2014-2015时代中学初二半期考试卷及答案

福州时代中学2014-2015学年度第二学期八年级半期考英语科试卷第I卷听力部分（20分）略语言知识运用（共25分）第二部分语言知识应用（满分25分）第一节单选题。

(15分，每小题1分)（）21.--My parents and I will go to France for ___vacation next week.--____beautiful country！Have a good time.A.a eight-day;WhatB. an eight-day;HowC. eight days;What aD. an eight-day;What a( )22.The math problem is___difficult____.A.too; to work it outB. so; to work it outC. too; to work outD.too;to work out it( )23.Don’t go out___the rain_____.A.before;stopB. until; stoppedC. after; stoppingD.until;stops( ) 24. It’s normal____nervous when____English in public.A.to be; speakingB. to be; speakC. be; speakingD.be; speak( )25. --Does Japan lie___the northeast of Asia？--Yes,and it’s also___the east of China.A.in; toB. in; onC. in; toD.to;on( )26. --How much did you____for your computer?--Well, it ___me$5000.A.paid；costsB. pay；costC. spend；costD.cost;spent( )27.Remember____me when you finish_____the plan.A.emailing; to makeB. to email; to makeC. emailing; makingD.to email;making( )28.--Let’s go fishing if it____this weekend.--But who knows if it____this weekend?A.is fine; will rainB. will be fine; rainsC. will be rain; will rainD.doesn’t rain;rains( )29. --___is it from here to your school?---It about 20 minutes’___.A.How long;walkB.How far;on footC. How long;by bikeD.How far;ride( )30. After the ____of his wife,the old man lives____in that village.A.dead;aloneB. death;lonelyC. dying;lonelyD.death,alone( )31. The book is___for children to read.There are ___new words in it.A.enough difficult;a fewB.difficult enough;fewC. enough easy;littleD.easy enough;few( )32. ---Jenny can’t help___the house.Why?---Because she is busy___for the English exam.A.to clean;preparingB. cleaning; to prepareC.cleaning;preparingD.clean;to prepare( )33. My mother_______when I ______home yesterday.A.is cooking;arrivedB.was cooking;got toC.was cooking;gotD.cooked;got to( )34. Not only his parents but also he_____attention to ________the weather report every day.A.pay;listenB. pay;listening toC.pays;listeningD.pays；listening to( )35.___the traffic rules,____the car will hit you.A.Following;orB. Obey;andC. Obeying: /.D.Obey;or第二节完形填空 (共10小题，每题 1分，满分 10分)阅读短文，从下列各题所给的A. B.C.D.四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern 36 on his first day of school.In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics (电子设备) like computers and iPads. This semester, they will 37 the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework. “It’s 38 ”said Tony. “I prefer using an iPad to work on math or other projects 39 my team members.”The school uses new technology‘(技术）in classrooms to help students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience their tasks, technology is pretty common in most of our classrooms now,” the head teacher said. “We are trying to use technology to 40 the world to kids. It can bring the outside world in.”copyright Science teacher Mr Miller agrees. “It is a 41 way for students to know the outside world,” he said.Mr Miller now regards himself as a guide of learning 42 as a teacher. “If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them 43 to find the answers rather than tell them what the answers are,” he said.Dale, another student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before, 44 now he likes the classes very much. “It helps me use what I know about technology at school,” Dale said. “Most importantly, I 45 the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies.”36.A. dormitory B.library C. classroom D. House37.A. like B. use C. want D. hope38.A. boring B. relaxed C. amazing D. amazed39.A.by B. at C.with D. on40.A.open up B. look up C. put up D. cheer up41.A.wrong B. slow C. quick D. lazy42.A. because of B. instead of C. according to D.in case of43.A.why B. what C. how D.where44.A. but B. and C. or D. then45.A.hope B. hate C. enjoy D.find第三部分阅读理解（共二节，满分20分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读短文，选择正确答案（每小题1分，共5 分）AOnce a man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He saw a small hole and a little butterfly was struggling in it. He sat and watched it for several hours. Then the butterfly stopped. The butterfly looked too tired to go further. So the man decided to help the butterfly come out. He cut the cocoon open. The butterfly came out easily but it had a soft body and wings（翅膀）.The man went on to watch it, hoping that the wings would be strong enough to fly, but nothing happened! In fact the butterfly was never able to fly. but nothing happened!The man didn't know the struggle was a good way of making its wings strong. In fact , sometimes struggles are really what we need in our lives. We won't be strong and we would never fly without going through some difficulties.( ）46. What's the right order about the butterfly's coming out?a. A small hole of a cocoon appearedb.It seemed not to go furtherc.It struggled to come out of a holed.It come out with the man's helpA.abdcB.abcdC.acbdD.acdb( ）47. What happened to the butterfly?A.It could fly at lastB.It couldn't fly at lastC.Its wings were strong enough to flyD.Its wings were stronger.( )48. The underline word "struggling" means" _______".A. 出现B.限制C.挣扎D.前进（）49. The passage tells us that______.A. man should help a butterfly come out of the cocoonB.Sometimes we need some struggles to become strongerC.We don't need any struggles in our livesD.The man was kind and friendly to the butterfly( ) 50. What is the best title for the story?A.The Love for the CocoonB.The Joy of Helping Each OtherC.The Lesson of the CocoonD.The Expectation for the ButterflyB阅读短文，选择正确答案（每小题1分，共5 分）For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50oC while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of buildings stays so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmland is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes cities hotter.It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar(太阳的) roof panels(面板). The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building. People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, four fifths(五分之四) of the population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.( )51. The scientists have found .A．cities become very hot in summerB．Atlanta is the hottest city in AmericaC．there are not as many storms as beforeD．it is not as hot on the roof as in the street( )52. The way to make the city cooler is to .A．plant more treesB．try to use air conditioners moreC．build more parks and squaresD．paint the roofs of all the white buildings( )53.What will probably happen in the future according to the fourth paragraph(段落)?A．Cities won’t grow very fastB．We will not have enough foodC．Most people will move to the countrysideD．People will plant more trees outside the cities( ) 54. what does the underline word "electricity" means in the passage?.A.电路B.电线C.电压D.电( )55. What is the best title(题目)for the passage?A．More Farmland Is NeededB．Trees Make Cities CoolerC．Cities Are Getting HotterD．Scientists Are Worried About StormsC阅读短文，选择正确答案（每小题1分，共5 分）Today was Mike’s only son’s birthday. So he decided to get something nice for h is son . but when he got the gun (枪) from the wall, it fell down, and the gun was crooked (弯曲)， it looked like the letter L.“Haha!, that’s a good sign. L means luck. ” said Mike.An hour later, Mike got to a mountain lake. He was very surprised to see some wild ducks –thirteen of them！Twelve were playing in the lake, and the thirteenth was sleeping quietly near the bank.“Bang!” Ah, as the gun was crooked, the bullet(子弹) went zig-zag-zig-zag, hitting all twelve ducks in the water and then hitting the thirteenth sleeping one.Mike went to catch them. When he held the last duck by the neck in the end, it suddenly hit the water with the wings. Then a big fish jumped out of the water and landed in the grass near the bank.Mike went to pick the fish. To his surprise, there was a hen and it was lying dead with its neck broken by the fish. When Mike took the hen, he found there were thirteen eggs in the soft leaves. Not even one was broken.Mike went home with all of them happily.( ) 56. Mike decided to get something nice because__________.A. there wasn’t anything to eat at homeB.that day was his son’s seventh birthdayC.his wife asked him to do soD.there were lots of animals in the mountain.( )57. which of the following pictures can show the way that the bullet went?A.B.C.D.( )58. what’s the correct order of the following event?a.Mike got to a mountain lake.b. A huge fish jumped out of the waterc. Mike got the thirteen ducksd. Mike got the gun crookede. Mike got the hen and thirteen eggs.A d-b-c-e-aB d-a-c-b-eC a-e-d-c-bD c-d-a-e-b( )59.which of the following is WRONG?A. Mike hit the fish and the henB. The family would have a big birthday dinner.C. It took Mike one hour to get to the mountain lake.D. It was such a wonderful day of Mike.( )60. What is the best title of this article?A. How to huntB. Lucky MikeC.A nice birthdayD. Mike and his son第二节阅读理解。