2017-2018学年第一学期海珠区期末初二统考试卷和答案（英语科）
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面两篇短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1-15各题所给的 A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
（A）
MoreandmorepeopleintheUSAaretakinganinterestinChineseculture.Manystudentsarechallengingthemselves1 learningChinese.TheU.S.governmentistrying2 morepublicschoolstoteachChinese.
Chinahas3populationintheworld.MorepeoplespeakChinese__4anyotherlanguageintheworld,yetthelanguageisoneofthemostdifficulttolearn.Itdoesn’tlookorsound anythinglikeEnglish.
However,allthehardwork5 younglearners.Today,about50,000U.S.studentsarestudyin
gChinese,andtheyare doinghen hao (“verywell”)!
1. A. with
B. to B. encourage B. a large B. and
C. in
C. encouraging C. thelargest C. than
D. at
D. toencourage D. largest D. or D. won’t stop
2. A.encouraged
3. A.a larger
4. A. if
5. A.hasn’t stopped
B. haven’t stoppedC. didn’t stop
（B）
DearMom, Dad andViolet,
Well,I’mhere atthecamp. Ihave been here
6__ 3 daysago. Ihavefour roommates. They
hands,butIdon’t is
blue
and
8
areallverycool.OneboyisnamedPepe. Hesaid hecaughtasnake with7 believehim.
One
kidisnamedLincoln.
One
of
hiseyes
isbrown.__9strangetheeyesare!AnotherkidisnamedMike.Heseemsnormal10 foronething.He
1__throughthewholefirstnighhere.Therestofusstayedupandtoldjokes.ThelastoneisnamedJustin.He likes tosaythingslike“We getlost…”or“Weget hungry…”
Westayonahill.It’snottoofarfromthe“bathroom.”There’snobath.Wehaveoutdoor
showers.Idon’tthinkyoucanreallykeepyourfeet 12 onamudfloor.Mom,Imissyour
cooking.Dad,I 13__missyourcooking.Lastnight,weonlyhadsomevegetables.Itold
14 thatIhadasisternamedViolet.Theythoughtitwasterrible15
aflowername.ActuallyJustinwas the onewhomadejokes aboutit.Buthe hasno right
totalkaboutanynames.
Well,I’mgoingtosignoff.Pleasewrite.
From,Alex
6. A.on
B. for B. he B. others B.How B. as B. slept B. cleaning B. either B. anybody B. tohave
C. since C. him C. theother C.Whata C. besides C. issleeping C. cleaned C. also C. somebody C. having
D. in D. himself D. another D.Howa D. nothing D. wouldsleep D. clean D. too D. nobody D. had
7. A.his
8. A.other
9. A.What
10. A.except
11. A. sleeps
12. A.cleanly
13. A.as well
14. A.everybody
15. A.have
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出 最佳选项。
OncetherewasalittlegirlnamedSarah,andshedidnotlikehername.She16 be JudyorAnn orJill ---anything exceptSarah.
“WhyismynameSarah?”she17
hermotheroneday.Andhermothersaid,“BecausewenamedyouafteryourAuntSarah,whohasneverhadalittlegirlofherown.Wasn’tthatagood __18__?”
“Yes,”saidSarahthoughtfully.“Yes,it was.”
itcouldButevenwiththatgoodreason,Sarahdidn’tthinkSarahwasagood19 other day, she asked her __20 ,“WhywereyounamedSarah,Aunt Sarah?”
That madeAunt Sarah__21 .
tohave.Soan
“Oh,”shesaid.“WhenIwasjustaboutyourage,IwishedIcouldhaveanothername.Ithought Sarahwas the22__name!”
“Didyou 23
thinkso?”askedSarah.“Anddo youstill?”
“Ohno,”smiledAuntSarah.“BecauseonedayIaskedmyfatherwhyhegavemesuchaname.And hetoldmewhat the nameSarah__24__”
“Whatdoesit mean?”askedthelittlegirl namedSarah.
“ItmeansPrincess,”herauntsaid,sittingupevenstraighterandmoreproudlythanusual.“AndonceIknewthat,Iwas25everytimeIheardmyname.Whatdoyouthinkofthat,youngSarah?”
“Why,”saidthelittlegirl,suddenly standingupverystraightandproudandtall.“Why,AuntSarah, Iseemtofeelexactlytheverysameway!”
16. A.called
B. decided B. asked B. story B. note B. mother B. leave B. worst B. finally B. tells B. poor
C. made C. spoketo C. view C. name C. father C. respect
D. wished D. talkedto D.point D. girl D. aunt D. smile
17. A.told
18. A.reason
19. A.opinion
20. A.grandmother
21. A.cry
22. A.biggest
C. most beautiful D. best C. correctly C. has C. glad
D. happily D. means D. shy
23. A.really
24. A.says
25. A.sad
三、阅读（共两节，满分35 分）
第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
（A）
Once upon atime,therewas afarmer.Hewenttothe towntosellhis farmproducteveryday.One day, he left homewith a basket of product veryearly.When hearrived,thetowngatewas stillclosed.Sohelaydowntotakearest.Whenhewokeup,hesawnothingbutagoldcoininthe
basket.Goldwas valuable.So he went homehappilywiththecoin.
Thenextday,thesamethinghappened.Whenhewenthome,thefarmertoldhisfatherwhathad happened.Hisfather decidedtofollow hissontoseewho had left thecoin.
One
day,thefather
quietlyfollowedhissontothetown.There
he
saw
a
snakeeat
theproduct,andthenagoldcoincameoutofthesnake’smouthaspayment.Thefarmer’sfatherquicklypicked upa stoneand cut thetail off itsbody.
Thesnakequicklyranintoaholewithonlyitsheadandbody.Thefatherthoughtthesnakehaddiedandtoldhissontoreachinsidetogetmorecoins.Butwhenthefarmerreachedhishandintothehole,thesnakebit andkilledhim.
26. Wheredidthefarmer take a rest?
A. At home.
B. Inhisfield C.On hisownfarm. D. Outsidethetowngate.
27. Whathappenedwhenthefarmer was taking a rest? A. Asnakebit him.
B. Someonestolehisgoldcoin.
C. Asnakeatehisfarmproduct.
D. Athief stolehisfarmproduct.
28. Whichisthecorrectorder of thestory?
a. Thesnakebit thefarmer and killedhim.
b. Thefarmer’sfather followedhisson.
c. Thefather cut thetail off thesnakewith a stone.
d. Thefarmer took a rest outsidethetowngate.
e. Thesnakeatetheproduct and left a goldcoin.
A.d, e,c, a,b
B. d,e, b, c, a C. e,b, d, c, a D. e,d, c,a, b
29. Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage? A. Weshould not askfor toomuch.
B. Weshouldmakesurethesnakeisdead.
C. Weshouldn’t kill a snake bycuttingitstail.
D. Weshouldprotect animalsinstead ofkillingthem.
30. Whatisthebest title of thepassage?
A. How tokill a snake
B. How togeta goldcoin
C. The farmer and thesnake
D. The goldcoinandthesnake
（B）
Facebookisasocialnetworkingwebsite.In2004,HarvardstudentMarkZuckerbergcreateditasacollegenetworkingwebsite.Itwasfirstcalledthefacebook.Withinmonths,thefacebookbecame widecollegewebsite. Oneyearlater,Zuckerberggaveit a newname,Facebook.
Facebookallowspeopletosearchfortheiroldandnewfriendsby
e-a
nation-
mailaddress,schoolanduniversity,orjustbytypinginanameforsearch.Whenpeoplebecomefriends,theycanseepersonalinformationofeachother.OnFacebook,peoplecansharephotographs.Userscanallowonlyfriendstoseetheirpicturesoranyone.Also,userscanstoreasmanyphotosastheywant.It isthemajor advantage ofFacebook’sphotographsharingabilities.
UsersofFacebookcancreategroupsfordiscussions.Groupscanbepublictoeveryone.Itcanbeprivate,thatis,onlythoseinvitedcanjointhediscussions.Userscansharenews,stories,videos,andotherfileswithfriends.Userscanalsobecomefansofeverythingsuchaspeople,organizations. 31. WhendidZuckerberggivehiswebsitethe newnameFacebook?
A. In 2003.
B. In 2004. C. In 2005. D. In 2006.
32. Howcanpeoplesearchfor friends on Facebook? A. Byname.
B.Bye-mail address. D.All of theabove.
C.Byschool and university.
33. Whatdoes theunderlinedword“It”inParagraph 2 refer to? A. Userscancreategroups.
B. Userscanstoreas manyphotosastheywant.
C. Userscansharephotographswiththeir friends.
D. Userscansearchfor theirold and newfriendseasily.
34. Users of FacebookcandothefollowingthingsEXCEPT .