德州市二〇一八年初中学业水平考试
英语模拟卷
（时间：120分钟 满分：150分）
一．听力测试（共28小题，计42分）
（一）录音中有两个句子，每个句子读两遍，然后从每小题ABC中选出能对每个句子做出适当反应的答语。（5分）
1.A.Thank you. B.I don't think so. C.It doesn't matter. 2.A.Yes, I'd love to. B.You're welcome. C.You'd better not. 3.A.Good idea. B.Don't worry. C.You are so funny. 4.A.Be careful. B.Good luck. C.That's OK. 5.A.OK, I will. B.Yes, please. C.I hope so.
（二）录音中有三个句子，每个句子对应一幅图片，每个句子听两遍，然后选择与句子内容相对应的图片。（3分）
(三)录音中有六组对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题ABC中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。（6分）
1.What does the woman need?
A.A watch. B.A camera. C.An umbrella. 2.What is Tom going to do during the holiday?
A.To play the piano. B.To read some books.C.To see a movie. 3.What does Jenny look like now?
A.Tall and thin. B.Short and thin. C.Heavy and tall. 4.Whose T-shirt is this?
A.Bob's. B.Mary's. C.Mike's. 5.Where are they probably talking?
A.At the bus station. B.At the train station. C.At the airport 6.What does Tina do?
A.A reporter. B.A student. C.A teacher.
(四)录音中有两段长对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题ABC中选出能回答所给问题的正确答案。（6分）
听第一段对话，回答1和2小题。
1.How will the speakers go to Shanghai this Saturday?
A.By plane. B.By coach. C.By train. 2.Where are the speakers going to meet?
A.In the town square. B.At the school gate. C.At a bus stop.
3.Who will drive them to the station.
A.The man?s father B.The man?s mother C.no one. 听第二段对话，回答4至5小题。 4.What's wrong with Bob?
A.He has a toothache. B.His arms hurt. C.His leg is broken. 5.What does the woman advise Bob to do?
A.Have a cup of tea. B.Go to hospital. C.Color fewer boxes. 6.What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A.Guide and tourist. B.Husband and wife. C.Doctor and patient.
（五）录音中有一段长对话，听对话一遍后判断下列句子正误“T”或“F” 1.It is helpful to eat some chicken soup to fight a cold.
2.To get enough protein and be healthy, people must eat meat. 3.Protein can be found in tofu, eggs and some vegetables.
（六）听力填表（5分）
二．阅读理解（共20小题，计50分）
阅读下列短文，然后从每小题ABCD中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的正确答案。
A
Luca Gramberini has been scuba-diving(戴水肺潜水) since he was a kid. His family owns a scuba company. For the past three summers, Luca has added gardening to his underwater activities. He helps run Nemo's Garden, a project to grow plants in the sea.
From May through September, Luca and other divers are working on Nemo's Garden in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 feet from the coast of Noli, Italy. Five large balloon-like objects, called biosphere(生物圈), hold plants such as beans and strawberries. The biosphere is filled with air and placed 20 feet below the surface. “My father came up with the idea because he loves gardening very much,” Luca said.
According to Luca, the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable, changing little from day to night. The biosphere acts like greenhouses. Inside the air-filled biosphere, fresh water keeps evaporating(蒸发), providing the plants with a good environment to grow in. “We have already seen the plants, grow faster and better,” Luca says. “And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biosphere during the summer.”
Luca hopes Nemo's Garden will provide a new way of growing crops. “There is not enough land on the Earth,” he says. “And in many developing countries, bad conditions
make it difficult for crops to grow.”
Though the project has just started, Nemo's Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas. “We're going to try growing other plants,” Luca says. “We hope to set up biosphere in other countries. There are many possibilities.” 1.Nemo's Garden is a project to ________.
A.do scuba-diving in the sea B.stop storms in the sea
C.make fresh water from the sea D.grow plants under the water 2.How long do Luca and other divers work on Nemo's Garden?
A.One month. B.Five months. C.Four months. D.Three months.
3.The underlined word “stable” in Paragraph 3 means “_______” in Chinese. A.平衡的 B.正常的 C.稳定的 D.合适的 4.The passage is probably taken from the _______ part of a newspaper. A.travel B.scienceC.healthD.sports 5.The best title for this passage is _______.
A.Gardens in the Sea B.Projects for Summer Activities C.Plants in Greenhouses D.Conditions for Crop Growing
B
It may be hard to believe, but the American Revolution(革命)—the war that freed the American states from British control—began over a cup of tea. Tea was not the only thing that caused the war, of course, but it played a very big part.
The British people's love of tea is well-known. When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s, they brought their tea-drinking habits with them. Tea quickly became the continent?s most popular drink. As tea could not be grown locally, just as in Britain, it was shipped into the country—mostly from India.
In the early 1700s, the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company, as an English trading company. They agreed that no other company was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain, including America. It was a great deal for the East India Company, since it meant that the company could decide whatever price it wanted for its products. And it always decided on a high price! In North America, the local people did not like having to pay such high prices. Instead of overpaying for tea from the British, they turned to Dutch traders, who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good—and much less expensive. Although this broke the law, the American people didn't care. They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price. The East India Company, however, didn't like this at all. By the 1760s, they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders—a huge amount of money in a time when ￡60 a year was considered a good income. Instead of reducing their prices to compete with the Dutch, the company asked the British government for help and the government agreed.
In 1767, the British introduced new laws that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America. These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything. The American leaders asked the British government not to do so, but the British refused to listen. These unfair laws increased Americans' anger about British rule and the rest, as they say, is history. 6.In the early 1700s where did most tea drunk in America come from? A.China. B.India. C.America. D.Britain. 7.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to(指) _______. A.the tea maker B.the American government C.the British government D.the East India Company
8.Why did many Americans begin to buy tea from the Dutch traders? A.The tea was much cheaper. B.The tea was a lot healthier.
C.They could buy it more easily. D.They didn't want to support the British. 9.What did the East India Company do to stop losing money?
A.It reduced the price of its tea. B.It improved the taste of its tea.
C.It introduced a new kind of tea. D.It asked the British government for help. 10.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Tea trade in eighteenth century America.
B.The relationship between America and Britain.
C.A reason for the start of the American Revolutionary War. D.The introduction of British tea-drinking habits into America.
C
Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases
they produce.
Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.
While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ideas is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun's energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons—the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp's batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt LED light for two hours—enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.
The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity. 11.What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1? A.Theyare difficult to use and create pollution. B.Theyare expensive to buy and easily damaged. C.Theyare difficult to repair and produce little light. D.They are expensive to use and can be bad for health.
12.The electricity made by the Plant Lamp comes from ________.
A.plant food B.plantwasteC.the soil's heat D.the sun's energy 13.Which is TRUE about the Plant Lamp?
A.It can be made by local people.
B.It is much easier to use than oil lamps.
C.It can produce all the electricity the village need.
D.The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find.
14.The Plant Lamp's inventor believes it could be most helpful for _______. A.rainforest communities B.carsC.poor people in cities D.farmers 15.What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To report on a new invention.B.Toexplain a new scientific theory.
C.Todescribe how electricity is made. D.Todiscuss the problems of poor villages.
D
Ray Charles，a black singer and pianist of the USA．He had won 12 Grammy Awards （格莱美奖） and performed at 10，000 concerts around the world．Many musicians called him simply\（天才）．
Ray Charles was born into a poor family，without a father．When he was 5 years old，his younger brother died，
and around the same time，Charles started to lose his sight．By the age of 7he was completely blind．He had already been learning the piano for a year，and when he went blind，his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future．All his life，Charles remembered her saying：\，or don't do it at all．\Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children．There the teachers also encouraged him to study music．Sadly，while he was still at school，his mother died．He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players．He sang，played the piano and wrote music．
He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles． In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made．The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx．The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles．After they had been playing together for two hours，Charles，then aged 73，jumped up and said：\?he can do it．\．The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles'music will live on． 16What can we learn from Ray's childhood story？ ______
A. His father died when he was 5 years old． B. He started to go blind at the age of 7． C. He was born in a rich musician family． D. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6． 17 Ray Charles'mother encouraged him to play music because． ______
A. his father was a musician as well B. because it would help him get used to being blind C. it was a good way for a blind person to get money D. his teacher thought he was a genius
18 Ray Charles went to a school for． ______ A. normal children B. deaf and blind children
C. talented children only D. children without parents 19 Ray Charles thought that Jamie Fox． ______
A. was the right person to play him in the film B. was a good film maker C. was the wrong person to play him in the film D. was a good director
20 What is the main idea of the last paragraph？ ______ A. Becoming a musician． B. Childhood story．
C. The film of Ray's life． D. Master of many styles． 三．短文还原（共5空，计10分）
阅读短文，从下面方框六个句子中选择五个还原到短文中，使短文通顺完整、衔接自然。
Pakistani girl MalalaYousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.
Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997,Malala lived a quiet life until 2009,when the Taliban(塔利班),an Islamic organization of violence(暴力)took control of her village. (21) They believe educating girls is against Islam.ButMalaladidn’t agree.She wouldn't give up her education and kept going to school. (22) “What is wrong with us girl students? We want all girls to get their schools back,” she wrote.Her hard work encouraged many young girls in Swat Valley.
(23) On Oct.9,2012,when Malala was taking a bus home,a Taliban man got on the bus with a gun in hand.A bullet immediately hit her in the face.Luckily,the shot didn’t kill her.She was taken to a hospital in the UK.
The shot didn’t kill her courage,either. (24) Her courage made her famous.She has spoken at the United Nations,met world leaders and written a book,I Am Malala.
On Oct.10,2013,the EU awarded Malala their top human rights prize.Theysaid,“She is an icon(符号)of courage for all teenagers who dare to follow their aspirations(愿望).” A.However,her actions also put her in danger. B.They stopped girls from getting an education. C.Now she is still calling for education rights for girls. D.And she started to write a blog against the Taliban. E. Other people may fool you into overestimating (过高估计) their intelligence by putting up a good front. 四．综合填空（ 共12空，计18分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从每个方框内所给7个词汇中选择6个意义相符的词汇，必要时进行词形变化，填入空白处。
A
four, because, after, please, other, wonder，surprise What do American children think of Thanksgiving? This is what some of them wrote. Thanksgiving is a holiday to say “Thank you”. It means eating turkey and having a special party with your family. Thanksgiving is a ________ day.
---Annie, 6 years
Thanksgiving is giving thanks to people that help you. I think that it is a special holiday. You give thanks to your family and friends.
Lots of people have done things for me. Lots of people like to make me happy,like my mum.
Many have done things for me and made sure I was all right. I am________that people care about me.
I like to do nice things for ________ people too. I hope to make them happy too.
---Jeremy, 10 years
children even then)!
I am thankful for having a really good mum who looks ________ me so well. I am thankful for having good teachers________ they help me to try new things. I love all of them.
---Ryan, 7 years
Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays in the United States. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621. Each year, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the ________Thursday of November.
---Joss, 9 years
B
do, help, buy, cheat, make, start，play What Would You Do? is a TV programme on American ABC. The programme（54）____________by the news reporter John Quinones. He said, “It is popular with many people — both the young and the old. It tests what people （55）___________ when they see someone in trouble. We use hidden cameras to record what will happen. Its purpose is to tell us （56）___________ people in need.”
Here is last week?s programme.
In a cake shop, one actor acted as a blind woman named Pamela and the other acted as the shop worker of the cake shop. The shop worker looked down upon (瞧不起) the blind. So when the blind woman came into the shop and （57）____________ a box of cakes，the shop worker cheated(欺骗）her when he gave her the change (零钱). He only gave her 6 dollars instead of 34 dollars.
Would someone be brave enough to help the blind woman? Yes! A woman customer stopped the shop worker from （58）____________ the blind. Seeing this, several other customers joined in too and asked the shop worker to return the rest(剩余的)money to the blind woman.
At this time, John Quinones appeared and explained that he（59）____________ a programme calledWhat would you do?. Then he interviewed the first customer who said that it was necessary to give a hand to the people in need.
A psychologist（心理学家) said, “It?s difficult to take the first step to stand up. It needs courage.”
五、阅读表达（共5小题，计10分）
阅读短文，根据题目要求完成个小题。
Have you ever felt angry with your parents? Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? If you're upset or angry, try to keep yourself cool. Sometimes, the more you show your anger, the unhappier your parents will be. Try to come up with an idea that can solve your problem so that it won't happen again.
It might seem that your parents don't understand you—but don't give up. Remember that they don't really want to make things difficult for you. Your parents care about you, but sometimes it's just
hard for them to know what you are thinking.
One of parents' jobs is to take care of you and keep you safe—until you're old enough to take care of yourself (but some parents have trouble giving up looking after their
Usually, kids who quarrel with their parents learn to get along with them sooner or later. This is especially true if kids are able to make their parents know how they feel and what's important to them.
And remember that this may take time. It's not always easy. Talking with your parents about your opinions patiently—instead of shouting at them—will also make them listen to you more carefully. And you'll get respect(尊敬) and learn how to get along with them. QUESTIANS:
1.If kids want to get along with their parents, they should try to make their parents know _________ their thoughts are.(填单词)
2.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________________ 3.What does “this” in the last paragraph refer to?
_______________________________________________________________________ 4.How can you make your parents listen to you more carefully?
_______________________________________________________________________ 5.Give a proper title to the passage.
_______________________________________________________________________
六、书面表达（共1题，计20分）
假如你是李华，学校“英语沙龙”栏目邀请你以“How to Learn English Well”为题，从听、说两个方面给其他同学提出好的学习建议。 内容包括：
1.英语的重要性；
2.听磁带，读英文书报；
3.空余时间，听英文歌曲或广播、看英语电影； 4.课堂上、放学后，尽可能多地使用英语； 5.??
要求：1.词数：80~100。开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2.可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；
3.内容包括所提供内容要点，不必逐条翻译； 4.用词恰当，层次清晰，书写规范； 5.文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。
How to Learn English Well
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