初三英语试题及答案(略难)

初三英 语 试 题一、单项填空。

（每小题 1分，共 20 分）从 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

22. I don't know if she ______ me whe n she ______ in five days.A. tells, arrivesB. tells, will arriveC. will tell, will arriveD. will tell, arrives23. How many hours ____ to fly to New York from Paris?A. do you spendB. does it costC. does it takeD. do you take24. Grandmother _____ a cold since last Sunday.A. has caughtB. has hadC. had hadD. had25. ---- W hich of the two sweaters will you take?---- I 'll take ______ . They look nearly the same , and I just need one.A. bothB. eitherC. noneD. all26. _____ of them has a dictionary and ___ dictionary.A. Each , everyB. Every, each 27. The Olympic Games _____ held _____A. is, every four year C. is, every four years28. Of the two pencil- boxes, the boy choseA. less expensive C. the less expensive 29. The fat man always says his meat looks A. good, goodB. well, well 30. The number of the students in our school them ____ to do sports very much.A. are, likesB. is , like31. There is nothing ____________ . A. for us to worryC. for us to be worried 32. I went over only ________ .A. say goodbye to himC. to say goodbye to him33. He is ________ the missing paper. A. searching B. searching for34. He ____ the nice kite for 10 yuan. A. paid B. bought C. spent35. ----- It is a photo of _______ at the age of five.----- How pretty they are!__ one of them can look up words in the C. Each, each D.Every, every B. are, every fourth year D. are, once in four years one. B. the least expensive D. the most expensive ____ and sells ____ . C. good, well D. well, good ___ more than 2000 and a number of C. are, like D. is, likesB. of us to worryD. for us to worry aboutB. saying goodbye to him D. what to say goodbye to himC. searching ofD.search the roomD. costA. Lily's and Lucy'sB. Lily and Lucy'sC. Lily and LucyD. Lily's and Lucy36. Nobody except Mr. Green and his children _____ abroad before.A. has been toB. has beenC. have been toD. has gone37. I suppose they must be trying out new ideas in the lab, _________ .A. don't IB. mustn't theyC. aren't theyD. needn't they38. The plane left _____ Shanghai ________ a rainy morning.A. to, inB. for, onC. in, onD. at , in39. Jack is a green-hand. But all the workers ______ highly _______ his work whenhe finished working in the factory for half a yearA. thought, overB. thought , ofC. thought, forD. thinks , of40. Could you please tell me ___________ ?A. which was the way to the zooB. what his name isC. How old was sheD. what does happen to him41. The students are used _________ a song at the _______ of the class.A. to sing, beginingB. to singing, startC. to singing, startingD. to sing, beginning二、完型填空（每小题1.5 分，共15 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 __ 42 __ learn quitelong poem（s 诗歌）by heart. ___43__ people have poor memories and can 't reme things ___44__they have said them over and over again.The famous English writer, Charles Dickens, said that he could walk down any long street in ___45___ and then tell you the names of all the shops he had __46___. Many great men of the world have wonderful memories.A good memory is a great help __47___a language. Everybody learns __48__ 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__49___ as they do one. In school it is not so easy for pupils to learn a second language because they havevery __50__ time for it.Memory ___51 ___ a diary that we keep every day.42. A. easy43. A. Some44. A. until45. A. Beijing46. A. went47. A. learning48. A his49. A. good B. easierB. OtherB. afterB. ParisB. walkedB. in learningB. theirB. betterC. easilyC. The othersC. whenC. LondonC. cameC. with learnC. yourC. wellD. hardlyD. OthersD. butD. MoscowD. passedD. learnD. ourD. more easily三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分） 阅读下列短文，并做每题后面的题目，从 成所给句子的正确答案。

A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germa ny. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kin dly and give n a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and, as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him dow n. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He took the road to the right without thinking. He soon reached a small hotel, was take n in, and so was safe. His dream ofB. the man had a good memory but bad luckC. people should not believe their dreams because they n ever come trueD. people should believe dreams because they always can save their lives BVisit Forest ZooCome and see the Indian elephantsand the new tigers from NortheastChina. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and themon keys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs fromAustralia want to laugh at you. Sicua n pan das will play balls for you. The giraffes from Africa （非洲）are waiting to look down on you.Keep the zoo clea n! Do not touch, feed or go n ear to the ani mals.V A is proud and fat B isn't polite and friendly丿56. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?50. A. few B. a little C. little D. a few 51. A. looks like B. does like C. likes D. is likeA 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出能完twenty years before had saved his life.52. The Black Forest is __________ .A. a place in EuropeC. dan gerous place 53. It was________ that saved the man A. a voice C. guests of the hotel 54. The story tells us that ________ .A. the man knew someth ing about TheB. not a real place D. a place visited twice by the man's life 20 years later.B. the dream 20 years beforeD. guard of the forest Black Forest before he went thereA. To play balls with pandasB. To give some food to the animals.C. To unlock the doors of the tigers.D. To watch the animals do all kinds of things.57. Why does the writer introduce （介绍）so many animals from different places to us?A. To keep away from the animals.B. To make us feel strange and terrible.C. To attract us to the zoo.D. To show animals can do everything.CWe are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?Many people are surprised whe n they find that the Internet was set up （建立）in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Compute n r etworks （网络）didn 'wt ork well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole n etwork stopped. So a new n etwork system（系统）had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government政府）,but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing ” the Internet easier.Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among young people.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people 's life.58. How long have we used he Internet ?A. For about 10 years.B. For about 20 years.C. For about 40 years.D. For about 60 years.59. What is true about computers in the 1990s ?A. People could get information only from them.B. They became larger and easier.C. People didn't know how to use them.D. More people could afford and use them.60. What can we learn from the last sentence?A. People will die without the Internet.B. All people should set up their own network.C. People live easily without the Internet.D. People will spend more and more time on the Internet DThe world is not only hungry , but it is also thirsty for water . This may seem strange to you , since nedy 70% of the earth surfac s（表面）is covered with water . But about 97% of that is sea water , or salt water . Man can only drink and use the other 3% —the fresh water （淡水）from rivers , lakes , underground , and other sources . And we can not even use all of that . Even worse , some of it has been made dirty .However , as things stand today , this fresh water is still enough for us . But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly—almost day by day . We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious world-wide water shortage （缺少）later on .We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water . One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it .Today in most large cities , water is used only once and the n sent out into a sewer system （下水道）.From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places .But even if every large city reused its water , we still would not have enough . All we 'd have to do to make use of sea wartein the world is to remove （去掉） the salt . If we take these steps we 'll be in no danger of drying up .61. The world is thirsty for water because ________ .A. man hasn 't got enough food to eatB. we haven'tgot enough freshwaterC. only 70% of the earth 's surface is waterD. little water is sent into sewer systems62. The best but the most difficult way to solve the water problem of the world is toA. remove the salt from sea waterB. make the water in cities cleanC. take water from undergroundD. make the need for watersmaller63. What ' s the best （标题）for this passage ?A. The Importance of the WaterB. The World ' s Water ProblemC. The Thirsty WorldD. Fresh Water and Sea WaterEYoung people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.Liu Wei,a Junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife..Another student, 14-year-old Yan Fang from Guang zhou, was afraid of exams.She got very worried in one , and when she looked at the exam paper. She couldn ' t think of anything to write.A recent reort from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers ( 青少年) havemental (心理的) problems. Their troubles include (包括) being worried and very unhappy. And having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who have problems won ' t go for a劝VCe Or help. Some think they will look like a fool if they go to see a doctor. Others don ' t want to talk about tLiang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagersfrom Beijing Aiding Hospital has the following advice for teenagers:*Talk to your parents or teachers often* Take part in group activities (活动) and play sports*Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell64. The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with othersmay have _______ .A. a serious headacheB. mental problemsC. bad habitsD. noparents65. Students who have prblems won't ask others for help becauce ______ .A. they won ' t let others think they are foolish and have sometwhirnogng.B. they don ' t think doctors can help themC. doctors can't keep their secret.D. both A and C66. Liang Yuezhu' sadvice to the students who have mental problems is thatA. it ' s better to be with othersB. it ' s notensescary for them to go to the hospitalC. it ' s better to join others and quarrel with them.D. teachers and parents can ' t do anything about mental problems第II 卷(55 分)四、用所给词的正确形式填空。