2019-2020学年度上海西南模范中学初三（上）第三周英语周测卷
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.
31. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?
A. More and more people spend their holidays in another c__________ntry. B. The y__________ng lady over there is my aunt.
C. He is old en____________________gh to look after himself. D. This h__________se is made of wood.
32. ____________________ the end of last spring, Tom joined the army ______________________________the end.
A. At, at B. By, in C. In, at D. At, in
33. Jane was glad to see her child well ______________________________when she visited the local nursery.
A. take care of B. taking care of C. to be taken care of D. taken care of
34. Jim has never been back to his hometown ______________________________he went abroad three years ago.
A. when B. unless C. since D. until
35. He made ______________________________rapid progress ______________________________soon he began to write articles for an American newspaper.
A. So, that B. not, until C. such, that D. as, as
36. Teenagers will learn more knowledge from real life ______________________________they have more chances to experience it.
A. although B. if C. because D. unless
37. When ______________________________his childhood, he can’t help crying.
A. look down on B. look up to C. look back on D. look around for
38. –What do you think of Tina’s essay?
–Well, I think it’s excellent ____________________ a few small mistakes.
A. besides B. including C. except for D. except
39. To tell you the truth, I read e-novels until mid-night ______________________________.
A. at a time B. in time C. on time D. at times
40. She got up to get some sleeping pills but found there was ____________________ left at home.
A. nothing B. none C. something D. anything
41. The Palace Museum __________________________________________________________________________________________ the center of Beijing. The underlined part means ______________________________. A. lays B. lying C. lies D. laid
42. He is my ______________________________brother and he is two years ______________________________than I.
A. elder; elder B. elder; older C. older; older D. older; elder
43. ____________________ great news is to everyone in modern times!
A. How a B. What a C. What D. How
44. Newspapers say that so far H7N9 has caused several people ____________________.
A. die B. to die C. dying D. died
45. The Great Wall is a place ______________________________we can admire the wisdom of ancient people.
A. which B. where C. in where D. that
46. ____________________ can you make great progress in your study.
A. Only in the way B. Only in this way C. By the way D. On the way
47. When I got there, the shop ____________________ for five minutes.
A. opened B. had been opened C. has been opened D. had been open
48. Though it looked like rainy this morning, it has ______________________________to be a fine day.
A. turned up B. turned over C. turned on D. turned out
49. –Excuse me, you just happened to take away my mobile phone by mistake.
–______________________________.
A. I am fine B. I am really sorry C. Never mind D. That’s all right
50. –Would you mind turning the radio a little down? My father is sleeping.
–______________________________.
A. My pleasure B. Of course not C. Never mind D. That’s a good idea
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
A. choice B. learn C. fantastic D. interest E. choose
No matter whether you have a sweet tooth or not, you can’t miss tasting Swiss chocolate. In Switzerland ， you can taste as much chocolate as you like, also you may visit many chocolate museums. You will ____________________51______________________________ about the history of chocolate, explore the traditions of Swiss chocolate making, and even watch the chocolate production process.
If you have a lot of money, taking a chocolate train can be a good ____________________52____________________. It will be a ____________________53____________________ journey to sit on a first-class seat, taste yummy chocolate, and visit the chocolate factory.
You show no ____________________54____________________ in chocolate museums and chocolate trains? Well, a chocolate spa will meet your needs. You can give your whole body a chocolate treat! How sweet it is!
A. spread B. variety C. reduce D. necessary E. popular
Do you love to start your day with a cup of tea in the morning? Maybe you enjoy taking a quiet moment out in the evening to relax with it?
Tea has been an important part of daily life in China for hundreds of years. There is a ____________________55____________________ of tea, such as green tea, black tea, flower tea, and yellow tea. But two rising stars in China’s teacups --- white tea and dark tea
--- are becoming more and more ____________________56____________________.
Dark tea is made from rough, old tea leaves which darken to a deep brown colour during the long process. White tea, produced mostly in Fujian, is made by drying tea leaves. The local people ____________________57____________________ the fresh
leaves out on the ground and keep them in jars after they have dried.
Both dark tea and white tea have a long history in China. Dark tea and white tea are healthy drinks. Dark tea can ____________________58____________________ fat the body, lower blood pressure and slow the aging process.
Ⅳ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
59. Have you considered ______________________________to the patient for your careless drive?（apology）
60. I’ve admit what he had done made me ______________________________.（success）
61. During the Anti-Japanese War, the kind woman saved many children and sent them to ______________________________.（securely）
62. To his ______________________________, the official hit his kid brother.（angry）
63. Children are afraid of the stone figures in the temple which look so ______________________________.（fright）
64. As a waitress, I should try our best to meet his immediate ______________________________.（require）
65. Can you make a speech for us at the very ______________________________of the ceremony?（begin）
66. Please keep yourself ______________________________on the chair until the plane lands safely.（sit）
Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required.
67. Mr. Brown suggested solving the problem in a new way.（改为复合句）
Mr. Brown suggested ______________________________they ______________________________solve the problem in a new way.
68. What would you like to ask besides this question?（维持句意不变）
What would you like to ask __________________________________________________to this question?
69. The Zhangs used to take a walk after dinner.（改为反意疑问句）
The Zhangs used to take a walk after dinner, __________________________________________________?
70. The sofa was very heavy. The removal man couldn’t carry it alone.（两句并为一句）
The sofa was __________________________________________________for the removal man to carry alone.
71. How much have they spent in building the new airport?（改为被动语态）
How much __________________________________________________spent in building the new airport?
72. I have no idea if I should visit my grandparents this Sunday.（改为简单句）
I have no idea __________________________________________________visit my grandparents this Sunday.
73. that, time, will, into, make, get, you, sure, the, university, on（连词成句）
Part 3 Reading and Writing
Ⅵ. Reading comprehension.
A. Choose the best answer.
Many people decide to rebuild or redecorate their homes at some point, and sometimes the job takes longer than expected. Very rarely, however, does it take as long as one house in the United States. The Winchester, house, owned by Sarah Winchester in San Jose, California, was rebuilt twenty-four hours a day for over thirty-eight years.
The remarkable story of the Winchester house began in 1842 when Saran Pardee of Boston married William Winchester. William was the son of Oliver Winchester who had the right to make and sell the Winchester Rifle, one of the most popular guns of the time.
In 1866, Sarah and William had a daughter, Annie, who died from a disease as a baby. Sarah wan sad about the death of her child. Then, tragedy struck Sarah again when William died of a disease in 1882. Although her husband left her about $20 million in savings, and an income of a thousand dollars a day, Sarah was again in the extreme sadness, and on the advice of a friend visited a fortune-teller. The fortune-teller told her that her bad luck was being caused by the ghosts of all the people who had been killed by the Winchester Rifle. The fortune-teller also told her to sell her home and“head towards the setting sun.”Sarah Winchester took the fortune-teller’s advice and moved west to California, where she found the perfect house for her.
The original （ 原始 的 ） house was a six-room farmhouse. As soon as she arrived, Sarah started taking the
fortune-teller’s second piece of advice. She was told to never sTOP building her house. Using the money her husband had left her, she employed over twenty builders who worked night and day on the house. Every morning, Sarah would meet the head of the builders and give him hand-drawn building plans for the day. This went on until Sarah’s death in 1921.
Today, the house has over 169 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 47 fire places. 40 staircases and 3 elevators. Guests at the house can look out over the land around the Winchester house from any of the house’s 10,000 windows. It is also easy for guests to get lost in the house. There are also, by some estimates, 2,000 doors if you include all the closest in the Winchester house, and doors behind which guests can find nothing but walls! Dozens of secret halls and trap doors are also built into the house. The reason why Sarah Winchester made all these changes isn’t entirely known. Many people think it was to confuse then many ghosts who are said to haunt the house. Others think Sarah was simply mad. Either way, Winchester House is now a major tourist attraction and brings in thousands of visitors a year.
74. Sarah Winchester was the ____________________ of Oliver Winchester.
A. wife B. daughter C. daughter-in-law D. mother
75. ____________________ made Sarah decide to sell the home and bought a new house.
A. Her daughter’s death B. Her husband’s death
C. The guests killed by the Rifle D. The fortune-teller’s advice
76. The right sequence（顺序）of what happened is ______________________________.
①A fortune-teller gave some advice.
②Annie and William died from some disease.
③Sarah moved to California and employed 20 workers.
④Winchester House became a major tourist attraction.
⑤Sarah married William, the son of Oliver Winchester.
⑥The rebuilding went on until Sarah’s death.
A. ⑤③①④⑥② B. ④③⑤⑥①②
C. ⑤②①③⑥④ D. ③⑤①②⑥④
77. The work on the house never until Sarah’s death because ______________________________.
A. it was the advice given by the fortune-teller
B. there was too much work to do
C. Sarah always had new plans in the morning
D. the builders wanted to set up a new record
78. People visiting the house may find the house very ______________________________.
A. experience B. frightening C. strange D. useless
79. What can be the best title for this passage?
A. The tragedy of Sarah Winchester B. Secrets of a fortune-teller
C. The history of Winchester family D. The story of a“longest”house
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
In a bad economy, it might seem strange to think about quitting your job. However, sometimes resigning（离职）
is best way for you to move forward. Here are some signs that may point you toward the ____________________80____________________ door.
1. Your work environment is not healthy. Stress is part of any job. But sometimes the frustrations of your job can begin to harm you. They can make you sick or ____________________81____________________. If you hate going to work, it’s time to leave.
2. You need more income. Maybe you thought the salary was OK when you took the job. ____________________82____________________, now you
need more income to support your family because of different life circumstance（s that you’re not making what you’re worth.
环境，情况）. Or maybe you feel
3. You are not being challenged. You have been in your positions for a while, and your skills have improved. Now the work you’re doing doesn’t seem interesting ____________________83____________________. Maybe you can get more responsibility at a different job.
4. The ____________________ 84____________________ is going down fast. The slow economy has hurt a lot of business. Budget（预算）cuts and
layoffs occur all too often as business try to stay afloat（漂浮的，继续持续的）. Your position might be cut next.
5. You have a bad relationship with your boss or co-workers. People at work don’t respect or value you. Your boss takes advantage of you. Your relationships have gotten so bad that they’re ____________________85____________________ the quality of your work. Maybe the only solution is to find new people to work with.
6. You question the company’s ethics（伦理）. Sad to say, but many leaders in business are not very honest.
Sometimes the boss may ask you to do things that you know are not right. Maybe the company is lying about its products or stealing ideas from others. In that case. You should find a better company to work for.
Remember: The exit door can sometimes open up a world of new opportunities.
80. A. exit B. entrance C. front D. back
81. A. excited B. pleased C. depressed D. interested
82. A. Therefore B. Instead C. However D. Generally
83. A. after all B. as well C. at once D. any longer
84. A. economy B. company C. university D. honesty
85. A. improving B. affecting C. increasing D. protecting
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Nowadays more and more people are crazy about travelling. Why do people travel? “To see more of the world,” many people would say. But travelling abroad now means much more than that for the growing number of Chinese tourists. Of course it o____________________86____________________ us good opportunities to meet people from other countries, learn about their culture and customs.
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization , more than 1 billion people travelled to another country in 2012, Chinese people travelled a____________________87____________________ 30 percent more than in 2011. The prosperity of the tourism industry can also bring both our country and foreign countries ____________________88____________________ great benefits. Chinese
people usually join large tourist groups and visit several countries in one trip.
“ A Chinese person is not going to the Mediterranean just to visit one place. These are the travelers of the future,” said the UNWTO.
Chinese people don’t just travel for s____________________89____________________ either.
The China International Travel Service Company said that all their tour trips sold out a month before Christmas Day. Stores offered discounts during that time. So shopping in Europe and the United States is popular among Chinese travelers.
In December, China is going through a very cold winter. So many people like to go to some countries in Southeast Asia because of the p____________________90____________________ weather.“I want to enjoy the sunshine and beaches there, rather than the cold in Beijing, ”said Hong Qian, who took a holiday to Malaysia. He spent ten days there with his family, His
wife was very interested in Penang, an island city in Malasia.
The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can travel abroad. But many of them don’t have a s____________________91____________________ of public manners. A report by Living Social website in March 2012 even listed Chinese as the world’s second worst t____________________92____________________, after Americans.
If you want to change that bad name, remember to avoid the following: littering, spitting, snatching（抢夺）bus
seats, line-jumping, taking off shoes in public, talking loudly and smoking in non-smoking areas. Besides, we should learn some necessary manners of foreign countries.
D. Answer the questions.
Music not only gives you something to sing and dance to, but also can make you feel happier. Scientists say that music can help to relax people’s mind and even help to relieve pain. How does music work its magic? It is the fact that music can adjust our mood. Recently, there is a scientific research to back up what we have always known about music. The studies have shown that when people are excited or happy they are more helpful. The opposite happens when people feel aggressive or under stress. The use of music can influence how helpful people can be.
Dr. Adrian North made a study with 256 university students. Half the group took exercise in the gymnasium listening to music which can bring happiness and the other half exercised to aggressive music. When leaving the gym, the students were asked to hand out flyers in support of the local disabled athlete’s foundation.
The results showed that nearly half of the group that listened to happy music were willing to hand out flyers. But less than 20% in the group that heard the aggressive music were willing to do so. This study suggests that our choice of music can influence our willingness to cooperate. While a study also shows that productivity can be
increased with the right choice of background music in the workplace. As music stimulatesworker’s mind,
job satisfaction is often positively influenced. Other studies have shown that workers who are in a good mood have more job satisfaction than those in a bad mood.
These studies show that music can have a powerful influence on a person’s ability to cooperate. Moods have a
direct influence on cooperation and job satisfaction. These factors also have a direct relationship to the success of a business.
93. What do scientists say about music?
94. What does the phrase“back up”in Line 4, Paragraph 1 most probably mean?
95. Why do people use the right choice of background music in the workplace?
96. How many university students were asked to take exercise in the gymnasium listening to aggressive music?
97. How do people feel if they are bored or sad?
98. Which two factors have a direct relationship to the success of a business?
E. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
UK schools will turn to another ambitious educational reform: o______________________________1____________________
compulsory cooking lessons to
children between the ages of 7 and 14 by September 2014. The main purpose of the plan is to help children learn how to cook properly and understand the nutritional v____________________2____________________ of food, in an effort to prevent the continual rise of childhood obesity（肥胖）. It’s feared that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost as parents turn to pre-prepared convenience foods.
Before students c____________________3____________________ their lessons at 14, they will be able to cook at least 20 different dishes.
The idea has been met with a considerable amount of p____________________4____________________ from around the country and is being seen as something that might finally make a difference to the future of the health of British children.
For years, people in Britain and in other countries have been worked about the problem of children getting fatter and eating too much fast food. Part of the reason is that young people don’t know much about healthy food and f____________________5____________________ of them know to cook nutritious meal. Having cooking lessons in school will teach children a life skill that used to be l____________________6____________________ at home.
Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England. In recent decades cooking has progressively become a minor activity in schools. In many c____________________7____________________, the schools themselves have given up cooking meals in kitchens in the schools. But the r____________________8____________________ level of obesity has led to a rethink about the food that
children are given and the skills they should be taught. Simple cooking is a fundamental（基础的）skill that every
young person should m____________________9____________________. It is at the heart of tackling（处置）obesity and will enable future generations to understand food diet and nutrition.
“If we’d done this thirty years ago, we might not have the crisis we’ve got now about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real p____________________10____________________,”said EdBalls, the minister responsible for schools.
1. ____________________2. ____________________3. __________4. __________5. __________
6. __________7.____________________ 8. __________9. __________10. __________
