初三英语培优试题

初三英语培优试题When the Americans were getting r__1___ to send their first men to the moon , an old Irishman was watching them o___2___ television in the bar of a hotel .There was an Englishman in the bar too , and he said to the Irishman , “The Americans are very clever , a____3__ they ? ” They’re going to send some men to the moon . It’s a very long way f__4____ our w____5___.”“Oh , that’s nonsense ,”the Irishman a___6_____ quickly .“The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few m____7___ time . That’s much farther away than the moon , you know .”The Englishman was very surprised when he h___8___ this . “Oh , yes , it is ,” he said , “but the sun’s too hot for people to go to .”The Irishman laughed and answered , “Well , the Irish aren’t stupid , you know . Wewon’t go to the sun during the day , of c____9___ .We’ll go there d___10____ the night .”1.___________2.__________3.__________4.___________5.___________6.___________7.__________8.__________9.___________10.__________Manners are important in every country, f___1___ people have different i___2___ about their manners. What is good in one country may not be w___3___ in another.Chinese people are s___4___ to know the fact that an Englishman d___5___ stop to talk and shake hands with his friend i___6___ the street. They just say hello t___7___ each other and then pass on.English people think that w___8___ Chinese end our v___9___ to friends all of a sudden. They u___10___ begin to show that they want to go 15 o_11_ 20 minutes before they leave their f___12___ house. And they do this two or three t___13___ within 20 minutes.It is important f___14___ people to understand each other. Here is a s___15___ , “When in Rome, do as the Romans do .”1.___________2.__________3.__________4.___________5.___________6.___________7.__________8.__________9.___________10.__________Many years ago , there was a family c___1___ Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five g___2___ and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1760, another baby boy was b___3___. They boy’s mother and his father g___4___ the boy a name — Benjamin.Benjamin was the c___5___ of all the children. He could read when he was five and he c___6___ write by the time he was seven. When he was eight he was sent to school.In school Benjamin had been good at r___7___ and writing but not good at math. He read all of h___8___ father’s books. And whenever （每当）he had a little money, he bought a book with it . He liked books. They told him how to do s___9___. At that time he invented the paddles （脚蹼）for s___10___ .1.___________2.__________3.__________4.___________5.___________6.___________7.__________8.__________9.___________10.__________David worked in a shoe factory, but he was not very good, and he lost his job one day. His wife looked in the newspaper and said, “One of the banks wants a guard (保安).” “I’m going to go there tomorrow,” David said, “I want that job, the guard’s job.” A man gave him a piece of paper. There were a lot of questions on it. “Please write your answers under the questions.” he said to David. One of the questions was, “Have you ever been in prison (监狱)?” David smiled and wrote “No.” Then he looked at the next question. It was “Why?” He thought for a long time and then he wrote, “Because the police have never caught me.”( ) 1. David lost his job because ____.A. he was ill badlyB. he wasn’t goodC. he didn’t like the jobD. his factory was too far away( )2. How did he know one of the banks needed a guard?A. His wife saw it in the newspaper.B. His wife worked in that bank.C. His wife saw it on the computer.D. His friend told him the information.( ) 3. David went to the bank to ____.A. deposit (储蓄) moneyB. draw moneyC. ask for that jobD. work hard( ) 4. The man asked David to ____.A. write his answers under the questionsB. clean the bankC. show how strong he wasD. give himself up (投案自首)( ) 5. From the text we know David is ____.A. cleverB. foolishC. oldD. tallBA young passenger (乘客) was looking everywhere for his ticket because the conductor was coming to punch (剪) the ticket. He was looking for it in all the pockets of his coats and trousers. What surprised the other passengers most was that they found he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled the ticket out of his mouth, punched it and gave it back to the young man. When the conductor moved on, all the other passengers couldn’t help (忍不住) laughing.One of them said to him at last, “I’m sure you felt foolish just now, sitting there looking everywhere for your ticket when it was right in your mouth all the time.”“Foolish?” answered the passenger, “I was chewin g (嚼) the date off.”( ) 6. From the story we know that the young passenger ____.A. really lost his ticketB. was looking for a lost ticketC. didn’t buy a ticket for the tripD. didn’t remember where he had put his ticket( ) 7. The other passengers laughed because ____.A. the young passenger lost his ticketB. the young passenger gave his ticket to another passengerC. they saw the ticket was just in the passenger’s mouthD. the conductor moved away without questioning the passenger( ) 8. It is clear that the conductor ____.A. knew the young man had no money for a ticketB. didn’t know the young man had lost his ticketC. knew why the young man had the ticket in his mouthD. didn’t know why the young man was looking for his ticket( ) 9. Which of the following is true about the conductor?A. He thought the young man was too lazy.B. He thought the young man was forgetful.C. He knew why the young man put the ticket in his mouthD. He knew the young man would get off at the next station.( ) 10. The best title (标题) for this story is ____.A. A Ticket without DateB. A Foolish PassengerC. Eating a TicketD. A Clever conductorCA 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?”( ) 11. We can be sure that the story happened in ____.A. AmericaB. the Queen’s palaceC. EnglandD. an small restaurant( ) 12. 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( ) 13. 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( ) 14. 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. ( ) 15. 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 restaurant。