初二英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期測(cè)試題

1、初二英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期測(cè)試題一、單項(xiàng)選擇 ( ) 16. _ jack _ mary are keen on watching nba. they are big fans. a. bothor b. bothand c. eitheror d. neithernor ( ) 17. it was too noise at 8:00 yesterday evening. they _ at 8:00 last night. awere arguing bargued care arguing dargue ( ) 18._the woman is already 70, _ she doesnt lo

2、ok old. a. although; so b. though; but c. though; d. although; but ( ) 19. - can you hear the music ? it sounds like american country music. - mm, yeah. it sounds _. abeautifully b. beautiful c. well d. nicely ( ) 20._ english well, she always talks with her foreign teacher at the english corner. a.

3、 learning b. to learn c. learns d. learned ( ) 21.i asked the teacher _ i passed the exam or not. a. what b. if c. whether d. weather ( ) 22. mo yan wrote a book named the frogs. it is a meaningful book and it is worth _. a. reading b. read c. reads d. to read ( ) 23. _ the age of 7, i began to be c

4、urious _ plants in nature. a. in, on b. for, about c. in , from d. at , about ( ) 24.its getting rather noisy. would you please _ the tv a little? a. turn on b. turn off c. turn up d. turn down ( ) 25. our physics teacher told us _ faster than sound. a. if the light would travel b. what the light tr

5、avels c. that light traveled d. that light travels 二、語(yǔ)法選擇 in california, there lives a pretty girl called donna green. she is a 26 girl with big eyes and golden hair. she is good at singing and 27 the first place in the singing competition three times. but two years ago she became very weak. she had

6、 an unhealthy heart. “donna needs a new heart, 28 she will die soon.” the doctor said. jim smith, 15, was her best friend and was _29 about donna,. he liked her very much and didnt want her 30 . jim talked to his mother about donna. “im going to die, and i 31 my heart to donna.” jims mother didnt pa

7、y much attention to him. she thought, “jim is strong and healthy. he is still young.” but jim was not healthy at all. he 32 had terrible headaches. one morning, he woke up 33 a sharp pain in his head and 34 breathe. the smiths rushed jim to the hospital, but the doctor couldnt save him. the smiths w

8、ere sad. but they remembered jims words. jim wanted to give his heart to donna! after several tests, jims heart 35 and put into donnas chest. in a short time, the heart began to beat. the operation was a success. now, donna can sing again. she is thankful to jim for the great gift. ( )26. a. 14-year

9、s-old b. 14-years old c. 14-year-old d. 14 year old ( )27. a. wins b. won c. has won d. had won ( )28. a. or b. and c. but d. so ( )29. a. worried b. worry c. to worried d. to worry ( )30. a. die b. to die c. dying d. dead( )31. a. give b. have given c. would give d. will give ( )32. a. some time b.

10、 some times c. sometime d. sometimes ( )33. a. in b. with c. of d. on ( )34. a. couldnt b. mustnt c. might not d. shouldnt ( )35. a. took out b. is taken out c. was taken out d. takes out三、 完型填空 dear grandson, grandma and grandpa know that youre hurting right now because mommy and daddy are breaking

11、 up. its called “divorce(離婚)”. but we want you to know that youre not 36.we want you to know that this time is difficult for us, too. it makes us very 37 to see the hurt and sadness in your eyes. we want you to know several important things, things that we hope will help you to go 38 this scary (恐懼)

12、and difficult time. the first thing that we want to tell you is this: it is not your fault! you know, when a divorce happens, almost all children think that they did something that made it 39 . and we want to tell you this -that is almost never true! the 40 thing we want you to know is that you prob

13、ably cant fix it. lots of kids imagine that they might be able to say or do something, mommy and daddy will start 41 each other again. were sorry to tell you , that also almost never 42 . the third and maybe the 43 thing grandma and grandpa want to tell you is this: we will never divorce you! we wil

14、l always be there for you when you need us. sometimes we may be far away, but you can call or write us. well answer as soon as we 44. and you can always talk to us because we would like to be the best 45 we can be for you. love, grandma and grandpa ( )36. a. alone b. lonely c. right d. wrong ( )37.

15、a. happy b. sad c. excited d. interested ( )38. a. through b. into c. for d. on ( )39. a. bad b. wrong c. break d. happen ( )40. a. good b. only c. second d. important ( )41. a. loving b. helping c. hating d. talking( )42. a. happens b. supports c. allows d. works ( )43. a. most interesting b. earli

16、est c. most important d. worst ( )44. a. possible b. can c. may d. like ( )45. a. parents b. doctors c. listeners d. classmates 四、閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分） (a)a young american doctor is sleeping when suddenly his doorbell begins to ring. it is already midnight, but what can the doctor do? he has to

17、get up, puts on his coat and goes downstairs. when he opens the door, he sees a man standing with a hat in his hand.“how do you do, doctor?”says the man. “can you come at once to a place out of town? its quite far but you have a car and i can show you the way.” “certainly,” says the doctor, “im quit

18、e ready, i can come at once.” in a few minutes the car is standing at the front door, the man gets on the doctors car. and they drive off. they drive on for a long time and then the man says, “here we are. this is my home. now i can pay you and you can go back to town.” “but i must see the patient”

19、the doctor says, “how can i go back without seeing the patient? where is the patient?”“there is no patient.” answers the man, “nobody is ill. i live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustnt he? there is no taxi at this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excus

20、e me. here is your money. thank you, doctor. good night!” ( )46. from this passage, we can guess the story happens _. a. late at night b. early in the morning c. at noon d. in the afternoon. ( )47. the man lives _ the doctors house. a. a long way from b. quite near c. in the town not far from d. nex

21、t to ( )48. the doctor and the man leave the town _. a. in an hour b. in a car c. on foot d. by taxi ( )49. what the man wants to do is only _. a. to take the doctor to his home b. to give the doctor money c. to get home in the doctors car d. to play a joke on the doctor ( )50. the man is _. a. good

22、 b. bad c. clever d. foolish( ) 51.how many days will the show be on? a. for 10 days. b. for 12 days. c. for 9 days. d. for 15 days. ( ) 52. lucy is 7 years old and she wants to see the show with her parents in the evening. they should pay _ dollars for the tickets. a.25 b. 35 c. 60 d. 84 ( )53._ ar

23、e not allowed to enter the theatre. a. latecomers b. adults without children c. school students d. kids below three years old. ( )54. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? a. the name of the show. b. the name of the director. c. the telephone number. d. the name of the theatre. ( )

24、55.the passage is a / an _. a. poster b. newspaper report c. story d. diary( c )it may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. at some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. luckily, such moments are usually not

25、 obvious to the listeners. why? because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. they hear only what the speaker does say. if you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will notice that. when such

26、 moments happen, don't worry about them. just continue as if nothing has happened. even if you do make an obvious(明顯的) mistake during a speech, that doesnt really matter. if you have ever listened to martin luther kings famous speech “i have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles over his wor

27、ds twice during the speech. most likely, however, you dont remember. why? because you were more interested in his message than in his way of speech-making. people care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they think making a speech is a kind of performance rather than an act of communica

28、tion. they feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. but, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. they are looking for a speech that expresses the speakers ideas clearly and simply. sometimes a mistake or two can, in fact, increase a speakers attractiv

29、eness by making him more human. as you work on your speech, dont worry about being perfect. as soon as you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give a good speech. ( )56. _ never happens during a speech. a. making listeners understand all speakers plans b. losing the place for a m

30、oment c. changing the sentence order wrongly d. forgetting to pause at a certain point ( )57. in fact, listeners always _. a. look for a perfect speaker b. point out the speakers mistakes c. need clear and simple ideas of the speaker d. try to know the speakers plan ( )58. making a speech is more li

31、ke _ according to people who care a lot about making a mistake in a speech. a. an act of communication b. a discussion c. a kind of performance d. an ice-skating competition ( )59. which of the following is not true according to the passage? a. every speaker says something that is not understood exa

32、ctly as he has planned. b. in fact, listeners are not like judges in an ice-skating competition. c. in a listeners opinion, the way of speech-making is usually more important than the message from a speech. d. sometimes a speakers mistake can increase his attractiveness by making him more human. ( )

33、60. the passage mainly tells us _. a. it really matters if the speaker makes an obvious mistake during a speech b. listeners will only remember the speakers mistake c. people care a lot about making a mistake in a speech d. you can make a good speech though no speech is perfect ( d )nowadays more an

34、d more people care about the exploitation (開(kāi)采) of the natural resources, such as oil. though therere many kinds of resources, with the fast increase of population and the appearance of many more factories, the more we use, the fewer there will be left for the future. oil is getting less and less yea

35、r after year. its said that oil can last for only 50 years. natural gas perhaps will last about 38 years. oil can be used in many ways and its difficult to imagine what the modern world will be like without oil. but oil isnt easy to find and get out of the earth. men must study the rocks. when they

36、think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. a machine in the tower cuts a hole down into the ground. at the same time, a steel pipe (鋼管) is pushed down to stop the sides from falling in and to keep out water. at last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up the pi

37、pe with great force by the pressure of the gas in the top of the rock, and it rushes high into the air. if the oil catches a light, there will be a terrible fire. so a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe, and the oil can run out through taps (活塞). if we make a well near the middle of the o

38、il field, we can also get gas. such gas is sent through pipes to towns far away and used in houses and factories like coal gas. today oil is under pressure as never before. the price of oil keeps rising all the time. in many countries, the governments encourage people to save oil as much as possible

39、. ( )61. the word “resource” in the passage means . a. 產(chǎn)物 b. 現(xiàn)象 c. 商品 d. 資源 ( )62. which is the right order of the exploitation of oil? a. push down a steel pipe. b. study the rocks. c. build a metal tower. d. oil rushes up. a. bcda b. bcad c. bacd d. badc ( )63. which of the following can be true according to the passage? a. with the exploitation, oil is