A) the teacher came in with a case C) the boy went on with his work
B) the writer wanted fresh air D) the boy agreed to have a rest
77. What happened after a few weeks?
A) The writer didn’t allow the boy to help at the library. B) The boy’s teacher invited the writer to dinner one day. C) The boy’s family moved to another nearby school area. D) The boy didn’t want to find the lost books again.
A) It was not long before the boy went back to the writer’s library. B) The writer didn’t think that the boy was an ordinary kid at first. C) The boy’s parents sent him back because he didn’t have a strong will. D) The writer knew the boy would become a wizard of the Information Age. A) A Strong Will C) An Ordinary Kid
B) View Ridge School Library D) Founder of Microsoft
78. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
79. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
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）
“Will you lend me fifty dollars? I’ll pay it right back.” The saying goes: Lend money to a friend and you 80 the money and the friend. It may be a simple matter of a friend asking you to pay for a sandwich because he or she forgot to bring money. Or it could be you pay for your friend’s bus fare because all your friend has is a large 81 . Or you may lend larger amounts of money. Here is what some people have to say about this sensitive issue. My parents give me a monthly allowance of $200. Some time ago I lent $150 to two friends. One paid me back months later after I begged and pleaded for the money back, and the other friend 82 . I had to borrow money from my sister to pay for my things. I learned only to lend money when I don’t need it. Do you think I’m right? Clyde A close friend of mine has the habit of asking me to lend her money. Once she still owed me money, but she asked to borrow some more. She promised to pay me back within a week, but she never did. What makes me 83 is that she went to Mexico on holiday with my money! I don’t want to lose 6
her friendship. What can I do? Angela If you feel that you want to help a friend financially（经济上）, it is 84 to give the money as a gift that doesn’t need to be repaid. So when your friend spends money on something silly you won’t be upset about it. Do you agree? Rebecca I never lend money to friends. I prefer to give money when someone needs it. Maybe I’ll get it back, or maybe I won’t. I just sent a guy some money. I didn’t tell him. It’s a 85 . He’s out of work, and this is where the rent for next month is coming from. When he gets a job, he’ll probably pay me back. Don’t you think I’m right? Herbert
80. A) keep 81. A) size 82. A) disappeared 83. A) happy 84. A) difficult 85. A) joke
B) make B) car B) agreed B) mad B) best B) chance
C) pay C) bill C) returned C) tired C) foolish C) surprise
D) lose D) house D) came D) healthy D) wrong D) story
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）
It was 15 years ago when I first came to Maine. Every March I was worried that spring might not come this year. The hills, sky and forest were gray, like an old painting. “Just wait,” a neighbor said. “You’ll w 86 up one morning and spring will just be there.”
Then there was an old apple tree. It sat on an undeveloped field in my neighborhood. It belonged to no one and therefore to e 87 . The tree’s dark branches sprawled (伸展)in the sky freely. No one ever pruned (修剪)it, but each spring it blossomed and the air became nice with the good s 88 of apples.
Until last year, I thought I was the only one aware of this tree. And then one day, I thought it should be pruned. I set out with a tool to remove a few branches. My neighbors heard me and they opened their doors to watch me. These were people I h 89 knew and spoke to, but it was as if I had come into their personal gardens.
My mobile-home neighbor was the first to speak. “You’re not cutting it down, are you?” Another neighbor warned me, “Don’t kill it, now!” Soon half the neighborhood had j 90 me under the apple tree. It struck me that I had lived there for five years and only now was learning these people’s names, what they did for a living and how they passed the winter. It was as if the old apple tree was gathering us under its branches --- for knowing each other and sharing wonder.
One thaw（融化n.）l 91 to another. Just the other day I saw one of my neighbors at the local store. We had a chat. He said this recent winter had been especially long and he felt s 92 not having seen or spoken to anyone in our neighborhood. And then, he looked at me and said, “We need to prune that apple tree again.”
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a famous singer or movie star? Many talented, or good, singers dream about having a hit song, but few people actually reach that goal. Kelly Clarkson was an unknown singer and actress with such a dream. Clarkson was born in Texas in 1982. She had a difficult childhood because she moved from place to place with her mother.
Singing was not Clarkson’s only dream. When she was 11 years old, she wanted to become a marine biologist. But a teacher heard her singing and asked her to be a member of the school choir（合唱队）in the same year. She loved to sing but had never had formal training. In high school, she continued to sing and perform.
After graduating from high school, Clarkson made a short CD of her singing, but no recording companies were interested in her. She decided to move to Hollywood, California, because she wanted to become a professional singer or actress. After two years with little success, she moved back to Texas.
In 2002, her friends encouraged her to enter the new TV competition, American Idol. She
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entered the contest, along with 10,000 other hopeful singers. She was one of the 30 finalists. Her beautiful voice and talented performances helped her win the competition. Since that time, she has released（发行）two albums（专辑） and has continued to be a popular and successful singer. Winning the contest was the turning point in her professional career（专业生涯）. Since that contest, her life has never been the same. 93. Where and when was Kelly Clarkson born?
94. When did the teacher ask Clarkson to be a member of the school choir? 95. Why did Clarkson move to Hollywood ? 96. What did Clarkson do in 2002?
97. How many singers reached the final of the competition? 98. What do you learn from Kelly Clarkson’s success?
VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)
99. Write at least 60 words about the topic “I want to say thanks to my …”. （以“我想
对……说声谢谢”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。) Use the following points as a reference. （以下问题仅供参考）
? Whom do you want to say thanks to?
? Why do you want to say thanks to him or her?
（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。） ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
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2011学年第二学期初三英语模拟考试听力文字及参考答案 2012-5
Ⅰ. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片)
1. Sam usually plays basketball with his friends at the weekend. 2. Nowadays people are worried about the safety of food. 3. My cousin Kevin is fond of collecting stamps.
4. Linda often helps her mother wash the dishes after dinner. 5. Look at the sign, please. You are not allowed to smoke here.
6. More people own private cars, so the traffic in big cities is becoming worse
Ⅱ. 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) 7. W: What’s your hobby, John?
M: I like fishing. How about you, Jane?
W: Well, I have several hobbies, reading , swimming and skating. Q: What’s John’s hobby?
8. W: Is this yellow shirt yours, Tom? M: No, mine is blue. Perhaps it’s Ben’s. W: No. Ben’s shirt is white. Q: What color is Tom’s shirt ?
9. W: The concert will start at 8:00. We’d better hurry. M: Don’t worry. We still have fifteen minutes left.
Q: What time is it?
10. M: Hi , Betty! Does your mother teach English or Maths? W: Neither. She teaches History. How about your mother, Peter? M: My mother is an Art teacher. Q: What subject does Betty’s mother teach?
11. M: How do you usually go to work, Sally?
W: Well, I usually go to work by bike. Bicycle riding is good exercise, you know. But I
take a bus on rainy days. How about you, Mike?
M: I live far away from my work, so I take the underground every day. It’s quick and
convenient.
Q: How does Sally go to work on rainy days?
12. W: May I take your order, sir?
M: Yes. I’ll have two Super King Size hamburgers, please. W: Anything to drink with that? M: A cup of orange juice, please.
Q: Where does the dialogue most likely take place?
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13. M: The room was so warm and the lecture so boring that I almost fell asleep
W: How about a cup of coffee? M: Sounds great!
Q: What will the two speakers probably do ?
14. M: My radio doesn’t work. What do you think I should do?
W: Why not call Mr. Jones? Q: What does the woman mean?
15. M: The telephone company says that they can send a man between one and three tomorrow
afternoon. But someone has to be at home to let him in.
W: Well, I guess I’ll have to leave work at noon. We can’t go any longer without a
telephone.
Q: What does the woman have to do tomorrow?
16. W: When do you think that I can go home, doctor?
M: Well, you came in on Monday and today is Friday. I’d say that you could probably leave
tomorrow, but I don’t want you to go back to work for several weeks. Q: What’s the relationship between the two speakers.
Ⅲ. 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)
Twenty-four-year-old Emma comes from Manchester, in the north of England, but now she doesn’t live in England; she lives in the United States. Her apartment is near the beach in Santa Rosa, California. “It’s fantastic,” she says. “I go swimming every morning.” Emma is an actress; she lives in Los Angeles because it’s near Hollywood, the home of the American film industry. “I love the way of life here in Hollywood,” she says. “It’s a beautiful and exciting place… The weather’s really good – it doesn’t rain very much, like at home! – the people are open and everyone looks so good! The only problem is that people think my English is strange… when I speak to taxi drivers, sometimes they don’t understand me!”
IV. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences (根据你听到的短文内容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词)
Tim Berners-Lee looks ordinary – he is about 45 years old and has brown hair. His life is quite normal – he was born in a small town in England, but his home is now in Massachusetts, USA. But, in 1989, Tim had a very important idea. He invented the World Wide Web (www)!
Tim went to school in London. His parents were both engineers and worked with computers, so it isn’t surprising that he loved computers from an early age. When he was eighteen, he left school and went to Oxford University, where he studied Physics. At Oxford, he became more and more interested in computers, and he made his first computer from an old television. He graduated in1976 and got a job with a computer company in Dorset, England. In 1989, he went to work in Switzerland, where he first had the idea of an international information network linked by computer… and he decided to call it the World Wide Web. In 1994, he went to live in the United States, where he now works. In 1995, he wrote an article in The New York Times where he said
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“The Web is a Universe of information: it is for everyone.” His idea of a web, where people from all over the world can exchange information, is now real.
参考答案
I.
A: 1E 2D 3B 4C 5A 6G
B. 7B 8C 9A 10D 11A 12D 13C 14D 15A 16C C. 17F 18T 19F 20T 21T 22F 23F
D. 24. brown 25. small 26. engineers 27. eighteen / 18 28. old 29.network
30. live
II. 31 B 32A 33C 34D 35C 36B 37A 38D 39B 40D 41C 42C 43A 44B 45C 46B 47D 48D 49C 50A
III. 51B 52D 53A 54C 55I 56E 57F 58G
IV 59. lives 60. twelfth 61. Its 62. careless 63. unhappy 64. politely 65. entrance 66. succeed
V. 67. Does, take 68. has she 69. How did 70. if/whether, caught 71. be built
72. not to 73. would rather VI.
A: 74D 75B 76D 77C 78A 79A B: 80D 81C 82A 83B 84B 85C
C: 86. wake 87. everyone/everybody 88. smell 89. hardly 90. joined 91. led
92. sorry D:
93. (She was born) in Texas in 1982.
94. After the teacher heard her singing. / When she was 11 years old./ In 1993. 95. Because she wanted to become a professional singer or actress.
96. She entered the singing contest / She entered the new TV competition, American Idol. 97. 30 (singers reached the final).
98. Any reasonable answer will be accepted ( The secret of success is hard work. / Where there
is a will, there is a way. / … ) VII. 99（略）
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