2012-2013年度第一学期初二英语期中测试卷
出卷人：汪璟 审卷人：王黎萍 2012.11
时间100分钟 满分100分
II 笔试部分（共80分）
一、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并将答案写在答题卷相应的题号下面。（本大题共15分，每小题1分）
1. This is _________ useful dictionary. It can help me learn English.
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 2. — Can I have _____ more food?
— Sorry. There’s ________ in the fridge.
A. some; anything else B. some; nothing else C. any; anything else D. any; nothing else 3. Thank you for giving me _______ on how to learn Maths well.
A. some advice B. any advice C. some advices D. any advices 4. My dog is very ______. It is safe to touch him if you want to.
A. smart B. brave C. happy D. friendly 5. Peter is friendly. He never___________ a bad word about anyone.
A. speaks B. tells C. talks D. says 6. — Steve, did you see the lantern show when you were in Wuxi? — Of course! _______ beautiful lanterns!
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a 7. I don’t know the time because I _______ my watch at home this morning. A. forgot B. left C. bought D. caught 8. I often spend a lot of time__________ softball after class.
A. practicing play B. to practice playing
C. to practice to play D. practicing playing 9. Beijing, the capital of China, is one of __________ cities in the world. A. the biggest B. bigger C. much bigger D. big 10. — _______ I swim here?
— I’m sorry. Children _______ swim alone here.
A. Must; can’t B. May; must C. Can; mustn’t D. Can’t; can 11. — What do you think of Mr. Li’s teaching? —No one is ________
A. good B. better C. best D. the best 12. — Why not _______ John a toy car for his birthday? — Good idea! He is crazy about cars.
A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. buys 13. Now the old man looks _______ before. He was in hospital for one week. A. as good as B. as well as C. as better as D. as best as 14. He is taller than _______ student in his class. He is the tallest one.
A. any other B. any others C. the other D. another 15. — I’m sorry to knock all your books off the desk. — __________
A. Don’t say so. B. You’re welcome. C. Never mind. D. You’re right.
二、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。并将答案写
在答题卷上。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
The kiwi (鹬鸵) lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange 1 because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size 2 a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers 1ike other birds. It has hair on its body. Each 3 has four toes (脚趾). Its beak (喙) is very long.
The kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps in the daytime because the sunlight may
4 its eyes. Its nose is great. It can 5 things with it. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi's eggs are very big.
There are only 6 kiwis in New Zealand now. People 7 see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis 8 . There is a picture of kiwis 9 New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called 10 . 1. A. animal 2. A. like 3. A. foot 4. A. hit 5. A. eat
B. plant B. likes B. feet
C. bird C. as
D. tree D. from D. mouth D. protect D. carry D. few D. often D. to fly D. from D. English
C. nose C. kill
B. hurt B. drink B. little B. usually B. to die B. in
C. smell C. a few
6. A. a little 7. A. always 8. A. to live 9. A. at
C. seldom C. to go away C. on
10. A. bird lovers
B. birds C. kiwis
三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选出最佳答案，并将答案写在答题卷上。（本大题共15分，每小题1.5分）
A
Mr. Smith is one of my friends. He can run very fast indeed. He is proud of this and he is always ready to show people how fast he can run.
One day a thief broke into his house, took some of his things and ran out of his house as fast as he could. Mr. Smith ran after him But the thief only ran faster. Mr. Smith got angry. He tried his best to run. He was soon several miles away from his home. He was still shouting, “Hey! Stop! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me?”
rushing along when he knocked into me. “Why are you in such a hurry?” I asked. “I’m trying to catch a thief,” said Mr. Smith. “But where is the thief?” I asked. “Miles and miles behind,” said Mr. Smith with a laugh. “He thought he could run faster than I, but you see he’s wrong. 1. Who is Mr. Smith?
A. He is one of the writer’s friends. B. He is a thief. C. He is a policeman. D. We don’t know. 2. What is Mr. Smith proud of? A. His house.
B. His things. C. His running. D. His friends
3. What happened to Mr. Smith one day? A. A thief stole some of his things. B. His friend broke into his house. C. A thief broke into his friend’s house. D. A thief wanted to run with Mr. Smith. 4. What did Mr. Smith do with the thief? A. He hit him on the head. B. He ran after him immediately. C. He stayed far behind, shouting. D. He caught the thief. 5. What do you think of Mr. Smith?
A. He is clever. B. He is foolish.
C. He is a friendly person. D. He is not good at running.
B
Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there’s too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are
hundreds of skills (技巧) to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are very good.
Preview — if it’s long and hard. Previewing is very useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and science reports.
Here is how to preview.
●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs (段落) carefully. ●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Previewing doesn’t give you all the details. It tells you not to spend time on things you don’t really want or need to read.
Skim — if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading, like popular magazines or the sports of your daily paper.
Here’s how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line. ●Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but perhaps we’ll get the same idea of what it’s all about.
6．How many skills are talked about in this passage?
A．One. A．精读
B．Two. B．默读
C．Three. C．朗读
D．Four. D．略读
7．What does the underlined word “preview” mean in Chinese? 8. What should we do when we read a science report?
A. Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully. B. Spend a lot of time reading the details.
C. Read the first and the last sentences of each paragraph. D. Pick up only a few key words in each line.
9．What should we NOT do when we read the news about sports events in a daily paper according to the passage?
A．Get our eyes to move fast.
B．Read the last two paragraphs carefully. C．Sweep our eyes across each line. D．Pick up only a few key words in each line. 10．What is the best title (标题) for this passage?
A．Why we should read C．When to read
B．What to read D．How to read faster
四、单词拼写 （本大题共10分， 每小题1分）
（A）根据句意，在答题卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。 1. Well done! You worked out all these problems ________. (correct)
2. I’m sure you can get ________ (slim) than before if you take exercise more often. 3. My grandfather will have his ________ (ninety) birthday next Sunday. 4. Do you know the ________ (speak) name?
5. Little Kitty likes hiding ________ (she) behind the door to frighten her friends.
（B）根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。 6. He was so ________ (粗心) that he didn’t pass the exam. 7. Different people have different kinds of _________ (能力).
8. He ________ (重复) his words to make himself understood at yesterday’s meeting. 9. What is the ________ (高度) of the building over there?
10. I’m free today so I can go ________ (任何地方) I like.
五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8分，每小题1分） 1. I ________ (take) care of my lovely dog until the end, I think. 2. It’s very important ________ (not give) your goldfish too much food.