广州市第二中学2015学年第二学期一模初三年级英语科目试卷（满分110分）一、语法选择（共15小题，每题1分，共15分）Have you ever felt uncomfortable? Many of _1_ feel uneasy when someone stands too close _2_ us, talks to us too _3_ or makes eye contact with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?Its all about personal peace, which means not only _4_ imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the _5_. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel _6_._7_ people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space or not in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to _8_. In a survey by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they _9_ paymore for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers _10_their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.Go and watch a library table. You will notice _11_ one of the corner seats will usually _12_ first, because they are thefarthestway. What if someone sits _13_ you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from _14_ cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, _15_, people are more comfortable standing near each other.1. A. we B. us C. our D. ours2. A. with B. in C. to D. at3. A. loudness B. louder C. loudly D. loudest4. A. a B. an C. the D. /5. A. sense B. senses C. sensing D. sensings6. A. anger B. angry C. angers D. angrily7. A. Whether B. What C. That D. Which8. A. them B. their C. themselves D. they9. A. has to B. have to C. had to D. having to10. A. in the front B. in frontC. in the front of D. in front of11. A. that B. what C. where D. if12. A. be taken B. be taking C. take D. takes13. A. opposite with B.opposite toC. opposite at D. opposite for14. A. another B. others C. other D. the others15. A. but B. however C. either D. although二完形填空（共10小题，每题1.5分，共15分）The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He _16_ me with a puzzleall because he waved to me like someone does on seeing a close friend. There was a big, _17_ smile on his face. For the next few days I tried to _18_ his face to see if I knew him. I didnt. Perhaps he had _19_ me for someone else. By the time I was quite sure that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.Then one day I found out the truth. As I drove near to the school he was standing in the middle of the road _20_ his stop sign, I was in line behind four cars. After the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars through. To the first car he waved and smiled in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same _21_ from the crossing guard, and the driver, a businessman, gave a short wave back. Each of the following car of kids on their way to school responded heartily.Every morning I continued to watch the man with _22_. So far I havent seen anyone _23_ to wave back. I find it interesting that one person can make such a(n) _24_ to so many peoples lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly. His cheerfulness armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the _25_ of the whole neighborhood.16. A. hit B. disagreed C. presented D. bored17. A. shy B. false C. funny D. bright18. A. research B. study C. realize D. explain19. A. praised B. respected C. mistaken D. remembered20. A. holding out B. handing in C. putting on D. setting up21. A. idea B. reply C. notice D. greeting来源:Zxxk.Com22. A. surprise B. interest C. doubt D. hope23. A. fail B. try C. wish D. manage24. A. offer B. promise C. mess D. difference25. A. habits B. expresion C. rules D. feelings三阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，共40分）A来源:学科网One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey, lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can became more likely to sting in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.“Oh, they dont bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”来源:学科网Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest againto see the wasps flying