初二英语下学期中段测试题
一、 语言（找出与所给音标读音相同的单词）（5分）
A B C D
( ) 1.[R:] cost among forest cotton
( ) 2.[ I:] tie die field lie
( ) 3.[eI ] sand travller stamp workplace
( ) 4.[W ] earth neither thousand thirsty
( ) 5.[U:] group found mountain mouth
二、 词汇
（一） 单词释义（5分）
( )1.problem A. a road that is built over a river
( )2.bridge B. difficult question
( )3.visit C. made by man
( )4.man-made D. try to do the same as others
( )5.copy E. go to see
（二） 按要求写出下列单词（10分）
1.expensive(反义词)__________ 2.Germany(形容词)____________
3.cut(过去分词)_____________ 4.whether(同音词)____________
5.tie(现在分词)______________ 6.wool(形容词)_______________
7.dark(反义词)_______________ 8.cross(名词)________________
9.wide(副词)________________ 10.wonderful(最高级)__________
三、 单项选择（20分）
( )1.Do you need ________ bread?
A. some more B. more some C. more any
( )2.He’s not _______ to go to school.
A. enough old B. old enough C. enough taller
( )3.A knife is used for ______ things.
A. cut B. cut’s C. cutting
( )4.How to say 5,368,000?
A. Five million three hundred and sixty-eight
thousands
B. Five million, three hundred and sixty-eight thousand.
C. Five hundred, three thousand sixty-eight
( )5.There won’t be enough space for ________.
A. else anybody B. anybody else C. somebody else
( )6.”2/5”is __________.
A. two fifth B. second fifth C. two fifths
( )7.These young trees _________.
A. are looked after well B. look after well
C. looked after well
( )8.The river near here is ____ deep.
A. two metre B. two matre C. two metres
( )9.I’m not a farmer. She is not a farmer, _______.
A. too B. also C. either
( )10.What will happen ______ a hundred years?
A. at B. in C. after
( )11.He ______Beijing for two months.
A. has arrived in B. has been in C. has been to
( )12.The building is ______ old.
A. hundreds of years B. hundreds of year C. hundred of year
( )13.people often mistake the twins ____ each other.
A. to B. for C. at
( )14.A bright moon _____ in the sky last night.
A. hang B. hanged C. hung
( )15.______ is New York from Shanghai?
A. How long B. How far C. How many metres
( )16.Mom ask Lucy ____ she could go and get some bread.
A. if B. that C. What
( )17.He likes _______ his father likes.
A. that B. what C. which
( )18.If you don’t understand a word, you may in a dictionary.
A. look at it B. look for it C. look it up
( )19.Those beds _______ wood.
A. is made of B. are made of C. are made for
( )20.You _____ English better if you _____ harder.
A. learn…will work B. will learn…work C. learn…work
四、 补全对话（10分）
Shopkeeper: Good morning! What ______ I do ______ you?
Lucy: ________like a skirt, please.
Shopkeeper: _________ kind do you want? The cotton ones are hanging here and the woolen ones are _____ there.
Lucy: Can I have a _____ _____ the woolen ones, please?
Shopkeeper: Yes, of course, Here you are.
Lucy: I like them, but they ______ too much.
Can I have a Look at the cotton ones, please?
Shopkeeper: Yes, please. No ______! Please _____ you time!
五、 句型转换（10分）
1.“Can I try on the coat?” I asked.(改为带宾语从句的复合句)
I asked ________ I _______try on the coat.
2.Bob isn’t a teacher. He isn’t a farmer, either.(改为同义词句)
Bob is ______ a teacher ______ a farmer.
3.We must finish homework on time.(改为被动语态)
Homework ______ ______ _______ on time.
4.Can you tell me how I can get to the park?(改成同义句)
Can you tell me ______ ______ _____ the park?
5.Machines are used for making things.(就画线提问)
________ _______ machines used for?
六、 单词拼写（10分）
1.___________ (邮票)are used for sending letters.
2.There were about 1,700 million people in the world at the ________ (开始)of the 20th century.
3.Most business letters around the world are _______ (写)in English.
4.Our knowledge of the universe is __________(增长)all the time.
5.The PLA was ___________(建立)on August 1, 1927.
七、完成句子（10分）
1.绿色长城将阻止风刮走土。
The Great Green wall will _______ the wind ______ blowing the earth away.
2.今天美国仍有大量的树木在继续被砍伐。
Today, too many trees are still being _______ ______ in the USA.
3．火车跑得越来越快了。
The train is running ___________ and ___________.
4．许多国家都向空中发射了人造卫星。
Man-made satellites have been __________ ___________ into space by many countries.
5．教室里只有站的地方了。
There is only ___________ ___________ in the classroom.
八、阅读理解（20分）
A
An old porter (搬运工)had been working for the railway for a very long time. He was standing in one of the big railway station in London one morning, waiting for travelers(旅行者)to ask him to help them with their luggage(行李)when he saw a small man running toward the trains, carrying a bag.
The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw the porter. At once he ran up to him and said,“Can I catch the 10:35 train to Newcastle--on—Tyne, porter?” He was breathing (呼吸) very fast, and he looked worried.
The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said politely(有礼貌地),“Well, sir, I’d like to help you, but I can’t answer your question, because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails, you see, ”he explained(解释), “the 10:35 train to Newcastle—on—Tyne left five minutes ago.”
根据短文内容,判断下列各句是否符合短文内容.符合短文内容的划“√”,不符合的划“×”.
( )1.The small man was not a porter. He was a passenger.
( )2.The small man was running because he was carrying a heavy bag.
( )3.The passenger wanted to go to Newcastle-on-Tyne.
( )4.The old porter knew that the small man could not catch the train.
( )5.The small man go to the station at twenty to eleven.
B
Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠)into good again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth(地)is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get very much rain, But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth(泥土) away, When a little of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.
( ) 1. Why can the land become a desert?
A. Some places don’t get very much rain.
B. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier.
C. People don’t keep the earth well.
D. Scientists haven’t learnt enough about the deserts.
( )2.Scientists _________ to make the deserts into good land again.
A. carry water B. grow food
C. do nothing D. study a lot
( )3.Which of the following is not true?
A. The land never stops becoming deserts.
B. Scientists ask people to live in the deserts and grow food there.
C. People do bad things to the earth.
D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.
( )4.Why are green plants and grass helpful?
A. They can hold the water.
B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.
C. They can keep the earth wet(湿的)
D. All the above.
( )5.Which of the following is the best title(题目)for the passage(短文)?
A. The Desert Problem B. People Make Deserts
C. Green Plants and Grass D. The Desert, the Tree and the Water