2013-2014学年初二第一学期英语期中考试.doc

班级： 姓名： 考试号： 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题2013-2014学年第一学期期中试卷初二英语 命题：沈丽莉 校对：王锦芳一、 听力 (20分)A)本部分共有5道小题，每道小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。1. How many books does Sandy have? A. 5. B. 14. C. 19. 2. How often does the girl go to the sports club? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.3. When did Jim get to school this morning?A. At 7:00. B. At 7: 15. C. At 7:30.4. What is Millies school life like?A. It is interesting. B. It is busy. C. It is boring. 5. Why cant the girl watch the cartoons? A. Because her mother is working. B. Because her father is reading. C. Because her mother is sleeping.B)对话理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 听下面10段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。6. What does the man want to buy? A. apples B. bananas C. oranges7. Which club is the boy in? A. He is in the Dancing Club. B. He is in the Reading Club. C. He is in the Fishing Club.8. How does the man go to work? A. By underground. B. By bus. C. By car.9. How many baby tigers are there in the ZOO? A. Two. B. Only one. C. Three.10. Where are they talking? A. In the cinema. B. At the bus station. C. In a park.11. What day is it today? A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.12. What did Bruce do last night? A. He posted a card. B. He got a card. C. He made a card.13. What did the woman tell the man to do? A. To lie down and rest. B. To drink more water. C. To see the doctor.14. What would the man like to have?A. A hamburger. B. A glass of milk. C. A hamburger and a glass of milk.15. What will Mr. Zhou do on Saturday afternoon?A. Have a taijiquan class. B. Go fishing. C. Visit friends.C)短文理解（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）听一篇短文。短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。16. What does Mr. Clock like buying? A. Clocks. B. Stamps. C. Books.17. How many clocks does Mr. Clock have? A. Two hundred. B. Three hundred. C. Four hundred.18. Does Mr. Clocks wife like buying clocks, too? A. Yes, she does. B. No, she doesnt. C. We dont know.19. Who keeps all the clocks clean every day? A. Mr. Clocks wife. B. Mr. Clock. C. No one.20. What do you know from this passage? A. Few of the clocks can keep the right time. B. Every clock tells the right time. C. All the clocks have the sound only at night.二、 单选21. My friend is _ honest boy. He bought me _ useful book as a birthday present last year. A. a, an B. an, aC. a, a D. an, an22. We were all_ at the_ news. A. exciting;. exciting B. excited; excited C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting23. Youd better_ there. A. not drive B. dont drive C. not to drive D. dont to drive24. - We hope we will have_ lessons every day. - Thats what I think. Then we can have_ free time. A. fewer; less B. more; more C. fewer; more D. fewer; much25. - Mum, thank you for agreeing _ me go shopping today. - Remember_ back home before 9 0clock. A. to let; coming B. let; to come C. to let; to come D. letting; coming26. - Do you like your school life here? - Yes. The teachers often make us_ in class because they are very _. A. laughing; wonderful B. laugh; humorous C. laugh; humour D. to laugh; helpful27. They_ the Palace Museum next week. A. hope me to visit B. hope visiting C. hoped themselves to visit D. hope to visit28. They will arrive_ Washington_ Tuesday morning.A. at; in B. on; at C. on, in D. in; on29. Do you like volleyball or basketball? I like basketball better. I think volleyball is _ basketball.A. more exciting than B. less exciting thanC. as exciting as D. less excited than30. _ the class, Mr Wu told us not to play with matches.A. At the beginning B. At the end of C. At the end D. in the end of31. -What_ Millie_? -She is_ unusual girl. She is clever and helpful.A. is, look like; an B. is, like; an C. does, like; a D. does, look like; a32. I dont like this pair of shoes. Please show me_.A. the other one B. other pair C. another one D. another pair33. There_ a lot of traffic in the street. We will give_ to the government.A. are; some advices B. is; some adviceC. is; an advice D. are; some advice34. Shanghai is bigger than _ in Jiangsu and bigger than _ in China. A. any city, any city B. any city, any other city C. any other city, the other cities D. any other city, any city35. - My mother says that we wont go on a trip to Hong Kong. I just cant understand. -_. You were looking forward to it. A. Never mind B. Dont worry about it C. What a pity D. Enjoy yourselves三、 完型填空 One morning, Harry got up very late because his clock 36 .He tried to shave（刮胡子）quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood（血）all over his shirt, so he had to find 37 one. But the only other shirt that was 38 needed ironing（熨）.While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for 39 .After he paid the water bill, he found the iron burned a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it. By this time it was very 40 , so he telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived and Harry 41 in. In another part of the town, a man killed a woman 42 a knife and ran away in a taxi. When Harrys taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman saw the blood on Harrys shirt, and took him to the police station. He stayed there for a long time 43 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he 44 arrived at the office at about 4:00 p.m., his boss took a look at him and told him another job.36. A. started B. opened C. stopped D. closed37. A. another B. this C. that D. other38. A. large B. clean C. dirty D. heavy39. A. life B. drink C. food D. water40. A. late B. early C. fast D. nervous41. A. got B. sat C. came D. reached42. A. by B. with C. in D. use43. A. after B. or C. until D. because44. A. quietly B. slowly C. easily D. finally45. A. found B. find C. to find D. finding四、 阅读理解AAmericans think much about time. From children (童年) they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.46. What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?A. If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.C. Working hard can bring people health. 班级： 姓名： 考试号： 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题D. It is not easy to make money.47. Americans think it wrong _.A. to work late B. to get up earlyC. to be on time to do everything D. to be late for school48. The passage says that a dying person _. A. is having a good time B. thinks time goes easilyC. is living on a borrowed time D. is saving time49. From this passage we can be sure that _.A. Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)B. Americans live a hard lifeC. Americans are good at saving time D. Americans always walk fast50. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Time is money B. Americans ideas about timeC. Never waste any time D. Learn to be on timeBA man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole(后跟) and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short?A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He looked down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant (仆人) to go back home and get another pair.After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, Why didnt you get me the right boots? Theres no need to change them, the servant said. The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one.51. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk? A. Because the road was too bad. B. Because he didnt know the way. C. Because he wore the wrong boots. D. Because he had no boots.52. The mans legs themselves_. A. were shorter than before B. were longer than before C. were broken on his way D. were right as usual53. What does the word passer-by mean in Chinese? A.路人B.智者C.皮匠D.老者54. What did the servant get him back? A. He got him the right boots quickly. B. He got nothing when he came back.C. He got the same boots h. ack. D. He got the different boots back.55. From the short passage, we know the servant was_. A. right B. careful C. foolish D. cleverCWHY IS THE SUN IMPORTANT?The sun is a huge, hot, bright star. It is important because without it there would be no life on Earth. The sun gives us light and heat（热量）. .All living things need light and heat from the sun to live. Plants need light and heat to grow. They use the light from the sun to make food. We cannot make our own food, but plants can. All the food we eat comes from plants in a food chain（链） which starts with the sun. For example, Animals need sunlight, too. Just like us, their food comes from a food chain which begins with the sun and the plants. sunleafcaterpillar（毛虫）bird sunseaweed（海藻）small fishwhale（鲸） Sunlight means we can see during the day. If there was no sun, it would be dark all the time. Even when the sky is cloudy, the sunlight is very strong and it shines through the clouds.56. Which word tells us what the sun is like? A. Huge. B. Hot. C. Bright. D. All above.57. Which of the following is RIGHT? A. sun leaf eggs hens B. sun chips potatoes C. sun grass horse D. sun seaweed caterpillar fish58. Why can we still see during the day when the sky is cloudy? A. Because we can see all day and all night. B. Because the sun gives light only in the daytime, C. Because the sunlight can shine through the clouds. D. Because the sun is huge and hot.59. All the food we eat comes from_ .And it starts with the_.A. plants; earth B. a food chain; sun C. sun; sun D. plants; plants60. In what way do you think the sun cannot be harmful（有害的）?A. It can make rivers too dry. B. The sun can do harm to your eyes and skin.C. Without it there would be no life on Earth. D. Hot sun on dry land can start a fire.五、 单词填空单词拼写，每空一词61. There is enough time for you to do it, so please be _ (耐心的).62. Amy is becoming much_(健康)after playing softball.63They didnt invite the boy_（反而）64. She is going to take part in one of the most important drawing _ (比赛).65. The volunteers (提供) a lot of help to the local people during the 2008 earthquake.66. - What is the of the Golden Gate Bridge? - About one hundred