上宝中学七年级第一学期期末考试初一英语试卷（答题时间：90分钟满分：100分）Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)II．Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (共10分)Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)26. The correct phonetic symbol of the word "ingredient" should be___________27. Which of the following is wrong?A. How can I get to the exhibition centre?B. Let's buy some soft drinks.C. Will they take part in our international food festival?D. He asked me to send this letter soon.28. What ________ we are having today!A.such a nice weather.B.a nice weatherC.so nice a weatherD.nice weather29. - What have you finished today?- I have finished______of raising some money for the SPCA.A.a day workB.a day's workC.day's workingD.a-day-work30. What they needed ________experienced English teachers from America or Britain.A.isB.areC.doD.were31. You may choose _______ of the two kinds of trees and plant them on ______ side of the street.A.every; bothB.each; everyC.either; eachD.either; every32. The twins were born ________.A.on January 22,2002B.in 22January,2002C.in 2002,January 22D.on January 22 in 200233.In UK, most students go on to ________ college after they finish ________ secondary school.A.a;aB./,/C./,theD.the;the34.The home-made raisin scones in this restaurant taste ________.Would you like some?A.softlyBgreatlyC.niceD.well35.In my opinion, prawn cakes can’t be bought ________ moon cakes in this area.A.as convenient asB.so convenient asC.more convenient asD.so conveniently as36.We sat ________ completely darkness, waiting ________ the lights to come back on.A.ae,inB.in ,forC.in,/D.wait;for37.School across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term teachers, almost three times the number hired last year, ________ reduce unemployment pressures.A.helpB.to have helpedC.to helpD.having helped38.Everybody ________ his riding trip to be a great success. Which of the following cannot be used in the above sentence.A.hopedB.wishedC.expectedD.wanted39. ________ American cities grew larger in the 19th century and land became more valuable, the demand for highrises increased.A.AsB.OneceC.AlthoughD.If only40.What did the teacher ________ our monitor to ________ at the class meeting ?A.tell, sayB.say, tellC.tell, talkD.say, talk41.He will think of as many ways as I can ________ his new flat.A.decorateB.to decoratedC.decoratingD.decorated42.-Excuse me. Could you tell me ________?-Yes, there is a video shop next to the frozen food factory.A.where can I buy some CDsB.where I can buy some CDsC.when can I buy some CDsD.when I can buy some CDs43.Which of the following sentence is right?A.Jason has bought the book for two weeks.B.He has studied English since 5 years.C.They have met and made friends since 2009.D.I haven’t met her for years.44.-Please put the waste into the litter bin, will you?- ________A.I think soB.That’s a good idea.C.All rightD.Let’s keep the e nvironment clean45.-Would you like me to fetch your dictionary?- ________A.Not at all. Thanks a lotB.No, you woudn’t. Thank you all the time.C.certainly not. Thank you.D.No,you needn’t. Thank you anyway.plete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be usedpopulation of over350 000, the majority of whom speak German. However, it is____46____ a kind of international city, because it stands at the point where three countries meet. Many visitors go to the place in the city where a small three side marker stays? France on one side, Germany on another, and Switzerland on the third. The Rhine, which ___47_____ the city, becomes wide and deep enough just at this point for ships to sail ____48____ up to the North Sea. Basel is quite an old city, too, having risen fiveof each winter, he and his brother Jonah makes several gallons of it. All of that syrup___50____ trees right on their farm.They start by ___51_____ holes in their sugar maple trees. With plastic tubing they guide the trees’ sap, or juice, into plastic bottles. Then they slowly ‘’___52____’’ the syrup. After several hours, it is dark brown-----and delicious. The Peters brothers sell some of their syrup. Then rest they keep for t heir family. As Mary says,” Making maple syrup is hard work. But for me, homemade syrup, well, it’s ____53____ it.”plete the sentences with the given word in their appropriate forms..54.Wires carry electricity to your ________ or gadgets.(battery)55.The ________ are now waiting for official guidance on where they should go.(home)56.The ________ here do not cover how to contact after-sales service.(instruct)57.You will put on more weight if you continue eating ________ (regular)58.Sometimes kids would come to the set, and I could see them looking ________ at me.(anxiety)anizations should invite readers to encourage then to raise concerns and________(complain)60.Mr.Wu has been trying to pass his driving test for six years and he has finally________(success)V.Rewrite the following sentences as required.61.She decorated the room with red ballons.(改为一般疑问句)________ she ________ the room with red ballons?62.We need chocolate powder and butter to make a chocolate cake.(对划线部分提问)________ did you ________ chocolate powder or butter.63.Peter never rode the pony because it was too weak to carry the weight.(改为被动语态句)The pony ________ never ________ by Peter because it was too weak to carry the weight.64.Sometimes best wishes hardly seem enough.(改为反意疑问句)Sometimes best wishes hardly seem enough, ________ ________?65.We must not wash these clothes in hot water.(保持原句意思不变)66.talked were pupils I friendly of with the most (2’)VI.Translation.(5分)67.This ________（方向标志）tells us we can ________(向右转)ad go to the forest park.68.If you want to ________(健康地生活)，you should _____ ___________(更早去睡觉)than before.69.We _____________(真诚地希望) the money ________________(将帮助那些来自全世界的外国人).70.Harrison was looking ________________(盼望安顿下来) In the country.71.The patient ________________________.(拒绝了询问他的手术)Part 3 Reading and WritingVII.Reading comprehension.A.Choose the best answer.There! I have drawn the chairs into the right corners, and dusted the roomnicely.How cold papa and mamma will be when they return from their long ride!It is not time to toast the bread yet, and I am tired of reading.What shall I do?Some how, I can't help thinking about the pale face of that little beggar girl all the time.I can see the glad light filling her eyes, just as plain as I did when I laid the dime in her little dirty hand.How much I had thought of that dime(一角硬币) in her little dirty hand.Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs;but those sugar apples looked so beautiful, and were so cheap —only a dime a piece —that I made up my mind to have one.I can see her—the beggar girl, I mean—as she stood there in front of the store, in her old hood and faded dress, looking at the candies laid all in a row.I wonder what made me say, "Little girl, what do you want?"How she stare at me, just as if nobody had spoken kindly to her before.I guess she thought I was sorry for her,for she said, so earnestly and sorrowfully, "I was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste."I haven't had anything to eat today.Then, I thought to myself, "Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good dinner this day, and this poor girl has not had a mouthful."You can give her your dime; she needs it a great deal more than you do.I could not resist that little girl's sorrowful, hungry look—so I dropped the dime right into her hand. And, without waiting for her to speak, walked straight away.I'm so glad I gave her the dime, if I did have to go without the apple lying there in the window, I don’t mind.72.Mary got the dime from her ________.A.parentsB.grandfatehrC.good friendD.neighbour73.The underlined word “one” in paragraph three refers to ________A.a piece of breadB.a red boxC.a piece of sugar appleD.a chair74.From paragraph four and five and we know that ________A.Mary didn’t like the begger girl.B.the begger girl wanted sugar applesC.Mary’s family used to be poorD.the beggar girl was really poor75.We can learn from the underlined sentence of the last paragraph that Mary was a________ girl.A.kindB.honestC.funnyD.lonely76.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.Mary dropped the dime in the beggar girl’s hand and then talked with her.B.The beggar girl hadn’t eaten anything before she met Mary that day.C.Mary toasted some bread while waiting before she met Mary that day.D.The beggar girl had something gingerbread rolls before she got a dime from Mary.77.The best tit le for the passage is “________”A.A poor Beggar GirlB.A lucky Beggar GirlC.Mary’s PresentD.Mary’s DimeB.Choose the word or expressions and complete the passage.An agriculture expert in West Africa once wrote about methods of how to kill mice without a lot of money. These methods are used by some local farmers. This expert in Mali said his gardener set four traps(陷阱)with this method—and caught one hundred and fifty mice in just one night.The trap is easy to make. You need a plastic bucket (桶) that is empty and uncovered. Dig a hole in the ground and place the bucket inside. The top should be the same level with the ___78___ of the ground. Fill the bucket with water to within eight centimeters of the top. Add small pieces of food wastes. These food wastes should float (漂浮)___79___ . Also put some wastes on the ground near the trap.During the night, mice will come out to ___80___ food wastes. They will fall into the trap.If you don't have enough food to float, you can try another way. Put two pieces of cloth over the top of the bucket or the hole in the ground. I-cave a small opening where the pieces of cloth meet .Put a little food wastes on the cloth. When mice walk onto the cloth to eat, they will slide through opening into the water.At one time or another, most farmers have problems with mice. Mice cat a lot of rice. They also carry diseases. People get ___81___from eating or touching the rice that mice have got into.There are other ways that farmers can ___82___ these problems. One way is to use buildings specially designed to keep mice out. Another way is to use poisons(毒药) to kill the mice. However, both of these methods can be costly.Farmers must buy die materials to build the buildings. Or they must buy chemical poisons to Jail the mice. But these poisons can also be ___83___ to other living things—including the farmers who use them.78. A.surface B.cover C.part D.halfway79. A.on the trap B.on the top C.on the water D.on the ground80. A.drink B.hide C.make D.eat81. A.a fever B.a cold C.sick D.a headache82. A.deal with B.get on C.take care D.cut down83. A.various B.dangerous C.nervous D.preciousC.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.The class teacher thought that hobbies were important for children. So shee____84____ The class teacher thought that hobbies were important for children. So she encouraged all her students to have one, and sometimes she arranged hobby shows for their parents to see as a result.One morning the teacher told the class to have a holiday and get their hobby thingsto school before 5p.m. A hobby show would be held the f____85____ afternoon.So in the afternoon, while those of the puples who had nothing to show did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something were allowed to go home, on condition that they retereed before five o’clock to bring 86 they were going to show, and to arrange them.When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. He was the 87 boy in the class.“I don’t believe Tommy has a hobby,” she thought. However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies in glass cases. The teacher liked the samples(标本) very much and put them on a desk in the classroom. But, to her surprise, Tommy picked them up again and began to leave.“What are you doing, Tommy?” she asked. “Those things must 88 here until tomor row afternoon. That’s when the parents are 89 to see them.”“I know that,” answered Tommy, “and I will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother doesn’t want them to be out of our house at night.”“But, aren’t the butterflies yours?” asked the te acher.“No,” answered Tommy. “They are my brother’s”“But Tommy, you should show your own hobby here, not somebody else’s”“I know that,” answered Tommy. What sur prised her most was the answer.“My hobby is90 my brother collecting butterflies.” all her students to have one, and sometimes she arranged hobby shows for their parents to see as a result.D.Answer the question.I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck．By my first birthday, I couldn’t stand or walk．When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body．But no son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg．The muscles were shrunk（收缩）and twisted（缠绕）together．Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape．But my dad’s exercise of passion didn’t stop there．For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party. When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad kept on beating me mercilessly（无情地）．Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jaw. I begged him to stop. He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world.That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t picked for Little League. Two weeks later, Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played. Dad coached us and made me a pitcher（棒球投手）.The power of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more. In high school, I became a football star.In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy after all. He explained how and where the doctor’ s force ps（镊子）at birth had damaged my brain.My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago. But all thatcounts is the bottom line. After all his madness, on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled.91.what couldn’t th e writer do by his first birthday?92.How did the writer’s father help him to craft the muscles straight?93.what present did the writer receive from his father on his thirteenth birthday?94.why did the writer’s father beat him mercilessly on his thirt eenth birthday?95.When did the writer know that he didn’t have cerebral palsy after all?96What do you think of the writer’s father?VIII.Writing.97.Write at least 60 words about the topic”My favorite place at school”.(以“一个学校里我最喜欢的地方”为题写一篇不少于60字的短文，标点符号不占格)Use the following points as a reference.(以下问题仅供参考)1.Which palace is your favorite palace at school?2.Why do you like this palace?3.What has this palace brought you?(注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名以及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。
