广外附中2021-2022学年度第一学期期中学情调研
初二年级 英语试卷
一、语法选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处选择适当的选项,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
One sunny Sunday, I decided to go for a walk with my husband. I was wearing a special diamond ring that day. It was my ___1___ birthday gift from my grandmother.
As we were walking in the park, I unintentionally looked down at my hand and ___2___ the diamond on my ring was missing. I was really upset, so I went back to look for it. I knew how small the chance was of finding it, but I still wanted ___3___ a try.
As I was fixing my eyes on the ground, I ran into (撞到) an old gentleman by accident.
“What’s the matter, love ” he asked ___4___.
“Sorry that I ran into you, “I said. “But I lost something. I’m really ___5___.”
I explained about the missing diamond.
“That’s not going to be easy to find it,” he said. “Tell you what, love, I take a walk here every day. I will keep my eyes open for it.”
I thanked him, expecting ___6___. However, a few days later, my husband and I met ___7___ old man again in the park.
“Guess what,” he said. “I found your diamond!”
I couldn’t believe what I saw when the gentleman handed the diamond back to me.
The old man could have easily kept the diamond or sold it, as it’s worth several thousand dollars. ___8___ he didn’t.
Now thanks to this man, I’ll spend more time ___9___ to do something equally nice for other people. All I have to do is to look ___10___ my ring and remind myself that there are still kind and generous souls out there.
( )1. A. twenty-one B. twenty-first C. twentieth-one D. twentieth-first
( )2. A. find B. found C. has found D. will find
( )3. A. have B. had C. to have D. having
( )4. A. nice B. nicer C. nicest D. nicely
( )5. A. worried B. worrying C. worries D. worry
( )6. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
( )7. A. the B. an C. a D./
( )8. A. Because B. Or C. So D. But
( )9. A. try B. trying C. to try D. tried
( )10.A.at B. in C. out D. up
二、完型填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给出的A.B.C.D项中,选出最佳选项,并将答案填写到答题卡上标号为11-20的相应位置上。
Do you use a smart phone every day What do you usually do with your phone Phones are very ___11___ in our daily lives. However, they can cause some ___12___. It can be ___13___ to stay focused (专注的) these days. When working on your homework, you might sometimes find that your smart phone is distracting (使分心) you. ___14___, your smart phone can distract you while you are doing other things, such as having dinner, staying with friends, reading books and so on.
A(n) ___15___ called Forest can help you stay focused. You can download the app if you want to get off your ___16___ and focus on more important things. When you set a new task in the app and set a certain amount of time to finish it, a tree seed will be “planted” in the app. If you keep doing your ___17___, the seed will grow into a tree. But if you close the app and play with your phone ___18___, the tree will wither (枯萎) and even die. Once you ___19___ the task, your tree will be “planted” in the app. If you keep trying, you will have a ___20___ some day! You can share your achievements (成就) with your friends and try to “plant” different kinds of trees.
I already have a whole forest in the app. Whenever I see my trees, I think about the effort (努力) I’ve made to grow them.
( )11. A. safe B. important C. harmful D. boring
( )12. A. problems B. danger C. discussion D. words
( )13. A. hard B. necessary C. possible D. terrible
( )14. A. However B. Also C. Instead D. Sadly
( )15. A. book B. app C. magazine D. film
( )16. A homework B. game C. phone D. textbook
( )17. A. project B. housework C. task D. shopping
( )18. A. instead B. happily C. finally D. soon
( )19. A. top B. finish C. start D. choose
( )20. A tree B. gift C. farm D. forest
三、 阅读(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D项中,选出最佳选项,并将答案填写到答题卡标号为21-35的相应位置上。
A
Three scientists received the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct 5. They are Japan-born Syukuro Manabe, German scientist Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi of Italy. All three have worked for decades to understand the complex(复杂的) natural systems driving climate change for years,said The New York Times.
British singer Adele Adkins is finally returning to the music world. On Oct 9 ,the 33-year-old singer-songwriter announced(宣布) a new album(专辑). This came nearly six years after her last album. The 15-time Grammy winner is expected to take the world by storm with her long-awaited return. In an interview with British Vogue, Adele said her new songs talk about motherhood and life changes. They will sound more grown up compared with her other albums.
Waving (向……挥手) her 5-year-old daughter goodbye, Wang Yaping, together with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, went into space aboard (搭乘) the Shenzhou XIII on Oct 16. The 41-year-old Wang became the first female(女性) astronaut to enter Tiangong space station. During their six-month stay, Wang, alongside Zhai and Ye, will do experiments and set up robotic arms. Wang will also do the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman, reported Xinhua.
( )21. The three Nobel Prize winners are from the following countries except __________.
A. Italy B. America C. Japan D. German
( )22. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. Adele’s new songs are about motherhood and life changes.
B. The three Chinese astronauts will stay in Tiangong Space station for half a year.
C. Wang Yaping is the first female astronaut into space.
D. Adele has received 15 Grammy Awards.
( )23. The passage is probably from a(n) __________.
A. storybook B. advertisement C. speech D. newspaper
B
Do you enjoy listening to music What kind of music do you love Researchers at the University of Westminster have looked at 80 guests on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs(《荒岛唱片》). The show invites celebrities like well-known actors and film stars to choose eight songs that they would take with them to a desert island. There are no people living on it.
The researchers found that half of the songs that were chosen were linked to important memories from when the show’s guests were between the ages of 10 and 30. Catherine Loveday, who led the study,and other researchers call this time the “self-defining(自我定义) period”, as they think it is when people develop their sense of self.
The study found that the most common reason (17%) guests had for choosing a song was that it reminded them of someone like a parent, partner or friend. The second most common reason (16.2%) was that the song was connected to a period of time. The third most popular reason (12.9%) was the song’s connection to life-changing moments, like finding a partner or going to college.
Loveday said the songs people listen to when they are between 10 and 30 also often influence their taste in music for years to come.
The researchers are now working on a new study that lets people create and share their own Desert Island Discs experience. Through an online survey, people are asked to choose eight songs, a book, and one luxury(奢侈品) that they would take with them to a desert island.
( )24. The underlined word “celebrities” in the passage means __________.
A. engineers and pilots B. some common guests
C. actors and film stars D. famous people
( ) 25. People develop their sense of self __________.
A. before the age of 8 B. between the ages of 9 and 18
C. between the ages of 10 and 30 D. after the age of 50
( )26. The most common reason guests had for choosing a song was that __________.
A. it was the most popular on the radio show
B. it was connected to a person like a parent, partner or friend
C. it was connected to an important period of time
D. it was listened to at a life-changing moment
( ) 27. What is the best title for this passage
A. The BBC radio show Desert Island Discs.
B. What influences our life most in the future
C. Music listened to in younger years defines us forever.
D. Eight songs were taken to a desert island.
C
There was a famous farmer whose hobby was growing corn. Each year he brought his good corn to the state fair(集市) where it won prizes.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew corn.
The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “Why do you share your best seed corn with your neighbors ” the reporter asked.
“Why sir,” said the farmer, “ didn’t you know The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and spreads it from field to field. If I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
We live in a world of competition, and people are not willing to share their knowledge with others as they crave (渴望) for their own name, fame and wealth. But as the saying goes, “Man is not an island.” All of us have to cooperate (合作) with each other for a better life.
Without understanding this truth when we try to compete among ourselves we will fail for sure. If one of the wheels of a truck chooses not to cooperate with the other wheels, the truck cannot move smoothly. The farmer’s corn cannot improve unless his neighbors corn also improves.
All in all, those who choose to live well must help others to live well. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness.
( )28. The farmer was famous for __________.
A. his kindness B. his great insight(察力) into life
C. his award-winning corn D. his large farm
( )29. What was the farmer’s secret of growing good corn
A. He was the most hard-working farmer in the state.
B. He might cooperate with some great experts.
C. He knew how to pick up pollen quickly from the corn.
D. He allowed his neighbors to use his best seed corn.
( ) 30. If the neighbors grew poor quality corn, what would happen to the farmer’s corn
A. It would be poorer and poorer in quality.
B. It would become bigger and bigger in size.
C. It would win first prize more easily.
D. It would sell well.
( ) 31. What can we learn from the passage
A. Every neighbor is a teacher.
B. None of us truly wins, until we all win!
C. The success is to spend your life in your own way.
D. A good beginning makes a good ending.
D
One morning, a highly successful businessman, running a big company, was getting ready to go to his office. When he reached into his car and opened the door, a dog sleeping under his car suddenly came out and bit on his leg! The businessman quickly picked up a few rocks and threw at the dog, but none hit the dog. The dog ran away.
Upon reaching his office, the businessman called a meeting of his managers to ask about their tasks, and during the meeting he put the anger of the dog on them. The managers also got upset by the anger of their boss and they put their anger to the workers under them. The chain of this reaction kept going, and finally the anger reached to the office cleaner.
Now, there was no one working under the cleaner! So, when the office time was over, he reached his home, and his wife opened the door. She asked him, “Why are you so late today “The cleaner said loudly, “I didn’t go to the office to play football. I went to work, so don’t irritate me with your stupid question!”
So, the wife got upset for no reason. She put her anger on her son who was watching TV, saying, “This is all you do. You have no interest in studying! Turn off the TV now!”
The son got upset too! He walked out of his house and saw a dog passing by looking at him. He picked up a rock and hit the dog in anger. The window of the businessman’s car in front of the building was broken unluckily.
( )32. The businessman got angry at the meeting because __________.
A. the company had a lot of problems
B. the managers didn’t finish the tasks on time
C. his leg was bitten by a dog
D. the window of his car was broken
( )33. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. the anger kept going to the lower level of workers
B. the cleaner knew why he was scolded by his leader
C. it’s not bad for the managers to attend the meeting
D. something enjoyable happened in the company
( )34. In what order did the following events take place
a. The wife asked her son to turn off the TV angrily.
b. The cleaner returned home and shouted at his wife.
c. The managers put their anger to the workers.
d. The son picked up a rock and hit the dog in anger.
e. The businessman was bitten by a dog.
A. a- b- c- d- e B. e- b- d- c- a C. e-c-b-a-d D. c-e-b-a- d
( )35. What can we learn from the passage
A. Be careful of a sleeping dog under a car.
B. Hold in your anger and don’t hurt those around you.
C. Take a few moments to collect your thoughts.
D. Anger itself isn’t a problem.
第二节 阅读填空(共5小题,每小题1分,共5分)
阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。将答案填写到答题卡标号为36-40的相应位置上。
When mobile phones first appeared in the early 1990s, they were symbols of wealth for business people. At that time, phones were heavy and expensive, and the signal (信号) was usually poor. _____36_____ In many rich countries, the mobile phone became the teenagers’ favourite toy. In just 20 years, mobiles have changed the way people do business and socialize(交际)in rich countries. _____37_____.
In Africa, the arrival of inexpensive mobile phones has already helped many people to start small businesses. Before mobile phones, starting a business often meant renting(租用) a shop or an office, which was expensive. _____38_____ Now business owners can write their mobile number on an advertisement, put it on a notice board and wait for customers to call them. As a result, thousands of people can find a market for their products or services.
_____39_____ A few calls on their mobile phones can tell them where their fish are needed most. Farmers, too, are using mobile phones. Around the world, new mobile services provide local weather information to help them plan their work. _____40_____
As mobile phones make business easier, they improve living conditions for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. And as they spread and get more popular, it seems that they are changing the world in ways we can’t fully imagine.
A. If customers came when the owner was out, business was lost. B. Over the next ten years, technology improved and prices fell greatly. C. Nowadays, mobile technology is having a great influence on poor countries too. D. In India, fishermen now use their mobiles to find the best market for their fish. E. They can also get advice on farming methods and farm product price information.
四 写作(共四节,满分35分)
第一节 语篇填词(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词。(每空限填一词)
Although people often consider the wheel as one of the earliest and most 41. p________ inventions, the wheel actually arrived after the invention of boats, woven cloth and pottery(陶器). It was invented around 3, 500 BC, but no one knows its 42. i_________. The very earliest wheels were made of wood, with a hole in the center for the axle(轴). Scientists found that early 43. h_________ used these tools for making pottery 44. i_________ of transport like today. After some time of using the wheel for pottery, people 45. r_________ the wheel could work for carrying things. They fastened (固定) an axle to a big piece of wood and then joined two wheels to both sides of the axle. That was how people created carts.
第二节 完成句子(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据所给的汉语内容,用英语完成下列句子。(每空限填一词)
46. 如果我们不保护环境,很多生物会灭绝的。
If we don’t protect the environment, a lot of living things will _________ _________.
47. 你应该听从他的建议,每天早点睡觉。
You should _________ _________ _________ and go to bed early every day.
48. 我爸爸做家务不如妈妈多。
My father doesn’t do _________ _________ housework _________ my mother.
49. 住在乡村很舒服。
_________ _________ to live in _________ _________.
50. 很多学生期待去参观北京环球影视城。
Many students _________ _________ _________ _________ the Universal Beijing Resort.
第三节 课文默写(共10小题;每空0.5分,满分5分,每空可填多词)
51. _________________________________, the first computers were bigger than cars.
52. Some computers are tiny. You may ________________________________ them.
53. You____________________________ computers more than you realize.
54 However, one day computers may _________________________ a better job than human beings.
puters may ___________________________, but will they make them better
56 The wheel is perhaps the greatest invention ______________________________.
57. _________________________ the 20th century, cars became popular.
58. Today, ______________________ people across the world own mobile phones.
59. They allow people to _____________________________ each other anytime, anywhere.
60. Can you ____________________________ without them
第四节 书面表达(共1小题,满分15分)
随着网络的发展,”双十一”购物狂欢节的临近,越来越多的消费者选择在网上购物。但是,由网购引发的问题也引起了人们的高度关注。为此,你们班级进行了一次关于网购的调查。请根据下表的调查结果,写一篇80字左右的英语短文,分析网上购物的利与弊,并简述自己的观点。
60% 赞成网购 1. 比去商店好,因为方便快捷。 2. 产品种类多,更便宜,容易选到喜欢的东西。
40% 不赞成网购 1. 无法看到产品,质量可能会差很多。 2. 网上付款不安全。
你的观点 请补充1-2点你的观点。
1. 参考词汇:调查 survey 产品 product 质量 quality
2. 短文开头已给出,不计入总词数。
With the development of the Internet and the coming of the Double Eleven Day, more and more people choose to shop on line. ____________________________________________________
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初二年级英语期中考试答案
一、语法选择
1-5: BBCDA 6-10: BADBA
二、完形填空
11-15: BAABB 16-20: CCABD
三、阅读
阅读理解
21-23: BCD 24-27: DCBC
28-31: CDAB 32-35: CACB
第二节 阅读填空
36-40: BCADE
四、写作
第一节 语篇填词
41. practical
42. inventor
43. humans
44. instead
45. realized
第二节 完成句子
46. die out
47. follow his advice/suggestion
48. as much as
49. It’s comfortable, the countryside
50. look forward to visiting
第三节 课文默写
51. In the 1940s
52. be unaware of
53. depend on
54. be able to do
55. change our lives
56. in history
57. At the start of
58. millions of
59. keep in touch with
60 imagine living
第四节 书面表达
With the development of the Internet and the coming of the Double Eleven Day, more and more people choose to shop on line.
From the survey in our class, 60% of the students think that shopping on line is better than going to the shops to buy things because it is fast and convenient. They don’t need to go out. What’s more, they can choose different kinds of products and they may be much cheaper. They can buy the things they like on the Internet easily.
However, 40% of the students have different opinions. They think that shopping on line can also cause some problems. They can’t see or feel the products on the Internet and perhaps the quality is much worse than those in the shopping mall. They also think that it is not safe to pay on line.
In my opinion, it’s a good choice to shop on line because it can help us save lots of time, money and energy. However, we should be careful enough, or we will be cheated.
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