常熟市2013-2014学年第二学期期中考试试卷 - 初一英语试题及答案

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41.A. saying B. speaking C. talking D. telling 42. A. hundred B. thousand C. million D. billion 43.A. but B. though C. because D. however 44.A. borrow B. buy C. give D. rent 45.A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take 46.A. rivers B. parks C. houses D. roads 47.A. They B. I C. You D. It 48.A. months B. years C. seasons D. weeks 49.A. biggest B. smallest C. tallest D. youngest 50.A. sound B. taste C. look D. keep 四、阅读理解（共10小题，。每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．

A

Hi, my name is Erik. I live in a small town in the southeast of England. In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs. Now I'll show you some of the rooms.

The living room is also downstairs. It is where the television is. We eat our food and watch TV there. The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms.

51. Where will Erik's father go if he wants to work on the computer? A. To the kitchen. B. To the living r001n. C. To the bathroom. D. To go upstairs.

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52. If Erik wants to watch TV, he may go to _______. A. his bedroom or the living room B. the kitchen or the living room C. the living room only D. the bathroom or his bedroom 53. The best title for this passage is_______. A. I love My Bedroom B. My Friend and My Father C. Inside an English House D. Houses in England

B

Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs? If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?

The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. \means \

Nowadays, there is a saying that \we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that's the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries. 54. First, a good sign should be_______. A. clear B. beautiful C. fumy D. interesting 55. The writer uses \ A. a word sign is as easy as a picture sign to make

B. a picture sign often has more information than a word sign C. a word sign has more information than a picture sign D. a word sign and a picture sign have the same information 56. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Word Signs B. Picture Signs C. The History of Signs D. Signs are Important C

I travel a lot, and I find out different \to the post office?\

People from other countries are often confused in Japan because most streets there don't have names. People in Japan use landmarks（地标） in their directions instead of（代替） street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, \at the big hotel and go past the fruit market. The post office is opposite the bus stop.\

In the countryside of the American Midwest (中西部), there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains either, so the land is very flat(平坦的)． In many places there are no towns or buildings within miles(数英里内范围内). Instead of landmarks, people there will tell you directions and instances(距离)． In Kartsans (堪萨斯) or Iowa (爱荷华), for example, people will say, \

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Los Angeles (洛杉矶) have no idea of distances on the map. They measure distances in time, not miles. If you ask \How far away is the post office?\\they answer, \about five minutes from here.\of the time they can't answer you exactly.

It's true that a person sometimes doesn't know the answer to your question. What will happen in such a situation? A new Yorker(纽约人) might Say, \Yucatan(尤卡坦) of Mexico, no one answers \know\very lost in Yucatan!

57. When a traveler asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually_______. A. describe (描述)the place carefully B. snow him a map of the place C. tell him the names of the streets

D. turn to landmarks for help to give directions

58. What does the underlines word \ A. 担心的 B. 困惑的 C．感兴趣的 D．愉快的 59. People in Yucatan may give a traveler a wrong answer_______.

A. in order to save time B. as a test C. so as to be polite D. for fun 60.What car we infer（推断） from the passage?

A. It's important for travelers to understand cultural differences(文化差异)． B. It's useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly(适当地). C. People have the same understanding of how to be polite. D. New Yorkers are always friendly to all travelers.

第II卷 答题卷（非选择题，共60分）

五、根据句意和所给中文写出句中所缺的单词，每空一个单词．（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

61．We'll learn the_______（四十九）lesson tomorrow. 62. We should thank our parents for_______（抚养）us up. 63. How m any________（阳台）are there in your new flat'? 64. An_______ (工程师）job is important and hard. 65. What is he _______（准备）for the party?

66. People in the west eat with knives and_______ while the Chinese use chopsticks. 67. ---May I speak to Daniel?

---Sorry, he is not in. Can I take a_______?

68. Walk down the_______（小径）and you'll find a house on your left. 69. It's_________

to climb the mountain.

in this palace.

70. There are many Chinese_______

六、用所给动词的适当形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

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71. Look at the clouds, it_______ (rain), isn't it?

72. Remember_______ (close) the window before you leave the classroom. 73. Every morning, I can hear the-birds_______ (sing)in the trees. 74. The students_______ (row) a boat on the lake.

75. _______you (worry) about what to wear these days?

76. Do your parents often ask you_______ (not play) computer games? 77. My mother is busy_______ (clean) the classroom now.

78. Our English teacher makes us_______ (listen)to English for an hour every day. 79. He is calling Jack______________ (tell) him about his new school now. 80. His father often_______ (fix) the bicycles for his neighbours. 七、句型转换（共5题，每格0.5分，连词成句1分，满分5）

81. It's 20 minutes' ride from my home to the center of the city. (划线提问） _______ _______ is it from your home to the center of the city? 82. The railway station is south of our school.（同义句）

The railway station is_______ _______south of our school. 83. Turn left at the second crossing.（同义句） _______ the second crossing_______ the left.

84. Your house isn't the same as mine.（改为同义句） Your house is_______ _______ mine.

85.at，turn, when, you, a tree, right, big, are （连词成句） 八、翻译句子（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分） 86.那个厨师正在教他们如何生火。

87.你能找人修理像坏自行车一样的东西吗？

88.在博物馆我们将会非常乐意的全面了解中国的历史。 89．我喜欢猴子因为它们总惹人笑。 90.她不害怕晚上一个人出去。

十、书面表达（共1题，满分20分）

假设你是李明，居住在名叫“新城市花园”的社区。请根据以下要点提示，用英语为李明写一篇介绍此小区的短文，词数70个左右。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

1．我们的社区就像一个大家庭，人们互敬互爱。

2．社区里有一个援助小组，很多志愿者在此服务，他们有不同的技能，帮助人们解决各种各样的问题。比如，你的洗衣机坏了，小区里的工程师哙帮你修理；……（此处适当发挥想象，添加合适内容）

3．你对居住于此的感受和设想。

I'm Li Ming. I live in a community called \_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

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