广州市培正中学2014-2015学年第一学期期中考试初三英语试题（满分：135分；考试时间：120分钟）听力部分第一节：听力理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）听下面几段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第1-3三个小题。

( ) 1. What is the boy doing now?A. He is watching TV.B. He is using a computer.C. He is looking at a map.( ) 2. Who will go to Sydney with the boy?A. His uncle’s family.B. His friends.C. His parents.( ) 3. How many days will the boy stay in Sydney?A. About 20 days.B. About 30 days.C. About 40 days.听下面一段对话，回答第4-6三个小题。

( ) 4. What do we know about the speaker before she was twelve?A. She walked to school.B. She lived in the city.C. She lived near her school.( ) 5. What did the speaker think of her journey to school?A. It was tiring.B. It was long.C. It was fun.( ) 6. Where did the speaker often play?A. In the mountains.B. At home.C. At school.听下面一段对话，回答第7-9三个小题。

( ) 7. What is the man?A. A teacher.B. A policeman.C. A doctor. ( ) 8. Why did the girl stay up late?A. To play computer games.B. To get ready for tests.C. To watch TV.( ) 9. What does the man ask the girl to do?A. To do some eye exercises.B. To get enough rest.C. To take some medicine.听下面一段对话，回答第10-12三个小题。

( ) 10. Why does Edward write the letter?A. To find a part-time job.B. To study at university.C. To report something to a newspaper.( ) 11. What does Edward think is the most important?A. Being good at computer.B. Loving writing stories.C. Getting on well with others.( ) 12. What do we know about Edward?A. He finds his work difficult.B. He is Mr Brown’s student.C. He likes meeting people.听下面一段对话，回答第13-15三个小题。

( ) 13. What will the boy do tomorrow?A. Climb mountains.B. Have a picnic.C. See a movie. ( ) 14. Why won’t the girl go with the boy?A. Because she thinks it boring.B. Because she thinks it tiring.C. Because she has something else to do.( ) 15. Where are they going?A. The girl’s house.B. The boy’s house.C. We don’t know.第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为A-E的空格中。

录音播放两遍。

笔试部分语言知识与运用（共两节，满分20分）第一节：单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 16 .Don’t smoke in the meeting room, ____?A. do youB. will youC. can youD.would you ( ) 17 .___ fine weather it is!A. WhatB. What aC.HowD. How a( ) 18 .It always take me 15 minutes ____ to school.A. to rideB. ridingC. rikeD. rode( ) 19 .These oranges taste ____.A. goodB. wellC. to be goodD. to be well ( ) 20. Nowadays, many teenagers _____to do the housework. Their parents just want them to study hard.A. expectB. to expectC. are expectedD.are not expected( ) 21. The dress ____ silk and it touches vey soft.A. made ofB. made fromC. is madeD. is made of ( ) 22. My dream ____ in France has come true.A. studyingB. to studyC. studiedD. study( ) 23. Do you have any trouble ___ with foreingers in English?A. talkingB. talkC. talkedD. to talk ( ) 24. It’s impolite to laugh ____ the disabled.A. onB. forC. atD. to( ) 25. Hurry up！The play __________ for ten minutes.A. has begunB. had begunC. has been onD. began第二节：语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法规律和上下文连贯的要求，从26-35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

Here I am on this Boeing 747. I _26__ another country to go to school. I am happy and excited.But I am also lonely. My family and my friends are at home. I am up here in the sky, halfway over the ocean. I am not afraid, but I am _27__. I am worrying about what will happen when I live in another country by _28__. What will my new life be like? Where will I live? Will people be friendly? Will I learn enough English to go to school? Will _29__ meet me at the airport? Four hours ago, I _30__ at the airport in my country. My family and friends were with me. Everyone was saying, “Goodbye, Mary. Good luck!”I looked _31__ my parents’ faces. I saw big smiles. I knew that they were proud of me. But I also saw tears in their eyes. I knew that they were going to miss me.However, I want to go to school, too. So here I am on this airplane. I must stop _32__ about my family and friends. I will be in _33___ new country in three hours, _34___ I will spend three years studying English. I must be brave __35__ I will have a lot to do.( )26. A. was going to B. went to C. has gone D. am going to ( )27. A. worry B. worrys C. worries D. worried( )28. A. myself B. my C. mine D. me( )29. A. something B.someone C. everybody D. nobdody( )30. A. is B. am C. was D.have been( )31. A. up B. at C. for D. like( )32. A. think B. thought C. to think D. thinking( )33. A. an B. a C. the D. /( )34. A. in which B. which C. that D. who( )35. A. why B. that C. because D. if完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however(然而) , Mr. Harris made a lot of _36___in his business, _37___they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good__38__.They flew to Rome, and_39___at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that_40___hotel where they had been used to stay in the past, no meals were served (供应)_41___ seven in the evening. They were_42___to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.“Then what are the times_43___meals?” asked Mrs. Harri s.“Well, madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three,__44__ from four to five, and dinner from six to ten.”“But that hardly_45___any time for us to see the city!” said Mrs. Harris.( )36. A. mistakes B. time C. friends D. money( )37. A. but B. so C. though D. yet( )38. A. hotel B. place C. city D. restaurant ( )39. A. stayed B. got C. arrived D. reached( )40. A. small B. big C. foreign D. good( )41. A. on B. after C. during D. until( )42. A. tired B. interested C. surprised D. worried( )43. A. with B. on C. at D. of( )44. A. drink B. tea C. beer D. food( )45. A. takes B. does C. has D. leaves阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。