宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷Venezuela（委内瑞拉）has produced many successful beauty queens, winning both Miss Universe（环球小姐）and Miss World five times. Many Venezuelan girls believe that they can gain confidence, poise（体态）, public speaking skills and better ways to prepare for the future in beauty pageants（选美比赛）. From a very young age, girls in this country grow up dreaming of becoming Miss Venezuela. In Venezuela, the term(称谓) “Miss” as in “Miss Universe” is an honored _80_.These days, people in some countries consider beauty contests to be silly. They have tried to stop these contests, saying the contests treat women as objects（物品）and place too much importance _81_ womens looks. Others even say that all the girls that go there are made in a lab and they are made to look less like themselves, and more like the “ideal”（完美形象）. But in Latin America, beauty contests are a source of pride.Are Venezuelan women really more beautiful than other women? “They are not really more beautiful here,” says Selena, who trains girls for the contest. “Its just that the girls here work harder and prepare more than anyone else.”The preparation takes many hours a day. The contestants（竞赛选手） stretch（伸展）their bodies and practice their walks down the runway. They work on their speeches and practice answering questions such as, “Whom do you admire most in the world?” They starve（挨饿）to _82_ slim. They take classes to learn how to style their _83_ and apply make-up（化妆品）.It isnt easy. One Miss Universe winner immediately put on 20 pounds after the contest. She said the only thing she wanted to do after the contest was to eat. The cost is _84_as well. Fortunately the television station that holds the contest pays the costs.Yet most of the contestants say its worth the effort. A former Miss Universe is now mayor（市长）of a large city. Although she had no political experience before _85_, she has been asked to run for higher political office. Winners have an advantage they could not get anywhere else. “Its the only chance you have to make it.” says one contestant. “You cant get these opportunities by any other way.” 80.A) prize B) titleC) fame D) name 81.A) ofB) inC) toD) on82.A) lookB) seemC) stayD) make83.A) hairB) clothesC) bodiesD) steps84.A) highB) expensiveC) much D) large85.A) thisB) that C) itD) those长宁区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷If you have no mobile phone, no computer, and no Internet with you, what will you do with your free time? Will you go _80_?Harley, a 15-year-old girl from California, US stayed calm. She did something different. Her mobile phone didnt work one day, so she decided to try and live _81_ it. She took a six-week summer travel with some friends.Harley and ten other teenagers rode their bikes 3,000 miles across the States. With two college students as guides, they started from a beach in Georgia on June 23. They travelled through small towns in the south, they _82_ in the mountains.Its not easy to find a comfortable place to sleep. “It was too hot in the south, and super wet, too.” Harley said. And mosquitoes (蚊子) were around them _83_ when sleeping outside.Although there were _84_, no one left the team. “Everyone was hard-working and did everything for the group,” Harley said. “We learned how to live with other people and look after each other.”From these things, they not only _85_ themselves, but also opened their eyes. “Southern people are really nice,” Harley said. “Small communities were just that. Its a nice change of what most of us are used to. Its how the rest of the country lives. Its a whole new world.”80. A. enjoyableB. interestingC. crazyD. busy81. A. withB. withoutC. onD. for82. A. set a fireB. watched TVC. had a picnicD. made camps83. A. all the timeB. for the time beingC. from time to timeD. in a short time84. A. happinessB. goodnessC. worriesD. difficulties85 A. trainedB. taughtC. learnedD. practiced崇明县初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷At the beginning of the twentieth century, traffic in big cities such as New York and London became very busy. Carriages, horses, and bikes rushed in every direction (方向), and then they were 80 by the newest toy of the rich people, the “automobiles (汽车).” In those days, crossing a street used to be a real challenge for people walking. There were no 81 for drivers. The New York Police Department had to create a special group of policemen to control traffic. Police officers stood at crossroads and tried to direct the traffic, but very often they were run over by vehicles (车辆). By 1912, New York City had 38,000 motor vehicles. 82 had to be done about all the traffic on the streets!In 1916, the first traffic tower was 83 in New York, at the crossroads of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. A traffic officer controlled three 500-watt lamps. They were 40