初三英语尖子班测试卷

武汉巨人学校初三尖子班入学测试卷满分：120分一．单项选择：（共30个小题，每小题1分，共30分）1. Is there ______ here? If not, don’t stay here alone.A. anyoneB. anybodyC. anyone elseD. everyone2. The boy carelessly dropped the _______ and broke it.A. cup of coffeeB. coffee’s cupC. cup for coffeeD. coffee cup3. Eight times two ______ sixteen.A. areB. makesC. wereD. make4. ______ do you think will invite you to the birthday party?A. WhereB. WhomC. WhoD. When5. Do you feel like ______ the English evening party with us?A. to go toB. to joinC. attending toD. going to6. —— Would you mind returning the book tomorrow?—— _______.A. O KB. Sure, I wouldn’tC. Yes, I wouldn’tD. Why, I wouldn’t7. Let’s get in the wheat before the sun ______.A. will setB. was setC. setD. sets8. ——Have you decided which to take——the round table or the square one?——I think the round one is ______ of the two tables.A. a nice oneB. the nicerC. nicerD. the nicest9. It was a long time ______ we met again.A. beforeB. sinceC. forD. while10. A tall man ______ along the road at midnight.A. was seen runB. saw runningC. was seen runningD. had been seen running11. They _______ in hospital for so long because they feel much better now.A. needs not stayB. need not to stayC. don’t need stayD. need not stay12. ____ arriving at the village, the farmers began to dig the well.A. OnB. InC. ForD. At13. _____ great number of the scientists have found that ______ number of theinventions is larger than ever before.A. The; theB. A; aC. A; theD. The; a14. They planned to stay in Shanghai for a short time, maybe only _____.A. two and a half dayB. two and a half dayC. two days and a halfD. half a day and two15. He has been told ______ to be careful in class.A. a hundred timeB. hundred of timesC. hundreds of timesD. a hundred of times16. Do n’t forget to hand _____ your homework ______ the end of the week.A. in; withinB. to; inC. in; byD. in; at17. The foreigner managed to make himself ________ with his _______ Chinese.A. understood; brokenB. understand; brokenC. understand; breakingD. understood; breaking18. He has not money with him, which makes _____ for him to travel all over the world.A. that impossibleB. him impossibleC. it impossibleD. him stop19. The heavy snow is still on. _______ clothing is _______ needed in the village.A. Many; muchB. Much; badlyC. A good many of; ratherD. A great deal; very20. I was so angry at all ____ he was doing _____ I walked out.A. which; thatB. what; thatC. that; whichD. that; that21. ——How long _____ each other before they _____ married?——For about a year.A. had they known; gotB. have they known; gotC. did they know; were going to getD. do they know; are going to get22. Tom together with his classmates _______ the ending of the film, _________?A. dislike; doesn’t heB. dislikes; don’t theyC. dislikes; doesn’t heD. dislike; don’t they23. Your bathroom needs _____; You’d better have it _____ this week.A. cleaning; doB. to be cleaned; doC. cleaning; doneD. being cleaned, done24. ——Do you like milk or tea?——_______.A. I prefer milk to have tea.B. I would rather have milk than have tea.C. I would rather have tea than to have milk.D. I prefer to have tea rather than to have milk.25. Father doesn’t allow ______ in his room and he doesn’t allow the whole family______ at all.A. smoking; to smokeB. to smoke; smokingC. to smoke; to smokeD. smoking; smoking26. ——It was very hot yesterday.——So ______. And so _______ today.A. it was; it isB. was it; it isC. it was; is itD. was it; is it27. ——Who _____ it be that is knocking on the door, is that Oliver?——It ______ be him, for he has been away to Italy since 3 days ago.A. may; mustn’tB. need; shouldn’tC. can; mustn’tD. can; can’t28. The day we had been looking forward to _______ at last.A. comingB. cameC. comeD. had come29. Mother is ill and she ______ in bed for two days.A. has layB. has laidC. has liedD. has lain30. Have you seen Kate these days? I wonder _______ with her work.A. how is she getting alongB. what she is getting alongC. that she gets along wellD. if she is getting along well 二．完形填空：（共30个小题，每小题1分，共30分）AI am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago. I’m the mid－field player on my team. But in fact that’s not 31 now. I was the mid－field player because, as I said, this was my 32 game. That’s a good way to end a high scho ol football career especially if you win, but even though you don't, it's 33 to leave at a high point.I was eight when I first started playing football. My dad 34football, and he used to practice with me at home—passing, catching, running. We used to practice almost every evening 35 it got too dark. He tried to teach me everything he knew about the 36 .“Just remember: don't ever37 . ”“Stay in the game. Don't lose your concentration（专注）.”“Go out there and give 110 percent every time. ”Well, that was a long time ago, but I still hear his words 38 in my ears.I had a lot on my mind 39 the game today. I don't like things to end, I guess, and this was the last game. I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do. I didn't sleep at all 40 , and when the sun came up this morning, I reached the point where 41 just wanted it all to be over, finished, done. But then when the game started, my mind became 42 . I just lived in this game this moment.I didn’t hear the cr owd, I didn't feel the cold or the pain, I never felt tired. I just kept my eyes on the 43 , and it was just me and the ball and, inside, a soft, white light 44 me the way to the goal. It was a beautiful, empty feeling.It's all over now, and it's really getting cold here. It's starting to snow. The sun's almost gone, and I can 45see the goal. Now it's dark and I'm sitting here all alone. Well, I guess it’s time to say good-bye and move on.( ) 31. A. true B. wrong C. strange D. clear( ) 32. A. first B. last C. worst D . favorite( ) 33. A. well B. bad C. lucky D. painful( ) 34 A. needed B. hated C. missed D. loved( ) 35. A. until B. when C. unless D. although( ) 36. A. football B. game C. goal D. score( ) 37. A. grow up B. catch up C. give up D. hurry up( ) 38. A. ringing B. saying C. falling D. coming( ) 39. A. from B. before C. through D. after( ) 40. A. tonight B. yesterday C. today D. last night( ) 41. A. we B. they C. I D. he( ) 42. A. empty B. full C. rough D. awake( ) 43. A. way B. field C. ball D. match( ) 44. A. sending B. teaching C. pointing D. showing( ) 45. A. already B. hardly C. never D. clearlyBWhile I was waiting to ___46___ university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, ____47__ as I did so, that without a degree and with no ___48___ of teaching my chances of getting the job were slight. However, three days later, a letter ___49___, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a ___50___ journey: a train to Croydon station, ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at ___51___ a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling __52___ hot to be nervous. It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and round.The school, he said, is made ___53___ of one ___54____ of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen. I should have to teach all the subjects except art, which he thought himself. I should have to __55___ the class into __56___ groups and teachthem in turn at three different ____57___, and I was ___58___ at the thought of teaching math—a __59__ in which I wasn’t very interested at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of ___60___ to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be enjoying themselves at that time.Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his feet. “ Now,” he said, “you’d better meet my wife.She is the one who really runs this school.”( ) 46. A. take part in B. enter in C. enter D. join in ( ) 47. A. expecting B. dreaming C. frightening D. fearing ( ) 48. A. material B. experience C. means D. idea( ) 49. A. arrived B. returned C. written D. received ( ) 50. A. difficult B. pleasant C. comfortable D. short( ) 51. A. most B. least C. last D. first( ) 52. A. very B. almost C. so D. too( ) 53. A. \ B. out C. up D. from( ) 54. A. group B. class C. grade D. generation ( ) 55. A. connect B. join C. tear D. divide ( ) 56. A. one B. two C. three D. four( ) 57. A. levels B. Subjects C. problem D. classes ( ) 58. A. excited B. disappointed C. glad D. angry ( ) 59. A. lesson B. book C. subject D. problem ( ) 60. A. forcing B. having C. forgetting D. managing 三．阅读理解：（共20个小题，每小题2分，共40分）AChildren have their own rules in playing games. They hardly ever need a referee (裁判员). And they almost don’t have any trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, not on personal abilities. They also enjoy games in which the choosing of leaders, the choosing of sides, or the decision of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for every important reason. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is usually afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in some games, he can give orders, pretend to be dead, throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.In the game, everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.( ) 61. What is true about children when they play games?A. They can stop playing any time they like.B. They can test their personal abilities.C. They want to pick a better team.D. They don’t need rules.( ) 62. To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.A. play wellB. be confident in himselfC. wait for his turnD. be popular among his playmates ( ) 63. What do we know about grown-ups?A. They are not interested in games.B. They find children’s games too easy.C. They don’t need a reason to play games.D. They don’t know children’s games.( ) 64. The word “puzzled” in the second paragraph means ________.A. surprisedB. confusedC. interestedD. amazed ( ) 65. Why does a child like playing games?A. Because he can kiss someone he likes.B. Because he can become popular among friends.C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.D. Because he can be someone else he imagines.BMany things have been forgotten because we do not have any written accounts of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and left written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in Central Africa, because they had not learned to write.Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something about the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations (代), for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. We may call these “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so useful to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing, but where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.( ) 66. The passage is mainly about ________.A. the history of ChinaB. remembered historyC. how to learn historyD. written history and remembered history( ) 67. What does “Remembered history” mean?A. Written records about the past.B. What we know about the past.C. Songs, dances and stories about the most important happenings in the past.D. The stories about our fathers.( ) 68. “Remembered history” is thought to be less useful than written history because _______.A. stories passed down from mouth to mouth are easily changedB. people are more interested in written historyC. many things have changedD. people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past( ) 69. Which of the following is not true?A. Where there are no written records, there is no history.B. We know much about China even 4,000 years ago because Chinese could write.C. Written records were often lost in a war or fire.D. People may know something about the past without written records.( ) 70. What is not mentioned in the passage?A. We know little about the Central African people who lives 200 years ago.B. When did Chinese people have their written records?C. Most people are proud of their family history.D. How was written record kept?CThe world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.Air pollution is till the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is cause (引起) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time. ( ) 71. Our world is becoming much smaller ________.A. because the world is being polluted day and nightB. thanks to science developmentC. because of the rise in populationD. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year( ) 72. Thousands of years ago, life was ________ it is today.A. much easier thanB. as easy asC. as hard asD. much harder than( ) 73. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means ________.A. water pollutionB. air pollutionC. noise pollutionD. rubbish ( ) 74. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ________.A. it’s bad for all living things in the worl dB. it makes much noiseC. it makes our rivers and lakes dirtyD. it makes us angry more easily( ) 75. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the w orld’s population does.C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, itwould be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so manypeople living on the earth.DTokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is also one of the world’s most modern cities. Twice this century, the city was destroyed and rebuilt. In 1823 a big earthquake hit the city. Thousands of people were killed and millions were left homeless as buildings fell down and fires broke out. It took seven years to rebuild the city. During World War II, Tokyo was destroyed once again. As a result of these disasters (灾难), there is nothing of old Tokyo remaining in the downtown area.After the war, the people of Tokyo began to rebuild their city. Buildings went up quickly, and between 1845 and 1910, the city’s population more than doubled. Because of the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 1960, many new stadiums, parks and hotels were built to accommodate visitors from all over the world. As a result of this quick development, however, many problems have appeared. Housing shortage(短缺), pollution, and rubbish have become serious challenges to the city, but the government has begun several programs to answer them.( ) 76. Which of the following is not true?A. Quick development produces many problems.B. The Japanese government has begun some ways to protect the environment.C. Most people become homeless because of quick development.D. The population becomes larger and larger in Japan.( ) 77. In 1823, Tokyo was destroyed by ________.A. an earthquakeB. American air fightersC. a big fireD. pollution( ) 78. The first rebuilding of Tokyo was finished in ________.A. World War IIB. 1830C. 1823D. 1825 ( ) 79. The word “accommodate” in the second passage means ________.A. to have space enough forB. to give food toC. to welcomeD. to attract( ) 80. ________ greatly helped Tokyo develop into a modern city.A. World War IIB. The 1823 earthquakeC. The 1960 Olympic GamesD. Pollution四.阅读填词：（共20个小题，每小题1分,共20分）A．Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is passing his time as a prisoner in a lonely prison surrounded by walls near the airport in Baghdad by writing poetry and gardening, Britain’s Guardian r____(81).Iraq’s Human Rights Minister, Bakhtiar Armin, said Saddam’s h____(82) was “generally good”, but he has not regained the 11 pounds he l____(83) since his capture last December.And Saddam is spending his time w____ (84) poetry. “One of the poems is about the US President George W. Bush, but I have no t____(85) to read it,” said Armin.In the p___(86), Saddam is believed to have written a few novels in which he described h____(87) as a great Arab leader.Saddam’s newfound i____(88) in gardening seems particularly impressive. “This is Saddam, who has cut down hundreds of thousands of p alm trees in Iraq,” Armin said. It is well-known that during his president l____(89), Saddam has started a few wars which c____(90) great losses to Iraqi people.81. r________ 82. h________ 83. l________ 84. w________ 85. t________ 8. p________ 87. h________ 88. i________ 89. l________ 90. c________BI hired a worker to help me restore an old farmhouse. He had a hard first day on the job. A flat tire made him l____(91) an hour of work, and now his electric saw and old pickup truck r____(92) to start. While I drove him home, he sat in s____(93).On arriving, he i____(94) me to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching some branches with b____(95) hands. As he opened the door, he had amazing transformation. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.Later he walked to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had s____(96) him do earlier. “Oh, that’s my t____(97) tree,” he answered. “I know I can’t h____(98) having troubles on the job, but one thing’s for sure, troubles don’t belong to my wife and the children. So, I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again.” Then he smiled and said, “The f____(99) thing is, when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as many as I remember h____(100) up the night before.”91. c________ 92. w________ 93. j________ 94. a________ 95. p________ 96. o________ 97. p________ 98. c________ 99. n________ 100. s________。