初中英语试题

汉译英。将下列汉语翻译成英语（共5个小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
我认为五十年后将有更多的污染。
这座桥有300米左右长。
你介不介意不要在公共场所吸烟？
瞧，雨下的多大啊！
在许多人面前说话使我感觉紧张。

Car Free Day encourages drivers to give up their cars for a day to protect the environment . People from around the world get together in the streets to remind the world that we don’t have to accept the society full of cars . It was first started by 34 cities in France and September 22 is Car Free Day . The  first Car Free Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. The slogan for the day is “If we drive for one less day , we can have one more nice day .”
Organized activities are held in many cities on Car Free Day . In Brussels, Car Free Day shall be valid (有效的)for everybody except persons with a special permit (许可证)， but they have to slow down to the speed of 30 kilometers per hour . The public transportation is free on that day. In London, they have special “green areas”.Walking, biking, and public transportation are encouraged. The streets are open only to walkers ,bicycles and buses from 7:00a.m. to 7:00 p.m. In Beijing , it asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work . More and more people are joining in the activity. In the first quarter of this year ,Beijing only had 52 blue sky days , and you may see haze(雾霾) almost every day ! We must do more for Car Free Day as a Beijing driver said , “ We may not change the weather, but we can choose not to drive.”
But we do not want just one day and then a return to “ normal ” life . We should go on with Car Free Day.
Where was Car Free Day started first ? [ within (不超过)two words ]
____________________________________________________________________________.
How long should the car drivers not drive in the streets in London on Car Free Day ?
[within three words ]
____________________________________________________________________________.
Who’s allowed to drive on Car Free Day in Brussels ?[within five words ]
____________________________________________________________________________.
What does Car Free Day ask Beijingers not to do every month ?[within nine words ]
____________________________________________________________________________.
What’s the purpose of Car Free Day? [within seven words ]
____________________________________________________________________________.

By the time Rihanna was seventeen ,she had released (发行) her first album and had an international hit with her first single (单曲) Pon de Replay.
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael , Barbados in 1988 . She grew up there with her two younger brothers . As a child , she loved singing . She formed her first group with friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen . In 2004 friends introduced the group to American record producer Evan Rogers ,who was on holiday in Barbados . Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America,so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school. Rihhanna  lived with Rogers and his wife . Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album , Music of the Sun .It came out at in 2005 and got into the top ten . Over 69,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week alone . It went on to sell over two million copies worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star . Her second album , A Girl Like Me ,came out a year later and included the song SOS , which was her first number one hit in America. In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album , Good Girl Gone Bad ,which had more dance music than the first two albums.
Rihanna sold more than fifteen million album and forty - five million singles worldwide between 2005 and 2010 ,the most of any artist at the same time . However ,she manages to find time for her charity work ,too . She has performed in several concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006 she created her Believe Foundation to help sick children . She also took part in Gucci’s activities to raise money for children in Africa.
What had Rihanna released before she was seventeen ?

A．An album but no singles.

B．A single but not an album.

C．An album and at least one single.

D．Two album and a single Pon de Replay.

Why did Rihanna move to America ?

A．To try to become a famous singer.

B．To form her first music group.

C．To meet the record producer Evan Rogers.

D．To record her album ,A Girl Like Me ,with the help of Rogers.

Which is true about Rihanna’s first album ?

A．It included her first number one hit in the US.

B．It sold69,000 copies in total.

C．It made Rihanna a star.

D．It came out before she finished school.

It can be learnt from the text that Rihanna ______.

A．Wants to start a charity to help sick children

B．Has helped to raise money for African children

C．Has organized some concerts to raise money for charity

D．Is producing another album for her Believe Foundation

While we are still children ,most of us live at home with our parents, more or less peacefully . But as we become teenagers , things change ,and we begin to grow apart from our parents . This means we are almost ready to leave the house where we grew up and make a new home of our own .
All humans must do this ,but they don’t all do it in the same way . If ,for instance ,you belong to a primitive tribe (原始部落) ，then as you grew up ,you’d learn the skills you needed as an adult---how to catch fish ,how to keep the house and look after children . You would be ready to marry in your early teens and you would build a house and live near your family in the village.
This seems a very old way of life , but it is what humans have been used to through hundreds of years. And it is what we are still used to in the 21st century ,for man hasn’t changed in the short time since he became civilized(文明的). But could you leave home and look after yourself during the teen years ? Most people would not do very well . Why ? Because although man hasn’t changed very much , the society he lives in has changed greatly ,which means that we have to learn more and more before we are ready to leave our parents’ shelter( 居所 ) and live alone .
However ,sometimes it is very frustrating to live at parents’ home . Parents can be very upset about late nights ,criticizing friends and always saying that we are noisy and dirty . But we still need our emotional (情感的) shelter till we finish our studies , and that is why we usually stay in our parents’ home until we feel grown up enough to deal with living alone .
When does the relationship with parents start changing ?

A．When we are children.	B．When we become teenagers.
C．When we are alone.	D．When we get married.

For most teenagers of the 21st century ,making a new home of their own may be ________.

A．difficult	B．unimportant
C．impossible	D．quite easy

Why must we know more to be able to live alone ?

A．Because we are becoming less talented.

B．Because our society has changed a lot.

C．Because not enough is taught in our schools.

D．Because man has never really been civilized.

From the passage ,we know living at parents’ home when we become teenagers _______.

A．is always pleasant	B．must be very exciting
C．makes us feel lonely	D．may be annoying

Children laugh often and easily . But as we grow up , we laugh less and feel more stressed. Try laughing for no reason at all . That’s how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world , and doctors now think that having a good laugh may be one of the best ways to stay healthy. The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai ,India ,in June,1995 by Dr Madam Kataria. “ Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day , ”says Dr Kataria . “Everyone’s naturally good at laughing . We want people to feel happy with their lives .” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 worldwide.
Place: 264 North Main Street , East Longmeadow. We’re in an office building near the entrance . Walk              down the hall and we’re on the right .
When : Every Sunday afternoon from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Cost : Free. Donation will be welcomed.
Ages : Adults from 18 to 75.
Parking (停车)：If you’re facing the building ,the car park is on the right of the building .
Teacher : Robert Rivest.
More information ,go to http:// www. robertrivest.com.
If you want to feel like a kid again ,try our Laughter Club . You will get used to it in five minutes and begin to laugh for real in ten minutes and sometimes you just can’t stop! You’ll experience deeper pleasure in half an hour. You’ll meet other people who want more fun and laughter. And you will feel so relaxed in about one hour !
Come and join us for laughter and a fun social experience!
The text is a ______.

A．note	B．report
C．story	D．poster

How soon will you start laughing in the Laughter Club ?

A．In five minutes.	B．In ten minutes.
C．In half an hour.	D．In about one hour.

The main purpose of Paragraph 1 is to ________.

A．tell people where the first Laughter Club is

B．explain how laugh makes people stay healthy

C．show Laughter Clubs are popular in the world

D．describe the reason why children laugh often and easily

Which of the following is true ?

A．When you go out of the Laughter Club ,you should turn left for the car park.

B．You may stay in the Laughter Club for more than one hour.

C．Children can go to the Laughter Club with their parents.

D．You have to donate to join the Laughter Club.

Everyday is afraid of something.
Tommy, 11, is afraid of the dark. Rachel ,11, is most afraid of the big jellyfish （水母）in Australia. Morgan, 9 ,wishes she would stop being afraid to ride a bike on busy streets.
What’s fear ? Fear is a feeling that everyone has, and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us . When the fear comes ,it  means we may meet something dangerous.
For the fear of dark , a kid could have much imagination .What’s under my bed ? Is there someone
breaking into （闯入）my house ? With the help of a parent , kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a night light to see that there’s nothing there can also help fight that fear.
For other fears ,we needn’t fight . If you’re afraid to ride your bike on a busy street ,you’re right ! You should be afraid because it’s dangerous. There’s no need to fight a fear like that . Find a better place to ride.
It’s also ok for Rachel to be afraid of the big jellyfish because it’s really dangerous . But it lives only in some waters. So when she’s not swimming in one of them ,there should be no worries about the big jellyfish.
Here is some advice about fighting fears from kids.
Monique,10, says when you are scared, just think about happy times . Eight-year-old Jessica finds that taking a deep breath helps when you’re scared. Amanda ,10, thinks kids should talk with a parent . Dustin ,11, likes to talk with a group of friends.
What is Rachel afraid of ?

A．The dark.

B．Talking with others.

C．The big jellyfish.

D．Riding a bike on busy streets.

In Paragraph 4, the writer gives ________ way(s) of helping kids fight the fear of dark.

A．one	B．two
C．three	D．four

According to the writer , ________ needs to fight his/her fear.

A．Tommy	B．Rachel
C．Morgan	D．Dustin

Which piece of advice is not mentioned about fighting fears ?

A．Talking with others.

B．Taking a deep breath.

C．Thinking about happy times.

D．Regarding fears as challenges.

Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old. I made some friends in school           they turned out to be bad. They were some boys who stole（偷盗）          and sold them. Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lock           two other boys were watching out. Then one of us would           the bike to a cave （洞穴）. The next day ,we would meet there and repaint the bike. When we stole four or five bikes ,we would sell them           a few hundred dollars.
One         afternoon ,we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok. We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the         . It was hard to break. We spent 10 minutes           it. We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator. “ My bike !” he         .
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby           us. We were taken to the police station. Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened. The police took down what we had done. The next day ,a bright Sunday, I          to  the Boys’  Home.
Life in the Boys’ Home was very hard but it         me a very important lesson. I learnt that stealing was not right. At the Boys’ Home ,the officers helped me and encouraged me         my ways. I decided to          stealing.
To this day , I feel so           for what I have done. I hope you will learn something from my story.

A．and B．or C．but D．so

A．bikes B．books C．Suitcases D．backpacks

A．When B．while C．since D．after

A．fetch B．Pull C．fill D．take

A．To B．with C．by D．for

A．Tuesday B．Friday C．Saturday D．Sunday

A．floor B．lock C．elevator D．bike

A．breaking B．to break C．break D．broken

A．said B．walked C．Shouted D．stopped

A．saw B．pointed C．impressed D．caught

A．sent B．was sending C．was sent D．would send

A．offered B．taught C．told D．passed

A．to change B．change C．to keep D．keep

A．pick up B．put up C．look up D．give up

A．scared B．sorry C．confident D．excited

Writing (作文) (共20分)
Write at least 60 words about the topic “This time next year“ (以“明年此时”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格)
你是否想象过，明年此时，你的生活会发生怎样的变化？你对自己或他人有怎样的期待？你能为此做些什么？）
（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。）
The following sentence patterns are for reference only. ( 以下句型仅供参考)
I hope to /I hope that...
Perhaps I will...
It will be exciting / necessary / terrible to ...

Chris is not a traditional explorer（探险者）- he usually works in an office for a large organization. Yet his job can sometimes be just as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer.
Chris works for MSF, an organization also known as Doctors Without Borders (无国界医生). MSF sends trained doctors all over the world to help people after a war or a disaster. Chris is a doctor from France who has travelled to many places to organize programmes that help people.
At the moment, there are over 27,000 trained medical staff taking part in MSF projects and tasks. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. All kinds of doctors can volunteer for MSF. They need to be prepared to go almost anywhere in the world and, of course, they should expect difficult conditions. Doctors with experience in tropical（热带的）diseases are especially useful because most of MSF’s work is in Africa. When MSF accepts a doctor for a task, he has to go for at least six months. When doctors have completed a few tasks, they might be sent on an emergency task following a disaster, such as an earthquake.
But why would a doctor leave a comfortable life and a good salary to join MSF? According to Chris, the experience you gain is a great help in your career. Besides, just like the explorers of the past, you need to keep an open mind and learn to mix well with the people you meet. Most importantly, at the end of each task, you have made a real difference to people’s lives.
Does Chris work for a large organization?
When does MSF send trained doctors all over the world to help people?
How many medical staff are taking part in MSF projects and tasks?
What kind of doctors are greatly needed in Africa?
According to Chris, why is his work important to other people?
Why is an MSF doctor’s job exciting and dangerous?

Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

A．Again B．Next C．Besides D．However

A．describe B．compare C．introduce D．prefer

A．lonely B．forgetful C．disappointed D．nervous

A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．unfair

A．inside B．among C．around D．for

A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors

Sally: an animal doctor What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job? Probably the dog that bit me. It wasn’t a big one - I don’t mind the big ones. The small ones are the worst. It gave me a very nasty bite. Have you ever done any other jobs? Yes, I did different kinds of jobs when I was a student. One summer I did fruit-picking in Spain. What’s the worst job you’ve ever done? In order to improve my English, I worked for a rich family in New York. I never had a day off and I had to do everything – cooking, cleaning, shopping- and look after their horrible children. I left after two weeks and managed to get a job as a waitress in an Italian restaurant. Leo: an actor What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened in your job? So many bad things have happened-but I think my worst moment was when I read my first bad review in the newspaper. They wrote terrible things about me, and I was so upset. After that I didn’t read my reviews any more. Have you ever done any other jobs? Oh yes, it’s hard to make a living as an actor. So I’ve done lots of part-time jobs over the years. For example, I’ve worked in a shop, sold ice cream at the beach and handed out publicity flyers in the street. What’s the worst job you’ve ever done? The worst job I’ve ever done was at an egg-packing factory. Working conditions are terrible-you stand for hours at the end of a belt, putting eggs into boxes. You can’t have a break, and if you want to go to the toilet, you have to ask for permission. And worst of all, the smell was terrible- I’ve never eaten an egg since then.

The underlined word “one” refers to “__________”.

A．dog	B．bite
C．event	D．job

Sally has done the following jobs EXCEPT __________.

A．picking fruit in Spain

B．working for a rich family

C．looking after sick animals

D．cooking in an Italian restaurant

After reading his first bad review in the newspaper, Leo __________.

A．wrote more reviews

B．replied to every review

C．gave up his job as an actor

D．stopped reading any of his reviews

What does Leo think of being an actor?

A．It’s hard to make a living.

B．It’s helpful to read his reviews.

C．It’s easy to make lots of money.

D．It’s fun to have different experiences.

What did Leo hate most when working at an egg-packing factory?

A．No breaks.	B．Standing for too long.
C．The bad smell.	D．Putting eggs into boxes.

The best title of the passage might be __________.

A．An Animal Doctor	B．Terrible Job Experiences
C．How to Find a Part-time Job	D．Reviews of Sally a nd Leo

Complete the sentences with the given words intheir proper forms（用括号中所给单词的恰当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词）（共8分）
Don’t be afraid of making __________. They help you learn. (mistake)
The medicine should be taken_______a day after meals, George. (two)
I plan to enter for a summer camp with a friend of_______. (me)
I am not satisfied with the service here. I want to speak to the_______. (manage)
The boy moved__________  into the hall as the concert had already begun. (quiet)
The soldier saved the boy from the flood with a piece of ___________. (wooden)
Shops are not allowed to __________cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18.(sale)
Many people enjoy reading e-books, but I__________ it as it’s bad for the eyes. (like)

My relationship with my mother changed after I went to college. When I was at home, weabout many things, for example, wearing makeup(化妆) and talking on the phone. One time, before a big party, she to let me leave the house. She thought my makeup was too heavy. I had to wash my face before I went to the party. I was the only girl without makeup, and I was so. And when I talked to my friends on the phone, my mum always shouted to tell me to hang up, and the person I was talking to could hear her. Heralways made me upset.

Sometimes I really wonder whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy making money. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too much to say.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I quietly sat down beside her and     her.
“Mom, I have a question for you,” I said, breaking the   .
“What?” she asked, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very     voice.
She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. But then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very     then because I thought I had hurt her.
It seemed like a very long time before my mother started to speak again. “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “look at this thread (线). Sometimes it    , but most of it disappears (消失) in the quilt. The thread makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can     be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside (在里面).”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand     the next spring. My father had a stroke (中风) and     walk by himself anymore. After that, my mother     my father walk outside every  day. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers and trees. The sun gently glistened through leaves. They two, hand in hand, walked slowly. To me, that was    picture in the world — that’s a picture of love.
They still don’t say “I love you” to each other. But I know they have deep love for each other. I used to think love meant flowers and sweet kisses. But actually, love is just a thread in the quilt.

Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, has saved people without any magic. His success on hybrid rice (杂交水稻) fed millions of people in hunger.
Yuan     (be) born on September 7, 1930. After graduating from the then Southwest Agriculture Institute (农业学院), he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan.
About 50 years ago, some natural disasters (灾难) hit China. Yuan saw many people lose their lives because of hunger every day. Since then, he     (do) research on how to grow good quality rice. In 1964, he found a natural hybrid rice plant by accident. It had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about what he discovered. He then decided     (study) this particular plant.
In 1973, he started to grow a type of hybrid rice. It    (produce) 20% more rice each unit than common ones. The next year he had a great success. This progress made China the world’s leader in rice production.
In China, most rice fields (稻田) grow Yuan’s hybrid rice. He    (call) the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.
Now he is 84 years old. He still     (have) a dream. He hopes hybrid rice   (grow) as tall as Chinese sorghum (高粱) one day!