中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit 2 Numbers测试卷
（A卷·夯实基础）
【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
语法选择（15分）
What do you often do when you wait for a bus or a train at the station？
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would leave at five to ____1____ . At that time, there____2_____ many people waiting in the station. Tom looked around but there was no place for him_____3_____.
Tom liked ____4____coffee. So he walked into____5____ coffee shop in the station. He looked up at that clock there.____6_______ was only twenty to twelve. He found a place and sat down before a large mirror （镜子）
____7_____the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom. “_____8_____time is your bus ” asked Mike. “There's plenty of time yet.” answered Tom.
"Well, I______9_____ you more coffee then," said Mike.
They talked a lot ____10_____ they drank coffee. Some time_____11____, Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going back!” he cried. “_____12_____minutes ago, it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven.”
“You’re looking ____13______the clock in the mirror,” said Mike. Tom was so sad. He had to ____14___
for the next bus for another hour. ____15______from then on, Tom didn't like mirrors any more.
1 A. twelfth B. twelve C. the twelfth D. the twelve
2 A. are B. be C. were D. was
3 A. sit B. sitting C. to sitting D. to sit
4 A. drinking B. drank C. drunk D. drink
5 A. an B. a C. the D. /
6 A. That B. This C. It D. These
7 A. on B. at C. to D. with
8 A. Which B. When C. How D. What
9 A. will get B. am getting C. got D. gets
10 A. where B. when C. who D. what
11 A. lately B. late C. later D. latest
12 A. Few B. A few C. A little D. Little
13 A. at B. in C. for D. by
14 A. wait B. waiting C. waited D. waits
15 A. But B. Because C. So D. If
【答案】BCDAB CADAB CBAAC
【解析】
1.B考查数词用法。表示时间用基数词。故答案选B
2.C考查句式用法。There be 表示“有”。主语是复数形式。故用且描述现在的情况。故答案选C
3.D考查不定式用法。句意：汤姆环顾四周，但没有地方让他坐。不定式作定语。故答案选D
4.A考查动词用法。Like to do=like doing 喜欢做某事。故答案选A
5.B考查冠词用法。句意：于是他走进车站的咖啡馆。表示一家咖啡店用不定冠词。故答案选B
6.C考查代词用法。这里it指代钟。故答案选C
7.A考查介词用法“镜子在墙上。”用介词on。故答案选A
8.D考查用法。句意：“你的巴士几点开？”“几点钟” 用疑问词what time故答案选D
9.A考查时态用法。句意：我会加你更多的咖啡。用将来时态。故答案选A
10.B考查连词用法。表示2个动作同时发生。用when。故答案选B
11.C考查词语用法。“一段时间后” some time later. 故答案选C
12.B考查词语用法。A few 和few 修饰可数名词。Little 和 a little修饰不可数名词。Few表示否定。Afew表示肯定。这里表示肯定的意思。“几分钟之前”故答案选B
13.A考查固定搭配用法。“看镜子里的钟”look at 看。故答案选A
14.A考查动词用法。have to do 动词用原形。故答案选A
15.C考查用法。句意：但从那时起，汤姆不再喜欢镜子了。表示转折。故答案选C
二、完形填空（10）
When I was a student, I studied very hard. But lots of my 16 did very little work. Fred was one of them. He spent more time playing computer games than 17 .
Once, at the end of the term, we took a / an 18 . There were a hundred questions. We needed to 19 “Right” or “Wrong” beside each question. When I was studying in my bedroom the night before the test, Fred was playing computer games. He told me what he would do. “There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right 20 to pass(通过) the test. I’ll take a coin with me and 21 it to decide which is the answer. I’m sure I’ll get half the questions 22 in this way.”
On the day of the test, Fred threw the coin and wrote down the answers just as he told me before. He finished the paper 23 and handed it sooner than any other student. The next day, he saw the teacher on the playground. “Oh, good,” he said. “Did you 24 the papers What grade(成绩) did I get ”
The teacher looked at him and smiled. “Ah, it’s you, Fred. Wait a minute, please.” Then he put his left hand into his bag and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it. “I’m 25 , Fred, you failed,” he said.
16 A. workers B. classmates C. children D. students
17 A. listening B. watching C. studying D. training
18 A. test B. paper C. article D. break
19 A. draw B. remember C. write D. give
20 A. answers B. numbers C. words D. names
21 A. look B. throw C. ride D. ring
22 A. wise B. natural C. right D. large
23 A. quickly B. slowly C. hardly D. brightly
24 A. finish B. answer C. lose D. check
25 A. surprised B. excited C. cheerful D. sorry
【答案】16~20 BCACA 21~25 BCADD
【解析】16.B 句意：但是我的很多同学做的工作很少。前面提到我是学生。故这里是同学。
17.C 句意：他玩电脑游戏的时间比学习的时间多。前面提到学习。故答案选C
18.A 句意：期末，我们进行测试。符合语境。
19.C 句意： 我们要在每个问题写下“对”或“错”。写下。符合题意。
20.A 句意：我们要对50个才能通过考试。这里指50个正确答案。
21.B 句意：我会随身带一枚硬币，然后扔出去决定哪一个是答案。“掷硬币”。用throw
22.C 句意：用这种方法，我会有一半正确。Right 符合题意。
23.A 句意：他很快完成了试卷，交得比其他学生都快。Quickly 快地。
24.D 句意：你改完试卷吗？改试卷用check符合题意。
25.D 句意：他把它抛到空中，用手抓住它，看着它。”对不起，弗雷德，你不及格，”
三、阅读理解（分二节，共35分）
第一节、阅读选择（30分）
Where did these numbers come from
Eleven and Twelve The number “eleven” comes from the German word “ainlif”, which means “one left” in English. Twelve follows the same rule. It comes from “twalif” — “two left”. Why did people use “teen” instead of “lif” from 13 to 19 We still don’t know.
42.195 Kilometres in a Marathon(马拉松) The story began with an ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides. Once his country won a big war(战争) and he carried the good news from Marathon to Athens. He ran so fast that he died after telling people the news. To remember Pheidippides, people held the first modern marathon in the first Olympic Games in 1896. It was about 40 km from Marathon to Athens. But race organizers for the 1908 Olympic Games in London wanted to add something special. They made it 42.195 km. And since 1924 the number 42.195 has been kept in marathon.
28 Days in February Before the calendar(历法) we use today, one of the first Roman calendars had only 304 days and ten months (March through December), with six months of 30 days and four of 31 days. The second king of Rome changed the old calendar. He added 50 days for January and February. To make the new months longer, he took one day from each of the 30-day months, and then made 56 days to divide between January and February (28 days each). Later January was given one more day to add up to 355 days a year, but February still had 28 days. That’s how it became the shortest month and it stayed that way ever since.
26 The marathon became longer at London Olympic Games because_________ .
A. the British was bad at Maths
B. the British didn't like the Greek story
C. the British wanted to run Ion ger
D. the British wanted to make the race different
27 How many days were there in each month after the king changed the old calendar
A. 28, 29 or 31. B. 28, 30 or 31 C. 28, 29 or 30. D. 29, 30 or 31.
28 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. We don't know why the numbers from 13 to 19 didn't follow the rule of twelve.
B. There used to be 304 days a year according to the first Roman calendars.
C. The Greek soldier ran from Athens to Marathon to carry the good news.
D. After changing the old calendar, February became the shortest month in a year.
【答案】DAC
【解析】试题分析：这篇短文讲的主要是一些数字的来源, 文中涉及到11和12, 911,马拉松的里程以及2月 份的天数这些数字的来源。
26细节题。根据第二段第六句的 “But race organizers for the 1908 Olympic Games in London wanted to add something special."可知英国为了让1908奥运会变得与众不同，把马拉松赛程延长。故答案选D。
27推断题。根据第三段可知，新的日历增加了一月和二月共50天，一月二月，分别有25天，罗马皇帝再从是从3月至12月中6个有30天的月份 抽出一天给一月和二月，一月和二月一共58 天，分别有28天，最后为了使一月份更长，一月份变成了29天二月份仍是28天。最终新的日历包含28, 29和31天。故答案选A。
28.细节题。根据第二段第二句"Once his country won a big war (战争)and he carried the good news from Marathon to Athens."可知希腊战士使用Marathon跑到Athens,而不是从Athens 跑到Marathon。故答案选C。
B
Do you have a lucky number What is it Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate (车牌照) number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on Aug 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes (求婚) to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So what’s an unlucky number in China One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings skip (跳过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in the West. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
29 What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky
A. The shape of the number. B. The sound of the number.
C . The history of the number. D. The spelling of the number.
30.A building whose highest floor is 60 in Hong Kong might only have ________ physical floors if it skips all the unlucky numbers.
A．35 B．44 C．50 D．60
31.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is best
(①=Paragraph 1 ②=Para. 2 ③=Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5 ⑥=Para. 6)
A．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ B．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥
C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ D．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥
32.What is the story mainly about
A．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Western culture.
B．Meanings of different lucky numbers.
C．Meanings of different unlucky numbers.
D．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.
【答案】BBCD
【解析】文章大意：这篇文章介绍了中国文化中的幸运数字和不幸的数字。
29．细节理解题。根据“In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.”可知，一些数字被认为是幸运或不幸运的，是因为这些数字听起来很像中文单词。故选B。
30．推理判断题。根据“In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor,”可知60层高楼要除去4，14，24，34和40 49，54以及13层，结合选项，只有44层。故选B。
31．篇章结构题。通读全文可知，第一、二段总述了文章，因此可以作为第一部分；第三、四段主要列举了一些幸运数字，因此可以作为第二部分；第五、六段主要讲述了一些不幸的数字，因此可以作为第三部分。故选C。
32．主旨大意题。根据“In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.”结合文章内容，可知本文主要讲述了中国文化中的幸运数字和不幸运的数字。故选D。
C
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch（不高兴的人）, Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’s house , but as they got close ,Janet saw him sitting on his front porch(门廊) and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street.
Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a smile changed his face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.
When they got out of Dawson’s, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the meanest(刻薄的) man in town. How come was he so nice to us ”
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible（无形的） smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a "hello" at first, then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.
"An invisible smile " questioned Janet.
"Yes," answered Amy, "my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he would really smile. "
33. The underlined word “frown” in the reading means _________.
A. making an angry expression B. showing a lovely face
C. being very happy D. being very friendly
34. It’s clear that Mr. Dawson_________.
A. always came after others with his gun B. knew Amy’s grandma very well before
C. was kind of friendly to others in fact D. always liked girls to smile at him
35. We can infer from the reading that _________.
A. first Amy wasn’t afraid of Mr. Dawson at all. B. Amy never saw Mr. Dawson’s smile first.
C. Janet could get an apple only with Amy D. Mr. Dawson always had an invisible smile
36. What is the best title for the passage
A. An Old Grouch B. Two Nice Little Girls.
C. The Meanest Man D. An In visible Smile
【答案】 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一个大家都认为很坏的老人，艾米假装他有无形的微笑，每天对他微笑，结果，这个老人也回以微笑的故事。故事讲述了无形微笑的力量和影响。
33.词义猜测题。根据第3大段“Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown,” Amy告诉我不要担心，道森先生不会伤害任何人。当我们走进的时候，道森先生像往常一样皱眉抬头。可知，这个词是为了显示道森先生的严肃，生气的表情。故选A。
34.推理判断题。根据第1大段“because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun.”他们说，道森先生总会拿他的枪追着你。可知，是他们说的，而不是事实上，故A错误；根据第6大段“Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him,”艾米解释说，当她第一次经过他的房子时，他不是很友好，她很怕他。可知，道森先生并不认识艾米的奶奶。故B错误；根据第7大段“She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.”她说他现在总是给她一个苹果，而且总是很友好。可知，道森先生实际上是个友好的人，故C正确；根据第6大段“Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him,”艾米解释说，当她第一次经过他的房子时，他不是很友好，她很怕他。可知，道森先生并不是喜欢女孩子和他笑。故D错误。故选C。
35.推理判断题。根据第6大段“Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him,”艾米解释说，当她第一次经过他的房子时，他不是很友好，她很怕他。可知，艾米一开始是怕艾森的。故A错误；根据第6大段“It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.”过了一会，有一天，他也对她微微一笑。可知，艾米从没见过道森微笑，故B正确；根据第4大段“Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree.”道森给他们每人一个新鲜的苹果。可知，Janet和道森做了朋友之后，不用跟着艾米也能得到苹果，故C错误；根据第6大段“but she pretended he was wearing an invisible（无形的） smile”但是她假装他带了无形的微笑。可知，道森并不是一直都有无形的微笑，故D错误。故选B。
36.最佳标题题。根据第9大段“my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he would really smile.”我的奶奶告诉我，如果我假装我不害怕，假装他对我微笑看不见的微笑，我微笑回他，他迟早会真正的微笑。可知，本文主要讲述了无形的微笑。故选D。
D
Kids learn to count on their fingers, because they’re so, well, handy（方便）! And it makes sense ----most number systems originally developed as people counted using their fingers.
The counting system of native Greenlanders not only uses all ten fingers, but all ten toes（脚趾） as well! Here’s how it works. The Greenlandic word for the number seven translates as, “second hand, two.” That means you count five on the first hand and add two from the second, to make seven. After you run out of fingers, go for the toes. Thirteen translates as “first foot, three”. That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.
The counting system we use has a base of ten. Larger numbers are simply multiples of ten. For example, ten tens make one hundred. We’re so used to our base ten system that it may seem like the only possibility. But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty, and other have a base of five. Of all the number systems ever invented, five, ten, and twenty are the most common bases.
It’s no coincidence (巧合) that these bases match the number of fingers on one hand, or two hands, or all of our fingers and toes. The connection between fingers and counting is so close that several languages have just one word means both “hand” and the number five. Even in English, the word digit describes either a number or a finger. So if anyone teases(取笑) you for counting on your fingers, just tell them you find your digits quite handy!
37.Which number translates as “second foot, one” ________.
A．6 B．11 C．16 D．21
38.The writer mentioned all the following number systems except _______.
A．a base of 2. B．a base of 5 C．a base of 10 D．a base of 20
39.What can we infer from the passage ________
A．Greenlanders are much cleverer than others.
B．The connection between fingers and counting is a coincidence.
C．Digit means five and finger in English.
D．People with the number system of Base 5 probably used one hand to count in the past.
40．What’s the best title for the passage ________.
A．The magic of numbers
B．What can we learn from Greenlandrs’ way of counting
C．It’s convenient to count using fingers
D．The fun of kids’ fingers
【答案】CADB
【解析】37．推理判断题。根据The Greenlandic word for the number seven translates as, “second hand, two.” That means you count five on the first hand and add two from the second, to make seven. After you run out of fingers, go for the toes. Thirteen translates as “first foot, three”. That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.可知当手指用完，用脚趾，“first foot, three”意为十个手指加三个脚趾，由此推断“second foot, one”意为十个手指加第一只脚的脚趾，再加第二只脚的一个脚趾，所以为数字16，故选C。
38．细节理解题。根据Of all the number systems ever invented, five, ten, and twenty are the most common bases.可知没有提及二进制，故选A。
39．推理判断题。根据第二段介绍格林兰人怎么用计数及后文But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty可知他们的二十进制使用两只手的手指，两只脚的脚趾数数，由此推断五进制则是使用一只手的手指数数，故选D。
40．标题归纳题。根据短文主要以格林兰人的数数方法为例给我们做讲解，说明大多数数字系统最初是在人们用手指数数的时候发展起来，孩子们数数用手指是有道理的。故答案为B。
第二节、阅读填空（5分）
In some countries, people don't like the number 13 because they don't think it is a lucky number ___41____.
Joe is a friend of mine. He has got the same idea._____42_____
One day, Joe invited some friends to have dinner at his house._____43_____ He began to count the people while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out（大声叫喊），“Oh, there are thirteen people here ! Hearing that, many of his friends started to get worried. At that time, Mr. Smith said slowly with a smile on his face, “Don't worry, my dear friends. We have fourteen people here.____44_____ She's in the family way （怀孕）now.
Mr. Smith's words made every one become happy again. "Congratulation s（祝贺）！" they said to Mr. and Mrs. Smith.____45______
A. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table.
B. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.
C. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
D. My wife, Mrs. Smith, will have a baby in a few months.
E. He doesn't like the number 13 either.
【答案】CEADB
第2卷 非选择题（共30分）
第一节、短文填词
Paul is a student at Guangzhou No. 2 Middle School. He is in Class Six Grade Eight. He is very 1.w________ and he’s best at maths. He always gets the highest score in maths exams in his class and often get 2 p_________ from his teacher. But he 3.n_________ gets the score of 100. Last Tuesday, he took another maths exam. He
4. p_________ to his teacher that he would get one hundred points, so he checked all the answers twice after he finished. However, when results came out two days later, he found he got 99 points. He was a bit sad until his maths teacher Miss Liu told him that he forgot to put the point after a number. “You should be more careful, Paul. A small 5.m________ can even cause a big problem,” she said. “Thank you, Miss Liu. Now I know the reason. And I will be more careful in the future.” he said happily.
【答案】1.wise 2.prize 3.never 4.promised 5.mistake
第二节、完成句子（10分，每小题2分）
1.你比大部分孩子都幸运些，我希望你意识到这一点。
You are luckier than most children, and I hope __________ __________ _________.
2.当我们打网球时，你们其余的人做什么呢？
While we are playing tennis, what will ___________ _____________ __________ you do
3. 我喜欢读书而不是跳舞。
I enjoy reading ___________ ____________ _____________.
4.我去过很多地方，如上海、北京、杭州等等。
I have been to many places, such as Shanghai ,Beijing , Hangzhou _______ _________ __________.
5 .此外，李老师还是个灌篮高手。
__________ __________, Mr. Li is a great basketball player.
【答案】：1.you realize it 2.the rest of 3.instead of dancing 4.and so on 5.In addition
第三节、书面表达（15分）
上周，你们学校对200名学生做了一项关于“初中学生怎样度过双休日”的问卷调查。请根据下列图表中的调查数据，用英文写一篇短文。要求:80词左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数。
内容提示:
周末活动 人数
玩电脑游戏、看电视 100
户外活动(打篮球，爬山等) 32
帮助父母做家务 28
与同学聚会 22
学习 18
要求：
1. 介绍图表中的调查情况。
2. 谈谈自己的周末并发表自己的看法。
Last week, our school surveyed 200 students about “How do junior middle students spend their weekends ”.
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Last week, our school surveyed 200 students about “How do junior middle students spend their weekends ”. Half of the students spend their time playing computer games and watching TV at weekends. 32 students prefer outdoor activities, such as playing basketball and climbing mountains. 28 of them would like to help their parents do the housework. 22 of them like to get together with their classmates. Only 18 students study at weekends.
As for me, I spend most of my time on study. As a student, studying must come first. Outdoor activities are my second choice because they are good for my health. Of course, sometimes I play computer games.
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Unit 2 Numbers测试卷
（A卷·夯实基础）
【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
温馨提示：
本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为90分，考试时间为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
一、语法选择（15分）
What do you often do when you wait for a bus or a train at the station？
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would leave at five to ____1____ . At that time, there____2_____ many people waiting in the station. Tom looked around but there was no place for him_____3_____.
Tom liked ____4____coffee. So he walked into____5____ coffee shop in the station. He looked up at that clock there.____6_______ was only twenty to twelve. He found a place and sat down before a large mirror （镜子）
____7_____the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's friends, came in and sat with Tom. “_____8_____time is your bus ” asked Mike. “There's plenty of time yet.” answered Tom.
"Well, I______9_____ you more coffee then," said Mike.
They talked a lot ____10_____ they drank coffee. Some time_____11____, Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going back!” he cried. “_____12_____minutes ago, it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven.”
“You’re looking ____13______the clock in the mirror,” said Mike. Tom was so sad. He had to ____14___
for the next bus for another hour. ____15______from then on, Tom didn't like mirrors any more.
1 A. twelfth B. twelve C. the twelfth D. the twelve
2 A. are B. be C. were D. was
3 A. sit B. sitting C. to sitting D. to sit
4 A. drinking B. drank C. drunk D. drink
5 A. an B. a C. the D. /
6 A. That B. This C. It D. These
7 A. on B. at C. to D. with
8 A. Which B. When C. How D. What
9 A. will get B. am getting C. got D. gets
10 A. where B. when C. who D. what
11 A. lately B. late C. later D. latest
12 A. Few B. A few C. A little D. Little
13 A. at B. in C. for D. by
14 A. wait B. waiting C. waited D. waits
15 A. But B. Because C. So D. If
二、完形填空（10）
When I was a student, I studied very hard. But lots of my 16 did very little work. Fred was one of them. He spent more time playing computer games than 17 .
Once, at the end of the term, we took a / an 18 . There were a hundred questions. We needed to 19 “Right” or “Wrong” beside each question. When I was studying in my bedroom the night before the test, Fred was playing computer games. He told me what he would do. “There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right 20 to pass(通过) the test. I’ll take a coin with me and 21 it to decide which is the answer. I’m sure I’ll get half the questions 22 in this way.”
On the day of the test, Fred threw the coin and wrote down the answers just as he told me before. He finished the paper 23 and handed it sooner than any other student. The next day, he saw the teacher on the playground. “Oh, good,” he said. “Did you 24 the papers What grade(成绩) did I get ”
The teacher looked at him and smiled. “Ah, it’s you, Fred. Wait a minute, please.” Then he put his left hand into his bag and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it. “I’m 25 , Fred, you failed,” he said.
16 A. workers B. classmates C. children D. students
17 A. listening B. watching C. studying D. training
18 A. test B. paper C. article D. break
19 A. draw B. remember C. write D. give
20 A. answers B. numbers C. words D. names
21 A. look B. throw C. ride D. ring
22 A. wise B. natural C. right D. large
23 A. quickly B. slowly C. hardly D. brightly
24 A. finish B. answer C. lose D. check
25 A. surprised B. excited C. cheerful D. sorry
三、阅读理解（分二节，共35分）
第一节、阅读选择（30分）
Where did these numbers come from
Eleven and Twelve The number “eleven” comes from the German word “ainlif”, which means “one left” in English. Twelve follows the same rule. It comes from “twalif” — “two left”. Why did people use “teen” instead of “lif” from 13 to 19 We still don’t know.
42.195 Kilometres in a Marathon(马拉松) The story began with an ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides. Once his country won a big war(战争) and he carried the good news from Marathon to Athens. He ran so fast that he died after telling people the news. To remember Pheidippides, people held the first modern marathon in the first Olympic Games in 1896. It was about 40 km from Marathon to Athens. But race organizers for the 1908 Olympic Games in London wanted to add something special. They made it 42.195 km. And since 1924 the number 42.195 has been kept in marathon.
28 Days in February Before the calendar(历法) we use today, one of the first Roman calendars had only 304 days and ten months (March through December), with six months of 30 days and four of 31 days. The second king of Rome changed the old calendar. He added 50 days for January and February. To make the new months longer, he took one day from each of the 30-day months, and then made 56 days to divide between January and February (28 days each). Later January was given one more day to add up to 355 days a year, but February still had 28 days. That’s how it became the shortest month and it stayed that way ever since.
26 The marathon became longer at London Olympic Games because_________ .
A. the British was bad at Maths
B. the British didn't like the Greek story
C. the British wanted to run Ion ger
D. the British wanted to make the race different
27 How many days were there in each month after the king changed the old calendar
A. 28, 29 or 31. B. 28, 30 or 31 C. 28, 29 or 30. D. 29, 30 or 31.
28 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. We don't know why the numbers from 13 to 19 didn't follow the rule of twelve.
B. There used to be 304 days a year according to the first Roman calendars.
C. The Greek soldier ran from Athens to Marathon to carry the good news.
D. After changing the old calendar, February became the shortest month in a year.
B
Do you have a lucky number What is it Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate (车牌照) number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on Aug 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes (求婚) to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So what’s an unlucky number in China One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings skip (跳过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in the West. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
29 What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky
A. The shape of the number. B. The sound of the number.
C . The history of the number. D. The spelling of the number.
30.A building whose highest floor is 60 in Hong Kong might only have ________ physical floors if it skips all the unlucky numbers.
A．35 B．44 C．50 D．60
31.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is best
(①=Paragraph 1 ②=Para. 2 ③=Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5 ⑥=Para. 6)
A．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ B．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥
C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ D．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥
32.What is the story mainly about
A．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Western culture.
B．Meanings of different lucky numbers.
C．Meanings of different unlucky numbers.
D．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture.
C
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch（不高兴的人）, Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his ball bullet gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson’s house , but as they got close ,Janet saw him sitting on his front porch(门廊) and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street.
Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a smile changed his face as he said, “Hello Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.
When they got out of Dawson’s, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the meanest(刻薄的) man in town. How come was he so nice to us ”
Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him, but she pretended he was wearing an invisible（无形的） smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a "hello" at first, then more. She said he always offers her an apple now, and is always very kind.
"An invisible smile " questioned Janet.
"Yes," answered Amy, "my grandma told me that if I pretended I wasn’t afraid and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back at him, that sooner or later he would really smile. "
33. The underlined word “frown” in the reading means _________.
A. making an angry expression B. showing a lovely face
C. being very happy D. being very friendly
34. It’s clear that Mr. Dawson_________.
A. always came after others with his gun B. knew Amy’s grandma very well before
C. was kind of friendly to others in fact D. always liked girls to smile at him
35. We can infer from the reading that _________.
A. first Amy wasn’t afraid of Mr. Dawson at all. B. Amy never saw Mr. Dawson’s smile first.
C. Janet could get an apple only with Amy D. Mr. Dawson always had an invisible smile
36. What is the best title for the passage
A. An Old Grouch B. Two Nice Little Girls.
C. The Meanest Man D. An In visible Smile
D
Kids learn to count on their fingers, because they’re so, well, handy（方便）! And it makes sense ----most number systems originally developed as people counted using their fingers.
The counting system of native Greenlanders not only uses all ten fingers, but all ten toes（脚趾） as well! Here’s how it works. The Greenlandic word for the number seven translates as, “second hand, two.” That means you count five on the first hand and add two from the second, to make seven. After you run out of fingers, go for the toes. Thirteen translates as “first foot, three”. That means you add ten fingers plus three toes.
The counting system we use has a base of ten. Larger numbers are simply multiples of ten. For example, ten tens make one hundred. We’re so used to our base ten system that it may seem like the only possibility. But the Greenlandic number system has a base of twenty, and other have a base of five. Of all the number systems ever invented, five, ten, and twenty are the most common bases.
It’s no coincidence (巧合) that these bases match the number of fingers on one hand, or two hands, or all of our fingers and toes. The connection between fingers and counting is so close that several languages have just one word means both “hand” and the number five. Even in English, the word digit describes either a number or a finger. So if anyone teases(取笑) you for counting on your fingers, just tell them you find your digits quite handy!
37.Which number translates as “second foot, one” ________.
A．6 B．11 C．16 D．21
38.The writer mentioned all the following number systems except _______.
A．a base of 2. B．a base of 5 C．a base of 10 D．a base of 20
39.What can we infer from the passage ________
A．Greenlanders are much cleverer than others.
B．The connection between fingers and counting is a coincidence.
C．Digit means five and finger in English.
D．People with the number system of Base 5 probably used one hand to count in the past.
40．What’s the best title for the passage ________.
A．The magic of numbers
B．What can we learn from Greenlandrs’ way of counting
C．It’s convenient to count using fingers
D．The fun of kids’ fingers
第二节、阅读填空（5分）
In some countries, people don't like the number 13 because they don't think it is a lucky number ___41____.
Joe is a friend of mine. He has got the same idea._____42_____
One day, Joe invited some friends to have dinner at his house._____43_____ He began to count the people while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out（大声叫喊），“Oh, there are thirteen people here ! Hearing that, many of his friends started to get worried. At that time, Mr. Smith said slowly with a smile on his face, “Don't worry, my dear friends. We have fourteen people here.____44_____ She's in the family way （怀孕）now.
Mr. Smith's words made every one become happy again. "Congratulation s（祝贺）！" they said to Mr. and Mrs. Smith.____45______
A. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table.
B. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.
C. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
D. My wife, Mrs. Smith, will have a baby in a few months.
E. He doesn't like the number 13 either.
【答案】CEADB
第2卷 非选择题（共30分）
第一节、短文填词
Paul is a student at Guangzhou No. 2 Middle School. He is in Class Six Grade Eight. He is very 1.w________ and he’s best at maths. He always gets the highest score in maths exams in his class and often get 2 p_________ from his teacher. But he 3.n_________ gets the score of 100. Last Tuesday, he took another maths exam. He
4. p_________ to his teacher that he would get one hundred points, so he checked all the answers twice after he finished. However, when results came out two days later, he found he got 99 points. He was a bit sad until his maths teacher Miss Liu told him that he forgot to put the point after a number. “You should be more careful, Paul. A small 5.m________ can even cause a big problem,” she said. “Thank you, Miss Liu. Now I know the reason. And I will be more careful in the future.” he said happily.
第二节、完成句子（10分，每小题2分）
1.你比大部分孩子都幸运些，我希望你意识到这一点。
You are luckier than most children, and I hope __________ __________ _________.
2.当我们打网球时，你们其余的人做什么呢？
While we are playing tennis, what will ___________ _____________ __________ you do
3. 我喜欢读书而不是跳舞。
I enjoy reading ___________ ____________ _____________.
4.我去过很多地方，如上海、北京、杭州等等。
I have been to many places, such as Shanghai ,Beijing , Hangzhou _______ _________ __________.
5 .此外，李老师还是个灌篮高手。
__________ __________, Mr. Li is a great basketball player.
第三节、书面表达（15分）
上周，你们学校对200名学生做了一项关于“初中学生怎样度过双休日”的问卷调查。请根据下列图表中的调查数据，用英文写一篇短文。要求:80词左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数。
内容提示:
周末活动 人数
玩电脑游戏、看电视 100
户外活动(打篮球，爬山等) 32
帮助父母做家务 28
与同学聚会 22
学习 18
要求：
1. 介绍图表中的调查情况。
2. 谈谈自己的周末并发表自己的看法。
Last week, our school surveyed 200 students about “How do junior middle students spend their weekends ”.
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