昌平区2017 - 2018学年第二学期初三年级第二次模拟练习英语试卷笔试部分2018．5知识运用（共14分）一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. This girl is creative. ______ often makes great things.A. IB. YouC. HeD. She2. Jack rides his bike ______ the park every weekend.A. inB. onC. atD. of3. We’re doing our best this year, _______ we’ll keep on trying.A. butB. andC. becauseD. or4. Table tennis is ___________ than football in our school.A. popularB. very popularC. more popularD. the most popular5. －______ did you get your new watch?－On my thirteenth birthday.A. WhereB. WhatC. WhenD. Why6. Larry always ______ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school.A. getsB. getC. gotD. is getting7. My dad _____ letters to his friends years ago, but I use emails or Wechat now.A. writesB. wroteC. has writtenD. is writing8. I ________ John the news as soon as he gets home.A. will tellB. toldC. tellsD. tell9. Tim and Bob ______ us a lot of beautiful photos since they arrived in London.A. sendB. sentC. have sentD. are sending10. Ken ______ with me on the phone at 8:00 pm yesterday evening.A. is talkingB. was talkingC. has talkedD. is talked11. Harry Potter ______ with its final book in 2007.A. completeB. completedC. is completedD. was completed12. －I don’t know ___________ at the science camp next week.－Don’t worry. Let me check my notebook for you.A. what did we doB. what will we doC. what we didD. what we will do二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

People Just Like UsI was not interested in the school project on ancient cultures at all, especially things about Egypt (埃及) , but Grace, my research partner, insisted the ancientEgyptians were interesting, and said I would 13 mymind for sure.“Learning about these ancient people is so boring.” I said.“It’s not! Don’t be sure until you’ve learned about them.”said Grace.I had to say Grace had a 14 . So the next Saturday, I found myself at the Museum of Natural History, which had a big show on ancient Egypt.“So ancient Egyptians were pretty undeveloped, right?” I asked Grace as we waited in line for our tickets. “I mean, they didn’t have much 15 , did they? Well, except for the pyramids (金字塔) –didn’t the Egyptian kings live in the pyramids?”Grace just kept silent and pushed me forward.The show set me straight about the pyramids. I learned that they were tombs (墓) of the ancient kings, not their 16 . I also found out the great pyramid at Giza was huge, standing 500 feet tall when it was first built!As I walked farther, I was 17 to find a show on ancient sports. I saw paintings showing people playing a game with a ball. Just for a moment, I could 18 ancient Egyptian kids beside the Nile River hitting around a ball, just as I do with my friends. And the next show was all about how the ancient Egyptians treasured their children. A child was considered a great gift to the family.“So what do you think of these 19 ancient people now?” Grace asked.“You were right,” I said. “Ancient Egyptians are much more interesting than I 20 . In fact, I know just what title to give our project. We’ll call it ‘People Just Like Us’!”13．A．keep B．change C．lose D．follow14．A．word B．plan C．point D．way15．A．technology B．difference C．confidence D．information16．A．fields B．g rounds C．schools D．homes17．A．tired B．c areful C．surprised D．nervous18．A．explain B．picture C．s how D．enjoy19．A．boring B．impatient C．funny D．exciting20．A．searched B．studied C．experienced D．expected阅读理解（共36分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

（共26分，每小题2分）A21. If you are good at football, where can you go for a summer job?A. CRUISE SHIPB. PRIMARY SCHOOLC. DELIVERY COMPANYD. CITY MUSEUM22. Who will help you know more about the work on the ship?A. Ms. Lori Lee.B. Mr. Kevin Smith.C. Ms. Jones Stevens.D. Mr. Jack Green.23. What can you do at the CITY MUSEUM?A. Get the ships ready for passengers.B. Help children with math problems.C. Guide people around the building.D. Help the driver lift the heavy boxes.Our company is important for tourism because itPRIMARY SCHOOL We encourage secondary school students to work in Our website: DELIVERY COMPANY If you know the area around the city quite well andenjoy travelling around, come and help us. Our carsGarry started cooking when he was 11, partly thanks to his mother. “Mymom didn’t really like cooking, and when she did cook, I didn’t really like herfood. Once I was watching something on the Food Network on TV and Ithought, ‘I could do this’, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggestcookbook I could find.”Within a year, he has produced most of the dishes in the cookbook and wasready for a bigger plan. “I wanted to create my own dishes and I started to cookfor more people than just my family too.” His family allowed him to build a testkitchen in his bedroom. “At first, they were fine with it, but then they asked,‘do you want to be sleeping next to a cooker?’ Yes, I said! It started off as twotables with some simple cookers, my desk and my bed, but then I needed more space for cooking, so I moved the desk out and got a small bed.” Then Garry’s older sister, whose bedroom has more space, went off to college. He moved down to her room and filled with a large cooker, four work stations and a long area for finishing the last steps on plates.Garry and his mother set up Eureka, a super club business that organizes monthly events inside his home. Garry, who has also cooked in top-class restaurants around the US, says he’s not doing it for the money, but because he loves cooking. “At the point in your life where you stop caring if you’re going to be famous or do well, your dream will come to you. I did something with my heart and people can see it.I hope to keep getting better and better.24. Why did Garry begin to cook at 11?A. Because his mother loves cooking a lot.B. Because his mother advised him to cook.C. Because he bought a cookbook from the bookstore.D. Because he thought he could do better than his mom.25. Where was his test kitchen at first?A. In his own bedroom.B. In his sister’s bedroom.C. In a famous restaurant.D. In his sister’s college.26. How did his dream come to him?A. He bought many cookbooks.B. He tries hard to be famous.C. He cared much on the skills.D. He keeps his love for cooking.Have fun and get smarter?We all know about the pleasure and fun that we get from playing video games. There’s the satisfaction of finally reaching the last level of a game after months of trying. Some experts now say that as well as offering pleasure, video games might also be good for you.Too good to be true?It seems that when you play video games, you might get some very important skills. They are great for your concentration (集中注意力). Being able to focus is a skill you can use at school or later, in a job. Fitness (健身) games, which are very popular, allow you to practise sports skills like balancing. A lot of games also teach decision-making skills. For example when you have to choose the best way to escape from a burning building in a game, you’re learning how to solve problems and make your decision quickly. Gaming teaches you about success and failure too. A lot of games are difficult, and you have to work hard to reach the top level, which teaches you that in life you can succeed if you keep on trying. On the other hand, games teach you that if you fail, don’t give up – have a break, and then try again.Some psychologists (心理学家) believe that role-playing games are particularly valuable. In the virtual environment, young people can take on roles which are often not possible for them in real life. You can become a leader, and have to deal with people who lie to you, or hide things from you. By dealing with these situations, you can develop social skills that might help you in the real world when you’re older.Gaming does have its disadvantages, of course. Playing for a while is great, but people who play for hours can have problems. Physically, it can stop you from getting enough exercises, which is unhealthy. Psychologically, some players can become addicted (上瘾) to their games and begin to prefer their “virtual” lives, where they are always in control.But overall, playing video games is not harmful, unless you spend too much time. While you’re building your city, or looking after your farm in a game, you’re also developing skills that will stay with you for the rest of your life.27. What does the underlined word “virtual” mean?A. Unclear.B. Unreal.C. Valuable.D. Possible.28. How does the writer think of video games?A. They’re harmful to our study and work.B. They give us chances to realize our dream.C. Playing video games is bad for our health.D. Video games can benefit us in many ways.29. What does gaming teach us about success and failure?A. Avoid the difficult top levels.B. Choose the best way to play.C. Believe in hard trying for success.D. Get enough rest after each failure.The results are not surprising: The monkeys are cold. But theresearchers also found that bathing in a hot-spring may lower the monkeys’ levels of stress.“This shows that, as in humans, the hot spring has astress-reducing effe ct in snow monkeys,” said RafaelaTakeshita, the study lead writer. “This habit of hot springbathing by snow monkeys showed how animals ’ behavior canhelp fight against cold-climate stress,” Takeshita said. Snowmonkeys live in very cold place in the world. They areespecially used to living in the cold; they grow thicker andlonger fur in the winter.In 1963, a female Japanese snow monkey living in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan, was seen bathing in an outdoor hot spring belonging to a nearby hotel, and other monkeys soon copied this behavior, the researchers said. As you might imagine, a group of monkeys bathing in a hot spring meant to hold people made people feel the hot spring dirty, so the park management built a new hot spring just for the monkeys. By 2003, about a third of the snow monkeys living in this park often bathed in the hot spring in the winter. The bathing monkeys are now already a popular tourist attraction.The bathing monkeys seemed to be bathing to stay warm, but scientists had no data to support this theory, they said. In the new study, the researchers collected data from 12 adult female monkeys in Jigokudani Monkey Park between April and June, and again from October to December. They examined how much time the monkeys spent in the hot spring, and also studied the data for “fecal glucocorticoid” , a metbolite （代谢物）, related to the levels of stress in monkeys.The researchers found that female snow monkeys did use the hot spring more often in the winter than in the spring, especially during colder weeks.The researchers also found that the dominant (统领) females spent the most time bathing because they need more energy to keep their position. They also have a higher level stress.The researchers concluded that hot-spring bathing becomes a tradition that provides physiological (生理的) benefits to the monkeys.30. What’s the best title for the passage?A. Snow monkeys in springB. Snow monkeys with a new habitC. Snow monkeys in winterD. Snow monkeys under heavy stress31. How does Rafaela think of snow monkeys ’ behavior?A. It ’s a natural tradition.B. It’s a tourist attraction.C. It helps them get used to the environment.D. It makes them feel the position is important.32. What do the experiments carried in two different periods show?A. The female snow monkeys enjoy bathing in winter more.B. The number of hot-spring bathing snow monkeys grows.C. The experiments are easier to carry out in winter months.D. The bathing habits of the dominant male snow monkeys.33. Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?A. Some snow monkeys are copying humans’ behaviors.B. Snow monkeys are happy to live in very cold weather.C. Researchers found old snow monkeys enjoy hot springs.D. Hot-spring bathing helps lower human’s and animals’ stress.四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。