1、2011-2012学年江苏省张家港市部分学校初二下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * _ history of this special island brought _ unusual feeling to me. A The; a B The; an C A; an D A; a 答案： B A: Where is Simon B: He _ the USA. A: By the way, have you ever _ abroad before B: No, never. A. is in, been to B. has been to, gone C. went to
2、, gone to D. has gone to, been 答案： D - _did your uncle leave his hometown -He _ for nearly twenty years. A When, has left B When, has been away C How long, has left D How long, has been away 答案： B It was _ difficult work _ nobody can do it. A so, that B such a that C such , that D so a, that 答案： C -
3、 So far, how long _ you _ China - For one year. A have, come to B have, been to C have, been in D have, gone to 答案： C A boy _ Tom _ by a car yesterday. A was called, hit B called, was hit C was called, was hit D called, hit 答案： B Put away your school things Your stationery must carefully A be taken
4、good care B be taken good care of C take good care D take good care of 答案： B While he TV， a football flew into the room through the window A watches B is watching C was watching D Watched 答案： C Shes never spent much money on her own clothes, _ she A is B isnt C has D hasnt 答案： C The poor _ man lived
5、 _in a small house, and he often feels _. A alone, lonely, lonely B lonely, alone, lonely C alone, alone, lonely D lonely, lonely, alone 答案： B - They look so tired. -Yeah. They _ day and night. So they are all in poor health. A are made work B are made to work C made to be worked D are making to wor
6、k 答案： B - What is the function of the mouse - It_ the cursor(光标 ) on the screen. A is used for moving B is used to moving C is using for moving D used to move 答案： A Jay Chou plays the role _ Kato _the 3D movie The Green Horney. A of, of B of, in C in, in D in, of 答案： B Though the key was pressed, no
7、thing _ on the screen. A appeared B was appeared C appears D is appeared 答案： A You get a point _ you answer a question correctly. Which is WRONG A every time B each time C whenever D while 答案： D _ great fun it is to fly kites! _ fantastic time the children are having! A What, What a B What, What C H
8、ow, How a D What a, What 答案： A If you _him tomorrow， please ask him if he_ to work on the farm with us A see， goes B will see， goes C will see， will go D see， will go 答案： D A: Can I _ a book from you B: Certainly. But you mustnt _ it to others. And please remember you can only _ it for a week. A bor
9、row, lend, borrow B lend, borrow, keep C lend, lend, keep D borrow, lend, keep 答案： D He is a teacher with a lot of _. He often tells us many of his interesting _ in Africa. A experiences; experience B experience; experience C experience; experiences D experienced; experience 答案： C - Im sorry we _ al
10、l the educational CD-ROM. Can you come next week - Please call me as soon as the latest one _. A have sold well, comes out B have sold out, comes out C have sold well, is come out D have sold out, is come out 答案： B 完型填空 Many people think that Americans 21 their cars almost more than anything else. W
11、hen 22_ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their _23_ cars. They dont ask for a car from their 24_. So many of them work in _25_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a drivers license may be one of the most exciting things in a young per
12、sons life. Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will _28_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30 most of their time washing and repairing their cars. 【小题1】 A prefer B love C drive D play A little B big C o
13、ld D young A new B own C expensive D cheap 【小题 4】 A, friends B. teachers C. parents D. brothers 【小题5】 A free B busy C study D good A make B mend C wash D drive A always B never C often D usually A take B carry C pull D lift A question B wrong C mistake D problem A cost B get C spend D use 答案： 【小题 1】
14、 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 C 【小题 1】根据后文的内容，可知答案：为 love 表示喜爱的意思。故选 B 【小题 2】根据文章内容可知答案：为 D，表示年轻人，故选 D 【小题 3】 own ，表示自己的，故选 B 【小题 4】根据后文的内容可知答案：为 C 【小题 5】根据文章内容可知答案：为 A，表示有空的意思。 【小题 6】根据文章内容 getting a drivers license may be one of the most excitin
15、g things in a young persons life.可知答案：为 D 【小题 7】 almost never,表示几乎不的意思，故选 B 【小题 8】 take ones car to sp，表示乘车去某地，故选 A 【小题 9】 a problem，表示一个问题，故选 D 【小 题 10】 spend +时间 +in doing sth ，故选 C 阅读理解 Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she u
16、sed a pole(竿子 ) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. Its the first time in her 15 years shes picked fruit from trees. This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket, said Christopher. Every time I eat an orange, Ill remember this experience. Christopher was one of t
17、he 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those
18、who need it. It is good for many people, said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food. Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit, Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,0
19、00. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April. Shannon Galloway, Christophers science teacher, brought her students into the project this year. Youre making use of a resource that might be wasted, she said. I think its meaningful to
20、everyone. Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子 ) and gets on the top of the tree. Standing on the treetop is pretty cool, Frazier said. I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work. 【小题 1】 Christop
21、her and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _. A have some fresh fruit for themselves B make some money by selling fruit C provide people with more healthy fruit D buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors 【小题 2】 When was the project set up A In 2008. B In 2009.
22、 C In 2010. D In 2011. 【小题 3】 What will happen to the fruit if they dont help the homeowners pick it A The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals. B People who need the fruit will come to pick it. C The fruit will be used as a resource for research. D Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it.
23、 【小题 4】 What does the underlined word resource mean A资源 B调查 C对策 D娱乐 【小题 5】 How do the students feel about their work A Its interesting and easy. B Its meaningless and hard. C Its meaningful and exciting. D Its tiring and boring. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C 【小题 1】根据文章内容 One day l
24、ast week, she used a pole(竿子 ) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. Its the first time in her 15 years shes picked fruit from trees.可知答案：为 C 【小题 2】根据文章内容 She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruit
25、s out of their backyards.可知答案：为 B 【小题 3】根据文章内容可知答案：为 A 【小题 4】根据单词的意思和语境为 A 【小题 5】根据文章内容 Youre making use of a resource that might be wasted, she said. I think its meaningful to everyone.可知答案：为 C Happiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large
26、gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. Wh
27、en you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to
28、 correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are
29、very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(向 挑战 )yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is lik
30、e a revolving(旋转 )door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person. 【小题 1】 When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will_. A laugh at you B play jokes on you C quarrel with you D help you up 【小题 2】 What will you
31、r friends say to you when you make great progress(进步 ) A Oh, so do I. B Congratulations. C Good luck. D Its just so-so. 【小题 3】 Which idea is NOT right according to the passage A People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air. B You can get help from others when you make mistakes. C Yo
32、u can still be a happy person even if you have little money. D Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you. 【小题 4】 Which of the following is this passage about A Bad luck. B Good luck. C Happiness. D Life. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 1】根据文章内容可知答案：为 D 【小题 2】根据文
33、章内容 when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you;可知答案：为 B 【小题 3】根据文章内容可知答案：为 A 【小题 4】根据文章内容可知答案：为 C Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the z
34、oo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能 ) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉 ) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote Ru
35、by, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby beg
36、ins painting. 【小题 1】 We can most probably read this story_. A in a dictionary about read animals B in a newspaper C in a book on art D in history textbooks 【小题 2】 People asked about buying Rubys pictures because_. A newspaper reporters bought her picture B her pictures were better than those of real
37、 artists C they just wanted to have fun D zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park 【小题 3】 Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了 )_. A make other ones B clear her trunk C dig a hole in the sand D ask for brushes and paints 【小题 4】 From the story, we can know that_. A R
38、uby can paint a picture all by herself B Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo C Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers D Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 1】根据文章内容大意可知答案：为 B 【小题 2】根据文章内容 Zoo le
39、aders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能 ) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk.可知答案：为 C 【小题 3】根据文章内容 She rubbed (擦掉 ) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.可知答案：为 A 【小题 4】根据文
40、章内容可知答案：为 C 书面表达 根据所给要点写一篇短文，词数 80字左右 ,不必逐字 逐句翻译 . 要点： 1.你的好友 Kate酷爱旅游，同学都把她叫做痒痒脚。 2.在近几年里她跟着父母游览了中国的众多名胜景点。为了更好地了解世界，她决定去英国旅行。 3.旅游前，在网上订购了一套课程 -English ABC。 4.这套课程包括两本书和三张光盘； .课程涉及许多话题，包括问路、购物、赠送礼物等；她确信能从中学到很多英语方面的知识。 5.她希望能旅途愉快 , 同时能提高英语。 答案：略 单词拼写 根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空。 【小题 1】 My uncle is (连接 )the mou
41、se to the computer 【小题 2】 The new skill has brought many_ to the students.（好处） 【小题 3】 The Great Wall and the Palace Museum are both _ of China.（象征） 【小题 4】 With the (发展 ) of our country , more and more people are living a happy life. 【小题 5】 They will celebrate their ten years of _(结婚 ). 【小题 6】 People
42、 have_（意识到） pollution has become a serious problem. 【小题 7】 We hope the meeting will be held_(success). 【小题 8】 My cousin is good at all her lessons, _ English. (特别 ) 【小题 9】 Dont be afraid .The snakes are (harm) to us . 【小题 10】 Its good for us to speak more_ (日常的 )English every day 【小题 11】 Stop_(鼓掌 )y
43、our hands and listen to the speech. 【小题 12】 I didnt pass the English exam because I wrote lots of words (correct) 【小题 13】 After_ a file, you can begin to write your article. (创建 ). 【小题 14】 Wenchang Square is one of the most important _ centers of the city. (culture) 答案： 【小题 1】 connecting 【小题 2】 adva
44、ntages 【小题 3】 symbols 【小题 4】 development 【小题 5】 marriage 【小题 6】 realized 【小题 7】 successfully 【小题 8】 especially 【小题 9】 harmless 【小题 10】 daily 【小题 11】 clapping 【小题 12】 incorrectly 【小题 13】 creating 【小题 14】 cultural 【小题 1】本题使用的是现在进行时的结构，故空格处填单词连接 connect的现在分词 connecting。 【小题 2】表示许多好处，应该使用好处 advantage的复数
45、 advantages。 【小题 3】表示两个象征，所以应该使用象征 symbol的复数 symbols。 【小题 4】介词后应该跟名词，所以 空格处填发展的名词形式 development。 【小题 5】介词 of后应该跟结婚的名词形式 marriage。 【小题 6】本题使用的是完成时态的结构，故本题空格处应该填意识到的过去分词 realized。 【小题 7】修饰动词举行应该使用成功的副词形式 successfully。 【小题 8】表示举例或单独使用表示特别所有通常用副词，故空格处填特别的副词形式 especially。 【小题 9】本句的含义为不要害怕，蛇对我们来说是无害的， har
46、m的否定后缀是 harmless，表示无害的意思，故本题空格处填 harmless。 【小题 10】修饰名词英语应该用表示日常的或每天的形容词 daily。 【小题 11】表示停止做某事为 stop doing，本题的含义为停止鼓掌，故空格处填 clapping。 【小题 12】本题的含义是我没有通过英语考试，因为我写错了许多单词，修饰动词应该用副词 correctly，表示否定的意思可用否定前缀的单词 incorrectly。 【小题 13】介词 after后应该跟创建的动名词 creating。 【小题 14】修饰名词中心应该用文化的形容词 cultural。 根据短文内容和首字母提示，在
47、下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在标有题号的横线上，完整写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词） Earth Hour started in Sydney on March 31， 2007. O_1_ two million homes and businesses turned off their lights for an hour. A year 1ater， in 2008， Earth Hour became the w_2_ activity and was supported by millions of people from thirty-five countries. In 2009， more than two thousand cities in the world take part in it， and Earth Hour came to China. The purpose of the activity is to s_3_ energy and improve climate(气候 ). Earth Hour has brought about some great
