2015-2016
学年第一学期海珠区
期末初三统考试卷和答案（英语）
一、语法选择（共
15
小题；每小题
1
分，满分
15
分）
In recent days, the news of Tu Youyou’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Medicine hasoccupied
the Chinese media and everybody gets excited about that. Dr. Tu, an ___1____ Chinesemedical
scientist, was famous for her discovery of artemisinin(
青蒿素
), a medicine ___2____
hasgreatlyreducedthenumberofpeoplewhodiefrom malaria(
疟疾
).
Tu’s research can date back to the 1960s. In order to save the soldiers and people in southern
China suffering from malaria, Tu was given a task __3_____ the treatment for the serious illness.The
Chinese Government ___4____ lots of money supporting her work, so she started herresearch on
anti-Malaria medicine at once. She ___5____ a team, did experiments in over 200kinds of traditional
Chinese medicines and experienced over 380 failures. Finally she ___6____artemisinin in 1971.
After ____7___ on mice and monkeys, Tu and her two teammatesvolunteered to do many teats on
___8____ own bodies. At last, it proved to be 100 percenteffective. They were happy with the test
results, ____9___ they soon carried out medical tests onpatients widely and cured medical-resistant
malaria ___10____. Tu said ___11____ this prize wasnotapersonalonebutthewisdomofawholeteam.
“
Artemisinin is a gi
ft from traditional Chinese medicine to the world.” said Tu and she ended
her speech with a poem ___12____ by our famous poet Wang Zhihuan, “The
bright sun
fallsbehindthe mountain, theYellow River runs towards ocean,if youwant to see a grander view, go
up one more floor. I hopeeverybody can enjoy the
___13____ of Chinese Culture and
find
thetreasureintraditionChinese medicine.”
TuYouyou is the first Chinese female scientist that
won theNobel Prize Prize. All the Chinese people are proud
___14___her.___15___excellent scientist sheis!
1.A. 84-year-old
B.84year old
C.84years old
D.84-years-old
2.A. what
B.which
C.who
D.whom
3.A. findout
B.findingout
C.to find out
D.tofindingout
4.
A. spent
B.took
C.cost