初三英语提优试题2

智荣中学提优辅导系列二任务型阅读【2013山东烟台】The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England. Charles’father was a well-known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor andsc ientist. Charles’ father hoped that his son would also become a doctor. As aboy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He watched nature, and compared what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves. His father did not like this, as Charles was not studying very well at school.①为了成为一名医生，十六岁时达尔文就被送到爱丁堡大学（Edinburgh University）学习。

But he was interested in the history of nature.Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831.Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and wanted a scientist. His professor advised him to go. He said the trip would be just for Darwin. So when the ship left England in December, 1831, Darwin was on it. The research lasted almost five years. The Beagle studied the waters in the sea near South America. It also visited Zealand, Australia and islands in the Pacific. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants.In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent, where he continued his studies of change in nature.②Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change.By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book "The Origin of Species". It made a great hit in the world of science.③He was opposed(反对) by the church and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.请根据文章内容回答问题。

61. Why didn’t Charles become a doctor?____________________________________________________________62. When did Charles start the research with the Beagle?____________________________________________________________根据短文内容，回答下列各题。

63. 请将①处划线句子翻译成英语。

_______________________________64. 请将②处划线句子翻译成汉语。

__________________________65. 请改写③处划线句子，使其意思与原句一致。

The church and even some scientist ______ _______ him.【2013福建福州】III.阅读下面短文，把A-D四个句子填入文中空缺处Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. _____71______ Another five volunteers are all space lovers. They are three Russians，an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what it's like to travel toMars without leaving the earth. During the whole process(过程)，they are locked up for one and a half years under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mars-500._____72______ Although the volunteers won't leave the building，they will feel as if(好像)they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from the people outside. _____73______ That will be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life，Charles from France said，“For me，it will be mainly my family，the sun and fresh air.”The main task is to study “Man and Environment” It wil l care about the astronauts' physical effects and the experience of staying there. _____74______ So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to the earth，and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.75. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Five space lovers were chosen as volunteers.B. The Mars-500 test will take place in ParisC. The volunteers will face many sorts of difficultiesD. The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars.【2013福建福州】I.根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空一词。

When we got to the hospital，we found Dadstill coughed a lot，but his smile was as sure asever. It was another attack of pneumonia(肺炎).Myhusband and I stayed with him for the weekend，but wehad to go back to our jobs on Monday. Local relativeswould help Dad get home from the hospital and lookafter him. But I wanted to let him know that we also cared about him，even when we weren't with him. Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. Before leaving their grandparents' home after a visit，each child would write a love note to their grandparents. For days，their grandparents would smile as they read these notes of love.So when I cleaned Dad's kitchen and made the bed for him, I wrote some notes. Some were like this，“Dad，I put the food in the fridge. “Some expressed my love，“Dad，I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were put downstairs he would stay for sev eral weeks when he was. But I put one note upstairs under his pillow(枕头), “If you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"These notes helped improve his health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, "Pretty good. I just found your note under mypillow upstairs! "1. The writer's father was __________ and was sent to __________.2. The writer __________ to her job after she stayed with her father for the __________.3. It was a family __________ for the children to write love __________ to their grandparents.4. The writer did the __________ thing as her children to __________ about her father.5. A few weeks later, when the writer heard her father's __________, she knew he felt much __________.【2013山东菏泽】阅读下面的短文，完成相关任务。