2013学年第一学期初三年级10月月考

               英语试卷                    

（满分150分, 考试时间100分钟）

2013.10.14

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)  

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) A baker.                 B) A cook.                   C) A waiter.                D) A receptionist.

8.    A) Tokyo.                    B) London.                  C) Paris.                      D) Beijing.

9.    A) Call her parents.                                         B) Sleep in bed

C) Go to see the doctor.                                   D) Go to the school clinic.

10. A) 200 pages.               B) 300 pages.               C) 400 pages.               D) 500 pages.

11. A) They are too big.                                        B) She doesn’t like the colors.

C) They are too small.                                      D) They are too expensive.

12. A) In the supermarket.                                     B) In the post office.

C) In the hospital.                                            D) In the park.

13. A) The piano.                B) The drums.              C) Singing.              D) The violin.

14. A) 1 month.                  B) 2 months.                C) 5 months.                  D) 6 months.

15. A) 4:05.                        B) 4:35.                       C)6:05.                  D) 6:35.

16. A) His brother’s.            B) His parents.             C) His relatives.            D) His grandparents’.

 

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内容, 符合的用”T”表示, 不符合的用”F”表示): (共7分)

17. Mothers can always remain sensible when they buy for children.

18. A lot more money is spent in buying for children than is necessary.

19. Television programmes have a weaker influence on small children than on adults.

20. It is common for children to believe that if something is said on television, it must be true.

21. Nowadays, many advertisements aim at children.

22. If a child repeats the product in the TV advertisement for many times, his mother will get angry and refuse to buy it.

23. The child consumers will continue choosing and buying goods in their future lives.

 

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. According to some researches, mobile phones were bringing __________ to childhood.

25. As is said by a professor, __________ school pupils should not have phones at all.

26. Parents should __________ children to send text messages rather than make phone calls.

27. __________ levels of radiation is received when children send text messages.

28. __________ percent of British children from five to nine have mobile phones.

29. Many experts are thinking about where parents’ __________ is going if they keep touch with their children by mobile phone.

30. The official government __________ the parents not to give mobile phones to children under 16 years old.

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. The old are often in __________ hospital. Yesterday was Double Ninth Festival, we went to __________ hospital to take care of them.

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

32. Sorry, I __________ to you just now. I’ve __________ shelf.

A) lied, lain                 B) lied, laid                  C) laid, lied                  D) laid, lain

33.   __________ bit of time it takes to fly from London to Glasgow!

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

34.   The air is __________ polluted and our health is getting __________ and __________.

A) seriously, bad, worse                                   B) serious, badly, worse

C) seriously, worse, worse                                D) serious, worse, worse

35. He left the room __________ the windows __________.

A) by, widely opened                                       B) by, widely open

C) with, wide open                                           D) with, wide opened

36. Grandpa Li __________ almost twelve hours a day when he was young.

A) made work                                                  B) was made work

C) was made to work                                        D) made to work

37. It’s very cold outside. You’d better __________ out. Why __________ TV at home?

A) not to go, not watching                                B) not go, not watch

C) not to go, not watch                                     D) not go, not watching

38. We should spend as much time as we could __________ from books.

A) learn                       B) to learn                    C) learning                   D) learnt

39. Please __________ your hands before you __________ from your seat to answer the questions.

A) raise, rise                B) raise, raise               C) rise, raise                D) rise, rise

40. No one knows __________ so we can do nothing about it.

A) how to do next                                            B) how to do the next

C) what to do the next                                      D) what should we do next

41. Lucy as well as her brother __________ very hard and __________ a prize this year.

A) studies, is awarded                                      B) study, are awarded

C) studies, awards                                            D) study, award over the difficulties.

42. They have no choice but __________.

A) to go                       B) going                       C) go                           D) goes

43. Years ago the dances of young people were not very different from __________ of their parents’.

A) those                       B) that                         C) it                             D) its

44. The film__________ for fifteen minutes when I got to the cinema.

A) has begun                B) had begun               C) has been on             D) had been on

45. I __________ go to work on foot, but now I walk to work.

A) am used to              B) used to                     C) didn’t use to            D) use to

46. He suggested __________ the children to the zoo.

A) take                         B) taking                      C) to take                            D) took

47. I found __________ important to master a foreign language.

A) what                       B) this                          C) that                         D) it

48. Yesterday I happened to meet some foreigners who were lost. So they asked me __________.

A) how they could reach the Wild Animal Zoo

B) how could they reach the Wild Animal Zoo

C) how they can reach the Wild Animal Zoo

D) how can they reach the Wild Animal Zoo

49. — I think you should do morning exercises every day.

—_________.

A) That’s all right                                            B) Of course

C) OK, I’ll take your advice                              D) Never mind

50. — Shall I tell my parents about the good news?

—_________. They have already learnt it.

A) Yes, please.                                                 B) No, you needn’t.

C) Yes, let’s.                                                   D) No, thanks.

 

 

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。每空格限填一词, 每个单词或词组只能填一次）:（共8分）

同学们请注意: 根据考试院最新精神，2014年中考试卷中“9选8”词汇选择题将拆分成两篇“5选4”词汇题，请同学们根据自身情况完成Set A和Set B这两套题中的任意一套。如两套都做，取最高分进入总分。请阅卷老师誊分时注意！

Set A

题源: 14 March 2012 英国《每日邮报》

A. effort                B. difficult            C. dying out                 D. struggle to               E. embarrassed F. with ease          G. However          H. Moreover                I. older

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2114842/Death-Domestic-Goddess-Traditional-baking-sewing-homemaking-skills-dying-new-mothers-busy-learn.html

Can your own mom turn up a pair of trousers, knit (编织) a sweater, bake or cook ___51___? Or, can you? According to a survey in the U.S.A., traditional household skills, like baking and sewing buttons, are ___52___, because modern moms arc too busy to learn them.

 The survey found nine out of ten younger moms don’t know how to starch (浆洗) a shirt, while more than half ___53___ sew name tags in their children’ s clothes. Nearly half of young moms said they made great ___54___ to learn traditional “mom” skills after their children were born. Younger moms said they were ___55___ at their lack of traditional skills.

‘Despite not necessarily having the know-how, many mothers today are taking a real interest in learning traditional skills to help with their daily life or to enjoy as a hobby.’

Sue Flowers, a lead researcher of the survey, said: “Many moms find it ___56___ to do some of the daily tasks their own moms may have done. Moms from ___57___ generations learned how to do these tasks from their moms and their moms before them. ___58___, our research has shown that many modern moms really want to learn how to do these things. ”

The research also showed that mothers who live in the south of the country were more likely to be dependent on their own mother than those who lived in the north.

Set B

A

A. nearest              B. ask for                 C. are sold            D. throughout           E. are shown

VISITOR INFORMATION

How to Make the Most of Your Visit

Please allow at least 1 hour and 30 minutes to enjoy the whole experience. And remember, though the entrance is at the North Tower, your visit does not end at the South Tower. Follow the line to the Engine Room, Hands-on Gallery and Gilt Shop. Books and other gifts of your visit ___51___ in the Gift Shop.

Visitors are welcome to take photographs ___52___ their visit.

☆  Ask a guide for the next time when the bridge will be lifted. Visitors with weak hearing should ___53___ an audio guide at the collection point at the entrance.

☆  If you need first aid, a member of staff is ready to help you on each floor. In the unlikely event of an emergency, security staff and guides will show you the ___54___ emergency exits. (The exits are located on all floors.) Thank you for visiting the Tower Bridge Experience.

 

B

A. anything           B. touched            C. disappointed            D. other         E. the other

After the stealing of fire, Zeus became increasingly unkind to men. Once Zeus decided to send Pandora, a charming young lady, down to men as a present. The greatness of her beauty ___55___ the hearts of all who looked at her, and Epimetheus happily received her into his house. He had quite forgotten Pometheus’ warning: never to accept ___56___ from Zeus. The couple lived a happy life for some time. Then trouble came on to the human world.

When he was busy teaching men the art of living, Prometheus had left a big cask (桶) in the care of Epimetheus. He had warned his brother not to open the lid. Pandora was a curious woman. She had been feeling very ___57___ that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask. One day, when Epimetheus was out, die lifted the lid and out it came unrest and war, plague and sickness, theft and violence, grief and sorrow, and all ___58___ evils. The human world was hence to experience these evils. Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar and never flew out. So men always have hope within their hearts.

 

IV. 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): (共8分)

59. We need greater ___________ in car parks. (secure)

60. I have a number of ___________ about the hotel room you’ve given me. (complain)

61. Let’s forbid all ___________ behavior, goings-on and competition. (honest)

62. The old library was  last year. It looks .more beautiful. (build)

63. UNESCO stands for the United Nations ___________ Scientific and Cultural Organization. (educate)

64. All ___________ in Shanghai ought to be helpful when they see people in difficulty. (city)

65. We are surprised at his sudden __________. (disappear)

66. A heavy rain ____________ the football match yesterday. (interrupt)

 

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. Kitty will have an important history exam tomorrow morning.  (改为否定句)

Kitty __________ __________ an important history exam tomorrow morning.

68. The university has achieved new progress since six years ago.  (就划线部分提问)      

__________ __________ has the university achieved new progress?

69. Don’t throw coins here.  (保持原句意思基本不变)        

__________ coins is not __________ here.

70.   News is important in our daily life.  (改为感叹句)

__________ __________ news is in our daily life!

71.   We make this kind of bikes in our country.  (改为被动语态)

Bikes of this kind __________ __________ in our country.

 

72.   The physics problem was so hard that no one could work it out.  (改为简单句)

The physics problem was __________ hard for __________ to work out.

73. It won’t take us much time to do it, I think. (保持原句意思基本不变）

I __________ __________ it will take us much time to do it.

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)

题源: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2088/did-sherlock-holmes-really-exist

Sherlock Holmes is not a real detective or even a real person, but people send letters to him at his address in London even though he cannot possibly receive them! I think people write to him because the books about him make him seem so real and because he is so brilliant at solving crimes. Detectives need to be able to notice tiny details and use logic to discover how a crime was committed—who did it and why he did it. Sherlock Holmes knows how to do all these things.

Pictures of Sherlock Holmes always show him wearing a strange hat, smoking a pipe and looking carefully through a magnifying glass, trying to find clues. Clues are important in solving crimes, but I think Sherlock Holmes also uses his imagination and his knowledge of science to find criminals.

For example, in my favourite story The Hound of the Baskervilles, he investigates the mysterious death of the Lord of Baskerville. Using science, he discovers that the murderer used a large dog to chase the lord. He finds the dog was hidden in the forest around Baskerville House. Holmes discovers who the murderer is by reading about the history of the Baskerville family. By doing this, he finds out that the first Lord of Baskerville from long ago had a secret son. The grandson of this secret son wanted to kill all the Baskerville family so he could become the new lord. At the end of the story, Holmes makes the murderer stand beside an old picture of the first lord so everyone can see how similar they look.

I love Sherlock Holmes stories because as Holmes is investigating the crime, you can try to discover who the criminal is too. I always try to imagine myself playing the violin like Holmes does while he is thinking about a case. In my imagination, I am Sherlock Holmes.

 

74. What must a detective be able to do?

A) To act like a criminal.                      B) To notice tiny details and use logic.

C) To wear a strange hat.                      D) To have a favourite story.

75. What did Sherlock Holmes always wear in pictures?

A) A magnifying glass.                         B) A strange hat.

C) A pipe.                                           D) A clue.

76. Where did Holmes find the dog?

A) In London.                                     B) In Baskerville House.

C) In the forest.                                          D) In England.

77. How did Holmes discover who the murderer was?

A) By reading about the history of the Baskerville family.

B) By hiding in the forest.

C) By asking the dog.

D) By chasing the lord.

78. Why did the murderer kill the lord?

A) To keep his secret.                           B) To become the new lord.

C) To read the history of the family.     D) To discover an old picture.

79. Why does Edward like reading Sherlock Holmes stories?

A) He likes to guess the murderer.

B) He likes to dress up as Sherlock Holmes.

C) He likes to play the violin.

D) He likes to read history and use his imagination.

 

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）

题源: July 8, 2011 《中国妇女》杂志网站

http://www.womenofchina.com.cn/html/report/2635-1.htm

Paper-cut is a very special art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated in the 6^th century BC when Chinese women pasted gold and silver foil (箔) in their hair at the temples. One saying is that it came from the religious ceremony (宗教仪式). The ancient people cut papers into animals or people. They buried them with the dead, wishing that things that paper ___80___ could be with the dead. Later, they were used during festivals to decorate gates and windows. After hundreds of years’ development, now they have become a very popular means of decoration among country women.

It is easy to learn about cutting a piece of paper but very difficult to master it. Paper and scissors, or perhaps an engraving knife, are the ___81___ tools used to make paper-cuts. Beginners need only a knife and paper. For craftsman, they need knives and gravers of ___82___ types to make complicated (复杂的) patterns. It can be one piece of paper or many pieces.

Paper cutting ___83___ nearly all topics, from flowers, birds, animals, people, ___84___ in classic novels, to types of facial make-up in Peking opera. In the past, women living in the countryside gathered in their free time to make paper cutting, which is a way to judge their skillfulness. As society develops, fewer and fewer people learn this skill ___85___ there are some who still regard it as a profession. At present, there are factories for paper cutting in China. Exhibitions and exchanges are held regularly and books of this kind are published. Paper cutting has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper cutting also appears in cartoons, on stage, in magazines or in TV series.

80. A) stands for                  B) hold on                    C) look like                  D) refer to

81. A) top                            B) modest                     C) necessary                 D) central

82. A) strange                      B) helpful                     C) positive                    D) various

83. A) covers                       B) expects                    C) holds                       D) names

84. A) truths                        B) figures                     C) details                      D) parts

85. A) the moment                      B) before                      C) once                        D) while

 

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）

        Do you love the glamour (魅力) of city life or the quiet life in the countryside? Many people want to move from the country to the city because they think that life in the city is more exciting and better than in rural areas, especially younger people who like new, m___86___ things.

Often people like to be fashionable and feel they can find the l___87___ styles only in the city. Other people are interested in technological things and high tech jobs and think they can find them only in a big city. If they want to find a job, especially a good position in a company, they feel they have to live in a city. To enjoy these jobs, they are willing to put up with many of the d___88___ of city life such as crime, heavy traffic, and pollution.

However, it is now possible to enjoy a higher q___89___ of life in the countryside and at the same time enjoy some of the benefits of living in the city. Nowadays, travel is fast and information is a___90___ on the Internet, so many people are able to do their work in home offices.

Because they have e-mail and personal computers, they don’t have to be in big cities to conduct their business. It is not important where they a___91___ work because the results of their work can be sent everywhere with technology. So, why should they put up with all of them any longer? Now they can escape noisy city life to enjoy life in the countryside and s___92___ be able to do good business and successful careers.

 

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

ONCE every year, international leaders gather in New York City to tell the world what they think. It’s the United Nations (UN) General Assembly session (联合国大会). The session begins on the Tuesday of the third week in September every year. This year, it opened on Sept 17. It’s a big "party" of international leaders. Presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers from all 193 members of the UN attend.

What do they do there? "International leaders shake hands, sip tea, and catch up. Sometimes resolutions are passed; many times they aren’t," CNN jokes.

Well, it’s true. At the General Assembly, leaders sit down for meetings about peace, security (安全) and global economic development. They vote and make resolutions. But countries don’t have to carry out most resolutions.

The more expected part of the session is the general debate. This year, it lasted from Sept 24 to Oct 1. At the debate, each country has 15 minutes to tell the world what they think about certain issues. For many developing countries, this is their most important chance to let the world hear their voice.

Sometimes speakers do not agree with each other. But they can’t stop others from giving their opinion. At the meeting in 2011, former (前任的) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the US used the Sept 11 incident (事件) as an excuse for wars against Afghanistan and Iraq. Hearing this, US delegates walked out of the room.

The world is also watching howthe leaders interact with each other. Do they shake hands in the hallway? Do they nod across the meeting table?

Many people believe that clues about two countries’ future relations hide in those gestures.

China’s UN speech key points  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on behalf of China at this year’s UN general debate. What were the major points of his speech? ●  China is developing, but it won’t threaten other countries. ●  China will keep reforming and keep sustainable (可持续的) development. ●  Countries should solve nuclear issues (核问题). In Iran and on the Korean Peninsula through peaceful talks. ●  China calls for an immediate end to violence in Syria.

 

93. How often is the UN General Assembly held?

94. When does this session begin?

95. Who is able to attend this session?

96. What are the main topics at the General Assembly?

97. Do countries have to carry out the resolutions made in the session?

98. Why is the general debate very important for many developing countries?

 

 

VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)

99. Your friend is considering travelling abroad. What advice will you give to him? Write at least 60 words about this topic. (你的朋友正在考虑去国外旅行，请你给他一点建议，并写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

 

（注意: 短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息。）