It is said that curry was made in India more than 5,000 years ago. Traditional Indian curry is spicy. Indian people usually have curry with rice. Curry soup is also one of their favorites. 88. Does India have the most people in the world? 89. What do Tagore?s poems describe?
90. Why do people call Bangalore the Silicon Valley of India? 91. Which elements do most Bollywood films have? 92. How do Indian people usually have curry? 93. Would you like to visit India? Why or why not? VII. Writing (作文) (共20分)
94. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “Let?s learn to smile.”. ( 以“让我们学会微笑”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)
注意：1. 短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。
2. 不得抄袭试卷中阅读文章，否则不给分。
Suggested points:
? Do you often smile in your daily life?
? Why should we learn to smile? (Give one or two examples.) ? What changes will we see if we smile more often?
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长宁区2013学年初三英语第一学期期末试卷答案
I. Listening Comprehension A. Listen and choose the right picture 1. Paper cutting is a traditional Chinese skill. 2. Li Qi is the winner of the Voice of China this year. 3. A new Disneyland Park will be open in Shanghai in 2015. 4. Eating enough vegetables and fruits is good for our health. 5. We can keep in touch with each other by sending emails. 6. My cousin works as a cook in a restaurant nearby.
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear 7. M: Who?s that girl? Is she Mary Brown?
W: Oh, no, she?s my new classmate, Jerry Black. Q: What?s the name of the girl? 8. M: What time does Flight 776 arrive?
W: At 11:30. But it may be late for an hour today because of the bad weather. Q: What time does Flight 776 usually arrive? 9. M: Have you finished reading Harry Potter?
W: Yes, I enjoy every page of it. It?s so exciting. Q: What are the two speakers probably talking about? 10. M: Excuse me. I want to complain about the milk.
W: What?s the problem?
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M: When I opened the carton, it was a funny colour. W: Oh, I?m very sorry about it. I?ll take care of it right away. Q: Where does this dialogue probably take place? 11. M: The blue shirt is 125 yuan and the red one is 145 yuan.
W: How much is the yellow one?
M: It's 135 yuan. It?s as expensive as the white one. Q: Which shirt is the cheapest?
12. M: What's the matter, little girl? Can I help you?
W: My mother brought me here. But I don't know where she is now. Q: What does the girl want to do? 13. M: What is news?
W: Well, let me put it this way--- If a dog bites you, it is not news, but if you bite a dog, it makes news.
Q: What?s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
14. M: The school newspaper is looking for someone who can write good stories. Why don?t
you have a try?
W: How do you know I didn?t? I was just asked to give them a funny story about school life next Friday. Q: What does the girl mean?
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false One day, a mouse saw the farmer put a mousetrap in the house. He hurried to warn the
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animals on the farm.
The animals said, “We are sorry to hear that, Mr. Mouse. But it?s none of our business.” That night, the mousetrap caught something. The farmer?s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a snake. The snake bit her. The farmer sent her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.
The next day, the farmer killed the chicken to make chicken soup for his wife. But she didn?t get better. So the farmer killed the pig, too. Still, she didn?t get well, and finally, she died. Many neighbors and friends came for her funeral. The farmer had to kill the cow to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse saw that and thought of the farm animals. “If they had listened to me and helped me get rid of the mousetrap, they wouldn't have been killed.”
So, when you hear someone is facing a problem and think it?s none of your business, remember: when one of us is in trouble, we will all probably be in danger. D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences
All around the world, people believe that some things are lucky and some are unlucky. Take New Year, for example. At 12 o?clock in Spain, you must eat 12 grapes, one for each strike of the clock. The British must make sure your first visitor in the New Year is a tall, dark man. He must enter your house through the front door and leave through the back door and bring a piece of coal with him! This will bring you good luck for the year. In Greece, people believe that blue eyes are very lucky. The blue eye is called ?the evil eye? because it stops bad things from happening. If you give someone a present, you must try to put some coins in it. This is because giving someone a little money will mean more money will come. Remember: when you?re in
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Greece, never pass someone a knife. You should put it down and let the other person pick it up. If you pass it to somebody you will get into a fight with that person.
Part 1 Listening
I. A. 1. H 2. G 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. F
B. 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B C. 15. F 16. T 17. F 18. F 19. T 20. T
D. 21. twelve o?clock 22. make sure 23. bad things 24. some coins 25. get into
Part 2 Phonetics , Vocabulary and Grammar
II. 26-30 BCCDB 31-35 ACAAC 36-40 DBDAB 41-45 ACDBD III. 46. C 47. B 48. E 49. D 50. E 51. C 52. B 53. A
IV. 54. enemies 55. death 56. seriously 57. memorize 58. wonder 59. recent 60. variety 61. independent V. 62. Did, clean 63. was, doing 64. care for
65. does he 66. won?t, unless 67. if / whether, had 68. It is very interesting to make a snowman.
Part 3 Reading and Writing
VI. A. 69. A 70. C 71. B 72.D 73. D 74. A B. 75. B 76.C 77. A 78. D 79. C 80. B
C. 81.world 82. after 83. invite 84.under 85. snow 86. warm 87. relax D. 88. No, it doesn?t.
89. They describe nature and his love for India.
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