初二英语第二学期期中试卷（答题时间：100分钟）
（满分100分时间100分钟）
第一部分听力部分（20%）
I. Listen to the dialogues and choose the correct keys. （听对话选择正确答案）（5%）
（）1. A. Give her money. B. Take her out.
C. Give her a present.
D. Let her watch TV.
（）2. A. Hangzhou. B. Nanjing.
C. Beijing.
D. Wuhan.
（）3. A. A cup. B. A football.
C. A hair clip.
D. A dress.
（）4. A. Play chess. B. Watch TV.
C. Play computer games.
D. Eat cookies.
（）5. A. A zoo. B. A cinema.
C. A park.
D. Anywhere.
II. Listen to the passage and choose the correct keys. （听短文选择正确答案）（5%）（）1. To the poor man’s surprise __________.
A. there was one apple as big as a football in his garden
B. there were many apples as big as a football in his garden
C. there was no apple as big as a football
D. all the apples on his tree were as big as a football in his garden
（）2. What did the poor man do with （处理）the biggest apple?
A. He ate it up.
B. He threw it away.
C. He gave it to the rich man.
D. He gave it to the king.
（）3. When the rich man got the poor man’s apple, he felt __________.
A. angry
B. disappointed（失望的）
C. happy
D. frightened
（）4. The rich man took his gold cup to the king because __________.
A. he thought he could get much more money than the poor man
B. he thought the king would give him a better job.
C. He thought the king would lend （借给）him a lot of money
D. He thought the king would give him a lot of apples
（）5. This article may be __________.
A. a true story
B. a piece of news
C. a fable （传说）
D. a novel （小说）
III. Listen to the tape and finish the passage. （听录音填所缺的词）（10%）
Mr. Dong lived in a ______1______ in the Kowloon Walled City in the past. There were Chinese medicine shops, ______2______ and market ______3______ in it. After he and his wife got ______4______, they moved to ______5______ flat in the same block. In 1991, the place ______6______ into a new park. Mr. Dong and his friends often go to the new park to play _____7_____ and Chinese ______8______. They don’t often see each other. They _____9_____ each other. They often feel ______10______.
第二部分笔试部分（80%）
IV. Multiple Choice （选择题）（15%）
（）1. He __________ wants to eat apple pie.
A. not ... any more
B. no more
C. doesn’t
D. don’t
（）2. My mum often tells me to drive __________.
A. care
B. careful
C. carefully
D. careless
（）3. He goes to school __________ bus every day.
A. take
B. takes
C. by
D. by a
（）4. There is an old bridge __________ “Stone Bridge”.
A. call
B. calls
C. called
D. calling
（）5. I’ll call you __________ I get there.
A. as soon as
B. while
C. how long
D. how soon
（）6. My father used to __________ a film when he was a boy.
A. see
B. saw
C. seen
D. seeing
（）7. They got __________ in 1989. They have __________ married for 10 years.
A. marry , been
B. married , been
C. married , /
D. marry , got
（）8. I have learned Japanese __________ I was five years old.
A. before
B. when
C. after
D. since
（）9. The plane __________ two hours ago.
A. take off
B. took off
C. got off
D. took up
（）10. She waved to the visitors while she was dancing __________ the music. She danced so __________.
A. in , beautiful
B. of , wonderfully
C. at , wonderful
D. to , beautifully
（）11. It’s time for lunch. Let’s stop __________ lunch.
A. to have
B. having
C. to having
D. have
（）12. We were __________ our hands while they were marching __________ the park.
A. clap , across
B. claping , cross
C. clapping , across
D. clapped , cross
（）13. I’d like to look at your photos. Would you please show __________ to __________.
A. they , I
B. them , I
C. them , me
D. they , me
（）14. He bought some books __________ souvenirs __________ his mum.
A. for , for
B. as , as
C. for , as
D. as , for
（）15. He is so little. It’s __________ for him __________ a car.
A. impossible , to drive
B. possible , to drive
C. impossible , drive
D. possible , drive
V. Fill in the blanks in the proper form of the given words. （用所给动词的适当形式填空）（5%）
1. He _________ (wave) to the visitors at that time.
2. They _________ (live) in the city for two years.
3. -- _________ you often _________ (take) a trip to Beijing?
-- Yes, we do.
4. -- What did you do yesterday?
-- I _________ (move) out of the old house and moved into a new flat.
5. They _________ (not have) lunch in a fast - food restaurant tomorrow.
VI. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. （词意配对）（10%）
1. different __________ A. a large area without buildings
2. enjoy oneself __________ B. unhappy because your are alone
3. lonely __________ C. having a husband or wife.
4. dentists __________ D. have a great time
5. open space __________ E. many, much
6. go on a trip to __________ F. not ... any longer
7. lots of __________ G. not the same
8. married __________ H. people who look after our teeth
9. cute __________ I. pretty and attractive
10. not ... any more __________ J. take a trip to
VII. Finish the following sentences according to the given Chinese. （根据所给中文完成下列各句）（10%，每格0.5分）1. 自从1975年以来，我的家乡发生了很大变化。它现在已经成为一个现代化城市。
My hometown _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ 1975. It has _________ _________ a modern city.
2. ——你去过长城吗？——是的。我两年前去的。
-- _________ you ever _________ to the Great Wall?
-- Yes, I have. I _________ there two years ago.
3. 当我们到达那儿时，Hello Kitty正从巨大的礼物盒中跳出来。
_________ we got there, Hello Kitty _________ _________ _________ _________ the large gift box.
4. 她的鞋子与她的裙子很相配。
Her shoes _________ _________ _________ her dress.
5. 她是如此漂亮，以至于每个都喜欢她。
She is _________ kind _________ everyone likes her.
VIII. Reading comprehension （阅读理解）（20%）
（A）
Long long ago, there was a king. He liked to draw pictures. He thought his pictures were good, so he liked to show them to people. People were afraid to say that the king’s pictures were bad, so they all said that his pictures were very good.
One day, the king showed some of his best pictures to an artist （画家）. He wanted the artist to speak well of these pictures. But the artist said his pictures were so bad that he should put them into the fire. The king got angry with him and put him to prison （监狱）.
After some time, the king’s guard （卫兵）brought the a rtist back to the palace. The king said to the artist. “I will set you free （释放）if you tell me which one of my pictures is good.” Again he showed him some of his new pictures and asked what he thought of them.
After having a look at them, the artist a t once turned to the guard and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”
（）1. What did the king like to do? __________.
A. To buy pictures
B. To draw pictures
C. To keep pictures
D. To watch pictures
（）2. The pictures the king drew were __________.
A. as good as the artist’s
B. better than the artist’s
C. very bad
D. very good
（）3. Which of the following is right? __________
A. The artist said the king’s pictures were excellent.
B. The king thought his pictures were not good.
C. The artist said the king’s pictures were bad.
D. The people said the king’s pictures were good.
（）4. What did the king do when he heard what the artist said? __________.
A. He learnt to draw pictures from the artist
B. He put the artist into prison
C. He stopped drawing
D. He threw his pictures on fire.
（）5. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Take me back to prison”? __________
A. The artist liked to be in prison.
B. The artist tho ught the king’s pictures were better.
C. The artist thought the king’s pictures were still bad.
D. The artist was still angry with the king.
（B）
A frog （青蛙）sat in a well. A bird flew down and fell on the wall of the well （井）.
The frog as ked the bird, “Where are you from?”
“I fly in the sky. I have flown over one hundred Li. I feel thirsty （口渴）. So I come down for water,” answered the bird.
The frog said, “My friend, don’t talk big. The sky is just as big as the mouth of the well. Won’t you have to fly so far?”
The bird said, “You are wrong. The sky is boundless （无边无际的）. It is much bigger indeed.”
The frog laughed and said, “My dear, I sit in the well every day. When I look up, I will see the sky. I won’t be wrong.”
The bird laughed, too, and said, “My good friend, you make a mistake. If you don’t believe me, you jump out of the well and have a look at it.”
（）6. Where was the frog? __________.
A. In a river
B. In a well
C. In the field
D. On the wall of the well
（）7. Where was the bird from? __________.
A. From a tree
B. From a well
C. From the sky
D. The story doesn’t tell us
（）8. The bird came down into the well for __________.
A. food
B. seeing the frog
C. swimming
D. water
（）9. The frog thought the sky was __________.
A. boundless
B. very big
C. very nice
D. very small
（）10. Who was right? __________.
A. Both of them
B. Neither of them
C. The bird
D. The frog
IX. Cloze （完型填空）（10%）
Once Lu Xun spoke to some young people _____1_____ the study of a foreign language. He _____2_____, “You must not give up _____3_____ foreign languages for even a day.” “To master a language, words and grammar rules are not _____4_____. You must do _____5_____ reading. Take a book and read it _____6_____ you finish it. At the same time, look _____7_____ words in a dictionary and study grammar rules. Very often, you will find _____8_____ hard to understand. Never mind, put it away and start another one. _____9_____ a few months or half a year, go over the first book once again, you are sure to understand _____10_____ than before.”
（）1. A. at B. for C. with D. about
（）2. A. said B. spoke C. talked D. answered
（）3. A. to study B. studying C. study D. studied
（）4. A. many B. useful C. enough D. good
（）5. A. a lot of B. many C. little D. a few
（）6. A. after B. when C. before D. until
（）7. A. at B. for C. up D. around
（）8. A. it B. them C. they D. very
（）9. A. For B. At C. After D. During
（）10. A. many more B. much more C. more D. a lot
X. Writing a passage （写短文）（10%）
1. 短文题目：The Trip to ... 《去……地方的旅行》
2. 不少于80个词
【试题答案】
Listening Script （听力材料）
I. Listen to the dialogues and choose the correct keys. （听对话选择正确答案）
1. A：Dad, I got a full mark in this Maths exam.
B：Good! Every time you get a full mark, I’ll give you a gift.
Question：What will the father do if his daughter gets a full mark?
2. A：Where shall we go?
B：It’s a place you’ve never visited before.
A：We’re been to Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou these three cities.
Question：Where won’t they go?
3. A：What did you buy for your family during the trip?
B：The football is for my brother, the dress is for my mother, the hair clip is for my sister and the cup is for my father.
Question：What did she buy for her mother?
4. A：What can we do in your house?
B：We can play cards or Chinese chess, we can watch TV, and have some delicious cookies. But we can’t play computer games.
Question：What can’t we do?
5. A：Why are you standing here?
B：I’m waiting for my uncle, he’s going to take me to a park.
Question：Where will she and her uncle go?
II. Listen to the passage and choose the correct keys. （听短文选择正确答案）
Many years ago, there lived a poor man. He had an apple tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine apples. One day he found one of his apples was much bigger than the others. It was as big as a football. Nobody had ever seen such a big apple. The poor man took the apple to the king. The king was so glad that he gave the man a lot of money for it.
At that time a rich man heard of it, he said to himself, “It’s only an a pple. Why has the king given so much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to king. I’m sure he’ll give me more money.”
The following day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. P lease take this great apple.”
III. Listen to the tape and finish the passage. （听录音填所缺的词）
Mr. Dong lived in a block in the Kowloon Walled City in the past. There were Chinese medicine shops, dentists and market stalls in it. After he and his wife got married, they moved to another flat in the same block. In 1991, the place turned into a new park. Mr. Dong and his friends often go to the new park to play cards and Chinese chess. They don’t often see each other. They miss each other. They often feel lonely.
参考答案
I.
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. C
II.
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
III.
1. block
2. dentists
3. stalls
4. married
5. another
6. turned
7. cards
8. chess
9. miss 10. lonely IV.
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. B 10. D
11. A 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. A
V.
1. was waving
2. have lived
3. Do , take
4. moved
5. won’t have
VI.
1. G
2. D
3. B
4. H
5. A
6. J
7. E
8. C
9. I 10. F
VII.
1. has , changed , a , lot , since , turned , into
2. have , been , went
3. When , was , jumping , out , of
4. match , well , with
5. so , that
VIII.
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. D 10. C
IX.
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. C 10. B
X. 略