初二英语读写能力竞赛试卷

1、初二英语读写水平竞赛试卷一、从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最正确答案.每小题1分,共15分I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag .I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile."I ' m 2 tomorrow, " he said.“I know. " My

2、 3 was almost a whisper 低声.I was 4 at myself for being so weak ,but I wasn ' t about to cry .“My 5 is early ,so there is still 6 time to come to the airport,“ he said .Seeingthe 7 look on my face ,he quickly added,“I promise won ' t leave without sayinggoodbye.I tried to say 8 ,but didn '

3、; t . It ' s aWaysto keep quiet if you' re about to cry .“You promised you wouldn ' t cry, " he said to me, thinking that I was close to.I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me ,holding the seat to keep me from 12 .I was happy w

4、ith this ,but he knew he couldn ' t hold me up all my life .He told me that one day he would have o let go.His coughing stopped my thinking .What was left to say? How could I say13 to theperson who taught me everything?The next morning I 14, looked at my alarm clock ,and realized he had left 15a

5、go .We never even said goodbye.Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart.1. A .forgettingB .realizingC. watchingD.learning2. A .arrivingB .livingC. comingD.leaving3. A .voiceB .soundC. noiseD.word4. A .gladB .movedC. ang

6、ryD.pleased5. A .shipB .flightC. trainD.bus6. A .enoughB .littleC. noD.busy7. A .surprisedB .excitedC. sadD.happy8. A .anythingB .everythingC. somethingD.nothing9. A .strangerB .betterC worseD.easier10 AtearsBsmilesC wordsDsadness11 AAt lastBFrom now onC At firstDSo far12 AridingBrunningC walkingDfa

7、lling13. A.goodbyeBhelloC yesDsorry14. A.gave upBstood upC looked upDwoke up15. A.minutesBhoursC daysDweeks二、在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给.每小题1分,共7分Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f_16_. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This

8、 is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a book a_17_: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then star

9、t again.A_18_ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m_19_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_2

10、0_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is n_21_ out of date!Good

11、readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W_22_ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable ?三、阅读理解(此题有29小题,每题2分,共58分)(A)Parents are the closest people t

12、o you in the world. They love you just because you are you. Andthey would do anything for you.Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents don t ' t geon well. "I really want to be my Daddy' s little girl. But it feels like he just doesn' t

13、unctalks at me and doesn ' t listen. " said Zhuang, a Grade 9 student in HangzhouoDo you and yparents also have problems?Well, why don ' t you all take a walk and have a talk on Monday? It'the International Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for goodthin

14、gs about their families and work on family problems.A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhuang' s family:The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn' t like talking with their parents much. They werenat home. Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you

15、and your parents will be much happier ifyou can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:1 .Find a good time to talk, like when you' re eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.2 .Tell them something you ' re interested in, or ask themtheoutves when they were yo

16、ung.They love to talk about it.3 .Listen to them carefully, and look them in the eye.4 .Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.23. What is Zhuang Shuxia ' s problem?A. Her father thinks she is old enough.B. Her father doesn ' t like to talk with

17、her.C. She really wants to be a little girl again.D. She and her father don ' t understand each other well.24. What does the writer suggest the students do on the International Day of Families?A. They should remember the special day for the families in the world.B. They should take a walk and ha

18、ve a talk with their parents.C. They should do something to celebrate the International Day of Families.D. They should help others to solve their family problems.25. In this passage the writer tells the children, 12 to 15 years old, . A. how to show their thanks to their parentsB. how to make friend

19、s with their parentsC. how to feel happier at home in different waysD. how to win their parents' truing)yditheir parents(B)Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green

20、 and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus ( 本甘橘)fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal ( 谷类),rice is also in this kind of food ; (7) butter, or something like butter.Paragra

21、ph 2People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat

22、 three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn' t matter if a person eats dinnerat 4 o clock in the afternoon or at eleven o clock at night. The important thing is what you ea

23、tevery day.Paragraph 3There are two problems, then , in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world ' s populationouortteaits hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and

24、 healthy.26. According to the scientists, which of the following group of food is the healthiest for your lunch?A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, carrots, rice ,breadC. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk27. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going t

25、o be talked about?A. When people eat their lunchB. What to do with the two problemsC. How to cook food in different waysD. Why people eat different kind of food(C)One of this summer ' s hottest books is“ That Guy Was Cool. " Sounds like a great book forkids, doesn ' t it? But parents an

26、d teachers wanrtead this one, too. It can teach them something about the language of today ' s kids.So lots of people, young and old, went to see the book' suthor, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans.“Guiyeoni wrote a story that is nea

27、r to us and goes to our hearts,“ said a Junior 2 studenBeijing. "When I read it, I laughed and I cried.Like the " Meteor Garden " TVeTfe)s( " That Guy Was Cool " tells an unusual story of love between two students. The girl is sweet, but she' just average (般的).The boy is

28、 good-looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young. They become close and help each other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.“The girl in the book is like me. She' s simple and moody, “ said Guiyeoni.Guiyeoni ' s book doesn '

29、t only use words. It also uses things like emoticons. Emoticons are small icons, like smiling faces, and they are used to show emotions. Kids know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.Guiyeoni said she wrote this way b

30、ecause of her young readers. " Writingwith pictures is vivid and can say a lot of things,“ she said.Guiyeoni began writing the bookstory o n the Web in 2001 when she was a Senior 2 student.Last year, she put that online story together to make this book." That Guy Was Cool hasmade into a fi

31、lm, and it will come out in Korea next month.This is Guiyeoni 'fiEBt of four books, and she hopes to keep writing as she goes through college.She also has a message for young writers."I think that if they try hard, lots of young peoplecan do this. 28. Guiyeoni is.A. a girl who falls in love

32、 with her classmate.B. the wr iter of “ Meteor Garden. C. a young writerD. one of the emotions.29. which of the following may Not be an emotion?A. 8-) B. See you. C. D.30. The author used emoticons to write the book because .A. she really likes themB. she wants her young readers to be interestedC. p

33、ictures can say lots of thingsD. she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story31. Parents like to read this book because.A. it ' s interesting and vividB. of the way the author wrote the storyC. the story goes to their heart.D. it ,s helpful for them to know about their children b

34、etter.32. Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to“I think that if they try hard, lots ofyoung people can do this ?A. Seeing is believing.B. Time flies.C. No news is good news.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.(D)It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot on the eye.

35、 Here is an interestingexperiment that can make something disappear, When one eye is open?Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it. L on theleft and R on the right. first, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Thercard slowly towards

36、 you, youclose your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move thell see the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your lace, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed,you ' ll see the letter R di

37、sappeing.Why did the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image ofthe letter falls on the blind spot, it won' t be seen. That is why either of the letters disappear.33. The word dis appear" in the first paragraph means.A.消散 B.丧失 C.消失 D.遗失34. You fail to

38、 see the letter" L" in the experiment becauseA. your eyes are poorB. you move it close to your eyeC. its image falls on the blind spot D. your left eye is not open35. In which order顺序should you do the experiment?a. hold the cardb. move the card nearerc. close your right eyed. write two Eng

39、lish letterse. look at the letter Rf. make a cardA. f-d-a-b-c-eB. a-c-f-d-e-bC. f-a-d-c-b-eD. f-d-a-c-e-b36. This passage mainly 主要tells us.A. there is a blind spot on the eyeB. an interesting experimentC. where the blind spot isD. how to find the blind spotERon is ten years old. He loves to watch T

40、V. But for one full year he did not watch TV at all.What w as the reason? Ron ' s parents said they would give him $ 600 if he didn' t watch TV for year.Ron' s parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a news paper story about a boy who didn ' t watch TV for a ye

41、ar. She showed the story toRRoinliked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said,“It doesn ' t bother me not to watch TV. I just want the _ money.At first, Ron ' s parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with hi

42、s mother. But after some time, he got bored.Every morning, he asked his parents,“ What are we doing tonight? Sometimes his mother andfather wished he would watch TV just for one evening. Ron always said,“ No, it would cost memoney!Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favourite TV

43、 shows all day long again.Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $ 600?"I want to buymyself a TV set! he said.37. Ron didn ' t watch TV for one year because.A. he wanted themoneyB. watching TV too muchisbadC. he wanted to study harder D. he wanted to learn from

44、 theboy38. “It doesn ' t bother me not to watch TV “ means " It ' s to watch TV ".A. waste timeB. important for meC. not useD. not important for me39. The best title for the story is.A. A Funny StoryB. A Year without TVC. A Good BoyD. Buying a TV SetFLondon has a new magazine .But

45、it is not printed on paper .Everyone who has a television can receive it because it in on TV.If you want to read the magazine, you have to have a decoder 解码器.Each page of it_is numbered,so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about .There is a wide choice everyth

46、ing is included from cooking to the latest sports news .If you want to read the news ,the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index 索弓I pagewhich has an easy-to demember page number ,100 for example .The news is on pages 101 to 109 so you push out the numbers and the news appears written ac

47、ross your screen .Perhaps you wantto go out in the afternoon ,so you press 181 ,and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen .But the weather is terrible so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week' s best bargains .But should you drive or take the train? To answ

48、er that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report .It is very simple to use .But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time .Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes .40.

49、 Where can you see this new magazine?A. In a bookshop. B. In a library. C. On television. D. In a reading room.41. If you want some information about weather, you should press.A. 162 B. 189 C. 109 D. 18142. We can know from the passage that .A. the magazine can be bought at any shopB. most of the po

50、stmen in London will lose their jobs some dayC. everyone can read this magazine if they have a televisionD. the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home43.In the sentence “Each itagencifnbered ,hee means the .A. decoder B. magazine C. subjectD. program44. The passage is mainly about

51、.A. a new magazine that is printed in LondonB. a new way of getting newsC. a popular TV program about magazinesD. a new idea of reading quickly(G)Tom owned a small shop. He worked hard. It was open from seven in the morning until eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked hard in his

52、 shop but he had a good business and he was happy.Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the size of Tom ' s shop.s.The manager of the supermarket wanted to take people away from Tom. He found out what Tom prices were and then made his lower than TomPeople qui

53、ckly stopped buying things from Tom' sshop. They bought everything from the supermarket instead. Soon Tomess 崛sivery bad and he was angry."It ' s not fair, “ Tom thought, “I must do something to teach that supermarket manager a lesson.The price of steak in the supermarket was $ 5.00 a p

54、ound. Tom put a sign in his window,-$4.50 a pound. The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound, Tom changed the sign in hiswindow."Stea$4.00 a pound. An hour later, the sign in the supermarket said, -$3.75 a pouSdeak ' Ten minutes later the signin Tom ' s window

55、 said, -$teak0 a pound." Five minutes later the sign in the supermarketsaid, “ Steak-$ 2.50 a pound. "Twenty seconds later the sign in Tom' s window said,"Steak- $ 1.00 a pound.The manager of the supermarket ran cross the street into Tom' sshop. "Thisprice cutting muststo

56、p, “ he said, “ Steak is costing me $ 4.00 a pound. I' m selling it at $ 2.50 a pound. Imoney every minute! ""I' ll stop cutting all my prices,“ Tom said, “if you will stop cutting all yours.The supermarket manager agreed, and the two men shook () hands.Tom smiled. He had not lost

57、any money on the steak. He didn' t sell steak at all.45. Tom worked hard but he was happy because.A. he liked hard workB. he wanted to make a lot of moneyC. he had a good business.D. his prices were high46. What does “ price cutting " mean?A. Making your prices the same as others'.B. Ma

58、king your prices lower than others'.C. Making your prices higher than others'.D. Losing money every minute.47. according to this passage, if the supermarket manager sold out 100 pounds steak at $ 2.75 a pound, he would at least lose dollars.A. 125 B. 150 C. 100 D.17548. If you ' rTom, how do you solve the problem between the supermarket manager and you? Please give us at least two ways.A.B.(H)Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from sever