崇明县2011年初三学业考试模拟测试

英 语 试 卷       2011.5

（答题时间100分钟，满分150分，所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上不给分。）

Part 1   Listening (第一部分 听力)

Part 2   Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)

Ⅴ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共26分)

(     ) 31. Danny is overweight and his parents often tell him to go on _______ diet.

A) a                         B) an                       C) the                                 D) /

(     ) 32. A strong earthquake hit the northeast part of Japan__ _ March 11, 2011.

A) at                       B) in                       C) on                               D) with

(     ) 33. Helen said One out of 100 (百里挑一) was__ favorite TV show at weekends.-

A) she                      B) her                      C) hers                             D) herself

(     ) 34. Uncle Tom is a farmer. He keeps many__ on his farm and leads a happy life.

A) bird                    B) horse                   C) pig                              D) sheep

(     ) 35. __ terrible news it is! Three people died in the car accident.

A) What                   B) What a                C) What an                         D) How

(     ) 36. —________ do you usually go to work every day?

—By bus.

A) When                    B) Why                        C) Where    D) How

(     ) 37. In my opinion, riding a bicycle will be___ than driving a car in the future.

A) popular                                                B) more popular

C) most popular                                        D) the most popular

(     ) 38. Drivers___ obey the traffic rules at any time when they are driving.

A) can                        B) may                          C) must       D) need

(     ) 39. Mary and Alice like eating chicken, but___ of them likes eating fish.

A) all                         B) both C) none                          D) neither

(     ) 40. You look so _________ in this new skirt. Where did you buy it?

A) carefully               B) quietly      C) beautifully                  D) lovely

(      ) 41. Don't touch the hot bowl, ________ you will burn your hands.

A) but                       B) and                     C) or                        D) so

(      ) 42. Jane can't go to the cinema with us tonight _________ she has too much homework to do.

A) though                 B) because               C) until                         D) unless

(      ) 43. I enjoyed_ basketball when I was a middle school student.

A) play                    B) playing                  C) to play    D) played

(      ) 44. Our class teacher said that we ________ the China Pavilion (中国馆) the next weekend.

A) visit                    B) visits                       C) will visit                     D) would visit

(      ) 45. I ________ to my friend on the phone when Joe came to see me last night.

A) was talking          B) am talking             C) talk                          D) will talk

(      ) 46.James_ in a factory for many years before he became a taxi driver.

A) works                  B) has worked            C) had worked               D) will work

(      ) 47.You'd better stop Smoking. It does great harm ________ your health.

A) to                       B) with                     C) at                               D) in

(      ) 48. Chongming Island is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The underlined part means ”________”.

A) sees                     B) rises                     C) lies                            D) finds

(      ) 49. Tony is a bright student and ail his classmates like hurt. The underlined part means ”________”.

A) hardworking          B) friendly                   C) foolish D) clever

(      ) 50. Paul often says that he will ________ fishing as a hobby after he retires in a few years.

A) take off                B) take up                   C) take out      D) take away

(      ) 51. The house price is too high in Shanghai. I can't afford to ________ one now.

A) pay                      B) spend                    C) buy                            D) cost

(      ) 52. My brother is __________ the new mobile phone. He knows how to use it properly.

A) angry with           B) familiar with          C) afraid of            D) poor at

(      ) 53. Everyone should try his best to fight against __________ and protect the environment.

A) invention             B) operation                C) occupation                    D) pollution

 (      ) 54. My wife called me and asked _________.

A) when I would go back home                          B) when would I go back home

C) when will I go back home                              D) when I will go back home

(      ) 55.一 Have a pleasant journey, Frank!

—___________.

A) Never mind.              B) My pleasure.           C) You're welcome.   D) Thank you.

(      ) 56.―Why don't we spend this weekend at the beach?

—___________.

A)  Good idea.               B) That’s right.            C) Well done.             D) Not at all.

Ⅵ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词       的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）: (共8分)

57.   Mr. Black told us several funny __________ at the party last night. (story)

58.   The report he wrote about how to keep fit came to __________ pages. (twelfth)

59.   Henry often says it's easy to give up smoking. He __________ has done it lots of times. (he)

60.   Mr. Thompson will __________ his old house and buy a new one in the city centre. (sale)

61.   It was raining __________ when the students were going home after school. (heavy)

62.   Nowadays people around the world worry about the __________ of nuclear energy. (safe)

63.   The weather was __________ last month and many people fell ill with colds and flu. (change)

64.   John is a (an) __________ boy. He often tells lies and nobody in the class likes him. (honest)

Ⅶ. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）: (共12分)

65.     Peter and his friends went on a business trip to Shaoxing last month.(改为否定句)

Peter and his friends ________ ________on a business trip to Shaoxing last month.

66.     David can hardly work out the math problem on his own. (反意疑问句)

David can hardly work out the math problem on his own, _______            ______?

67.   The students will be back from the lab in five minutes.(对划线部分提问)

________  _______will the students be back from the lab?

68.        They built a new bridge across the Yangtze River two years ago. (改为被动语态)

A new bridge ________ _______ across the Yangtze River two years ago.

69.   You can stay at home and watch TV. You can go with us to the party instead. (合并为一句)
      You can _________ stay at home and watch TV ________ go with us to the party.

70.        Now that he is in college, he likes beer better than juice.(保持句意不变)

Now that he is in college, he  _________ beer ________ juice.

Part 3   Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

Ⅷ. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共56分)

A.     True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）: ( 7分)

In many of the world's cities, on canals and rivers or in marinas, you can find people who have chosen to live on the water. The Wilkinsons have lived aboard their boat (在船上) for fifteen years. Much of that time they have spent sailing around the world. Here's what they had to say about living aboard.

Mary Wilkinson

People sometimes ask me if I think it's fair to the children. How could it not be fair? They live in a less polluted, safer environment. They get to travel and become comfortable with and able to deal with people of all ages and from different cultures. This makes them confident and relaxed. Children who live aboard are often better educated because instead of being taught in overcrowded classrooms they learn with their brothers and sisters and with a parent as the teacher.

Sunny Wilkinson

People around me usually don't believe we live on a boat until I show them a photo. It seems so different to the lifestyles they know. Of course living aboard has its advantages and disadvantages. It’s great living so close to nature and getting to know other cultures and languages. It's also very exciting to sail off somewhere and know that you will see new places and meet new people, but sometimes I have made new friends somewhere and then they move on or we do. Saying goodbye to people is always hard.

Jeffrey Wilkinson

I've already decided that I'm going to get a boat when I'm older and go traveling with my friends. I have had so many experiences and seen so many amazing things: dolphins, whales, fantastic tropical fish and a lot of beautiful places on land as well. My only worry is how I will get on with the kids in a normal classroom and with the school system in general. I want to go to university and I don't know how well I'll do in the final exams. Mum and Dad both say I'm ahead of other kids of my age, but I'm not sure.

(  ) 71. The Wilkinsons have spent much time sailing abound the world.

(      ) 72. Mary doesn't think that it's fair to the children to live aboard.

(      ) 73. According to Mary, living aboard has several disadvantages.

(      ) 74. Sunny doesn't like to live close to nature or to know other cultures.

(      ) 75. Sunny thinks it's exciting to see new places and meet new people.

(      ) 76. Jeffrey is quite sure that he’s ahead of the other kids in his class.

(      ) 77. This passage tells us the Wilkinsons' opinions about living aboard.

B. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)：(7分）

I grew up in Monrovia, Liberia, and my family was pretty well-off. My stepfather worked for the United Nations, and every morning a driver took me to a private school. I enjoyed my school days and I was happy.

Then in late 1989, when I was 12, we heard news of war. Charles Taylor and his rebels (叛乱者) destroyed every village in their path. The rebels saw our big house and caught my stepfather. We sat at home waiting for him, but he never came back. My mother was on holiday in the United States with my Aree little brothers at-the time. For months, I was on my own with my older brothers, who were 15 and 16, hoping our stepfather would return. The rebels took our cars and many other things from our house. One said he would come back and take me as his wife. That's when we decided to leave.

It took us about six months to walk to the Ivory Coast, where there was a camp for the homeless. Then it took almost three years to get our immigration (移民) papers. By this point, my mother had a couple of jobs and was living in Newark, New Jersey. This wasn't the America I expected.

But I loved high school there. I got a degree in electronic communication at university and worked in fashion. I was living this great life but realized I had forgotten where I'd come from. In 2004 I started the MacDelia Cooper Foundation (基金会). We send clones and school supplies to more than 500 children at five orphanages (孤儿院) in Liberia, run a scholarship program, and have rebuilt many of the orphanages. Each year I spend Christmas at an orphanage there and have a party for all the kids. We play games and have a warm meal, and the kids each get a gift bag with toys and necessities. I was lucky to escape the civil war, and I have a responsibility to give something back.

(       ) 78. From this story we know that the writer_______ .

A) worked for the United Nations                                B) drove to school every morning

C) grew up in Newark, New Jersey                              D) lived a happy life before 12