2014-2015年北京市朝阳区初三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案 - 图文

A further report on maths teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than to girls. They think boys have more brains (头脑) than girls.

Most teachers who took part in the study agreed that they expect their boy students to do better at maths and science subjects than their girl students. All of this leads to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects, gives them confidence and makes them believe that they can succeed.

Interestingly, both boys and girls regard maths and science as difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid maths courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons.

52.The underlined word “territory” in Paragraph 2 most probably means . A. natural ability B. interesting activity C. special hobby D. favourite task 53. According to scientific studies, . A. maths is not fit for girls to learn at all B. boys have a special sense of maths learning

C. girls are poorer at maths because they are the weaker sex

D. girls can learn maths as well as boys if given enough encouragement 54. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. Maths and science are easy subjects to either girls or boys.

B. It seems socially acceptable for a girl not to be able to read and write. C. There is no connection between a girl's ability in maths and her teacher. D. It is a social problem not a problem of brains that girls are poor at maths. 55. What would be the best title for the text? A. Maths--A Difficult Subject B. Are Boys Cleverer than Girls C. Who's Afraid of Maths Anyway

D. Boys Are Better at Maths than Girls by Birth

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（共

10分，每小题2分）

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One morning I got up late. I quickly jumped out of the bed, washed my face, then hurried to the bus stop. As soon as I got on the bus, it started raining. Suddenly the bus stopped. Something was wrong with it. 56 , so I ran to school.

I reached the classroom but I was all wet. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson. 57 . All the students were a little afraid of him. I liked neither him nor his physics lessons. 58 . “I'm very sorry, Mr. Smith. I'm late,” I said with a red face.

“It?s you, Jim,” Mr. Smith said angrily. \be late, but you…\stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to the class and said, \and girls.” 59 . “Now take off your wet coat and put on this one or you'll catch a cold,” he said kindly.

I went to my seat with Mr. Smith's jacket on. 60 . I found, for the first time, physics was so interesting and how well I could understand it!

A. It was Mr. Smith B. I had no time to wait for the next bus C. I stood for a moment and then opened the door D. It was a bit large for me but I felt very warm in it E. With these words he quickly took off his own jacket and handed it to me 八、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization (组织) had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.

Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “It?s a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses.

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Make-A-Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained.

We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris?s dream come true --so, with everybody?s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how happy Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia.

Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can. 61. Did Sophia know how important Make-A-Wish could be? 62. How does Make -A -Wish help children feel happy? 63. What was the name of the first child Make-A-Wish helped? 64. Why were the volunteers important according to Sophia? 65. What is the passage mainly about?

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书面表达（15分）

九、 文段表达 (15分)

根据中文提示和英文书信内容，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑，不少于50词的回信。信

的开头和结尾已给出，其字数不计入所完成的回信中。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 66. 假设你叫李明，收到你英国笔友玛丽的来信。她想知道APEC期间北京的空气状况、

保护蓝天的原因以及保持蓝天的做法。请根据她的问题写一封回信。 Dear Li Ming, Several days ago I heard of a hot word, APEC blue. I also know your government has done a lot of things to reduce air pollution. As a result, the sky was bluer than before. So, how was the air during the APEC week? Why do you need to protect the blue sky? What can you do to keep APEC blue? I am looking forward to your reply. Yours, Mary Dear Mary, Thank you for your letter. APEC blue refers to the blue sky during the APEC week. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ I hope you will enjoy the blue sky and clean air when you visit Beijing.

Yours, Li Ming

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