2013届宝山区初三英语一模试卷及答案(4)

Scientists are afraid that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. However, people today are still building more houses. The population in and around San Francisco is now ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that if there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

17. F 18. T 19. T 20. T 21. T 22. F 23.T

D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks (听短文填空，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词): (7分)

Can you make some things that make you think of China. How many can you list? You may say tea, fireworks and so on, but don’t forget porcelain.

People always think porcelain is the symbol of China. Even the English word for porcelain is simply “ china”.

During the Song Dynasty, a town called Changnan (Jindezhen today), in Jiangxi, became known as the “Porcelain City”. At the time, people began to take porcelain to Europe along the Silk Road. The European people liked the fine pieces from the mysterious country in the East. They decided to name the works after their place of production--- Changnan, which they pronounced “china”.

Chinese porcelain is known as fine art. People “white as jade(绿玉)，thin as paper, bright as a mirror and musical as a bell”.

People also draw beautiful pictures, flowers, plants and birds on porcelain. The pictures show different wishes and meanings. For example, peach means long life and dragons and phoenixes may bring good luck.

Today, porcelain is still common in our are going to choose a perfect wedding gift, there’s nothing like a porcelain tea set.

24.forget 25. symbol 26.Dynasty 27.along 28.describe 29.mostly 30. daily Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法) II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)

31. A 32. B 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. A

41. A 42. D 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. D 48.A 49. B 50.C

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次）:（共8分）

51.E 52.G. 53. D 54. H 55. I 56. C 57. F 58. A.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子）: (共8分）

59. tenth 60. unwelcome 61. gently 62. varies

63. tradition 64.satisfying /satisfactory 65.changed 66.harm

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子,每空格限填一词）：（共14分）

67. doesn’t go 68. How can 69. are delivered 70. What an

71. isn’t he 72. warm enough 73. except/but…was

Part 3 Reading and Writing ( 第三部分 读与写 )

VI. Reading Comprehension ( 阅读理解 )：（共50分）

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）: ( 12分)

74. D 75. D 76. C 77. C 78.C 79.A

B. Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语,完成短文): (12分)

80. B 81. D 82. C 83. A 84. A 85. B

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使内容通顺, 每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (14分)

86. being 87. turn 88.good 89. like 90.purposely 91. resources 92.

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D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：（12分） 93. He helped farmers learn how to grow new crops and take better care of the soil.

94. No, they don’t. 95. Because most schools only taught white children then. 96. They could improve the soil by growing other crops, like peanuts. 97. Peanuts could be used to make six different kinds of things in his laboratory. plant.

(Any reasonable answers can be acceptable.)

VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)

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