初二英语期末考试

Pu Dong Foreign Languages School

Shanghai International Studies University

Final Exam For Class 1 ,Junior 2 ( IE )

January 2011

Part One Listening (18%)

1. TRUE / FALSE:

1. The man who created Facebook has won a magazine’s award.

2. Mark Zuckerberg, at 26, is the youngest ever winner of this

award.

3. Over 20 per cent of the world population use Facebook.

4. Zuckerberg has a huge team helping him keep Facebook

going.

5. There was a possibility Julian Assange could win the award.

6. Time chose Zuckerberg because he was more positive than

Assange.

7. Time’s editor said our trust in authority increases year by

year.

8. Zuckerberg believes we could have more friends in the future.

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. founder a. survey

2 accolade b. linked

3. statistic c. mark

4. impression d. award

5. connected e. possibility

6. uncertain f. creator

7. poll g. eating away

8. erosion h. belief

9. faith i. figure

10. potential j. unsure

Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar (35%)

I.Filling in the blanks according to the phonetics.(10%)

1.[aiˈrɔnikəli], some of the successful Japanese anime and manga series have been based on Chinese classic literature.

2. The game between Lakers and Heat was really [ˈbreθ͵teɪkɪŋ].

3. It’s big enough to [ˈməutiveit]some parents to help their children fake awards for the extra points.

4. Paintings found in ancient Korean tombs [ˈindikeit] that a martial art has been practiced for ages there.

5. The New York Transit Museum [ˈʃedju:əl]special tours of the station several times a year.

6. At the same time, your inner beauty will grow and [ˈreidieit] to your self for the rest of the world to see.

7. I t’s a [͵kɔmbiˈneiʃən]of the two cities of Shanghai and Nanjing.

8. [iˈventjuəli], the frame dissolved, leaving me with a brand-new ear!

9. By [ˈkɔntræst], I can stay in bed until 7.30

10. It was already too late to [riˈvə:s]global warming and stop the ice caps from melting.

II. Word transformation (5%)

1. Besides a vast land area, there are also neighboring seas and numerous islands.

2. Hong Kong has to import the of its food.

3. What advantages do New York and Vancouver have respectively?

4. Tea has now become one of the daily in China.

5. Bad manners at a table during a dinner will be .

III. Multiple Choices (10%)

1. Great changes in my hometown since 1999.

A. have taken place

B. have been happened

C. had happened

D. was taken place

2. John is unhappy. He of all his money.

A. was robbed C. robbed

C. was stolen

D. stole

3. The boy is often heard songs after classes.

A. sing

B. singing

C. to sing

D. sung

4. There’s something wrong with the computer. It

A. is needed to fix

B. needs to be fixed

C. needs fixing it

D. is needed fixing

5. The light is on. He to turn it off.

A. must forget

B. musts have forgotten

C. must to have forgotten

D. must to be forgetting

6. They were fond of to the Christmas party and they don’t mind

there till mid night.

A. inviting, keeping

B. invite, keep

C. be invited, stay

D. being invited, being kept

7. high buildings has been increasing in this city.

A. A number of

B. The number of

C. A great deal of

D. A lot of

8. Nobody except his parents surprised at his performance.

A. is

B. was

C. are

D. were

9. Two boy students as well as a teacher awarded a prize.

A. have been

B. has been

C. were

D. was

10. The existing is not wholly .

A. satisfaction

B. satisfied

C. satisfactory

D. being satisfied

IV. Translation. (10%)

1.你不说实话的话，没有人会帮助你。( as long as )

2.女生们不喜欢谈论NBA，不是吗？( dislike )

3.请移开那把椅子，它挡了我的路。( move )

4.在西方国家，这么做被认为是滑稽或荒谬的。( doing so )

5.他不该拿今年的圣诞晚会和去年的比较。( compare…with )