第二學(xué)期初二年級(jí)英語期中考試試卷
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III.?Complete?the?following?passage?with?the?words?or?phrases?in?the?box.?Each?one?can?only?be?used?once.(將下列單詞或詞組填入空格。每空格限填一詞，每詞或詞組只能填一次）（共8分）?
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Easter（復(fù)活節(jié)）?is?one?of?the?oldest?and?most?important?Christian?
(基督教的)?holidays.????Christians?celebrate?Easter?on?the?Sunday____46____the?first?full?moon?after?
March21.They?think?of?Easter?Sunday?as?the?day?that?Jesus??_____47____???.?Easter?Sunday?is?always?betweenMarch?22?and?April?25.
?Before?Easter,Christian?families?decorate?eggs?with?different?colors?and?patterns.?On?Easter?Sunday?children?wake?up?to?find?those?egg??_____48____?,?and?they?will?look?for?the?eggs?all?around?the?house.?Some?organizations?also?hold?Easter-egg?hunts?,?and?the?child?who?finds?the?most?eggs?wins?a?prize.?In?England,?Germany?and?some?other?countries,?children?roll?eggs?down?hills?on?Easter?morning.?They?go?to?the?___49____of?a?large?hill?with?a?decorated?egg,?roll?the?eggs?down?the?hill,?and?the?last?egg?to?break?is?the?winner.??
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In?every?little?girl’s?toy?box，there?might?be?a?Barbie?Doll（芭比娃娃）.?Barbie?is?57?years?old?this?year.?It?was?designed?in?1959?by?an?American?business?woman?named?Ruth?Handler.?She?and?her?husband?Elliott?started?the?toy?company?Mattel.?She?named?the?
new?doll??____50____?their?daughter?Barbara.?The?first?Barbie?Doll?appeared?at?the?toy?fair?in?New?York?on?March?9th，1959.?This?date?is?used?as?Barbie’s?birthday.?
Mattel?sold?three?hundred?thousand?Barbie?Dolls?in?the?first?year?at?a?price?of?three?dollars.Today,?a?57-year-old?Barbie?in?good??___51___?might?cost?more?than?twenty-seven?thousand?dollars.?Mattel?says?90%?of?the?girls?in?the?United?States?aged?from?three?to?ten?own?at?least?one?Barbie?Doll.When?Mattel?____52____Barbie?Dolls?half?a?century?ago,they?never?thought?this?doll?would?become?a?legend.?Now?Barbie?Dolls?are?famous?all?over?the?world.?They?are?sold?in?one?hundred?and?fifty?countries，and?every____53___?three?Barbie?Dolls?are?sold?around?the?world.??
Keys：EABD ?CABD
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IV.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括號(hào)中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一詞):(共8分)
54. The old couple will celebrate their___________anniversary next month.(forty)
55.Mary is good at English,but she is poor at___________.(chemical)
56.It is so hot here so I’d like to find the place with an_________fan.(electricity)
57.The weather is so cold that everything___________outside.（frozen）
58.The old lady was very___________to the boy for helping her crossing the road.(thank)
59.I’ve come to the___________that he is not the right person for the job.(conclude)
60.It is___________to say a bad word about anyone behind him.(polite)
61.Fire and water may be good___________,but bad masters.(serve)
?Keys:54.fortieth;55.chemistry;56.electric;57.freezes;58.thankful;59.conclusion;60.impolite;
61.servants
V.?Rewrite the following sentences as required (根據(jù)所給要求，改寫下列句子，每空格限填一詞): (共14分)
62.Herry put on his coat before he went out.(改為否定句)
??Herry___________ ___________on his coat before he went out.
63.There is a little pollution in Shanghai.(改為反意疑問句)
There is a little pollution in Shanghai，___________ ___________？
64.Amy got money to pay for the computer by starting Taobao e-shop?every day.(劃線提問)
___________ ?___________ Amy get money to pay for the computer every day？
65.Mary failed in the physics exam.So did Kate.(兩句合并成一句)
___________?Mary___________ Kate passed the physics exam.
66.Our school life is enjoyable that we will remember it forever.(保持句意不變)
??Our school life is enjoyable ___________ ___________us to remember forever.
67.“Is that bridge the world’s longest sea bridge?”Cathy asked me.(保持句意不不變)
Cathy asked me ___________ that bridge___________the world’s longest sea bridge.
68.should,and,decision,think about,we,a,it,make
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Keys:62.didn’t put;63.isn’t there;64.How did;65.Neither…nor;66.enough for;67.if was;
68.We should think about it and make a decision.
Part 3 Reading and Writing ?(第三部分 讀寫 38%)
VI.Reading comprehension (閱讀理解); (共18分)
A.Choose the best answer (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?/span>): (共12分)
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??Chinese are very gener ous when it comes to educating their children . Not caring about the money,
parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England , the United States or?
Australia . They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical
instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life . The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is , the better it is . So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of? money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
???? However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is
usually very cheap.Parents can see that their children's skills vary , skilled in some areas while poor in others . What most parents fail to realize though , is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well , but parents aren't teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident , happy and clever.
???? Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing housework .?
Teaching a child to? cook will improve many of the skills that the will need later in life . Cooking demands?patience and time . It's an enjoyable but difficult experiment . A good cook always tries to improve his?cooking , so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully . His result , a well-cooked dinner , will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
???? Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest He will spend hours looking at them , trying to fix them ; your child might become an engineer when he grows up . These activities aren't merely teaching a child to read a?book , but rather to think , to use his mind . And that is more important.
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69. Parents in China , according to this passage ,???????????.?
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A. are too strict with their children???
B. are too rich to educate their children
C. have some problems in educating their children correctly
D. are too poor to educate their children
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70. Generally speaking , children's skills??????????.
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A. come from their parents?????
B. have nothing to do with their education
C. may be different???????????
D. have something to do with their marks in the exams
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71.? The write of this passage doesn't seem to be satisfied with???????????.??
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A. the parents' idea of educating their children??????????
B. the education system??
C. children's skills????????????????????????????????
D. children's hobbies
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72. Doing some cooking at home helps children????????????.?
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A. learn how to serve their parents??????????
B. learn how to become strong and fat
C. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future????
D. make their parents believe that they are clever
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73. According to the last paragraph , we can conclude that??????????.???
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A.?broken radios and television sets are useful
B.??one's curiosity may be useful for his later life
C.??an engineer must fix many broken radios
D.??a good student should spend much time repairing radios
74.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.In fact,the best education parents can give their children is usually very cheap.
B.The more generous the parents are,the better their children will do in their studies.
C.Cooking can give a child a lot of pleasure and confidence.
D.If a child spends hours trying to repair a broken radio,he may become an engineer.
Keys:?CCACBB
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B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~完成短文)（12分）
Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand（農(nóng)場工人）. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he?____75____?to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social?activities with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite _____76_____with his??life??. But actually,life is hard, so my mother felt unsatisfied. She told Dad that they must make a??___77____?.
My mother had??heard of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and fame. And she?hoped?that I would some day become a great leader，ruling men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she persuaded Dad to ___78____ his job as a farmhand. She even sent me abroad for??____79___education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I??achieved what we have today. Dad runs a big international?company?and I am a successful lawyer enjoying great fame in my country,??___80____?not a leader as my mother expected.
Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand.?So?he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.
75??A．rode???????? ???????? B．walked??? ???????????????????C．ran???????? ???????? ??D．drove
76??A．Angry ??????? B．filled? ???????????????????? ?C．satisfied ??????? ??D．happy
77??A．living???????? ????B．change??? ???????????????????C．decision???? ???????? D．company
78??A．give in???? ? ????B．give out??? ?????????????????C．give up ??? ??????? D．give off
79??A．farther?????? ??????? B．higher????? ?????????????????C．easier????? ?????????? D．closer
80??A．though?????? ?????? B．if??????? ???????????????????????C．and???????? ???????? D．since
Keys：A?C B?B?CA?A
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C.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入詞，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給):(14分)
?????????????????????????Moving out,moving back
?? ?In the countries all over the world, people are leaving the countryside in large numbers to find jobs in?the cities. They leave b___81____ the countryside is much poorer than the city, and often there isn't much work there. S____82____ such as hospital and transport are usually much better in cities than they are in the country. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
?????? But in the big cities of Europe and America-London, Paris, New York, people are moving out of??the city. These are usually families who have some money, and want to live a quieter life.
They are t____83___ of?the noise and the dirt of the city, tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don't want?to sit in traffic any more. They want a house with a garden, and clean air that isn't p____84____.
?????? So they move out. Some don't go very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities, o____85____ people move to the real countryside with sheep and cows and green fields!There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.?
?????? Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many?people who have done this feel that it was a big m____86____. They don't make so much money and there isn't much to do. Country people are very different and aren't always very friendly.
?????? As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. "It's?w___87____ to see crowded in the streets and cinema lights," they say, "I'm so glad back in the city !"
Keys:81.because,82.services,83.tired,84.polluted,85.other,86.mistake,87.wonderful
D.Read the passage and answer the following questions.(根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題)（共12分）
Nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in Korean ways.“Thank goodness you have?double eyelids?(雙眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a family friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.
I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents money until that summer when I came back to Seoul. Everywhere I noticed?cosmetic surgery clinics?(整形診所) and advertisements with South Korean women --- tall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. I found that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” as possible.
Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women --- the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering and?sacrificing?(犧牲) is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. This suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.
Appearance is starting to play a bigger role in work places. For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in their studies. In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.
88. How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?
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89. There are many cosmetic surgery clinics in Seoul, aren’t there?
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90. When did the writer understand having double eyelids saved his parents money?
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91. Why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery?
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92. What do many South Koreans believe?
?? They believe _____________________________________________
93. Will you have the cosmetic surgery to make yourself more beautiful in the future?Why?
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Keys:?93. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.
94. Yes, there are.
95. He didn’t understand it until that summer when I came back to Seoul
96. Because they want to be beautiful./ Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women --- the promise of beauty.?
97. that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.
98. Any reasonable answers.
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