初二年级第一次月考

初二年级第二次月考 Part One Listening (20%) I.Listen to the sentence and choose the right picture (5%) II.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question (5%) ( )6. A. Yes, he has a headache. B. No, he is not sick. C. Yes, he has a toothache. D. No, he doesn’t want to see the doctor. ( )7. A. Because she will have a rest. B. Because she will watch a volleyball match. C. Because she doesn’t like football. D. Because she will go to the cinema. ( )8. A. He is in Room 214. B. He is in Room 204. C. He is in Room 224. D. He is in Room 304. ( )9. A. Went for a walk. B. Saw a film. C. Made a phone call. D. Called on some friends. ( )10. A. At the doctor’s. B. At school. C. At home. D. At the Chemist’s Shop. III. Listen and tell whether the following statements are T or F (5%) ( )11. A lot of people in the world have seen snow. ( )12. There is usually a little snow in the south of England every winter. . ( )13. Snow is cold, but beautiful. . ( )14. Most students from warm countries don’t like this kind of weather. . ( )15. The student wakes up one day and see much light in his room. IV. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks (5%) The computer is one of the 16 inventions in the world. It is widely used in different 17 . It is now fixed in things like a train, a car and a washing 18 . It does a lot of work 19 of man. Now we are all 20 how to use a computer. It plays an important part in our life. Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar (43%) V. Read and choose the best answers: (25%) ( )21. There’s going to __________ a race between the tortoise and the hare tomorrow. . A. be B. have C. has D. had ( )22. Nanpu Bridge is ______________ in China. A. one of the biggest bridge B. one of the big bridges C. one of the biggest bridges D. one of the big bridge ( )23. The cross talk by Class Two was _______ than the song by Class Five. A. much wonderful B. more wonderful C. wonderfuler D. much more wonderfully ( )24. What a fine day! How about ________ for a picnic? A. go B. to go C. gone D. going ( )25. This schoolbag isn’t ________. It belong to ___________. A. Tongtong’s; Fangfang’s B. Tong tong’s; her C. Tongtong; Fangfang D. Fangfang’s; his ( )26. You have no classes on Friday afternoon, _______ you? A. have B. haven’t C. do D. don’t ( )27. They called a taxi and ______ it. A. went into B. got into C. got on D. got off ( )28. His father _______ in 1968. A. has died B. died C. was dead D. is died ( )29. He ran as fast as he _________ . A. possible B. can C. possibly D. could ( )30. I ______ you as soon as he _________. A. call; comes B. will call; will come C. will call; comes D. call; will come ( )31. Gork told the kangaroos _________ come in again. A. not B. don’t to C. not to D. not be ( )32. In the cliff, there were __________ doors. A. two-storey-high B. two-storeys-high C. two-storeys high D. two stories high ( )33. Could you tell what the life will ________ in the future? A. like B. likes C. be like D. liking ( )34. ________ is running! A. What slowly the bush B. How slowly the bus C. What a slow bus D. How slowly a bus it ( )35. A: _________ do you write to your parents? B: About once a month, I think. A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. How many ( )36. Three explorers went to explore ________ unexplored jungle, soon they were lost. A. a B. an C. the D. / ( )37.A: Where is Peter? B: He has gone out. He __________ back in an hour, but I’m not sure. A. maybe B. may be C. must be D. can’t be ( )38. As he walked past a pool, he saw a poor man _________ by the pool. A. drinking B. drank C. drunk D. drinks ( )39. The village is famous ________ the bridge made _______ stones. A. as; from B. as; of C. for; from D. for; of ( )40. You’d better _________ the information in the encyclopaedia. A. look up B. to look it up C. look it up D. to look up ( )41. After hearing the good news, Jenny became even ___________. A. excited B. exciting C. more excited D. most exciting ( )42. The young lady tried to speak ________ she could to her dear baby. A. as gentle as B. as gently as C. too gentle D. gentle enough ( )43. We ________ money. That means this plan may fail because of money. A. ran out of B. are running out of C. have D. had no ( )44. Please keep the window ________ because the room smells funny. A. closed B. open C. close D. opened\ ( )45. I don’t know _____________ . A.where the post offices is B.who is the old lady C.when will we start tomorrow D.whom is the little boy waiting for VII. Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms (8%) 46. Can Johnson solve this problem by __________ . (he) 47. Who was the __________ volunteer, you or your sister? (twenty) 48. My daughter’s _________ is what I love most in the world. (laugh) 49. He _______ loves that cartoons. (real) 50. The ________ exam is coming soon. The students are getting ready for it. (finally) 51. Some animals are ________. They are our good friends. (harm) 52. Disneyland is a famous _________ park in the world. (amuse) 53. Don’t make any _________, the new baby just now got asleep. (noisy) VIII. Rewrite the sentences as required (10%) 54. There’s some orange juice in the bottle. (对划线部分提问) in the bottle? 55. After turning on the light, Peter shut the door. (改为一般疑问句) ________ Peter ______ the door after turning on the light? 56. Could you do me a favour? (保持原句意思不变) Could you ________ __________ ? 57. They will finish their homework in half an hour. (对划线部分提问) _________ _________ will they finish their homework? 58. They are so young that they can’t go to school. (改为简单句) They are _________ old _________ to go to school. Paper Three Reading and Writing (37%) IX. Reading Comprehension (30%) A.True or false (6%) More and more public schools in America stipulate(规定) that students must finish a certain amount of community service(社区义务工) before they will be allowed to graduate from high school. For this reason, holidays has become the prime period for volunteer work. V olunteers get no pay, but experts point out that it is an excellent opportunity to learn and practice new skills. According to the statistics(统计), more than 60% of American youth who are 12 or older have participated in different kinds of community service, such as cooking for homeless people, or painting old buildings, etc. Some students like to do their volunteer work in Central America, but the majority of teens prefer to do it in their hometowns. Tom, a 16-year-old middle school student in California, does community service in a local hospital. He works 16 hours every week either receiving calls at the information desk, or helping push patient back to their wards. ( )59. In America, students in all public schools must finish some community service before they graduate from high school. ( )60. Holidays are good time for volunteer work. ( )61. V olunteers can learn and practice new skills though they get no pay. ( )62. More than three-fifths of American youth who are 12 or older have done community service. ( )63. Most of teens want to do community service in Central America. ( )64. Tom’s job is to take care of the patients in wards. B.Choose the best answer (6%) How to Order Food in a Restaurant When you eat out with friends, it can be difficult to decide what to order. There are often too many choices on the menu, and everything sounds good. Luckily, a group of authors have recently written some books to help people solve this problem. Here are some of their tips about ordering food. 1.Take a quick look at the menu and order what catches your eye first. Spend no more than 2-3 seconds deciding. 2.The key to ordering a good meal in a restaurant is understanding what restaurants are for. Ask the waiters what they recommend and order something else--- they always try to let you order expensive dishes and make money! 3.Take the menu and divide it into 4or 5 pieces. Order from only one of the pieces, and don’t look at the other pieces. You will be happier with your meal. 4.Ask the other customers at the restaurant about what they’re having and order the most popular dishes for yourself. ( )65. It is often difficult to _________ when people eat out with friends. A. decide on the time B. decide on the place C. decide what to order D. decide whom to go with ( )66. Order what catches your eye first, and spend ________ deciding. A. 1 minute B. less than a minus C. no more than 1 minute D. no more than 2-3 seconds ( )67. The key to ordering a good meal in a restaurant is __________. A. to order what the waiter has recommended. B. understanding what the restaurant is for C. to order expensive dishes. D. to let your friends make the decision. ( )68. Take the menu and divide it into ________ pieces, and order from only one of the pieces. A. two B. two or three C. four or five D. six or seven ( )69. Ask the other customers at the restaurant about what they’re having and order____________ . A. the most popular dishes B. the cheapest dishes C. the most delicious dishes D. the most expensive dishes ( )70. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Every dish on the menu is really good. B.Spend as long time as possible reading the menu. C.Waiters always try to let you order expensive dishes and make money. D.It’s often very difficult to eat out with friends. C.Answer the questions (6%) Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s house was full of suitcase, packages and packed-up boxes. The two of them were busy with pencils and paper, checking their luggage, when there was a knock at the door. Mr. Smith went to answer it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house beside theirs, and that she had come to welcome them to their new home. The Smiths invited her in after apologizing(道歉)for the state of the house “Oh, excuse me,” she answered. “Do you know neighbours are not all friendly in some parts of this town? There are some streets where people do not know their neighbours, even their next-door ones. But in this street everybody is friends with anyone else. We are one big, happy family. I’m sure that you will be glad here. The well-dressed lady got a surprise when she came to visit the house the next time, because she found a quite different man and woman in it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had not had the courage to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house, who were to move in the next day, but the old ones, who have lived beside her for two years without ever having visited her or even noticing her existence. (存在) 71. Why did the lady come to the Smith’s house? ___________________________________. 72. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Smith apology to the lady? ____________________________________________. 73. What did the lady complain (抱怨) about? _________________________________________________. 74. Was everyone in the lady’s street friendly with anyone else? __________________________________________________. 75. Were the Smiths moving into or out of that street? __________________________________________________. 76. How long did they live in that street? _________________________________________________. D.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (6%) A great memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 77 own language by remembering what he hears _____78 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem to learn two languages as easily as one. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because students have 79 time for it. And they are busy with other subjects as well. A man’s mind is quite like a camera, but it 80 photos not only of what we see 81 also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo 82 camera, there is much work to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our minds. ( )77. A. their B. her C. one’s D. his ( )78. A. as soon as B. when C. since D. if ( )79. A. a few B. so little C. few D. so much ( )80. A. taking B. took C. to take D. takes ( )81. A. and B. or C. but D. if ( )82. A. in B. by C. like D. with E.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (6%) Cars were i 83 in the last century. Today they have touched the lives of everyone in the United States. Most Americans feel that they are poor when they have n 84 cars. Why are cars widely used in the United States? Here are three reasons. First of all, the country is very large and Americans e 85 going on trips here and there. W 86 cars they can go anywhere easily. The second reason is t 87 trains have never been as common in the United States they are in other parts of the world. Actually, most Americans s 88 a lot more money traveling by plane than by car. The third reason is the most important one. Americans don’t like to wait for buses or trains or even planes. They like cars because they want to travel fast at any time. X. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “More Precious Than Money”. (以“比金钱更珍贵”为题,写一篇不少于60个词的短文。) (7%) Suggested questions: 1.What do you think is more precious than money? 2.Why do you think so?