2008学年第一学期徐汇区初三年级英语学科
期末学习能力诊断卷 2009.1.
（考试时间: 100分钟,满分150分）
考生注意：本卷有9大题,共106小题.试题均采用连续编号,所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成,做在试卷上不给分.
Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力)
I. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容,选出相应的图片): (共6分)
A B C
D E F G
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题,选出最恰当的答案): (共10分)
7. A) At 10:00. B) At 10:30. C) At 11:00. D) At 11:30.
8. A) At the post office. B) At the supermarket. C) In the library. D) In the museum.
9. A) Because she wants to see a play. B) Because she’s going to see her aunt off.
C) Because she wants to visit the museum. D) Because she’s going to visit her aunt.
10. A) Maths. B) Physics. C) English. D) Chemistry.
11. A) Twenty-seven. B) Twenty-five. C) Twenty-three. D) Twenty-two.
12. A) The school. B) The sky. C) The picture. D) The hills.
13. A) On foot. B) By underground. C) By bus. D) By taxi.
14. A) Do shopping in Hong Kong. B) Do shopping in Beijing.
C) Pay a visit to the Great Wall. D) Go sightseeing in Shanghai.
15. A) Doctor and patient. B) Husband and wife.
C) Teacher and student. D) Shop assistant and customer.
16. A) 50 minutes. B) 40 minutes. C) 15 minutes. D) 5 minutes.
III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示):
(共7分)
17. Many people keep animals as pets because they like animals.
18. When their pets get ill, they usually take them to a hospital for men.
19. Sometimes animals are ill or hurt so badly that people can’t carry them.
20. Doctor Val has a travelling hospital on a van.
21. Doctor Val has worked in his travelling hospital for about eight years.
22. Doctor Val is very busy saving animal pets.
23. Few travelling hospitals are needed by pet keepers.
IV. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks (根据你听到的内容,完成下列短文,每空格限填一词): (共7分)
In a big city, everyone is in a hurry in the early morning. Some people only drink a cup of coffee. By eight thirty, shops open one after another for (24)____________. People work busily all day. At (25)____________ o’clock in the evening, people hurry home after work. (26)____________ of the offices are closed, but some shops are still open.
Tonight, bright lights are shining from the windows of the (27)____________ buildings. In newspaper offices, reporters are working (28)____________. In hospitals night nurses are making their usual rounds. All the evening, taxis and buses take people (29)____________ the city. Day and night you can (30)____________ people working and playing in a big city. A big city never sleeps.
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)
V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共26分)
31. Tom’s new flat is near ______ underground station, so it’s easy for him to go out.
A) a B) an C) the D) /
32. Joyce began to play the violin ______ October last year.
A) in B) at C) on D) of
33. We should look after______ when our parents aren’t at home.
A) we B) our C) ours D) ourselves
34. The waiter wasn’t careful enough to make so ______ mistakes in adding up the bills.
A) much B) many C) a little D) a lot
35. My grandma ______ not remember my telephone number when I told her about it.
A) must B) may C) could D) should
36. Gong Yangling from Harbin in China can remember more than 15 ______ telephone numbers.
A) thousand B) thousands C) thousand of D) thousands of
37. We’d better ______ more trees in our school garden to make it more beautiful.
A) plant B) to plant C) planting D) to planting
38. Damin’s grandson is not interested ______ learning the fishing skill.
A) at B) in C) of D) with
39. It’s ________ colder and colder. Would you take more clothes with you?
A) looking B) getting C) feeling D) growing
40. Amy and Frank went to the concert, but ______ of them enjoyed the performance.
A) neither B) none C) both D) all
41. Please put on your coat, Cathy, ______ you’ll be cold.
A) so B) or C) and D) but
42. The three astronauts in Shenzhou VII Spacecraft landed ______ in Inner Mongolia.
A) safely B) loudly C) clearly D) suddenly
43. ______ amazing the stories about memory are!
A) What B) What a C) What an D) How
44. We know that Mount Everest is ______ mountain in the world.
A) high B) higher C) highest D) the highest
45. The television set ______ properly since the elderly man moved to this flat.
A) doesn’t work B) hasn’t worked C) didn’t work D) isn’t working
46. Would you please tell us ______ we will have a class meeting tomorrow?
A) what B) who C) where D) which
47. Ben’s father ______ a lot, but now he has given it up.
A) is used to drink B) is used to drinking C) used to drink D) used to drinking
48. Red lanterns ______ under the roof before the door on New Year’s Day in China.
A) hanged B) hung C) are hanged D) are hung
49. Perhaps Jimmy ______ a famous painter if he ______ practicing drawing.
A) is… will keep B) is… keeps C) will be… keeps D) will be… will keep
50. Listen! Mike and his classmates ______ the football match in the classroom.
A) are discussing B) were discussing C) discussed D) has discussed
51. Many students were having a lesson in schools when the big earthquake ______ in Sichuan.
A) took up B) took place C) took hold of D) took the place of
52. Linda doesn’t do much exercise, so she is not fit at all. The underlined part means ______.
A) clever B) pleasant C) healthy D) pretty
53. If you study harder, you can learn your English better. The underlined part means ______.
A) explain B) change C) achieve D) improve
54. My English teacher asked me ______.
A) why Jane hasn’t watched the game B) why hasn’t Jane watched the game
C) why Jane hadn’t watched the game D) why hadn’t Jane watched the game
55. A: I am terribly sorry, but I’ve broken your Walkman.
B: ______
A) You’re welcome. B) That’s all right.
C) Of course not. D) It’s my pleasure.
56. A: I think computers may be able to do most things than a human brain can do.
B: ______
A) All right. B) Be careful!
C) I think so, too. D) Have a good time.
VI. 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)
57. It’s difficult for ____________ to draw a nice picture. (she)
58. China has become the ____________ country to send its astronauts into space. (three)
59. Look! A ____________ is fishing happily on the lake. (fish)
60. As we all know, computers are ____________ used in our daily life. (wide)
61. It’s ____________ for all living things to live without water. (possible)
62. Our physics teacher is of average ____________. (high)
63. Make a picture in your mind if you want to ____________ something. (memory)
64. My grandparents become ___________ when they are getting old. (forget)
VII. 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12分)
65. They had a school sports meeting last Friday. (改为一般疑问句)
____________ they ____________ a school sports meeting last Friday?
66. Jack’s uncle will come back from America in a few days. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____________ will Jack’s uncle come back from America?
67. The train will start from Shanghai to Beijing at eight tomorrow. (保持句意基本不变)
The train will ____________ ____________ from Shanghai to Beijing at eight tomorrow.
68. Can you tell me when to visit my English teacher? (改为宾语从句)
Can you tell me when ____________ ____________ visit my English teacher?
69. Kitty was too frightened to say a word when she saw a big dog. (保持句意基本不变)
Kitty was ____________ frightened ____________ she couldn’t say a word when she saw
a big dog.
70. The scientists store much information in the computers every day. (改为被动语态)
Much information ____________ ____________ in the computers every day.