[初中英语]江苏省扬州市梅岭中学2016-2017学年第一学期12月测试初二年级英语学科试题（含听力） 人教版

A. make; to keep C. to make; keep

B. to make; to keep D. make; keep

29. —What’s the matter, Mary?

—As a true friend, I can see the sadness in her eyes, everyone else believes the

smile on her face.

A. while B. because C. before D. until

30. —How do wild animals live during the winter?

—I know some animals sleep the winter

A. through B. before C. after D. at 31. —Is Daniel coming by bus?

—He should, but he not. He likes taking a train.

A. can B. need C. may D. must 32. — exciting news report it is! You must read it.

— Oh, yes. It says our school won the football final. A. What an

B. What C. How an

D. How

33. I want to put the book on the shelf .Can you make for it?

A. some space B. a space C. some spaces D. some rooms

34. How amazing! When a gecko (壁虎) its tail, a new one will grow soon! A. catches

B. hunts

C. loses

D. accepts

35. — I just don’t think zoo is a good place for animals. They are not free in the zoo.

— . But don’t you think the zoo looks after animals well?

A. I don’t agree C. You must be joking

B. I don’t think so D. Maybe you’re right

三、完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A mother camel(骆驼) and a baby camel were lying around. 36 the baby camel asked, “ Mother, may I ask you some questions?”

“ 37 !”said Mother.“ Why, son? Is there anything 38 with

you?” Baby said, “Why do camels have humps(驼峰)?” Mother said 39 , “ Well son, we are desert animals, we need the humps to store 40 and we are known to live without water.”

Baby said, “ Okay, then why are our 41 long?” Mother said, still calmly(镇定地), “Son, clearly they are meant for 42 in the desert. You know with them we can move around the desert 43 than anyone does!”

Baby said, “Okay , then why are our eyelashes（睫毛） 44 ? Sometimes they bother my sight.” Mother with 45 said, “My son, those long thick eyelashes can help make our eyes 46 the desert sand and wind.”

Baby said after 47 , “ I see. The hump is to store water 48 we are in the desert, these eyelashes keep my eyes 49 and the legs are for walking. Then , Mum, 50 are we staying in the zoo? What can we do here?”

The story tells us: Skills, knowledge, abilities and experiences are only useful if you are at the right place. 36. A. Suddenly

B. Quickly

C. Luckily

D. Slowly

37. A. Sorry B. Sure 38. A. wrong 39. A. loudly 40. A. food 41. A. legs

C. No D. Hello

C. right C. sadly C. water

D. good

D. calmly

B. interesting

B. happily B. energy

D. salt

B. eyes C. ears D. necks

D. listening D. farther D. brown

42. A. changing B. walking C. sleeping 43. A. more 44. A.short 45. A. sadness 46. A. look at

B. less

C. better

B. long C. black

B. pride(自豪) C. pleasure D. excitement B. look for C. tidy up

B. stopping B. after B. safe B. how

D. stay away from

47. A. thinking 48. A. before 49. A. open 50. A. where

C. shouting D. standing

D. when D. bright

C. because

C. closed

C. why D. when

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。 （A）

Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from country to country: candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few: Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the people in that house are having a birthday．Presents are special time, Certain birthdays are more important than placed around the child's bed while he is sleeping so he others．These are the third and seventh birthdays for will see them at once when he wakes up． girls and the fifth for boys． Holland The birthday child receives an especially large India Usually Indian children wear white to present．The family also put flowers on the birthday school．However, on their birthdays, children wear child's chair to make it beautiful． colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class．Their best friend helps them to do this． 51．When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see outside the window. A. a chair B. a flag C. presents D. flowers 52．Flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child in . A. Japan B. Denmark C. India D. Holland 53．In India, birthday children _________.

A．give out chocolates to their classmates B．share chocolates with their best friends

C．wear new clothes to mark the special time D．go to school in white clothes （B）

John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine (酒), so they drove to the city to buy some.

On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They couldn’t drink any wine because they had to sell it. According to the rule, if somebody wanted to drink some wine, he had to pay the other twice the price.

John was a clever man. He took out ten cents and gave it to Sam. He said, \Would you please sell me some of your wine?\money, so of course I will sell some to you.\

After drinking the wine, John felt warm soon, but Sam was still cold. Then he took out the ten cents that John just gave to him and said to John, \your wine.\they both felt cold again, so they kept buying wine from each other with the same ten cents. Soon they drank up all of the wine.

\54．What did Sam and John do?

A. They were doctors. B. They were officers. C. They were shopkeepers. D. They were policemen. 55．How much did Sam and John spend on all of the wine?

A. Five cents. B. Ten cents. C. Fifteen cents. D. Fifty cents. 56．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Sam and John walked to the city to buy some wine.

B. Sam and John spent ten cents on getting some wine from the city. C. Sam and John drank all of the wine because they wanted to keep warm. D. Sam and John would be very happy when they got home. 57．What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Two Men on the Way Home B. Some Cheap Wine

C. The Bad Weather D. A Small Shop

(C)

It is that time of year again. Your child’s birthday is just around the corner. There is so much to do to get ready for the party. Planning a child’s birthday party is necessary. It can be fun, exciting and sometimes busy. When planning a child’s birthday party, there are many important