2017年广州天河中学初三上期中考英语卷.doc

2017学年天河上学期期中考试
一、语法选择（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. She could not afford a present, so she __1__down and cried.
Jim and Della had two possessions which they were__2__ proud of. One was Jim's gold watch that was from his father and his grandfather. __3__was Della's beautiful hair. It fell about her, and reached below her knee.
Della put on her old brown jacket and her old brown hat. __4__she went out of the door and down the stairs to the street.
She stopped at a store. The sign in front of the store read “Hair Goods”.
“Will you__5__my hair?" asked Della.
"Twenty dollars," the woman said.
Then Della searched through the stores looking__6__a present for Jim. She found it at last. It was__7__watch chain. The bill was twenty-one dollars. At seven o'clock, the coffee__8__and dinner was ready. Jim was never late. Della heard his steps on the stairs. The door opened and Jim walked in. He stopped inside the door. His eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not __9__.
“Jim”, she cried, “don't __10__me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas present.
Jim drew a box from his pocket and put__11__on the table. Della opened it. There lay the set of combs that she had always wants. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone. She smiled and held out Jim's present. ”I hunted all over town to find it. ” Give me__12__watch. I want to see __13__it looks on it. "
Instead of __14__, Jim sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled. “Della,” he said, “I sold the watch__15 __the money to buy your combs.”
1. A. sit B. to sit C. sat D. sits
2. A. both B. either C. all D. neither
3. A. Other B. The other C. The others D. Others
4. A. However B. Although C. So D. Then
5. A. bought B. buying C. buy D. to buy
6. A. to B. for C. of D. about
7. A. a B. an C. the D. /
8. A. was made B. was make C. made D. was making
9. A. reading B. to read C. reads D. read
10A. look at B. look around C. look into D. look out
11. A. them B. it C. its D. it’s
12. A. you B. yours C. yourself D. your
13. A. where B. why C. how D. which
14. A. obeys B. obeying C. obey D. to obey
15. A. to get B. get C. gets D. got
二、完形填空（满分15分）
When Rebecca was a middle school student she was often bullied（欺凌）. At that time, she didn’t want to tell others. However, she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their _____16_____.
Rebecca says that many people who are bullied__17___in silence. She says that although she ___18___heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school she never thought it would happen to her.
Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school. People started making fun of her for being a ____19____student and knowing all the answers.
She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class everyone would start shouting and saying that she was too____20____for them.
She told us that by the end of the year she was very ____21____about the bullying and became ill. She began to hate school. But ______22______ she had a friend who could talk to and they told their head teacher about her problem. She believes that talking to the teacher__23___her a lot. They found ways to deal with the problem and the bullying finally____24____.
Her_____25____is don’t see yourself as the problem. Nobody should be bullied. But if you don’t tell anyone what is going on nobody will know that you need help.
16. A. experiences B. jokes C. hobbies D. studies
17. A. sleep B. laugh C. suffer D. play
18. A. seldom B. always C. never D. suddenly
19. A. bad B. happy C. silent D. good
20. A. clever B. slow C. noisy D. proud
21. A. pleased B. worried C. satisfied D. amazed
22. A. usually B. interestingly C. luckily D. strangely
23. A. surprised B. controlled C. excited D. helped
24. A. started B. stopped C. increased D. continued
25. A. problem B. agreement C. condition D. advice
三．阅读理解。
A
When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels (地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy (悲剧) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired (钦佩) for their hard work. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity (逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another. Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.
26. What did the writer's family do for him when he was seven?
A. They built a farm of ants.
B. They bought a few ants.
C. They caught a lot of ants.
D. They found an ant city.
27. Which statement is WRONG according to the passage?
A. The writer knocked the glass box over because he put his face so close to the glass farm.
B. The ants didn't die one by one after the tunnels were destroyed.
C. Like people, teamwork is very important for the ants.
D. Giving up isn't a good way when we meet trouble.
28. Among the following events, which one happened first?
A. All the tunnels fell down.
B. The ants died one by one.
C. The ants got into the glass box.
D. The ants began making tunnels.
29. What did the writer learn from the ant tragedy a few years later?
A. Working together is useless.
B. Teamwork is important.
C. He can't accept adversity.
D. Working alone is amazing.
30. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Ants Fear Adversity
B. My Family and Ants
C. Giving Up in Adversity
D. Don't give up anytime
B
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented for the protection against rain. Its first use was a shade against the sun.
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were Chinese, back in the eleventh century B. C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use. it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or those in high office.
In Europe the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And the umbrella was considered as a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later in England.
By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrella have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrella began to be made in different colors.
31. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented _______.
A. in ancient times
B. in ancient Greece
C. in ancient Egypt
D. in ancient Rome.
32. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?
A. No one exactly knows the inventor of the umbrella.
B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.
C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.
D. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella.
33. Strange feature of the umbrella's use is that it was used as _______.
A. protection against rain
B. a shade against the sun
C. a symbol of honor and power
D. women's decoration
34. In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain _________.
A. during the Middle Ages
B. in Rome
C. by the eighteenth century
D. in Greece
35. This passage is mainly about _______.
A. when and how the umbrella was invented
B. why the umbrella was so popular in Europe
C. the development of the umbrella
D. the history and use of the umbrella
C
Garden Tour & Cooking Class
909 North Cumbre Road. Santa Barara, CA
Saturday, October 24, 2015. 9:30am-1:00pm
Cook with Suzzane
Traditionally, American Indians’ dishes were made with corn,beans,potatoes and pumpkin. Takea tour around Trinity Garden, pick some of these foods and returns in the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them. It is surely a new experience!
Suzzane will make an introduction of three traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time,you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest(收获) vegetables.
The means includes the following:
Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping
Thanksgiving Soup
Fresh Vegetable Salad
Trinity Fruit Ice-cream

★$35 per person,including printed recipes (菜谱), the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane, Children under 8 can come for free.
★Booking by email by Oct 15; Suzzane landry @ alt. Net
About Suzzane Landry: She is the writer of Healthy Eating and Fresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking, she traveled a lot,working in kitchen all over the world. This brought her the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below to get people’s attention to healthy eating. She is excited to share her knowledge through cooking chooses, cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries.
Learn More:
Visit WWW. freshfoodcooking. com
36. The cooking class in advertisement will be given______.
A. In spring B. in summer C. in autumn D. in winter
37. In this class ,you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods______.
A. brought from home B. picked in Trinity Garden
C. bought from the market D. onbooked from the Internet
38. The menu offered by the cooking class including the following EXCEPT______.
A. cake B. soup C. Salad D. ice-cream
39. If Mr. Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son, be should pay____.
A. $35 B. $70 C. $105 D. $140
40. According to the advertisement, we know that__________.
A. we can book the cooking class on the phone
B. only American Indians enjoy Suzzane’s teaching
C. Suzzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs
D. Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food
D
Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略). There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.
Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3. 93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.
When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it.
Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay(黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born.
Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money--- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.
41. What is the piggy bank strategy?
A. Paying 1% income tax at a time.
B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan.
C. Aiming high even when doing small things.
D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use.
42. Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?
A. To delight him with the latest fashion.
B. To encourage him to climb mountains.
C. To help him form the habit of saving.
D. To teach him English pronunciation.
43. What does then underlined word “something”(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?
A. Money B. Gifts
C. Financial success D. Good luck
44. The piggy bank originally was _________.
A. a potter’s instrument B. a cheap clay container
C. an animal-shaped dish D. a pig-like toy for children
45. The last paragraph talks about ________.
A. the seriousness of educating children
B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip