太仓市2012～2013学年第二学期期末教学质量调研测试
初二英语试卷
部分（30分）
一、选择（共25小题，1-20题，每小题1分；21-25题，每小题2分，满分30分）
请先熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，再将试卷上的答案转填到答题卷相对应的空格内。
A)听对话回答问题
1.A. No parking. B. No photos. C. No soking.
2.A. A book about dreas. B. A book about ghosts. C. A book about usic.
3.A. Unhappy. B. Happy. C. Free.
4.A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.
5.A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
6.A. On the shelf. B. On the desk. C. On the table.
7.A. Excited. B. Nervous.C. Sad.
8.A. Soe water. B. A. football. C. Soe food.
9.A. At 7:45. B. At 7:40. C. At 8:00.
10.A. Ben. B. r. Green. C. rs. Green.

B)听对话和短文回答问题
听第一段对话，回答11-12小题。
11. What did the woan do last night?
A. She invited Linda to dinner.
B. She had a wonderful dinner.
C. She cooked a good eal.
12. What do we know about Ji?
A. He's good at cooking. B. He's good at reading. C. He likes good food.

听第二段对话，回答13 -14小题。
13. Where are they talking?
A. At Paul's hoe. B. At Han ei's hoe. C. At a party.
14. How long does it usually take Paul to do his hoework?
A. 10 inutes. B. 20 inutes. C. 30 inutes.

听第三段对话，回答15 -17小题。
15. What are they talking about?
A. A trip to Beijing. B. Kitty's other. C. Kitty.
16. How are they going?
A. By plane. B. By train. C. By bus.
17. How long will they stay there?
A. Two onths. B. One week. C. Two weeks.
听一篇短文，完成信息记录表中18 -20小题。

18.A. shop B. superarket C. all
19.A. cheaper B. expensive C. good
20.A. three ties B. twice C. once
听一篇短文，回答21- 25小题。
21. Why can soe people easily learn any things by heart? Because_______
A. they have very good eories
B. they always sleep very well
C. they read a lot of books
22. When does everybody learn his other language?
A. At the age of six. B. When he is a sall child. C. When he goes to school.
23. Before a child can speak, he ust_______.
A. read and write B. think hard C. hear and reeber the sounds
24. Why is it not easy for the pupils to learn a foreign language? Because_______.
A. they have no good eories
B. they have too uch tie for it
C. they are busy with other subjects
25. Your eory will not becoe better_______.
A. if you don't have a lot of good food
B. if you don't do ore and ore exercises
C. if you don't do orning exercises every day
笔试部分 (100分）
二、选择（从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，把其编号填入答题卷相应的位置上。共25小题，每小题1分，满分25分）
A)单项选择
26. For further details about our new clothes style, _______ our copany's website.
A. visiting B. visited C. to visit D. visit
27. _______ of the students coe fro Shanghai. They like the view of the countryside.
A. Two thousands B. Thousands C. Two thousand D. Thousand
28. The doctor followed the_______ of the child closely.
A. collection B. advertiseent C. developent D. agreeent
29. -A nuber of students_______ willing to teach in the west of China:
- Yes, the nuber is getting_______.
A. are; ore and ore B. is; bigger and bigger
C. is; ore and ore D. are; bigger and bigger
30. Ji is learning_______ second foreign language so that he can find_______ better job.
A. a; the B. a; a C. the; the D. the; a
31._______it is to watch the ice and snow in Harbin in winter!
A. What a fun B. How fun C. What a great fun D. What fun
32. I will travel abroad if the work_______ on tie.
A. will finish B. is finished C. will be finished D. finishes
33. - Are you sure you can do well in the sports eeting?
-_______. I've trained for three onths.
A. No, I' not sure B. It's hard to say
C. I hope not D. Yes, I think so
34. Is_______ easy_______ who has taken the ubrella?
A. that; find B. it; to find out C. that; to find out D. it; find
35. -_______ you to get up late?
- Yes. But now I get up early because I_______ doing exercise every orning.
A. Used; a used to B. Did use; used to
C. Did use; a used to D. Used; used to
36. The factory_______ since the Deceber of 2000.
A. has open B. has opened C. has been opened D. has been open
37. - Where's Nancy? I would like to invite her to y party this Sunday.
- She has_______ to Singapore. She has_______ there any ties before.
A. been; gone B. been; been C. gone; gone D. gone; been
38. She has won the gae. She ust be very happy, _______?
A. ustn't she B. isn't she C. wasn't she D. hasn't she
39. Lincoln cae fro nothing, yet he did_______ that changed the world.
A. soething B. everything C. nothing D. anything
40. To finish the atch we have to walk_______ soe fields and_______ a rain forest.
A. over; across B. across; over C. through; over D. across; through
B)完形
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、DD四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，将其编号填入答题卷相对应的空格内。
Three sall fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to 41 each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and 42 to swi deeper and further.
One orning, the three fish were 43 to a shallow（浅）water by a big wave（浪）.A sall boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of the. The largest fish realized that they were 44 ,and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish 45 with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was uch 46 for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swa around 47 .
At last, the largest fish returned to the 48 by juping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in 49 his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn't follow the and still swa joyfully.
Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the sall shallow corner 50 .The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack（缺乏）of water.
41.A. listen to B. look after C. talk with D. worry about
42. A. dared B. hated C. refused D. stopped
43.A. allowed B. given C. invited D. taken
44. A. in safety B. in doubt C. in danger D. in peace
45. A. agreed B. talked C. disagreed D. discussed
46.A. tie B. food C. water D. air
47. A. slowly B. sadly C. luckily D. happily
48.A. sea B. river C. lake D. pool
49. A. catching B. joining C. raking D. telling
50. A. rose up B. ran out C. washed away D. dried up
三、理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，把其编号填入答题卷相应的位置上。
A
Everybody is afraid of quicksand（流沙）.In the fils, suddenly people fall into quicksand, they are pulled down and down. They disappear! No one sees the again!
What is quicksand? Can it really pull things down? No, it can not. Quicksand can not pull things into it. Quicksand is really loose sand and a lot of water. The water akes the quicksand. It is different fro the sand on the beach. A person can walk on the beach. A person can not walk on the quicksand. It is too loose.
Falling into quicksand does not hurt., It is alost like falling into water! Your body will go down. But then it will coe up. People can float in quicksand. But they ust not fight the sand. That would ake the go down. They should ove slowly until they float.
Quicksand is found in any places. It is found near the ouths of large rivers. The outh of a river is where the river eets the ocean or the sea. Quicksand is also found on land. In soe places the water stays on the land. It does not drain（排放）or dry up. If there is sand around, the sand gets very wet. Then it becoes quicksand.
Will you go down in quicksand? Yes, but not all the way. You will float. But you should float in clean water. Quicksand is too dirty!
51. If you fall into quicksand, _______
A. you should ove fast and try your best to get out
B. you will be down and no one will see you again
C. you will be pulled down and then die quickly
D. it is nothing serious and don't be afraid of it
52. A person can not walk on quicksand because_______.
A. it is dangerous B. it is too loose
C. it will hurt hi D. it will pull hi down
53. It is difficult to find quicksand in_______.
A. dry countries B. China C. Aerica D. wet countries
B
In ancient China, the State of Wu ade an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai becae the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father's death. He trained his ary strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his ary against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.
Gou Jian was put into a sall black stone house which was full of terrible sell and was ade to raise horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep hiself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. any years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his ary after he went back to his own state. In order to ake hiself strong-inded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country becae strong once ore. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.
If one voluntarily works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we ight call hi a "Gou Jian", and his story, a "Gou Jian's story".
54. Three years later_______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.
A. Gou Jian B. Fu Chai C. Gou Jian's father D. Fu Chai's father
55. Gou Jian_______ when he was in the state of Wu.
A. ate gall bladders B. raised horses
C. trained his ary D. forgot his pain
56. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The gall bladders tasted good. B. Gou Jian loved horse-raising.
C. Finally Fu Chai was set free. D. Finally Gou Jian was set free.
57. The story ainly tells us that_______.
A. a country without a strong ary is easy to defeat
B. if soeone attacks you, you should just fight back
C. if you fail in doing soething, it's better for you to forget the pain
D. if you face difficulties bravely without giving up, you'll finally succeed
C
Chris Jones recently copleted a very unusual journey. Our reporter ary Owen et hi at his hoe in the south of London and was told all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to ake a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to ake a trip around India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant. I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didn't know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert（专家） for help. He taught e how to ride an elephant. He also helped e find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a feale elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars,
Reporter: Can you tell e about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off fro New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern India. There is a big elephant arket there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 iles an hour and Sonepur is ore than l, 200 k away. It took us 64 days to coplete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any probles on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a fe But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. But that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: y plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn't take her back to Britain and I didn't want to sell her at the arket. I happened to eet soe people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with the, so I gave her to the. I was very sad to say goodbye.
58. Chris got the idea to ake a trip around India on an elephant fro _______.
A. a visit to a zoo B. an elephant expert fro India
C. the photos of elephant D. an old friend who lived in India
59. The elephant expert told Chris _______.
A. when to buy an elephant B. how to feed an elephant
C. where to sell his elephants D. how to ride an elephant
60. Chris decided to go to Sonepur because _______.
A. it is a very interesting place
B. he would be able to sell Tara there easily
C. elephants cannot be sold any where else
D. it would take only a short tie to get there
61. When Chris arrived at the arket in Sonepur, _______.
A. he realized that he did not really want to sell Tara
B. he visited soe shopkeepers
C. he sold Tara to a national park
D. he decided to take Tara hoe with hi

D
What akes 15,000 en and woen run for hours, and what akes the run through the streets on a cold day without coats? I was one of those runners. The race is called arathon（马拉松）.
I had never run ore than eight iles before, and here I was training. Since the race is in April, I had to run throughout the winter, and in Boston, winters are cold. For ost people, just putting on their shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats is exercise enough. I found yself out on the dark streets, running along ice sidewalks（人行道）．Even in gloves, y fingers got so cold that they looked like red carrots. y nose didn't get war until lunchtie!
Finally, the big day arrived. The weather was cold, with ice and rain. Bang! The gun sounded, and we started. I didn't go anywhere at first because I was standing behind so any people. I had to wait for the to ove.
At first, the running was easy. The other runners just seeed to pull e along. Soewhere around the 20-ile ark I even said to yself, "This is nothing. Why did I train so hard?"
Then I hit "the wall". "The wall" is what arathon runners call the special point. I knew y body reached the point and I thought I couldn't go any ore.1 was out of breath and y legs turned into pieces of wood.1 was alost falling down. I can't reeber anything about the last five iles of the race.
I kept running though. At last, I heard a voice at the finishing line.
"You look good," y friend Ted said. "How did it feel?"
"Wonderful!" I replied.
For everything, if you devote yourself into it, there will be a way. I finished the race, at least, in y heart, I was the winner,
62. Which one best describes the weather on the race day?
A. Cold and rainy. B. Cold and sunny. C. Dry and cloudy. D. Wet and foggy.
63, How did the writer feel about the race during the first 20 iles?
A. Difficult. B. Boring. C. Easy. D. Interesting.
64. According to the article, what ust soeone do to prepare for a arathon?
A. One ust eat certain food and get plenty of sleep.
B. One ust be willing to eat, sleep, and train twenty-four hours a day.
C. One ust run along ice sidewalks every day.
D. One ust be willing to train a lot and doesn't give up easily.
65. Then I hit "the wall". What do you think "hit the wall" eans here?
A．撞击墙壁 B．到达极限 C．抵达终点 D．中途加速
四、音标写词（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
根据下面所给的音标，在答题卷标有题号的横线上写出相应的单词和中文意思。

五、单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子所给的汉语注释及句意，在答题卷标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。
71. Anyone who can't finish the work on tie will be ▲ （惩罚）．
72. This will be one of the ost exciting ▲ （经历）that l will never forget.
73'. They are busy ▲ （记录）the teas' finishing tie.
74.Would you be good enough to keep _ ▲ （沉默）?
75. He often ▲ （放松）hiself by listening to usic.
76. Serious probles ight happen if you used the achine ▲ （错误）．
77. You can check the ▲ （志愿者）naes on the Internet.
78. - y teacher asks e to take part in the suer cap with the children fro London. But I don't want to．
- Don't iss such a good ▲ .You can practice speaking English.
79. - aggie often helps e when I a in trouble. She is y true friend.
-A friend in need is a friend ▲ ．
80. - The charity show was a great success last night.
- Yes. All the ▲ clapped for 5 inutes.
六、翻译句子（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）
将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。
81．我们已经为新学生安排了欢迎会。
82．我还要注意些别的什么东西吗？
83. 改善那些病人的生活非常重要。
84. 扬声器应该放在礼堂的四个角落里。
85．他们太激动了以至于忍不住哭起来。
七、书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）
目前，许多中学生不重视课外阅读。请你根据下表内容写一篇短文，对这一现状进行分析并提出建议。

要求：1．条理清楚，语句连贯，必须包含以上要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐字翻译。
2．词数90左右（给出部分不计入总词数）3．不得出现真实的校名和人名。
At present only a few students do soe reading after class. Here are several reasons.

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