北京市朝阳外国语学校2015---2016学年度第二学期
初二英语期中试卷
第一卷 ( 75分 )
2016.5
I. Listening comprehension (0.5×20)
Listen to five texts and choose the best answer. Each text is read twice. (0.5×15) Listen to Text 1 and answer questions 1-3. 1. When will the woman probably go to Beijing? A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. 2. When will the plane take off on Monday? A. At 9:05 am.
B. At 9:15 am.
3. How long will it take to travel to Beijing by air?
A. One hour. B. More than two hours. Listen to Text 2 and answer questions 4-6. 4. How does the man feel this evening? A. Unhappy.
B. Quite excited. 5. Which of the following about the man’s present job is right? A. He has to work at night.
B. He feels lonely.
6. Why does the man intend to work in a hotel? A. He can make friends with all kinds of people. B. He doesn’t have to work at night. C. The days go slowly.
Listen to Text 3 and answer questions 7-9.
7. Why does the man decide not to go downtown at first? A. He has to do his lessons
B. He thinks it is too far away.
C. He doesn’t want to go with Cathy.
8. What is Gilson’s? A. A big supermarket.
B. A watch repair shop.
9. Who is the woman speaking to?
A. A teacher. B. A repairman.
Listen to Text 4 and answer questions 10-12.
C. On Monday. C. At 11:25 am. C. Three hours.
C. Quite tired. C. He is very busy.
C. A large parking lot. C. A friend.
10. Where is M.A.P Advertising?
A. In London.
B. Out of London.
C. In the USA.
11. Why has the woman decided to give up her present job?
A. She has never liked working there. B. She has found another job.
C. She’d like to do something different.
12. How long has the woman worked in M.A.P. Advertising? A. 4 years. B. 4.5 years. Listen to Text 5 and answer questions 13-15.
A. In a tent.
B. In a room.
C. Only 5 years.
13. When did Holmes and his friends spend the night?
C. At a hotel.
14. What was the weather like that night?
A. Clear with few stars in the sky. B. Cloudy with no stars in the sky. C. Clear with lots of stars in the sky. 15. Why did Holmes wake Dr. Watson up? A. Because he couldn’t sleep at all. B. Because their tent had been stolen.
C. Because he wanted to know something about the stars.
Listen to Text 6 and fill in the five blanks with the necessary information from the text. Only one word can be filled in each blank. The text is read twice. (0.5×5) Eight o’clock. At 16.______ ___. At 2:00 PM or 3:00 PM. On Thursday. Go to school. Begin your class. 17. ________________________ When/ What We need to stay longer for 18._________ till four o’clock. What do you study We study 19. ________________, reading, math, gym. Where do you eat lunch We eat 20. ________________. II. Grammar --- Multiple choices (0.5×30)
21. I don’t like these two T-shirts. Could you please show me _______ one?
A. the other B. other C. another D. others 22. -Do you mind my _______ you during your speech? -Of course not.
A. disturbing B. disturb C. to disturb D. disturbed 23. When he _______ home, his wife and daughter _______ a good time.
A. was arriving, were having B. arrived, had C. was arriving, had D. arrived, were having 24. If you fail, don’t forget _______ your lesson.
A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learnt 25. — ______ will your father come back from New York?
— In two days. A. How long B. How soon C. How often D. How many 26. — How is your daughter today?
— Thanks to the new medicine, she feels much ______ now. A. bad B. well C. worst D. better 27. —Mum, where is Dad?
—He _______ flowers in the garden now.
A. planted B. plants C. will plant D. is planting 28. I will send you an e-mail as soon as I ________ in Canada.
A. arrive B. arrived C. am arriving D. will arrive 29. I ___ 900 English words by the time I was ten.
A. learned B. was learning C. had learned D. learnt 30. —They say there is a new restaurant nearby.
—Yes, and it _______ for no more than a week. A. had opened B. has opened C. has been open D. is opening 31. The boy looked _____ because he didn’t pass his maths exam.
A. sad B. sadness C. saddest D. sadly 32. —Which city has _______ population, Beijing, London or Paris? —Beijing, of course.
A. the most B. the largest C. the smallest D. the least
33. Tina got up late this morning and hurried to school _____ her English book. She had to share one with Lana, her deskmate.
A. with B. without C. no D. for 34. - What do you often do at weekends? - I often _____ my grandparents.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. will visit 35. —Have you fed your dogs, Bob?
—Yes, I _____ them twenty minutes ago.
A. have fed B. feed C. had fed D. fed 36. There’s an important football match today. I _____ miss it.
A. may B. can’t C. must D. needn’t 37. - Dad, must we wait until the light becomes green? -Yes, I’m afraid we ______. That’s the traffic rule.
A. can B. may C. have to D. need
38. Rose, you ____ leave your school things on the floor like this. Keep your room clean
and tidy.
A. may not B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. wouldn’t 39. Martin was so busy ______ his parents that he gave up his part-time job.
A. helping B. helped C. to help D. help 40. My mind wasn’t on what he was saying, so I’m afraid I _______ half of it.
A. was missing B. had missed C. will miss D. missed 41. -Simon, what do I need to take for the hiking?
-You’d better _____ more water than usual. It’s hot today. A. to take B. take C. taking D. took 42. There________ lots of sheep on my uncle’s farm now.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
43. - So far, Su Bingtian is the only Chinese who finished the 100-meter race in less than 10 seconds.
- _______ he runs! A. How slow B. How fast C. What a fast D. What a slow 44. By the end of last week, I ____________smoking.
A. had stopped B. have stopped C. stopped D. stops 45. Our teacher told us that the earth _________ around the sun.
A. went B. go C. goes D. has gone 46. Don’t go out at night, _______________ ?
A. do you B. will you C. shall we D. do we 47. There is little milk left in the bottle, _______________ ?
A. is there B. is it C. isn’t there D. isn’t it 48. I don’t think he is right, _______________ ?
A. do I B. doesn’t he C. am I D. is he 49. Because the shop _________, all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A. has closed down B. closed down C. is closing down D. had closed down 50. It was the second time that he ____________ marathon.
A. had taken part in B. has taken part in C. took part in D. will take part in III. Cloze ( 0.5×20 )
A
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep __51__, happy and to live _ 52___. People play different games in winter and summer. __53__ is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very __54___ and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men, __55__, boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about it. __56___ and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather __57__. People began to play them not long ago. And people are __58___ new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of ___59___. People __ 60___ different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.
