英语初三期末考试试题人教版A)单项填空：从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的选项。

20.----I knocked over my tea cup.It went right over _______ keyboard.----You shouldn’t put drinks near _________ computer.A. the, /B. the, aC. a, /D. a, a21.----Mr Johnson asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon.Don’t forget it!----OK, I _________.A. won’tB. don’tC. willD. do22.It was a great day but we did not enjoy it _________ the beginning.A. onB. forC. withD. at23.----Millie, could you give me some advice? I don’t know _________.----Why don’t you wear this red shirt?A. when to wearB. what to wearC. how to wearD. where to wear24.We had a picnic last term and it was a lot of fun, so let’s have _____ one this month.A. the otherB. someC. anotherD. other25.----When will you come to see me, Dad?-----I will go to see you when you ________ the training course.A. finishedB. finishC. are finishingD. will finish26.----Is John coming by train?----He should , but he _______ not. He likes driving his car.A. mustB. canC. mayD. Need27.“You can’t have this football back _______ you promise not to kick it at my cat again.”the old man said angrily.A. becauseB. sinceC. whenD. until28.Some of the stickers belong to me, while the rest are ____________.A. him and herB. his and herC. his and hersD. him and hers29.----Did you enjoy yourself at the party?----Yes.I’ve never been to ___________ one before.A. a more excitingB. the most excitedC. a more excitedD. the most exciting30.I hear ________ boys in your school like playing badminton after school.A. quite a lotB. quite a bitC. quite a littleD. quite a few31.The thing that ________ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.A. mindsB. caresC. mattersD. considers32.----Could you tell me _______ tomorrow morning?-----Well, it will start at 9 clock.A. when the film will startB. where will the film startsC. when will the film startD. where the film will start33.----Where did you put the keys?----Oh, I ________ I put them on the chair because the phone rang as I _______ in.A. remembered, comeB. remembered, was comingC. remember, comeD. remember, was comingB)完形填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出选项。

Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea.These objects have often changed the way we 34 .Some help us to do a job more 35 .Others fill a need or solve a problem. In 1858 H.L.Lipman had such an 36 .He took out a pencil, a piece of paper, 37 an eraser.Then he began to write.Sometimes he needed to 38 a word.Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 39 the eraser.“I wish my eraser would stay in one40 !”he said.Then Lipman had his simple idea.He 41 a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil.He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove.Lipman had solved his ter he thought that others might like to have such a pencil.So he sold his 42 .Some pencils with erasers were 43 .His design earned him $100,000.34.A. study B. live C. sleep D. walk35.A. easily B. correctly C. carefully D. normally36.A. article B. aim C. idea D. action37.A. so B. and C. but D. as38.A.spell B. read C. write D. change39.A.look B. see C. watch D. find40.A. place B. desk C. book D. hand41.A. marked B. prepared C. cut D. invented42.A. books B. pencil C. design D. eraser43.A.wonderful B. expensive C. colourful D. common三、阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出选项。

ADENVER, COLORADO-----What does it take to be a hero?In the case of live Denver children, it only takes a cry for help.Here’s th e story of these five heroes as Gary Lewis,the man they helped, tells it.“I like to work on my old car.It’s my hobby.I wanted to put a new transmission(传动装置) in the car.I put the car up on blocks(大块木头) because I wanted to get under it.I was trying to get the old transmission out when suddenly the car moved forward and fell off the blocks.It came down on my chest.I couldn’t breathe.”“I tried to shout for help for about five minutes, but I almost could not breathe.Could anyone hear me?Was I going to die? Then all of a sudden I heard some little children from the neighbourhood.They were running to the car and saying,‘What happened , sir?’”“‘Get help,please.I can’t breathe,’I told them.One of the children ran to his house and told his mom to call 911.Then ,before I knew what was happening, all of the children were around the car.They used every muscle(肌肉) in their bodies to lift(抬起) the car, and I was able to get out from under it.”Lewis got out from under the car with just a few cuts.He didn’t even have to go to the hospital.“These children are my heroes,”he says.“I don’t know how they did it,but I am lucky to be alive.”Raymond Brown, father of two of the children, is very proud of them.“We try to teach them to do the right thing. This shows we’re doing it the right way, I guess, ”he says.44.The car fell off the blocks because _____________.A. the children pushed itB. it moved forward by itselfC. Gary Lewis moved the blocksD. it was driven by someone.45.Gary Lewis couldn’t breathe because _______________.A. there was a heavy car on top of himB. he was running very fastC. he had a bad coldD. he was working too hard46.Lewis was able to get out from under the car when ______________.A. the children worked together to lift it up a little bitB. Raymond Brown came and pulled him outC. he pushed the car forwardD. the police came to his helpBLife, Be in it, for LongerOur changing life expectancy in years1980--19821985--19871990--1992AgeMaleyearsFemale yearsMaleyearsFemale yearsMaleyearsFemale years5055606570758025.130.726.331.427.532.321.026.322.027.023.127.817.222.018.122.719.123.413.818.014.618.615.419.310.814.311.514.812.115.48.310.98.811.49.311.96.38.06.68.47.08.9Female----女性47.The phrase ‘life expectancy’ refers to ______________.A. the changing life, in yearsB. the ages of people born after 1980—1982C. the difference in ages between men and womenD. the years a person can expect to live if there are no disasters48.The table is intended(想要) to show that ______________.A. life expectancy is changing very littleB. females can expect to live longer than malesC. everyone can expect to live longer nowD. old people don’t have as long to live as younger people49.An eighty-year-old female in 1990 can expect to live _______________.A. 0.5 years more than a male the same ageB. 1.9 years more than a male the same ageC. 7.0 years more than a male the same ageD. 8.9 years more than a male the same ageCDr. Irene Pepperberg, a scientist at the University of Arizona, has worked with Alex for nineteen years.teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn’t easy at first.He had to learn one word at a time.Irene and an assistant(助手) would teach Alex by showing him what a word meant.Irene would hold up an object , saying “What’s this?”Her assistant would give the word-- “candy”, for example ---- while Alex watched.Irene would praise(表扬) her assistant, then ask Alex the name for the object.When he got it right, Irene would praise him and give him the object to play with as a reward.It took Alex many weeks to learn his first word.After that, each new word became easier and easier for him.Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering how intelligent(聪明) animals are and how their brains() work.But studying animal intelligence has been difficult, partly because animals haven’t been able to communicate (交流) clearly with humans.Teaching Alex to speak words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly.She can ask him questions, and he can answer them in English.In this way, Irene is finding out what kinds of things Alex’s brain can do.She has found that parrots are much smarter than scientists used to think.50.According to the passage , how is Alex remarkable(不寻常的)?A. He can use the English language to answer questions.B. He uses words in English instead of bird calls to call other birds.C. He can copy the pronunciations of more than 100 English words.D. Alex has a brain that is much bigger than those of other parrots.51.How did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?A. She said the same word all day long so that Alex could repeat it.B. She taught Alex a special sign language.C.She gave Alex rewards if he would say what she said.D. She gave Alex a candy every time he answered correctly.52.Why did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?A. She wanted to prove it could be done.B. She wanted to provide a model for people who want talking birds.C.She wanted to find out how many words parrots could remember.D. She wanted to find out what kinds of things his brain could do.53.According to the passage, Alex has proved that _________________.A. birds are not the only animals that can learn a language.B. parrots are much cleverer than scientists used to think.C. birds are just as intelligent as humans.D. teaching parrots to speak a human language isn’t very difficult.第Ⅱ卷(三大题，共45分)四、单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)根据下列旬子所给的汉语注释及旬意，写出句子空缺处各单词的正确形式。