寶應縣城北初級中學初三英語閱讀競賽試卷

2020.11.25

一、完形填空(共30小題；每小題1分，計30分)

閱讀下列短文，從文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案

A

Iwasonabusonasunnymorning.

ThebuswasnotyetIandthedriverdidn't2tostartthebussoon.Awomaninred

goton.1iredand3.shetokiherstorytearfullynottoiinyoneinparticular.Onherwaytothe

station,halfofher4wasstolen.Theotherhalfwashiddenunderherblouse,soshe_5

stillhadsomeleft.Afewminuteslater,shestoppedcrying,butstilllooked6.

Thedriverstartedtheengineafterallthescatsweretaken,.Theconductorbegantocollect

fares(車費).Whenshecamstoanoldmaninoldclothes,he7thathehadspentallhismoney

becausehehadgotonawrongbusandnowhewastryingtogohome.Butsheorderedtheold

manto8thebus.Theoldmanwasalmostintearsashe9hertolethimtakethebus

home.10thedriverandtheconductorraisedtheirvoicesattheoldman,thewomaninred

stoodupfromtheseat.

"Stopbothering(為難)him!Can'tyouseehe'sonlytryingtogethome?^^

“Hedoesn'thaveanymoney!”thedriver11.

t4Well,that'sno(theright12tothrowhimoffthebus,“sheinsisted.

Thenshereachedinsideherblouse,13herreiminingmoney,andhandedittothe

conductor."Here'shisfareandmine.Juststopgivinghima14lime.”

Allheadsturnedtothewoman."It'sonlymoney,"sheshrugged(聳肩).

Sherodetherestofthewayhome15ahappysmile,andshehasforgottenthemoney

she'dlostearlier.

()1.A.emptyB.fullC.crowdedD.ready

()2.A.tryB.refuseC.decideD.want

()3.A.sadB.excitedC.calmD.cheerful

()4.A.fareB.cardsC.moneyD.tickets

()5.A.strangelyB.happilyC.secretlyD.luckily

()6.A.unsatisfiedB.weakC.unhappyD.excited

()7.A.explainedB.toldC.confirmedD.found

()8.A.getoffB.startC.getonD.stop

()9.A.beggedB.blamedC.praisedD.thanked

()10.A.UnlessB.AlthoughC.UntilD.When

()11.A.warnedB.whisperedC.shoutedD.repeated

()12.A.problemB.needC.matterD.reason

()13.A.pickedoutB.handedoutC.tookoutD.founcout

()14.A.busyB.coldC.hardD.fearful

()15.A.givingB.wearingC.takingD.forcing

B

OnThursday,IdroppedmykidoffatschoolandwasonmywaytoSanFrancisco.When

turningacomer,Inoticedaneaglewhichseemedtobe[6inthemiddleoftheroad.Ichanged

mydirectiontogoroundbutsawit\J_inmyrear-viewmirror(后視鏡).SoIsloweddownand

turnedaround.Hewasalive!I￡8thecar,wentoverandtookhimquicklybacktoinycar.

Sittingwiththeeagle,1spokc]_9tohim.He.wasbeautiful.Hiseyesweregoldenorange.He

seemedscared20wasnotbadlyhurt,onlyhisfeetwerecurled(扭曲).ThenIdrovetoavet(獸醫).

Theeaglesatonmy21andheseemedtobeimprovingthewholewaythere.We22twenty

minuteslater.WhenIstoppedthecar,thesuddenmovementmade23nervous.Hewaslookingat

me24hismouthopenwide.Therefore,wesa4thereandlookedintoeachother'seyes.Iwantedto

tellhimthathewasnot25andmyonlywishwaslove.Heseemedtounderstandand26onmy

leg.

Whenthevetcameuptothecarwitha27,theeaglegotfrightenedandflewtothebackssat.

OnceagainI28theamazinganimal'seyesandtoldhimilwasOK.Iplacedhiminthebox.He

trustedme.Hedidn'tmovewildlyanymore.

Suddenlyafeelingcameoverme(hatfeltlikesweetbilterness(難過).Iwas29toleave

thisbird,butIwasfullofjcy.IthinkIwillseethosegolden30_eyesfortherestofmylife.

()16.prettyB.aliveC.deadD.nervous

()17.A.moveB.flyC.runD.fall

()18.A.pushedB.droveC.pulledD.stopped

()19.A.loudlyB.gentlyC.quicklyD.coldly

()20.A.butB.soC.asD.or

()21.A.footB.legC.handD.arm

()22.A.cameB.leftC.wentD.arrived

()23.A.thebirdB.mykidC.thevetD.mycar

()24.A.throughB._inC.byD.with

()25.A.inuseB.inplaceC.indangerD.inorder

()26.A.stoodB.relaxedC.sangD.danced

()27.A.bookB.bagCboxD.basket

()28.A.lookedafterB.lookedintoC.lookedthroughD.lookedup

()29.A.luckyB.happyC.scaredD.sad

()30.A.orangeB.redC.blueD.black

二、閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，計40分)

閱讀下列內容，從每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

A

There'salwayssomethingdeepinoursoulthatneverdies.Imovedtothesmall,busytown

ofEdisoninNewJerseysixyearsago.Itwasduringthesecondtermofmyfifthgrade.My

parentsgotnewjobsandhigherincome,sotheydecideditwastimetomovefromWoodbridgeto

abetter,moreeducationaltown.

IntheUS,itisunnecessarytolakeatesttogetintoa“good”middleorhighschool.Youjust

attendtheschoolclosetowhereyoulive.So,manyparentswillthinkaboutthequality(質量，品

質)ofthelocalschoolwhentheydecidetobuyanewhouse.Myparentsdidthesame.Wefinally

choseEdisonmainlybecauseofthehighqualityofitsschool.

InNewJersey,anareawithagoodschoolusuallymeansaconcentrationofAsianpeople.

Thereareabout300studentsinourschool.55%areAsiansandjustunderhalfofthatareChinese.

TherearcsomanyChinesepeoplenearbythatwcevenhaveourownChineseschool.

Edisonisanoldtown,justlikethousandsofothersintheUnitedStates.However,Ihave

treateditasmyhometown.That'swhereIspendmuchofmyyouth,andthememoriestherecan't

bemovedatall.

()31.Whydidthewriter'sparentsmovetoEdison?

A.Becausetheywerebornthere.

B.Becauseitwasabettereducationaltown.

C.Becausethewriterbeganhisfifthgrade.

D.Becausethewriterdidn'tneedtotakeatest.

()32.HowmanystudentsarcfromAsiainthewriter'sschool?

A.About80.B.About160.C.About220.D.About300.

()33.Whatdoestheunderlinedexpression“aconcentrationof'meaninParagraph3?

A.NoneofB.ThewholeofC.AlargenumberofD.Asmallnumber

of

B

Anewrobot.Pepper,hasbeendesigned.Itisconsideredasthe

world'sfirstwiththeabilitytoreadhumanemotions.Pepperlooksslightly

likeMichelinMan.Itisfour-feettallwithacomputerinitschestand

human-likehands.Althoughitisnottall,Pepperisabletotalkabouteverythingfromtheweather

tothelatesteventsaboutthecountry.

Usingitsfunctions,Peppercanreact(反應)topeoplenearby-makingjokes,dancingand

evensingingindifferentlanguages.Peppercanunderstandexpressions,humanvoiceandactions,

thenreactthroughcomputerprogrammes.Thedesignerhopestocreatearobotthatcan

understandpeoplewell,thenitcantakeaction.Healsohopesrobotscanplayrolesinmanyways,

notjustworkintheindustry.Theyprovidefunatthehomeorstore.Pepperisdesignedtobea

familyrobot.Itispoweredbyloveinsideafamily.Henotonlymakespeoplelaugh,butalso

comfortsthosepeoplewhoaresadorlonelyandencouragethemwhennaturaldisasterscome.

PepperwillbeonsaleinJapanforaroundUS$2,000inFebruary2015.Fornow,several

PeppersareshownatsomestoresinTokyoforvisitors.Thedesignerswant(herobotslogetso

muchknowledgethattheycansucceedincommunicatingwithhumansbetterbeforesale.

SeveralthousandPeppersaregoingtolearnatsomestores.Everythingtheylearnedandgot

isgoingtobestoredintothei-cloudservice.Sothattheycansharewisdomwitheachother

WearesurePeppercanbringamazingchangesintoourlives.

()34.Accordingtothepassage,“Pepper"is.

A.akindoffoodB.acomputerC.arobotD.adesigner

()35.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“emolions"mean?

A.wordsB.feelingsC.mindsD.worries

()36.Fromthepassage,wecaninfer(推斷)

A.Pepperwillbesoldinmanycountries

B.PeppercanspeakonlyJapanese.

C.PeoplecanbuyPepperinJapannow.

D.Pepperscan'tsharewisdomwitheachother

()37.Inwhichpartof￡newspapercanweprobablyreadthispassage?

A.TravelB.CultureC.AdvertisementD.Technology

C

Ifyou'vebeenjoininginchatroomconversations,ortradinge-mail

withnetpals(網友)，youhavebecomeoneofthemillionswhowriteinaspecial,shortformof

English.

Throughouttheworld,everynightchildrenandtheireldersarc“talking"online—manyof

themaretalkingatthesamelime.

It'sfast:tryingtalkingtosixpeopleonce.It'sconvenient:threeorfourwordsperexchange.

Ittakescleverness,concentrationandquickfingers.

Anditrequiresverysimplelanguage.There'sneither:imenorspacefbrexplanations.Why

wastevaluabletimetellingsixfriendsyouhavetoleaveforamomenttotakecareofyourlittle

brotherwhenBRB(=berightback)willdo?

Wanttoenteraconversation?JusttypePMFJI(=pardonmeforjumpingin).

Interestedinwhomycu'retalkingto?TypeA/S/L,thecommonrequesttoknowyourpal's

age,sexandlocation.Youmayget15/M/NYasareplyfromyourpal.

Ifsomethingmakesyoulaugh,sayyou'reOTF(=onth?floor),orLOL(=laughingoutloud),

orjointhetwointoROTFL(=rollingonthefloorlaughing).

Andwhenit'stimetogetbacktoworkorgotobed,youtypeGTG(=gottogo)orTTYL

(=talktoyoulater).

Peoplewanttowriteasfastaspossible,andtheywanttogettheirideasacrossasquicklyas

theycan.Capitallettersarcleftin(hedust,exceptwhenexpressingfeeling,asittakesmoretime

toholddownthe“shiR"keyandusecapitals.Punctuationisgoingtoo.

()38.Whenpeopleareonline,theytalkby.

A.usingbodylanguageB.drawingsomestrangepictures

C.makingphonecallsD.makinguseofaspecialshortformofEnglish

()39.Thesentence“There'sneithertimenorspacefbrexplanations“meansthat.

A.peopleshouldusewordsproperly

B.peopleshouldknowwhattimeitiswhentheyaretalking

C.peopleonlinehavetoexpressthemselvesinasimpleway

D.peopleshouldcommunicateinafunnyway

()40.Ifyouget17/F/NYasananswertoyourA/S/L,itmeans.

A.thepeopleon(heotherendis17fromNewYorkandheisfine

B.youaretalkingtoagirlwhois17andlivesinNewYork

C.youaretalkingto17girlswhoarefromNewYork

D.thepeopleyouaretalkingtoisa17-foottallNewYorkgirl

()41.Whichofthefollowingisawaytosaveonlinetime?

A.Peopleseldomusecapitallettersorpunctuationmarks.B.Manypeopledrawpictures.

C.Peopleonlyusethemouseinsteadofthekeyboard.D.Peopleneverusethe"shiR"key.

D

Afewweeksago,IwentintoChase'sclassforhelp.Ie-mailedChase'steacheroneevening

andsaid,"Mysonkeepstellingmethatthethingyou'resendinghomeismath—butI'mnotsureI

believehim.Help,please."Shee-mailedrightbackandsaid,"Noproblem!IcanhelpChaseafter

schoolanytime."And1said,"No,nothim.Me.Hegetsit.Helpme."

Andthat'swhyIstayedwithChase'smathteacher.Wetalkedaboutteachingchildren.We

agreedthatsubjectslikemathandreadingarenotthemostimportantthingsthatarelearnedina

classroom.Wealsotalkedaboutsomethingelse------kindnessandbravery.

Andthenshetoldmethis.

EveryFridayafternoonChase'steacherasksherstudentstotakeoutapieceofpaperand

writedownthenamesoffourchildrenwithwhomthey'dliketositthefollowingweek.Shealso

asksthestudentstonominal。（推薦）onestudentwhotheythinkisthemostpopularstudentthat

week.Theyneedn'twritedowntheirnamesonthepaper.

Afterthestudentsgohome,shetakesoutthosepiecesofpaper,andstudiesthem.

Infact,Chase'steacherisnotlookingforanewseatingchartor"popularstudents.1'Sheis

lookingforlonelychildren.She'slookingfortheoneswhoareunwillingtoconnectwithothers.

Sheisdiscoveringwhosegiftsarenotnoticedbytheirclassmates.Thenshegetstoknowwho

needshelp.

AfterwatchingColumbinethewisewomanrealizedthatallviolence（暴力）comesfrom

loneliness.Soshedecidedtostartfightingviolenceearlyandoften,andwhatsheisdoingis

SAVINGLIVES.

Andshefindsthelonelykidsthrough（hoselistsandtriestohelpthem.It'smathtoher.Allis

love-evenmath.

（）42.wantstogethelpaccordingtothefirstparagraphofthepassage?

A.ChasB.Chase'steacherC.Chase'sparentD.thepopularstudent

（）43.WhydocsChase'steacheraskherstudentstowritedownsomenamesonpaper?

A.BecauseSheislookingforthepopularstudent.

B.Becausesheislookingforanewseatingchart.

C.Becauseshewantstohelpherstudentslearnmath.

D.Becauseshewantstofindthelonelychildren.

（）44.Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorder?

a.Thestudentswritedownsomenames

b.Thestudentstakeoutpaper

c.Chase'steacherhelpsthelonelykids

d.Chase'steacherstudiesthelists

e.Chase'steacherfindswhoneedshelp

A.badeeB.badecC.abdeeD.adbec

（）45.Thebesttitleshouldbe?

A.TeachingmathB.Loneliness

C.LookingforthelonelyD.Popularstudents

E

Thefirsttime1everreallynoticedadisabledperson,Iwasstudyinginthethirdgrade.Isaw

somedisabledpeoplebefore,butIneverreallykneworcaredaboutwhatthosepersonsgo

through（經歷）.

Whenanewstudentarrivedinmythirdgradeclass,Ithoughtitwouldjustheacommon

student,butthisstudentwasdifferent.HisnamewasDerekandhehadautism（孤獨癥）.He

sometimeshadrandomoutbursts（隨意發作）duringclassandwewouldstandthere,doingnothing

becausewedidn'tknowwhyhewasdoingthat.Whenhesatdownatdesk,wewouldtrytoget

awayfromhim.Afterclass,wcwouldplayjokesoneachother,imitating（模仿）Derek,and

laughingaboutit.

Thenoneday,Derek'smomcametoourclassandtalkedwithus.ShetoldusthatDerek

wasn'tjusthavingrandomoutbursts—hewastryingtocommunicate.Thenshechoseavolunteer

andfilledthatpersonsmouthwithsoftsweets.Whenwefoundthevolunteerhadgreattroublein

tryingtospeak,themotherexplainedthatwaswhatDerekwasgoingthrougheveryday.Weall

understoodhermeaning.

Afterthistalk,noonetriedtomakefunofDerekorrunawayfromhim.Weacceptedhis

outburstsinclassandhebecameoneofourfriends.HavingaclasswithDerekhastaughtmeto

haveanopenmindtothosewhoaredifferentfromus.Myexperienceinhavinganautistic

classmatehasprovidedmewithagoodlesson.

NowwheneverImeetafamilywithachildwho'sbehavingdifferently,Ialwaysremember

whatIhavelearnedinmythirdgradeclamsandgouptohimorher.

()46.Whatdidtheauthorthinkoftheboybeforethemother'stalk?

A.Friendly.B.Humorous.C.Generous.D.Strange.

()47.WhichorderisRIGHTaccordingtothepassage?

(D.Wegotawayfromhim.(2)WegotonwellwithDerek.

③.Derekarrivedinmyclass.?Derek'smorntalkedtous.

A.③①②④B.③①④②C.①③②④D.①④⑶②

()48.AccordingtoDerek'smother,Derek.

A.wastooshytobewithothers

B.hadproblemsinexpressinghimself

C.wasgoodatcommunicatingwithothers

D.didn'tlikethewayotherstreatedhim

()49.AfterDerek'snum'stalk,wedidthefollowingEXCEPTthat.

A.webecamefriendsB.weplayedtogether

C.weplayedjokesonhimI),wecommunicatedwithhim

()50.whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.LivingwithanopenmindB.Believinginyourself

C.BehavingindifferentwaysD.Makingfriendswiththedisabled

三、任務型閱讀(共20空；每空1分，計20分)(每空一詞)

A

IntheoldtownofYangzhou,therearenearly600ancientstreets,lotsofmansionsand

gardensofdifferentsizes.Thefocusoftheprotectioneffortsisonprotectingthetraditional

businessatmosphereaswellastherichhistoricalandculturalatmosphere.Nowadays,Dongguan

street(東關街)andWangs'Residence(住所)arethemostpopularonesamongyoungpeople.

TheDongguanStreet

TheDonguanstreetistheonlyancientstreetsunivedfromtheTangDynastyinYangzhou.

TothewestofthestreetandtotheeastofGeGardenistheYipuGarden.YangzhouTraditional

ChinesePaintingAcademyhaditsofficeshere.Recently,theYipuGardenhasbeenrestored,and

hasbecomeaculturalheritage(遺產)underprotectionofJiangsuProvince.Acrossthestreetisthe

mansionofLiChangle.Nowthemansionhasbeenchangedintoahigh-leveltourismhotelcalled

ChangleHotel.

TheWangs'Residence

InthelateQingDynastyandtheearlyRepublicofChina,thesaltmerchantshasdonemany

thingstoprotecttheWangs'Residence.Inthisresidence,therearethreelinesofhouses,each

consistingofthreerows.Thehousesarearrangedonthesamenorth-southaxis,andthewing

roomsonbothsidesarcsymmetrical.Eachpartcanstandonitsown.Infrontofandbehindthe

housearcthreegardens,namelytheKcqiGarden,theXiaoyuanchunshcnGardenandtheYingxi

Garden.

So,ancientstreetsandhousesinYangzhouarewellworthavisit.

Ancientstreetandhouse

ThefocusToprotecttheatmosphereofbusiness,historyand51.

?It52fromtheTangDynastyinYangzhou.

?YangzhouTraditionalChinesePaintingAcademyusedtohaveits

53here.

TheDongguanStreet

?54.theYipuGardenhasbeenrestored,andhasbecomea

culturalheritageunderprotectionofJiangsuProvince.

?Themansionhasbeenchangedintoatourismhotel55ahigh

level.

?Thesaltmerchantshave56manyactionstoprotectthe

Wangs?Residence.

?Thehousesarearrangedon（hesamenorth-southaxis,andthe

TheWangs'Residencewingroomsonboth57aresymmetrical.

?EachpartoftheWangs'Residencecanstand58.

?Infrontofandbehindthehousearethreegardens59Keqi

Garden,theXiaoyuanchunshenGardenandtheYingxiGarden.

Inaword,AncientstreetsandhousesinYangzhouarewellworth60.

B

Smalltalkisapleasantconversationaboutcommoninterests.Theabilityto

make"smalltalk”ishighlyvalued.Butmakingsmalltalkisdifficultnotonlyfbr

Englishlearners,butalsofbrmanynativespeakersofEnglish.MostEnglish

learnersmayhavedifficultydiscussingtopicstheyarcunfamiliarwithbecauseof

lackof（缺少）suitablevocabulaiy

Nowthatweunderstandtheproblem,thenextstepistoimprovethesituation.Herearesometipsto

improvesmalltalkskills.

?Dosomeresearch

SpendtimeontheInternet,books,magazines,TVstospecialize（專攻）aboutthetypeofpeople

youwillmeet,andthiscanmakeyourconversationsmoreinteresting.

?UsetheInternetforspecificvocabulary

Thisisabitlikedoingresearchaboutotherpeople.Ifyouhaveabusinessconference,orare

meetingpeoplewhoshareacommoninterest,makeuseoftheInternettolearnspecificvocabulary.

?Askyourselfaboutyourculture

Take（imetomakealistofcommonthingsthatyouwilldiscusswhenmakingsmalltalkinyour

ownculture.AndthencheckcomakesurethatyouhavetheEnglishvocabularytomakesmalltalk

aboutthosesubjects.

?Findcommoninterests

Onceyouhaveasubjectthatinterestsbothofyou,keeptoit!Youcandothisinmanyways:

discussingtravel,discussingtheschoolorfriends,discussingthedifferencesbetweenyourcultureand

(henewculture.

?Listen

Don'tgetsoworriedaboutbeingabletocommunicatethatyoudon'tlisten.Listeningcarefullywill

helpyouunderstandandencouragethosespeakingtoyou.Youmightbenervous,butlettingothers

expressIhemselveswillimprovethequalityofIhediscussionandgiveyoulimelothinkofananswer!

GettingSmall(alkskills61

BothEnglishlearnersand

nativespeakersfindi(_62Withoutenoughsuitablevocabularytocovermosttopics.

(obegoodsmalltalkers

?Findsomespecialinformationaboutthe

Doingsome

typeofpeopleyou'llmeetby63time

research

ontheInternet,books,andsoon.

64theInternet?Learrspecificwordsyoumayusewhen

forspecifichavingabusinessconferenceor65

vocabularypeopleaheadoftime.

?Listoutsomecommonthingsthatwillbe

67_____aboutinyourownculture.

UsefultipsofimprovingAsking66about

yourculture

smalltalkskills?BesuretohavetheEnglishwordsto

discussthosesubjects.

?Trytochatwitheachotherabout

Findingco