武汉市硚口区2015届初三元月调考

2015届初三元月调考英语模拟试卷

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共85分）

一、听力测试（共三节，满分25分） 第一节（共4小题；每小题1分，满分4分）

听下面4个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A 、B 、C 、三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。

1. A. Very tasty. B. White. C. Milk

2. A. The new one. B. In the box. C. Very good. 3. A. With my friends. B. It’s very beautiful. C. At eleven. 4. A. It’s very bright.. B. On the third floor. C. I like it. 第二节（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

听下面8段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A 、B 、C 、三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

5. What can we learn about Tom? A. He is an excellent student now.

B. He used to play computer games too much. C. He doesn’t work hard now.

6. How is the hat according to the woman?

A. Too big. B. Just so so. C. Pretty nice. 7. Who may be the winner in the race?

A. Lily. B. Lucy. C. Mary. 8. What will the woman do?

A. Go to the zoo. B. Get away from home. C. Relax at home. 9. How many hours has Mike been skating?

A. 2 . B. 3 . C. 4 . 10. What will Tom choose as grandma’s present?

A. A scarf. B. A calendar. C. A watch. 11. What does Mary think of her physics teacher?

A. He is funny. B. He is not serious. C. He is popular. 12. Why does Lucy want to improve her English? A. She wants to travel the world.

B. She wants to find a job which needs English. C. She wants to be an English teacher.

第三节（共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分）

听下面4段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A 、B 、C 、三

个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第13段材料，回答第13至14题：

13. What will Jack do today?

A. He is going to see a film. B. He is going to take an exam. C. He is going to have a birthday party. 14. Where was Jack last night?

A. He went to the library. B. He stayed at home. C. He was with Bill.

听第14段材料，回答第15至17 题：

15. What’s the boy’s first problem?

A. He forgets a lot of new words. B. He doesn’t get much writing practice. C. He can’t get the pronunciation right. 16. What’s the girl’s advice?

A. Watch English-language TV. B. Join an English-language club. C. Ask the teacher for help.

17. What can help the boy a lot to understand the teacher?

A. Listening to more tapes. B. Study by working with a group. C. Practicing conversations with friends. 听第15段材料，回答第18至21 题：

18. What’s the most probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Father and daughter. 19. When will the man probably go to Manchester?

A. In January. B. In July. C. In October. 20. What will the man take to the woman?

A. A raincoat. B. Some food. C. Some fruit. 21. What can we learn from the dialogue?

A. The man will study English in Manchester.

B. The weather will always be fine in Manchester next month. C. The man will go to Manchester by bus from the airport. 听第16段材料，回答第22至25 题：

22. What was Lincoln’s father?

A. A driver. B. A worker. C. A farmer. 23. Why couldn’t Lincoln go to school?

A. His family was very poor. B. There was no school near his home. C. He himself didn’t like school.

24. Where did Mrs. Lincoln buy the book?

A. On the farm. B. In the school, C. In the town.. 25. How did Lincoln feel when he got the old book?

A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Worried.

二、选择填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从各题所给的Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 26. ---Be back soon, I wait for you here! ---All right, I’ll return _______ a quarter. A. for

B. at

C. of

D. in

27. ---Must I finish it now?

---No, you _______ hand it in tomorrow. A. must

B. may

C. should

D. need

28. ---How did you like the game?

---At first it was dull, but it really came _______ after 25 minutes when Rogers scored. A. alive

B. live

C. living

D. lively

29. ---What can I do for you? ---Well, _______. A. it’s nothing

B. just have a look D. very well, thank you

C. of course, you can

30. ---I hope Tom decides not to accept the offer of Hu’s new company. ---So do I, because we’ll be sorry to _______ him. A. drop

B. leave

C. lose

D. remain

31. ---I’m sorry I lost your book. ---_______. A. With pleasure

B. That’s right D. You’re welcome.

C. It doesn’t matter

32. ---Haven’t seen you a long time!

---We ’re busying doing a concert tomorrow night and _______ at the end of this month. A. other one

B. another

C. other

D. others

33. ---Would you like to come to my birthday party next Friday?

---I ’ll try to come, but I wonder if I’ll be able to _______ that day _______. A. get, off

B. get, out

C. get, down

D. get, over

34. ---How can you say like that?

---Don ’t get annoyed with me. I’m on your _______! A. support

B. way

C. idea

D. side

35. ---Hello, is that Cindy speaking? ---Yes, _______. A. I am

B. it is

C. Speaking

D. that is

36. --- I know _______. It’s used for scooping out really cold ice cream.

---Right. A. What it’s for

B. What it is

C. What is it for

D. What’s it

37. ---Can I borrow your English note? I _______ two classes yesterday because of my illness. ---Of course. Here you are. A. failed

B. missed

C. forgot

D. fell

38. Jeff pushed the front door, which _______ the alarm. The police arrived in five minutes. A. show off

B. take off

C. set off

D. turn off

39. --- I find the Internet is so closely connected with our daily life. ---That ’s true. Can you _______ a life without it? A. expect

B. hope

C. imagine

D. appreciate

40. ---How do you know his father is _______ with him? ---The big smile on his face suggests that. A. pleasant

B. pleasing

C. pleasure

D. pleased

三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A 、 B 、 C 、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father ’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who a large store in St. Paul.

Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would . Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock(码头), feet dangling(摇晃), and got ready for a big meal.

Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down to us. Then we’d bury our in watermelon, eating only the heart-the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free part-and the rest.

Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the of the watermelon.

I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and life ’s small pleasure, your work is probably your life.

For many years, I forgot that I ’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could.

Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the of others and to

pleasure in the day. That ’s the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away. 41. A. owned 42. A. say 43. A. next

B. worked B. talk

C. shopped C. call

D. bought D. tell D. around D. faces D. give away D. thoughtful D. thought D. heart D. Where D. sure D. enjoy D. damaging D. model D. successful D. fetch

B. near B. noses

C. beside C. eyes

44. A. months 45. A. put away 46. A. good

B. throw away B. successful B. idea B. rest

C. take away C. helpful C. way C. part

47. A. opinion 48. A. peel

49. A. Which 50. A. free

B. That B. happy B. have B. hurting

C. What C. busy C. like

51. A. make

52. A. destroying 53. A. lesson

C. injuring C. example C. success C. carry

B. experience B. succeed B. take

54. A. successful 55. A. bring

四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从各小题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A

56. Where is the reading most probably from? A. A textbook.

B. Internet.

C. A newspaper.

D. A magazine.

57. What’s the benefit of buying tickets online? A. Saving money.

B. Saving time.

C. Getting free meals. D. Both A and B.

58. If you visit the park for 4 days, how much does it cost you per day? A. Less than $42.

B. Less than $54.

C. Less than $74.

D. Less than $128.

59. The Smiths from New York want to buy a 3-Day tickets, his family has two adults and two kids. He needs to pay _______. A. $146.99

B. $136.99

C. $567.96

D. $617.96

60. Catherine is too busy working, so she buys the 1-Day ticket at the gate, she pays _______. A. $148

B. $128

B

AS my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small rope(绳子). The rope was tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was obvious (明显的) that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any time. But for some reason, they did not.

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller, we use the same size rope to tie them. At that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are used to believing that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds, but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief (认知) that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

How many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that no longer serve us? How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a limited belief? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limited beliefs? 61. In order to stop the elephants escaping, they were _______. A. kept in a cage C. tied by chains

B. tied by a small rope D. watched by the trainers

C. $146.99

D. $122

62. The elephant did not try to run away, because _______. A. they were too small

B. they loved to be with the trainers D. they didn’t think they were strong enough

C. they were afraid of the trainers

63. The writer felt it was ________ after the trainer told the reason. A. unbelievable

B. angry

C. sad

D. thrilled

64. The writer compared the ropes to _______. A. our lives

B. our failures

C. our old beliefs

D. our goals in life

65. The writer wants to tell us that _______. A. once bitten, twice shy

B. give up your old belief, you can succeed D. open your eyes and see things as they are C

Every morning at about 8:48 a.m., I pass it—the brick building that I visited many times as a child and that once seemed so grand, now a mini playhouse in my mind.

My father used to live there, along with 549 other inmates (同狱犯人) ，when I’d visit , as I often did, we’d chat and laugh--through a glass wall, telephones in hand.

Over the years, the weekly commutes(每周探望) to visit my father became rituals. Eventually, after several years, we were allowed real visits when he was moved to a lower-security facility(低安保级别) —the kind of visits where you can hug and tickle, where a conversation’s connection doesn ’t depend on the distorted and crackly voice coming through the telephone, where words can be freely exchanged without the clock ticking, reminding you that time is slipping, moving faster than it should, faster than you’d like.

I was 11 when my father finally came home. Years later, as I stare out(凝望) the window while I pass that brick building on my way to work, I often wonder if I lost something, if those special years that others had with their fathers, the ones I didn’t, harmed me in some way. Am I really that I still live at home, but so does every other twenty something(二十多岁年轻人) I know. They still enjoy home-cooked meals, pristinely arranged households and all bills paid for by their parents.

When I think about moving out, I know it’s not time yet. It’s not the conveniences that come from living a life almost free of responsibility, although that’s a bonus.

I ’m not ready to give up the small inner burst of joy I get every morning when my dad pops his head into my bedroom and says, “Morning, Mini,” a nickname I’ve kept far too many years. I growl and tell him to “get out!” since it’s hours before I need to get up. But I can’t help smiling. 66. The writer’s father _______ when he was small. A. worked far away

B. was in jail

C. didn’t love her

D. died

C. don’t give up and don’t give in

67. What does the underlined word “attachment ” mean _______.

A. a feeling of loving C. a special tool

B. something that sends with a letter D. the process of fixing one thing to another

68. Which of the following is true?

A. The writer lives with her father all along. B. All twenty-years-olds live with parents. C. The writer plans not to move out . 69. We can infer from the passage _______.

A. The writer loves her father

B. The writer hates her father

D. The writer has no money to pay for all bills

D. The writer’s father doesn’t care for her.

C. The writer will not move out 70. The best title of the passage is _______. A. Father in jail

B. Father and daughter D. Father never goes away

C. Moving out from home

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共35分）

五、词与短语选择填空（本题共10分，每小题2分）

先阅读短文，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使全文在逻辑上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的。）

71. The strategies that he _______ worked out fine. 72. I prefer lemons to oranges. I like the _______ taste.

73. I woke up late this morning. I had to really _______ to get to school on time. 74. Mr. Tan makes the best noodles in town. They’re _______.

75. Do you know where John is? He was going to meet me earlier but he didn’t _______ up. 六、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

just want to give up? This year I found in that situation. Everything went wrong. for a reason.

me three months later. I didn’t know in the dark.

Then, one day, I felt that all the things that happened to me this year had made me of growing up. It was a part of learning to say “Thank you” me. It was a part of learning to be that happened to me. I appreciate all those people came into my life.

I know I ’ll have more bad times in my life. But next time, I will everything happens for a reason.

七、书面表达（满分15分）

近来，全国各大城市频繁出现雾霾天气，武汉也不例外。因此保护环境，节约能源成为

每个地球人的责任和义务。Li Bing 是个注重“低碳”生活的中学生。假设你是他，请以“My Low-carbon Life”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文，简单描述自己的“低碳生活”。 要点如下： 1. 每天步行上学；

2. 外出时关灯、电扇、电视等等； 3. 记得关水龙头，循环用水； 4. 不使用塑料袋；

5. 请补充一至两点个人对环保的认识或者做法。

参考词汇： tap 水龙头; electric fan 电扇; plastic bag塑料袋

要求：内容包括所提供的信息要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译。书写整齐、整洁、清晰。