初二英语2010

2010－2011（上）期中考试初二英语试卷
第Ⅰ卷(共80分)
第二部分笔试
Ⅳ.单项选择：(共20个小题，每题1分)
21. This is ______ study plan.
A. I
B. me
C. my
D. we
22. Betty _______ a lot already. She is reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
A. read
B. reads
C. has read
D. is reading
23. Don’t forget ________ your pens and books here next time?
A. to bring
B. to take
C. bringing
D. taking
24. Alice and her sister __________ when their mother came in..
A. talk
B. talks
C. are talking
D. were talking
25. He had a _______ visit to Canada last month.
A. ten days
B. ten-day
C. ten-days
D. ten day
26. I haven’t heard from Dancing ______ 1998.
A. after
B. since
C. when
D. before
27. ------ What are you going to do this weekend? ------ I ________ yet.
A. haven’t decided
B. won’t decide
C. have decided
D. didn’t decide
28. ------ Didn’t you give roses to your father on Father’s Day?
------ Oh, not only my father, _______also my grandpa got red roses.
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. until
29. ----- Do you know the meaning of the word?
----- No. why not _________ in your dictionary?
A. to look up it
B. to look it up
C. look up it
D. look it up
30. ---- How long have you ___ the computer? ------ For about half a year.
A. bought
B. found
C. had
D. borrowed
31. It ___Yang Liwei about 21 hours ____ the earth 14 times in his spaceship.
A. times, circling
B. took, traveling
C. spent, to travel
D. took, to circle
32. ------- May I speak to Alice? -------- Sorry, she ________ Japan.
A. has been to
B. has gone to
C. has been in
D. has gone in
33. ----Have you heard ______ Lewis Carroll? ----Yes, I know he is a writer.
A. of
B. from
C. over
D. off
34. I saw a kangaroo _______ right next to my car when I was driving in the countryside.
A. jump
B. to jump
C. jumping
D. jumped
35. Stop _________! The teacher is coming.
A. to chat
B. chat
C. chatted
D. chatting
36. Ms. Zhang has taught us English ________. We all like her very much.
A. since three years ago
B. for 2003
C. in 2003
D. since three years
37. We enjoy ______ in our English class.
A. our
B. we
C. ourselves
D. us
38. --You don’t listen to Chinese pop music, do you?
--_______, I like classical music.
A. Yes, I do
B. Yes, I don’t
C. No, I do
D. No. I don’t
39. China has nine million, five hundred and ninety-six thousand, nine hundred and sixty square kilometers. Which of the following is right? ________.
A. 9059690 km 2
B. 95969600 km 2
C. 9596960 km 2
D. 959690960 km 2
40. She’s never seen this film, __________?
A. is she
B. isn’t she
C. has she
D. hasn’t she
Ⅴ.完形填空：(共10小题，每题1分)
My dearest Aunt Mei lives in the country. But she isn't a 41 . She 42 vegetables from the farmers and sells them in town. Sometimes she can't sell out all her vegetables, 43 she takes some to us. Aunt Mei is old and short, but she's very 44 . She can walk 45 .
Aunt Mei has no 46 . She lives with her only white cat. Every summer, I go to stay with her for a week or two. She often 47 me to a farm nearby(在附近). Life in the country is interesting. I can go fishing, and I can 48 birds singing and sheep bleating. But Aunt Mei doesn't 49 me swim. She says it's not safe.
The farmers now don't do farm work with animals. They 50 tractors. All of them look happy.
()41. A. teacher B. doctor C. farmer D. nurse
()42. A. grows B. sells C. asks D. buys
()43. A. but B. so C. or D. until
()44. A. healthy B. ill C. happy D. interesting
()45. A. slowly B. fast C. near D. quick
()46. A. children B. animal C. student D. son
()47. A. brings B. takes C. gets D. has
()48. A. listen B. see C. hear D. find
()49. A. asks B. tells C. let D. want
()50. A. use B. like C. love D. buy
Ⅵ.阅读理解：(共15个小题，每题2分)
A
Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had a few farms and about twenty people worked for him. He often told them to work hard and be honest.
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon after that is was time for lunch. He put several pieces of nice cake on the table and went out. A few minutes later he came in again, but couldn’t find them.
“ Who’s eaten the cakes on the table?” he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, “ We haven’t”.
The others said, “ We’ve seen nothing.”
“Well,”said Mr. Smith, “there’s a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I put some poison(毒药) in the cakes. I want to kill them today.”
As soon as he spoke, four workers began to cry. “ Oh, dear!”
“ What’s wrong with you, young men?” asked Mr. Smith.
“We’ve eaten the cakes, sir,”one of them said. “We’ve got a bad stomachache! We’re going to die!”
“Don’t worry,”Mr. Smith said with a smile. “I’ve played a joke on you. I didn’t put anything in the cakes. Be honest, young men!”
Hearing this, the young men’s faces turned red and they stopped crying at once.
51. Mr. Smith was ________.
A. a poor worker
B. a rich teacher
C. a poor doctor
D. a rich farmer
52. Mr. Smith put the cakes on the table to ________.
A. kill the mice in the rooms
B. know if the workers were honest
C. kill the workers
D. frighten the workers
53. As ________, the four workers began to cry.
A.they thought they would die
B. they were afraid to be sent away
C. they thought they would pay for the cakes
D. they had got a bad stomachache
54. Mr. Smith told the workers he had put some poison in the cakes to ______.
A. play a joke on them
B. know who had eaten the cakes
C. give them a lesson
D. get them into trouble
55。

At last ________.
A the four workers were sent away
B. Mr. Smith found the nice cakes
C. Mr. Smith found a way to kill the mice
D. the four workers felt shy
B
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king. His fan are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album, Ye Huimei, and the album was releases in July and was named after his mother.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.
His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he
was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But he has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,”said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing.
“ He is true to himself. He never follows other s.” Said Zhang Yue, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.
56. From this passage we know that Jay Chou _______________.
A. is very handsome.
B. has a bright smile.
C. often makes too much noise.
D. is a pop music star
57. His fans are so excited because ______________.
A. he released a new album in July.
B. he will sing new songs in Beijing
C. he can play the piano very well
D. his new album was named after his mother
58. When he was a little child, he _________________.
A. talked a lot every day
B. did well in his study at school
C. started to like music
D. had huge crowds of fans
59. According to one of his fans, Jay _____________.
A. is a good student
B. has long and beautiful hair
C. is a well-known pianist
D. is very attractive to them
60. The sentence “ He never follows others” in the last paragraph means _____.
A.he always has his own style
B. he likes to walk alone
C. he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all.
D. no one can catch up with him
C
When two English people meet，their first words will be“How do you
do?”and“How are you?”And after those words，they often talk about the weather．If the day is fine，the sun is shining brightly，and there is no cloud in the sky，one of them wiIl say，“It is a lovely day，isn’t it?’’or“It is warm today，isn’t it?”The other one will say，“Yes，it is as warm today as it was yesterday!”or“It’s nice weather．I hope it will keep fine．”
If the day isn’t fine and it looks Iike rain，one of them will say，“It isn’t warm today，is it?’’And the other one will say，“No，it isn’t．I think we are going to have some rain．”
Why do people like to talk about the weather? What is the weather like in England?
In spring：Mild(温和的)，dry and sunny．Rainy，cloudy and warm．
In summer：Dry，clolIdy and c001．Rainy and showery．
In autumn：Dry，sunny．Foggy early and late．
In winter：Strong wind，heavy rain．Snowy，cold．
The best seasons are spring and summer．When summer comes，the sun shines warmer．When winter comes，the days get colder．In winter they have all kinds of weather。

Sometimes it rains and sometimes it snows heavily，and they also have fog and frost(霜)．The two worst months in England are January and February．They have many cold wet days one after another．
61．When two English people meet，they like to talk about the____very much。

A．food B．weather C．money D houses
62．The best seasons in England are ．
A. spring and winter B．summer and autum C．autumn and winter
D．spring and summer
63．The worst months in England are_____．
A．January and February BMarch and April C．May and June D．July and August
64．What’s the weather like in spring in England?
A．Cold and cloudy．BWet and cold．C．Mild, dry and sunny．D．Dry and hot．
65．Which of the following is true?
A．In winter，it blows strongly at times and is co1d
B．When two English people meet，their first words will be“It is a lovely day．isn’t it?’’
C．In summer，the weather is wet and hot．
D．In autumn，it is frosty and wet．
Ⅱ卷（共20分）
Ⅶ.根据中文提示完成句子.(5分)
1.对我们来说学好英语很重要.
_________________________________ to study English well.
2. 你从来没有去过德国, 对吗?
You ______________________ Germany, __________________?
3. Jack的妹妹昨天7点时正在写信.
Jack’s sister _______________________ at seven yesterday.
4。

由于生病,他不得不辍学了.
He had to __________________ school ____________ the illness.
5、自从2000年，我住在这里已经五年多了。

I __________________ more than 5 years __________________2000
Ⅹ.阅读下列文章，回答下列问题：(5分)
Most people in the United States speak English. There are over 2000 languages spoken all over the world. You know that every language has its own words. When you want to learn a foreign language, you must learn its words. You must know what the words mean , and you must say them in the right way. Words are made of sounds and different languages have different sounds . There are thousands of language sounds When you speak English, you are
using only fifty of them.
Some languages are spoken faster than others. English is spoken more slowly than French. Women speak faster than men. In America, women speak about 175words every minute. But men speak about only 150. How many words do you speak every minute?
1.Does every language have its own words?
_______________________________________________.
2.What are words made of?
_________________________________________________.
3.How many words are spoken all over the world?
__________________________________________________.
4.Is French spoken more slowly than English?
__________________________________________________.
5.In America, who speaks faster, women or men?
_________________________________________________.
XI书面表达(10分)
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要求70字左右（不含开头、结尾）。

A man dropped his wallet (钱包), but he didn’t know it. He walked on. A girl picked it up and ran after him, but he got into a car and drove away.
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The girl recognized (认出) him and gave the wallet back to him. The boy went away in a hurry.。