初三年段寒假学习质量检测英语试卷（周六14：00-15：00；范围：七上Unit 1-七下Unit 8；时间：60 分钟总分：100 分）一单项选择（每小题1 分，共15 分）( )1. My brother is good at playing _ basketball. But he is bad at playing _ piano.A. the; theB. 不填; theC. the; 不填( )2. Tara often helps old people go the street. How kind she is!A. overB. acrossC. through( )3. —Sarah was late for the movie last night. —I’m not surprised at all. She is _ on t ime!A. oftenB. sometimesC. never( )4. I had a talk with Jessica on the telephone just now and her voice _ weak. What happened to her?A. soundedB. lookedC. smelt( )5. —Li Hua, how did you and your friends _ the New Y ear?—Oh, we had a dance party and enjoyed ourselves.A. serveB. discussC. celebrate( )6. Jack’s parents don’t allow him to swim in the river because they think it’s too _ .A. dangerousB. specialC. easy( )7. Chinese people are very _ , and that’s why Mr. Smith loves China.A. shyB. excitedC. friendly( )8. —_ can we get to the airport, Tina? It’s too far and too expensive to take a taxi.—Don’t worry. Bob will give us a ride there.A. WhyB. HowC. When( )9. —I can ’t find Jerry in the classroom right now. Where’s he?—Oh, he _ in the library.A. was studyingB. is studyingC. will study( )10. Lucas _ in the park almost every morning when he was at college, but now he’s too busy to run.A. ranB. runsC. has run( )11. If you have to catch the first bus tomorrow morning, choose this hotel. It’s very _ the bus station.A. close toB. good forC. different from( )12. Mary can’t find her umbrella. Can you help her it?A. pay forB. wait forC. look for( )13. —What do you think of the TV play?— _ . It’ s educational and I like the main characters.A. I can’t stand itB. I don’t mind itC. I like it( )14. —_! We’ll be late for the meeting. —Sorry, but the traffic is so heavy now.A. Look outB. Come onC. Go away( )15. —Mr. Jackson, could we bring our mobile phones to school?— _ . Students in our school aren’t allowed to bring them.A. That’s OKB. No, you can’tC. Sorry, I’m busy二完形填空（每小题 1.5 分，满分15 分）When four-year-old Derek Paravicini heard the sound of the piano, he ran towards it. Although he was blind, he_ 16 to reach the instrument. He pushed the piano player off her chair, _17 and started to play. Adam Ockelford, a piano teacher, said,“It was _18 . He was hitting the notes ( 音键) with his hands, his feet, his nose, even his elbows.”Paravicini_19 play the music he had just heard and at that moment Ockelford_ 20 _the boy wasa genius (天才).Paravicini was born blind and autistic (自闭症的) on July 26, 1979. He had great learning difficulties as a child. _21_ today, he can’t count to ten, and he isn’t able to dress or feed himself. But Paravicini has a great_ 22 for music. Like Mozart, he can remember every piece of music he hears.It _23 when his parents gave him a plastic organ ( 风琴) when he was eighteen monthsold. He couldn’t see the notes, 24_ _ he could play music on it. By the time he was four, he could play many pieces on the piano. With Ockelford’s help, Paravicini developed his _25 and played his first big concert at the Barbican Hall in London, aged nine. He has performed all over Europe and the US and in 2006 he recorded his first CD.( ) 16.A. refused ( ) 17.A. sat down ( ) 18.A. boring B. stoppedB. tried onB. amazingC. managedC. put upC. relaxing( ) 19.A. would B. could C. should( ) 20.A. imagined B. wondered C. realized( ) 21.A. Only B. Even C.Also( ) 22.A. talent B. dream C. wish( ) 23.A. grew B. failed C. started( ) 24.A. but B. if C. or( ) 25.A. plans B. ideas C. skills三. 阅读理解（共两节，15 小题，满分25 分）第一节阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

（共10 小题；每小题2 分，满分20 分）( A )One afternoon I was cycling and saw a person about 250 meters away in front of me.I could tell he was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to try to catch up with him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before turning off (拐弯). I started cycling faster and faster. Two minutes later, I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I really picked up the speed.Finally, I caught up with him and passed by. I fel t so good.“I beat him!” But after I passed him, I found that I had missed my turn. I had cycled six blocks past it! So I had to go all the way back.Isn’t that what happens in life when we race with others, trying to show that we’re more successful? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths.The problem with unhealthy competition is that it’ s a never-ending cycle. There will always be somebody in front of you in one way or another. What you should do is just run your own race and wish others well.( )26. When the writer saw a man cycling in front of him, he decided toA. ride past the manB. cycle beside the manC. stay away from the manD. make friends with the man( )27. Two minutes later, the writer cycled about _ meters more than the man.A. 100B. 150C. 200D. 250( )28. What happened when the writer was trying to“beat” the man?A. He rode so fast that he fell off his bike.B. The man began cycling faster.C. The man shouted at him.D. He missed his turn.( )29. Which picture has the same meaning as “ a never-ending cycle” ?( )30. What’s the main idea of the text?A. Competition is important in life.B. Try to get better grades than others.C.There’ s no need to join in any competition in everyday life.D.Follow your own road instead of trying to be in front of others.( B )At the age of six weeks, Lilo seemed to be a perfect family pet. But as he grew up, he became aggressive ( 富于攻击性的). One day, as his 9-year-old owner went close, Lilo jumped at her angrily. The girl’s arm got hurt badly. It’s unusual for a family pet to hurt its loving owner. But Lilo should never have been anyone’s pet. He was actually a tiger.There are thousands of tigers, lions and other big cats kept as pets in American homes.“People love the idea of owning something wild and special,”says Nicole Paquette of the Animal Protection Institute.“But they have no idea how hard it is to take care of them.”Tigers like Lilo can grow to weigh 650 pounds. They are strong and powerful. Each year many people are hurt or killed by pet tigers and other big cats.The situation can also be deadly for the big cats themselves. They often end up in small and dirty cages. Living in dirty conditions, the cats become sick and often more aggressive. Many of them die. Others are sold to roadside zoos or to hunting ranches (狩猎牧场).Shirley Minshew works to help send some big cats to sanctuaries ( 鸟兽保护区). But as Minshew says,“Most of these sanctuaries are already full.”So are big city zoos.The only way to solve the problem is for people to stop buying these animals.“Although they can be kept in cages, they will never be like a dog or a cat,”says Paquette.“They are wild — and they should be allowed to stay that way.”( )31. Lilo was a(n) .A. pet tigerB. 6-week-old babyC. aggressive lionD. 9-year-old child( )32. Which of the following may Nicole Paquette agree with?A. Americans should keep more pets.B. It’s unusual to see the big cats as pets.C. It’s difficult to keep wild animals as pets.D.Americans should give more care to their pets. ( ) 33. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. Where to buy the big cats.B. How to protect the big cats.C. Sad situation of the big cat pets.D. Importance of keeping the big cat pets.( )34. The underlined words“that way”in the last paragraph refer to “_” .A. being wildB. living in sanctuariesC. living in big city zoosD. being like a dog or a cat ( )35. The text is written mainly to _ .A. warn people not to keep petsB. share a story about a pet tigerC. let people know more about the big catsD. ask people to stop keeping the big cats as pets 第二节阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。