2. high 3. northern 4. correct 5. towards
6. drops 7. minutes’ 8. tying 9. enough 10. knocked
任务型阅读
| Name: Bill Gates Sex: Male Age: 50 Nationality: America Language: English Birthplace: Seatle Favourite subject: science& English First play with computers: In 1955 □ In 1968 □√ In 1973 □ In 1975 □ What has been done in his life: ●play with computers □√ ● listen to the music □ ●work out a software programme □√ ●finish Harvard University □ ●set up his own computer by himself □√ |