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昌平区2017 - 2018学年第二学期初三年级第二次模拟练习

英语试卷笔试部分

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1. 本抽测为笔试部分，满分60分，共8页，五道大题，39个小题。

考试时间90分钟。（本学科听说部分成绩将采用考生2018年中考英语听说最高成绩）

2. 请在试卷上准确填写学校名称、姓名和考试编号。

3. 试题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. 考试结束后，请交回答题卡、试卷和草稿纸。

知识运用（共14分）

一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）

从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. This girl is creative. ______ often makes great things.

A. I B. You C. He D. She

2. Jack rides his bike ______ the park every weekend.

A. in B. on C. at D. of

3. We’re doing our best this year, _______ we’ll keep on trying.

A. but B. and C. because D. or

4. Table tennis is ___________ than football in our school.

A. popular B. very popular C. more popular D. the most popular

5. －______ did you get your new watch?

－On my thirteenth birthday.

A. Where B. What C. When D. Why

6. Larry always ______ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school.

A. gets B. get C. got D. is getting

7. My dad _____ letters to his friends years ago, but I use emails or Wechat now.

A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. is writing

8. I ________ John the news as soon as he gets home.

A. will tell B. told C. tells D. tell

9. Tim and Bob ______ us a lot of beautiful photos since they arrived in London.

A. send B. sent C. have sent D. are sending

10. Ken ______ with me on the phone at 8:00 pm yesterday evening.

A. is talking B. was talking C. has talked D. is talked

11. Harry Potter ______ with its final book in 2007.

A. complete B. completed C. is completed D. was completed

12. －I don’t know ___________ at the science camp next week.

－Don’t worry. Let me check my notebook for you.

A. what did we do B. what will we do

C. what we did D. what we will do

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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。

People Just Like Us

I was not interested in the school project on ancient cultures at all, especially things about Egypt (埃及) , but Grace, my research partner, insisted the ancient

Egyptians were interesting, and said I would 13 my

mind for sure.

“Learning about these ancient people is so boring.” I said.

“It’s not! Don’t be sure until you’ve learned about them.”

said Grace.

I had to say Grace had a 14 . So the next Saturday, I found myself at the Museum of Natural

History, which had a big show on ancient Egypt.

“So ancient Egyptians were pretty undeveloped, right?” I asked Grace as we waited in line for our

tickets. “I mean, they didn’t have much 15 , did they? Well, except for the pyramids (金字塔) –

didn’t the Egyptian kings live in the pyramids?”

Grace just kept silent and pushed me forward.

The show set me straight about the pyramids. I learned that they were tombs (墓) of the ancient kings,

not their 16 . I also found out the great pyramid at Giza was huge, standing 500 feet tall when it

was first built!

As I walked farther, I was 17 to find a show on ancient sports. I saw paintings showing

people playing a game with a ball. Just for a moment, I could 18 ancient Egyptian kids beside

the Nile River hitting around a ball, just as I do with my friends. And the next show was all about how the

ancient Egyptians treasured their children. A child was considered a great gift to the family.

“So what do you think of these 19 ancient people now?” Grace asked.

“You were right,” I said. “Ancient Egyptians are much more interesting than I 20 . In fact, I

know just what title to give our project. We’ll call it ‘People Just Like Us’!”

13． A．keep B．change C．lose D．follow

14． A．word B．plan C．point D．way

15． A．technology B．difference C．confidence D．information

16． A．fields B． grounds C．schools D．homes

17． A．tired

18． A．explain

19． A．boring

20． A．searched

B． careful C．surprised

B．picture C． show

B．impatient C．funny

B．studied C．experienced

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D．nervous

D．enjoy

D．exciting

D．expected

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）

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CRUISE SHIP

Our company is important for tourism because it

provides fun trips worldwide. When ships are

ready for new passengers. You will spend 40% of

your time on board helping with cleaning and

repairs, and also work in the office on a busy

tourist’s service desk.

Want to have a try?

Come and see Ms. Lori Lee for more information.

PRIMARY SCHOOL

We encourage secondary school students to work in

our classes, reading to the youngest children and

arriving, we get them cleaned and make sure they are

helping older ones with maths problems. If you are

good at sport, why not help to teach our junior

football team what you know? As the school is in the

north of the city, it takes about an hour from the

centre by bus.

Call Mr. Kevin Smith ) for more

information.

Our website:

CITY MUSEUM

While you don’t have to know about school local

history, we do expect you to put your internet skills

to good use! Find out interesting facts about the

DELIVERY COMPANY

If you know the area around the city quite well and

enjoy travelling around, come and help us. Our cars

objects on show, which you can then pass on to kids

provide a fast delivery service for online orders and

and their parents as you guide them around the

we also send goods for other companies. You’ll

building. Many of these visitors come from other

sometimes have to help the driver lift heavy boxes.

countries.

Are you interested?

If you are interested, call the manager Mr. Jack

Visit us at No. 25 East Street and talk to Ms. Jones

Green ).

Stevens.

Or send us emails at citymuseum@

21. If you are good at football, where can you go for a summer job?

A. CRUISE SHIP B. PRIMARY SCHOOL C. DELIVERY COMPANY D. CITY MUSEUM

22. Who will help you know more about the work on the ship?

A. Ms. Lori Lee. B. Mr. Kevin Smith. C. Ms. Jones Stevens. D. Mr. Jack Green.

23. What can you do at the CITY MUSEUM?

A. Get the ships ready for passengers. B. Help children with math problems.

C. Guide people around the building. D. Help the driver lift the heavy boxes.

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B

Garry started cooking when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. “My

mom didn’t really like cooking, and when she did cook, I didn’t really like her

food. Once I was watching something on the Food Network on TV and I

thought, ‘I could do this’, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest

cookbook I could find.”

Within a year, he has produced most of the dishes in the cookbook and was

ready for a bigger plan. “I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cook

for more people than just my family too.” His family allowed him to build a test

kitchen in his bedroom. “At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked,

‘do you want to be sleeping next to a cooker?’ Yes, I said! It started off as two

tables with some simple cookers, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking, so I

moved the desk out and got a small bed.” Then Garry’s older sister, whose bedroom has more space, went

off to college. He moved down to her room and filled with a large cooker, four work stations and a long

area for finishing the last steps on plates.

Garry and his mother set up Eureka, a super club business that organizes monthly events inside his

home. Garry, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says he’s not doing it for the

money, but because he loves cooking. “At the point in your life where you stop caring if you’re going to

be famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my heart and people can see it.

I hope to keep getting better and better.

24. Why did Garry begin to cook at 11?

A. Because his mother loves cooking a lot.

B. Because his mother advised him to cook.

C. Because he bought a cookbook from the bookstore.

D. Because he thought he could do better than his mom.

25. Where was his test kitchen at first?

A. In his own bedroom. B. In his sister’s bedroom.

C. In a famous restaurant. D. In his sister’s college.

26. How did his dream come to him?

A. He bought many cookbooks. B. He tries hard to be famous.

C. He cared much on the skills. D. He keeps his love for cooking.

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C

Have fun and get smarter?

We all know about the pleasure and fun that we get from playing video games. There’s the

satisfaction of finally reaching the last level of a game after months of trying. Some experts now say that

as well as offering pleasure, video games might also be good for you.

Too good to be true?

It seems that when you play video games, you might get some very important skills. They are great

for your concentration (集中注意力). Being able to focus is a skill you can use at school or later, in a job.

Fitness (健身) games, which are very popular, allow you to practise sports skills like balancing. A lot of

games also teach decision-making skills. For example when you have to choose the best way to escape

from a burning building in a game, you’re learning how to solve problems and make your decision

quickly. Gaming teaches you about success and failure too. A lot of games are difficult, and you have to

work hard to reach the top level, which teaches you that in life you can succeed if you keep on trying. On

the other hand, games teach you that if you fail, don’t give up – have a break, and then try again.

Some psychologists (心理学家) believe that role-playing games are particularly valuable. In the

virtual environment, young people can take on roles which are often not possible for them in real life.

You can become a leader, and have to deal with people who lie to you, or hide things from you. By

dealing with these situations, you can develop social skills that might help you in the real world when

you’re older.

Gaming does have its disadvantages, of course. Playing for a while is great, but people who play for

hours can have problems. Physically, it can stop you from getting enough exercises, which is unhealthy.

Psychologically, some players can become addicted (上瘾) to their games and begin to prefer their

“virtual” lives, where they are always in control.

But overall, playing video games is not harmful, unless you spend too much time. While you’re

building your city, or looking after your farm in a game, you’re also developing skills that will stay with

you for the rest of your life.

27. What does the underlined word “virtual” mean?

A. Unclear. B. Unreal. C. Valuable. D. Possible.

28. How does the writer think of video games?

A. They’re harmful to our study and work.

B. They give us chances to realize our dream.

C. Playing video games is bad for our health.

D. Video games can benefit us in many ways.

29. What does gaming teach us about success and failure?

A. Avoid the difficult top levels. B. Choose the best way to play.

C. Believe in hard trying for success. D. Get enough rest after each failure.

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The results are not surprising: The monkeys are cold. But the researchers also found that

bathing in a hot-spring may lower the monkeys’ levels of stress.

“This shows that, as in humans, the hot spring has a

stress-reducing effect in snow monkeys,” said Rafaela

Takeshita, the study lead writer. “This habit of hot spring

bathing by snow monkeys showed how animals’ behavior can

help fight against cold-climate stress,” Takeshita said. Snow

monkeys live in very cold place in the world. They are

especially used to living in the cold; they grow thicker and

longer fur in the winter.

In 1963, a female Japanese snow monkey living in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan, was

seen bathing in an outdoor hot spring belonging to a nearby hotel, and other monkeys soon copied this

behavior, the researchers said. As you might imagine, a group of monkeys bathing in a hot spring meant

to hold people made people feel the hot spring dirty, so the park management built a new hot spring just

for the monkeys. By 2003, about a third of the snow monkeys living in this park often bathed in the hot

spring in the winter. The bathing monkeys are now already a popular tourist attraction.

The bathing monkeys seemed to be bathing to stay warm, but scientists had no data to support this

theory, they said. In the new study, the researchers collected data from 12 adult female monkeys in

Jigokudani Monkey Park between April and June, and again from October to December. They examined

how much time the monkeys spent in the hot spring, and also studied the data for “fecal glucocorticoid” ,

a metbolite（代谢物）, related to the levels of stress in monkeys.

The researchers found that female snow monkeys did use the hot spring more often in the winter

than in the spring, especially during colder weeks.

The researchers also found that the dominant (统领) females spent the most time bathing because

they need more energy to keep their position. They also have a higher level stress.

The researchers concluded that hot-spring bathing becomes a tradition that provides physiological

(生理的) benefits to the monkeys.

30. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Snow monkeys in spring

C. Snow monkeys in winter

during winter in recent years. Now, researchers have found exactly why the monkeys

do this.

D

taking baths in man-made hot springs Snow monkeys have been discovered

B. Snow monkeys with a new habit

D. Snow monkeys under heavy stress

31. How does Rafaela think of snow monkeys’ behavior?

A. It’s a natural tradition.

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B. It’s a tourist attraction.

C. It helps them get used to the environment.

D. It makes them feel the position is important.

32. What do the experiments carried in two different periods show?

A. The female snow monkeys enjoy bathing in winter more.

B. The number of hot-spring bathing snow monkeys grows.

C. The experiments are easier to carry out in winter months.

D. The bathing habits of the dominant male snow monkeys.

33. Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?

A. Some snow monkeys are copying humans’ behaviors.

B. Snow monkeys are happy to live in very cold weather.

C. Researchers found old snow monkeys enjoy hot springs.

D. Hot-spring bathing helps lower human’s and animals’ stress.

四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）

My Mother, My Role Model

My mom is one of the most important people in my life and what makes her so special is that she

seems to have no idea how encouraging she is. She has led our family and guided my brothers and sisters

and me simply by being herself. She leads by example, showing us her values and making sure we live by

our own. She carries out this example by pushing us to do our first volunteer work when I was only seven,

and she joined in herself. She pushes us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have never heard of

her speaking ill of others or putting someone down.

She cares for the people she loves from the bottom of her heart and always puts our needs before

those of her own. My mother herself is easy-going and selfless and works hard to connect and understand

each of her children to make sure we are able to laugh at ourselves and never take life too seriously. She

strongly believes in treating everyone equally (平等的), but not completely in the same way. She could

always find the right way for the different child so that everyone can get the most from her advice.

She looks to the goal of making us independent, successful, and capable (有能力的) in the world

and while she encourages me to work through difficulties, she also hardly ever pushes her ideas onto me.

She is always there supporting me whether I win or lose, pass or fail.

She is my leadership role model and from her I learn to focus on one’s strong points, but not

weaknesses. I learn to not only set a drive in my followers but also have them know that they are

important to me no matter what they achieved.

In my last leadership experience, the girls in my group were to examine their lives and decide who

they want to be for the future. My mother’s example helped me find ways to make these girls comfortable

enough to open up and share their experiences. I have taken what my mother has taught me and carried it

out into a special leadership style that perfectly puts her practice and my own experience together.

34. Who is the writer’s role model?

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35. When did the writer start to do volunteer work?

36. Why can different child get most from the mom’s advice?

37. What goals does the mother have for her children?

38. How does the writer develop his leadership?

书面表达（共10分）

五、书面表达（共10分）

39. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

题目①

三年来，你的学校一定组织过很多有意义的外出参观活动，让你和同学们开阔了眼界，体验了快乐，增进了友谊。《英语学习报》现正举办My School Trip征文活动，请你根据下面的提示问题，向大家介绍一次你所参加的外出参观活动，说一说大家去了哪，做了什么，以及你的感受。

提示词语：learn from, fantastic, experience, enjoy, exciting

提示问题：

 Where did you go on the school trip?

 What did you do on the trip?

 How did you feel about the trip?

My School Trip

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题目②

现今，我们的很多学校都在开展Pad教学实验。你的英文笔友Peter想了解你的Pad课堂学习情况，请根据以下提示，以初中生李华的身份给他写一封邮件，告诉他，你利用Pad在课堂上学习什么内容，如何学习，以及你的感受。

提示词语：I-pad, technology, fast, convenient, share, upload, download, personal

提示问题：

 What do you learn at class by I-pad？

 How do you use it for your study?

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What do you think of this kind of class?

Dear Peter,

How is it going? I’m glad to hear from you.

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Yours,

Li Hua

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