北京市东城区初二下期末英语.docx

1、北京市东城区初二下期末英语2018北京市东城区初二（下）期末英 语本试卷共60分。考试时长90分钟。知识运用（共14分）一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0. 5分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1. Betty enjoys singing very much. It brings _ a lot of happiness.A. him B. her C. you D. them2. How long have you been ill?_ Monday.A. On B. For C. By D. Since3. You can go with us, _

2、 you can stay at home.A. or B. so C. but D. and4. I find this blue dress is much _ than the red one.A. comfortable B. more comfortableC. most comfortable D. the most comfortable5. _do you go to the movies?About once a month.A. How many B. How much C. How often D. How long6. Look! Tom _ a new bike.Ye

3、s. He got it as a birthday gift last week.A. ride B. rides C. is riding D. will ride7. There _ billions of stars in the Milky Way.A. is B. are C. was D. were8. They were poor ten years ago and _ in a small house.A. lived B. are living C. live D. will live9. My mother often tells me _ my homework car

4、efully.A. to do B. do C. doing D. does10. I called you about an hour ago, but you didnt answer.Sorry, I _ in the kitchen and didnt hear the phone.A. cook B. cooked C. was cooking D. have cooked11. It seems you know this museum very well.Yes, I _ it several times.A. visit B. visited C. was visiting D

5、. have visited12. They havent decided _ for the holiday.A. where they went B. where they will goC. where did they go D. where will they go二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。Learning to RunI hated running at secondary school. I found it very tiring to run around the sports

6、field, and I was always the last student to cross the finish line. Then, in the first year at college, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event （项目）with him. My immediate answer was, No way! I 13 running. But later I thought, Why do I hate running when I havent tried it since Grade 7? A

7、nd I 14 to give running another try. I told my friend I would like to 15 the 10K event. He was pleased to hear that. He advised me to look for a running program on the Internet to learn how to run.There were lots of running 16 on the Internet. I chose one that would last for 14 weeks. I had to run t

8、hree times a week for different periods（时段）of time. At the beginning I ran for short periods and had long breaks in between. Then as the weeks went on, I had to run for 17 periods and the breaks in between got shorter.I enjoyed following the running program because I could see 18 in my running each

9、week. I went from not being able to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! I went from hating running to loving running!On the day of the 10K running event I was both excited and 19 . I could hear my heart beating. It was time to put my new skills into practice. My friends and

10、family came to support me. I managed to finish the 10K in 72 minutes. It was hard but I felt very proud for having tried it.From this 20 I learnt it was a good idea to try something before saying I hated it! It turned out that I really enjoyed running. I went on to do another 10K, an 8K and a half m

11、arathon. Today I still enjoy running.13. A. finish B. miss C. hate D. try14. A. asked B. decided C. helped D. remembered15. A. enter B. avoid C. forget D. watch16. A. programs B. videos C. competitions D. lessons17. A. more B. fewer C. longer D. shorter18. A. value B. success C. pleasure D. progress

12、19. A. surprised B. nervous C. satisfied D. comfortable20. A. plan B. result C. chance D. experience阅读理解（共36分）三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。(共26分，每小题2分)AMy Cousin LauraMy cousin Laura is five years older than me, so shes 19 now and she lives in Bristol. Shes very friendly and confiden

13、t. Shes got long, brown hair and brown eyes. Shes slim and very fit because shes a dancer.Shes danced since she was 6 years old and trains every day at her dance school. She wants to be a dancer. She often dances in shows and Ive been to watch her several times. Her favorite type of dance is modern

14、dance. It is sometimes a bit strange, but I love watching her dance. Laura works so hard. I believe she will become a dancer.Laura is very busy because she also studies photography at university. Shes a really good photographer and has taken lots of wonderful photos of me and my family, Her photos h

15、ave won a few prizes and last year one of her photos was on show at an art gallery (美术馆) in London.Shes also trying to learn German because she wants to go to Germany next year to do a photography course. She is sure to be a better photographer.21. Laura started to dance when she was _.A. 5 B. 6 C.

16、14 D. 1922. The writer thinks Laura will become a dancer because she is _.A. confident B. beautiful C. hard-working D. modern23. Laura wants to go to Germany next year to _.A. learn German B. give a dance showC. visit an art gallery D. learn photographyBAn Honestly Fun CampIt was early August, and W

17、ill was at a summer camp. His dad went to the camp when he was a boy and loved it, but Will didnt like it. He had enough of the horse, the camp food, the baseball games and the canoeing.He wrote to his mom and asked her if she would pick him up early, but he didnt want his mom to tell his dad. She r

18、eplied, I cant pick you up without telling your dad. I am always honest with him. If you really want to leave, I will talk to him about it. Will was worried about disappointing(使失望) his dad, so he told his mom he would stay for the last two weeks and try to make the best of it, and asked her to make

19、 his favorite meal when he got home.During the last two weeks, every time he ate a camp meal he imagined he was eating his moms cooking, Suddenly, the food didnt taste so bad.Will decided to be honest with his camp counselors(辅导员). He told the horseback counselor that he wasnt comfortable with the h

20、orse. The counselor asked Will to choose another horse, and he started to enjoy horseback riding.Will told the baseball counselor he didnt like playing 1st base, and the counselor changed him to play catcher, Will started to like baseball.As for canoeing, Will always sat in the front of the canoe. H

21、e told his counselor that he would like to sit in the back. Once he sat in the back, he started to enjoy canoeing,When Wills parents came to pick him up from the camp, he said to them, This was the best camp ever. And he couldnt wait for next years camp.24. Will decided to stay at the camp for the l

22、ast two weeks because_.A. he didnt want to disappoint his dadB. his mother refused to pick him up earlyC. he enjoyed the camp activities very muchD. his mother told his father about the matter25. What do we know from the passage?A. Will preferred to sit in the front of a canoe.B. Will liked to play

23、1st base in a baseball game.C. The horseback counselor let Will change the horse.D. The camp food was better than Wills mothers cooking.26. What helped Will change the situation?A. His fathers hope. B. The counselors suggestions.C. His mothers encouragement. D. His honesty with the counselors.CHave

24、you ever got the chance to visit a new country and stay with a family? Or maybe its something youve thought about? If so, hopefully this blog post will help you to put aside your worries, pack（打包） your travel bags, and go!Although the idea of taking part in a language exchange(交换) to a different cou

25、ntry can make you nervous at first, a language exchange offers a good chance to improve your foreign language and to experience life in a new and exciting place.Living with a family is often the best way to really see and understand a different culture. Staying in a hotel means you are surrounded(围绕

26、) by other tourists, but if you live with a family, you will get a real taste for the local customs, lifestyle and food. While living with a family, you will also be able to practice your English (or whichever language that youre learning) all the time, so youll improve much more than you would on a

27、 normal holiday.Whats more, the family will most likely be really friendly and will show you around their hometown and make you feel at home. They know all the best places to go in a town or a city-famous restaurants, museums, parks and shopping centers.The last advantage of staying with a family is

28、 that youll probably make some life-long friends. This is also the best and most important reason to take part in a language exchange. Having a family to stay with in another part of the world is great, and being able to talk to them over Skype or email is a great way to keep up your foreign languag

29、e. So, why not go for it?27. How many advantages of staying with a family does the writer talk about?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.28. Whats the most important reason to take part in a language exchange?A. You can make life-long friends.B. You can visit some interesting places.C. You can improv

30、e your foreign language.D. You can experience life in a new country.29. What was the writers purpose for writing this passage?A. To tell people how to learn foreign languages.B. To tell people how to get along with a foreign family.C. To encourage people to go to other countries to travel.D. To enco

31、urage people to take part in a language exchange.DYears ago, someone had an idea out of this world. What if countries from around the world could get together and build a huge spacecraft(航天器)? The craft would be a very big moving lab around the Earth. Teams of astronauts from different countries could live on that craft and work together to do important scientific experiments(实验). Imagine what t