华洲实验学校初三英语小测

华洲实验学校英语小测

（用时：40分钟成绩：共70分）

姓名：班级：成绩：

一、语法选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

Wang Yani was born in 1975. When she was a baby, she was interested in ____1____. Her father was ____2____ artist. Yani

wanted to be like ____3____. So she often stood beside him

____4____ he was painting.

One day, Yani painted lines ____5____ her father’s painting.

That made him very ___6____. At that time she was only two and a

half years old. She cried and said, “I want to paint like you!” Her father looked at her without ____7____ anything. Later he thought a child should do what he or she liked. So he decided ____8____ her.

With her father’s help, Yani soon ____9____well in drawing. Her lines became flowers, trees and animals. Her father took her ____10____ parks and zoos to get ideas for her paintings. Her paintings were very special. When she was eight, one of her paintings ____11____ into a Chinese postage stamp. ____12____ works were shown in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America, ____13____, her parents never sold her paintings.

Yani is well known ____14____ the world. Art is a great ____15____ in her life.

1. A. draw B. to draw C. drawing D. drawn

2. A. a B. an C. the D./

3. A. us B. them C. her D. him

4. A. where B. how C. while D. what

5. A. on B. for C. at D. in

6. A. anger B. angry C. angrily D. angrier

7. A. say B. said C. to say D. saying

8. A. help B. helping C. to help D. to helping

9. A. did B. does C. will do D. is doing

10. A. in B. at C. for D. to

11. A. was made B. made C. were made D. is made

12. A. She B. Her C. Hers D. Herself

13. A. and B. but C. however D. or

14. A. from B. to C. into D. of

15. A. joy B. joyful C. joyfully D. joyless

二、完型填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

In many western countries, sports day is a big event. Children 1 competitive sports, trying to break school 2 and take the first place.

Sports days, or sports meetings, are usually held in the warmer seasons, either at the beginning or the end of the school 3 . They are also called field days. Primary school sports days are fun. They usually have activities such as the egg and the spoon race and the sack race. Other 4 include the skipping race(跳绳比赛) and the three-legged race. In middle and high schools, sports days 5 many of the common track and field events(田径项目). They are more serious and 6 than primary school ones.

Students’ parents and other relatives also come to the school on sports days. They 7 children play. Many schools in the 8 have “mothers and fathers” races for parents to take part in!

Although sports days are 9 , they also have some problems. According to some reports in the US, sports days have become too competitive to be good for students. Some 10 put too much pressure(压力) on their children. Some schools don’t have “mothers and fathers”races any more as there is much fighting and cheating.

1. A. look at B. look after C. take care of D. take part in

2. A. records B. gates C. reports D. uniforms

3. A. year B. month C. week D. day

4. A. work B. homework C. events D. study

5. A. begin B. include C. take D. do

6. A. important B. enjoyable C. competitive D. exciting

7. A. watch B. ask C. make D. let

8. A. East B. South C. West D. North

9. A. different B. difficult C. beautiful D. exciting

10. A. teachers B. parents C. students D. headmasters

三、阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

A

You may not know how his magic tricks work. But that’s why they

are so much fun!

David Copperfield is one of the world’s most famous magicians.

He began studying magic when he was a child. At the age of 12, he

was the youngest person in the Society of American Magicians. Now

he is famous all over the world.

In 1983, he made the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) in New York

disappear for a few minutes. In 1986, Copperfield first came to China.

He walked through the Great Wall in Beijing! During his second visit in 2002, lots of Chinese people were lucky enough to enjoy his shows. This year, he came to China again. He showed everyone, young and old, lots of new magic tricks. Copperfield’s shows began in Beijing in April. Then he gave shows in Changsha, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai and so on----seven other cities in China in April and May. There were 38 shows in all.

Copperfield’s shows are not just magic. He also dances and does lots of interesting things to make his fans happy. He even asks his fans to help him do tricks! One of