2003学年第一学期初三英语期中试卷
命题者：陈璐琳
一、听力部分 (20%)
Ⅰ 听小对话，回答问题 （5%）
1. What’s the weather like this morning?
A. It’s fine. B. It’s raining. C. It’s cloudy.
2. Whose bike is broken?
A. Bob’s. B. Henry’s. C. Tom’s.
3. What time is it now?
A. 6:20 B. 6:15 C. 6:25
4. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the shop. B. In the street. C. At home.
5. Where is the present from?
A. Kate. B. Lucy. C. Lily.
Ⅱ 听长对话，回答问题 （5%）
(A) 听下面一段较长的对话，回答6-7小题
6. The speaker wants to borrow _______ .
A. a story-book B. a picture-book
C. a book on Harry Potter D. a video tape on Harry Potter
7. Who has taken the tape? _______ .
A. Harry Potter B. Jim Green
C. Jim’s friend D. Harry’s friend
(B) 听下面一段较长的对话，回答8-10小题
8. Jack has been in the school band _______ .
A. for two years B. for five years
C. for half a year D. since he came to this school
9. Jack has played _______ concerts.
A. two B. five C. many D. fine
10. Jack’s favorite music is _______ .
A. rock music B. soft music C. popular music D. A and B
Ⅲ 短文理解 （10%）
11. American families like to have a holiday in the summer because it is _______ .
A. interesting B. a good season
C. very beautiful D. a large country
12. Children do not go to school _______ .
A. in hot days B. in winter
C. on Sunday and Monday D. in July and August
13. Some people like to stay home because _______ .
A. they are very busy B. they have to visit friends
C. they can have a good time, too D. the TV shows are very interesting
14. People living near the ocean often _______ .
A. go fishing and swimming B. travel by ship
C. take lunch to the beach D. have a lot of sunshine
15. Many people travel to a foreign country _______ .
A. by car B. by train C. by plane D. by ship
二、 笔试部分 （80%）
Ⅳ 选择填空 （15%）
1. He wanted to learn as much as he could and _____ some new ideas.
A. to keep to try out B. keep to try out
C. to keep trying out D. keep trying out
2. July 13, 2001 was one of the most _____ days in China’s history.
A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excites
3. His uncle _____ two weeks.
A. has left B. has left for C. left in D. has been away for
4. Could you tell me _____ Shanghai?
A. when does he leave B. when is he leaving
C. when will he leave for D. when he will leave for
5. Please tell us _____ the largest sharks can be as long as 15 meters.
A. that B. how long C. if D. how
6. There will be a talk _____ American history this afternoon.
A. for B. on C. in D. with
7. When you speak to people, you should be _____.
A. as polite as you could B. as you can as politely
C. as politely as possible D. as polite as possible
8. It is _____ dark _____ we can’t see anything.
A. as; as B. so; as C. both; and D. so; that
9. –How much does the bike _____ you?
–Two hundred yuan.
A. spend B. pay for C. take D. cost
10. –Who was the first ____ the classroom this morning?
–Li Lei.
A. reach B. to arrive C. get to D. to get to
11. –Oh, my God! He was the last to pass the finishing line.
–_____ he failed, _____ he tried his best.
A. Even though; but B. Even though; / C. Because; / D. Because; so
12. –How long have they stayed in Brazil?
–_____.
A. Ever since last year B. Before they came here
C. Two years ago D. Next year
13. Father Christmas is based on a _____ person in history, but in Jack’s house Father Christmas is _____ Mr. Green.
A. real; real B. real; really C. really; real D. really; really
14. The little boy _____.
A. filled cakes of his pockets B. filled his pockets of cakes
C. filled cakes with his pockets D. filled his pockets with cakes
15. A sports meeting _____ in our school every year.
A. has held B. is holding C. is held D. will hold
Ⅴ 完形填空 （15%）
These days Americans are more and more careful about how weighty they are. Many are trying to __1 _ their weight（体重）. Perhaps __2 _ million Americans are __3 _ a weight-cut down diet（节食） and weight control（控制） has become a business of __4 _ . American supermarkets sell many different kinds of __5 _ such as diet soft drinks, diet candy, and diet salad dressing（调料）. Diet food __6 _ sugar or salt are also found in food stores. Dieters also spend money __7 _ diet pills, exercise machines, and sportswear. Each year __8 _ new diets become hot hits. They have such names __9 _ the Miracle（奇妙）Diet, the Nine-Day Wonder Diet, and the Easy 24-hour Diet. There is even __10 _ called the Ice Cream Diet, which advises the dieter __11 _ nothing for lunch and dinner but __12 _ ice cream! For dieters who cannot __13 _ weight on their own, there are many __14 _ groups, which __15 _ help and encouragement（鼓励） .
1. A. keep B. keep up C. keep down D. keep with
2. A. as many as B. as much as C. as large as D. as more as
3. A. eating B. on C. having on D. with
4. A. many million of dollars B. several millions of dollar
C. hundred of millions of dollars D. millions of dollars
5. A. diet food B. food diet C. food of diet D. diet of food
6. A. have little B. have no C. rich in D. without
7. A. to buy B. for C. in D. on
8. A. scores of B. two scores of C. two scores D. many score of
9. A. of B. as C. for D. called
10. A. one diet B. a one C. one D. the one
11. A. eat B. eats C. eating D. to eat
12. A. only B. only eat C. except D. eat
13. A. put on B. keep up C. lose D. have
14. A. eating B. diet C. food D. foods
15. A. give B. send C. ask for D. offer（提供）
Ⅵ 阅读理解（25%）
A
There is nothing more important than the sun. Without the sun all living things on the earth will die.
The sun is a star. In the sky there are thousands of stars like the sun. They are as large as the sun and as hot as the sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day-time you can only see one star, the sun.
The sun is much nearer to us than any other stars. That is why it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance（距离）of the sun from the earth is as much as 150 million kilometers. Most of the stars are thousands of light years away from the earth.
Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light. It travels at 300,000 kilometers a second（秒）. And one light year is the distance that light travels in one year.
1. Without the sun, _____.
A. some living things will live on the earth B. people can’t live on the earth
C. some people can live on the sky D. there will be no star in the sky
2. In the day-time you can only see the sun, because _____.
A. other stars can’t be seen B. there are no other stars in the sky
C. the sun is the biggest in the sky D. the other stars only come out at night
3. Why does the sun look the biggest and brightest of all the stars?
A. The sun is far away from the earth. B. The sun is the nearest to the earth.
C. The earth is 150 kilometers from the sun. D. The sun is much bigger than other stars.
4. Light travels _____.
A. 300,000 kilometers a minute B. 300,000 meters a second
C. 300,000,000 meters a second D. 3,000,000 kilometers a minute
5. “Light year” in the passage means _____.
A. light B. distance C. year D. time
B
Baseball（棒球）is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnics, there is often an informal（非正式的）baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat（击球）. Each team has 9 players.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio and watch TV. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the TV set to hear the result.
6. According to（根据）the short passage, which is wrong?
A. Boys and girls like baseball.
B. People play baseball in the open air.
C. A baseball match has 9 players.
D. Children sometimes play baseball in parks.
7. American people play baseball in April, _____ and September.
A. May, June, July, August B. March, May, July, August
C. January, June, October, November D. February, May, July, December
8. What happens at the end of the baseball season?
A. People talk only about football games.
B. Many baseball fans become members of top teams.
C. A lot of people join the games.
D. Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game.
9. _____ follows the baseball season in the USA.
A. The basketball season B. The football season
C. A baseball match D. A football match
10. This passage mainly（主要）tells us something about _____.
A. the football season in the USA
B. football is more interesting than baseball in the USA
C. the difference between baseball and football
D. the baseball season in the USA
C
Two Americans from England were traveling in Spain. One morning they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know the native（当地的）language and the waiter did not know theirs, either. They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first they read the word “milk” many times. Then they spelled（拼） it. But the waiter could not understand them. At last one of them took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. When he was just finishing his drawing, the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant.
“Do you see,” said the American, “How clever I am!” After some time, the waiter came back. He brought no milk and bread with him. He put down in front of the two men tickets for a bullfight（斗牛）.
11. The story happened in _____.
A. America B. England C. Spain D. India
12. The two Americans went into a restaurant _____.
A. to have lunch B. to draw a picture of a cow
C. to get tickets for a bullfight D. to talk with the waiter
13. The waiter did not understand them _____.
A. because he did not know English and they did not know Spanish
B. because he ran out of the restaurant
C. because the Americans wanted some milk and bread
D. because the Americans went there for the first time
14. How many people are there in the story?
A. Many. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
15. At last the waiter gave the Americans _____.
A. milk and bread B. a piece of paper C. two tickets D. nothing
D
Most of the world’s diamonds（钻石）come from Africa, but there is one place in the United States where they are found. It is near Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Diamonds were first found near Murfreesboro in 1906. About fifty thousand diamonds have come from this field. One forty-carat（克拉）diamond was the largest ever found in North America. But most of the stones（石头）were too small to be worth mining（开采）. Soon all mining stopped there. Today a visitor to Murfreesboro can hunt for（寻找）diamonds himself.
A few diamonds have been found in sand and small stones along the Great Lakes（五大湖）, too. But none of these were in their original（原先的）blue ground. They may have been formed（形成）far to the north and carried south by the last great masses（堆） of ice.
16. Most diamonds come from _____.
A. North America B. South America C. Africa D. Arkansas
17. Diamond-bearing ground has been found _____.
A. in Arkansas B. in several states C. around the Great Lakes D. A, B and C
18. The Murfreesboro field was _____.
A. never mined B. not worth mining
C. mined until there were no more diamonds D. mined until just recently
19. In Murfreesboro today, visitors can _____.
A. watch miners at work B. find large valuable（珍贵的）stones
C. search for diamonds D. try to find beautiful stones
20. The diamonds found along the Great Lake were _____.
A. carried there from other places B. not found in their original ground
C. found in the rocks where they were formed D. both A and B
Ⅶ 词汇（5%）
1. She is very p_____ of her daughter because she is very clever.
2. A big c_____ of people were standing around the street corner, waiting for the coming of a famous singer.
3. My cousin lives in a town n_____.
4. The little girl loved music very much, so she wanted to have a piano of her o_____.
5. The town is on the w_____ side of the river.
6. The kindergarten is full of _____（有生气的）children.
7. Sam’s mother _____（鼓励）him to go on study in university.
8. They have _____（建造）a new school in the small town.
9. What does the tree look like when they finish _____（装饰）it.
10. She is very _____（好心的）. She often gives money to the poor.
Ⅷ 补全对话:根据上下文填入适当的单词，每空一词 （10%）
(A)
A: Where shall we go __1__ our holiday, Dad? It’s so hot this summer.
B: I hope we can go to Beidaihe for our holiday, but it’s a pity.
A: Why? It’s certainly a good __2__. Can’t we go there?
B: No. It’s too late to __3__ rooms in a hotel there now.
A: It doesn’t matter, Dad. We can go to __4__ place. How about Qingdao? I’d like to swim in the sea and the seafood there is very __5__.
B: But don’t you __6__ about your study at __7__, Jenny? It will last quite some time.
A: Oh. No __8__, Dad. Didn’t you look at my exam __9__? And I’ll study harder after the traveling.
B: Mm, __10_ good.
A: Thank you, Dad.
(B)
A: I haven’t __11_ Mike for a few days.
B: He’s __12_ to London.
A: When did he __13_?
B: Last Monday.
A: Did he travel __14_ himself?
B: He traveled with his parents.
A: How long will he be __15_?
B: For about six weeks.
Ⅸ 书面表达 （10%）
根据图画内容写一篇文章。字数60-80。要求字迹整洁，句子通顺，时态正确。
参考答案
一、听力部分
BBBBB DBABC BDCAC
二、 笔试部分
Ⅳ 选择填空 CCDDC BCDDD BABDC
Ⅴ 完形填空
CABDA DDABC DACBD
Ⅵ 阅读理解
BABCB CADBD CAACC CABCD
Ⅶ 词汇
proud, crowd, nearby, own, western, lively, encourages/d, built, decorating, kind-hearted
Ⅷ 补全对话
(A) for, idea/place, book, another, delicious, worry, all, problem, result, sounds/it’s
(B) seen, gone, leave, by, away
听力部分
Ⅰ 听小对话，回答问题 （5%）
1. F: The weather today is rather wet, isn’t it?
M: Yes. But the radio says that it may stop raining this afternoon.
2. F: Excuse me, may I use your bike, Henry?
M: Sorry, Lily. My bike is broken. You may use Tom’s or Bob’s.
3. F: There is a weather report at 6:20 every day, isn’t there?
M: Yes. Wait for five minutes. We can listen to it on the radio.
4. F: Look! The lights are red. We must stop.
M: Ok, let’s wait here.
5. F: What a great birthday party, Jack! Is this present from Kate or Lily?
M: Neither, Mum. Lucy gave it to me.
Ⅱ 听长对话，回答问题 （5%）
(A) 听下面一段较长的对话，回答6-7小题
A: May I help you?
B: Yes, please. I want to borrow a video tape, but it’s not on that shelf.
A: I guess somebody else has borrowed it.
B: Could you find out who has taken it?
A: Sure. What’s the name of the tape?
B: “Harry Potter”.
A: Wait a minute. Let me find it on the computer. Here it is. It says Jim Green has got it.
B: Thanks. I know Jim.
(B) 听下面一段较长的对话，回答8-10小题
A: How long have you been in this school, Jack?
B: I’ve been here for 2 years.
A: How long have you been a member of the school band?
B: I’ve been a member of the school band for half a year.
A: What have you done since you joined the band?
B: I’ve played five concerts.
A: What kind of music do you like best, popular music, rock music or soft music?
B: I like both popular music and rock music. But I like popular music best.
Ⅲ 短文理解 （10%）
Most American families like to have a holiday in the summer. Summer is a good season for holiday. It is very hot during the months of July and August. Children do not go to school during these two months.
Some people like to stay home during the holiday. They work in the garden, visit friends, read books or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to a park or somewhere far from the city. They like to eat where there are many trees or there is a nice lake. If they live near the ocean, they often go to the beach. They can fish, swim or enjoy the sun there.
America is a large country. Many families travel by car or by train to see interesting places. They also travel by plane to a foreign country. Many big cities have many famous buildings, shops and other places for travelers.