2018北京市东城区初二(下)期末英语1

1、9 / 12andwere2018 北京市东城区初二（下）期末英语本试卷共 60 分。考试时长90 分钟。知识运用（共14 分）6 分，每小题 0. 5 分）从下面各题所给的 A、 B 、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Betty enjoys singing very much. It brings a lot of happiness.A. himB. herC.youD. them2. How long have you been ill? Monday.A. OnB. ForC.ByD.Since3. You can go with us, you can

2、stay at home.A. orB. soC. butD.4. I find this blue dress is much than the red one.A. comfortableB. more comfortableC. most comfortableD. the most comfortable5. do you go to the movies? About once a month.A. How many B. How muchC. How oftenD. How long6. Look! Tom a new bike. Yes. He got it as a birth

3、day gift last week.A. rideB. ridesC. is ridingD. will ride7. There billions of stars in the Milky Way.A. isB. areC. wasD.8. They were poor ten years ago and in a small house.A. livedB. are living C. liveD. will live9. My mother often tells me my homework carefully.A. to doB. doC. doingD. does10. I c

4、alled you about an hour ago, but you didn't answer. Sorry, I in the kitchen and didn't hear the phone.A. cookB. cooked C. was cooking D. have cooked11. It seems you know this museum very well.Yes, I it several times.A. visitB. visitedC. was visitingD. have visited12. They haven't decided

5、 for the holiday.A. where they wentB. where they will goC. where did they goD. where will they go、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Learning to RunI hated running at secondary school. I found it very tiring to run around the sports field, and I was always the last student t

6、o cross the finish line. Then, in the first year at college, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event （项目） with him. My immediate answer was, "No way! I 13 running."But later I thought, "Why do I hate running when I haven't tried it since Grade 7?” And I 14 to give ru

7、nning another try. I told my friend I would like to 15 the 10K event. He was pleased to hear that. He advised me to look for a running program on the Internet to learn how to run.There were lots of running 16 on the Internet. I chose one that would last for 14 weeks. I had to run three times a week

8、for different periods （时段） of time. At the beginning I ran for short periods and had long breaks in between. Then as the weeks went on, I had to run for 17 periods and the breaks in between got shorter.I enjoyed following the running program because I could see 18 in my running each week. I went fro

9、m not being able to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! I went from hating running to loving running!On the day of the 10K running event I was both excited and 19 . I could hear my heart beating. It was time to put my new skills into practice. My friends and family came to s

10、upport me. I managed to finish the 10K in 72 minutes. It was hard but I felt very proud for having tried it.From this 20 I learnt it was a good idea to try something before saying I hated it! It turned out that I really enjoyed running. I went on to do another 10K, an 8K and a half marathon. Today I

11、 still enjoy running.13. A. finishB. missC.hate14. A. askedB. decidedC.helped15. A. enterB. avoidC. forget16. A. programsB. videosC. competitions17. A. moreB. fewerC.longer18. A. valueB. successC.pleasure19. A. surprisedB. nervousC.satisfied20. A. planB. resultC.chance阅读理解（共D. tryD. rememberedD. wat

12、chD. lessonsD. shorterD. progressD. comfortableD. experience36分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）My Cousin LauraMy cousin Laura is five years older than me, so she's 19 now and she lives in Bristol. She's very friendly and confident. She's got long, brown hair and

13、 brown eyes. She's slim and very fit because she's a dancer.She's danced since she was 6 years old and trains every day at her dance school. She wants to be a dancer. She often dances in shows and I've been to watch her several times. Her favorite type of dance is modern dance. It is

14、sometimes a bit strange, but I love watching her dance. Laura works so hard. I believe she will become a dancer.a pliuiographtTLaura is very busy because she also studies photography at university. She's a really good photographer and has taken lots of wonderful photos of me and my family, Her p

15、hotos have won a few prizes and last year one of her photos was on show at an art gallery （美术馆）in London.She's also trying to learn German because she wants to go to Germany next year to do a photography course. She is sure to be a better photographer.21. Laura started to dance when she was.A. 5

16、B. 6C. 14D. 1922. The writer thinks Laura will become a dancer because she is.A. confident B. beautiful C. hard-working D. modern23. Laura wants to go to Germany next year to.A. learn GermanB. give a dance showC. visit an art galleryD. learn photographyBAn Honestly Fun CampIt was early August, and W

17、ill was at a summer camp. His dad went to the camp when he was a boy and loved it, but W川 didn't like it. He had enough of the horse, the camp food, the baseball games and the canoeing.a can tieHe wrote to his mom and asked her if she would pick him up early, but he didn't want his mom to te

18、ll his dad. She replied, "I can't pick you up without telling your dad. I am always honest with him. If you really want to leave, I will talk to him about it."Will was worried about disappointing（ 使失望）his dad, so he told his mom he would stay for the last two weeks and try to make the

19、best of it, and asked her to make his favorite meal when he got home.During the last two weeks, every time he ate a camp meal he imagined he was eating his mom's cooking, Suddenly, the food didn't taste so bad.Will decided to be honest with his camp counselors（ 辅导员 ）. He told the horseback c

20、ounselor that he wasn't comfortable with the horse. The counselor asked Will to choose another horse, and he started to enjoy horseback riding.Will told the baseball counselor he didn't like playing 1st base, and the counselor changed him to play catcher, Will started to like baseball.As for

21、 canoeing, Will always sat in the front of the canoe. He told his counselor that he would like to sit in the back. Once he sat in the back, he started to enjoy canoeing,When Will's parents came to pick him up from the camp, he said to them, "This was the best camp ever. " And he couldn

22、't wait for next year's camp.24. Will decided to stay at the camp for the last two weeks because.A. he didn't want to disappoint his dadB. his mother refused to pick him up earlyC. he enjoyed the camp activities very muchD. his mother told his father about the matter25. What do we know f

23、rom the passage?A. Will preferred to sit in the front of a canoe.B. Will liked to play 1st base in a baseball game.C. The horseback counselor let Will change the horse.D. The camp food was better than Will's mother's cooking.26. What helped Will change the situation?A. His father's hope.

24、B. The counselors' suggestions.C. His mother's encouragement.D. His honesty with the counselors.CHave you ever got the chance to visit a new country and stay with a family? Or maybe it's something you've thought about? If so, hopefully this blog post will help you to put aside your w

25、orries, pack （打包） your travel bags, and go!Although the idea of taking part in a language exchange（交换）to a different country can make you nervous at first, a language exchange offers a good chance to improve your foreign language and to experience life in a new and exciting place.Living with a famil

26、y is often the best way to really see and understand a different culture. Staying in a hotel means you are surrounded围绕）by other tourists, but if you live with a family, you will get a real taste for the local customs, lifestyle and food. While living with a family, you will also be able to practice

27、 your English （or whichever language that you're learning） all the time, so you'll improve much more than you would on a normal holiday.What's more, the family will most likely be really friendly and will show you around their hometown and make you feel at home. They know all the best pl

28、aces to go in a town or a city-famous restaurants, museums, parks and shopping centers.The last advantage of staying with a family is that you'll probably make some life-long friends. This is also the best and most important reason to take part in a language exchange. Having a family to stay wit

29、h in another part of the world is great, and being able to talk to them over Skype or email is a great way to keep up your foreign language. So, why not go for it?27. How many advantages of staying with a family does the writer talk about?A. Two.B. Three. C. Four.D. Five.28. What's the most impo

30、rtant reason to take part in a language exchange?A. You can make life-long friends.B. You can visit some interesting places.C. You can improve your foreign language.D. You can experience life in a new country.29. What was the writer's purpose for writing this passage?A. To tell people how to lea

31、rn foreign languages.B. To tell people how to get along with a foreign family.C. To encourage people to go to other countries to travel.D. To encourage people to take part in a language exchange.DYears ago, someone had an idea out of this world. What if countries from around the world could get toge

32、ther and build a huge spacecraft（航天器）? The craft would be a very big moving lab around the Earth. Teams of astronautsfrom different countries could live on that craft and work together to do important scientific experiments（ 实验）.Imagine what the world could learn about space!Some people said it was

33、impossible. But now the fantastic idea has come true. The International Space Station （ISS） is. moving around the Earth now, 220 miles above the ground. It is, in fact, the third brightest object（ 物体）in the night sky, after the moon and Venus. How did people make it?The ISS. is built like a huge Leg

34、o（乐高）airship. Large pieces, called modules, are sent into space by rocket伙 箭）.Astronauts connect the pieces on risky space walks while the craft is moving at speeds of up to 17,500 miles every hour. That's like trying to build a car while it's moving very fast!The living module is about as l

35、ong as a classroom. But astronauts will have everything they need to live in space.The thick walls will protect astronauts from space temperatures, which is between 250 F and -250 F. Breathable air is piped（用管道输送）through the station from special tanks（罐子）.Water is brought up in tanks and then recycl

36、ed.Certainly, life in space has its dangers. Many astronauts worry the most about space rubbish from old spacecraft and satellites, and rocks from deep space. Even if a very small object hits the station, it could cause a catastrophe.For the men and women who train for years to become astronauts, no

37、thing compares with the excitement of going into space. "I've wanted to be an astronaut since the fourth grade," said Jerry Ross, an American astronaut when he waited to go into space another time. "The risks are a small price for the experience of going into space, And I believe

38、that what we will discover there will be very important for humans."30. What is this passage mainly about?A. The building of the ISS.B. Astronauts' life in the ISS.C. Different objects in space.D. Human's discoveries in space.31. What can we learn from the passage?A. The ISS is 17,500 m

39、iles away from the Earth.B. The ISS is the brightest object in the night sky.C. Building the ISS is as easy as making a Lego airship.D. Astronauts from different countries work together in the ISS.32. What does the word " catastrophe" probably mean?A. A great difficulty.B. A terrible accid

40、ent.C. A serious mistake.D. A surprising change.33. What can we learn from what Jerry Ross said?A. He thought going into space cost too much money.B. He thought going into space was dangerous but valuable.C. He believed his journey to space would be very successful.D. He worried about the dangers of

41、 going into space very much.四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）E. B. White The Writer of Charlotte's WebOne day, on a small farm in Maine, a man was watching a large gray spider spin a web in a barn （谷仓）.The man was E. B. White. E. B. -or Andy, as he was called-thought spiders were fantastic animals.

42、 He thought that one day he might like to write a children's book about a spider.spi门 a webBut writing was hard work for Andy. He had written many articles and poems. He had also written one children's book, Stuart Little. But Andy could never just hurry to turn an idea into an article or bo

43、ok. He decided to let his ideas "ripen".So for years, Andy continued to think about writing a children's book about a spider. He did some of his best thinking while he was walking around his farm.Once while he was cleaning his barn, he found a spider's egg sacjt）. Andy wanted to se

44、e the eggs hatch. But he would leave for a trip to New York City. So he found a small box and carefully placed the egg sac inside. When he got to his hotel, he put the box on the dresser. When he woke up one morning, there were hundreds of baby spiders on the dresser!Years later, Andy finally began

45、writing Charlotte's Web, the story of a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur. Andy created most of the book in the very small boathouse of his farm.Sometimes he stopped writing and drew pictures of spiders. Andy always said Charlotte's Web was more than just a children's story about animals. It was a timeless story about true friendship.34. What did Andy think of spiders?35. Did Andy hurry to write a book when he had an idea?36. Why did Andy take the spider's egg sac to New York City?37. Where did Andy create m