长宁区2011学年度第二学期初三英语模拟试卷
（满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
考生注意：本卷有10大题，共99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. Listen and choose the right picture（根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）：（共6分）
A B C D
E F G
1. _______ 2._______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ 6. _______
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）：（共10分）
7. A) By ship. B) By train. C) By plane. D) By car. 8. A) 100 yuan. B) 200 yuan. C) 180 yuan. D) 280 yuan.
9. A) In Jane’s room. B) In Mike’s room. C) On Jane’s chair. D) On Kitty’s chair. 10. A) A toy. B) A book. C) A cake. D) A card. 11. A) Because he has already seen the movie.
B) Because he will have to do much work. C) Because he will have to do his homework. D) Because he won’t be free on Sunday.
12. A) Every day. B) Every month. C) Once a week. D) Twice a month. 13. A) He is going to attend a meeting. B) He is going to study English himself.
C) He is going to help Stella with English. D) He is going to meet Stella in her office. 14. A) A shop assistant and a customer. B) A doctor and a patient.
C) A husband and a wife. D) A waiter and a customer. 15. A) About two hours. B) About two and a half hours.
C)About three hours. D) About three and a half hours.
16. A) How to stop the pollution. B) What to do to stop using plastic bags.
C)How to plant more trees. D) What to do on Tree Planting Day.
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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）：（共7分） 17. Jane gets her first call when she is having breakfast.
18. As a new mother, Ann knows little about how to take care of her baby.
19. Mr. Johnson is badly ill, so Jane goes to help him wash and put on his clothes. 20. Jane often goes to the old people’s home and works till night.
21. Jane answers the old people’s questions and helps them take their medicines. 22. Sometimes Jane can be called late at night and she becomes tired of her work. 23. From the passage we know Jane is probably a nurse in the community(社区).
IV. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences（听短文，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词）：（共7分）
24. A father wanted his sons to learn not to judge a person too ________. 25. He sent his four sons to go and look at a ________ tree.
26. The first son went in winter and the ________ went in autumn.
27. The second son said the tree was not ugly, but covered with ________ buds (芽).
28. The last son disagreed with ________ of his brothers and said it was full of fruits and life. 29. The father explained to his sons that they ________ only one season in the tree’s life. 30. From the story we learn if we give up half way we will ________ the hope.
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分 词汇和语法）
V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)
31. There is ________ international school near the new housing estate. A) an B) a C) the D) / 32. Don’t add too much salt ________ the soup, or it will be too salty. A) in
B) on
C) to
D) at
33. There is ________ snow in Shenzhen in winter, is there? A) few B) a few C) little D) a little 34. My deskmate Flora’s handwriting is much better than ________. A) me A) speech
B) mine C) I B) talk
C) voice
D) my D) sound
35. At the foot of the hill, you can hear nothing but the ________ of the running water. 36. Don’t worry, Wendy can look after your bird ________ when you’re out. A) care B) careful C) careless D) carefully 37. Tourists enjoy ________ in the sea at the beautiful beaches in Bangkok. A) swim B) to swim C) swimming D) to swimming 38. The iPad is one of ________ among the young people all over the world. A) the most popular tablet computers B) the most popular tablet computer C) the more popular tablet computers D) the more popular tablet computer 39. --________ has the foreign teacher been in Shanghai? --For one year.
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A) How often A) makes
B) How soon B) is making
C) How long D) How far C) was making
D) made
40. When I arrived home yesterday, Grandpa________ a phone call. 41. The cheese cake smelt so _________ that the kid asked for more. A) well B) sweet C) awful D) badly 42. Plants and flowers ________ water and sun when they start growing. A) need to
B) don’t need
C) needn’t
D) need
43. My parents ______ about 30,000 yuan for my college education in UK each year. A) spend B) take C) pay D) cost 44. She must be ________ forty, but she likes dressing up as a young girl. A) at first B) at last C) at least D) at most
45. It’s not a good idea to make the boy ________ the new words again and again. A) copies A) took up the Knicks. A) is refused A) but
B) was refused
C) has been refused D) will be refused C) so
D) though
48. I like summer best among the four seasons, ________ I can enjoy the long summer vacation.
B) because
49. Excuse me, could you please tell us ________? A) how can we get to the airport C) how could we get to the airport --________
A) That’s very kind of you. C) You’re welcome.
Ⅵ. Complete the following passage with the words or expressions in the box(将下列单词或词组填入空格,每个词语只能填一次)：(共8分)
A. help B. are kind to C. cold D. died E. instead F. in their bed G. picture H. hole I. find
Two travelling angels (天使) were tired and hungry. They wanted to stay in a rich family for the night. The family were unfriendly and let them stay in a very ____51____ room. When they were making the bed on the hard floor, the elder angel saw a ____52____ in the wall. And then she repaired it. The younger angel asked, “Why do you ____53____ them?” the elder angel said, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the two angels came to a poor family. The family were very nice and friendly. They let the angels sleep ____54____. The next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife
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B) copy B) took off
C) to copy C) took out
D) copying D) took away
46. Young Jimmy ________ painting two weeks ago, but soon he lost interest in it.
47. Shu-How Lin ________ by two NBA teams years ago, but now he has become a bright star in
B) how we can get to the airport D) how we could get to the airport
50. --Would you like me to help you with the housework?
B) That’s a good idea. D) Not at all.
were very sad. Their only cow ____55____ that night. “The family have nothing, but they ____56____ us. Why do you let the cow die?” the younger angel asked.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the elder angel said. “When we were in the cold room in the rich family, I saw there was gold in that hole in the wall. I didn’t want the rich man to ____57____ it.”
“Last night when we slept in the farmer’s bed, the devil (恶魔) of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow ____58____.”
“Oh, I see,” said the younger angel. Ⅶ. 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. The golden fish said to the fisherman, “All your ________ will come true.” (wish) 60. Although Peter is five years old, he is learning to make the bed by ________ . (he) 61. Lucy and Linda are twins. They were born on the ________ of November. (four) 62. Helen’s teacher was so ________ with the great progress she made this term. (please) 63. The Magic Hotel is amazing because it’s ________ underwater. (complete)
64. Sandy likes drawing very much and she believes it can ________ her whole life. (rich) 65. Because of the warm and ________ weather, oranges grow very well here. (sun) 66. The students are doing experiments in the lab with some new ________. (chemistry) Ⅷ. 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. He usually reads books in the library in his spare time. (改为否定句) He _______ often ________ books in the library in his spare time. 68. David’s father has never been to Australia before. (改为反意疑问句) David’s father has never been to Australia before, ________ ________?
69. Grandma opened the window in order to breathe the fresh air. (保持句意基本不变） Grandma opened the window ________ ________ she could breathe the fresh air. 70. Little Tommy is playing happily with his cousin in the garden.（改成感叹句） ________ ________ Little Tommy is playing with his cousin in the garden! 71. London will hold the 30th Olympic Games in July, 2012. (改成被动语态)
The 30th Olympic Games will ________ ________ in London in July, 2012. 72. Jim goes to the dentist to wash his teeth every six months. (对划线部分提问) ______ _______ does Jim go to the dentist to wash his teeth?
73. The traffic in the city is more convenient than that in the countryside. (保持句意基本不变) The traffic in the countryside is not ________ convenient ________ that in the city.
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
Ⅸ. 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）
It's a lovely day. Sarah is going to have a picnic in the park with her friends. She has prepared
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much food, some meat and some vegetables. All are the daily food in our life. But do you know where some of them came from?
Chicken
Chickens were once wild birds in the forest of Asia. Around 3,400 years ago, men began to use chickens. But the birds were small and their meat was hard to eat. So people only kept chickens to fight for sport.
Chocolate
The seed of the cocoa tree can be made into chocolate. But 2,000 years ago, people in Central America only drank chocolate. In Europe, chocolate drinks were not popular until the 1500s when sugar was added to them.
Tomatoes
At first, people were afraid of eating tomatoes because they belong to a family of poisonous plants. One day, a brave man ate the first tomato. People were surprised that he didn't die. They tried the tomatoes and found that they tasted good. Soon tomatoes became very popular. The French even gave them a special name, Love Apples.
Ice cream
Long before ice cream, water ices were popular throughout Asia. During the Tang Dynasty, some people created ice cream from milk. Later, travelers took this idea back to Europe. Soon, many people wanted to try it and the dessert became popular everywhere. 74. Sarah has prepared much food to ______. A. have a picnic with her friends in the park B. know something about animals and plants C. find out where some of the food came from D. tell stories about daily food in our life 75. Around 3,400 years ago, people ______.
A. kept chickens as wild birds in the forest of Asia B. kept some small birds to eat their hard meat C. began to keep chickens as a kind of food D. began to keep chickens to fight for sport
76. Chocolate drinks became popular in Europe ______.
A. 2,000 years ago B. in the 1500s C. before sugar was added D. after American people ate chocolate
77. From the story about tomatoes, we know that if someone eats something poisonous, he may ______.
A. become brave B. feel surprised C. lose his life D. become popular 78. ______ created ice cream.
A. Some people in Asia B. A king of the Tang Dynasty C. Some people in Europe D. A traveler to Asia 79. The best title for the passage is \
A. Sarah's picnic
B. Daily food in our life
C. We eat these food every day!
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