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 mu
ch. It brings ___________ a lot of happiness.A. himB. herC. youD.
them2. —How long have you been ill?—___________ Monday.A. OnB. F
orC. ByD. Since3. You can go with us, ____________ you can stay a
t home.A. orB. soC. butD. and4. I find this blue dress is much __
__________ than the red one.A. comfortableB. more comfortableC. m
ost comfortableD. the most comfortable5. —____________do you go t
o the movies?—About once a month.A. How many B. How muchC. How o
ftenD. How long6. —Look! Tom ___________ a new bike.—Yes. He got
it as a birthday gift last week.A. rideB. ridesC. is ridingD. wil
l ride7. There ___________ billions of stars in the Milky Way.A.
isB. areC. wasD. were8. They were poor ten years ago and ________
___ in a small house.A. livedB. are livingC. liveD. will live9. M
y mother often tells me ___________ my homework carefully.A. to d
oB. doC. doingD. does10. —I called you about an hour ago, but you
didn''t answer.—Sorry, I ________ in the kitchen and didn''t hear
the phone.A. cookB. cookedC. was cookingD. have cooked11. —It see
ms you know this museum very well.—Yes, I ___________ it several
times.A. visitB. visitedC. was visitingD. have visited12. They ha
ven''t decided ___________ for the holiday.A. where they wentB. wh
ere they will goC. where did they goD. 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 t
o run around the sports 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 13running. "But later I tho
ught, "Why do I hate running when I haven''t tried it since Grade
7?" And I14 to give running another try. I told my friend I woul
d like to 15 the 10K event. He was pleased to hear that. He adv
ised me to look for a running program on the Internet to learn ho
w to run.There were lots of running 16 on the Internet. I chose
one that would last for 14 weeks. I had to run three times a week
for different periods（时段）of time. At the beginning I ran for sho
rt 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 s
horter.I enjoyed following the running program because I could se
e 18 in my running each week. I went from not being able to run
for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! I went f
rom hating running to loving running!On the day of the 10K runnin
g event I was both excited and 19 . I could hear my heart beati
ng. It was time to put my new skills into practice. My friends an
d family came to support me. I managed to finish the 10K in 72 m
inutes. It was hard but I felt very proud for having tried it.Fro
m this 20I learnt it was a good idea to try something before sayi
ng I hated it! It turned out that I really enjoyed running. I wen
t on to do another 10K, an 8K and a half marathon. Today I still
enjoy running.13. A. finishB. missC. hateD. try14. A. askedB. dec
idedC. helpedD. remembered15. A. enterB. avoidC. forgetD. watch16
. A. programs B. videosC. competitions D. lessons17. A. moreB.
fewerC. longerD. shorter18. A. valueB. successC. pleasureD. progr
ess19. A. surprisedB. nervousC. satisfiedD. comfortable20. A. pla
nB. resultC. chanceD. 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 she''s 19 now and she lives in Br
istol. She''s very friendly and confident. She''s got long, brown h
air and brown eyes. She''s slim and very fit because she''s a dance
r.She''s 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 s
hows and I''ve been to watch her several times. Her favorite type
of dance is modern dance. It is sometimes a bit strange, but I lo
ve watching her dance. Laura works so hard. I believe she will be
come a dancer.Laura is very busy because she also studies photogr
aphy at university. She''s a really good photographer and has take
n lots of wonderful photos of me and my family, Her photos have w
on a few prizes and last year one of her photos was on show at an
art gallery (美术馆) in London.She''s also trying to learn German be
cause she wants to go to Germany next year to do a photography co
urse. She is sure to be a better photographer.21. Laura started t
o dance when she was ______________.A. 5B. 6 C. 14D. 1922. The w
riter thinks Laura will become a dancer because she is __________
____.A. confidentB. beautifulC. hard-workingD. modern23. Laura wa
nts to go to Germany next year to ______________.A. learn GermanB
. give a dance showC. visit an art galleryD. learn photographyBAn
Honestly Fun CampIt was early August, and Will was at a summer c
amp. His dad went to the camp when he was a boy and loved it, but
Will didn''t like it. He had enough of the horse, the camp food,
the baseball games and the canoeing.He wrote to his mom and aske
d her if she would pick him up early, but he didn''t want his mom
to tell his dad. She replied, "I can''t pick you up without tellin
g your dad. I am always honest with him. If you really want to le
ave, I will talk to him about it. "Will was worried about disappo
inting(使失望) his dad, so he told his mom he would stay for the las
t two weeks and try to make the best of it, and asked her to make
his favorite meal when he got home.During the last two weeks, ev
ery time he ate a camp meal he imagined he was eating his mom''s c
ooking, Suddenly, the food didn''t taste so bad.Will decided to be
honest with his camp counselors(辅导员). He told the horseback coun
selor that he wasn''t comfortable with the horse. The counselor as
ked Will to choose another horse, and he started to enjoy horseba
ck riding.Will told the baseball counselor he didn''t like playing
1st base, and the counselor changed him to play catcher, Will st
arted to like baseball.As for canoeing, Will always sat in the fr
ont of the canoe. He told his counselor that he would like to sit
in the back. Once he sat in the back, he started to enjoy canoei
ng,When Will''s parents came to pick him up from the camp, he said
to them, "This was the best camp ever. " And he couldn''t wait fo
r next year''s camp.24. Will decided to stay at the camp for the l
ast two weeks because______________.A. he didn''t want to disappoi
nt 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 1st base in
a baseball game.C. The horseback counselor let Will change the h
orse.D. The camp food was better than Will''s mother''s cooking.26.
What helped Will change the situation?A. His father''s hope.B. Th
e counselors'' suggestions.C. His mother''s encouragement.D. His ho
nesty with the counselors.CHave you ever got the chance to visit
a new country and stay with a family? Or maybe it''s something you
''ve thought about? If so, hopefully this blog post will help you
to put aside your worries, pack（打包） your travel bags, and go!Alth
ough the idea of taking part in a language exchange(交换) to a diff
erent country can make you nervous at first, a language exchange
offers a good chance to improve your foreign language and to expe
rience life in a new and exciting place.Living with a family is o
ften the best way to really see and understand a different cultur
e. Staying in a hotel means you are surrounded(围绕) by other tour
ists, but if you live with a family, you will get a real taste fo
r the local customs, lifestyle and food. While living with a fami
ly, you will also be able to practice your English (or whichever
language that you''re learning) all the time, so you''ll improve mu
ch more than you would on a normal holiday.What''s more, the famil
y will most likely be really friendly and will show you around th
eir hometown and make you feel at home. They know all the best pl
aces to go in a town or a city-famous restaurants, museums, parks
and shopping centers.The last advantage of staying with a family
is that you''ll probably make some life-long friends. This is als
o the best and most important reason to take part in a language e
xchange. Having a family to stay with in another part of the wor
ld is great, and being able to talk to them over Skype or email i
s a great way to keep up your foreign language. So, why not go fo
r it?27. How many advantages of staying with a family does the wr
iter talk about?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.28. What''s the mo
st important reason to take part in a language exchange?A. You ca
n make life-long friends.B. You can visit some interesting places
.C. You can improve your foreign language.D. You can experience l
ife in a new country.29. What was the writer''s purpose for writin
g 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 enc
ourage people to go to other countries to travel.D. To encourage
people to take part in a language exchange.DYears ago, someone ha
d an idea out of this world. What if countries from around the wo
rld could get together and build a huge spacecraft(航天器)? The craf
t would be a very big moving lab around the Earth. Teams of astro
nauts from different countries could live on that craft and work
together to do important scientific experiments(实验). Imagine what
the world could learn about space!Some people said it was imposs
ible. But now the fantastic idea has come true. The International
Space Station (ISS) is. moving around the Earth now, 220 miles a
bove the ground. It is, in fact, the third brightest object(物体)
in the night sky, after the moon and Venus. How did people make i
t?The ISS. is built like a huge Lego(乐高) airship. Large pieces, c
alled modules, are sent into space by rocket(火箭). Astronauts conn
ect the pieces on risky space walks while the craft is moving at
speeds of up to 17,500 miles every hour. That''s like trying to bu
ild a car while it''s moving very fast!The living module is about
as long as a classroom. But astronauts will have everything they
need to live in space. The thick walls will protect astronauts fr
om space temperatures, which is between 250°F and -250°F. Breath
able air is piped(用管道输送) through the station from special tanks(罐
子). Water is brought up in tanks and then recycled.Certainly, lif
e in space has its dangers. Many astronauts worry the most about
space rubbish from old spacecraft and satellites, and rocks from
deep space. Even if a very small object hits the station, it cou
ld cause a catastrophe.For the men and women who train for years
to become astronauts, nothing compares with the excitement of goi
ng into space. "I''ve wanted to be an astronaut since the fourth g
rade," said Jerry Ross, an American astronaut when he waited to g
o into space another time. "The risks are a small price for the e
xperience of going into space, And I believe that what we will di
scover there will be very important for humans."30. What is this
passage mainly about?A. The building of the ISS.B. Astronauts'' li
fe in the ISS.C. Different objects in space.D. Human''s discoverie
s in space.31. What can we learn from the passage?A. The ISS is 1
7,500 miles away from the Earth.B. The ISS is the brightest objec
t in the night sky.C. Building the ISS is as easy as making a Leg
o airship.D. Astronauts from different countries work together in
the ISS.32. What does the word "catastrophe" probably mean?A. A
great difficulty.B. A terrible accident.C. A serious mistake.D. A
surprising change.33. What can we learn from what Jerry Ross sai
d?A. He thought going into space cost too much money.B. He though
t going into space was dangerous but valuable.C. He believed his
journey to space would be very successful.D. He worried about the
dangers of going into space very much.四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小
题2分)E. B. White—The Writer of Charlotte''s WebOne day, on a small
farm in Maine, a man was watching a large gray spider spin a web
in a barn（谷仓）. The man was E. B. White. E. B. -or Andy, as he was
called-thought spiders were fantastic animals. He thought that o
ne day he might like to write a children''s book about a spider.Bu
t writing was hard work for Andy. He had written many articles an
d poems. He had also written one children''s book, Stuart Little.
But Andy could never just hurry to turn an idea into an article
or book. He decided to let his ideas "ripen".So for years, Andy c
ontinued to think about writing a children''s book about a spider.
He did some of his best thinking while he was walking around his
farm.Once while he was cleaning his barn, he found a spider''s eg
g sac(囊). Andy wanted to see the eggs hatch. But he would leave f
or a trip to New York City. So he found a small box and carefully
placed the egg sac inside. When he got to his hotel, he put the
box on the dresser. When he woke up one morning, there were hundr
eds of baby spiders on the dresser!Years later, Andy finally bega
n writing Charlotte''s Web, the story of a spider named Charlotte
and a pig named Wilbur. Andy created most of the book in the very
small boathouse of his farm.Sometimes he stopped writing and dre
w pictures of spiders. Andy always said Charlotte''s Web was more
than just a children''s story about animals. It was a timeless sto
ry about true friendship.34. What did Andy think of spiders?35. D
id Andy hurry to write a book when he had an idea?36. Why did And
y take the spider''s egg sac to New York City?37. Where did Andy c
reate most of the book Charlotte''s Web?38. What can you learn fro
m Andy''s story?书面表达（共10分）五、文段表达（10分）根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。所给提
示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。39. 友情是一种财富。有了朋友的陪伴、理解和帮助，我们的生活会更加美好。你校的英文期刊
正在开展以“友情’’为主题的征文活动。请你用英文写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你和朋友的故事，主要包括：这位朋友是谁，他（她）是什么性格的人
，你们之间发生过什么难忘的事，这件事让你对朋友或者友情有什么样的感受或认识。提示词语：kind，homework，help，pro
gress提示问题：●Who is your friend and what is he/she like?●What happe
ned between you?●What did you learn about friends or friendship f
rom it?__________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________2018北京市东城区初二（下）期末英
语参考答案知识运用一、单项填空1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. B二、完形填空13. C 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. D阅读理解三、阅读短文，选择最佳选项。A篇 21. B 22. C 23. DB篇 24. A 25. C 26. DC篇 27. C 28. A 29. DD篇 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B四、阅读短文，回答问题。34. He thought spiders were fantastic animals.35. No, he didn''t.36. Because he wanted to see the eggs hatch.37. In the very small boathouse of his farm.38. To write a good book, a writer should not only have a good idea. but also spend a long time thinking and doing other preparations.书面表达五、文段表达39. One possible version:Tony is my best friend. He is very kind and helpful. One day I wanted to copy his math homework, but to my surprise, he didn''t agree. He said, "It''s wrong to copy others'' homework. If you have difficulty, I can help you." His words made me feel warm. From then on he helped me with my math every day. With his help, I made great progress in math.Tony made me realize that good friends should help each other in the right way. 1 / 9 |
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