初二英语创新能力竞赛模拟试题.doc

初二英语创新能力竞赛试题
（考试时间：120分钟， 满分：120分）
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共60分）
一、单项选择（共20小题，计20分）
( )1. My father will come back at 10 o’clock ______of June 15.
A. in the night B. by the night C. on the night D. at night
( ) 2. Two of them are here, but where are ______ students?
A. the other B. others C. others D. another
( ) 3. ---I hope you can help me with my English this evening.
---________.
A. Sorry, I’m afraid not B. Yes, I’m busy
C. I hope so D. Certainly not
( )4. We won’t leave until Mr Li _______ back.
A. come B. came C. comes D. will come
( )5.---Must we come back before five?
---No. you ______. You may come back before six if you like.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. may not
( )6.---________?
---Go along this street and turn right at the third crossing.
A. Where are you going B. Where do you live
C. Where’s the theatre, please D. How can you get to the café
( )7. ---It is fine today. ---______.
A. So it does B. So does it C. So is it D. So it is
( )8. Why don’t men do _______ housework?
A. a bit B. a few C a little of D. a bit of
( )9. How did you make him______?
A. stop talking B. to stop talking
C. stops talking D. stopped to talk
( )10. ---May I borrow your ruler, please?
---Certainly. ________.
A. Here is it B. Here are you C. Here it is D. It is here
( )11. Mr. Wu _______ English very well. Listen! He _______ English in the classroom.
A. says, is reading B. is speaking, is reading
C. speaks, is reading D. says, speaking
( ) 12. ---Do you have ______ watch?
---Yes, I have ______.
A. one, it B. it, one C. a, one D. a, it
( ) 13. ---Help yourself to some fish.
---_________.
A. Thanks, but I’m full B. I don’t like it at all
B. It’s not delicious, I think
C. Is it your favourite food?
( ) 14. ______ fine weather it is today!
A. What a B. How C. How a D. What
( ) 15. ---Which do you prefer, oranges or apples?
---_______. I ’d like bananas.
A. Yes, both B. Neither, thank you
C. No, thanks D. I’m glad you like it
( )16. ---Hi, Carol. How was your trip to Beijing?
---Hi, Alice. Oh, we ____ a good time there.
A. are having B. have had C. had D. have
( )17. The doctors and nurses are doing their best to fight SARS. They think more of others than ______.
A. they B. them C. themselves D. theirs
( ) 18. I think Yao Ming , the famous basketball player, will be ______ new star in NBA.
A. Hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest
( ) 19. Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool. It _____ be very expensive.
A. must B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t
( ) 20. ---______ is it from our school to Lupu Bridge?
---About half an hour’s bus ride.
A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How much
二． 完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Jenny’s mother was nearly seventy. Jenny and her husband wanted to give the old lady a nice birthday 21 . Her mother liked 22 tea, so Jenny bought an Electric(电) machine. It could make the tea and 23 people up in the morning. She put it in a box and brought it to her mother on her birthday. When her mother opened the box, Jenny showed her how 24 it.
“After you go to bed, put the 25 in the pot and the water

in the kettle,” she said to the old lady, “and don’t forget 26 on the electricity. Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea 27 ready.”
After a few 28 Jenny’s mother rang up and said, “Maybe I’m silly, 29 there’s one thing I don’t understand, why do I 30 go to bed to make the tea?”
( ) 21. A. cake B. candle C. present D. party
( ) 22. A. to eat B. drinking C. have D. made
( ) 23. A. wake B. make C. work D. walk
( ) 24. A. use B. using C. to use D. used
( ) 25. A. milk B. coffee C. tea D. orange
( ) 26. A. turn B. to turn C. turning D. turned
( ) 27. A. are B. was C. be D. will be
( ) 28. A. days B. years C. minutes D. month
( ) 29. A. but B. if C. when D. or
) 30. A. must B. need C. have to D. can

三、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出回答所提问题或完成句子的最佳答案。
(A)
After a tiring day in outer space(外部太空),China’s first astronaut(宇航员),Yang Liwei, touched down safely at about 6:00 a.m., October 16,2003 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The 21-hour flight showed China became the third country to send a person to outer space successfully. He did a very good job for our country.
Yang Liwei was born in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province on June 21, 1965. The man is 5 feet, 6 inches tall. When he was young, he was an athletic(体格健壮的)child who enjoyed swimming and ice skating. His parents were strict with him. Yang Liwei was good at his lessons and he could draw well and he also learned music.
He joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army at 18. he graduated from the No. 8 Aviation College of the PLA Air Force in 1987. In January 1998 Yang became a member of China’s first team of astronauts.
He has a kind wife, who does all the housework, and a lovely son. In his wife’s eyes, he is a very father. His son says, “though I can see my dad about once a week, I have his photo. Whenever I see the photo, I can overcome(克服) all the difficulties.
He works for the Aviation Military Unit of the Chinese people’s Liberation Army. The man is strict in his work. Every time he is required to do something, he always tries his best to do it. And every time he can finish his work very well.
( ) 31. From the passage we can know that Yang Liwei began his flight at about _______.
A. 9:00 a.m., October 15 B. 6:00 a.m., October 15
C. 9:00 a.m., October 16 D. 6:00 a.m., October 16
( ) 32. What did Yang Liwei like when he was young?
A. Swimming B. Ice skating C. Drawing D. all the above
( ) 33. The passage tells us that _______.
A. Yang is not a good husband B. Yang doesn’t have a family
C. Yang is not strict with his son
D. Yang is an excellent pilot
( ) 34. How long has Yang Liwei been a soldier?
A. About 20 years B. About 38 years
C. About 18 years D. About 5 years
( ) 35. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Yang is the first person that reaches the outer space in the world.
B. China is the third country that can send man to the outer space successfully.
C. Yang is a very strong man.
D. Yang is strict in his work and ha can finish it very well.
(B)
“What’s the matter ,Bob?” asked his mother. “Why do you look so sad?”
“I don’t have anyone to play with,” Bob said. “I wish we stayed in Salt Lake City. I have friends there.”
“You will soon make friends here,” said his mother. “Wait and see!” Just then there was a knock on the door, Mrs. Miller opened it. There was a woman with red hair. “Hello,” she said, “I’m Mrs. Green. I live next door. I came to ask for two eggs.” “You may have the eggs,” said Mrs. Miller. “You may have the eggs,” said Mrs. Miller. “But please sit down for a moment. Let’s have some coffee and talk a little.”
That afternoon there was another knock on the door. It was a boy named Tom. “My mother told me to give you this cake and these two eggs,” he said. Bob asked him to come in and played balls for an hour together happily and soon became good friends.
“I’m glad your mother needed two eggs,” Bob said. “she’s just wanted to make friends with your mother!” Then Bob laughed.
( ) 36. From the passage we learn that _______.
A. Bob had no friends B. Bob’s mother had no friends
C. No one wanted to play with Bob
D. Bob’s family moved away from the Salt Lake City
( ) 37. Bob’s mother knew that ________.
A. children would come to play with her son
B. a woman with red hair would come to see her
C. someone would come to ask for eggs
D. someone would come to have a cup of tea
( ) 38. Tom came to Bob’s house ________.
A. before his mother B. after his mother
C. to play balls D. to ask for cakes
( ) 39. When they heard the knock on the door, Mrs. Miller and Bob felt_______.
A. worried B. afraid C. surprised D. happy
( ) 40. Which of the following is true?
A. Mrs. Green lived in Salt Lake City long ago
B. Mrs. Green didn’t have eggs to make cakes
C. Mrs. Miller wanted to make a new friends, too
D. Tom and Bob didn’t like each other
(C)
In the old days in Europe, people believed that trees were embodiment(化身) of powerful beings. In the sixteen century, German families began to bring green trees into their homes during the Christmas seasons. By the seventeenth century, they cut the tops of evergreens and hung upside down in a living-room corner. And then they decorated them with fruits, candies, cookies and candles.
The first Christmas trees in America were set up by German immigrants(移民) in the 1820s. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two=thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with colored balls and strings of colored lights.
( )41. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. how people in the past enjoyed Christmas
B. when people began to enjoy Christmas
C. Christmas trees D. Christmas history
( ) 42. When and where were Christmas trees first used in the world?
A. In the sixteenth century in Germany
B. In the seventeenth century in Germany
C. In the eighteenth century in America
D. In the nineteenth century in America
( ) 43. What does the underlined word “evergreens” mean?
A.圣诞树 B.落叶树 C.常青树 D.杨树
( ) 44. People in the old days used Christmas trees during Christmas seasons because_______.
A. they liked to use it to decorate the house
B. they thought green trees were powerful
C. they wanted to put little presents on the trees
D. they wanted to have a party around the trees
( )45. Which of the following is true according to this passage?
A. People now decorate the Christmas trees with the same things as they did in the old days.
B. We may call a Christmas tree “evergreens” now.
C. Christmas trees have power.
D. Germans people brought the custom of using Christmas to America.
E.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共60分）
四、词汇运用(计10分) 根据句意完成已给出首字母的单词
46. Many p________ are waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
47. We should be q_________ when we are in the reading room.
48. China is f_________ for its food in the world.
49. There will be a c_________ by a rock band from Beijing.
50. He broke his leg because he was too c_________.
51. It is snowing and everyone f________ cold.
52. Huashan is a beautiful m______ right?
53. Most animals live in f________.
54. We can get a lot of I_________ from the Internet.
55. H______ is one of the most interesting subjects. I like it very much.
五．（共10空，计10分）阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（必要时加助动词或情态动词）
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you 56______(enjoy)your holiday with me. We enjoyed 57_________ (have) you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able 58________ (come) again next year. Perhaps you can stay longer next time you come. A week is not really long enough , is it? If your school59_______(have) five weeks’ holiday next year, perhaps you’ll be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.
We have been long back at school for three weeks until now. It feels like three months! I hope you aer working very hard now. I’ll have to work hard next year when I am in Grade One. Tom and Ann 60________(not be) in Grade One until 2005.
They 61_______(go) for a picnic yesterday, but I 62________ ( not go)with them. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there. Do you still remember the island? All five of us _63________ (spend) the last day of our holiday there.
Tom, Ann and I 64_______ (send) our best wishes to Betty and you. We hope 65_______ (see)you soon.
Yours,
Michael
六、补全对话：（5分）
A：Excuse me , which is the ___66____ to the hospital ?
B: Sorry, I have no __67_____ . Ask the man over there . he ___68 know .
A: Excuse me , ___69____ can I get to the hospital , please ?
C: Go along the street , ____70___ the second turning on the right , and then you’ll find it .
A: Thanks .
七、句型转换：按括号里的要求改写句子，一空一词。（10分）
71.Do it right now . ( 变为否定句)
_______ _______ it right now .
72．Jim is the most careful boy in our class.（写出同义句，以下各小题都相同）
Jim is _______ _______ than _______ _______ student in our class.
73. I don’t like English . He doesn’t like English , either.
_______ he _______ I like English . .
74. The old man was so tired that he couldn’t walk on .
The old man was _______ tired _______ walk on .
75 He went to bed after he finished his homework .
He _______ _______ to bed _______ he finished his homework .
76. They had a good time at the party last week .
They _______ _______ at the party last week .
.
八、完成翻译，每空一词。（10分）
77.医生仔细地给我弟弟作了检查。
The doctor ____ _______ my brother carefully .

78.我们用了半小时打扫教室。
It _______ us half an hour _______ clean the classroom .
79.不要对你的老师做鬼脸。
Don’t _______ _________ to your teachers .
80.上学期，他赶上了别的同学。
He __________ _______ with other students last term .
81 秋去冬来。
Winter _______ ___ autumn .

七、书面表达(计10分) 九．书面表达(计10分)
在和谐社会里，人与人之间的互帮互助已构成我们生活中的重要组成部分。下周英国友好学校将来你们学校访问，你校英语俱乐部将举行一次以“Help Each Other Makes the world Wonderful”为主题的英语演讲比赛。假如李明要参加演讲比赛，请你以“李明”的名义用英语写一篇演讲稿。内容要点提示：
（1） 帮助同学—友谊；
（2） 帮助老人—幸福；
（3） 帮助病人—快乐；
（4） 帮助别人的体会……
要求：（！）词数：80左右。文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数；
（2）文中不能出现自己的姓名和学校的名称。
Help Each Other Makes the world Wonderful
Hello,everyone.I’m Li Ming. It’s nice to talk about help here.

Thanks for your listening.

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