初三英语竞赛及答案

初三英语竞赛

、单项选择。

1. Anyone who followed _______ would be blessed with a richer life and boun dless love from

his family.

A. my set of rules

B. my packet of rules

C. my group of rules

D. my pack of rules

2. As Mr. Best was passing the bookshop, he thought he'd just ____________ to see whether any in teresti ng books were on sale.

A. look in

B. look up

C. look round

D. look for

3. My father's very quiet too. I _________ him.

A. follow with

B. take after

C. look like

D. tur n up to be

4. The n ews was _______ on the radio the day before yesterday.

A. broadcast

B. to broadcast

C. being broadcasted

D. broadcast ing

5. I can ' t get into my apartmesnlause I left the key __________ my door in my car.

A. of

B. from

C. on

D. to

6. On New Year's Eve, there will be a firework ________ at People's Square.

A. exhibiti on

B. performa nee

C. show

D. display

7. It's not far from the village if we take the short ________ t hrough the jun gle.

A. pass

B. comer

C. turning

D. cut

8. Could you keep a(n) ________ on the baby for a mome nt?

A. heart

B. eye

C. hand

D. ear

9. The museum ____ next month to celebrate the Science & Tech no logy Festival.

A. is decorated

B. will decorate

C. is decorat ing

D. will be decorated

10. Did the policema n give much ______ on how to protect pers onal in formati on?

A. note

B. tip

C. advice

D. book

1-5 AABAD 6-10 DDBDC

二、阅读理解。

(A)

Most America ns think that ice cream is as America n as baseball and apple pie. But ice cream was known long before America was discovered.

The Roma n emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hun dreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drin ks. Traveler Marco Polo brought back recipes for chilled and froze n milk from China.

Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached England. It is said that King Charles enjoyed that treat very much. There is a story that he bribed his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal secret.

Today ice cream is known throughout the world. America ns alone eat more tha n two billio n quarts a year.

11 .The passage says that most America ns ________

A. thi nk that ice cream is very new

B. think that ice cream was an American idea

C. know that ice cream has a long history

D. do not know what ice cream is

12. The Roma n emperor Nero hired men to ________

A. make ice cream for him

B. bring ice cream from China

C. guard the secret of ice cream

D. bring ice to cool his drinks

13. Charles I of En gla nd wan ted to ______

A. make ice cream popular

B. keep the secret of ice cream for himself

C. develop new kinds of ice cream

D. bring ice cream recipes from China

(B)

Ben Joh nson is one of the few men ever buried sta nding up.

As the story goes, King Charles I once made him a promise. The king told the great writer that he would be buried in En gla nd's famous Westm in ster Abbey. But that was n't all. Joh nson could choose any place he liked for his grave.

Joh nson died in 1637. Then it was found that the spot he had picked was already filled. The gro und space left in it was just eightee n in ches square. King Charles 1 kept his words. He had Joh nson's coffi n placed on its end in the small place. That's the way it would just fit.

14. Which probably happe ned first?

A. Joh nson picked a place in the Abbey.

B. Joh nson died.

C. Johnson received Charles ' s promise.

D. Joh nson told the king of his choice.

15. Charles I found out the place filled after ________

A. Johnson ' s death

B. Johnson ' s burial

C. the reading of Johnson ' s will

D. 1638

16. Johnson ' s coffin was placed upright so that it would __________

A. face the west

B. look bigger

C. take less room

D. reach the floor

17. The story shows that Charles tried to ________

A. role Brita in well

B. keep his promise

C. lear n about art

D. write poems and stories

(C)

Along with jogg ing and swim ming, cycli ng is one of the best all-r ound forms of exercise. It can help to in crease your stre ngth and en ergy, givi ng you more efficie nt muscles and a stron ger heart. But increasing your strength is not the only advantage of cycling. Because you're not carry ing the weight of your body on your feet, it's a good form of exercise for people with painful feet or backs.