宝安区2012-2013学年度七年级下学期英语期中测试题

宝安区2012-2013学年度七年级下学期英语期中测试题
笔试部分（80分）
I．选择填空。

(20分)
A)从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以替代划线部分的最佳选项。

（共5小题，每小题1分）
( ) 1. Jason is a smart boy. He can work out a lot of math problems quickly.
A. clever
B. happy
C. good
D. bad
( ) 2. I apologized to him when I knew I had taken away his coat by mistake.
A. said “Sorry” to
B. talked to
C. chatted to
D. spoke to
( ) 3. Do you think that one pill (药丸) can cure all kinds of disease in the future?
A. cancer
B. illness
C. stomachache (胃痛)
D. cold
( ) 4. People rescued the sleeping baby from the fire.
A. took
B. carried
C. saved
D. dug
( ) 5. The factory produces all kinds of lovely toys.
A. buys
B. sells
C. gives
D. makes
B)从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（共15小题，每小题1分）( ) 6. I am good at playing ________ violin, but Jack is good at play ________ football.
A.／; the
B. the; ／
C. /; /
D. the; the
( ) 7. Mrs Lee is ________ our study, but we all love her very much.
A. strict with
B. strict to
C. strict about
D. strict of
( ) 8. It is good for his health to ________ drinking.
A. give in
B. give off
C. give out
D. give up
( ) 9. ________, the man comes from Australia, not America.
A. In fact
B. On fact
C. Of fact
D. For fact
( ) 10. _____ Chinese people will go back to their hometown when the Spring Festival is coming,
A. Million of
B. Millions of
C. Million
D. Millions
( ) 11. The park ________ in the centre of the city.
A. lie
B. lies
C. lying
D. lied
( ) 12. We moved to a new house and bought ________.
A. furniture
B. a furniture
C. an furniture
D. furnitures
( ) 13. My mother doesn't allow me________ fried chips.
A. eat
B. eats
C. to eat
D. eating
( ) 14. ----________ do you visit your grandparents? ---- Once a week.
A. How long
B. How far
C. How often
D. How time
( ) 15. Now children ________ happily on the beach.
A. play
B. plays
C. is playing
D. are playing
( ) 16. My mum encourages me ________ to dance.
A. learn
B. learns
C. learning
D. to learn
( ) 17. ---- May I help you to carry the heavy box? ---- No, thanks. I can do it________.
A. by me
B. for myself
C. by myself
D. for me
( ) 18. I don't like the color of the T-shirt, ________ I don't want to take it.
A. and
B. but
C. so
D. or
( ) 19. When we got to the restaurant, a waiter led us________ the table.
A. to
B. at
C. in
D. on
( ) 20. ---- Excuse me, can you help me carry my bags? ----________
A. Thank you
B. Of course.
C. You're welcome.
D. I'm sorry to hear that. Ⅱ．完形填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a man. He often went to the town to sell caps (帽子), but he lived in a small village far away from the town. Therefore, the man had to go through a mountain to___21____ the town. There were a lot of monkeys in the mountain. One day, the man went through the mountain, with ___22____ in his bag. He felt ___23____ and sat down to have a nap (小睡) under the tree. When the man___24___, he found that his caps in the bag disappeared. The man ____25____ and saw the monkeys ___26___ his caps. The man shouted at the monkeys on the tree and threw a stone to them. In return, the monkeys imitated (模仿) the same act ____27____ the man. Suddenly, the man had an idea. He____28____ his cap on his head and threw it onto the ground. It's interesting that the monkeys took off their caps on their heads and threw them onto the ground ____29____. The man collected all the caps at once and left____30____.
( ) 21. A. arrive B. reach to C. get to D. return
( ) 22. A. monkeys B. trees C. money D. caps
( ) 23. A. tire B. tired C. tires D. tiring
( ) 24. A. woke up B. got up C. made up D. came up
( ) 25. A. looked in B. looked for C. looked around D. looked at
( ) 26. A. to wear B. wears C. wearing D. wore
( ) 27. A. of B. as C. to D. in
( ) 28. A. took on B. took off C. took in D. took to
( ) 29. A. well as B. as well C. either D. neither
( ) 30. A. happily B. sadly C. angrily D. silently
III．阅读理解。

（共30分）
A)阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

（共20小题，每小题1分）
A
It is known that New York is one of the biggest cities in the US. It has a nickname (别名), the Big Apple. Where does the nickname come from? One hundred years ago, there was a musical band. The band went to towns for making money. They considered towns as apples on the trees. They went to a town as if they picked an apple from the tree. The band made the most money in New York, so they thought of New York as a big apple. Later, in order to attract more and more visitors to come to go sightseeing in New York, the people in New York claimed (宣称) the Big Apple as the symbol of New York. Therefore, its nickname the Big Apple got around (传开来). ( ) 31. What is the nickname of New York?
A. The Big Apple.
B. The Big Band.
C. The Big Music.
D. The Big Tree. ( ) 32. What did the band think of towns as?
A. Money.
B. Apples.
C. Apple trees.
D. Cities.
( ) 33. Why did the band go to towns?
A. Because they wanted to pick apples.
B. Because they wanted to make money.
C. Because they took a trip there.
D. Because they wanted to plant apple trees.
( ) 34. Which of the following is NOT true about New York?
A. New York is one of the biggest cities in the US.
B. The band made the most money in New York.
C. The band went to New York to sell apples.
D. People know well about the nickname of New York.
( ) 35. The passage mainly talks about ________.
A. where the nickname of New York comes from
B. how the band made money in the town
C. why the band went to New York
D. why visitors went sightseeing in New York
B
Violet went to live in an old, blue house on a hill in her summer holiday. She had a small suitcase and a new violin.
A family of mice lived in the old, blue house too. Merlin and Mina lived downstairs in the dining room, The door of their house was next to the fireplace. Every morning at eight o'clock, Merlin and Mina went to look for food for their breakfast. They carried the food on a skateboard.
One day, Merlin and Mina heard a terrible noise. They were very scared. They ran out of their house. Then they went to find Uncle Matthew. Uncle Matthew was a very clever mouse. He lived in the kitchen in the old, blue house. Uncle Matthew went with Merlin and Mina. He heard the terrible noise from upstairs. Then he went upstairs.
Violet was playing her new violin in her bedroom. She couldn't play it very well. The noise was horrible! When Uncle Matthew spoke to Violet, the nine-year-old girl was so frightened that she screamed and dropped her violin. The violin was broken. Violet ran away and she never went to the old, blue house again.
( ) 36. Violet ________.
A. was nine years old
B. was not afraid of mice
C. played the violin very well
D. was clever
( ) 37. Merlin and Mina lived ________.
A. in the dining room
B. in the fireplace
C. in the kitchen
D. in the bedroom ( ) 38. Merlin and Mina went to Uncle Matthew because ________.
A. they wanted to have breakfast there
B. Uncle Matthew was brave
C. Uncle Matthew knew what the noise was
D. they asked him for help
( ) 39. The terrible noise was in fact the sound of ________.
A. Violet’s voice
B. Violet's violin
C. Violet's skateboard
D. Violet's dance ( ) 40. You will probably find this passage in a ________.
A. science book
B. pet magazine
C. storybook
D. music textbook
C
Julia and Jenny were good friends. Julia was rich, but Jenny was not. One day, Jenny went to visit Julia. Julia showed her necklace (项链) to Jenny. The necklace looked beautiful. Jenny thought it must be quite expensive.
Several days later, Jenny wanted to take part in a party. She borrowed that necklace from Julia. Julia lent her necklace to Jenny without hesitation (犹豫). Jenny was cheerful all the way at the party because no one was more beautiful than her.
On the way home after the party, Jenny found the necklace was lost. She was quite afraid. But she couldn't find it anywhere. On the second day, Jenny had to borrow a large sum of money to buy a new one in order to return the necklace to Julia. The new one looked the same as before, but it was much more expensive. After that Jenny had to do all kinds of jobs at the same time to pay
off the debts (还清债务). Jenny looked much older than before.
Years later, Julia and Jenny met on the street. Jenny explained it to Julia. Julia said with surprise that the necklace was only a fake. It was only 20 pounds.
( ) 41. How did Jenny feel when she worn the necklace at the party?
A. Sad.
B. Frightened.
C. Surprised.
D. Cheerful.
( ) 42. Jenny Found the necklace was lost________.
A. on the way home
B. on the way to the party
C. at the party
D. at Julia's home
( ) 43. Jenny did all kinds of jobs to________.
A. pay off the debts
B. buy a necklace
C. give money to Julia
D. buy things for her husband
( ) 44. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jenny found the lost necklace.
B. The necklace was beautiful.
C. Julia sold the necklace to Jenny.
D. Jenny sold the necklace to Julia.
( ) 45. The underlined word means "________" in Chinese.
A. 赝品
B. 古董
C. 原件
D. 真迹
D
Name and Picture Years in office Interesting facts
16th President, 1861～1865 Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president and the first to wear a beard.
26th President, 1901～1909 Theodore Roosevelt allowed his nick name "Teddy" to be used for stuffed toy bears. It became known how he saved a mother bear and her cub from being shot (射杀).
42nd President, 1993~2001 Bill Clinton enjoyed playing the saxophone in a jazz ban called "Three Blind Mice".
43rd President, 2001~2009 George W. Bush and his father, George Bush, were the second father and son to be elected (选举) presidents.
44th President, 2009 till now Barack Obama was the first African-American president.
( ) 46. ________ used to be a member of a band.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Bill Clinton
D. George W. Bush ( ) 47. In 2008, the president of the USA was________.
A. Barack Obama
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Bill Clinton
D. George W. Bush ( ) 48. Teddy Bear got its name from________.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. George W. Bush
D. Bill Clinton ( ) 49. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
A. Abraham Lincoln was taller than Barack Obama.
B. Both George W. Bush and his father were presidents of the United States.
C. Barack Obama was the first African- American president.
D. Bill Clinton was the 43rd president of the United States.
( ) 50. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The Presidents of the United States.
B. Some Important People in History.
C. Famous People in America.
D. Life of Presidents.
B)从所给的六个单词中选出五个补全对话。

（共5小题．每小题1分）
A. hard
B. Where
C. writer
D. loves
E. out
F. send
A: How are you, Lucy?
B: Fine, thanks. Lily.
A: What does your mother do?
B: My mother is a____51____. She likes writing something.
A: ____52____ does she work?
B: Well, she works at home. My mother doesn't have to go ____53____ for work. What about your mother?
A: My mother is a cleaner.
B: It is a ____54____ job. Does your mother like it?
A: Yes, she____55____ it very much.
C)从所给的六个句子中选出五个补全对话。

（共5小题，每小题1分）
A. we have to cut down a lot of trees.
B. We should stop cutting down trees.
C. Are you free this Saturday afternoon?
D. Sorry, I don't know. But I am sure we use a lot.
E. How many pieces of paper can a tree become?
F. I agree with vou.
A: (56) ________
B: About 80, 500 pieces of paper.
A: How much paper do we use every year?
B: (57) ________
A: That is to say, (58) ________
B: Yes, you are right.
A: What should we do now?
B: (59) ________ And we should plant more trees.
A: (60) ________ Shall we plant trees this weekend?
B: Sure. See you.
A: See you then.
IV．用所给单词的适当形式完成句子。

(共10小题，每小题1分)
61. Ma Yun is a________ (success) man.
62. I can't speak________ (France) though I have lived in France for several years.
63. It is________ (help) for us to learn another foreign language.
64. Let's go________ (ski) on the weekend.
65. It is________ (harm) to your eyes to watch TV more often.
66. Children are all________ (cheer) on Children's Day.
67. The old man always makes a warm________ (great) to us in the morning.
68. It is________ (probable) going to rain tonight. It is cloudy.
69. The rich man donated (捐赠) a lot of money. The________ (receive) are from the poor
Countryside.
70. It will be________ (convenience) for us to go shopping after move to the city.
V．书面表达。

（10分）
相信大家都听过孔融让梨的故事吧，请根据下面的提示写一篇关于孔融让梨的短文，不少于70词。

提示：从此（from then on）
1．在孔融小的时候，他的父母买了些梨回来，这此梨有的大，有的小；
2．于是孔融要了个小的，把大的给了哥哥；
3．他说他年纪小，所以要小的；
4．从此，人们都说孔融是个有礼貌的孩子。

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参考答案
I. 1-5 AABCD 6-10 BCDAB
11-15 BACCD 16-20 DCCAB
II. 21-25 CDBAC 26-30 CABBA
III. 31-35 ABBCA
36-40 AADBC
41-45 DAABA
46-50 CDBDA
51-55 CBEAD
56-60 EDABF
IV. (One possible version)
61. successful 62. French
63. helpful 64. skiing
65. harmful 66. cheerful
67. greeting 68. probably
69. receivers 70. convenient
V. (One possible version)
Long time ago, there was a boy named Kong Rong. And he was a good boy. When Kong Rong was young, his parents bought some pears back. Some of them were big, and some were small. Then Kong Rong took a small one and gave the big one to his elder brother. He said he took a small one because he was younger than his brother. From then on, people said he was a polite child.
【书面表达写作指导】
本次书面表达要求写孔融让梨的故事。

写作时要注意以下几点：
1. 确定时态，应使用一般过去时进行写作；
2. 书写正文时，要围绕提示展开内容，不能遗漏要点；
3. 文章完成之后，要通读全文，检查语法是否正确、要点是否齐全。