成都外国语学校2010-2011学年度下期期末考试
初2012级英语笔试试卷（2011.6）
注意事项：
1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
2.本堂考试120分钟，满分150分。
3.答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、学号填在机读卡和答题卷上。
4.请将A卷1-50题的答案按番号顺序依次填在机读卡上，否则不得分。B卷部分请做
到答题卷上，否则不得分。
Part A（共70分）
I. Choo the similar word or phra for the underlined part in each ntence. (5 scores)
1.Summer time activities are usually involved around quite a few outdoor sports.
A. a bit of
B. a little
C. a number of
D. lots of
2.I’m trying my best to find a specific craft as the gift for my dad on Father’s Day.
A. particular
carbonB. accurate
C. normal
D. different
3.They intend to t up a nursing home for the old by the side of the river.
A. repair
B. build
C. design
D. form
4.Were you able to talk in ntence when you were two years old?
A. Must you
B. May you
C. Could you
D. Would you
5.Apart from Scotland, what place el do you plan to tour in the holiday?
A. Like
B. Without
C. Within
D. Including
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II. Choo the best answers to fill in the blanks. (15 scores)
6.I always go to work _______ becau it’s good exerci and I hope to keep fit and healthy.
A. in a car
B. by coach
C. on my bicycle
D. by air
7.The excitement of baball make _________ terribly crazy! None of them misd even one
single game.
A. us
B. them
C. him
D. you
8.Would you like to stay in a guesthou or a hotel?
_______. I guess a caravan will be the best choice.
A. Both
B. Each
C. Either
D. Neither
9.How did the woman who bought a bunch of handbags pay?
________. We spent a long time counting and she forgot her change!
A. In cash
B. By credit card
C. By cheque
D. On internet
10.The professor didn’t leave the office _______ all the work was done.
A. before
B. when
C. after
D. until
11.The tour guide showed us around the hou ________ Hemingway lived in his fifties.
A. which
B. where
C. that
D. when
12.In Leeds Castle, the king’s dinning room, like all the other important rooms, ____________
in the past.
A. is the same as it was
B. are the same as they were
C. is the same as it is
D. are the same as they are
13.On the notice board are some advertiments for __________. You maybe can find a right
place to visit.
A. local restaurants
B. weekend activities
C. tourist attractions
D. latest inventions
14.The waitress asks us _________ here becau this is a non-smoking area.
A. to speak loudly
B. not to smoke
C. for some drinks
D. to go for a meal
15.—_________ is the muum from the sports centre?
— About 10 minutes on by bus.
A. How far
B. How often
C. How much
D. How long
16.This problem is terribly easy! _________ student in my class can give you the right answer
nand flashwithin a cond!
A. A
B. Any
C. Some
D. Most
17.Do you find barefoot boogie very much _______? You can’t think ab out your problems while
dancing.
A. relaxing
B. bored
C. excited
D. challenging
18.I plan to travel by train becau it’s _______, you can get to the station easily.
A.faster
B. slower
C. more convenient
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19.Our flight _________ in thirty minutes! We must hurry, or we’ll miss boarding!
A. lands
B. took off
C. is landing
D. is taking off
20. It is in West Road Cinema _______ Black Swan will be first shown on Friday!
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. what
III.Cloze test.Fill in the blanks with the best choices to complete the passages.(Total scores:20.A:5 scores B:15 scores )
A
Salads are very popular in western countries．They’re made from uncooked vegetables or fruits，and this makes them21．They are tasty too．Salads are great to eat in22，when the weather is hot．They are light and coo1．Here’s a way to make a23 salad．First，buy some lettuces，tomatoes and24．Buy a salad dressing too．Next，wash the vegetables carefully．Then,25the vegetables and put them in a bowl．After that，add the dressing．Finally，mix the vegetables and the dressing up．And there you have your salad! 21．A．delicious B．colorful C．healthy D. beautiful 22．A．spring B．summer C．fall D. winter 23．A．vegetable B．fruit C．flower D. meat
24．A．pears B．lamb C．hamburgers D. carrots 25．A．clean up B．mix up C．cut up D. put up
B
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero(英雄) yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much26in computer．One day，he 27an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message say ing “Help! Pain! Help!”
．The message was from Finland，28kilometers away from America．“I didn't know 29 I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．” So Dean did nothing at first．30 the message kept coming．“By then it was easy to e that someone was in trouble,” Dean said. He 31and found that the nder was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What
was32 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by e-mail.Dean 33the police immediately.And they realized that the situation was quite rious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance hurried to the library. 34 , she was still alive and was nt to the hospital quickly.
“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but35saved her life.”26．A．interest B．interested C．interesting D．interests 27．A．nt B．nds C．was nding D．is nding 28．A．hundred B．thousand C．thousands D．thousands of 29．A．how B．what C．where D．when
30．A．So B．And C．But D．As 31．A．telephoned B．replied C．found D．talked 32．A．better B．wor C．harder D．easier 33．A．contacted B．invited C．interviewed D.offered 3
4．A．Hardly B．Happily C．Luckily D．Carefully 35．A．a boy B．doctors C．the police D．email
IV. Reading comprehension. (30 scores)
A) Read the passages and choo the best answers.
A
My name is woof. You think that we have a great life，right？Wrong！I am going to tell you why.
First of all，we are bored. Bored. Bored. And bored. Do you ever think about what we do all day? Nothing. Nothing at all. Our owners are busy，you know，working，going to school，away from home all day. So what should we do？Watch the hou or apartment？Sure. That is like watching paint dry or grass grow. Boring. That’s why we get so excited when our owners come home. We bark and run around and act as if we are very happy. But we only do this becau we are bored all day. If we are lucky，our owner take us for a walk.
Then there is the food. We eat the same food，meal after meal，day after day，week after week，month after month. Help！Would you like to eat the same thing all the time？No，you would not. So
what makes you think we like it？We don’t. We hate it.
Another thing---television. Another thing---television. We hate television. Our owners watch the stupid programs，hour after hour，night after night. Are there any programs for us on television？No. Not a single one.
So what can we do？What el can we do but sleep？And so we sleep. We are not lazy，we are bored.
36. Woof may be a.
A. boy
B. girl
C. dog
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37. From the passage，we know that Woof.
A. lives a great life
B. is busy every day
C. likes the food very much
D. hates watching television
38. How many points does Woof dislike？
A.1
B. 2
C.3
D.4
B
If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others？Don’t believe tho people who say that young people today often think only of themlves. It’s
not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
Alice Hamilton, 17
I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths (小路) in the mountains. It’s going to be great fun—I’ll spend the whole summer living in a forest and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the moon and stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special Hou Program. They build good, less expensive hous and ll them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build hous.
Trish Anderson, 16
I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them choo and r ead books that they like. I want to be a teacher
and I love children and reading, so this is going t o be a great experience for me.
39. What does the word “volunteer” mean?
A. Help parents do the houwork
B. Do something and make some money
C. Learn how to build new hous
D. Offer to do something, not for money
40. What does Alice plan to do in summer？
A. To sleep under the moon and stars.
B. To breathe the clean mountain air.
C. To help build hiking paths in the mountains.
D. To spend the whole summer living in a forest.
41. The writer’s idea in this passage is that ______.
A. school students should do some hiking in summer.
B. it’s good to do something good for others in vacation.
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C. helping children to choo and read books is a good way.
D. having clean mountain air is good for health.
42. Which is the most possible title (标题) for this passage？
A. Reading for Life
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C. The Forest Centre
D. Young American Volunteers
C
Some animals can be trained to help humans(人类). For example, specially trained dogs help blind people walk around the town safely. Some kinds of monkeys
can be taught things too. They can learn how to help people who can’t u their
arms or legs. The monkeys pick up the phone when it rings, carry shopping bags
and do houwork.
In the wild, animals and humans are not usually friends, but there are a few interesting examples where they can work together. In Africa, the honeyguide bird works with
humans to find food. The bird likes to eat the grubs (幼虫)— a type of inct that
lives inside a beehive (蜂巢，蜂窝). It knows how to find beehives but it can’t open
them and get the grubs. People like to eat honey, but they aren’t very good at
finding beehives, so the bird and the people help each other. The bird flies to a
beehive and people follow it. When the people open the beehive and take the honey, they give the
grubs to the bird.
In Laguna in the south of Brazil, fishermen and dolphins work as a team. The ocean
isn’t very clean, so the fishermen can’t e the fish. However, dolphins can find
预订英文them easily by using sounds. When the dolphins find a large group of fish, they
make a noi to tell the fishermen. Then the dolphins push the fish to the beach.
The fishermen wait in the water near the beach and catch a lot of fish in their nets. The fishermen’s nets make it easier for the dolphins to catch fish too. In Laguna, fishermen and dolphins have been working together for many years. The fishermen teach their children how
to work with the dolphins. The dolphins must be happy to help becau they teach their babies
how to work with the humans!
43. How do some dogs help people?
A. They help people who can’t walk.
B. They help people who can’t e.
C. They help people who can’t hear.
D. They help people who can’t carry things.
44. Honeyguide birds help people______.
A. find honey
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B. find grubs
C. open beehives
D. make honey
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45. How do dolphins help fishermen?
A. They make sounds to nd the fish away.
B. They make sounds and then eat the fish.
C. They make sounds and then push the fish to the beach.
D. They make sounds to make the fish jump into the nets.
46. What is the main idea of this article?
A. Animals are our friends.
B. Some animals can help people.
C. Animals are born to help people.
D. Any kind of animals can work with humans.
B). Read the passage and complete it with proper ntences in the box. (5 scores)
Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, U.S.A. When he was a boy, he sang with other children in the church.
Little Martin knew that it was very important to love and be kind to others.
Although the church was very important to Martin, he was interested in other things, too.
___________47___________ He was not tall, but he was very strong. The boys in his town often met at Martin’s hou for a game of football or basketball.
___________48___________He went to college at fifteen. At first, he didn’t know what he wanted to study. He knew the black people didn’t have the same rights as the white people, and he also knew that the black people were not as happy as the white people. ________49____________ He wanted to help the poor black people.
Later he really became a famous man. He was fighting for the men’s rights(人权) all his life.
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. He became not only the symbolic leader(有代表性的领袖) of American blacks but also a world figure(人物). _________50_____________
A. He wanted to work for the black people.
B. Martin liked school and was a very good student.
C. He was murdered(谋杀) on the evening of April 4, 1968.
D. He liked sports very much.
