上海长宁区市三女中初中二年级上学期期中考试英语试题
（总分：
100分）
Paper Two Vocabulary and Grammar 40%
Ⅰ. Write out the words according to the English meanings. 7%
Her a_______ is to travel around the world.
【答案】ambition
Abacuses can c_______ without electricity.
【答案】calculate
I saw the thief s_______ a mobile phone from the boy.
【答案】steal
If you don’t go over your lessons, you’ll certainly f______ tomorrow.
【答案】fail
5. The police have stressed that this is the most a_______ description of the killer.
【答案】accurate
China was the first country to i________ paper.
【答案】invent
The film Wolf Warrior 2 has many a_______ fight scenes.
【答案】amazing
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 10%
He wrote_______800-word letter to his father, talking about his life in Shanghai.
A a
B. an
C. the
D. \
【答案】B
They only spent an hour helping the two______to find their suitcases.
men doctors
B. men doctor
C. man doctors
D. man doctor
【答案】A
The writer adds pictures and cartoons to make the story______ to children.
interests
B. interested
C. interest
D. interesting
【答案】D
In my eyes, the best way to lose weight is ______ regularly.
exercise
B. to exercise
C. exercising
D. exercised
【答案】B
Girls in our school must ______school uniforms when they are at school.
dress
put on
wear
dress up
【答案】C
Nowadays Wechat is one of_____ ways to communicate with friends.
A.convenient
B.more convenient
C.most convenient
D.the most convenient
【答案】D
The road______dry,because it has rained heavily.
can’t be
B.mustn’t be
C.must be
D.can be
【答案】A
All of the fans are looking forward to_____ their favourite star at the stadium.
see
seeing
to see
seen
【答案】B
Mr.White____ an active part in different kinds of outdoor activities when he was young.
take
B.takes
C.took
D.will take
【答案】C
--What about jogging every day to keep us fit?
--______
A.Thank you
B.That’s fine.
C.Don’t worry
D.I think it helps
【答案】D
Ⅲ.Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the given words.7%
1. Unless you work hard, you won’t_________ in getting this job.
2. In winter, people in the north use electricity to____ their houses.
3AlphaGO Zero is ______ enough to learn how to play Go for itself. If doesn’t use any human date at all
4. She is a shy girl. It’s_____ for her to raise her hand in class today
5. He shop___ has gone to England for a holiday with his family.
6. As the _________of science and technology, Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone boothsby turning them into mini-libraries
7. He didn’t notice that I was getting tired and kept on telling the _____story.
1.【答案】succeed 动词原形
2.【答案】heat加热作动词
3.【答案】powerful 形容词
4.【答案】unusual 形容词的反义词
5.【答案】owner 店主shop owner
6 【答案】development 伴随科技的进步
7.【答案】boring 让人无聊的故事
Ⅳ. Rewrite the following sentences as required.10%
1.They read some news articles yesterday
_______they ______any news articles yesterday
2.It’s about __________rom her home to her school.
_______ _______ is it from her home to her school?
3.He left for Japan __________eat their food. Ifthis happens, each of them must be fed separately.
Every morning the zoo keepers must clean each cage. This can be__________, especially with lions and tigers. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must __________ them. Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine.
The most __________job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. People must be prevented from doing dangerous things. Many people have been __________ because they did careless things, like putting their hands into the lion’s cage.
【答案】EACBF
【分析】
1. let sb do sth ,故选E；
2. be 后面加形容词，依据句意故选A；
3. must 情态动词后需要用do,故答案为C；
4. 此空考察形容词副词的最高级，故使用important答案为B。
5. been后加动词的过去分词，故使用F。
Paper Three Reading and Writing 36%
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer. 6%
Did you know that Americans eat about l0 pounds of chocolate a year! Chocolate cake, chocolate candy, and chocolate ice cream -Yum! If only chocolate grew on rees... Hey! Wait a minute! It does!
The cacao tree grows in warm, temperate countries of the world like Indonesia, South, Central America and Africa. When the tree matures, it produces a fruit about
the size of a small pineapple. Inside these fruits are the seeds called cocoa beans.
When the ripe fruits are harvested they are left to ferment for about a week before the beans are removed and dried in the sun. After they're dried the outer husks of the beans are removed and then the small, brown, wrinkled cocoa beans are roasted to bring out their flavor.
To make a delicious chocolate bar, lots of sugar has to be added along with other ingredients and flavors, like vanilla. This mixture is then put into a special machine called conche which blends the mixture to help smooth out the texture. Finally the chocolate is tempered.
What is it about chocolate making us so happy while eating it? Phenylethylamine is the chemical responsible for our love of chocolate. The hormone is called the \chemical\because it gives people happiness and contentment.
1. Where does cacao trees grow?
A. In India, South American and Africa.
B. In Indonesia, Central America and Africa.
C. In Africa, Indonesia, South and Central America.
D. In America, Africa and Indonesia.
2. According to paragraph 3, what is the process to make the brown, wrinkled cocoa beans?
A. Remove the beans from the fruits-ferment-dry-remove the husks
B. Harvest the fruits-ferment-remove the husks-dry
C. Dry-ferment-remove the beans-remove the husk
D. Ferment the fruits-remove the beans-dry-remove the husks
3. The underlined word “husk” in the third paragraph means_______.
A. covering B. seed C. root D. nut
4.To make a delicious chocolate bar, what cannot be added?
A. Sugar B. Milk C. Vanilla D. Chillies
5.What is the most important thing to make chocolate taste so smooth?
A. To choose the best cocoa beans.
B. To add a lot of sugar.
C. To use a conche to blend the mixture
D. To roast the cocoa beans slowly.
6. Why do Americans like chocolate so much?
A. Because it is delicious.
B. Because it makes people happy while eating it.
C. Because it has many flavors.
D. Because Americans like sweet food.
【答案】CDAACB
【分析】
1: He cacao tree grows in warm, temperate countries of the world like Indonesia,South, Central America and Africa. When the tree matures, it produces a fruit about the size of a small pineapple. Inside these fruits are the seeds called cocoa beans.文章第二段的内容可以直接找出此题的答案，对于问地址的题目，只须细心找到题目所在处，故答案为C。
2： After they're dried the outer husks of the beans are removed and then the small, brown, wrinkled cocoa beans are roasted to bring out their flavor. 此句是第三段中的重点句是制作brown, wrinkled cocoa beans的过程，故答案为D。
3： husk本身是外壳的意思，在这里是表示豆子的外皮，故用A项
4： To make a delicious chocolate bar, lots of sugar has to be added along with other ingredients and flavors, like vanilla. 为了做美味的巧克力，什么东西是不可以加入的，依据此句得知，答案为A项。
5： This mixture is then put into a special machine called conche which blends the mixture to help smooth out the texture. Finally the chocolate is tempered. 依据此句得知让巧克力愈加丝滑的要紧原因是C项。
6： What is it about chocolate making us so happy while eating it? Phenylethylamine is the chemical responsible for our love of chocolate.依据此句得知，为何美国人这么喜欢巧克力，故选B项
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer words to complete the passage. 6%
Ten years later, I can remember my time in seventh grade like yesterday. The thing I remember most about is my English teacher, Mr. Mabry. He was, by far, the best teacher in the world. First of all, he didn't use traditional method of teaching. __________, he used his theater background to make learning English grammar fun for the whole class. When we studied Shakespeare, we actually acted out the parts, so that we ____________________had a good understanding of Shakespeare's works.
He also did many other things for us. He encouraged his students to ask questions about anything and everything and then, he would __________to give us an honest answer. He taught us how to trust one another by playing games with us. He would make one person __________ backward while another person stood behind and caught him. As well, he used to let us have parties every week at school. If we wanted to have a party, he would give us our homework for the day of the party and we would do it at home. Then he would check our work and we would be __________ to have a party if everyone had done the homework and understood it.
Some of the kids in the school had problems at home. Mr. Mabry acted as a parent for these children. He__________ them patiently and listened to their complaint. He encouraged them to do things that they really liked. Being the best teacher in the world is the greatest honour for any teacher, and Mr. Mabry certainly deserves it.
1 A) However B) In addition C) Instead D) After that
2 A) really B) hardly C) possibly D) immediately
3 A) make his decision B) do his best C) do a favor D) take a look
4 A) fly B)jump C) lie D)fall
5 A) invited B) advised C) allowed D) guided
6 A) depended on B) communicated with C) shook hands with D) searched for
【答案】CABCCB
【分析】
1：此空前半句用的适传统的教学办法，后半句介绍的是用有乐趣的学英语语法的办法，故用instead；
2：在学生学习一片莎士比亚的戏剧之前会进行一次角色饰演，如此学生们可以真的的理解内容，故用really；
3：前面的句子叙述老师的努力和尽心，所以接下的意思也应该是顺承尽他做大的努力去给大家的哥中肯的答案，故用do one’s best.
4：此句表示躺的意思只有lie选项。
5：假如学生完成老师交代的任务是被允许参加聚会的，故用allowed；
6：and连接的两个动作，后半句表示聆听抱怨前面表示有耐心的交流。故用communicated with sb.
Ⅲ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.6%
Computer programmer David Jones makes ￡35000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait for a___1___ two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David's biggest headache is w__2__ to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by i___3__ new programs,with bonus payments and profit-sharing he cannot drive a car,buy a house,or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, His company has to pay ￡ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and b__4_ every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop." I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs."he said.
"I suppose ￡ 35000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough I hope it will come to more than that this year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and m____5___ for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added,"I would like to earn a million and I think e___6 _ retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
【答案】another; what; inventing; back; magazines; early
【分析】
1：依据句意需要另外的两年，又因a开头的单词后可接基数词加复数名词，故用another；
2：Be what to do with sth,是固定句型，依据句意可推断用what；
3：通过什么方法赚钱，by是介词后需要用名词，若是动词需要改为动名词，依据句意可知通过创造新项目，故用inventing;
4：由于David不能开车，所以是接送他来回下班to work and back.
5: 在作者业余的时候从书本或者杂志中研究学习他。故用magazine；
6：依据句意得知，作者想要挣得一百万，然后提早的退休是大概的故用early；
Ⅳ.Answer the questions.7%
Bear Grylls,Wild Man
A TV adventurer takes the world into the wild
TV personality Bear Grylls shows you can take the man out of the wild ,but it’s hard to take the wild out of the man.
Born to be wild
The wild was instilledin Grylls at a young age by his adventurous father,a British politician and knight.Sir Michael Grylls taught his son to climb everything from the sea cliffs to London roofTOPs while Bear also enrolledin martial arts.
Having developed a passion for climbing ,Grylls set his sights on Mount Everest,
The ultimate climbing challenger.__________its summit after three year’s service in British Special Force.
Climbing another mountain
Grylls’Everest featwas featured in an adverti百度竞价推广ent,which give him a new peak to climb-television. This subsequently led to the Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild, in which he has climbed, swum and eaten insects around the world to survive. This seven-season program had a global audience of 1.2 billion and led to many other shows and specials. Most recently, Running Wild shows Grylls taking celebrities such as Kate Winslet and Barack Obama on adventures.
Wild for a cause
Yet his stunts aren’t simply ego trip- each one results in contributions to certain charities. Grylls’ efforts benefit many things, including conversation, the British military and its families, and an organization guiding people through spiritual questions. As a father of three sons, Grylls also supports the U.K. Scout Association and has become its Chief Scout. Just as his father gave him the wild, Grylls intends to pass it on to the world’s youth. “I firmly believe all children have a right to adventure,”he says. “These moments allow children to get excited about possibilities the world has to offer.”
1. Who taught Bear Grylls to climb when he was young?
2. When did Grylls become one of the youngest people to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
3. In the program called “Man vs. Wild”, what did he do to survive?
4. Grylls also took some famous people on adventures, didn’t he?
5. Why did Grylls believe all children have a right to adventure?
6. Do you think you would enjoy a Bear Grylls TV show? Why or why not?
【答案】
1. His father.
2. At his 23
3. He climbed, swam, and ate insects to survive.
4. Yes, he did.
5. Because his father gave him the wild.
6. Yes, I will. Because that will allow us to get excited about possibilities.
Ⅴ.Writing. 11%
Write a passage of at least 60 words on the TOPic”Helping others makes me________”.
Use the following points as a reference.
Do you often help others
How do you help others?
Why do you offer your help?
