2016-2017学年第二学期广州市荔湾区四中
七年级期中考试英语试卷
一、语言知识及运用（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A. 找出下列每组单词中划线部分的发音与其他不同的单词。 （1）A. rain （2）A. step
B. said B. forget B. above B. sites
C. straight C. act C. club C. guides
D. stay D. anything D. cross D. cats D. oxygen
（3）A. some （4）A. lifts （5）A. joke
B. probably C. apologize
B. 找出下列单词中重读音节与其他不同的单词。 （6）A. under （7）A. person （8）A. question （9）A. beautiful
B. beside B. perfect
C. about
D. away D. purple D. discuss D. careful D. Celebrate
C. prepare C. simple
B. member B. important
C. necessary C. Address
（10）A. furniture B. paragraph
二、语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读短文，按照句子的语法结构和上下文连贯的要求， 从各题所给的A,B,C和D项中选出最佳选项。
As a child my day began with a large glass of milk and five almonds, which my mother (11)________ the night before. While the milk was for health and energy, the almonds were for (12)________ the memory. I don’t know how much they helped, but I (13)________ gave the to my children in the hope that they do. After all, my memory is (14)________ important thing.
No person really knows how much he or she remembers. I once tried to play a game with (15)________. I closed my eyes (16)________ tried to recall everything I had ever seen and learned. But in the end, I gave up (17)________ there seemed to be
no end to the list of things that I could think of.
How could our brain remember so much? Our brains is like a library, the (18)________ library in the world, with millions and millions of books. Whenever we want to recall something, the correct book opens and whatever we want to recall, it (19)________ easily. However, it is (20)________ to know that so far no one has ever been able to tell how this exactly happens. （11）A. process
B. is preparing B. improve B. too B. an
C. prepared C. to improve C. still C. the C. mine C. and C. but C. well
D. Prepare D. improved D. either D. / D. myself D. or D. if D. Best D. is appeared D. Interest
（12）A. improving （13）A. also （14）A. a （15）A. me （16）A. so
B. my B. as
（17）A. when （18）A. good （19）A. appears
B. because B. better
B. appeared C. is appearing C. interested
（20）A. interesting
B. interestingly
三．完形填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读短文， 掌握其大意， 从各题所给的Ａ，Ｂ，Ｃ和Ｄ项中选出最佳选项。 George Washington Carver was a teacher. He was famous (21)________ he was very clever. Some students wanted to trick their famous (22)________. They got some insects (昆虫). These insects were not the same kind. In fact, they were all (23)________. The students took parts from each insect. Then they put the parts together. They made a(n) (24)________ insect!
The (25)________ took the fake (假的) insect to Carver. “Mr. Carver,” they said. \Mr. Carver.\
Carver looked at the insect. He said, “I (28)________ what this insect is. This is a trick insect!\
He liked to joke with his students. In fact, Carver took good care of his students.
He helped them in the (30)________ , and he helped them out of school. Carter was so clever that he even taught farmers how to grow good crops(庄稼)． （21）A. so
B. because B. doctor
C. if
D. when D. farmer D. clean D. new D. farmers D. liked D. play D. prefer D. nervous D. zoo
（22）A. teacher C. student C. safe C. old
（23）A. different （24）A. traditional （25）A. workers （26）A. drew （27）A. study （28）A. discuss （29）A. angry （30）A. home
B. delicious B. natural
B. teachers B. found B. ask B. know B. happy B. school
C. students C. called C. help C. forget
C. cheerful C. park
四．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）
阅读短文， 从各题所给的A，B, C和D项中选出最佳选项。 （A）
Having a garden means you need lots of space and free time. But there are many reasons why gardening is a good hobby to develop. One of them is, plants bring color to any room and keep the air nice and good. And, if you keep some flowering plantings outside your windows, they may even attract lovely bees, butterflies. In a word, it’s good for places around us. Gardeners also feel very close to nature. This is important, especially with all of the environmental problems we are trying to do with these days.
There are another two reasons for gardening as well. One is that it makes people more relaxed. Studies show that people who do gardening feel calmer in their lives. This is because gardening makes them feel less stressed. Another one is that it keeps your health. Gardening keeps you active and provides fresh food. Both of these are essential for a healthy lifestyle.
If you look for a hobby, give gardening a try. You will find the fun of getting
your hands dirty and the pleasure that comes with growing something. Moreover, nothing tastes better than a vegetable you have grown in your own garden. （31）What do we need most if we open up a garden?
A. Money
B. Experience D. A good lifestyle
C. Space and free time
（32）How many reasons for gardening can we read in the passage?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
（33） What does the underlined word“attract”mean in Chinese?
A. 伤害
B.吸引
C. 养育
D. 装扮
（34）In the writer’s opinion, gardening makes one feel much______.
A. lonely B. calmer C. more tired D. richer （35）What is the main idea of the passage? A. Where is the best place to plant?
B. What problems are there while gardening? C. How to make a garden beautiful? D. Why should people do gardening? (B)
Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays．And their parents weren’t with them．Though they were very young．
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents．Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life．And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves．
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive．Most of families can afford (支付得起）to send their children there for further（进一步的）study, for making their bodies strong
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things.