2014—2015学年度第一学期期末考试初三英语期末试题

2014—2015学年度第一学期期末考试初三英语试题第I 卷 选择题（共55分）一 听力选择 （每题一分，共计15分）（一）听句子，选择最佳答语， 每个句子读一遍。

1. A. Since the Ming Dynasty. B. I t‟s my pleasure. C. About 8850 km 2. A. Y es, they are. B. China. C. I like China. 3. A . Thank you. B. Welcome back. C. Not yet. 4. A. Because I don ‟t read it any more B. Because I don ‟t wear it any more. C. I like it very much. 5. A. So have we. B. Neither have we. C Me, too. （二）听下面五段对话，选择最佳答案。

每段对话读两遍。

6. How long have they been in China? A.Two years ago. B.In two years. C. For three years. 7. Has Linda been to Beijing? A. Y es, she has. B. No, she hasn ‟t. C. Y es, she have. 8. Which is the largest lake in China? A. Qinghai Lake. B. Dongting Lake. C. Poyang Lake. 9. What should the boy do first?A. Play with his friends.B. Clean his room.C. Finish his homework. 10. How did the boy get the dictionary? A. His father gave it to him. B. He bought it.C. He borrowed it from his teacher.（三）录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍，选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。

11. How long has Victor been in Xi ‟an? A. For two years. B. For two months. C. For three years. 12. How many times has Victor been to the terracotta army? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. 13. What does Victor think of the Dayan tower? A. Boring. B. Good. C. Terrible. 14. Has Victor been to the Zoo many times? A. No, he hasn ‟t. B. Y es, he has. C. No, he isn ‟t. 15. How many places in Xi ‟an are mentioned in the passage? A. Five. B. Four. C. Six. (请同学们翻到第II 卷，继续做听力填表题）二 单项选择（每题1分，共8分）从每小题的选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳答案。

16. My little brother has never been to ______ amusement park. A . a B. an C. / D. these 17. There are about six ______ students in our school. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of18. We are having a yard _______, but it ‟s hard _____ . A sell, sell B sale, sell C sale, to sel D sell, sale 19. She often encourages us ______ harder to improve ourselves. A. to study B. study C. studying D. studies 20. － China is almost the US? A. as bigger as B. the biggest C.so big as D. as big as 22. － Y ou speak English so well. ______ have you learned English? － For 5 years. A. How many B. How long C. How often D. How far 23. India is ______ in the world. A. the oldest countries B. an oldest country C. one of the oldest country D. one of the oldest countries三 完形填空 （每题1分，共计8分）A man with a green bag walked into a doctor‟s room. “Please sit down. Open your mouth and put out your tongue(舌头),”the doctor said, “OK. Y ou can 24 your mouth now. It‟s clear something is 25 with you. Y ou have to do more exercise.” “But, doctor,” the man said. “I don‟t think…”“Don‟t tell me what you 26 ,” the doctor said. “I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They 27 in offices all day and in front of the television in the evening .What you need is to walk quickly for at least 30 28 a day .”“Doctor, you don‟t understand,” the man said. “I…”“I don‟t want to hear any excuses ” the doctor said. “Y ou must find time for exercise. If you don‟t, you will get 29 and have health problems when you are older.” “But I walk every day.” the man said.“Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. Y ou walk a few meters to the train station from your house, a few more meters from the station to your office, and a few more meters from your office to a 30 for lunch and back.” “Please listen to me, doctor!” the man shouted, getting 31 .班级 姓名 考场 座号…………………………………………………………密……………………封………………线……………………………………………………………………“I‟m a mailman.” the man continued, “I walk for seven hours every day and I come to send letters.”24. A. open B. close C. fill D. try25. A. wrong B. strange C. nice D. exciting26. A. discuss B. talk C. think D. meet27. A. eat B. stand C. run D. sit28. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days29. A. thin B. healthy C. fat D. strong30. A. office B. school C. restaurant D. factory31. A. sad B. excited C. surprised D. angry四阅读理解（每题1.5分，共计24分）AHappy middle schoolWe're a bilingual(双语的)school for children of 6－15．We want a cook, a libraryA. A four-year-old child.B. A ten-year-old child.C. A sixteen-year-old child.D. A five-year-old child. 33. Happy Middle School doesn‟t want _______.A. a cookB. a nurseC. a library assistantD. a sports coach34. Which of the following may not speak English?A. The cook.B. The library assistant.C. The sports coach.D. The teacher.35. The cook can cook ______.A. Chinese foodB. western foodC. Chinese and western foodD. foodBHoppy was a rabbit living in the forest. He wanted to see the world. “What is the worldlike?” Hoppy asked everyone he met. “I t‟s a big flat（平的）place,” said his mother. “No, it‟ssquare（方的）,” said his father. Nobody could agree.One evening, Hoppy saw a bird sitting in a tree. He called out, “Mr. Bird, what is theworld like?”“Round,” the bird smiled.Hoppy believed him but he wanted to see it for himself. Then he said goodbye to hisfamily and left. He came out of the forest and saw a farm. There was a house with a vegetable garden. Hoppy looked around the garden and saw a large round pumpkin(南瓜). “Theworld!” he shouted, and jumped over to the pumpkin. Hoppy touched the pumpkin. “Theworld is hard,” he thought. Then he climbed to the top of the pumpkin and looked all around,then went down from the other side.Just then Mr. Brown came home and saw Hoppy near his pumpkin. He shouted andHoppy was so afraid that he ran back to his family in the forest. “Mr. Bird was right,” hethought to himself. “The world is round and I have seen all over it!”36. Hoppy left his family to see _______.A. the worldB. the vegetable gardenC. the pumpkinD. Mr. Brown37. The vegetable garden was probably a part of _______.A. the forestB. a farmC. Hoppy‟s homeD. a house.38. Mr. Brown was a _______.A. teacherB. farmerC. doctorD. worker39. Why did Hoppy say “The world!”A. He has seen the world alreadyB. He saw the vegetable garden and thought it was the world.C. He saw the round pumpkin and thought it was the world.D. He knew the pumpkin was the world.…………………………………………………………密……………………封………………线……………………………………………………………………CBrad stood at the corner, waiting for the school bus. He was looking at some pictures that he had taken on his family trip to San Antonio.A younger boy and his mother stood nearby . The boy ‟s sister was sick. His mother had to go home to look after his sister. The little boy had to go to school on his own, but the little boy didn ‟t want to get on the bus alone. He began to cry when the bus arrived.Brad felt sorry for the boy . …Le t‟s get on the bus,” Brad said. “We can sit together. What class are you in?” “Mrs. Bank‟s first-grade class,” the boy said.The boys got on the bus and sat down together. “My name is Brad. What ‟s yours?” Brad asked. “I‟m Eduardo,” the little boy said.Brad showed Eduardo his pictures. He explained what each photo was. There were pictures of the Alamo, the Riverwalk, the Tower of the Americas, and the amusement park the family had visited.Eduardo found Brad ‟s pictures so entertaining that he didn ‟t want to get off the bus when it finally stopped in front of the school. “Come on, Eduardo,” Brad said. “If you want, I‟ll go to your classroom with you. Mrs. Banks used to be my teacher, too. We can look at these pictures again on our way home.”40. Who might Brad travel to San Antonio with? A. His friend B. His classmates. C. His parents and sisters. D. His teachers. 41. The boy began to cry because ______. A. he was illB. the school bus was lateC. he didn ‟t want to go to school by busD. he didn ‟t want to go to school alone42. In this story , the underlined word “entertaining” means “_______” in Chinese. A. 无用的 B. 有趣的 C. 可怕的 D. 无聊的 43. Who is Mrs. Banks?A. Eduardo ‟s teacher.B. Eduardo ‟s mother.C. Brad ‟s sister.D. Brad ‟s mother.DAre you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired .The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It ‟s the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers .They talk about love, crops or death. The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later. In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records. When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.John Denver was one of America ‟s most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song “Take Me home, Country Roads ” is well-known and people still play it today . 44. Country music is usually about ______. A. everyday life and feelings B. farmers ‟ feelings C. the lives of workers D. the lives of farmers45. People began to make country song records ______. A. in the 1920s B. in 1920 C. in the 1970s D. in 197046. Why did Country music become popular in America? A. Because city people liked the musicB. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to changeC. Because country music talked about city people ’s livesD. Because country music developed in the Southern Africa47. Who is famous for the song “Take Me Home, Country Roads ”? A. A farmer in the countryside B. A person who moved to towns C. John DenverD. John Denver ’s brother班级 姓名 考场 座号…………………………………………………………密……………………封………………线……………………………………………………………………2014—2015学年度第一学期期末考试初三英语试题第II 卷（非选择题 共45分）五、 录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍后，根据所听内容填写下面的表格，六、 根据首字母或汉语提示写出单词。