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 ________. A.未完成的 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 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come 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 mile-wide 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 come 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 become less shy
B. to help her become 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
Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies (适用) to all fields, not just the work-related (与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this: 1. I really don't have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database (数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don't have the time...
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Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading. 51. What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？A. Watching TV.
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B. Listening to MP3.
D. Reading helpful books.
C. Surfing the internet.
52. If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer. A. read work-related books C. improve your study
B. become more energetic D. improve your relations
53. Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？ A. It will open up your mind.
B. You will have about 260 hours a year to read.
C. You will read lots of books and get much useful advice.
D. It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.
54. What should you do if you really don't have the money to read? A. To buy some books from amazon.com. B. To download MP3 free.
C. To visit the public library. D. To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.
55. What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks? A. They are more useful.
B. Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.
C. It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding. D. Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.
试卷类型 A
二0一二年东营市初中学生学业考试
英 语 试 题
第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题， 共55分）
注意事项：
1、第Ⅱ卷共4页，用钢笔或圆珠笔直接答在试卷上。 2、答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。 四、听力填表（共5小题，计5分）
录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍后，根据所听内容完成下面的表格(每空不多于三个词)。（录音播放前你有40秒钟的读题时间） Note: tip/tip/ n. 建议、提示
Tips for the first school morning The first one The second one Get up (56) ________________ earlier. (57) _________________ the night before, such as choosing clothes, doing homework, (58) ________________ and other things. The third one Don’t have breakfast in a hurry. Make a (59) __________________ breakfast. The passage is written for (60) ______________________. 五、动词填空（共10空，计10分）
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。 Afel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. In the pictures he saw a lot of children (61) ______ (play) in the snow.
Afel didn’t understand what snow was. But he dreamed about snow all the time. He dreamed of being able (62) ______ (fly) across the snow.
One day when he was twelve, Afel (63) ______ (watch) TV at his uncle’s house. The program was full of snow. Not only snow – there were people flying across the snow.
“Look! They (64) ______ (fly)!” he shouted excitedly.
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