初二年级新世纪英语测试卷
（Unit1 L1--L2） Part One Listening (25%)
I. Listen to the sentence and match them to the right pictures below. 5%
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) (F)
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
II. Listen and choose the best response: 5%
( ) 1. A.,No, of course. ( ) 3. A. Swimming. ( ) 4. A. 10 km an hour
C. 10 kilometers C. All right. ( ) 1. A. 22
B. Yes, I am. C. No, I am not.
C. So I am. D. He was tall B. 10 kms an hour D. 10 kms B. That’s right. D. You are incorrect. C. 48 C. 6 hours
D. 16
B. He’s very fat
D. Sure. D. So does he.
( ) 2. A. So do I. B. So is he.
C. He’s very kind.
( ) 5. A. That’s all right.
III. Listen to the following dialogues and choose the correct answer: 5%
B. 32
( ) 2. A. 5 times B. 3 days ( ) 3. A. Twenty to seven
C. Ten to six
D. 3 hours
B. A quarter to seven
D. Ten to seven
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( ) 4. A. September 1st B. September 2nd
C. September 3rd
( ) 5. A. First
D. September 15th
D. last
B. Second C. third
IV. Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false: 4%
( ) 1. More than 300 years ago, people in Europe drank tea.
( ) 2. The Englishman didn’t ask his mother to cook the tealeaves with water. ( ) 3. The old woman’s guests didn’t like the tealeaves. ( ) 4. The old woman knew a lot about tea.
V. Listen to passage and complete the sentences. 6 %
1. China Mobile says every ________, there are 410 messages being sent.
2. Thumbs bring _________, best wishes, good news, and sometimes bad news to their friends 3. Through SMS, we _________ love and friendship, get and send the information quickly. 4. It is reported that _________ percent of young people like to send short messages to greet each other.
5. I am _________ for the progress because SMS saves me much money. 6. Just on the ________ of a thumb, so much joy can be found.
Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar (45%)
I. Choice: 16%
( ) 1. John, _______monitor of Class One, is cleaning _______monitor of the computer. A . /, /
B. a, the
C. /, the
D. the, / D. don’t ought to D. to drawing
( ) 2. If you are clever, you _____ tell him this bad news. A. ought to A. draw
B. not ought to B. to draw
C. ought not to C. for draw
( ) 3. Believe or not, the child can use sand______ all kinds of animals and flowers. ( ) 4. _____useful advice you have given! A. What a
further study.
A. Because
B. When
C. Although
D. As
( ) 6. Some students spend ______ time chatting with their Net-pal on the computer and pay
_____ attention to their lessons.
A. too many, less
B. too many, fewer
C. too much, less
A. to listen, to
C. listen to, with
B. What C. How a D. How
( ) 5. _____scientists have done a lot of research on A/H7N9 flu, there are still some cases for
D. too much, fewer B. to listen to, to
D. to listen to, with
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( ) 7. My parents don’t allow me _____pop music. They aren’t familiar _____pop stars.
( ) 8. We should stop people ______away rubbish everywhere. A. to throw A. for
B. in throwing
C. from throw D. from throwing C. in
D. to
( ) 9. A: What do you do _____ the knife? B: to cut things.
B. with
( ) 10. A: Excuse me, could you help me carry this heavy box? B: _______. A. Yes, I could.
B. It doesn’t matter.
D. My pleasure B. such an efficient girl D. such efficient girl
C. With pleasure A. so an efficient girl C. so efficient girl
from then on.
A. something necessary
B. something unnecessary
C. unnecessary thing D. unnecessary something
( ) 13. Look, the light in Mike’s room is on. He _____ at home. A. maybe (
B. may be
C. can’t be
D. must be
) 14. The police asked people _______after drinking.
( ) 11. She is ________that her boss is very pleased with her.
( ) 12. You have spent too much money on ______. So I won’t give you much pocket money
A. not to drive B. to not drive C. to drive D. drive ( ) 15. They ______ help. They managed to do it by themselves. A. don’t need any C. didn’t need to any A. because
B. needn’t any D. didn’t need any
C. though
D. if
( ) 16. I felt very tired last night, _____ I went to bed earlier than usual.
B. so
II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. 8%
A. angry B. seconds C. talked about D. at all E. improving F. technology G. peace H. here and there I. received Nowadays Charles Kao is famous all over the world. In 2009, the Nobel Prize Organization（诺贝尔奖组织）gave him that year’s Nobel Prize in physics. When Charles Kao first ____1___ his idea of fiber-optic（光纤）communication more than 40 years ago, some scientists laughed at him. Today the ____2____ has made the modern telephone and Internet possible. Because of this technology, people can exchange texts, music and photos around the world within____3____.
Kao was born in Shanghai, China, in 1933. He went to school in Hong Kong when he was young. He worked as an engineer while studying at the University of London. In 1965, he ___4____ his doctor’s degree（博士学位）there.
It was hard for him to study on this project. Professor Kao said in 2006: “At that time, I was always late for dinner. I told my ____5____ wife that this could be a world-changing project. She didn’t believe me ____6____.”
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Today the fibers are used throughout the world in computer Cable（电缆）and other cables. The light that flows through them sends texts, music, pictures and videos _____7____ in the world.
Sir Peter Knight of Imperial College of London said the Kao’s work showed how important science was for____8_____ our everyday life.
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given in their proper forms: 7%
1. Thomas Edison, one of the most famous ________, (invent) invented the ________ light
bulb.(electronic)
2. Better _______ (medicine)care and _______(healthy) diet enable people to live a long life. 3. The weather in Australia is really so _______. (please)
4. Are there any ________ (different) between British English and American English? 5. I was able to read a whole page and _________(memory) it in only three minutes.
IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given verbs: 4%
1. We will have a class meeting tomorrow afternoon. What about _______ (put) on a short play? 2. Look! How beautifully the girls _________(dance)!
3. In the past, the bus conductor ______(collect) money from the passengers and _____(put) the money in a bag.
V. Rewrite the sentences as required: 11%
1. What can we do with the mouse? (保持句意不变) ______ the ______ ______ the mouse?
2. October 1st, 2009 will be an important day to China, it’s China’s 60th birthday. ______ _____ important day October 1st,2009 will be, it’s China’s 60th birthday! 3. Work hard, and you will achieve success one day. (保持句意不变) If you _____ work hard, you ______ achieve success one day.
4. They have no lessons during the weekend, ______ _______? (反意疑问)
5. Both the computer and the Internet were the greatest inventions of the twentieth century. (否定句)
______ the computer nor the Internet ______ the greatest inventions of the twentieth century.
Part Three Reading and writing (30%)
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Your friend might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed for millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
“I don't often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ”, said Fox's Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in China. \of my
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