山东省德州市陵城区20xx届初中英语学业水平试题

山东省德州市陵城区20xx届初中英语学业水平试题内容摘要：

Are there any sport goals you want to achieve? Write down your goals and think about them carefully. Are they realistic (实际的 )? When will you be able to achieve them? To achieve the goals more easily, divide your goals into smaller tasks. For example, if you want to reach a major goal in ten years, set a five year goal, a one year goal, a three mouth goal, and a one mouth goal. Remember your goals can change with time. Change them regularly (定期的 ) to show your growth. Be sure your goals are things you hope to achieve, not what your parents, family or friends want. 46. According to the passage, you should set goals in ________ categories (种类 ). A. four B. five C. six D. seven 47. Why should you set munity service goal? A. To get on well with our family. B. To help make the world a better place. C. To make more money. D. To get more information 48. According to the passage, you shouldn’t ______ __ after setting your personal goals. A. put them away B. think about them carefully C. divide them into smaller tasks D. change them with time 49. “divide your goals into small tasks” means you can achieve your goals ________. A. step by step B. overnight C. with difficulty D. on time 50. The article is written for the people who________. A. have very clear goals B. are looking for direction C. don’t care about their future D. don’t want to make progress D Everyone loves money! But do you know where money came from? Who were the first people to use money? Scientists say that over 10,000 years ago, people in Swaziland (斯威士兰 ), Southern Africa, were using red dye (染料 ) as a type of money around that period of time. Later, people in sevsral places uesd shells and other valuable things as a type of money to “buy” or “trade for” things they wanted. This is known as a form of trade where some goods are exchanged for other goods. Many things have been used as “money” from pigs to salt. For a long time, pepper (胡椒粉 ) could be used to “pay for” things in Europe. On the Micronesian island of Yap, people used very big stone “coins”, some of which were up to eight feet wide and weighed more than a small car. But the most convenient forms of money were pieces of valuable metals like gold and silver. Historians think that the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins around 650 BC. Gold and silver are still quite valuable today. The first banknotes (纸币 ) appeared in China in the 7th century, and the first banknotes in Europe came out in 1661. Money has changed through the ages. However, it is more important today than ever before. 51. How long ago did people start using money? A. Perhaps 1,000 years ago. B. Perhaps 100,000,000 years ago. C. Perhaps 10,000 years ago. D. Perhaps 1,000,000 years ago. 52. According to the article, what things have been used for money? A. Pigs, pepper and dyes. B. Lies, dyes and butterflies. C. Dyes, cions and bananas. D. Bananas, rocks and pencils. 53. We can summarize (总结 ) the second paragraph in the following sentence: ________. A. The first money was used only in Swaziland. B. Shells were used as clothing a long time ago. C. The banknotes appeared in China and Europe at different time. D. Large stones, pigs, salt and pepper were used as early types of money. 54. Before banknotes appeared, ________are the most convenient forms of money and still valuable today. A. Dye and pepper. B. pigs and salt. C. Shells and stones. D. Gold and silver. 55. What’s the main idea of the article? A. Everyone loves money. B. People have used different forms of money for a long time. C. People have used money for only a short time. D. Spending money is fun. 四、综合填空（共 10空，计 10分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。 Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, you can improve it if you are patient. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take action. You must first go where there are people. You won’ t make friends staying home a ________(56). Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is much e________(57). Or join someone in some activity. Many people are n______ (58) when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it’ s human nature to feel a bit unpleasant about the unknown. M__________(59) of fears about dealing with new people e from doubts (怀疑 ) about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us— finding us too tall or too short, too this or too。