虹口区2015年英语二模试卷

_________ the waiter_________ the gentleman in the café half an hour ago? 63. Mary will graduate from the university in three months. (就划线部分提问) _________ _________ will Mary graduate from the university? 64. Lily told us a very interesting story yesterday. (改为感叹句) _________ _________ interesting story Lily told us yesterday!

65. The girl has picked lots of mushrooms since she came to the camp. (改为被动语态)

Lots of mushrooms_________ _________picked by the girl since she came to the camp. 66. My cousin Judy is too young to take care of herself. (保持句意基本不变) My cousin Judy isn’t________ ________ to take care of herself. 67. I asked John, “when will you leave for Germany?”(改为宾语从句) I asked John when _________ _________ leave for Germany. 68. provides, the hotel, service, always, us, excellent (连词成句) _______________________________________________________.

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) Dear Sir / Madam,

I am writing to complain about the TV advertisement for your product Cheese in a Tube. In my opinion, there is some false information in it, and it also encourages children to have bad eating habits. In the advertisement, there is a popular TV cartoon character who says that Cheese in a Tube is “the

best cheese in the world”. This is, of course, not true. However, I have two young children who love the cartoon character in the advertisement. Now they hope to eat the cheese every day. They believe that your cheese is the best in the world and they don’t want any other kind.

The cartoon character then says that Cheese in a Tube is “good

for young kids”. Well, I checked the information on the packet. There certainly isn’t very much cheese in your product – only 5% – and it has more fat and calories(热量) than chocolate! It’s probably one of the unhealthiest things you can buy in the supermarket. Child obesity is a huge problem in our country. Our children are the fattest in the world, and products like yours just make things worse.

Finally, the advertisement ends with two beautiful, slim, healthy-looking children sitting in front of the TV. Their mother calls them to come to the kitchen to eat a vegetable salad. The children say they’re watching their favourite cartoon – the same character who is in the advertisement, of course – so what does the mother do? She brings each of them some Cheese in a Tube! The parents eat their salad in the kitchen

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while the children enjoy the cheese in front of the TV! I believe that it’s good for children and parents to eat together, but obviously (明显地) your company doesn’t.

Please change this terrible advertisement. And why don’t you start making healthier foods too?

Yours sincerely,

Maddy Moore

69. “Cheese in a Tube” is a ________. A) TV advertisement

B) bad eating habit D) cartoon character

B) they believe what the cartoon tells them D) the cartoon character is very popular

C) product of a company

70. Maddy’s two children believe the cheese is the best in the world because ________. A) they eat the cheese every day C) the cheese is very popular

71. Maddy checked the information on the packet of Cheese in a Tube in order to ________. A) prove it has more fat and calories than chocolate B) find out how much cheese there is in the product C) be sure Cheese in a Tube is good for young kids D) decide which cheese to buy in the supermarket

72. The underlined word “obesity” in Paragraph 3 means ________. A) product

B) program

C)advertisement

D)fatness

73. In Paragraph 4, Maddy wants to tell us ________. A) the ending of the advertisement is too long B) parents and children should have the same meal C) children should have good eating behaviors D) family members should enjoy a meal together 74. Maddy writes the letter to ________.

A) ask the company to stop showing the advertisement B) complain about the bad quality of Cheese in a Tube C) discuss the importance of good eating habits and manners D) describe a terrible experience of having Cheese in a Tube

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

Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? If you 75 the Moon closely on some nights, you can see the face of the Man in the Moon. Some people say that they can see an old man carrying sticks. Others say that they can see a girl reading a book. Long long ago, the Romans and Greeks thought that the stars and planets they could see were gods living in the sky. They gave these stars and planets the names of

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their gods and goddesses and the Moon was 76 as Diana, who was also goddess of the hunts（狩猎女神）.

People used to think that the moon was made of green cheese because of the 77 of the Moon’s surface and the small dark areas on it. People also thought that the dark areas formed a kind of face which they called the Man in the Moon. We now know that there are mountains, plains and holes on the Moon’s surface.

The word “lunatic” comes from the Latin word “luna” meaning “moon”. People used to believe that anybody who was mad had been affected in some way by the Moon. 78 people were supposed to be more mad at the time of the full moon.

Werewolves (狼人) are said to be affected by the Moon. In some areas people still think that some people change into wolves at the time of the full moon. But in fact, like vampires (吸血鬼), werewolves 79 exist in horror films and books! And we can see them nowhere.

There are many superstitions (迷信) connected with the Moon. It is said to be not 80 to look at a new moon through glass, but the full moon is the time to make wishes or choose a husband. 75. A) measure 76. A) used 77. A) colours 78. A) Calm 79. A) only 80. A) precious

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) I am Phil Green. A few years ago I became interested in green issues, and last summer I decided I really wanted to do something to help the planet. I talked to Hazel and the children, and we decided to go green. Since then we’ve made some big c 81 to our life. First, we sold our cars – we had two. That wasn’t a problem because we live in a town and there’s good public transport. Anyway, I’ve always liked walking and we’ve all got bikes now. We’ve s 82 eating meat, and started eating more vegetables. We don’t go to the supermarket, but we buy and eat food from a local f 83 , and I grow a lot of our vegetables in the garden. It’s great! We’ve saved a lot of money because we don’t buy things we don’t need. Next week I’m getting some hens, so we can have our own eggs. I can’t wait. 虹口区初三英语 本卷共10页 第7页

B) protect B) sizes B) ever B) funny

C) observe C) acted C) shapes C) seldom C) lucky

D) describe

D) names D) even

B) written

B) Crazy

D) known D) Cute D) regular

C) Close

I am Angela, Phil's wife. When my husband told me his decision, I was a bit nervous. But I knew that he was s 84 about it, so I said yes. Since then, life has been hard work. Of course, I’m worried about what’s happening in the world, but we had a very nice, comfortable, easy life b 85 . We eat very healthily now. In the past, I didn’t think about where our food came from, but now I’ve learned to cook some very healthy vegetables. When Phil said we had to sell my car, I cried. I hate walking e 86 , every day. I can’t ride a bike and I don’t like public transport. I miss my holidays most. We always f 87 to warm places in winter, like Italy or Thailand, but this year we took the train to the south coast of Wales. It was a horrible memory as it rained all week.

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

I’ve got an important job to do. I’m really nervous about it. It’s a big responsibility. I’m in Grandad’s garden, sitting outside his pigeon loft (鸽房). I’m waiting for Goldie to come home. Goldie’s proper name is Goldeneye. She’s Grandad’s champion (冠军) racing pigeon. She’s famous as she’s won lots of cups. This morning she had a race – flew two hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons. And now she’s racing back home. “Come on, Goldie. Come on Goldie!” That’s me, calling Goldeneye back home. But I can’t see her yet.

I really want Goldie to win this race. I want to give Grandad the good news when I see him tonight in hospital. My eyes search the blue sky. Still no sign of Goldie.

“Calm down, Danny!” I tell myself. That’s what Grandad would have said: “Calm down, Danny!” But it’s hard to be calm. This job is very important. I’ll tell you why.

Before a race they put a rubber ring on every pigeon’s leg. When Goldie comes back, I’ve got to catch her, as soon as she lands. I’ve got to take her ring off, as fast as I can, and put it in a little metal tube. I’ve got to put that tube in Grandad’s special timing clock. That records the time that Goldie finished the race. But I’ll have to move like lightning. I can’t waste a second. I’ve got to get that ring into that clock as quickly as I can! So that’s why I’m nervous, waiting for Goldie. I’m getting more nervous every minute, because Goldie should be here by now. But the sky is blue and empty. “Calm down, son,” I tell myself. “Goldie always comes back.” But where is she? What am I going to tell Grandad?

I wait until it’s nearly dark. I give up! Then I lock the other pigeons in the loft. I’ve got to see Grandad tonight at the hospital. What am I going to tell him? 88. Where is Danny waiting for Goldie?

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