初三能力提升训练——适用于初三自招能力提升练习(一)Choose the best answer1.______, Carolina couldn't get the door open.A. Try as she mightB. As she might tryC. She might as tryD. Might she as try2. I found the boy_______one of his classmates beside him.A.seatedB. seatingC. satD. Sitting3. Many people___ the finish line(终点线)______ the end of the game.A. across… inB. crossing…atC. acrossing…inD. cross… At4. Let me tell you how to get the library. When you come____ the tube station_____Warren Street, turn left and walk______ Porland Road. Then you’ll see the library_____ your left.A. out… on… along… inB. out of… on… along…onC. towards…on…over … inD. out of … at… towards…on5. ________ with so many challenges, we must have full confidence in ourselves.A. FacingB. FacedC. Being facedD. Having faced6. Hi, Lily. Don’t forget to watch I’m a Singer at 10: 00 this Friday night!-- What a pity! I ________ in a plane to Hainan for a meeting then.A. will sitB. will be sittingC. am sittingD. Sit7. How long do you suppose it was ________ he found out the truth?1A. thatB. whenC. beforeD. Since8. We have ________ in our class as we had last term.A. students as a third manyB. a third as many studentsC. a third students as manyD. students a third as many9. In the dark forests ________, some large enough to hold several English towns.A．stand many lakes B．lie many lakes C．many lakes lie D．many lakes stand10. His uncle is a worker and has been working in the factory for more than ten years, ________.A. So is his auntB. So has his auntC. So his aunt doesD. So it is with his auntKeys: ABDBB BCBBD（二）Fill in the blanks1.Do you mind me/my__________(open) the window?2. Jim suggests us _________(go) to school now.3. Your audience's__________(shift) in their seats shows that you have aroused their attention.4. Mary's ____________ (not pass) the final exam disappointed her parents.5. With the old man________(lead) the way, we had no trouble in finding that cave.6.1 must apologize for________(not let) you know ahead of time.7.She apologized for her__________(not be) able to come.8.1 appreciate your__________(offer) me help.9.1 am sorry about his__________(fire).10.Shanghai is famous for its ___________(go) through many changes in the past twenty years.Keys：1. opening 2. going 3. shifting 4. not having passed 5. leading26.not letting7. not being8. offering9. being fired 10. having gone（三）Reading（A）When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had been to buy what he needed 1 his next day's work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 2 , when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 3 for him. And it would 4 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 5 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door locked .When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice anything was different. As soon as he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after dinner, 6 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.But when he took up the floorboards(地板) near the loom，and saw the 7 hole ,he did not understand 8 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 9 ！He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He began to ___10___every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一his gold had been stolen！1. A. to B. in C. for D. with2. A. eat B. having the dinner C. dinner D. have dinner3. A. ordinary B. unusual C. normal D. common4. A. pay B. spend C. take D. cost5. A. interesting B. worried C. interested D. worrying6. A. but B. as C. so D. for7. A. dark B. empty C. small D. deep8. A. at last B. at once C. at most D. at least39. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything10. A. search B. search for C. look for D. findkeys：1-5 CCBDB 6-10 CBBCA（B）Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning. Dad told me I could drive him into a(n) 1 village called Mijas. on condition that I took the car in to be repaired at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas. and promised to pick him up at 4 pm. then dropped off the car at the garage. With several hours to 2 , I went to a theater, however, when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!I knew Dad would be angry if he found out I'd been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I hurried there I apologized for being late, and told him I'd come as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I'll never forget the 3 he gave me. "I'm disappointed you feel you have to lie to me. Jason." Dad looked at me again. "When you didn't turn up. I called the garage to ask if there were any problems, and they told me you hadn't yet picked up the car." I felt 4 as I weakly told him the real reason. A sadness passed through Dad as he listened 5 ."I'm angry with myself. I realize I've failed as a father. I'm going to walk home now and think 6 about where I've gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it's 18 miles!" My 7 and apologies were useless. Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him. begging him all the way. but he walked silently.Seeing Dad in so much physical and emotional 8 was my most painful experience. However, it was also the most successful lesson. I have never lied 9 .4Keys：CAIGJDEFH（C）A woman and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago.Buses came by，not the one they wanted.The woman finally half­entered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner.The driver looked at her but made no answer，so she repeated the question.To her surprise，he then closed the door, by her arm，and drove off.The woman，her arm stuck in the door,ran alongside the bus，shouting.Passengers said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they，too，were shouting.When the driver finally did stop and open the door，the woman jumped on the bus to get his bus number.Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.After the driver’s bosses at a tax­supported governmental company(CIA) heard of the incident，they looked into it and set his punishment：a five­day suspension(停职) without pay.That struck me as rather light.But Bill Baxa，the company’s pubic­relations man，said，“That’ s a pretty serious punishment.”Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by he r arm？Baxa said，“A ny time you take money away from someone，it is a terrible punishment.The driver makes $14 an hour.Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost.”Yes，that comes to $560，a good sum.But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less minor mistakes.If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a week’s pay is more than enough，I offer them a sporting(公正的) suggestion：Give me a bus.Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus，and I’ll slam the door shut，start the bus quickly and take them for a fast one­block run.And I’ll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it.Any takers？Mr. Baxa？Anyone？I didn’t think so.1．The nurse half­entered one of the buses because________.5A．the bus they wanted didn’t stop thereB．she wanted the driver to stop the busC．she wanted to get some information from the driverD．she and her uncle couldn’t wait any longer at the corner2．How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off?A．Almost one block.B．Almost two blocks.C ．Probably three blocks.D．Probably five or six blocks.3．Why did the author offer a sporting suggestion?A．Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.B．Because he bus driver had not been fired.C．Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.D．Because he thought the punishment was a light one.4．From this passage we may infer that________.A．many people in the private sector are fired for minor mistakes every dayB．people in the private sector usually get more serious punishment than those in the public sectorC．people in the private sector get much higher pay than those in the public sectorD．people in the private sector are better trained than those in the public sector5．Which of the following is NOT true?A．The company is a bus company supported by the government.B．The writer and Mr.Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus company’s decision.C．The driver finally stopped the bus under the pressure of the passengers.6D．The writer asked the bus company to give him a bus if his suggestion was refused.【keys】1．C[从第一段最后一句的后半部分可知，她问情况，也就是打听信息。