2013年苏州市初中毕业暨升学考试试卷

According to a study, about two-thirds of people surveyed use the Internet for news---often about entertainment---or for online games. About half download music and movies. They also prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are using the Internet more often than before to communicate with others who have the same jobs and hobbies. Online shopping is still unpopular in China. Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent do shopping even once a month. Among those who buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software.

\they buy something in a store and don't like it, they can easily bring it back.\

The survey was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha. Guo describes the typical netizen（网民） in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated. Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community (群体), and more than 80 percent of users are under 24. Among people ages 25 t0 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online.

China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States. 32. A typical Chinese Internet user likes to ________.

A. play online games B. send e-mails C. pay for entertainment D. buy goods online 33. Online buying is still unpopular in China mainly because ________. A. goods bought online are of low quality B. computers are not widely used in China C. people can't have a look at the goods

D. it's more difficult to change goods bought online

34. Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities? A. Well-educated. B. Richer. C. Female. D. Young.

35. According to the passage, which of the following shows the right relation between online people and their ages?

D

Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size. A B

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

―What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?‖ You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it ―visual illusion(视觉错误)‖.

Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors

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much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.

( )36. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A. something is wrong with our eyes B. the two circles are not the same size

C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other ( )37. What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A. To help the actors look better B. To make the actors much braver C. To help the actors become stronger

D. To make the actors seem different in size

( )38. In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD.

Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes? C A A. The second one. B. The third one.

C. The fourth one.

D B D. The sixth one.

( )39. What’s the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.

b. Our brains interpret the messages. c. Our brains tell us what we have seen. d. Our eyes send messages to our brains. A. a d b c B. c a b d C. a c d b D. b c a d ( )40. Where may this passage be from? A. A letter B. An English newspaper C. A science book D. An advertisement 三．单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

41. Wow, those players are playing badminton so well! Can you guess who is (可能) to win the match?

42. What he said was already (记录) by the police.

43. I look forward to _______(划) a boat with my family on a sunny day. 44. Once Harvard University________ (提供) me a valuable chance to study further ,but I didn’t take it.

45. We should be grateful to the person who _______ (发明)the light bulb. 46. I was happy, there is ________(简直) no other word for it. 47. A unclear（核） war is surely ________(残酷) than any other kind of war in the human history. 48. I am so sorry that all the rooms have been taken and there is no room _______ tonight because all the rest rooms have been ordered.

49. People under 18 aren’t allowed to get into _________ because they are not allowed to drink

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wine according to the law.

50. Businessmen usually _______ hands when they meet. 四．句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

请将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。 51. 你能想象一下没有电脑我们的生活将是什么样子吗?

_________________________________________________________________ 52. 有三分之二的学生认为游泳不如滑冰有趣。

_________________________________________________________________ 53. 你知道谁是第一个在月球上行走的人吗？

_________________________________________________________________ 54. 在这样拥挤的街道上踢足球多危险啊！

_________________________________________________________________ 55. 令人悲伤地是，2010年4月14日—场大地震袭击了玉树。

_________________________________________________________________ 五．书面表达（共1题，满分20分）

要求：1. 根据所提供的内容，适当拓展想象，灵活地将所提供的信息体现 现在文章中。

2. 条理清楚，语句通顺，标点正确，书写清晰、规范

3. 字数90个左右，开头和结尾已经学好，不计入总词数。

Please use the information below to help you to prepare a speech about space travel. Space Travel Disadvantages Advantages 1. be dangerous 1. broaden（v.拓宽） our eyes 2. take a long time 2. new experiences 3. …(your idea) 3. …(your idea) Hi, everyone,

I am very happy to show my opinion about space travel.

_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Thank you for listening.

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书面表达评分标准

一、 评分原则

本大题共20分，内容和语言占18分，书写和卷面分2分。内容要点可用不同方式表达。 二、 说明

内容要点错漏、时态、语态错用，句子结构错误为大错，介词、冠词、单词拼写、大小写、标点符号方面。

三、 各档次的给分范围和要求

先结合对全文的综合印象确定所属档次，然后根据短文内容和语言表达的准确程度确定分数。

档次/得分 总体描述 语法结构和词汇 分值评判 得分 20 错误 无错 第五档 （17-20分） 应用了较多语法结完全完成了试构和词汇；行文连题规定的任务，贯，结构紧凑，语言能写明全部要流畅，并有效地使用点 了语句间的连接成分 完成了试题规定的任务，能写明全部或大部分要点 语法结构和词汇能够满足任务的要求；行文基本连贯，表达基本清楚，语言有少量错误 17-19 大错1-2处，或小错3-6处 15-16 大错3处 第四档 （13-16分） 13-14 大错4处 第三档 （9-12分） 有一些语法结构和基本完成了试词汇方面的错误，但题规定的任务，不影响理解；应用简覆盖了大部分单的词句间的连接要点 成分，使全文基本连贯 未能恰当完成试题规定的任务，只能写出一两个要点 未能完成试题规定的任务，只能写出与要求的内容有关的一些单词。 语法结构简单、词汇数目有限；有一些错误，影响了对写作的理解；较少使用词句间的连接成分、内容缺少连贯性 语法结构简单、词汇数目有限；错误较多，信息未能清楚传达给读者 11-12 9-10 大错5处 大错6处 注：12分为及格分，大错不能超过5处 7-8 大错7处 第二档 （5-8分） 5-6 大错8处，只写出一些词句 3-4 只写出个别单词 第一档 （1-4分） 1-2

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