初三上学期英语期末考试卷和答案

初三上学期英语期末考试卷和答案

　　听力部分(共20分，每小题1分)

　　I. 句子理解。(请听下列句子，选择与所听句子内容最相符的图片。每个句子只读一遍。共5分)

　　1.

　　II. 问句应答。(请听下列 句子，选出最能恰当应答所听句子的选项。每个句子读两遍。共5分)

　　6. A. That would be fine. B. Yes, it is.

　　C. You never know. D. Between four and five.

　　7.A. Yes, I have one. B. I’m afraid so.

　　C. Yes, let’s move on. D. Take it easy.

　　8.A. Can you take a photo for me? B. Let’s split it.

　　C. Is that your best price? D. Please take it.

　　9.A. This is the report. B. Not at all.

　　C. I definitely agree. D. Yes, that’s right.

　　10.A. I saw you in the meeting. B. You name it.

　　C. I have no problem with that. D. No, that’s fine.

　　III.对话理解，(请听五段小对话，根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。共5分。)

　　11.Where did Sam meet Lucy?

　　A. At the swimming pool. B. At the cafe.

　　C. In the cinema. D. Outside the cafe.

　　12. When did Julie start her band practice?

　　A.At 3:20. B. At 2:40. C. At 4: 30. D At 5:50.

　　13.What does the man like about the bowl?

　　A. The colour. B. The size. C. The price. D. The place where it was made.

　　14. How many times did the man ring Sophie last night?

　　A.Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Five times.

　　15. How did the woman hear from James?

　　A. By email. B. By postcard. C. By telephone. D. By post.

　　IV.短文理解(请听短文，根据你所听到的短文内容完成下列表格。每空不

　　超过两个词。短文读两遍。 共5分)

　　Name Megan

　　Age (16) ________________

　　Height 1.83metrs

　　Problems of being so tall Look like an adult Has to buy special (17)__________and shoes

　　Advantages of being so tall Being the best (18)___________in her school

　　Often make more (19)__________

　　Her wish To be (20) as everyone else

　　Ⅰ. 单项选择 (共15分，每小题1分)

　　从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案。

　　( ) 1. —Shall we call for a taxi?

　　—OK. Let me _______ the phone number in Yellow Pages.

　　A. look at B. look for C. look up D. look after.

　　( )2. —Why not take this sweater, Li Hua?

　　—I have only 20 yuan. I can’t _____ it.

　　A. bring B. sell C. borrow D. afford

　　( )3.How many people will come to Beijing for the Olym pic Games in 20xx?

　　— It’s hard to say. _______ people, I think.

　　A. Million of B. Millions of C. Two millions of D. Two million of

　　( )4. The television ________. It doesn’t work now.

　　A. must repair B. was repairing C. must be repaired D. has repaired

　　( )5. Our sports meeting has been _______ till next Tuesday because of the bad weather.

　　A. put on B. put up C. put off D. put down

　　( )6.My friend Jack is from _____European country.We all think he is____

　　honest boy.

　　A. a, a B. a, an C. an, an D. an, a

　　( )7. Many visitors come to Beijing because it is ________ city.

　　A. so a beautiful B. very a beautiful

　　C. such beautiful D. quite a beautiful

　　( )8.—Listen ! Helen is singing in the next room.

　　—It _______ be Helen. She has gone to Beijing.

　　A. can’t B. mustn’t C. may D. should

　　( )9. I think the room is too small for us ________ .

　　A. to live B. living in C. to live in D. live in

　　( )10. On May 30th, 20xx, one bowl in the Ming dynasty(朝代)________at the price of 30.36 million Hongkong dollars.

　　A. sell B. sold C. is D. was sold

　　( ) 11. Lian Zhan _____form Taiwan _______ paying his first visit to the mainland of China.

　　A. who comes; is B. which come; is C. which is; are D. that are; are

　　( )12. The smile on the teacher's face showed that she was______ with us.

　　A. strict B. pleased C. angry D. sorry

　　( )13. The train______ when we________ to the station.

　　A. was left; was getting B. left; had got C. had left; got D. left; got

　　( )14. We find ______ fast and comfortable to travel by plane.

　　A. that B. us C. it D. this

　　( )15.--Do you care much about your grades?

　　--_______.My father isn’t so strict.

　　A.Yes, of course B. No, not for me C.Yes, I will D. No, I don’t

　　Ⅱ. 补全对话(共15分，A部分5分，B部分10分。)

　　(A)从方框中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话，并将答题标号写在答题处。

　　Tom: Mom, can I go out to play?

　　Mother: 1_______________

　　Tom: If you let me go out, I will finish it later.

　　Mother: No, Just sit down and finish it now. You’d never do it if I didn’t make you,

　　would you?

　　Tom: Yes, I would. 2______________

　　Mother: Never mind about football. You will never do well at school if you don’t do your homework..

　　Tom: 3_______________

　　Mother: Well, we would. 4______________

　　Tom: I don’t know, but just think how happy he’d be if I got on the football team.

　　Mother: 5________________

　　A. But if I don’t go now, it will be too late to play football with my friends.

　　B. He says he would play football all day if he were my age again.

　　C. If you’ve finished your homework.

　　D. What would your father say if you got the lowest mark in the class again?

　　E. I wouldn’t mind if I didn’t.

　　F. He would be more pleased if you got the higher marks.

　　G. Never mind about the football

　　(B)在下面对话空白处填入适当话语(话语可以是句子、短语或词)使对完整。

　　A: May I speak to Nick?

　　B: This is Nick speaking.

　　A: Hi, Nick! I haven’t seen you for a long time. What (6)________to you?

　　B: I have been in hospital.

　　A: Oh, (7) ________ . But for what?

　　B: I (8)___________ three weeks ago.

　　A: Really? (9)___________?

　　B: Yes. But luckily, only my left arm was broken. And I can move it now.

　　A: Good. But how did it happen?

　　B: I was driving fast to work on that rainy morning. I couldn’t stop my car and it (10)________ another car.

　　A: Oh, you should drive slowly.

　　Ⅲ. 翻译句子。(共15分)

　　根据所给中文完成句子翻译。(局部翻译每小题1分，整句翻译每小题2分)

　　1. 你知道汤姆在哪吗?他没有出席昨天的聚会.

　　Do you know where Tom is? He didn’t __________ ___________

　　at the party yesterday.

　　2. 你曾经错拿过别人的钥匙吗?

　　Have you ever taken others’ keys _________ ___________?

　　3. 坚持你的梦想,总有一天它们会实现.

　　Hold on to your dream, one day they may ____________ __________.

　　4. 这个音乐使我想起我的学生时代。

　　The music __________ me ________ my school days.

　　5.你最好戒酒，否则你会生病的。

　　Mr Brown, you’d better ______ _______drinking, or you will get ill.

　　6.做大量的听力练习是成为一名优秀语言学习者的秘诀之一.

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　7.他过去常点着卧室的灯睡觉.

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　8.不应该允许十六岁的孩子有兼职工作.

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　9.为什么不考虑去某个令人放松的.地方哪?

　　_________________________________________________________________?

　　10.他提出的策略效果很好。

　　_________________________________________________________________.

　　Ⅳ. 完形填空。(共20小题，每小题1.分;满分20分。)

　　A.通读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。(10分)。

　　Yesterday I read a report on a charity show in a local newspaper. The aim of the show was to 1 money for the poor children. In the poor areas, some children were out of school because their parents couldn’t 2 their education.

　　Many pop stars 3 the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wan g and Kitty Chen. The stars didn’t ask for any pay. They did it for long! There were a lot of performances 4 singing and dancing. The audience(观众) were so 5 that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was 6 .

　　All the people followed the stars’ example. They showed their generosity(慷慨)in 7 their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the poor children could get back to school.

　　Now many charity shows 8 in our country, not only to support the education in poor areas, but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, “All the others will come to one’s rescue(援助) 9 one is in trouble.”

　　I 10 the whole world will become better and better.

　　( )1. A. raise B. pay C. spend D. cost

　　( )2. A. pay for B. pay C. cost D. get

　　( )3. A. took part in B. joined C. got to D. had

　　( )4. A. for B. of C. as D. like

　　( )5. A. exciting B. excited C. sad D. surprised

　　( )6. A. boring B. bad C. successful D. easy

　　( )7. A. bring B. collecting C. taking D. donating

　　( )8. A. hold B. are holding C. are held D. will be held

　　( )9. A. when B. than C. before D. because

　　( )10. A. want B. hope C. love D. wish

　　B) 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空。

　　on, listen, others, hear, of, ask, answer, activity, another, small, learn, we

　　Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important(11) _____________of the day. TV brings the outside world closer to people’s h omes. Some people say the world is (12)____________than before because of TV.

　　What’s going on in (13)__________ countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What’s living in the deepest(最深的)part (14)___________the sea?

　　If you want (15)__________ these and other kinds of question s, just turn (16) _______ the TV. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or (17)__________ to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can(18)______________ and watch, too.

　　TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps us to open our minds. TV often gives (19)_____________ new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something that can be (20)_____________ on TV.

　　Ⅴ. 阅读理解 (共40分，30小题，其中A--D每小题1分，

　　E—F每题2分。)

　　阅读下面阅读材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

　　A

　　Henry: I find the Internet is very good for shopping. I use more and more for buying books and CDs, and I even bought some clothes over the Internet. The other thing I can do is to book(预订) travels over the Internet. I booked a cheap flight once. It was very easy, and it was really good.

　　David: I use the Internet for games. I play chess with people all around the world. Last night I had a game with someone from Japan. I also download (下载)games from the Internet, so I can have any game I want.

　　Peter: I use the Internet for anything I need to help me with my schoolwork. I use the online dictionaries, encyclopedias(百科全书) and magazines. It’s great because I can download pictures or articles and use them to help my homework. It’s very easy to use and it’s free, so I like it..x kB 1.c Om

　　Tony: Well, the main thing I use the Internet for is to e-mail. I usually write to my customers(顾客) by e-mail, and my customers answer me by e-mail, too. We probably send and receive four or five hundred e-mails a month. But of course, I also use e-mails to keep in touch(保持联系) with friends and family. My daughter is in Australia and we send e-mails to each other every day.

　　( )1. ________ prefers to use the Internet to buy things.

　　A. Henry B. David C. Peter D. To ny

　　( )2. David’s hobby is to __________ on the Internet.

　　A. read books B. book flights C. play games D. download pictures

　　( )3. Peter can use the Internet to ____________easily.

　　A. play chess B. do schoolwork C. do some shopping D. talk with his daughter

　　( )4. From the passage we know that .

　　A. Peter is a teacher B. Tony is a businessman

　　C. David is an engineer D. Henry is a bookseller

　　( )5. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Henry had an experience of using the Internet to book a cheap flight.

　　B. David had a game with a Japanese over the Internet one night.

　　C. Tony often e-mails to his customers, friends and family.

　　D. Peter needs to pay for what he gets from the Internet.

　　B

　　My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

　　Families aren’t families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife

　　And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think any more.. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract , multiply and divide(加减乘除)in their heads. Instead, they use calculators.

　　And people today have TV and computers, and they don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.

　　Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

　　( ) 6. What does my grandfather think of the life now?

　　A. He thinks the life now is very good.

　　B. He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.

　　C. He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.

　　D. He thinks the life is the same as it used to be.

　　( ) 7. What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?

　　A. 生活 B.工作 C.婚姻 D.家庭

　　( ) 8. What has happened these years according to the passage?

　　A. Children don’t have to think any more in school.

　　B. Students use calculators in math class.

　　C. Some used to walk to school, but now they don’t.

　　D. All of above.

　　( ) 9. What changes have happened to some families?

　　a. People have TV.

　　b. People like to eat home-cooked food.

　　c. Lots of families have computers.

　　d. Lots of couples(夫妇)live apart because of unhappy problems.

　　A. a, b, d B. b, c, d C. a, b, c D. a, c, d

　　( ) 10. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Life now is much simpler.

　　B. People have too much time to talk with each other now.

　　C. The writer’s grandfather only complains and pays no attention to better life now.

　　D. Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children..

　　C

　　A boy and his father went walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so she shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”

　　He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen,” And then he shouted to mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”

　　The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained (解释), “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard,. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

　　( )11. At first the boy cried because _______.

　　A. he hurt himself and felt bad

　　B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

　　C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

　　D. he hoped his father would help him

　　( )12.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought________.

　　A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice

　　B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

　　C. there were many other people in the mountain

　　D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

　　( )13. The father shouted to the mountain to ________.

　　A. find o ut who was repeating his voice

　　B. have fun with other people in the mountain

　　C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

　　D. let his son know whose voice was louder

　　( )14. The word “Echo” means__________.

　　A. life itself B. repeating voice

　　C. love in the world D. everything in life

　　( )15. From the story, we know _________.

　　A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all

　　B. the father had his own way to teach his son

　　C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice

　　D. the boy and his father were rather tired

　　D.

　　Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful, but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can't teach his student everything. His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

　　successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read many books outside school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains(大脑).

　　( )16. Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

　　A. the teacher doesn’t know much

　　B. the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

　　C. the teacher would not like to teach

　　D. there are still many things for the students to learn outside

　　( )17.A teacher’s work is _________________

　　A. to teach all subjects B. to teach everything

　　C. to teach the students how to read and think D. to work hard

　　( )18.To know how to____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

　　A. work out maths problems B. remember all the facts

　　C. study science D. study

　　( )19.Why did the famous scientists become succes sful ? Because__________

　　A. they knew how to study

　　B. they remembered all the formulas

　　C. they didn’t get everything from school

　　D. they didn’t know how to use their brains

　　( )20.Which is WRONG according to the passage?

　　A. Outside school study is as important as school study

　　B. It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts

　　and formulas.

　　C. It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a maths problem.

　　D. It’s helpful to read more books outside school.

　　E.

　　根据短文内容,回答问题(10分)

　　Ayumi lived with her mother when she was a kid.She couldn't remember her father because he left the family when the girl was five and never came back.Ayumi's mother gave her much freedom to do whatever she liked，because the mother was always at work.

　　Ayumi was a model when she was young.After graduating from junior high school，she left home to take entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo with her friends，but to her surprise，she was the only one that failed.

　　After that，when someone offered her a chance to be a singer，Ayumi refused，because she thought she wasn't good at singing. But later，she changed her mind — she couldn't find any other jobs.

　　Her first song came out in 1998 and soon attracted attention.Her first albums(唱片) A Song for ×× came out in 1999 and quickly sold over one million copies. Each of her albums has sold very well since then.She has become "the Queen of Pop" in Japan.

　　根据短文内容回答下列问题。

　　21. Why did Ayumi's mother give her much freedom?

　　________________________________________________

　　22. What result did Ayumi get in her entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo?

　　________________________________________________

　　23. At first, why did Ayumi refuse the chance to be a singer?

　　________________________________________________

　　24. What's the name of Ayumi's first album?

　　________________________________________________

　　25. When did her first song come out?

　　________________________________________________

　　F.

　　任务型阅读,阅读短文,完成各题(10分)

　　Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world.

　　Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips or inside their mouths. (1)对他们来说，吃喝很困难。These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not go on with the work because they were lack(缺乏) of money. Then they decided to start a charity (2)_________they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile.

　　Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing counties and has cured over 10,000

　　On the other hand, Operation Smile trains health care professionals in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for further treatment.

　　So show your kindness and generosity(慷慨) to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local bank. (3) Many thanks from the children who can smile now will come to you.

　　26. 将(1)句译成英文：_______________________________________________

　　27.将(2)句的空白处填入适当的词语使句意完整,上下文通顺 _____________

　　28.将(3)句翻译成中文：_____________________________________________

　　29.找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子：

　　They worried that they could not continue to work because they have no money.

　　________________________________________________________________

　　30. What is the best title of the passage?

　　________________________________________________________________

　　Ⅵ. 书面表达(共25分)

　　A.据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。(10分)

　　Reading is an activity, people enjoy a lot in their free time.

　　Some like reading newspapers and o 1 enjoy novels or comic books. My f 2 books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o 3 life better.

　　Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w 4 their lives were difficult. They tried to use e 5 chance to change their lives and make the world bett er.

　　One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has c 6 the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r 7 why they become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes i 8 the sky. Whenever I r 9 stories about great people, I always learn a lot f___10___ them.

　　This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.

　　1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________

　　6.___________ 7__________ 8____________9.__________ 10__________

　　B. 假如你叫李华，是初三(2)班的一名学生，你所在学校的 “爱心俱乐部 (Helping Hands Club)” 将吸收新的成员。你想加入该俱乐部，请你根据你自己的擅长，平时的爱心表现以及参加爱心俱乐部的目的写一封自荐信。收信人是高先生.(15分)

　　词语：name, student, Class 2, Grade 3, member, hard, be good at,

　　get along with, join

　　初三上学期英语期末考试卷答案

　　听力部分(共四大题，计20分)

　　I. Sentences (句子理解)

　　1—5 DCBDA

　　IV. Passages (短文理解)

　　16. 14. 17. clothes 18. (basketball) player 19. money 20. the same

　　I.选择(15分) 1—5 CDBCC 6—10 BDACD 11—15 ABCCD

　　II. 补全对话。(15分.1-5,每小题1分， 6-10， 每小题2分)

　　1-5.CAEDF 6.has happened 7. sorry to hear that

　　8. had a car/ traffic accident / had an accident 9.Were you hurt? 10. hit

　　III. 翻译(15分局部翻译每小题1分，整句翻译每小题2分)

　　8.Sixteen-year-olds should not be allowed to have part-time jobs.

　　9.Why not considering going somewhere relaxing?

　　10. The strategies(strategy) that he came up with worked out well.

　　IV完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.分;满分20分)

　　1-5 AAADB 6-10 CDCAB

　　11. activities 12. smaller 13. other 14. of 15. to answer

　　16 on 17.lstening 18 hear 19 us 20.learned / learnt

　　V、阅读理解(共40小题，A--D每小题1分，E—F每题2分

　　1-5 ACBBD 6-10 BCDDC 11-15 ADCBB 16—20 D C D A C

　　21. Because Ayumi's mother was always at work

　　22. She was the only one that failed.

　　23. Because she thought she wasn't good at singing.

　　24. A Song for X X 25.In 1998.

　　26. It was difficult / hard for them to eat or drink. 27. so that

　　28. 那些已经能够展开笑容的(已治愈的)孩子会向你致以谢意。

　　29. They worried that they could not go on with the work because they were lack of money.

　　30. Operation Smile.

　　VI、书面表达(15分)

　　A.1 others 2. favorite 3. own 4. when(ever) 5. every

　　6 changed 7. reason 8. in 9 read 10.from

　　B.作文

　　Dear Mr Gao,

　　My name is Li Hua. I'm a student from Class 2, Grade 3. I'd like to be a member of the Helping Hands Club. As a student, I work hard at my lessons. I am good at English and do well in both speaking and listening. Beside s, I am easy to get along with and enjoy helping others. On my way home I often help the people who are in trouble. When I see old people or children cross the street, I usually help them. If I join the club, I will do more for others. I'll be glad if I am received. I am looking forward to getting your reply.

　　Yours,

　　Li Hua