中考英语动态:08初三英语月考练习 北大附中

北大附中2008-2009学年初三英语月考练习

阅读理解（B）

“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what our teacher might have found out.

“Who did this?” she asked again. She wasn’t really asking, she was demanding an answer. She never became angry, but she was this time. She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”

“Oh, oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. I did not do it on purpose. It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball. Why did it have to be me?

If I admitted it, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? “My father is going to get mad at me,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than me pulled it up. “I did it.” Then I was silent. It was hard enough saying what I had.

My teacher went to one of our library shelves and took down a book. She then began walking towards my desk. I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.

“I know how you like birds, Henry.” she said as she stood looking down at my face. “Here is that field guide about birds that you are always checking out. It is yours. We got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished. But remember, it’s only for your truthfulness.”

I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my very own bird field guide. The very one that I had been saving up all my money to buy.

53．How did the writer feel when he saw his teacher walking towards him with a book from bookshelves?

A．Relaxed

B．Pleased

C．Frightened

D．Guilty

54．What do the underlined words “check out” mean?

A．lend

B．borrow

C．test

D．buy

55．What can we learn from the story?

A．The writer’s teacher often hit his students

B．The writer broke the window when he was catching a bird

C．The writer was seriously punished after he admitted his mistake

D．The writer didn’t want to admit his mistake at the beginning

56．The writer mainly wants to tell us that __________．

A．he who is honest is wise

B．better late than never

C．practice makes perfect

D．a friend in need is a friend indeed

二、根据中文意思完成句子

1、今天你看起来很疲惫。你怎么了？

You look exhausted / tired today. ________________________________?

2、我的妹妹才四岁，但是她会读书写字。

My sister ________________________________, but she can read and write.

3、天气变得越来越热，所以我们现在可以去游泳了。

It’s ________________________________, so we can go swimming now.

4、为了帮助我们学好英语，老师总是让我们早晨大声朗读英语。

To help us learn English well, the teacher always ________________________________.

5、约翰非常喜欢读书，他每个月都花几百美元购书。

John loves reading ________________________________ every month.

阅读理解（C）

When Joe Bates was twelve years old, he lost interest in school. He stopped listening in his classes. Some of his teachers began to consider him a problem.

But a few of Joe’s teachers thought that Joe might have lost interest in schoolwork because he already understood it． They proposed that Joe try taking a university class in computer science． Joe did． He was the best student in the class．Later tests showed that his intelligence(智力) and knowledge were far greater than most children of his age． He entered university when he was thirteen, about four years earlier than most children． And by the time he was in his early twenties, Joe was teaching computer science at a university．

Joe’s story shows what can happen when a child’s unusual ability is recognized ． Sadly, however, not all gifted children get this recognition． And educational experts say unusually gifted children may waste their abilities if they do not get help to develop them．

Studies show that almost twenty percent of students who fail to complete high school in the United States are gifted children.

This is because gifted children can have special problems as well as special abilities. Teachers may not recognize their abilities or may not know how to keep them interested. Or they may consider such students to be troublemakers or rebels.

Gifted children may feel lonely or different because they do not know other children who share their interests.

Educators say there are more than two million gifted children in the United States today. But they say fewer than half are taking part in special education programs designed for them.

One of the most successful programs is help every summer at John Hopkins University in the state of Maryland, where Joe Bates went to school． It started in 1980 when educators saw that there must be many children like Joe.

At first, only 100 children took part in it, and now more than 1,000 children between the ages of nine and sixteen are students in the summer program.

The John Hopkins program provides studies in math and science. It also has classes for children with unusual ability in language and writing. The children study the same subject every day for several weeks. It could be biology, or history, or English literature. In those few weeks, they learn as much as in a normal nine-month school year.

William Durden, the director says the program succeeds because it permits children to make progress more quickly than in a traditional program．And the children get to meet others like themselves.

57. Joe Bates stopped listening is his classes because________．

A．he lost interest in school

B．he hated those teachers who considered him a problem

C．he had already understood what he was taught

D．he wanted to take a university class

58. When a child’s unusual ability is recognized,__________．

A．he can do whatever he likes

B．he will no longer be considered to be a troublemaker or rebel

C．he may have more success than most children of his age

D．he will certainly take part in a special education program

59. According to the passage, the most important thing is to__________．

A．recognize and develop gifted children’s unusual abilities

B．design and support special education programs for gifted children

C．help gifted children get to meet others who share their interests

D．encourage gifted children instead of treating them as a problem when they lost interest in school

60. Quite a lot of gifted students fail to complete high school in the United States because______．

A．they take part in traditional education programs

B．their unusual abilities are not recognized

C．their teachers don’t know how to keep them interested in schoolwork

D．they have special problems

61. Which of the following statements is TRUE of the John Hopkins programs?

A．The John Hopkins program provides studies in math and science, but a normal school doesn’t.

B．Gifted children can learn as much in the John Hopkin program as in a normal school within nine months.

C．The John Hopkins program permits gifted children to learn at their own speed.

D．Joe Bates once took part in the John Hopkin program.