鲁教版初四上学期英语期末试题

第一学期期末检测初四英语试题注: 请将一至四题答案涂在答题卡上，其他题答案写在答题页内。

二、单项填空（15分）从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

21. —Tom, you are ___do your homework now, but you are playing computer!—I have already finished my homework, mom.A. afraid toB. able toC. supposed toD. willing to22. —Why didn’t you go to the party last night?—Because I to the party yesterday.A. inviteB. was invitedC. invitedD. wasn’t invited23. It’s rude to make noise while _____ noodles.A. eatingB. eatC. eatsD. to eat24. I find ________very difficult for me____ the meaning of the word.A. it’s, guessedB. it, guessingC. it’s, guessingD. it, to guess25. The beautiful lady_____ we met yesterday is our English teacher.A. whomB. whatC. whichD. whose26. —I’m sorry to keep you waiting.—Oh, not at all. I _________ here for only a few minutes.A. had beenB. wasC. has beenD. have been27. I prefer skiing to climbing because I think climbing is __________ skiing.A. not as exciting asB. not more exciting asC. not most exciting asD. more exciting than28. My friend to make me feel at home when I visited him.A. Go out of his wayB. went out of his wayC. goes out of his wayD. goes out their way29. —My teacher has decided to _________ smoking.—That’s good news for us. I hope so.A. give upB. take outC. give inD. turn off30. I used to up late, but now I am used to up early.A. get, gettingB. getting, getC. get, getD. getting, getting31. —Sorry, my sister isn’t in at the moment.—Will you tell her to call me back when you ___him?A. seeB. will seeC. sawD. have see32. —What makes your mother so _____________.—I work harder than before.A. angrilyB. angryC. happyD. happily33. There is going to ____ a fashion show tomorrow. Please try ____ late.A. have; not to beB. has; not beC. be; not to beD. be; not be34. —You aren’t a stranger, are you ?—____.don’t you remember____ me at the school gate ten minutes ago?A. Yes, to seeB. No, seeingC. No, sawD. Yes, seeing35. Excuse me, can you tell me when ?A. does the ship leaveB. the ship leavesC. the ship had leftD. did the ship leave三、完形填空（10分）阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。

When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?More and more children are becoming overweight (超重) and nearsighted 36 they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative since watching TV doesn’t 37 any active thought.Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff 38 in the USA. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends 39 watching TV.American school children spend, on 40 , 1000 hours a year watching TV. That’s too much, say the doctors 41 organized this year’s TV-Turn off Week.Doctors say that the 42 children watch television, the more overweight they may become. And the food children eat while they watch television makes this weight 43 more serious.To keep mentally(精神上) and physically(身体上) healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friends and family, read, and 44 the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be 45 for many TV lovers, but why not have a try?36. A. because B. until C. whether D. though37. A. find B. need C. lose D. know38. A. Day B. Week C. Month D. Year39. A. together with B. because of C. lots of D. instead of40. A. generally B. each C. average D. all41. A. whom B. whose C. which D. who42. A. later B. earlier C. longer D. less43. A. problem B. question C. thing D. lesson44. A. explore B. invent C. find D. make45. A. easy B. happy C. dangerous D. difficult四、阅读理解（24分）阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

AMaria is a casher（收银员）in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watchers, sweets, and many other things. They pay Maria for the things they buy.At the shop people buy lottery tickets. They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket（彩票）. Thereare pictures on the tickets. Some pictures are winning pictures ,and some pictures are losing pictures. Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. Only one people can win thousands of dollars.One day Maria was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a women. The women looked the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter and left, “There are losing tickets”, she said to herself.Maria picked up the tickets and looked them .To her surprise, one of them was a winning ticket!“Excuse me!” Maria called the women, “you wi n＄50,000!”The women came back to the counter, She took the winning ticket and looked at carefully .“ I can’t believe it .”she said, “I won ＄50,000.”The women walked slowly, looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around , “Thank you! Thank you very much!”she said to Maris excitedly.Why did Maris give the women the ticket? Why didn’t keep the ticket? Didn’t she want the ＄50,000?“Of course ,I wanted the money,” Maria said,“but it was her ticket not mine.”“I’m sorry that you aren’t rich,” her mother said “But I’m happy you are so honest.”46. What does Maria do at the big shop?A. She receives and pays out money.B. She buy medicine, watchers, and many other things.C. She helps people chose things.D. She carries thing for old people.47. How much does a lottery ticket cost?A. NothingB. Three dollarsC. Two dollarsD. One dollar48. Maria didn’t keep the ticket because_______.A. She won ＄50,000, too.B. her mother told her not to do so.C. she didn’t want to have anything that didn’t belong to her.D. her mother was very rich49. What do you think of the women who bought lottery ticket?A. She is a rich lady.B. She is a generous lady.C. She is careless lady.D. She is a near—sighted lady.BName Personal InformationLudwig van Beethoven Born in 1770 in Germany A musicianDied in 1827Florence Nightingale Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820 An English nurseDied in 1910Bill Gates Born in 1955 in the USAWrote Business@the Speed of Thought Owns MicrosoftThomas Edison Born in 1847 in the USA Made about 2,000 inventions Died in 1931Yao Ming Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China A basketball playerPlaying for the Houston Rockets, USA50. Thomas Edison was from .A. CanadaB. ItalyC. the USAD. China51. Business@the Speed of Thought is the name of a .A. songB. bookC. schoolD. film52. Florence Nightingale died in .A.1931B.1827C.1847D.191053. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Yao Ming is playing basketball in America.B. Edison was born in 1820.C. Beethoven made about 2,000 inventionsD. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955.CYoung people and old people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults are invited to join the program. They live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works for seven hours a day. They do so not only to keep busy, but also to find meaning and happiness in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some of them learn to making things like tables, chairs and something like that and to build houses. It is the adults who teach them to do those.There are a few free hours each day and weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn to take photos or paint pictures, others sit around and talk, sing or dance. Each teenager has his own way to spend his free time.When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rule together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “What should we do about it?”One of the teenagers talks about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn to think about the group.”54. In one program in New York State, young and old people________.A. teach one another new ways of building housesB. are friendly to one anotherC. do not work togetherD. spend a long time together, working as farmers.55. All the members spend some time together everyday mainly to ______.A. learn skills of farmingB. lead a busy lifeC. get used to the life on the farmD. find value and pleasure in work56. The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _______.A. tiringB. unpleasantC. helpfulD. boring57. The best title for the passage is ________.A. The Rules of Living TogetherB. Life in the New York StateC. Teenagers in the Special GroupD. Free hours in the Special Work GroupDCoffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the most popular drinks in the world. Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee. They think that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way. So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.Do you know what is in the coffee that makes our bodies and brains active？It is caffeine. Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities. For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augment body heat. All this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous.Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods. A little caffeine is probably not harmful. But too much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless.58. Caffeine is found in ____.A. tea and waterB. chocolate, meat and some other foodsC. coffee and jamD. coffee, tea and some other foods59. The word “augment” means _____.A. increaseB. drinkC. stopD. make less60. From the passage we learn that drinking a cup of coffee late at night______.A. give you a headacheB. make you fall asleepC. keep you awakeD. be dangerous六、单词拼写（5分）根据句义完成句中已给出首字母的单词。