稠江中学初二英语期中考试卷

稠江中学初二英语期中考试卷二．单项选择：(15)1.What can you see ____ the back of the classroom?A. inB. atC. in theD. at the2.If you don't feel like doing the housework, you may ____ look after the baby.A. choose toB. choosesC. choseD. chose to3.My teacher asked me to ____ something about my favorite subject.A. tellB. sayC. speakD. talk4.How delicious the ____ is!A. pieces of breadB. cakesC. breadD. oranges5.After half an ____ walk, I got home.A. hour'sB. minute'sC. minuteD. hour6.I waited ____ your call the whole night. Why ____ you ring?A. for, don'tB. for, didn'tC. to, don'tD. to, didn't7.I'm too tired, let's ____ out.A. goB. not go C not to go D. don't go8.The players ____ Class 3 are ____ the same team.A. in, atB. in, onC. from, onD. from, at9.There are many trees on ____ sides of the road.A. eachB. everyC. allD. both10.Please remember me ____ your parents.A. toB. forC. atD. in11.I have a yellow cat ____ four black ears.A. haveB. hasC. withD. of12.The police ____ coming soon.A. isB. are going toC. are going to beD. are13.I met him at ____.A. doctorB. farmerC. the farmerD. the doctor's14.He can speak English as ____ as his brother.A. goodB. wellC. quickD. beautiful15."in the middle of the day" means ____.A. in the afternoonB. at one o'clockC. at noonD. in the morning 三．完形填空：(10)The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't __1__ to catch him. One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and __2__ in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and __3__ him." That's a good idea," said the fox. He went home at __4__. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who __5__?" asked the rabbit. "__6__ the wolf. I've come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away. The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and saw the fox __7__ in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending (假装) to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go __8__ him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look __9__ a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." __10__ thefox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth. The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.1.A. difficult B. good C. funny D. easy2.A. lie B. lay C. lying D. lied3.A. hold B. catch C. drive D. killed4.A. once B. first C. last D. twice5.A. are you B. is it C. is he D. are they6.A. I'm B. It is C. He is D. This is7.A. to lie B. lie C. lying D. lied8.A beside B. near C. at D. for9.A. like B. as C. as D. at10. A. After B. When C. Till D. Until四．阅读理解：(30)AMr. White was a quite busy lawyer (律师). He always worked all day. Sometimes he could not have a rest on Sunday, so he usually forgot the date.Last Saturday, he remembered it was his wife's birthday. "I often forgot her birthday." He said to himself. "But not this time." Then he went to a flower shop and bought some beautiful flowers on his way home. He gave the flowers to Mrs. White and said, "Happy Birthday! January 15 is your birthday. I don't forget it.""Yes. But my birthday was yesterday. It's January 16 today. Anyway, thank you all the same," said Mrs. White.1.Mr. White was a ____ man, so he usually forgot something.A. greatB. busyC. happyD. good2.Mr. White thought that Saturday was ____.A. Jan. 13B. Jan. 14C. Jan. 15D. Jan. 163.He bought some flowers ____.A after he go home B. before he finished his workC. on SundayD. before he got home4.When Mr. White gave his wife the flowers, she ____.A. was very happy because Mr. White remembered itB. was not happy because Mr. White forgot thatC. also said "Thank you"D. said nothing5.From this passage we know that Mr. White ____.A. remembered his wife's birthday, but forgot the dateB. forgot his wife's birthday, but remembered the dateC. remembered the date and his wife's birthdayD. forgot the day and his wife's birthdayBFred liked fish very much, and when he had enough money, he always bought it in the market and took it home. But when his wife saw the fish, she always said to herself, "Good. Now I'll ask my friends to have lunch and we will eat the fish."So when Fred came home in the evening, the fish was never there. And his wife always said, "Oh, your cat ate it. She is a very bad animal." And she gave Fred soup and bread for his dinner.But one evening when this happened, Fred became very angry. He took the cat and his wife to the shop near his home and weighed the cat carefully. Then he turned to his wife and said, "My fish weighed three pounds. This cat weighs three pounds, too. My fish is here, you see. Then where is my cat?"6.Fred always bought some fish in the market when ____.A. he liked itB. his wife asked him to do soc. he had enough money D. he came back from work7.Fred was very angry one evening when he got home because ____.A. his cat had eaten his fishB. he couldn't see the fishC. he ate soup and bread for his supper instead of fishD. his wife liked to eat fish8.Fred took the cat and his wife to the shop to ____.A. weigh the catB. buy another fishC. to expose (揭露) his wife's lieD. to find out his fish for dinner9.In fact ____ ate the fish.A. the catB. his wifeC. FredD. his wife and her friends10.From the passage we can be sure that ____.A. Fred got on well with his wifeB. Fred's wife loved himC. Fred liked to eat fishD. his wife was fond of eating but hated workingCWhen some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth.Theyoften happen near the mountains.During an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise suddenly and even crack(断裂)open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.Can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and make maps' that show the "earthquake belts". In areas(地区)in these belts, it's possible for earthquakes to happen. In these areas we should build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.In the future, scientists will be able to tell when and where an earthquake will be before they happen. They can also tell people what to do and how to do it.11.A large number of earthquakes often happens_________．A．in the area B.on landC. at nightD.next to mountains12. The reason for an earthquake is_______.A. the result of rock plates' sudden movementB. that there are so many plates on the earthC. that the sea is too deepD．rocks' cracking open13.A map showing the earthquake belts will tell people__________.A. what kind of houses to buildB. what kind of houses can stay up in an earthquakeC. where earthquake may happenD. how to keep themselves safe during an earthquake .14. In the future we'll be no longer so afraid of earthquakes_________.A. with the help of scientists' exact prediction(预报)B. because of a map showing the "earthquake belts"C. because we can guess the date and place of earthquakesD. as scientists know what to do and how to do it15. The best title for the passage is_______.A. An EarthquakeB. A Scientist and an EarthquakeC. How to Fight Against EarthquakeD. Earthquakes Today and Tomorrow五．词汇运用：(15)A 根据中文，写出相应的单词。