2008年初三英语模拟试卷

2008年初三英语模拟试卷一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）
二、单项填空在A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(本大题共15分，每小题1分)
( )21. The weather in March is like baby’s face. It changes quickly.
A. the
B. a
C. an
D. / ( )22. It’s careless him to make the same mistake again. I think it important__ him to be more careful next time.
A. to; for
B. for; of
C. of; to
D. of; for ( )23. —dose Mrs. Robot go to Beijing?
— Once or twice a year.
A. How long
B. How soon
C. How often
D. When ( )24. —Which of the two English films do you like better?
—, because they are boring.
A. Both
B. Either
C. None
D. Neither
( )25. —easy work it is!
—If you work harder, it’ll get .
A. What a; easiest
B. What; easier
C. How; harder
D. How a; easiest
( )26. —May I park my car here, Sir?
—. You may park it over there.
A. Yes, you may
B. Yes, you can
C. No, you needn’t
D. No, you mustn’t
( )27. The food in the fridge bad. Throw it away, please.
A. is smelt terrible
B. smells terrible
C. smells terribly
D. is smelt terribly
( )28. — Does your father smoke?
— No, he doe sn’t. But he a lot, now he has given it up.
A. used to smoke
B. is used to smoke
C. is used to smoking
D. used to smoking
( )29. Ted is in various robots because he finds them .
A. interested, interesting
B. interesting, interested
C. interested, interested
D. interesting, interesting
( )30. I wonder which TV play at that time.
A. they’re talking about
B. they were talking about
C. they talking about
D. were they talking about
( )31. Give blood you can and many lives will be saved.
A. if
B. before
C. until
D. because
( )32. We young people shouldn’t think about the failure in the past.
Instead, we should be to face the future.
A. usually, enough brave
B. seldom, enough brave
C. sometimes, brave enough
D. always, brave enough
( )33. I really don’t know if Mr. Zhang tomorrow. If he , I’ll ask him to teach me how to play tennis.
A. will come, comes
B. will come, will come
C. comes, will come
D. comes, comes
( )34. More attention should be paid good habits of reading carefully.
A. for forming
B. to form
C. to forming
D. in forming ( )35. —It’s really a nice meal! Thank you for having us.
—.
A. It doesn’t matter.
B. It was a pleasure.
C. Not nice enough.
D. With pleasure.
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day. The same thing is going on at school now. 36 it seems that doing weekend
homework is a 37 for the modern students.
All the students 38 that weekend homework should be abolished (取消). It is 39 for them to study at school five days a week. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they 40 _ time to help their parents do the housework, go and see a football or basketball game or a good 41 , join in family recreation (娱乐), or just have a rest at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can't be finished 42 Sunday evening. So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are 43 because many of the students know little about the 44 . If there were no weekend homework to do, they would be __45 to go to school on Monday after two days' good rest and to learn what the teachers teach.
( )36. A. Also B. But C. Still D. Because
()37. A. question B. reason C. problem D. decision
（）38. A. agree B. decide C. understand D. disagree
（）39. A. enjoyable B. enough C. good D. useful
（）40. A. keep B. find C. choose D. spend
（）41. A. film B. story C. meeting D. concert
（）42. A. though B. since C. after D. until
（）43. A. pleased B. sorry C. unhappy D. satisfied
（）44. A. lessons B. games C. interests D. activities
（）45. A. tired B. creative C. worried D. happy
四阅读理解（共１０小题；每小题２分，满分２０分）
(A)
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way:
“She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
（）46. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.
A. clothes
B. many things
C. most of the popular things
D. everything
（）4７. Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
A. people read newspaper every day
B. radios send information from one country to another
C. new things that people like are often shown on TV
D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world
（）4８. “There is money in fashion” means ______.
A. clothes are expensive
B. money comes from fashion
C. people like new things
D. fashions make big money
A. people can't go around the earth in a few hours
B. the American X-43A airplane traveled around the earth in a few hours
C. the American X-43A airplane is the fastest one in the world
D. only Americans can make such a fast plane
( )50. If the X-43A goes around the earth，it will take about ______ hours to finish the trip.
A. 3
B. 5
C. 8
D. 12
( )51. Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?
A. There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks，dictionaries and children's
books.
B. All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.
C. After the checking books will become better and better.
D. A few mistakes are not serious for children.
(C)
Maybe you know floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have ever heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles, and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts, One is called the “eye”. In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest with and hardest rains are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In 2004, Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in Zhejiang, and 24 people were missing. In May 2006, Typhoon Pearl hit Guangdong and Fujian, and thousands of houses were damaged.
What to do when a typhoon hits:
●Stay inside, Close all the windows and stay away from them.
●Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
●Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
●If you’re told to go to a safer place, do so right away.
( )52. Typhoons often happen .
A. in the hot season
B. in the cold season
C. only in China
D. under the sea
( )53. Which picture can tell meaning of the underlined sentences“…，it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in.”?
( )54. When a typhoon comes, we cannot .
A. close all the windows
B. listen to typhoon news
C. stay outside with our bikes
D. stay inside the strong house
( )55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The warmer the air gets, the slower the wind moves.
B. This year Typhoon Peal killed 164 people in Zhejiang.
C. The strongest winds and harder rains are in the eye of typhoon.
D. A typhoon will happen when the wind goes faster than 30 meters a second.
五词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
(A) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

56. This MP4 is not mine. Maybe it’s . You’d better go and ask him. (he)
57. Thomas Edison, the famous scientist, devoted all his life to the of lights,
films, telephones and more than one thousand other things. (invent)
58. My grandfather is as as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day. (energy)
59. We all feel very excited that the Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. (twenty-nine)
60. As we all know China sent up her first man-made satellite in 1970. (success)
(B) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

61. One of the (长处) of living at the centre of the city is that you can buy nearly everything you want.
62. The most (有价值的) thing in his house is a picture drawn by Xu
Beihong.
63. Newspapers not only (提供) us with news from all over the world but also give us a lot of other knowledge.
64. The place where we are going on a school trip is still under (讨论).
65. How I wish that all families in the world could live together (和平地) for ever.
六短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
The 2008 Olympic Games are coming soon. Chinese people are getting r___66___ for it. The people in Beijing are especially b___67___. Taxi drivers are learning English so that they can t___68___ with the foreign friends from all over the world during the Olympic Games. Workers are working h___69___ so that the buildings can be f___70___
before the games start.
The environment is g___71__ better and better. The streets will be cleaner and the r___72 will be wider. More trees and flowers will be p___73___in the city.
It is the first t___74__ that China has got the chance to host the Olympic Games. All of us b__75_ that it will be a great success and Beijing will become a more beautiful city after the games are over.
66 r________ 67 b_______ 68 t________ 69 h______ 70 f_____ 71 g________ 72 r_______ 73 p_______ 74 t_______ 75 b_____ 七任务型阅读(共10小题, 每小题1分,满分10分)
(A)
One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar. Every year in the United States, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science（电影艺术科学院）gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies. There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year, another for the best actor, and Oscars for doing many other things well in movies.
Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them. They also want to see actors who have won Oscars. This means movies that have won Oscars make a lot of money. The Academy first gave prizes to movies in 1927, but they were not called Oscars then. That happened four years later. Most people think that Oscar was someone famous in the movies, but he wasn’t. He was someone that a woman called Margaret Herrick knew. She worked for the Academy and one day she saw the prize on a table. She said, “He looked like my friend Oscar.” From that time on the prizes were called the Oscars.
76. Is the Oscar one of the most famous movie prizes in the world?
_________________________________________________________
77. Who can win Oscars?
_________________________________________________________
78. When did the Oscars get their names?
_________________________________________________________
79. What is the passage mainly about?
_________________________________________________________
80. Please translate the sentence “Oscars are very important because people want to
see movies that have won them.” into Chinese.
_________________________________________________________
(B)
Mr. Mason is standing in front of a car. He is looking at it. It is a beautiful car and it is very big. Mr. Mason likes big cars. A policeman is standing behind Mr. Mason. He is looking at the car, too. He is writing in a notebook(笔记本). Now he is giving a piece of paper to Mr. Mason.
Policeman: Excuse me, sir.
Mr. Mason: Yes?
Policeman: This is for you.
Mr. Mason: What is it?
Policeman: It’s a ticket.
Mr. Mason: A ticket?
Policeman: Can you see the notice(布告)?
Mr. Mason: Yes.
Policeman: It says “NO PARKING”. You can’t park your car here.
Mr. Mason: This isn’t my car.
根据上面的内容完成下面的句子：
81. The policeman is standing Mr. Mason.
82. This policeman gives Mr. Mason a .
83. Mr. Mason says that car isn’t .
84. “No Parking” means you can’t your car here.
85. The car is on the .
八书面表达（共1题，计15分）
假如你是第二中学的一名初三学生刘红，你要写一封信给青少年专家Sigmund Friend，告诉他你遇到的问题，并请求帮助。

请根据下列表格中所列的信息，写完
1．词数90左右。

信的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

2．信中须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使语句通顺，意思连贯，符合逻辑。

Dear Sigmund Friend,
My name is Liu Hong. I’m a Grade 9 student in No. 2 Middle School.__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
Can you give me some useful advice? I hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,。