初三英语练习题

初三英语练习题内容摘要：

tering the less salty water of coastal areas. He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at any given stage of their history. In the case of the Atlantic croaker(黄花鱼 ), a popular saltwater food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed the traveling of young fish from midocean to the coast, a journey of many hundreds of miles. This is important to managers in the fish industry, who know nearly nothing about the whereabouts of the young fish for most food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears. can we learn about fish ears from the text? A. They are small soft rings. B. They are not seen from the outside. C. They are opening only on food fish. D. They are not used to receive sound. 7. Why does the writer pare the fish to trees? A. Trees gain growth ring each day. B. Trees also have otoliths. C. Their growth rings are very small. D. They both have growth rings. 8. Why is it important to study the chemistry of otolith ring? A. The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the sea. B. Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can swim. C. We can know more about fish and their living environment. D. Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is. 9. What do you understand by“fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears?” A. They are very interested in Thorrold’s research findings. B. They want to know where they can find fish. C. They lend their fish for chemical studies. D. They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their ears. 10. The best title is _________ . A. Managers in the Fish Industry Aren’t Important B. Fish Ears Tell Fish Tales C. Discuss the Fish D. Learn the News about Fish from Scientists (C) The nervouslooking(紧张不安的 )young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage (勇气 )to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending .After some discussion as to a reasonable price and type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and help him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied, James would certainly e back to buy what he wanted when he got married. good title(题目 )for this passage is _________ . A. A Clever Assistant B. Buying a Birthday Present C. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man word “overspending” in this passage means _________ . A. spending too much B. spending too much time C. spending more time than he planned D. spending too much time and too much money 13. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face _________ . A. turned pale B. turned red C. turned yellow D. turned black 14. James and Laura reached the shop at _________ . :30 :00 :30 :00 15. James would e back to buy what he wanted because _________ . A. the assistant knew how to satisfy people who came to buy things B. the necklace was good C. Laura liked the necklace D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful (D) Did you ever look up at the moon and think you saw a man’s face there? When the moon is round and full, the shadows of the moon mountains and the lines of the moon valleys sometimes seem to show a giant nose and mouth and eyes. At least, some people think so. If there were a man on the moon—instead of mountains and valleys that just look like the face of a man—what would he be like? He would not be like anyone you know. He would not be like anyone anybody knows. If the man on the moon were bothered by too much heat or cold the way Earth people are, he could not stay on the moon. The moon bees very, very hot. It bees as hot as boiling water. And the moon bees very, very cold. It bees colder than ice. Whatever part of the moon the sun shines on is hot and bright. The rest of the moon is cold and dark. If the man on the moon had to breathe to stay alive, he couldn’t live on the moon because there’s no air there. ( He’d have to carry an oxygen tank, as astronauts do.) There’s no food on the moon, either. Nothing grows—not even weeds. If the man on the moon liked to climb mountains, he would be very happy. There are many high places there, such as the raised land around the holes, or craters, of the moon. Some of these rims are as tall as Earth’s highest mountains. But if the man on the moon liked to swim, he would be unhappy. There is no water on the。