新世纪英语七年级第二学期期中试卷

新世纪英语第二学期七年级期中考试英语试卷（时间 90分钟总分 100分）Paper I Listening （25%）I. Listen and choose the right picture (根据听到的句子,选出相应的图片)(共5分)1．（）２．（）３．（）４．（）5. ( )II. Listen and choose the best reponse to what you hear (根据听到的句子,选出最适当的应答) (共5分)( ) 1. A. That’s right B. That’s all right.C. You’re welcome.D. It’s my pleasure.( ) 2. A. It doesn’t matter. B. Chinese cartoons are better.C. I agree with you.D. So am I.( ) 3. A. Very long. B. For thirteen minutes.C. About thirteen seconds.D. Not very fast.( ) 4. A. To be a teacher. B. To go to school.C. To be strong.D. To wait for the bus.( ) 5. A. Sorry, I’m new here. B. I don’t think so.C. Who are you?D. About two hours.III. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据听到的对话和问句,选出最适当的答案) (共5分)( ) 1. A. Swimming. B. Running.C. Playing badminton.D. Playing baseball.( ) 2. A. At a bookshop. B. At school.C. At home.D. At a fruit shop.( ) 3. A. To clear up her room. B. To get her raincoat back.C. Not to wait for him. .D. Not to worry about the weather.( ) 4. A. By ship. B. By bus. C. By train. D. By plane.( ) 5. A. Because the flowers weren’t nice. B. Because the flower show was dull.C. Because there were too many people.D. Because there were few flowers. IV. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容,符合用T表示,不符合用F表示) (共5分)( ) 1. The British Museum has a 200-year-old history.( ) 2. A lot of people want to visit the British Museum every year.( ) 3. The touring exhibition’s（巡展）name is “China: Journey to the East”.( ) 4.Many British children aged between 7 and 14 will know more about Chinese culture (文化) after the exhibition.( ) 5. Only pandas and the Beijing Olympics are Chinese culture.V. Listen to the passage and complete the table (听短文,完成下列表格,每格限1. ___________2. __________3. ___________4. ___________5. ___________Paper II Vocabulary and Grammar（38%）I. Choose the best answer: 15%( )1. There’s _____ “f ” in the word “ family”.A . a B. an C. the D. /( ) 2. My brother has given me ______ on how to make a beautiful Christmas card.A. any adviceB. many advicesC. some advicesD. some advice( ) 3. Did you enjoy ______ the lecture?A listen to B. listen C. listening to D. to listen( ) 4. We have to finish our homework now, _______?A. don’t weB. shouldn’t weC. haven’t weD. do we( ) 5. There’s _______with your watch. It gets slo wer every day.A. nothing wrongB. something wrongC. wrong somethingD. wrong nothing ( ) 6. If Mary won’t go for an outing, ____________.A. so does JohnB. either does John.C. neither will JohnD. so will John.( ) 7. Children all prefer ______ cartoons to _______ dull books.A. watching / readingB. watching / readC. to watch / readingD. to watch / read( ) 8. The teacher wants to know________.A. what’s the matter with the studentsB. what’s the wrong with the studentsC. what’s matter with the studentsD. what the matter with the students( ) 9. Why _________ bowling together this weekend?A. not to goB. don’t goC. to goD. not go( ) 10. Mrs. Li teaches _______ English.A. theyB. themC. theirD. theirs( ) 11. Neither of my parents _______ English very well.A. do speakB. sayC. speakD. speaks( ) 12. John _____ Beijing for summer holidays three times.A. has gone toB. has been toC. have gone toD. have been to( ) 13. What do you mean _______ saying so?A. withB. onC. ofD. by( ) 14. You’d better ________ quiet about this problem.A. not keepB. not to keepC. not keepingD. not kept( ) 15. A: You’d better take some medicine and get enough sleep.B.____________________.A. It’s my pleasure.B. Thank you.C. I’m sorry to hear that.D. Ok, I’ll take your advice.II. Fill in the blanks with the proper word.(用括号中单词的适当形式填空) 6%1.Schoolboys can always get ______ from watching cartoons. (please)2.The Bund, Yu Garden, the Oriental Pearl Tower are the tourist ______ inShanghai.( attract)3.Cathy felt happy when she got the _________ birthday present. (excite)4.The doctor took her temperature and examined her _______. (care)5.I live on the _________ floor, so I have to go up and down by lift. (twenty)6.It snowed _________ last night and now the streets are covered with snow.(heavy) III. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the box in their proper forms(选出方框内适当的单词或词组,并用其适当形式填空) 5%1.Mr. Zhang has sports every day. ________ he is in good health.2. Take it easy. We still have time to finish the job.3. Thomas Edison science and he built a lab of his own.4. ____________ Jack! He won the first prize in the speech contest.5. Our monitor gets to school earliest ______________.V. Rewrite the sentence as required(根据要求改写句子,每空一词):12%1. This thick dictionary cost me 98 yuan . (否定句)This thick dictionary ______ _______ me 98 yuan.2.The businessman never takes the plan when he goes to Nanjing.(反意疑问句)The businessman never takes the plan when he goes to Nanjing , _______ ______?3. My sister is very weak. She can’t go to school today. (保持句意)My sister is ______ weak _______go to school today.4. Tom’s mother made a phone call to him yesterday. She didn’t send e-mails. (保持句意)Tom’s mother made a phone call to him ________ of _________ e-mails.5. We will finish the work in two hours.（划线部分提问）_______ ________ will we finish the work ?6. Mr. Wang looks tall and strong. (对划线部分提问)_________ does Mr. Wang look ________?Paper III Reading and writing （37%）I. Reading comprehension.(阅读理解)15%( A )Join Us in the Huangpu River TourThe Huangpu River is a must - see for most tourists. You can enjoy the" museum of international architecture ( 建筑) on the Bund" and the skyline of Lujiazui in Pudong. You can have a close look at the famous Shanghai Radio and TV Tower and the magnificent (雄伟的)Jinmao Building. You can also see videos, sing songs or watch wonderful performances on the boat. Tea and coffee are served during the trip. The tour guide will tell you something about Shanghai's today and yesterday both in Chinese and in English. You are sure to have a good time on the boat.We offer three different boat tours along the river every day.One is the 1.5 - hour trip to see Yangpu Bridge at the price of 25-35 yuan ( $3 - 4.2) .The second is the 2 - hour trip to Gaoqiao at the price of 50-100 yuan ( $6-12) .The third trip is the 3.5 - hour trip to Wusongkou, the mouth of the Yangtze River where it runs into the East China Sea. This costs 50-100 yuan ( $6-12) .Visitors can get on the boat at the ferry pier ( 轮渡码头) on the Bund on East Jinling Road. The booking office is open from 7: 30 a. m. to 5: 30 p. m. (Call 021 - 49543200/ 49543201 for more information. )True or False. ( 根据短文内容, 符合的用T 表示, 不符合的用F 表示, 填入括号内)( ) 1. The Huangpu River is a very popular place for tourists.( ) 2. Different kinds of recreations ( 娱乐) are offered on the boat.( ) 3. It's not difficult for foreigners to learn something about Shanghai on the boat.( ) 4. It takes two hours to travel Yangpu Bridge.( ) 5. The trip to Gaoqiao is the most expensive and it takes most time.(B)Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in the USA. It is on the fourth Thursday of November. On that day, families and friends get together for a turkey dinner. People leave work early on Wednesday afternoon and drive their cars to distant places for a family get-together. Many people take Friday off and make it a long weekend because most American don’t work on Saturday and Sunday. During the holiday, travelling between big cities can be a headache.The tradition of the Thanksgiving’s holiday began in 1621 when the first English settlers arrived in America. They didn’t have enough food. The Indians helped the white men and taught how to grow corn and vegetables. So that autumn, they had a good harvest.The English invited Indians to their dinner in order to give thanks to them for their help and to the God.Choose the best answer. ( 选择正确的答案, 用A 、B 、C或D表示, 填入括号内)( ) 1. If November 1,1922 is Friday, then Thanksgiving Day will be_______.A. Nov.26B. Nov,27C. Nov.28D. Nov.21( ) 2. For most Americans, Thanksgiving Day will be _________A. a family get-togetherB. a long weekendC. a time to enjoy turkey dinnerD. A, B, and C( ) 3. Thanksgiving means____________A. to give thanks to the IndiansB. to give thanks to the GodC. to give thanks to their teachersD. both A and B( ) 4. On Thanksgiving Day, people eat____________A. turkeysB. dumplingC. hamburgersD. moon cakes( ) 5. It’s hard to travel in cars between big cities on ________A. Saturday and SundayB. Friday and SaturdayC. Sunday and MondayD. Friday, Saturday and Sunday(C)What do you do to get pocket money from your parents? In Western countries, many children do chores(家务) to get pocket money. They usually start to do this at the age of ten.School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don’t have a lot of free time in the week. They often do chores at the weekend.Young kids only do easy chores. So they don’t get much money. But that’s all right. Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They help wash up after dinner and feed the family cat or dog.When they get older, kids want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candy. Then they have to work harder! They often wash the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook dinner.Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn to use a lawnmower or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them first.Answer the following questions. (回答下列问题)1. How do many children in Western countries get their pocket money?______________________________________________________.2. When do they usually start to do chores?________________________________.3. Why don’t young kids get much money?_________________________________.4. Can the Western kids get more money if they cook dinner?___________________________.5. How do you get your pocket money?____________________________.II．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the best choice.(完形填空)12%(A)Generation gap(代沟) has become a serious problem. I read a report about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed themselves after quarrels(争吵) with parents. I think this is ____1___ they don’t often have a talk with each other. Parents now ___2__ more time in the office, so they don’t have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they don’t have the ___3___ topics to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more patient with your children, get to know them and __4__ them. And for children , show your ___5___ to your parents. They are the people who love you. So tell them your thoughts(想法). ___6__ this way, you can have a better understanding of each other.( )1. A. what B. because C. so D. but( )2. A. spend B. stay C. work D. harvest( )3. A. interesting B. same C. true D. good( )4. A. get on with B. look after C. understand D. love( )5. A. interest B. secret C. trouble D. feelings( )6. A. By B. In C. On D. With(B)Scientists are trying to turn the deserts（沙漠）into good land again. They want to b___1__ water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food there. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time.Why is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think that p___2__ are desert makers. People are doing bad t__3__ to the earth.Some places on the earth don’t get much rain, but they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are g___4___ there. Small green plants and grass are very i__5__ to dry places. They not only stop the hot sun from making the earth even drier, but also stop the wind from blowing the dirt(尘土) away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. W__6___ plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.1.________2._________3._________4.__________5.__________ 6________III. Choose the right sentence and complete the following dialogue.(选择适当句子完成对话) 5%A: Hello! Sydney 85785435.B: _______1________________A: Oh, hello, Mary! How are you ?B: _________2_________________A: Fine. What’s the weather like in Tianjing ?B: _________3___________________A: Are you doing much sport?B: __________4___________________A: Oh, we have beautiful sunshine every day ! It’s very warm. Sometimes it’s too hot. B: __________5___________________1.________2._________3._________4.__________5.__________IV. Write at least 60 words about “The Importance of Keeping Fit” .( 以“健康的重要性”为题写一篇至少50字的短文,标点符号不占格.) （共5分）________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________。