精誠中學102 學年度第二學期第二次月考 國中部三年級 英語科試題 P.1 ※本卷共五頁，另附答案卡、卷(本試題占 85 分，與聽力測驗合計為 100 分) I、Vocabulary: 15%
1. The news of her son’s death left the old lady ______.
(A) scary (B) interactive (C) hopeful (D) heartbroken 2. Tom hates ____ with Sandy. She never admits when she’s wrong.
(A) yelling (B) arguing (C) hunting (D) sneaking
3. I don’t like to drive on the freeways during ______ hour. It makes me impatient.
(A) pass (B) walk (C) rush (D) jog
4. Rose thought she had spoken to Mike before. His voice sounded very ______. (A) familiar (B) quiet (C) clear (D) heavy
5. Knowledge is ______ unless it is used.
(A) useless (B) useful (C) unusual (D) skillful 6. Larry King is ______known as a legendary talk show host.
(A) foolishly (B) nearly (C) widely (D) randomly 7. No one knows ______ who he is and where he is from.
(A) excitedly (B) exactly (C) especially (D) generally
8. Reading history can help us understand the past, the ______ and the future. (A) yesterday (B) second (C) tomorrow (D) present
9. To be an astronaut, one needs a college ______ in science, math or engineering. (A) record (B) degree (C) eyesight (D) payment
10. There is joy even in times of ______; just keep believing that things will get better one day.
(A) honor (B) happiness (C) sorrow (D) thought
11. After earthquakes, people living in the mountains should be more aware of ______ in rainy seasons.
(A) hurricanes (B) explosions (C) tornadoes (D) mudslides
12. Being a(n) ______ means creating good for people and fighting for justice within the
law. It’s not just a well-paid job.
(A) lawer (B) mechanic (C) artist (D) professor
13. If you are brave enough to step out of your comfort zone, you’ll get a ______ skin for
new challenges.
(A) slimmer (B) thinner (C) thicker (D) faster
14. “There is always a black ______ in every flock.” To make things work, we’ll have to
deal with it.
(A) whale (B) cow (C) bird (D) sheep
15. Kenny is a constant liar. He ended up ______ in his own lies and lost everyone’s trust.
(A) tidying (B) trapped (C) floating (D) skating II、Grammar 10%
16. They asked me a lot of questions, but I didn’t ______ them anything. (A) talk
17. Amy said that ______.
(A) she is not the last one to hand in the report (B) her sister had gone to Japan
(C) she can’t move a finger after the tennis game (D) she doesn’t meet Jason in the library
18. The weather in Bangkok is ______ hotter than that in Moscow. (A) very
19. Among the three goddesses, Venus is the only one ______ won the golden apple. (A) that
20. What is ______ thing you have ever done in life? (A) the crazy
(B) Are you sure whether you can finish all the work by yourself? (C) I’d like to know how much did it cost to travel to Germany. (D) Can you count how many people there are around the building?
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III、Cloze 16% (A)
The place 26 astronauts work is called a space station. Living on a space station isn’t easy. For example, getting sleep can be difficult for some astronauts because there are 16 sunrises and sunsets in a day. To fall asleep, some just count sheep, but 27 have to take medicine. When sleeping, they have to tie their sleeping bags to the walls to keep themselves from floating around.
Astronauts sometimes need to stay on the space station for a few months. 28 the time, they read, exercise, or talk to their families. During their stay, they have three meals a day—just like they 29 on Earth. Almost all kinds of food can be packaged and 30 to space. They can even have a space barbecue!
(B)
Yu-yu was a junior high school student whose village was wiped out by a big typhoon. More than four hundred people in her village 31 under the ground. Two days later, Yu-yu found that her best friend, Wenwen listed as one of the
32 . Yu-yu didn’t know how to deal with the sorrow, and she often woke up
33 the night because of the same dream in which she saw Wenwen standing alone by the river. 34 her teacher’s advice, Yu-yu started writing to Wenwen. She wrote about everything 35 in her daily life. Yu-yu does not know if
Wenwen got her letters, but writing them helped her move on with her life. 31. (A) have
buried
(B) will bury (C) buried (D) were buried
32. (A) death (B) dead (C) die (D) dying
33. (A) in the middle of (C) apart from
(B) across from (D) in case of
34. (A) To (B) By (C) On (D) Of
35. (A) which was happened (C) that happened
(B) who happened (D) that has happened
(C)
In Guinness World Records, you can find amazing world records for everyday things. The largest picnic blanket, for example, is 1,760 square meters. It is 36 seat about 200 people. The heaviest lemon is 5.265 kilograms, 37 is as heavy as a four-month-old baby.
Some world records are quite funny. On one page, you can see the longest dive into a pool of water by a pig is 313 centimeters. On 38 page, you can read that the largest game of head, shoulders, knees, and toes record was made with a total of 1,632 people. The largest T-shirt in the world, about 39 bigger than your T-shirt, took four weeks to make by hand.
The Guinness World Records book is 40 interesting that over 100 million copies have been sold around the world. It is also one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the USA. 41 it is!
36. (A) so big that (C) big enough to
(B) enough big to (D) so big for
37. (A) that (B) which (C) where (D) who
38. (A) another (B) the only (C) other (D) one 39. (A) a hundred of time
(C) times a hundred
(B) a time hundred (D) a hundred times
40. (A) so (B) such (C) much (D) very
41. (A) What popular a book (C) What book a popular
(B) How popular a book (D) How a popular book
IV、Match: 10% （選項欄無需考慮大小寫）
(A) a little (B) but (C) depends on (D) for example (E) however (AB) ones (AC) some (AD) made of (AE) take place (BC) used to
People around the world have different ways to celebrate the birth of a baby.
42 , in the past, parents in the United States put balloons on their door to share the good news with their neighbors. Pink balloons mean the baby is a girl. Blue 43 for boys. New fathers 44 hand out cigars to all their friends. Nowadays,
26. (A) whose (B) who (C) where (D) which
27. (A) the other (B) ones (C) another (D) others
28. (A) To pass (B) Passed (C) Passing (D) Having passed
29. (A) are (B) do (C) will (D) did
that practice continues, but things are 45 different. Only about 25% of
American adults smoke, so the cigars are sometimes 46 chocolate. Besides, people around the world often celebrate a new baby with 47 type
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of celebration, perhaps in a religious way. This may 48 when a baby is a few days or weeks old. New babies all need names. 49 , a baby’s name is not always the parents’ decision. Sometimes the name 50 family rules, and some babies get their names at the church. The parents of new babies often receive presents, 51 what do most new parents really need? More sleep!
V. Reading Comprehension: 34% (A).
Pay It Forward is a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde. The book is about
a 12-year-old boy who wants to change the world. His name was Trevor
McKinney. Trevor McKinney was a young boy from an unhappy family. He always wanted to change his life and the world. If the world became a better place, other kids wouldn’t be unhappy like him.
One day, he got the chance to make his dream come true. Trevor’s teacher, Mr. Simonet, asked the students to do a report. The assignment was to come up with an idea that could change the world, and then put it into action. Trevor worked hard on the report. In class, he described his idea to Mr. Simonet. He said, “I’ll do something good for three people. When they want to thank me and pay me back, I will say NO and ask them to pay it forward. Each of the three people will then do three good things to another three people. So, nine people will get help. And then, more people will do this and keep helping others.
Trevor’s dream came true not only at the end of the story but also in the real world. In 2000, the writer established the Pay It Forward Foundation. Now they are still working on it and making the world a better place.
52. Which chart can show the idea of “Pay It Forward”? (A) (B)
(C) (D)
53. Which is true?
(A) Trevor wanted to change the world by helping others.
(B) Trevor made his dream come true by teaching his students to change. (C) Pay It Forward is only an idea in the book.
(D) Pay It Forward is a real story about a boring boy. 54. Who established the Pay It Forward Foundation?
(A) Trevor McKinney. (B) Mr. Simonet.
(C) Trevor’s mother. (D) Catherine Ryan Hyde. (B).
Memories from childhood stay with us forever, Taking us where we have been and will go, Pieces of life that live on and will never Let us forget we were young long ago.
Sometimes I wander back into those shadows, Quietly being who I used to be,
Bringing to life all the joys and the sorrows, Days that can’t die while they still live in me.
Holidays linger and happy times glisten; I can see everyone active and well. I can still hear them if only I listen,
Feeling each motion and breathing each smell.
Life has such treasures that time’s always stealing; Nothing can ever entirely stay.
Make all the memories you can every day.
55. The author takes the point of view of someone who _______. (A) is very young (B) has had a hard life
(C) can’t remember much (D) is an elderly man 56. The poet says that _______.
(A) some memories are happy and some are unhappy (B) all memories should be happy
(C) you should forget the past
(D) we can change the past by forgetting some things
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57. The author suggests that young people should _______. (A) ignore their friends and relatives if possible
(B) only think about the future
(C) appreciate the present to preserve it in their minds (D) try to help others stay active and healthy as they age (C).
Our relationship with coffee is complicated. Some people say they can’t get up in the morning without it. Other people believe it’s practically deadly. When it comes to coffee, there are a lot of pros and cons.
Here are the pros, summed up: Coffee can be good for your body and your mind. The caffeine in coffee－the chemical that wakes you up－might help prevent diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease in the long term. In the short term, caffeine can improve mental performance and help with breathing problems. Coffee is also full of a kind of vitamin which protects the cells in your body. Other vitamins in it can help stop signs of aging and even some cancers. In tests, coffee has also been shown to prevent Parkinson’s disease, kidney stones, and liver problems.
What could be bad about a drink like that? Well, on the flip side, coffee seems to cause or contribute to a lot of other diseases. It can raise cholesterol in the body, and it’s not good for your blood circulation. Coffee, as you have probably seen, can make you excited and nervous. It raises people’s heart rates and, sometimes, blood pressure, which is dangerous. It also may cause you to lose water and feel thirsty. It may be bad for your bones, especially for women.
There are even some studies that connect drinking coffee with heart disease. So how can you decide if you should drink coffee? Consider your own circumstances. If you have a bad heart or high blood pressure, stay away from it. However, if you need to be sharp and you want to prevent some other
diseases later in life, a cup of coffee in the morning probably won’t hurt.
＊ diabetes 糖尿病 ＊Alzheimer’s disease 阿茲海默症 ＊Parkinson’s disease 帕金森氏症
＊ kidney stones 腎結石 ＊liver 肝臟 ＊cholesterol 膽固醇
58. Which of the following can summarize article?
(A) Drinking coffee is important. (B) Coffee is very good for you. (C) Coffee is very bad for you. (D) Coffee is both good and bad for you. 59. This article is mainly about .
(A) vitamins (B) diseases (C) a drink (D) a scientific study
60. Which of the following statements is true? (A) Coffee can hurt mental performance. (B) Coffee may prevent diabetes.
(C) Coffee is good for your blood pressure. (D) Coffee has good cholesterol.
61. Who should probably not drink coffee?
(A) Someone who is worried about Alzheimer’s disease. (B) Someone who has liver disease and asthma.
(C) Someone who has high cholesterol and trouble sleeping. (D) Someone who has an important test to take.
62. In the third paragraph, the phrase on the flip sides has a meaning closest to .
(A) on the positive side (B) in the same vein (C) to elaborate (D) on the other hand
(D)
.
Just like all other peoples around the world, the Chinese have a set of table manners, which reflect some of their beliefs and cultures. Usually, the Chinese dine with a round table since they think it is easier for the host to take care of all the guests and for the guests to talk to each other. Unlike the Westerners, it is the main guest who starts the whole meal. The main guest always sits on the right-hand side of the host. When dishes are served, those elderly and
respectable people should take first. Younger ones who take first will be considered very rude and uneducated. Besides, no matter how delicious the dishes are, one cannot finish all the things served, which shows that the
servings are not enough and will embarrass the host.
There are also some rules for cutlery. For the Chinese, it is very impolite to play with the chopsticks, which they use to pick up food. Chopsticks are not allowed to be stuck into the rice inside the bowl since that’s what the Chinese do when burning incense in funerals. They are not supposed to strike bowls with their cutlery because in their culture, only beggars do so. Interestingly, the way one holds the chopsticks can tell the distance between the person’s and his/her spouse’s house. So if the Chinese don’t want to live far array from their parents after getting married, they have to hold the chopsticks in a lower
position. And if they don’t want to have a spouse with lots of zits, they should always finish up everything in their bowl.
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63. What is the main purpose of this passage?
(A) To encourage people to use chopsticks more correctly.
(B) To make people know the differences between different cutlery. (C) To let people know what they should do at a Chinese table.
(D) To invite people to dine in a Chinese restaurant with a round table. 64. When having meals with the Chinese, it is polite to as a young student.
(A) sit on the right-hand side of the host (B) take the food you want first
(C) leave something unfinished (D) start the meal before the host does
66. Which of the following words means most closely to the word “cutlery” in the
second paragraph?
(A) Tools used to eat. (B) Settings around the table. (C) Rituals for funerals. (D) Things used to play.
65. Based on the passage, what can we say about Chinese rules of using cutlery?
(A) They are all cultural beliefs. (B) They are all about social positions. (C) They are all about marriage. (D) They are all about fate.
67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
(A) Round tables are popular because the Chinese think it lucky.
(B) The position in which people hold their chopsticks reflect their height. (C) Sticking chopsticks into the rice is considered unlucky.
(D) People can start the dish as soon as every guest arrives.
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