人教新目标初三上册英语Unit 12练习试题及答案(2)
人教新目标初三上册英语Unit 12练习试题及答案
四、阅读理解(本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)
阅读A、B两篇短文，并做每篇短文后面的题目。从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
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“I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend.” Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? “Okay then，I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night.”Now do you believe me? Actually, I hope you don't.April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people.Do you have it in your country?
April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe.Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st.If they were teased, they were called fools.
Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st.For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle so another person could put it in his coffee “by accident”.Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.
After we play the trick, we say “April Fool”. Then the poor person realized he was fooled.It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm (伤害) to anyone.Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone today? Try it out.Just don't forget to say “April Fool” when the other person begins looking a little confused.
( )56.Before the sixteenth century, New Year's Day was ________.
A.April 1st B.January 1st
C.October 1st D.February 1st
( )57.Which of the following situations doesn't make you “April Fool”?
A.Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, then you could put it in your coffee “by accident”.
B.A man might take your bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to you.
C.Someone might change the time on your alarm clock, then you would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.
D.A person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.
( )58.Sometimes people lie to shock someone on ________.
A.New Year's Day B.Christmas Day
C.April Fool's Day D.Thanksgiving Day
( )59.In the 2nd paragraph, the closest meaning of the underlined word “teased” is ________ in English.
A.hit B.criticized
C.laughed at D.shocked
( )60.What should be the right attitude (态度) towards “April Fool”?
A.It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.
B.It is done for the real fools.
C.We needn't say “April Fool” when we play jokes on people on April 1st.
D.Don't play jokes on people.
B
Valentine's Day is a very old holiday.It goes back to the times of Ancient Rome (古罗马).One of the characters we often see on Valentine's Day is Cupid.He was the son of Venus, the goddess of love.He shoots people with arrows (箭) of love.When a man and a woman are hit by his arrows, they will fall in love.
Today people celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14.If a man and a woman are in love, they will give each other gifts.The most popular gifts are flowers (especially roses) and chocolates.Couples may also go to a restaurant for a very nice dinner or plan something else romantic.
In the United States, Valentine's Day is not just for lovers.Children make special Valentine's cards for their classmates.Families and friends may give candy or other small gifts to each other.It can be a fun day.
( )61.Who is Cupid?
A.The arrow of love.
B.The goddess of love.
C.The son of the goddess of love.
D.The first person to celebrate Valentine's Day.
( )62.When a man and a woman are hit by Cupid's arrows, they will ________.
A.fall in love B.get gifts from God
C.hate each other D.fight each other
( )63.What are the most popular gifts on Valentine's Day?
A.Roses and chocolates. B.Roses and cakes.
C.Arrows and cakes. D.Cards and chocolates.
( )64.What do school children in the United States do on Valentine's Day?
A.They plan something else romantic.
B.They make special cards for their classmates.
C.They go to a restaurant for a very nice dinner.
D.They give candy or other small gifts to each other.
( )65.From the passage, we can NOT get information about ________.
A.the date of Valentine's Day B.the most popular gifts
C.the story of Valentine's Day D.the feelings of classmates and friends
C
配对阅读 左栏是五个人对家电用品需求的描述，右栏是七种家电用品功能的介绍。请根据每个人的需求，为他们选择合适的家电用品。
( )66.Bob is often late for school because he always gets up late.This makes his teacher mad.He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning.
( )67.Tim likes listening to music when he is free.And he has to send emails to his customers (顾客) every day.He wants to buy something that can help him.
( )68.Summer has come.Tony is fat and he can't sleep well on such hot days.This troubles him a lot.He'd like to buy something to make him feel cool.
( )69.Alice often washes her hair late at night.It is often wet when she goes to bed.She is going to buy something that can dry her hair in a short time.
( )70.Susan is a housewife.She has to do the washing for her family every day.She gets tired of it.She is in need of a product to do it for her. A.This electric product can make you cool during the hot days.It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity (湿度) of your room.
B.You can do many things with this product, such as sending emails, playing games, getting on line and so on.You can also listen to music with it when you want to relax.
C.This electric product is useful to all of us.People often have one at home.It is often put up on the wall.If you want to know the time, just take a look at it.
D.This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them.What you need to do is to turn it on and later hang the clothes on the line.With this electric product, life will be a lot easier for you.
E.Each family needs this product.You can use it to store meat, vegetables, fruits, drinks and medicine.It can keep them cool and fresh so that they will not go bad easily on hot days.
F.It is a very helpful product which tells you the time.It can wake you up with a piece of music any time you want, but you have to set the time first.
G.When you wash your hair, you need this product.It can make your wet hair dry in a minute.It can also be used for drying your wet clothes or some other wet things.
五、短文填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)
请用适当的词完成这篇短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
Dear Anne，
How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday, 71.________ 12th,2013.It was a traditional Chinese festival called the Dragon Boat Festival that day.
This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of 72.________ greatest Chinese poets.He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar(阴历), 278 BC.People there rowed the boats to 73.________ him.But it was too late.They were very sad and then threw rice into the 74.________ to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.
75.________ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy 76.________ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on.In the past we ate it only 77.________ a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food.We can have it any time we like.
Have you ever 78.________ the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival.Several teams row their dragonshaped boats as 79.________ as they can.The first team to reach the finish line wins.
If you have a plan to visit China next year, would 80.________ like to spend this festival with us?
Best wishes，
Xiao Qiang
六、读写综合(本大题分为A、B两部分，共20分)
A.信息归纳(本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。
April 1st is a day to be careful, or you could easily get tricked by someone.It's April Fool's Day, a day when people traditionally like to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day, but one explanation is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, which meant that April 1st was no longer the beginning of the year.Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools.So what kind of pranks (恶作剧) do people play on April Fool's Day? Well, there are lots of simple tricks that you can play on your friends.For example, you could wear a black sweater and pull a piece of white thread through it, so that people try to pull it off.You could change the time on someone's alarm clock so that they're late for work.Or glue a coin to the floor and see how many people try to pick it up.
All these are smallscale practical jokes which you might play on one another person or a few people.But there's also a tradition of large companies attempting to fool a lot of people.For example a burger restaurant once claimed that they were introducing a lefthanded burger!
In particular, the media often try to make people believe something which is not true.Newspapers publish some ludicrous (滑稽的) stories every year, although some of them are actually true.It's entertaining to try to guess which stories are true and which are fake.In the April Fool's stories, they often include a clue to the fact that it's a joke.For example the name of an “expert” quoted in the article might be an anagram (拼写游戏) of “April Fool”.
Radio and television programmes have also fooled many people by broadcasting reports which are untrue.One programme announced the invention of an amazing new weightloss product—water which contained minus calories!
And one of the most famous hoaxes ever was broadcast (广播) by the BBC itself in 1957! A very serious news programme called Panorama reported on the poor spaghetti harvest in Switzerland, and showed pictures of farmers picking spaghetti from trees! Hundreds of people were taken in and wrote to the BBC asking how to grow their own spaghetti.
Information Card
April 1st Day
A day when people traditionally like to try to 81.________ someone else and laugh at them.
Smallscale practical jokes Largescale practical jokes
Wear 82.________ and pull a piece of white thread through it, so that people try to pull it off. Newspapers publish some ludicrous stories every year.
83.________ on someone's alarm clock so that they're late for work.
Radio and television programmes have also fooled many people by 85.________ which are untrue.
Glue a coin to the floor and see how many people try to 84.________.
B.书面表达(本题15分)
同学们对愚人节有不同的态度。下面表格是你们学校的一份调查结果。请据此，以“Attitudes to April Fool's Day”为题写一篇80词左右的英语短文。
Attitudes(%) Like (40%) Dislike (30%) Not care (30%)
Reasons 1.enjoyed around the word
2.add pleasure to life 1.make others unhappy
2.cause trouble just play jokes
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人教新目标初三上册英语Unit 12练习试题答案
一、(略)
二、26—30 BDBDC 31—35 CDAAC
36—40 CCACA 41—45 ABBCB
三、46—50 BAAAD 51—55 BCAAD
四、56—60 ABCCA 61—65 CAABD
66—70 FBAGD
五、71.June 72.the 73.save 74.river/water 75.From 76.eating/having 77.once
78.watched/seen 79.fast 80.you
六、A.81.make a fool of 82.a black sweater
83.Change the time 84.pick it up
85.broadcasting reports
B.参考范文：
Attitudes to April Fool's Day
A survey has recently been done at our school, and it shows there are three different attitudes to April Fool's Day among the students.
40% of the students think they like to have April Fool's Day.They say the special day is enjoyed by people around the world.And it can add much pleasure to our school life.
But still 30% of them dislike April Fool's Day.They think it would disturb others to play jokes on them on that day.Even worse, most of the jokes may cause much trouble.And the rest don't care.In their opinion, people just play jokes on April Fool's Day.
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