南通市启秀中学2019-2020学年度第二学期期中考试及其答案

南通市启秀中学2019-2020学年第二学期英语期中考试试卷

二，选择题(每小题1分，共15分)

1. --- Who's woman in red on TV? --- TuYouyou, 84-year-old scientist in China.

A. the; a B. the, an C. 不填, an D.不填, a

22. There is a bridge the river. Be careful when you it. A. across; over B. over; cross C. cross; across D. over; across 23. ---Where is Tony now?

---I saw him in the garden when I walked past and I told him . A. play; go home B. to play; to go home C. playing; going home D. playing, to go

24. Some families in the country were poor pay for the school. We should try our best to help them.

A. too; couldn't B. too; to C. very, can’t D. so; couldn't

25. The Wenfeng Park is a nice place on Sundays. Last week, we had there! A to go to, what a great fun B to go, how great fun C. going to, what great fun D. to go, what great fun

26. The light is for you to read. And there are for you to choose from. A. enough bright; enough books B. bright enough; enough books C. bright enough; books enough D. enough bright; books enough

27. --- try some fish? It looks delicious. --- It smells I don't want to eat it A. Why not bad B Why don't, good C. Why not, good D Why don’t, bad 28. The boy is enjoying the sunshine his eyes . A has, close B with, close C has closed D. with, closed 29. ---Whose umbrella is it? ---It's . A. somebody else's B. somebody else C. somebody's else's D. somebody's else 30. Nantong is the south-east of Nanjing and it's about bus ride. A. in four hours’ B on, four hour’s C. to. four hours’ D. at four hour’s

31. Mary is looking forward to from me, please remember this letter on your way to

school.

A. hear, send B hearing, sending C hearing, to send D hear, sending 32. ---Dad, why should I stop computer games? ---For your health, my boy, I'm afraid you . 第1页 共9页

A to play; must B. playing; have to C. to play; can D. playing, may 33. There a magic show on the school playground if it next Tuesday.

A will have, doesn't rain B. will have, won't rain C. will be, doesn’t rain D. will be, is not raining

34.More time and effort, you will get better results. A. or B. so C. but D and

35. --- ? ---The people and the food. The people there are friendly and the food there is delicious.PA

A. What do you like about Nanjing B. What do you think of Nanjing

C. Do you like the people and food in Nanjing D. How do you like Naning ? 三，完形填空(每小题1分，共15分)

Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can't hold anyone in your 36 You can't walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you 37 at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?

Nick was born without limbs(四肢 ). so life was not 38 for him. At school many students played Jokes on him 39 he looked different from everyone else. He was refused (拒绝) to be 40 friends, so he always felt 41 .However, he faced that bravely. He 42 to type and write with two toes (脚趾) at the age of six, and he could 43 surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success(成功) and was among the 44 students in the studies And he decided on 45 to do later in his life ---to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.

Now Nick is one of the most popular 46 in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story 47 difficulties (困难). \ 48 not what you don't have. he said. His 49 encourages millions of people .

“I tell people to keep on getting up when they 50 and to always love themselves,” he said. \can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.” 36. A. arms 37. A. laugh 38. A. old

B. ears B. cry B. easy B. if

C. eyes C. smile C. modern C. until C. their C. lonely C. helped C. never

D. teeth D. shout D. difficult D. although D. our D. surprised D. learned D. hardly

39. A. because 40. A. his

B. my

41. A. happy 42. A. failed 43. A. even

B. worried B. forgot B. ever

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44. A. tall

B. lazy B. who

C. sleepy C. what

D. excellent D. where D. managers D. against D. want D. family D. exercise

45. A. how 46. A. doctors 47. A. at

B. speakers B. for B. have B. sadness B. play

C. Scientists C. into C. lose C. friend C. listen

48. A. make 49. A. story 50. A. fall

四、阅读理解(每小题2分，共40分)

A

If you go to France, it's a good idea to visit Uzes. It is a lovely town in the south of France.

Uzes is not big. It is only about 25 41 square kilometers in size. There are over 9, 000 people living in it and most of them are farmers. Uzes has a long history and more than 1, 000 years. You can find both old stone houses and fine modern houses there. You will have fun walking on the street or having some coffee in the coffee shops.

Uzes is famous for making cloth(面料). Do you like shopping? Go there on Wednesdays or Saturdays. There is a market in the center of the town. You can find beautiful cloth, nice local food and many other thins at the market. Don't miss them.

Children will love this small town, too. Why? Because there is a candy company and a sweet museum waiting for them. 51. Uzes is

A. a city B. very big C. in England D. very old 52. You can go shopping at the market in Uzes.

A. every day B. twice a week C. once a week D. twice a year. 53. Children will love Uzes because there is in it.

A. a water park B a candy company C. a science museum D a coffee shop 54. Which of the following is True?

A. Most people in Uzes are workers. B/ There are many tall buildings in Uzes. C Cloth in Uzes is very famous. D People in Uzes love drinking coffee.

B

In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them coral(珊瑚)islands. A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water.

There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral.

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You may think they are flowers.

If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral.

They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.

There the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.

So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don't they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is? 55. A coral island looks like .

A. a round cake. B. trees, grass and flowers C. a ring of land D. a round lake 56. There are in the holes in corals.

A. flowers B. little corals C. grass D. sea animals 57. How did seeds of trees, grass and flowers come to the coral islands?

A. The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands. B. Only the wind brought them there. C. People brought them there. D. Fishes brought them there. 58. From the story we learn that

A. small workers can't do big things B. only big workers can do big things C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time D. all small things can do things

C

A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old man following her around. Thinking nothing of it, she ignored him and continued (继续) shopping After she got what she wanted, she went to checkout line, but the old man got in front of her, \said, \my granddaughter, who just died recently. And I miss her very much, “

“I'm very sorry, \

“Yes,“ the old man said. \feel so much better.”

“Sure, \

As the old man was leaving, she called out, \

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