初一英语月考试卷

侨光中学2011学年度第二学期第一次阶段测试初一英语（完卷时间75分钟 满分100分）Part 1 Listening （听力）24%. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): 6% 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear( 听对话，回答问题) 6%（ ）1. A. To do business. B. To go sightseeing C. To go to college. D. To be a teacher.( ) 2. A. At the airport. B. In the bookshop. C. At the post office. D. At the cinema.( ) 3. A. The cake is not good enough. B. She prefers coffee. C. She wants to leave right now. D. She is full.( ) 4. A. An office worker. B. The manager. C. A cleaner. D. A visitor.( ) 5. A. To the Lakeside Park. B. To the amusement park. C. To their hometown. D. Anywhere he likes.( ) 6. A. With very cold water. B. After going home. C. Before going to bed. D. Before meals.III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are True or False.( 听短文，完成T或F ) 6% ( ) 1. Pudong is in the east of Shanghai. ( ) 2. Shanghai World Financial Centre is 492 meters high. ( ) 3. The new skyscraper is the highest building in the world. ( ) 4. Yangpu Bridge is the highest bridge in China. ( ) 5. We are proud of these bridges across the Suzhou Creek. ( ) 6. There will be more and more shops and companies in Pudong.IV. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks(根据听到的对话，完成短文，每空格限填一词)6%London is a big city. Its quite different from other cities in Great Britain. If you _1_ in London, you may take a London _2_. Youd better sit on _3_. Its the cheapest way to get around the city.London has got lots of sights for you to see. You can see lots of ancient and _4_ buildings there. You can also see lots of _5_ from every part of the world. London is indeed a _6_ city.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._Part 2 Grammar and Vocabulary (语法与词汇) 37%IChoose the best answer 18%1. The guide has a microphone in one hand and a small flag in her _ other hand.A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. Tell Betty to come to my place if she _ time tomorrow.A. have B. has C. are going to D. will have3. Finally, we decided _ a ferry across the Huangpu River.A. take B. taking C. to take D. took4. _ you _ to London? It is the capital of Britain.A. Havecome B. Havevisited C. Havebeen D. Havegone5. A: Id like to act the prince in the play.B: So _ I.A. had B. would C. could D. did6. As we all know, Shanghai is one of _ cities in the world.A. beautifully B. the most beautiful C. more beautiful D. beautifullest7. _ does it take to travel from Shanghai to Tokyo by air?A. How far B. How much C. How long D. How soon8. _ excellent news we have heard!A. What a B. What an C. What D. How9. There _ a football match between AC Milan and Juventus this evening.A. is going to be B. is going to have C. will going to be D. will have10. Tom, please dont forget _ the electric lights when you leave the classroom.A. to turn off B. to turn on C. turning off D. turning on11. Mr Li is ill, so Mrs Wang will _ our class next week.A. be in charge of B. in charge of C. be in the charge of D. in the charge of12. How many students are going to _ the basketball match?A. join B. take part in C. come D. enter 13. Peoples Square is _ the centre of Shanghai.A. well-known for B. well-known asC. famous for D. famous of14. It is very kind _ you to help me.A. of B. for C. as D. to15. Space War made Tom very _. He couldnt go to sleep.A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitedly16. The old film _ Dances with Wolves is also a cowboy film.A. is called B. to call C. called D. calling17. Its a good way to learn new words. Jo has learned _ English words by now.A. only a few B. quite a few C. very few D. few18. Lets have a surprise birthday party for Mary tomorrow!_.A. What a surprise party!B. Well done.C.Thats a good idea.D.I think so, but I hope not.II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. （用所给单词的适当形式填空） 7%1. He _ one or two books, which we might buy. (suggestion)2. Tomorrow I will go _ for new coats with my cousin.(shop)3. Paris, London and Rome are full of _ in summer. (tour)4. We all _ over the letter-it was very amusing. (laughter)5. Shanghai is an _ city. (nation)6. Lets have a short _ about the plan. (discuss)7. December is the _ month of the year. (twelve)III. Rewrite the sentences as required. （按要求改写句子，每空格限填一词）12%1. I know only a little about the famous inventor.（对划线部分提问）_ _ do you know about the famous inventor?2. I told her the good news on the telephone.（对划线部分提问）_ _ you tell her the good news?3. What about a picnic tomorrow? （保持句意不变）_ _ have a picnic tomorrow?4. Lets go to see “Swan Lake”. (改为反义疑问句)Lets go to see “Swan Lake”, _ _?5. I spent $2000 on this trip. (保持句意不变)This trip _ _ $2000.6. I dont know how I can be a successful English learner.(保持句意不变)I dont know _ _ be a successful English learner.Part 3 Reading and writing 39%（ 阅读和写话 ）I. Reading comprehension ( 阅读理解 ) ( A )True or False （ 判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用 T 表示， 不符合的用 F 表示）5% When we talk about typhoon（台风）, we only know something from the books. But my parents and I were caught in the typhoon in Hangzhou in my holidays.That was on the afternoon of August 8th while we were walking along the street. Suddenly the weather changed, and strong wind, black clouds together with thunderstorm came. People in the streets all hurried to find shelter. Some trees fell down. Some windows were broken to pieces. It was even worse that the whole city was out of water and electricity. Typhoon brings a lot of losses to peoples lives and property. When I grow up, I will invent a new type of machine to control typhoon and I will use typhoon to produce electricity.( ) 1. The story happened in summer.( ) 2. Most of people are frightened of strong typhoons.( ) 3. There will always be no water or electricity when typhoons come.( ) 4. Typhoons bring a lot of losses to people.( ) 5. Now we have been able to control typhoons and make use of them. ( B )Choose the best answer. (根据短文内容， 选择最恰当的答案， 用A, B, C. 或 D表示)5% People often say, “You can change anything but the weather.” Once this was true. But today, weather can be changed in some ways.Men in airplanes drop special chemicals on clouds. This is called “seeding” the clouds. Clouds have been seeded to bring rain where crops need it. Clouds have been seeded before it reaches a place where it is not needed!Scientists have seeded clouds to try to break up thunderstorms and stop lightning. Hurricane winds blow 100 miles an hour or more. But the middle part, or “eye”, of the hurricane is quiet, with little or no wind. In 1963, scientists sent an airplane to drop special chemicals into the eye of a hurricane. The chemicals hit cold drops of water in the clouds around the eye. When this happened, heat was given off（散发）. The heat slowed down the hurricane.We still cannot completely control our weather. But some day we may have weather just the way we want it.( ) 1. The word in the story that means the quiet, central part of a hurricane is _.A. wind B. “eye” C. seeding D. cloud( ) 2. The sentence “But some day we may have weather just the way we want it.” means _.A. we humans can control the weather sooner or laterB. there is just a way to let the weather changeC. weather will be what it is for some daysD. we want the weather some day to change( ) 3. The story does not say this, but you can tell that_.A. cloud seeds need rain to grow cloudsB.cloud seeding has saved some cropsC. lightning makes crops grow fastD.hurricanes carry some snow and ice( ) 4. The main idea of the whole story is that _.A.scientists seed clouds to control our weatherB.we can never make the weather do what we wantC.rain falls only when the clouds are seededD.hurricane winds blow very fast( ) 5. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe? _A. Crops grow better with the right amount of rain.B. Airplanes flying over crops keep them from growing.C. Chemicals are very useful for the crops to grow.D. Hurricanes can be helpful for the crops to grow. （C）Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage ( 选择最恰当的单词或词语，用A, B, C. 或 D表示) 6% Do you think it is polite to listen quietly to other people without _1_ change of expression（表情）on your face? If so, you need to watch two Americans talk. Notice how _2_ will have many changes of expression. The listener may also say something _3_ the other is speaking. Those little remarks（话语）may be one word like “really” or it may just be a small _4_ like “un-huh” or “mmm”. This is the _5_ American listeners show that they are listening in a friendly way. A no-change expression often means to them that the listener is being _6_.（ ）1. A. some B. a little C. no D. any（ ）2. A. he B. one C. the man D. someone（ ）3. A. while B. although C. as soon as D. until（ ）4. A. speech B. word C. sentence D. sound（ ）5. A. example B. story C. way D. meaning（ ）6. A. lovely B. polite C. understanding D. unfriendly ( D ) Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words ( 首字母填空 )6% In 1898 Chinas Qing Dynasty（清朝）lost a war to Britain. It had to lend out its southern island Hong Kong for 99 years. The whole of China was a_1_ at the weak ruler（软弱统治者）.From the 1970s, New China tried hard to take back the island. In 1984 Britain at last agreed to return Hong Kong, o_2_ July 1, 1997.Next Sunday will be the tenth year of Hong Kongs return to China.The documentary（纪录片）Hong Kong 10 Years is on CCTV at the moment. In the past ten years, Hong Kong has g_3_ fast, along with other parts of China.ShoppingHong Kong is known as a paradise of shopping and eating. Foreign products such as cell phones and clothes in Hong Kong are c_4_ than on the mainland.FoodYou can eat the foods of many c_5_ on the island: Chinese dishes, Italian pasta（意大利面食）, Malaysian-style satay（烤肉）, Singaporean chicken riceParksHong Kong has one of the worlds five Disneylands. If you are i_6_ in animals, go to Ocean Park. The park has pandas, butterflies, sharks, and a three-storey fish tank.1. a_ 2. o_ 3. g_ 4. c_ 5. c_ 6. i_( E )Answer the questions: ( 根据短文内容回答下列问题 )7% It is my birthday, an old woman stops me on the street. “It is your birthday,”she says. “Let me look at you hand. Yes, you have a friend called Leo; you like fried chicken and are good at English. Today you will see fire