上外附中2008学年第二学期初二英语期末试卷

1、上外附中2008学年第二学期初二英语期末试卷II. Choice: 10%15. I showed the doctor the place _ I felt the pain.A. that B. which C. where D. when16. I was interested in _ he told me.A. all thatB. all whatC. whichD. that17. I: was disappointed to see the television I had had _ went wrong again.A. itB. it repairedC. repaire

2、dD. to be repaired18. The official pointed out the damage _ he supposed _ had been done by laststorm.A. which, thatB. that, whichC. which, /D. /, /19. Cathy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, _, of course, made the others unhappy.A. whichB. whoC. thisD. what20. He is the one of the

3、students who _ a winner of scholarship for three years.A. isB. areC. have beenD. has been21. There was a teapot in my home, out of _ open mouth the tea was supposed to come.A. whichB. itsC. thatD. whose22. Is this compartment _ you left your umbrella?A. whereB. whichC. the one whichD. the one where2

4、3. Even at weekends, he is _ TV .A. not allowed watchingB. banned to watchC. made not watchD. banned from watching24. Which of the following does NOT belong to the performing arts?A. dancingB. playing musicC. paintingD. acting25. Babies need a lot of sleep. It is _ newborns.A. tree forB. true ofC. t

5、ree withD. the same as26. Which of the following is CORRECT?A. Although he works very hard, but he still cant get high marks.B. In spite he works very hard, he still cant get high marks.C. He cant get high marks though he works very hard.D. He cant get high marks despite he works very hard.nights27.

6、 The music concert will be broadcast_ on TV tomorrow.A. liveB. livelyC. alive:D. livi ng28. An international meeting was held to discuss the environmental impacts _ global warming_ climate cha nge.A. on.onB. of.onC. in. onD. of.in29. Subtract 3 fromlO and you will get 7._,10 minus 3 equals 7.A. In c

7、on clusi onB. In an other wordC. I n other wordsD. I n a word30. Could you tell me Toms remarks_ Jane took offence?A. of whichB. at whomC. whichD. at which31. What is the four-sided geometric figure with four fight an gles and un equal adjace nt （ 邻近的）sides?A. squareB. recta ngleC. parallelogramD. t

8、rapezoid32. I bumped into an old friend on my way to the shopp ing mall yesterday.Whats the meaning of the un derl ined expressi on?A. came crossB. kn ocked dow nC. came acrossD. ran to33. Which sentence is CORRECT?A. I wish you can pass the exam.B. I hope him to study at Harvard Uni versity, which

9、is famous worldwide.C. My dear cat was passed away last summer, which broke my heart.D. His colleagues wished him happ in ess on his retireme nt.34. The party orga ni zer called the restaura nt to_ the reservati on.A. confirmB. bookC. acceptD. orderIII. Cloze: 5%I used to find no tes left in the col

10、lect ion basket of the church. These beautiful no tes35 about thewriters thoughts on the daily read ings fasci nated me. But it was a long time36 I met the author of the no tes.One Sun day mornin g, I was told that a young woma n who said she left all the no tes was. wait ing for me in theoffice. Wh

11、en I saw her I was 37, since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the no tes. She was sitt ing in achair in the office. Her head was bowed and whe n she raised it to look at me, she could hardly38 withoutpain. Her face was disfigured（畸形）,so smiling was very39 for her.We chatted for a while that S

12、un day morni ng and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.As it 40, we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our lives. We spoke of authors wewere both 41, and it was easy to tell that books are a great love of hers.She suffered from a disfigureme nt that cannot be made to look

13、42. I know that her con diti on hurt her deeply.Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with her43. She was one to be liste ned to, whose wordscame from a woun ded but lovi ng heart: She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only fear in life was the loss of a friend.The troth of

14、her life was a desire to see beyond the surface for glimpse of what it is that matters. She found beauty andgrace, 44 supported her and showed her what is real.35. A. which wasB. wereC. that wereD. which36. A. sinceB. afterC. whe nD. before37. A. shockedB. satisfiedC. frighte nedD. disappo inted38.

15、A. standB. smileC. speakD. sit39. A. pleasa ntB. bitterC. uglyD. difficult40. A. turned outB. turned upC. came outD. came up41. A. popular withB. fond ofC. familiar toD. concerned in42. A. frie ndlyB.happyC. attractiveD. usual43. A. fameB. wealthC. i nterestD. appeara nee44. A. itB. theyC. whichD. t

16、hatIII. Reading: 15 %Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she had barely startedpainting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: I would never sit back in a rocking chair, wait ing forsome one to help me. No one could

17、have had a more productive old age.She was born of Anna Mary Roberts on on a farm in New York State, one of four boys and five girls. At twelve she lefthome and was in household service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the servant of one of her employers.They did farmi ng work most

18、of their lives, first in Virgi nia and the n in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten childre n,of whom five survived; her husba nd died in 1927.Gran dma Moses pain ted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old agebecause her hands had becom

19、e too stiff to sew and she wan ted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first soldat the local drugstore and at a market, and soon were spotted by a dealer who bought everyth ing she pain ted. Three of thepictures were exhibited in Museum of Modem Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhi

20、biti on in New York. Betwee n the 1930sand her death, she produced some 2000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for So long,with a marvelous sense of color and form. I think really hard till I think of someth ing really pretty, and the n; I paint it.! Shesaid.

21、45. Accord ing to the passage, Gran dma Moses bega n to paint because she_ .A. wished to make her room more beautifulB. wan ted to keep activeC. hoped to rema in youngD. found it enjoyable and in terest ing46. From Gran dma Moses descripti on of herself in the first paragraph, it can be in ferred th

22、at she was_ .A. in depe ndentB. healthyC. wealthyD. brave47. Gran dma Moses spe nt most of her life_ .A. nursingB. pain ti ngC. embroideri ngD. farming48. In paragraph 3, the word spotted could best be replaced by_ .A. damagedB. no ticedC. storedD. requested49. Which of the followi ng is TRUE?A. Gra

23、n dma Moses had borne ten childre n, of whom five were girls.B. Three of Moses pictures were first show n in New York.C. Moses had a won derful memory, and was a master of art by birth.D. Grandma Moses was serious in painting and worked with all her energy.但）The stars are usually actors and actresse

24、s. Most people do not even look at the n ame of the director or producer, exceptone - Steve n Spielberg.When he was a little boy, his father showed him how to use a camera. Later he got his own camera and started to filmthings like model train crashes, stories about monsters and horrible murders. Hi

25、s three younger sisters were always the victims.Later he made his first film at home at the age of twelve. It was a cowboy film three and a half minutes long, and it cost $10 tomake. When he was sixteen, he made a science-fiction film more than two hours long. Making films was his great hobby-much m

26、ore fasci nati ng for him tha n school. Of course, Steve n wan ted to go to film school.But his high school grades were not good enough. So he just went along to Universal Studios and asked for a job. Spielbergsometimes uses a lot of complicated effects -. in the Indiana Jones films, for example. Bu

27、t, like in Duel, he can create afantastic atmosphere even without special effects. E. T. is a success because of the feelings and reactions of the children. In1994 he Won the most important film prize, the Oscar, for Schindlers List.The :secret of Spielbergs success is that the stories in many of. h

28、is films somehow look as if they could happen to ordinarypeople like you and me.50. The first film Spielberg made was _ .A. a science-fiction film B. a cowboy filmC. a childrens film D. a horror film51. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Spielberg doesn t like his

29、younger sister because she couldnt act.B. Spielbergs first film was shown in the cinema.C. E. T. is a film that only attracts children.D. Spielberg was known to the world as a famous director and producer.52. Spielberg didn tgo to film school because _.A. he didnt like go to study in classB. he want

30、ed to make money for his further studyC. he cant afford the feeD. he didnt get good marks in his high school exams53. Spielberg won the Oscar for _ .A. his talent in making filmB. the film of Schindlers ListC. the complicated effect he used in his filmsD. his good relation with the medium54. Spielbe

31、rgs secret of success lies in the fact that _.A. he loves to make filmsB. he invests lots of money in making filmsC. his films are all real storiesD. he makes audience think what is in his film is likely to happen to you(C)Fin gers were made before forks. When a pers on gives up good mann ers, puts

32、aside knife and fork, and dives intohis food, some one is likely to repeat that say ing.The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the early eleventhcentury, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy did the custom r

33、each Europe.By the fiftee nth cen tury the use of the fork was widely spread in Italy. The En glish expla nati on was that Italia ns wereaga inst eati ng food touched with fin gers. See ing all mens fin gers are not alike clea n: En glish travelers kept their friendslaughing while describing this ri

34、diculous Italian custom.Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in En gla nd for the n ext hun dred years. Men who used forks werethought to be sissies and women who used them were called show-offs and overnice. Not until the 1600% did using a forkbecome a com mon custom.Answer the questio

35、ns:1.What was the fork used as before people bega n to eat with it?2.Where was the fork widely used by the fiftee nth cen tury?3.What did the En glish thi nk Italia ns used forks for?4.A man who used forks was con sidered well-ma nn ered in En gla nd in the late 1500s, was nt he?5.How long did it ta

36、ke for forks to become com mon in En glish after they were first brought to Europe?Paper TwoI. Word transformation: 10%multiplyen ergyen closeemoti onsuggesti onoffencepromotedescribedisadva ntagein spire1. After the argume nt, he felt very_ . He was convinced that his points were correct.2. Having

37、some Cool drinks in summer makes you feel_ .3. From some great scie ntific discovery many scie ntists have made, I find_ is a very esse ntial factor totheir success.4. Some wit nesses on the Internet have give n some detailed_ on the accide nt.5. I know the pers on with long hair who_ you yesterday.

38、6. 2*4=8 is an example of_ .7. Those who want to take_of the coming holidays to go on a hike hand up your han ds.8. They had several face-to-face meeti ngs on the eve nt and did lots of work for the_of regi onal peace.9. The famous music piece Four Seas ons composed by Vivaldi is_ of the four seas o

39、ns in Nature.10. He sent his pare nts several letters with some of his photosII. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the verbs given: 10%lose findrush wishsay go tell not seem laydisappearThe lecture on smok ing was over at last, As we boys1 towards the playgro und, Jim slipped by the table.The

40、watch, which Mrs. Smith2 on the table as she started her lecture, 3.We were about 4 back for class aga in whe n the headmaster called us together and said, I have got a little job for youboys. Mrs. Smith5 just 5 her watch on the playgro und. This kind of thing has happe ned before, and she says it J

41、ust slips off her wrist.SO look around for it, will you? See if you are clever eno ugh6 it. Lets make it clear theboy who does so will get a useful reward.At once we started look ing for the watch. Everybody7 to be the lucky one. Sudde nly, Jim stopped and bentdow n as if to pick up somethi ng. And

42、the next mome nt he was in front of Mrs. Smith, all smiles, mining in the watch to her.Mrs. Smith, however, 8 at all pleased. In fact, she looked angry. She took the watch without _ 9Tha nk you.Jim got his - reward - a large piece of paper from the headmaster, who 10 him to write a compositi on on t

43、he dangers of smok ing: Poor Jim!III. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: 5%Pythagoras of Samos who was born betwee n 580 and 572 BC, died betwee n 500 and 49OBC was a Greek m1_. He is best known for the Pythagorea n T 2, which won him the fame as the father of nu mbers Pythag

44、orasalso made in flue ntial con tributi ons to philosophy and religious teach ing in the late 6thcen tury BC. We dont know his wayof teach ing.H 3, we do know that Pythagoras and his students believed that numbers were the ultimate reality （上帝）and, through mathematics, everyth ing could be predicted and measured.He was the first man to tail himself a philosopher, or lover of wisdom, and Pythagor