上海市長寧區(qū)市三女中初二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷
（總分：100分）
Paper Two ?Vocabulary and Grammar ?40%
Ⅰ. Write out the words according to the English meanings. ?7%
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Her a_______(strong wish to do something) is to travel around the world.
【答案】ambition
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Abacuses can c_______(use numbers to find answers) without electricity.
【答案】calculate
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I saw the thief s_______(take something without one’s permission) a mobile phone from the boy.
【答案】steal
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If you don’t go over your lessons, you’ll certainly f______(not pass an exam or text) tomorrow.
【答案】fail
5. The police have stressed that this is the most a_______(exactly right, with no mistakes) description of the killer.
【答案】accurate
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China was the first country to i________?(make or think of something for the first time) paper.
【答案】invent
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The film Wolf Warrior 2 has many a_______(very surprising) fight scenes.
【答案】amazing
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 10%
He wrote_______800-word letter to his father, talking about his life in Shanghai.
A a ?
B. an ??
C. the ??
D. \?
?【答案】B
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They only spent an hour helping the two______to find their suitcases.
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men doctors ?
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B. men doctor ??
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C. man doctors ??
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D. man doctor
【答案】A
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The writer adds pictures and cartoons to make the story______?to children.
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interests ?
B. interested ?
C. interest ??
D. interesting
【答案】D
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In my eyes, the best way to lose weight is ______ regularly.
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exercise ?
B. to exercise ??
C. exercising ??
D. exercised
【答案】B
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Girls in our school must ______school uniforms when they are at school.
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dress ?
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put on ??
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wear ??
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dress up
【答案】C
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Nowadays Wechat is one of_____ ways to communicate with friends.
????A.convenient ????????
B.more convenient
????C.most convenient ???
D.the most convenient
???【答案】D
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The road______dry,because it has rained heavily.
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can’t be ?
B.mustn’t be ?
C.must be ??
D.can be
【答案】A
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All of the fans are looking forward to_____ their favourite star at the stadium.
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see ????
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seeing ?????
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to see ??
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seen
【答案】B
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Mr.White____ an active part in different kinds of outdoor activities when he was young.
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take ???
B.takes ??????
C.took ????
D.will take
【答案】C
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--What about jogging every day to keep us fit?
--______
A.Thank you ???????
B.That’s fine.
C.Don’t worry ????????
D.I think it helps
【答案】D
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Ⅲ.Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the given words.7%
1.?Unless you work hard,?you won’t_________?in getting this job.?(success)
2.?In winter,?people in the north use electricity to____?their houses.?(hot)
3AlphaGO Zero is ______ enough to learn how to play Go for itself.?If doesn’t use any human date at all(power)
4.?She is a shy girl.?It’s_____?for her to raise her hand in class today?(usual)
5. He shop___?has gone to England for a holiday with his family.?(own)
6.?As the _________of science and technology,?Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths(電話亭)by turning them into mini-libraries(develop)
7. He didn’t notice that I was getting tired and kept on telling the _____story.?(bore)
1.【答案】succeed?動詞原形
2.【答案】heat加熱作動詞
3.【答案】powerful?形容詞
4.【答案】unusual?形容詞的反義詞
5.【答案】owner?店主shop owner
6 【答案】development?隨著科技的發(fā)展
7.【答案】boring?令人無聊的故事
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Ⅳ.?Rewrite the following sentences as required.10%
1.They read some news articles yesterday(改成一般疑問句)
???_______they?______any news articles yesterday
2.It’s about five hundred kilometers from her home to her school.(劃線部分提問)
_______ _______?is it from her home to her school?
3.He left for Japan to attend an important meeting.(劃線部分提問)
_____did he_____for Japan?
4.The sentence was very easy.?Everyone could understand it(合并為一句)
The sentence was____?easy____?everyone could understand it.
5.?on vacation,?was away,?broke into,?someone,?Tina’s house,?she,while(連詞成句)
_____________________________________________________________________
【答案】
1.?did??read注意read的過去式
2.?How far?對距離提問
3.?Why leave?對目的提問
4.?so??that?
5. Someone broke into Tina’s house while she was away on vacation.
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Ⅴ.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box.Each can only used once. 6%
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Victor is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo.His work is full of fun but it is hard.
Sometimes it is dangerous,too.Every morning,the zoo keepers have to get up at five?to get food ready for the animals. Sometimes some animals won’t let__1___eat their food. Ifthis happens, each of them must be fed separately(分離的).
Every morning the zoo keepers must clean each cage. This can be__2___, especially with lions and tigers. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must ___3__?them. Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine.
The most __4____job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. People must be prevented from doing dangerous things. Many people have been __5____?because they did careless things, like putting their hands into the lion’s cage.
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【答案】EACBF
【解析】
1. let sb do sth ,故選E；
2. be 后面加形容詞，根據(jù)句意故選A；
3. must 情態(tài)動詞后需要用do,故答案為C；
4. 此空考察形容詞副詞的最高級，故選用important答案為B。
5. been后加動詞的過去分詞，故選用F。
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Paper Three Reading and Writing ??36%
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer. 6%
Did you know that Americans eat about l0 pounds of chocolate a year! Chocolate cake, chocolate candy, and chocolate ice cream -Yum! If only?chocolate grew on rees... Hey! Wait a minute! It does!
The cacao tree grows in warm, temperate countries of the world like Indonesia, South, Central America and Africa. When the tree matures, it produces a fruit about
the size of a small pineapple. Inside these fruits are the seeds called cocoa beans.
When the ripe fruits are harvested they are left to ferment for about a week before the beans are removed and dried in the sun. After they're dried the outer husks of the beans are removed and then the small, brown, wrinkled cocoa beans are roasted to bring out their flavor.
To make a delicious chocolate bar, lots of sugar has to be added along with other ingredients and flavors, like vanilla. This mixture is then put into a special machine called conche which blends the mixture to help smooth out the texture. Finally the chocolate is tempered.
What is it about chocolate making us so happy while eating it? Phenylethylamine is the chemical responsible for our love of chocolate. The hormone is called the \chemical\because it gives people happiness and contentment.
1. Where does cacao trees grow?
??A.?In India, South American and Africa.
??B.?In Indonesia,?Central America and Africa.
??C.?In Africa,?Indonesia,?South and Central America.
??D.?In America,?Africa and Indonesia.
2. According to paragraph 3, what is the process to make the brown, wrinkled cocoa beans?
A.?Remove the beans from the fruits-ferment-dry-remove the husks
??B.?Harvest the fruits-ferment-remove the husks-dry
??C.?Dry-ferment-remove the beans-remove the husk
??D.?Ferment the fruits-remove the beans-dry-remove the husks
3. The underlined word “husk” in the third paragraph means_______.
A.?covering ???B.?seed ?????C.?root ????D.?nut
4.To make a delicious chocolate bar, what cannot be added?
A.?Sugar ?????B.?Milk ??????C.?Vanilla ?D.?Chillies
5.What is the most important thing to make chocolate taste so smooth?
??A.?To choose the best cocoa beans.
??B.?To add a lot of sugar.
??C.?To use a conche to blend the mixture
??D.?To roast the cocoa beans slowly.
6. Why do Americans like chocolate so much?
??A.?Because it is delicious.
??B.?Because it makes people happy while eating it.
??C.?Because it has many flavors.
??D.?Because Americans like sweet food.
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【答案】CDAACB
【解析】
1: He cacao tree grows in warm, temperate countries of the world like Indonesia,South, Central America and Africa. When the tree matures, it produces a fruit about the size of a small pineapple. Inside these fruits are the seeds called cocoa beans.文章第二段的內(nèi)容可以直接找出此題的答案，對于問地點的題目，只要細(xì)心找到題目所在處，故答案為C。
2：??After they're dried the outer husks of the beans are removed and then the small, brown, wrinkled cocoa beans are roasted to bring out their flavor. 此句是第三段中的關(guān)鍵句是制作brown, wrinkled cocoa beans的過程，故答案為D。
3： husk本身是外殼的意思，在這里是表示豆子的外皮，故用A項
4： To make a delicious chocolate bar, lots of sugar has to be added along with other ingredients and flavors, like vanilla. 為了做美味的巧克力，什么東西是不能加入的，根據(jù)此句得知，答案為A項。
5： This mixture is then put into a special machine called conche which blends the mixture to help smooth out the texture. Finally the chocolate is tempered. 根據(jù)此句得知讓巧克力更加絲滑的重要因素是C項。
6： ?What is it about chocolate making us so happy while eating it? Phenylethylamine is the chemical responsible for our love of chocolate.根據(jù)此句得知，為什么美國人這么喜歡巧克力，故選B項
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer words to complete the passage. 6%
Ten years later, I can remember my time in seventh grade like yesterday. The thing I remember most about is my English teacher, Mr. Mabry. He was, by far, the best teacher in the world. First of all, he didn't use traditional method of teaching. ____1__, he used his theater background to make learning English grammar fun for the whole class. When we studied Shakespeare, we actually??acted out the parts, so that we ___2___?had a good understanding of Shakespeare's works.
He also did many other things for us. He encouraged his students to ask questions about anything and everything and then, he would __3_____to give us an honest answer. He taught us how to trust one another by playing games with us. He would make one person ___4___?backward while another person stood behind and caught him. As well, he used to let us have parties every week at school. If we wanted to have a party, he would give us our homework for the day of the party and we would do it at home. Then he would check our work and we would be ___5___??to have a party if everyone had done the homework and understood it.
Some of the kids in the school had problems at home. Mr. Mabry acted as a parent for these children. He___6____?them patiently and listened to their complaint. He encouraged them to do things that they really liked. Being the best teacher in the world is the greatest honour for any teacher, and Mr. Mabry certainly deserves it.
1?A) However????? ?? B) In addition ???C) Instead??? D) After that
2?A) really?????????? B) hardly?????? C) possibly???? D) immediately
3?A) make his decision???????B) do his best? ??C) do a favor?? ?????D) take a look
4?A) fly???? ??? ??????B)jump??????? C) lie??????? D)fall
5?A) invited ? ? ? ? B) advised ? ? ? C) allowed ? ? ? ?D) guided
6?A) depended on B) communicated with C) shook hands with ?D) searched for
【答案】CABCCB
【解析】
1：此空前半句用的適傳統(tǒng)的教學(xué)方法，后半句介紹的是用有樂趣的學(xué)習(xí)英語語法的方法，故用instead；
2：在學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)一片莎士比亞的戲劇之前會進(jìn)行一次角色扮演，這樣學(xué)生們可以真正的理解內(nèi)容，故用really；
3：前面的句子敘述老師的努力和盡心，所以接下的意思也應(yīng)該是順承盡他做大的努力去給我們的哥中肯的答案，故用do one’s best.
4：此句表示躺的意思只有lie選項。
5：如果學(xué)生完成老師交代的任務(wù)是被允許參加聚會的，故用allowed；
6：and連接的兩個動作，后半句表示聆聽抱怨前面表示有耐心的交流。故用communicated with sb.
Ⅲ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.6%
Computer programmer David Jones makes ￡35000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot?find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque(支票) card. Instead, he has been told to wait for a___1___ two years, until he is 18.?
The 16-year-old works for a small firm (分公司) in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.?
???But David's biggest headache is w__2__ to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by i___3__ new programs,with bonus payments and profit-sharing he cannot drive a car,buy a house,or obtain credit cards.?
???He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, His company has to pay?￡ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and b__4_ every day because David cannot drive.?
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop."?I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs."he said.
"I suppose ￡ 35000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough I hope it will come to more than?that this year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But?most of his spare time is spent working.
? ?"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in?books and m____5___ for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."?
David added,"I would like to earn a million and I think e___6 _ retirement is a possibility. You?never know when the market might disappear."
【答案】another; what; inventing; back; magazines; early
【解析】
1：根據(jù)句意需要另外的兩年，又因a開頭的單詞后可接基數(shù)詞加復(fù)數(shù)名詞，故用another；
2：Be what to do with sth,是固定句型，根據(jù)句意可推測使用what；
3：通過什么手段掙錢，by是介詞后需要用名詞，如果是動詞需要改為動名詞，根據(jù)句意可知通過發(fā)明新項目，故用inventing;
4：因為David不可以開車，所以是接送他來回下班to work and back.
5: 在作者業(yè)余的時候從書本或者雜志中研究學(xué)習(xí)他。故用magazine；
6：根據(jù)句意得知，作者想要掙得一百萬，然后提早的退休是有可能的故用early；
Ⅳ.Answer the questions.7%
Bear Grylls,Wild Man
A TV adventurer takes the world into the wild
TV personality Bear Grylls shows you can take the man out of the wild ,but it’s hard to take the wild out of the man.
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Born to be wild
The wild was instilled(灌輸)in Grylls at a young age by his adventurous father,a British politician and knight.Sir Michael Grylls taught his son to climb everything from the sea cliffs to London rooftops while Bear also enrolled(加入)in martial arts.
Having developed a passion for climbing ,Grylls set his sights on Mount Everest,
The ultimate climbing challenger.At 23,he became one of the youngest people to reach its summit after three year’s service in British Special Force.
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Climbing another mountain
Grylls’Everest feat(壯舉)was featured in an advertisement,which give him a new peak to climb-television. This subsequently led to the Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild, in which he has climbed, swum and eaten insects around the world to survive. This seven-season program had a global audience of 1.2 billion and led to many other shows and specials. Most recently, Running Wild?shows Grylls taking celebrities such as Kate Winslet and Barack Obama on adventures.
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Wild for a cause
Yet his stunts aren’t simply ego trip- each one results in contributions to certain charities. Grylls’ efforts benefit many things, including conversation, the British military and its families, and an organization guiding people through spiritual questions. As a father of three sons, Grylls also supports the U.K. Scout Association and has become its Chief Scout. Just as his father gave him the wild, Grylls intends to pass it on to the world’s youth. “I firmly believe all children have a right to adventure,”he says. “These moments allow children to get excited about possibilities the world has to offer.”
1. Who taught Bear Grylls to climb when he was young?
2. When did Grylls become one of the youngest people to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
3. In the program called “Man vs. Wild”, what did he do to survive?
4. Grylls also took some famous people on adventures, didn’t he?
5. Why did Grylls believe all children have a right to adventure?
6. Do you think you would enjoy a Bear Grylls TV show? Why or why not?(2’)
【答案】
1. His father.
2. At his 23
3. He climbed, swam, and ate insects to survive.
4. Yes, he did.
5. Because his father gave him the wild.
6. Yes, I will. Because that will allow us to get excited about possibilities.
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Ⅴ.Writing. ?11%
Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic”Helping others makes me________”.
Use the following points as a reference.
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