初二英语期中考试试卷打印.doc

初 二 英 语

注意事项
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分, 共100分，考试时间100分钟。考试结束，将答题卡交上，试卷自己保留。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共65分）
第I卷共65小题，答案请按要求填涂在答题卡上
一、听力 (每小题1分，共20分)
（A）每小题你将听到一个对话，从A、B、C三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符合的选项，每段对话读两遍。
1. A. B. C.

2. A. B. C.

3. A. B. C.

4. A. B. C.

5. A. B. C.

（B）听下面的对话独白，每段对话或独白后有几小题，请根据你所听到的内容，从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个适当的答语。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答6—7题：
6. Why does Sandy say Amy is her best friend?
A. Because Amy is pretty and busy. B. Because Amy is kind and likes helping people.
C. Because Amy is in the same class with Sandy.
7. Who is the oldest?
A. Amy. B. Sandy. C. Nick.
听第7段材料，回答8—10小题。
8. What does the woman think of the rainy days?
A. She thinks it very boring. B. She thinks it helpful for the plants.
C. She thinks it good for playing outside.
9. What will the weather be like the next day?
A. It will rain heavily and cause a flood. B. It will be better, but still rain.
C. It will be a sunny day.
10. Where did the man get the weather forecast?
A. From the radio. B. From the TV. C. From the woman.
听第8段材料，回答第11—15小题。
11. When is the trip going to start?
A. At 8:10. B. At 7:50. C. At 8:30.
12. Why do the students go to the zoo?
A. Because they like playing games in the zoo.
B. Because they want to study and help the animals.
C. Because there aren’t any rare animals in the museum.
13. What can they do to help the animals?
A. They can do a bird count. B.They can feed the animals. C.They can donate some money.
14. Does Daniel like to study in the zoo?
A. Yes, he thinks he can learn a lot. B. No, he likes playing games better.
C. No, but he doesn’t like the park ,either.
15. What does Millie think of studying animals?
A. She thinks it helpful if she studies animals in the zoo.
B. She thinks playing games in the park is better than studying animals.
C. She thinks it boring to study animals.
听第9段材料，回答第16—20题
16. How long has the writer lived in the countryside?
A . For more than 20 years B. For about 10 years. C. For less than 20 years.
17. Where were the sparrows singing?
A. They were in the bedroom B. They were near the window.
C. They were in their home.
18. What were the swallows busy doing in the morning?
A. They were busy looking for food. B. They were busy jumping and flying.
C. They were busy singing.
19. Can the writer see many sparrows now?
A. Yes, he can see them as usual. B. Yes , and there are more than before.
C. No, he can’t.
20. Why do the birds leave this place?
A. Because the countryside is becoming better. B. Because they can’t give people more food.
C. Because they can’t find food easily and people often kill them.
二、单项选择（本题共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. October 31st is ________Halloween .It’s _____ special day for children to play a game
called “trick or treat”.
A. a；the B. the；a C.不填；a D.不填；the
22. —Here are three books on Chinese. Which one would you like to borrow?
一 ______. You see，I’m interested in Geography these days.
A .All B. None C. Both D. Each
23. Let’s make the forest larger and try to _______ people cutting down more trees.
A. make B. prevent C. protect D. keep
24. I arrived Shanghai the evening of January 2009.
A. at, in B. in, at C. in, on D. from, to
25. There are about _______ students in their school now.
A. hundred of B. nine hundred C. nine hundreds D. nine hundreds of
26. ---Sam, do you know if Alice _______to my party next week?
----I think she will come if she _______ free.
A. comes, is B. comes, will be C. will come , is D. will come, will be
27. My brother watches ______every day. He often watches TV for _____ three hours a day.
A. much TVs, up to B. a lot of TV, up to
C. a lot of TV, about to D. many TVs, up to
28. These clothes look very nice ______ you.
A. with B. in C. for D. on
29. Why didn’t they _________ to protect the ________ animals?
A. take actions, dangerous B. take actions, endangering
C. take action, endangered D. took action, endangered
30---Do you mind opening the door? ---_______. It’s so cold outside.
A. Of course. B. No, thank you. C. You’d better not. D. Not at all
31. I’m very sorry. There’s only bread in the fridge. Shall I go and bring some?
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
32. __________ nature reserves _________ us learn more about protecting animals.
A. Studying , helps B Studies, to help
C. Study, helping D Studying, help
33 If people keep ________down the forest, wild animals will have nowhere _______.
A. to cut, to live in B. cutting, to live in
C. cutting, to live D. to cut, to live
34. The meat smells ____________. Throw it away.
A. badly B. well C. good D. bad
35.The number of pandas ____ getting __ because their living areas are becoming farmlands.
A. is, bigger and bigger B. are, smaller and smaller
C. is , more and more D. is , smaller and smaller
36 一Shall we go out for a trip after the mid-exam?
A. That’s all right. B. It doesn’t matter.
C. That’s a good idea. D. Have a great time.
37.— they are talking to each other! —Yes. They are really happy to see each other.
A. What excited B. How excited
C. What excitedly D. How excitedly
38.You can call me 0512-5123467 or e-mail me lily@.
A. on, at B. at, on C. by, on D. on, on
39.Don’t worry! The train at 3:30 p.m. There is enough time left.
A. leave B. leaving C. leaves D. left
40.We found physics well .
A. difficult to learn B. it difficult to learn
C. it difficult learning D. it’s difficult to learn
三、完形填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
A group of frogs were travelling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how   41  the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t    42     and tried their best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs   43 saying that they were sure to die.     44  , one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying,      45   . Then he fell down and died.
The other frog, however,    46   to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he   47   , the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog, who had a poor   48   explained, “I thought you were encouraging me all the time.”
The story teaches us a      49   : There is a power (力量)of life and death in the tongue(舌头). An    50   word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
41. A. small             B. deep           C. big           D. wide
42. A. care              B. refuse（拒绝）         C. insist（坚持）        D. think
43. A. kept              B. finished       C. practised     D. stopped
44. A. Luckily           B. Finally        C. Suddenly      D. Happily
45. A. went on           B. ran away       C. jumped out    D. gave up
46. A. happened         B. continued      C. planned       D. wanted
47. A. got out            B. ran away       C. got off       D. woke up
48. A. smelling          B. eyesight       C. hearing       D. looking
49. A. way                B. skill          C. sentence      D. lesson
50. A. interesting       B. exciting       C. excellent     D. encouraging
四、阅读理解（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Huang Xiaoming
Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming visited the panda base in Sichuan Province. During his visit, Huang put on a keeper’s suit and tried cutting bamboos, cleaning cages and feeding the pandas .Huang also adopted a pair of panda twins with a gift of 1 million yuan.
Angelina Jolie
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie can do all kinds of things on screen. It looks like she’s good at everything, shooting, fighting and killing. But there’s one thing she is afraid of cooking。The 33-year-old girl says she was never able to master cooking skills. “I don’t cook---- it’s the one thing I can’t do。”
Chen Luyu
Chinese hostess Chen Luyu is famous for popular talk show. She set up an online version(版本) of her show at S. People have grown tired(讨厌) of Chen’s show, especially her habit of constantly（经常地）asking guests, “Really?” But the producer of the show supports Chen, “she is one of the few Chinese hosts who knows how to control （控制）her desire（愿望）to express herself and let the guests speak freely in an interview。”
51．What kind of animals does Huang Xiaoming like?
A. Pandas. B. Monkeys. C. Tigers. D. Lions.
52. Which is TRUE about Angelina Jolie?
A. She is good at everything. B. She can’t shoot well.
C. She can’t cook by herself. D. She can cook well.
53. Why have people grown tired of Chen Luyu’s show according to the passage?
A. Because she isn’t famous for her talk show.
B. Because she set up an online version of talk show.
C. Because she has the habit of constantly asking, “Really?”
D. Because she likes to express herself.
54. What does the underlined word “adopt” mean in the first paragraph?
A. 批准 B. 继承 C. 采纳 D. 收养
55. We can know from the passage that _______.
A. Angelina Jolie is a shy（害羞的） actress B. Chen Luyu isn’t famous any more
C. Huang Xiaoming is a kind man D. All the three stars are Chinese
B
Once there was an old man in a town, he always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this”.
One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip. ” He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.
About an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried, “I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.” said the old man.
“I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right. You don't have to buy another ticket.” said the conductor kindly. But the old man still looked worried and said sadly, “You don’t know why I'm worried. If I don’t find my ticket. I can't remember my station. Where am I going?”
56. The old man bought a ticket ___.
A. as soon as the conductor told him to buy one.
B. before he got on the train
C. when he found he had no ticket with him.
D. after he got on the train.
57. About an hour later, the conductor began ___.
A. to buy the tickets. B. to sell the tickets
C. to check the tickets D. to show the tickets
58. The conductor told the old man that he didn’t need to buy another ticket because ___.
A. the old man was a famous person.
B. he thought the old man had no money with him.
C. the old man had showed him the ticket.
D. he believed the old man
59. The old man still looked worried because ___.
A. he couldn't get on the train
B. he lost his ticket and a lot of money
C. he thought his wife would get angry with him
D. he forgot where he was going
60. Which of the following is still unknown to us?
A. Whether（是否） the old man went on his trip with his wife.
B. Whether the old man found his ticket at last。
C. Whether the conductor knew why the old man was worried.
D. Whether the old man had to buy another ticket.
C
Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the
bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go.
But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers (乘客) at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said, “I never drink when I’m working, otherwise（否则） I’d lose my license。
He normally goes home between two and three o’clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, “That’s the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don’t make money, no one is going to give it to you. ”
London taxi drivers not only “take” but also “give”. Every summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea ― by taxi! There rides are paid by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor (市长) , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day’s running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course!
61. London taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because __________.
A. they make a living by driving
B. they prefer to work for themselves
C. they want to help more passengers
D. they are used to working deep into the night
62. How do London taxi drivers “give”?
A. They give the poor children a lunch party at the sea each summer.
B. They give poor children the chance to meet the mayor.
C. They pay for some poor children’s rides for a day’s tour each summer.
D. They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer.
63 What does the word license in the fourth paragraph mean?
A驾驶执照 B 护照 C 证明 D 学历
64. Which of the following words can be used to describe London taxi drivers?
A. Brave and careful. B. Rich and generous（大方的）
C. Modest（谦虚）and easy-going D. Hard-working and kind.
65. The passage is most likely to be found from __________.
A. an advertisement（广告） of a taxi company（公司）
B. an online travel guide
C. a website about the taxi drivers in London
D. a report about living conditions in London
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共35分）
五、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A. 请根据句意、括号中的中文提示或英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。　
66. A lot of t_____________ come to visit the Palace Museum every year.
67. My mother _______