初三英语期中考试试卷II. 选择填空 ( 20分 ) ( 共20小题, 每小题1分 )（）21. The voice told Daisy _________ waste water any more.A. do not toB. did not toC. not toD. not( ) 22. It is not easy _______ fish using only your hands.A. catchB. to catchC. to catchingD. caught( ) 23. It’s very nice _____ you to say so.A. toB. ofC. with D for( ) 24. Nothing will make me _________ my mind..A. changingB. to changeC. changeD. to changing( ) 25. Remember ________the tap running while you are brushing your teeth.A. not leaveB. don’t leaveC. leavingD. not to leave( ) 26. My mother loves _________, so she taught me _______ yesterday evening.A. swim,swimB.. swimming, swimmingC. to swim, swimmingD. swimming, how to swim( ) 27. I am not interested in playing cards, he is not interested in it ,______.A. eitherB. tooC. alsoD. but( ) 28. My parents have been in Shenzhen __________ one month.A. sinceB. forC.inD. about( )29. I often see her _______ the piano. Listen, can you hear her _________ the piano now?A. play, playingB. plays, playingC. playing, playsD. play, plays( )30.______ does this car cost?A. How manyB. How muchC. How much dollarsD. How much dollar( )31. There is a beautiful garden outside your house, ___________?A. are thereB. is thereC. isn’t thereD. aren’t there( )32.____________ go swimming?A. Why not youB. Why notC. Why don't youD. Band C.( ) 33. Snails can walk ______slowly than any other animal.A. much moreB. very moreC. more muchD. too more( ) 34. I don’t know_________ next.A. when to doB. how to doC. what to doD. where to do( ) 35. - Did you go to school party last night? Yes, I did. ____________.A. So did TimB. So Tim did.C. Tim did soD. Tim went so( ) 36.If you are clever enough, try and ________ this maths problem.A . work B. solve C. look for D. make( ) 37. Jill denied ________ the window, but his teacher didn’t believe him.A. breakingB. to breakC. brokenD. broke( ) 38. Hurry up, there is _________ time.A. a littleB. littleC. a fewD. few( ) 39. He would not admit _______ her purse.A. stealingB. to stealingC. stealD.stole( ) 40. Have you __________ seen a fireworks’ display? Yes, I have.A. neverB. oftenC. evenD. everIII. 完形填空 ( 10分 ) 阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项, 并将其编号字母填在答题卷上。

( 共10 小题, 每小题1分 )Once a clever man said to 41 honest man, “Let’s 42 riddles. If one of us can’t guess, he must g ive some money to 43 .” He thought he was 44 than the honest man.“All right,” said the honest man. “But I’m not good at 45 riddles, you know, while you are goo d at it. If you can’t guess, you should lose fifteen pence, if I can’t, I lose only five pence.”The clever man thought 46 was hard to him, so he agreed. “OK, whowill begin first?” he asked.“Of course I,” said the honest man. “Listen, there is an animal. It has four legs, two of them can r un, 47 two can fly. Tell me what it 48 .”The clever man thought hard, but he could not guess what it was. He said finally, “I can’t.I’ll have to give you fifteen pence. Tell me now. What is it?”The honest man laughed and said, “ I can’t, 49___ . I’ll have to give you five pence.” So the hone st man won ___50___ pence off the clever man.( ) 41.A. an B. a C. the D. /( ) 42.A. to guess B. guessing C. guesses D. guess( )4 3. A.another B. the other C. others D. other( )44.A. clever B. better C. cleverer D. more honest( )45. A. guessing B. to guess C. guess D. guesses( )46.A.anything B. nothing C. everything D. something( )47.A these B. other C. the other D. those( )48.A.is B. was C. are D. were( )49.A.too B. also C. either D. neither( )50.A. fifteen B. twenty C. five D. tenIV. 阅读理解 ( 20分 )阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项, 并将其编号字母填在答题卷上。

( 共20 小题, 每小题1分 )Sam dreamed of having a dog as his friend, but mum didn’t let him keep one because there wasn’t room for it at home. His dream came true when a new neighbour, Mr. Brown, moved in with a lov ely dog named Bailey. Sam was very happy. After school he played with Bailey and trained her. S ometimes Bailey stared at Sam with her bright eyes that seemed to say “We are best friends.”One day Sam came home after school. He saw Bailey looking over the fence, whining（呜咽）. Sam dropped his bag and ran to the fence. In the garden half-lying against the tree was Mr. b rown. He had a fall and broke his ankle. Sam called an ambulance immediately. When Mr. Brown was in hospital, Sam looked after Bailey and took her for a walk every day. He also trained Bailey to sit and shake hands with people. At the pet show, Bailey won a prize for the best trained dog. A fter Mr. Brown came home from hospital, they ate a welcomehome cake happily.51.Was Bailey Sam’s own dog?A. Yes, it was.B. No’ it wasn’tC. It was Sam’s friendD. It was Mr. Brown’s friend.52.How did Sam and Bailey become best friends?A. Sam loves dog very much.B. They were good neighbours.C. Bailey was a lovely dog.D. They played with each other and loved each other.53. What happened to Mr. Brown?A. He lost his dog.B. He cut down a tree.C. He fell down and broke his ankle.D. He was looking over the fence, whining.54. How did Sam know something had happened in the garden?A. Bailey showed him.B. Mr. brown was whining in the garden.C. He saw Mr. Brown half-lying against the tree.D. Sam got the news on his way home after school.55. From the story we know ___________.A. Sam loved his own dog very much.B. Mr. Brown and Sam trained the dog.C. Sam and Bailey got a prize at a pet show.D. dogs can be people’s good friends if we are good to them.(B)A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god（神）. They thought the god drove the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. No w we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Toda y men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun. The sun is really a star. It is much big ger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred th ousand times heavier than the earth and more than a million times larger.( ) 56.A long time ago, people said the sun was _______.A. a god on a golden horse.B. a gold horseC. a god of a golden horse.D. a god and a gold horse( )57. It is true that______.A. the sun goes round the earthB. the earth goes round the sunC. the moon goes round the sunD. the sun goes round the moon.( )58. People can never live anywhere near the sun because it is _____.A. too far awayB. too hotC. not a planetD. too heavy and too hot.( )59. The earth travels over _____ miles an hour.A. 1,000B. 100,00C. 6,000,00D. 600,00( ) 60. One year is _____.A. the time for the earth to turn round.B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles.C. one circle the earth goes round the sun.D. the journey of the earth.( C)Humans have four blood types（血型）. They are blood type A, B, O and AB. The table below shows all kinds of possible blood types of parents and their children. Childrens blood types areshown in grey squares.61. If both parents are blood type O, then their children must be _________.A. blood type AB. blood type BC. blood type ABD. blood type O62. If a father is blood type A and a mother is blood type B, then children’s blood types may be __ ______.A. any blood typeB. blood type A and BC. blood type AB and OD. blood type A,B and AB63. If both parents are blood type AB, then their children can NOT be ________.A. blood type AB. blood type ABC. blood type OD. blood type B64. If four children of the same parents are blood type A , B, O and AB, then their parents should be ________.A. blood type A and BB. blood type A and ABC. blood type B and ABD. blood type AB and AB65. If one parent is blood type AB, and his or her nine children only get blood type A and B, then t he other parent’s blood type is likely to be __________.A. blood type AB. blood type BC. blood type ABD. blood type O(D)Life is like throwing and catching four balls of life in the air. You call the balls work, family, frien ds and minds. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce ba ck(弹回). The other three balls are made of glass and easy to be broken, so you must know how to protect them. But how?Don’t shut love out of your family by saying it’s hard to find. The quickest way to get love is to gi ve it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it closely; and the best way to keep love is to give it wi ngs. Don’t think that you are not so good as others. It is because we are different and each of us is special. Never mind if you fall behind others. It’s never too late to learn. Knowledge (知识) is a weightless treasure which you always carry easily.Don’t let your life pass through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. If you live well t oday, you live all the days of your life.Yesterday is history, tomorrow is hard to guess and today is a gift. That’s why we call it “ The Pres ent”61. Which is not the name of a ball talked about in the passage?A. workB. healthC. familyD. mind62. To give it wings means to _________.A. hold it closelyB. give love freedomC. get ready for loveD. keep your love out of your family63. Why is knowledge a treasure you can always carry easily?A. Because it is heavy.B. Because you can’t protect it.C. Because it’s never too late to learn.D. Because it is a treasure without weight.64. From the fourth paragraph, we know that _________.A. people must have plans for the futureB. people would rather live in the pastC. people who live well today will live well every dayD. people who live in the past or in the future will not have long life65. What do you think is the best title of the passage?A. Why is today a gift?B. What to protect in our life?C. How to protect the balls of life?D. Where are the four balls of life?第二卷(25分)V. 用所给单词的适当形式填空.( 5分,每题1分)66. I hope ________(protect) the innocent as well as find the guilty.67. I want __________( be) a teacher when I grow up.68. The carpet was _____________ (spotless) clean.69. I think he is a __________( suspect).70. Tom finishes___________(do) his homework at eight last night.VI. 解释句子（10%）根据自己的理解, 用英语解释下列句子, 将答案写在答题卷上。