2015-2016学年北京市海淀区初二（上）英语期末考试
一、单项选择（共10小题；共10分）
1. Uncle Li is a teacher. He likes students very much. A. my B. your C. his 2. Father's Day is the third Sunday in June in the US. A. in B. at C. on 3. My mother wants me to be a doctor, I'm not sure about that. A. and B. or C. so 4. The environment of Beijing is much than before. A. good B. better C. best 5. --- you go to a movie with me this evening? --- Sure. I am free tonight. A. Can B. May C. Must 6. --- bananas do you need to make the milk shake? ---- Three. A. How long B. How much C. How often 7. There a concert in Hong Kong last month. A. is B. was C. are 8. Kelly tells us nice clothes to her party this weekend. A. wear B. wearing C. to wear 9. If the teenagers too late, their parents will worry about them. A. stay out B. are staying out
C. stayed out
D. will stay out
D. where
10. We never know will happen in the future. A. when B. what C. why
D. her D. to D. but D. the best
D. Should
D. How many D. were D. wore
二、完形填空（共10小题；共15分）
I didn't do well in anything at school. I was always scared for anything wrong I might say, not knowing what to do. My classmates often made fun of me. Most teachers didn't expect too much of me. I was not 11 in the eyes of every other person in school.
I still 12 this clearly—my class teacher promoted me in the seventh grade and told my parents seriously that I would 13 have a hard time in the eighth grade. At that moment, I saw tears in my mother's eyes, and I felt so sorry and hopeless. I 14 myself that I would never let her down.
Then I studied really hard. Finally when the results came out, my class teacher asked me to stand in front of the class. I was really scared. I even didn't know if I 15 the exam. Then she called my name and read out my grade. \—61%. Please clap for him, everyone!\hands were all wet and my body couldn't help shaking. For the first time, someone clapped for me and said \my grade. She had tears of happiness! 18 my class teacher, this would be impossible. I just wanted to thank her for bringing back my 19 and changing the idea of others. Now I am running my own project—Teach For Free to 20 students who have similar experiences to achieve their goals. As the chairman of the Yale College Student Union, I know there is still a long way to go. 11. A. careful B. famous C. helpful D. successful 12. A. know 13. A. hardly 14. A. pleased 15. A. passed 16. A. scared 17. A. word 18. A. Without 19. A. heart 20. A. help
B. believe B. probably B. thanked B. took B. happy B. moment B. For B. memory B. welcome
C. remember C. never C. promised C. finished C. upset C. action C. With C. resolution C. meet
D. show D. once D. taught D. followed D. ready D. decision D. Against D. smile D. tell
三、阅读理解（共13小题；共26分）
A
Monkey King: Hero is Back Monster Hunt Chinese cartoon (2015) Directed by Tian Xiaopeng From Monday to Wednesday, at 8:00 p.m. Ticket price: 30 yuan (half for children) Chinese cartoon (2015) Directed by Xu Chengyi From Tuesday to Thursday, at 8:00 p. m. Ticket price: 40 yuan Bloody Destiny Mission Impossible—Rogue Nation Chinese Kung Fu Film (2015) Directed by Zang Xichuan Mainly acted by Choi Yoon-so from South Korea From Wednesday to Friday, at 8:00 p.m. Ticket price: 30 yuan American film (2015) Directed by Christopher McQuarrie Mainly acted by Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lawrence From Friday to Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket price: 35 yuan 21. If you like Xu Chengyi, you can see his film . A. Monkey King: Hero is Back
B. Monster Hunt
C. Mission Impossible-Rogue Nation D. Bloody Destiny
D. 40 yuan. D. Friday
22. How much should a child pay to see \Monkey King: Hero is Back\ A. 15 yuan. B. 30 yuan. C. 35 yuan. 23. You can see the American film on . A. Tuesday B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
B
The Basket
Two things changed my life; my mother and a white, pretty bike basket. My mother is a strict parent and I had to earn my pocket money by doing housework around the house.
One day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed-and there it was in the window; white, shiny, and decorated with beautiful flowers. It was so special and I knew I had to have the basket. \
\really love it...\
\ \
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My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some secret place I couldn't find. Each week I eagerly counted my growing income. And then, weeks later, I jumped for joy. Oh, happy day! I made it! I finally had the exact amount we'd agreed upon.
Days later, the unthinkable thing happened. A neighbour girl appeared with the exact same basket on her shiny, new bike. The eight-year-old me cried and ran fast back home to tell my mother about this terrible news.
And then came the lesson I've taken with me through my life; \baskets look the same. Your basket is extra-special,\Mom said, gently drying my hot tears. \basket is special because you paid for it yourself.\
24. The girl's mother drove her to the bike shop to . A. get a tire fixed B. make some money
C. buy a new bike
D. buy a pretty bike basket
25. The girl cried to her mother because . A. the mother was too strict with her
B. she didn't like doing the housework C. the neighbor girl had the same basket D. she didn't have the money for the basket
26. According to the passage, the basket was special because . A. it was not only pretty but also not expensive
B. it was different from the neighbour girl's basket C. the writer decorated it with beautiful flowers D. the writer got the basket through her hard work
C
The Science of You
You already know that you are an amazing person. But it's not just your wonderful
personality. Your body itself is an unusual machine.
Lots of information has been written on the subject of \Most people think that the big picture of how your body systems work together is important to understand. Sometimes the details interest us the most. Let's go on the way to get a haircut.
Why don't haircuts hurt? Snip, snip—the scissors fly around your head. Your hair grows from living cells(细胞). But the hair that's cut is not alive. What's the story here?
Each hair on your head grows from a root that is under your skin. The root produces hair cells a special tube called a follicle. When new hair cells are made at the root, they push older hair cells up the follicle.
As older hair cells move toward the surface of your skin, they change. They join together and harden. Then they die. The strand(股) of hair that comes out of your head does not have living cells in it. That's why a haircut follicle follicle doesn't hurt!
You probably have about 100,000 hairs on your head right now. Hair strands grow all the time, then fall out and start to grow again. It usually does this in different stages. That's why you don't lose all of your hair at once.
In fact, your hair is just a part of all those interesting things of your body. You might be wide eyed and staring at one of these creations. If you want to know more about them, keep reading. 27. What do most people think is important to understand? A. How your body systems work together.
B. Why you are an amazing and unusual person. C. What the information on the subject of you is. D. Where you can get a haircut without feeling hurt.
28. A haircut doesn't hurt because . A. the root produces hair cells in a special tube
B. living cells die before coming out of the head C. you have too many hairs growing on your head D. hair cells can start to grow again after being cut
29. What will the writer probably talk about next?
A. You will lose more hair than before as you grow older.
B. Your body system can work really well for your needs. C. You like getting haircuts because they don't hurt so much. D. Your blood runs to each part of your body to keep you warm.
D
Following the crowd may not always be in a person's best interest. However, new study shows that teens who go along with their friends may become healthier as adults. Scientists have known that close friendships help improve health. People who do their own thing may experience unpleasant feelings and get sick. Those findings inspired Joseph Allen, a scientist, to look at teen behavior. Allen's group noted that experiences during teen years might influence adult health.
Scientists interviewed 171 teens every year for five years starting at the age of 13. These teens became the focal(中心的) teens in the study. The teens were asked about both positive and negative aspects of friendship. The scientists also spoke to their closest friends. They asked the friends how likely the focal person was to follow the crowd, go along with the friends or keep on doing his or her own thing.
The same 171 people were interviewed again as adults, at ages 25, 26 and 27. This time, the questions surveyed each person's overall health. The scientists found a correlation between a teen's behavior and adult health. Firstly, teens who had close friends grew up to be the healthier adults. Secondly, teens who held back their feelings were more likely to be sick as adults than those who