1、2010-2011学年度苏州市景范中学第一学期初三期中考试英语试卷第I卷（选择题 三大题 共75分）一、听力选择。（共20小题，满分20分）第一节 听对话回答问题。（计10分，每小题1分）。本部分共有10小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目。（ ）11Whats the weather like today? （ ） 2What did Jims father take away from him?A B C（ ）3 How does Michel learn English?A B C（ ）4Where has the boy been?A
2、 B C（ ）5How is David?Agenerous Beasy-going Corganized（ ）6Which city will Jane probably visit?ASydney BNew York CSuzhou（ ）7Whats the time now?A10:30 B10:25 C10:35（ ）8How does Tom find the film?AHe thinks its greatBHe wants to see a better oneCHe doesnt like it（ ）9How often does James play basketball?
3、AEvery day BHardly ever CTwice a week（ ）10What does Frank ask Sophia to do?ATo help him with his EnglishBTo listen to the radio togetherCTo give him some suggestions on listening第二节 听对话或短文回答问题（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文时，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟。听第一段对话，回答11-12小题。（ ）11What did they want to
4、 do this weekend?ATo stay in the office BTo go to the concert CTo buy some tickets（ ）12Why did the woman say “Its a great pity”?ABecause there were no tickets leftBBecause the concert was overCBecause the tickets were expensive听第二段对话，回答13-15小题。（ ）13What does Sophia know?AShe knows what colours repre
5、sentBShe knows what clothes representCShe knows that clothes can affect moods（ ）14Why does Sophia think the young man in the picture in energetic?ABecause of the colour of his shirtBBecause of the colour of his trousersCBecause of the colour of his shoes（ ）15What does Frank think of the young man in
6、 the picture?AHes clever BHes quiet C Hes hard-working听一篇短文，回答16-20小题。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）（ ）16What may the students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others have?AMental problemsBEaraches CKnives（ ）17Why did Liu Wei cut his finger with a knife?ABecause he was afraid of his teach
7、erBBecause he wanted to frighten his parentsCBecause he was very worried about his studies（ ）18When did Yang Fangs problem happen?AWhen she studied very hardBWhen she had examsCWhen she talked with her parents（ ）19Why will students who have problems not ask others for help?ABecause they wont let oth
8、ers think they are stupidBBecause they dont think doctors can help themCBecause they think the problems are not serious（ ）20What does Liang Yuezhu tell us?AIts necessary for them to be with othersBOnly group activities and sports can help themCIts better for the students who have problems to join ot
9、hers二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）A） 单项选择 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。填入答卷相应的空格里。（ ）21I have problems _many thingsFor example, I have problems _ learning Maths wellAwith, in Babout, with Cin, with Din, about（ ）22-Thank you for your valuable advice-_AWith pleasure BNever mind CIts my pleasure DThats right（ ）23_o
10、f the students in the whole class works out the physics problemANo BNone CAll DNeither（ ）24Whats the article about?- _ in ChinaThe article is worth _ASomething surprising, readingBSomething surprised, to readCSurprising something, readingDSurprised something, to read（ ）25When I opened the door, I fo
11、und him still _ outside the doorAto wait Bwait Cwaiting Dwaited（ ） 26She told us _many jokes _we kept laughingAsuch, and B so, and Cso, that Dsuch, that（ ）27Youd better wear a pair of comfortable trainers when _a long walkAyou take Byou taking Cto take Ctake（ ）28A year later, he said he _ at the poo
12、r village to teach the childrenAwould rather to stay Bprefered stayingCwould rather staying Dpreferred to stay（ ）29The rest of the fish _by the catAwas eaten Bate Chave been eaten Dwere eaten（ ）30I hope that my words will be _youAsome value of Bof some value for Csome of value to Dof some value to（
13、）31What shall we do this weekend?-You can go swimming, hiking, or _else you enjoy doingAnothing Bsomething Ceverything Danything（ ）32I wanted to know _, but no one would like to tell meAwhat did the old man sayBhow did the old man comeCwhether the old man would comeDwho the old man went（ ）33The radi
14、o disturbs meWould you please _ a bit?Aturn it off Bturn it down Cturn off it Dturn down it（ ）34Taking a deep breath _Amake you calm down easilyBmakes you to calm down easilyCmakes it easily for you to calm downDmakes it easy for you to calm down（ ）35Be sure _ the recommendations as soon as possible
15、Areplying to Bto reply Cto answer DansweringB）完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。填入答卷相应的空格里。I walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungryIt was sevenBy that time, I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a weekI k
16、new the owner wellI went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my mealWhile I was waiting, I looked _36_ to see if I knew anyone in the restaurantThen I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my _37_, as if he knew meI certainly didnt know him, for
17、 I never forgot a 38 _The man had a newspaper _39_ in front of himBut I could see that he was keeping aneye on meWhen the waiter brought my soup, the man was 40 puzzled （迷惑） by the familiar way that the waiter and I called each otherHe became even more puzzled as 41 went onHe could see that I was _4
18、2 in the restaurantAt last he got up and went into the kitchenAfter a few minutes he came out,paidfor his meal and leftWhen I had finished, I called the owner of the restaurant over and asked himabout the manThe owner told me he was a policeman“Really?” I wassurprised“He was certainly 43 in meBut wh
19、y?” I asked“He followed you because he thought you were a man he was lookingfor,” the owner said“When he came into the kitchen, he _44_me a picture of the wanted man He certainly looked like you! Of course, since weall know you here, I told him that he had made a mistake” Its_45_I came to this resta
20、urant, or I might have been arrested（逮捕）!（ ）36Afor Bat Caround Dlike（ ）37Away Bface Ceyes Ddirection（ ）38Aname Bface Cperson Dfriend（ ）39Aopen Bclosed Copened Dclose（ ）40Ahardly Bfast Cquickly Dclearly（ ）41Aprogram Bstory Ctime Dnews（ ）42AfamiliarBnew Cknown Dbrought（ ）43AinterestedBinteresting Cwor
21、ried Dsure（ ）44Ashowed Bsent Ctook Dgave（ ）45Abad Bgood Clucky Dbest三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。填入答卷相应的空格里。AEveryone needs friendsThey are a basic source of happiness and hope in our livesHowever, the ability to make friends is different from person to personTo some pe
22、ople, making friends is easy, and to others its very difficultWe all have the ability to make friends, but many people never reach their potential （潜能）Making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing that skill is knowing how to get along with othersPeople who are good at getting along wi
23、th others take an interest in what other people likeTherefore, the more things that your child knows about other kids, the more chances he or she has to make friendsIf your child has trouble making friends, you can tell him or her how to do itRealize your own strengthsYou have skills and talents tha
24、t others can enjoySome people dont let others see their goodnessBelieve that you are a good person who has something to share with othersDevelop a sense of humorLearn to laugh at yourself and your shortcomingsIt will relieve （释放） some of the stress in your lifeSmile, smile, smileRespect the rights o
25、f othersThey have their opinions, you have yoursDifferent opinions are healthyBe kindThroughout your life, you will learn that if you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to youWhen should you start being kind Right nowOpen the door for someoneWave to a friendSay something positive （积极的）The
26、re are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness（ ）46The ability of making friends _Ais not changed by learning to get on with othersBis quite different because we are differentCis different because of the education one receivesDdepends on（取决于） ones life experience（ ）47The most important
27、 thing in making friends is _Ato be able to get along with othersBto know others way of lifeCto realize your own strengthsDto develop a sense of humor（ ）48Which of the following shouldnt one do in making friends?Aknow your own advantages and shortcomingsBBe friendly to others from now onCnever accep
28、t the things you dont knowDwave to people and learn to smileBKiller bees started in Brazil in 1957A scientist in Sao Paulo wanted bees to make more honey（蜂蜜）So he put forty-six African bees with some Brazilian beesThe bees bred（繁殖）and made a new kind of beesBut the new bees were a mistakeThey didnt
29、want to make more honeyThey wanted to attackThen ,by accident, twentysix African bees escaped and bred with the Brazilian bees outsideScientists could not control the problemThe bees increased fastThey went from Brazil to VenezuelaThen they went to Central AmericaNow they are in North AmericaThey tr
30、avel about 390 miles a yearEach group of bees grows four times a yearThis means one million new groups every five yearsWhy are people afraid of killer bees? People are afraid for two reasonsFirst, the bees sting（叮）many more times than usual beesKiller bees can sting sixty times a minute non-stop for
31、 two hoursSecond ,killer bees attack in groupsFour hundred bee stings can kill a personAlready several hundred people are deadNow killer bees are in TexasIn a few years they will reach all over the United StatesPeople can do nothing but wait（ ）49After the African bees lived together with the Brazili
32、an bees, they_ Amade more honeyBmade a new kind of beesCmade a mistake Dwanted to attack（ ）50Why are people afraid of killer bees?AThey increase faster and fasterBSeveral hundred people are deadCThey sting more and attack in groupsDTheyre big and strong（ ）51Where have killer bees reached now?ANorth
33、America BBrazil CVenezuela DAll over the US（ ）52The best title of the passage is AHow to make more honey BKiller beesCA foolish scientist DHow to feed killer beesCmost musicians agree that the best violins were first made in Gremona, Italy, about 200 years agoThese violins sound better than any othe
34、rsThey even sound better than violins made todayViolin makers and scientists try to make instruments（乐器） like the Italian violinsBut they arent the sameMusicians still prefer the old onesSome people think it is the age of the violinsBut not all old violins from Gremona are specialSo age cannot be th
35、e answerThe people think the secret to those violins is the woodThe wood must be from certain kinds of treesBut the kind of wood may not be so importantIt may be more important to cut the wood in a special wayWood for a violin must be cut very carefullyIt has to be the right size and shapeThe smalle
36、st difference will change the sound of the violinMusicians sometimes think that this was the secret of the ItaliansMaybe they understood more than we do about how to cut the woodSize and shape may not be the answer eitherScientists can make new ones that are exactly the same size and shapeBut the ne
37、w violins still do not sound as good as the old onesSome scientists think the secret may be the varnishVarnish is what covers the wood of the violinIt makes the wood shinyIt also helps the sound of the instrumentBut no one knows what the Italian makers used in their varnish（ ）53The passage is about
38、Amaking violins Bmusical instrumentsCscientific ideas Dthe old Italian violins（ ）54Musicians think that modern violins Awill sound better and better in the futureBwill sound worse and worse in the futureCsound less wonderful than the old Italian onesDsound really the same as the old Italian ones（ ）5
39、5Some scientists think the Italian violin makers Adid not know much about violins Bcut the wood carefullyCused many kinds of wood Dknew something secret（ ）56Violins made today Acan be the same shape as the old onesBsound the same as the old onesCare a bit better than the old onesDhave the same varni
40、sh as the old onesDWatching some children trying to catch butterflies one hot August afternoon, I was reminded of an event in my own childhoodWhen I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina, something happened to me that cured me forever of wanting to put any wild creature in a cageWe lived on the edge of
41、the woods, and every evening the mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and singThere isnt a musical instrument made by man that can produce a more beautiful sound than the song of the mockingbirdI decided that I would catch a young bird and keep it in a cage and in that way, I would have my
42、own private（私人的） musicianI finally succeeded in catching one and put it in a cageAt first, in its fright at being caught, the bird moved about the cage, but finally it settled down in its new homeI felt very pleased with myself and looked forward to some beautiful singing from my tiny musicianI had left the cage out on our back porch, and on the second day of the birds captivity（囚禁）, my new pets mother flew to the cage with food in her mouthThe baby bird ate every
