初三英语能力竞赛题

初三英语水平竞赛题I. Multiple-choice(选择填空)(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分) （ ）1. Thesecakes_delicious!CanIhave_one?A. tastes；anotherB. taste；anotherC. tasting；otherD. taste；others （ ）2. Thatboy,_fatherisafootballer,isverygoodatsports.A. that B. whos C. whose D. which （ ）3. Therearemanyforeignstudentsinthisuniversity,_24Japaneseones.A. including B. included C. includes D. include（ ）4. Hefound_verydifficult_learnmathwell. A. it；forB. /；go C. that；for D. it；to （ ）5. Thesedoctortoldmyuncleto_drinkingsomuchwineifhewantedtobehealthier.A. openup B. putup C. giveup D. makeup（ ）6. Doyouknow_thistimeyesterday? A.whatsheiscooking B.whatisshecooking C.whatshewascooking D. whatwasshecooking（ ）7. Idontthinkteenagersshouldgettheirearspierced,_? A. doI B. dontI C. shouldthey D. shouldntthey（ ）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.-Dontworry.Yourbrotheriscomingtohelpyou.-_hedoesntcomeandIamherealone? A. Whatabout B. Whatif C. Whynot D. Howabout（ ）10. Jimwentswimmingwithhisparentsyesterdayafternoon._.A. SodidMaryB. SoMarydoes C. SoMarywas D. SoMarydid（ ）11.-Whichdoyouprefer,English_French?-IpreferEnglish_French. A. or；to B. and；to C. and；than D. or；than（ ）12.-Lookattheoldladyinred.IsthatMrs.Lee? -No,it_beher.ShehasgonetoCanada. A. willB. mustntC. cantD. may（ ）13.-Whatdidyourfriendsaytoyouthedaybeforeyesterday?-Sheaskedme_anyonehersecret. A . totellnot B. nottotell C. donttell D. nottell（ ）14. Some foreign teachers will visit our school_ a _ time.A. in; weeks B. after; weeks C. in; weeks D. after; weeks（ ）15.-Doyoumindmysmokinghere? -_Cantyouseethe“NoSmoking” sign ? A. Imafraidyoucant.B. Ofcoursenot.C. Notatall.D. Itdoesntmatter.II. Reading comprehension(阅读理解)(共20小题；每小题2分，计40分) A)Readthefollowingpassagewhichisfollowedbyfivequestions.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtothepassage.(阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。) MikeBingandhiswifeLynnwereveryhungry.Awaitresswithshort,curlyhaircametotheirtable.Mikeaskedherforacupoftea.Afewminuteslater,thewaitresswithshort,curlyhaircameback,butshedidnothaveMikestea.ShesaidtoMikeandLynn,“Doyouwantsomethingto drink?”again,Mikeaskedforacupoftea.Suddenly,twowaitressescamebacktothetable.TheybothhadacupofteaforMike.Andtheybothhadshort,curlyhair.Infact,theylookedexactlythesame.Mikewasconfused.Whathappened?MikeandLynnwereatTwinsRestaurantinNewYorkCity. LisaandDebbieGanzaretheownersofTwinsRestaurant.Thetwowomenareidenticaltwins.Infact,allthepeoplewhoworkatTwinsRestaurantaretwins.Thirty-sevensetsoftwinsworkthere,andeachsetwearsthesameclothes.SometimescustomerslikeMikeandLynnBinggetconfused,buttherestaurantisalotoffun.EverythingatTwinsRestaurantisdouble.Forexample,therearetwodoorknobsoneachdoor. TheGanzsistersarealwayshappywhentwinscomeintotherestauranttoeat.Thetwinguestssigntheirnamesinaspecialbook.ThenthetwinscanhaveaphototakenwiththeGanzsisters.UsuallytheGanzsistersputthesepicturesonthewalls,sotherearealotofpicturesoftwinsonthewallsoftherestaurant.Therearepicturesonthewallsoffamoustwins,too.HoweverTwinsRestaurantisnotonlyfortwins,butalsoforpeoplelikeMikeandLynnBing.Butitsdoublethefunfortwins!( )16. WherewereMr.andMrs.Bing?A.InaspecialclubinParis. B.InaspecialcafeinLondon. C.InaspecialrestaurantinNewYork. D.InaspecialsupermarketinSydney.( )17.WhywasMikeconfused? A.Becausethefirstgirlwasimpoliteandnothelpful. B.Becausethetwogirlslookedexactlythesame. C.Becausethetwogirlsbothhadlong,curlyhair. D.Becausethesecondgirlbroughthimacupofcoffee. ( )18.WhatisthemeaninginChineseoftheunderlinedword“identical”? A.富有的B.完全不同的C.友好的D.完全相同的( )19.WhoaretheGanzsisters? A.Theyaretheownersofarestaurant. B.TheyarethevisitorstoNewYorkCity. C.Theyarelocalnewspaperreporters. D.Theyarebothfamousphotographers. ( )20.Twinguestscanhaveachancetosigntheirnamesand_.A.haveacupofteaforfree B.getpicturesoffamoustwins C.haveaphototakenwiththeGanzsisters D.winaprizeof1,000dollars B) Readthefollowingthreepassagesandfollowtheinstructionsforeachsection.(阅读下面的三篇短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所给出的题目。)A Lions 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 zoo 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 also 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 people. 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 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) _water 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 good 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 (补习的) classes after school.Schools run programs outside school hours. The students can take part in sports and games, music and dance, hiking and rock-climbing. They are also very active in community service(社区服务)。In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(耗费巨资的大片) and Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular with them. They understand them very well. Some students also spend their free time 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 26-27: 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、请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺，结构完整。“Life 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 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. _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 see 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 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 prefer 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小题；每小题1分，计20分)A）阅读下面短文，根据其内容从所给的12个单词或词组中选出10个，并以其适当形式填空。（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 interested 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 _ 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 _ and, 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)阅读下面短文，根据其内容用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given 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 her belongings in a backpack and travels as cheaply as possible. However, her trip has been different n many ways. Laura flies to many of her destinations, including _ (fly) directly from London to India. She keeps in contact _ (use) e-mails and phones.Laura has also discovered that many local businesses know what backpackers _(want). In Wendys day, _ (find) a caf selling chocolate cake was exciting news for homesick travelers. These days, there arent many places on Lauras travels where she cant find pizza, pancakes or other tastes of home. IV.翻译下列句子（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）1， 到目前为止，李明还没去过比北京更远的地方。（so far）2， 丹尼尔在空闲时不是去钓鱼就是去划船。（eitheror）3， 王先生以前生活在城里，但现在已习惯住在乡下了。（used to, be used to）4， 当我们到达电影院时，电影已演了5分钟。（get to）5， 他在会上讲的与我毫无关系。（have nothing to do with ）V.智力测试。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）回答下列问题。1. As Mr. Green was walking his dog to the market, he met an elderly couple going in the opposite direction with their 2 sons and 4 daughters. Each son had 3 dogs of his own and each of their dogs had 4 fleas (跳蚤). Each daughter had 3 cats and each cat had 5 fleas. In total, how many people, animals and insects(昆虫) were going to the market? ( )2. If 5 percent of (m+n) is 10and “m” is a positive integer (正整数), what is the greatest possible value(值) of “n” ? ( )3. Only one set of five letters below can be arranged into a five-letter English word, Find the word. AMDRO LOHRA PLUNT RECVO LARDO PITOM ( )4. What number should replace the question mark in the third picture? ( ) (1) (2) (3)5. Which letter is opposite to letter “d”? ( )VI. 写作（计10分） 近年，越来越多的中学生选择出国留学，有人赞成也有人反对，某英语报社就中学生出国留学现象进行征文，请根据下表提供的内容，写出你自己的观点。赞成反对1、 国外的教育更加注重对学生能力的培养；2、 开拓视野，了解不同的文化生活，同时也传播了本国文化；3、 学习国外先进的技术。1、 中学生年纪太小，生活上不能完全自理；2、 在国外远离家长，容易学坏；3、 出国费用很高。注意： 1、我要么赞成，要么反对，只能选择其一； 2、词数不少于80。开头已给出，不计入总词数。In recent years, studying abroad has become more and more popular among teenagers._