二o一二年东营市初中学生学业考试

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y and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution (革命 ) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的 ) scientists who had green thumbs. 41. According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now. A. a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed B. a soldier who has not had any experience in war C. a person who is new in a job D. a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country 42. The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________. B. 成熟的 C. 青涩的 D. 老练的 43. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right? A. If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. B. The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago. C. Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. D. Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. 44. We can know from the passage that _______. A. all growing plants is green B. green is the most important color in nature C. a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well D. the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years 45. The main idea of the passage is ________. A. a greenhorn B. a green thumb C. the Green Revolution D. the word “green” and its story C My 10yearold Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she e over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell. “ Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a milewide smile. In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t e out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes. The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.” My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷 惑 ) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece. 46. The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ___________. A. to help her bee less shy B. to help her bee smart C. to help her live happily D. to help her walk out of her house 47. Laura looked familiar to the writer because she ______________. A. was Lillian’s niece B. was as old as her daughter C. was from Washington Heights D. had shiny black hair and a big smile, too 48. Why did the writer lose her best friend? Because ____________________. A. she moved to New Jersey B. they were different from each other C. her best friend travelled to Florida D. her best friend lost her life on a trip 49. “I knew we would be best friends forever.” is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of _______． A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5 50. We can infer (推断 ) from the passage that______. A. Laura is outgoing B. Laura helps Donna a lot C. Laura and Donna are of the same age D. Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian’s death D Here39。 s one very simple but。