初三英语（上）5--6单元B卷（能力题）
一. 根据句子意思及所给首字母填空：（10分）
1. You can look for any i________ story about Hainan Island on the Internet.
2. Haikou is the c_______ of Hainan Province.
3. When a shark a____ ___, a bell rings to w___ __ the people to get out of water.
4. The Great White sharks have a_______ a number of people.
5. The population of China is l________than that of Japan.
6. Please read the f________ instructions.
7. Water is very important for China. H_______, many people pollute lakes and rivers.
8. Cousteau made it possible by i_______ the scuba machine.
9. Have you ever r_______ a horse? No, never.
二. 选用所给词组,并用它们的适当形式填空：（2×5分）
( think about, find out, feed on , take part in, be said, have an accident )
1. Many sharks ___ ___ other sea animals, and sometimes they eat people.
2. They _____________ on their way to school yesterday.
3. We ______________where to spend our holidays at the moment.
4. It _________ that he comes from American.
5. ________ you __________ what we can do on Hainan Island yet ?
三. 单项选择题（15分）
( )1. We don’t know _______________.
A. how should we do it B. how to do it
C. what should we do it D. what to do it.
( )2. He asked _________ I was new here.
A. that B. when C. whether D. how
( )3.—Maybe we will go swimming tomorrow, and then you can teach me how to swim.
—____________.
A. That’s a deal. B. I’m sorry.
C. That’s all right. D. It doesn’t matter.
( )4. ________ large group _________ small, we are happy to help you!
A. If, or B. However, or C. Whether, or D. No matter, and
( )5. The TV show let people see _____________.
A. What was life under the sea B. What life was like under the sea
C. What life like under the sea D. What life like was under the sea
( )6. She _________ too much money _________ clothes.
A. has spent, to buy B. has spent, buy
C. has spent, buying D. has spent, on buying
( )7. It seems that sharks have been on earth for many _________ years.
A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of
( )8. Shanghai is larger than __________ city in Japan.
A. any B. any other C. other D. another
( )9. The film is _______ interesting. I’ve never seen _______ an interesting film before.
A. so, so B. such, so C. so, such D. such, such
( )10.How long __________ the Greens _________ Nanjing?
A. has, been to B. have, been to C. have, been in D. have, been to
( )11.We don’t know much about Hainan Island. __________ do they.
A. Neither B. So C. Either D. Or
( )12.Some animals have changed a lot, but sharks have changed very .
A. much B. few C. a little D. little
( )13.The price of these shoes __________ 200 yuan.
A. spends B. are C. is D. takes
( )14.I’ll go back home as soon as school ______________.
A. will finish B. will be over C. over D. is over
( )15.----How about going scuba diving ? ----____________.
A. That sounds cool B. That’s all right
C. I’m sorry to hear that D. I don’t know
四. 同义句改写：（10分）
1.I don’t have time at the moment. I don’t have time _______,__________.
2.Could you tell us how much it costs to go to Hainan by air?
Could you tell us how much it costs to ___________ ___________ Hainan
3.They came back on December 8th. They _____________ on December 8th.
4.Why have they gone there? ________ have they gone there _________?
5.He began to surf when he was 12 years old.
He ________ ___________ ___________ since he was 12.
五．改错。下列A、B、C、D中均有错误，请找出并改正。（10分）
1. Could you tell me what should we do next? ( ) ______________
A B C D
2. Luckily, he was not bad hurt yesterday. ( ) _______________
A B C D
3. Click at the Icon at the top of the page, type in the Website. ( ) ____
A B C D
4. He told me that he has ever spoken to a foreigner. ( ) ___________
A B C D
5. The plane will arrive at Beijing at 17:00 in the afternoon. ( ) ___________
A B C D
六. 汉译英（10分）
1.我想我们需要立刻开个家庭会。
I think we ________________________________ at once.
2.李老师想知道他已离开多久了。
Mr Li wants to know ________________________________________.
3.也许鲨鱼认为人是一种海洋动物或者是好吃的东西。
Perhaps sharks think the person ________________ or _________________.
4.不是每个孩子都知道这个问题的答案。
_________ child knows ___________________________.
5.老师应该鼓励学生尽量多说英语。
Teachers should students .
七. 完型填空（10分）
In the United States Monday is the beginning of the workweek. It is the day most Americans like 1 .It is certain that the day they like most is Saturday. Saturday is the 2 of the workweek, it is the beginning of the weekend. Life is 3 on the weekend. Most Americans take care of their houses,cars or gardens. They 4 the feeling that time seems to move more slowly. The workweek is for things you have to do, the __ 5 is for things you want to do. Some people may get in a car and go for a 6 in the country. They like to take part in a sports activity outdoors. They 7 go to a public eating or a film on Saturday night.
The idea of the weekend is a recent (近期的) 8 . In the 1870s rich people began to speak of 9 weekends in the country visiting friends. for most people, however, the workday was six days 10 . It began at about noon or later on Saturday.
A B C D
( ) 1. most least more less
( )2. end beginning middle starting
( )3. terrible hard different same
( )4. hate enjoy remember forget
( )5. weekend weekday week workweek
( )6. walk dance drive run
( )7. must should need might
( )8. invention instruction programme knowledge
( )9 costing spending paying taking
( )10. long short early late
八.阅读理解（5分）
We know mosquitoes very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that the male mosquito doesn’t bite（咬）and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs(产卵). She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites . But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You are different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒)on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By time the itch begins, she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
( ) 1. “Mosquito” means in Chinese.
A. 苍蝇 B. 蜻蜓 C. 蚊子 D. 跳蚤
( ) 2. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will .
A. be afraid of you B. make a lot of noise
C. get angry with you D. choose another one
( ) 3. The mosquito bites you .
A. when you are asleep B. but doesn’t like you
C. because you choose it D. too quickly to let you know
( ) 4. Which of the following sentences is wrong ?
A. All the mosquitoes like to bite people for blood.
B. The itch begins after the mosquito bites you.
C. You may not feel anything different when the mosquito bites you.
D. Female mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.
( ) 5. We know mosquitoes very well, .
A. so we like them very much B.so they are our friends
C. but people don’t like them at all D. so we should protect them 九.首字母填空（10分）
Scientists are trying to turn the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to b___1_____water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food there. They are l____2___ a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts. Scientists may not be able to c____3____ the deserts in time.
Why is more and more land becoming deserts ? Scientists think that people are desert makers. People are doing bad t___4_____ to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t g___5____ much rain, but they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are g___6____ there. Small green plants and grass are very i____7_____ to dry places. They not only stop the hot sun from making the earth even d____8_____ ,but also stop the wind from b____9_____ the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants h___10______ the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert more easily.
1. ________2. _______ 3._______ 4._______ 5.________
6.________ 7. _______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______
十.书面表达（5分）(50—60字)：
李先生是我的一位好朋友，他是一名体育老师，非常喜欢足球。上个星期他去韩国（Korea）看世界杯（the World Cup Football Match）了，要到比赛结束他才回来。请根据以上内容，写一篇短文。
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