初二英语第二学期期中考试试题

初二英语期中考试班级 学号 姓名 成绩_一. 单项选择：(15%)1. When we have a talk, we usually sit _ desk.a. inb. atc. in thed. around the2. Mary _ stay in the classroom.a. choose tob. choosesc. chosed. chose to3. Please _ something about the final games between LA Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers last year.a. tellb. sayc. speakd. talk4. Tom _ go.a. was determined tob. was determined c. determinedd. determined to5. This sweater is very expensive _ it is very beautiful.a. butb. andc. ord. so6. _ mouth-watering food it is!a. Howb. Whatc. How ad. What a7. After two _ work, Tom was exhausted.a. dayb. daysc. daysd. days8. Its a fine day. Why _ go out for a picnic?a. dontb. doesntc. notd. not you9. Its too dangerous. Lets _ it!a. dob. to doc. not dod. not to do10. Jim is from _ Class 1 and _ Class 1 runners all run very fast.a. / , /b. /, thec. the, /d. the, the11. Well go to the park, if it _ tomorrow.a. is rainb. isnt rainc. raind. doesnt rain12. Beijing is one of the _ in the world.a. large cityb. large citiesc. largest citiesd. largest city13. Tom was badly ill last night. And the doctor did an operation _ him at once.a. inb. forc. ond. at14. The baby is crying harder and harder. You must _ it stop crying.a. makeb. letc. getd. tell15. He speaks so _ that we couldnt understand _.a. quick, ourselvesb. slow, shec. faster, usd. fast, him二. 完形填空：(10%)A factory began to make a new kind of dog food. A big party was held to _16_ the new food to everyone. People _17_ the newspapers and TV stations were there.There was a dog _18_ the party. He would eat the dog food and have his pictures _19_. The plan was to show everybody how _20_ the dog would like the new dog food.When the time _21_, a plate of the dog food was given in front of _22_. Everyone looked at the dog. But there was one _23_. He didnt eat any of it. The dog didnt like the dog food!The boss of the factory had to _24_ something fast. All of the people were watching. All of the people were _25_. So he ate the dog food himself.16. a. showb. putc. taked. send17. a. inb. onc. fromd. of18. a. inb. atc. ofd. by19. a. takeb. takingc. to taked. taken20. a. manyb. muchc. soond. long21. a. cameb. wentc. passedd. left22. a. the bossb. the dogc. peopled. everyone23. a. wordb. answerc. problemd. change24. a. knowb. speakc. telld. do25. a. laughingb. jumpingc. dancingd. smiling三. 阅读理解：(15%)ATom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective (侦探) stories for magazines (杂志). One evening he could not find an end for a story. He sat with his pen in front of him, but had no idea. So he decided to go to the cinema.When he came back, he found that someone had broken into (闯入) his house. The man had a drink, smoked several of Toms cigarettes (香烟) and read the story. The man left a note (便条),I have read your story and I dont think much of it. please read my advice (建议) and you can write a wonderful story. By the way, I am a thief. I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a famous writer, I will return.Tom read the thiefs advice. Then he sat down and finished the story. Tom is still not famous now, but when he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story on his desk.26. Tom went to the cinema because he _.a. hoped to get an ideab. wanted to let the thief inc. was feeling tiredd. finished the story27. The man came to Toms house to _.a. steal somethingb. have a drinkc. smoke cigarettesd. read a story28. The man thought Toms story was _.a. quite goodb. very poorc. wonderfuld. helpful29. What did Tom think about the thiefs advice? He thought it was very _.a. badb. terriblec. goodd. cheap30. From the story we know that Tom _.a. wanted to catch the thiefb. would like to meet the thiefc. hoped to get more ideas from the mand. was afraid of losing somethingBOnce Effendi (阿凡提) had a joke with the prime minister (宰相). He said the minister would die the next day. The next day it really happened that the Minister fell from his horse and died. When the king heard this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.After Effendi had been brought to him, the king shouted angrily, Effendi, since you knew my Minister would die you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or youll die today.Looking at the king, Effendi answered, Ill die two days earlier than you.Fearing that his own death would follow if Effendi was killed, the king thought he must keep Effendi alive (活着) as long as possible so he let him go.31. This story tell us _.a. when the king would dieb. Effendi knew the dates of their deathc. how Effendi fooled the kingd. why the prime minister died32. The prime minister died because _.a. Effendi talked about his death the day beforeb. he was illc.he fell to the ground from the horsed. the king asked him to die33. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell the date of his own death? He wanted to _.a. know the exact time of his own deathb. find an excuse to kill Effendic. know if Effendi would tell him a lied. know the date of Effendis death34. The king let Effendi go because _.a. Effendi was very cleverb. he hoped that he could live a long lifec. he had punished (惩罚) Effendi alreadyd. he wanted Effendi to become his prime minister35. From this story we can see that Effendi was _.a. foolishb. carefulc. killedd. brightCA student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? Ill take the five oclock train.Oh, sorry, sir, the boss said in a hurry, Im afraid I cant. I wont be able to get up so early.The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me.Wait a minute, then. The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. Here you are, sir.Thank you very much. The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didnt. He asked, Will it ring in time?I dont know, either. said the boss, But it doesnt matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time.36. The student stayed at the inn because _.a. it was in the cool mountain village he was going tob. it was near the railway stationc. the boss of the inn was kind to himd. the boss could wake him up at the right time37. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because _.a. the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up earlyb. the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)c. it would take him a long time to walk to the railway stationd. he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train38. The train the student was going to take would start at _ the next morning.a. five oclockb. a quarter to fivec. half past fourd. a quarter to six39. The student was disappointed because _.a. the boss refused to wake him upb. he had to buy an alarm-clockc. he would take another traind. he had to go to the village on foot40. From the story we know the _.a. clock would wake the student up in timeb. student certainly missed his train the next morningc. alarm-clock was no use for the studentd. student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)四. 动词填空：(10%)41. I cant find Ann. Where _ she _ (go)?42. The teacher told us that the earth _ (be) round.43. Ive never _ (be) to the USA.44. I saw him _ (leave) a minute ago.45. Its another way of _ (get) there in time.46. The girl is _ (dress) in a black dress today.47. Once I _ (lose) my way in the wild country.48. That was the bell for lunch. Tom wished _ (go).49. Jim, _ (call) me as soon as possible.50. Catherine _ (be) hurt. But it wasnt very serious.五. 改错：(10%)51. Li Lei didnt listen to the teacher careful when he was in English classes. After he graduated52. from junior middle school, he opened a shop in the summer holidays. In the shop he bought53. bikes, TV sets, washing machine and so on.54. One day a man on a computer came55. into Li Leis shop and ask Li Lei to mend it.56. Li Lei was very worried. So he didnt57. know the mean of English on the computer, he58. was able to mend it. From then on Li Lei thought English was very useful and worked59. hardly at English. After senior middle school, he went on to college. Now he studies English60. well. He is teaching the people coming off sentry(下岗) what to use the computer.六. 句型转换：(10%)1. What does the sentence mean?_61_ _62_ _63_ _64_ the sentence?2. I like Italian more than science at school.I _65_ science _66_ _67_ Italian at school.3. Tom is the strongest boy in our class.Tom is _68_ _69_ _70_ _71_ boy in our class.4. Mr. King left the classroom. He was smiling.Mr. King _72_ _73_ _74_ the classroom _75_ _76_ _77_ _78_ _79_ _80_.七. 完成句子：(10%)1. 在单词“机器”中，字母i发/ i: / 的音。In the _81_ _82_, the _83_ i _84_ _85_ / i: / _86_.2. 伽利略同一时刻让轻重两个球从塔顶落下。From the _87_ _88_ the tower Galileo _89_ a _90_ ball and a _91_ bal