1、学年第一学期初三英语期中考试教师版2012学年第一学期初三英语期中试题 （满分150分，考试时间100分钟）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
2、答案): (共10分)7. A) 9:50. B) 10:00. C) 10:10. D) 10:50. 8. A) Seeing a film with Chris. B) Meeting Chris in the cinema. C) Talking with Chris at home. D) Chatting with Chris on the phone.9. A) A singer. B) A scientist. C) A teacher. D) An artist.10. A) She was too busy B) She was ill.C) She visited a h
3、ospital. D) She visited a Museum. 11. A) On foot. B) By taxi. C) By bus. D) By bike. 12. A) Taking a train. B) Visiting a park. C) Having dinner in a restaurant. D) Attending a concert. 13. A) In a school. B) In a bar.C) In a library. D) In a bookstore.14. A) She is very happy to get the new job. B)
4、 She is interested in the new job.C) She is too busy to have a good rest. D) She is thankful to the new job. 15. A) She missed the plane. B) She hasnt got the ticket with her. C) She lost her handbag. D) She couldnt buy the ticket.16. A) To go to Hangzhou. B) To have a basketball match. C) To have a
5、 meeting. D) To do the homework.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. When the new school term starts, it is a chance to see friends again.18. It is not popular for students in Britain to take up new h
6、obbies.19. Students can take hobby classes both in their free time and in classes.20. Some of the hobby classes are free while others need your money for them.21. The writer once had free lessons of how to play the drum (鼓).22. Students can take exams of piano lessons and drama club.23. The students
7、 who take hobby classes have many extra skills when they leave school.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences( 听对话，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词) : (共7分)24. Singapore, a small _ in Southeast Asia is a wonderful place.25. In Singapore, more than _ percent of the population are Chinese. 26. Its
8、 easy for people to find _, noodles or dumplings in Singapore.27. Tourists may try Indian food, western food, or _ food there.28. Night Safari is a special _ and tourists can visit it at night.29. Tourists may watch animals in a more _ environment at Night Safari.30. The temperature is almost the _
9、in Singapore all year round.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. Jack is unusual boy. He has travelled to sixteen countries in world.A. a; the B. a; / C. an; the D. an; / 32. Kitty, a friend of , will come and join in the game. A. mine; us B. me;
10、 ours C. mine ourselves D. myself; us33. He knows English but he has English friends.A. few; little B. little; few C. little; a few D. a few; little34. Sydney was home to 4.4 people more than ten years ago.A. million of B. millions of C. million D. millions35. The film is than that one.A. exciting B
11、. much exciting C. more exciting D. much more excited36. interesting work this is!A. What an B. what C. how D. how an37. I want to know he is going to the cinema with us.A. if B. what C. where D. when38. I dont know possible to learn English well knowing the nations culture.A. it; with B. it; withou
12、t C. this; without D. this; not39. It seems that it is going to rain. Youd better the windows open when you leave the house.A. not leave B. leave C. not to leave D. to leave40. -Hes seldom late for school, ? -No, he is used to going to school early.A. isnt he B. has he C. hasnt he D. is he41. -Why d
13、o you turn down the radio? -Im waking the baby.A. afraid of B. busy with C. careful for D. willing to42. Could you tell me ?A. why didnt you do it B. what you like best C. where was the exhibition D. when do you have sports43. They flowers when I got to the garden.A. watered B. were watering C. wate
14、r D. are watering44. Wei Fang is better English than any her classmates.A. for; other of B. at; other of C. for; of D. at; of45. I bought two pairs of shoes and they me two hundred dollars.A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost46. -Its eight oclock now. I must go.-Its raining heavily outside. Dont leave i
15、t stops.A. since B. until C. when D. because47. I think I have trouble an English conversation with others.A. to make up B. make up C. made up D. making up48. Computers can store huge amounts of information. The underline part means“ ”.A. a plenty of B. a huge number of C. quite lot D. a great deal
16、of49. -Do you mind closing the window? - .A. Never mind B. You are welcome C. Not really, you can do it D. Certainly not50. -Would you please carry the big box for me? - .A. No problem B. What a pity! C. Not at all D. Thank youIII. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box.
17、 Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空限填一词，每词只能填一次): (共8分)A. high B. is able to C. others D. swimming E. quickly F. the other G. journey H. towards I. lay The salmon(大马哈鱼) is a very strange fish. It is born in a river. But it takes the young salmon 2 years to swim down the rivers 51 the Pacifi
18、c Ocean. For another 2 years it lives in the sea and become full grown. Then it returns to the river where it was born. A grown-up salmon weighs about 25 pounds and is nearly three feet long. The female salmon will not 52 the eggs in the Pacific Ocean. When it is almost time to lay them, both male a
19、nd female salmon begin a great 53 . Each salmon is heading for the river where it was born. A salmon may be a thousand miles away from where its life began, yet it 54 return to that place. As the salmons swim, large fish attack them. The salmons are food for some other fish. Some are caught by fishe
20、rmen. The salmons that are left keep 55 . After they enter the rivers, they head upstream(上游). If rocks and waterfalls(瀑布) are in their way, the salmons leap(跳) over them. A salmon can leap up a fall as 56 as ten feet. It leaps by swimming at full speed under water, then rising to the surface. Almos
21、t the whole body of a salmon is made of muscle. It is these power muscles that make the salmon fit for fast swimming, turning 57 and leaping high out of the water.Some reach their river in summer, 58 in the early autumn. They have come hundreds, even, thousands of miles and it has taken them weeks a
22、nd months.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. More and more foreign are interested in Beijing City. (visit)60. All of us must be for our future. (responsibility)61. The son told his father that he had got the first prize in the reading
23、 contest. (happy)62. To tell you the , I failed the history exam. (true)63. We will have the celebration for the return of Hong Kong. (fifteen)64. He found a bag on the ground when he went to school. (lie) 65. Why not join in the summer camp? Its and exciting. (enjoy)66. His made us feel proud of hi
24、m. (succeed)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. Tom has his breakfast at 7:00 a. m. (改为否定句) Tom his breakfast at 7:00 a.m. 68. It is about 5 minutes walk from my home to school. （对划线部分提问） is it from your home to school?69. The child is so weak that he can
25、t lift the box. （保持句意基本不变） The child isnt to lift the box. 70. The waste water pollutes the rivers. （改为被动语态） The rivers by the waste water.71. What will the weather be like? Tom asked. （合并句子） Tom asked the weather be like. 72. If you work hard, you will do well in physics. （改为同义句） , and you will do
26、well in physics. 73.Susan said,“I prefer tea to coffee”. （改为宾语从句）Susan said that tea to coffee.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) The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤儿院）knew little about her. The
27、 streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something elseto be independent. At twenty-one
28、, she left the orphanage and began to work as a secretary. And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, is known to everyb
29、ody.Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her re
30、ports. “My English just wasnt good enough.” she said. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the
31、 University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she has spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many placesChina, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.74. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage,
