班级 姓名 2013-2014学年度初二英语期中考试卷
2014.11 （满分 100分）出题人：英语组
I.单项选择（15分）
( ) 1. I’m three years____than you.
A. old B.older C.oldest D.bigger ( ) 2. John is____of the twins.
A. taller B. the taller C. the highest D. high ( ) 3. Sally plans___to the dentist on Sunday. A. going B. go C.to go D. goes ( ) 4. Let’s___about good habits.
A.have a discuss B.have a discussion C.having a discuss D.having a discussion ( ) 5.They try____for the best singers.
A.looks B.to look C.looking D.look ( ) 6. That’s up to you____.
A.decide B.to saying C.to decide D. say ( ) 7. I think the lives of the performers are _____up.
A. make B. made C. making D. to make ( ) 8.Steve isn’t a___boy. He speaks_____in his class.
A. quiet; louder B.quietly;loud C.quiet;the loudest D. quietly;the loudest ( ) 9. My CD is____than hers.
A. more expensive B.most expensive C. more cheap D.much cheap ( ) 10.Mr.Ben enjoys _____jokes and often makes us_____.
A.to tell;to laugh B. tells; laughs C. telling;laugh D. telling; laughed ( ) 11. -It’s so cold today.-Yes,it’s____colder than it was yesterday. A.too B.more C. very D. a little
( ) 12. It is very important for people_____food and water every day. A.having B.to have C.has D.have
( ) 13.What do think of the film you saw last weekend? -Oh!It’s one of____films I’ve ever seen.
A.interesting B.more interesting C.most interesting D. the most interesting ( ) 14.His uncle is going ______these trees next week. A. plant B. planted C.to plant D. planting ( )15. Yao Ming is famous_____a basketball player. A. to B.as C.for D.between
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Ⅱ.补全对话（10分）
(A)选择适当的句子补全对话（其中有两项是多余的） A: Do you watch TV ?
B: Yes, I love it . My parents can’t stand it. But my sister and I love it. A: 1 B: I like sports shows and sitcoms. I don’t like talk shows. 2 Do you like them?
A: I don’t mind them, but I really like game shows. 3 B: My favorite game show is “One,Two,Three.” A: Yes, it’s good. 4
B: Soap operas? They are awful! I can’t stand them! 5 A: I love them. They are really interesting. B: My sister likes it, too.
A. What’s your favorite game
show?
B. I love it.
C. How about you?
D. What do you think of soap
operas?
E. I think they are boring.
F. Why do you like it?
G. What shows do you like?
（B）根据对话填入适当的句子
Lucy: What do you want to be when you grow up, Kim? Kim: 6 . Lucy: An English teacher? 7 ? Kim: Well, I’m going to study English harder.
Lucy: 8 , Lucy?
Lucy: Oh, 9 . Because I like playing the piano. Kim: Cool. How are you going to do that? Lucy: I’m going to take piano lessons. Kim: How about you, Tom?
Tom: I want to be a basketball player. Kim: How are you going to do that?
Tom: I’m going to 10 every day.
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Ⅲ.句子翻译（10分） 1.黄河是中国第二长河。
The Yellow River is river in China. 2.我们的城市变得越来越美丽。
Our city becomes . 3.在十九世纪六十年代，衣服的颜色只有黑色和白色。
，the colors of clothes are only black and white. 4.这个女子以她的文章而出名。
The woman her articles 5.昨天他在运动会中发挥了作用。
He in the sports meeting yesterday. 6.汤姆发生了一场车祸。（a car accident)
. 7.他总是准备去面对任何危险。
. Ⅳ.完形填空（20分） A.）
No leaves are exactly the same in the world.Nobody in the world is the same 1 you. You are unique（唯一的）. Everybody is 2 from others. That is good, 3 it makes the world an interesting place.
Some people are taller than you, but others are 4 than you. Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s, but it 5 be longer than hers. I am sure you have 6 friends who are smarter than you. And you also have some friends who are as 7 at sports as you. But there are also some people around you who are not good at some things. 8 does your best friend look like? Do you both 9 to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think 10 some ways you are the same, but in many other ways you are different. So say loudly to the world,” I am who I am---I’m unique!”
( ) 1. A. in B. of C. from D. as ( ) 2. A. difficult B. different C. smart D. far ( ) 3. A. because B. however C. although D. but ( ) 4. A. funnier B. shorter C. heavier D. nicer ( ) 5. A. should B. must C. may D. need ( ) 6. A. any B. some C. much D. few ( ) 7. A. bad B. sad C. well D. good ( ) 8. A. Where B. What C. How D. When ( ) 9. A. like B. enjoy C. practice D. keep ( ) 10.A. through B. by C. in D. On
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B.）适当形式填空
kind, from, visit, home, spend, sport, help, hour, animal, let
Many boys and girls love to watch TV. They spend many 1 a day in front of the TV sets. But many parents 2 their children watch TV only at special time.
There are many 3 of TV shows like sitcoms, soap operas, 4 shows and fashion shows. A child can learn a lot of things 5 these TV shows. Some shows 6 children to know the news all over the world. Children don’t need to go to the zoo to see 7 . They can see and know about them at 8 . It is really fun to watch TV. But don’t 9 all your free time watching TV. It’s also fun to read books, to play sports or to 10 friends.
V. 阅读(30分)
A.
There are all kinds of trains in the world. There are trains to carry people, trains to carry animals or carry things. There are fast trains and slow ones. Some trains go through mountains. In big cities, the streets are usually very busy. So you can find trains under the ground. They carry people quickly in and out of the city.
Can a train run over water? Yes, it can. There are many bridges over the rivers. So it is easy for trains to run over the water. But it is not easy to build the bridges. Today's trains have dining-cars(餐车）for people. You may eat something in them on the way if you are hungry.
Trains are useful to men, women and children. Many children have model trains. With the model trains. They can enjoy the wonderful world of model trains.
( )1.There are all kinds of trains. Here \意思是）______. A. fast trains and slow trains B. many different kinds of trains C. trains to go through hills D. trains to carry people
( )2.The trains carry people in and out of the big cities under the ground because ______. A. the streets are very busy B. the cities are big C. the trains have dining-cars D. the cities are too small
( )3.If you are hungry on the train, you may go to ______ to have something to eat. A. some rooms B. some shops C. the dining-cars D. the station ( )4.It's for trains to run over the water but ______ to build bridges.
A. easy, easy B. easily, not easy C. difficult, easily D. easy, difficult ( )5. Which of the following is NOT true? A. There are dining-cars in the trains. B. There are fast trains and slow trains.
C. The trains are only useful for young people. D. We can see trains under the ground.
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B.
Who is your idol(偶像)? Why do you like the person? Cool looks? Money? A lot of talent?
Shanghai teenagers say they look for more than that. Most of them say their idols are hard-working and brave (勇敢).
Last summer, Shanghai Evening News asked around 1,000 middle school students about their idols.
The newspaper put people in six different groups: leaders, young heroes, teenagers, writers, artists and business people. Students were asked to pick(挑）one from each group. Running star Liu Xiang was the No. 1 Chinese idol with 48% of all votes (投票).
Popular singer，Jay Chou was the teen’s favorite star. A teenager said, \o kind to his mother and grandmother. He takes good care of them.\
Shanghai students also like U.S. businessman Bill Gates. More than half picked him as their idol. A Junior student who likes Gates said: \hard. And he doesn’t like to tell everyone how rich he is. He also has courage (勇气). He left school to start his own business!\
( )6. Most of Shanghai teenagers say their idols are _____.
A. hard-working B. brave C. rich D. A and B ( )7. How many votes did Liu Xiang get in the survey?
A. 240 B. 480 C. 440 D. 580
( )8. According to a teen， looks after his mother and grandmother very well.
A. Liu Xiang B. Jay Chou C. Bill Gates D. Jackie Chen ( )9. Bill Gates is a . A. teacher B. worker C. businessman D. policeman ( )10. Which of the following is NOT true about Bill Gates?
A. He works very hard.
B. He is very popular with some Shanghai students. C. He was born in a rich family.
D. He is a successful man with great courage.
C.
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What's the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation(发音）, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
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