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南溪一中外国语实验学校
2013-2014学年下期初2015级半期考试
英语 试题卷

考试时间120分钟，共110分
注意：请将答案一律写在答题卡上，在试题卷上答题一律无效。

听力部分（20分）
一、听句子，选出该句的最佳答语（句子读2遍）
( ) 1. A. Don’t say that. B. I’m sorry to hear that. C. I’m sad.
( ) 2. A. Thank you. B. I’m happy. C. I am sure.
( ) 3. A. Yes, I’d love. B. Yes, I’d like to. C.Yes,please. ( ) 4. A. Match. B. Chinese. C. Home.
( ) 5. A. Yes, I did. B. I took a bus. C.I remember.
二、听对话，选择正确答案（对话读2遍）XK]
( ) 6. A.Because he watched TV until midnight last night.
B.Because he slept late.
C.Because he studied until midnight last night.
( ) 7. A.He can’t find his notebook.
B.He doesn’t finish homework.
C.He argued with his friend.
( ) 8. A.Yes, she does. B. No, she doesn’t C. She wants to call Jack up.
( ) 9. A. He has a cold. B.He has no friends. C. He argued with his parents.
( ) 10. A. No, she doesn’t. B.Yes, she does. C. She doesn’t like the pen.
三、根据所听到的短文内容回答问题（短文读2遍）
( ) 11. Who has some problems?
A. Jenny. B. Mary. C. Lucy.
( ) 12. What is the girl worried about?
A. Her homework. B. Her father. C. Her exams
( ) 13. Can she eat well?
A. Yes, she can. B.No, she can’t. C. She eats well.
( ) 14. What is Jenny’s advice?
A. Listen to some soft music. B. Go for a walk.
C. Eat two meals every day.
( ) 15. Why does Jenny tell her not to drink coffee or tea?
A. Because she isn’t thirsty. B. Because she won’t be able to sleep.
C.Because she can’t relax.
四、根据对话内容选择最佳答案 (对话读2遍)
( ) 16. What is Wang Tao?
A. He is a teacher.
B. He is a reporter.
C. He is a student.
( ) 17. What was Liu Fang doing at the time of the rainstorm?
A. She was working.
B. She was sleeping.
C. She was walking.
( ) 18. How many people were there in the street at that time?
A. Many. B. Nobody. C. Few.
( ) 19. Was the wind strong?
A. No, it wasn’t. B. Yes, it was. C. It was weak.
( ) 20. Why couldn’t the car go?
A. The water was too deep. B. Nobody drove it. C. It didn’t work.
笔试部分（90分）
I. 单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）
( ) 21. To our _________, Jack arrived on time today. He was always late for class before.
A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprises
( ) 22. Ann used to _______ in the morning, but now she is used to ________in the
evening.
A. run, run B. running, run C. run, running D. running, runs
( ) 23. I want to work in the food bank to _________the food to the hungry people.
A. help out B. put out C. work out D. give out
( ) 24.You could save some money you can buy a gift for your mother.
A. in order to B. because C. so D. so that
( ) 25. ---Could you please take out the trash? ---______________.
A. Yes, sure. B. Yes, here you are. C. I am very shy. D. I’ll help it out.
( ) 26. ---I cut myself by accident when I was making dinner!
--- _____________
A. You should see a dentist. B. You should put some medicine on it.
C. You should drink some hot water. D. You should put your head back.
( ) 27. You look unhappy. ______________?
A. What did you happen B. What’s the wrong
C. What’s the matter D. What was happened
( ) 28. I often saw the boys__________in the river.
A.swam B.swimming C. swim D.swims
( ) 29. The ________man lives ________.
A. alone, alone B. alone, lonely C. lonely, lonely D. lonely, alone
( ) 30.While the woman ,the accident happened.
A.shopped B.is shopping C.was shopping D.shops
Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
A boy was walking in the street 31 a man came over 32 him and 33 him the way 34 the station.
The boy was very naughty(调皮的).He wanted 35 a joke （玩笑） on the man. He pointed to（指向） 36 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 37 , the man came back. He said to the boy that there was only a bookshop there and he 38 find the station.
The boy 39 and said,“ 40 a map in the bookshop, and you’ll find the way!”
( ) 31.A.but B .because C. then D. when
( ) 32.A.form B. to C. for D. with
( ) 33.A.ask B. asked C. tell D. told
( ) 34.A.to B. for C. at D. in
( ) 35.A.play B. to play C. show D. to show
( ) 36.A.another B. the other C. one more D. two
( ) 37.A.before B. after C. past D .later
( ) 38.A.can’t B. may not C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
( ) 39.A.looked B. cried C. laughed D. jumped
( ) 40.A.Buy B. Carry C. Show D. Borrow
Ⅲ.阅读理解 (每小题2分，共40分)
A
Jim is a little boy who stays with his grandma.
He likes sweets and cakes. He always eats some food with sweets before he goes to bed. And as soon as he gets up in the morning, he can find some cakes on the table in his bedroom.
One morning, before Jim got up, his grandma took some cakes to his bedroom. She saw Jim crying in bed.21·cn·jy·com
“What’s the matter, dear?” his grandma asked in a hurry.
“I’ve got a bad toothache,” said Jim.
So his grandma had to take him to the dentist’s. Jim was looked over and the dentist took out the bad tooth for him at last.
Two days later Jim felt better and was at school again. Mrs. Hunt asked, “What was the matter with you those days, Jim?”
“I had a bad toothache, madam,” answered Jim.
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” said Mrs. Hunt. “Is it better now?”
“I don’t know, madam. It was left with the dentist.”
( ) 41. Who does Jim stay with?
A. His father. B. His mother. C. His grandma. D. Mrs. Hunt
( ) 42. What does Jim like?
A. Vegetables. B. Fruits. C. Sweets and cakes. D. Eggs
( ) 43. What was the matter with Jim one morning?
A. He had a headache. B. He had a bad toothache.
C. He had a fever. D. He cut his finger.
( ) 44. How long was Jim away from school?
A. A day. B. Two days. C. Three days. D. Four days.
( ) 45. Who is Mrs. Hunt?
A. Jim’s teacher. B. Jim’s mother. C. Jim’s grandma. D. Jim’s friend
B Each country has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, 
some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours asvolunteers in hospitals, orphanages(孤儿院) or old people’s homes. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. 
Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
   Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember 
the problems of younger boys and girls.
   Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. 
( ) 46. Where can you often find volunteers in the United States? 
A. At a bus stop.   B. In a park.   C. In a hospital.   D. In a shop. 
( ) 47. How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old? 
A. They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their house. 
B. They cook, sew or wash their clothes. 
C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them. 
D. They clean, wax and repair their cars. 
( ) 48. What is Big Brothers? 
A. It‘s the name of a club.               
B. It‘s a home for children who have no brothers. 
C. It‘s the name of a film.              
D. It‘s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers. 
( ) 49.Why do so many of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers? 
A. Because they have a lot of free time. 
B. Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger. 
C. Because they know how to do the work. 
D. Because they like younger boys and girls. 
( ) 50. What do volunteers believe? 
A. To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy. 
B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy 
C. when they are happy, the others will be happy.
D. The happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to 
others. 
C
Arnold Johnson was a proud man. “I’m sure my family is one of the oldest in the country,” he often told people, “It has a long history.”
One day, he went to see an expert in family history, Mrs. Green who had much knowledge and experience about family history.
“I want to find out everything about my family,” he said. “Where do we come from? Who was the first Johnson? Were there any famous people in the family? Do I have any rich relatives(亲戚)?”
“OK,” Mrs. Green said. “But it will cost $2000.”
Arnold thought about this. “Two thousand dollars was a lot of money.”
At last he said, “All right. But I want the whole history.”
The expert agreed. “Come back in three months,” she said.
Three months later Arnold visited Mrs. Green again.
“Well, ” he said. “Did you find out everything about my family?”
“Yes,” she said. “It is a very interesting family. However, my price is now $5000.”
“Five thousand dollars!” Arnold shouted. “But you told me it was $2000.”
“I know, it was $2000 to find out about your family,” she said. “It is another $3000 to keep the secret!”
( ) 51. Arnold Johnson was proud because he believed___________.
A. he was a very old man. B. his family was famous.
C. his family had a long history. D. he was very rich.
( ) 52. What did Mr. Johnson want to know?
A. The whole history of his family.
B. How much he had to pay for his family history.
C. The names of everyone in his family.
D. A secret of his family.
( ) 53. Who did Mr. Johnson ask about his family history?
A. A rich man. B. Some famous people.
C. Mrs. Green D. His family.
( ) 54. Why did the expert ask for more money?
A. She needed more time to do this.
B. To keep secret about Johnson’s family history.
C. She had found some rich people in Johnson’s family.
D. To tell everyone about everything of Johnson’s family history.
( ) 55. From the expert’s words, we can guess Mr. Johnson’s old family has lots of ______.
A. money B. secrets C. people D. houses

D
Mozart was born on January 27,1756 and died on December 5,1791.When he was three, he often had lessons with his elder（年长的）sister. His father took him through many different countries, where he played music for lots of people.
But some people didn’t believe that a little boy could write such beautiful music. They asked him to stay in a room all by himself for a week and somebody watched the room all the time. In the week, he finished a piece of music. After that, people believed that he could write beautiful music.
Mozart died when he was still a young man. During his short life he studied music and taught music and played music and wrote music. Even by working so hard, he couldn’t make much money. Often he had to borrow money from his friends. But his music made him happy and for more than two hundred years his music has made other people happy, too.
( ) 56.When he was , Mozart took music lessons with his elder sister.[来源:Z,A.three B.five C.young D.old
( ) 57.Some people that the little boy could write beautiful music until he finished a new piece a week later.
A. believed B. didn’t believe C. knew D. know
( ) 58.Mozart was famous, but he was .
A. rich B. poor C. happy D. relaxed
( ) 59.Mozart lived .
A. a long time B. a long life C. a short time D. a happy time
( ) 60.His music made happy.
A.both him and other people B.only him
C. other people D. his family
Ⅳ．按要求完成句子，一空一词（每空1分，共10分）
61.这个男孩总是依赖父母.
The boy always __________ ________his parents.
62.吉米已经把钱用完了.
Jimmy has________ ________ of money.
63.我们想让这个小女孩开心起来.
We want to _____________ ___________the little girl.
64.你不应该和你妹妹吵架.
You shouldn’t _____________ __________your sister.
65.当铃声响起时，我们正在操场上玩的高兴.
We__________ __________fun when the bell rang.
Ⅴ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空[（每小题1分，共10分）
real    learn make   why   thing 
know  easy try much  problem 

Being at the middle school is a great time in your life. You are learning many interesting__66__and thinking in new ways. Teachers can help you solve your__67__at school.You ___68__that they are always ready to help you. That’s __69__they wanted to be 
teachers!  
  It’s good to get on well with your teachers, because it __70__the school time more  pleasant. Kids who get on better with their teachers can __71__more. They also 
feel__72__comfortable to ask or answer questions, This makes it much__73__for 
them to do their best on tests.  
 Some kids are always good students, but most kids are sensitive to the way they 
get on with the teachers. However, even if you don’t __74__like your teachers, you 
should __75__to know them better.  
66. _______ 67. _______68._______69._______70. _______
71. _______ 72. _______73. _______74. _______75. _______
Ⅵ．书面表达（10分）
假设你是Tina，你的笔友Tom给你发了一封电子邮件，信中他诉说了他的烦恼：他最好的朋友要过生日，他的朋友们准备的礼物都很贵，可是他却没有足够的钱给最好的朋友买很昂贵的礼物。请根据提示给他写一封回信，给他一些合理的建议。
提示：1.买礼物并不一定必须买贵的。
2.没有必要因为不买贵的就感到难过。
3.同学应该会理解。[来源:学|科|网]
4.花钱太多还得向父母要。
5.可以买花或者自制贺卡等。

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