2013年初三英语中考适应性练习

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For five days, Edmonton’s Downtown Park is changed into one really large stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival(乡村音乐节) has been celebrating with the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that’s the traditional togetherness(友爱) that is felt when people get together to share stories and feelings through songs.

This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. “People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation,” Riedel said. “It’s really easy to relax, and it’s great seeing family and friends have fun together.” These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone’s musical interests.

With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make those people who attend it feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue(举办地) for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee(费用), but that is returned when the plate is brought back.

The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it’s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and people may use the bikes there from Thursday to Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.

The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug 4th with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug 8th.

31. The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to ________.

A. remind people of the real sense of folk music B. show good voices of great talents in folk music C. get people with different musical tastes together D. collect old stories of folk music

32. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. people can get tickets easily for the festival

B. people can use bikes for free at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday C. people have to pay $2 for a plate of food

D. the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is highly recommended 33. What would the best title for the passage?

A. Folk Music of Blues B. One Festival for All C. Festival for Family Get-together D. Edmonton’s Downtown Park

D

Have you ever dreamed about flying in the sky in your own flying car? It would be wonderful to fly at will. You would not need to spend hours in traffic every day. You could also travel large distances very quickly. Since the Wright brothers built their airplane in 1903, several pioneers have worked to invent a flying car. According to car industry experts(专家), the dream of flying cars will soon be real.

An engineer named Paul Moller recently invented such a car. Moller has spent almost 40 years and millions of dollars developing his prototype. The car which has room for four people is designed to take off and land in small spaces and can fly as high as 10,000 meters. It uses four external engines(外部引擎) to move up, down, and sideways. The car, unluckily, can’t fly very far because it needs much fuel(燃料). Moller’s car is guided by computers and satellite systems. He showed that a car could be built to fly.

A flying car society has many problems to solve. The first thing is safety. If there are no roads, what will stop people from crashing into each other? It is easy for one car to travel, but what happens when there are thousands? Another thing is cost. At the moment, it costs several million dollars for one year. How can people have so much money to buy them? The third thing is fuel. There needs to be enough fuel for these cars to use. The fuel also needs to be less polluting than the kind we use now. Still, technology gets more advanced(先进的). It is likely that these problems will be solved in a few years. Then, dreams of quick and easy flight will be real.

34. What is the main cause for Paul Moller to invent a flying car?

A. Because he wanted to set a good example for those pioneers. B. Because he wanted to solve some traffic problems for the policemen. C. Because he wanted to show people that a car could be built to fly.

D. Because he wanted to get a lot of money by inventing a fantastic new thing. 35. The underlined word “prototype” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.

A. program

B. form

C. model

D. engine

36. According to the passage, all the following are true EXCEPT ________.

A. scientists will probably solve the problems of flying cars as technology gets more advanced B. it is not possible for Moller’s car to fly far C. flying cars will be used in five years D. flying cars cost a lot of money right now

37. Based on the information in the passage, what can be inferred(推断) about flying cars?

A. They offer a number of advantages over normal cars. B. Famous people will buy flying cars when they come out. C. The fuel of flying cars is more polluting. D. They will cost too much money in a few years.

第II卷（主观题 共40分）

四、词汇运用（本大题共8分，每小题1分）

(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 1. So far the Chinese government has put much effort into fighting ________ (反对)the bird flu H7N9 .

2. Disease has not been a problem because clean water is ________ (可找到的). 3. Each of us ________ (呼吸)heavily after running on the playground every morning. 4. It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, but our ________ (选择). (B) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 5. I can’t hear what the teacher is saying because the boys around me are talking ______ (noisy). 6. After the earthquake in Ya’an, Sichuan, people were unable to hide their ________ (sad) because of the loss of their family members.

7. Peter will go to his grandmother’s to celebrate her ________ (sixty-nine) birthday tomorrow. 8. Mei Lan, a giant panda born in the United States, greeted the Chinese public on Monday, forty days after her ________ (arrive) in China.

五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本

大题共8分，每小题1分）

1. Please stop talking, guys. I can’t hear what the youth worker ___________ (explain). 2. Sam, it’s the third time that you ___________ (forget) to bring your Maths book. 3. When the teacher came in, all the students ___________ (chat) with each other. 4. Mr. Sun told us that there ___________ (be) no bones in the back of elephants’ feet. 5. Finally Detective Lu made a decision ___________ (search) the bedroom for the suspect. 6. She promised us that she ___________ (remind) him of the event at the proper time, but actually she didn’t.

7. Thank goodness! The letter I was looking forward to ___________ (reach) me at last. 8. It is said that the new film The Croods ___________ (show) in our village next Sunday.

六、短文填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格

内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在答题卷上必须完整写出，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共5分，每格0.5分）

The written word is one of the most powerful forms of expression. Classic literature (经典文学)written many years ago still has the p (1) to educate people. Many people find it difficult to read the classics. In fact, r (2) the classics can be fun especially as you grow up and d (3) a deeper understanding of the world. ☆ Read for enjoyment. Classic literature should be read for enjoyment as well as education. Look for the works by writers you are familiar with or have heard about t (4) movies or TV. Choose the type of classic literature that you enjoy reading from past e (5).

☆ Keep a dictionary on h (6). Use the Oxford English Dictionary as a reference(参考书) for the words you don’t know or to find out some words that have c (7) in meaning over time. Start slowly and work on reading 30 minutes a day to get into the h (8).

☆ Do research on the Internet. Large numbers of websites, like Baidu.com and Google.com, p (9) information for the study of classical literature. ☆ Understand the use of footnotes (脚注) in literature. Classic literature is full of references to social and culture information of the past. Footnotes may be used to explain these references c (10) and make the material easier to understand.

七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横

线上。（本大题共9分，每小题1.5分）

1. 你知道李安的《少年派的奇幻漂流》是以3D形式拍摄的吗？ Do you know that Ann Lee’s Life of Pie_______________________ 3D? 2. 你认为哪种音乐值得一听，流行音乐还是乡村音乐？

What kind of music do you think _______________________, pop music or country music? 3. 我们镇上没有人知道这台机器人他买了多久了。

No one in our town knows _______________________ the robot. 4. 丹尼尔对制作自己的网页很感兴趣。

Daniel shows _______________________ home page. 5. 尽管外面天气很冷，他还是坚持去游泳。

Though it was cold outside, he _______________________. 6. 那时她的心情差得对任何事都不满意。

She _______________________ at that time that she wasn’t satisfied with anything.

八、书面表达 （本大题共10分）

假设为了丰富同学们的学校生活，最近你校组织了一次“唱红歌”演唱会。请在答题卡指定的位置，以“Let’s sing red songs”为标题，写一篇80词左右的英语短文。内容提示见下表： 目的 过程 效果 感想 为丰富同学们的学校生活 大家积极参与，演唱会取得了圆满成功 平时同学们忙于学习，压力很大，这次活动使你们得到了放松 ?? 注意：1. 短文须包括表格内所有信息，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；

2. 表格中“感想”一栏，请用自己的2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥； 3. 标题已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：enrich 使丰富