闵行区2017学年度第二学期初三学业水平调查
英语学科试题 2017年4月
考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。考试试题均使用连续编号，所有答案务必根据规定在答卷纸上完成，做在试题上不给分。
Part 1 Listening Tonight. B) This afternoon.
C) Tomorrow morning. D) Tomorrow evening.
（）8. A) At the cinema. B) At the railway station.
C) At the airport. D) At the restaurant.
（）9. A) He's helping his brother work on the farm.
B) He's living in a village with his brother.
C) He's looking for a new house for his brother.
D) He's trying to find a place to live in.
（）10. A) John. B) Johnson. C) Ben. D) Peter
（）11. A) Doctor and patient. B) Policewoman and driver.
C) Husband and wife. D) Waiter and customer.
（）12. A) Because there is someone in the house.
B) Because there is something wrong with it.
C) Because the man turned it on just now.
D) Because the man forgot to turn it off when he left
（）13. A) once a day. B) Twice a day.
C) Three times a day. D) Four times a day
（）14. A) She wants more fish. B) She wants to leave now.
C) She doesn't like the fish. D) She doesn't want to eat more.
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false Awards |||||||in Los Angeles on February 27, 2017.
A. is held B. was held C. has held D. hold
42. He’d rather ||||||||the underground to the city center because it’s fast and convenient.
A. to take B. taking C. takes D. take
43. STOP |||||||||. It is easier to cut your friends off than help.
A. to complain B. complain C. complaining D. complained
44. ||||I’m so nervous , I’m afraid I can’t remember everything .
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A. Take it easy . B. Don’t say so C. That’s a good idea D. What a pity !
45. |||||Thank you so much for helping us with our luggage .
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A. The same to you B. I’d love to
C. Thank you D. You are welcome
Ⅲ.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每一个单词或词组只能填一次）：（共8分）
A. clean B. lamp C. changed D. special E. On the other hand |
There have been some strange laws in the past . In the times of Peter Great in Russia , rich people weren’t allowed to have beards . If they wanted to keep their beards , they had to pay a |||||||tax （税） to the government .
In eighteenth|century England , people had to pay “window tax” for each window in their houses. However , this law was finally |||||||because many people chose to live in houses without windows so that they didn’t have to pay !
In the nineteenth century, female teachers in the USA couldn’t get married , or even go out with men . If they got engaged , they had to give up their jobs immediately .
|||||||||, male teachers could get married and have children without any problems !
If you travelled in any motor vehicle in nineteenth|century Britain , the law said that
here must be someone in front of you, waving a red flag, or at night time a red |||49|||. This meant, in practice, that you couldn’t travel at more than about eight kilometers per hour!
46. ||||||||| 47. |||||||||| 48. |||||||||| 49. |||||||||||
A. only B. problem C. hot D. leave E. stayed |
In the Midwest of the USA in the 1880s, you were not allowed to eat ice cream sodas on Sunday. Restaurant owners solved this |||50||| by serving ice cream without soda, which became known as a “Sunday” or “sundae”.
Also there are some more unusual laws from around the world. In Singapore, people who like to chew gum（口香糖）must |||51||| Singapore. The government really wants to keep the city clean and will fine you for chewing gum.
In Thailand it’s against the law to drive a car or motocycle without a shirt on, no matter how |||52||| it is. Punishments（惩罚）are different in different areas and can include warnings and tickets cosplayting about $10. No joke | the local police will sTOP you.
Don’t buy things using coins in Canada. The Law of 1985 doesn’t allow using ||||53|||| coins to buy things. Even the use of the dollar|coin is limited. The shop owner has the right to choose whether to take your coins or not.
50. |||||||| 51. ||||||||| 52. |||||||||| 53. ||||||||||
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适合形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（8分）
54. Be careful with the ||||||||. They may cause a fire.（match）
55. The reference book with ||||||| chapters will help you a lot in the examination.（ninth）
56. The smart sweeping robot can clean the floor by |||||||||.（it）
57. Ben is interested in physics and wants to be an ||||||||| in the future.（invent）
58. The city government has decided to |||||||| this street because of the heavy traffic.（wide）
59. My grandmother tells me to ||||||| the ingredients together in a bowl.（mixture）
60. Free WiFi makes it possible for customers to surf the Internet |||||| in malls.（easy）
61. Many people ||||||||| the new president and don’t agree to his new laws.（like）
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（依据所给需要，改写下列句子。
62|67题，每空格限填一词。）（14分）
62. The new car cosplayt Mr. Smith a lot of money.（改为否定句）
The new car ||||||| ||||||| Mr. Smith much money.
63. His aunt has never been to another country.（改为反意疑问句）
His aunt has never been to another country, ||||||| |||||||?
64. John didn’t have his dinner and went to bed last night.（维持句意基本不变）
John ||||||| to bed ||||||| his dinner last night.
65. They got up early in the morning __________.（对划线句部分提问）
|||||||| |||||||| they get up early in the morning?
66. According to the plan, we will plant more trees this spring.（改为被动语态）
According to the plan, more trees will ||||||| ||||||| this spring.
67.“Have you got enough time to finish your homework?”Mum asked May.（改为宾语从句）
Mum asked May |||||||| she |||||||| got enough time to finish her homework.
68. be possible, for, it, would, visit my company, you, to, next time（连词成句）
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Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写）
VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）：（共50分）
A. Choose the best answer（依据短文内容，选择最适合的答案）：（12分）
Here is a report on school in the United States of America.
1 Introduction
Some of you may wonder : What are schools in the US like ? Are there more activities than schools in Hong Kong ? Are there more teachers ? This report aims to answer some of these questions
2. Education system
There are two types of schools in the US: public and private schools . Students studying at public schools do not have to pay tuition fees because the schools get funding from the government . Private schools ,however , have to seek their own funding , so they may charge parents a high fee.
Students in the US have three years of preschool education . They enter elementary school at the age of six . There are four different ways for __________ to get their high school diploma。
3. Student|teacher ratio （比率）
In the US, the student|teacher ratio in secondary schools is about 10:1 . That means each teacher has to take care of about ten students . In Hong Kong , the ratio is__________ 25:1.
4. School uniforms
Most schools in Hong Kong require students to wear uniforms with school badges （校徽） on them . Students who are improperly dressed are punished . Unlike Hong Kong , only 13% of schools in the US require students to wear uniforms.
5. Extra|curricular activities
American schools give a high priority （优先）to sports , clubs and activities . The two major sports for American students are football and basketball . Schools may sell “spirit” shirt to wear to inter|school competitions and raise money .
There are also some cultural groups such as music groups , marching bands and debate teams .
6. Conclusion
There are some differences between schools in the US and Hong Kong , but the schools in these two places have one common goal: to provide an enjoyable learning environment for students .
69. According to Section 2 of the report , what is the major difference between public and private schools in the US?
A. Students studying at public schools have to pay a higher fee.
B. Private schools do not get money from the government
C. There are more students studying at private schools
D. Parents prefer private schools to public schools .
70. The underlined word “ them “ in Section 2 refers to |||||||.
A. American students
B. elementary schools in the US
C. high schools in the US
D. the four ways to get a high school diploma
71. The underlined word “roughly “ in Section 3 means ||||||||
A. already B. also C. altogether D. about
72. ||||||||in the US require students to wear uniforms.
A. All of the schools B. Half of the schools
C. More than half the schools D. Less than half of the schools
73. According to Section 5, the two major sports for American students are ||||||||.
A. football and volleyball B. football and basketball
C. basketball and cycling D. football and skating
74. According to the conclusion of the report , schools in the US and Hong Kong ||||||
A. are completely different
B. get funding from the government
C. want to create a good learning environment
D. do not have any common goals
B. Choose the words of expressions and complete the passage（选择最适合的单词或词汇完成短文）：（12分）
Do you know who Lewis Carroll is ? Yes! You are right . He is the writer of the famous story ||||Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Many people described Lewis Carrol as shy . He wasn’t very good in social situations. He didn’t talk much . One of his college students even said his classes were extremely |||||75|||. But children thought very differently of him . When he was with children , he was funny and imaginative . He ||||76||||puzzles and games , and created stories that children loved . Those children included Alice , the daughter of a colleague , and her two sisters , Lorina and Edith .
It seems that Lewis Carrol was a wild flower that only bloomed when children were around .
“ Tell us a ||||77|||, please , Mr. Dodgson,” the three girls asked .
‘ Alice was beginning to get very |||78|||||sitting by her sister on the side of the river and of having nothing to do . She wanted to do something new and happy . Suddenly , a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her .,’ he began . He continued for a few minutes , and then sTOPped . That’s all until next time.
The girl complained ,so he offered to go on . That day the stories came out ||79|||||. He seemed relaxed in his role as storyteller and told many stories.
Lewis Carroll included Alice and her sister in the stories with Alice as the most important character . The other character included an Englet and a lorry named after Lorina. That day , in particular , Lewis Carroll’s stories were really interesting .
Later , Alice begged Lewis to write the stories down , and he agreed .|||||80|||||, it wasn’t until two and a half years later that Lewis finally gave her a dark ,green leather notebook ||||Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
75. A. simple B. boring C. pleasant D. helpful
76. A. invented B. played C. solved D. found
77. A. poem B. song C. book D. story
78. A. angry with B. excited about C. tired of D. fond of
79. A. one after another B. again and again
C. with great care D. sooner or later
80. A. Especially B. Instead C. Immediately D. However
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适合的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）
The South Lakes Mall
Opening hours
shops Mon|Fri 10 a.m |||9 p.m
Sat 9a.m||||||8p.m
Sun 10. a.m ||||5 p.m
Park 9 a.m –5 p.m in winter
9. a.m ||||8 p.m in summer
We have thousands of visitors every day . Our b||||81|||||day of the week is Friday . To avoid the crowds , come on a Monday or Tuesday .
Inside the mall
When you arrive , go to one of our information offices to get a m||||||82||||. It can show you where the shops and restaurants are . There is one information office by the main bus sTOP and another at the bottom of the escalator which goes up to the cinema.
The shops are a|||83||||on the ground floor and you will find everything , from specialized furniture stores to clothes shops and department stores as well as restaurants , a bowling alley and a swimming pool. On the first floor above the pool you will find a 12| screen cinema and two nightclubs . If you wish , you can buy entrance tickets for any of these facilities except the nightclubs from the information centres. Before 5 pm , prices of entrance tickets are r|||84||||for students and the over|sixties . They pay less money for the tickets .
If you wish to stay overnight , the information centers can give you a list of accommodation in the area , ranging from grand hotels to Bed and Breakfast accommodation .
O||||85||||the mall
Make time to visit the 30 acres of parkland which surround the mall . Boats for up to six people can be hired and taken out for $21 an hour.
Travel
The mall is located one mile from the main road . Just follow the signs from the junction . There is free parking for 10,000 cars and there are six car parks . Car parking spaces are quite near. W|||86||||||for less than five minutes and you can find one. Remember where your car is parked by looking at the colored signs ||||No car parks uses the same color and each level in the car parks is numbered.
It is just easy to visit the mall by t|||87||||||. There is a railway service every 15 minutes from Central London . When you reach Barnwell station , jump on a number 19 bus to the mall . It’s a five|minute journey and there’s a bus every 15 minutes .
D. Answer the questions（依据短文内容回答下列问题）（共12分）
Justin Trudeau , the 23rd Prime Minister （总理） of Canada was born on December 25,1971 in Ottawa. He is the second youngest Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Justin Trudeau clearly liked to be in school , and was reported to have been a good student , attended ‘ College Jean|de|Brebeuf and graduated from McGill University in 1994 and the University of British Columbia in 1998 . After graduating , he taught primary school math and high school French , humanities and drama on the West Coast . In 2005 he began a master’s degree in environmental geography at McGill University but gave up after one year. He used his public profile （形象） to become popular for various causes and acted in the 2007 TV mini|series . The Great War , Eight years after his father’s death , Trudeau entered politics , Trudeau won the leadership of the Liberal Party in April 2013and went on to lead his party to victory in the election.
Trudeau’s wife, Gregoire was classmate and childhood friend of Trudeau’s youngest brother, Michel. They first met when they were both children growing up in Montreal. They married on May 28,2005, at a Roman Catholic Church. Now they have three children.
Last year, he took an official trip to China for a week. In Beijing, he talked about trade and investment with the most|powerful men in the Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping. Trudeau also visited Shanghai. He coached a kids’ basketball team when he was visiting a high school. Justin Trudeau gave instructions from courtside to his team, called the Raptors. The team faced an opponent（对于） coached by former National Basketball Association star Yao Ming.“It’s important to take a stand on issues that matter to you,”Trudeau, a former teacher, told hundreds of cheering kids who crowded around the court before the friendly game. In Hangzhou he attended G20 meeting. Trudeau was expected to continue efforts to promote Canada as an international forward in the fight against climate change.
88. Justin Trudeau is the second youngest Prime Minister in Canada, isn’t he?
89. When did Trudeau graduate from McGill University?
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90. How many Chinese cities did Trudeau visit last year according to the article?
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91. Which team did Trudeau’s team fight against in a high school in Shanghai?
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92. What did he encourage other countries to do at G20 meeting?
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93. What do you think of Justin Trudeau? Why?（Give at least two reasons.）
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Ⅶ. Writing（作文）（20分）
94. Write a letter to your American pen|pal Tony in at least 60 words according to the given situation（依据所给情景给你的美国笔友Tony写一封不少于60词的回答。需要内容适切，意思连贯，标点符号不占格。__________）
假设你是小明（Xiao Ming），是美国初中生Tony的笔友，你收到了他的来信。请给Tony写一封回信，回答他的问题，介绍上海好的公共交通服务。
（注意：文中不能出现考生的名字、校名及其它有关信息，不然不予评分。）
1|6 FBADEC
7|14 DCCABDBD
15|20 TTFFTT
21. the seaside 22. every evening 23. sitting in 24. an hour 25. go home
26|30 BBCAB 31|35 ADCBD
36|40 BCDBB 41|45 BDCAD
46|49 DCEB 50|53 BDCA
54. matches 55. nine 56. itself 57. inventor 58. widen 59. mix 60. easily 61. dislike
62. didn’t cosplayt 63. has , she 64. went, without 65. Why , did 66. be planted 67. if/ whether , had
68. It would be possible for you to visit my company next time.
69|74 BADDBC
75|80 BADCAD
81. busiest 82. map 83. all 84. reduced 85. Outside 86. Walk 87. train
88. Yes , he is .
89. In 1994
90. He visited 3cities
91. The team coached by Yao Ming
92. He encouraged other countries to move forward in the fight against climate charge .
93. He is well|educated Because he learned a lot and established his goals in life and became a successful man. Besides , being a leader , he encouraged other countries to move forward in the fighting against climate change ||||
