崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

A) help his mother with the housework B) take the kids to

Butterfly Corner

C) take the kids to play on the grassland

D) play with the

other school boys

81. Why did Father give the orders to Robby ?

Because . A) Robby’s mother was free that morning

B) Father would be

away from home

C) Robby would have a very busy day

D) the kids wanted

to collect butterflies

82. Robby changed his mind and became happy again .

A) after he had a talk with his mother

B) because he

would go to the town

C) after the kids went to the grassland

D) because Father

trusted the kids

83. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A) Robby took the kids to the grassland and they had a good time. B) Father came back from the town and bought Robby a new bicycle. C) Father told Robby why he wanted him to stay at home that

morning.

D) Robby knew that Father would buy him a new bike the day

before.

84. The best title for this passage may be .

C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）:（14分）

Before meeting with my friend Leticia from Honduras, Central America, I would ask her if she was arriving according to North American time or Latin American time. Smiling, she would answer, “Latin American time, of course.” This meant that she would be 85 . The concept (概念) of time is very different for Latin Americans and North Americans.

Life in the United States is fast-paced. Americans 86 “The early bird gets the worm” and “First come, first served”. North Americans even have their meals in an efficient (有效率的) way. Microwaves help heat up their early breakfasts, noon lunches, and five o’clock dinners.

Time is money for big businesses. Everyone follows schedules (时刻表). Minutes are taken at meetings that are planned. North Americans are proud of carrying out 87 work and still finding time to spend with family and friends.

Latin Americans enjoy a slow life. In the cafes, the service is slow. Outside on the street, people walk by, not to lose weight, but to get

A) Life on Clover Farm C) Collecting Butterflies

B) A Victory over Himself D) Robby and the Three Kids

somewhere. Buses arrive and leave on their own schedule, sometimes sooner or later than the scheduled time. And if you 88 the bus, just wait. One will come along finally. Mid-morning breakfasts are homemade. Lunch is around three in the afternoon and dinner could be anytime. 89 really follows a schedule. You seldom hear the question, “What time is it?”

If you don’t know the cultural 90 , you may feel angry sometimes. In my opinion, people in the United States need to live less by the clock and enjoy more of their days. Although Latin Americans can sometimes be very frustrating (令人沮丧的), they tell us it’s good to be

91 and one should slow down enough to enjoy simple pleasure in life. 85. A) early 86. A) pretend 87. A) busy 88. A) drive 89. A) Nobody 90. A) reasons 91. A) different

D. 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）

A few days ago, Adrian bought six bottles of ink at a $1 Store. Then

B) sad B) believe B) little B) find B) Somebody B) differences B) tidy

C) late C) see C) no C) leave C) Everybody C) problems C) angry

D) free D) save D) dangerous D) miss D) Anybody D) news D) patient

he found a deal (交易)on better ink at a local computer store. So Adrian went back to the $1 Store to e 92 the ink for some other things.

When he entered the store, he showed the bag of ink to a clerk and told her that he was returning some things. She was very busy and said nothing. Not knowing e 93 what to do, Adrian put the bag into a push-cart and started shopping.

He was shopping when a woman shop assistant stopped him. “Sir,” she said strictly, “you are not a 94 to carry a bag of things around in this store. What’s in this bag? Show me what’s in the bag!”

Adrian felt like a shoplifter (商店扒手). He looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. He opened the bag and showed her the six bottles of ink. “I’m returning these for some other things,” he said.

“ P 95 in the future you’ll learn how to follow store rules. Leave this bag here with the clerk. You can have your bag back when you check out.”

Adrian was angry. He asked what her n 96 was. She said, “Ursula.”

When Adrian got home, he called the store. He described his experience to a man. The man said, “Our shop assistants are taught to be polite to c 97 . Give me your phone number and I will call you back.”

Two days later, Adrian received a phone call from the man. “I’m