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2015学年第一学期七年级英语学科期中考试试卷（文来中学）Part 2 Phonetics, vocabulary and GrammarII.Choose the best answer.26. Rome is also an ancient city. Which phonetic transcription of the underlined words is correct?A. /ei’tfent/27. Henry used to be ____________ university professor.A. aB. anC. /D. the28. The accident took place ___________ a cloudy morning.A. inB. atC. onD. with29. Our teacher asked us to solve this maths question _______different ways.A. ofB. inC. atD. for30. These puppies are lovely. Why not keep _______ as your pet?A. itB. onesC. themD. one31. I saw three films yesterday. One is a love story, and ________are action movies.A. otherB. the otherC. othersD. the others32. Peter always studies _________and almost no exercises are ________for him.A. hard, hardlyB. hard, hardC. hardly, hardD. hardly, hardly33. It is raining heavily outside. Please keep the windows _________.A. closeB. closedC. openD. opening34. Xi Jingpin was warmly welcomed by the __________ when he paid a visit to the UK.A. BritainB. BritishC. British manD. British person35. ________Running Man ________where are we going, Dad? are hot reality shows.A. Both, andB. Neither, norC. Either, orD. Not only, but also36. Nowadays more and more people know _________use “WeChat”A. how toB. where toC. what toD. why to37. There _______a lecture on “How to make friends” next week.A. will haveB. is going to haveC. are going to beD. will be38. Just now, the girl saw two men _________ an old lady.A. robsB. robbedC. robbingD. to rob39. It took me ________to finish reading the book Nirvana in Fire (《琅琊榜》)A. six hour and a halfB. a half and six hoursC. six and a half hoursD. six and a half hour40. You __________worry about your future unless you give up your dream.A. don’t need toB. not needC. needn’t toD. don’t need41. Mike _________this Lamborghini sports car _________a month.A. has bought, forB. has bought, sinceC. has had, forD. has had, since42. _________it is to have a barbecue with friends at weekends!A. How funB. What funC. How a funD. What a fun43. A: Don’t make any noise in the class. B: ____________A. Sorry, I won’tB. It doesn’t matterC. Excuse me, I’m wrongD. Certainly, I won’t.plete the following passage with the words phrases in the box.Each word or phrases can only be used once.Soccer is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. More people watch and play soccer than any other sport. Soccer is called “football” in England, where it ____44_____ , and in many other countries. In America, this sport is called soccer or international football.Soccer is a game played by two teams and each team has 11 players. The play on a rectangular (长方形)field called the soccer pitch, with net goals at _____45____ end. The players of each team try to drive the soccer ball into the goal of the team they are playing against. A player called the “goalkeeper” tries to keep the ball from ____46____ the area between the goal posts. Physical contact between opponents (对方)is restricted (限制). The team that scores the most goals by the end of the game wins. The goalkeeper is the ___47___ player allowed to use his or her arms and hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball. All the other players may not let the ball touch their arms and hands. If a player doesn’t follow this rule, it is called a “handball”, and his or her team’s opponents get a “free kick”. Soccer fans are very serious about their game. Many love soccer team as ____48____ as they love their country. Some love their soccer team even more.Soccer has even been the cause of wars. Soccer is not only a fun game to watch, it is also a great game to play.plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.49. They want to thank him for ___________(invite) them to his weeding.50. Most ____________ (thief) continue stealing after they get out of the prison.51. Lily and Jack, help __________(you) to some candies and drinks.52. Samuel couldn’t take part in the dancing competition because of his __________(break) right leg.53. Mr. Jones is very lazy and his bedroom is always _________(tidy)54. As we all know, Tu Youyou’s ________ (nation) is Chinese.55. With the help of the police and CCTV, the missing child came back to his home __________ (safely).V.Rewrite the following sentences as required.56. Frank’s mother let him raise a puppy last summer. (改为否定句)Frank’s mother __________ ___________ him raise a puppy last summer.57. There are few clean days in Beijing in a whole year. (改为反意疑问句)There are few clean days in Beijing in a whole year, __________ __________?58. He couldn’t see the blackboard clearly because he left his glasses at home. (对划线部分提问)____________ _____________ he see the blackboard clearly?59. This room is very small. This room can’t hold 50 people. (合并为一句)This room isn’t ___________ enough __________ hold 50 people.60. Mike would like to be a pilot when he was young. (保持句意不变)Mike __________ __________ be a pilot when he was young.Part 3 Reading and WritingVI.Reading comprehension.A. Read and choose the best answer.The Beijing National Stadium –the Bird’s Nest was the main stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The stadium had 100, 000 seats for people during the Olympics. It is 330 meters long by 220 meters wide, and is 69.2 meters tall. Itcovers an area of 250,000 square meters. The stadium cost up to 3.5 billion yuan. All 110,000 tons of steel were made in China, making the stadium the largest steel structure (结构) in the world. The construction stared in March 2004. Beijing National Stadium officially opened at a ceremony on June 28, 2008.The eastern and western stands of Beijing National Stadium are higher than northern and southern stands, in order to make people watch matches more clearly. It hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletic events, and football final of the 2008 Summer Olympic, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The stadium also hosted the Opening and Closing ceremonies and athletic events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics (残奥会) from September 6 to September 17, 2008. The stadium’s appearance is wonderful. It looks almost like a bird’s nest. It became a great landmark for the Olympics of 2008. This has been the most important public space in Beijing.61. The Beijing National Stadium is known as _________.A. Olympic StadiumB. the Bird’s NestC. Water CubeD. the International Stadium62. The Stadium could hold _________people during the 2008 Olympics.A. 100, 000B. 100, 100C. 110,000D. 110,10063. Which is not right according to the passage?A. The stadium is 330m long by 220m high.B. The Stadium is 69.2m tall.C. The Stadium covers an area of 250,000 m2D. The Stadium cost up to 3.5 million yuan.64. The Beijing National Stadium opened to the public on __________.A. May 14, 2008B. August 8, 2008C. June 28, 2008D. September 6, 200865. In order to make people watch matches more clearly, the ___________ stands of the stadium are higher.A eastern and western B. eastern and northernC. northern and southernD. western and southern66. The main idea of the passage is ___________.A. that Chinese people are very proud of the Beijing National Stadium.B. that foreign tourists enjoy visiting the Beijing National Stadium.C. some basic information about the Beijing National Stadium.D. that Beijing held the 2008 Summer Olympic successfully for the whole world.B. Choose the words and expressions and complete the passage.Why do people love pandas so much? Perhaps it is because they look very cute, or perhaps it is because there ___67___ left. Pandas are actually called giant pandas. Many people also call them panda bears because they are mammals (哺乳类) classified from the bear family. Giant pandas originate(起源) in China. Pictures of both the dragon and the giant panda are often regarded as the symbols(代号) of ___68____.Giant pandas look different from other bears because they are white with black patches around their eyes, over their ears, and across their bodies. Although they look adorable and move slow, they can be as fierce(凶猛的) as any other bear when they are ___69___. Pandas mostly eat bamboo, but they may also eat other food like eggs, fish, oranges and bananas.Many people think that giant pandas have few ___70____, and that is one of the reasons that there are not many of them left. But scientists say that a female panda may have about five or six cubs during her life. The female panda gives birth to one or two panda cubs, but she is only able to take care of only one of her cubs. ___71___, one of her cubs dies soon after birth because of a lack(缺少) of intense care.The giant panda is an endangered species, and there are only about 2,000 giant pandas left in the world. People have been trying hard to protect giant pandas. It looks like their work is ___72____ because the number of giant pandas is increasing.67. A. many B. few C. not much D. not few68. A. China’s B. Chinese C. China D. Chinese’s69. A. sad B. worried C. exciting D. angry70. A. babies B. enemies C. friends D. relatives71. A. Moreover B. As a result C. All in all D. However72. A. taking off B. putting off C. setting off D. paying offC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.The Maasai tribe (马萨伊部落)of Kenya and northern Tanzania (坦桑尼亚) is one of the most well-known trbies in Africa. Their customs and w_____73____ of dressinghave dressed very little for centuries.Many Maasai live a semi-nomadic (半游牧的)lifestyle. They speak a language called Maa. Many of the Maasai also speak Swahili and English. Cattle are very important to the Maasai. They use cattle a___74____ money, which means that they buy things they need with cattle, not with money. Cattle are also the primary source of food for the Maasai. Because of the i____75____ of cattle in the Maasia’s society, cattle are often used to measure a man’s wealth. The Maasai believe that their god “Enkai” gave them all of the cattle in the world. If someone who isn’t a Maasai has some cattle, the Maasai believe that the person must have s___76___ those cattle from a Maasai. Maasai men do the famous “jumping dance” to show their strength. In the traditional Maasai culture, young men had to kill a lion b___77____they could married. Women had almost no rights in the traditional Maasai culture. The women cooked, raised their children, and built huts for their family to live in.Now there are about 900,000 Maasai l___78___ in Kenya and Tanzania. Some of the Maasai no longer live in the rural ( 乡村的)areas. They, like people from other trbies, have moved into towns and cities and live like many other m___79_____people around the world. However, many Maasai still try to keep their traditional culture.D. Read the passage and answer the questions.As one of Hollywood's all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned(哀悼) the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian（人道主义）.Born in Belgium（比利时）on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby（《蒙科卡罗宝贝）, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn's beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi,a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn's successful career. Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday.It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress.During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations（提名）. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of anangel. During her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts（努力）in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented（授予）her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.80. What was Audrey Hepburn?81. When and where was Audrey Hepburn born?82. Which film helped Audrey Hepburn get an Oscar for Best Actress?83. Why did Hepburn show us the beauty of nature in Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn?84. Hepburn wasn’t presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was she?85. What do you think of Audrey Hepburn?VII.Writing.Write at least 60 words about the topic “I would like to live in _________(a city or a country)” (以《我想在__________（城市或国家）生活》为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。