初四英语试题

初四英语试题 初四英语试题2014-12-21 二、单项填空 (共15小题，计15分) 从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳。 21. Nobody teaches me English. I learn it all by _______. A. I B. my C. myself D. me 22. We should protect the animals _______ danger. A. on B. in C. of D. at 23. Li Hua studies English very _______and her English is _______ in her class. A. careful, good B. carefully, well careful, best D. carefully, the best 24. Echo _______ for half a month. She’ll come back in two months. A. left B. leaves C. has left D. has been away 25. I want to watch the basketball match. Would you please _______the TV? A. turn on B. turn off C. turn down D. turn up 26. We want to know _______to help them. A. what can we do B. what we can do C. how can we do D. how we can do 27. Jack still came to school _______ he was ill. A. though B. but C. if D. so 28. Have you read the book _______ is about the moon? A. what B. it C. ? D. which 29. Her daughter began to play _______ piano when she was five. Now she’s very good at it. A. an B. a C. the D. / 30. —Jenny, you have got the first prize in the competition. Congratulations! —_______. A. That’s my good luck B. Oh, it’s nothing C. Thank you D. You can do it, too 31. If you meet some new words, you can _______ in a dictionary. A. look it up B. look up it C. look them up D. look up them 32. Every year, _______ people go to visit their factory. A. a thousand of B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of 33. I’m so hungry. Please give me _______ to eat. A. three breads B. three pieces of bread C. three pieces of breads D. three piece of bread 34. It’s impolite _______ others. A. laughs at B. to laugh at C. laugh at D. laughing at 35. —Betty, you don’t look well. What’s wrong? —I have got a fever. —_______. You’d better go to see a doctor. A. I’m sorry to hear that B. Oh, mine C. It’s all right D. You look bad 初四英语试题第 1 页 共 6 页 三、阅读理解(共16小题，计24分) 阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳 答案。 A Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats. These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground. It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of(代替) forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard(坚硬). Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄). (31) Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its ______. A. back feet B. front feet C. right feet (32) The cats were ______ the horses at that time. A. much bigger B. smaller than C. bigger than (33) Which of the three sentences is true? A. The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world. B. When the weather changed, animals began to change too. C. Cats were bigger in the past than they are today. (34) On the dry hard land ______. A. horses needed a lot of room for running B. a horse needed more than four toes for running C. horses needed only their middle toes for running (35) Now each horse has ______ on its feet. A. one toe B. three toes C. four toes B A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office a street urchin(顽童) was walking around a shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked. Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything. Boy, I wish„” He hesitated(犹豫). Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. “ I wish,”the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that.”Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again,“Would you like to take a ride in my car?” “Oh, yes, I'd love that.” 初四英语试题第 2 页 共 6 页 After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said，“Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?” Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again,“Will you stop where those two steps are?”the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. “There she is. Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...then you can see for yourself all nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride. (36)The street urchin was very surprised when_______. A. Paul received an expensive car B. Paul told him about the car C. he saw the shining car D. he was walking around the car (37)From the story we can see the urchin _______. A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's D. wished Paul could be a brother like that (38)The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house________. A. to show his neighbors the big car B. to show he had a rich friend C. to let his brother about his wish (39)We can infer(推断) from the story that______. A. Paul couldn't understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin's wish came true in the end (40)The best name of the story is ______. A Christmas Present B. Street Urchin C. Brother Like That D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride C Dinner customs (习惯) are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( 加纳), this information will help you a lot. In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules (规则) about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table. In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water. Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only. 初四英语试题第 3 页 共 6 页 41.From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________. A. the rules for dinner time are not strict B. dinner is always at six in the evening C. a family offers food only at four in the afternoon D. people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening 42.If you are a dinner guest in Ghana, the host (主人) always takes you to _______. A. the dining room first B. the living room first C. the kitchen first D. the garden first 43.People in Ghana usually eat ________. A. from one side of a dish to the other B. from the other side of the dish C. with their fingers D. with their spoons 44(In fact, most dishes in Ghana _______. A. are cooked with the powder of some plants B. have fufu in them C. are too hard to eat D. are not very hard 45(When you eat fufu, you’d better _________. A. cut it with a saw B. use your right hand only C. chew it well D. all of the above 第II卷 (非选择题 共51分) 四、单词拼写(共5小题，计5分) 根据句义完成句中已给出首字母的单词。将每个完整的单词写在各小题右边的横线上。 66. Do you know who d_____ America in 1492? 66. __________ 67. Don’t t_______ Sam—he’s not telling the truth. 67. __________ 68. Alice would like to s her secrets with her best friend. 68. ___________ 69. There aren’t h seats on the train. All the seats are soft.. 69. __________ 70. They will p_____ us up at the school gate tomorrow morning. 70. __________ 五、综合填空(共10空，计10分) 阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。将完整的单词写在短文后面的横 线上。 Are you feeling tired of sleeping few hours every day? If you are, then you’re not alone. There are many people in America having the s 71 problem. Many people don’t go to sleep on t 72 every day. One reason for that is the invention of televisions, computers and so on. These inventions o 73 much fun to those people. And they use them late into the night. For them, it’s a good way to r 74 . In fact, such people know what they do is wrong, but they can’t find good ways to p 75 themselves from doing that. With more TV p 76 and computer games, they just keep doing that. In modern times many people have to stay up late b 77 they need to do too many things every day. Also, more and more restaurants and stores are now o78 all day long. They need lots of workers who can work at )of sleep is becoming a more and more common problem in people’s everyday night. As a result, shortage(不足 life. Studies have found that shortage of sleep has bad e 79 on people’s life in many ways. And recent studies 初四英语试题第 4 页 共 6 页 also found that it could c 80 many serious health problems. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 六、阅读表达 (共5小题，计10分) 阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。 Have you ever felt angry with your parents? Do you sometimes quarrel with your parents? If you’re upset or angry, try to keep yourself cool. 83 Sometimes, the more you show your anger, the unhappier your parents will be. Try to come up with an idea that can solve your problem so that it won’t happen again. It might seem that your parents don’t understand you-- but don’t give up. Remember that they don’t really want to make things difficult for you. 84 Your parents care about you, but sometimes it’s just hard for them to know what you are thinking. One of parents’ jobs is to take care of you and keep you safe—until you’re old enough to take care of yourself(but some parents have trouble giving up looking after their children even then)! Usually , kids who quarrel with their parents learn to get along with them sooner or later. This is especially true if kids are able to make their parents know how they feel and what’s important to them. And remember that this may take time. It’s not always easy. Talking with your parents about your opinions patiently—instead of shouting at them—will also make them listen to you more carefully. And you’ll get respect(尊敬)and learn how to get along with them. A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。 81. What’s one of parent s’ jobs? ____________________________________________________________ 82. How can you make your parents listen to you more carefully? ______________________________________________________________ B(将短文中划线的两个句子译成汉语。 83.___________________________________________________________ 84.___________________________________________________________ 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。 85.___________________________________________________________ 七、完成句子(共4小题，计6分) 根据汉语意思用英语完成句子，将答案写在横线上。 86. 两年前这些孩子自学了美术。 These children ______ art _______ _______ two years ago. 87. 在过去的三年里，这个村庄发生了巨大的变化。 Great changes _______ ________ _________in the village in the past three years. 88. 自从爸爸戒酒之后，他健康了许多。 Dad has been much healthier since he _______ _______ drinking. 89. 我们越细心，犯的错误就会越少。 八、填空 初四英语试题第 5 页 共 6 页 A We’ve talked about snails (蜗牛) and their slow move . But much of the time snails (1)_____(not move) at all. They’re in their shells (壳)(2)______(sleep) . Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail (3)______(draw) its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover .Then it goes to sleep. A snail (4)______(die) in a heavy rain. So whenever it rains, it goes inside its shell house and goes to sleep. A snail (5)_____(sleep) for as long as it needs to. It can take a short sleep. Or it can sleep for days at a time .And it spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep. In spring the snail wakes up .Its body, about three inches long, (6)_____(come) out of from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. It can’t see very well. Its eyes ,at the ends of the top feelers (触角)are very weak . But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail(7)_____( find) the new greens. Then the snail’s little mouth goes to work. A snail’s mouth is no longer than the point of a pin(针) . Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are so small that you can’t see them. But they do their work. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it (8)_____(eat) its way out. And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones. Mostly, a snail (9)_____(look) for food at night .But on cloudy days it eats in the daytime. It eats all day long. A snail can go on (10)_____(eat) for hours and never feel full. B Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldn’t do some r 2 So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c 3 of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c 4 he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned(有学问的)person were glad to make f 5 with him. It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e____6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 It made them in a fearful mess(凌乱不堪). Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “Your books are all dull(乏味的),” said the girl, “I want a d 9 one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t 10 out a cookbook(烹调书)and said, “Here you are, madam.” 初四英语试题第 6 页 共 6 页