2006年常熟市初三调研测试
英 语 试 题
听 力 部 分
一、听力选择：(满分24分)
A)回答问题(共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分)
听下面6个问题。每个问题后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每小题读两遍。
( )1．A．Certainly，here you are． B．Yes，that’s right． C．Not at all．
( )2．A．Yes，I like them． B．Coffee，please． C．All right．
( )3．A．It’s not expensive． B．It’s in Beijing． C．What a great idea!
( )4．A．Yes，I can． B．Yes，I’ll show you． C．No，not at all．
( )5．A．Never． B．Before 9 P．m． C．Half an hour．
( )6．A．Thanks a lot for coming to my birthday party．
B．Thanks a lot for inviting me to your birthday party．
C．Thanks a lot for the birthday party．
B)对话理解(共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分)
听下面8段对话，每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍。
( )7．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In a restaurant． B．In a library． C．In a bookshop．
( )8．How did Tom go to New York this time?
A．By train． B．By bus． C．By plane．
( )9．What does the man mean?
A．John is not in．
B．He’ll look for John for her．
C．The woman has got a wrong number．
( )10．What does the man like to have for breakfast?
A．Bread． B．Eggs． C．Noodles．
( )11．How much does the book cost now?
A. $5．5． B．$6． C. $5．
( )12．Where does the woman want to go?
A．Moscow． B．Hong Kong． C．Shanghai．
( )13．What is the most probable result of t11e conversation?
A．The man got his robot repaired．
B．The marl got a new robot．
C．The man got his money back．
( )14．What does the mall advise the woman to do?
A．To write a lettter to her penfriend．
B．To send her penfriend an E—card．
C．To miss her penffiend．
C)短文理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分l0分)
听下面的短文。短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。
( )15．What did the Frenchman come to England to do?
A. To visit his friend． B．To study English． C．To read books．
( )16．Where did the Frenchman live in England?
A. Near a bird cage． B．In a language school． C．In an old lady’s home．
( )17．What did the Frenchman often do in the morning?
A．He sat in the garden． B．He saw the bird． C. He did some reading．
( )18．Where was the bird cage often hung in the morning?
A．On the tree in the garden．
B．On the window upstairs．
C．Either on the tree in the garden or on the window upstairs．
( )19．What happened to the old lady one morning?
A．She dropped her cage． B．She fell off the window． C．Her bird flew away．
笔 试 部 分
一、选择填空：(共24小题；每小题1分，满分24分)
A)单项填空(共14小题；每小题1分，满分14分)从A B C D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( )20.My father feels _________because he heard from today．
A．happy；an old friend of him B．happy；an old friend of his
C．happily；one of his old friends D．happily；an old friend 0f him
( )21.There_________a wonderful English film next week．
A．is going to have B．will have C．is going to D．is going to be
( )22．Let’s encourage the boy．He_________to sing 0n the stage．
A．dares not B．doesn’t dare C．dare not D．don't dare
( )23．Is Li Ming in the classroom? No，he_______there．I saw him in the reading room
just now．
A．can’t be B．mustn’t be C．needn’t be D．is
( )24．It’s great to have robots_________housework for US．
A．do B．to do C．doing D．done
( )25．More than 3010 people_________in the traffic accident yesterday．
A．killed B．are killed C．were killed D．have been killed
( )26．Look，the room is so dirty．It needs ________ ．
A．clean B．cleans C．to dean D．cleaning
( )27．It’s easy to make football fans _______ when they are watching an______game．
A．excited；excited B．excited；exciting
C．exciting；excited D．exciting；exciting
( )28．I feel worried when I can’t think of anyone________．
A．to talk B．to talk to C．talk to D．to talk to about
( )29．It is you that ________wrong．
A．is B．was C．are D. has been
( )30．________of the students of our school ________girls．
A．Two—third，are B．Two—thirds，is
C．Two—thirds，are D．Second—three，fire
( )31．My aunt often talks________her friends________the phone——weekend．
A．to；with；on B．with：on；at C．about；on；through D．of；by；at
( )32．He used________on the right in China，but he soon got used________on the left in England．
A．to drive；to drive B．to drive；driving
C．to driving；to drive D．to drive；to driving
( )33．No once can be sure________in a million years．
A．what mail will look like B．what will man look like
C．man will look like what D．what look will man like
B）完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然 后在每小题的A B C D四个选项选出最佳选项。
When I was a boy，each of my holidays seemed wonderful．My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 34 ．All day I played on the sands with strange excited children．We made houses and gardens，and 35 the tide (潮水)destroy them．When the tide went out，we 36 over the rocks and looked down at the 37 in the rock pools．
In those days，the sun seemed to shine always brightly 38 the water was always warm．Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country， 39 destroyed houses and dark woods．There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places one could buy ice creams．Each day seemed a lifetime．
Though I am thirty—five years old，my 40 of good holiday is much the same as it was．I still like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks．I never wish to build any sand house or sand garden． 41 ，I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers．
Sometimes I wonder what my ideal 42 will be like when I am old．All I want to do then，perhaps，will be to lie in bed，reading books about children who make houses and gardens with sand，who watch the incoming tide，who make themselves 43 because of too many ice creams．
( )34．A．sea B．1ake C．mountain D．river
( )35．A．made B．watched C．heard D．brought
( )36．A．flew B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
( )37．A．dolphins B．penguins C．sharks D．fishes
( )38．A．but B．and C．yet D．or
( )39．A．exploring B．examing C．repairing D．painting
( )40．A．book B．idea C．picture D．spirit
( )41．A．However B．But C．So D．Whenever
( )42．A．house B．garden C．tide D．holiday
( )43．A．angry B．tired C．sad D．sick
二、阅读理解：(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A B C D四个选项选出最佳选项。
(A)
Our village carpenter(木匠)，John Bill，came one day and made a dining table for my wife．He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows．When I got home that evening，John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill(账单)for the job．
My wife said to me，quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today．”But she said，in a loud voice，“It’s a beautiful table，dear，isn’t it?”
“I’ll decide on that when I see the bill．”I said．
One dining table 10 November 1989
Cost(成本)of wood $17.00
Paint $1.50
Work，8 hours($1 an hour) $8.00
Total(合计) $36.50
When 1 was looking at the bill，John said，“It’s been ft．fine day，hasn’t it? Quite sunny．”
“Yes，”I said，“I'm glad it Js only the l0th of November．’’“Me，too，”said John．“You wait—it’11 be a lot colder by the end of the month．’’
“Yes．Colder and more expensive! Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th，won’t they，John?”
John looked hard at me for half a minute．Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him．“If it isn’t too much trouble，John，”I said，“Please add it up again．You can forget the date…”
I paid him $26.50 and he was happy to get it．
44．Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
A．Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully．
B．Because it was really a fine day．
C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully．
D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like．
45．Why did the writer say that dining tables would be$20 more expensive on November 30th?
A．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather．
B．Because paint would be more expensive．
C．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive．
D．Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table．
46．The writer thought John would ask for ______if he made a dining table on the last day of November．
A．$20.00 B．$46.50 C．$56.50 D．$26.50
47．From the story．we know that _________．
A．John made a mistake in the bill
B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work
C．John had written out the bill before the writer got home
D．John still wanted to get$36.50 for his work in the end
(B)
History，as we know，is filled with facts，with places，names，dates，and events．
History is also filled with feelings，with pain，joy，excitement，and fear．
Facts are set down in books，but what happens to feelings? How can you take the pain，for example，and write it into a history book? You can’t．But you can put it to music．Take the blues，for example．
The blues started when black musicians in the South began to sing about their hard times，those times which made them feel blue．The early blues was the beginning of other musical styles，from jazz to rock and roll．
Music，you might say，is a record of feelings．
Of course，facts are important：the civil rights movement，the race for space，the Vietnam War．
But the feelings behind these events—the pride of being black，the excitement of a rocket blast(点火起飞)，the pain of a war—are also an important part of history．
48．In the passage，the word“blue”and the word“blues”are related to _________．
A．a feeling and a kind of music B．a colour
C．a kind of music and a person D．people and their feelings
49．According to the writer’s idea，what can make people feel blue?
A．Hard times． B．Music． C．History．D．A history book．
50．Besides the above，the writer also explains _________．
A．what caused the Vietnam War B．the relation between history and music
C．the feelings behind some important events D．why he wrote the article
(C)
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century．Early in the 1900s，most American towns and cities had a Main Street．Main Street was always in the heart of a town．This street was lined on both sides with many businesses．Here，shoppers walked into stores to look at au kinds of merchandise(商品)：clothing，furniture，hardware(五金)，groceries(杂货)．In addition，some shops offered services．These shops included drugstores(药店)，restaurants，shoe—repair stores，and barber or hairdressing shops(理发店)．But in the 1950s，a change began to take place．Too many cars and trucks had crowded into Main Street．There were few parking places．Because the streets were crowded，merchants(商人)began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits．Open space is what their car—driving customers needed。And open space is what they got when the first shopping center was built．Shopping centers，or malls，started as a collection of small new stores built away from crowded city centers．Attracted by hundreds of free parking spaces，customers were drawn away from downtown areas to the outlying malls．
By the late 1970s，many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves．In addition to providing the Convenience of one—stop shopping，malls were changed into landscaped parks，with beautiful flowers，fountains，and outdoor entertainment．For example，one of the shopping malls is The Galleria in Houston，Texas．Inside the Galleria，more than tens of shops face balconies and there is an indoor ice skating rink(溜冰场)．Some of Houston’s best restaurants are also here．Atop(在……顶上)the whole mammoth(巨大的)structure is a new hotel．The Galleria，and other imaginative shopping centers throughout the United States，have led a magazine to title its recent leading article“The Mailing of America”
51．Which of the following is not correct?
A．During the 1950s，many parking places were available(可利用的)to shoppers who drove to any Main Street．
B．Before the 1950s，a Main Street was a shopping center in most American towns．
C．Main Street was usually in the heart of a town．
D．At the beginning of the twentieth century。all kinds of stores were located along Main Street．
52．The Galleria in Houston，Texas is _________．
A．a huge and modern restaurant B．a beautiful guest house
C．a soaring hotel D．a wonderful shopping mall
53.The best tide for this passage would be ________．
A. The Changes of American Shopping Centres
B. The Mailing of America
C. The Convenience of One——stop Shopping
D. The Past and Present of the American People
三、单词拼写：(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据括号中所给的汉语和句意写出单词：
1.If you are _________(抢劫)，who will you ask for help?
2.Nearly 50 _________ (小偷)have been caught by the police since 1ast year．
3.YesterdaY Uncle Wang fell off his motorbike，but ________(幸运)he wasn't badly hurt．
4.Who do you think can jump _________ (高)in our class?
5.Do you have any difficulty _________ (解决)the problem?
6.They consider Audrey Hepburn one of the best _________ (演员)．
7.What is your _________ (到达)time?
8.Tne _____ (报告)show something of home computers used by a group of young people．
9.It’s meaningful for students to do some _________ (志愿)work．
10.He lives on the _________ (十二)floor. You'd better go up by lift．
四、句子翻译：(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
1.你给我提了这么多宝贵的建议真是太好了。
____________________________________________________________
2.我宁愿发电子邮件给你，也不愿写信给你。
____________________________________________________________
3.这个孩子是被绑架还是被杀了，警方还无法确定．
____________________________________________________________
4.虽然电脑被打开了，显示屏上什么都没有显示出来。
____________________________________________________________
5.你知道他到哪里去了吗？他去泰国了。
____________________________________________________________
五、书面表达：(共1题；满分20分)
如果你是班长，你要组织一次班级活动，你要告诉班级同学活动内容，活动时间和地点。并且要求同学们记住注意点，你可以用所给的信息写一份通知。
1.活动场所——中山公园
2.活动时间——五月五号上午九点到十一点
3.活动内容——湖边植树，保洁公园，浇灌花和树，然后进行义演为一个失去父母的贫苦学生筹集资金，帮助他完成学业。
4.筹资项目——零花钱，书，衣和物
5.注意事项——交通安全，骑车或步行，不带零食
注意：1.全文必须通顺连贯，可适当增加细节。
2.字数80左右。通知的开头已为你写好，不计入总字数。
Attention，please．
I am going to tell you something about our activity．We will________________________
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That’s all．Thank you!
2006年常熟市初三调研测试英语试题
参考答案及听力材料
听力部分
一、听力选择：(满分24分)
A)回答问题(共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分)
听下面6个问题。每个问题后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。每问题读两遍。
1．I forgot to bring my dictionary．Can I use yours?
2．What would you prefer，tea or coffee?
3．Why don’t we go to Beijing Amusement Park?
4．Do you mind telling me how to use this Walkman?
5．How often do you watch TV?
6．I hope you can come to my birthday party this Saturday．
1——6 A B C C A B
B)对话理解(共8小题；每小题t分，满分8分)
听下面8段对话，每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍。
7．W：Can I help you?
M：Yes，please。I’ve come to return this book．And I’d like to borrow a story book．
8．W：Was it crowded on the train，Tom?
M：I don’t know．We flew to New York this time．
9．W：Hello．May I speak to John?
M：John? Oh，no．There is nobody called John here．
10．W：Do you like eggs or noodles for breakfast?
M：Some bread instead of them．
11．W：I think the book costs $5.50．
M：It did，but the price has gone up by 50 cents．
12．W：Could you tell me how much it costs to fly to Moscow from Hong Kong?
M：Wait a minute．Let me see．．．oh，it is $1200．
13．W：What can I do for you?
M：I bought this robot two weeks ago. But it doesn’t work properly．It made a mess in my flat．It must catch a virus．I’d like you to mind it for me．
W：Yes．Of course．
14.W：My penfriend hasn’t replied to my 1ast three e—mails．I think she doesn’t want to write to me any more。
M：Why don’t you send an e—card to her and jet her know you miss her very much？
7—14 B C C A B A A B
C)短文理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
听下面的短文。短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、L{、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。
A Frenchman came t. England to study English．He lived in an old lady’s home．Every morning he did some reading by the window before he came to the class．The lady had a bird．Every morning the lady hung her cage on the tree in the garden or on her window upstairs．
One morning when the lady took out her bird cage and tried to hang it on the window upstairs，the cage suddenly fell 0ut of her hand．So she shouted，“Look out!”The Frenchman heard it and put his head out of the window to see what was happening．The cage was just in time to hit him on the head．
15——19 B C C C A
笔试部分
一、选择填空：A：单项填空 B D B A A C D B B C C B D A
B：完形填空 A B D D B A B A D D
二、阅读理解：(A) A D C B
(B)A A C (C) A D A
三、单词拼写
l. robbed 2．thieves 3．luckily 4．highest 5. solving 6.actresses
7.arrival 8.reports 9.voluntary 10.twelfth
四、句子翻译：
1.It’s kind of you to give me so much good advice／so many good suggestions．
2.I would rather send an e—mail to you than write a letter to you．
(I prefer sending an e—mail to you to writing a letter to you)
3.The police are not sure whether the child has been kidnapped or murdered．
4.Although the computer is turned on，nothing appears on the screen．
5.Do you know where he has gone He has gone to Thailand．
五、书面表达：略