初三年级英语期中试题（2013.4.26）
*请认真书写* I-IV为听力部分（20分） VIII. 阅读理解 (30分)
(A) 阅读短文，选择正确答案
One day Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center.
“Why do you buy things here?” Tracy wanted to know. “Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home,” Mrs. Wilson said.” Help me check the prices, please.”
The Wilsons were not rich and Mrs. Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully after the prices of things. She bought lots of things in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said,“ We don’t think you saved money by going to the supermarket.”
“Of course I did,” Mrs. Wilson said. “ Everything was cheaper there.” “We know,” the children said,“ but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The taxi fare was more than the money that you save! ”
Mrs. Wilson added everything up. Her children were right.
（ ） 1. The things at the corner store were ______than those in the supermarket.
A. cheaper B. nicer C. more expensive D. saved a little money
（ ） 2. Mrs. Wilson ______ in the end.
A. spent more money B. paid less money
C. lost some money D. saved a little money
（ ） 3. From the passage we know the children were _________.
A. happy B. clever C. tired D. lazy
（ ） 4. Mrs. Wilson will _____________.
A. never call a taxi B. go on buying things in the supermarket
C. buy things near her home D. not go shopping with her children
（ ）5．The best title for the passage is ____________.
A. Cutting Price B. Corner Store C. Supermarket D. Shopping
(B)
James wrote a play for television about a family who came to English from India, and the play was very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company.
James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had be at the airport at about 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6:30 and went to sleep. He forget to wind the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the driver of the taxi had to worked very late that night and he got up very late the next morning.
James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for the plane.
He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, “Reports are coming in a plane crashing(飞机坠落)near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Plane number 2234…”James suddenly turned pale(苍白).
“My plane,” he said aloud. “If I haven’t been late, I’d have been on the plane!”
根据短文内容，判断是否符合短文意思，对的写T，错的写F.
( ) 1. James would like to take a taxi at six thirty.
( ) 2. The driver came to pick him up on time.
( ) 3. James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane.
( ) 4. The plane crashed while flying towards London.
( ) 5. Sometimes bad things can be changed into good ones.
（C）阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Walt Disney, the great film-maker, was born in 1901. When he was a young man, He often sat in the family garage(车库) and draw pictures there. One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor. He stopped drawing and watched the mouse. The mouse came towards him, so he gave the mouse a piece of bread. Day after day they became good friends.
Some years later, Disney moved to the west coast of the USA. He tried to get work as an artist, but still he was unsuccessful. One day he remembered the mouse that used to come out in his father’s garage. He picked up his pencil and started to draw. At last he was pleased with one of his pictures of the mouse. He called it Mickey Mouse.
His success as a cartoon-maker had begun. He made scores of cartoons. All of them were liked very much by children. He died in 1966. But the studios which he started are still busy today, producing more and more interesting films.
1. Who is Walt Disney?
________________________________________.
2. Where did he make friends with that mouse?
_________________________________________.
3. He thought that mouse was lovely, didn’t he?
________________________________________.
4. How long did he live in the world?
_____________________________________ .
5. Whom were his cartoons liked by？
________________________________________.
IX. 根据句意和首字母填空。（5分）
1. U_______ you tell me the truth, I won’t help you.
2. We all hope that we can a_______ our dream by working hard.
3. Don’t be w_______ about your English study.
4. You can’t take photos here without p_______.
5. It is a private question. I r______ to answer it.
X. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（5分）
1. I think teenagers should be _______（allow）to design their own school uniforms.
2. If you work hard, you will _______(success).
3. _______(final) he went to see the famous man himself.
4. –How do you study for a test?
-By ______(ask) the teacher for help.
5. I used _______(hate) tests, but now I don’t mind them.
XI. 句型转换：每空一词（10分）
1. Jim used to go to school by bike.（画线部分提问）______ ______ Jim use to go to school？
2. I’ll be good with my students if I am a teacher. (改为虚拟语气) I ______be good with my students if I ______ a teacher.
3. We can’t play basketball on the str