宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷It may be hard to believe that many people eat insects（昆虫） andbugs（虫子）. Insects are now very common in all of their processed food（加工食品） . Imagine sitting down at the dinner table and b___86____served a bowl of worms(软体虫 ). It enough’s to make most Westernersstomachs t____87____. But in other countries the same meal makespeople ’ s mouths water. Eating bugs has been around for thousands ofyears in some countries . Today it’（估sestimated计）thatmore than halfof the people of the world eat different kinds of bugs. Not only do theseinsects taste g__88___, but also they are a cheap and nutritious food source. In the US, somepeople eat bugs for quite a different reason to show their courage. In television showsl____89_____ Survivor, contestants（参赛者） eat beetles（甲壳虫） and spiders(蜘蛛 ), andviewers watch the shows at home, feeling shocked and disgusted(恶心的 ). But many of the’ t know it viewers don’ t realize that they may have done the same thing but just donAmerican people don’ t p90_______ eat bugs, but in the future they may. There are fewerand fewer natural r___91____ and the population is getting larger and larger. Experts say thatinsects will be raised as an alternative（可供选择的） form of protein （蛋白质） . If morepeople did their part to eat bugs and broaden their diets and did not just go out and eatchicken, beef and pork, the planet would be better off 境(况改善 ) today. Western children arenot as n___92____ about bugs as their parents, because they often visit science museums andzoos, and at school they are learning more about the environment and bugs.长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷“ Just sign here, sir, ” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package. Thepackage consisted of a long, narrow box, c___86___ wrapped(包装 ) in brown paper.Opening the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside–a very old one with a beautifully carvedhandle. A___87___ he had not seen it for more than 20 years, he recognized it immediately.Oscar was 16 when he first saw the u___88___ umbrella. He had gone to a concert withhis grandparents, as they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressedby its beauty, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its o___89___.With the manager’ s help, Oscar found it belonged to Mrs. Katie O’ Brien.Oscar and his grandparents went to Mrs. O’ Brien’ s house on their way home. When he rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared.“ May I help you?”“ I ’ d like to r___90___ it if it’ s yours,” Oscar said, holding out the umbrella as if presenting a gift that had long been wished for.“ Why, yes! It’ s mine,” replied Mrs. O’ Brien with a wide smile and shining eyes.given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much ! May I offer you a rewardf___91___ your kindness?”“ No, ma ’ am,” he “said,My grandmother says a good deed is its own reward.”Years later, Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as heremembered Mrs. O ’ Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how old it was. Why hadit a___92___ here today?As if in answer, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O this’ Brien wanted you to ac umbrella as a present for a kind, unselfish gesture long ago.崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Do you want to be an online student? It is important to remember that online educationis not right for everyone.On your timeOne of the b 86 advantages of online classes is that you are able to enter yourclassroom when it is convenient for you. Do you work all day? Then you canlog on (登录 )to your class in the evening or at the weekend. Are you an early riser? You can log on toyour class in the early morningh87 . Your virtual (虚拟的 ) classroom is open around the clock, seven days a week.The teacher ’ s lectureIn an online classroom your teacher’ s lecture is writtenhansrather88 t. Thereare several advantages. The online classroom is completely different from the real one. If youcan’ t remember what your teacher said, all you have to do is to reread his or her lecture. Inmost cases you will be able to get a copy of the lecture. You will be able to review yourteacher ’ s lecturew 89even getting online again.Students ’ interactionOnline students may find it d 90to talk with each other face to face. T 91discussion forums (论坛 ) and chat rooms provide some ways for student interaction, they donot provide the social connection of an on-campus class.We have to say, the disadvantages to be an online student are clear. For example, theteachers can’ t help you face to face. They won’ t por a iselly (your口头work).An advantage is the fact that some students are shy. They are more willing to speak outtheir ideas on the discussion forum and are usually more l 92to ask their teacher aquestion by email. They will feel more comfortable with this online interaction.奉贤区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Connect to the worldOver the past 20 years, the Internet has greatly influenced our world and changed ourlives. The Internet makes it much e____86____ for people to search for information. Forexample, when we write a history report, we don’ t have to go to the library. We can find information about world leaders and historical events on different websites. Everythingwe want to know can be found at the click of a button.The Internet helps us to stay connected to family, friends and the world around us. Notlong ago, we wrote letters by h___87____ and waited weeks for a reply. Today, when we useQQ, we send and receive messages across thousands of miles in a few seconds.The Internet gives us a way to express our opinions in p____88____. We shareinteresting ideas with other people on QQ, Baidu Tieba, blogs or forums(论坛 ). If we dislikethe food at school, we can discuss it in the school’ s forum or in the Tieba of our own cla A____89____ the Internet has made our world better in many ways, in some ways it canbe a bad influence. There is a lot of false information on the Internet. It is important notto believe a____90____ we read on the Internet.In addition, many teenagers choose to keep in touch with each other online instead ofmeeting face-to-face. People w____91____ that this harms their social communication skills.Some teenagers spend too much time playing Internet games. They may lose focus ontheir studies.There are millions of interesting sites to visit and so many wonderful things to doonline. How could we live without the Internet nowadays? But remember to use the Internetp____92____ and wisely. Try to let the Internet be your good servant, not your bad master!虹口区初三英第一学期期末量抽卷Nike, Adidas, Converse⋯, do you know these -worldfamous brands（商）?What doyou think of them? Do you use their products?Sam: I’ m a Nike fan. Many of Nikea____86’ s on TV are fun and its products aregreat!Joe: In my eyes, top brand means top quality. So I love top brand products a___87____they ’ re very expensive.Sally: The logos of famous brands are usually unique（独一无二的）and nice. It’ sc___88___to own products with those logos.Jackie: Many top brand products are advertised by spokesmen. Spokesmen are myfavourite stars. I love the stars, so of course I want to use the products they speak f___89___.Susan: I know it’ s popular for young people to have famous brand products nowadays.But I have no i____90___ in following the fashion. I only choose the products that suit（适合）me.Adam: As students, we don’ t earn money ourselves. It’ s not easy for our parents to support us. So I use whatever they choose for me now. When I grow up andbecome financially i___91____, I may buy the famous brand products I am fond of.Bob: I like playing basketball with my classmates. When we play on the playground, wedon’ t care about what you wear as long as只要( ) you can play w____92____. So in myopinion, there is no need to care so much about the brands of what you wear.黄浦区初三英第一学期期末量抽卷嘉定区初三英第一学期期末量抽卷Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in February.“ I and open the door for you,” she told-yearher-f o ldur grandson, Ryan Eshleman, in the backs86.The car moved ahead before Cardona could even closed the door.“ Nana, the car is moving! ” Ryan cried. Cardona jumped into the driver’ s seat andhandbrakereached for the(手 ), her left leg stepping outside, trying to s87the car. She couldn’ t find the brake, and she got out of the car as it moved down thesteep slope(陡坡 ) toward a pond 20feet way. Ryan was very f88and cried“ Nana!” as the car fell into the pond andthe water began pouring in.“ Help! ” Cardona cried as the car moved from the bank.i“ My grandson is89! ”A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, had just stepped outside for a break whenhe saw acrowd?gathering by the pond. He jumped down the slope and dived into the cold water.Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan’ s terrified face just inches above the water.“ Unlock the door!” Fountain shouted. The boy fumbled’sfingers(未触到 ) with the lock.Fountain hit on the back window, but the glass wouldn A’90t break.man Dick McClung dived in and handed him ahammer (锤子 ). Grabbing it, Fountain toldthe boy to move aside, and broke the glass. His hands went through the broken window inthe black water and pulled the boy out. At that moment the last flash of the blue car d 91under the water.“ Climb onto my back, ” Fountain said. Ryan did so, but the tired man couldnback. McClung, still?beside them in the water, picked up Ryan and swam to the bank s92. Later, doctors found Ryan had got only a littlehypothermia (体温过低 ).“ They risked their lives to save Ryan,” Cardona said of the men.“ I thank every day for them.”金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Marco PoloIt is difficult to imagine what the world was like in 1254. Europe wasliving in an age that we call the Medieval Period (中世纪 ). It was a time ofmany wars.It was in that time that Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Life inVenice was d86 from life in most of Europe. Venice was a city ofbeautiful buildings and water canals 运(河 ). Many businessmen did business in Venice.Marco Polo ’ s father and uncle were businessmen. They had traveled to -ao f farcountrycalled Cathay. (Cathay is now called China.) There they had friends with the great ruler,Kublai Khan (忽必烈 ). He i87them to return to Cathay.When Marco Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey to China with his fatherand uncle. They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the desert and mountains of Asia oncamels. The journey to China took three years.Kublai Khan greeted the Polos and sent them lots of gifts. He was especially impressed(留印象 ) with Marco , who could speak four l88including Chinese and others.Khan sent Marco on many trips t89 China. On these trips,Marco sawmany amazing things that he had never seen in Europe, such as coal used as fuel,paper moneyi90of coins, and papermaking and printing processesMarco. made many notesabout life in China.After almost twenty years in China, the Polos began their journey home to Italy. KublaiKhan gave them many gifts of ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.When they returned to Venice, they found their city at war. MarcoPolo was put in prison.He spent his time w91 a book about his years in China. The book is calledDescriptions of the World. It became the most p92book in Europe. Because ofthe book, many people in Europe learned about life in China.静安区 (青浦区 )初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Li Ming has studied in the UK for nearly two years now. But he’ ll never forget his f few weeks of living in a different country.The FoodIn China, I’ ll eat almost anything. But I remember the first food I tasted at school inEngland. We had this soup and it tasted of n 86at all. In China, our food is quite salty,but we like it because the salt m 87it taste nice. A friend advised me to try some cheeseand biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as‘ cookies’ in America but I was wrong I felt disappointed at the taste of the biscuits and thecheese was really sour.IntroductionsIn China when you meet someone for the firsttime, you sometimes shake hands. I was so s88when my friend’ s mother gave me a kiss when I lefthis house. I felt so embarrassed and I know my facewent very red at that moment.T 89When I want to go anywhere in China, I just take my bicycle. Here in England, I have toget a bus everywhere. It’ s really confusingb90buses don ’ t stop automatically likethey do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring the bell or press the signal button.Socialising (社交 )I remember when I went around to a friend’ s house and I wanted to say“ thank yo mother. In China, we often give people cakes as p 91. The boy’ s mother stared at thecake. She was trying to be polite but I knew from her face that I had taken something wrong.In England, a cake is more o 92given on someone’ s birthday.闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷If you thought you could protect yourself on the web by lying about your personal details,you’ d better think againIn. online communication at least, entering untrue details about nameor age may no longer prevent others from working out exactly w 86you are.Microsoft is developing a new software that could accurately guess your name, your age,your s 87and possibly even your location. Many studies show that there are strongrelationship b88the websites that people visit and their personalities. For example, 74%of women try to get some information about health and medical information online, whileonly 58% of men do. The software could use a wide series of such details to make a goodguess about their ID from a p 89browsing history.So far the software can only guess your age and other information with any accuracy,but the research team say they expect to be able topredict" (预测 ) your job, and perhaps yourlocation one day."H90, Ross Anderson, a computer security engineer at the University ofCambridge, thinks the i 91could put Microsoft in big trouble.“ I92think i ft hMicrosoft were to sell such software widely. It may provide opportunity for someone to makea mistake or even to commit a crime.”普陀区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Dear PeterI hope everything is going well. I have something very special to tell you. Last week Iwent into space for the first time!My parents visited space last year, but I was too y 86to go with them. Anyway, amonth ago I had my birthday party. It was very exciting when I opened my presents. Therewere lots of wonderful games, but I was really happy when I saw a t 87for a spaceflight!Two weeks after my birthday, I had to go on a short training course. It was quite difficult,and I had to study very hard. L 88 , I got a good mark in the exam in the end, and myparents were able to b 89 the date of the space flight. I began to look forward to that day.Finally the day arrived, and my parents took me to the airport. I got on the plane withten other passengers. We took off from the runway and c 90higher and higher. Afterabout an hour, we went down from the plane into the space shuttle. The plane thendropped the space shuttle at very highaltitude(高度 ). The engines in the space shuttlestarted, and thirty minutes later we were in space.I admit that for a few seconds I felt a little n 91 when I sat in the space shuttle.However, when we left the Earth ’ s atmosphere, everyonefloat(began飘浮to). It wasgreat fun! I felt so free in space, and it was really amazing to see some other p 92 out ofthe window though I had seen them many times in my geography book.My first space flight only lasted fifteen minutes, but I will never forget it. I also havesome good news for you. My parents say they want to go back into space next year. Theysay I can bring a friend. Would you like to come with us? I hope to hear from you soon.Mark松江区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop withouteven leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your t86will be sent to your house in a matter of days.Nov 11 is a big day for people who like shopping online. Many online stores offered abig discount and free deliver s 87. On that day, the biggest online shopping sites inChina, and , sold things worth billion yuan in total.“ Goods online are often much c 88 . It also saves me a lot of time. And we oftenhave more choices on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily.A89big advantage of online is that it helps people get things from differentcities, even different countries, with ease.“ I like eating duck neck very much and I often it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’ s much more delicious than what our local stores sell, said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou.While enjoying online shopping, many people a 90have worries, especially formiddle school student buyers. Young students are easily a 91by advertisements on theInternet and buy things they don’ t need.“M iddle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for thingsw 92 their time, ” said Jing Chunling, and education expert. “ Online shop owner no idea of the ages of their buyers. It ’ s dangerous when young thingsstudentssuchcan buy as cigarettes and wines so easily.徐汇区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Some people believe that schools will not be necessary in the near future. They say thatbecause of the Internet and other new technology, there is no need for school buildings,classes or t86. Perhaps this will be true one day, but if the world had no schools, Icouldn ’ t imagine how our society would be.In fact, we should learn how to use new technology to make schools b 87. Weshould invent a new kind of school that is l 88to libraries, museums, science centers,labs and even companies. Companies should create learning programs for schools. Scientistscould give talks t 89 the Internet. TV networks and local TV stations could develop programsabout the students who are studying at school. Labs could set up websites to show newtechnology so that students could see it on the Internet.Is this a d 90? No. This is beginning to happen in many cities. In those cities,learning can take place at home, at school and in the office. Businesses provide programs forschools and society. Schools provide computer labs for people with their own computers athome. Everyone can visit faraway libraries and museums as easily as n 91ones andeveryone can go on the Internet, and older people use it as much as younger ones. How willthis new kind of school c92 the usual way of learning? It is too early to be sure, but it isvery exciting to think about it.杨浦区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷First there were CDs, then we had MP3 music and now we haveringtones (铃声 )!People use their mobile phones to play music. You can listen to the radio on your mobilephone, download music onto it and use it like a MP3 player. Some pop groups find that m86people listen to their songs on their mobile phones than they do on CDs.So many people have mobile phones that sometimes you don’ t know when your phone rings. Ringtones are often u 87to tell you it’ s your phone. Companies sell them to youand they are downloaded on your phone.At first, there were just different rings. They were like a normal telephone. Then peoplemade them sound like a piece of music. Now you can get all kinds of sounds. N 88every pop song can be played on your mobile phone. You can also get a89sounds –there are elephants, cats, dogs, lions and lots of strange bird sounds, too.You can make your o 90music. You need special software to do it. There are alsokaraoke ringtones. Your voice is recorded with some music and you hear it when someonecalls.Now you can have a different sound for every person you know. Your address book isused to find out w 91is calling. Then it plays a different song for each person. If yourbest friend likes a special song, he can hear it, too!You have to be c 92with the song you choose, though. Some songs can causetrouble. If your family call you, they don’ t want to hear a noisy pop song with silly words! You should choose something that sounds nice. Some sounds are very noisy and fast,which make people angry. Ringtones are fun, but they should not make people angry at you!闸北区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷宝山86. being87. turn89. like91. resources92. Nervous长宁86. carefully 87. Although88. unusual89. owner90. return 91. for92. arrived崇明86. biggest87. hours88. spoken89. without90. difficult91. Though92. likely奉贤86. easier89. Although91. worry 92. properly虹口86. advertisements87. although88. cool89. for91. independent黄浦86. Slept87. Eyes88. Suddenly\soon89. Disappeared90. Crying\calling91. Breakfast92. anything嘉定86. seat87. stop88. frightened89. inside90. 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