Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

　　VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)

　　A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)

　　This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts(花生), while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

　　Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

　　Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?

　　Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

　　69. The task I received was to find information about ________.

　　A) uses for peanuts B) American War of Independence

　　C) George Washington D) my headmaster Miss Lancelot

　　70. ________ helped me decide what my report would be about.

　　A) The Internet B) My classmates C) My grandpa D) A coin

　　71. People in the class acted strangely because ________.

　　A) I was too proud of my homework

　　B) I mistook what the homework was about

　　C) the whole world suddenly became quiet

　　D) the teacher’s face turned to a stone

　　72. I ________ after I failed the subject.

　　A) worked harder to prove my ability

　　B) started to study from the 7th grade

　　C) was so frightened at the awful result

　　D) was given a second chance to redo the work

　　73. We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

　　A) the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all

　　B) the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake

　　C) the writer knew little about American history

　　D) the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man

　　74. Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?

　　A) Seeing is believing.

　　B) Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　C) One is never too old to learn.

　　D) A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):(12分)

　　When I was sixteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand French. I believed that I wouldn’t have any 75 problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there.

　　How 76 I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could 77 me.

　　“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”

　　“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married ? But aren’t you a bit too 78 ?”

　　“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me 79 the phone box is?”

　　“Oh! I see. ” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”

　　When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me.

　　“Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say 80 . Most of the time British and American people understand each other!

　　75. A) money B) time C) sleep D) language

　　76. A) excited B) wrong C) poor D) successful

　　77. A) know B) help C) select D) teach

　　78. A) strict B) lucky C) young D) ordinary

　　79. A) how much B) whose C) where D) how heavy

　　80. A) at present B) at once C) at the same time D) at last

　　C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):(14分)

　　Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and to learn. For more than 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ e 81 . But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

　　Benjamin Franklin famously founded America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its b 82 development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated(捐赠) millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

　　Carnegie believed in the chances that libraries could o 83 Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have access(接触的机会) to books, lectures, news and more.

　　Chances are that there is a public library in or near your c 84 . You can easily find one close to your home. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven out of ten libraries have free Internet. This opens many doors for people who cannot go online at home,i 85 the opportunity to apply for jobs online.

　　Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images from the story h 86 . Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

　　Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never s 87 .” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

　　D. Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)

　　How much pocket money do you get? How do you spend it? The Blue Book of Chinese Teenager Financial(金融的) Study shows that social activities now take up more of teenagers’ spending. The book was about teenagers’ spending habits. It was based on studies in nine cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The results show that students are spending more and more on their relati onships with friends and classmates, such as having meals together and buying birthday gifts. Only one-third of high school students think about the price when choosing gifts. Most say they only care about what their friends like.

　　Xiao Hao, 17, a student at Gaoyou Normal School in Jiangsu, spent more than 1,000 yuan on his birthday meal this February. “They had given me gifts. If I hadn’t done anything in return, I’d have lost face,” Xia said.

　　Xia’s experience is quite usual among the young students. A meal can cost a student’s pocket money for a month. Many just ask more from parents when they use up their money.

　　Zhang Wei, an expert on teenagers’ financial study, suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget. A budget is a plan of how money will be spent. It helps make decisions about money. To make good use of your money, you can also set a limit. Learn to balance your wants and needs. When choosing gifts for friends, let them know that you care. Sometimes a handmade gift is much better than an expensive one.

　　88.Were there 3 cities in China taking part in the study?(1分)

　　____________，_______________________________________________________.

　　89. According to the results, how do students spend most their pocket money? (2分)

　　_____________________________________________________________________.

　　90. Which do most students consider when choosing a gift, the price or the things their friends like?(2分)

　　_____________________________________________________________________.

　　91. How much money can a meal usually cost? (2分)

　　_____________________________________________________________________.

　　92. What suggestions are given in the passage to help students make good use of the pocket money? (2分)

　　_____________________________________________________________________.

　　93. Which of the given suggestions do you think is the most useful to you? Why? (3分)

　　I think______________________________because___________________________.

　　VII. Writing: (20分)

　　94.请仔细阅读以下关于初三学生睡眠时间调查结果的数据图表，以图表为依据简单分析初三学生的日常作息情况，谈谈你的感想，并就如何安排好复习迎考提些建议， 写一篇不少于60个词的短文。(标点符号不占格)

　　Write a passage based on the given graphic with at least 60 words

　　(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。)

　　一、答案要点:

　　Part III

　　IX. (A) 69---74 CDB ACB

　　(B)75—80 DBB CCD

　　(C) 81.education 82.biggest 83.offer 84. community

　　85.including 86.happily 87. shut

　　(D) 88. No, there weren’t.

　　89. On social activities. / On their relationship with friends and classmates. / (In) having meals together and buying birthday gifts.

　　90. The things their friends like.

　　91. A meal can usually cost a student’s pocket money for a month.

　　92. It is suggested that teenagers should learn to make a budget and set a limit to balance wants and needs and let friends know you care when choosing gifts. / Making a budge and setting a limit are suggested in the passage.

　　93. I think making a budget is the most useful to me because I can plan how money will be spent and it helps me make wise decisions about money.

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