2013初三英語競賽

1、  初三英語能力競賽題學(xué)校_ 班級_ 姓名_I. Multiple-choice(選擇填空)(共15小題；每小題1分，計15分)    （ ）1. These cakes _ delicious! Can I have _ one?   A. tastes；another        B. taste；another   C.

2、 tasting；other         D. taste；others    （ ）2. That boy, _ father is a footballer, is very good at sports.   A. that       B. who's

3、0;    C. whose     D. which    （ ）3. There are many foreign students in this university, _ 24 Japanese ones.   A. including     B. included    C.

4、 includes    D. include   （ ）4. He found _ very difficult _ learn math well.    A. it；for     B. /；go    C. that；for   D. it；to    （ ）5. These do

5、ctor told my uncle to _ drinking so much wine if he wanted to be healthier.   A. open up      B. put up     C. give up    D. make 

6、up   （ ）6. Do you know _ this time yesterday?    A.what she is cooking     B.what is she cooking    C.what she was cooking       D

7、. what was she cooking   （ ）7. I don't think teenagers should get their ears pierced, _?    A. do I       B. don't I    C. should they  D

8、. shouldn't they   （ ）8. -Jenny wants to know if _a hiking trip tomorrow? -Of course, we will. But if it _, well visit the History Museum instead. A. will you have: rains B. you will have ; will rain C. you will have; rains D. will you have; will rain（ ）9.-Don't 

9、;worry. Your brother is coming to help you.   -_ he doesn't come and I am here alone?    A. What about    B. What if    C. Why not  

10、60; D. How about   （ ）10. Jim went swimming with his parents yesterday afternoon. _.   A. So did Mary   B. So Mary does  C. So Mary was  D. So Mary did 

11、60; （ ）11.-Which do you prefer, English _ French?   -I prefer English _ French.    A. or；to      B. and；to    C. and；than   D. or；than   （ ）12.-Look&#

12、160;at the old lady in red. Is that Mrs. Lee?    -No, it _ be her. She has gone to Canada.     A. will      B. mustn't   C. can'

13、;t    D. may （ ）13.-What did your friend say to you the day before yesterday?   -She asked me _ anyone her secret.    A . to tell not    B.

14、not to tell  C. don't tell   D. not tell   （ ）14. Some foreign teachers will visit our school_ a _ time. A. in; weeks       B. after; weeks   C. in; weeks   D. after; weeks （ ） 15.-Do yo

15、u mind my smoking here?    -_ Can't you see the “No Smoking” sign ?    A. I'm afraid you can't.     B. Of course not.   C. Not at all

16、.          D. It doesn't matter.   II. Reading  comprehension(閱讀理解)(共20小題；每小題2分，計40分)    A)Read the following passage which is followed by five questions.&#

17、160;For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage.(閱讀下面的短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從每小題所給的A，B，C，D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。)    Mike

18、 Bing and his wife Lynn were very hungry. A waitress with short,curly hair came to their table. Mike asked her for a cup of tea. A few minutes later, 

19、the waitress with short, curly hair came back, but she did not have Mike's tea. She said to Mike and Lynn,“Do you want something to  drink?”again, Mike asked

20、0;for a cup of tea. Suddenly, two waitresses came back to the table. They both had a cup of tea for Mike. And they both had short, curly hair. In fact

21、, they looked exactly the same. Mike was confused. What happened? Mike and Lynn were at Twins Restaurant in New York City.    Lisa and Debbie Ganz are the&

22、#160;owners of Twins Restaurant. The two women are identical twins. In fact, all the people who work at Twins Restaurant are twins. Thirty-seven sets of twins work t

23、here, and each set wears the same clothes. Sometimes customers like Mike and Lynn Bing get confused, but the restaurant is a lot of fun. Everything at Twins Res

24、taurant is double. For example, there are two doorknobs on each door.    The Ganz sisters are always happy when twins come into the restaurant to eat. The 

25、twin guests sign their names in a special book. Then the twins can have a photo taken with the Ganz sisters. Usually the Ganz sisters put these pictures on 

26、;the walls, so there are a lot of pictures of twins on the walls of the restaurant. There are pictures on the walls of famous twins, too. However Twins Res

27、taurant is not only for twins, but also for people like Mike and Lynn Bing. But it's double the fun for twins!   ( )16. Where were Mr. and Mrs. Bing?&#

28、160;  A.In a special club in Paris.    B.In a special cafe in London.     C.In a special restaurant in New York.    D.In a special supermarket in

29、 Sydney.   ( )17.Why was Mike confused?  A.Because the first girl was impolite and not helpful.   B.Because the two girls looked exactly the same.    C.Because 

30、the two girls both had long, curly hair.     D.Because the second girl brought him a cup of coffee.    ( )18.What is the meaning in Chinese of the und

31、erlined word“identical”?    A.富有的    B.完全不同的    C.友好的    D.完全相同的   ( )19.Who are the Ganz sisters?    A.They are the owners of a restaurant.

32、    B.They are the visitors to New York City.   C.They are local newspaper reporters.    D.They are both famous photographers.    ( )20.Twin guests can hav

33、e a chance to sign their names and _.   A.have a cup of tea for free    B.get pictures of famous twins    C.have a photo taken with the 

34、;Ganz sisters    D.win a prize of 1,000 dollars    B) Read the following three passages and follow the instructions for each section.(閱讀下面的三篇短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所給出的題目。) A   Li

35、ons have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times.Without questions, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every z

36、oo around the world has a few lions.It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this strong difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane ,a large collar of hair around the face. Females do not have manes. Male lions are al

37、so larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms. Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.It is unusual for lions to kill peop

38、le. However, in 1898two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.Questions 21-25: fill in the blanks using suitable words from the

39、passage above. Use only one word for each blank.Lions are different from other cats because it is (21) _to tell if a lion is male or female. The male lion has a large (22) _of hair around its face. Lions have strong mouths. They can break an animals back with one (23) _. Lions can also live （24) _wa

40、ter for a long time, so they can survive for several weeks when the weather is (25) _. B  In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of time on their studies. A good education is regarded as a ticket to success in the future. （26 )So, many of the students try their best to get g

41、ood marks in their examinations. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache. Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to remedial (補習(xí)的) classes after school.Schools run programs outside school hours. The students can take part in sports and games, music and dance, hiking a

42、nd rock-climbing. They are also very active in community service(社區(qū)服務(wù))。In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(耗費巨資的大片) and Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular with them. They understand them very well. Some students also spend their free ti

43、me surfing. The Internet, E-mailing their friends, and playing computer and video games. They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores. ( 27) So, it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful. Questions 26-

44、27: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.26. _27_Questions 28-30: Answer the following questions.28. Why do middle school students in Singapore spend a lot of time on their studies?29. When do the schools in Singapore run programs ?30. What kind of movies do most students like to watch?C、

45、請閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從下面方框內(nèi)的七個選項中，選擇五個還原到文中，使短文意思通順，結(jié)構(gòu)完整?！癓ife is speeding up. _31_” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it._32_ They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.But have all these developments really

46、improved the quality of our lives?Picture this: Youre rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, A QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the telephone is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.

47、 _33_ Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave s feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? _34_ One family in the UK went “ back in time” to se

48、e what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin, 10, and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house, They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.The grandmother, Lyn, said, “_35_” The boys said they

49、fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, been-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.A. We all love new inventions.B. Everyone is becoming unwell.C. Many people prefe

50、r to live without inventions.D. We can be inventors if we put our hearts into it.E. Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives.F. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.G. The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.31. _ 32._ 33._ 34._ 35._ III.完型填空（Cloze）(共20小題；每小題1分，計

51、20分)A）閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容從所給的12個單詞或詞組中選出10個，并以其適當(dāng)形式填空。（Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks according to the context with the correct forms of 10 words or phrases out of the 12 given.）use, want, distant, spaceship, of ,explore, photo, other, so far, a waste of money, which, orPeople have been int

52、erested in the planet Mars since ancient times. Because of the _ of Mars from Earth, sending a manned rocket to the planet isnt possible today. For the time being, Exploration of Mars is limited to unmanned _.There have been several spaceships which have flown past Mars and sent _ back to Earth, but

53、 _ only a few have actually landed on the surface. The most famous _ these missions was the Mars Pathfinder, _ was launched in 1969 and landed on Mars in 1997. Pathfinder, which was like a robot car, was able to conduct a lot of _ research before it stopped working. Some people think that space _ an

54、d, in particular, sending spaceships to other planets, is _. However, _ think that the technology that is created, and the information that is learned, is necessary for mans future.B)閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given

55、 in brackets.）Laura has been travelling through Asia for the last six months. She _ (visit) many of the places her mother, Wendy, travelled to nearly thirty years ago.Young people _ (start) travelling overland from Europe to Asia in the 1960s. Airfares _(be) much too expensive then for many travelers. Some bought second-hand cars or vans _(travel) in. Others _(catch) buses, and stayed in cheap hotels or with local people.Like her mother, Laura _ (carry) all he