2013年第二学期初二英语摸底试卷201402

2013年第二学期初二英语摸底试卷2014.2.（本试卷满分100分，答题时间70分钟，答案做在答题纸上。

）Part I V ocabulary and Grammar (50 %)（第一部分词汇和语法）I. Choose the best answer. 20%l. I asked the little boy what 6 minus 6was and he said noting.A. ['mʌnəs]B. ['maɪnəs]C. ['məɪnəs]D. ['mənəs]2. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?A. What he often says is nonsense to others.B. He plays volleyball better than anybody else in his class.C. He usually stays with his grandparents during the summer holidays.D. There are different ways to the distant town.3. Help _____ to some cookies first, everybody. Dinner is in preparation.A. yourB. yoursC. yourselfD. yourselves4. The start of a new year brings hope---hope better health, more happiness and greatersuccess.A. amongB. forC. overD. on5. –What is the man, actually?--I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be _____ but a policeman.A. nothingB. somethingC. everythingD. anything6. There are several ______ waiting at the airport to see the Korean star.A. thousands of fansB. thousand of fansC. thousand fansD. thousands of the fans7. It's _____ ride from the newly-built shopping mall to our neighborhood.A. eighteen minute s’B. eighteen-minuteC. a eighteen- minuteD. an eighteen minutes'8. I suppose you are unwilling to change your idea, _______ ?A. aren't youB. do IC. don't ID. are you9.The teacher left word with our monitor ______ she would explain the problem again.A. whoB. whichC. asD. that10. George Washington could have added fortune to fame, but caring for ____ , he found happiness in being helpful to the world.A. bothB. neitherC. eitherD. none11. When you want to get the telephone number of a department store, you can _____ a telephone directory.A. look upB. look forC. turn toD. turn into12.-- Tom is not leaving for the football match in Hongkou Football Stadium.---But he _______.A. promisesB. will promiseC. is promisingD. promised13.---Do you know where David is? I couldn't find him anywhere.--Well. He ______ have gone far---his glasses are still here.A. shouldn'tB. mustn'tC. can'tD. wouldn’t14. Who ______ clean the classroom yesterday?A. was made toB. was madeC. made toD. make him to15. I know nothing about him he lives next door.A. exceptB. besidesC. except forD. except that16. ---What did she forget when she left for home?--- ____________.A. Taking the bookB. To take the bookC. Take the bookD. Took the book17. ______ parents say and do usually has a life-long effect on their children.A. ThatB. WhichC. WhatD. As18. The two old sisters, ___ so long, held each other and burst into tears.A. being separatedB. having been separatedC. having separatedD. separating19. I had no idea______ at that time.A. why wouldn't she accept the giftB. she had been late for the meetingC. what had happened to herD. if she had received our invitation or not20. ---Susan, Helen gave her regards to your parents.---__________ .A. That's very kind of you.B. Of course.C. That's very kind of her.D. She is so nice.Il. Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or l}hrase can only be used once. 8%A. A. lensB. popularC. drillsD. blackoutsE. interestingCan you believe that plastic bottles and water can create light? A scientist made it! The Brazilian scientist, Alfredo Moser, has invented a way to light a house without electricity.All the materials Mr. Moser needs are just a plastic bottle and some water. But there is a secret hiding in the water-bleach. He _21_a hole in his roof and then pushes the filled bottle in. 1n this way, the sunlight in his home is equivalent of between 40 and 60 watts.The idea for "Moser lights" came from one of the _22_in Brazil, which happen a lot there. In order to light h.is room without electricity, Mr. Moser started doing experiments. His boss suggested that he should use a plastic bottle filled with water as a _23_ to focus light. Luckily, it worked out. "God gave the sun to everyone, and light is for everyone. Whoever uses it saves money," Mr. Moser said.This invention sounds amazing, doesn'tit? Moser's lamps have been used in over 140,000 houses in the Philippines, as well as in 15 other countries. His lighting system had beer fitted in over a million houses by the end of 2013.Mr. Moser says that he never imagined his invention could be so_24_. But he admits that it gives him so much pleasure when thinking about people using Moser lights.B.A. with B. seemedC. clickD. ofE. merelyWe can't remember clearly since when we start to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot especially when we gather together with family or friends to eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and _25_. Later, we post the photos onto weibo or WeChat, waiting to be "liked." Then we check our mobiles frequently during the meal, to see whether we get "liked" or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for __ 26 __ a mea1. Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food Jess satisfying. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the morephotos they took, the less delicious the food __ 27 _ to them. So why not stop taking photos and just savor the food ahead of you?Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will involuntarily check his mobile many times, "Does everyone approve of __28___ my photo? I hope a tot of people like it!" It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is an9 share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms. 8%29. Edison invented _____ 1ights. (electricity)30. He is a _____ businessman and few people like to do business with him. (calculation)31. People 1iving in that city can use their public transportation for _____ .(freely)32. It is true that some dinosaurs were even _____ than sheep. (gently )33. I’ll make _______ for you to be m et at the airport.(arrange)34. Luckily, the little baby came to ______ after the terrible car accident. (live)35. He discovered ______ that he got the first prize in the reading contest. (amazement)36. Look, the _____ names are listed here. (create)III. Rewritethe following sentences as reguired.14%37. We shall buy something for the coming party for the Spring Festival.(改为一般疑问句)____ you buy ___, for the coming party for the Spring Festival?38. She'd rather fail than cheat in the examination. (改为反义疑问句)She'd ratherfail than cheat in the examination, ________ _______ ?39. Computers are so fast and convenient that peop1e use them almost everywhere. (保持意思不变)Computers fast and convenient _______ ____ people to use themost everywhere.40. The famous painter was born in Shanghai in 1949. (对划线部分提问)_____ and _______ was the fan1ous painter born?41. My father continued drawing the picture. (保持句子意思不变)My father _____ _______ _______the picture.42. Who usually lays the table before dinner in your family? (保持句子意思不变)By _______ ______ the table _______ before dinner in your family?Part II Reading (50%) (第二部分)(A) Choose the best answers: 12%Though nanometer" (纳米) is now a fashionable term all over the world, few people know exactly what it is. It has become a new favorite of producers and sellers in recent years. Many "high-tech" products bearing the name "nano" have entered the market, bringing more mysterious feeling to surprised consumers.Nanometer is a very small length unit of measure, and is very small. One millimeter is 1000 micrometers, and one micrometer is 1,000 nanometers. That is, one nanometer is one billionth of a meter. Nano materials are solid materials made up of particles (粒子) or crystallites (晶体) of less than 100 nanometers in size. Then, is a cup made of nano material really any different from an ordinary cup in function as far as how it works?Are nano cups really so wonderful? A reporter went to the Institute of Nanomedicine, which isthe first such institute of such a sort in the world and the only one in China, specializing in researching the investigation of the application of nano technology into medicine.A water molecule (分子) is made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and l oxygen atom. It can be changed only by a special way of controlling of the atoms. The material made into the cup can have nanometer particles. But it cannot change the chemical and physical properties of the water contained in the cup. The water in it is still water. When people drink it, it will produce no special effect on human body.Professor Ji who worked in the Institute of Nanomedicine told the reporter, so far, the investigation of nano materials is still limited in the laboratory. No commercial micro products can be produced yet. With the present level of science and technology, the time of everyday goods made of nanometer materials is still years away.The products labeled with nano marks in the market now are only traditional products coated with a thin layer of nanometer material, which makes them more abrasion resistant (耐磨), much easier to be cleaned, or oil resisting or moth proof (防蛀).Professor Ji explained that nano cup is a real cup. It can also be included in the list of nano products in a certain sense. But the nano cup has not changed its property and function as a cup. It is not a magical medicine for curing and health care.43. Which of the following shows the right relationship?A. nanometer<millimeter<micrometer<meterB. micrometer<millimeter<nanometer<meterC. nanometer<micrometer<millimeter<meterD. millimeter<micrometer<nanometer<meter44. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.A. nano materials have been put into use in daily goodsB. real nano products haven't become available for peopleC. the nano cup is very effective in curing and health careD. real nano products are being produced by some companies45. The underlined word "properties" in the fourth paragraph probably means _____.A. possessionsB. qualitiesC. reactionsD. symbols46. Which of the following statements doesn't show the advantages of the products bearing the name"nano"?A. They are more abrasion resistantB. They are really high-tech products.C. It's not difficult to clean them.D. They resist oil or insects .47. Which of the following statemeJ1ts about the nano cup is not right?A. It really has some special functions.B. It does not change the water in it.C. It's made of material composed of particles or c1ystal1ites which are not more than100nanometer in size.D. It is a nano product m some sense48. What would be the best title for the passage?A. High-tech ProductsB. Nano CupsC. Nano MaterialsD. High-tech Research(B). Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage: 12%The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. ___49___ these wide modern roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with few sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most enjoyable one. Large highways often pass __50___ scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally connect large urban centers which means that they become crowded with ___51___ traffic during rush hours, when the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route.However, there is almost always another route to take __52__ you are not in a hurry. Not for from the relatively new "superhighways", there are often older, __53___ heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. Some of these are good lane roads; others are uneven roads curving through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high__54__ or down frightening hillsides to towns lying in deep valleys. Though these are less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places where the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean view of the world.49. A. Although B. Since C. Because D. Therefore50. A. to B. into C. over D. by51. A. large B. fast C. light D. heavy52. A. unless B. if C. as D. since53. A. and B. less C. more D. or54. A. rocks B. cliffs C. roads D. paths(C). Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: 14 %A well-known poem by Tang D____55_____ writer Du Mu, tells of a sad scene in early April:" Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passers-by with lowered spirits go."Qingming, the traditional tombsweeping day, f__56__ on April 4 or 5 each year. It is a time for remembering loved ones who have departed. People visit their ancestors' graves to sweep away th e dirt.Its origin dates back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Jin prince Chong'er ran away from the c ountry with his supporters due to persecution. They were homeless for 19 years and things got s__ 57_ bad that Chong'er began to starve to death. One of the prince's f__58__ followers, Jie Zitui, cu t a piece of muscle from his own leg and served it to his master. Chong'er was saved and, in 636 B C, he took back the throne.He rewarded the officials who had stayed loyal to him but he forgot about Jie Zitui. By the time Chong'er remembered him, heartbroken Jie Zitui had traveled d__59__ into the mountains. Chong' er wanted to persuade Jie to come home, so he had the hills set on fire. But Jie was later found bes ide a large tree, with his old mother on his back. B__60__ were dead.Saddened by the tragedy, Chong'er ordered that fires could not be lit on the day of Jie Zitui's dea th. From this comes Hanshi Day, or Cold Food Day. People visited Jie Zitui's tomb the next day to pay their respect. O__61__ time, Hanshi Day was replaced by the tomb-sweeping day.(D) Answer the questions:12%There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product the other as a process.People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can easily be identified and measured．The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language--- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts．By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way．The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles．In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept．In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to be faced with the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail”at first．How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow．Do we perceive ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we are shy and indecisive? Then our sense of timidity can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we are slow to adapt to change or that we are not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we do not face and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow．We become trapped inside a shell of our own making．62. What is personal growth according to the passage?63. Give an example to show personal growth.64. Why can't we easily determine the process of personal growth?65. Why does the process of personal growth never end?66. According to the author, what kind of person is likely to take a more active role?67. What is personal growth in your own eyes?。