昆山初三英語模擬考試試題

二、選擇填空（共25小題；每小題1分，滿分25分）

A）單項填空從A、B、c、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上

將該項涂黑。

D21.一HowaboutChristmaseveningparty?

-shouldsayitwassuccess.

A.a,aB.the,/C.a,/D.the,a

A22.一Youarealwaysfullof.Canyoutellmethesecret?

一Takingplentyofexerciseeveryday.

A.energyB.powerC.strengthD.force

C23.一thinkhelivesZhongshanRoad.

一Areyousureit?

A.on,/B./,aboutC.on,ofD.in.of

B24.一Beautifuldressforbeautifullady!Don,tyouwant，Madam?

一Pleaseshowme.

A.one,theotherB.it,anotherC.it,theotherD.one,another

B25.Thegreatmanhasdevotedmuchofhislifefilms.

A.todirectB?todirectingC.directD.directing

D26.Thebosshasgiveneveryoneaspecialholiday,sowegotoworktomorrow.

A.can,tB.mustnJtC.shouldn?tD.neednJt

A27.Pleasewhohasbrokenthewindow.

A.findoutB.makesureC.hearfromD.lookfor

C28.Swimmingmademe.

A.happilyB.sadlyC.happyD.happiness

B29.Tomhissciencebookandheislookingforiteverywhere.

A.losesB.haslostC.islosingD.lOst

C30.Thechildrenthestreetwhenitbegantorain.

A.crossedB.aregoingthroughC.werecrossingD.wentacross

C31.Iwentbacknotthesnow,butIamreallytired.

A.because,becauseofB.because,because

C.becauseof,becauseD.becauseof,becauseof

D32.Ihadalittleaccidentyesterday.一Oh,?

A.what'shappeningB.whatdidithappenC.what'shappenedD.whathappened

A33.Yourclothesshouldalwaysandtidy.

A.bekeptcleanB.bekeptcleanedC.keepcleanlyD.bekeptcleanly

B34.——DidyouseeMr.SmithwhenyouwereinFrance?

一No,whenIFrance,hetoChina.

A.hadarrivedin,wentB.arrivedin,hadgone

C.arrivedin,hasgoneD.gotto,hadwent

B35.一DidSimonrepairthebikehimself?

-He,becausehedoesn'tknowmuchaboutbikes.

A.hasitrepairedB.haditrepairedC.hadrepaireditD.repairedit

B）完形填空

先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選

項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A4-year-oldgirlridingatricyclewaskilledThursdaynightbyabus,Pasadenapolice

announcedthismorning.Thegirlwasplayingwithfriendsbefore8p.m.ataPasadena

apartmentbuilding36shelivedwithhermother.She37hertricycledownthedriveway

intothepathofabus,whichwastravelingonFairOaksAvenue.Thebushadjustpassed

throughtheintersectionatTremontStreetwhenit38downthelittlegirl.Thebusdidnot

appeartobe39atthetime.Thedrivertriedtostopbut40to.Asisthestandardinall

suchincidents,thedriverwillbe41todeterminewhetherhewasunderthe42ofalcohol

or43.Noonewasinjuredonthebus,policesaid.TheLine260busrunsfromLongBeach

toPasadena.Thedriverwasabouttwoblocksfromtheterminalwhenthe44happened.A

detailed45willbegivenafterinvestigation（調(diào)查）ofthecase.

B36.A.becauseB.whereC.thoughD.which

A37.A.rodeB.tookC.carriedD.brought

D38.A.crashedB.collapsedC.attackedD.knocked

A39.A.speedingB：runningC.movingD.arriving

D40.A.managedB.hadC.forcedD.failed

D41.A.questionedB.requiredC.obligedD.tested

C42.A.impressionB.controlC.influenceD.pressure

A43.A.drugsB.cigarettesC.gasolineD.money

C44.A.storyB.dreamC.tragedyD.matter

D45.A.clueB.concept概念）C.senseD.account

三、閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上

將該項涂黑。

A

ManypeoplehavetriedtosimplifythespellingofEnglishwords.Unlikeotherlanguages,

Englishspellsthesamesoundsinverydifferentways.Forexample,thereis4light'but'white，,

‘Ioan'but'phone',andthereareatleastsevendifferentwaysofpronouncingthesound

‘ough'!Eachofthefollowingwordsarepronounceddifferently：'though','through',

'bough','cough','enough','ought',and'thorough

ThegreatIrishwriter,GeorgeBernardShaw,wasveryinterestedinmakingEnglish

spellingmorelogical.TheAmericanpresidentTheodoreRooseveltalmostsucceededindoing

this.

In1906oneoftherichestmeninAmerica,AndrewCarnegie,startedtheSimplified

SpellingBoard.ThisBoardwasagroupofpeoplewhoseplanwastomakethespellingofwords

nearertothewaytheysounded.Forexample,theword'though'wouldbespelt'Iho','through'

wouldbecome'thru'（whichitdid,butmuchlater）,'enough'wouldbecome'enuf',andso

on.OtherpeopleontheBoardwereMelvinDewey,theheadoftheNewYorklibraries,and

ProfessorBranderMatthewsofColumbiaUniversity.

TheytooktheideatoPresidentRooseveltwhothoughtitwasaverygoodone.He

immediatelytoldthegovernmentprintertousethesimplifiedspellingonallgovemmentletters.

Butpeopledonotlikechange-evenchangethatmakeslifeeasier-andmanypeople

dislikedthenew,simplerspelling.TheBritish一whoprobablythoughttheyownedtheEnglish

language一wereparticularlyangry.

Moreimportantly,whenAmericanpoliticiansdiscussedtheplan,theydidnotlike

it.BecauseRooseveltdidnotwanttohaveaproblemwiththepoliticians,hechangedhisplans

andtoldtheprintertogobacktotheoldwayofspelling.

SincethennooneinanygovernmenthasdaredtotrytosimplifyEnglish

spelling.However,peopledosimplifymanywords,mainlyinadvertisements.Weoftensee

'tonite'insteadof'tonight’,forexample,and'thru'insteadof'through'.

B46.Whatisthestoryabout?

A.PresidentRoosevelt.

B.AgroupofpeoplewhotriedtosimplifyEnglishspelling.

C.Thewaythatadvertisementssimplifyspelling.

D.HowtopronounceEnglishproperly.

A47.GeorgeBemardShaw.

A.wantedalogicallanguageB.succeededinchangingEnglishspelling

C.knewPresidentRooseveltD.startedtheSimplifiedSpellingBoard

D48.Simplifiedspellingfailedbecause.

A.nooneunderstooditB.itwastoodifficult

C.thereweretoomanynewwordstolearnD.peopledidnotwanttochange

B

Fiveyearsago,DavidSmithworeanexpensivesuittoworkeveryday."1wasaclothes

addict（有癮的人），"hejokes.u\usedtocarryafreshsuittoworkwithmesoIcouldchangeif

myclothesgotwrinkled.TodayDavidwearscasual（不經(jīng)意的，隨意的）clothes—khaki

pants（褲子）andasportsshirt一totheoffice.Hehardlyeverwearsanecktie."Iamworking

harderthanever.Davidsays,“AndIneedtofeelcomfortable.,,

Moreandmorecompaniesareallowingtheirofficeworkerstowearcasualclothesto

work.IntheUnitedStates,thechangefromfonnaltocasualofficewearhasbeengradual.Inthe

early1990s,manycompaniesallowedtheiremployeestowearcasualclothesonFriday（butonly

onFriday）.Thisbecameknownasudress——downFriday”orucasualFriday".“Whatstarted

outasanextraone一day-a-weekbenefitforemployeeshasreallybecomeaneveryday

thing."saidbusinessMaislyJones.

Whyhavesomanycompaniesstartedallowingtheiremployeestowearcasualclothes?One

reasonisthatil'seasierforacompanytoattractnewemployeesifithasacasualdresscode."A

lotofyoungpeopledon'twanttodressupforwork,“saystheownerofasoftware

company."soit,shardtohirepeopleifyouhaveaconservative（保守的）dresscode."Another

reasonisthatpeopleseemhappierandmoreproductivewhentheyarewearingcomfortable

clothes.InastudyconductedbyLeviStraussandCompany,85percentofemployerssaidthat

theybelievethatcasualdressimprovesemployeemorale（心境，士氣）.Only4percentof

employerssaidthatcasualdresshasanegativeinfluenceonproductivity.Supportersofcasual

officewearalsoarguethatacasualdresscodehelpsthemsavemoney."Suitsareexpensive,if

youhavetowearoneeveryday,“onepersonsaid.uForthesameamountofmoney,youcanbuy

alotmorecasualclothes.,,

C49.DavidSmithreferstohimselfashavingbeenaaclothesaddict,vbecause.

A.heoftenworekhakipantsandasportsshirtB.hecouldn,tstandacleanappearance

C.ThewantedhisclothestolookneatallthetimeD.hedidn'twanttospendmuchmoney

onclothes

D50.Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisFALSE?

A.Manyemployeesdon'tlikeaconservativedresscode.

B.Comfortableclothesmakeemployeesmoreproductive.

C.Acasualclothescodeiswelcomedbyyoungemployees.

D.AlltheemployersintheU.S.areforcasualofficewear.

C51.Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.Companyworkersstartedtodressdownabouttwentyyearsago.

B.Dress一downhasbecomeaneverydayphenomenonsincetheearly90s.

C.”Dress―downFriday“wasfirstgivenasafavourfromemployers.

D.Manyworkerswanttowearcasualclothestoimpresspeople.

B52.Inthispassage.thefollowingadvantagesofcasualofficeweararementioned

EXCEPT_.

A.savingemployees?moneyB.makingemployeesmoreattractive

C.improvingemployeesymotivation（動機）D.makingemployeeshappier

C

Carthieveswhofindtheirmostvaluabletool—thecarkey——intheignition（打火裝置）of

parkedcarsmaysoonfindthatthistoolismissing.Inaneffort（tryinghard）toreducethetheft

（stealing）ofonemillionvehicles（車輛）ayear,carmakersarelookingfordevices（something

inventedforaspecialpurpose）toreplacethetraditionalcarkey.Onesuchdevicehasbeen

inventedrecently.

DevelopedbywilliamJ.Hawkins,thenewdeviceisacodedcelluloid（化纖的）strip（細條、

帶子）thatlookslikeacreditcard.Thiscard,with16,000possiblecodecombinations,isput

intoaslot（孑L、縫、槽）inthedashboard.Amemorydeviceinsidethedashboardureadsvthecard.

Ifthecodeonthecardistherightoneforthecar,thedeviceunlockstheignition.Thisallows

thecartobestartedandthehood（罩）andtrunktobeopened.Inordertostoptheengine,thecard

mustbetakenoutoftheslot.Thiswillpreventdriversfromleavingtheircelluloidcardsinthe

dashboardslot.

Withoutacard,orwiththewrongcard,theignitionandeverythingelseremains

locked.Sincethievescannotopenthehoods,theycannoteven"jump”thewires.

C53.Thefirstsentenceofthispassagegivesasuggestionthat.

A.carthievesleavetheirtoolsintheignition

B.carthievesstealtoolsaswellascarkeys

C.driverssometimesleavetheirkeysintheignition

D.carthieveswillsoonfindcarkeysinaplaceotherthantheignition

C54.Thecelluloidcardisdifferentfromacarkeyinallofthefollowingways

EXCEPT.

A.itsshapeB.thematerialit"smadeofC.itallowsyoutostartthecar

D.thechancethatthedriverwillforgetitinthecar

D55.Theunderlinedwordsucodecombinationsnmean""?

A.agroupofthesamenumbersB.secretwords

C.combinationsof5morelettersD.mixturesofnumbersorletters

四、單詞拼寫根據(jù)下列句子所給的漢語注釋及句意，寫出句子空缺處各單詞的正確形式。

每個空格限填一詞。（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

56.Sheisan___experienced（經(jīng)驗豐富的）teacher.

57.It，sabout仔vedays'（天）work.

58.Ioftenseehimsearch（搜索）forsomeinformationontheInternet.

59.Manypeoplelosttheirlives（生命）inthetsunami（海嘯）disasler

6（）.Ifwestoptraining（訓練），wewillfailinthebasketballmatch.

61.Manypeopleliketheclothesdesigned（設M~）byMaYanli.

62.Thechildrenhadnodifficulty（困難）findingthewaytothenewpark.

63.Thoughwearetryingourbest,therearefewer（少）pandasthantigers.

64.Itseems__unnecessary（沒必要）forustomeetbecauseIdon'twanttoseeyou

atall.

65.Unlikewatching（觀看）TVreadingisahighlyactiveprocess.

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