西安交大少年班初三英语样题
西安交大少年班初三英语样题
邻水中学实验学校
（总分：100分答题时间：90分钟）
I. 选择填空(Multiple-choice)（共20小题；每小题1分，计20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence and the dialogue.)
( )1. Mr Brown _________ England. He _________ London for about three weeks.
A. has been to; has been to
B. has been to; has been in
C. has gone to; has been to
D. has gone to; has been in
( )2. The word “mouth” has _________ “m”, _________ “u” and _________ “h” in it.
A. an; an; a
B. a; an; an
C. an; a; an
D. a; an; a ( )3. There are forty students in our class. Some are from Britain and ______ are from China.
A. another
B. other
C. others
D. the others ( )4. —We can use QQ to talk with each other on the Internet nowadays.
—Really? Will you please show me _________ it?
A. how can I use
B. where can I use
C. how to use
D. what to use ( )5. All of the following are traffic signs except _________.
( )6. A library with five thousand books _________ to the nation as a gift in 2006.
A. is offered
B. are offered
C. was offered
D. were offered ( )7. Do you still remember the beautiful park _________ we visited in London last autumn?
A. where
B. when
C. what
D. which ( )8. There are _________ days in a week and Tuesday is _________ day of the week.
A. seven; two
B. seventh; two
C. seven; the third
D. seventh; three ( )9. There's _________ water in the bottle. Peter, could you please go and get some for us?
A. few
B. little
C. a few
D. a lot
( )10. Jim Green borrowed some story-books ________ sports _________ the school library yesterday.
A. on; from
B. about; to
C. of; from
D. of; in
( )11. The girl _______ a horse on the blackboard when the teacher came into the classroom.
A. draws
B. has drawn
C. is drawing
D. was drawing ( )12. —How long _________ each other before they _________ married?
—For about one year and a half.
A. have they known; get
B. did they know; were going to get
C. do they know; are going to get
D. had they known; got
( )13. —What are you going to give your mother for her birthday, Lucy?
—I'm not sure. But I'll buy her _________.
A. something special
B. any thing special
C. special something
D. special any thing
( )14. —Will you please _________ your radio a little? My son cannot get to sleep.
—Oh, sorry.
A. come up
B. drop off
C. keep on
D. turn down
( )15. Excuse me. Could you please tell me how many _________ the lovely baby has now?
A. tooth
B. tooths
C. teeth
D. teeths
( )16. —If you're not going to do anything tonight, how about having dinner together?
—_________
A. That's right.
B. Fine with me.
C. It doesn't matter.
D. Not at all.
( )17. —Ah, there are so many magazines in the room. Can I have a look at some, please?
—_________
A. Thank you.
B. Hold on.
C. That's wrong.
D. Why not? ( )18. —Mum, have you seen the yellow jacket I was wearing earlier in the morning?
—_________! My glasses are in the pocket.
A. No wonder
B. Never mind
C. Wonderful
D. My goodness ( )19. —Happy birthday to you, Li Ming! —_________
A. That's fine.
B. All the same.
C. Thank you.
D. Me, too.
( )20. —Excuse me. Which is the way to the nearest post office?
—Sorry, I'm new here. —_________
A. Nothing serious.
B. Good luck.
C. Thank you all the same.
D. Pleased to hear that.
II. 阅读理解(Reading comprehension) （共20小题；选择题5小题，每小题1分；非选择题15小题，每小题2分，计35分）
A) 选择题：阅读下面的短文，根据文意从每题所给的
四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能回答所提问题的最
佳选项。(Read the following passage which is followed by five
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are
four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits
best according to the passage.)
J.K. Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series, which
is now one of the best-sellers.
J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years
younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit at the age of six.
After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator in London. During that time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June, 1997. To her surprise, the book was very successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books have been sold in 200 countries.
Why has the series been so successful? There are a few reasons. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times. But Harry lives in modern England. He's also a very normal boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. When other children read the story about Harry, they can imagine being like him.
J.K. Rowling is very happy with her success. She's writing full time and she's really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children's books. ( )21. From the passage, we know that J.K. Rowling _________.
A. loved playing volleyball
B. had two sisters
C. wrote many poems
D. was born in 1965
( )22. The first Harry Potter book came out in _________.
A. July, 1965
B. the summer of 1990
C. June, 1997
D. November, 2001 ( )23. The Harry Potter series is _________.
A. written for young people
B. only enjoyed by children
C. about an old woman
D. not very popular
( )24. In Rowling's novel, Harry lives in _________.
A. the past
B. a faraway village
C. modern England
D. the future ( )25. How is the Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?
A. There are magical things.
B. It took much time to finish.
C. It has seven books.
D. The stories happened in the modern world.
B) 非选择题：阅读下列短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所给出的题目。(Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions according to the passage.)
A
Do you think animals can predict (预示) the weather or other natural events? Farmers living in the countryside think so. For hundreds of years, they have observed animals.
They think animals' behaviour can be connected to future weather conditions or events. For example, if swans fly into the wind, a hurricane (飓风) is coming. Or, if cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming. There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events. Many people think that these stories are just folklore (民间
传说), traditional stories and beliefs without scientific
evidence (根据). Scientists, however, are beginning to take
another look at some of these ideas.
Kiyoshi Shimamura is a Japanese earthquake
researcher. He noticed an increase in dog bites a short time
before earthquakes hit. Then, he did an investigation of twelve public health centres in Kobe, Japan. These health centres treated people after the 1995 earthquake. He noticed some interesting information about the month before the big earthquake: treatment for animals bites had increased. In fact, aggressive (好斗的) behaviour in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly, jumped 60 percent!
People noticed other changes in animal behaviour before the earthquake as well. For example, fish began swimming together in large groups, but only in the middle of the water and not near the edges. Also, birds flew away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected. This animal behaviour suggests that animals may be able to predict natural events better than people.
Questions 26—30: Fill in the blanks using proper words from the passage above.
Some people think that animals can predict the weather. Other people think this is folklore and that there is no (26) _________ evidence. However, one researcher from Japan (27) _________ that dogs were more aggressive before an (28) _________. Other animals also showed (29) _________ in behaviour before the earthquake. This evidence (30) _________ that there is connection between animals' behaviour and the weather.
B
Malls (购物商场) are popular places for
Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time
at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats shop
until they drop in the hundreds of stores under one
roof.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe
because malls have police stations of private security
guards. Parking is usually free, and the temperature
inside is always fine. (31) The newest malls have
beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and tall 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 there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built where people come to do many things. They shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see
movies at the theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of “mall
walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. (32) Now people can even live in their favourite shopping malls.
Questions 31—32: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.
31.
32.
Questions 33—35: Answer the following questions.
33. What is the meaning of “mall rats”?
34. How many people shop in the Mall of America in Minnesota every week?
35. What can people do in American malls nowadays?
C
Questions 36—40: Answer the following questions or complete the statements according to the information above.
36. When was the KEBAB first eaten according to the passage?
37. _________ was invented by Native Americans.
38. _________ is the highest in calories per portion.
39. _________ is one of the very cheapest food of all fast foods.
40. Which of the four is deep fried in oil before being wrapped in bread?
III. 完形填空(Cloze)（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
A) 阅读下面的短文，根据其内容从所给的12个单词或词组中选出10个，并以其适当形式填空。(Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with the correct form of 10 words or phrases of the 12 given.)
ready, visitor, crowd, cheap, expensive, information, city,
if, together, go about, look, busy
come to London especially to go shopping. On the whole, you'll find Londoners are friendly and (43)_________ to help you if you need directions or (44) _________. Oxford Street is the main shopping street in central London but it can be very (45) _________ and extremely tiring to walk up and down. Ignore the shops for tourists, which are often too (46) _________. Try to find ordinary shops where British people go (47) _________ you want to find the best bargains. Fortunately, you can often find certain kinds of shops (48) _________ in one area. For example, Charing Cross Road is well-known for its bookshops. If you just want to (49) _________ around, try the London street pavement for the best value and for the best show in town —Londoners (50) _________ their daily business.
IV. 句式转换(Sentence pattern transformation)（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）根据上句完成下句，使两句表达的意思基本相同，每空一词。(Complete the following sentences so that each pair of sentences has the same or a similar meaning. Use only one word for each blank.)
51. Of all the students in his class Mike came earliest this morning.
Mike _________ _________ than any other student in his class this morning.
52. The workers are building a new bridge over the big river.
A new bridge _________ _________ _________ by the workers over the big river.
53. He was so excited that he couldn't say a word when he was told the good news.
He was _________ excited _________ say a word when he was told the good news.
54. Mary took the medicine and ran back home as fast as she could.
Mary went home with the medicine, trying _________ _________ to run very fast.
55. Our teacher told us that we would not meet at the school gate.
Our teacher told us _________ _________ _________ at the school gate.
V. 翻译(Translation)（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）
根据所给提示词将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。(Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.)
56. 无论天气如何，我们总能发现他在踢足球。（no matter）
57. 天色渐渐黑下来了，更糟糕的是，开始下起雨来了。（what is worse）
58. 越来越多的学生对电脑感兴趣。（be interested in）
59. 快点儿，否则我们就赶不上五点钟到北京的火车了。（miss）
60. 我刚刚去了夏威夷参加冲浪比赛。（take part in）
VI. 智力测试(IQ)（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）
回答下列问题。(Answer the following questions.)
61. What is it that is found in the very centre of America and Australia?
62. Wang Hong is twelve years old, but he has had only three birthdays. Why?
63. What of the living things can fill the missing link in the food chain?
松鼠鹰
64. What would be the next picture in this series?
65. What numb er should replace the “?”?
VII. 写作(Writing)（15分）
要求：1. 根据所提供的内容，适当拓展想象空间，灵活地将所提供的信息体现在文章
中；2. 条理清楚，语句通顺，标点正确，书写清晰、规范； 3. 不得少于规定的词数，所
给出的文字部分不计入总词数。
Your class are going to have a class meeting. At the meeting, you will talk about housework.
Please write a composition and read it at the meeting. You should tell them your ideas about
housework and at least three reasons for your ideas. (80 words)