宁夏银川市初二上学期期末考试英语卷

It’s reported that a terrible rainstorm hit _______ south of our country.    

—The museum isn’t far from here. Why not go there by _______?
—OK. And it’s good for our health.
                                              
A                    B                  C                   D

There _______ a big cake and many candies at the party yesterday.           

—Excuse me, is this _______ new camera?
—Yes, it’s _______.

_______ great man Huang Furong is! He lost his life while saving the students in the Yushu earthquake.

—_______ should we clean the library?
—Twice a week.     

I _______ the charity show on TV when the telephone rang. 

—I’m going to Sanya for my holiday tomorrow.
—_______

This piece of music _______ beautiful.

You can’t sneeze and keep your eyes _______ at the same time.

They would rather _______ colours like orange or yellow than blue or white.

We will fly a kite as soon as your homework _______.

It’s nice  _______ Andy _______ me with my English study.

This is _______ difficult problem that few students can work it out.

Sandy didn’t tell her parents that she was going home because she wanted to give them a _______.

—Do you mind if I smoke here?
—_______ You can go to smoke in the next door.

_______ they are twin brothers, they don’t look like each other.

—I don’t know _______ now.
—She is much better today.

Tom _______ the USA. He _______ back in two months.
A. has gone to; comes                B. has gone to; will be   
C. has been to; comes                   D. has been to; will be 

—The Mars-500 test will take about 520 days.
—__________  I hope it goes well.

Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to  21  with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to   22   food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a   23   farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper   24   what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He wrote a seven-page paper   25   his dream of having a horse farm one day. He   26   drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he handed   27   in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with some words “See me after class.”   28   the boy did and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This dream will not   29   for a young boy like you.   30   a horse farm needs a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with a   31   dream, I will give you a good grade.”
After school he thought about it   32  . At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making   33   changes at all. He wrote, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   34  .”
Many years later, Monty had his own 200 acres horse farm. His dream came true.
So don’t let   35   take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.

A．another B．the others C．other D．the other

A．look for B．pay for C．wait for D．ask for

A．horse B．chicken C．pig D．flower

A．in B．at C．about D．off

A．talking about B．talking with C．talking to D．talking over

A．ever B．even C．never D．over

A．them B．farm C．it D．picture

A．Or B．So C．But D．And

A．come back B．come from C．come true D．come down

A．Owning B．Drawing C．Asking D．Writing

A．difficult B．high C．bad D．simple

A．easily B．hard C．heavily D．hardly

A．any B．some C．all D．no

A．horse B．land C．dream D．paper

A．anyone B．everyone C．someone D．none

There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.
What to do
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.
What to wear 
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
_______________
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.
Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?

Which is the best title for the last paragraph?

The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.

As one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.
Born in Belgium on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a
successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn’s beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi, a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn’s successful career.
Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for the play Ondine.
During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of an angel.
Throughout her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.
Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. In 1993, at the age of 63, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
Which of the following is the correct order according to the events?
a. People mourned her death.
b. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
c. Her successful film career began.
d. She earned an Oscar for Best Actress.
e. She met the French writer Colette.

Her successful career lasted about _____________ years.

People remember Hepburn not only as a great actress but also as _____________ .

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island (岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”
So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole (洞) in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.
That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive.  A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.
My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.
I kept food and tools (工具) at both my houses, and also wild goats (山羊). There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn (玉米) fields. And so many years went by.
The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.

To survive, the writer did the following EXCEPT _____________.

Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?

From the story, we can learn that _____________.

根据句意及所给中文提示或英文解释，写出句中所缺单词。
1. My neighbours are very    ▲   (友好的) to us.
2. Do you    ▲   (同意) with what I say? 
3. We had a very cold    ▲   (冬季) last year. 
4. Are you    ▲   (有空的) this evening?
5. I can’t    ▲   (买得起) to go to the 2010 World Cup.
6. The tourists had no c   ▲   but to wait for the next bus.
7. Tom is a    ▲   (a good sense of humour) boy, so everyone likes him.

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式或句子的语法要求填空。
1. Playing too many computer games is    ▲   (harm) to you.  
2. We should speak to the old man    ▲   (polite).    
3. —How many    ▲   (tooth) does a dog have?
—Sorry, I have no idea. Let’s search on the Internet.
4. A computer is    ▲   (expensive) than a TV set. 
5. Have you read    ▲   (today) newspaper? 
6. I    ▲   (not go) to bed until my mother came back at ten last night.
7. You need    ▲   (return) the comic book to the library at once.
8. My sister    ▲   (be) a singer since she left the school.

根据所给汉语完成下列句子，每空词数不限。
1. 迈克敲了敲门，但没有回应。
Mike    ▲   the door, but there was no answer.
2. 昨天这位医生为病人做手术了吗？
Did the doctor    ▲   the patients yesterday? 
3.我认为用毯子扑灭火是个好方法。
I think it’s a good way to    ▲   the fire with a blanket.   
4.林先生今天早上乘公交车上班而不是步行。
Mr Lin went to work by bus    ▲   walking this morning.  
5.我和妹妹合用一间卧室。
I    ▲   a bedroom    ▲   my sister.    

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的选项完成此对话，使其意思完整。
(D="Daniel;" L=Linda)
D: Hello, Linda. Nice to meet you.
L: Hello, Daniel.         ▲       
D: You see, summer holiday is coming.        ▲       
L: I’m going to travel to the Shanghai Expo Garden.
D:        ▲        By the way, will you go there alone?
L:         ▲        My cousin will go with me.
D:         ▲        
L: We’ll start on July 8.
D: I think you will enjoy yourselves there.

根据情景，把下面对话内容补充完整，使其意思连贯。
(P="Peter," an exchange student from the UK; W="Wang" Tao, Peter’s classmate)
W: Hi, Peter. Shall we play football after school?
P: 1.            ▲            But I would like to try something new.
W: Oh, what’s that?
P: Table tennis. 2.            ▲           
W: Yes, we play it a lot. Can you play it?
P: No, I can’t. I tried, but 3.            ▲            
W: Well, never mind. You can play football very well.
P: 4.            ▲            for saying so, but you must teach me how to play table tennis.
W: No problem. 5.            ▲           
P: Great. Every Friday after school.

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格 (每空限填一词)。
How do you feel when you have to make a speech in front of class? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get really shy?
Shyness means feeling nervous or frightened when you’re around other people. Experts (专家) have found that more than 80 percent of middle school students feel afraid to be the centre of attention. Some kids are born shy. Some become shy later because of their life experiences.
It’s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet new people. In fact, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It’s just a case of how much.
Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they get shy. But some become so shy that they won’t go to a restaurant because they are too nervous to order and pay the bill (账单). Some are afraid of meeting new people, so they seldom go outside. This kind of shyness can be bad for a person.
If shyness doesn’t stop you from doing something you want to do, being shy isn’t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are quieter and cleverer because they think more and talk less. Shy people are also good at working with others because they think more for other people. Some great people in history were shy, too.
You see, being shy isn’t all bad. But remember not to let good chances pass by just because of it! If you have to sing a song at a birthday party or practise your spoken English in front of others, just do it! There’s nothing to be afraid of.
Shyness

Meaning	●To feel   ▲    or frightened
Causes	●To be the  ▲    of attention ●To be born shy ●To have   ▲    experiences
Effects	▲    effects	●To have red   ▲     ●To talk in   ▲    sentences ●To be    ▲    of meeting new people
Good effects	●To be quieter and   ▲    ●To be good at   ▲    with others
Advice	●To take hold of (抓住) good   ▲

假如你是李华，就个人爱好带来的困惑给英国朋友Stephen发电子邮件进行交流并请求帮助。
要点：

注意：1. 词数: 80个左右（开头和结尾已给出的内容不记入总词数）；
2. 内容必须包括上表中的要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐字翻译；
3. 条理清楚、语句连贯；
4．文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名。
Dear Stephen,
I am writing to tell you about my problem with my teacher. I don’t know how to deal with it and would like your help.
▲                                                                   
▲                                                           
▲                                                   
▲                                          
▲                                
▲                       
▲             
What shall I do? Can you offer me some suggestions? I am looking forward to your early reply.
Best wishes
Li Hua

––____________ do you make a banana milk shake?
––First, peel three bananas.

Wanda Theater is popular. It has _______ seats and big screens.                  

I ________ clean my room on weekdays. I have no time.

If you want to be a ______, you should study math hard.

It’s important for Jim ______ the piano well, if he wants to be a musician.

You should take more exercise. It’s good ______ your health.

Beckham stopped playing soccer ______ his bad leg.

––Could I sweep the floor later? I want to do my homework first.
––Yes, _______.

_______ we are both pretty outgoing, Pete’s better at sports.

There _______ something wrong with my computer a moment ago.

_______ is it from your home to school?    ––Five kilometers.

––Oh, I’m not _______ now.
––That’s too bad. You should lie down and rest.

Don’t be late. There______ a class meeting this afternoon. 

––How was your last day off?
––_______. It was windy and cloudy all day.

––_______ did Midori give her concerts around China?   
–– At the age of eight.

––_______ are you staying there?      
–– For about two weeks.

Bill is an _______ boy.

What is _________ way of going to school in your country?

Lambert _____ going to Greece or Spain, but decided on China at last.

It _______ them two weeks _______ the computer last year.

Dr. Brown liked reading in bed when he was at school. But it was ___1___ for his eyes and now he is near-sighted. He doesn’t want ___2___ to know about it and he never wears ___3___. It often___4___ him some trouble.
One day he was invited to a village school. He took a bus to a small town. Then he had to __5__ to the village school. The road to the village was very bad. He fell over(摔倒) some times and it __6___ his clothes dirty. ___7___ he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow(刮风) heavily and his hat was off. He felt his hat run into a fence(篱笆). So he ran __8__ it into the house, too. An old woman __9___ him angrily and shouted(喊叫),” ___10___ are you running after my little duck?”

A．worse B．good C．bad D．better

A．somebody B．nobody C．everybody D．anybody else

A．a hat B．a glasses C．sunglasses D．glasses

A．took B．brought C．takes D．brings

A．drive B．ride C．walk D．fly

A．let B．made C．gave D．got

A．At first B．At last C．At times D．At once

A．with B．before C．after D．along

A．stopped B．took C．invited D．made

A．What B．Why C．Who D．Where

I have a robot friend, Robbi. It looks like my toy car because it moves on four wheels. It is always helpful.
“Come on, Robbi! Bring me milk.” “Yes, Sandy,” says Robbi. It goes to the kitchen and comes back with a glass of milk. It can find milk among orange juice, water, apple juice. Do you think Robbi is a waiter only good at doing housework? No, it’s much more than that! It has brains(头脑), too! Let me ask Robbi a few questions.
“Robbi, how many letters are there in English?” “26.”
“Who is Barack Obama?” “He is the president of the USA.”
When night comes, I need to sleep. It closes its eyes and stands there quietly! In the morning, It opens its eyes and begins to work again.
Who is Robbi?

What does the word “wheels” mean?

What does the writer ask the robot to bring him?

When will the robot stop working?

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got unusual memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
Some people can easily learn many things by heart because_________________.

Everybody learns his mother language____________________.

Before a child can speak, he must_________________.

In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because_______________.

Your memory will become better and better_______________________.

You are what you eat
Keeping better eating habits can help you have less illness. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right food to eat and cooking food in a healthy way.
___________
Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is unnecessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease(病菌). You should often change your toothbrush.
Exercise
Swimming, cycling, jogging, skating, dancing, walking and some other activities can help you stay healthy. You should exercise at least three times a week and for twenty minutes or more each time. Do it!
Plan out your life
You should have breakfast before you go to school. Have a right meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet.
What’s the passage mainly about?

What is the best title for the second passage??

How long should you exercise each time?

From the passage, we know __________ can help us stay healthy.

What does a healthy plan mean?
A. Choosing the right food.             B. Cooking the food in a healthy way.
C. Never eat meat or fresh vegetables.      D. Both A and B.

根据汉语提示写出单词。
Dad, could you bring me some drinks and ________(小吃、小食品)?
There are ________(五十) teachers in our school.
How did you get your ___________ (兼职的) job?
I need to _________(完成) my homework first before going out.
Don’t ___________ (担心). I can help you with your chemistry.                                         

用方框中词的适当形式填空。(5分）

Last Wednesday, I had tennis _________ with the school team. It made me tired.
Bill is ________ than the other boys in my class.
Kobe is always ___________ in P.E. class.
Yesterday’s talent show was a great ___________.
Mozart started ___________ music at the age of four.

阅读短文内容，用放框内所给词的适当形式填空。

Every year we get a new start. On New Year’s Day we always write down our _____ and put them up on the wall of our bedrooms.
This year my dream is to learn an instrument. And I still want to take more exercise to keep____, too. You know, last year I spent much time ___ swimming. So this year I want to do something exciting and unusual. I’m _____ to learn the violin. So I’m thinking about taking violin lessons. And I’m going to practice much _____ than usual. It says that practice makes perfect! What is your plan?

任务型阅读。看图表完成下列句子，每空词数不限。

注：villages：农村
We asked many teenagers about _________________ at home and made the diagram(表格) of the survey result
There are ____________________ kinds of chores in the diagram.
Half of the teenagers are from ______________, and the others come from villages.
We found that most teenagers from the villages like _________________.
__________________________ do more chores than teenagers from cities.

临近期末，大多数同学感到焦虑和压力，生病的学生也多了。请你针对这些情况，给同学们一些建议。请根据提示，用不同句式表达（至少5条，多写不加分）。(5分)
It’s necessary to…   You should…     What/ How about…?       Try to….   Don’t forget to….
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你想在QQ上结交一些笔友。请根据表格提供的内容介绍你自己的过去、现在和未来。注意时态的正确使用。60--80词左右。

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同学们，如果你已完成了前面的所有试题，并已检查完毕。你可以做这道附加题，本题不计入总分。挑战一下自己吧！
任务型阅读 (10分)
Most Americans enjoy moving from one place to another. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometers away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. 3.One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. 4.When he begins to work, he may move from job to job. Moving from one job to another , which is called “job-hopping”, is very common in the United States.
Job-hopping is good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from the workers.
A.根据短文内容，回答下列问题。(每题2分)
1. How many people live in a place for more than five years in some places?
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2. How far could an American drive if he wants to have dinner with a friend?
___________________________________________________________
B.请将短文中的划线部分的句子翻译成中文。(每题2分)
3. __________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________
C.按要求完成下面各题。(每题1分)
5. What does “job-hopping” mean in English?
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6.      What does “job-hopping” mean in Chinese ? __________________________________________________________