[江苏]2012届江苏省无锡市新区初三下学期期中考试英语试卷

Most of the choices appear to be          ones that you are familier with, but after taking          second look, you will find that they are different.

Now the air in our city is _______ than it used to be. Something must be done to stop it.

---Did you return Helen’s call?  
---I didn’t need to _________I’ll see her tomorrow．

---What ________ he say to you just now?
---He told me that he ________ his key in the room.

John, you          play with the knife, or you          hurt yourself.

__________news! Our family will go to Guilin for a ________visit.

If the question ______ incorrectly, _______ question will be given to you

The scientist’s last words _________us that we should protect the environment around us.

---Look at those shoes, Mike!
---Wow! They look very cool, but I wonder ________.

---Mr Wang, I have trouble ________ the text.
---I’m sure you can, but remember ________ it at least three times.

Half of the class ________ done most of the work. The left ________rather hard.

His aunt ________ Beijing and she will stay there for three years.

---Money is important to us.
---Maybe, but it doesn’t mean _____________, I think.

---Would you mind me ________ here? 
---       . Let me take my bag away.

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   15   each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be   16  of milk.
After   17  the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   18  a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.   19  it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and  20   home.
In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his surprise, the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea   21   that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”
Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   22   will take care of it.  23  , it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   24   .

A．at B．from C．on D．with

A．filled B．empty C．crowded D．full

A．giving B．refusing C．receiving D．offering

A．hide B．steal C．waste D．drink

A．If B．Since C．While D．After

A．left B．came C．returned D．arrived

A．with B．to C．as D．of

A．others B．the others C．none D．neither

A．However B．Instead C．Therefore D．Of course

A．face B．mistake C．living D．difference

Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”？
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students．People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow’’, “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”, “flowers” and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets” and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions．
Harold：I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game; maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan：I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game．Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it．
Laura：You know, people in the city are longing for(渴望) the life in the countryside．It reduces my work pressure(压力)；besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”．
Ivy：  Well. it’s just a waste of time．Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on (专注于)their study.
Among the people Joyce interviewed,____ likes the game while____ dislikes the game.

Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?

Where can you find this passage?

Santi's big brother Len had told him never to push all the remote control buttons at the same time. He said that something terrible would happen if he did. Santi didn't really believe this. While Len was out of the room, Santi jumped down on the sofa with the remote control in his hand. For a while, he changed from channel to channel, looking for something interesting to watch. Bored, Santi decided to see what Len could have meant.
With a quick glance（扫视） over his shoulder to make sure Len hadn't come back，he pushed all the buttons at once. Santi saw a bright flash，and he dropped the remote control. "I've broken it，"he thought. "Now I'm in trouble！" As he looked around for the remote control，he realized he was in more trouble than he'd thought. He was suddenly only the size of a mouse.
"Oh，no！"Santi shouted. He had to find his parents quickly. Carefully, he climbed down the side of the huge sofa and hurried across the floor. In the kitchen, Santi could see that the sliding door（滑门） had been left open. “If the door is open, then the cat might be in here,” tiny Santi said.
Just then, Santi and the cat saw each other. Santi ran for the door, the cat closing in quickly behind him. Just as the cat reached out to attack Santi, it slipped（打滑） on some water and slid across the kitchen floor. Out of breath, Santi hid behind a flowerpot in the corridor. He could see his mum far away in the garden. “How will I ever get there?” he wondered. As he looked out from behind the flowerpot, there was the huge cat looking right at him! Santi rushed for the garden and then…, he woke up. “It was only a dream!” he said with a relieved smile. “Thank goodness!”
Len told Santi something terrible would happen if he _________.

Santi thought the cat might be in the kitchen because ________

The word “relieved” can be used to describe Santi’s feeling ______

The story probably tries to tell that ________

Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that's not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I'm interested in things happening at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There's also world news: from international problems to pop stars.
Read the newspaper carefully, we'll find different types of articles on the pages:
News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.
Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn't just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!
The underlined sentence means that the readers "_______".

This passage mainly discusses how_______.

When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.
I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!
What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints(抱怨)?

The writer felt________ when she did the things as her father had told her.

Which of the following can we know from the passage?

Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
She looks much _______ (health)than she used to be because she takes exercise every day.
Our English teacher has offered us some useful _______________ (suggest). I think they will help us a lot in our English study.
Please tell me the           (lady) telephone numbers, I want to interview them.
You can see the _______( happy) on her face because she can't find her lovely dog.

根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
I sat _______________ (紧靠) the wall, so he didn’t notice me at all.
One of the _______________ (长处) of living in the centre of the city is that you can buy everything you want easily.
Jim is so _______________ (幽默的) that he is always making us laugh.
My e-friend _______________ (答复) to my e-mail the day before yesterday.

---Did Tom enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday ?
---Yes, he did. He _____________ ( not meet ) his old friends for a long time.
The detective promised to the victim that he              (catch) the robber as soon as possible.
---Do you know the places of interest in Wuxi ?
---Yes, it is the second time I ___________ (visit ) the beautiful city.
He seemed to have difficulty _______________ (control) his actions.
Would you please ________ (not disturb) him when he is reading English.
While I was watching a football match on TV, my twin brother _______________ (pack) for the next day’s trip to Qingdao.
The sports meeting they were looking forward to __________ ( hold) yesterday.
When you laugh or smile, your body _______________ (relax).

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线 上。
虽然他病得重，但是他仍然与疾病进行了顽强的斗争。
Although he was badly ill , he still                          his disease.
韩梅宁愿再等两个小时也不愿叫醒她母亲。
Han Mei                                 rather than wake up her mother because her mother was too tired.
他父母回来时，他没有选择，只好把电脑关了。
He __________________________________________ the TV when his parents came home.
她很随和，和别人相处融洽。
It’s easy-going of her                                               .
目前为止，他们还没有决定如何处理这些旧电脑。
So far, they _______________________________the old computers.
这些网络对青少年们有不良的影响，请远离他们。
These websites ________________________. Please stay away from them.

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡 标有题号的横线上完整写出。
Wild animals are important to us. They live t  1   with us on the earth. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, e  2  . So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a h  3 life.
But some people still don’t r   4  the importance of protecting them. They kill wild animals for food and something e  5  . Every day many wild animals are being killed. So far, lots of wild animals have died out. If this goes on, there will be no animals l  6  on the earth.
L  7  , many people have begun to know the importance of protecting wild animals. They ask others to stop killing wild animals. Now many countries have made some l  8    to protect wild animals and to stop people from killing them.
Protecting wild animals is the d  9   of each of us. We should do our best to protect them because protecting them is protecting o  10  too.

上个月你去了家乡，请根据一下提示写一篇题为”A visit to my hometown”的短文，内容提示：
你的家乡过去是一个安静小城镇，青山环抱，空气清新，人们骑自行车或步行去购物，这些年改变了许多。家乡的变化带来了许多好处，但是也带来了许多问题，环境没有以前好了，房价太高，不少人买不起房子。相信……。
注意：1、短文须包括所有要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2、词数80左右，开头已给出，省略号部分各用2句话作适当发挥。
Last month I went to my hometown.It used to be a quiet small town._________________