六. 阅读理解：（２８分）
A
Joe Brown had a shop. He sold meat in his shop alone. One Thursday a
woman came into his shop at five to one. "I‘m sorry I’m late." she
said, "I need some more meat for my dinner tonight."
Joe had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the
fridge and said, "This is 6. 5 dollars."
"That piece is too small," the woman said. "Haven‘t you got anything
bigger?"
Joe went into the room behind his shop, put the piece of meat into
the fridge, took it out again and closed the door with lots of
noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said,
"This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s 8.75 dollars."
"Good," the woman said with a smile. "Give me both of them please."

( )1. When did the woman come to Joe‘s shop?
a. Early in the afternoon. b. At about one o’clock at night.
c. Early in the morning. d. Late in the afternoon.

( )2. Why didn‘t the woman want that first piece of meat?
a. Because it wasn’t in the fridge.
b. Because it wasn‘t big enough.
c. Because it was too expensive.
d. Because it was bad.

( )3. Could Joe give the woman two pieces of meat?
a. He would get an even bigger piece.
b. He would get the other piece from the fridge.
c. Of course not.
d. Yes, he would certainly try his best.

B
Mark Twain was an American writer. He liked to tell funny stories, and
he also liked to play jokes. One day, a friend of his lost his wallet
(钱包) and asked Twain to pay his railroad ticket for him.
Twain said, "I’m sorry, but it happens that I have very little money
with me. I don‘t have enough money to pay both your ticket and my
own."
The friend was very sad.
"However," said Twain, "You can get on the train with me and, when the
conductor(售票员) comes through the train to collect the tickets, you can
hide under my seat."
The friend agreed to this plan. Later, however, when the conductor
came through the train, Twain gave him two tickets. One is for himself
and the other is for his friend under the seat.
Then in a loud voice, so that everyone in the train could hear him
easily, Twain explained, "My friend is a very strange man. When he rides
on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the sent. He likes to lie on
the floor under the seat."
Of course, everybody then looked at the poor man under the seat and
laughed at him loudly.

( )4. On whom did Mark Twain play a joke that day?
a. He played a joke on the conductor.
b. He played a joke on a strange man.
c. He played a joke on himself.
d. He played a joke on his friend.

( )5. After Mark Twain explained, everybody laughed at ＿＿＿.
a. the conductor b. him
c. his friend d. the strange man under the seat

( )6. From the story we can see that Mark Twain ＿＿＿.
a. hated his friend b. liked to play jokes
c. was a famous writer d. could tell funny stories

C
Jack went to a car showroom(陈列室). He was wearing a dirty jacket.
He examined an expensive car carefully and then turned to speak to
the salesman."How much is this car?" Jack asked. "2000 dollars,"
the salesman said. "I‘ll have sixteen of them," Jack said.
The salesman smiled. He found it difficult to be polite. "You were
joking, of course," he said, "I’m afraid we can‘t help you. This car is
not for sale(出售)."
The salesman showed Jack the door and Jack left the shop without a
word. He went to a showroom on the other side of the street and wanted
sixteen cars. The second salesman was polite and helpful. Jack took a
boundle of(一捆) notes(纸币) out of his pocket and paid for the cars in
cash( 现金 ) .He explained that the cars were for himself and his friends
working on a fishing boat. "We have all earned(挣钱) a lot of money this
season," Jack said. And we want to buy cars".

( )7. Why didn’t the first salesman sell the cars to Jack?
a. Because he didn‘t believe that Jack could pay for the cars.
b. Because he had got only one car in the showroom.
c. Because the cars were not for sale.
d. Because he was not happy that day.

( )8. "The salesman showed Jack the door…" means ＿＿＿.
a. the salesman wanted Jack to leave
b. the salesman was polite
c. Jack couldn’t find the door
d. Jack wanted to leave

( )9. The word "salesman" means ＿＿＿.
a. a person with a lot of cars
b. a person driving cars
c. a person selling goods(商品) in a shop
d. a person working in a city

( )10.Which of the following is not true?
a. Jack felt that the first salesman was not polite to him.
b. Jack paid for the sixteen cars in cash.
c. Jack worked on a fishing boat.
d. Jack liked to have a lot of cars at home.


D
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today‘s
world to find work for everybody. The economics(经济) of the world need
to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for
people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are without work.
Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many
people in a shorter time. Also, machine don’t want more money and longer
holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking
work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine
can often do the work of forty people. About 75,000 people are moving
to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.

( )11. It was ＿＿＿ for people to find work before than today.
a. difficult b. more difficult
c. easier d. not possible

( )12. If the economics of the world grow by 4% each year, ＿＿＿＿.
a. people will have no jobs
b. 4% of the people will have jobs, too
c. people can have the same number of jobs as before
d. 96% of the people will have jobs

( )13. One machine can do as much work as ＿＿＿.
a. 40 people b. 75,000 people
c. 70% of the people d. 4% of the people in the world

( )14. Which of the following statements is wrong?
a. Now more people are without work.
b. Machines are taking work instead of people not only in
factories but also on the farms.
c. Most people want to have jobs.
d. Machines need more money and longer holidays.

七. 中译英：（１０分）
１、他去年和我跳得一样远。

２、杭州是中国最美丽的城市。

３、这本杂志可以带出阅览室吗？

４、她在那个村子已住了大约十年了。

５、我的家乡冬天不常下雪。






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标题 初三第12周
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江苏省南通中学1997年度第二学期初三期中英语试卷

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六. 阅读理解：（２８分）
A

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