江苏省苏州市高新区初二下期末考试英语试卷

When you visit France, you can go to ______ and take photos there.
              
A              B                C              D

—My recorder is broken. Could I use yours?
—_______, but you have to return it tomorrow.

My cousin wants to keep slim. She does exercise every morning and ______ eats meat.

Han Han is a popular writer. His new book will ______ this September.

—Did you see Mr. Black just now?
—Yes. He ______ his car when I met him.

I was born ______ the morning ______ February 25^th, 1997.

—______ is it from your home to the school?
—About ten minutes’ walk.

Paul isn’t as ______ as Sandy. He often makes mistakes in his homework.

Excuse me, I lost my way. Will you please tell me ______?

—Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?
—I don’t care. ______ is fine.

Some people won’t realize the importance of their health ______ they have lost it.

—Bob, it’s getting cold outside. ______ take a jacket
—All right, Mum.

If there is any change to the plan, I ______ you as soon as possible.

You look quite tired. You’d better ______ a good rest.

—Oh, my God! We have missed the last bus. What shall we do?
—I’m afraid we have no ______ but to take a taxi.

I don’t have any close friends here. I feel ______ from time to time.

—Wow! What a lovely e-dog! Is it yours?
—Yes, it’s ______. My father bought it for me yesterday.

We have two foreign teachers here. One is from England, and ______ is from America.

—It’s a fine day today. Shall we go swimming?
—______ But we need to be home before six o’clock.

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   21  , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of   22  . He stood right before me with his head down and said   23  , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   24  . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes aways so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
  25  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   26   and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   27   I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   28   it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   29  .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   30   —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   31   him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to   32  . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child,   33   I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   34  . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   35   every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

A．hopeless B．colourful C．simple D．wonderful

A．mind B．trouble C．breath D．work

A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly

A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

A．So B．Or C．However D．And

A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck

A．how B．when C．where D．why

A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break

A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have

A．cry B．speak C．smile D．see

A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated

A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play

A．at most B．at times C．at first D．at last

A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf

A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget

How do you feel when you stay in hospital alone? Jenny, 13, a US student, feels bored. She knows the feeling because she has been in hospital many times herself. One day, she thought of an idea—if patients could get some books to read, they would feel better. So, from May, she and many of her friends began to collect books for hospital patients.
In six months the students collected 1,250 books at school. They decided to donate the books to the North Shore Medical Centre, a children’s hospital next door to their school. “There are books for kids of all ages, from babies up to high school level.” said Jenny.
The students put the books into “early readers”, “middle readers” and “advanced readers”. Then they wrote their best wishes to patients on bookmarks (书签) and letters, put the books in big boxes and donated them to the hospital.
“We wrote things like, “Keep on reading!’ and ‘Hope you feel better!’,” siad John, 14, Jenny’s brother. “And we also wrote some funny things to make them laugh.”
Frank, 12, and Steven, 14, helped carry 16 large boxes of books into a car. “I think these books will make me a lot of patients feel happy.” said Frank. Steven shared his opinion. “It is really the most meaningful thing that I have ever done in my life.”
Who first thought of the idea of helping those bored patients in hospital?

From the article, we can learn that _______.

The best title for the article might be “_______”.

Which of the following words can be used to describe those student?

Zhalong is a nature reserve in Heilongjiang in north-east China. It is one of the world’s most important wetlands. The reserve covers an area of 210,000 hectares. The area provides food and shelter for wildlife. It is an ideal home for different kinds of plants, fish and birds.
Many birds live comfortably in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round, while some only stay there for a short time. There are many fish in the wetlands, and the birds can easily catch them for food. Zhalong has long been called “the home of the crane”. There are 15 crane species (物种) in the world. 8 of them are in China and there are 6 species in Zhalong area. It is an important living area for the rare red-crowned cranes. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world. Every spring and summer, red-crowned cranes lay and hatch (孵化) their eggs in Zhalong.
Some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife. More and more birds are in danger because they do not have enough living space. Many of them died. The Chinese government wants to protect these endangered birds, and they can be safe in Zhalong.
Every year, a lot of tourists go to Zhalong to watch birds. This year, members of our Bird-watching Club are going to study the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers. The study begins next month.
We _______ once a year. We are now inviting secondary school students to help. We need more people to help us count and do something to help the birds.
Many people do not understand the importance of the wetlands. We hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take action to protect wildlife.
What does the underlined word “ideal” mean?

What can we learn from the second paragraph?

Which of the following can we choose for the blank (空白) in the fifth paragraph?

The purpose of the article is to _______.

Summer holidays are just coming. Have you got any plans? Here are 4 five-star films for you to kill your time.

	Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (加勒比海盗4) Type: Adventure; Action Film Studio: Walter Disney Pictures Date: May 20th, 2011 Captain (船长) Jack Sparrow of the Caribbean has come back. This has made fans of Pirates of the Caribbean very excited. Johnny Depp, a famous actor, works together with a new director, Rob Marshall to bring a new wave of pirate craze. Johnny Depp is also known for Walter Disney’s film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
	Sherlock Holmes Type: Action; Detective Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Date: Dec. 25th, 2009 Do you like detective stories and want to solve mysteries like well-known Detective Sherlock Holmes? This one you certainly don’t want to miss. It is quite different from the earlier Holmes stories and has received much praise (赞誉) from film fans.
	Toy Story 3 Type: Cartoon Film Studio: Walter Disney Pictures Date: June 18th, 2010 Do you still remember Woody and Buzz? Woody is brave, like a cowboy should be. He knows how to lead other toys. And this time Woody’s friends have another big problem. They are trapped by a selfish and cruel bear named Lotso and his men in Sunnyside. Woody goes to help them. How can they find a way out?
	Ice Age 3 Type: Cartoon Film Studio: Dream Works Pictures Date: July 1st, 2009 Ice Age 3 is a whole new adventure that everyone at any age can enjoy. All our old friends are back. Sid the sloth finds three dinosaur babies and adopts (收养) them as his own. Then the mother dinosaur comes for her babies and takes Sid away. The adventure begins when Sid’s best friends try to find him and get him back. Do they succeed in the end?

_______ is the latest film according to (根据) the article.

Which of the following is RIGHT according to the article?

From the article, we know ______ is a cruel character.

Alice was now in a long dark room with doors all round the walls, and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere.
She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked (锁上的). “How will I ever get out again?” she thought sadly. Then she saw a little glass table with three legs, and on the top of it was a very small gold key. Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors, but she couldn’t open any.
Then she saw another door, a door that was only forty centimetres high. The little gold key unlocked this door easily, but Alice couldn’t get through it—she was much too big. So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door, into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.
“I’d like to be out there—not in this dark room. Why can’t I get smaller?” It was already a very strange day, and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible.
After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and then she saw a little bottle on the table. Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters.
“It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles,” she said. “What will it do to me?”She drank a little bit very slowly. The taste was very nice and very soon Alice finished the bottle.
“I think I’m getting smaller and smaller every second.” And she was. “And now,” she said happily, “I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden.”
She ran at once to the door. Then she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but she was now much too small! The key was high above her, on top of the table. She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she couldn’t do it.
At last, tired and unhappy, she got angry with herself. Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it, and found a very small cake with the words EAT Me on it.
Nothing could surprise Alice now.
Where did Alice find the little gold key according to the story?

We can learn that Alice felt a little ______ from the underlined sentence.

Which is the right order of the events according to the story?
① Alice saw a little glass box near her on the floor.
② Alice came to a long dark room.
③ Alice saw a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers.
④ Alice drank out of the little bottle and became small.
⑤ Alice took the little gold key and opened the small door.

What do you think Alice will probably do at the end of the story?

－ Did you go to the party yesterday?
－ Yes. It was ______ fun evening. We all had ______ great fun at the party.

－ Dad, it’s such a long way from our home to the park!
－ You mean it’s ______ to take a taxi?

You need a lot of ______ if you want to become a good nurse.

－ So many things _ you! Where are you going?
－ I’m going ______ a trip to Tibet.

Many high school students want to go ______ for ______ education.

－ Will’s already back from the charity walk, _ he’?
－______. Now he’s taking a rest in the next room.

－ This kind of fruit ______  nice. －Yes. It ______ in the south-east of China.

－ Wow! You look different! You ______ wear glasses.
－ Yes, I did. But now I have had an eye operation. I can see clearly without them.

－ 80% of our work ______ finished. － Really? It’s ______ hard work, you know.

－ Hello, Sunshine Bookstore. This is Jeff speaking. Can I help you?
－ Yes, please. I want to ______ some storybooks for my daughter.

－ Sorry, Mr White. But the bus was late. － You ______ away if you are late again.

－ Do you know Mr Wang?
－ Yes. He ______ many countries. He has rich life and work ______.

－ How long ______ here? －Ten minutes. Tim ______ here with me.

－ It seems to me traveling by plane is dangerous.
－ I don’t think so. ______ planes have the best safety records.

－ It’s a pity that none of these educational CD-ROMs is suitable for me.
－______. I can show you some others.

For years I wanted a flower garden. I’d spend hours   31   different things I could plant. I believe they would look nice together.
But then we had Mattew. And Marvin. And the twins, Alisa and Alan. And then Helen. Five children! I was too   32    raising them的grow a garden.
Money was tight（拮据）,as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something expensive. And I’d have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t    33    on trees, you know."
34   , all five got through high school and college（大学）and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden. Then, one morning on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a   35   tree, planted right in my garden. I thought it   36    be a weeping willow(垂柳),because I saw things    37    around on all its branches（树枝）.Then I put my  38    on and I couldn’t believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my garden!
I went outside to have a look. It was    39    ! There were dollar bills all over that tree. There was also a note in the tree. It    40    ,"We all love you, Mom."
A-talking about    B. thinking of     C. preparing for       D. looking after

A．tired B．careless C．busy D．poor

A．grow B．make C．come D．get

A．Clearly B．Naturally C．Certainly D．Finally

A．money B．new C．young D．tall

A．should B．can C．must D．need

A．blowing B．turning C．producing D．appearing

A．overcoat B．hat C．shoes D．glasses

A．strange B．true C．special D．perfect

A．says B．writes C．shows D．describes

"Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else can make you happier," the researchers from a team at the University（大学）of British Columbia and Harvard Business School reported.
Their experiments on 600 volunteers in the US showed people were feeling happier when they spent money on others.
The team asked their 600 volunteers about their income（收入），their daily costs, gifts for others and donations to charity. "No matter how much money each person made, those who spent money on others could get greater happiness than those who spent money only on themselves," Dunn said.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 workers at a company in Boston after they received an award of between $3,000 and $8,000. "Of course they felt happy after receiving the awards," they wrote in their report. "But when they gave the people in need $5, they were happier."
"The findings showed that as little as $5 could be enough to produce happiness on a whole day," Dunn said.
There were ______ people in all who took part in the experiments.

The underlined word "experiments" means ______ in Chinese.

What does the passage mainly tell us?

"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted.
"Oh, Tom! You’re still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow," said Mrs White.
"But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son’s face. She sat down beside him.
"You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What’s special about it? Show me what it can do!"
"I think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware (硬件) is good. There’s so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game, ’Dragon Player’, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and other friends. I don’t have to worry about any infected（感染） disks because I have a virus（病毒） detector (探测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders.
"Oh, Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I’m sure it’s a wonderful computer, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about."
When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ______.

Tom was excited because ______.

What do we know about Mrs White?

We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost 150-kilometre drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the dace when we would move there. And he had also invited them to visit us.
The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day. We arrived at our new house at noon. About an hour later, kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.
By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and the histories of their families.
On Monday morning, the doorbell rang just before the time he would leave for school. Then it rang again and again.
By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day. They all live near us.
I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have someone to walk with." and "It is the right thing to do."
The friendships were formed(形成) from that day. We have lived here for nearly six years and the same group of kids still play together, go to parties on weekends together, and surfing the Internet together.
I am still thinking how welcoming and kind those kids are. And how lucky my son is to have them as friends.
Before the family moved to the new area, the son was taken to his new school to ______.

Why did the doorbell ring again and again on Monday morning?

Which of the following is true?

The passage shows us that ______.

根据首字母或汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
That house hidden a  ▲  the trees is my grandma’s.
It’s amazing m  ▲  are not afraid of cats now.
Air pollution has    ▲ （影响）a lot of people’s health.
I look much    ▲ （难看的）in the photo.
The policeman is    ▲ （控制）the traffic at the crossing.

选用方框内的单词，并在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

After three years of    ▲ , she left her husband at last.
Mobile phones are    ▲  used around the world now.
We should try our best to help the    ▲  people.
Computers are really one of the greatest    ▲ .
 ▲  exchange is a way of building a bridge between nations.

根据上句，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出一个语法上及语义上都正确的单词。
My car needs to be repaired.
My car needs    ▲ .
Pets are not easy to keep.
   ▲     ▲  to keep pets.
Do you mind if I sit here?
Do you mind    ▲     ▲  here?
When will the charity show take place?
When will the charity show    ▲     ▲ ？
He’s strong enough to carry the box.
He is    ▲     ▲  that he    ▲  carry the box..

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
请注意你的书写。
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我为有像你这样的儿子而骄傲。
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他的父母负担不起他的教育。
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他不习惯被别人照顾。
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女孩子晚上一个人出去是危险的。
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请根据以下内容，写一篇日记。
昨天你因为父母没有给你买新的耐克(Nike)运动鞋而生他们的气。今天上午，他们带你去当地的一所孤儿院（orphanage）。当你看到那些孩子们玩着旧的玩具，用着旧的学习用品，但他们很快乐，学习也很努力时，你意识到自己错了。于是你对父母说……
注意：1．词数80左右。日记的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2．日记须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺：
June 19, 2011 Sunday  Fine
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