2017年苏州市初三英语模拟试题（八）
一、单项填空(共15小题;每小题7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。
( )1.―Morning, Mr. Johnson! Here is message for you. girl left it to you just now. ―Really? But I don't know anyone in this city.
A. a; The B. the; A C. the; The D. a; A
( )2. For the first time, I found great fun to achieve something through hard work. A. it B. that C. this D. one ( )3. Give me a chance, I'll give you a wonderful surprise. A. if B. or C. and D. while ( )4.―You look very pretty, if I say so. 一Thanks a lot for saying that.
A. must B. may C. will D. have to ( )5. She drove so fast at the turning that the car almost went the road. A. on B. along C. from D. off ( )6.―Can John play soccer with us, Mrs. Black?
一One moment, please. He on the phone to his cousin. A. talks B. talked C. talking D.is talking ( )7. Are you alone? I just want a word with you.
A. single B. private C. new D. certain ( )8. Your support is important to our work. you can do helps. A. However B. Whoever C. Whatever D. Wherever
( )9.―Xiao Zhou can always some special ways to make his talk shows popular in China. 一Yeah. He is very smart and creative.
A. go well with B. work closely with C. come up with D. catch up with ( )10.―The dishes in this restaurant must be very expensive. ―Don't worry. You can enjoy yourself. It's my . A. time B. treat C. task D. taste
( )11.―It is reported that cancer can be controlled at a temperature lower than 110℃ below zero.
―Really? nice surprise
A. How B. What C. What a D. What an ( )12.―I really want to relax myself. Could we see City Danger tonight.
一Sure!The actor the hero used to be a teacher. I like him very much. A. who play B. which plays C. who plays D. that play
( )13. . British scientist Steven Hawking opened an account(账号)on China’s Weibo on April 12th. A. To our shame B. To our surprise
C. To our pity D. To our sorry ( )14. ―Could you tell me ? ―At 8 : 00 p. m.
A. when will the train leave B. when the train will leave C. where the train will go D. where will the train go ( )15.―It was a wonderful trip. So, which city did you like better, Paris or Rome? 一 . There were good things and bad things about them. A. It's hard to say B. I didn't get it C. You must be kidding D. Couldn't be better 二、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。
My family moved into our home nine years ago and we called the area in front of our house \"rock garden\" as it was full of rocks.
Last summer, I found a tiny little 16 in the yard but I didn't know its name. I knew I didn't plant it. We decided to let it continue growing until we could 17 what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mysterious plant, it 18 to be a sunflower. I decided to treat it with care and remove the weeds(杂草) 19 it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something 20 . The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk(茎)began. It had begun under a big rock.
That's when I 21 that if a tiny little sunflower didn't let a big rock stand in its 22 of developing, we also have the ability to do the same thing. We need to believe in 23 that we have the abilities in 24 our aims(目标). Like the sunflower, it was sure of the success.
Stand tall like the sunflower and be 25 of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to reach your desires.
( )16. A. seed B. animal C. plant D. rock ( )17. A. watch out B. work out C. give out D. find out ( )18. A. seemed B. looked C. recorded D. reported ( )19. A. at B. of C. around D. out
( )20. A. unsure B. unusual C. unknown D. uncomfortable ( )21. A. required B. realized C. represented D. received ( )22. A. place B. course C. way D. space ( )23. A. us B. ours C. our D. ourselves ( )24. A. finding B. achieving C. thinking D. controlling ( )25. A. aware B. afraid C. careful D. proud 三、阅读理解(共12小题;每小题2分，满分24分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Blog of Rosie The Weekend By Rosie | June 6, 2016 Hi! I'm on vacation here in London... and it's fantastic! On Saturday I was in the British Museum for three hours. On Sunday I visited Tower Bridge. Where were you over the
weekend? Tell me your news! DISCUSSION Sophia • 9:30 Glad you're having a great vacation. I was in the Summer Palace in Beijing on Saturday. I was there for a flower show. It was amazing! And there were lots of people. But on Sunday it was rainy and I wasn't very well. I stayed in bed for a whole day. ·Replay • Share Steve • 10:10 It was cloudy the whole weekend in Paris. On Saturday I was at a football game with my classmates. It was exciting! On Sunday I was at the shops with Ann for four hours. ·Replay • Share Jack • 11:00 I wasn't at home over the weekend. On Saturday I was in Scotland for a trip. It was a lovely, warm day and I had a picnic with friends. It was great ! Sunday was boring. It took me five hours to get back home. It was a long journey. ·Replay • Share Kate • 11:20 On Saturday I was at Heathrow Airport. I met a friend there and. we talked together for two hours. I was very happy. Ori Sunday I was in Sydney for a concert. It is winter in Australia. And it was windy and cold! ·Replay • Share ( )26. On Saturday Sophia was . A. in the Summer Palace B. in the British Museum
C. at Tower Bridge D. at Heathrow Airport
( )27. Kate was in Sydney for .
A. a picnic B.a concert C. a football game D. a flower show
B
Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco, there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young. They builc:l their homes about 4.6 m above the river, an important feature for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.
In appearance, the birds of both sexes(性别)look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small，with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most obvious(明显的)feature, though, is only found in the young.
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak(嘴)，they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds(原始鸟)must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.
During the drier months between December and March, hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing
purposes.
( )28. Unlike their parents, baby hoatzins . A. look like young cuckoos B. eat a lot like a cow
C. have claws on the wings D. live on river banks
( )29. What can we infer(推断)about primitive birds from the text? A. They had four wings like hoatzins. B. They had claws to help them climb. C. They could fly long distances.
D. They had a head with long feathers on the top.
( )30. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes? A. To find more food. B. To protect themselves better. C. To keep themselves warm. D. To produce their young.
C
Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation(代)?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much mere complex(复杂的)than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation(合作)and support, passing around necessary nutrition(营养)\"depending on who needs it\". Nutrition is shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌)networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological(生态)system give and receive the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元)in our head, and when one tree is cut down, it influences the whole forest.
Simard talks about \"mother trees\"，usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals(矿物质)to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down“mother trees”without noticing these highly cotiiplex \"tree societies\" or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing they chances of survival for the forest.
\"We didn't take any notice of it.\" Simard says sadly. \"Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance. \" If we could put across the message to the forestry industry，we could make a huge difference to our environmental protection efforts for the future.
( )31.\"Mother trees\" are extremely important because they . A. look the largest in size in the forest B. pass on nutrition to young trees
C. seem more likely to be cut down by humans D. know more about the complex \"tree societies\"
( )32. The underlined word \"it\" in the last paragraph refers to . A. how \"tree societies\" work B. how trees grow old C. how the forestry industry develops D. how young trees survive ( )33. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Old Trees Communicate Like Humans B. Young Trees Are In Need Of Protection
C. Trees Are Useful to Our Society
D. Trees Are More Admirable Than You Think
D
One weekend in May 2015，over 48 centimeters of rain fell in Houston, Texas，USA. Soon the city was covered with water. The rising water rushed into the cars on the roads. There were 16 deaths that weekend. Changing Weather
The weather is changing. Over the last few years, heavy rains have caused floods in Brazil, Pakistan, and Thailand. Droughts(干旱)have struck Russia and Australia. Heat waves have killed thousands of people in Europe. There are more different kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world. In 2011 alone, the bad weather caused the world to lose 150 billion dollars. Warmer and Wetter
As more wild weather events happen, the world is beginning to ask questions like: What is going on with the weather? And why? Many also want to know: Is this natural, or are we to blame(承担责任)?
The answer seems to be: a little of both. Wild weather is natural. This global(全球的)warming makes heat waves more likely happen. The higher temperatures also cause more water to enter the air. This causes much more rain. Some scientists also believe global warming makes some storms stronger.
This means we're likely to see more wild weather. \"But we don't have to just stand there and take it，\" says Scientist Michael Oppenheimer. He and other scientists say we need to stop the Earth from getting warmer. We also need to be prepared, to do things that will help save lives. ( )34. What is the purpose of the second paragraph? A. To give examples of wild weather events. B. To guess how the weather will change. C. To explain why the weather is changing. D. To describe the weather events in 2011.
( )35. Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 4? A. And wild weather happens more often. B. And nature also influences human activity.
C. But humans have already paid enough attention to the wild weather. D. But most scientists agree that human activity has made the Earth warmer. ( )36. Which of the following would Oppenheimer probably agree with? A. It is too late to stop global warming.
B. Humans have nothing to do with global warming. C. The weather will get better if we can stop global warming. D. To find ways to keep our things safe is the most important. ( )37. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. In May 2015，there was a deadly flood in Houston, Texas, USA. B. There are more kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world.
C. Many scientists believe global warming makes some storms stronger. D. Global warming causes wild weather events and that makes people worried. 四、词汇检测(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写 一词。
38. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, speaks (高度地)of the new product-the Apple Watch. 39. With the development of modern science and technology, it's not hard for us to (设想，想象)the life on the moon.
40. The floor will feel even (光滑的)after it is mopped by me.
41. Those (石头)houses in Machu Picchu were built by local people around 1450. 42. The scientist died in his (四十). What a pity! He should have been taken good care of. 43. More and more people are worried about the (安全)of the food they buy. 44. I could feel my heart (跳动)fast when I heard the news. 45.—Do you drink much coffee as before?
一No , at all. My sleeping problem is getting worse. 46.一Jack, I have much working out this math problem. 一Don't worry. Let me help you. 47.一We failed in the singing competition.
一 up. Better times are waiting for you. 五、句子翻译(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分) 将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在横线上。 48.印度人口位居世界第二。
49.他相信那个时刻很值得等待。
50.现在这种机器在工厂广泛应用。
51.谁能告诉我Tom去农场多久了?
52.有人建议他缩短工作时间以便有充足的休息时间。
六、阅读表达(共3小题;53题1分，54题2分，55题3分，满分6分) 阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，并将答案写在横线上。
Like many other primary school pupils, nine-year-old Minnal went abroad with her parents during the recent school holidays. It may come as a surprise to learn that she neither shopped at a mall nor ate at a wonderful restaurant. She climbed a mountain.
For eight days in May, Minnal hiked nearly 100 kilometres to reach the 5364-metre-high Everest(珠穆朗玛峰)base
camp in Nepal. The girl talked about her special trip, \"I thought this was the most meaningful trip for me. \" It has nor been confirmed if the Primary Four pupil is indeed the youngest Singaporean to reach the base camp, as no such records are kept. Everest's south base camp in Nepal is where climbers planning to climb the world's highest peak, stay to get used to the altitude(海拔高度).However, it will be some years before Minnal can actually climb the Everest as climbers have to be at least sixteen to climb the peak.
How did it all start? It all began last year when Minnal's mother decided she might want to climb the famous Himalayas. As a good hiker, she asked both father and daughter iI they were up for the challenge. This year, on 20 May, the family flew to Nepal.
Minnal shared that most of the eight days were spent hiking ten to fifteen kilometres from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. each day, with the help of three local guides. Luckily, she added，nobody fell ill with altitude sickness. She also said that she is thinking of climbing Everest in the future. 53. What's the height of the Everest base camp?
54. How long does Minnal actually have to wait to climb the Everest's peak?
55. Do you think it's a meaningful experience for Minnal ? How will you describe Minnal? 七、书面表达(共1题;满分20分)
最近，警察厅对2016年的交通事故作了一项调查，请根据以下交通事故因素(factors)统计图表，以“Major Causes of Traffic Accidents”为题，用英语写一篇90词左右的简短的分析报告，向学校英语报投稿。 注意:1.报告需陈述pie chart(饼状图)和bar chart(柱状图)中呈现的主要内容(至少5点);
2.提出你对交通安全的看法(至少2点)。
Major Causes of Traffic Accidents
The police have recently made a survey on the major causes of traffic accidents in 2016.
参考答案
一、1一5 DACBD 6一10 DBCCB 11一15 CCBBA 二、16一20 CDACB 21一25 BCDBD
三、26一30 ABCBD 31一35 BADAD 36一37 CD 四、38. highly 39. imagine 40. smoother 41. stone 42. forties 43. safety 44. beating 45. none 46. difficulty/trouble 47. Cheer
五、48. India has the second largest population in the world. 49. He believed that the moment was well worth waiting for. 50. Now this kind of machine is widely used in factories. 51. Who can tell me how long Tom has been on the farm?
52. He was advised to cut short his work time so that he could have enough time for rest. 六、53. It's 5364 metres high. 54. For seven years.
55. Yes. I think she is a very brave girl.
七、 Major Causes of Traffic Accidents
The police have recently made a survey on the major causes of traffic accidents in 2016. The two charts show that the three major causes of traffic accidents were driver, road environment and vehicle factors. The pie chart shows 85% of car accidents were caused by drivers while 10% by road environment and another 5% by vehicle itself.
The bar chart suggests that driver factors were mainly speeding, drunk driving, tired driving and not using seat belts. Speeding was the most dangerous action.
In my opinion, the drivers may be the biggest killer, on roads. I hope every one of us can follow the traffic rules for the safety of ourselves.
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