2017-2018学年甘肃省兰州市第十九中学教育集团八下期中英语试卷（无答案）

2017-2018学年甘肃省兰州市第十九中学教育集团初二第二学期期中英语试卷

本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分 听力（25分）

第一节：听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息。（每小题1分，共5分）（读两遍）

1. A. shirt    B. skirt     C. sweater

2. A. September   B. October     C. November

3. A. cooking   B. solving     C. moving

4. A. student   B. ID      C. phone

5. A. I think you are 12 years old. B. I think your clothes are in size 12.

  C. I think your clothes cost 12 dollars.

第二节：听句子，选择正确的应答语。（每小题1分，共5分）（读两遍）

6. A. For 10 minutes. B. About 10 minutes age. C. About 10 minutes’ walk.

7. A. She is a manager. B. She is busy.    C. She works hard.

8. A. He is very smart. B. He is my new pet.  C. He can walk on two legs.

9. A. It’s exciting. B. At school.    C. No, they aren’t.

10. A. Next week.  B. By school bus.   C. The new term begins.

第三节：听对话及问题，选择正确答案。（每小题1分，共5分）（读两遍）

11. Where did Fred work last summer vacation?

A. In a supermarket. B. In a travel company.  C. In a swimming center.

12. What will the man do tomorrow?

A. Buy a computer.  B. Learn to drive.   C. Take an exam.

13. What does Mike’s mother ask him to do?

A. Study at home.  B. Clean his home.   C. Get ready for school.

14. What did Gina lost?

A. Her wallet.   B. Her ID card.    C. Her school report.

15. What do we know about the cook?

A. He is human.   B. He is a robot.   C. He is very famous.

第四节：听短文，选择正确答案。（每小题1分，共5分）（读两遍）

16. What kind of music does Miss White like?

A. Pop music   B. Classical music   C. Rock music

17. When did Miss White come to the new school?

A. Last year   B. Last month    C. Last week

18. Why did Miss White give everyone something nice to eat?

A. Because she liked the students.

B. Because her students were hungry.

C. Because she wanted to make the afternoon nicer.

19. How long did the concert last?

A. For one hour.  B. For two hours.   C. For three hours.

20. Which did the students really like?

A. The music   B. The food     C. The teacher

第五节：听下面一段独白，根据内容完成下列句子，每空不超过三个单词。（每小题一分，共五分）

21. An old man is reading a newspaper on the chair under a(n) ______ in the picture.

22. There is a boy who is painting the beautiful ______ in the picture.

23. Next to the painting boy, two other boys are playing ______ in the picture.

24. By the river, ______ children are fishing in the picture.

25. By the river, five children are ______ at one another in the picture.

第二部分 笔试部分（125分）

II. 单项选择。（每小题1分，共15分）

26. —What’s ______ matter with you?  —I have ______ fever.

A. an; the  B. the; /   C. the; a   D. an; /

27. When he saw the old woman fall down, he took her to the hospital ______ thinking twice.

A. across  B. through   C. without   D. past

28. Tim often has problem ______ after long running.

A. breathing B. to breathe  C. breath   D. breathes

29. We ______ go sailing on the lake in summer.

A. used to  B. is used to  C. was used to  D. use to

30. The students from Sichuan University volunteered ______ the kids.

A. teach  B. taught   C. to teach   D. teaching

31. ______ healthy, my grandfather does taiji every morning.

A. To keep  B. Keep    C. Keeping   D. For keeping

32. There is some rubbish in the room. Please ______.

A. take it out B. take out it  C. take them out D. take out them

33. We can ______ some books from our school library and we can ______ them for two weeks.

A. lend; borrow B. borrow; keep  C. lend; keep  D. buy; keep.

34. It’s clever ______ her ______ the math problem easily.

A. of; to solve B. for; to solve C. of; solving  D. for; solving

35. I found one of my classmates _______ on the blackboard when I came into the classroom.

A. writing  B. wrote   C. write   D. to write

36. Don’t argue ______ your parents. It’s not polite.

A. to   B. for    C. with    D. in

37. The little boy is saving every coin ______ he can buy his mother a present on Mother’s Day.

A. even if  B. so that   C. as soon as  D. in order to

38. Alice ______ for the bus at seven yesterday evening.

A. waited  B. was waiting  C. is waiting  D. waits

39. —Did you see a woman in red dress pass by just now?

—No, madam. I ______ an interesting book.

A. read   B. reading   C. am reading  D. was reading

40. While Alice ______, her sister was playing the piano.

A. cooked  B. was cooking  C. is cooking  D. cooks

III. 完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）

A

A boy was walking in the street   41   a man came over to him and   42   him the way to the station.

The boy was very naughty. He wanted   43   a joke on the man. He pointed to   44   side of the road and said, “Go down the street until you reach a shop. You can find it on your left!” The man thanked him and went away.

A few minutes later, the man came back. He said to the boy that there was only a bookshop there and he   45   find the station. The boy   46   and said, “  47   a map in the bookshop, and you’ll find the way!”

41. A. but  B. because  C. then   D. when

42. A. ask  B. asked  C. tell   D. told

43. A. play  B. to play  C. show   D. to show

44. A. another B. the other C. one more  D. two

45. A. can’t B. may not  C. couldn’t D. mustn’t

46. A. looked B. cried  C. laughed  D. jumped

47. A. Buy  B. Carry  C. Show   D. Borrow

B

We are now living the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 9 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern   48   on his first day of school.

In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics（电子设备）like iPads. This term, they will   49   the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework. “It’s   50  .” said Tony. “I prefer using an iPad to work on math or other projects with my team members.”

“It is a   51   way for students to know the outside world.” science teacher Mr. Miller said. He now regards himself as a guide of learning   52   as a teacher. “If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them   53   to find the answers rather than tell them what the answers are.” he said.

Dale, another student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before,   54   now he likes the classes very much. “It helps me use what I know about technology at school.” Dale said. “Most importantly, I   55   the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies.”

48. A. dormitory B. playground  C. library   D. classroom

49. A. allow  B. use    C. want    D. help

50. A. boring  B. relaxing   C. amazing   D. disappointing

51. A. wrong  B. slow    C. quick   D. bad

52. A. because of B. instead of  C. according to  D. thanks to

53. A. why   B. what    C. when    D. how

54. A. but   B. and    C. or    D. so

55. A. stand  B. hate    C. enjoy   D. dislike

IV. 阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）

（A）

(    ) 56. What time did Zhang Wei call the police?

A. At 8:30 a.m.  B. At 8:30 p.m.  C. At 8:40 a.m.   D. At 8:45 p.m.

(    ) 57. How many people were there in the car?

A. One.    B. Two.    C. Three.    D. Four.

(    ) 58. Whose left leg was hurt?

A. Mrs. Green’s. B. Mr. Green’s  C. Their daughter’s D. Their dog’s

(    ) 59. What was the weather like that day?

A. It was sunny. B. It was snowy  C. It was cloudy.  D. It was rainy.

(    ) 60. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The car hit a wall.

B. The accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Beijing.

C. The driver drank too much.

D. Half an hour later the policemen sent the victims to the hospital.

（B）

An old farmer spent all his life on his farm in the country in the southeast of England. One day he decided to visit the big city. Everything was new and strange to him, because he had never traveled to the city before.

The old farmer visited a lot of interesting places in the city.

He rushed into a large tall building and saw a lift. When he was watching, an old woman got into the lift and closed the door. After a while, the door opened again and a very perfect young girl came out.

The old farmer was very surprised, “What a funny little room!” He said to himself, “It’s magic. It can change an old woman into a young girl. The next time I come here, I’m going to bring my wife to take the lift.”

(    ) 61. The old farmer lived ______.

A. near the city      B. in the city

C. in the southeast of England   D. in a large tall building

(    ) 62. The old farmer decided ______ one day.

A. to visit a building B. to visit a city   C. to visit a factory D. to visit a farm

(    ) 63. The old farmer ______.

A. came to the city for the first time

B. had traveled to the city several times

C. found nothing new and strange in the city

D. only visited the large tall building

(    ) 64. When the old farmer was in a large tall building, he saw ______ get into the lift.

A. a young girl  B. an old man  C. his wife D. an old woman

(    ) 65. From the passage, we can guess the old farmer ______.

A. knew the lift well     B. didn’t know anything about the lift

C. wanted to buy a lift     D. didn’t like the lift

（C）

Molly Boylan is one of the most successful businesswomen in Canada after setting up her cosmetic（化妆品）company Blazes in 1992. Though she is very successful, she says that she finds it harder every year to balance（平衡）her business with her family life. She sometimes feels that her two children know more about their baby-sitter than they do about her.

Molly employs（雇佣）around eighty people in her factory and warehouse, and ten others in her two new fashion stores, but her newest employee is the most important one for her. After years of worrying about her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her company. Molly will still be involved in decision-making, and she’s going to stay in touch with the people who work for her, but Sally is going to look after day-to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids.

The new arrangement（安排）is going to star on Monday, and both of them are already excited about it. Sally says, “I’m very nervous, actually, but I’m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days, even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.” Molly, on the other hands, seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. “I know that Sally’s going to be a very nice manager,” she says. “She’s only been here a couple of days and she’s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having. The best thing though is that I feel a hundred times happier than I’ve been in years. I mean, I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this, and my kids are really excited about my being at home more. To be honest, I wish I had made this decision years ago.”

66. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. Molly and her children

B. Molly finding a new manager

C. the baby-sitter and the kids

D. Molly making a change about her business

67. The underlined phrase “be involved in” in the passage probably means ______.

A. be interested in   B. take part in    C. be nervous about   D. learn about

68. Sally seems to be a good manager because ______.

A. she has set up a new Blazes

B. she keeps in close touch with the workers

C. she has been able to solve a few problems

D. she has been working for the company since 1992

69. According to the passage, Molly ______.

A. will not run her business any more

B. seems satisfied with the new arrangement

C. was not pleased with the baby-sitter

D. was successful both in her business and her family

70. The best thing for Molly now is that ______.

A. she has more than eighty people working for her

B. her kids know more about the baby-sitter

C. she can have more time to be with her kids

D. she has got a new general manager in her company

V. 任务型完形填空（10分）

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

No one can go through his whole life without experiencing any hard time. When something troubles   71  , do we look on the dark side or the   72   side? Here is a story that can speak for it. Two salespersons, Jimmy and Harry, were   73   to a poor country in Africa, where only   74   people wore shoes. After they got there, they had to   75   something back to their boss. Jimmy said, “It’s a pity that people here don’t wear shoes. Nobody is in   76   of shoes. I see no promising（有希望的）future for our products.” How about Harry? He said, “What a   77   chance for us! People around the country don’t have shoes. I can say it for sure that we’ll sell a lot of shoes here.”   78   isn’t it? They went to the same country, sold the same products, but they had different   79   in their minds, and the results surely would be   80  . If you were the salesperson, which one would you like to be?

VI. 任务型阅读理解（10分）

Customs on Eating

Food in China and western countries is different. China has about ①______（五千年的）history. They may spend half of their time on food. Chinese people choose food very carefully. They only use fresh materials（新鲜的材料）to make food. For example, they only eat fresh fish. Chinese have a lot of ideas for cooking. They can cook a chicken in over ten ways. That’s why Chinese food is popular around the world. Western countries, like England or America, don’t have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarkets which only sell stored materials（储存的材料）. Western people also prefer fast food like hamburgers and chips. They are ②______（health） for man’s body. Western people do not have many skills for cooking, mostly they only boil, steam（蒸）and bake the food. By the way, western people are very good at making desserts and chocolate. They can make very good cakes and chocolate. These food are very sweet and they can make you become fat quickly.

In China, the person who invites other people for meal would pay for the meal, but it’s not the same way in western countries. In western countries, people will think you only invite them but don’t need to pay for them. They can afford it. They won’t be happy if you pay for them. In western countries like America or England, people will always give tips（小费）to the waiter after they finish the meal in a restaurant. If you don’t, the waiter will not be happy. In China this only happens in some top restaurants and hotels in large cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Another difference in eating is that: ③Chinese people use chopsticks but western people use knives and forks.

Chinese people only have three meals during a day. But western people may have more. They usually have afternoon tea when they would have fruit, cakes or biscuits with cheese（奶酪饼干）.

根据短文内容，完成以下各题。

81. 根据汉语提示在文中①处填空。___________________

82. Why is Chinese food so popular in the world? ______________________

83. What kinds of foods are western people good at making? ___________________

84. 在文中②处用所给词的适当形式填空。_________________________

85. 将文中③处的下划线句子译成汉语。

___________________________________________________________

VII. 口语交际（10分）

阅读下面对话，从方框中选择五个最恰当的句子完成对话（其中有2个选项是多余的）。

Polly: Dad, I want to get a job.

Father: (86) ______________

Polly: I need more money. When I go out with my friends, I never have enough money.

Father: Polly, you know most families here are richer than we are.

Polly: (87) ______________ Then, I won’t have to ask you for money.

Father: You have a lot of homework every day. How can you work and study at the same time?

Polly: (88) ______________

Father: I have an idea. Once a week, you can come to my shop and help out a bit. You can clean the floors and the windows —that sort of thing. I’ll pay you for each hour you work. How does that sound?

Polly: (89) ______________ But I don’t want to clean any toilets（卫生间）.

Father: (90) ______________ It’s a deal.

请将选项的代号填入下面对应的横线上：

86. ______ 87. ______ 88. ______ 89. _______ 90. ______

VIII. 词汇考查（每题1分，共10分）

（1）根据汉语提示写出所缺单词。

91. We all know the ______________ (important) of English, so we study it hard.

92. As middle school students, we can make some ______________ (decide) by ourselves.

93. This is a ______________ (type) case. You don’t have to be so surprised at it.

94. Finally, the boy told his mother the ______________ (true) and his mother said he was an honest child.

95. My grandmother fell ______________ (sleep) as soon as she went to bed.

（2）用所给单词的适当形式填空。

96. My brother ______________ (play) the piano, while my sister was doing homework.

97. The little girl ______________ (drop) the glass on the floor and broke it.

98. Kate taught herself how ______________ (make) a cake and she succeed.

99. Gina’s mother asks her ______________ (not watch) TV all day.

100. Why don’t you ______________ (talk) to your parents?

IX. 根据汉语提示完成下面的句子（每题2分，共10分）

101. 他凭借努力迈向了成功。

He ______________ ______________ way to success by working hard.

102. 这是一场如此令人兴奋的比赛。

This is ______________ ______________ exciting match.

103. 我们不会推迟做那件事情。

We won’t ______________ ______________ doing it.

104. 戴维不想去看电影，我也不想去。

David doesn’t want to go to the movies and ______________ ______________ I.

105. 如果你把他俩的工作比较一下，就会发现她的要好很多。

If you ______________ his work ______________ hers, you will find here is much better.

X. 书面表达（15分）

作为一名中学生，要帮助父母做一些力所能及的家务活。以Help My Parents为题写一篇文章。不少于80词。

提示：

1. 我有一个幸福的家庭。爸爸妈妈工作很辛苦，所以我经常帮助父母干家务。

2. 早晨起床后整理床铺、打扫房间、扫地。

3. 早饭后刷碗，然后去上学。

4. 下午回家后帮助妈妈做晚饭、打扫客厅、倒垃圾等。

5. 周末为全家洗衣服、叠衣服、帮爸爸洗车、浇花等。

Help My Parent

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