初三上学期期中英语试卷

2014-2015学年第一学期初三英语期中考试题听力部分I.听句子，根据所听内容，选择合适的应答语。

（）1. A. It is 50 yuan. B. It is interesting. C. I read it last week.（）2. A. No, there isn‟t. B. They are very clever. C. Good idea.（）3. Since 1977 B. In two years. C. In 1955（）4. A. He has two sons. B. Mrs. Hand. C. He is brave.（）5. A. Ok, Mom. B. Let‟s finish the work. C. No, you shouldn‟t. II.听对话，根据所听内容选择最佳答案。

（）6. A. What does the woman think of the movie?A. interestingB. relaxingC. boring（）7. A. What was the weather like yesterday?A. It was snowyB. It was windyC. it was rainy（）8. Why did the girl‟s mother look sad?A. Because Grandmother lost her watch.B. Because Grandmother got sick.C. Because Grandmother didn‟t go back home.（）9. What was Sally doing when the boy called her?A. She was watching TV.B. She was watching a film.C. She was talking with her parents.（）10. Where is the girl going?A. To a post office.B. To a bookstore.C. To a supermarketIII.听对话，根据所听内容补全句子。

11. Mike is reading a ___________.12. Hans Anderson is a famous ____________.13. Jenny knows the story _______________14. The Little Match Girl is about a little girl‟s __________ and ____________.15. Mike will finish reading the book in _________.IV.听短文，根据所听内容选择最佳答案。

（）16. What did the post man bring to Molly?A. A bookB. An invitationC. A newspaper（）17. What was Mirinda having the next day?A. A birthday party.B. A good luck partyC. A Diwali party （）18. How many kinds of cards were there in the shop?A. TwoB. ThreeC. four （）19. When did Molly make the card?A. In the morningB. In the afternoon.C. In the evening（）20. What did Mirinda think of the card from Molly?A. It was out of style.B. It wasn‟t beautiful.C. It was the best of all the cards.笔试部分V.选择填空。

（）21. China is one of ________ in the world.A. the old countryB. the oldest countryC. the oldest countriesD. older countries（）22.The bird is _______ beautiful that the children like it very much.A. soB. suchC. veryD. quite（）23. What are they _______ to do?A. planningB. planedC. planingD. planned（）24. Western children became interested in ________ this story.A. readB. readingC. to readD. reads（）25. Do you know which team ______ at the event?A. winB. wonC. beatD. beated（）26. ---Could you please ______ me Lisa‟s telephone number? I want to call her.----Sure.A. tellB. to tellC. tellingD. told（）27. The apple is in the box. You can ______.A. take out itB. take it outC. take out themD. take them out（）28. The father makes his son _______ the piano every day.A. playB. playsC. playingD. to play（）29. ------_______________?-----I had a fight with my best friend.A. How are youB. What‟s the matterC. What‟s wrongD. Can I help you（）30. I can‟t speak English well. Could you give me _________.A. some adviceB. any advicesC. many advicesD. a lot advicesVI..完型填空（10分）先通读下面短文，掌握其大意。

然后在短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空格内的正确答案。

Some people have very good memories（记忆力）and can ___31___learn quite long poems（诗歌）by heart. ___32__ people have poor memories and can‟t remember things ___33__they have said them over and over again.The famous English writer, Charles Dickens（狄更斯）, said that he could walk down any longstreet in ___34___ and then tell you the names of all the shops he had __35___. Many great men of the world have wonderful memories.A good memory is a great help __36___a language. Everybody learns __37__ own language by remembering the things he heard when he was a small child. Some children like those who live in foreign countries with their parents, seem to learn two languages as _38___ as they do one. In school it is not so easy for pupils to learn a second language because they have very __39__ time for it.Memory ___40____a diary that we keep every day.（）31. A. easy B. easier C. easily D. hardly（）32. A. Some B. Other C. The others D. Others（）33. A. until B. after C. when D. but（）34. A. Beijing B. Paris C. London D. Moscow（）35. A. went B. walked C. came D. passed（）36. A. learning B. in learning C. with learn D. learn（）37. A his B. their C. your D. our（）38. A. good B. better C. well D. more easily（）39. A. few B. a little C. little D. a few（）40. A. looks like B. does like C. likes D. is likeVII.阅读理解（共40分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

AA young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs. When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It‟s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”“Certainly,” said the doctor. “I‟m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor‟s car, and they drove off. They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town.”“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn‟t he? Th ere are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”( )41. What was the doctor doing when the doorbell started to ring ?A. He was sleeping upstairs.B. He was sleeping downstairs.C. He was working upstairs.D. He was working downstairs.( )42. What did the man ask the doctor to do ?A. to go out for a walkB. to go to a place in the townC. to see a patientD. to go to a place out of town( )43. How did they go away ?A. on footB. by carC. by busD. by bike( )44.What does the phrase “make night calls” in this sentence mean ?A.打骚扰电话B.打夜间打电话C.夜间喊叫D.夜间出诊( )45.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The story happened in the midnight .B. It was so late that there were no taxis for the man to take at that time.C. The doctor was very thankful to get some money.D The man was immoral(不道德的).BOne day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road. He didn‟t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed (失望) when he saw who he was. It was the great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near. He said to the farmer, “I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I‟m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They together lifted and put it on the horse.“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”“It‟s quite easy,” the great man answered with a smile, “wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”( )46. What happened when the farmer went to town?A. His horse‟s leg was hurtB. The bag fell from his horse.C. The farmer lost his bag.D. The horse was ill.( )47. The farmer couldn‟t lift the bag onto the horse by himself because ________.A. the bag was brokenB. the horse went awayC. the bag was too heavy for him to liftD. the farmer was t oo old( )48.Why was the farmer very disappointed when he saw th e great man?A. Because he thought the great man couldn‟t help him.B. Because he thought the great man could take away his bag.C. Because he thought the great man could take away his horse.D. Because he thought the great man couldn‟t see him.( )49. Who helped the farmer?A. The great man.B. Another farmer.C. A poor man like him.D. A friend of the farmer‟s.( )50.If you see someone in trouble, what will you do according to the great man?A. I‟ll go away as soon as possible because I don‟t want any trouble.B. I‟ll give some help if I know him or her .C.I won‟t give any help unless he or she pays me money.D. I‟ll volunteer to help him or her.CA man in a very famous restaurant started to take off his jacket. As soon as he saw this, the head waiter rushed over to his table and said, “I‟m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, because it is not good manners (礼貌) to do it in such a nice restaurant.”“Now, listen,” said the man. “I will let you know that the Queen (女王) of England gave me permission (许可) to take off my jacket here.”“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise.“Sure.” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine took me to see the Queen. It was very hot. I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, …You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here!‟ So I got the Queen‟s permission, right?”( ) 51. We can be sure that the story happened in ____.A. AmericaB. the Queen‟s palaceC. EnglandD. an small restaurant( ) 52. When the head waiter asked the man not to take off his jacket, the man ____.A. took his advice at onceB. left the restaurant angrilyC. refused to listen to himD. wanted to see the manager( ) 53. The man told the waiter that he could take off his jacket because ____.A. the weather was very hotB. the Queen of England let him do so in the USA.C. he was very richD. he was free to take off his clothes anywhere( ) 54. What did the Queen really mean?A. People in the USA were less polite.B. She let him take off his jacket in America.C. The English and the Americans enjoyed different ways of life.D. He shouldn‟t take off his coat on such a formal occasion (正式场合) in England.( ) 55. From the story we can see that ____.A. the man went to have dinner with his friendB. the head waiter was afraid of the Queen.C. the man went to see the Queen of England with his friend.D. the Queen invited the man to have dinner in a restaurantDWhen this story happened, they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the cleaning. It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little dangerous, because they had to walk below where workmen were working. Often these workmen dropped something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the top shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did so, a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut off one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground somewhere." Jeff looked everywhere for the missing ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and carried it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette behind it."( )56. What were Joe and Jeff?A. Soldiers.B. Drivers.C. Farmers.D. Cleaners.( )57. How did Joe lose his ear?A. He cut it off by himself.B. Jeff cut it off with a knife.C. A falling knife cut it off.D. A cigarette burned it up.( 58. At the end of the story Jeff found _______.A. someone else's earB. Joe's earC. a long knifeD. a cigarette ( )59. From the passage, we know Joe was not _______.A. strongB. kindC. foolishD. clever( )60. Which is the most possible title for this passage?A. A Lost EarB. A Busy CleanerC. A Falling KnifeD. A forgetful ManVIII.根据句意以及汉语提示完成句子。