初三培優(yōu)試卷

1、PAGE PAGE 5初三英語(yǔ)培優(yōu)試卷一、單項(xiàng)選擇。（共20小題，計(jì)20分）1. Im moving to the countryside because the air there is much fresher than _ in the city.A. ones B. one C. that D. those2. In their hearts, some American women think it is mens business to make money and _ to spend it. A. they B. theirs C. them D. their3. Must h

2、e come to sign this paper himself? Yes, he _. A. need B. must C. may D. will4. Finally I got to my grandfathers home on foot. Really? You _ a ride there. A. must have taken B. could have taken C. shouldnt have takenD. couldnt have taken5. My cousin came to see me from the country, _ me a full basket

3、 of fruits. A. brought B. bringing C. to bring D. had brought6. The sun was shining brightly, _ everything there _ more beautiful. A. making, look B. to make, looked C. and made, looking D. and making, be looked7. As a young man, Tom used to _ in the town, _ to find a job for a few coins. A. knockin

4、g about, waited B. knocked down, waiting C. knock about , waiting D. knocked down, waited8. Where did you put the car keys? Oh, I _I put them on the chair because the phone rang as I _ in. A. remembered, come B. remembered, was coming C. remember, come D. remember, was coming9. I havent seen Mary th

5、ese past few days. Im afraid she _ herself for some time. A. isnt feeling B. hasnt been feeling C. hadnt been feeling D. wasnt feeling10. E-mail, as well as telephones, _ an important part in daily communication. A. is playing B. have played C. are playing D. play11. Please remind me _ he said he wa

6、s going. I may be in time to see him off. A. where B. when C. how D. what12. A warm thought suddenly came to me _ I might use the pocket money to buy some flowers for my mothers birthday. A. if B. when C. that D. which13. These wild flowers are so special I would do _ I can to save them. A. whatever

7、 B. that C. which D. whichever14. Water, which seems to be so simple and common, is _ makes life possible. A. that B. which C. what D. where15. It is imagination _ makes the world colorful, full of vigor and vitality. A. where B. what C. that D. when16. _ by keeping down costs will Power Data hold i

8、ts advantage over other companies. A. Only B. Just C. Still D. Yet17. James didnt attend the meeting and _. A. so did Jane B. neither did Jane C. Jane didnt too D. Jane did too18. Do you think I should get a good guidebook? Yes, of course. _, you also need a good camera and comfortable shoes. A. Wha

9、ts more B. In other words C. By the way D. All in all19. _ homework did we have to do that we had no time to take a rest. A. So much B. Too much C. Too little D. So little20. John, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent $3000 more than he _ for the wedding. A. will plan B. has plann

10、ed C. would plan D. had planned二、 完形填空，通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。（共10小題，計(jì)10分）A hot dog is one of the most popular American foods. It was named after Frankfurter, a German food.You may hear “hot dog” 21_ in other ways. People sometimes say “hot dog” to express 22_. For example, a frie

11、nd may ask 23_ you would like to go to the cinema. You might say, “Great! I would love to go.” Or, you could say, “ 24_! I would love to go .” People 25_ use the expression to describe someone who is a “show-off”, who tries to show everyone else how 26 _ he is. You often hear such 27 _ called a “hot

12、 dog”. He may be a baseball player, for example, who 28 _ the ball with one hand, making a(n) 29 _ catch seem more difficult. You know he is a hot dog because when he makes such a catch, he bows to the crowd, hoping to win their 30 _.21. A. eaten B. used C. cooked D. picked22. A. strength B. practic

13、e C. pleasure D. reply23. A. if B. how C. when D. where24. A. Hot dog B. Dont worry C. Never mind D. Excuse me25. A. ever B. also C. still D. yet26. A. hopeful B. careful C. kind D. great27. A. a dog B. a hand C. a person D. an action28. A. catches B. plays C. passes D. throws29. A. hard B. funny C.

14、 exciting D. easy30. A. thanks B. cheers C. medals D. matches三、閱讀短文，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。（共10小題，計(jì)20分） (A)What You See Is What You Get Thanks to DVDs, watching films in English has become an easy thing to do. Choose your favorite film. Youve watched that film a dozen times and probably know all the dialogues by he

15、art in your native language. So following the story will be easy for you. Prepare some paper so that you can jot down(草草寫(xiě)下) useful words and phrases that you wish to learn. English subtitles(字幕) might be useful for that (although they might be different from what is actually being said). If you are

16、not used to watching films in English, choose only a few episodes(情節(jié)). At the beginning it isnt easy to concentrate on listening to foreign language for a long time. Let the Music Turn You onVocabulary needs to be revised(復(fù)習(xí)) again and again. Well, what could be better than studying vocabulary by li

17、stening to your favorite songs? Read the lyrics first and try to understand them. You dont have to translate the lyrics word by word. Just try to find out what the song is all about. Pick some words or phrases from the song that you would like to learn. If necessary, look up their meanings in a dict

18、ionary. A dictionary might also be useful to find other interesting phrases using the word. Now, to learn the vocabulary, all you have to do is to listen to the song again and again (that shouldnt be a problem if its one of your favorite songs).If you want to learn English by watching films, you sho

19、uld choose _.A. the easiest English films B. the English films you like bestC. the English films that have Chinese subtitles32. While watching the film you have chosen, you should _.A. write the useful information you want to learnB. concentrate on the differences between Chinese and EnglishC try yo

20、ur best to pay attention to the episodes33. Listening to English songs can help you _.A. take an interest in music B. improve your ability of translatingC. study vocabulary in an easy way34. Before you listen to an English song, youd better _.A. translate the lyrics into Chinese B. read the lyrics a

21、gain and again C. know the general idea of it35. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A. Some advice on how to learn English B. A better way to learn about foreign countriesC. Dont fall behind the times （B） I was a reporter on the staff of an evening paper in London. One day I wa

22、s asked to write a few articles on begging in London. It was then that all my adventures started. I decided that the best way of collecting facts for my articles was that I would become a beggar myself for just one day. When I was an actor, of course, I had learned all the skills of make-up and now

23、I made good use of them. I painted my face and fixed my upper lip in an ugly twist. Red hair and suitable clothes were the only things necessary. I then placed myself in one of the busiest streets. I pretended to be a beggar and went home that night. I was surprised to find that I had received more

24、than one pound. Well, you can imagine how hard it was to settle down to work hard on the newspaper at two pounds a week, when I knew that I could earn as much as that in a single day! I gave up my post, though my pride was hurt. I had unusual advantages. My knowledge of make-up helped me a great dea

25、l and my clever answers quickly made me almost a public character. All day and every day, the money poured into my cap. I usually received at least two pounds a day. In the end I was able to take a large house in the country, and later to marry. Nobody had any idea where my money really came from. M

26、y dear wife knew that I had business in London: that was all.36 “My adventures ” means _. A. I worked as reporter B. I wrote the articles on begging in London C. I pretended to be a beggar D. I collected the facts37 I did the make-up _. A. by an actor B. by myself C. by a reporter D. without paintin

27、g my face38 How much could I get as a reporter each week? _. A. One pound B. Two pounds C. Half one pound D. More than two pounds39 Why did I give my post? _. A. Because the work of being a reporter was too hard B. Because I wanted to be a beggar C. Because my pride was hurt D. Because being a begga

28、r earned much more money than being a reporter40 With the money I had begged, I _. A. bought a big house in the country B. got married C. had my own company D. both A and B四、從所給選項(xiàng)中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥油瓿啥涛?(共小題，記分)A. AIDS is not going to bring me down.B. I never thought I would worry about HIV and AIDS.C. When it

29、 rings, it means I have to take my ARVs(anti-revoviral drugs, which help to fight the virus)D. When you are stage 4, you are no longer just HIV-positive陽(yáng)性.E. Thats when I started to get worried.F. but most people dont talk about it because theyre afraid of discrimination歧視. Every morning when I wake

30、 up, I go to my drawer, take out the mirror, and look at myself. Then I say my prayer. I say, “Hello, HIV, you trespasser(侵犯者). You are in my body. You have to obey the rules. You have to respect me, and if you dont hurt me, I wont hurt you. You mind your business, Ill mind mine.”41._. It was the la

31、st thing on my mind. Ive known that Im HIV-positive for four years. Im considered stage 4. 42. _; they say youve got AIDS. I live in the township of Kayelitshia outside of Cape Town. My neighbourhood is very crowded, full of shacks(窩棚) where people live. There are a lot of here who are sick with AID

32、S, 43._. In the past, our parents were suffering from apartheid(種族隔離). They wanted to be free, and now it is the same with HIV and AIDS. This is the new struggle.OK, Im going to tell you how I was infected. I had this boyfriend, and then we broke up. A year later, I heard that he died. When I asked

33、his family what happened to him, they said that he was sick. 44._. So I had a test and found that I was HIV-positive.Every day at 9 am and at 9 pm, my cellphone alarm goes off. 45._. I am very lucky to be in a community that has ARVs because in some areas they are not available. I will have to take

34、them for the rest of my life.五、閱讀短文，根據(jù)首字母填詞。（共20小題，計(jì)30分）(A)Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to 46 l_ a new language. That is, they believe that 47c_ learn more easily than the grown-ups. Thus, at some points in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13 , we lose the ability to l

35、earn languages well. Is this the fact?Is it 48 t_ that children learn a foreign language more easily than the grown-ups? One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, showed that the 49 t_ learn more in less time than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, show

36、ed the ability to learn increased as the age increased. 50 T_ are several possible explanations for these findings. 51 F_ one thing, grown-ups know more about the world and therefore are 52 a_ to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, grown-ups can use logical thinking to help them

37、selves in the language learning. 53 F_, grown-ups have more self-discipline than children.All in all, it 54 s_ that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a 55 f_, but a myth.（B）Catherine and Martin met in England before they came to Australia. At that time

38、, Martin was a minister(牧師) in a c_56 _, and it was three villages away from Catherines. One evening, they happened to have dinner t_57_ in a restaurant. They e_58_ their talk and laughed a lot. The young man soon won Catherines h_59_, so she asked him whether he would marry her in church. The minis

39、ter was very surprised and said that her q_60_ came quite unexpected. Catherine realized that he had not u_61_ her correctly. So she laughed and said, ”What I m_62_ is, when I get married in church, will you be the minister who marries me and my husband?” They both laughed, and they had a nice eveni

40、ng.However, their talk that evening put an idea into Martins head. He realized that he had a_63_ fallen in love with Catherine and he wanted to marry her. So a few days later, he visited her and asked her to marry him. Catherine felt proud and pleased, and a_64_ it. Soon after they were married, they m_65_ to Australia.六、書(shū)面表達(dá)（計(jì)10分）66. 請(qǐng)根據(jù)提示以Books為題寫(xiě)一段80-100詞的短文。提示：1) 書(shū)給予我們知識(shí)，是寶貴的財(cái)富；書(shū)能豐富我們的生活。 2) 歷史上許多偉人都愛(ài)讀書(shū)，是書(shū)中的知識(shí)引導(dǎo)他們走向成功之路，因?yàn)闀?shū)是知識(shí)的源泉，而知識(shí)是成功的源泉。 3) 書(shū)帶給我們快樂(lè)和知識(shí)，它使我們了解過(guò)去，遇見(jiàn)未來(lái)。_參考答案評(píng)分說(shuō)明：1-30，46-55為1分題；其余小題為2分題；66題為10分題。01-05 CBBBB 06-10 ACDBA 11-15