1、2012届江苏省无锡天一实验中学初三下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * - Do you play _ piano in your free time - No, I like sports. I often play _ soccer with my classmates. A /; the B the; / C the; the D a; a 答案： B - Im too nervous to give a talk in front of so many people. - _, Maria. You can do it. A Come on B With pleasu
2、re C Thats true D Youre right 答案： A - I havent heard from Henry for a long time. - What do you think _ to him A has happened B to happen C was happening D had happened 答案： A We have _ some organizations to help the poor students in the western areas of China. A taken up B put up C set up D picked up
3、 答案： C - Do you think our football team will win the match - Yes. We have better players. So I _ them to win. A hope B ask C help D wish 答案： D By the end of last term we _ about ten English songs. A had learned B have learned C learned D were learning 答案： A - I want to know if I _ smoke here. - No,
4、you _. Cant you see the sign “NO SMOKING” there A shall; wont B may; mustnt C can; neednt D must; cant 答案： B - When shall we meet again, next Saturday or Sunday - _ day is OK. I will be free next weekend. A All B Any C Both D Either 答案： D My cousin Linda is weak in English. She asked me _. A how is
5、the best way to learn English B how could she learn English well C how she can learn English well D what the best way to learn English was 答案： D The robot did all the housework. _, Mr. White no longer needed to get up early. A At first B At last C As a result D As usual 答案： A This lift _ only hold 1
6、2 people. Its full now. We _ wait for some more time. A can; have to B can; may C may; may D must; can 答案： A The food in the fridge _ bad. Throw it away, please. A is smelt terrible B smells terribly C smells terrible D is smelt terribly 答案： C It is his great pleasure to be _ with the highest reward
7、 by the president. A provide B presented C made D represented 答案： B Mum, why not _ having hamburgers instead of dumplings A practice B remember C forget D consider 答案： D 完型填空 Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up
8、and down as _1_, looking at people getting on and off the trains, he heard a lady _2_ after him, “Hey, you old man, go and bring back my handbag I left in the _3_ room.” Tolstoy went there. He picked the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台 ). At the same time the lady was waiting beside
9、 the carriage (车厢 ), looking _4_. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to make sure nothing was _5_. “ Good, old man,” said the woman. “ You are just as quick as I can _6_. Here you are. ” She gave a coin to him. Tolstoy _7_ the coin and put it into his pocket with a smil
10、e. The woman was very _8_ when she heard he was Tolstoy, the writer of the great novel War and Peace. She returned to Tolstoy and said, “ Oh, excuse me . Oh, how silly I was to _9_ you as a porter (搬运工 ). Please throw back that coin if you forgive me.” “Oh, madam, why You have nothing wrong,” Tolsto
11、y laughed and said, “ The coin is given for my work, so Ill _10_ it. Thank you, madam! ” 【小题1】 A possible B often C usual D well A talking B speaking C telling D shouting A reading B meeting C waiting D dining A happy B back C well D worried A there B inside C missing D wrong A expect B run C do D l
12、ike A showed B watched C accepted D picked A angry B surprised C happy D sad A see B treat C have D look A throw B put C keep D stay 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 C 【小题 6】 A 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 C 【小题 1】 do sth as usual，为固定搭配，故选 C 【小题 2】根据文章的内容，可知答案：为 D，表示呐喊的意思。 【小题 3】
13、根据上下文的内容可知选 C，表示在候车室，故选 C 【小题 4】根据文章的意思可知，表示看上去很担心的意思，故选 D 【小题 5】根据文章内容要求可知答案：为 C，表示错失的意思。 【小题 6】根据文章内容可知答案：为 A，表示期盼的意思。符合题意。 【小题 7】 watch表示观察的意思，符合题意。故选 B 【小题 8】 be surprised that 从句，故选 B 【小题 9】本题考查的是固定词组搭配： treat sb as +，故选 B 【小题 10】根据文章的意思可知答案：为 C 阅读理解 Why are so many people so afraid to fail Qui
14、te simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure (失败 ) becomes an experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail. Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge
15、 that they have failed. One way is to lower standards(标准 ). When a child finishes making a table, the mother describes it as “perfect” even though it doesnt stand still. Another way is to blame (责怪 ) others. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid. Theres a problem with the two way
16、s. It makes a child unprepared for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time, and that its possible to enjoy a game even when you dont win. A child whos not invited to a birthday party, who doesnt make the honour list on the ba
17、seball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolations (安慰 ), prize or say, “It doesnt matter.” Because it does. The young should be allowed to experience failure and be helped to come out of it. Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown-ups and chil
18、dren. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it. You must learn to ask “Why did I fail ” Dont blame anyone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can improve. If someone else can help, dont be shy about asking them. 【小题 1】 How do most parents prevent their children f
19、rom failure A They give them some presents. B They dont tell them that they have failed. C They dont blame others. D They help them to come out of failure. 【小题 2】 Which of the following can a person learn when he fails A Its impossible to enjoy a game if he misses it. B He is the worst of all. C Its
20、 natural not to win a game and no one can win all the time. D His teammates are not good enough. 【小题 3】 The writer of this article thinks that if a child fails, parents should _. A give him a small prize B advise him to repeat failure C blame others D encourage him to learn from failure 【小题 4】 4. Wh
21、ich would be the best title (标题 ) for the passage A Learning from Failure B Ways of Preventing Failure C Reasons of Failure D Getting Pleasure from Failure 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 1】根据文章内容 “Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowled
22、ge that they have failed“可知答案：为 B 【小题 2】根据文章内容可知答案：为 C 【小题 3】根据文章最后一段，可知答案：为 D 【小题 4】根据文章内容可知答案：为 A 1. HOUSE FOR SALE Comfortable family home with a large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, living-room, kitchen, dining-room, bathroom. Offers over $ 35,000. 2. ASSISTANT WANTED FOR BUSH RES
23、TAURANT Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring 3320178. 3. JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team. Aged 9-13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 p.m. 4. ROOM to RENT (出租 ) Small room to rent in city center flat above restaurant. Newly painted with mod
24、ern furniture(家具 ). Near main railway station. Buses pass front door. Phone 3322108. Mr. Black wants to live near his workplace. Mrs. Black wants a house with four bedrooms. Their children dont care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Rose, their daughter has always wanted to
25、 work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. its hard work, but she isnt lazy. You have to work on Sundays and Saturdays, but you get other days off. Its not very well paid. But who cares about money Jack is a middle school student. He is thirteen years old. He finishes school at half
26、past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework. Bob, Mr. Blacks brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesnt care what color the walls are or how old the furniture is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet. 【小题 1】 Why didnt the Blacks buy the house in Adve
27、rtisement 1 A It was on the north side of town. B There werent enough bedrooms. C There was no dining- room. D The garden was too big. 【小题 2】 Why does Rose want to get the job in the restaurant A Its an easy job. B She can get a lot of money. C She thinks it will be interesting. D She can get long h
28、olidays. 【小题 3】 Why cant Jack play for the new football team A School finished too late. B Its in different village. C Hes not old enough D He has to do his homework. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 1】根据文章内容可知答案：为 B 【小题 2】根据文章内容 “Rose, their daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She
29、 thinks it is an exciting place.“可知答案：为 C 【小题 3】根据文章内容 Jack is a middle school student. He is thirteen years old. He finishes school at half past three, so he has plenty of time to finish his homework.可知答案： A Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive hom
30、e every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This made him very angry. He had put up a board, which said, “ No parking” i
31、n the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey(遵守 ) only a police notice with letters on a blue board: POLICE NOTICE NO PARKING Mrs. Brown suggested that he could steal a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then suggested that he could make one just like a police n
32、otice. He said he was not the police and couldnt use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters: POLITE NOTICE NO PARKING “ Oh!” Mrs. Brown said, “You told me you werent going to use the word “police”, but why do you use it now ” “Really ” he asked, “Look a
33、gain.” She started to laugh. “You are really clever.” 【小题 1】 How many notice boards did Mr. Brown make altogether A Only one B Two C Three D None 【小题 2】 Mr. Brown made a notice board which _ in the end. A was just the same as a police notice B was different in colour from a police notice C looked ju
34、st like a police notice D said “ POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING” 【小题 3】 We can infer(推断 ) that _ after he put up the blue board. A more people will park their cars outside his house B more policemen will come to park their cars at noon C fewer people will visit him at noon later on D fewer people will pa
35、rk their cars outside his house 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 1】根据文章内容可知答案：为 B 【小题 2】根据文章内容 He had put up a board, which said, “ No parking” in the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey(遵守 ) only a police notice with letters on a blue board:可知答案：为 C 【小题 3】根据文章内容可知
36、答案：为 D A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言 ) about a neighbour. Within a few days the whole neighbourhood knew the story. The neighbour was deeply hurt. Later the woman responsible (负责 ) for spreading the gossip learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to
37、 find out what she could do to repair the harm. “Go to the marketplace,” he said. “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pluck (拔 ) its feathers and drop them one by one along the road. ” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told. The next day the wis
38、e man said, “ Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me. ” The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand. “ You see
39、, ” said the old man, “its easy to drop them, but its impossible to get them back . So it is with gossip. It doesnt take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.” 【小题 1】 The woman was very _ the harm she had done to her neighbour. A happy about B angry about
40、 C sorry for D excited about 【小题 2】 Which of the following statements is TURE A The gossip didnt hurt anyone at all. B The wise man was not kind enough. C The woman found all the feathers at last. D The woman was given a lesson. 【小题 3】 What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chines
41、e phrase “_” A覆水难收 B无中生有 C欲速不达 D得道多助 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 A 【小题 1】根据文章内容 “She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.”可知答案：为 C 【小题 2】根据文章内容可知答案：为 D 【小题 3】根据意思可知答案：为 A 书面表达 根据要点写一篇介绍章子怡的文章。 章子怡是最受欢迎的国际巨星之一。 她 1979年出生于北京，从小喜爱舞蹈。 在她出演第一部电影我的父亲
42、和母亲 (My Father and My Mother)前， 她并不是很出名。 自从 1999年起，她主演了很多电影，并荣获了很多奖项。 她表演经验丰富 ， 我相信 .( 对章子怡评价并提出希望 ) 注意： 介绍需要用一段话包括所给内容要点， 要求语句通顺、意思连贯； 第 5要点的内容须用 2-3句话做适当发挥； 词数 80个左右。 答案： Zhang Ziyi is one of the most popular international stars. She was born in Beijing in 1979. She loved dancing at a very young a
43、ge. She hadnt been very famous before she acted in the first film called My Father and My Mother. She has acted in many famous films and she has won a lot of awards. She is experienced in acting, but I believe her acting skills will be better in the future. I hope she can do more charity work to hel
44、p poor people in our country. 单词拼写 (A) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 【小题 1】 It was raining _ (heavy) at this time yesterday. 【小题 2】 They looked at our pictures, but they didnt show us _ (they). 【小题 3】 _ (silent) in the classroom makes everyone nervous. 【小题 4】 My grandfather is in his _ (sixty),
45、but he is very crazy about pop music. 答案： 【小题 1】 heavily 【小题 2】 theirs 【小题 3】 Silence 【小题 4】 sixties 【小题 1】考查副词。修饰动词 rain 要用副词， heavily“努力地 ”。故填 heavily。 【小题 2】考查物主代词。根据 our pictures可知，表示对比 ，后面是 “他们的照片 ”， theirs是名词性物主代词，相当于 their pictures。故填 theirs。 【小题 3】考查词性转换。 silent是形容词，这里缺少主语，故用名词形式。故填 Silence。
46、 【小题 4】考查固定短语。 in ones +数词的复数，表示 “在某人多少岁时 ”。故填 sixties。 (B) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 【小题 1】 Our country _ (进口 ) wool and other goods from Australia every year. 【小题 2】 The police looked for the lost boy _ (遍及 ) the town. 【小题 3】 We are not sure if the man has a criminal _ (记录 ). 【小题 4】 The si
47、lk shirt feels much _ (光滑的 ) than the wool one. 答案： 【小题 1】 imports 【小题 2】 throughout 【小题 3】 record 【小题 4】 smoother 试题分析： 【小题 1】根据时间状语 “every year”，故用一般现在时，且主语是第三人称单数，故用 imports 【小题 2】表示 “遍及 ”的含义，故用介词 throughout 【小题 3】在从句中作宾语，故用名词形式 【小题 4】 much修饰比较级 考点：考查学生对词汇语法的掌握情况 点评：做这类题，不但要根据句意，选择正确意义的词、词组及句型，还要根据具体语法和语境，选择适当的时态、语态及使用正确的词形。 动词填空 （本大题共 8分，每小题 1分 ） 【小题 1】 You had better _ ( not laugh ) at others because everybody makes mistakes. 【小题 2】 All the rules must _ (explain) to the players clearly before the game star
