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1、初三英语阅读竞赛试题说明：1.本试卷满分 100 分，考试时间为 90 分钟。每小题 2 分，把答案写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效。(A)Please answer the questions about the prices of the two hotels.(注：&=英镑)()1.The Sheraton Hotel is _than the Gateway HotelA.cheaperB.dearerC.biggerD.cleaner()2.I want to stay in the Sheraton for two weeks in August.I need about_.A.&75

2、0B.&515C.&690D.&573()3.The two hotels are open for _months of the year.A.nineB.tenC.elevenD.twelve()4.It is cheaper to stay in the Gateway in May than it is in _.A.NovemberB.MarchC.OctoberD.July()5.From October to December it is dearer to stay in the Sheraton than from_ to _.A.June;AugustB.January;M

3、archC.May;JulyD.July;September(B)Films at the MuseumTwo European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre.See BrokenWindow at 1:30.The Workers will be at 3:45.For further information,call 4987898Captain Good FellowDo your children enjoy interesting stories,funny games,and exci

4、ting dances?Captain GoodFellow will be ready to teach a11 these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday morningat 10:00,freeInternational PicnicAre you tired of eating the same food every day?Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoyfood from all over the world.Delicious and not expensiv

5、e.Noon to 5:00 p.m.Take me out to the BallgameGATEWAYSHERATONPricesPricesDates14 nights14 nights1 Oct 31 Dec&495&5461 Jan 31 Mar&464&5151Apr 30 Apr(closed)/1 May 31 May&518&5731 Jun 30 Sep&609&695Its October,and Saturday night(7:009:00)is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year.Getyourticket

6、satthegate.Itmightbecold.Dontforgetsweatersandjackets.Do you want to hear“The Zoo”“The Zoo,a popular rock group from Australia,will give their first U.S.concert thisSaturday night,at 8,at Rose Hall,City College()6.On Saturday morning,you can_Ago to watch a ballgameBtake chi1dren to play games at the

7、 City TheatreCgo to a concert at Rose Hall,City CollegeDgo to the Central Park for a picnic()7.The Red Birds Ballgame_Ais in the afternoonBis outsideCis at the gateDmight be cold()8.You can eat many different kinds of food from all over the world if you_.Ago to the City TheatreBgo to the Central Par

8、kCbuy ticket at the gateDgo to see a film()9.“The Zoo”is _Aa U.S.concertBa park with many red birds in itCa music groupDgoing to give their last concert()10.Mr.Turner wants to have a nice Saturday.Which is NOT possible for him to do?AWatching a ballgame and having a picnicBHaving a picnic and seeing

9、 a filmCListening to a concert and watching a ballgameDSeeing a film and listening to a concert(C)Plants are very important living things.Life could not go on if there were no plants.This isbecause plants can make food from air,water and sunlight.Animals and men cant make foodfrom air,water and sunl

10、ight.Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals.Therefore,animals and men need plants in order to live.This is the reason why we find so many plantsaround us.If you look carefully at the plants around you,you will find that there are many kinds ofplants.Some plants are large while oth

11、ers are small.Most plants are green.Some plants have many small leaves.Others have only a few.There are many kinds of leaves.Leaves are of different shapes and colors.Leaves are also different in other ways.Some leaves have long thin parts at the end,we callthem leaf stalks,some have short leaf stal

12、ks,others even have no leaf stalks.The leaf edges arealso different.Some leaves have smooth(平滑)edges.Some have a wave-shaped edges.Othershave edges like the teeth of a saw(锯子).()11.Which of the following shows the right relation(关系)according to the first paragraph?A.plantsB.menanimalsC.living things

13、D.()12.Plants are important because _.A.we need to eat plants every dayB.men cant live without plantsC.we can see so many plants around usD.animals eat plants as their only food()13.We know from the passage that _.A.all leaves have leaf stalksB.all leaves have smooth edgesC.plants are different in s

14、hapes but have the same colorD.leaves are different in shapes and colors()14.The underlined word“leaf stalks”in the last paragraph means_.A.叶边B.叶纹C.叶柄D.叶尖()15.The main idea of the passage is _.A.how plants help men and animalsB.plants are important and they are quite differentC.plants are more impor

15、tant than air,water and sunlightD.why we find so many plants and around us.（D）air+water+sunlightfoodair+water+sunlightfoodair+water+sunlightfoodair+water+sunlightfoodNo.1Business HoursMon.to Wed.9:306:00Thurs.9:308:00Fri.to Sat.9:306:00Sun.closedNo.3Opening HoursMondaySaturday10:00a.m.5:00 p.m.Sunda

16、y2:30 p.m.6:00 p.m.No.2Bills SupermarketO P E N7 DAYSAWEEK8:00am to 8:00pmNo.4Opening to the Public9:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.Monday to Friday()16.If you work at No.1,you have to work longer hours on_.A.TuesdayB.ThursdayC.SaturdayD.Sunday()17.Which two are open every day?A.No.1 and No.2B.No.1 and No.4C.No.3

17、and No.4D.No.2 and No.3()18.If four people work for the four different places,how many of them neednt go to work onSunday morning?A.One.B.TwoC.ThreeD.Four()19.No.4 can probably be_.A.a government（政府）officeB.a hospitalC.a restaurantD.a hotel()20.Bills Supermarket is open _ a day.A.8 hoursB.12 hoursC.

18、14 hoursD.16 hours(E)Films in West-city Cinema this weekA WORLD WITHOUT THIEVESChinese film(2004)Dircected(导演)byFeng XiaogangMainly acted by LiuDehua,Liu Ruoying,Ge You,Li BingbingFrom Monday to Wednesday,at 8:00 p.m.Ticket Price:RMB35KUNGFUHUSTLE ChineseHongKongfilm(2004)Directed by ZhouXingchi Mai

19、nly acted by Zhou Xingchi,YuanHua,Liang Xiaolong FromWednesdayto Friday,at 8:00 p.m.Ticket price:RMB40HARRY POTTER(III)American film(2004)Directed byAlfonsoTROY American film(2004)Directed by WolfgangCuaron Mainly acted by Daniel Radcliffe,RupertGrint.Emma Waston From Friday to Sunday,at 7:30 p.m.Ti

20、cket Price:RMB30(Half on Sundayfor children)Petersen Mainly acted by JulianGlover,Brian Cox,Nathan Jones,Adoni Maropis From Tuesday to Thursday,at 8:00 p.m.Ticket Price:RMB45()21.You can see_ foreign films in West-city Cinema this week.A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four()22.If you want to see the film which wa

21、s directed by Feng Xiaogang,go to the cinemaon_.A.MondayB.ThursdayC.FridayD.Saturday()23.Children can pay only _ when they want to see a film on Sunday.A.5B.10C.15D.20()24.You can see the film _ on Saturday.A.TroyB.Harry PotterC.AWorld Without ThievesD.Kungfu Hustle()25.Which of the following is TRU

22、E?A.Liu Dehua acted in the film Kungfu Hustle.B.The ticket price of the four films is the same.C.All the films start after 8 oclock in the evening.D.The four films were released in the same year.(F)You may know the English lettersA,B and C.But do you know there are people called ABC?You may like eat

23、ing bananas.But do you know there is such a thing a banana person?Howstrange!Are these people from“another earth”?No,they are just Chinese people like you and me.ABC means Americanborn Chinese.An ABC is a Chinese,but was born in the United States.Sometimes,people call an ABC a“banana person”.A banan

24、a is yellow outside and white inside looking like a Westerner and yellow outside looking like a Chinese.Do you know why?Usually,ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language.Some ofthem dont speak Chinese.Also,they are not interested in Chinese politics.But if ABCs can not speak Chinese,can w

25、e still call them Chinese people?Yes,of course.They are Chinese.They are overseas Chinese.These people may be citizens(公民)of anothercountry like the US,Canada or Singapore.But they have Chinese blood.Their parents,grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China.They all have black eyes and b

26、lack hair.But they are not Chinese citizens.They are not people of the Peoples Republic of China.Forexample,we all know the famous scientist C.N.Yang(杨振宁).H e got the Nobel Prize forPhysics in 1957.Chinese people love him.But he is anAmerican citizen.()26.“ABC”in this passage means“_”.A.three Englis

27、h lettersB.a kind of bananaC.Chinese born in AmericaD.Americans born in China()27.Chinese in Western countries are called“banana persons”because _.A.their bodies are white inside but yellow outsideB.they think like Westerners but look like ChineseC.they were born in China but got to study in America

28、D.they like to eat bananas()28.The underlined word“blood”may probably mean_.A.国籍B.血统C.爱心D.皮肤()29.C.N.Yang is mentioned(提到)here to show that _A.American Chinese are great.B.We love American Chinese.C.Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes.D.American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens.()30.This passage mai

29、nly talks about _.A.different kinds of bananasB.overseas ChineseC.the Nobel PrizeD.the life story of C.N.Yang(G)In Canada you can find dogs,cats,horses etc.in almost every family.These are their pets.People love these pets and regard them as their good friends.Before they keep them at their houses,t

30、hey take them to animal hospitals to give them needles so that they wont carry disease(疾病).They have special animal food stores,though they can get animal food in almost every store.Somepeople spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.When you visitpeoples homes,they would be

31、very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them.You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden.All kinds of birds arewelcomed to come and have a good meal.They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed tokill any animals in Canada.They have a law agains

32、t killing wild(野生的)animals.If you killed ananimal,you would be punished(处罚).If an animal happened to get run over by a car,peoplewould be very sad about it.People in Canada have many reasons to like animals.One of them might be:Their family tieis not as close as ours.When children grow up,they leave

33、 their parents and start their owncareer(生涯).Then the seniors(老人)will feel lonely.But pets can solve this problem.They can begood friends and never leave them alone.()31.This passage shows that Canadians _.A.hate animalsB.often kill animalsC.love animalsD.dont keep their pets inside their houses()32

34、.Children leave their parents when they grow up because _.A.they dont love their parents any moreB.their parents houses are too smallC.they can only find jobs far from their parentsD.it is not acceptable(能接受的)to live together with their parents when they grow up()33.They give their pets needles befo

35、re keeping them at their houses because _.A.the pets are sickB.the pets are wildC.they want to stop them from carrying diseaseD.they want them to sleep on the way home()34.Which is right according to the passage?A.People buy animal food for their pets only at the animal food stores.B.Pets eat better

36、 than people.C.Almost every family has a bird cage at his house.D.Any birds can come to the bird feeders to eat.()35.The passage mainly talks about _.A.how to keep disease from petsB.pets in CanadaC.how to take good care of petsD.life of the seniors in Canada(H)In recent years advances in medical te

37、chnology have made it possible for people to live longerthan in the past.New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life.However,some people,including some doctors,are not in favor of these life extending measures,and theysay that people should have the right（权利）to die when they w

38、ant.They say that the quality of lifeis as important as life itself,and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditionsof life have become unbearable.They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die.Others dont agree and say that life

39、 under any conditionsis better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible.And sothe battle goes on and on without a definite(明确的)answer.()36.The best title for this passage is _.A.The Right to LiveB.The Right to DieC.The Doctors DutyD.Life Is Better than Dea

40、th()37.People can live longer than in the past.Its because _.A.medical technology developsB.we have big hospitalsC.there are many good doctorsD.both B and C()38.According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to _.A.the doctorsB.the surroundingsC.his or his familyD.the pa

41、tient himself or herself()39.In the writers opinion,_.A.death is better than lifeB.life is better than deathC.neither life nor death is goodD.none of the above()40.Why do some patients want to die?Because _.A.the doctors are not goodB.the conditions are badC.life is too hardD.they are seriously ill(

42、I)One day Mrs.Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben.They went to the supermarket in thenew shopping center.“Why do you buy things here?”Tracy wanted to know.“Because they are cheaper here than atthe corner store near our home,”Mrs.Wilson said.”Help me check the prices,please.”The Wilsons were not

43、rich and Mrs.Wilson was always careful with her money.She lookedcarefully after the prices of things.She bought lots of things in the supermarket.When they gothome,the children said,“We dont think you saved money by going to the supermarket.”“Of course I did,”Mrs.Wilson said.“Everything was cheaper

44、there.”“We know,”the childrensaid,“but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry.The taxi fare was more thanthe money that you save!”Mrs.Wilson added everything up.Her children were right.()41.The things at the corner store were _than those in the supermarket.A.cheaperB.nicerC.more expen

45、siveD.saved a little money()42.Mrs.Wilson _ in the end.A.spent more moneyB.paid less moneyC.lost some moneyD.saved a littlemoney()43.From the passage we know the children were _.A.happyB.cleverC.tiredD.lazy()44.Mrs.Wilson will _.A.never call a taxiB.go on buying things in the supermarketC.buy things

46、 near her homeD.not go shopping with her children()45.The best title for the passage is _.A.Cutting PriceB.Corner StoreC.SupermarketD.Shopping(J)The worlds water shortageThe world is not only hungry,but it is also thirsty for water.This may seem strange to you,since nearly 70%of the earths surface i

47、s covered with water.But about 97%of that is sea water,or salt water.Man can only drink and use the other 3%the fresh water from rivers,lakes,underground,and other sources.And we can not even use all of that.Even worse,some of it hasbeen made dirty.However,as things stand today,this fresh water is s

48、till enough for us.But our need for wateris becoming larger and larger quicklyalmost day by day.We should take steps to do with thisproblem now and in this way we can get away from a serious worldwide water shortage(缺少)later on.We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water.One of the f

49、irst steps is todevelop ways of reusing it.Today in most large cities,water is used only once and then sent outinto a sewer system(下水道).From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places.But even if every large city reused its water,we still would not have enough.All wed haveto do to make

50、use of sea water in the world is to remove the salt.If we take these steps well be inno danger of drying up.()46.The world is thirsty for water because.A.man hasnt got enough food to eatB.we havent got enough fresh waterC.only 70%of the earths surface is waterD.more water is sent into sewer systems(