◎ 2011年牛津版江苏无锡新区初三英语下学期期中考试试卷的第一部分试题
  • In the United States, Father's Day falls on _____ third Sunday in _____ June.

    A. the, /
    B. the, a
    C. /, the
    D. a; /
  • —Mum, have you seen my mobile phone?
    —_______ you bought last week? I'm sorry I haven't seen _______.

    [     ]

    A. One; it
    B. One; one
    C. The one; it
    D. The one; one
  • About _______ of the workers in the factory were born in the _______.

    [     ]

    A. two-thirds, 1970
    B. two-thirds, 1970s
    C. two-third, 1970
    D. two-third, 1970s
  • —What do you often do             classes to relax yourself ?
    —Listen to music.

    [     ]

    A. over
    B. among
    C. between
    D. through
  • The girl spends at least as much time singing as she _______.

    [     ]

    A. studies
    B. does studying
    C. is studying
    D. does to study
  • — Did you find the small village yesterday?
    — Yes, without any difficulty, for it has _____ changed over years.

    [     ]

    A. hardly
    B. greatly
    C. clearly
    D. nearly
  • It's said that scientists have ________ a way to deal with the serious disease

    [     ]

    A. caught up with
    B. come up with
    C. agreed with
    D. compared with
  • —Do you have any problems if you _____ this job?
    —Well, I'm thinking about the working day.

    [     ]

    A. offer
    B. will offer
    C. are offered
    D. will be offered
◎ 2011年牛津版江苏无锡新区初三英语下学期期中考试试卷的第二部分试题
  • — I was told to be here at this time.
    — Sorry, you ______. I forgot to tell you we've changed the plan.

    [     ]

    A. must
    B. may
    C. can't
    D. needn't
  • —I bought the digital camera two months ago.
    —You mean that you __________ it for two months.

    [     ]

    A. have had
    B. have been
    C. have bought
    D. have taken
  • — He's already back to Australia, _____? 
    — _____. He is on a visit to Shanghai.

    [     ]

    A. isn't he; No
    B. hasn't he; Yes
    C. isn't he; Yes
    D. hasn't he; No
  • The young man came riding full speed down the road on his bicycle. ______ it was!

    [     ]

    A. How dangerous the scene
    B. What dangerous a scene
    C. How a dangerous scene
    D. What a dangerous scene
  • —I want to know _____ without water.
    —About a week.

    [     ]

    A. how long man can live
    B. how long can man live
    C. when man can live
    D. when can man live
  • It is said that robots can do many things _______ humans can't do ______ the control of computers.
    [     ]
    A. what; under
    B. that; with
    C. that; under
    D. what; with
  • —Why not go out and see the film today, Millie? 
    —_________, but I will help Li Hong with lessons, she is new.

     [     ]

    A. All right
    B. Let's go
    C. I'd love to
    D. Yes, please.
  • 完形填空。
         Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new
    pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have  1 . If you still come back to
    school  2  only these things, you are falling out-of-date (过时的). Students in big cities like to bring the latest
    high-tech things to school, and feel happy and  3  to show off these things to  4 . Mobile phones, MP3 players,
    CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.
         Young people think that, living in the 21st century, they must keep up with the times. They don't want to
    fall  5 . Besides, they think that they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones.
    They also like to  6  the pop music, so they need CD players. They explain that just like electronic dictionaries,
    these can be  7  in their study,too. They think that their parents should understand  8  they want these things.
         Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they return to school at the beginning
    of a new term.  9  , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to  10  these
    high-tech things that they want.
    (     )1. A. changed
    (     )2. A. to    
    (     )3. A. right  
    (     )4. A. other  
    (     )5. A. down  
    (     )6. A. hear  
    (     )7. A. new   
    (     )8. A. where  
    (     )9. A. But   
    (     )10. A. borrow
    B. come    
    B. from     
    B. lucky   
    B. the other
    B. off     
    B. listen to
    B. modern   
    B. which    
    B. However  
    B. buy      
    C. joined
    C. of    
    C. nice  
    C. others
    C. behind
    C. read  
    C. latest
    C. what  
    C. So    
    C. lend  
    D. stopped   
    D. with      
    D. pleased   
    D. the others
    D. back      
    D. play
    D. useful                         
    D. why       
    D. Still                                       
    D. take      
◎ 2011年牛津版江苏无锡新区初三英语下学期期中考试试卷的第三部分试题
  • 阅读理解。
         Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any "secrets" to success? The answers to
    these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama's "back to school" speech. Here is
    an excerpt (摘录) from his speech.
         I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work-
    that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star, when chances
    are, you're not going to be any of those things.
         But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. Not all the homework
    will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first
    time you try.
         That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures.
    JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan
    was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots
    (投篮) during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is
    why I succeed."
         These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures beat you-you have to let
    them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
         No one's born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
         Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day.
    Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit (承
    认) when you don't know something, and to learn something new.
         And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged (泄气), and you feel like other people
    have given up on you-don't ever give up on yourself.
    Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on
    your country.
    1. Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the fourth paragraph?
    A. To compare these two famous persons.
    B. To explain that writing and sports are difficult skills.
    C. To show that the two persons were treated unfairly.
    D. To prove that failure is the mother of success.
    2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
    A. No one can be successful without working hard.
    B. Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.
    C. Those who believe in themselves shouldn't ask others for help.
    D. One should try his best to make his dream come true.
    3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?
    A. One should change his mind when others give honest advice to him.
    B. One should believe in himself no matter what difficulty he is faced with.
    C. One doesn't have to work hard when he has failed several times.
    D. One doesn't have to take others' advice when they get away from him.
  • 阅读理解。
         During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of
    the island (岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, "Perhaps I can get there with a boat.
    Perhaps I can get back to England one day."
         So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole (洞) in it.
    It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to
    the sea. How silly I was! Why didn't I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I
    couldn't move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn't move. I was very unhappy for a long
    time after that.
        That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I
    did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The
    island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself
    a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two
    homes.
         My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make
    new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me
    dry in the rain.
         I kept food and tools (工具) at both my houses, and also wild goats (山羊). There were many goats on
    the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I
    had goats' milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn (玉米) fields. And so many years went by.
    1. The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to __________.
    A. escape in it
    B. get to the other side of the island
    C. use it for food
    D. go around the island
    2. To survive, the writer did the following EXCEPT __________.
    A. keeping goats for milk
    B. making clothes from animal skins
    C. working in the cornfields
    D. going fishing in the sea
    3. Why didn't the writer use his first canoe?
    A. Because it was too small for a long journey.
    B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.
    C. Because there was something wrong with it.
    D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.
  • 阅读理解。
         Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give
    him cool places, and they help to stop drought and flood.
         Unluckily, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most
    important. Man wants to make money from trees, so he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find
    that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too careless to plant and look
    after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.
         This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even worse: for where there are
    trees, their roots break up soil (土壤)-make the rain in-and also bind (粘合) the soil, thus (这样) stopping it
    from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away,
    causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing is left but useless
    desert.
    1. The most important points of trees to man is that ________.
    A. they help him to make money
    B. they give him cool
    C. they give him wood and other things
    D. they help him to stop drought and floods
    2. In many places forests slowly disappear because ________.
    A. many trees have been cut down by man
    B. new trees are not well looked after
    C. man has not paid enough attention to planting trees
    D. all the above
    3. Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because ________.
    A. roots of trees break up the soil
    B. there are too many rainfalls
    C. strong winds bring a lot of sand
    D. there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.
    4. Which title best fits the passage?
    A. Trees and Man
    B. The Function of Tree Wood
    C. How do People do with Trees
    D. The Usage of Tree Roots
  • 阅读理解。
         Mr father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced (宣布):"Get up,
    you're going with me to cut the grass in the garden."
         The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and
    excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the
    end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his
    business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
        One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside."Take away these leaves!" he said,
    "and don't make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value (珍视) the
    importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress (给……留下印象) the person you
    are working for.
        After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by
    ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the
    same strong wish we had gained while working under our father.
         Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any
    job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
         A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay."If
    you're only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don't want to do any better than you are doing." I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something
    that helps me in my next job.
         If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
    1. The writer felt proud and excited when he was asked to cut the grass because he thought _________.
    A. he could cut the grass himself
    B. he could make much money
    C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown
    D. he could help his family
    2. The word "message" in the passage probably refers to (指) _________.
    A. not leaving leaves behind
    B. giving no excuse for your mistakes
    C. doing a good job at the very beginning
    D. missing things which can be found out
    3. When the writer finished high school, maybe he was _________ years old.
    A. fourteen
    B. eighteen
    C. twenty
    D. twenty-two
    4. Which of the following does the writer probably think is the most important?
    A. Keeping learning from any job you had.
    B. Asking no money for work.
    C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.
    D. Keeping looking for different jobs.
    5. The writer probably thinks his father is _________.
    A. lazy
    B. helpful
    C. careless
    D. funny
  • 根据句意和汉语注释,写出单词的正确形式:
    1. There are several ways to solve this problem. Let's have a ________(讨论) now
    2. People ________(呼吸) more slowly when they are asleep.
    3. Peter can't go and I can't, ________(也).
    4. Hand-foot-mouth disease is terrible, but I believe that we Chinese can fight against it ________(成功地).
    5. Mrs Gao is the ________ (严格的) teacher I have met in my life.
  • 根据句意,写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
    1. At present people like to eat _________(health) food and do more exercise.
    2. The three _________(spaceman) of the spaceship were warmly welcomed in Hongkong.
    3. He has had a bad toothache. He must be at the _________(dentist) at the moment.
    4. Daniel's mother has devoted _________(she) to the teaching of Home Economics.
    5.He is very happy because tomorrow is his _________(九十) birthday
  • 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
    1. She ________ (write) twenty pop songs which are liked by fans by the end of last year.
    2. ________ (quarrel) with others isn't good manners for everyone.
    3. —_______ the price ________ (include) coffee and hamburgers? -I'm afraid not.
    4. The teacher told us that three quarters of our earth ________(cover) by water.
    5. Everyone knows that the disabled mustn't ________ (laugh) at.
    6. We should try our best to prevent the air pollution ________ (live) a happy life.
    7. With all lights on, the hall ________ (become) as bright as day when we arrived.
    8. How soon do you think we ________ (get) to the hotel?
    9. Mr. Green told me that his family ________ (go) for a holiday the next week.
    10. —Did you see him come in just now? —No, I ________(type) a letter all the time.
  • 按所给的汉语,用英语完成下列句子。
    1. 当我们气喘吁吁赶到那里时,记录影片已经开始了半小时。
       When __________, the documentary had been on for half an hour.
    2. 与地震相比而言,近来核泄漏对日本人产生更坏的影响。
       Compared with the earthquake , the nuclear leak __________ the people in Japan recently.
    3. 你能否向我解释一下,为什么我的电脑经常出故障?
       Can you explain to me __________?
    4. 他经常怀疑是否值得如此勤奋学习。
        He often doubts whether __________.
    5. 非常感谢为我们提供了这么多宝贵的建议。
       Thanks for __________.
    6. 你做练习越细心,你犯错误就越少。
        The more carefully you do the exercises, __________.
  • 缺词填空。
         Being safe in your everyday life needs (1)k_____. If you remember the following (2)i_____, your life
    will be much safer. 
        ★ Always (3)n_____  the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where
    the public phones are. If anything (4)d_____ happens, you can find them (5)e_____.
        ★ Your bag should be (6)c_____ towards the front of your body (7)i_____ of putting it on your (8)b_____. When a bus is full of people, it is easy for a thief to take away your bag. 
        ★ If you are (9)f_____ by someone you don't know, cross the street and go to the (10)o_____ way, let
    the person understand that you know he or she is (11)a_____ you. Next, don't go home at once. You are
    (12)s_____ in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
  • 书面表达。
         假设你叫Daniel,三年前随父母来无锡,请你用英语写一篇题为“我眼中的无锡”的文章,
         内容要点如下:
        1. 无锡是个美丽的地方, 有许多名胜古迹,每年吸引许多游客;
        2. 无锡最近几年发展很快,道路两旁高楼林立;
        3. 但是也存在一些问题:房价太高,不少人买不起房子;水和空气受到污染;
        4. 我希望……
        注意: 1. 文章必须用一段话包括所给内容要点。
                    2. 第四个要点要用2到3句话展开合理想象,做适当发挥。
                    3. 词数80个左右,文章标题和开头已给出,不计入总词数。 
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