1、初二英语期末试卷（答题时间：90分钟）听力测试（共I. 听句子，根据句子的内容和所提的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题。每小题读两遍。（每小题1分，共5分）（ ）1. What sport does the man like best? （ ）2. Which country is Ling Ling from? （ ）3. What gift did the boy get from his father? （ ）4. Where does the woman work? （ ）5. What is the man talking about? II. 听对话，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项
2、中选出可以回答问题的最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。（ ）6. A. Its a windy day.B. Its a cold day.C. Its a sunny day. （ ）7. A. Shes waiting for her sister. B. Shes washing her shoes. C. Shes reading newspapers.（ ）8. A. He had supper at home. B. He had supper in the hotel. C. He had supper in his office. （ ）9. A. Twelve.B. Thirteen
3、.C. Fourteen.（ ）10. A. She wanted the man to have some pictures of America. B. She gave the man a book with many pictures in it. C. She had a lot of beautiful pictures to give the man. III. 听对话，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以回答问题的最佳答案。对话读两遍。（ ）11. What are they going to see in the City of New York? A. The muse
4、ums.B. The jazz concerts.C. The big apples.（ ）12. What does The Big Apple mean? A. A Jazz band.B. A big city.C. New York City.IV. 听短文，根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写A，错误的写B。（ ）13. Its Wednesday today. （ ）14. Alan Silverman is speaking. （ ）15. Special English is a program to teach English.V. 听短文和短文后面的问题，根据短文内容从每题所给的
5、A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。短文读两遍。（ ）16. How did Mr. Black go to work every day? A. By train.B. By bus.C. On foot. （ ）17. Where was the poor man? A. In the mans office.B. Near the bridge.C. At the station.（ ）18. What did Mr. Black always do when he passed the poor man? A. He bought some matches from him. B. He
6、 gave him some money. C. He gave a sad look at him. （ ）19. What time does the train always leave? A. The train always leaves at 6:05. B. The train always leaves at 5:50. C. The train always leaves at 6:10. （ ）What is true according to the story? A. Mr. Black was not really kind. B. The poor man was
7、really blind. C. The poor mans dog was blind. 第二部分 笔试一. 单项选择，选择最佳答案。（共15分，每题1分）（ ）21. Youre Bens brother, _? Yes, I am. My name is Jay. A. are youB. arent youC. isnt heD. is he（ ）22. Wheres Mike? He _ the library. Hell be back in two hours. A. has gone toB. has been inC. has gone inD. has been to （
8、）23. Will it rain tomorrow? _. We are having a school trip tomorrow. A. I hope notB. I hope soC. Id like toD. Thats nothing（ ）24. I want to have a rest. Would you mind _ the stereo so loud? A. not playingB. playingC. playD. played（ ）25. What kind of pet do you want to get? What about a cat? I dont l
9、ike cats. Theyre not _. A. friendly enoughB. enough friendlyC. friend enoughD. enough friend（ ）26. Qingdao is _ beautiful _ I really want to go there one day. A. such, thatB. so, thatC. too, toD. very, that（ ）27. What do you think of the new movie? Its good, but not so _ as the one we saw last month
10、. A. betterB. bestC. wellD. good（ ）28. I feel really tired after a days work. Why _ take a rest? A. do youB. dontC. notD. did you（ ）29. Jane has gone to London. So _ her parents. They have been there for two weeks. A. haveB. hasC. didD. do（ ）30. Has he returned the book to the library? No. He has _
11、it for one week. A. borrowedB. lentC. keptD. bought（ ）31. It _ the workers and engineers about five years to build that bridge. A. spentB. tookC. costD. paid（ ）32. Mum? May I go to the snow globe collections club now? _ you _ your homework yet? A. Do, finishB. Are, finishingC. Did, finishD. Have, fi
12、nished（ ）33. My friend Peter likes _. He often plays football after school. A. musicB. sportsC. drawingD. singing（ ）34. _ you have finished your homework, it doesnt mean you can watch TV now? A. BecauseB. AlthoughC. IfD. Before（ ）35. Im so sorry that you didnt win the skating marathon. How long _ yo
13、u _? I skated for 5 hours. A. have, been skatingB. were, skatingC. have you skatedD. did, skate二. 完型填空。（共11分，每题0.5分）（A） Mr. and Mrs Wang are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, because he thinks it is 36 . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for
14、 the family. One summer they planned to 37 to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes 38 the plane took off. So time was short. But 39 Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling, their daughter, not to forget to 40 the front door when she went to school. But Lingling then wa
15、s at school. They couldnt tell her about it by 41 . So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Wang wrote a short 42 to Lingling, and Mr. Wang bought a 43 and an envelope. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter 44 , but suddenly Mrs. Wang be
16、gan to cry. The short note was 45 in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the 46 . （ ）36. A. sunnyB. cloudyC. MondayD. Sunday（ ）37. A. walkB. driveC. flyD. run（ ）38. A. beforeB. oftenC. whenD. because（ ）39. A. oftenB. everC. alwaysD. suddenly（ ）40. A. openB. lockC. closeD. push（ ）41. A. planeB
17、. trainC. telephoneD. bus（ ）42. A. e-mailB. bookC. noteD. story（ ）43. A. noteB. penC. stampD. letter（ ）44. A. envelopeB. boxC. /D. office（ ）45. A. stillB. alreadyC. alwaysD. not（ ）46. A. planeB. envelopeC. handD. school（B） It was Monday. Mrs. Smiths dog was 47 , but there was not any meat in the hou
18、se. Thinking that there was no 48 way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words 49 it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said, “ 50 this to the butcher, and hes going to give you your lunch today.” 51 the piece of paper in its mouth, the
19、dog ran to the butchers shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it 52 , recognized that it was 53 the ladys handwriting and soon did 54 he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once. At midday, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of pap
20、er again. After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat 55 . The next day, the dog came again just at midday. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog 56 meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customer
21、. But, the dog came again at four oclock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butchers surprise, it came for the third time at six oclock. The butcher 57 puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ” Looking at the piece of pap
22、er, he found that there were not any words there. （ ）47. A. hungryB. thirstyC. hotD. ill（ ）48. A. anotherB. otherC. othersD. the other（ ）49. A. underB. inC. onD. above（ ）50. A. TakeB. BringC. GetD. Carry（ ）51. A. EatingB. DrinkingC. DroppingD. Holding（ ）52. A. carefullyB. quietlyC. slowlyD. clearly（
23、 ）53. A. possiblyB. reallyC. hardlyD. strongly（ ）54. A. whenB. sinceC. asD. after（ ）55. A. tooB. alsoC. againD. either（ ）56. A. itsB. hisC. himselfD. it（ ）57. A. feltB. turnedC. stayedD. kept三. 阅读理解。（共24分，每题2分）（A） Its not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a ki
24、nd of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition. A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knee. It has checks （格子）on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scots start to wear kilt
25、s? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented in the 17by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a number of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt.
26、 Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal dress. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades （游行）when they play their traditional musical instrument: bagpipes （风笛）. The army still has kilts as the
27、dress uniform, but they no longer wear them to fight. （ ）58. A kilt is _. （ ）59. In Scotland, different families have different _. A. colorsB. checksC. rulesD. shapes（ ）60. When do Scotsmen wear kilts? A. At weddings.B. At big dinners.C. In parades.D. All of the above（B） To help you decide what migh
28、t make a good pet, we have put together a pet checklist. We have named some of the animals that are often kept as pets. Weve shown some good points and bad points about each. And weve told you which are OK or not OK to keep. Which pet is for you? Pick-a-pet ChecklistPetsGood PointsBad PointsOK to Ke
29、epRabbitsEasy to keepEnjoy being pettedGood to holdHard to house-trainDrop lots of hairEasily upset（不高兴）by high temperatureYesRaccoons（小浣熊）Can be very interestingCan be friendly when youngAgainst the law to keep in many statesCan get unkind when oldNoCatsEasy to feed & care forCan live indoors or ou
30、tFun to holdVery friendlyMay scratch furniturelittle pets can be messyMay kill birdsMay make you sneezeYesDogsCome in many sizesCan live indoors or outFun to love & play withVery friendlyCan give safetyCan be smelly, messy, noisyNeed to be licensed & trainedMay make you sneezeMay bite if angryNeed l
31、ots of attentionYes（ ）61. _ have the same bad point that will make you sneeze. A. Rabbits & raccoonsB. Raccoons & cats C. Cats & dogsD. Dogs & rabbits（ ）62. According to the checklist, a rabbit would not live in _ weather. A. coldB. coolC. warmD. hot（ ）63. What is the main purpose （目的）of this checkl
32、ist? A. To help pick the best pet for you. B. To tell how to take care of your pet. C. To list the best pets. D. To list the worst pets.（C） My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the very day and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one
33、of my husbands socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldnt find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted （问候）them and told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard,
34、the class broke out a roar （大声笑）！ They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be in to see all this, I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I went on writing on the blackbo
35、ard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! “Good heavens, ”I said, “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?” “Oh, God, ”said the teacher, “You have a
36、brown sock stuck （粘，贴）to the back of your skirt! ” So thats how I found my husbands missing sock. “Oh, well,”I said to the class, “Lets just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity（静电）.”（ ）64. What was the writer? A. A washer.B. A student.C. A headmaster.D. A teacher.（ ）65. Wh
37、at happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard? A. The class roared with anger. B. The class began to laugh loudly. C. Another teacher came in. D. There was a loud noise outside the room. （ ）66. Why did the teacher from the next room laugh? A. Because the whole class laugh. B.
38、Because he saw the writer fooled by the class. C. Because he found a sock on the back of the writers skirt. D. Because he saw some of the students making faces. （ ）67. What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed? A. She did nothing but laugh. B. She explained （解释）the matter
39、in a clever way. C. She did nothing. D. She got angry with the class. （D） American and British people both speak English, of course, but sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British and American English. First of all, they sound ver
40、y different. Often, Americans dont say all the letters in each word especially the sounds like “t”and “d”. However, the British usually pronounce their consonants （辅音）more carefully. Also, some letters have different sounds. For example, Americans say the “a”in “half”like the “a”in “cat”, but the Br
41、itish say the “a”in “half”like the “o”in “soft”. The “r”is sometimes said differently, too. When an American says “farmer”, you can usually hear the “r”. But you cant hear the “r”in British English. The British say “fahmah”. Sound is not the only difference. The two languages have different words fo
42、r some things, for example, the words for clothing are different. Americans use the word“sweater”, but the British say“jumper”. Many expressions（短语）are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone friends, you “ring them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. Ther
43、e are also some differences in grammar. These differences can be confusing （令人疑惑）if you are learning English. But there is a reason for the difference. Languages change over time. When the same language is used in different places, it changes differently in each place. This is what happened to Engli
44、sh. It also happened to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French, but their French is different from the French spoken in France. （ ）68. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. The differences between British and American English. B. The two different languages, British and American English. C. The changes of the English language.
