初三英语（上）7—8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. If the pen writes too fast, how will you be able to write n_________ ?
2. Edison r________ out and carried the boy to safety.
3. The boy’s father was so t ________ that he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph.
4. December 25th is C_________ Day.
5. I want to know how they’ll d_________ the tree.
6. It is better to give than to r_________ .
7. Do you often visit your r__________ and friends on New Year’s Day ?
8. He wants to be an i________ when he grows up.
9. How do Chinese c________ the Spring Festival ?
10. We can’t hear each other clearly because the l_______ is bad.
二. 选用所给动词词组,并用它们的适当形式填空：（2×5分）
( give birth to, at the age of, become frustrated, live on, base on, give up, try out)
1. He ___________ because he didn’t pass the exam.
2. The spirit of Lei Feng ___________ for ever.
3. _______________ 20, he became a doctor in a hospital.
4. The woman ______________ the baby last night.
5. You should never ____________ English because it’s so important.
三. 单项选择题（15分）
( )1. The baby is sleeping. Don’t make ____________
A. much too noise B. too many noise
C. too more noise D. too much noise
( )2. It’s hard for them to walk __________ the forest.
A. through B. across C. cross D. over
( )3. --- Why did you stop running ? --- __________.
A. Have a rest B. To have a rest C. Having a rest D. Had a rest
( )4. They get together and go from house to house ______ songs.
A. sing B. sang C. singing D. sung
( )5. --- I’m going to Beijing for my holiday. ---- _____________.
A. Glad to hear it B. Have a good time
C. I think so D. I don’t think so
( )6. Now she has a house of ________. How happy she is!
A. owner B. her own C. her D. own her
( )7. Please ________ your homework here tomorrow.
A. take B. carry C. bring D. to bring
( ) 8. _______ bad news it is!
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
( ) 9. We want to put ________ the star __________ the tree.
A. on, on top of B. up, on the top of C. on, at the top of
D. up, at top of
( ) 10. My parents gave a present to Jim _________.
A. as well B. also C. either D. ever
( ) 11. Even though he is no longer living, _______ we’ll remember him for ever.
A. / B. but C. and D. so
( ) 12. I’ve never _____ China before.
A. been in B. been out C. been out of D. leave
( ) 13. English is hard, but it’s really worth ________.
A. to learn B. learn C. learned D. learning
( )14. The boy jumped off the wall and ________ on the ground.
A. landed B. drop C. falled D. based
( ) 15. His father _______ Beijing. He’ll come back ________ a week.
A. has been to, in B. has gone to, in
C. has been to, after D. has gone to, after
四. 同义句改写：（10分）
1.The girl could swim when she was five years old.
______ the _____ _____ five, the girl ______ _____ ______ swim.
2. His mother found that he was a very good pupil.
His mother found him _____ _____ a very good pupil.
3. Sometimes I want to give up maths.
_____ ______ I _____ _____ _____ up maths.
4. What does “try out” mean?
What ______ you ______ ______ “try out” ?
5. Jim told Lin Tao what he should bring to England.
Jim told Lin Tao what ______ ______ to England.
6. The desk is too heavy to carry.
The desk isn’t ______ _______ to carry.
五．改错。下列A、B、C、D中有一处错误，请找出并改正。（10分）
1. My mother told me don’t eat anything until I saw the doctor. ( ) ___________
A B C D
2. Mother wants to know what Jim has a lot of homework to do.( )___________
A B C D
3. Could you tell me how long I can borrow the book ? ( ) ____________
A B C D
4. What makes your father become more and more healthy. ( ) ______________
A B C D
5. The shoes are too small for me to wear them. ( ) _______________
A B C D
六. 汉译英（10分）
1.我对你充满信心。 I _____________________ you.
2. 这给了他一个生活的新起点。This gave him _________________________.
3. 他关心别人胜过关心自己。He ___________________________ than himself.
4. 他们相互拥抱问候，然后说：“圣诞快乐！”
They ___________________________ and said,” Merry Christmas!”
5. 一位天使来告诉玛丽她就要生下那个非凡的孩子了。
An angel told Mary that she _______________________________________.
七. 完型填空（10分）
The computer was one of the most important inventions of last century. The first computer was as large as a room. Now some computers are as ___1___ as television sets. Some computers can even be made smaller __2____ a book. About 20 years ago, the computer was a strange machine in China. Not many people __3 ___ it and said yes to it.
Today much of that is ___4____. In 1984, when Deng Xiaoping ___5___ two pupils working on the computers in Shanghai, he said that computer lessons should start from children. So there was the first computer book for middle school students. Now in Shanghai ____6_____ all middle schools have classrooms for computer courses. Some of the students now have their ____7______ computers at home. With the help of the Internet , they can send and receive E-mails. They can learn about the world ____8____.
Now computers are _____9____ used in banks, factories, airports and so on. The computer is coming into everyone’s ____10_____, so it is important for us to learn how to use a computer.
A B C D
( ) 1. huge small great little
( )2. as like than about
( )3. understand understood learn learnt
( )4. changing moving turning happening
( )5. looked heard found watched
( )6. most almost only no
( )7. new old own simple
( )8. much quick much quickly more quick more quickly
( )9. recently widely slowly carefully
( )10. life live lives living
八.阅读理解（5分）
Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker. He liked to tell interesting stories to make people laugh. He also liked to play jokes on his friends.
Once Mark Twain was travelling with a friend of his. His friend lost his money,so asked Mark Twain to buy a train ticket for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to buy two tickets.”said Mark Twain. His friend didn’t know what to do.
“You can lie under my seat when the conductor comes to check the tickets.” Mark Twain said to him.
When the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets, one for himself and the other for his friend. He said to the conductor,”My friend is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat.” Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed.
( )1. Mark Twain was _____________.
A. a great Canadian writer and a famous speaker
B. a great American writer and a famous speaker
C. a famous speaker and one of the conductor’s friends
D. a man with a lot of money
( ) 2.What happened to his friend on a train trip ?
A. He lost his money. B. He lost his ticket.
C. He missed the train. D. He had no free seat.
( )3. When the conductor came to check the tickets, his friend _____.
A. sat on the chair B. lay under Mark Twain’s seat
C. showed him two tickets D. lay on the floor and laughed
( )4. From the passage, we know that _________.
A. his friend didn’t like to sit on the seat
B. his friend had enough money
C. his friend didn’t know what to do when the conductor came
D. Mark Twain was interested in playing jokes on his friends
( ) 5. In fact, Mark Twain ___________.
A. bought only one ticket B. bought two tickets
C. didn’t buy any tickets D. bought three tickets
九.首字母填空（10分）
China j___1____ the WTO on Dec.11, 2001. The Chinese hoped to be a m____2____ of the WTO many years ago. Now the hope has come true. China is both the largest and the fastest growing c____3_____ in the developing world. After e____4___ the WTO, she will be much richer and s__5______ in the world. However, the Chinese will meet more difficulties and challenges. A___6___ Chinese students, we should work h___7____ at all our subjects, especially( 尤其) English. English is the most w____8_____ used in the world. It’s a bridge to much k____9_____. So it’s more important to learn English w___10_____ than before.
1. ________2. _______ 3._______ 4._______ 5.________
6.________ 7. _______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______
十.书面表达（5分）(50—60字)：
根据提示写一篇题为“The Population Problem”的短文
提示：1、人口问题是当今世界最大的问题之一2、中国是世界上人口最多的国家；3、如果人口增长过快，将会带来许多严重问题；4、因此，我们必须尽最大努力来控制人口。
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