[广东]2013届广东深圳宝安区初三上期期中联考英语卷

--- Do you often ride _______ bike to school, Tom?
--- No. I usually come to school by ______ bus.

I regret _______ you that the tickets ______ .

If you _______ me with my English, I will appreciate ________

--- Would you mind _______ some questions?
--- No, ________ . Go ahead.

I have learned how to keep my hair ________. So _____ my classmates.

It was very kind ________ the policeman ________ me home.

________ important ______ us to listen carefully in class!

---How much did you _______ on the shirt?
---Five hundred yuan.
---Oh, It’s ______ expensive. I can’t take it.

---Can you promise _______ late ______ school again, Tom?
---Yes, of course I can.
A. don’t be; for    B. not be; at     C. not to be; at     D not to be; for

---Do you feel like ______ or shall we go by bus?
---I prefer _______ , but we had better take a taxi, for time is short.

---Pardon? I _____ quite catch you.
--- I said I ______ the song before.

Yesterday when I _______ to the station, the train ______ already.

Bob told me he ______ to see his grandma _______.

--What did the teacher say just now?
--- The teacher told us _______ our hands before ______ the questions.

My car went ______ fast and narrowly missed _______ another car.

Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.
When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it's  __1___  to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it's OK to  __2__ a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn't noisy and __3___, you may think there is something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are __4___ places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even __5___ to the owner of the restaurant.
Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China，one person usually pays for __6__. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients（宴请宾客）， but when friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called doing Dutch(均摊费用). Also, when westerners pay the __7__ , they usually leave some money for the__8___. This is called “Leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the U.S., it's __9___ to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!
The food people eat is different in the world, but you can find the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are __10__ all over the world.

A．popular B．difficult C．important D．enjoyable

A．cause B．keep C．stop D．make

A．lively B．dangerous C．lucky D．polite

A．noisy B．quiet C．busy D．clean

A．shout B．explain C．complain D．ask

A．everybody B．nobody C．somebody D．none

A．bill B．waiter C．visitors D．food

A．gatekeeper B．seller C．waiter D．visitor

A．terrible B．common C．serious D．unusual

A．different B．popular C．expensive D．cheap

My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t read the book at all.
When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I became a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.
What did the writer’s mother do?

Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?

Which was NOT the reason for the writer’s falling behind(落后)?

What was the writer’s dream?

The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.

Trees are useful to man（人类）in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products. Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food. Without trees many animals could not live on the earth. It's not easy for man to live on the earth, either.
The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people are eager(渴望)to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and to animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought（干旱）and floods（洪水）. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end he finds that he has lost the best friends he had.
Trees are important to man in       ways.

Which sentence is true?

On a hot summer day,        .

In many parts of the world, man has not realized that trees help to          

In this story the underlined word "He" means       .

It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger（乘客） all day. When he went by the railway station，he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked，“Where are you going，sir?”
“To the Red Hotel，” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this， he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly， he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time， they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars， please，” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week，I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
The story probably happened _______ .
A. on a winter morning        B. on a winter night
C. on a rainy day             C. on a rainy night
When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was
_____ .

The driver was not happy any more because ________ .

Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.

Which of the following is TRUE?

Come to Austria
Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) Market outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon.
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.
The advertisements above are about _____.

If you go to Bangkok，you can _____.

_____ is a better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok.

If you want to visit both mountains and beaches, you’d better choose _____.

According to(根据)the advertisements, we know that _____.

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news of their country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it’s important to report news. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories from those on TV.
Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
According to the passage, how do people learn about news in the world now?

Newspapers have been an important part of the daily life since ______.

The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that ____.

To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

Which is NOT TRUE in the passage?

选择下列词汇或短语完成下面对话，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5分，每小题1分）

 
A: Have you ___________ today’s Shenzhen Daily?
B: Not _______ What does it say?
A: It says that a man was riding a motorbike ________the street when a truck hit him.
B: oh, dear! Things _________ this often happen in busy streets. How is the man now?
A: He was ________to the hospital, but died two hours later.
B: Poor man!

选择下列句子完成下面对话，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。（共5分，每小题1分）

Tom is interviewing Jane, a famous swimmer.
Jane: I started training（训练） when I was about nine. At first, only for about an hour every day.
Tom: __________
Jane: That’s right.
Tom: Do you enjoy training?
Jane: Yes. I love it. _________
Tom: What about school?
Jane: ___________
Tom: Is it difficult to train so much and do your school work?
Jane: _________I stop going out with my friends so much. Now I have more time to train.
Tom: What do you do in your free time?
Jane: Free time? _________

根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，将答案写在答卷上。（每小题1分）
He sent his __________ (regard ) to his friends by e-mails.
Nowadays many young people prefer surfing the Internet to ________ ( read ) books.
She was ashamed of her son’s bad _________ ( behave ).
Jack was _________ ( disappoint ) at the news.
I’m not strong enough ________ ( carry ) the box upstairs.
Our classroom is on the _______ ( three ) floor.
Our Chinese teacher always speaks to us ______ ( gentle ). We all love her.
He tried to behave well to make a good ______ ( impress )on the teachers.
We have been busy _______ ( prepare ) for the exams these days.
After three years, the stadium ___________（take）shape at last.

假如你是林平，你的笔友Sally正在美国的一所学校学习汉语，她给你发了一个电子邮件。请根据其内容，给予回复。邮件的开头及结尾均已给出（不计入总词数）。
要求：1. 词数80左右。
2. 条理清楚，语意连贯，句式规范。
参考词汇： listening ability（能力）, spoken Chinese, radio, TV programs, video tapes
From:  Sally
To:    Lin Ping
Subject: Asking for help
Dear Lin Ping,
How are you getting on? Thanks for telling me something about your school life. I’m glad you’re doing well in your English study.
As you know, I began to learn Chinese 2 years ago. Now let me tell you something about my Chinese study. Though I can read and write a little Chinese, I’m still weak in listening and my spoken Chinese isn’t improving. I find it hard to talk with the people around in Chinese. Could you give me some advice? How I wish I could talk to you in Chinese one day!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Sally
From: Lin Ping
To:   Sally
Subject: Re: Asking for help
Dear Sally,
Glad to hear from you. You say you have some problems in learning Chinese. Don’t worry. __________________________________________________________
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I hope you will make great progress in your Chinese study. Good luck!
Yours,
Lin Ping