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长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

The Economist Intelligence Unit (《经济学人》情报组) is the world’s leading resource for economic and business research . Every year, the EIU makes a list of the best cities to live in a__86___the world. It has its own ideas for scoring, for example: Is the city s___87__? Is the air clean? Are the schools good?

Melbourne is at the t __88___of the list in every category. people get along well there. Trees and grass c__89___ 40 percent of the city. People ride streetcars (有轨电车) and there aren’t many cars ,s___90__ the air is clean .

As a result, according to the EIU’s survey,Melbourneis the best city in the world to live in.

Viennais NO.2 on the list. It is the capital ofAustria. The city is famous for its culture and art. As ‘the city of music’, Vienna has a lot of big c___91__.

The third city on the list is Vancouver,Canada. It used to be No.1 on the list .But this time , the city got f__92__ points because of its traffic jams .Will it get its place back next year ?

宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

The Empire State Building(帝国大厦) has held a special place in the hearts of Americans since it was completed in 1931.It r___86__ more than 443 metres into the sky. For more than forty years , it was the tallest building in the world.

It has one hundred and three levels and six thousand five hundred windows. Visitors can ride in one of seventy-three elevators that take them from the b__87__ to very near the top of the building. Some of these elevators are very fast, reaching the eightieth floor in only forty-five seconds.

The heads of government of almost every n__88___ in the world have visited the Empire State Building. These important people are just a few of million who have ridden to the observation area near the top of the building each year. From there, visitors can see almost all of New York City. They can see the view a __89__ the Hudson River into the state of New Jersey. They can see ships in the East River.

Even if you have never visited New York, there is a good chance for you to see the Empire State Building. It has been photographed c __90__ times. It has even played parts in movies. One is about a huge ape(猿)that escapes and climbs to the top of the building. The movie is “King Kong”(金刚). It was made in 1933. The Empire State Building also appeared in the love story “An Affair to Remember”(金玉盟).Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play a man and a woman who meet and fall in love on a ship. They are looking at the New York City skyline from the ship when they plan a future meeting.

More recently, in “Sleepless in Seattle(西雅图未眠夜)”，two people in love agree to meet at the Observation Deck onValentine’s Day(情人节). B__91__ do arrive, but one is a little later. They almost m __92___each other.

In the early nineteen seventies, the Empire State Building lost its place as the tallest building in New York. People in the city then had the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center to look up to. Tragically that all changed on the morning of September 11,2001. Terrorists hijacked(劫持) passenger airplanes into the Twin Towers and destroyed them. The Empire State Building again has become the city’s tallest building.

崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

What would you choose, if you were sitting in front of a TV and there was a book right next to you? The answer will most p 86 be the TV! Young people would certainly choose the TV, but you will be surprised to find out that the older o 87 will at least hesitate about choosing it. Why is this? Are the books not as interesting as they used to be? Is it that the world has changed so much in recent years that our habits are not the same anymore?

Nowadays many people have no interest in literature(文学). This may be a possible explanation. Another r 88 might be the change of lifestyle (生活方式). We are more 1 89 to visit a club or a bar to relax ourselves after a long day's work, rather than read a book in the comfort of our own homes. People are more outgoing than they used to be. All the stress(压力)of work makes us want a quick relaxing means. Perhaps, most of us do not have the patience to read anymore. It is much s 90 to turn on the TV and watch the latest news around the world than read 19th century literature!

With all the TV programs, every one of us can find an interesting show or movie to watch. What's better than getting into b 9 with the remote control and falling asleep whenever you wish? You are the master of all the TV programs. The only disadvantage is that TV will never p 92 you with all the facts that a book can do. TV is much more superficial (肤浅的)than books, even if it does get you relaxed in just a moment!

奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these “woods”.

Elephants, tigers and many o__86__ animals were living in the thick forest. When