2007-2008学年度聊城莘县第一学期期中考试
英语试题
注意事项：
1．试题分值120分，时间l20分钟
2．本试卷分试题和答卷两部分，答案直接写在答卷上，考试结束时，只交答卷，不交试题。
Ⅰ．听力：(30分，每小题l.5分)
一、本题有5个小题，每小题有A、B、C三个句子，请将你听到的那个句子选出。(每个句子只读一遍)
1. A. This is Mrs. Brown.
B. This is Mr. Brown.
C. This is Miss Brown.
2. A. I like playing basketball.
B. I like playing football.
C. I like playing volleyball.
3. A. She lives in a quiet and clean place.
B. She lived in a clean and quiet place.
C. She lived in quite a clean place.
4. A. Do you think he is right?
B. Don't you think he is right?
C. Don't you think it is right?
5. A. I'm sure Mr. Liu will come back home at nine tonight.
B. I'm sure Mr. Liu will be back at nine tonight.
C. I'm sure Mr. Liu will come back at ten tonight.
二、根据你所听到的交际用语或问题，选择正确答句。(每个句子只读一遍)
6. A. I'm Fangfang. B. I'm very glad, Meimei. C. This is Fangfang.
7. A. Thank you. B. The same to you. C. Nice to meet you, too.
8. A. In the front of our school gate.
B. In front of our school gate.
C. At eight in the morning.
9. A. I'm looking for a shirt for myself.
B. You can help me a lot.
C. I'm sorry to trouble you.
10. A. It's ten thirty. B. It's Saturday. C. It's time for breakfast.
三、本题有一篇对话。对话之后有5个问题，请一边听对话一边根据对话内容和所提问题。选择正确答案。(该对话读两遍)
11. What does Mr. Wang come to
A. For a visit. B. For a meeting. C. For his holiday.
12. How is Mr. Wang's journey from
A. It's very hard. B. It's a bad journey. C. It's a good journey.
13. How does Mr. Wang come to Chendu?
A. By train. B. By bus. C. By air.
14. When did it snow in
A. Last night. B. Last week. C. Yesterday.
15. What's the temperature in
A. It's five to seven. B. It's seven to fourteen. C. It's eight to fourteen.
四、本题有一篇短文，短文之后有5个问题。请一边听短文一边根据短文内容和所提问题选择正确答案。(该短文读两遍)
16. How did Dick go to school every day?
A. By bike. B. By car. C. On foot.
17. What place did Dick go past every day?
A. A playground. B. A park. C. A shop.
18. Why did Dick's mother get angry one afternoon?
A. Because Dick came home late.
B. Because Dick was all wet when he came home.
C. Because Dick's shoes were lost.
19. What did Dick's mother say the next day?
A. She said, "I'll tell your teacher if you go to play in the water again."
B. She said, "I'll tell your headmaster if you play in the water again." C. She said, "I'll tell your father if you go to play in the water again."
20. Why didn't Dick play in the water the third day?
A. Because he did as his mother said.
B. Because there was no water on the playground.
C. Because the older boys were in it. He couldn't play there.
Ⅱ．单项选择：(每小题1分，共15分)
21. "Chang-E No.1 Satellite" told us that there no life on the moon.
A. was B. is C. be D. are
22. ――How long you in this school?
――For more than two years so far.
A. have, studied B. did, live C. do, stay D. were, stay
23. I really want to know with the pollution problem.
A. how to do B. what to do C. what to deal D. what to work
24. Liu Xiang has shown that he is one of the world's men by winning a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.
A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. fastly
25. Yang yang never plays video games in his spare time ?
A. is he B. isn't he C. doesn't he D. does he
26. You to the meeting this afternoon if you have something important to do.
A. needn't to come B. don't need come C. don't need coming D. needn't come
27. It's a bit dark in the room. turn on the light?
A. What about B. Why don't C. Why not D. Why not to
28. ―― is it from our school to Lupu Bridge?
――About half an hour's bus ride. Shall we go and visit it?
A. How long B. How far C. How much D. How often
29. Foods a lot of fat are bad for your heart.
A. have B. has C. with D. inside
30. A lot of will get gold medals in
A. Chinese women B. the Chinese women
C. China's women D.
the
31. The new dictionary me 59 yuan.
A. paid B. took C. spent D. cost
32. Since
A. more B. much C. very D. most
33. It's very important the piano well.
A. of him to play B. for him to play
C. of him playing D. for him play/rig
34. Yesterday it rained heavily when school was over. We stay in our classroom.
A. should B. must C. have to D. had to
36. When Ben was only a child, he .
A. liked to fly a kite by himself
B. always asked easy questions
C. always liked to" play with water
D. always liked to find out new. things
37. Ben's father and brothers .
A. couldn't answer all his questions
B. could answer all his questions
C. tried hard to find out something new for him
D. were too busy to answer his question
38. How did Ben float across the water?
A. The other boy took him across it.
B. The water carried him across it.
C. The flying kite took him across it.
D. A boat took him across it.
39. Ben found out many things that .
A. were funny and useless
B. people hadn't known before
C. his father and brothers knew
D. most people knew
40. In the passage, the sentence "he hadn't worked at all" means " ".
A. he worked hard to cross the water
B. he didn't go to work that day
C. he didn't cross the water at all
D. he crossed the water in an easy way
B
Good news for all Chinese middle school students in the countryside. They don't have to pay for school education anymore.51-year-old Ren Yuqi is even happier than the students. It was Ren who suggested the idea to the government about this.
Ren is not a government official but the boss of a big
company, in
"This year I have 20 suggestions for making farmers' byes and the environment better. They all come from studying country people's lives," said Ren.
Ren went to several provinces to find out how people lived in the countryside. He saw that many children dropped out of school because they were poor. So at the last NPC meeting he suggested the government spend more money helping kids get back to school. Most of the NPC deputies agreed to it, so the government adopted it and made it law.
Ren, just like the other 2,977 NPC members, was elected by the Chinese people. The upper-level(较高级别的) deputies were chosen by the lower-level ones.
At NPC meetings deputies also take part in making and changing laws. They help decide on the state leaders and public policies(政策) as well.
41. What does the underlined word "adopted" mean in Chinese?
A. 吸取 B. 放弃 C. 按照 D. 采纳
42. Many poor kids from the countryside can go back to school because .
A. Ren Yuqi has paid the money for them
B. Ren Yuqi's idea has been adopted by the government
C. the government is so rich that it can afford all the kids' tuition fees (学费)
D. their parents have worked hard and made enough money
43. The underlined word "They" refers to (指) .
A. suggestions B. deputies C. farmers D. people's lives
44. Who chooses the deputies of the NPC?
A. Students in the countryside. B. The government.
C. The Chinese people. D. The bosses of some big companies.
45. How many deputies at the NPC meeting are there altogether according to the passage?
A.2,976 B
C
Here is an examination notice. Mrs. Dickson gave it to her students last week.
To the students of Class3
l Examinations start on June 22 and end on June 23.
l The time for each of the subjects is:
English June22 9:30am-10:30am
Math June22 10: 45am-11:45am
History June22 2:30pm-3:30pm
PE June23 8:00am-10:00am
Music June23 2:00pm-4: 00pm
l For the PE test, go to the gym. For the music test, go to the Piano Room. The others are written tests. They will be held in Classroom 3.
l No student can enter the examination room more than 15minutes after the exam starts.
l No food or drinks during ANY test.
l No dictionaries during the English exam.
l Wear shorts and sports shoes for the PE exam.
l If you have questions, go to the Teachers' Office before the tests.
46. Who could not take the English exam? Why?
A. Nancy. Because she wore her sports shoes on June 22.
B. Richard. Because he didn't have breakfast before the exam.
C. Wendy. Because she forgot to take an English dictionary with her.
D. Tony. Because he went to school at 9:50 in the morning of June 22.
47. Where were the students of Class 3 at 8:30 am, June 23?
A. In the gym. B. In their classroom.
C. In the Piano Room. D. At the teachers' Office.
48. When were the Written tests held?
A. Only on the morning of June 22.
B. Only on the morning of June 23.
C. On the morning and afternoon of June22.
D. On the morning and afternoon of June 23.
49. What should Helen, a student of Class 3, get ready on the morning of June 23?
A. Food and drinks. Because there was no food or drinks during any test.
B. Shorts and sports shoes. Because there was a PE exam.
C. A dictionary. Because she wasn't good at English.
D. Nothing. Because all the exams ended.
The English language we know today is about six hundred years old. For half that time, English was just the language of the people living in England. The modem English language grew from about the year 1400. Now English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is one of the working languages at International meetings, business, science and in other fields.
The differences between American English and British English are not very great. Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and America, though there are some spelling differences. For example, centre, license, color and traveled are spelt center, license, color and traveled in American English. In America, "cock, rubber, ill, holiday, lorry, and post... " are called "rooster, eraser, sick, vacation, truck, mail... ". But people from the two countries can still understand each other easily.
There are only a very small number of differences in grammar between American English and British English. The most important differences are in spoken English. Some words may have two kinds of pronunciations. You may wonder "Which is correct?" The answer is that it doesn't matter. But you should speak either American English or British English. Don't try to speak both at the same time!
51. When did the modem English language begin to grow?
52. Is English the only working language at International meetings?
53. What is the word "color" spelt in British English?
54. What is the word "ill" called in American English?
55. How many differences are there in grammar between American English and British English?
Ⅳ．完形填空(每空1分，共10分)
根据短文的意思和所给的首字母在空白处填入适当的单词，使短文完整通顺，每空一词。
I parked in front of the hotel, wiping(擦)off my car. I had just (56) c from the car wash and was (57) w for my wife.
A man came towards me. From the (58) l of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no (59) m . There are times when you feel generous but there are (60) o times that you just don't want to be bothered. "I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't." That's a very pretty car," he said. He was ragged (衣着褴褛的) but he had an air of dignity(尊严) around him. He sat there quietly as I was (61) w . After many minutes, I asked him if he (62) n any help. I was (63) s that he would say "Yes", but I was wrong.
"Do you need any help?" I asked. "Don't we all?" he said. Don't we all? (64)E needs help. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have succeeded, you (65) s need help.
V．补全对话：(每空2分，共l0分)
请根据对话内容，用适当的句子补全对话，每空词数不限。
A: Summer holiday is coming. 66
B: Well, I'd like to visit my aunt in Hong Kong.
A: Really? Hong Kong is a nice place to travel. 67
B: I'm leaving next week. 68
A: Oh, I'd like to go sightseeing in Sichuan.
B: That's great. The scenery in Sichuan is beautiful. 69
A: By train. It's expensive to go there by plane. By the way, how long are you staying Hong Kong?
B: For two weeks. 70
A: My parents. They are both teachers. They are free in summer.
B: Have a nice vacation!
A: You, too!
Ⅵ．书面表达(15分)
下图显示的是对某班学生(50人)进行问卷调查的结果。请你根据图示进行描述，然后谈谈你的看法及理由(词数80―100)。下面的词语和句型你可以参考使用。
词语: distraction (分心的事), convenient (方便的), 描述: We should/shouldn't...
评论:I think it's... It makes us... I don't think...because...
Last week we did a survey(调查) at New Star High School 64% of the students think