初中英语试题

下面是宇航员 Jose Hernandez的采访页面。阅读该页内容，然后从方框中所给的A、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出符合各段内容的问题，完成第 1﹣5 小题。

5 Questions for Jose Hernandez As a kid，he dreamed big dreams﹣﹣ then worked hard to make them come true.
（1）　   　 We were farm workers.Until I was 12，my family moved around every two or three months，following the harvest （丰收） of crops in California.That helped define me I always work hard.	（2）　 　 It was December of 1972.I was 10，watching the final Apollo mission on a black﹣and﹣white TV.When I saw astronaut Gene Cernan walking on the Moon，I told myself， "I want to be an astronaut."
（3）    　 NASA refused me not once，not twice，but eleven times!I finally got chosen the twelfth time.Five years later，I flew on my first mission to the International Space Station.Never give up!	（4）　 　 Floating（漂浮）!You're always floating. My favorite food was a burrito with scrambled eggs.We take tortillas to space because bread creates tiny pieces.It's really fun.
（5）　 　 As we passed over North America，I could see Canada，the US，Mexico，and other parts of Latin America.It surprised me that I couldn't tell where one country ended and the next started.Borders are human﹣made.From up there，we're just one.

A.When did you decide to be an astronaut？ B.What did you love about space？ C.What was your life like as a kid？ D.What was it like to see the earth from space？ E.What challenges did you face？

上个月，你们班为Children's Home的孩子们组织了一次爱心义卖活动。请根据下表信息用英语写一篇短文，向某英语网站投稿，谈谈本次话动和你的体会。

Things you did	Things you've learned
●hand out notices ●make things like... ●sell the things ●give away the money	●develop life skill ●...

注意：

（1）矩文必须包括上表所有信息，可适当增加细节；

（2）你的体会至少两条；

（3）词数：80﹣100；

（4）短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：义卖活动charity sale

短文首句：Last month，our class had a charity sale.

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A bookstore in Kaohsiung got international attention after CNN reported on the unusual decoration （装饰）in it.The store，Wuguan Books，is known as（1） 　 　"experimental bookstore" because of the dark lighting used to show the books on sale，Wuguan Books

（2） 　 　（lie）at Pier﹣2 Culture Center，which is full（3） 　 　special cafes and exhibits.The bookstore is almost（4） 　 　（complete）dark，except for the shelves （书架）of books.There are over 400 shelves of books in the store，with many（5） 　 　（light）placed around books.It appears as if books themselves are lighting up the darkness.

The bookstore（6） 　 　（create）by Chu Chih﹣kung not long ago，with the purpose of increasing people's senses when（7） 　 　read books.Su Yu﹣shan，the

（8） 　 　（ manage）of the store，says the environment can help people learn to do "soul （灵魂）reading" by（9） 　 　（provide）a private experience with each book that draws one's attention.（10） 　 　it might not be for everyone，Wuguan Books creates a very different kind of environment from most bookstores.

Trees play an important role in our environment.For a start，they make air（1） 　 　（更干净的）for us to breathe.The older a tree is，the more important it is to us.Why not look at ancient trees（2） 　 　（仔 细地）around you and find out more？

For the past （3） 　 （十五）years，a charity called the Woodland Trust has been recording ancient trees in the country.It has created a database （数据库）about these tree.

Since the database was set up，the Woodland Trust has（4）    　（添加）over 180，000 trees，but it believes there are many more to be found.It's hoped that all（5） 　 　（成员）of the public will help to locate them ﹣ including you.

You can take an（6） 　 　（积极 的）part in the Woodland Trust's project.Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family，you can examine the trees you pass to see

（7） 　 　（它的）age.If you find one that you think could be very old，record（8） 　 　（确切地）where it is using an online map.If you want to record the tree，you should take a photo.Don't（9） 　 　（忘记）to make sure you are allowed to examine it closely if the tree isn't on public land.

"Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage （遗产）as works of（10） 　 　 （艺术），"explains Jeremy Evans of the Woodland Trust. "But they don't get the same protection.The good news is，you don't have to be a tree expert to take part".

为助力打造"书香校园"，你校英语社团将举办以"热爱阅读"为主题的征文活动，请以"Enjoy Reading，Enjoy Life"为标题写一篇短文介绍你自己的阅读情况并阐述阅读给你带来的好处。

要求：

（1）短文应包括两个要点（阅读情况和阅读好处），可适当发挥，参考词汇仅供选择使用；

（2）短文不能出现真实的人名和校名；3．词数：90～110。

参考词汇：experience，habit，knowledge，pleasure

They eat wild animals，plants，berries，nuts，and insects.They hunt with bows and arrows.There are lots of dangerous snakes and spiders.It's one of southern Africa's

（1）　 　 （hot） places，and there is often no water.Then they have to get water from plant（2）　　they are ill，there are no hospitals.The people have to get medicine from plants too.

They are the San，（3）　 　last people living in the Kalahari.The San people have another name-"bush people".（4）　   　（they） lifestyle is very simple，but they know more about animals and plants than most people do.The San people live in small groups of 25﹣ 50.They live in huts-little "houses".These houses（5） 　   　（make）of wood and grass.There are no schools for the children.Children learn from the older people in the group.There are lots of things they have to learn so that they can live（6）　   　 a dangerous place like the Kalahari.In the evenings，the group of people often sit around a fire and tell stories.

The Kalahari is a big area of bushland in the southern Africa.It（7）   　 （have）two parts.There is less rain in the southern part than in the northern part，（8）　 　 the south is drier.There are fewer plants and animals there，and it's more difficult for people

（9）　 　 （live）.But when it rains at the end of the summer，the land becomes greener and more beautiful.For a few weeks，there are（10）　     　（million）of little flowers and even butterflies!

Edgar Snow（1905-1972）was an American reporter.He is best known for his books and（1） 　     　（文章）on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution.

Snow came to China in 1928.He spent over 10 years（2） 　      　（旅行）widely in China and trying to understand its people.At the same time，he tried to show what he learned to the rest of the world.

For（3） 　    （例子），Red Star Over China，which came out in the1930s，is known as the first book that introduced China's revolution to the west.In it，Snow（4） 　     　（收集）firsthand information on the Long March，as well as on the work and lifestyle of members of the Communist Party of China in Shaanxi Province.

Many Westerners were introduced to the Party through his book.Norman Bethune，a

（5） 　      （加拿大的）doctor，came to China after reading Snow's book.He worked

（6） 　 　（努力地）to save the lives of Chinese soldiers during World War I.

"When the（7） 　     　（整个的）world had forgotten us，Snow came to see us and told the world what had happened.We will remember Snow's great help to China forever，" Chairman Mao said during an（8） 　    　（采访）with a German reporter in 1938.

Snow's spirit is still needed now，as well as in the（9） 　      （将来），according to People's Daily. "No writer has spoken more（10） 　    　 （强烈地）about Sino﹣US relations than Edgar Snow.And no matter the era，people around the world always need some sort of link，"the paper said.

假如你是李华，上个月你校举行了"祖国在我心中"的主题活动（theme event），请你根据以下提供的信息并结合你参加这个主题活动的经历，写一篇英语短文向你校英语报投稿。

注意：

（1）短文必须包括导图的所有要点，并适当发挥；

（2）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；

（3）词数 80﹣100；标题已给出，不计入总词数。

Motherland in My Heart	（1）purpose:express love for our country
	（2）activities:sing red songs, . .
	（3）my experience；...
	（4）my feeling…
	（5）my hope….

Motherland in My Heart

Susan was tired of having her three children talk back to her.One day，she climbed into her kids' tree house.It was（1） 　 　good place，she thought，for a mother to go on strike（罢工）.She was tired of（2） 　 　（drive） them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house.Until（3） 　 　（thing） changed，Susan decided to stay up in the tree.

Susan's strike got her kids' attention，（4） 　 　course.But that was not all that happened.Word of the fed﹣up mother spread.Before long，a camera crew from television's Today Show came into their yard.Now people all across America were going to find（5） 　 　who drove the kids' mother up a tree.

As the cameras worked，the three kids stood with their father near the tree house.Kate，the Today Show host，had a question for（6） 　 　（they）. "What do you think about your mom on strike in that tree house？" she asked.

"I am kind of embarrassed， " said Misty.

"I'm really shocked， "said Joseph. "I did not think it would go this far.My mom is much（7） 　 　（crazy） than we thought. "

Rachel added， "I think mom is so strange（8） 　 　I can hardly believe it. "

But Susan had made her point.If the kids（9） 　 　 （want） her back，they should know what to do.When the TV crew left，the kids went into their house（10） 　 　 （quick）and got busy.Not long after that Susan climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.

Of the three cities，Ningbo，our hometown，is the 　    　（生机勃勃的）.

If we don't protect the environment well，we'll be 　    　（惩罚）sooner or later.

How to Give a Good Talk	Before the talk	Get a good idea. Choose a topic carefully.You can talk more easily about something you like and know about.
		（1) 　 　 It's better to say less.Choose a few good ideas and think about how to communicate them clearly to your audience（听众；观众）.
		（2) 　 　 BEGINNING:Think of an interesting way to begin. MIDDLE:Think carefully about this part of your talk. END:People often remember the ending best,so plan this part of your talk first.
		（3） 　 　 Write your main ideas on a card.It helps you remember your talk while practicing.When you can do it easily without notes,then you're ready.
	When you do the talk	（4） 　 　 Talk more slowly than you usually do but speak more loudly than usual.Make sure that everyone can hear you easily.
		（5） 　    　 Talk to your audience,not to your hands or to the floor.Look around the room at people's faces and check they're listening.

A．	Don't try to say too much.
B．	Don't speak too fast.
C．	Make notes and prepare.
D．	Plan your talk.
E．	Look up not down.
F．	Finish on tim.

外教Steve爱好艺术，喜欢运动。他想在任教期满前再体验次中国文化。假设你是李华，请根据下面的要点写一封邮件，邀请他到你家过周末。

weekend plan/activities	内容要点	参考词汇
	sports （or music/ drawing）	paint，play basketball.
	experience of Chinese cultures	make jiaozi，write with a Chinese brush.

注意：

（1）文中必须包含上表中的两个要点，可适当发挥；

（2）文中不得出现真实人名、校名和地名等相关信息；

（3）词数：80～100：开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

To	[e-mail]
Subject	Weekend Plan
Hi，Steve!     I'm Li Hua，I hear you'd like to experience some more Chinese cultures before going back. ________________________                                                                                                                                     Yours，                                                                                                                      Li Hua

Ed，William and Dan are three young men who love music.They've left their comfortable homes without taking any （1） 　 　（money）or mobile phones.They plan

（2） 　    （walk）around the whole Britain，singing for dinner and sleeping anywhere like fields.

Ed and Dan met William when they were at school.They all liked walking. （3） 　 they finished school，Ed went to study art in Paris and became （4） 　   artist.Dan became a gardener and William a bookseller.They were still friends， （5）     they weren't very happy with their lives.

One day they said， "Why don't we start walking？" And so they did.

They love simple activities （6） 　    　the busy，stressful world.

"People often ask （7） 　    　（we）why we're doing this.But you know it's a great life and we're learning so much on our journey，" says William （8）      　（proud）.

Last year they started a website to tell people a lot of stories about their walks.

This year they'd like to make videos and tell （9） 　 　 （many）stories.Next year，they （10） 　 　 （make）a CD of their songs and start a charity.The future looks good.

Thailand Literacy Program

Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of （1） 　    　（北 方的）Thailand.There are neither schools（2）    　（也没有）libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It

（3） 　 　（包括）bringing books to the villages.

A number of these villages can be reached only on foot，and there is always a very long rainy （4） 　 　（季节）in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most，especially （5） 　 　（ 在...期间）the rainy days？Of course，teams of （6） 　 　（大象） !

Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering （7） 　 　 （ 七）or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.

In Bangkok，the capital of Thailand，there's a program called "Train Library for Young People"，The train serves the homeless children on the （8） 　 　（街道）.Years ago，the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children（9） 　 　（真正地）needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and

（10） 　 　（修理）some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.