期中试题 (3).doc

英语期中考试题
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。
注意事项：
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3．本试卷满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。
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第I卷（选择题，共70分）

第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

(A )
How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the following facts in the UK?
·About 50% of all car journeys are just for fun.
·Over 80% people go to work by car.
·25% car journeys are under two miles.
·70% car journeys are under five miles.
WALKING & CYCLING
Instead of using the car for short journeys, why not walk or ride a bicycle? Walking is a most popular form of exercise—it’s healthy and it can save you money. If you work nearby, try walking or cycling instead of driving. Walking your children to school gives them valuable road experience.
BUSES
Bus companies are using new buses: some run on new fuels which produce less pollution; some have easier access for disabled and old people. There are special traffic lanes (行车道)to make bus journeys easier and more reliable. So do something to help solve the pollution problem—let the bus take you to work and your children to school.

TRAINS
All car journeys, long or short, can be hard work. For some trips it is wiser to take the train. Leave your car at home and walk, cycle or take a bus to and from the station. Train travel is fast, safe and comfortable. Train tickets are not always expensive; some are quite cheap at discount.

1. How many of car journeys are just for fun in the UK?
A. 25%. B. Over 80%. C. 70%. D. About 50%.
2. The writer believes that _______________________ can give children valuable road experience.
A. taking new fuel buses B. traveling by train
C. walking to school D. having car journeys for fun
3. What does the writer think of traveling by train?
A. Tiring. B. Awful. C. Exciting. D. Comfortable.
4. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To teach people how to use the buses.
B. To encourage people to travel by train.
C. To advise people to use cars less often.
D. To tell people to obey traffic rules.

(B)
Body and Food
Your body，which has close relations with the food you eat，is the most important thing you own，so it needs proper treatment and proper nourishment（营养）．The old saying“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”is not as silly as some people think．The body needs fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamin C．Many people take extra vitamins in pill form．believing that these will make them healthy．
But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins you need．The body doesn’t need or use extra vitamins，so why waste money on them?
In the modern western world，many people are too busy to bother about eating properly．They throw anything into their stomachs，eating hurriedly and carelessly．The list of illnesses caused or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening．
5．“Your body has close relations with the food you eat．”It really means that ________．
A．all kinds of food you eat can be made into your body
B．your body is made up of the food you eat
C．what you eat has great effect on your health
D．the more you eat，the fitter you will feel
6．The old saying referred to in the passage tells us that ________．
A．the apple is the best among all kinds of fruits
B．eating apples regularly does lots of good to our health
C．apples can take the place of doctors
D．an apple is a sure cure for illness
7．In the second paragraph，the writer tries to let us know ________．
A．a good diet is of great importance for our health
B．often eating apples is a good habit
C．taking extra vitamin pills is completely useless
D．our bodies need food or we can’t live
8．In the modern western countries _______．
A．people don’t want to pay more attention to their eating
B．people throw everything into their stomachs without chewing
C．lots of people’s illnesses are caused or made worse by bad eating habits
D．people are only too busy to cook meals for themselves
9．From the passage we can draw a conclusion that if we want to keep healthy，we should _______．
A．only eat an apple a day
B．take as many vitamin pills as possible
C．eat properly
D．throw something into our stomachs slowly and carefully

(C)
Why don't birds get lost on their long seasonal flights from one place to another? Scientists have puzzled over this question for many years.
But not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely on the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds that fly mainly by night?
Tests with man-made night sky with shining stars overhead have proved that certain night-flying birds are able to follow those stars in their long-distance flights.
One such bird—a warbler—had spent its lifetime in cage and had never flown under a natural sky. Yet it showed an inborn ability to use the stars as guidance. When the bird’s cage was placed under a man-made star-filled sky during their traveling, the bird tried to fly in the same direction as that taken by its outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused a change in the direction of its flight.
Scientists think that warblers, when flying in daylight, use the sun for guidance. But the stars are also their most important means of navigation (导航). What do they do when the stars are hidden by clouds? The clever birds can find their way by such land-marks as mountain areas, coast lines, and river courses. But when it’s too dark to see these, the warblers just circle helplessly, unable to get their sense of direction.
10. The reason why birds don’t get lost on their seasonal flights
A. is known by everyone
B. has only recently been discovered by scientists
C. has been known to scientists for many years
D. is still unknown to scientists
11. How did the warbler change its direction in the experiment?
A. With the ability it was born with.
B. With the help of other birds.
C. With the help of the scientists.
D. With its learning ability.
12 We can infer from the passage that a warbler is a bird
A. born with a sense of direction
B. unable to fly under a natural sky
C. raised for scientific experiments
D. taught to fly by scientists

(D)
There are many special hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.
In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt; the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs and the beds.
The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. So the rooms stay warm at night, though it’s cold outside in the desert. The hotel has twelve rooms. A single room costs $40 a night, and a double room $60.
A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, "Please don’t lick (舔) the walls."
13. Where did the salt for the hotel come from?
A. A cave. B. The lake. C. A salt field. D. The salt desert.
14. What did Juan Quesada do in the early 1990s?
A. He discovered the desert. B. He visited the palace.
C. He worked as a tour guide. D. He built the hotel.
15. What keeps the rooms in the Salt Palace Hotel warm at night?
A. The water in the lake.
B. The heat from the walls and roof
C. The furniture in the rooms.
D. The sand in the desert.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.   16     Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.    17     She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
18 Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.   19     She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
She often says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!     20     This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. She enjoys listening to classic music.
B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.
C. She loves her students and cares for them.
D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.
E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.
G. Can you tell us something about your mother?
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）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。
The train started moving．It was 21 with people of all ages．An old man and his 30 -year-old son were 22 near the window． 23 the train moved, the son was overwhelmed （充溢） with 24 as he was very excited with the scenery outside．"Dad, the sight of green trees moving away is very 25 ." This behavior made people think he was 26 .
Everyone started murmuring（低语）about this man's son. "This guy seems to be a fool ."a young man 27 to his wife. Suddenly it 28 raining. Rain fell on the travelers through the open 29 ．Filled with joy, the son said, "See, Dad? How beautiful the rain is!" The young man's wife was 30 as she was getting wet. "Can't you see it's raining, old man? If your son is not feeling 31 , send him to a mental asylum （精神病院） and don't 32 the public," she said. The old man, in a low 33 ,replied, "We are on the 34 back from hospital．He was blind 35 birth, and he gained his eyesight only last week．Nature is 36 to his eyes．Please forgive us for the 37 we have caused．" There was nothing but silence．The things we do may seem 38 from our view before we know the truth, but when we know the truth, we may realize that our responses given before might have 39 others．So try to understand the problem better before 40 any action．

21 . A．covered B．filled C. related D．provided
22．A．put B．seated C．laid D．placed
23．A．Since B．Before C．As D．After
24．A．kindness B．anxiety C．joy D．worry
25．A．common B．beautiful C．usual D．colorful
26．A．correct B．interested C．strange D．surprised
27．A．shouted B．whispered C．cried D．told
28．A．started B．stopped C．caused D．finished
29．A．door B．window C．wall D．ceiling
30．A．unhappy B．interested C．excited D．scared
31．A．bad B．sick C．well D．happy
32．A．order B．frighten C．damage D．bother
33．A．pronunciation B．noise C．sound D．voice
34．A．way B．road C．path D．track
35．A．in B．with C．through D．from
36．A．new B．known C．similar D．familiar
37．A．silence B．trouble C．case D．joke
38．A．disappointing B．terrible C．right D．good
39．A．encouraged B. hurt C．helped D．destroyed
40．A．doing B．losing C．making D．taking;

第Ⅱ卷
第二部分 英语知识运用
第二节 （共10分；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式）
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear ______41________ spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. _____42_______ ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success _____43_______ language learning. _____44________ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____45________(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ______46_________meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. _______47_______we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _____48______(advise) for those _____49______are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and ____50____(write) the language whenever we can.
第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
3．必须按答题要求做题，否则不给分。

Every morning John goes to work by the train. He always buys a newspaper, it helps to make the time pass more quickly. One Thursday morning, he turn to the sports page. He wanted read the report about a important football match the night before. The report was such interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He didn’t know it when he saw the sea. He got off at the next station, and have to wait a long time for a train to go back. Of course, he arrived very late at the office. His boss were very angry when John told him why he was late.“Work is very more important than football!”

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李明，刚从学校安排的“澳大利亚行”返回北京。请给在澳大利亚时借住的家庭写一封信，信的内容主要包括：
1．你已安全返回北京
2．感谢他们的热情   1）去机场迎接
       2）Jenny陪伴游览名胜古迹
3．希望他们有时间来北京游览

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,
I’m writing to tell you that I had a safe journey back to Beijing._____________________________________________
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