初三年英语上学期练习卷 UNIT 10
I、选择填空：
( ) 1. I ______ all the exercises before our teacher collected the exercise books.
A. have finished B. finished C. had finished D. finish
( ) 2. The people heard the bad news that the hero ______ several hours ago.
A. had died B. has died C. died D. dies
( ) 3. He ________ a composition before he attended the meeting.
A. had written B. has written C. wrote D. writes
( ) 4. By the time he was fourteen, he ________ up a small chemistry lab.
A. had set B. has set C. set D. sets
( ) 5. He ________ English for 6 years before he went to college.
A. has learned B. had learned C. learned D. learns
( ) 6. By the time I got to the airport, the plane ________.
A. took off B. has taken off C. had taken off D. takes off
( ) 7. The teacher hopes the students come to school _________.
A. on time B. in time C. on the time D. in the time
( ) 8. The bad traffic accident happened ______ the little boy. What a pity.
A. to B. on C. with D. at
( ) 9. Don’t ________all night, or you’ll be very tired next morning.
A. stand up B. stay up C. stay in bed D. get up
( ) 10. _______ people fled from their homes because of the earthquake.
A. Thousand of B. Two thousands of
C. Two thousand of D. Thousands of
( ) 11. Last summer a friend of mine invited me ________ his family.
A. visited B. visits C. visiting D. to visit
( ) 12. I realized that I _______ my purse in that bus.
A. forgot B. lost C. missed D. left
( ) 13. I am rather ________ because I did much farm work yesterday.
A. exhausted B. embarrassing C. thrilling D. thrilled
( ) 14. A lot of people are fooled _____ April Fool’s Day.
A. in B. at C. on D. with
( ) 15. Yesterday I was late _____ school because the traffic was heavy.
A. on B. to C. to D. for
( ) 16. The mountain was ____ steep ____ few people in our city reached the top.
A. so; as B. so; that C. as; as D. too; to
( ) 17. The old man asked the children _______ in the street.
A. not playing B. to not play C. not to play D. not play
( ) 18. The bad news spreads around _______ village quickly.
A. the whole B. whole the C. the all D. whole
( ) 19. All the students stopped ________ when the teacher came in.
A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. talked
( ) 20. I am so hungry. So go to a supermarket to buy some _________.
A. spaghetti B. coffee C. cola D. drink
II\阅读理解。
There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.
Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps done as much as any other communication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few seconds after they happen. Travelers in out- of – the – way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio.
Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance, TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in color.
Perhaps the most modern invention is “Telstar”, a “star” moving round the earth. It makes it possible for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on TV a motor – car race in Italy, a table tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these events are actually happening!
( ) 1. The passage tells us that ______ in the U.S.A. have no radio or television set.
A. a large number of homes B. all the families
C. a small number of families D. quite a few homes
( ) 2. Why does the passage say radio and TV have become a necessary part of our daily life?
A. Because they have touched nearly everything in our life.
B. Because men would not live happily without them.
C. Because they are the only ways to spread information.
D. Because no communication means no life.
( ) 3. What is the use of a “Telstar” according to the passage?
A. To receive and store information only.
B. To move around the earth just like the moon.
C. To give light onto the earth at night.
D. To help broadcast radio or TV information to the world.
( ) 4. Who do you think the writer of the passage is?
A. An Italian. B. A Japanese. C. An American. D. A Chinese reporter.
( ) 5. When the writer introduces Marconl in the second paragraph, he means ______.
A. he was just an Italian inventor
B. his invention has done much for the world
C. he had reported much to people all over the world
D. he helped people travel a lot around the world
B
Dear editor(编辑),
I live in a beautiful city. Many visitors come to my city. There are so many colorful peacocks(孔雀) here.
The peacocks mostly live on the grass land of Dongfeng Square. They are given food freely by visitors. They usually throw food to them, and don’t think about at all whether the food is right or not. Some of the peacocks became ill, some even died after eating the bad food given by the visitors.
I’m sure most of the visitors who throw food to the peacocks really like the birds, but don’t realize that they may be doing them harm.
The visitors should be told that what they have done is very harmful to the birds, and this kind of thing must be stopped from happening.
Perhaps we can build some small shops beside Dongfeng Square to sell peacock food. For us every person, it is our duty to give more love to these beautiful birds and to look after them carefully.
Yours,
Sun Yan
( ) 6.Many visitors came to the writer’s city to _______.
A. do some shopping B. see beautiful peacocks
C. threw them some bad food D. eat nice food
( ) 7. Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ________.
A. didn’t give them any food B. gave them too much food
C. threw them some bad food D. loved them and played with them
( ) 8. Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may ____________.
A. sell food for visitors B. sell food for peacocks
C. make the square more beautiful D. have the beautiful birds
( ) 9. From the passage we know people should _________.
A. live and play with the birds B. stop the birds from eating too much
C. give right food to the birds D. give more food to the birds
( ) 10. We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan,may be a ________.
A. visitor B. shopkeeper C. square keeper D. student
C
Today Newtown is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats(老鼠) in Newtown. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large and they harmed many people.
The Government (政府)ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were very lazy, so they did not kill them. Then the Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in a day.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought rats to the Government officer. The Government officer thought that people were stealing dead rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the Government did not pay any more money.
（ ）11. According to(根据) the passage, which of the following is true?
A. In Newtown, anyone who was riding home at night could be knocked down by rats.
B. In Newtown, anyone who was at home at night could be knocked could be knocked down by rats.
C. In Newtown, anyone who was going home on foot at night could be knocked down by rats.
D. No matter when the people in Newtown were walking home, they could be knocked down by rats.
（ ）12. Why were the people stealing the rats from the pile?
A. Because they thought the dead rats should be put in a deep hole.
B. Because they thought it was a good way to get more money from the Government.
C. Because they thought they were not lazy.
D. Because they thought they were all poor and were forced to do so.
（ ）13. Which of the following is the correct one?
A. The officer ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the dead rats in it just only to save money for the Government.
B. Soon the Government did not pay any more money, and there were no more rats.
C. The officer wanted to teach the lazy people a lesson, so he ordered his men to put the dead rats in deep hole.
D. The officer and his men put the dead rats in a deep hole in order to prevent the dead rats from being stolen and get rid of all the rats in the city.
（ ）14.The best title (标题) for this passage should be _______.
A. How Newtown became a very clean place
B. How the people in Newtown became rich
C. How to dill rats in a city D. Newtown --- a rat city
III、词汇题：
1、I ___________ this morning so that I was late for school. (睡过头)
2、Nick ______________ (熬夜) last night because of the math test.
3、John was going to meet me earlier but he didn’t ___________. (露面)
4、When my alarm clock __________, it had been 10 o’clock. (闹响)
5、A has ______________ to B for several years. (结婚)
6、Shenzhou VIII spaceship will _____________ the moon in ten years. (登陆)
7、I was late for the party because my car ____________ in halfway. (坏掉, 抛锚)
8、He invited all his ___________ (亲戚) to his wedding.
9、Chairman Mao ____________ in a proud voice that PRC was formally founded on October 1, 1949. (宣布)
10、Let’s ___________ (揭露)Chen Shuibian’s guilty(罪行).
11、Our dear Deng Xiaoping once said he was a Chinese people and he loved his motherland and people ____________. (深深地)
12、Can you help me fix up the computer? My computer is ____________. (坏了)
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