苏州市区学校 2017-2018学年度第一学期期中考试试卷
初三英语
注意事项:
1.本试卷共八大题，满分120分(不含口语10分)，考试用时100分钟;
2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考场号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上，并认真核对;
3.答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上，不在答题区域内的答案一律无效，不得用其他笔答题; 4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上，答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共69分）
一. 听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A) 听下面4段对话，每段对话后有三幅图，从A、B、C三幅图中选出与你所听内容相符的选项。每段对话读两遍。
1. What subject does Mr Dixon teach?
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B.
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2. What’s Jim’s cousin’s job?
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3. What food does the man like best?
A. B. C.
4. What time are they going to meet? A. C. B.
B) 听下面6段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段话读两遍。
5. What's Tom going to do now?
A. Shout more loudly. B. Stop shouting. C. Sing a song. 6. What color does the lady think matches white well? A. Pink. B. Violet. C. Blue. 7. Where is the conversation happening?
A. In a drink shop. B. In an office. C. At the bus stop.
8. How does Beau Jessup make a lot of money? A. By giving British babies Chinese babies. B. By giving Chinese students English names. C. By giving Chinese babies English names. 9. What happened after London fire this year? A. Over ten thousand people lost their lives. B. Ten thousand people lost their homes. C. About one hundred people lost their lives. 10. What’s dad’s suggestion?
A. Do more exercise. B. Exercise more and eat less. C. Eat less sweet food.
C) 听下面2段对话或短文，每段话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、 B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段话读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第12题。 11. How much is the dictionary?
A.￡15. B.￡50. C.￡40. 12. What does the lady think of the dictionary?
A. It’s too cheap. B. It’s too old. C. It’s too expensive. 听下面一段短文，完成第13至第15题信息记录表。 Information about a journey How long to stay What to wear What to take You are going to stay with a family for 13 . A red 14 . Take enough money, 15 and the school letter. 13. A. 7 days B. 14 days C. 21 days 14. A. T-shirt B. shirt C. sweater
15. A. four photos B. an umbrella C. a mobile phone
D) 听下面的短文，短文后有五个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。
16. What kind of shoes did the shoemaker make?
A. Rainshoes. B. Leather shoes. C. Cloth shoes. 17. The shoemaker used to be rich, didn’t he?
A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn’t. C. Yes, he was quite rich. 18. Who helped the shoemaker make the shoes?
A. His wife. B. His assistant. C. We don’t know. 19. Where can the shoemaker find the new shoes?
A. In his bed. B. Upstairs. C. On the table. 20. Which of the following is true according to the article? A. The shoemaker sold shoes to make a living.
B. The shoemaker wore the new shoes every day. C. Nobody bought the new shoes.
二. 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. He entered university before becoming NBA player.
A. an; a B. an; an C. a; an D. a; a 22. I wear blue brown. I only like white clothes.
A. not only; B. both; and C. neither; nor D. either; or 23. Most women go shopping watch sports.
A. prefer; to B. like; better than C. would rather; to D. would rather; than 24. of them was so happy when they each given a gift. A. Every one; were B. Everyone; were C. Every one; was D. Everyone; was 25. We all think Suzy is the most suitable person this position. A. for B. to be C. as D. at 26. That pop star in a black suit at the birthday party.
A. dressed B. was dressed C. wore D.was wearing 27. When Spud was young, he was much smaller than kids in his school. A. another B. other C. the other D. any other 28. All of us doubt there will next week.
A. if; be snowy B. whether; have snow C. that; have snow D. whether; be snow
29. The book written by the famous author is reading over and over again. A. very worth B. quite worth C. well worthy D. well worth 30. If you are feeling stressed, you should .
A. shout at people B. keep quiet
C. share your problem with somebody D. only keep it to yourself 31. We were ready to play a movie outside it started to rain heavily. A. while B. when C. before D. after 32. Poor Raymond hardly smiled after he lost his pet pig, he? A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. did D. had 33. To have more time for my hobbies, I often have my house . A. clean B. cleaned C. be cleaned D. cleaning 34. 一So many teenagers are sitting in the stands. will the speech begin? 一 nine thirty.
A. How soon; Not until B. How long; Not until C. How soon; Until D. How long; Until 35. 一I’m really sorry, I lost your shopping list. 一 . I can make another one now.
A. Don’t mention it B. It doesn’t matter C. I’m ok D. That’s right 三. 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I lived in New Mexico. There were many people who 36 money in the streets. I always thought that they were cheaters, so I 37 helped them, though I could have.
One afternoon, after finishing work, I drove to Qiaonan Primary School to 38 my daughter. On the way, I saw a boy standing on the street corner, 39 a piece of paper with some words on it. “Work for money!” 40 beggars, he wished to get money by working for