2003学年第一学期初三年级英语考试试卷
听力部分（20分）
一、听对话，回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
听下面异端对话，回答第1和第2两个小题。现在，你有10秒钟时间阅读这两题。
1.What did the man do last Sunday?
A.He saw a football match. B.He saw a basketball match. C.he saw a tennis match.
2.Who won the match?
A.America B.Germany C.Japan
听下面一段对话，回答第3至第5题。现在你有15秒钟时间阅读这三题。
3.What are they talking about?
A.Buildings B.Weather C.The Great Wall
4.Why can’ the man see the buildings clearly?
A.Because the buildings are too far away.
B.Because there is something wrong with his eyes.
C.Because there is a lot of sand in the sky.
5.What does the man mean when he talks about the Great Green Wall?
A.He means that the Great Green Wall is not useful.
B.He means that we need more trees.
C.He means that we should colour the Great Green Wall.
二、听独白，回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
听下面一段独白，独白后有5个小题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听独白前，你又5秒钟时间阅读这5个小题。听完独白后，你有25秒钟时间来回答有关问题。独白连读两遍。
6.When did the woman find she took a wrong shoe?
A. A week later B.Four months later. C.Five months later.
7.What did she take back the shoemaker?
A.Two right shoes B.Two left shoes C.One left and one right.
8.When did she get the shoes back from the shoemaker?
A. A week later B.Four months later. C.Several hours later.
9.What was the woman going to do when she found the mistake?
A.She was going to the dancing party with her husband.
B She was going to the dinner with her husband..
C She was going to the dinner with her parents.
10.How did the shoemaker feel when thew woman called him?
A.Angry B.Happy C.Puzzled
笔试部分（100分）
三、单项填空（共15小题，计15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
11.---Do you know Yang Liping?
---Yes,she
is ______ very famous dancer.
A./ B.a C.the D.an
12.Mom and Dad are teachers._____ of them love teachoing very much.
A.Neither B.None C.All D.Both
13.Today they are going to have real English food,_____?
A.doesn’t it B.isn’t it C.don’t they D.aren’t they
14.---I’ve just cleaned the kitchen.
---Really? I ____ that hours ago.
A.have done B.do C.did D.had done
15.---Hi,Allen._____ are you leaving for Hainan Island?
---To relax myself.
A.What B.Why C.How D.When
16.If everyone makes a contribution to _____ the environment,the world will become much more beautiful.
A.protecting B.producing C.preparing D.practising
17.---Will you stay for lunch?
---Sorry,I_____.My friend is coming to see me.
A.won’t B.can’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t
18.---Mike,this is the medicine for you.Take three pills now and three more ____ time.
---OK.
A.in four hours B.in four hour’s C.in four hours’ D.in four hour]
19.---Could you please tell me how much a double room______?
---Sorry,I don’t know.You’d better call the hotel by the number on the brochure.
A. takes B.spends C.costs D.pays
20.---Don’t you think the radio is too loud?
---Yes,I’ll tell ______.
A.turn it down B.turn it on C.turn it over D.turn it up
21.---We can use MSN to talk with each other on the Internet.
---Really? Will you please show me _____ it?
A.how can I use B.what to use C.how to use D.where can I use
22.---I’ve forgotten to bring my drink.
---Never mind,you can have ______.
A.some of yours B.some of us C.some of ours D.us some
23.---Let’s go to the Museum of natural History,shall we?
---___________.
A.All right B.Yes,we shall C.That’s right D.You’re welcome
24.---Can we go and have a drink now?
---A drink?There are twenty more trees _______!
A.to plant B.to be planting C.to p[lant them D.to be planted
25.Boys and girls,please remember the following saying:Never put off till tomorrow_____.
A.that you can do today B.which you can do today
C.but you can do today D.what you can do today
四、完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
People on Hainan Island like scuba diving.But do you know what makes it possible for people __26___ under water for a long time?It’s the scuba machine.Then do you know _27___ invented the machine?It was Jacques Cousteau and _28____ friend.
Cousteau was a man _29___ of new ideas.Ever __30___ he was a child,he had been dreaming of diving deep to explore the wonderful world _31____ the sea.later with the scuba machine he invented,his __32__ came true.He took a lot of pictures and videos of many things__33___ people hand never before.It __34__ him eight years to make a TV show which he named “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.” People were ___35__ when they saw so many beautiful things under water.
Cousteau loved the coral reefs and all the beautiful fish.However,when he returned some years later,he was __36__ to see that the colourful coral reefs __37__ and grey.he tried everything possible to help people know the _38___ of saving the environment and __39__ them to take part in keeping our lakes,rivers,seas and oceans__40___.
26.A.to drink B.to dance C.to breathe D.to sing
27.A.which B.who C.that D.what
28.A.she B.her C.he D.his
29.A.full B.short C.strange D.filled
30.A.through B.until C.from D.since
31.A.on B.over C.under D.above
32.A.idea B.thoughts C.plan D.dream
33.A.what B.that C.so D.who
34.A.took B.cost C.spent D.paid
356.A.frightened B.frightening C.surprising D,surprised
36.A.happy B.interested C.sad D.afaid
37.A.were alive B.grew well C.got better D.were dead
38.A.knowledge B.danger C.importance D.time
39.A.make B.encourage C.stop D.let
40.A.rough B.quiet C.well D.clean
五、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
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It was :30 a.m.on Saturday,March 15.Michael Ryan,an official of the World Heath Organization (WHO) in Geneva,was waked up by a phone call.It was from the WHO’s Manila office.He was warned that the strange new disease SARS was discovered in Asia and might get to other mainlands.
A 32-year-old Singaporean doctor who had just been to a meeting in New York,was on his way home.he was showing the signs of the disease SARS:he was coughing and had a high temperature.Reports of SARS in Canada and Singapore had already come to the WHO office in Geneva.The telephone call made the matter more serious.Ryan at once worked the phones and got to know that the
Singaporean doctor had taken a plane and would arrive at Frankfurt airport at 9:30 that morning.By the time the plane landed,experts and nurses in special suits were waiting to take the doctor to the hospital. “It is the first time we have ever worked faster than a virus,”says Ryan.
41.Who telephoned Dr Michael Ryan at 2:30 on March 15?
A.A German expert B.A Singaporean doctor
C.A patient of his in Manila D.A WHO official
42.From the passage we know that SARS was first found______.
A.in Canada B.in Geneva C.in Asia D.in Germany
43.What’s the meaning of the words “worked the phones?”
A.打电话给电信公司 B.打电话查询 C. 修理电话 D. 安装电话
44.The Singaporean doctor was sent to the hospital as soon as the plane arrived at the Frankfurt airport,because______.
A.he was hurt on the plane B.he could treat SARS patients in Germany
C.he was coughing badly D.he might be a SARS patient
45.The story mainly tells us that _____.
A.SARS is going round quickly in Asia and in some other countries
B.man is faster than virus
C.WHO is doing its best to prevent the disease from going round
D.SARS is a dangerous disease
B
A stamp is just a piece of paper with a picture and some words printed on one side and some glue on the other side.What makes one of these bits of paper worth any money at all?What makes a ten-fen stamp worth ten fen?
When you buy a stamp,you also buy service from the post office.You get the letter sent by post.After the stamp has done its job,the post office says it is worthless.You must buy a new one for each letter you send.
But people often pay money for stamps that have already been used.Stamp collectors,or philatelists,have fun just trying to collect as many different kinds as possible.Certain kinds are hard to find.It’s hard to get one of these uncommon stamps because they are especially beautiful or tell an interesting story or show all kinds of animals,then those are the ones that have value to you.
46.When you are going to post a letter,you must buy _______.
A.a ten-fen stamp B.a new stamp C.a collected stamp D.a valuable stamp
47.The post office says a stamp is useless if __________.
A.it is collected B.you get a letter sent by post C.it is old D.it has a postmark on it
48.When some of the stamps are difficult to find,________.
A.nobody will try to get them B.they can become of great value
C.everybody would like to buy them D.they will be worthless
49.Which of the following is not true?
A.The stamp has a picture and some words on it.
B.Many used stamps are worth a lot of money.
C.Stamp collectors try to get different kinds of stamps whether they are used or not.
D.A used stamp can be used again to post a letter.
50.Which of the following is true?
A.A new twenty-fen
stamp is not worth twenty fen.
B.One can have a letter sent by a used stamp.
C.Sometimes people are willing to pay much money for a stamp.
D.A post office worker doesn’t want to buy any used stamps.
C
Eating in space is different from eating on earth.The food astronauts carry with them does not like the food you eat on earth.
Some food is carried in closed bags.It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it.All the water is removed from the food.In the space capsule,the astronauts put the water back.He “shoots” hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun.he eats the food through a small hole in the bag.
Other foods come in bite sizes.the astronaut puts whole piece in his mouth at a time.There can be no crumb.Crumbs would float around the capsule and get in the way.Meat,cake and cereal often come in bite-sized pieces.
Astronauts cannot drink water from open cups.The water would float in drops in the air.the water is put in the special gun.The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth.
Eating in space is not easy.Astronauts must learn to eat this way.
51.Eating in space is _______.
A.no easier than that on earth B.as easy as that on earth
C.different from that on earth D.not so different from that on earth
52.When the astronauts get some food they ____.
A.cool it befoe they eat it. B.freeze it before they eat it
C.remove the water before they eat it D.eat it through a small hole in the bag
53.The phrase “bite-sized” in the third paragraph means______.
A.too big to be eaten at a time B.too small for the astronauts to hold it
C.there are no crumbs at all D.small enough to be eaten at a time
54.Why can’t astronauts frink water from cups?
A.It would float in the air. B.The cups would fly away into space.
C.The water would float out of the spaceship.
D.The astronauts can only have water in solid form.
55.Which of the following is not right?
A.Crumbs floating around would bring trouble.
B.Eating in space is not so difficult as we think.
C.The astronauts put the water back before they eat the food.
D.The food the astronauts eat doesn’t look like what we eat.
VI.词语填空（共15小题，计15分）
用下列所给的词的适当形式田龙，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）
him new one idea but do and strong
try he make can ask say come
One day James Watt was sitting at the fire in __56__ grandmother’s home.He was watching the fire ___57_ thinking about things.A teapot was over the fire.Soon the lid began to move up and down.
“What makes it move up and down?” the boy asked himself.He looked under the lid,but he _58____ see nothing.
“Grandma,what’s in the teapot?” he asked.
“Water,my child--- nothing __59___ water.”
“But I know there is something more.And what makes the lid up and down?”
His grandmother laughed and __60___. “Oh,that’s only steam.You can see it __61__ out of teapot.” “Why my dear,it comes out of the hot water.The hot water makes it.”The grandmother began to think that the boy was __62___ too many questions.
“The steam must be very strong__63__ the heavy lid move up and down “said the bright boy to _64____. “Well,if the steam comes from a lot of water it must be much __65___.Why can’t we use steam to work for us?” The __66__ frew with him as he grew up.He tried out his idea and failed,then tried again and failed again.But each time he learned something __67___.Some people laughed at him.
“___68__ be foolish,”they said.But he went on _69___ and at last he reached his goal and gave the world the __70__ steam engine.
VII.短文改错 （共10 小题，计10分）
If you go to Hawaii,you may find beautiful beaches have big 71.______
waves there.It is good place for swimming and surfing.That’s 72.______
why many surfers all over the world going there to take part in surfing competitions.73.______
Surfing is one of the world’s most popular water sports. 74.________
It first started in the islands of Hawaii.Now it is enjoyed by 75.______
many people in the world.hawaii is famous for the water 76.________
sports.Waikiki is one of the best beach for surfing in Honolulu. 77._______
The weather is so nice,neither too hot or too cold all the year 78.______
round.And also the waves there is very high,so Waikiki 79._______
attracts big numbers of tourists and surf riders every year. 80._______
VIII.书面表达（共1题，计15分）
Eric从美国到你校来留学，他非常喜爱上网。一天中午当他带着面包和饮料去计算机房时，被值班的老师挡在门外，老师让他仔细阅读“机房须知”；Eric可是有很多看不懂，你能为转述一下吗？请把转述的文字写下来。（不少于60字）
机房须知的内容大致如下：不带饮料和食物进机房；保持电脑干净、整洁；废纸扔进废纸篓；机房每天打扫一次；离开时必须关机、关灯、关窗和关门。
以下词语供你转述时参考：
1.computer 2.keep clean and tidy 3.allow 4.make sure 5.put into 6.wastebasket 7.shut down 8.lock 9.turn off 10.close 11.clean
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