[江苏]2012届江苏省苏州市初三升学模拟考试英语试卷

They had _______ wonderful train ride to Chengdu before they went on to _______ Mount Emei by bus.

I hear you've got some new Australian coins. __________ I have a look?

-- ________ you _______ the football match yesterday?
--Yes, I did. lt was great.

-- I'm sorry I'm calling you so late.
--__________ OK.

-When shall we start?
---Let's _______ it 8:30.Is that all right?

If you ________ a chance to study in a foreign country, just take it.

--Your coffee smells good!
--It's from Canada. Would you like _________?

We have sent some books to the children in that village. However, they still need ______.

--Could you tell us __________ ?
--About two weeks.

--Surfing first started on the islands of Hawaii, didn't it?
--Yes, but now it ______ by people all over the world.

--Do you want one way ________ round-trip?
--Round -trip. We'll return __________December 8th.

--Could I________ your CD player, please? --Sorry . _________is broken.

He couldn't _________an answer when I asked him why he was late.

You should return the digital camera to Sally ________she will get angry.

-----Did you notice him come in?
-----No. I _____ a football game.

About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight．This is almost one out of every three people in the United States．Some people eat  1  food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2  you can see losing weight is  3  work，and it will also cost a lot of money．But  4  do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body．For many people，looking nice also means to be  5  ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6  overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and  7  way to take off fat，and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are  8   ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California．Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods．Meals there may be just a little．All this works for losing weight． 10  4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg)．At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound．But she said she was still glad to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money．So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。

A．1ess B．more C．nice D．fast

A．For B．So C．Or D．And

A．good B．useful C．hard D．easy

A．why B．what C．how D．when

A．high B．short C．thin D．fat

A．talk B．say C．speak D．tell

A．dearer B．harder C．shorter D．easier

A．taken B．given C．written D．copied

A．pay B．cost C．take D．have

A．Before B．Until C．After D．At

A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button and the lift goes to that floor. It is all very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.
Which of the following is true?

If you want to go to the floor you want, you_______.

Why do people have to use lifts? Because________.

New books this month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

The story of Hard Work happened in _________.

From the passage we can see Tina is ________.

__________is about a difficult journey.

In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past．New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life．However, some people，including some doctors，don’t agree with these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(权利)to die when they want．They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable．They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die．Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible．And so the quarrel goes on and on without a definite(明确的)answer．
People can live longer than in the past．It’s because _______．

According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to__________.

In the writer’s opinion __________.

Why do some patients want to die? Because ________.

There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today- the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.
For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect(影响) as the wheel. Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore(探测) much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.
By this time most people had a very good life, Man has a desire to explore again, the world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning thought. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
This passage talks mainly about________.
A. why cars were very important        
Ｂ. when light was invented
C. which country made the first step into space 
D. how inventions effect people’s life
Nylon came out nearly at the same time as _______.

Which of the statements is not true?

What does “ a desire” mean in the sentence “Man had a desire to explore more.”?　

Man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot_______.

请根据下列句子所给汉语注释及上下文语境的联系，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
Do you know the differences _______ “beside” and “besides”.
Edison devoted all his effort to           new things.
Last week, Miss Brown was robbed of her necklace. Now when Miss Brown closes her eyes, one of the                _____face comes into her mind.
He has been ________(死)for years, but I still remember what he was like.
Ten days later,at the age of 63,Audrey passed away,______(安宁地)，in her sleep．
It’s nothing_______ (严重的) , she’s only too tired.
Three years ago, Ann _____(更喜欢)apples to bananas.
The_______(丧失)of living areas makes wolves have nowhere to live．
The patient kept________________(咳嗽) all night.
Traditional Beijing opera will be ___________(增加) to the music courses in 200 schools in China.

请将下列的句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。
杰姆昨晚太疲劳了，考试考得不好。
我觉得农村比城里好得多。
在这个工厂里的工人中，五分之二是妇女。
你可以谈一谈我们怎样才能与邻里和睦相处。
任何事情都不能阻止科学家讲真话。

下个学期，我们每一位同学即将进入新的学校。请你根据下列提示，以“New School, New Life” 为题，用英文写一篇80词左右的短文，谈一谈你的新学校、新生活、新打算，（注：文章的开头已给出，不计入词数）
What kind of new friends and teachers would you like to have?
Why do you want to have this kind of new friends and teachers?
What do you think your new school life will be like?
How will you improve yourself in the future?
New School, New Life
I’m a student in a secondary school and will graduate in two months. I hope to ___________________________________________________________________  
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