初二英语读写能力竞赛试卷

1、初二英语读写能力竞赛试卷 一、从各小题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳 答案。（每小题1分，共15分）I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag .I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.“I ' m 2 tomorrow, " he said.“I know. " My

2、3was almost a whisper（4氐声）.I was 4 at myself forbeing so weak ,but I wasn ' t about to cry .“My 5 is early ,so there is still 6 time to come to the airport, “ he said .Seeing the 7 look on my face ,he quickly added, promise（答应）I won' t leave without saying goodbye. ”I tried to say 8 ,but did

3、n ' tIt ' asways 9to keep quiet if you' reabout to cry ."You promised you wouldn ' t cry, “ he said to me, thinking that I wasclose to 10.I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me ,holding the seat to keep me from 12 .I was ha

4、ppy with this ,but he knew he couldn 'hold me up all my life .He told me that one day he would have to let go.His coughing stopped my thinking .What was left to say? How could I say 13 to the person who taught me everything?The next morning I 14, looked at my alarm clock ,and realized he had lef

5、t15 ago .We never even said goodbye.Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart.1. A.forgettingB. realizingC. watchingD.learning2. A.arrivingB. livingC. comingD.leaving3. A.voiceB. soundC. noiseD.word4. A.gladB. movedC. an

6、gryD.pleased5 A shipB flightC trainD bus6 A enoughB littleC noD busy7 A surprisedB excitedC sadD happy8 A anythingB everythingC somethingD nothing9 A strangerB betterC worseD easier10 A tearsB smilesC wordsD sadness11 A At lastB From now onC At firstD So far12 A ridingB runningC walkingD falling13 A

7、 goodbyeB helloC yesD sorry14 A gave upB stood upC looked upD woke up15 A minutesB hoursC daysD weeks二、在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。（每小题1 分，共 7 分 ）Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f_16_. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This

8、 is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a book a_17_: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then star

9、t again.A_18_ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m_19_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_2

10、0_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is n_21_ out of date!Good

11、readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderfulhobby, one of the best.W_22_ other hobby could be more useful, or moreenjoyable？三、阅读理解(本题有29 小题，每小题 2 分，共 58 分)(A)Parents are the closest peopl

12、e to you in the world. They love you just because you areyou. And they would do anything for you.Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents don t get on well.“ I really want to be my Daddy s little girl. But it feels like he just doesnHe talks at me and do

13、esn t listen. ” said Zhuang, a Grade 9 student in Hangzhou.Do you and your parents also have problems?Well, why don t you all take a walk and have a talk on Monday? It s the InternatioDay of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on fam

14、ily problems.A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem asZhuang s family: The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn t like talking with theirparents much. They weren t happy at home.Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier ifyo

15、u can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:1 .Find a good time to talk, like when you re eating dinner, going out for a walk orwatching TV.2 .Tell them something you re interested in, or ask themthaebiroulivt es when theywere young. They love to talk about it.3 .Listen to the

16、m carefully, and look them in the eye.4 .Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.23. What is Zhuang Shuxia s problem?A. Her father thinks she is old enough.B. Her father doesn t like to talk with her.C. She really wants to be a little girl again.D. She an

17、d her father dont understand each other well.24. What does the writer suggest the students do on the International Day of Families?A. They should remember the special day for the families in the world.B. They should take a walk and have a talk with their parents.C. They should do something to celebr

18、ate the International Day of Families.D. They should help others to solve their family problems.25. In this passage the writer tells the children, 12 to 15 years old, .A. how to show their thanks to their parentsB. how to make friends with their parentsC. how to feel happier at home in different way

19、sD. how to win their parents trusitnbgytolisttheenir parents(B)Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about kinds of food people need. They say that there areseveral kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellowvegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus ( 柑橘 ) fruits and

20、tomatoes; (3) potatoes and otherfruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods madefrom milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类 ), rice is also in this kind of food ; (7) butter, or something like butter.Paragraph 2People in different countries and different places of the worl

21、d eat different kinds ofthings. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People indifferent countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differen

22、ces is really important. It doesn t matter whether foods are eateraw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 oin the afternoon or at eleven o clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.Paragraph 3There are two problems, then , in feeding the lar

23、ge number of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world s ponpouolanteioins shounthgarty. Thesecond is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.26. According to the scientists, which of the following group of fo

24、od is the healthiest for your lunch?A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, carrots, rice ,breadC. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk27. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?A. When people eat their lunch B. What to do with the two

25、problemsC. How to cook food in different ways D. Why people eat different kind of food（C）One of this summer s hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool. ” Sounds like a grea book for kids, doesn t it? But parents and teachers want to read this one, toon. It ca teach them something about the language of to

26、day s kids.So lots of people, young and old, went to see the book sauthor, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans.“ Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts,” said a Justudent in Beijing. “ When I read it, I laughed and I

27、cried.”Like the “MeteoiGarden” TV series保列），“ThatGuy Was Cool” tells an unusual story of love between two students. The girl is sweet, but she verage s just a （一般的） . The boy is good-looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young. They become close

28、 and help each other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.“ The girl in the book is like me. She s simple and moody, ” said Guiyeoni.Guiyeoni bsook doesn otnly use words. It also uses things like emoticons.Emoticons are small icons, like smiling faces, and they are used to show emotions.Kids k

29、now what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.Guiyeoni said she wrote this way becauseof her young readers. “Writingwithshe said.pictures is vivid and can say a lot of things,Guiyeoni began writing the book story on the Web

30、 in 2001 when she was a Senior 2 student. Last year, she put that online story together to make this book. Guy Was Cool “ has been made into a film, and it will come out in Korea next month.This is Guiyeoni ' s first of four books, and she hopes to keep wasishe goes through college.She also has

31、a message foryoung writers. "I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this. ” 28. Guiyeoni is.A. a girl who falls in love with her classmate.B. the writer of “ Meteor Garden. ”C. a young writerD. one of the emotions.29. which of the following may Not be an emotion?A. 8-) B. Se

32、e you. C. ? D.30. The author used emoticons to write the book because.A. she really likes themB. she wants her young readers to be interestedC. pictures can say lots of thingsD. she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story 31. Parents like to read this book because.A. it ' s inte

33、resting and vividB. of the way the author wrote the storyC. the story goes to their heart.D. it ' s helpful for them to know about their children better.32. Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to“I think that if they tryhard, lots of young people can do this” ？A. Seeing is bel

34、ieving.B. Time flies.C. No news is good news.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.(D)It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot on the eye. Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear, When one eye is open?Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two En

35、glish letters L and R on it. L on the left and R on the right. first, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Ther close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you' lsee the letter L disappearing. Bu

36、t if you move the card nearer to your lace, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you' ll see the letter Rdisappearing.Why did the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. Whenthe image of the letter falls on the blind spot,

37、 it won' t be seen. That is why either the letters disappear.33. The word dis appear in the first paragraph means.A.消散B.丢失C.消失D.遗失34. You fail to see the letter" L" in the experiment becauseA. your eyes are poorB. you move it close to your eyeC. its image falls on the blind spot D. you

38、r left eye is not open35. In which order(顺序)should you do the experiment?a. hold the cardb. move the card nearerc. close your right eyed. write two English letterse. look at the letter Rf. make a cardA. f-d-a-b-c-eB. a-c-f-d-e-bC. f-a-d-c-b-eD. f-d-a-c-e-b36. This passage mainly 主要( ) tells us .A. t

39、here is a blind spot on the eyeB. an interesting experimentC. where the blind spot isD. how to find the blind spot(E)Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Ron s saisd pthaereynwt ould give him $ 600 if he didn t watch TV fo

40、r a year.Ron s parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a news- paper story about a boy who didn t watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said,“ It doesn bother me not to watch TV. I just want the money.”At fir

41、st, Ron s parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after some time, he got bored. Every morning, he asked his parents,“ What are we doingtonight? ” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV jus

42、t for one evening. Ron always said, “ No, it would cost me money! ”Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $ 600?“ I want to buy myself a TV set! ” he said.37. Ron didn t watc

43、h TV for one year because .A. he wanted the money B. watching TV too much is badC. he wanted to study harder D. he wanted to learn from the boy38. “ It doesn t bother me not to watch TV ” means “ It s to watch TVA. waste timeB. important for meC. not useD. not important for me39. The best title for

44、the story is .A. A Funny StoryB. A Year without TVC. A Good BoyD. Buying a TV Set（F）London has a new magazine .But it is not printed on paper .Everyone who has a television can receive it because it in on TVIf you want to read the magazine, you have to have a decoder 解码器）.Each page of i£is numb

45、ered,so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about .There is a wide choice- everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news .If you want to read the news ,the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index （索弓I） page which has an easy-to Remembe

46、r page number ,100 for example .The news is on pages 101 to 109 so you push out the numbers and the news appears written across your screen .Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon ,so you press 181 ,and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen .But the weather is terrible so you dec

47、ide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week' best bargains .But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report .It is very simple to use .But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the ti

48、me .Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes .40. Where can you see this new magazine?A. In a bookshop. B. In a library. C. On television. D. In a reading room. 41. If you want some information about weather, you should press.A

49、.162 B.189 C.109 D. 18142. We can know from the passage that .A. the magazine can be bought at any shopB. most of the postmen in London will lose their jobs some dayC. everyone can read this magazine if they have a televisionD. the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home43.In the se

50、ntence “Each pagenofmbered ” ,here means the .A. decoder B. magazine C. subject D. program 44.The passage is mainly about .A. a new magazine that is printed in LondonB. a new way of getting newsC. a popular TV program about magazinesD. a new idea of reading quickly(G)Tom owned a small shop. He worke

51、d hard. It was open from seven in the morninguntil eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked hard in his shop buthe had a good business and he was happy.Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the sizeof Tom s shop.The manager of the supermarket wa

52、nted to take people away from Tom. He found outwhat Tom s prices were and then made his lower than Tom s.People quickly stopped buying things from Tom s shop. They bought everything fromthe supermarket instead. Soon Tom s business was very bad andgrhye. was“ It s not fair, ” Tom thought, “ I must do

53、 something to teach that supermarket manager a lesson. ”The price of steak in the supermarket was $ 5.00 a pound. Tom put a sign in hiswindow,“ Ste-ak$4.50 a pound.The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound, Tom changedthe sign in his window.-“-$4S.t0e0aka pound.An hour lat

54、er, the sign in the supermarket said,-$3.75 a“pSotuenadk. Ten minuteslater the sign in Toms window said-,-$ 3“.50Staeapkound.Five minuattuattesrtlhesign in the supermarket said,$“2S.5te0aak pound.” Twenty seconds later the signin Tom s window said,-“-S$te1a.0k0 a pound. ”The manager of the supermark

55、et ran cross the street into Tom sshop. “Thispricecutting must stop, ”he said, “ Steakis costing me $ 4.00 a pound. I mselling it at$ 2.50 a pound. I m losing money every minute!”“ I ll stop cutting all my prices,” Tom said, “ if you will stop cutting all yours.The supermarket manager agreed, and th

56、e two men shook () hands.t sell steak at all.Tom smiled. He had not lost any money on the steak. He didn45. Tom worked hard but he was happy because .A. he liked hard workB. he wanted to make a lot of moneyC. he had a good business.D. his prices were high46.What does “ price cutting ” mean?A. Making

57、 your prices the same as others .B. Making your prices lower than others .C. Making your prices higher than others .D. Losing money every minute.47. according to this passage, if the supermarket manager sold out 100 pounds steak at $ 2.75 a pound, he would at least lose dollars.A. 125 B. 150 C. 100 D.17548. If you re Tom, how do you solve the problem between the supermarket manager and you? Please give us at least two ways.A. B. (H)Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his sea