初中英语说明文试题

Red Packets in Chinese Culture

Giving Hongbao (red packets) is a tradition in China. Traditional red pockets are often decorated with gold Chinese characters（汉字）, such as ___ 1 ___and wealth.

How red packets a re used

During Chinese New Year, __ 2 ___is (are) put inside red packets which are then handed out to younger generations by their parents, grandparents, relatives, and even close neighbours and friends.

The ___ 3 ___

Red represents luck and good fortune in Chinese culture. That is __ 4 ___red packets are used during Chinese New Year and other celebrations.

How to give and receive

Giving and receiving red packets is a ___ 5 ___act. Therefore, red packets are always __ 6 ___and received with both hands.

Someone who receives a red packet at Chinese New Year or on his or her birthday should not ___ 7 ___it in front of the giver. __ 8 __, things are different at a Chinese wedding, where the guests usually give the red packets to the attendants and sign ___ 9 ___names on a large scroll ( long piece of paper). The attendants will open the packets at once, ___ 10 __the money inside, and record it on a register（登记簿） next to the guests' names.

The amount （数量）

The amount of money is relative to your relationship to the person who receives-the ___ 11 ___your relationship is, the more money is expected. Anyway, it is not the amount of the money that matters, but the care and love you hold for others .

What not to gift

Certain amounts of money are to be __ 12 ___. Anything with a four is not good because four sounds similar to __ 13 ___in Chinese. Even numbers（偶数）, except four, are better than odd-as good things are believed to come in __ 14 ___. For example, gifting ＄20 is better than ＄21.

The money inside a red packet should ___ 15 ___be new. Folding the money or giving dirty or wrinkled bills is in bad taste.

Hongbao is a symbol of love from others, as well as a sign of good luck.

A．	1. praise	B．	dream	C．	happiness	D．	advice
E．	2. paper	F．	money	G．	letters	H．	notes
I．	3. colour	J．	size	K．	shape	L．	history
M．	4. when	N．	why	O．	how	P．	where
Q．	5. strange	R．	simple	S．	smart	T．	serious
U．	6. presented	V．	filled	W．	covered	X．	gathered
Y．	7. watch	Z．	hide	[．	open	\．	accept
]．	8. Moreover	^．	However	_．	Otherwise	`．	Besides
a．	9. his	b．	their	c．	your	d．	our
e．	10. count	f．	change	g．	choose	h．	collect
i．	11. worse	j．	harder	k．	closer	l．	wider
m．	12. avoided	n．	increased	o．	afforded	p．	returned
q．	13. birth	r．	fear	s．	death	t．	envy
u．	14. groups	v．	rows	w．	teams	x．	pairs
y．	15. sometimes	z．	never	{．	seldom	|．	always

	It’s located at the western gate, just beside the ticket center.  The center provides a series of services, such as guide service, free water supply, guide books, charging mobile phones, baby carriage, first-aid medicine, and simple health care. You can also buy some souvenirs like stamps, postcards and tiger toys.
	It’s located at the eastern and western gates of the Pearl Spring Scenic Area. There are all kinds of tickets, such as tickets for the scenic area and tickets for amusement park.
	Dingshan Pavilion Dining Hall, a large-scale dining centre, can receive 300 people for dining at the same time. It lies in the Scenic Area. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery while eating. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.
Transportation Guide	You can take No. 168 bus from Gulou Bus Stop and get off at Pearl Spring Bus Stop. The bus stop is just outside the Scenic Area. You can also drive here.

According to the leaflet, visitors can ______ at Tourist Service Centre.

A．take a bus

B．buy a ticket

C．get guide books

D．have snacks

Dingshan Pavilion Dinning Hall ______.

A．is a large-scale dining centre

B．is located next to the Ticket Centre

C．is open to the public 16 hours a day

D．can receive 300 people for dinner in a day

Visitors to the Scenic Area can ______.

A．only take a bus there

B．get water for free if they are thirsty

C．have one choice if they want to buy tickets

D．sell souvenirs, such as stamps and postcards

Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats.
People like malls for many reasons. They don’t feel any danger around them because malls have police stations or private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People loved doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built all over the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course. They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport mall walking. Others go to malls to meet friends. In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words, people can do just everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping centre.
Why are some people in America called mall rats?
_________________________________________________________.
What is the purpose of having police stations inside the malls?
_________________________________________________________.
Do people need to pay for parking in malls?
_________________________________________________________.
When and where was the first indoor mall set up in the United States?
_________________________________________________________.
Why were more malls built all over the country?
_________________________________________________________.
Do you prefer to have a one-day trip to such malls? Please give your reason.
_________________________________________________________.

Shopping in Rongda Commercial Building will be cheaper and enjoyable on May Day, May 1^st.

4 hours free If you spend more than 200 yuan in the building, you can get 4 hours free parking in the parking lot. Showing your shopping tickets to the service desk is OK.

50% discount(折扣) If you have a VIP card,you can get 70% discount on any PORTS clothes you buy. We have many kinds of women’s dresses, sweaters, skirts and trousers for you to choose. I’m sure you will find something you will enjoy.

Half-price movie tickets Have a meal for at least 40 yuan at the Market Cafe, you can receive a half- price movie ticket for the film Iron Man III. The full price for each ticket is 37 yuan. Have a meal for more than 100 yuan, you can get two half- price tickets for the film Personal Tailor. You can save 40 yuan for the two tickets.

Buy two, get one free Buy two bottles of orange juice or apple juice at the suppermarket, you’ll get another bottle of juice of the same value.

If you spend 238 yuan at the building, you can get _________.

A．CD free	B．a 4- hour free parking
C．VIP card	D．a skirt free

If you want a bottle of juice free, you have to ____________.

A．have a meal at least 40 yuan

B．spend 200 hundred yuan in the building

C．buy two movie tickets

D．buy two bottles of apple juice

If you buy two PORTS sweaters at the original(原始的) price of 900 yuan, you should pay __________on May Day.

A．270 yuan

B．630 yuan

C．450 yuan

D．810 yuan

If my brother has a meal for 203 yuan at the Market Cafe, he needs two tickets for the film Personal Tailor on May 3nd, he should pay ____.

A．80 yuan

B．40 yuan

C．74 yuan

D．20 yuan

The form you have read is most probably__________.

A．an email

B．an advertisement

C．a letter

D．a report

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world．With a （1） 　 　of more than 2，000 years， some parts of the Great Wall have disappeared．（2） 　 　， it is still a very popular place of interest．

It is the （3） 　 　wall ever built． It is about 8 meters high． The top is 8 meters wide and it （4） 　 　even wider at the bottom． It is made （5） 　 　stone and brick． People built it by （6） 　 　and it took a long time to finish．

No one knows（7） 　 　when the building of the Great Wall was started． It is believed that the wall was built to （8） 　 　parts of the country in the old days． It also made people live a（n） （9） 　 　life．

Today， many of the visitors go to see the Great Wall．（10） 　 　they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall， they can't help saying，"Wow， that's fantastic!"

（1）A． number	B． purpose	C． history	D． choice
（2）A． But	B． So	C． And	D． However
（3）A． longest	B． shortest	C． farthest	D． biggest
（4）A． needs	B． gets	C． spends	D． sounds
（5）A． from	B． into	C． by	D． of
（6）A． hand	B． accident	C． machine	D． mistake
（7）A．usually	B．normally	C．exactly	D．luckily
（8）A．provide	B．protect	C．search	D．produce
（9）A．smart	B．awful	C．terrible	D．peaceful
（10）A．Before	B．Unless	C．When	D．Though

Our factories and homes burn coal and oil. Every year we have forest fires somewhere. Many scientists believe that the climate is changing.
The earth will perhaps be warmer by about 7 degrees centigrade. At the South Pole and the North Pole, the ice will melt (融化). The sea level (海平面) will rise by about 7meters. As a result, water will cover cities like London, Tokyo and New York. Some ports and towns along the coasts will disappear under water.
Some other scientists think that the dust, smoke and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will block out the sunrays(紫外线). Then the earth will become colder and great sheets of ice will cover Europe and North America.
When chemicals in the air mix with rain, we have acid (酸) rain. Acid rain can bring us great harm. It destroys forests and kills life in lakes and rivers.
People are beginning to see how serious the problem is. They find it important to work with nature instead of against it. They are trying to save the earth in many different ways. But one of the most important things to do is to make people understand that saving the earth is saving ourselves.
Some scientists believe that          .               
A. the earth is growing warmer
B. we can find oil in our forests
C. we have to burn down the forests every year
Ice at the poles will          if the earth gets warmer.
A. cover cities like London and Tokyo
B. raise the sea level by 7 degrees
C. become water and make the sea level rise                
Acid rain          .
A. brings great changes in our climate
B. kills pests in lakes and forests
C. kills the fish in rivers and lakes                        
What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. The dust together with pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will bring us more heat from the sun.
B. The sunrays will come more because of the dust and pollution from fires.
C. As a result of the dust and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires, the earth will become colder.                                                                  
Which statement is TRUE?
A. People have come to know the importance of working with nature.                
B. All the scientists agree that our earth is sure to become warmer and warmer.
C. The sea level will rise if the earth gets colder.

Reading is the key to school success and , like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自动性)”
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrases(短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.
According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount(数量) of time that a child spends reading ,not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity . It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.
You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentence, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.
The sentence “Reading is the key to school success” means that reading___________.

A．helps school develop faster

B．is the key to a successful school

C．helps students go to a key school

D．can improve students’ learning results

Rossman tells that any child who _____________ will probably be an automatic reader.

A．turns off TV one night 4 weeks

B．reads books by the word quickly

C．spends an hour reading every day

D．gets the same grades as others in exams

The underlined word “stumbles” in the passage means “_____________” in Chinese.

A．结结巴巴地读	B．全神贯注地读
C．心不在焉地读	D．声情并茂地读

The best title for the passage should be “ ______________________”.

A．IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity

B．TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading

C．Automaticity Depends on Practice

D．Automatic readers Will Be Successful

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.

Natural resources（资源）come from the earth．And they are limited．This means that they will not （41） 　　forever．Some are renewable，like trees，for example，you can plant a new tree when you （42） 　　one down．Others are not renewable，like the coal（煤）．Once it is dug out of the （43） 　　and used．it is gone．People realized the （44） 　　that the earth's natural resources are limited，and they decide to do something to help save （45） 　　．When you try to save one kind of natural resources，you had better use less of it，（46） 　　it will be used up so fast．One way that people save the fuel（燃料），such as gasoline，it's by riding a bicycle or working when the （47） 　　is short instead of driving．Water is a very important kind of natural resource because we all needed to keep （48） 　　．We can save water by making sure that our pipes and taps do not leak（漏）．We can also make （49） 　　 choices to save water，like only using the dishwasher or washing machine，not making the water keep running．Everyone can make contribution to （50） 　　natural resources．

41．A．last	B．spread	C．burn	D．change
42．A．turn	B．cut	C．put	D．move
43．A station	B．building	C．ground	D．house
44．A．news	B．plan	C．decision	D．fact
45．A．them	B．it	C．that	D．one
46．A．and	B．but	C．or	D．so
47．A．money	B．space	C．place	D．distance
48．A．alive	B．along	C．asleep	D．awake
49．A．generous	B．funny	C．wise	D．stupid
50．A．protecting	B．wasting	C．using	D．making．

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

Have you seen this picture on line？ There is a big smile on the（26）　　face． It makes me feel happy whenever I（27）　　it．

In fact， there（28）　　a story about the picture． Campbell Jones is a young man from Australia． Several months ago， when Jones was riding his（29）　　 on Rottenest Island， a little animal ran after him． It was a quokka（短尾矮袋鼠）， a kind of animal that lives on Rottenest Island．

A lot of wild animals fear（害怕） humans， （30）　　quokkas are not afraid of people． It is common for quokkas to get close to people on this island． When Jones stopped his bike， the cute animal jumped towards（31）　　． It seemed that the quokka was interested in Jones' camera and wanted to take a picture． Jones thought it was fun and（32）　　 it．

The picture became（33）　　after Jones posted it on the Internet． Hundreds of people left（34）　　below it． One of them said， "Wow! It's the cutest animal I have（35）　　seen!" And another one said the photo "makes the world a better place．"

What do you think of the photo？

26． A． animal's	B． animal	C． Jones'
27． A． look forward to	B． look after	C． look at
28． A． have	B． is	C． are
29． A． train	B． bus	C． bike
30． A． and	B． because	C． but
31． A． itself	B． it	C． him
32． A． hit	B． helped	C． cut
33． A． popular	B． typical	C． shocked
34． A． messages	B． marks	C． tools
35． A． never	B． since	C． ever

If you often have a cold，headache or backache，there is something wrong with your health．Eating healthy food（46） 　　good for our health．Tofu （豆腐），milk，vegetables are healthy for us．

Tofu is a kind of common（47） 　　food．We often（48） 　　it in China．Now more and more people（49） 　　other countries think tofu is good for health，（50） 　　．They also like eating it．

Milk is（51） 　　kind of healthy food．Every day you should（52） 　　one or two glasses of milk．It can keep us（53） 　　Vegetables are very important．You should eat（54） 　　them，they are nutritious（有营养的）．As we know，it's important to keep a balanced diet （均衡饮食）．We must have the right kinds of food．We should also eat some pork，chicken and beef．We should eat more fruit and vegetables（55） 　　less meat．

46．A．are	B．was	C．will be	D．is
47．A．Japanese	B．American	C．English	D．Chinese
48．A．eat	B．drink	C．take	D．play
49．A．for	B．with	C．in	D．at
50．A．too	B．also	C．neither	D．either
51．A．the other	B．other	C．another	D．others
52．A．drinking	B．drink	C．take	D．to take
53．A．strong	B．weak	C．thin	D．heavy
54．A．a lot	B．plenty	C．much	D．a lot of
55．A．as	B．never	C．but	D．though．

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