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1、2014初三英语期末试题（房山）五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight(紧), but we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were 35 , my kids just thought I was strict
2、. Ive always been glad about that.It was Christmas time, and although there wasnt 36 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas 37 .They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. F
3、ortunately, I had saved $120 for gifts to _38 by all five of us.The big day 39 . I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and reminded them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would _40_ back at the “Santas Workshop”.Driving home,
4、 everyone was in high Christmas spirits, _41 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually _42 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didnt say anything _43 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry agai
5、n. This is what she told me:“1 was looking around thinking of what to buy, and I _44 to read the little cards on the Giving Trees. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll . So I took the card off the tree and _45 the doll for her. We have so much and sh
6、e doesnt have anything.”I never felt so 46_ as I did that day.( ) 35. A. serious B. poor C. busy D. kind( ) 36. A. effort B. room C. time D. money( ) 37. A. shopping B. travelling C. parties D. greetings( ) 38. A. show B. keep C. share D. choose( ) 39. A. arrived B. went C. changed D. flew( ) 40. A.
7、 draw B. stay C. move D. meet( ) 41. A. including B. besides C. except D. with ( ) 42. A. quiet B. excited C. happy D. ashamed( ) 43. A. since B. after C. while D. until( ) 44. A. forgot B. stopped C. failed D. hated( ) 45. A. made B. searched C. bought D. fetched( ) 46. A. angry B. rich C. patientD
8、. worried七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）Jack found a dog entered his shop with a note in his mouth. He took the note and read it “Can I have a bag of salt?” 60 .So Jack took the money and placed the salt in the dogs mouth. Jack was very surprised and since it was closin
9、g time, he decided to close the shop and follow the dog.When the dog came to a crossing, it waited for the lights to turn green before crossing the road.Then it came to a bus stop. When a bus came, it walked to the front, looked at the number, but didnt get on. 61 . This time the dog climbed on. The
10、 bus traveled through the city and the dog kept looking out of window. Finally it got up, moved to the front and pressed the button to stop the bus. 62 .When the dog got home, it knocked at the door and a man who seemed a little angry opened it. Jack ran up and said to the man, “Your dog is so cleve
11、r. It could be on TV!” 63 , “You call this clever? This is the second time this silly dog has forgotten its key.”A. It then got off with the salt in its mouthB. The dog had money in his mouth, tooC. A few minutes later, another bus cameD. But the man replied loudlyE. The dog could do everything 60.
12、_ 61. _ 62. _ 63. _ 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? Music is playing in the background. Its similar to the music you listen to, but its not exactly the same. Thats because this music was especially designed
13、(设计) to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you dont even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.Quiet background music used to be called elevator (电梯) music because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new
14、 name Muzak. About one-third of the people in America listen to Muzak every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses(暂停) in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. The mu
15、sic gives them extra energy.If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably know the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters dont want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when the
