【正文】 lem: they can talk about their ideas freely 43. their best friends after class, but can’t speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to 44. instead of speaking. Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their mouths, such as speech petitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to. And he also gives some advice to students. ―During your free time you should 45. more. When you’re speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you’re talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly.‖ Zhou said, ―That makes fine public speech and you’ll feel confident.‖ ( )41. A. her B. my C .his ( )42. A. slowly B. quickly C. sadly ( )43. A. except B. beside C. with ( )44. A. write B. writes C .writing ( )45. A. play B. practice C. write （ B） Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do 46. . Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big 2 013 級(jí)初三下 期 模擬一 英語(yǔ)試卷 第 3 頁(yè)，共 6 頁(yè) problem. Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went away 47. business, so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy 48 her parents were not in. she could do everything 49 she liked. But it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt 50 . ―Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?‖ she said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she 51. know how to cook. At that moment, she missed her 52. very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and 53. some food to eat. Many of teenagers are 54. as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves 55. . They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents. ( )46. A. their homework B. some shopping C. housework ( )47. A. in B. at C. on ( )48. A. so B. because C. but ( )49. A. that B. who C. where ( )50. A. hungry B. full C. excited ( )51. A. couldn’t B. didn’t C. might not ( )52. A. cousin B. aunt C. parents ( )53. A. made B. bought C. gave ( )54. A. the same B. difficult C. different ( )55. A. actually B. carelessly C. properly 第二部分：閱讀理解 (共 20 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分 ) A Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. He was born in 1959 in America, he has four brothers. The five of them used to sing in a group called ―The Jackson Five‖. They started singing in 1965. in 1970 the group made their first record with the name of ―I Want You Back‖. It was very popular. Michael was good at dancing, for example, his dance moves and moonwalking. His first album sold eight million copies all over the world. In 1978,he acted in his first film. Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans(歌迷 )went off in a faint(暈倒 )when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raised money on charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界記錄 )in 2022. He died on June 25th, 2022, but he would live in our heart forever. ( )56. Michael began to sing at the age of＿＿ A. 6 B. 11 C. 19 ( )57. What does the underlined word ―album‖ mean? A. 相冊(cè) C. 小說(shuō) ( )58. Michael was good at＿＿ according to the passage. A. rock music B. street dance C. moonwalking ( )59. Why did Michael have to stay at home most of the time? A. Because he was famous B. Because he often felt lonely C. Because he had no friends. ( )60. The underlined word this refers to(指的是 )＿＿ A. Michael died B. Michael raised money on charity C. He never ate meat B TV shows, movies, and magazines often show pictures of people who are thin. Does that mean being thin is always best? Of course n