初二(下)英语阅读竞赛

初二（下）英语阅读竞赛
考试时间45分钟，满分100分
班级____________ 姓名___________学号____________分数____________
一、配对阅读。

（每题2分，共10分）
左栏是电脑出现故障，右栏是技术员给出的诊断。

请将故障和诊断配对，并将答案的字母编号填写在题前的括号内。

二、判断正误。

（每题2分，共10分）
Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford , England on 8th January ,1942. He went to school in St. Albans –a small city near London .After leaving school , Hawking went , first to Oxford
University where he studied physics (物理学), then he went to Cambridge University.
Once he said that he wasn’t very serious about studying. He was a lazy student, and did very little work, but he still got very good grades .However, Hawking got a bad illness when he was 20 years old .He couldn’t speak or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said he would die before he was 23. At first, Hawking became very sad .After a while he began to see his life in a different way. He worked hard and later became a very famous professor (教授). Today he still works at Cambridge University as a professor.
阅读短文,判断正(T)误(F)
6. Hawking was born in a small village near London. ( )
7. Hawking didn’t like the university. ( )
8. Hawking was good at his lessons at university. ( )
9. Hawking became badly ill at the age of twenty. ( )
10. Hawking felt sad at first when he knew he would die soon. ( )
三、阅读理解。

（每题2分，共48分）
A
Have you ever noticed background music? You can listen to it everywhere, restaurant, airports, supermarkets, department stores and so on. Background music is supposed to influence(影响) your attitude(态度) and mood(心情) .
Companies pay millions of dollars every year for background music. It’s supposed to make you feel better about yourself and the people around you. Factories use it a lot .It makes the workers happy and work better. It is said（据说）that in a factory , music can increase the production by 4.5 percent. Workers do not easily feel tired if they listen to music all day .A worker in San Francisco said, ’’If the music stops, somebody always runs to the telephone to complain about it.’’Background music was stated during World War Ⅱ when some factories had their own orchestras to keep workers happy and calm. Now , of course , the music is piped in (以电讯设备传送) by a machine and different kinds of music are played at different time in a day . For example, the music they play are faster at 10 than 8, because workers are usually slower then.
It’s also very interesting that fast music is played in restaurants where hamburger is sold .Before playing fast music, customers spent 22 minutes eating hamburgers, when they stated playing fast music, they found that a customer spent only 17 minutes eating! So they have more people coming in and out to buy hamburgers, it’s good for business. You can see why music has
become so popular. In Los Angeles(洛杉矶), for example , 30 different companies are selling background music services .
The Xerox Corporation(静电复印公司) in Rochester, N .Y . (纽约州的罗切斯特市), spends more than ＄80,000 a year for background music. Prison warders (狱警) use it . Farmers also use it to keep their cattle calm. It’s said that background music even influence plants.
11、According to the passage , background music _______.
A. can possibly make people feel better and influence their attitude
B. increase the production by 4.5 percent in every factory
C. in sometimes very boring to the workers
12、A worker in San Francisco said if the music stopped, _______.
A. someone would always go to complain about it.
B. he would call up the background music company.
C. people would go and tell the telephone operator about the accident
13 、Background music was played in factories _______.
A. in the 1950’s
B. because workers there all killed music very much
C. during World War Ⅱ
14、The eating time for each hamburger customer is_______ minutes less than before.
A.5
B.7
C.17
15、What can we learn from the passage ?
A. We can only hear background music in some public places of foreign countries.
B. The Xerox Corporation in Rochester, N .Y, spends＄80,000 thousand a year
for background music.
C. prison warders and farmers also use background music.
B
After the long winter vacation, it’s time to go back to school. But do you know US students start school earlier than we do in China?
In the US school kids have two winter breaks (假期). One is around Christmas, lasting two weeks. The other is in February ,only one week .It can also be called “ski (滑雪)week ,” because some students go skiing during the break .Another one-week break is called spring break .It is in April ,around Easter(复活节).
Like Chinese students, US kids also have a long summer vacation .It is about 10 weeks , running from mid-June to late August.
Besides the four breaks, there are quite a few holidays when students do not go to school. So a traditional US school year is 180 days. It is 20 days shorter than it is in China!
16.In the US ,school kids have _______days for winter breaks.
A.7
B.14
C.21
D.28
17. W hy is the winter break in February called “ski week ”?
A. Because some students go skiing at that time.
B. Because it is in February.
C. Because it is in April, around Easter
D. Because it lasts only one week.
18. How many days is a traditional China school year?
A. 140
B. 160
C. 180
D. 200
19. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. US students start their school later than we do in China.
B. US kids also have a short summer vacation.
C. Because the four breaks, there is no holiday.
D. US summer vacation is from mid-June to late August
C
Take a Bus , a Plane or a Train
Today is February 1st. It will be Spring Festival in two days .some of my friends must go home to spend the festival with their family .But how will they go home? Please give them some advice according to (依照)the following information .
根据表格，完成下列各题。

20. Mary works in Qingdao, she will spend the festival with her parents in Beijing. she will go there _______.
A. by train
B. by bus
C. by plane
D. by bike
21. Liu works in Beijing, but his wife lives in Qingdao, his will take the train_______.to go there.
A. D56
B. T26
C. CA905
D. 冀A3890
22. If Mr. Wang takes CA360 from Beijing to Sanya with his wife, he will spend_______.
A. ￥380
B. ￥720
C. ￥660
D. ￥760
23. Li Dong takes the bus 冀A6698 to go home .Then his home may be in_______.
A. Sanya
B. Baoding
C. Beijing
D. Shijiazhuang
24. Mr. Lu planes to arrive in Kunming on February 2nd .He must arrive at Beijing airport before _______.
A. 14 o’clock on February 1st
B. 7 o’clock on February 1st
C. 11 o’clock on February 2nd
D. 7 o’clock on February 2 nd
D
How can I book holiday or make travel plans online ?
Every year we have many holidays, such as summer holidays, winner holidays, May Day and so on .How do you spend during these holidays? Do you like to travel during them? Can you book holidays or make travel plans online?
Now let me tell you how to do it .First ,you should look up (查找) the places that you want to visit online .Then ,you can decide on which way to travel according to the prices online .If you go abroad(国外) ,you’d better take the plane .If you visit some places of interest near your hometown ,you can take the train or bus there .Of course ,you can drive a car .Next ,you can get in touch with some travel companies (公司) ,and talk something about travel with them .And you can find the best place to stay at the best price .Finally ,you can enjoy happy holidays with the help of the travel company .
25.In winner ,you can spend _______with your family together .
A. summer holidays
B. winner holidays
C. May Day
D. Middle –autumn festival
26. If you want to travel in holidays, what should you do at first?
A. Look up the places where to visit
B. Think over the way to travel
C. Know the prices
D. Call some travel companies.
27. You are now in China .If you want to visit New York, you can get there_______.
A. by car
B. by train
C. by bus
D. by plane
28. W ith travel company’s help ,you can _______during travel .
A. play basketball
B. have good food
C. have a good time
D. make many friends
29. Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. When you want to travel, you can make the plan online
B. you want to travel, you must have a computer at first
C. If you visit your grandmother, you have to drive you car
D. The passage mainly tells how to travel online.
E
Cody Simpson 科迪﹒辛普森
Justin Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer .He is considered a teen idol (偶像).
Cody was born in Australia .He moved to Los Angeles (洛杉矶) to make his first album (唱片). Cody has been touring to get fans ,but he’s still far from a household (家喻户晓的) name in the United States . He is a fan of Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez ,but isn't famous enough to get their attention(关注) yet !
Lots of people call Cody the Australia Justin Bieber .
Sure, they both started out by making YouTube videos .Yes, they are both super –hot pop singers. Of course, they both have fans screaming their names. But is Cody Simpson the next Justin Bieber ? Like most artists ,Cody just wants people to respect (尊重) him for his own music .If you want to see how Cody compares(比较) to Justin ,listen to his songs iYiYi or Summertime .You decide if we have a new pop idol or just another Justin Bieber ?
30. Where is Cody Simpson from?
A. The United States
B. Australia
C. Los Angeles
D. China
31. Who isn’t famous enough to get his idols’ attention yet?
A. Cody Simpson
B. Justin Bieber
C. Miley Cyrus
D. Selena Gomez
32.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?
A. 评论
B. 尖叫
C. 宣布
D. 通知
33.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Cody and Justin both made YouTube videos.
B.Justin moved to Los Angeles to make his first album.
C.Selena is still far from a household name in the United States.
ey just wants people to respect him for his own music.
34.Why does the winter want us to listen to Cody’s songs iYiYi or summertime?
A. Because he wants time tell us Cody is the best singer.
B. Because he wants us to know the difference between Cody and Justin.
C. Because he wants us to know Cody’s music Is not good.
D. Because he wants us to know who is a teen idol.
四、任务型阅读。

（共32分）
A
My mother wanted me to be a policeman in the future .So she sent me to study in a girl’s school .Being a first grader seemed exciting then.
There were about forty students in my class .We sat in groups. Six tables every group (组) . I found a seat and sat there while waiting for other girls to arrive .I didn’t take long and there were girls beside the other tables .We didn’t talk with others at first. It seemed (好像) my classmates were still shy . It was a truly new environment (环境) for us .The girls in my group were also shy and most of them were looking down .Finally ,a girl sitting in front of me said she was Amanda .She told us something about herself and her family .The four other girls listened to what she said carefully .
I didn’t hear what she said .The next thing I knew, she was already talking about her cat. “Do you know its name?” She asked me. I was a little surprised at the question .I thought about it for a while; then fina lly answered “I don’t know. It could be anything”. The question was repeated (重复) on the other girls but with the same results . Amanda smiled proudly.
阅读短文,回答下列问题。

每题5分，共15分
35. Why did the mother send her daughter to a girls’ school?
36. How many students were there in the class?
37. Why didn’t the students talk with the others at first?
38. Who was the first to speak and what did she say?
39. Did the other girls know the name of the cat?
B
The best hobbies for kids
Children are born to be interested in everything .They usually find certain activities more interesting than others. Hobbies can be the first teaches for many of life’s lessons .So what are the best hobbies for kids?
Reading The book is like a key. It can open the window of a kid’s heat .And readers learn well in school.
Arts Drawing and painting can make kids cleverer .They are also a great way to teach kids to use their own hands to create (创造)something from nothing .
Music This may not be good for all kids, but if you enjoy singing or dancing, they can become great hobbies .Learning a musical instrument is also good.
Sportswear and Games Outdoor sports and indoor games are both good for a child’s personality (性格). Kids can learn some skills and the spirit of teamwork (团队合作精神)
任务一:请根据文章内容总结最适合孩子们的爱好，并完成表格内容。

每题4分，共12分
任务二:你最大的爱好是什么？请用3-5句话说明。

（5分）
44.。