1、 2015-2016 学 年 第二学期 初三教学质量检测 （二模） 英语 试卷 （ 满分 150分，考试时间 100分钟 ） 考生注意：本卷有 7 大题，共 94 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 ) A. Listen and choose the right picture.（根据你听到的句子，选出相应的图片 。 ）（ 6分） A B C D E F G H 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. B. Listen to t
2、he dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. （根据你听到的对话和问句，选出最恰当的答案 。 ）（ 8 分） 7. A) At 8:00. B) At 8:15. C) At 8:25. D) At 8:50. 8. A) 2 days. B) 3 days. C) 4 days. D) 5 days. 9. A) Play basketball. B) Play baseball. C) Go to school. D) Visit her grandma. 10. A) On the seaside. B)
3、 In the zoo. C) On the road . D) In the neighbourhood. 11. A) Too long. B) Quite boring. C) Helpful but boring. D) Helpful and interesting. 12. A) Because she was late. B) Because she was in the library. C) Because she didnt finish her work. D) Because she forgot the work. 13. A) Politics. B) Book r
4、eview. C) Basic news. D) Disaster information. 14. A) To look it up in a dictionary. B) To ask others for help. C) To guess it by herself. D) To remember it. 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所听到的短文内容，符合的用 “T”表示 , 不符合的用 “F”表示 。 ）（ 6 分） 1
5、5. Hospital dogs are often with people who are in hospital or in homes. 16. People train many different types of dogs as hospital dogs. 17. If the dogs work very well with children, they can work as hospital dogs. 18. Elsie is nearly 90 years old and will stay in the hospital for the rest of her lif
6、e. 19. When Elsie is taken outside, Trudy can go with her and run around the grass. 20. This passage is mainly about how people train hospital dogs. D. Listen to the passage and complete the sentences. (听 短文， 完成 下列内容，每空限填一词。 ) （ 10 分） 21. We talked with three teenagers about different customs for _
7、_. 22. For _ _, Chinese people clean the house and put up red decorations. 23. People always have a _ _, so they have three days to celebrate Australia Day. 24. Jessica and her parents have barbecues in the back yard and friends always _ _. 25. Thanksgiving Day is a very important day for families t
8、o _ _. Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar (第二 部分 语音、词汇和语法 ) II. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案 。 ) （共 20 分） 26. Mary can speak American English very well. Which of the following matches the underlined word? A) /spek/ B) /spe0k/ C) /sp:k/ D) /spi:k/ 27. The flight to Sidney will take off an
9、hour. Please check in right now. A) on B) in C) at D) to 28. Could you do me favour and pick up Sam from school today? A) a B) an C) the D) / 29. James is known for warm heart and kind deeds in his neighbourhood. A) he B) him C) his D) himself 30. Mike, dont drive too fast. accidents always happen o
10、n snowy days. A) A number of B) A great deal of C) Huge amounts of D) A group of 31. All people, old and young, should be strict themselves. A) from B) with C) of D) by 32. One of my brothers is named Tony, named Patrick. A) other B) others C) the other D) the others 33. He has lived in London and M
11、anchester, but he doesnt like _ city very much. A) neither B) both C) none D) either 34. A recent study shows that gardening is _ activity among people over 50s. A) popular B) more popular C) the most popular D) most popular 35. do you play badminton with your friends? Three times a week. A) How lon
12、g B) How fast C) How soon D) How often 36. _ youve finished the work, you had better have a good rest. A) Although B) Unless C) Whether D) Now that 37. Peters voice sounded on the phone when he told me the bad news. A) strange B) excited C) sadly D) fluently 38. You can go out for a walk with us if
13、you _ tired of staying at home. A) feel B) feels C) felt D) to feel 39. CCTV the Star of Outlook English Talent Competition for many years. A) holds B) held C) has held D) was held 40. Every year in spring, many problems of the country at the conference. A) discuss B) are discussed C) have discussed
14、 D) discusses 41. It rained heavily last night. The field outside _ wet now. A) can be B) may be C) must be D) should be 42. Michaels mother never makes him his room. He does it by himself. A) clean B) cleans C) to clean D) cleaning 43. To improve our spoken English, we practised again and again. A)
15、 pronounce B) pronounced C) to pronounce D) pronouncing 44. Will you help me with the box? Its too heavy. _ A) Thats all right. B) With pleasure. C) It doesnt matter. D) You are welcome. 45. Can I park my car here? Look at the sign. It means No parking. A) Never mind. B) Youd better not. C) Dont wor
16、ry. D) Thats OK. . 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，每词只能填一次 。 ）（共 8 分 ） A. everywhere B. any more C. walk D. sit down E. full of One day, Dorothy finds the road easily and she and Toto start their long journey to the
17、 Emerald City. She doesnt feel sad 46 . Its a sunny day and the birds are singing. There are pretty blue fences along the road. There are fields of yellow corn. She can see the small, round houses of the Munchkins 47 . Theyre blue too. Dorothy and Toto walk for a long time along the yellow brick roa
18、d. They dont meet anyone. Dorothy is very tired. Lets stop and rest for a few minutes, Toto, she says. Its a long way to the Emerald City. They 48 on the grass next to a field of yellow corn. Theres a scarecrow (稻草人 ) on a pole in the middle of it. Its head and body are 49 straw. Its wearing an old
19、blue hat, old blue clothes and a pair of old blue boots. Dorothy looks at it for a long time. The Scarecrow looks at her. Then it winks at her slowly. A. a big smile B. across C. happy D. replies E. angry Dorothys very surprised. She stands up and walks 50 the field to it. Good afternoon! the Scarec
20、row says with 51 . Oh! Can you speak? Dorothy says. Of course, he 52 . Can you take me off this pole, please? It isnt very comfortable. I cant move. Dorothy takes the Scarecrow off the pole and puts him on the ground. Hes very 53 . He moves his arms and legs and shakes his head. Straw flies everywhe
21、re. Thank you very much, he says. I feel wonderful now. IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (用所给单词的适当形式填空 。 )（共 8 分） 54. Do you know the lady from the right in the picture? (one) 55. Their school is near the beach, quite similar with . (our) 56. Be when you cross t
22、he road alone. (care) 57. Remember to buy some new _. The old ones are running out. (battery) 58. The government will help more people get good care. (medicine) 59. _ is more important than anything else. No one wants to lose it. (free) 60. Shall we the neighbours to our daughters birthday party? (i
23、nvitation) 61. “May I ask you for the next dance?” the man asked the girl . (polite) VII. Rewrite the following sentences as required. (根据所给要求完成句子。 62-67 小题每空格限填一词 。 )（共 14 分） 62. Dad visited that area fifteen years ago. (对 划线 部分 提问 ) Dad visit that area? 63. She takes an active part in different ki
24、nds of sports to keep fit. (改为一般疑问句 ) she an active part in different kinds of sports to keep fit? 64. Rose loves visiting museums with friends. She doesnt love going there alone. (合并为一句 ) Rose loves visiting museums with friends _ _ going there alone. 65. “Has the teacher decided on the date for ou
25、ting?” the students asked. (改为复合句 ) The students asked the teacher decided on the date for outing. 66. Mr. Brown worked very hard so as to make more money for his family. (保持原句意思 不变 ) Mr. Brown worked very hard _ _ he could make more money for his family. 67. Nowadays people spend a lot of time on m
26、obile phones or laptops. (改为被动语态 ) Nowadays a lot of time _ _ on mobile phones or laptops. 68. the United States, ago, a terrible storm, hit , three months (连词成句 ) _. Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写 ) . 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
27、) Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist who lived from 1833 to 1896. Alfred and his brother made explosives (炸药 ), but in 1864 there was an accident in the laboratory and Alfreds brother was killed. Alfred then decided to spend his life trying to make explosives safer to use. One of the strongest explo
28、sives at that time was nitroglycerin (硝化甘油 ). This explosive, which looks like oily water, is very dangerous to use or even to carry. Nobel wanted to study nitroglycerin so he could finds a way to make it safer, but the Swedish government would not let him make any more explosives in his laboratory.
29、 It was too dangerous. Nobel had the idea of taking nitroglycerin out on a boat in the middle of a lake and working with it there. When Nobel wanted to take the nitroglycerin he was working with from one place to another, he put it into small boxes. Then he put the small boxes into a larger box made
30、 of clay. One day, when he opened the large clay box, he found that nitroglycerin was coming out of one of the small boxes. To his surprise, the large clay box was still dry. This gave him the idea of mixing clay with nitroglycerin. The clay would take the oil out of nitroglycerin and make it safer.
31、 He called this new explosive dynamite. Dynamite was very useful. Alfred Nobel made and sold so much of it that he became a very rich man. In his will he gave a lot of money to the Swedish Academy of Arts and Science (瑞典艺术和科学学院 ). He wanted the money to be used to give prizes to people who did excel
32、lent work. The Academy called them Nobel Prizes. The winners get a lot of money. Nobel wanted one of the prizes to be given to people who work for peace because he hated war and he did not want people to remember him as the dynamite man. Some very famous people have won the Nobel Peace Prize, includ
33、ing Nelson Mandela of South Africa. The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces won the prize in 1988. Nobel Prizes are given out on 10 December- the date that Nobel died. 69. Alfred Nobel began studying nitroglycerin after he _. A) first made dynamite. B) made a lot of money C) had a bad accident in his
34、 laboratory. D) gave all his money to the Academy 70. Nitroglycerin is a very dangerous kind of _. A) dynamite B) oil C) clay D) explosive 71. The government would not let Alfred Nobel make explosives in his laboratory because _. A) they wanted him to go to the lake B) Sweden is a very peaceful coun
35、try C) it was too dangerous D) Nobels brother had already made some 72. The word “This ”in Paragraph 3 refers to “_”. A) Nitroglycerin was coming out B) The large clay box was still dry C) The clay was mixed with nitroglycerin D) The small boxes were put into a large box 73. Alfred Nobel became very
36、 rich because he _. A) won a lot of prizes B) made and sold a lot of dynamite C) knew how to make nitroglycerin D) never gave any money away 74. The story is mainly about _. A) the man who first made dynamite B) people who have won the Nobel Peace Prize C) laboratory accidents D) the Swedish Academy
37、 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 ） The idea of “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” was first written about in 390 AD. It means you should abide by (遵守 ) the customs of a country when you are there. You should not offend (冒犯 ) people when you vis
38、it their country. You should follow some of their practices and ways. This has become very wise advice for any traveler. It is a good idea to respect the different cultures around the world. If one understands the customs of a country, it is 75 to get around without upsetting people. Greeting people
39、 can be very different. In African countries usually no eye contact is made. This is a sign of 76 . However in America, this could be understood as being dishonest! When greeting someone in Germany, it needs to be formal and respectful. In Australia, however, a casual (非正式的 ) “G day mate” is common.
40、 Visiting a Russian family you may need to 77 your shoes. They would not like a gift of yellow flowers. In Germany, yellow flowers are appreciated. In some European countries, people behave in a formal and quiet way. In some African countries, people can be loud. They may 78 use jokes and laughter i
41、n serious meetings. This is normal in their customs. Be aware that people also use hand gestures and body language to communicate. People dance, sing, and celebrate differently. 79 you are in a country that laughs and dances at a funeral, it may feel strange to you. If you do not understand the loca
42、l customs, you may not enjoy your time in different countries. To avoid being 80 or making people angry, it is a good idea to learn the different customs of countries before you visit. Then, when in Rome, you can do as the Romans do. 75. A) more difficult B) less comfortable C) easier D) quicker 76.
43、 A) responsibility B) trust C) friendship D) respect 77. A) take off B) take up C) take away D) take out 78. A) usually B) also C) seldom D) already 79. A) If B) Before C) Although D) Unless 80. A) terrible B) embarrassed C) amazed D) tired C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper word
44、s（ 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 ） As a child, I learnt how to make paper masks from newspapers and old magazines. Later I used coloured cardboard. Making masks seemed like a popular art activity. After we made the masks, my classmates and I would put them on and pretend to be pe
45、ople that we were not. By hiding our faces b 81 the masks, it did not seem ridiculous to pretend to be an old man or a baby. Immediately, the mask helped us to step into the shoes of a 82 character. A mask allows a person to take on different characters, to pretend and make-believe. Have you ever w
46、83 what the actual face of the clown at the circus is like? The clowns mask, with white smiling mouth and the round red cheeks, covers whatever the clown r 84 looks like. Masks can also be used to hide what we do not want people to see. For example, the Phantom of the Opera, tells the story of a man
47、 who fell in l 85 with a beautiful woman. However, one side of his face was ugly and terrible to show anyone. Thus, he wore a mask to hide that part of his face. Adults, more than children wear different masks every day. These are not actual masks like the types that are made in art classes in schools. These masks refer to the persons ability to hide his real thoughts and feelings. He will behave in d
