【初中英语】北京市石景山区2016-2017学年第一学期初三期末英语试卷(含听力) 人教版

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Almost two-thirds of all adults now surf the Internet. We spend more and more of our time looking at computer screens. The question is whether this behaviour is driving human beings apart or bringing us together. Will the Internet make the world a happier or less happy place?

The social scientist Robert Putnam said, “I think people are still not sure about whether the Internet is going to be a kind of telephone for making connections with other real people, or a television, that is yet one more screen in front of us. I'm also doubtful about a complete virtual (虚拟的) community – that is the idea you can be best friends with someone that you don't even know.”

However, all is not lost. Research in the UK has shown that people who surf the Internet have more friends than those who do not. Robert Putnam says the key is in mixing the real and virtual experience.

The huge growth in e-mails, blogs and messenger services has created a host of new social networks which defy geography. Teenagers, especially, increasingly keep in touch with friends online but they are also developing new relationships with people who may share an interest but live on the other side of the world.

A new innovation (创新) is the creation of virtual worlds which promise a social life in virtual space. Second Life is an Internet community with a population of more than 100,000 real people. Each member of the community controls a 3-dimensional puppet (三维木偶) called an avatar which show their personality. They can then take part in many kinds of social activities – parties, dancing classes and shows.

Could this be the answer to social loneliness in the real world?

Aleks Krotoski, a video games inventor, says the Internet offers new possibilities: “These virtual spaces are able to create happiness between people. There's so much socially in these places now. It's very much about a place to go to events, meet people or just chat. I can imagine that this kind of thing is what the Internet is going to be like in the future. It will be like a 3-dimensional space that actually looks very much like the real world.”

52. According to Robert Putnam, ______.

A. the Internet is a device to connect with real friends B. more people surf the Internet now to make more friends C. we had better make friends in both real and virtual worlds D. you can find your best friend in complete virtual communities 53. The underlined word “defy” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______. A. challenge B. consider C. support D. test 54. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. all Internet communities will be 3-dimensional in the future B. people can have social life in virtual spaces like real world C. virtual spaces will be the only way to create happiness D. Second Life will never make people feel lonely

55. What is the best title for the passage? A. Does happiness live in virtual spaces?

B. Are teenagers getting closer to each other? C. Do video games help with social loneliness? D. Do virtual communities look like real world? 七、阅读还原句子（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。

Top Five Secrets of Success

Do you want to succeed? Follow our five secrets and you can make it!

First, start young. That’s what popstar Shakira did. 56. ______. And for nine years, she wrote songs and sang for her friends. For the last 15 years, she has been one of the most successful pop singers in the world.

57. ______.When Steven Spielberg didn’t get into film school, he pretended he had a job at Universal Studios. He walked confidently past security guards and worked there for three months. For nearly 40 years, Spielberg has directed many Hollywood films.

58. ______. Our third tip is work hard – very hard. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a good example; for about five year, when he was a teenager, he spent 10,000 hours working on a basic computer. His hard work gave him a big advantage over other people.

59. ______. At the age of five, Nocak Djokovic decided he didn’t want to be a good tennis player, and he wanted to be the best tennis player in the world. In 2011, he became the World Number One.

Finally, keep trying. J.K. Rowling didn’t give up after being rejected by twelve publishers. 60. ______. For the last ten years, J.K. Rowling has been a very successful writer.

Follow our five-point plan and you will succeed!

A. It isn’t just confidence B. Next tip is to set your goals high C. She first performed in public aged 4 D. If you can’t start young, then be confident E. For two years, she tried to get them published

八、阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Many people think the English do not like to speak other languages. In fact, the English vocabulary is a mixture (混合体) of words from many different languages. Because of this, the vocabulary of the English language is very large. It is much larger than that of almost every other language in the world.

Many English words come from Latin, the old language of Rome, and also from ancient Greek (希腊语). From Latin we get words like “wine”, “use” and “day”. From ancient Greek we have words such as “ink”. Because these two languages are dead languages the words have most often come through other languages such as French, or the old German languages. There are also many modern words made up from both Greek and Latin roots – “television”, for example. The word is made up of “tele”, Greek for “far”, and “vision”, a word from Latin meaning “seeing”.

Many common English words come from very strange places. “Tea”, for example, comes from China, and “banana” comes from West Africa. “Potato” came into English language from the island of Haiti, in the West Indies, and “tomato” first came from Mexico.

One reason why the English language has so many words from other languages is that people from many different countries have come to live in Britain. Two thousand years ago the Romans came from Italy, and stayed for over four hundred years. After they left, the Anglo Saxons and Jutes came from the northern part of modern Germany. In the ninth and tenth centuries Scandinavians came into the northern and eastern parts of the country. Finally, in the eleventh century William of Normandy came from France, and became King of England. With him came the French language.

In modern Britain there are four separate languages: English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. And the English itself borrowed many words from the other three languages. The English language continues to grow and borrow words from other languages. It is not only the language of Britain, but also of Canada, the U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand. It is used by millions of people in Africa and Asia.

61. Why is the vocabulary of the English language very large? 62. Which language does the word “ink” come from? 63. When did the Scandinavians arrive in Britain? 64. How long did the Romans stay in Britain? 65. What does this passage mainly talk about?

书面表达（共15分）

九、文段表达（15分）

66. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。 ．．．．题目①

假如你叫李华，你们班打算在教师节那天举办庆祝活动，你打算邀请你们学校的美国交换生Peter参加。请用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他活动的时间和地点，活动的内容以及需要做什么准备。 注意：1.字数不少于50词；

2.邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，所给单词不计入总词数； 3.请不要写出你的真实姓名和校名。

提示词语：2:00, afternoon, September 10th, classroom, flowers, say thanks, cards

? When and where are you going to celebrate Teachers’ Day? ? What are you and your classmates going to do?

Dear Peter, How is it going? I’m writing to invite you to come to our celebration on Teachers’ Day. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua

题目②

在人的一生中，阅读是一个非常重要的习惯。除了教材，中学生应该积极开展课外阅读（after-class reading）……

现在，某英文报纸就（My After-class Reading）话题征文，请你投稿。请描述你在课后通常的阅读内容和方式，你课外阅读后的感受，以及你对于课外阅读的看法。 注意：1.字数不少于50词； 2.所给提示语供选用；

3.请不要写出你的真实姓名和校名。

提示词语：many kinds of, novels, magazines, Internet, skills , necessary, ● What do you usually do about after-class reading? ● How do you feel after you do it?

● What do you think of after-class reading?

? What do you advise Peter to prepare?