2025-2026年广西柳州初二下册期末英语试卷

1、I thought she was the very girl that I should marry_______I met her.

A.at the first time B.for the first time

C.the first time D.first time

2、A U.S. company has developed facial _______ software that can help police.

A.recognition B.recommendation C.representation D.reality

3、Our government’s plan to fight against air pollution will focus on _____ information and handling PM2.5.

A. expressing   B. representing

C. gathering    D. acknowledging

4、The decision ________, what is to be done now is how to carry it out.

A.is made B.has been made C.having been made D.having made

5、Mr. Stevenson is great to work for ——I really couldn’t ask for a ________ boss.

A.better B.good

C.best D.still better

6、Some models are all skins and bones. In my opinion, they are   beautiful.

A. all but B. none but.

C. anything but D. nothing but

7、Some people believe that with joint efforts we can ________ all the diseases from the world and life expectancy will become limitless.

A.execute B.exaggerate C.erect D.eradicate

8、——How about eight o’clock meeting outside the cinema?

——That _____ me fine.

A.matches B.meets C.satisfies D.suits

9、The pot ______ for ______ hot water.

A.used; keeping B.was used; keeping

C.is used; to keep D.are used; keep

10、Most museums in the world keep things from the past _____ people should know about.

A.what B.as C.that D.when

11、Washing machines made in China have won ________ worldwide attention and Haier has become ________ popular name.

A．a; the

B．/; a

C．/; the

D．the; a

12、You cannot imagine how she finished the race _____ her foot wounded so badly.

A．for

B．when

C．with

D．while

13、Don’t bother to look for my umbrella; it will _______ some day.

A.turn down B.turn out C.turn up D.turn over

14、I don’t doubt _______ our company will play a more and more important role in the world affairs.

A.whether B.that C.if D.how

15、Seeing the happy ________ of children playing in the park, I’m full of joy and confidence in the future of our country.

A.sight B.view C.sign D.scene

16、As a rough estimate, this room is _______ that.

A.three times the size B.three times as the size of

C.the size three times of D.three times the size of

17、The government has released the policy “One belt, One road', ________ for the further economic growth.

A.intended B.intending C.to intend D.to be intended

18、Her pale face suggested that she _________ ill, and her parents suggested that she ________ to hospital.

A.be, should be sent B.was, be sent C.should be, was sent D.was, was sent

19、Maria has written two novels, both of ________ have been made into television series.

A. them     B. that

C. which   D. what

20、______ young in our village are now living _______much more comfortable life than we did.

A.A ; /  B. The ; the

C.Ａ; a  D. The ; a

21、After some heated argument, a decision was ________ made.

A.eventually B.narrowly C.hopefully D.actually

22、Not until   Unit One of College English on learning strategies   the importance of distinguishing active vocabulary from passive ones in vocabulary accumulation.

A.did he learn… he realized B.he learned… did he realize

C.had he learned… did he realize D.he learned… didn’t he realize

23、—We must think of ways to stop the boy students from playing video games in their dormitory.

—Sorry. ________. It’s too noisy in the office.

A. With pleasure B. I didn’t get that

C. It doesn’t matter D. That’s all right

24、______ surprised the hostess most is _______ one of her friends left the party without saying a word.

A. What, what   B. What, that

C. That, that D. That, what

25、Now she is a model and performance artist ________ to ocean conservation.

A．devoted

B．devoting

C．to devote

D．devote

26、“Snowplow(扫雪机) parenting” is the newest parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, calling their college kids to wake them up so that they don’t sleep through a test, and even calling their kids’ employers.

“‘Helicopter (直升机) parenting’ means monitoring their kids’ every activity, which is out of date.” Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich wrote in The New York Times. “Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: clearing any problems in their children’s path to success so that they don’t have to meet failure or lose opportunities.”

There is a mother who started a charity in her son’s name to try to raise his chances of being accepted to the college. Another parents spent years helping their daughter avoid foods with sauce, which she didn’t like. Once she got to college, she had problems with the food in her school because it was all covered in sauce.

A survey says that three-quarters of parents of children between the ages of 18 and 28 ask for doctor visits or haircuts for their children, and 11% say they would call their kids’ bosses whether their children are having an issue at work.

As reported, wealthy parents try to get their children into top colleges by giving a large amount of money to a school, such as paying for a building. This parenting has become the most popular way to raise children, whatever the income, education, or race is.

Julie, a teacher at Stanford, told the Times that “snowplow parenting” is not a reasonable approach. “The parents should prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid,” she said.

【1】How does Julie like “snowplow parenting”?

A．It is unreasonable.

B．It is advanced.

C．It is accepted by teachers.

D．It is refused by rich people.

【2】What is the character of “helicopter parenting”?

A．Parents make kids popular.

B．Parents provide little money for kids.

C．Parents ask kids to care for themselves.

D．Parents watch over kids’ every activity.

【3】What should parents do according to Julie?

A．Do as wealthy parents do.

B．Make kids be prepared.

C．Make roads be prepared.

D．Do as little as possible.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A．Helicopter Parenting.

B．The Similarity in Parenting.

C．A Research on Parenting.

D．A New Kind of Parenting.

27、   Starbuck’s founder, Howard Schultz, came up with an idea for his coffee chain while drinking espresso(浓咖啡) in a bar. He took a good product, repackaged it and globalized it. But to many Italians, the coffee served by Starbucks and other branded stores is as far away from proper Italian coffee as you can get, despite the Italian-sounding offerings on their menus.

Now, I am part-Italian and like most Italians, I think that Italy represents the height of coffee culture, against the standard by which all coffee should be measured. My Italian friends and family hate the idea of adding a little sugar juice or other things to their valuable cappuccino(卡布基诺). I have a coffee machine at home, which is to the Italian kitchen what the kettle is to the British. As far as I’m concerned, the cappuccinos, lattes(拿铁) and espressos served in branded coffee chains taste bitter, a low copy of the real thing.

You’d never ask for a latte in Italy. If you did, you’d get served a glass of milk. Coffee and espresso are the same in Italy. Then there’s the Australian “white coffee”, a halfway house between a Starbucks-style latte and a macchiato(玛奇朵). The “white coffee” has gone global so much that recently it replaced the cappuccino on Starbucks’ menu in some parts of the US.

What’s more, Italians don’t waste time around in coffee shop armchairs drinking cappuccinos while surfing the Internet. Still, when it comes to taste, Italians are trying to reclaim the ground. Part of the problem is the price of coffee. Most Italian bars will not charge more than one euro a cup, which means there isn’t the choice to purchase more high-quality coffee. Italian flavor is held back by the way the coffee is boiled.

I still think I’ll be sticking to home-made coffee from my trusted machine. And I’ll continue to drink it in the Italian way.

【1】What’s the purpose of telling the story of Starbucks in Paragraph 1?

A.To introduce the topic of the passage. B.To introduce the history of Starbucks.

C.To present the standard of good coffee. D.To explain the key to the success of Starbucks.

【2】In the author’s opinion, the coffee served in Starbucks and other branded stores _______.

A.contains too much sugar juice B.represents the Italian coffee culture

C.is very different from that served in the US D.cannot meet the Italian standard of good coffee

【3】Italians prefer home-made coffee due to the fact that _______.

A.home-made coffee is much cheaper

B.they can produce proper Italian coffee at home

C.each family has a tradition to use the coffee machine

D.they can have access to the Internet when drinking coffee at home

28、   A new type of robot could help industries to cut costs and make better products.

Industrial robots have long been dangerous, caged creatures. But in recent years, the barriers between robots and humans have been coming down. A friendlier type of robot has begun appearing on the factory floor – and with it, a new way of working that could cut costs in many industries.

One area that has benefited hugely is the car industry. “In a car plant, a vehicle is produced every minute, and approximately 1,000 cars are made a day,” said Adolfo Suarez Roos, the Airbus Group expert who works with robotics on the French National Research Agency project ICARO. On the project, robots are able to help workers with repetitive tasks.

Suarez is hopeful the same success can be enjoyed while making planes. But given that robotics isn’t as widely used, the challenges are very different. “When making cars ,a robot has 40 seconds to do its job and the complete programming task takes about a month,” he said. “At Airbus, we produce 1.5 aircraft per day, so we have to look at tasks that will last several hours. We need mobile robots and a very simple way to program the robot.”

At Cranfield University, the EPSRC Centre in Intelligent Automation is trying to make this a reality for flight. An important part of the work is understanding how tasks can be divided between industrial robots and human operators to make use of the skills of both. When man and machine are working together over long periods of time, engineers are looking at how human can improve the robot or the robot can improve the human.

The project, called Futurassy, last year began introducing the robots to perform the processes that could be used across other sites by Airbus, an aircraft company.

The first robotic unit bought by Airbus arrived last year, and is now used at the A380 station, where humans now work with the robot. Key to the success of this project is safety, and making sure that the barriers between human and robot are just enough to still allow a productive working relationship.

Prof Phil Webb claims there is no doubt that the number of robots putting together aircraft will increase significantly over the next few years. Cost pressures placed on the traditional centers in North America and Europe mean they soon won’t have a choice but to move ahead with robotics.

【1】Which industry has benefited a lot from robotics according to the article?

A.The car industry. B.The plane industry.

C.The computer industry. D.The service industry.

【2】What are the main difficulties of using robots to make planes?

a. The high cost of robots.

b. The safety of using robots.

c. The poor creativity of robots.  

d. Task division between human and robots.

e. Finding an easy way to program the robots.

A.a, b, c B.b, c, d

C.b, d, e D.a, c, e

【3】What is the main factor that has pushed the aircraft industry to move ahead with robotics?

A.Technology development. B.Cost pressures.

C.A shortage of workers. D.The low efficiency of workers.

【4】What is the article mainly about?

A.Safety tips for robotics in industries.

B.The aircraft industry’s difficult situation.

C.The use of robots in the aircraft industry.

D.The advantages and disadvantages of robots.

29、Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical（批判性的）thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes（过程）. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.

The word "critical" here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen—beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning (错误的推理).

Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker; if you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today's world, fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banish Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein, Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, "Please go slowly, I don't understand things quickly."

【1】Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically,__________.

A.it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

B.we will follow the ideas of others naturally

C.we might be controlled by other people's ideas

D.we might be fooled by other people's ideas

【2】If you are a critical thinker, you will________.

A.criticize other people for their mistakes B.trust the reports in the newspapers

C.take one view against another view D.think deeply about different ideas

【3】In the last paragraph, "something new" suggests that________.

A.the smarter you are, the faster you do things

B.intelligence is not decided by speed

C.speed can improve intelligence

D.the faster you do things, the smarter you become

【4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Understanding Critical Thinking B.Thinking and Critical Thinking

C.Thinking Natural and Human D.Thinking Fast Means Intelligence

30、Nowadays it is found that school students seldom pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no _______in sports? It may not be the fact. They often say they have _______ more important things to do.

_______are these important things? Examinations! They have to _______ themselves for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination（毕业会考）, and also to _______ with the test and the exams in school. So many of them tend to _______ bookworms.

In the summer holidays of the former years they could do _______ they liked, but in the summer holidays of the _______ years, they have to _______ all their time to the preparation. So studies have ________ them from going in sports.

Because of the pressure ________ their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. Many parents ________ their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for higher studies or better jobs. As for the ________ themselves, they want to get good results so that they can ________ their studies in the universities. So it is necessary that they ________ up their school activities, especially sports.

Indeed, a complete education cannot go ________ physical training, for a quick mind seldom ________ along with a weak body. It is well said, “All work no play ________ Jack a dull（迟钝的）boy.” In one word, without a strong body, you can never ________ anything, let alone a great success in ________.

【1】A. lesson B. time C. interest D. place

【2】A. very B. other C. few D. much

【3】A. Where B. How C. Which D. What

【4】A. prepare B. get C. make D. ask

【5】A. agree B. fight C. work D. deal

【6】A. have B. become C. change D. grow

【7】A. something B. change C. anything D. which

【8】A. this B. that C. last D. present

【9】A. spend B. take C. cost D. give

【10】A. separated B. divided C. taken D. prevented

【11】A. from B. of C. in D. to

【12】A. force B. want C. make D. let

【13】A. students B. teachers C. parents D. examinations

【14】A. develop B. improve C. further D. stop

【15】A. keep B. put C. take D. give

【16】A. for B. after C. with D. without

【17】A. goes B. gets C. lives D. lies

【18】A. turns B. makes C. gets D. brings

【19】A. receive B. achieve C. do D. accept

【20】A. sports B. exams C. training D. life

31、默写文段

【1】. It was full of people. The hostess, a very thin lady, came forward. “Welcome,” she said. “My name is Yong Hui. 【2】.” Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There are few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water.【3】. 【4】. He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out. 【5】! He had better do some research.

32、阅读以下文章，并撰写文章的概要。

The famous classical pianist, Kong Xiangdong, surprised his fans last week by giving a concert combining classical music with Chinese folk music. Kong explained that he tried this because he wanted to create something new." As a musician, playing the same music in different cities of the world is very boring, "says Kong. He also feels that playing Chinese folk music on the piano can help bring it to the rest of the world.

Music has always been part of Kong's world. As his mother was a great music lover, he lived with music from birth. But it wasn't always easy for the young Kong Xiangdong. His mother couldn't buy him a piano until he was seven. She had to draw piano keys on a piece of paper so that he could learn to play as early as possible. The 5-year-old Kong would practice on the paper piano as his mother clapped the rhythm. He was made to practice the piano so much that, at times, he thought about giving up. However, he didn't quit, and he became a great pianist. In 1986,at the age of 18,he became the youngest prize winner in Moscow's Tchaikovsky International Competition. He went on to win awards in competitions across the world.

Because of Kong's talent and hard work, he became famous worldwide. But after years of performing, he felt that in some ways he had lost his identity. This is why he went back to his roots and rediscovered the beauty in Chinese folk music. He began experimenting with different styles and his Dream Tour Concert is the result.

Kong's new experiment in Chinese folk music is so important to him that he even changed his appearance. When he arrived at his concert last week, he had shaved off all his hair! Since his music style was new, he decided his hairstyle had to be new too!

Whether Kong is changing his appearance or transforming his music, he is a pioneer in music today. The concert last week was such a success that Kong's Dream Tour Concert is expected to run for the next two years in Beijing, Shanghai, and other main cities before going to Paris and New York.