初中英语试题

On our farm, the tea leaves ________ by hand when they are ready.

A．

pick

B．

picked

C．

are picked

D．

were picked

Jim _________ a lot about Chinese culture since he began to study in our school.

A．

learns

B．

learned

C．

will learn

D．

has learned

I ________ about my sister when my phone rang. It was her!

A．

think

B．

will think

C．

was thinking

D．

am thinking

Don’t lose heart. If you keep working hard, you _________ some day.

A．

will succeed

B．

succeed

C．

succeeded

D．

have succeeded

The workers _________ the community center now.

A．

cleaned

B．

were cleaning

C．

will clean

D．

are cleaning

Mr. Smith has helped me a lot, _________ I’m thankful to him.

A．

or

B．

but

C．

for

D．

so

—_________ will Liu Yang stay in the space station this time?

—For six months.

A．

How long

B．

How often

C．

How much

D．

How soon

After taking tennis classes, Tim is much ________ than last year.

A．

strong

B．

stronger

C．

strongest

D．

the strongest

—_________ I take photos here?

—Sorry, you can’t. It’s not allowed in the museum.

A．

A Must

B．

Need

C．

Can

D．

Will

We have history class ________ three o’clock every Friday afternoon.

A．

at

B．

on

C．

in

D．

to

My sister is only six, but ________ can already help with some housework.

A．

he

B．

she

C．

it

D．

they

根据首字母及汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。

(1). I’m afraid I might lose my best friend, and I’ll try to r________ (修复) our relationship.

(2). The Internet o________ (提供) special ways of communication in our daily life.

(3). Making mistakes in class is c________ (常见的) to all, so be brave to face it.

(4). The advice my English teacher gave me was s________ (聪明的) and useful.

(5). May the whole world be full of p________ (和平), love, and happiness.

A father bought a kite for his son. The son couldn’t wait to fly it. So, on the next windy day, they took the kite to a park.

First, the father taught his son to fly the kite. Soon, the son was flying the kite high in the air. When it couldn’t go higher, the son realized something. “The string (线) is holding the kite down,” he said to himself. “If I cut it, it can fly higher.”

The son cut the string. After that, the kite flew up a little more. However, the kite didn’t rise for long. It slowly came down until it landed in a tree far away. The son was surprised.

“I thought the kite could fly higher without the string,” he said. “What happened?”

“The string wasn’t holding the kite down,” said the father. “It was helping it stay higher. After you cut the string, it didn’t have any support.”

Really, rules are like the string that seems to hold us down in our daily life. But, without them, we can’t fly high like the kite. We should never let go of them.

(1). Where did the son fly the kite? (不超过10个词)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

(2). Why did the son cut the string? (不超过10个词)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

(3). What can we learn from the story? (不超过10个词)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

The night sky is our earliest library. There, we stored our knowledge, and passed it down around the fire, before we invented the written word.

I remember going to the local university for an astronomy (天文学) night when I was a child. That night, I saw Saturn, one of the planets, and its rings with my own eyes for the first time. The rings shone bright against the blackness of space and suddenly the universe (宇宙) wasn’t something that you only read about or imagined in your head. It was right there, and you were a part of it. That moment is priceless.

While starlight is good, light pollution here on Earth can be a real problem. For the past 200 years or so, we have used too much electricity (电) to make the night brighter. However, brighter doesn’t usually mean better, especially when a lot of that light shines up into the sky where no one needs it.

Luckily, some cities have taken actions, like setting up new downward-directing lights along the streets. I hope that more cities will join in and continue the practice of controlling unnecessary lighting, so that more of us can watch the night sky in a way humans have for thousands of years.

(1). What is the night sky compared to?

A．

A book.

B．

The earth.

C．

A library.

D．

The universe.

(2). How did the writer find the astronomy night?

A．	It opened his eyes.	B．	It controlled his mind.
C．	It was a real problem.	D．	It took him too much time.

(3). What does the writer hope for?

A．	A brighter night.	B．	Less use of lighting.
C．	More personal space.	D．	A better education.

A team of scientists are carrying out a project at the University of Greenwich in London. They are trying to find ways to make food on Mars (火星) in the future. The project is called Feeding Mars. It tries to use water, fish and fish waste to grow fruit and vegetables on Mars.

It would take at least 21 months to reach Mars, learn about its surface and return to Earth. So it would be a big help if the spacemen could grow fresh food on Mars itself.

Farming on Mars, however, will be very hard. There’s plenty of water that could be taken from ice just below the surface, but the land on Mars is missing the nutrients (养分) that living things need. The team say that they could solve the problem by growing plants and fish together. Fish waste can then be used to provide nutrients for plants.

“It is expected that you can grow lots of food, such as vegetables, salads, teas and medicinal plants on Mars,” said Dr Benz Kotzen, who leads the project. “You can even harvest (捕获) fish for food then.”

(1). What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to (指的是)?

A. The future.B. The project.C. The land.D. The planet.

(2). What makes it difficult to farm on Mars?

A. Ice below the surface.B. Too much fish waste.

C. The missing of living things.D. The poor land condition.

(3). How does Dr Benz Kotzen feel about Feeding Mars?

A. Hopeful.B. Doubtful.C. Surprised.D. Funny.