2009-2010初三英语期末专项训练—— 阅读与表达
1. 崇文 - 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack(缺少) of concentration (注意力) is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability to study, so do their test results.
If so, use these tips to help you. Study Techniques
? You should always study in the same place. You shouldn‘t sit in a position that you use for another purpose. For example, when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax. Don‘t watch TV while you are studying. Experts warn that your concentration may be reduced by 50 percent if you attempt(尝试) to study in this way. Always try to have a white wall in front of you, so there is nothing to distract (make less concentrated) you. Before sitting down to study, gather together all the equipment you need. Besides your textbooks, pens, pencils and knives, make sure you have a dictionary. If your study desk or table is needed when you are not studying, store all your equipment in a box beside it.
? Your eyes will become tired if you try to read a text which is on a flat surface. Put your book at an angle (角度)of 30 degrees.
? Be realistic and don‘t try to complete too much in one study period. Finish one thing before beginning another. If you need a break, get up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat.
Test-taking Skills ? All your hard work will be for nothing if you are too nervous to take your test. Getting plenty of rest is very important. This means not studying all night before your test! It is a better idea to have a long-term study plan. Try to make a timetable for your study which lasts for a few months. ? Exercise is a great way to reduce pressure. Doing some form of exercise every day will also improve your concentration. Eat healthy food too.
? When you arrive in the examination room, find your seat and sit down. Breathe slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often. Above all, take no notice of everyone else and give the test paper your undivided attention. 65.What is students‘ biggest problem?
______________________________________________________________________________ 66.Is it good to study on a sofa?
______________________________________________________________________________ 67.What does the underlined word ―equipment‖ mean here?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 68.How many test-taking skills does the writer introduce?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. Why does the writer suggest doing exercise every day?
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2. 东城区-阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
For 13 years, his name was on the top of the list of the world‘s richest men. He is said to make $1 million an hour. But for Bill Gates, the founder of the world‘s biggest software company, Microsoft, money is just a tool.
In 2008, Gates said he would give all his money to help those in need. Since then, he has spent most of his time with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It‘s the world‘s biggest charity
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foundation (慈善基金会) under him and his wife.
But Gates was not born to help the poor. He didn‘t reply the letters asking for help. But in 1993, after a trip to Africa, he understood how much others needed his help. Then he changed his lifestyle. ―We knew that we were just holders of the money. Our money would go back to society,‖ said Gates.
His idea is shared with his best friend, Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world in 2008. ―Money is just like ?claim checks‘ (取货单) on society that I should give back,‖ said Buffett.
Buffett, 79 years old now, says he still loves Coca-Cola and burgers, wears old clothes and lives in the same house he bought 50 years ago. However, Buffett has decided to give 85 percent of his money to Gates' charity programs.
―Bill Gates has set an example to people like you and me,‖ said Leonard Pitts, a US writer. ―He has me thinking about things I can do to change my corner of the world.‖ 65. Was Bill Gates the richest man in the world for 13 years?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 66. What changed Bill Gates‘ life style?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 67. Who was the richest man in the world in 2008?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 68. How much money has Buffett decided to give to Gates‘ charity programs?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 69. What do Bill Gates and Warren Buffett think of money?
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3. 朝阳区 -阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Looking you in the eye Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone‘s eyes are different. So in the future you won‘t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You‘ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition(眼睛识别) programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain and Italy. Soon, this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.
However scientists are working on other systems(系统). Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark(痕迹) made by your finger(手指).
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don‘t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes. So the programme can be up to
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94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. Some programmes may only be right 51% of the time. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye. So smile! 65. Does the programme work because everyone‘s eyes are different? _________________________________________________________ 66. Where is the eye-recognition programme already being tested, in shops or in hospitals?
_________________________________________________________ 67. What will people have to do if they want the programme to tell who they are?
_________________________________________________________ 68. Why is the eye-recognition better than other kinds?
_________________________________________________________ 69. What are the advantages of using eye-recognition programme? _________________________________________________________
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4. 大兴区 - 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
得分 得分 得分 得分 A farmer is driving down the road and sees a sign that reads \He decides to at least look at the donkey to see if it is a good one. He talks to the
owner who tells him that the donkey is the fastest donkey alive, and that it is very different from other donkeys. The owner explains to the farmer that the donkey will only go on to walk when the words \The LORD(上帝)\is spoken and the more you say it the faster he will go. To stop the donkey, the owner says you‘ve got to say \to ride the donkey to see if the owner is telling the truth. He gets
on the donkey and shouts out ... \and the donkey takes off. The farmer then cries \is a pretty good distance from the owner, decides to see just how fast the donkey will go, so he shouts out \the LORD\and the donkey takes off .He repeats the words over and over until he is really moving it fast. The farmer looks up and sees he is coming up on a very high cliff(悬崖) that drops off to a deep canyon（山涧） below, and decides he had better stop the donkey, when he realizes he has forgotten what the word is to stop the donkey...Hoping to hit the right word, nervously and hurriedly he starts to use words... \\\JESUS!\\GRACE!\he cries ... \To which the donkey stops dead in his tracks. The farmer, out of breath and shaking from the fear wipes the sweat from his face and looks up to heaven and says \
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70.Does the farmer decide to have a look at the donkey?
________________________________________________________________ 71. What should you say if you want the donkey to walk?
________________________________________________________________ 72. How does the farmer do to make the donkey running fast?
_________________________________________________________________ 73. When does the farmer hit the words \
_________________________________________________________________ 74. What do you think will happen next?
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5. 延庆- 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In fact, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study without much work. Here‘s how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a 1ist of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn‘t take all of your time. Don‘t forget to leave yourself enough time for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk or just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen carefully to what the teacher says. Careful
listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to help you with your studying. I believe you can find many other ways besides these.（221）
65. Can anyone become a better student if he or she wants to?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 66. How many ways does the author mentioned?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 67. Why does the author ask you to leave enough time for hobby?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. If you want to make good use of your time in class, what should you do?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What‘s the passage mainly about?
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6. 丰台 - 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, in America. But when he was there, he did things in
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different ways. For example, he didn‘t like the doctors‘ white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients, and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn‘t like Adams very much because he was too different.
Adams believed that people in hospital need more than just medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them, not just as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face so he looked like a clown and made the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called The Gesundheit Institute, with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, ―Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who‘s a friend. I enjoyed playing him‖ 65. Was Hunter Adams a doctor?
__________________________________________________________________ 66. Where was the medical school?
__________________________________________________________________ 67. How did Hunter Adams make children in the hospital laugh?
__________________________________________________________________ 68. What did Hunter Adams do after he finished medical school and became a doctor? ___________________________________________________________________ 69. In Hunter Adams‘ opinion, what was a good doctor like ?
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7. 房山区- 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
These strategies or skills will help you learn how to take tests and show what you know.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Mark the best answer from a list of choices for a multiple-choice test.
Read Test Directions Carefully. Directions tell what you need to do. The key words like best, always, only, all, and never will help you find the correct answer. Sentences with those words are usually not true.
Directions: Read each question. Circle the best answer. For example:
4. Which is the fastest way of traveling? Direction
A. By train. B. By ship. C. By plane. D. By bus.
Plan Your Time
Pass over hard questions. If you have time, you can go back to them later. Read Items (题干) Again
If you are not sure about an answer, read the item again. Think about all the answer choices. Which one seems best?
SHORT-ANSWER TEST
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In a short-answer test, write a word, a group of words, or a sentence to answer a question. Look for key words like who or what that tell you what to write in the answer. For example: 12. What do people have to take when they travel around?
Food, water and money.
PASSAGE-WRITING TEST
For a passage-writing test, write one or more paragraphs to finish writing. First, you must read item and find key words. Second, you can read the key words two times or more. And then you‘d better think them over and know you exactly what to do.
Plan Your Answer
Think about the key words and the topic and write every thing you know about the topic on a piece of your own paper. This can help you organize (组织) your writing.
Write Your Passage
You can try to begin to write the passage. You may use the given words on the paper to write a beginning and use what you know about the topic to write your passage. Then you can write a topic sentence for each paragraph or the important information in the body. Finally you should read your passage before you hand it in.
You may try these strategies in today's test. We hope you'll have a great success. Good luck!(337)
65. How many kinds of tests are talked about in the passage?
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66. Do we need to plan our time when we have a test?
________________________________________________________________________ 67. What should you do when you take a short-answer test?
________________________________________________________________________ 68. What is the best way or most important for students while they are taking any of the tests?
________________________________________________________________________ 69. What does the passage mainly talk about?
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8. 通州- 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Reading is a very important skill. Reading is also an excellent way to improve your English. However, to make sure what you read isn‘t too difficult, it‘s important to know what makes passages difficult and how you can improve your understanding of them. Here are some suggestions:
Firstly, the way you read something depends very much on your purpose(目的) for reading it. The kind of reading you do in class or for your homework is different from how you read a novel(小说) for pleasure in the summer holidays.
Next, find something out about the topic(主题) you are going to read. The more background
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information you have, the easier it‘ll be to understand the text. You can get this background information in your own language.
Then, of course, reading itself is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary(词汇量), but there are many other things you can do. The more vocabulary you have, the easier your reading will be.
And finally, a common mistake(错误) is to read everything very slowly and carefully, looking up each unknown word. Sometimes this is necessary. However, it takes a long time and can be very boring, it can even make understanding more difficult! Using your dictionary correctly(正确地) is important.
If you‘ve followed the above advice and still can‘t understand a text, then it‘s simply too hard for you. Stop reading and ask someone to help you. Nobody likes to give up, but you‘ll just be wasting your time if you continue to work at a text that‘s too difficult for you. 15. Is reading important for you?
_________________________________________________________________ 16. How can you get background information?
_________________________________________________________________ 17. What‘s the mistake people often make when they are reading?
_________________________________________________________________ 18. According to the passage, what are the main suggestions for reading?
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9. 怀柔区-阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
When you wanted to buy something in the past, what would you do? You would go out and buy them in a store or supermarket. But now in 21st century, there is a new way to do－it is to buy it online. How incredible(不可思议), isn‘t it?
There are many good reasons to shop online. First of all, it is convenient. When you want to buy something, you do not need to go out, but to sit before your computer and look through the web pages such as JOYO or EBAY. Then you choose what you want and buy it with just a click（点击）of your mouse(鼠标). Shopping online can help you save lots of time, money and energy.
The advantage of shopping online is there are much more goods online which you have never seen in the store. For example, some books were printed several years ago might not be sold in the stores, but you can buy them online!
Finally, with technology improvement, shopping online has become safe. You can check the information of the owner before you decide to buy and pay for the goods. You can make payment online and you don‘t need to worry that your information may be stolen.
If you want to enjoy shopping, you can choose online shopping to get what you want.
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65. Is shopping online convenient?
__________________________________________________________________ 66. What can shopping online help you save ?
__________________________________________________________________ 67. Where can you buy books that aren‘t sold in the store?
__________________________________________________________________ 68. Why has shopping online become safe?
___________________________________________________________________ 69. What can you do before you decide to buy and pay for the goods online?
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10. 密云 -阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
On my first day of high school．I saw a boy from my class walking back home after school．His name was David．He was carrying his books．As 1 was walking, I saw a group of kids running toward him, knocking all his books out of his arms．And then they ran away．David fell down and his glasses went flying．He looked up and I saw sadness in his eyes．1 helped him to look for his glasses and said．―The kids with bad manners should be punished.‖ There was a big smile that showed real gratitude(感激)on his face．
From then on, we became friends．The more I got to know David，the more I liked him．During the next four years，we always studied，played together and had a happy time．
On graduation(毕业)day，I could see that he was nervous about his speech．So I said，―Hey，you will be the best!‖ Then he began，―Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you succeed through those difficult years．Our parents，our teachers，but mostly our friends．Being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them．I‘ll tell you a story…‖ I just looked at the handsome popular boy in amazement as he told the story of the first day we met．
Everyone was surprised to hear all about his hardest moment．I saw his Mom and Dad looking at me and smiling that same thankful smile．Not until that moment did I realize its deep meaning．Never underestimate(低估)the power of your actions．With one small action，you can change a person‘s life．As you can see，―Friends are angels(天使) to make us rise when our wings(翅膀) have problems flying.‖ 65. Were David and the writer in the same class?
_____________________________________________________________________ 66. When did they become good friends?
_____________________________________________________________________ 67. How long did they study in the high school?
_____________________________________________________________________ 68. How did the writer feel when David made a speech?
_____________________________________________________________________ 69. Why did David make such a speech?
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11. 平谷区- 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last seven miles of the Boston Marathon. It took him one hour and 15 minutes to run the seven miles. After his run, he went to the medical center to have his blood pressure(血压)checked. The nurse was surprised and pleased to see that his blood pressure was good.
Johnny Kelley is known as the great grandfather of the Boston Marathon. He ran the whole 26 miles of the marathon 61 times. This year was the second time that he has cut back and run only part of it. Kelley holds the record for running more Boston Marathons than anyone else. To honor kelley, a statue (塑像)of him has been placed along the marathon route.
Thousands of people cheer for him as he runs the course. Today, an 11-year-old boy called out to Kelley, ―Hey, Mr Kelley—you‘re great!‖ Kelley nods and thanks peple as he runs. ―It‘s wonderful,‖ he says. ―People come out in the road to shake my hand. I‘m cheered by thousands and thousands. I think a lot of them thought I ran the whole race. And maybe they cheered me because they know me after all these years and they don‘t know the other runners.‖ 57. Is Johnny Kelley 86 years old?
_____________________________________________________________. 58. How long did it take him to run the last seven miles?
_____________________________________________________________. 59. How many times did he run the whole 26 miles of the marathon?
_____________________________________________________________. 60. What has been placed along the marathon route to honor Kelley?
_____________________________________________________________. 61. Why do people cheer for Kelly as he runs?
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12. 石景山 -阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Every child in Great Britain will receive a full-time education until the age of sixteen. If a child fails to enter school, a government official will visit his or her home to find out why. If there is not a good reason, their parents may be punished. Parents have some choice about what schools their children go to. Most parents send their children to state school, where tuition（学费） and
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textbooks are free. The opposite of state schools is public schools, where tuition is required.
The school year begins in September and it has three terms. There are three main holidays. These holidays take place at Christmas. The summer holiday is the longest and usually lasts from the middle of July to the beginning of September.
Education is divided into two main stages – primary school and secondary school. Primary schools are for students from the age of five to eleven. Core（核心） subjects that are taught are Maths, English, History, Geography, Science, Art, Music and Physical Education. Secondary schools are for students from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen. The same core subjects are taught as well as other subjects such as Economics, Technology and Computer Studies. Three important public exams are taken at the ages of eleven, sixteen and eighteen. After the age of sixteen, students can either find a job or go on with Higher Education. This is a term used to describe all education received after the compulsory（义务的） age limit of sixteen, in sixth form colleges and universities. There are almost one hundred universities in Great Britain. The most famous ones are Oxford University and Cambridge University.
65. Will the children in England receive a full-time education until the age of 16?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 66. Why do most parents send their children to state school?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 67. When does the school year begin in England?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 68. What can students do after the age of 16 according to the passage?
_______________________________________________________________________________ 69. What do 11-year-old students and 16-year-old students have in common（共同点）? _______________________________________________________________________________
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