西南位育第一学期初中二年级英语期中考试题
Part2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar
II. Choose the best answer ：（共10分）
25.Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the other three? | ||||
| A. The baseball game on Tuesday will be the most exciting one this year. B. Don’t be worried. Just give it a try, and maybe it works. C. Tim’s ambition is to be a scientist in the future, so he studies very hard. D. Everyone in the world admits that Chinese people are good at table tennis. | |||
26. If you have any trouble ,just make ____________ phone call to me. | ||||
| A . a | B. an | C. / | D. the |
27. An English teacher should _________ grammar points to his students in patience. | ||||
| A enclose | B. expect | C. enjoy | D . explain |
28. Do you know _________ a CRH train runs? It runs up to more than 300 km an hour. | ||||
| A how long | B. how fast | C. how soon | D. how far |
29. Jason is only two years old, but he already knows 4___________ 6 equals 24. | ||||
| A divided by | B. minus | C. multiplied by | D. plus |
30. Maria _________ has eggs for breast, does she? Which of the following is not appropriate to complete the sentence? | ||||
| A usually | B. hardly | C. seldom | D. never |
31. Lily’s parents and teachers expect her ___________ more books in her spare time. | ||||
| A read | B. to read | C. reading | D. reads |
32. Kitty felt very happy when she __________Tom. She knew a lot about him through the letter. | ||||
| A wrote to | B. heard from | C. talked with | D. looked after |
33. --Nick, __________ the door when you leave the classroom. --All right. I will. | ||||
| A to close | B. closing | C. closed | D. close |
34. –Would you please help me lift the box over there? It’s so heavy for me. -- _______. | ||||
| A My pleasure | B. That’s all right | C. With pleasure | D. Thank you |
III. Complete the following passage with the words or expressions in the box. Each can only be used once. （ 将下列单词或短语前的字母填入空格。每一个单词或短语只能填一次）
A. heard from B. like C. popular D. looking forward to AB. beats AC. heard of AD. from BC. life style |
A very funny Korean , pop music video is blowing up on YouTube. The song _____35_______ Justin Bieber’s As Long as You Love Me to Number one on the U.S. iTunes chart.
When South Korean funny rapper Psy released his Gangnam Style in July, he had no idea it would be so _____36________. Many Americans and people worldwide who have never ______37_______ Korean music are finding Psy’s music and dance interesting.
Do you know what Gangnam Style means? “Gangnam is _____38_________ the Beverly Hills of south Korea,” said Psy. “The song shows the lavish ______39_____ in Gangnam district.
The song has also created a new dance move ------- the “horse riding” dance ----as riding an invisible horse on a saddle .
Some have said that Justin Bieber may record an American version of the hit song. Are you ____40_____ it? Let’s just wait and see.
IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.（共8分）
41. Though Brooklyn is of average ________, he looks handsome and strong.
42. Michael is clever and __________ problems is a piece of cake for him.
43. ___________, a ten-year-old boy got seriously injured in the car accident.
44. The 1 to 9 system of numbers was once one of the most influential _________.
45. Sometimes ___________ disability might cause mental anguish.
46. We plan to hold a party to celebrate my mom’s ______ birthday next week.
47. Iraq War ended several years ago, but a long peace has never ________.
48. As a person who is always on time, it’s __________for John to be late today.
V. Complete the following sentences as required. （依据所给需要，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词)（共11分）
49. I was having dinner at my friend’s this time last night.
___________ ______________ having dinner at my friend’s this time last night?
50. Our school life is very enjoyable.
___________ ______________ our school life is!
51. As the manager here, Mr. Wang is in charge of our company.
As the manager here, Mr. Wang is____________ _____________ our company.
52. Many children go to the beach__________ in summer.
___________ ______________ many children go to the beach in summer?
53. Mary hoped to achieve an A in the physics test.
Mary hoped she ___________ ______________ an A in the physics test.
54. an exciting discussion, we, three days ago, about, had, our trip
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KEYS:
25-29 CADBB 30-34 ABBDC
35-40 AB, C, AC, B, BC, D
41-48 height, solving, Unluckily, invention, physical, fortieth, succeeded, unusual
49. Were you 50. How enjoyable 51. responsible for 52. Why do 53. would achieve
54. We had an exciting discussion about our trip three days ago.
Part 3 Reading and Writing
IX. Reading Comprehension ：
Read and number the following picture in the correct order ：
The woman, who has lived in Seaford for the past 20 years, approached the Seaford Newspaper last week “to encourage readers to be on the lookout for people who ask stupid questions.”
At about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Julie Anderson answered a knock on her door and gave a man, who said he was lost, directions to nearby Seaford Station.
She thought nothing of it until she realized there were people in the street whom the man could have asked. She became suspicious（怀疑的） when she saw him knocking on her neighbor’s door.
“Why would someone keep knocking on doors when I’d already told him what he wanted to know?” she said.“I rang the police when I saw him disappear around the side of the house.”
“He came out ten minutes later carrying a bag I hadn’t seen before. The police still hadn’t arrived and I was determined not to lose sight of him.”
That’s when the drama really began .Ms Anderson followed the man to the station.“I was absolutely（完全地） terrified.” She said.“I followed him in my car to the station. He was on foot and when he got there I lost sight of him. I panicked（恐慌） but, a few minutes later, I saw him on the platform .Luckily, there were two policemen coming towards me.” The man had got on a train and Ms Anderson tried to hold the doors open with her foot. She called out to the officers, who caught the man and found CDs and jewelry in his bag.
Later, Seaford police thanked Ms Anderson for her help ,but warned her against such dangerous action in the future.
55____________ 56____________ 57____________ 58____________
59____________ 60____________ 61____________ 62____________
BC AB AD C AC A D B
B. Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage：
Good news for angry birds fans. Are you ___63_____ watching Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and The Simpsons all the time? Now, the popular smartphone game Angry Birds is going to become a weekly cartoon television series , and a ___64_____ of the game is also in the works.
Rovio aninmation head Nick Dorra said, “Angry birds will, in the future, be less and less about the slingshot.”
He promised that the new series and film will explore, “Deeper thoughts, deeper feelings of the characters, such as why are these birds always getting ____65______?”
Angry Birds has been download more than a billion times, and its parent company Rovio is now worth 5.6billion , just two years after the game first ____66_____.
Peter Vesterbacka, marketing chief of the game , said that Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds, sees itself as an entertainment brand, not _____67____ a games company.
'We want to make Angry Birds a permanent part of pop culture,' he said, comparing the brand to Nintendo's Mario and Sanrio's Hello Kitty. 'We're just getting started.'
The Angry Birds TV series will come out this year, and its movie version will be released in 2016. It is going to be 3D animated film and will be ____68______ by John Cohen, who has worked on lots of hit movies, such as Iron Man, Despicable Me and Ice Age.
A) getting tired of B) looking forward to
C) interested in D) taking charge of
A) adventure B) story C) magazine D) film
A) excited B) strong C) upset D) angry
A) took off B) came out C) turned on D) got on
A) especially B) really C) just D) exactly
A) produced B) published C) prepared D) provided
A DDBC A
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
Have you ever noticed the black and white bars on a book? Do you know what they are used for?
They are barcodes used in most products. If you go to a supermarket, you can see almost every product with a barcode on it. Barcodes contain i____69___ about the product, such as name and production date. It’s an easy and convenient way to know about the products. Just scan the bars with a barcode reader and everything is c____70_____.
The first use of a barcode in a supermarket checkout system was on a pack of American Wrigley Company chewing gum in 1974. Beyond supermarkets, barcodes are needed e_____71_____: for renting cars, for luggage checks on a plane, for parcels you send; life would be rather difficult without barcodes. Most of our things would get lost in the post.
Barcodes c____72____ as well. Barcodes in the past were 1-D, but now there are 2-D barcodes, such as QR code. Since 2009, QR has been used on Chinese train tickets. People can e_____73_____ stadiums, cinemas and theaters by holding certain types of barcodes.
If you find these barcode things b____74_____, a barcode building might be more up your street. In St Petersburg, Russia, there is a building designed like a barcode. It looks strange, but it’s a_____75______ a shopping mall. There are games too. Barcode Monsters is a mobile phone game. You have to scan barcodes and find the monsters!
information clearly everywhere change enter boring actually
D. Answer the questions.
Big floods in Beijing and Tianjin last summer took the lives if nearly one hundred people.Most of them drowned,but a few people were electrocuted by power lines falling into the water. Cites like Beijing do not often experience big floods -it was called a once-in-a-hundred-year event-and the people in the cities were unprepared when the disaster came.
Climate change seems to be making “unlikely”weather events such as floods more common and it only makes sense to prepare ourselves for when disaster strikes. In the case of floods, just learning to swim won’t help you much. T__________that even Olympic gold medal winner Ye Shiwen would have troubles keeping her head above water.
The first thing you should do is to take the warnings of heavy rains or typhoons seriously. You should stay home, listen to the news reports and wait for the waters to subside（回落）. If you live at ground level, move to a higher level. __________so that they don’t risk their lives searching for you. It’s also a good idea to have a “grab”bag ”ready at home filled with __________In a flood , the electricity is often knocked out and drinking water-becomes contaminated（被污染的）.
The most important thing is to stay calm and be patient. It’s the best way of keeping your head above water.
The people in Beijing and Tianjin got prepared when big floods came, didn’t they?
_______________________________________________________________.
Why would Ye Shiwen even have trouble saving herself if a flood comes?
______________________________________________________________.
Is it important to take the warnings of heavy rains or typhoons seriously or not?
_____________________________________________________________.
How can we sTOP people risking their lives searching for us in a flood?
We can sTOP people by ____________________________________________.
What should we put into our “grab bag”?
______________________________________________________________.
What will you do if a flood comes? Tell me your reason, please.
_____________________________________________________________.
Keys:
No,they didn’t
Because the water flows to fast and is so filled with floating debris.
It is important to take the warnings of heavy rains or typhoons seriously.
We can sTOP people by calling them to tell them you are safe.
Power bars, a flashlight and bottles of water.
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Additional Part.
I. Choose the best answer.
1. _________Mr Hu is waiting outside. He seems to be quite_________important person.
A. The, the B.A,an C./, an D./,the
2. Take it__________, Linda. The task is__________to complete.
A.easily, easy B.easy, easily C.easily,easily D.easy,easy
3.Tommy, my younger brother has a large __________of butterflies at home.
A.connection B.communication C.construction D.collection
4.Which do you enjoy___________your holiday, travelling abroad or staying at home?
A.to spend B.spending C.to be spent D.spend
5.A: I went to Tokyo last summer vacation.
B:How long________you________there?
A:For three weeks.
A.have..../stayed B.would.stay C.had, stayed D.did,stay.
ADDAD
II.Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
6. Eighty __________ of __________ of __________ country __________ farmers.
A B C D
The underlined part ________is wrong,it should be________.
7.Everyone is__________now.______________________________ have ____________________ break,__________?
A B C D
The underlined part ________is wrong,it should be________.
The__________ is __________ __________and fifty meters __________.
A B C D
The underlined part ________is wrong,it should be________.
9.__________ __________ our class can jump __________ than Tim in __________.
A B C D
The underlined part ________is wrong,it should be________.
A. percent C a ten-minute C long B of
III.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words
Celine Dion has spent hours rehearsing a popular folksong to help China bring in a new year with a landmark gala performance.
The global star, w____10____a little help from her friends, has mastered the intricacies of Jasmine Flower, or Mo Li Hua. Dion will perform with Song at the 2013 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which will be held on Saturday. It's the first time an international star has been invited to the e____11_____. The singer will also sing her signature tune, My Heart Will Go On, from the blockbuster film, Titanic.
The CCTV Spring Festival Gala has been held every year since 1983 and is broadcast live to the world on the Lunar New Year's Eve.A billion people are expected to tune in for what has become a well-established t____12____.
However, the tradition is facing challenges as younger viewers are increasingly l___13___ interest in the show. During the past few years, some of China's most popular entertainers, such as veteran comedian Zhao Benshan, have withdrawn from the show, and audiences have already c___14____ registered their disappointment.
The people r____15____ for Dion's gala appearance are veteran music producer Song Ke and renowned songwriter Gao Xiaosong.
"It's very interesting. Everybody c____16_____about the gala, but they still watch it, and then they talk about how bad it was. We believe this year will be different, and we believe more international stars will come to China," said Gao.
With event tradition losing clearly responsible complains
