1、2018-2019学年第二学期盐城市初级中学初三英语期中试卷 第1卷（选择题， 共60分） 二、 单项选择（共15分） 从A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中选出 一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。 () 1.Dafeng in Jiangsu Province is _h ome to a rare animal called Milu. A. aB. anC. theD. / () 2.As we all know, a kid _ never have too many toys. A.mustB. canC. mayD. need () 3. I think that Pan Ta may
2、be one of the _words on the Internet this year. A widest B. cleverest C. hottest D. loudest () 4.-Billy, go and see what is happening to the windows. -Nothing serious. The heavy rain is beating _ them. A. against B.across C through D. over () 5. Daniel has们end and they always get along well with eac
3、h other. A.a fewB. fewC. a littleD. little () 6.-What do you think of the boys painting? -Ive never seen a person with a better _ of art. A.feeling B. abilityC. view D. sense () 7. _weve got a few minutes to wait, lets have a cup of coffee. A.Since B. Unless C. Though D. Until () 8.-Can you catch wh
4、at the speaker is saying, Tina? -Sure. He speaks so clearly that I can_ understand him. A.hardly B. exactly C. especially D. probably () 9.Good news! 98 percent of the class _ the exam successfully already. A.has passedB. has past C. have passed D. have past ()10. The amazing documentary Aerial Chin
5、a(航拍中国） the viewers with the breathtaking beauty of the countrys natural landscapes. A.protectsB. prevents C. praisesD. provides () 11.-Thirty-one firemen lost their lives when putting off the fire in the forest in Sichuan. - _sad news report! Well remember these heroes forever. A.WhatB. What aC. Ho
6、wD. How a () 12.-When shall we go to watch the film The Wandering Earth? -Not until my task _,_ A completes B. will complete C. is completed D. will be completed () 13 .A notice was_ in order to remind the students of the changed speech time. A. set upB. sent upC. put up D. taken up () 14 . -Shirley
7、, could you tell me _J_ -OK. Ill check it for you on the Internet. A. how often do the Winter Olympic Games take place B. how many events are there in the O Beijing Winter Olympic Games C. who wins the most gold medals in the O Beijing Winter Olympic Games D. when the O Beijing Winter Olympic Games
8、will start () 15.-Tom did not pass the driving test just by one point. What a pity! 一一, He has to practice harder than before A No pain, no gain B. A mi miss is as good as a mile C. It never rains but it pours D. Every dog has its day 、 完型填空(15分） 阅读下面短文， 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、 B、 C、 D) 中， 选出可以填入空臼处的最佳选项。
9、 An old man wanted to retire because of his poor health. The _ l _ was in deciding which son would take his place.2his children gathered to celebrate his birthday, the father announced his retirement. The old man took out two boxes and said to his two sons. Each of you take one. I want each of you t
10、o _ 3 _ it with what you believe to be the most屯thing for our successful business. 5on your choices, I will decide who will run the business Instead of me. father said. The next days the families and workers could feel the spirit of competition 6the boys. It was January 1st and the family _ 7 _ to c
11、elebrate again. Please share with me whats in your box! father said. The first son said, Its outside on the back of truck. The box you gave me was much too8_. Father walked to the window and from that distance _9 _ see all. With a deep tone of sadness, he asked _ l O _ son, What do you have to give?
12、 The son handed his father the box. The old man looked inside and in great1 1 looked up at his son. Its empty!Father said. Are you telling me that you have found _ 1 2_ valuable in our business? No! he said. What I found most valuable I could not place in a box. What size box would13the loyalty of o
13、ur workers and customers? How big of a room would I need for our workers who have benefited (t导 益千） from our generous pay and health plan? Finally, father, the most valuable thing I14hold is the love of you and mother. It was clear what15was made that day. There will come a time when each of us will
14、 be asked by our father to share what we value most. I hope your box is empty. () 1. A. praise B. challenge C. advice D. suggestion 2 （ ) 2. A. As B. WhileC. UntilD. Since （ ) 3. A. cover B. shareC. provideD. fill （ ) 4.A. famous B. expensiveC. valuableD. beautiful （ ) 5. A. Tried B. BasedC. LiveD.
15、Fed （ ) 6.A. with B. aboutC. betweenD. among （ ) 7. A. agreed B. decidedC. gatheredD. forced （ ) 8. A. big B. smallC. heavyD. large （ ) 9. A. could B. couldntC. canD. cant （ ) 10. A. another B. otherC. otherD. the other （ ) 11. A. surprise B. fearC. troubleD. interest （ ) 12. A. something B. everyth
16、ingC. nothingD. anything （ ) 13. A. hold B. pickC. setD. need （ ) 14. A. seriously B. luckilyC. slightlyD. sadly （ ) 15. A. difference B. changeC. choiceD. decision 四、 阅读理解 A.阅读下列材料， 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中， 选出最佳选项。（共30分） A City of San Diego Citywide Volunteer Program Office of the City Clerk Descripti
17、on: Are you interested in working with historical materials? We need volunteers to help City of San Diego Clerks Office enter the data （数据），organize books and translate Spanish documents. When: On-going until the project completes. 4 hours a day, 3 days per week, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:0
18、0 pm. Where: Office of the City Clerk, located downtown, at the City Administration Building, easy to get to by Attention: College level education or office experience is preferred. If you are good at Spanish, you will surely have 3 more chance. Contact: Call Sheila Beale at 619-235-5247 or send e-m
19、ail at sbealesandiego.gov. () 51. City of San Diego Clerks office needs volunteers to_, A . orgamze newspapers C. clean the office B. translate documentaries D. enter the data () 52. How many hours should a volunteer work every month? A.12 hours.B.28 hours.C.48 hours.D.24 hours. () 53.The underlined
20、 word trolley is probably_, A. the name of a town C. the name of a building B. a kind of transport D. a kind of subject () 54.From the form above, we know_, A. The volunteer program is about teaching history at college. B. People who speak French well are easier to get chance. C. Volunteers with off
21、ice experience or college level education are greatly needed. D. For more details, you can send e-mails or write letters. () 55. What kind ofreading is this material? A. A poster.B. A piece of news.C. A report.D. A note. B A group of scientists from Sweden have unlocked one of natures biggest secret
22、s. The scientists have worked out how spiders make such strong silk when they build their webs. The silk that spiders make is strong and even tougher than steel. Being able to produce man-made spider silk has long been a dream of many scientists. Now, researchers from the Swedish University of Agric
23、ultural Sciences have, step by step, developed a method that works. Theyve found that the materials for webs are in a spiders silk gland（丝腺）as protein（蛋白 4 质）The gland has a level of ac心ty（酸度）that helps make the protein into very strong silk. The researchers reported that竿could produce man-made spid
24、er silk by copying the process. The new man-made silk could be very useful to humans. Doctors are interested in it. They think it can help people get well after a bum. Some doctors believe the new silk could be used to take the place of the tom ligaments （撕裂的韧带）in the body. Plane makers and makers o
25、f protective clothing also see many uses for the new silk. Senior researcher Anna Rising spoke about how important the new discovery could be. She said, This the first successful example of copying spider silk-making process. In the future, this may allow industrial production of man-made silk, whic
26、h can be used in many fields and make our life much better. The silk could become a valuable material for us. () 1. The underlined word they refers to the _, A. scientistsB. researchersC. spidersD. glands () 2. From the first paragraph we know _, A. The scientists havent worked out how spiders make
27、such strong silk. B. The researchers unlocked the secret by accident. C. Spiders will be made to produce man-made silk. D. The spider silk-making process can be copied now. () 3.The man-made silk can be used to do many things EXCEPT_, A. stop ligaments being tom B. help patients get well C. build ex
28、cellent planes D.make protective clothing () 4.According to Anna Rising, the new material_, A. can help fight air pollution B. will take the place of many other materials C. can help us make more scientific discoveries D. will improve our life a lot () 5. Whats the best title for the passage? A. Sci
29、entists from Sweden are great C. Making spider silk is now possible B. Spider silk is good for humans D. Making scientific discoveries is hard C It was morning. Mother Wolf was slowly waking up. Her cubs were already awake. Soon Father Wolf woke 5 up. It is time to hunt again, he said. As he walked
30、toward the mouth of the cave where he lived with his family, Tabaqui, the jackal appeared. Wolves do not like jackals because they are dirty animals and will eat anything. They also tell lies and make trouble for the other animals. Good morning, Chief of the Wolves. Perhaps you have something for me
31、 to eat, Tabaqui said. There is nothing here for you. Father Wolf said. Looking at the cubs, Tabaqui said, Your children are so beautiful. This was not a good thing to say. In India, animals and people believe it is unlucky to tell children they are beautiful in front of them. Shere Khan, the tiger,
32、 has moved this way. He will hunt in these hills now, Tabaqui said. He has no right to do that. Father Wolf said angrily. The law of the jungle says so. He will frighten all the animals away, and there will be none left for me to hunt. Then Man will hunt him. Man will set fire to the grass. We shall
33、 all have to run for our lives. Tabaqui went away. Soon after, there was the noise made by a tiger that has caught nothing and does not care who knows it. Shere Khan is not clever. Father Wolf said. He has a bad leg and cannot run fast enough to catch a deer. He has been killing only sheep and makin
34、g the villagers angry. I believe he will hunt Man now. This was bad news. All the animals knew that if an animal k仆led a man, then other men would come with guns. Mother Wolf saw a movement among the trees. Something is coming, she said. Father Wolf got ready to jump at whatever came out of the tree
35、s, but to his surprise, it was not an animal. It was a mans cub - a little brown baby. Oh, bring him here, Mother Wolf said. I have never seen a mans cub before. Father Wolf walked toward the baby and picked him up in his mouth as if he was a wolf cub. When he put the baby down, he went immediately
36、to lie with the two wolf cubs. He is a brave child, Father wolf said. He has no hair, and I could kill him with a touch of my foot, but he is not afraid. At this moment, Shere Khan came to the mouth of cave. Tabaqui was with him. () 1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the story? A.3B.4C.5D
37、.6 () 2.From the story, we know the jackals like 句telling the truth eating everything making trouble keeping themselves clean 6 A迄） B句c.） D句） () 3.What can we know about Shere Khan? A. He makes the law of the jungle in order to have the right to hunt in the hills. B. He runs so fast that he can catc
38、h the animals easily. C. The animals all like making friends with him. D. Its silly of him to attack the villagers animals. () 4.Which is the correct order of the following? a. The little animals will be frightened away. b. The tiger will hunt in the hills. c. Man will destroy the jungle d. It will
39、be difficult for all animals to survive. e. Wolves will have no animals to hunt. A. c-a-d-b-e B. b-a-c-d C. b-a-c-e-d D. c-d-b-e ( ) 5. What can we infer（推断）from the story? A. The little brown baby was left behind by his parents. B. The baby will live happily with the wolves. C. Shere Khan and Tabaq
40、ui will treat the baby as their friend. D. Father Wolf will kill the baby with a touch of his foot. 第II卷（非选择题，共60分） B. 任务型阅谊；阅读短文并回答问题（共10小题， 每小题l分， 计10分） No matter how carefully we check compos山on（作品）， it seems theres always one more little mistakes waiting to be discovered. The following tips may
41、help you find your mistakes before anyone else does. First of all, give it a rest. If time is allowed, set your composition aside for a few hours after youve finished it, and then read it carefully to correct mistakes with fresh eyes. Secondly, look for one type of problem at a time. Read through yo
42、ur composition a few times, concentrating first on sentence structures, then word choice, then spelling, and at last punctuation. As the saying goes, if you look for trouble, youre likely to find it. If you dont believe in yourself, you can ask a friend for help. Read your composition to him Aloud.
43、You can also ask him to read it aloud. You may hear a problem that you cant see. Your friend can also help you find some mistakes. Then, try to read your composition backward. Another way to catch spelling mistakes is to read backward, from right to left, starting with the last word in your composit
44、ion. Another method that helps writers a lot is to keep a list of the types of mistakes they commonly makf nrl then use the list each time they correct their works. (1)for checking a composition Giving it a rest When(2)your compos山on, youd better not try to correct mistakes at once. Reading it caref
45、ully after (3) hours will be more useful (4) for one type of Its a great idea to read your composition a few times by paying attention to problem at a time sentence structures first, the word choice, then spelling, and _ (5) punctuation. Asking a friend for help You can find some mistakes by_ (6) _y
46、our composition aloud to your friend or listening to your friend read it. Maybe you hear a problem that you are (7) to see. Reading the competition You can read your composition from the end to the(8) backward In this way, you can find out (9) mistakes. Keeping a list of the types Its (10)to keep a
47、list of common mistakes, and then use the list when of mistakes you correct your works. 1 6 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. C阅读与回答问题 I strongly believe the right words at just the right words at just the right time could change someones life. When I was 3 years old, I was badly ill. Two years later, my par
48、ents discovered I was totally deaf. But from the third grade, they decided to put me in a mainstreamschool where all of my classmates had normal hearing. So I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School. From the first day there, the other kids often laughed at me and called my name main
49、ly because I talked in a different way. I was worried throughout elementary school. Besides the problems of fitting inwith the other students, I also had trouble with most of my schoolwork. One morning, Mrs. Jordan, my fifth-grade teacher, asked us a question in her maths class. She was a large woma
50、n with a voice that bounced off the walls of her tiny classroom, and it could even spread to the hallway. I read her lips and immediately raised my hand. For once I knew the answer! But I was afraid when she called on me. Then I answered her question nervously. I will never forget what happened next
