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1、11第二中学八上英语期中考广州市第二中学2014学年第一学期期中考试初二年级 英语科 试卷（满分120分）二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10题，满分10分）16. I bought a new computer. It _ me 7,000, but it was powerful.A. spent B. cost C. paid D. used17. What was the result of the singing competition last night? - Kelly sang _ to win the first prize!A. good enough B. enough g

2、ood C. well enough D. enough well18. The film _ four parts. I think the last part is _ of all.A. include, better B. includes, the best C. including, best D. includes, better19. Today is my fathers _ birthday. Id like to give him a surprising party！Aforty B. fortys C. the fortieth D. fortieth20. Whic

3、h of the following is right? _A. 3 multiplied by 7 equals 21. B. Divided 9 by 3 equals 3.C. Subtract 9 from 3 is six D. Add 3 with 9 is 12. 21. Daisy finished ten exercises in an hour! - Wow! If you work harder, you can finish _ her.A. many more exercises than B. as more exercise asC. as many exerci

4、ses than D. as many exercises as22. Last Saturday, Tim played computer games on the Internet all day without _.A. stop eating B. stop to eat C. stopping eating D. stopping to eat23. Who would like to see that film with me? - Oh, I think nobody _ it.A. is interested in B. is interesting on C. are int

5、erested in D. are interested on24. This project takes _ money and _ people.A. a large amount of, the number ofB. a large amount of, a number ofC. a number of, a large amount ofD. numbers of, a large amount of25. The inventor invented more than _ inventions all his life.A. two thousand of B. thousand

6、s ofC. two thousand D. two thousands三、语法选择（每小题1分，共10题，满分10分）In some foreign countries, some people dont like the number 13. They dont think 13 is a lucky number. _26_, they dont like to live _27_ the thirteenth floor. My friend Jack has got the same idea. _28_ he doesnt like the number 13, _29_. One

7、 day, he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people in his mind while they were eating the delicious food. However, he cried out suddenly, “Oh, there _30_ thirteen people here!” Everybodys face turned whit

8、e _31_ Mr. Brown. He said slowly _32_a smile on his face, “Dont _33_, my dear friend! We have fourteen people here. My wife, Mrs. Brown, _34_ a baby in a few weeks. Shes in the family way out.” All of them became _35_ again. “Congratulations!” they said to Mrs. Brown. They enjoyed the nice food and

9、had a good time that evening.26. A. Such as B. For example C. Like D. As 27. A. at B. in C. on D. to 28. A. Because B. So C. But D. Although29. A. either B. also C. neither D. too 30. A. has B. have C. is D. are31. A. except B. besides C. including D. in addition to32. A. without B. with C.by D. hav

10、e33. A. be worry B. worried C. worry D. be worrying34. A. has B. will have C. has had D. had35. A. happily B. happiness C. more happier D. happy4、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） “How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?” How long did it take people to find the _36_ to this question 15 yea

11、rs ago? And now! You can google it and find the answer _37_! Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was _38_ by two students. Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing some

12、thing that could also answer any questions in _39_. Internet search engines at that time were _40_ and gave many websites that werent useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a _41_ and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites. _42_ wo

13、uld give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their _43_ office was in a friends garage. The companys name is Google, a word which comes

14、from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number 1 followed by a hundred zeros. The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it became _44_ search engine on the Internet. Now, Google have answered more questions than any oth

15、er Internet service. Google hopes that in the future all the worlds _45_ will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.36. A. poet B. keys C.answer D. clues37. A. at once B.for a long time C.these days D. in an hour38. A.found B.bought C.seen D.invented39. A.years B.hours C.minu

16、tes D.seconds40. A.expensive B.slow C.unusual D.important41. A.smaller B.newer C.cheaper D.better42. A. Nobody B. Somebody C. Everyone D. A boss43. A.first B.last C.present D.future44. A.the richest B.the biggest C.the most expensive D.the most interesting45. A.news B. answers C.information D.comput

17、ers5、阅读理解（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） （A） One day, a king was riding through the countryside. He met a farmer and asked him how much he made. “Four coins each day, your majesty（陛下）,” replied the man. “One on myself, one I give in gratitude（感谢）, one I give back and one I give on interest.” The king, puzzled

18、, asked him to explain. “A part of the money I spend on myself, ” said the man. “a part on my wife in gratitude for all she does for the house, a part on my aged parents to pay them back for all that they did for me and a part on my children who I expect will pay me back with interest by looking aft

19、er me and my wife in our old age.” “You have provided me a fine riddle（谜语）, ” said the king. “Please the answer a secret for some time, at least till youve seen my face a hundred times.” “I will, ” said the farmer. At night the king put the riddle to his courtiers （大臣）. The courtiers did not know bu

20、t one of them said he would have the answer in twenty-four hours. He searched out the farmer whom the king had spoken to and asked him the answer to the riddle. The man, at first, refused to tell but was finally persuaded to do so with a gift of a bag of coins. When the courtier returned to the pala

21、ce and told the king the answer to the riddle, the king guessed that the farmer had broken his promise of silence. He sent for the man and asked him why he had eaten his words. “Didnt I tell you to keep the secret till you had seen my face a hundred times?” asked the king. “And I did see your face a

22、 hundred times before I told him the answer, your majesty, ” replied the farmer. “He gave me a bag of hundred coins and each of them had your face on it.” The king was delighted with his intelligence and rewarded him.46. How much did the farmer make a day?A. A dollar B. A coin C. Four dollars D. Fou

23、r coins47. Why did the king ask the farmer to keep the answer a secret for some time?A. Because he wanted to ask the farmer to look at his face a hundred times.B. Because he wanted the courtiers to guess the riddle.C. Because he liked the farmer very much.D. Because he wanted to play a joke on the f

24、armer.48. What was the reason for the farmer not keeping the secret?A. He did see the kings face a hundred times.B. He was afraid of the courtier.C. He didnt want to keep it a secret for so long time.D. His wife wanted to do that.49. From the passage, we can know that the farmer was very _.A. rich B

25、.clever C. unfriendly D.brave50. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. A Secret B. The Farmers Four CoinsC. The King and His Courtiers D. The King and the Riddle（B） Many people know the names Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. However, most people dont know the name

26、of the man who invented the television, Philo Farnsworth. Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906 and grew up on a potato farm. As a boy, he loved to learn about science, and he read a lot of science books. When he was only thirteen years old, he drew a picture of a machine that could send pictures as rad

27、io sends sounds. He got the idea from the way the potatoes were planted in the field. The potatoes grew in long lines, side by side. This made a shape in Philos mind. This shape helped Philo think of a way to send the TV picture onto a piece of glass. But he was poor, so Philo could not try to make

28、his idea into a machine at that time. Later, Philo worked at many different jobs. He worked with trees. He worked on broken radios. He worked on trains. He also worked as a street cleaner. At last, two rich men heard about his idea for television, and they gave him the money to make it. On September

29、 7th, 1927, they watched Philo test the machine he built. When Philo turned on the machine, a small line could be seen on the glass. Philo said, “There you have it, electric television.” Later, a big company, RCA, said they had made the first television. Philo had to spend a lot of money on lawyers

30、to fight them. Finally, he won. Then, World War Two started in 1939. During the war, Philo spent a lot of money helping the US army instead of building up his television company. After the war, other bigger, richer companies started making televisions. In the end, Philo had to sell his company. 51.W

31、hy does the author mentioned Bell and Edison at the beginning of the text?A. To remember both of them. B. To speak highly of their success.C. To introduced the topic of the text. D. To explain their relationships.52. According to the text, how old was Philo when he finished his invention of TV? A. 27 years old B. 21 years old C. 33 years old D. 39 years old53. Philo Farnsworth got the idea for TV from _.A. the radio B.science books C.potato fields D.a machine54. The underlined part “building up” in the last paragraph probably means “_”.A.starting B.selling