2013学年第一学期虹口区初三年级英语学科

分层练习卷（1）A基础卷

（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）

考生注意：本卷有7大题，共99小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part 1  Listening (第一部分 听力)

I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解): (共30分)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共6分)

             

 

 

 

 

 A                               B                                  C                                 D

 

 

 

 

E                                   F                                      G

 

1. ______      2. ______      3. ______      4. ______      5. ______      6. ______

 

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案): (共10分)

7. A) Dick.                   B) Dick’s friend.           C) Jim.                        D) The speaker’s brother.

8. A) Hot.                B) Cool.                    C) Warm.                      D) Cold.

9. A) Because he has to review his lessons.

  B) Because he is not feeling well.

  C) Because there’ll be a storm.

  D) Because he hasn’t prepared a gift.

10. A) A singer.         B) A musician.       C) A music teacher.      D) A dancer.

11. A) They are playing a guessing game.         B) They are looking for Donald Duck.

   C) They are watching a cartoon.            D) They are reading a book.

12. A) Once a week.   B) Twice a week.        C) Once a month.       D) Twice a month.

13. A) At 8:30.         B) At 9:30.           C) At 10:30.          D) At 11:30.

14. A) Painting.              B) Artists.           C) Hobbies.          D) Animals.

15. A) $ 9.            B) $ 15.               C) $ 18.              D) $ 36.

16. A) Brown.          B) Black.              C) Long.            D) Short.

 

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用”T”表示，不符合的用”F”表示): (共7分)

17. Kites were invented in China 2,200 years ago.

18. The early kites were made of paper.

19. Kite making cost less because of paper.

20. Weifang City is the birth place of kites.

21. Some foreign people are intrested in the International Kite Festival.

22. People will see beautiful kites in the sky

23. Kite flying is becoming less and less popular in Weifang city.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences（听短文，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词）:（共7分）

24. They are on board ___________ 702.

25. Passengers will spend two hours and thirteen minutes flying to _______________.

26. The plane will land there at 9:35 in the ______________.

27. We must fasten our _______________ belts.

28. ___________ is not allowed during the take-off.

29. The pilots are now flying at a speed of _____________ kilometres an hour.

30. You can find some newspapers and ______________ in the pocket in front of you.

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

II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)

31. It is impossible for humans to live on the Mars at ____________ present.

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

32. Jay Chou was interviewed about his latest songs ____________ a journalist last Friday.

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

33. Parents should be strict ___________ children for their children’s healthy growth.

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

34. Why not ask your teacher for help when you can’t finish writing the story by _______?

    A) you               B) your              C) yourself           D) yours

35. –Tom, supper is ready. 

–I don’t want to eat _________, Mum. I’m not feeling well.

     A) something           B) anything            C) nothing           D) everything

36. My cousin, Martin has already stayed in Hangzhou for _____________ days.

    A) a couple of          B) few                   C) a little            D) much

37. Her dream has never come true, ________________?

      A) has she              B) hasn’t she            C) has it              D) hasn’t it

38. Peter speaks Chinese very well indeed, but of course not as _____________ as a local speaker in China.

     A) fluently            B) more fluently        C) most fluently        D) the most fluently

39. The beginning of the movie was boring, ___________ the end was amazing!

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

40. These articles are shorter and simpler __________ children can easily understand them.

A) because              B) as soon as               C) so that               D) although

41. Jackson left school two years ago and he _________ for two years.

A) has left              B) has been away       C) has gone             D) went

42. Don’t return the video to Peter, I ________ it.

A) don’t watch          B) won’t watch          C) haven’t watched       D) wasn’t watching       

43. Mary _________ at least 10 states in the USA in the last two months.

A) has gone to          B) has been to          C) has been in          D) has come to    

44. The 10th Shanghai Book Fair _________ at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from August 14 to 20 this year.

A) is held             B) was held          C) will be held          D) has been held

45. Little Tom managed __________ this task on time through his hard work.

A) to complete          B) complete             C) completing           D) to completing

46. I hope everyone can care about protecting the environment and stop ______ things.

A) to waste             B) wasted               C) waste               D) wasting

47. —Could you tell me __________Mona got the information?

—By searching the Internet.

A) when              B) what                C) where               D) how

48.  _______ I see your ID card, sir? We have to check your information.

A) May             B) Must               C) Should              D) Shall

49. —I think students should have mobile phones to call their parents.

—_______. Actually they often use them to play games.

A) I hope so           B) I don’t agree              C) No problem         D) Good idea

50. —It will be my turn. I feel a little nervous.

—________ You can make it!

A) Congratulations!     B) Take it easy.        C) Look out!            D) Have a good time!

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每个单词或词组只能填一次）:（共8分）

A. confidently        B. instead                            C. caught               D. refused             E. choice F. was laughed at   G. keep away from      H. received          I. running

Speaking without thinking can bring you troubles as this old story tells.

A man was ___51___stealing a bag of onions (洋葱) and taken before a judge.

The judge gave him a ___52___of three punishments (处罚): eating all the onions he had stolen at once; getting a hundred lashes (鞭打) of the whip or paying a fine (罚款).

The man said he would eat the onions. He began___53___ enough but after eating a few, his eyes began to burn, his nose started ___54___and his mouth felt as if it was on fire.

“I can’t eat the onions,” he said. “Give me the lashes___55____.”

But after he had ___56___a few lashes he began to turn and tried to ___57___ the whip.

“I can’t stand it!” he cried, finally. “I’ll pay the fine.”

So he paid the fine and was let off, but he ___58___by the whole city for taking three punishments for the same crime.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable 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）

59. Unluckily, a few __________ died in the storm last month. (fisherman)

60. Jack’s parents will be very glad if he____________ a key senior middle school. (entrance)

61. As a ______ of Shanghai, it’s terrible to see prices of both new and existing homes continued to rise in August and September. (city)

62. Whenever we meet any ___________, we shouldn’t give up hope. (difficult)

63. The little girl was too _________ to tell her family what had happened to her. (frighten)

64. I still ________ remember the college and the teachers that I visited many years ago. (clear)

65. I think I should be allowed to make a ____________ for myself. (decide)

66. The scene on Hainan Island is very ___________ to many tourists. (attract)

V. 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14分)

67. These children in the next room have already gone to sleep.（改为否定句）

       These children in the next room ________ gone to sleep ________.

68. Mr Lin has worked a lot for the poor area since he worked as a volunteer. (对划线部分提问)

       ________ ________ has Mr Lin worked a lot for the poor area?

69. She is not strong.  She can’t go walking up mountains.（两句并成一句）

       She is not strong ________ ________ go walking up mountains.

70. We have made many comic books into cartoons in the past 40 years.（改为被动语态）

       Many comic books have ________ ________ into cartoons in the past 40 years.

71. I want to know when and how the first Europeans reached America.（保持句意不变)

       I want to know when and how the first Europeans ________ ________ America.

72. Jerry has given us a very pleasant surprise.（改为感叹句）

       ________ ________ pleasant surprise Jerry has given us!

73. The teacher asked Monica, “Why are you late again?” (改为宾语从句)

       The teacher asked Monica ________ she ________ late again.

Part 3  Reading and Writing(第三部分 读写)

VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)

This year, about twenty-three hundred teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and get a picture of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn about the rest of the world.

Here’s a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively boy, knew little German at first. But after two months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher went into the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that were usually taken in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law, and all of the activities were done with the family rather than individually (单独地). Fred found the food to be too simple at first. Besides, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was forming his own ideas. “I suppose I should criticize American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy for our level. But I have to say that I like it a lot. In Germany, we do nothing but (除了) study. Here we take part in many other activities. I think that maybe American schools are better in training their students. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

(   ) 74. This year, _______ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.

A) twenty-three hundred                     B) thirteen hundred

C) over three thousand                       D) less than two thousand

(   ) 75. The whole exchange program is done mainly to ___________.

A) help teenagers in other countries learn about the real America

B) send students in America to Germany

C) let students learn something about other countries

D) encourage teenagers to learn new languages

(   ) 76. Fred and Mike agreed that _________.

A) American food tasted better than German food

B) German school was harder than American school

C) Americans and Germans were both friendly

D) there were more cars on the streets of Germany

(   ) 77. A German student will be surprised to find ________.

A) there is a ground between two teaching buildings

B) there are a lot of after-school activities

C) students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D) students go outside to enjoy themselves on foot

(   ) 78. The underlined word “criticize” in the last paragraph means ________.

A)     表扬         　        B) 厌恶              C) 欣赏    　　         D) 批评

(   )79. After studying in American schools, Mike thought that ________.

A) a good education should include something good from both two countries

B) German schools trained students best

C) American schools were not as good as German schools

D) the easy life in the American school was much more helpful for German students

B.    Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分）

19 Lansdowne Road

Chichester PO236PX

Saturday

Dear John,

I got your letter yesterday. Yes, of course you can come and stay next week. I didn’t realize your company operated in this area.

Indeed, it’s ___80___ that I shall be here, because I have to go away on business myself on Monday—but I shall be back by the time you come. What time will you arrive? Anyway, I’ll leave a ____81____ with my next-door neighbor (at Number 21) just in case (以防) you get here before I do.

I’d better give you some ____82____ as how to get here. Follow the main road as far as the first set of traffic-lights and then turn right. Turn left at the next joining. At the end of this road there’s a roundabout. Go straight across, and ____83____ is the second on the right.

___84___, I hope you won’t mind sleeping on the camp-bed. I’m afraid there isn’t a spare bed, but it’s quite solid, so you should be comfortable enough! Oh! I nearly forgot to ask you about the most important thing—could you bring a sleeping-bag?

Well, I must go now—I’ve got to go and collect the car from the garage (汽修厂). It broke down for no obvious reason when I was on the way home yesterday. I had to walk miles before I found a phone-box, and finally I ____85____ in persuading (劝说) a garage to send someone to help me out.

I’m looking forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Yours,

Mike

80. A) lucky           B) amazing              C) dangerous         D) fun

81. A) key            B) message              C) note               D) newspaper

82. A) rules             B) directions         C) laws              D) news

83. A) area             B) Chichester           C) company           D) Lansdowne Road

84. A) For the first time                                  B) From time to time                   

C) By the way                          D) For example

85. A) managed         B) tried             C) succeeded          D) promised

 

C.    Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）

This boy is Spenser Waterson. His mother told him he needed to find something to do, so he wouldn’t just sit around the house all winter.

Spenser was 12 at the time —too young to find a paying j___86___. He wondered what he could do.

His grandmother s___87___ that he apply for a volunteer at the nursing home in their town. S___88___ she worked there, she knew the home had an intergenerational program.

Through the program, youngsters spend time with the e___89___ people. It encourages people of different generations (同时代的人) to get to know each other.

He rides his bike several miles from his house to the nursing home. As soon as he gets there, Spenser talks with the local people, plays cards with them and gives them a h___90__.

“I sit and talk,” he says. “We play cards or checkers or whatever they want to do. I have learned a new card game and known how to p___91___ the people in wheelchairs.”

“Spenser is good at making people feel at ease,” says Abby Rosman, who works at the nursing home. “He’s got a great personality.”

“It makes me feel good because I’m helping other people,” Spenser says. “Other young   people should a___92___find places to volunteer.”

D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)

Du Fu was a famous Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. He was born in Henan Province. His grandpa was a great poet, too. Du Fu spent a lot of time in reading and traveling before he was 35 years old. Along with Li Bai, he is often called the greatest of the Chinese poets. He cared about poor people’s life and often wrote poems about it, so he was deeply loved by the people. His life, like the whole country, was poor because of the Anshi Rebellion (叛乱) of 755, and the last 15 years of his life was a time of almost constant unrest (持续的动荡). He and his family wandered everywhere and he died of illness and poverty.

He began to learn poems at the age of 7. His works had been popular since he was 15 years old. It’s said that his works have a huge influence not only on both Chinese culture and Japanese culture, but also on Western cultures. When President of France visited China, he came to the place where Du Fu once lived. He said, “I love Chinese culture, especially interested in Du Fu and his works.” He has been called the poet-historian. His works have already been translated into many languages and introduced to many foreign readers as “the Chinese Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Shakespeare, Milton, Burns, Wordsworth, Hugo or Baudelaire, etc.”

93. Du Fu wasn’t a famous Chinese poet, was he?

94. What did Du Fu mainly do before he was 35?

95. Why was Du Fu deeply loved by the people?

96. What does the underlined word “wandered” mean in Chinese?

97. When did his works become popular?

98. Why did the writer mention (提到) President of France?

VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)

99. Write at least 60 words about the topic “I’d like to have …”. Complete the title with one noun（以 “我想要有……” 为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，横线上填上一个名词。标点符号不占格。)

Use the following points as a reference. （以下问题仅供参考）

Ø  What do you want to have?

Ø  Why do you want to have…?

Ø  What should you do?

 

 

（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。）