无锡市天一实验学校2018届初三英语第一次模拟试卷

初三英语第一次模拟试卷2018.03一、单项选择1.Life is like ________ ocean. Only ________ strong-willed can reach the other side.A.a; /B. the; aC. an; theD. /; a2.—________ is it from your home to the nearest supermarket?—Nearest? Let me see. About five minutes’ ride.A.How longB. How farC. How oftenD. How soon3.Put such dangerous things as medicine, knives and lights ________ the reach of children.A.inB. withinC. beyondD. over4.— Does your mother have any hobbies?—No, ________ you call watching TV a hobby.A.ifB. unlessC. untilD. when5.You ________ pay too much attention to your pronunciation, as it is so important in the oraltest.A.shouldn’tB. mustn’tC. can’tD. needn’t6.— Do you drink much coffee as before?—No, ________ at all. My sleeping problem is getting worse.A.littleB. noneC. nothingD. anything7.— All right. I’ll take it. But I tell you, it is the last time I will ________ this kind of work.—Come on, Buddy! Don’t be so serious.A.take offB. take onC. take outD. take up8.— There is something wrong with my new shower. I’ll return it to the shop tomorrow.—How come? Are you sure you put it in ________?A.carefullyB. peacefullyC. wiselyD. properly9.— What do you think of your school, Linda?—It’s a good place for us to ________ ourselves for the future.A.PromiseB. prepareC. proveD. present10.You should go to see him since he is so seriously ill. ________, he is your brother.A.In allB. First of allC. Above allD. After all11.Over these years, I have had a new understanding of ________ people traditionally call aperfect person.A.howB. whatC. whoD. whom12.— The novel Gulliver’s Travels is very nice.—So it is. Could you tell me ________?A.how long can I borrow itB. that I can borrow itC. if I can keep it for another weekD. when should I return it13. — I may find a better job if I go abroad.— Don’t be silly. ________, you know.A. Don’t put all eggs in one basketB. Don’t burn the candle at both endsC. Actions speak louder than wordsD. The grass is always greener on the other side14. — John, when will you pay a visit to that place of interest?— I can’t decide at present. ________A. It just depends.B. It’s up to you.C. What a good idea!D. Take your time.二、完型填空I looked up the word “successful” in my dictionary and some of the words listed were: happy, fortunate, and hard-working. If that is the definition (定义) of “successful”, then I am truly successful after 15 .I started dabbling (涉足) in Internet marketing in October 2010. It didn’t take long for me to become a 16 of the “become-a-millionaire-overnight” thought that was so popular on the Internet. I had supposed that selling things on the Internet was so easy that even beginners could start making money on the very 17 day. I spent most of my time advertising rather than learning 18 to advertise. However, half a year’s hard work led to no money at all.In June, I found a program that was 19 , and I began to learn from it. It wasn’t long before I gave 20 the “get-rich-quick” mind. I began to 21 that the Internet sale is a job like any other job and I would have to take it 22 . I kept trying to cheer myself up, which I thought was the key to success in sales. I insisted on the excellent Internet marketing and then good 23 came. My dabbling became a hobby, and then passion (热情). Later passion 24 my business. I have really become a millionaire within a year.The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn more. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but I know that every mistake is just one more step forward, as a song tells us “you’ve got to lose to know how to win.”( ) 15. A. failure B. danger C. course D. warning( ) 16. A. lover B. victim C. hater D. supporter( ) 17. A. next B. last C. first D. second( ) 18. A. how B. what C. when D. where( ) 19. A. helpless B. valuable C. comfortable D. meaningless ( ) 20. A. out B. away C. up D. in( ) plain B. imagine C. wonder D. realize( ) 22.A.quietly B. seriously C. slightly D. heavily( ) 23.A.luck B. matter C. place D. event( ) 24.A. organized B. described C. corrected D. encouraged三、阅读理解a. Englishb. Frenchc. Chinesed. RussianA. a and bB. a, b and cC. a and cD. b, c and d26. Galia is probably ________.A. confidentB. helplessC. lazyD. kind-hearted27. How can Galia be contacted?A. By calling at 0111 168 12345.B. By visiting her office.C. By sending emails to her teachers.D. By sending a letter to her home.B.It seems that food deliverymen (送货员) are always in a hurry. They wear blue, red or yellow helmets (头盔) and many of them don’t follow traffic rules. Th ey drive on the wrong side of the road and run red lights. They use mobile phones while driving.These reckless (鲁莽的) behaviors have caught the public’s attention. In the first half of 2017, food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai. This means every two and a half days, a food deliverymen will die or get hurt on the road.What makes food deliverymen take such risks? The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and anxious (焦虑的) customers may be the answer.Many companies will fine (罚款) a deliverymen up to 2,000 yuan if he fails to deliver an order on time, reported China Daily. Fines also go to those food deliverymen who get bad reviews from customers.In order to solve the problem, food delivery service companies need to improve their review system. Some cities are also taking action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety. Now in Shenzhen, if a food deliveryman is caught breaking traffic rules more than twice, then he will be banned (禁止) from driving food service delivery vehicles (交通工具) for a whole year.28. How many traffic accidents did food deliverymen in Shanghai cause in the first half of 2017?A. 38.B. 76.C. 153.D. 2.000.29. The companies will them if a food deliveryman ________.A. gets bad viewsB. obeys traffic rulesC. drives too slowlyD. delivers food on time30. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Companies are improving their review systems.B. Some cities are working to improve the situation.C. To drive safely, food deliverymen will obey more traffic rules.D. Food deliverymen cannot drive on important roads in the future.CWhen the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest. He really didn’t know how they would fight when they broke up the family and lived apart (分开).One day, their father was sick, lying in bed and staring(凝视) at something, when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said, “Ask your brother to come here, and I have something to say.”The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said, “I don’t know how the disease hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.” The brothers persuaded (劝说) their father not to worry about it, but he shook his head, “In fact, I don’t worry about the disease because I can manage it, but if you are in disorder with each other in the future, it will be our family’s disease and no one can deal with it.”The brothers felt ashamed.The father got out of the bed, pointed to some chickens in the yard and said, “Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?” then their father brought out a bowl of corns, went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground. Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung(挥动) at the chickens. As soon as they saw the corns, the chicken jumped up, waved their wings and fought for it. The peaceful world was now filled with smoke of gunpowder for some corns.The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at.Their father added, “Both of you saw more corns are behind the house…”As a matter of fact, aren’t there many troubles in life because God spread some corns before us?31. How did the old man think of his illness?A. It was serious, but he could go through it.B. It was serious, so he couldn’t live long.C. It was serious, and he could hardly stand it.D. It was not serious, and he thought of it as nothing.32. Why did the old man spread most of the corns on the ground?A. Because the chickens had already had enough.B. Because he wanted the chickens to fight for the rest.C. Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.D. Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.33. What does the writer want to tell us?A. We should find new ways to deal with troubles in life.B. People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.C. There are always bad things in our life which we should face.D. The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.DMany people believe the glare（炫目的光）from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet, with dark glasses or not, they may have headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness after several hours of snow light.The United States army has now found out that glare from snow does not cause snow-blindness in army in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man’s eyes often find nothing to focus on(聚集) in a broad space of snow-covered area. So his long fixed look continually moves and jumps backward and forward over the whole landscape in search of something to look at. Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles(肌肉) ache. As tears continued increasing, they make eyes difficult to see dearly, and the result is total, even though for a short time, snow-blindness.Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming(克服) this problem. Scouts（侦察兵）ahead of the army are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark - colored objects ahead on which they can focus too. The men following can then see something. Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost. In this way the problemof crossing a continuous white land is overcome.34. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. The whiteness from snow.B. Snow light and snow blindness.C. The need for dark glasses.D. Headaches and watering eyes.35. Snow-blindness can be avoided ________.A．by moving the eyeballs with more and more tearsB．by walking ahead and keeping looking aroundC．by making up for the discomfort of one’s eyesD．by providing the eyes with something to focus on36. What is the best title for this passage?A. Snow-blindness: what it is and whom it influenceB. Snow-blindness: what it is and how nature helpsC. Snow-blindness: how it forms and how to solve itD. Snow-blindness: how it forms and whom it hurts37. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Solving the problem of snow-blindness is important in army.B. Snow-blindness was once a big problem but could be cured easily.C. The glare from snow is considered as the main cause of snow-blindness.D. Armies around the world pay attention to the problems of snow-blindness.四、词汇运用1. More and more people use __________(电子的) instead of cash now.2. The government has done a lot to prevent this kind of disease from being __________(传播).3. The man of medium height was charged with _________(偷) a valuable necklace the other day.4. I’m sorry you are ____________(完全) wrong. You’ve mistaken Lucy for Lily.5. It won’t be easy to reach an __________(agree) with their company, but we have to try our best.6. The fish will be much __________(taste) if you put some sugar in it.7. There is an old saying, “__________(proud) goes before a fall.”8. It was a great pity that the old man’s __________(serve) to the mountain area were never known by people.五、动词填空1. He didn’t even mention the difficulty he had at that time __________(control) the moving train.2. So far, not only the highways but also the railway __________(connect) the two cities.3. —How was your flight to Hainan?—Couldn’t be worse. We ______________ (keep) at the airport for five hours.4. If I __________(take) a rest when he comes, please ask him to wait for a while in my office.5. What a great pity it is __________(hear) that so many famous Brazilian footballers died in the air crash on November 28, 2016.6. Nothing else __________(appear) on the screen until I click on it. Look, I’m clicking now.7. —Why were the whole family away from Wuxi last week?—Well, the mother, as well as her sons, __________(try) out for the singing program.8. I’m sure the bag my cousin bought in Shanghai __________(wash) easily.六、任务型阅读Some people believe that greed(贪婪) and selfishness has become the main theme of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community in order to have abetter life.In this fast-paced(快节奏的) world, many values are experiencing great changes. While people traditionally caring, sharing and generosity the most important things in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-centered.Modern people act selfishly to survive the highly competitive world. To survive, you have to fight with whatever ways you can think of. Obviously greed and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, workers do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even if it means their workmates will lose a lot because of this. They are not born cold-blooded; it is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way because of outside influences.To be honest, it is hard to say that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more seriously punished then. But we can’t be blind to the fact that people in the past faced less pressure compared with the modern environment.Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a win-win relationship.七、完成句子1. 若干年后，他真后悔一开始没有采纳他爸爸的建议。