初三英语竞赛试题及答案(3)

　　三、完形填空(25%)

　　A

　　American people have the habit of saying 'thank you whenever something kind is done for them or something polite is said to them, no matter how easy or casual(偶然) the thing is. This habit is 1 by people of many 2 countries. You should say "Thank you" when someone 3 you the salt on the table, or when someone 4 aside to let you 5 in a narrow corridor (走廊), or when someone 6 ahead of you keeps the door open 7 you, when someone says your work is well 8 or says you have bought a nice thing, or says your city is very beautiful. "Thank you" is 9 not only between strangers or new acquaintance (熟人), 10 between friends and colleagues, parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. Parents often tell 11 children that they should say "Thank you" in answer to a 12 word or act when they are only four 13 five years old. Perhaps that's 14 almost everyone has 15 this habit.

　　1. A. put B. given C. decided D. shared

　　2. A. others B. another C. other D. else

　　3. A. puts B. passes C. carries D. borrows

　　4. A. steps B. takes C. makes D. runs

　　5. A. pass B. jump C. sing D. dance

　　6. A. to walk B. walks C. walk D. walking

　　7. A. to B. with C. for D. on

　　8. A. made B. done C. built D. doing

　　9. A. tell B. said C. to say D. told

　　10. A. but also B. and C. or D. however

　　11. A. his B. theirs C. their's D. their

　　12. A. kind B. good C. happy D. rude

　　13. A. but B. and C. or D. so

　　14. A. why B. because C. when D. reason

　　15. A. learned B. put C. given D. got

　　B

　　Have you ever seen a horse with toes? 1 years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on 2 front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were 3 than cats. These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run 4 the soft, wet ground. It was very hot in the forest. But the 5 changed. It became cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields 6 the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to 7 , too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed 8 their middle toes for 9 . Their middle toes became hard. 10 a long while, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(蹄).

　　1. A. Million B. Millions C. Millions of D. Million of

　　2. A. each B. both C. same D. any

　　3. A. big B. no bigger C. biggest D. much bigger

　　4. A. on B. above C. over D. up

　　5. A. land B. season C. sky D. weather

　　6. A. made B. took C. got D. had

　　7. A. change B. grow C. move D. train

　　8. A. quite B. really C. always D. only

　　9. A. run B. ran C. running D. being run

　　10. A. Before B. After C. Instead D. Later on

　　四、根据上下句，指出正确汉语含义 (5%)

　　1.Tom is a green hand.

　　2.John didn't see eye to eye with his teacher on this question.

　　3.Don't let the cat out of the bag for it is important.

　　4.You are all wet.She isn't my mother.

　　5. Now We are in the same boat.

　　五、句型转换(20%)

　　1. He got up so early that he caught the first bus. He got up so early as not to the first bus.

　　2. Neither the beasts nor the birds liked the bat. sides refused to have the bat as their friends.

　　3. He didn't answer the question.

　　He didn't ____ the question .

　　4. The boss hired a young worker called John Hill. The boss hired a young worker John Hill.

　　5. The film started half an hour ago.

　　The film has _ ___for half an hour.

　　6. We have known each other for about two years. We _ __ ___ each other two years ago.

　　7. He got up very early . He wanted to catch the early bus He got up so early _ ___ _ ____ catch the early bus.

　　8. Their school is three times as big as ours.

　　That means our school is _ _____times smaller than theirs.

　　9. The box is so heavy that I can’t carry it.

　　The box is _ __ heavy __ __ __ __ _ ___ carry.

　　10. How cold the weather is! What _ __ __ __ __ is!

　　六、智力题(10%)

　　1.There are two bookshelves A and B. There are 450 books on them. If we take 25 books from A to B, the numbers of the books are the same. Do you know how many books there are on bookshelf A and bookshelf B originally?

　　A.250;200 B.225;215 C. 200;250 D. 215;225

　　2. What, by losing one eye, has nothing left but a nose?

　　A. nose B. noise C. eye D. ear

　　3. If post is 1234, “top” will be _____.

　　A. 231 B. 421 C. 314 D. 124

　　4. How can you make 7 out of three 6s?

　　5. Mr. Black has five daughters and each daughter has a brother. How many children does Mr. Black have?

　　七、书面表达(20%)

　　写一个植树通知，70字左右。通知全校师生于明天上午8点在校大门口集合，带水和午餐一起步行到西山农场植树，下午3点返回。通知单位及时间已提供。

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