[江苏]2012届江苏省启东市初三下学期期中考试英语试卷

—What colour is _______ orange ?   —It's____ orange .

Simon improved his way of study. ________, he has made great progress.

—_____I use your dictionary, Tom?  —Of course, you _______

You ______ to the party if you’re so busy.

It’s _____ hard problem for the twins that ____ of them can work it out.

—We’ll have ________ holiday next month. Will you go home?
—No. If I go home, I’ll have to take________ ride.

The prices of new houses in our city have been ________than before, but they ______ well at present.

—Have you ever been to Shanghai, Mary?
—Yes. I ______ there for three days with my parents last year.

Nick _______a job, but to our surprise, he didn’t take it.

Many people believe _______ robots will do most of our housework in the future.

—Do you like the film 13 Flowers of Nanjing(金陵十三钗)？
—Yes, I do. In fact, I've never seen a _______one.

Excuse me, could you tell me________?

It was nothing but 10 years of hard work that _______his success in business.

_______important news report it is!

Very few people have to finish the work before going home, _________ ?

While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I   16  . Because I was in great need of   17   and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter   18  . It asked me to see the   19   at Croydon. It proved to be a(n)   20  journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of   21  a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal   22   opened the door. He was   23   and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the   24   except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into  25   groups and teach them at three different   26  , and I was not    27   at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was   28   that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon   29   most of my friends would be   30   themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”

A．lived B．played C．studied D．worked

A．help B．money C．rest D．force

A．arrived B．received C．returned D．wrote

A．editor B．teacher C．principal D．student

A．comfortable B．easy C．short D．unpleasant

A．at least B．at first C．at last D．at most

A．herself B．themselves C．itself D．himself

A．bad B．glad C．short D．smiling

A．people B．subjects C．boys D．knowledge

A．two B．three C．four D．five

A．subjects B．lessons C．levels D．schools

A．glad B．surprised C．angry D．sad

A．better B．more exciting C．worse D．nicer

A．until B．after C．if D．because

A．enjoying B．helping C．studying D．arguing

Come And Join Us!
We warmly welcome you to the Shine Sports Centre!
All the young people in this city can become members of the Shine Sports Centre and each member should pay $10 every year. To be a member of us and get your membership card（会员卡），you need to come to us between 2 pm and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday. I have to tell you that we don't accept new members on Friday. Now, there are three things that you must remember to bring with you when you come for a membership card. They are your ID card, a recent passport-sized photo of yourself and the money. We can't give you the card unless
you bring all the three.
Once you have got your membership card, you need to bring it with you whenever you come to book or use any facility(设备）in Shine Sports Centre. Booking over the phone is not allowed, so you have to come here with your card when you want to book. There is one more thing I have to tell you. Our opening hours is from 9 am to 10 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 6 pm on weekends. We hope that every member can have a great time in the Shine Sports Centre.
You can use the facilities in the Shine Sports Centre at_______.

You and your classmate have to spend ______ on the membership card for two years.

What does the underlined word "book" mean in Chinese in this passage?

Which of the following is TRUE?

Who is the advertisement written for?

A young man went to the local expert(专家) on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist(珠宝家). The expert turned him down because he feared the youth would not have the patience to learn. The young man asked for a chance. Finally, the expert told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
The next morning the expert put a jade(玉) stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The boy sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again put the jade stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth days, the expert asked the young man to do the same thing. On the sixth day, the youth held the jade stone but he could no longer stand(忍受) the silence. "Master, when am I going to learn something?" he asked.
"You will learn." the expert said and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth almost lost his patience. But one morning as the master put the stone in the youth's hand, the young man said without looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"
"You have begun to learn." said the master.
Practice makes perfect. The experience we learned from practice teaches us and develops our abilities. Experience is the best teacher. Even the most successful person had no absolute confidence once. It is experience that gives people confidence. The truth is: if you do the work and gain the experience, you'll have more confidence because you'll actually know what you're doing.
The phrase "turned ... down" probably means _______.

The expert let the young man hold the jade stone for so many days because he wanted to see if the young man was _______.

What may be the best title for this passage?

Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect your life in some serious ways.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure (失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
The people we meet          .

From the passage, we know that bad things can make us           .

The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means "           ".

The writer's suggestion is that we should           .

Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!


Who invented the sport of badminton?

Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

Which of the following pictures shows the sport of "Taekwondo"?

请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。
__________ (幸好) he wasn’t hurt in the traffic accident.
Thanks for your valuable __________(suggestion). It’s very helpful to me.
The Chinese ____________(政府) is taking actions to protect these endangered birds.
___________ is the second month of the year.
—What’s the _____________. of the bag of apples?   —Three kilos.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

Tom is a dishonest boy. He seldom tells the __________.
It will make you feel ____________ if you sit too long in front of the computer.
Simon has     ___    orange juice than Millie.
His parents have lived in the village since they got ___________ ten years ago.
Now Chinese is used as __________ as English in the world.

请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

It was raining heavily when he ________ home last night.
Mary wonders what she _________ as when she grows up.
— Amy, I called you yesterday evening, but nobody answered the phone.
— Oh, I ________ a walk with my mother at that time.
—________ you ________ a letter to your mother recently?
—Yes, I wrote one last Sunday.
We are told that sound ___________ through air at a speed of about 340 metres per second.

句型转换
Millie is slimmer than any other girl in her class. (保持句意基本不变)
Millie is ________ _________ girl in her class.
Linda asked John, “Do you come from the USA?”（改为间接引语）
Linda asked John ___________ he ___________ from the USA.
Kitty puts away the warm clothes after the winter.（改为否定句）
Kitty _________ ________ away the warm clothes after the winter.
Twenty thousand fans have voted online for their favourite singers. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ fans have voted online for their favourite singers?
His grandpa died of cancer last year. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ his grandpa die last year?

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
One night Mr. Lee was driving his wife home from work. She was a nurse in a hospital. It was almost midnight and she was quite tired. She soon fell (66)a________, Mr. Lee looked at her and smiled.
Mr. Lee was a (67)c ________ and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive slowly on a dark night. (68)A _________ a while, he noticed a car following him. It was travelling very fast. Suddenly it overtook(超过) his car.  .
The driver of the car was in such a (69)h _________ that he did not see the approaching(临近的）truck. To avoid hitting it, he suddenly turned his car. The car skidded(滑) off the road and hit a big tree. The driver and the passengers were injured(受伤). They were badly hurt by the  (70)b_________ glass of the car. Mr. Lee quickly (71)s__________ his car and called the police. His wife got out of the car to help them. About twenty-five minutes (72) l _________, a police car and an ambulance(救护车) (73)a__________. The injured were taken to hospital.
The policemen wrote down details of the accident. Mr. Lee and the truck driver told (74)t_________ what they could remember. The policemen (75)t _________ them for their help. Then Mr. Lee and Mrs. Lee got into their car and continued their journey.

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Whether summer or winter, holiday time can mean travel. A few years ago, some people moved from California to Maryland with their birds. Traveling with birds is a very unusual experience. But everything can go well with a little planning. There are some good tips for you.
★ The first thing you have to decide is what cage your birds will use. You should make sure that the cage is neither too small nor too big, and can be put into the car easily. If you find that you need a travel cage, get it a few weeks before the trip, so you can give your birds time to get used to it.
★ If your car has the airbag, do not put the cage in the front seat. The force of the airbag even in a little accident could easily damage any cage and even injure or kill the bird inside. The cage should be held in the car with seatbelts.
★ If your trip takes several days, you need to make some stops at pet-friendly hotels. When you stop at hotels during the trip, you must put lots of newspapers under the cage to help control the rubbish.
★ If your travel or moving plans bring you to areas with hot weather, remember that the car will become very hot in a short time in the sun. Never leave your birds in the car alone.
Traveling with birds can be stress-free, and a little planning can make it a pleasant experience.
What is the first thing you have to decide?
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How should the cage be held in the car?
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Why must we put lots of newspapers under the cage at hotels?
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What is the passage mainly about?
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What do you think of traveling with birds? (请自拟一句话作答)
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假设你是9年级学生Daniel，你遇到了一些问题，你写信给21世纪英文报的“知心大姐”栏目，希望得到帮助。问题如下：
1．作业太多，经常熬夜，感到疲劳；
2．不知如何平衡学与玩，感到焦虑；
3．有时与朋友争吵，感觉不好；
4．父母只关心考试分数，很少交流．
注意：1．信的内容必须包含所列问题，并在信尾提出要求，希望得到帮助。可适当发挥，使行文通顺连贯；
2．词数：90左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear agony aunt,
I’m a Grade 9 student. These days I have some problems, and I don’t know how to deal with them.
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Yours,
Daniel