科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年北京市门头沟区中考二模英语卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
Have you ever heard someone use the phrase” once in a blue moon”? People use this expression to describe something that they do not do very often. For example, someone might say that he tries to avoid eating sweets because they are unhealthy, but will eat chocolate” once in a blue moon”. Or someone who does not usually like to go to the beach might say “I visit the shore once in a blue moon.”While many people use this phrase, not everyone knows the meaning behind it.
The first thing to know is that the moon itself is never really blue. This is just an expression. In fact, the phrase” blue moon” has to do with the shape of the moon, not the color.
As the moon travels around the earth, it appears to change shape. We associate certain names with certain shapes of the moon. For example, when we can see a small part of the moon it is called a crescent moon. A crescent is a shape that looks like the tip of a fingernail when we cannot see the moon at all; it is called a new moon.
When we can see the whole moon is called a full moon. Usually, there is only one full moon every month. Sometimes, however there will be two full moons in one month. When this happens, the second full moon is called a blue moon”.
Over the next 20 years, there will only be 15 blue moons. As you can see, a blue moon is a very rare (稀有的)event. This fact has led people to use the expression” once in a blue moon” to describe other very rare events in their lives.
1.Which of the following would be a good example of using the phrase” once in a blue moon”.
A．Simon often tells jokes. Simon tells jokes once in a blue moon.
B．Tom rarely remembers to do exercise. Tom does exercise once in a blue moon.
C．Mary likes to go shopping every weekend. Mary goes shopping once in a blue moon.
D．Cindy hates to stay up, but she stays up every day. Cindy stays up once in a blue moon.
2.When does a blue moon happen in nature?
A．When the moon has a blue moon.
B．When we cannot see the moon at all.
C．When there are two full moons in one month.
D．When we can only see a small part of the color.
3.How often will a blue moon happen over the next twenty years?
A．Once a year. B．Less than once a year.
C．More than once a year. D．At least twice a year.
4.What does the underlined part “This fact” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．A blue moon is a very rare event.
B．The moon appears to change shape.
C．The moon itself is never really bluee.
D．A blue moon has to do with the shape of the moon.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年广东执信中学九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：补充句子
默写（共40小题，每小题0.5分，满分20分）
1.: Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who 1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only 4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________, but is extremely accurate as well.
Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it 7.__________ 8.__________ give the correct time.
2.: It was over 30 feet 1.__________ 2.__________ and had a 2,500-horsepower engine. Although Campbell 3.__________ 4.__________5.__________ 6.__________ over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.
3.: They have all 1.__________ 2.__________3.__________ 4.__________ by a boy who, while playing truant, traveled 1,600 miles.
He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who 5.__________ 6.__________ evading school.
4.: He 1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ Paris
until he built his home on the island.
British theatre is especially 5.__________ 6.__________ 7.__________ 8.__________ William Shakespeare and his plays.
Also, it is still common to throw things onto the stage after a performance in a British theatre, but it is more usual fore people to throw flowers
9.__________ 10.__________ money or vegetables today.
5.: Han often said, “1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ drive a genius like you, Dr Einstein.”
After looking through the concerto, Mozart’s father was 5.__________6.__________ 7.__________ speak.
For example, when he was travelling, he often 8.__________ 9.__________ 10.__________ where he had placed his tickets.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012年外研版初中英语九年级上Module 11 练习卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
词汇。
1.It usually takes me half an hour __________ (walk) to school.
2.The government should pay much attention to the __________ (increase) population.
3.The grand piano takes up too much __________ (room).
4.I think Beijing is one of the ___________ (beautiful) places in the world.
5.No one __________ (know) when he will be back.
6.There are sixty m__________ in an hour.
7.Today we rarely(很少) see s__________ pouring from chimney.
8.Women commit (犯) far fewer c__________ than men.
9.All of us should put r__________ into dustbin (垃圾箱) to protect the environment.
10.It is very impolite for you to fail to keep an a__________.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012年初中毕业升学考试（江苏连云港卷）英语（解析版） 题型：完型填空
One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 16 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 17 understood or the girl had not 18 him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 19 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 20 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 21 a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 22 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 23 , people will feel proud and 24 when they are praised . So if someone says the 25 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not 26 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 27 being modest.
28 you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 29 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will 30 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
1.A. excited B. surprised C. relaxed D. frightened
2.A. itself B. herself C. himself D. themselves
3.A. heard B. watched C. listened to D. looked at
4.A. Though B. Although C. Or D. But
5.A. when B. which C. what D. how
6.A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. disagree
7.A. hardly B. really C. rarely D. badly
8.A. east B. south C. west D. north
9.A. dutiful B. modest C. shameful D. confident
10.A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. bowls
11.A. think B. say C. ask D. mean
12.A. as soon as B. as well as C. instead of D. in spite of
13.A. Unless B. Until C. Whether D. If
14.A. another B. the other C. the others D. others
15.A. fail to B. expect to C. succeed in D. believe in
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