2014-2015第一学期初三年级英语期中测试题及答案(试卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟)听力理解(共24分)(略)知识运用（共31分）四、单项填空。

（共11分，每小题1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。

21. The smart boy is from Class 7. ________ name is Jeff.A. HimB. HisC. HerD. He22. I know my mother’s birthday is ________ July, 1952.A. onB. atC. inD. for23. I think English is ________ than any other subject.A. popularB. more popularC. most popularD. the most popular24. —Excuse me, ________ you show me around the college?—Sorry, I’m new here.A. canB. mayC. mustD. need25. Peter asked me ________ the street dance society.A. joinedB. joinC. to joinD. joining26. We are going to have a 6-day holiday, ________ I have no idea where to go.A. unlessB. orC. soD. but27. —________ did it take you to do this job last night?—For two and a half hours.A. How oftenB. How soonC. How longD. How much28. —Listen! What beautiful music! Who ________ the piano in the next room?—It’s Miss Wang. She’s our music teacher.A. playedB. is playingC. was playingD. has played29. —It’s so hard for me to get up in the morning.—If you go to bed earlier, you ________ it easier to get up.A. will findB. won’t findC. findD. don’t find30. The sick boy ________ to hospital by the police yesterday.A. tookB. is takenC. was takenD. had taken31. —Could you tell me ________?—She’s a teacher.A. what does your mother doB. what your mother doesC. what did your mother doD. what your mother did五、完形填空（共20分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，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。

ATwenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss.I received a call one night from the quiet part of town. And when I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needed a helping hand, I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked.“Just a minute,” answered a n elderly voice.I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman32 her 80s stood before me. She was dressed like somebody out of a 1940’s movie.By her side was a small suitcase. The apartment looked 33 no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.“Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said.I took the suitcase to the taxi, then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward my taxi. She kept thanking me for my 34 .“It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”“Oh, you’re such a good boy,” she said.When we got in the taxi, she gave me an address, then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.“Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice（临终关怀医院）. I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long.”I quietly 35 over and shut off the meter（计价器）. “What route would you like me to take?” I asked.For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived.She had me pull up in front of a gym where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a building or corner and would sit 36 into the darkness, saying nothing.As the sky turned bright, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me. Two people came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They must have been 37 her.I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.“How much do I owe（欠）you?” she asked, reached into her purse.“Nothing,” I said.“You have to 38 ,” she answered.“There are other passengers,” I said.Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me 39 .“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you, Dear.”I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the 40 of a life.I didn’t pick up any more passengers that night. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient? What if I had refused to take the round and driven away?On a quick review, I don’t think that I have done very many more important things in my life. We’re likely to think that our lives center on great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware (未察觉的) –beautifully wrapped in what others may consider 41 ones.32. A. with B. at C. in D. on33. A. in fact B. even if C. for example D. as if34. A. kindness B. carefulness C. politeness D. patience35. A. take B. reach C. get D. feel36. A. staring B. watching C. seeing D. noticing37. A. helping B. calling C. expecting D. welcoming38. A. make a deal B. make a difference C. make a fortune D. make a living39. A. gently B. tightly C. silently D. carefully40. A. ringing B. closing C. starting D. breaking41. A. meaningful B. big C. important D. smallB“In every person’s life there needs to be a caring, nurturing, encouraging friend.”The earliest memory I have of my father is one of me as a young boy holding his hand by his two last fingers as we walked together. His hands seemed so large that his fingers were all I could actually hold. He always took me with him to ball games even 42 my young age. I will never forget that.As I grew older I remember dad and I listening to high school basketball games together on an old radio. I would make a list of p layer’s names on a piece of paper and keep record of how many points each would score as the game went on. Too small to stay awake for the whole game, I always fell asleep 43 the game ended. When I would wake up in the morning I would find the score sheet 44 next to me. The score sheet would be filled out with the final score on it completed by my father before he carried me to bed.My father was a bread delivery man. I remember the times when my father would 45 the house in the early morning on those cold days when I was home from school over Christmas break. I used to ride on the floor of that bread truck as he delivered the bread to the stores. I don’t know if those old trucks even had heaters but it didn’t matter. The smell and warmth fro m the bread that had just come from the bakery ovens would make my mouth 46 and keep me warm both at the same time.In high school I became very interested in athletics. My father would 47 all my games. My junior year something special happened.Football season was long over. We had done well last season. We marched through the season undefeated and stepped into the playoffs（决赛）.That night before the playoff game my father came to me and 48 announced that he would not be able to attend the game. He had to deliver the bread to the stores and the site of the game was over a three hour drive from his route. He vowed to listen to every play on the radio.The next day as I lined up for the second half kickoff（开始）I 49 to look up and noticed a blue and white bread truck pulling into the parking lot. Dad had delivered the bread and driven over three hours to see the second half of the game.Years later I had become a teacher and coach. One day I was on the school playground watching a first grade recess（课间休息）when a little boy walked up to me. As I looked down at him he reached up and grabbed my hand by my last two fingers – just like I used to do to my dad. In that moment my father came back to me and I 50 that even though my father was gone – he had left me something behind. He had left me his smile. He had left me his compassion. He had left me his heart. When that little boy touched my hand I realized that all these wonderful gifts that I had loved so much about my father could be passed on to others. In that moment I understood the meaning of the word heritage（遗产）.I now spend my days passing on that heritage to my 8-year-old stepson and 3-year-old son; a heritage not only about fathers, sons and sports. A heritage filled with 51 .42. A. in B. of C. at D. on43. A. before B. and C. after D. so44. A. sitting B. waiting C. standing D. lying45. A. arrive at B. stop by C. check in D. break into46. A. water B. burn C. dry D. eat47. A. miss B. join C. visit D. attend48. A. warmly B. sadly C. peacefully D. quietly49. A. had B. turned C. happened D. decided50. A. realized B. noticed C. wondered D. doubted51. A. help B. hope C. love D. happiness六、阅读理解。