静安区2017学年度第二学期初三年级学业质量调研
英语学科试卷 2017年4月
(满分150分，考试时间：100分钟)
考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分。
Part one Listening
I. Listening comprehension
A.Listen and choose the right picture.
A B C D
E F G H
B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.（根据你所听的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）
7.A. Sunny B. Cloudy C. Snowy D. Rainy
8.A. Once a week B. Twice a week
C. Three times a week D. Four times a week
9.A. Jim B. Tom C. Ann D. Alice
10.A. A school leader B. A good teacher C. A school worker D. A good student
11.A. To be a hotel B. T welcome Tom C. To say thanks D. To take a trip
12.A. At home B. In a library C. At a bus stop D. In a shop
13.A. Shop assistant and customer B. Mother and son
C. Teacher and student D. Doctor and patient
14.A. They will wait for 20 minutes. B. It is 6:45 now.
C. They won’t be late for the company. D. Jane left her watch at home.
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following sentences are true or false.（听短文判断下列句子是否正确）
15.The writer decided to do some studying while he was on holiday.
16.The writer decided to stay in a hotel with his family for a week in Los Angelas.
17.On the second day, the writer couldn’t find his paper bag before visiting some interesting places.
18.One of the cleaners on duty helped the writer look for his paper bag with a flashlight（电筒）.
19.The writer finally found his paper bag on the top of the last rubbish bin.
20.The writer didn’t feel excited to get his paper bag because it looked so dirty and old.
D. Listen to the dialogue and complete the following sentences.（听对话完成下列句子，一空一词）
21.Amy is a guest who comes to talk about her hobbies in the TV show.
22.Amy likes dancing, plays the piano and has a pet -a .
23.When Amy was about eight years old ,she because of the dancing lessons.
24.At the age of seven, Amy started learning the piano after school .
25.Amy thinks it better to have a or a more interesting pet.
Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar
II. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案） ：（共20分）
26.How is your lunch at school? Which is correct for the underlined part?
A. /u/ B. /ʌ/ C. /ɔ:/ D. /a:/
27.More and more young people are trying to do something for______old at weekends.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
28.Jack left _____Germany last year and found a job in a big company a month ago.
A.for B. in C. to D. after
29.Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States ______November 9th,2016.
A.in B. of C. at D. on
30.I don’t think the honor is _____.It really belongs to all the teachers and friends around.
A.me B. my C. mine D. myself
31.Some students like to be volunteers in the community and _____prefer to do part-time jobs.
A.A .other B. the other C. others D. the others
32.The more careful you are, mistakes you will make in the coming test.
A.fewer B. the fewer C. fewest D. the fewest
33. Through Mr. Liu is over sixty, he works as as those young people in the office.
A.hard B. harder C. hardest D. the hardest
34. After Jenny’s mother ad a conversation with the teacher, she seemed very
A.happiness B. happy C. happily D. happiest
35.- is your home to the nearest underground station?
- About ten minutes’ walk.
A. How soon B. How long C. How often D. How far
36. Online games are very attractive, we shouldn’t spend too much time on it.
A.but B. or C. so D. because
37. The firemen set out immediately they received the phone call for help.
A.unless B. while C. as soon as D. until
38. Passengers show their passports and have their luggage checked before boarding.
A.must B. need C. can D. may
39. Fred knows a lot about Chinese tea culture and its history, ?
A.isn’t he B. doesn’t he C. hasn’t he D. won’t he
40. By the year of 2010,the ten-year-old girl her first collection of poems.
A.published B. was publishing C. has published D. had published
41. The news our football team lost an important game again made our fans for hours.
A.cried B.cry C. to cry D. crying
42. The workers on the construction site are used to at 5:30 in the morning.
A.get up B. got up C. getting up D. have got up
43. piece of good advice our teacher gave us before we entered for the contest!
A. How B. What C. What an D. What a
44.---- Would you like to teach me how to make vegetable salad?
----- I’ll teach you.
A. Of course B. Thanks a lot C. Never mind D. You are welcome
45.----My family plan to visit the Oxford University this summer.
----
A. That’s all right B. I don’t think so C. It’s my pleasure D. Sounds great
III.Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each to go and look at a pear tree that was a great 46 away. The first son went in winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer and the youngest son in the fall.
When they all had gone and returned, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said the tree didn’t look a bit __47 __or straight. The second son said no, it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was filled with blossoms that smelled so __48____and looked so beautiful that it was the most graceful things he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, insisting that it was ripe and drooping with 49 ,full of life and satisfaction.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had seen but one season in the tree's life. He told them that they cannot___50___ a tree, or a person, by one season. And that key points of who they are---and the pleasure, joy, and the love that come from that life--can only be measured ___51___when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter, you'll __52__ the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and satisfaction of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of ___53___!
Don’t decide a life by one difficult season!
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper words.(用括号所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，共8分）
54.She prepared many colored stars to praise the________for their excellent work in class .(child)
55.Look at the_____stamp from the left! it's about the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (five)
56.Lily，only eight, is able to take care of _____,when her parents are out on business .(she)
57.We know having no dinner isn't a healthy way for fat people to lose______(weigh).
58.People are becoming more and more ______in reading e-novels in the spare time.(interest)
59.Could you_____ give me a hand before I take part in the English speech contest.(possible)
60.One can easily find_______ excuses for what he does when facing the difficulties.(variety)
61. It's doctors 's duty to_______ their patients carefully and give the best treatment (治疗).(exam)
V. Rewrite the following sentences as required.(根据要求，改写以下句子。共14分）
62.Our headmaster usually has a meeting on Monday morning.（改为一般疑问句）
_______your headmaster usually ______ a meeting on Monday morning?
63.The company apologized to the public for its terrible services.(保持句意不变）
The company _____ ______to the public for its terrible services.
64.You can finish the work on computer . You needn't write anything on paper.(合并为一句）
You can finish the work on computer _____ ______ writing anything on paper.
65.The girl in red is introducing her new school to the foreign guest.(对划线句进行提问）
______ ______ is introducing her new school to the foreign guest?
66. "John, will you go abroad to continue your study next year?" Susan asked.(改为宾语从句）
Susan asked______John _______ go abroad to continue his study the next year.
67.Grandma Li plants different kinds of vegetables in her small yard.(改为被动语态)
Different kinds of vegetables ______ ________in her small yard by Grandma Li.
68. the problem, ourselves, we, to work out, within two days, can depend on (连词成句）
__________________________________________________________________
VI. Reading and Comprehension(阅读理解）（50分）
A. Choose the best answer（12 分）
Nothing in Wiley Post's early years showed that he would become a famous pilot one day.
His family were farmers. In 1913, Wiley saw something that forever changed his life —an airplane. Wiley Post began to study everything he could find about flying. Post finally rode in an airplane in 1919. After his first ride. Wiley Post knew that flying was something he could learn to do.
Wiley Post began his career(职业生涯） in flying. Not as a pilot, but as a performer who jumps from airplanes using a parachute (降落伞). He did this with a group that performed flying tricks to earn money.
Wiley Post then decided the only was to become a good pilot was to buy an airplane of his own. He needed more money than he earned in the flying show. He went to work in the oil——producing areas of Texas. But he damaged his left eye in an accident. Doctors had to get rid of his eye. Judging distance is difficult without two eyes. Wiley Post began teaching himself to judge distance with only one eye. It took a long time, but he succeeded. In 1928, he got a job flying the plane that belonged to a rich oil producer from Oklahoma called F. C. Hall. In 1930, Post entered the National Air Races in this plane and won.
On June 23, 1931, Wilely Post and Gatty had flown around the world. But many people said Gatty was the real hero. He had guided the fight. This hurt Post. Wiley Post began to plan another flight around the world. This time he would go alone.
On July 15, 1933, Post took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York. He became the first person to fly from New York to Berlin without stopping. He had flown around the world in eighteen hours and forty-nine minutes.
69.In 1913,Wiley Post saw_____which forever changed his life.
A. nothing B. an airplane C. a farmer D .a famous pilot
70.Wiley Post began his career in flying and earned money by .
A. being a pilot B. flying a plane
C. performing flying tricks D. making a parachute
71. In order to earn more money to buy an airplane on his own, Wiley Post .
A. went to work in Texas B. went on doing the flying show
C. damaged his left eye D. got rid of one of his eyes
72.Who taught him to judge distance with only one eye?
A. Doctors B. Gatty C. A rich oil producer D. He himself
73.What does the word "This" probably stand for in the sentence" this hurt Post."?
A. Post flew F.C. Hall's private plane.
B. Post dand Gatty flew together.
C. People say Gatty was the real hero.
D. Post failed to plan another flight alone.
74.Which of the following is Not Correct according to the passage?
A. Post rode an airplane for the first time in 1919.
B. In 1928,Post got a job and started to fly his own airplane.
C. Post entered the National Air Races in 1930 and won.
D. In 1933, Post became the first one to fly from New York to Berlin without stopping.
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
One of nature’s most beautiful ____75___ is a forest full of bright autumn colours. Imagine making art with all those colours of paint!
Leaves in their autumn colours are beautiful. Did you ever wonder why a tree’s leaves change colour? To answer this question , you need to _____76_____ the important job that leaves do.
Leaves make food so the tree can grow and have energy . This process is called photosynthesis(光合作用). Leaves need three things to do their job.
1) Leaves need water, which they get from the tree _____77_____their stems(茎).
2) Leaves need a gas called carbon dioxide. They take it in from the air around them.
3) All plants _____78_____a chemical called chlorophyll(叶绿素), which gives leaves their green colour. Leaves need sunlight, too. Sunlight and chlorophyll work together to turn water and carbon dioxide into a kind of sugar. This sugar is the food that provides plants _____79_____energy. When they make food, trees give off a gas called oxygen. Animals need oxygen to live.
Photosynthesis doesn’t just help plants stay alive. Photosynthesis____80____makes food for all living things. Some animals, such as mice, eat plants. Other animals such as hawks, eat the plant eaters. Without plants, what would hawks do for food?
75. A. records B. animals C. sights D. manners
76. A. prevent B. include C. control D. understand
77. A. through B. with C. above D. beside
78. A. keep off B. rely on C. turn into D. give up
79. A. impossible B. useless C. convenient D. necessary
80. A. almost B. also C. hardly D. seldom
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(14分)
Attending a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine or education. But the university isn’t a modern invention. An important o____81___ started in Egypt a thousand years ago.
The world’s oldest surviving university, Al-Azhar, is in Cairio, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque(清真寺) in A.D.972 to r____82___the daughter of the king Muhammad. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talk about the subjects of religion and law. Around the year 988, leaders in the city Cairo decided to create a school for higher learning and soon a____83____ that, Al-Azhar University was started.
Because a university is a new idea, the teachers at Al-Azhar needed to think about what courses to teach and h____84___ to teach them. The earliest courses were in law and religious. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there were hot and free d____85___among them, too. Often, there was no ” correct ” answer to a question. In the years that followed, the new university attracted scholars from around the world who came to teach and do research. At Al-Azhar, people not only started the past, but it was a place for s____86___new ideas with each other as well.
Over a thousand years later, Al-Azghar is still an important university in the world because its library keeps many of the world’s oldest and most p____87____books.Today many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the same the traditions as they do at Al-Azhar.
D.Answer the question(根据短文内容回答下列问题)
More than one million international students are studying in the US.Many of them find it helpful to have a smartphone and an American credit card（信用卡）.
These things make it easy to pay for many kinds of goods and services. But getting a credit card as an international students is not a simple process. Normal US lenders ask for a social security number（社会保障号码）.In addition, they ask to see a person’s credit history. This helps the lenders full believe that someone is responsible and make timely payments. These are the things most international students do not have.
But one company is trying to make the process easier and fairer for them.
Jack Guo is from China. He now studies at a university in California. He says having an American credit card makes it easier for students to get around town. And, he says, credit cards are important for international students who hope to live in the county in the future.
Kalpesh Kapadia came from India to study at Camegie Mellon university in Pitsburgh, pennsylvania. He faced the same difficulties that many international students face when trying to get an American credit card. He decided to open Selfscore（万事达信用卡）.
Without asking for credit history and a social security number, SelfScore looks at material such as passports, visas, and acceptance letters to American schools. The company also considers a student's ability to pay.
About 10,000 international students from more 66 countries now have credit cards though SelfScore . Kapadia says less than one percent of SelfScore's credit card holders are late for their payments because of different kinds of reasons.
88.Is it easy for an international students to get a credit card in the US?（1）
89.What do "the things" in the second paragraph refer to?（2）
90.What can Jack Guo do in American if he has a credit card?（2）
91.How did Kapadia get rid of his difficulties in getting an American credit card?(2)
92.How many SelfScore's credit card holders pay on time according to Kapadia?(2)
93.SelfScore considers a student's ability to pay when he /she wants to get a credit card.
Do you think it is important ?Why or why not?(3)
VII. Writing.(作文）
94.Write at least 60words about the topic “______,a new way of life!”(请以 “______，一种崭新的生活方式”为题，从以下图片中选择其中一张图片，举例表述你的思考和理由，写一篇不少于60字的短文，标点符号不占格）
Weixin Mobike
Points for reference:
1.Which way do you choose to write about ?
2.Why do you think it a new way of life?
3.Could you give some suggestions in order to make better use of it?
静安区2017学年度第二学期初三年级学业质量调研
英语学科试卷参考答案
1-6 FADCBH
7-14 DBCACDAB
15-20 TTFFTF
21. from England 22. lovely bird 23. changed school 24. every Wednesday
25. much smaller
26-30 BCADC 31-35 CBABD
36-40 ACABD. 41-45 BCDAD
46-49 DBAE 50-53 ECDB
54. children 55. fifth 56. herself 57.weight 58. interested 59. possibly 60. various 61.examine
62. Does , have 63. said / expressed sorry 64. instead of 65. Which girl 66. if/ whether , would 67. are planted
68. We can depend on ourselves to work out the problem within two days.
69-74 BCADCB
75-80 CDABDB
81. one 82. remember/recall 83. after 84. how 85. discussions
86. sharing 87. precious /popular
88. No, it isn’t / No
89. A social security number and a person’s credit history
90. He can get around the town easily . He can live in the country in the future /(Do shopping ; have meals ; See a film ; Pay for goods ; Do exercises;
91. By opening SelfScore / He opened SelfScore / He got / applied for a SelfScore credit card.
92. More than / Over 99 percent (of the credit card holders ).
More than / over 9,900 international students /
93. I think it very important . If the students isn’t able to pay , the bank will lose its money ./ Because the SelfScore also wants to get its money back .
I don’t think it very important . Because the student may haven’t got a job , how can he have the money to pay back soon? Because it should believe everybody is responsible for it ./----------
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