2015年精编初中英语教学与评估（七） - 图文(3)

The government was worried that the wild horses would become dangerous. Wild horses hardly attack people or other animals. But the government either did not know this or did not care. It gave order to kill the wild horses. Thousands were killed and sold to companies that made them into pet food.

Now wild horses live in only 12 states. The largest groups are in California, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming and Nevada. Most people who live in these states never see the wild horses. The horses live away from people in the distant mountains. They are safe there. ( ) 69. What happened in the 1600s? A) People invented the car.

B) Spanish explorers attacked North America. C) People began to ride wild horses. D) Wild horses appeared in North America. ( ) 70. What did the \

A) They caught wild horses. B) They sold cars. C) They built home in the west. D) They killed wild horses. ( ) 71. The possible meaning of the word \ in the fifth paragraph is A)不牢固地 B）不受束缚地 C)不精确地 D）不自由地 （ )72. Which fact does the word \指代)?

A) The wild horses would become dangerous. B) Wild horses hardly attack people or other animals. C) The government did not care. D) Thousands of wild horses were killed.

（ )73. Because of the government order, people killed wild horses and turned them into A) pet food B) cars C) companies D) breakfast ( )74. Nowadays most people can not see wild horses because _______. A) there is not any wild horse alive B) they are living in the 12 states

C) they live in places far away from humans D) they are always running fast

B Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）(12分) People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from \a person ___75____. In that case it can make one's act mind go back and ___76___ what one ought to say or act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or another. Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical centre in New York City. She helps actors learn to control themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience (观众). Others __77____ stage fright after a sad experience.

She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths also helps. Such breathing helps you get control of your body.

Miss Nichols advises her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be ___78____. It's all right to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too worried while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each

performance, they discuss what happened and find out what helped and what did not. As they perform more and more, they will fear less. Miss Nichols says the ___79____ is only to reduce stage fright, not to smooth it away (克服） completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the ___80___. ( ) 75. A) serious B) proud C) nervous D) hopeless ( ) 76. A) shake B) forget C) lose D) reduce ( ) 77. A) develop B) discuss C) discover D) describe ( ) 78. A) different B) strong C) regular D) perfect ( ) 79. A) research B) aim C) practice D) study ( ) 80. A) experience B) control C) breath D) performance

C Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）(14分) Reading fast and slow

“Slow reading movement\ shut off their computers and mobile phone for half an hour or forty-five minutes each day and enjoy the p__81___ of reading a good book-slowly! In many cities there are even slow reading clubs where members go to a cafe, not to discuss books: but to sit q __82___with each other, drink coffee and just read.

Researchers have found that reading slowly, especially books of fiction, helps people concentrate, relax and think about what they are reading. It also helps people empathize (有同感）This last point is important. When you read a novel (slowly!), you get to understand the characters' emotions and to see the world t___83___ their eyes.

Reading, of course, isn't easy. You have to sit still, for one thing. And it can seem b___84___ when compared to the excitement of playing video games. But, for me, reading has been an enduring joy in my life. From the age of ten, when I got my first l___85____ card, I've enjoyed the company of pirates and heroes, of evil criminals and clever detectives, of thousands of interesting people I would otherwise have never met in real life. Reading p___86___ me with escape, but it also enabled me to understand the world around me. It was an education in a classroom that had no w___87___.

In your classroom, you have learned to read \\

81.p_______ 82.q________ 83 t_________ 84.b________ 85.1_________ 86.p_______ 87.w_______

D. Answer the questions (根据据短文内容回答下列问题）（第 88题 1分；第 89-92每小题2分，第 93题 3分；共 12分）

\today. But in fact, an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it.

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