1、初二下学期期末考试英语试题初二下学期期末考试英语试题一、听力测试。（25分）A）听下面10段对话，每段对话有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。每段对话读两篇。（10分）( ) 1. What does Jim think Ann will be in five years? A. A teacher. B. A scientist. C. A doctor.( ) 2. Whats wrong with Mike? A. He has a bad cough. B. He has a bad cold. C. He has a bad toothache.( ) 3. W
2、hat was Tina doing when she saw a UFO? A. She was walking down a street. B. She was talking with her friends. C. She buying souvenirs.( ) 4. What did their science teacher say? A. He said Mary was a good student. B. He said Mary could do better. C. He said Mary was a lazy student.( ) 5. What will ha
3、ppen if Lily wears jeans to the party? A. The teacher will ask her to leave. B. Other students will call her parents. C. Other students wont let her in. ( ) 6. How long has Lambert been swimming? A. About two and a half hours. B. About one and a half hours. C. About two hours.( ) 7. What does the wo
4、man mean? A. The man should have a rest. B. The man shouldnt dance in the building. C. The man shouldnt run in the building.( ) 8. Which gift does the man think is better? A. A calendar. B. Some flowers. C. A red coat.( ) 9. Where has Tina been? A. A space museum. B. An amusement park. C. An aquariu
5、m.( ) 10. Have the man played tennis before? A. Yes, he has. B. No, he hasnt. C. We dont know.B）听下面三段长对话，对话后有10个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。每段对话读两遍。（10分）Dialogue 1 ( ) 11. How does the woman collect stamps? A. She buys them in the post office or exchanges them with others. B. She buys them all. C. She
6、 borrows them from others.( ) 12. How long has she collected stamps? A. For seven years. B. For several years. C. For several days.( ) 13. What does she think of collecting stamps? A. Interesting. B. Popular. C. Boring.Dialogue 2 ( ) 14. Where are they talking? A. At an airport. B. At a supermarket.
7、 C. At a train station.( ) 15. How much is the ticket? A. Its 54 yuan. B. Its 32 yuan. C. Its 23 yuan.( ) 16. When will the train leave? A. At 11:30. B. At 12:30. C. At 12:00.Dialogue 3( ) 17. Who makes the telephone call? A. Fred. B. Tom. C. Alice.( ) 18. What does Fred want to do? A. Go for a walk
8、. B. Go for a picnic. C. Go to a park.( ) 19. How is the weather tomorrow? A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.( ) 20. Where will they meet? A. At the school gate. B. At the park gate. C. At home. C）听下面一段短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个答案中选出一个与你所听到的短文内容相符的答案。（5分） ( ) 21. How old was the woman? A. More than 40. B. More
9、than 30. C. Less than 30. ( ) 22. What were they talking about on the train? A. The mans son. B. The womans son. C. The womans husband. ( ) 23. Did the woman know the man well? A. Yes, they were friends. B. No, he was just a worker on the train. C. No, they met for the first time. ( ) 24. What did t
10、he man think of the womans son? A. He was a bad man. B. He was outgoing. C. He was a good young man. ( ) 25. How old was the womans son? A. Five months old. B. Five weeks old. C. Five years old. 二、单项填空：从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（15分） ( ) 26. -_there going to_ a skating marathon in this amusement p
11、ark tomorrow, Susan? -Really? I havent heard about it. A. Does; have B. Does; be C. Is; be D. Is; have( ) 27. While Lucy _ lunch, her mobile phone_. A. cooked; was ringing B. was cooking; rang C. is cooking; rang D. cooked; rang( ) 28. I asked the old woman _. A. where does she live B. where she liv
12、es C. where did she live D. where she lived ( ) 29. Why _you buy a scarf for your mother? Thats not_. A. dont; enough interesting B. not; enough interesting C. dont; interesting enough D. dont; interested enough ( ) 30. She _ in Beijing since 1985. A. lives B. are living C. lived D. has been living(
13、 ) 31. The radio is a little bit loud. Would you mind_? A. turn it down B. turning it down C. turning down it D. turning it up( ) 32. Can I borrow your dictionary? Sorry, I _it to my brother. A. have borrowed B. have lent C. lent D. borrowed( ) 33. Can I speak to Ann? Sorry, she isnt in. She _the li
14、brary. A. has gone to B. went to C. has been to D. have gone to ( ) 34. Would you like a cup of tea or coffee? - _. Id like only a glass of water. A. None B. Both C. Either D. Neither( ) 35. Shall we go swimming tomorrow, Tony? If you go, _. A. So will I B. So do I C. Neither will I D. So I will( )
15、36. How long has Mary _this book? For about_. A. borrowed; one and a half year B. had; one and a half years C. kept; one year and a half years D. bought; one and half year( ) 37. Hes never seen such a film, _ he? A. isnt B. hasnt C. has D. is( ) 38. Neither the students nor their teacher _Disneyland
16、 before. A. went to B. have gone to C. have been to D. has been to( ) 39. _of the people in that area _poor. A. Three quarters; are B. Three fourth; are C. Three fourths; is D. Three quarter; are( ) 40. Would you please do your homework instead of _TV all the time? -Id like to do some housework rath
17、er than_ my homework. A. watch; do B. watching; do C. watching; doing D. watch; doing三、完形填空：先阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后选择最佳答案填空。（15分） Life in the 2020s will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes（改变） will take place(发生). So 41 will the change be? The population(人口) is growing 42 . T
18、here will be many people in the world and 43 of them will live longer than people live now. The computer will be even smaller and 44 and there will be at least(至少) one in every home. And 45 study will be one of the important subjects in school then. People will work fewer hours than they 46 now and
19、they will have more 47 time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be even easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for 48。 There 49 changes in our food, too. More land(土地) will be done for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be
20、 less room(空间) 50 cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they eat more fruits and 51. Maybe people will be 52 . 53 in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and 54 work will be done(被做) by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not h
21、ave any work to do. This will be a 55 .( ) 41. A. when B. where C. what D. how( ) 42. A. slowly B. fast C. carefully D. well( ) 43. A. one B. most C. none D. few( ) 44. A. more useful B. less useful C. more expensive D. bigger( ) 45. A.Chinese B.English C.computer D.science( ) 46. A. study B. like C
22、. do D. get ( ) 47. A. important B. busy C. full D. free( ) 48. A. business B. sports C. work D. holidays( ) 49. A. will be B. are C. be D. have( ) 50. A. to B. for C. in D. with( ) 51. A. meat B. hamburger C. vegetables D. coffee( ) 52. A.more negative B.better C.angrier D.healthier( ) 53. A. Music
23、 B. Work C. Sports D. Food( ) 54. A. hard B. easy C. long D. small( ) 55. A.balance B.program C.information D.problem四、阅读理解：（40分）A）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。AMiss Rose taught physics in a London school. Last week she was explaining to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to te
24、st them to see how successful she had been in her work. She said to them, “ Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the phone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away, and listened to me from the other side of the street, who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you,
25、 and why?” The cleverest boy at once answered, “Your sister, Miss Rose, because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“Thats very good,” Miss Rose answered. But then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Rose said, “Yes, Betty.” “I dont agree,” Betty said, “Your sister would hear you ear
26、lier because when its eleven oclock here, its only six oclock in Washington.”( ) 56. Miss Rose was teaching her students about _. A. telephone B. time C. sound D. electricity( ) 57. She wanted her students to know_. A. which was faster, sound waves or electricity B. whether Betty was cleverer than t
27、he boy C. whether she could call her sister in Washington D. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away( ) 58. The boy thought that_. A. sound waves travel faster than electricity B. sound waves travel slower than electricity C. the students would hear Miss Rose earlier D. the students
28、would hear her sister earlier( ) 59. From the passage, we know Miss Rose_. A. was pleased with the boys answer B. was not pleased with what the boy had said C. thought Bettys answer was much better D. thought both of the answers were right( ) 60. Betty thought the boy was wrong because_. A. electric
29、ity was slower than sound waves B. electricity was faster than sound waves C. electricity traveled as fast as sound waves D. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London B For several years, Americans have enjoyed tele-shopping: watching TV and buying things by phone. Now tele-s
30、hopping is starting in Europe(欧洲). In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.Tele-shopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 Europe
31、an countries, and in one year it made 100 million. In France there are two tele-shopping channels, and the French spend about 20 million a year to buy things through those channels.In Germany, until last year tele-shopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed (允许) more tele-shopping. Other channels can open for tele-business, including(包括) the largest American tele-shopping company and a 24hour tele-s
