413期 初三Quiz time
作者:21st
时间:2013-12-06
Day 1
Space trip begins (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. Chang’e-3 lunar probe was sent up into
space to _____.
A. explore the moon
B. land on Mars
C. build a space station
D. carry the astronauts into space
2. According to the article, Yutu will _____.
A. fly around in space
B. look for natural resources
C. send helium-3 on the moon to humans
D. send scientists some rocks from the moon
3. Yutu will work on the moon for _____.
A. several days B. one year
C. three months D. six years
4. Chang’e-3 can’t come back to the Earth
because _____.
A. it has too much work to do
B. our current technology can’t do that
C. it has to provide energy to Yutu
D. there is no need for it to come back
Day 2
Building a bike from milk... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. The contest asked students to make the
bike with _____.
A. used plastic B. recycled milk cartons
C. wire D. old books
2. The purpose of the contest is to _____.
A. encourage students to recycle and work
together
B. make students become more creative
C. teach students to work hard both at home
and at school
C. come up with ways to solve traffic
problems
3. According to the passage, we learn that
_____.
A. students collected the milk cartons in
their neighborhood
B. the bike didn’t look good, but functioned
well
C. the basket on the bike was made from half
a milk carton
D. it needed a lot of work to make a bike from
milk cartons
Day 3
Computer’s favorite pet (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The first mouse was mainly made of _____.
A. glass B. plastic
C. wood D. steel
2. The mouse first became popular _____.
A. in 1968
B. during the early 1980s
C. in the 1990s
D. during the 2000s
3. One advantage of the mouse is that
______.
A. it can help you operate computers faster
B. it gives you a different way to type
C. it can free both of your hands
D. you don’t need a keyboard
4. With this passage, the writer hopes to
_____.
A. introduce the inventor of the mouse
B. show how computers have changed our
lives
C. tell us how touchpads have replaced the
mouse
D. introduce the development of the mouse
Day 4
Tracking the journeys... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. In ancient times, people thought
comets were _____.
A. warning signs sent by gods
B. lucky signs for good behavior
C. great shows of lights
D. flying suns
2. We can tell from the second paragraph
that comet Ison _____.
A. finished its long journey to Mars
B. survived its trip around the sun
C. has reached the Earth
D. was melted by the sun
3. When a comet travels near the sun,
some of the _____ will be blown away
by the solar winds.
A. gas B. ice C. dust D. rocks
4. According to the last paragraph, what
tradition lives on today?
A. Being scared by comets and meteoroids.
B. Making a wish when seeing a shooting
star.
C. Launching spacecrafts onto comets to
study them further.
D. Having a better understanding of comets.
Day 5
Cloze
Sheila bought a new lunch bag for school.
On the way to school, she looked inside. She hoped that a new lunch bag meant something new for lunch, _1_ she found the same lunch as always – a sandwich.
When the lunch bell rang, Sheila found her bag and carried it to the dining hall. She opened it and _2_ two pieces of fried chicken, several strawberries, and an egg.
“Wow!” Sheila said. “That’s what I call _3_ !”
The next morning, Sheila opened her lunch bag and looked inside. Sure enough, she found another _4_ . But when she opened the bag at lunchtime in the dining hall, she discovered a piece of pizza, an orange, and a cake.
“My lunch bag _5_ be magic,” Sheila said to her friends.
Her friend Douglas _6_ .“There’s no such thing as magic.”
“There is,” Sheila said. “My mother _7 _ packs me a sandwich. But ever since I got this new lunch bag, the sandwich has changed into something I like.”
“Maybe your mother’s packing something _8_ for a change,” said one friend.
“No,” Sheila said. “I checked in the morning. The sandwich changes during school.”
“You are not the _ 9 _ one with a magic lunch bag,” Beatrice said, turning around from the table behind her. “I have one, too. See? This is my magic bag.”
“Hey,” Sheila said. “My lunch bag really looks like yours.”
“Mine is magic,” said Beatrice. “Every day my dad _10_ leftovers (剩饭), but at lunchtime I find a sandwich – my favorite!”
Sheila started _11_ .
“What’s so funny?” Beatrice asked.
“That’s the sandwich my mother packs,” Sheila said. “We’ve been getting our lunch bags _12_ up!”
1. A. and B. so
C. but D. or
2. A. showed B. found
C. wanted D. offered
3. A. lunch bag B. dining hall
C. breakfast D. lunch
4. A. sandwich B. chicken
C. egg D. orange
5. A. can B. must
C. may D. need
6. A. disturbed B. discovered
C. disappeared D. disagreed
7. A. never B. seldom
C. often D. ever
8. A. different B. same
C. easy D. delicious
9. A. last B. next
C. extra D. only
10. A packs B. cooks
C. leaves D. checks
11. A. shouting B. nodding
C. laughing D. finding
12. A. fixed B. used
C. broken D. mixed
(参考答案见下期)
上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】 CC 【P4】 DDAB 【P6】 BACD
短文填空:1. spend 2. special 3. young
4. complained 5. remembered 6. ear
7. sweater 8. past 9. wearing 10. owned
11. March 12. possible
完形填空:1-5 BABCC 6-10 DCADA
日积月累:1-5 CABED 6-10 CADBE