2008外研版初三英语期中调研试卷(4)

2008外研版初三英语期中调研试卷

happening inside your body at the same time.

( )54. After reading, guess the word “puberty”. It means the time when________.

A .your body changes from a child to an adult ( 成人)

B. you are growing taller

C. you don’t grow any more

D. you are able to have children

( )55. According to the text the changes in puberty start at the age of________.

A. 8 or 9 B. 11 or 12 C. 15 or 16 D. 17 or 18

( )56. The changes of boys’ and girls’ bodies _____________.

A. start when they are tall enough B. happen when they are 18

C. happen at their own timetable D. start at the same time

( )57. From this text we learn that ___________.

A. all the changes in puberty can be seen B. boys start changing earlier than girls

C. girls grow faster than boys D. some important changes can’t be seen

C

“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the U.S.A greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The

person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone Asks “Do you agree?” the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re Wrong...”But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.

People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person say “I’ve to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives and excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.

Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, of finishing a talk, people don’t say

exactly that they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.

( )58. When a person in America asks “How are you?”, he or she wants to hear“

A. How are you? B. Hello C.I don’t know. D. Fine

( )59. When a person disagree with someone, it is polite to say“ ”

A. You are wrong. I disagree. B. I’m not sure.

C. I’m sure I disagree. D. No, I disagree.

( )60. When a person says “I’ve to go now. Someone is at the door.” the person may be.

A. giving an excuse B. hurting someone’s feeling