无锡市惠山区牛津英语初三中考二模试卷

2009年初三模拟考试英语试题2009.5说明： 1. 本试卷分两卷，第一卷（选择题），第二卷（非选择题）。

2. 本试题满分100分，考试时间100分钟。

3. 考试结束时，试题卷和答题卡一并收回。

第一卷（选择题，共55分）注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用2B铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

答案写在试卷上，一律不给分。

一、单项填空在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（本大题共15分，每小题1分）1. —Do you know _________ man on TV?—Yes, he is _________ honest person.A. a; anB. an; theC. the; anD. a; the2. —You look so happy!—Jack says I am pretty. _________ has ever _________ me that before.A. Somebody; toldB. Anybody; talkedC. Everybody; saidD. Nobody; told3. _________ you have offered her! She is out of trouble now.A. What useful adviceB. What a useful adviceC. How a useful adviceD. How useful advice4. _________ has Simon visited the Great Wall when he stays in China?A. How oftenB. How many timesC. How soonD. How long5. —What he enjoys _________ great and interesting.—Yes, but it’s dangerous.A. soundsB. to soundC. soundingD. is sounded6. —He hardly spent any time on his subjects, _________?—_________, so he does badly in his lessons.A .didn’t he; Yes B. did he; Yes C. didn’t he; No D. did he; No7. Most boys _________ action films to cartoons, while most girls _________ watch cartoons than action films.A. would rather; preferB. prefer; would ratherC. would rather; would ratherD. prefer; prefer8. —Listen! Somebody is singing in the next room. Who _________ it be? Is it Amy?—No. It _________ be her. She is at school now.A. will; may notB. must; mustn’tC. can; can’tD. may; won’t9. When I got home, my parents _________ for an hour.A. has got backB. has gone backC. had backD. had been back10. The population of China is _________ than that in Australia.A. far moreB. much largerC. much smallerD. far less11. I _________ the brown T-shirt. Would you show me a _________ one?A. am not like; niceB. don’t like; nicerC. dislike; the nicestD. am unlike; nicer12. You can’t imagine _________ when they received these nice Christmas presents.A. how excited they wereB. how they were excitedC. how excited were theyD. they were how excited13. —After the 2008 Olympic Games, more and more people in western countries begin to learnChinese ________ they can better understand the culture of China.—I’m sure they will.A. because ofB. even thoughC. so thatD. as if14. We should try our best to ________ water and food ________ the poor children in need.A. provide; forB. offer; forC. give; forD. protect; with15. —Would you mind my sitting here, Sir?—_________. It’s for my wife.A. Not at allB. Certainly notC. I’m afraid you can’tD. All right二、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

（本大题共10分，每小题1分）There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, we may 16 with our guide-books the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. 17 then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some 18 , which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just 19 this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 20 in this particular way, and not in any other way?Here even the best guide-book fails us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 21 appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) design of a town. However, one may get some ideas of what it 22 to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 23 the town was first planned and built. Then one can learnmore about in what direction the town 24 to develop.What is the point of studying towns in this way? For me, it is simply that one gets greater pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 25 just reading about it in a guide-book.16. A. write B. study C. tell D. remember17. A. But B. Before C. Since D. Until18. A. ideas B. opinions C. feelings D. questions19. A. of B. for C. like D. as20. A. open B. run C. begin D. move21. A. old B. normal C. first D. present22. A. used B. was like C. had D. happened23. A. what B. how C. when D. where24. A. stops B. appears C. starts D. continues25. A. from B. through C. than D. with三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（本大题共30分，每小题2分）AYou go to a store. You see many new things. You know about them before you get to the store. How do you know? You saw these things on TV. You learned about them through advertising.People have been adverti sing for thousands of years. Long ago, men called “criers” walked up and down the street. They shouted about things that were being sold.Later, people met at one place. This place was a market. Some people came to sell. Other people came to buy. But only those people who were at the market knew what was being sold.When people learned about printing, things changed. Soon there were newspapers. Many people read the newspapers. They saw many advertisements in the papers. Later, more people saw and listened to the advertisement s on TV. Are the people who sell to us “criers”?26. According to the passage, we go to the store to ___________.A. read the newspaperB. buy things we hear aboutC. look at the ads on TVD. know other people27. People have been advertising for ___________.A. hundreds of yearsB. three hundred yearsC. thousands of yearsD. three thousand years28. The main idea of the whole story is ___________.A. people advertise to sell thingsB. people cried when they had to advertiseC. people went to the marketD. people never advertiseBFred liked playing tricks on others. One afternoon he went to a shop and bought some bread. On his way home he saw Johnson, an old man about sixty riding a donkey (驴). The boy walked to the old man and decided to play a trick on him. He thought for a moment and then he had an idea.“Hello, my friend,” Fred said in a loud voice.“Please come and have a piece of bread.”“Thank you very much.” Johnson got off the donkey and said gladly.” “But I have already had lunch.”“I’m sorry. I’m talking to your donkey, not to you.” Fred said with a smile.Johnson understood at once that the boy was playing a trick on him. He became angry, but he didn’t show his anger. He just turned quickly to his donkey, held up the lash (鞭子) and hit it on the back.“Before we set off, I asked if you had fiends in the town. You said again and again that you hadn’t. Can you explain why the young man asked you to have the bread, then?”The more the ol d man said, the less he could control his anger. He finally shouted, “I’ll beat you to death if you dare fool me again!”Hearing this, Fred’s face turned red and he left away quickly.29. Fred __________.A. was clever but not polite.B. liked playing with donkeysC. often help othersD. wasn’t clever30. Johnson __________ at first.A. beat his donkey to deathB. was angry to meet the boyC. wanted to eat the breadD. thought the boy was talking to him31. Which of the following is true?A. The old man didn’t beat the donkey.B. The old man taught Fred how to be polite.C. The old man beat the donkey to death.D. The man played a trick back on the boy.CI was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance (保险业) company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job —I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack (心脏病). A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma (精神创伤) and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife. Bruce, the interviewer, was politely empathetic, but he didn’t probe(彻底调查) any further. He admitted(接受) my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview, Bruce took me to lunch with another person. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he, too, had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had three children. In his sharing, I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had —a pain that was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a beloved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, if I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help. When he had no idea if we would ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of the greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview into a caring support for another person in need.32. The writer took part in the interview because __________.A. he had lost his job and wanted to find a new oneB. he had to support his family in BostonC. his wife had recently died of a heart attackD. his daughter needed money for schooling33. The underlined word “empathetic” in the sixth line means __________.A. kindB. easy-goingC. smartD. understanding34. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Bruce invited the writer to lunch later.B. Bruce shared his life experience with the writer.C. Bruce was willing to help the writer.D. Bruce finally gave the job to the writer.35. We can infer(推断) from the passage that __________.A. Bruce and the writer saw each other oftenB. the writer got little help from BruceC. the writer learned much from the job interviewD. the writer had a better life afterwards36. What is the best title for the passage?A. An act of kindnessB. A pleasant interviewC. The same experienceD. An important lessonDGoing to sleep may seem pretty boring compared with all the fun things you do while you are awake. But there’s a lot going on in your mind and body while you are sleeping.Sleep, in fact, is as important to your survival as eating and drinking. Sleep improves your mood, makes you a better athlete, and helps you remember and understand what you learned during the day.During sleep, your temperature drops. Your heart beats slowly. A chemical that controls growth, which is called a hormone(荷尔蒙), moves into your bloodstream. Scientists think that sleep brings back energy and improves your immune(免疫) system. We know what happens while we’re asleep because scientists study volunteers who sleep in laboratories. The sleepers are connected with machines that measure brain waves, eye movements and muscle activities.Sleep is like a school d ay: it’s divided into different stages(阶段). When you are awake, your brain waves fire rapidly(迅速地). As you begin to relax and drift into the first stage of sleep, your brain produces slower-moving waves and you lose awareness(意识) of your surroundings. As you fall into deeper sleep, your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life. Then, as you begin to drift back up to a lighter sleep, your mind becomes more alert(警觉的), and your dreams begin. You are in REM sleep.REM is the name for the rapid eye movement that happens while you are dreaming. During REM sleep, your eyes move back and forth behind your lids, as though you were watching a movie. During other stages, you might move in bed, but during REM sleep you’r e not making anymovement. That’s probably because if you could move, your body would act out your dreams. As you get close to morning, you spend more time in REM than in deep sleep, so you dream more. Researchers know that during REM sleep the part of the brain that deals with learning and thinking is very active.Getting too little sleep can affect your personality. Experts recommend that children get at least nine hours’ sleep a night.37. Sleep has many advantages except __________.A. improving your moodB. making you strongC. helping you studyD. practising your eyes38. During your sleep, __________.①your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life②your brain produces slower-moving waves③your dream begins④you lose awareness of surroundingsChoose the right order:A. ①③②④B. ②④①③C. ④①③②D. ④③①②39. Suppose this is the course of your sleep, in which part of the course do you have moredreams?A. Light sleep.B. Deep sleep.C. REM sleep.D. The first two stages of sleep.40. Which of the following is NOT right?A. During REM sleep, the whole brain is active.B. You don’t move while you are in REM sleep, dreaming.C. The closer to morning, the more dreams you have.D. Hormone has something to do with your growth.第二卷（非选择题，共45分）注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己所在学校、姓名和准考证号填写在密封线内规定的空格中。