2011年江苏省泰兴市初二上学期期中考试英语卷

I think American English is a little _______ British English.

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There are over ______ books of all kinds in the library.

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A: Is the shirt made ______ cotton?

B: Yes. It’s made _____ China.

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A :Is there _______ in today’s newspaper?

B: Sorry, nothing.

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I’m tired now. Let’s stop ________.

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Work hard, ________ you’ll fail in the English exam this time.

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A: I had a great time ______ games with my friends in the park yesterday.

B: How great! But I didn’t have any time _______ at all, I had to get ready for the test.

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When something_______ me, I can always go to her.

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Simon’s MP4 player isn’t _______ expensive _______ mine.

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A：Could you show me around the Confucius Temple tomorrow ?

B:_________.

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A: Excuse me, where’s the nearest hotel?

B: Take the No.5 bus and________ at the third bus stop.

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When the little boy saw his mother, he _______  very excited.

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Of the two T-shirts, I’d choose _________ one to save some money for a book.

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A: Please don’t tell anybody about this.

B:_____________.

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He never chats with others. He always _________ everything to himself.

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Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always 31  to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.

Mr. Brown works in a 32, and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in   33 town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the 34, but he never forgets 35 them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy 36 a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.

Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very 37  , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a 38  the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.

“What’s wrong?” he asked 39. ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’

“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big 40 on his face, “My name is Mike”.

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Do you like traveling? How can you make your trip interesting? Here’s some advice.

Read!

Before you leave, you should find some information about the place, such as its geography, history and people. You can introduce that place better by reading.

Take photos!

If you want to take some photos, remember to choose the most special sights. Don’t choose the sight you can see in other places. For example, Qingdao and Ningbo are coastal cities, so don’t only take photos of the sea. You should take photos of something else, too.

Taste!

You’d better taste some specials(特产) in the area. Food in some places is very delicious. So why not taste it? Maybe you have just one chance to taste it in your life.

Write!

When you visit a place, you should take a pen and a notebook, so you can write down what you see and what you think during the trip.

1.How many pieces of advice about traveling are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

2.Before we travel to a place, we should__________.

3.The underlined word “coastal” means_________ in Chinese.

4.You should_______ during your trip.

5.What’s the best title(题目) for the passage?

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An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home, As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell(铃子). When dinner time came, he didn’t go to dinner room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dinner room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(吵架).

“Bring me the bill (账单),” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise, “There isn’t any bill, On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1.The story happened_________.

2.Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinner room first?

3.The traveler went to the dinner room to eat something because__________

4.How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

5.After the traveler finished eating,___________.

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Shanghai’s Maglev Train(磁悬浮列车) runs from Longyang to Pudong International Airport(国际机场). The whole trip takes about 8 minutes.

Time

Tickets

Children at or under 120 cm tall don’t need to buy tickets to take the train, but they cannot take the train by themselves. Children above 124 cm must buy a full-price ticket.

If you buy a round ticket, you can get on the train at Longyang Road Station or Pudong Airport Station, and get off at the other station. The return part of the ticket must be used on the same day.

1.How long does it take to travel from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by Shanghai Maglev Train?

2.Mr Wang will buy an Economy class ticket to Pudong International Airport with his 120 cm tall son. He should pay___________ for the trip.

3.The first train from Airport Station to Longyang Road Station leaves__________.

4.A passage( 乘客) who buys a round trip ticket__________.

5.A boy who is 130 cm tall__________.

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用所给单词的适当形式填空：(10分)

1．It’s important to send my best __________(greet) to all your family.

2．The fans became very excited to get those _________(hero ) telephone numbers.

3．We didn’t go to the meeting because it was ________(important).

4．________(luck), his cousin didn’t hurt his legs in the traffic accident.

5．I thanked our teacher for agreeing ___________ (let) me go on the trip last month.

6．When the player was a child, his mother spent much time________(sew) the clothes for him.

7．In the dinner party, the children helped___________(they) to much delicious food happily.

8．During this year’s Reading Week, Kitty read one of___________(famous) books in the world.

9．Julie was very happy to receive a lot of beautiful presents on her_________(twelve)birthday.

10．The writer was born in Inner Mongolia. He often _______(ride) a horse when he was young.

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An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you might simply say something like this, “I’m afraid I’ll have to find a cheap place because I don’t have 1) _______ ________.” The other person may say, "OK., I'll meet you at McDonald's. "This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, "Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson's ", or "I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It's great. "This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him, and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may simply say, "Thank you. That would be very nice."

American customs(习俗) about who pays for a date(约会) are much the same as those in other parts of the world.3) In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a woman who is a university(大学) student or is working in the business world will usually pay her own way during the date. If a man asks her to dinner, outside the normal working hours ,it means "come as my guest(客人). " So you can see it is better for you to make the question clear at the very beginning.

1． 将1)处填上适当的词,使句意完整：______________ ______________

2． 回答问题： What does ‘to go Dutch’ mean ? __________________________________________________________.

3． 将划线的句子译成中文：__________________________________________________________

4． 找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子

So you can see you’d better make the question clear at the start.

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5．找出文中最能表达短文主题的句子______________________________________________________________________________

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缺词填空(10分)

Sally was a student in a small town. It was going to be her mother’s birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e.

She went s after a quick and simple lunch. After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas(雨伞), and she d to take a black one. She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is w________ clothes of any color.” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished. On her way home on the train she felt h________So she went to the buffet car (餐车). She left the umbrella on her s. But when she returned, it had gone. Sally began to cry. The o_______ passengers(乘客) felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter. She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station. After the three passengers h______ this , they asked her for her mother’s address(地址) so that(为了) they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake (弄错) and brought it b

And now a week passed. Sally g______ a letter from her mother. It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

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翻译下列句子(10分)

1．他真好，愿意和我们共享一切。

It’s really nice of him to ______ ________ _________ share everything with us.

2．开车上班比车公交车少花时间

Driving to work _______ ________ _________ than________ the bus.

3．中国学生暑假要比寒假多休息几个星期。

In China, the students _________ __________ __________ __________ in the summer holiday than in the winter holiday.

4．他经常在旅游网上给他最喜欢的名胜投票。

He often_________ _________ his favorite_________ __________ __________on Travel Network.

5．由于视力不好，Laura 看不清黑板。

Laura can’t see the blackboard clearly __________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

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书面表达(10分)

你和父母周末外出旅游，玩得很愉快，请你以 My big day out 为题介绍你快乐的一日游。

1．上周六上午乘了两个多小时的长途车到了杭州，途中虽然有点不舒服，但到了目的地好多了。

2．杭州是世界闻名的城市，由于天气宜人，游客有数千人之多。

3．我们漫步西湖边，感受到了西湖(West Lake)的美丽，和父母在湖面划船，令人心旷神怡。

4．沿途欣赏着令人称奇的景色，同时父母给我讲了有关西湖的许多有趣的故事。

5．我拍了不少西湖的照片，回家后我将照片贴在了主页上，大家可以看到。

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