初中英语说明文试题

ADear Mrs Web

Dear Mrs Web provide free personal advice and opinions for you. She receives and answers worldwide email question. She will offer you some new suggestions on your problems, like study stress disinterested friend … Dear Mrs Web welcomes all questions and comments. You can receive the reply usually in 48 hours. Her email address is [e-mail]
B Help Line Volunteers
Every year thousands of old people are in need of our help. The Help Line provides a heartwarming, helpful, kind support and information service for the English-speaking aged people. We are in need of volunteers who are:
good listeners, warm-hearted and patient
excellent English speaker
can work 10 hours every day
Please call us at 0241-85902 or email us. [e-mail]
C Save the Earth Club

Earth club is for any student in Green School. Earth Club's goal is to help keep the school, neighborhood, and city cleaner by encouraging recycling, highway clean up, and river, lake and school campus clean up. We hope to improve the environment and encourage others to do the same. We also meet to discuss some real solution to save the earth. Earth Club meets 2--4 times a month. Come and join us!
D The King Sweeper

My great, great grandfather invented the carpet sweeper 125 years ago. This King Sweeper is by far the best. I invite you to try it in your home. You'11 find it used daily in hospital, restaurants, offices and homes throughout the world. This is just the thing to keep your carpet soft, clean and fresh. Only for $29.99! We're so sure that you'11 be delighted with the result of using our product.
E Trendy Sunglasses

They can protect your eyes when driving, gardening or reading in the sun. It can make your life easier and happier, and make you look smarter! $ 10.99 each or 2 for $ 19.99!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号涂在答题卡相应位置。
If you are not getting on well with a friend of yours, you can email __ for help.

A．Save the Earth Club	B．Dear Mrs Web
C．Help Line Volunteers	D．The King Sweeper

Which of the following has the least chance to get help from Help Line Volunteers?

A．An old American farmer.	B．An old Chinese farmer.
C．An old English farmer.	D．An old Canadian farmer.

Save the Earth Club is __ to help improve the environment.

A．a world club	B．a city club
C．a school club	D．a neighborhood club

If you buy two pairs of Trendy Sunglasses, you will save __

A．$ 10.99	B． $1.99
C．$ 19.99	D． $ 2.99

People who get help from Dear Mrs Web

A．have to pay for it	B．have to help others
C．must be quite poor	D．needn't pay for it

Brave Type: 3D cartoon  Comedy        Running time: 95 minutes Merida, a princess, refused to marry a person that she dislikes. This causes trouble for her family and the whole country. Merida turns to a witch(女巫) for help. In doing so, her family and the country are in danger. Merida must save her family and the country before it is too late. X K b1.C  om

The Grey Type: Action         Running time: 117 minutes The Grey is based on the short story “Ghost Walker” written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. It’s about a number of oil men who are in trouble in Alaska after a plane crash(空难). They have to fight against grey wolves that threaten their lives.

Mirror Mirror Type:          Running time: 106 minutes You must know the story of Snow White. Would you like to see this story again? Come to see Mirror Mirror. It’s a comedy about Snow White. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts are the main actresses in this interesting movie.

Chimpanzee Type: Documentary      Running time: 78 minutes This movie is directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It’s a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee named Oscar. He is alone in the African forests until he is raised by another chimpanzee. The chimpanzee takes care of Oscar like his own child.

 
How many documentaries are mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

Which movie lasts the longest time?

A．Brave.	B．The Grey.
C．Chimpanzee.	D．Mirror Mirror.

Which statement about the movies is true?

A．Mirror Mirror is directed by Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

B．The Grey directed by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is based on a short story.

C．You can’t see many beautiful nature sights in Chimpanzee.

D．Brave is about a princess who obeys her heart.

Who starred in(主演) one of the movies?

A．Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

B．Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield.

C．Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.

D．Merida.

Where can you probably read this passage?

A．In a nature magazine.	B．In a storybook.
C．In an entertainment newspaper.	D．In a science book.

What will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.
About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车). The most famous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radars (雷达) on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed a self-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.
Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than humans. If only 10% of cars on the street are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives (生命) every year. If 90% of vehicles (交通工具) are self-driving, 21,700 lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to be very popular in the near future.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.
Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.
In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.
The more self-driving cars there are on the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.
The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.

Singapore’s public transport system (公共交通系统) is one of the best in the world, so you should have no problem finding your way around like a local. There are three main forms of public transport here that you would find in any other big city--trains, buses and taxis.

	TRAINS Trains run from 6 a.m. to midnight. Single trip tickets start at 80 cents. If you buy an EZ-Link card for $15, you can take the trains and buses as you like. If you need more information, just call Transit Link at 18007674333.
BUSES There are several bus services in Singapore and fares（车费）start at 80 cents. Be sure to always ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he cannot give you changes. If you need help, just call Transit Link at 18007674333.
	TAXIS There are three main taxi companies--City Cab（65522222），Comfort（65521111）and Tibs（65528888）.Booking can also be made easily by calling the number above.
RENTAL（租）CARS Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you like to travel as you like, renting a car is a good choice. Renting takes away the trouble of getting to places around Singapore. Just sit back and enjoy the city. It also means you’ll get to see a lot more than a train or a bus won’t let you see. For car rental, call Avis on 6567371668.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
Buy an EZ-Link card, and you can take __________.

A．both buses and trains	B．only trains
C．both buses and taxis	D．only rental cars

What is a good choice if you want to travel freely in Singapore?

A．To take a bus.	B．To take a train.
C．To rent a car.	D．To take a taxi.

If you need to rent a car, you may call __________.

A．65528888	B．6567371668
C．18007674333	D．65522222

The passage mainly talks about __________ in Singapore.

A．how to rent a car	B．how to take a bus
C．3 taxi companies	D．public transport system

From the passage, which sentence is true?

A．A local has some trouble finding his way around.

B．It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train.

C．You can see a lot more in Singapore only by renting a car.

D．It’s easy and convenient for visitors to travel in Singapore.

Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum(论坛) asking what “PK” meant.
“My family has been watching the ‘I Am the Singer’ singing competition TV program. My little daughter asked me what ‘PK’ meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, “PK” is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.
In the case of the “I Am the Singer” singing competition, “PK” was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition raking.
Like this father, Chinese teachers at Middle schools have also been finding their students using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write the compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didn’t understand.
“My ‘GG’ came back this summer from college. He told me I’ve grown up to be a ‘PLMM’. I loved to ‘FB’ with him together; he always took me to the ‘KPM’,” went one composition.
“GG” means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). “PLMM” is Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). “FB” means Fu Bai (corruption). “KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.
Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language. If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, meaning an ugly looking female) or a Qing Wa (frog, meaning an ugly looking male ) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!
By writing the article, the writer tries to _________.
A. explain some Internet jargons               
B. suggest common Internet jargons
C. draw our attention to Internet jargons
What does the underlined word Internet jargons mean?
A. Internet language            
B. Internet action           
C. Internet fashion
What does the writer think about the word “PK”?
A. Fathers can’t possibly know it.
B. The daughter should understand it.
C. Online game players may know it.
The example of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons__________.
A. are used not only online
B. cause trouble to our mother tongue
C. are welcomed by all the people
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Puzzled Father!    
B. Do You Speak Internet English?
C. Kong Long or Qing Wa?

  Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.
Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.
One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.
The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.
Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.
Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere (干涉) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression (消沉).
The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.
These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

A．The environment.	B．Mother’s sensitivity.
C．Education before birth.	D．Their peers (同龄人)

What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

A．To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born.

B．To prove that babies can learn before they are born.

C．To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies.

D．To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills.

Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?

A．The children of women who did not suffer from depression.

B．The children of depressed but caring mothers.

C．The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children.

D．The children with high communication abilities.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies.

B．Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence.

C．A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are five or six months old.

D．Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth.

The world we live is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?
Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die.
We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.
Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.
Food usually goes bad easily in summer but you don’t need to worry about how to keep honey (蜂蜜) because honey doesn’t go bad.
Most animals will die soon without the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days without the head.
Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly, like the penguin (企鹅) and the ostrich (鸵鸟).

________ Things
Little dogs	________ is bad for them and they can’t eat it.
A snail	It may sleep for _______ years, but we sleep_______ hours at a time.
Our eyes	The size of the eyes doesn’t________.
Honey	It doesn’t go _______ at any time.
______	It can live for nine or ten________ without the ________.
Birds	Most birds are good at ________ but some can’t.

根据表格内容，选择正确答案(共5小题，计10分)。

If Jane wants to rent a room, she can call_____.

A．Mr. Tang	B．Mr. Zhang
C．Miss Li	D．Wang Tao

Mr. Tang needs _____.

A．a room for two people	B．a room with three beds
C．an English workbook	D．an actor

If you find an English workbook, you can call Wang Tao at _____.

A．13956789123	B．73574110
C．78567767	D．53868668

From the passage, we can know that an actor can _______.

A．work with other	B．sing
C．dance	D．A, B and C

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mr. Tang doesn’t want a room for￥ 500 a month.

B．Wang Tao’s English workbook is lost.

C．If Michael wants to rent a room, he can call Miss

D．A boy can call Mr. Zhang if he wants to be an actor.

Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. Is that true? The answer is definitely no. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

Feb. l0, 2007
5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel. Packed bags. Took a taxi to airport.
7:30	Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.
8:30	Plane landed. Waited for luggage (行李)for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.
9:45	Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.
10:00	Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters.
11:00	Went to radio station to attend the live show.
12:00	Had lunch with local producer (制片人)
I3:00	Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good,   but the band did poorly.
17:00	Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00	Had supper, but ate little.
18:30	Went to theatre again and got ready for show.
19:30	Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.
22:00	Show was over. Very tired from it.
23:00	Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV.
0:00	Fell asleep, with TV on.

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。
The pop star went back to the hotel _________ on Feb. 10, 2007.

A．once	B．twice
C．three times	D．four times

According to the chart, the pop star was good at _________.

A．singing	B．dancing
C．making faces	D．playing the piano

The pop star felt ________ after the performance.

A．tired	B．excited
C．sad	D．both A and B

The band did _________ in the rehearsal (彩排) in the night’s show.

A．better in the show than	B．worse in the show than
C．in the show as bad as	D．not tell us how the band did

This passage mainly tells us that _________.

A．pop stars are not rich in fact

B．young people had better not be pop stars

C．there are many young people wanting to be pop stars

D．pop stars don’t have an easy life as they seem to have

New books this month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

The Long Night was written by             .

A．David Reilly	B．Maha
C．Joanna	D．Marcie Jacome

The story of Hard Work happened in             .

A．Australia	B．Thailand
C．India	D．England

From the passage we can see Tina is ________.

A．a doctor	B．a film star
C．a writer	D．a college student

           is about a difficult journey.

A．Hospital or Cinema	B．Hard Work
C．The Long Night	D．Harry Potter

The passage above is     .

A．an ad	B．a story
C．a novel	D．a diary

This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.
To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.
If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.
The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. It uses a special alphabet (特殊字母表) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just have a look at this page when you’re not sure how to say a word.
The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.
In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained and easy to understand.
According to the passage, “neighbor” is used in ______ English.

A．Australian	B．Canadian
C．American	D．British

In Paragraph 5, what does the underlined word “definition” mean?

A．词性

B．词条

C．词库

D．词义

The dictionary explains ______. 

A．some of the difficult words	B．all the words in a simple way
C．all the easy words	D．the words of two meanings

Every school has a notice board. Let’s see what is on the notice board of an America school.

According to School Policy, visitors have to ______ when entering the school.

A．hand in a note	B．call at 524-9752
C．check in at the office	D．telephone the school

From ______, students can get information on the parents meeting.

A．School Policy	B．Report Card
C．After-school Program	D．Class Announcement

Suppose Tony doesn’t do well at school but makes progress, he will get ______ on the Report Card.

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

Over 30% of the natural world has been seriously destroyed by humans (人类) over the last 30 years. This is because the number of people living on Earth is nearly six billion (十亿). All of these people need food, space and energy. As a result, lots of Earth’s natural resources will be used up. When we destroy our earth to get natural resources such as wood or oil, animals often lose their living space. They cannot have enough food, and they will get hurt or die.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international charity. It tries to prevent humans from destroying more of nature than is necessary. For example, in China WWF is working with the local government to reconnect (重新连接) some small lakes in Anhui Province to the Yangtze River and to create(创造) more protected areas so that China’s natural beauty will not be lost in the future. WWF works in more than 50 countries, saving rainforests and stopping hunters from killing rare animals and protecting traditional ways of life in areas where they are in danger of being lost. WWF’s main goal is to encourage development that does not harm the environment and the animals that live in it. Even though the charity is known all over the world, and a lot of people support the goals of WWF, not so many donate money often. This makes it difficult for the charity to do all the things it wants to do.
Why has over 30% of the natural world been destroyed?

A．Because hunters are killing rare animals.

B．Because not enough people help WWF.

C．Because WWF does not have enough money.

D．Because there are so many people living on Earth.

How has WWF helped in China?

A．They have protected traditional ways of life.

B．They have helped to protect China’s natural beauty.

C．They have saved many rainforests in Anhui Province.

D．They have built some bridges over the Yangtze River.

What is WWF’s main goal?

A．To save rainforests.

B．To stop hunters killing rare animals.

C．To get more people to donate money.

D．To protect the environment while developing.

Why is it difficult for WWF to do all the things they want to?

A．Because too many people do not know WWF.

B．Because WWF doesn’t have enough money from donations

C．Because there are too many problems for them to solve.

D．Because WWF doesn’t encourage development.

Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.
The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?” This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!
The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “Our school has a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and can’t speak to her. What should I do?” When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.
The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?” Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?
How many basic questions do the students often ask?

A．Two.	B．Three.
C．Four.	D．Five.

What is Oliver’s problem?

A．He’s too shy to talk with others.

B．He’s not able to count English words.

C．He can’t remember new words.

D．He doesn’t know what real English is.

What’s the best title of this passage?

A．How to learn English

B．Talking about English films

C．Advice about English writing

D．The way of beginning an English conversation

A

The people in        needn’t go to work on Fridays.

A．Canada	B．Scotland
C．Japan	D．Egypt

If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.

A．11:00a.m	B．2:00 p.m.
C．12:30 p.m.	D．4:00 a.m.

While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.

A．having lessons	B．sleeping
C．watching TV	D．playing games