山东省莱芜市20xx届初中英语学业模拟试题一(1)

山东省莱芜市20xx届初中英语学业模拟试题一(1)内容摘要：

e. It is now one of the most popular games in the world. 41. Which of the following was invented earliest? A. The Barbie Doll. B. Rubik’s Cub e B. C. Scrabble D. CrissCross 42. How did the Barbie Doll get its name? A. It was named after the inventor’s daughter. B. It was named according to its shape. C. It was named after a brand. D. It was from the inventor’s friends. 43. What is a Rubik’s Cube li ke? A. It has six sides with different colors. B. It has nine squares with the same color. C. It has nine sides with mixed colors. D. It has six squares with mixed colors. 44. Which of the following descriptions is NOT true? A. The Barbie Doll has more clothes now than when it was first invented. B. You need to think hard about how to put the colored squares in place. C. Scrabble was made on the basis of CrissCross. D. The three toys were all made by an American. 45. What can we learn from the reading? A. How we can play with the most popular toys. B. Where we can buy the wonderful toys. C. What the stories behind these fun toys are. D. Why these great toys are so popular. C Next time, when you get stuck (堵塞 ) behind a slow driver, look at the color of his car. It will probably be green. American researchers have found that green cars are chosen by stubborn drivers who dislike to get out of the way for anybody. They also plain about the way others drive. The study also shows that bright red cars are usually driven by outgoing people who hate being overtaken (赶超 ). And, it is said that yellow cars are always in a hurry. Drivers of yellow cars will not wait when they get stuck. They will turn off the road and try to find another way. Blue is the color chosen by the relaxed drivers. It’s hardly possible for them to get angry with other drivers and they will almost certainly stop before the red light. Black was the only color available when cars were first sold. Many people remember that Henry Ford, the producer of the first cars, once said “Any color — so long as it’s black” when someone asked about what color car he could have. Now black has bee a popular color in some countries. ( )46. The underlined word “ stubborn” may mean_____. A. 不肯退让的 B. 不愿失败的 C. 不够仔细的 D. 不够勇敢的 ( )47. How many colors are mentioned in the passage ? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. ( )48. What will blue car drivers do when they get stuck according to the passage? A. They will plain about others’ driving way. B. They will turn off the road and try to find another way. C. They will get very angry with others. D. They will not get angry and will stop to wait. ( )49. Which is TRUE about black cars? A. Black car drivers are outgoing. B. Henry Ford preferred black cars to any other color cars. C. Ford sells only black cars. D. Black is said to be popular by few people. ( )50. The passage mainly talks about _____. A. colors of cars B. drivers’ favourite colors C. cars and drivers D. colors of cars and drivers D Zebras’ stripes( 条纹 ) have puzzled scientists around the world for centuries. What is the biological purpose of being covered with in black and white stripes? There are many theories that try to answer that question .Charles Darwin , the famous biologist , thought that Zebra’s stripes were used to attract partners . Alfred Wallace ,the British naturalist and biologist thought the stripes were for camouflage. They make the zebras hard to see at night and create an optical illusion(视错觉 ) in the day .This protects them from being hunted by lions and other fierce animals . But the zebra’s real enemy might be a whole lot smaller .A new study by Tim Caro from the University of California has e up with an entirely new theory on why zebras have stripes .He thinks that their stripes will keep biting flies away from them . Caro and his colleagues took a different route to other scientists who have studied zebra’s stripes .Instead of looking just at zebras ,he looked at all。