初三英语适应性练习试卷及答案

入空白处的最佳选项。

“

I

?

m too old and it

?

s too late,

”

which played over and over in my mind. I was sad after

ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. My dream was to become a writer,

but

I

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my

ability

to

succeed

as

one. Had

I

wasted

years

going

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the wrong

goals?

I

was

at

a

low

point

17

the

voice

on

the

radio

began

18

the

story

of

Grandma Moses. Ann Mary worked hard to raise the five who

19

. Struggling to make

a living on poor farms, she began to

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a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering

(

绣花

) on cloth.

At

seventy-eight,

her

fingers

weren

?

t

suitable

to

embroider.

Rather

than

give

in

to

aging, she went out to an empty room and began to

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. For the first two years, these

paintings were either given away or sold for a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine,

she was

“

discovered

”

< br> by the art world

—

and the rest is

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. She went on to produce

more than two thousand paintings,

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her book illustrations (

插图

) for

It was the Night

before Christmas

were completed in her one-hundredth year!

As I listened to the radio, my mood changed. If Grandma Moses could begin a new

career and succeed after eighty, my life still had

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after thirty. Before the program

ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I

?

d nearly given up.

It came out eight months later.

15. A. believed

B. expected

C. proved

D. doubted

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16. A. by

17. A. if

18. A. telling

19. A. succeeded

20. A. notice

21. A. paint

22. A. story

23. A. but

B. after

B. because

B. reminding

B. left

B. offer

B. write

B. future

B. and

C. against

C. when

C. saying

C. survived

C. give

C. think

C. history

C. so

D. over

D. while

D. playing

D. grew

D. provide

D. change

D. fact

D. therefore

24. A. ability

B. hope

C. use

D. dream

三 、阅读理解

（本大题共

13

小题，每小 题

2

分，共

26

分）

阅读下面的短文，

然后根据短文内容 ，

在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Below are some suggestions given by the English children about how to help Africa.

Which one do you think is the best?

I think being healthy is the most important thing. We need to make sure that the money

we give is spent wisely. The money should be spent first on clean water supplies and better

health care.

—

Robin, aged 16, Birmingham

I think the most important thing is to improve the education of the African countries.

There is an old saying,

“

If you give a man a fish, you

?

ll feed him for a day. If you teach him

how to fish, you

?

ll feed him for lifetime.

”

We need to help people to help themselves

, not

just throw money at the problem when it appears.

—

Rebecca, aged 15, Liverpool

People seem to give a lot more money to charity when there is a sudden, huge disaster

like the earthquake. It

?

s good for people to do so, but I also think that everyone should give

a small part of their money to charity. If everyone does that, it will make a big difference.

—

Mary, aged 14, Stratford

Giving

money

to

charity

can

help,

but

it

?

s

not

the

final

answer.

I

think

what

these

countries need is a good government.

—

Bethany, aged 16, Newcastle

The best thing we can do is to send experts like engineers, doctors and teachers to help

the people to help themselves.

—

Robert, aged 16, Cardiff

25. Which two children have the similar ideas?

A. Mary and Rebecca.

B. Bethany and Mary.

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C. Rebecca and Bethany.

D. Rebecca and Robert.

26. What does Rebecca mean by saying

“

We need to help people to help themselves

”

?

A. We should help the teachers in Africa to improve their teaching ways.

B. We should help people in Africa how to build a good government.

C. We should help the African people develop skills to make a living.

D. We should help the African people build more schools.

27. Where can you find these suggestions?

A. On a website.

B. In a travel guide.

C. In a student

?

s textbook.

D. In a sports magazine.

B

Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the

United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of hotels. They get a room

for the night and the breakfast the next morning.

Rooms for the night in private homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers

in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have

become popular in the United States. Many of these American?s bed

-and-breakfast inns are

old

historic

buildings.

Some

bed-and-breakfast

inns

have

only

a

few

rooms,

others

are

much larger. Some inns don?t provide telephones or television

s in the rooms, others do.

Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually

the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someo

ne?s home. The owners

are glad to tell about the areas and interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say they

enjoy the chance to meet local families.

28.

According to the passage, which of the following is

NOT

true?

A. The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time.

B. The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes opened to vacationers.

C. Some Americans like to stay at bed-and-breakfast homes instead of at hotels.

D. The bed-and- breakfast inn owners provide a morning meal for their visitors and a

room for the night.

29. What can we learn from the passage?

A. All Americans enjoy travelling.

B. These bed-and-breakfast inns are all old historic buildings.

C. European and American vacationers like staying at bed-and- breakfast inns.

D. Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is just like staying at traveler

?

s home.

C

The

world

is

filled

with

smart,

talented,

educated

and

gifted

people.

We

meet

them

every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a factory, and the

young

worker

had

it

fixed

in

just

a

few

minutes.

He

knew

what

was

wrong

by

simply

listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is that great talent is not enough.

I am often shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less

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than five percent of Americans earn more than $$100,000 a year. A business consultant (

顾问

)

who works on the medical business was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle

financially (

经济上

). It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase,

“

They are one

skill away from great wealth (

财富

).

”

There is an old saying that goes,

“

Job means

?

just over broke (

破产

)

?

.

”

And unluckily,

I

would

say

that

the

saying

is

for

millions

of

people.

Because

school

does

not

think

financial intelligence (

智力

) is intelligence, most workers

“

live within their means

.

”

They

work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to

find work for what

they will learn, more than what they will earn.

When I ask the classes I teach,

“

How many of you can cook a better hamburger than

McDonald?s?”

Almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask,

“

So if most of you can

cook

a

better

hamburger,

how

come

McDonald's

makes

more

money

than

you?”

The

answer

is

obvious:

McDonald's

is

excellent

at

business

systems.

The

reason

so

many

talented

people

are

poor

is because

they

focus

on

building

a

better

hamburger

and know

little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They

focus

on

perfecting

their

skills

at

building

a

better

hamburger

rather

than

the

skills

of

selling the hamburger.

30. Why do talented people earn so little according to the writer?

A. They don

?

t work hard enough.

B. They are short of financial intelligence.

C. They don

?

t make full use of their talents.

D. They have no skills.

31. The writer talked about the young worker in the first paragraph that _______.

A. he is just one of the talented people

B. he is ready to help others

C. he has a sharp sense of hearing

D. he knows little about car repairing

32.

“

live within their means

”

in the third paragraph means _______.

A. spend more than they can afford

C. live in their own circle

33. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Work for money

C. Develop your talents

B. Don

?

t be the talented poor

D. Find a good job

B. do in their own way

D. live within what they earn

D

Food sometimes gets poisoned with harmful things. A person who eats such food can get

an illness called food poisoning. Food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are

deadly. The symptoms (

症状

) of food poisoning usually begin within hours of

eating the

poisoned food. Fever (

发烧

) is one of the most common symptoms.

Certain microorganisms(

微生物

) cause most types of food poisoning. Bacteria (

细菌

)

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