374期 初三QUIZ TIME
作者:21ST
时间:2012-10-29
Day 1
Nobel prize for EU (P2)
Fill in the chart below:
About the EU |
How many members? | 1. ________ |
The date of Union Day | 2. ________ |
The music of the EU? | 3. ________ |
History facts | After WW II | The Common Market was founded. |
In 1993, | The organization was officially named 4. ________. |
In 2012, | The EU won 5. ________. |
What is EU? | The EU is not a country. It is a/an 6.___________________________. |
Money matters | Not all EU countries are in the eurozone. Only 7.________ of the member countries use the same money: euro. |
Day 2
Young hero shows a lot of... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1.How many people were there on the school bus?
A. 16. B. 17. C. 18 D. 19.
2.What happened on the school bus?
A. The driver suddenly forgot how to drive.
B. The driver didn’t pay attention to driving.
C. There was something wrong with the bus.
D. The driver fell down and couldn’t move.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?
A. Rice learned how to drive before.
B. The driver couldn’t move his hands or speak.
C. The driver told Rice how to drive.
D. The driver refused to let Rice drive the bus.
4.From Keith King’s words, we can learn all EXCEPT ______.
A. he thought it was important to improve students’ abilities
B. he didn’t think what Rice did was right
C. he felt proud of Rice because he saved lives
D. he thought it was great for Rice to save lives
Day 3
Which way should the... (P4)
Answer the following questions:
1. Are the differences between British English and American English big or small?
_______________________________________
2. How do British people spell the word “color”?
_______________________________________
3. Why is Hugh Grant very successful in Hollywood, according to the writer?
_______________________________________
4. When did America become an independent country?
_______________________________________
5. What can we learn from the BBC’s and the New York Times’ reports?
_______________________________________
Day 4
Laugh and the world laughs (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why were there many pictures of comedians on the walls in Mrs Rosewood’s living room?
A. Because it was her hobby to watch comedies.
B. Because it was her way of life.
C. Because she herself was a comedian.
D. Because she thought they were beautiful.
2.What is the purpose of life according to the story?
A. Money. B. Health.
C. Happiness. D. Luck.
3.The sentence “try to be the sound of laughter in the rain to others” means “_____”.
A. try to keep laughing when it rains
B. laugh at others without umbrellas in the rain
C. teach others how to laugh in rain
D. try to spread happiness to others
Day 5
Cloze
A shopping mall is a building or group of buildings that contains stores. The stores are connected by walkways _1_ people can easily walk between the stores. A typical (典型的) shopping mall has department stores, restaurants, movie theaters, photography studios and other stores.
Shopping malls are _2_ places for people to go. People like to visit malls because they can do all their _3_ in one place. Some people _4_ so much time shopping at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of _5_ .
The first indoor mall in the United States was _6_ in 1965 in Minnesota, US. Now malls are like town centers _7_ people come to do many things. When they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food _8_ all over the world. They see films at theatres. Some people even get _9_ daily exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to church. In other words, people can do almost _10_ in malls. Now people can even live in their favorite shopping center.
1. A. so that B. even if C. because of D. not only
2. A. boring B. annoying C. popular D. interested
3. A. fishing B. swimming C. surfing D. shopping
4. A. spend B. take C. cost D. use
5. A. banks B. parks C. hospitals D. stores
6. A. sold B. built C. invented D. trained
7. A. when B. which C. where D. why
8. A. at B. from C. in D. for
9. A. theirs B. our C. your D. their
10. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. things
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上期参考答案
Reading
P3: DABC
P4: BCB
P5: DCDB
P6: ADC
Cloze
1-5 DBDCA 6-10 CABBA
11-12 DB
Word puzzle
1. wonder 2. shared 3. produce
4. developed 5. until 6. Neither
7. special