深圳外国语学校2011-2012第二学期阶段测试
初一英语试卷
Part One
一、Listening （15%）略
二、Choose the best from A, B, C or D (30*0 5=15%)
26. ______ your mother______ some shopping at the moment? A. Did; do B.Is; doing C. Did; take 27. --- Look at the timetable. Hurry up! The train T 382 at 18:20. A. leaves B. left C. will be left 28. --- Tom didn't go to see the film with yon last night, did he? ---________.
A. No, he did B. No, he doesn't C. Yes, he did 29. Never trouble me while I_____ in my room. A. is sleeping B. asleep C. am sleeping 30. you how to get to the bus stop? A. Have; know B. Are; knowing C. Do; know 31. ---______ the bus ______ just now? ---Yes, but it has left. A. Has; come B. Did; come C. Is; coming 32. --- Did you wait for your father for a long time last night? --- Yes, 1 to bed until two in the morning. A. haven't gone B. didn't go C. have gone 33. --- \
---\ ,\A. I don't go B. I want go C. I didn't go 34. Be quiet! I'm trying to hear what the man ________. A. is saying B. has said C. said 35. The sun in the east and in the west. A. raises; sets B. rises; sets C. rises; sets 36. --- Don't put the waste on the ground.
---Oh, I'm very sorry. I the dustbin there. A. don't see B. wasn't seeing C. didn't see 37. How tired I am! My little son ________. A. always cries B. is always crying C. never cries 38. What a cough! You seem _______ill. A, terrible; terriblly B. terribly; terrible C. terrible; terribly 39. It was very yesterday, but it is today. A. even hotter B. more hotter C. much more hot 40. Mrs. Black has got______instead of getting any better. A. more bad B. a little worse C. much badly 41. Your room is ______ mine. A. twice as larger than B. twice the size of C. bigger twice than D. Is; taking D. has left
D. Yes, he didn?t D. slept D./; know
D. Does; come
D. went
D. I am not going D. was said D. rose; set
D. haven?t seen D. cry
D. terribly; terriblly D. much hot D. a lot of worse D. as twice large as
42. Maths is more popular than _______. A. any other subject B. any subject C. all the subjects D. other subject 43 When spring comes, the days get ______ and nights __________. A. short; long B. long; short C. longer; shorter D. shorter; longer 44. you come back, ______ it will be. A. The quicker; the best B. The sooner; the better C. The faster; the better D. The sooner; better 45. Of the two cups, he bought ________. A. the smaller B. the smallest C. small D. smaller 46. The foreigner does speak Chinese well, but of course not______ we Chinese. A. as fluent as B. more fluent than C. so fluently as D. much fluently than 47. ---Are your working conditions getting better? --- No, than before, I'm afraid. A. no worse B. not worse C. a little better D. no better 48. --- His long speech made the audience very _______. --- No wonder many people fell asleep. A. tiring; tiring B. tired; tired C. tiring; tired D. tired; tiring 49. Our manager bought a car. A. large German white B. large white German C. white large German D. German large white 50. ---_____you______Lily?
---Yes. We__ at Tom's birthday party and became good friends. A. Did ... know; met B. Do ... know; meet C. Did ... know; meet D. Do ... know; met 51. I will tell English stories to my students to make them __ English A. be interesting in B. interested in C. interest in D. interesting in 52. People can do nothing if they are ________.
A. with poor health B. with a worse health C. in a poor health D. in poor health 53. We like to go to the countryside in spring as the flowers smell so _______. A. well B. nice C. bad D. better 54. It is important ______ us______something about first aid. A. for; know B. for; to know C. of; knowing D of; to know 55. Which of the following sentences is correct? A. Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest in them all.
B. The mirror said it was Snow White, and the Evil Queen looked anger than ever. C. Machines came and made the street lower.
D. Our house was more higher up in the air than before, and we needed the wall more than ever.
三、 Cloze text. (10*0.5= 5%)
Have you heard of Henry Ford? He was the 56 of the four sons of a farmer's in Michigan, U. S. Like most farmers at that time, his father William hoped he would help him on the farm, but Henry was not 57 in farm work 58 . He did everything he could 59 away from it. Once he wrote, ? 60 a waste it is for a man to 61 hours behind a slowly moving horse. However, Henry was not a lazy boy. He liked to do mechanical work, and mended clocks and watches for 62 friends. Later, he took a 63 as a mechanic, showing great interest in steam engines. In 1908, he built the famous \ 64 popular that it was unchanged for twenty years. Five years 65 that, he started the Ford Motor Company. It made the U.S a nation on wheels, and helped the U.S. become what it is now.
56. A. older B. eldest C. young D. younger 57. A. doing B. enjoyed C. interested D. satisfied 58. A. also B. too C. already D. at all 59. A. to keep B. keep C. to stop D. stop 60. A. As B. That C. How D. What 61. A. take B. spend C. cost D. pay 62. A. a little B. their C. every D. his 63. A. work B. factory C. job D. school 64. A. such B. so C. too D. very 65. A. later B. after C. before D. late
四、Reading Comprehension. (20*1=20%)
Passage A
A lawyer, an artist and a musician got lost in the woods. At last they came to a farmer's house and asked if he could let them stay for the night.
'Sure,' the farmer said, ?But I've got room for only two of you in the house. The other one will have to sleep in the barn(马房、牛舍) with the animals, and the smell is very bad there.'
'I'll sleep in the barn.' The artist said.
Half an hour later, a knock was heard on the farmhouse?s door, and there stood the artist, saying, 'I can't take the smell.' 'All right,' said the lawyer, 'I'll sleep in the barn.' And he went off.
After a while there was another knock on the door. 'I felt terrible with the smell from the bad food.' The lawyer said in an angry way.
'You two are sissies,' said the musician. 'I'll sleep in the barn.'
Thirty minutes later came another knock. When they opened the door, there stood all the animals from the barn.
66. Why did the lawyer, the artist and the musician come to a farmer's house? A. Because they got lost in the woods. B. Because they wanted to visit the farmer.
C. Because they wanted to ask the farmer if he could eat something. D. Because they wanted to stay with the farmer. 67. Why did one of them have to sleep in the barn?
A. Because the farmer didn?t have enough room for the three of them. B. Because the farmer wanted one of them to look after the animals. C. Because one of them liked to sleep in the barn. D. Because the farmer wanted to make fun of them. 68. Who was the second one to sleep in the barn? A. The farmer B. The artist C. The musician D. The lawyer 69. Why did the artist want to sleep in the barn? A. Because he liked to sleep alone.
B. Because he wanted to leave the room to the other two. C. Because he didn?t think that the smell was so terrible. D. The passage didn?t tell us.
70. Why did they see all the animals standing in front of the door? Because________ A. the animals didn?t like the musician
B. the musician drove them out of the barn C. the animals didn?t like the smell, either
D. the animals wanted to look for the artist and the lawyer
Passage B
My name is Betty Sanders. I?m a telephone operator, and I work for Universal Telephone Company. My job at UTC is an interesting one. I work five days a week, and my hours are from 9 o?clock to 5 o?clock. I do a lot of things—I place long-distance calls for people, I answer questions, and I help people when they are in trouble.
Today, for example, I had an interesting experience. At 11 o?clock this morning, I got a call from some man. I don?t know who he was. He was in trouble and I could tell that he was worried about something. He gave me his address and asked me to send an ambulance(救护车) right away. I asked him if somebody was hurt, but he didn?t answer my question. He told me he needed a doctor at once, so I said I?d call an ambulance for him But I still wanted to know what was wrong. Then he said, “Our keys are gone!” I didn?t understand that! Why would he need an ambulance just because he couldn?t find his keys? Then I found out what the trouble was.
The man and his wife left the car keys on a coffee table, and later they couldn?t find them. Their little boy Johnny was playing in the room, and they thought he swallowed them.
But before I could help him, he told me he wouldn?t need an ambulance any longer. His wife found the keys in her bag. They were there all the time. 71. Betty Sanders works ______.
A. in a factory B. in a shop C. in a company D. in a hospital 72. She works _____. A. forty hours a week B. from 9 o?clock to 5 o?clock every day C. from Monday to Saturday D. seven days a week 73. The man called Betty Sanders because _____. A. he thought Betty was a doctor B. he had lost his keys
C. he wanted Betty to send an ambulance D. his son was ill
74. In fact, his keys were _____. A. swallowed by his little son B. on a coffee table C. left in his car D. in his wife?s bag 75. From the passage, we can see _____. A. Betty Sanders likes her work
B. Betty?s job is to place long-distance calls only C. the man?s little boy likes playing with keys D. doctors can help people find keys
Passage C
There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and a nice cup of tea before they go to bed. There is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea!
Sometimes it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British do. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan, tea was first used as a medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage（饮料）.
People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea, such as green tea, black tea or red tea, served in different ways. But they all know that drinking tea is good for one?s health.
76. The main idea of the first paragraph is ________. A. that the British drink many cups of tea each day B. that the British like talking about tea
C. that the British can?t live without drinking tea D. that tea is very important in the life of the British 77. The phrase “their idea of heaven” means ________. A. the happiest thing for them B. their thoughts C. their God?s thought D. the worst thing for them
78. The sentence “there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea” means ________. A. they enjoy drinking a nice cup of tea B. there is a lot of tea C. they talk much about a nice cup of tea D. there is a talk while drinking tea
79. From the passage we know tea was used as a medicine in __________ many years ago. A. the world B. British C. many countries D. China and Japan 80. This passage mainly tells us _________.
A. people in different countries like drinking different tea B. something interesting about tea
C. how many kinds of tea there are in the world D. drinking tea is good for our health
Passage D
Read the timetable and answer the questions below: Timetable Air Beijing (International) Beijing Bahrain Doha Abu Dhabi Dubai Muscat Flight No. leaving Arriving Arriving Arriving Arriving Arriving F002 10:00 9:20 2:25 7:05 Mon. F112 20:45 6:15 9:00 0:30 Tues. F004 0:00 9:30 2:25 F008 0:00 9:20 2:25 0:10 Wed. F018 0:45 3:25 9:25 F012 0:00 9:30 2:25 Thurs. F018 0:45 3:25 9:25 F016 0:00 9:20 2:25 Fri. F126 0:45 8:25 F006 0:00 9:30 0:10 Sat. F128 0:45 6:05 8:55 0:35 F014 0:00 9:30 2:30 Sun. F022 0:45 6:05 9:45
81. How many flights leave Beijing for Muscat in a week? A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8
82. Today is Thursday and you are in Beijing now. How many cities can you go to by plane? A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
83. Tom is in Beijing now and he wants to fly do Doha on weekends. Which flight(s) can he take? A. F002 or F112 B. F016 or F128 C. F014 or F006 D. F022 or F018