2019北京市广渠门中学初三（上）期中英 语2019年11月考生须知1.本试卷共页，共八道大题， 小题。满分60分。考试时间90分钟。2.
在试卷和草稿纸上准确填写姓名、准考证号、考场号和座位号。3.试卷答案一律填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。4. 在答题卡上，
选择题、作图题用2B铅笔作答，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。5.考试结束、将试卷、答题卡和草稿纸一并交回。一、单项选择。(每小题0
.5分，共12题，共6分)从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. My brother bo
ught a toy as birthday present.A. him; my B. me; my C. my; me
D. his; him2. —What are you going to wear the show?—A yellow shir
t, blue jeans and trainers.A. for B. with C. as D. from3.— is
the Amazon River?—Some experts say it’s 7,025 kilometers long but
others say it’s 6,440 kilometers long.A. How far B. How soon C
. How much D. How long4.—Must I come at 6:30 tomorrow morning?—N
o, you needn''t. You come one hour later.A. can B. need C. shoul
dD. must5. I tried calling you, your phone was out of service.A
. and B. but C. so D. or6. Chiang Mai (清迈) has been one of tou
rist places for Chinese since the movie Lost in Thailand(《泰囧》) wa
s shown.A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest7. —Where is
your brother?—He isn’t at home. He back in three days.A. will com
e B. comes C. coming D. come8. I saw Ken in the meeting room, a
nd he Joe for the school magazine.A. interviews B. interview C.
has interviewed D. was interviewing9. —Hello. May I speak to Mar
y?—Sorry. She to museum just now.A. go B. went C. goes D. will
go10. —Would you like to watch the tree-D film Titanic with me?—
Certainly. I don’t mind seeing it again although I it twice.A. sa
w B. was seen C. have seen D. had seen11. A baby’s first month
birthday is a special event in China and with a special party.A.
celebrates B. is celebrated C. was celebrated D. will celebra
te12.—I’m going to buy a car. Any advice, Charlie?—Well, it depen
ds on . If money isn’t a problem, you can buy a BMW.A. when will
you buy oneB. what colour do you likeC. how much you can afford
D. where you are driving二、完形填空。(共8分，每小题1分)阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题
所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。When I was a small boy, something happened
to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.We live
d near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and
13 . I decided to catch a young 14 and keep it in a cage, and in
this way, I would have my own private musician. Then I succeeded
in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was 15
, so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to l
iving in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and look f
orward to some beautiful singing.On the second day, the little bi
rd’s mother flew to the cage with 16 in her mouth. The baby bird
ate everything. I was 17 to see this. Certainly the mother bird k
new how to feed her baby better than I did.The following morning
when I went to see my bird, I found it 18 on the floor of the cag
e. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?Arthur Way
ne, a famous biologist, happened to 19 my father at that time. Af
ter she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird
, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison ber
ries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose 20 .”
Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in
a cage. All living things have a right to live free.13. A. dance
B. fly C. sing D. jump14. A. bird B. boy C. fishD. thief15.
A. happy B. carefulC. activeD. afraid16. A. water B. food C. s
ongs D. stones17. A. worried B. pleased C. bored D. tired18.
A. alone B. aliveC. dead D. sick19. A. invite B. visit C. cha
llenge D. introduce20. A. friends B. parents C. freedom D. ha
ppiness阅读理解(共36分)三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选项。(共26分，每小题2分)
(A)Inventions make the world better, smarter and a little more fu
n.The folding bike helmet (头盔)People hate to wear a helmet becaus
e it’s thick and heavy. Morpher is a bike helmet made from plasti
cs. It is just as strong as the traditional ones, but flexible (灵
活的) enough to fold almost totally flat. Also it is much easier to
carry.Shoes that tie themselvesAfter we see the movie Back to th
e Future, almost everyone wants a pair of self-tying shoes. Now,
thanks to Nike, the shoes dream comes true. When you press a butt
on, the shoes can tie themselves.The smart alarm clock—Hello Sens
eAn alarm clock, called Hello Sense, can improve your sleep. It c
an control the temperature, light and even air quality in your be
droom to help you have a perfect sleep environment. And it can re
cord your sleep cycles.Sweep potatoes that could save livesThe la
ck (缺乏) of vitamin A can cause blindness and many other illnesses
. In sub-Saharan Africa, plant experts are helping them grow a ki
nd of new sweet potatoes. These potatoes can help them fight agai
nst some illnesses.21. Which company makes self-tying shoes?A. Ad
idas. B. Kappa. C. Nike. D. Li-Ning.22. The smart alarm clock
can NOT .A. improve our sleep C. record our sleep cyclesB. cont
rol our weight D. control the temperature in the bedroom23. You
can find the passage in a .A. newspaper B. story book C. guide
book D. cookery book(B)An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to r
etire (退休). He told his boss that he planned to leave the buildin
g business and live a more relaxing life with his wife, enjoying
his big family. He would miss the pay check each week, but he nee
ded to retire. He believed they could get by (勉强过活) even on a sma
ll amount of money.The boss was sorry to see his good worker leav
e and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal f
avor. The carpenter said yes, but soon afterwards he was found to
be absent-minded. He used shoddy materials to build the house. H
ow disappointing it was to end his career in this way!When the ca
rpenter finished all his work, the boss came to inspect (检查) the
new house as usual. But after that, he handed the front-door key
to the carpenter, saying. “This is your house, my gift to you.”Wh
at a shock! What a shame! If he had known he was building his own
house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to l
ive in the worst house he had ever built in his life.Think of you
rself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hamm
er a nail, place a board, or put up a wall. Build wisely. It is t
he only life you ever build. Even if you live it for only one mor
e day, that day deserves (值得) to be lived comfortably. Life is a
do-it yourself project. Your life today is the result of your att
itudes (态度) and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be t
he result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.24. Ac
cording to the article, the carpenter .A. was too old to build a
fine houseB. had a large family to raiseC. was not in need of mo
neyD. was not welcome25. The carpenter was when he learned that t
he house he had built was for himself.A. excited B. delighted C
. worried D. surprised26. What does the writer mainly want to te
ll us in the text?A. We should build a house wisely.B. Building a
house is like building a life.C. We should pursue (追求) a comfort
able life.D. We should have the right attitude towards life.(C)Yo
ung sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evid
ence that the plants are animal-like.Harmer, a professor in the U
niversity of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, ca
rried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in
pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.By staking plants so
that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy the
ir ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prev
ented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were
free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhe
ad light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.T
he indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the appa
rent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants cou
ld reliably tack the movement and return at night when the artifi
cial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer
to 30 hours.When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of the
ir stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the wes
t sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team ide
ntified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on
the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other sid
e at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone (激素), called auxin,
appears to be a key driver.The “dance” to the sun cycle obviousl
y slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up.
At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle d
own facing the sun in the east.“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer s
aid, adding that the bees are cold-blooded, so landing on a warm
flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good.“The morni
ng warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealin
g to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive sce
nts earlier in the day.” he said “We’re currently testing this id
ea.”27. Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers?A. To see
how sunflowers grow upB. To show what sunflowers’ genes are.C. To
study why sunflowers track the sun.D. To check if sunflowers swi
ng in cloudy days.28. What does the underlined word “staking” pro
bably mean in Paragraph 3?A. breaking B. controlling C. growing
D. searching29. What is the result of sunflowers being stopped
from moving?A. They will produce a number of new genes.B. They w
ill grow faster than usual.C. They won’t swing back though set fr
ee.D. They won’t grow well.(D)If music makes you smarter and exer
cise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you
into an intelligent person.A team of scientists from Ohio State U
niversity did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting bette
r from heart disease following operation. They found that people
who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi
’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests t
han without music.“Facts suggest that exercise improve the learni
ng ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist(心
理学家) Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is
thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two
results together,” he added.The volunteers said they felt better
emotionally after working out with or without the music. But thei
r improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during
exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for heal
th, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress, sadness and
nervousness; encourages relaxation or sleep; wakes up the body a
nd improves memory and thoughts.In medical fields, music is used
widely for patients who have had head hurts before and after oper
ation. “The Four Seasons” was used because of its moderate tempo(
舒缓的节拍) and positive results in earlier research. “Exercise seems
to cause positive changes in the nervous system and these changes
may have a direct result on learning ability,” Emery said.Scient
ists have been studying the results of music on understanding sin
ce the early 1950s. By 1990, psychologists were using Mozart’s mu
sic, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech d
isorders. Mozart was chosen because his music is not over-excitin
g and has clear structures. A study showed students who listened
to Mozart went on to score higher marks in an intelligence test.
With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably
allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reas
ons to argue with them.30. The underlined word enhance can be re
placed by .A. impress B. improve C. provide D. produce31. The
text is mainly about that .A. 33 volunteers work on music in me
dical fieldsB. music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleepC. e
xercise to music makes people healthy and brightD. scientists giv
e suggestions on choosing music to exercise32. It can be learned
from the last paragraph that .A. you are supposed to follow your
parents’ wordsB. you have some good reasons to exercise to music
C. music might help you to get higher grades in testsD. students
should not listen to music before exams33. Which of the following
statements is TRUE?A. “The Four Seasons” is used to help childre
n with speech disorders.B. Exercise seems to cause negative chang
es without music.C. Exercise reminds people with head hurts of wh
at they''ve learned.D. Scientists often use Mozart''s music, for it
is not too exciting.四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分,每小题2分)阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问
题。Everyone can change the worldWhat can we do to help protect the
environment? It seems useless to just pick up a piece of trash (
垃圾), but what will happen if you keep doing it every day? Tommy K
leyn, an ordinary man from the Netherlands, may give you the answ
er.Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work ev
ery day. It used to be a beautiful view, but the trash on the ban
k made it dirty and smelly. So Tommy decided to pick up the trash
along the river a little bit at a time after work. “It took me a
bout 30 minutes to fill one garbage(垃圾) bag with trash, but one g
arbage bag didn''t seem helpful in a place as polluted as this. I
decided to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed by,” Tommy
said. Every day, Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them
on his Facebook page. To his surprise, in just six days, he had
made great progress with his cleanup effort. He felt happy and ke
pt doing it Gradually, more and more people knew about Tommy''s st
ory. Other people in the community began following in his footste
ps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too.“The idea is to e
ncourage people to fill one garbage bag with litter each day. It
only takes 30 minutes, but it really makes a difference and you w
illbe amazed at how good you feel afterwards,” he said.People fro
m all over the world have been moved and inspired(激发) by Tommy''s
story. No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day. Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now.34. Did Tommy Kleyn walk past a polluted river on his way to work every day?35. What did Tommy decide to do after work?36. Where did Tommy share the pictures of the river that he took?37. Who began following in Tommy''s footsteps and cleaning up trash?38. What can you learn from the story?五、文段表达。(共10分)根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于60词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。假如你是李华，你们班要去儿童福利院做志愿活动，你打算邀请你的朋友，交换生Peter参加。请你用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他时间、交通方式、活动内容，以及需要准备什么。提示词语: bus, read, play games, songs, stories, gifts, help. 提示问题: When and how are you going to the Children''s Home?What are you going to do there?What do you advise Peter to prepare for the volunteer work?Dear Peter,How is it going? I''m writing to invite you to join the volunteer work at the Children''s Home. I’m looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua 1 / 1 |
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