鄂州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初二英语

1、根据中文意思,完成下列句子,词数不限。

【1】今天早上他爸爸开车上班时，汽车抛锚了。

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【2】总的来说，我们的经理对这项发明很满意。

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【3】必须采取更安全的措施来保护人们免受火灾的危害。

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【4】为了开会不迟到，你最好避开交通高峰期。

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【5】我们在公共场合放低嗓音是礼貌的。

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2、Ms. Liu encouraged me in English class. ________ her, I put in more effort and my exam scores doubled.

A.Because of B.Thanks for C.Congratulations on D.As for

3、He will have to watch his ________ because of his serious stomach problem.

A. style   B. diet   C. smell   D. menu

4、Last weekend, Jack _______ to a birthday party and he had a lot of fun.

A. invite   B. was invited   C. invited   D. is invited

5、—Laura, how soon will you get back from abroad?

—Hmm, ________. See you then.

A. ten days ago   B. twice a month   C. for an hour   D. in ten months

6、They can hardly speak English, ________ ?

A. can’t they   B. won’t they   C. can they   D. will they

7、For the safety of the passengers, things like knives ________ be carried onto trains and planes.

A.may B.needn't C.mustn't

8、— Shall I wear the pink evening dress or the white one?

— They both look beautiful, but I think the white one is________.

A.suitable B.more suitable C.the most suitable

9、--- Must I bring my student card every time I enter the library?

--- I’m afraid you _____. The library is open only to teachers and students in our school.

A. have to B. mustn’t C. need D. don’t have to

10、— We'll have a basketball match against Class1 after lunch. I'm sure we'll win!

— ________.

A.Good luck! B.That's OK C.Congratulations! D.Have a good trip!

11、WeChat Wallet is making our life    more convenient than before.

A．many

B．much

C．very

12、The Chinese garden _______ three quarters of the area.

A. makes up   B. takes up   C. puts up   D. tidies up

13、— Why do you look so tired today?

—It is because I _______ late last night to prepare for the final exam tomorrow.

A. took up   B. set up   C. got up   D. stayed up

14、— How long has your daughter lived in this apartment?

—________she got married with her husband.

A.Since B.Before C.Until

15、The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent(缺席) for different reasons.

A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were

16、—Wow! Your new bike looks so nice.

—Thanks. It   by my grandpa as my birthday gift last week.

A. bought B. is bought C. was bought

17、How did the ancient ________ build the Great Pyramid? I can’t believe it!

A．Egypt

B．Egyptians

C．Egyptian

D．Egyptien

18、—Do you know why Li Jian ________ ‘Poetic（诗意的） Musician’?

—Because of his quiet songs on stage of the TV show I Am a Singer 3.

A．praises for

B．praises as

C．is praised for

D．is praised as

19、It was really dangerous for ________to look at the phone while she was driving .

A. she   B. hers   C. her   D. herself

20、Nowadays people wish to eat________food than before to keep fit.

A.healthy B.much healthy C.healthier D.healthiest

21、You ______ pay too much attention to your pronunciation, as it is so important in the oral（口头的） test.

A．shouldn’t

B．mustn’t

C．can’t

D．needn’t

22、补全对话

根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）

Daming： Hi， Steven!

Steven： Hi， Daming.

Daming： Are you free next Sunday evening?

Steven：   【1】  Why?

Daming： Would you like to come to my house for supper?

Steven： Oh， thanks. I’d love to.   【2】

Daming： We have dinner at half past six.   【3】

Steven： I have a lot of homework to do. I must do that first. 【4】  May I come then?

Daming： Sure. Work must come first. Well， would you like dumplings?

Steven： Oh， yes.

Daming： OK. We’ll cook dumplings with seafood for you.

Steven： 【5】 See you then.

Daming： See you.

23、根据汉语意思完成句子。

【1】在工作日初，我应该制定个工作计划。

I should make a plan _______ ________ ________ _______ my workday.

【2】入乡随俗。

When ______ Rome, _______ _______ the Romans do.

【3】你随便吃些蛋糕吧。

________ ________ to some cakes.

【4】竹子可被用来造纸。

Bamboo can ________ ________ ________ make paper.

【5】现在她再也不害怕了。

Now she ________ afraid ________ ________.

24、   It is the duty of every man to work. The life of a lazy man is of no use to himself and to others. If the man is too lazy to work, he will usually become a useless man. Everyone, when he is young, should learn some useful work. But it is not enough for a man to learn some kinds of work. He should also put his heart and soul(精力) into his work, and not waste his spare time. "Work while you work and play while you play” is a good rule not only for young people but also for the old.

There is no better way to help to be diligent than forming the habit of early rising. Just like all other good habits, we can form it easily in youth. There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” That means that everybody must be diligent, and make good use of time. One must study hard when one is young so that one can make great progress, succeed in life and become useful to one’s country. So we can say that diligence is the mother of success.

【1】After reading the passage we know that a diligent man will   .

A.lose time B.succeed in life C.lose his life D.make little progress

【2】If a man wants to be useful to himself and to others, he should   。

A.learn some useful work B.do something in his spare time

C.put his heart and soul into everything D.try his best to work without rest

【3】In order to learn to be diligent, it’s very important for the young people to   .

A.work while they play B.work all the time without playing

C.form the habit of getting up early D.learn some good subjects

【4】One will be successful in life if he   _ when he is young.

A.spending some time learning B.is diligent in his study

C.loves his school D.gets up early

【5】Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A.Lazy Boy Can Learn to Be Diligent B.Young People Should Rise Early

C.Diligence, the Mother of Success D.Lost Time never Returns

25、Brush your teeth every day， dentists say. In the south of Africa， some people brush their teeth all day long.

They keep a small stick in their mouth to chew or scrub (洗刷） their teeth all day. People cut the sticks from trees. They are the African toothbrushes. People there are used to brushing their teeth with sticks.

Africans think the sticks work better than toothbrushes. The sticks come from nature， and it is said that there is something special about them. The special thing may stop many kinds of tooth problems. “If you have a bad tooth， it is a medicine，” said Diop， a seller in Africa.

The sticks are also much cheaper than toothbrushes.

In Senegal (塞内加尔），the chewing stick is called “sothio”. It means “to clean” in their language. In east Africa，the stick is called “mswaki”. It’s their word for “toothbrush”.

Even the dentists agree that the sticks seem to clean teeth better. Nowadays， some nice health stores in the United States start to sell chewing sticks. They think that the stick is natural kind of tooth care.

【1】Who brushes teeth with sticks first according to the passage?

A. The Africans.   B.The Americans.

C. The Chinese.  D.The dentists.

【2】When do the people in the south of Africa brush teeth with sticks?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon.

C. In the evening. D. All day.

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The sticks with something special in it may stop many tooth problems.

B. The sticks， which come from nature， are much cheaper than toothbrushes.

C. The chewing stick， which is called “sothio”， means “to clean”in east Africa.

D. People can buy chewing sticks in the nice health stores in the US.

26、Summer is a great time to improve your child’s reading! Reading over the summer can help your child keep up his reading gains during the past school year and also help prepare him for the next year!

How to sign up:

We are inviting you to sign up for free to help your child be an active reader this summer!

Go to www__readfun org

Select "Parent" ( NOT "Teacher" )

Click on the blue "Sign Up"

What we provide:

We provide you with thousands of free, high-quality articles with questions and activities. To make summer reading easy, we have selected interesting and knowledge-filled articles of different levels. You can go to www__Readfun.org/summer-reading to download and print the articles for free.

How to use:

TIP 1: Articles for summer reading should be accessible, so be sure to choose articles at your child’s reading level. Don’t be afraid to start with articles of lower grade levels. The important thing is that he reads, reads, reads!

TIP 2: It’s also important to help your kid develop good reading habits. Help him keep a good record of his summer reading. Besides, encourage him to discuss what he has read with family members. That way, you will all have a good time.

We wish you and your family a great summer!

【1】The first two sentences of the text above are about________.

A. different types of books B. the coming school year

C. the importance of summer reading D. good places for summer reading

【2】What does www. readfun.org provide?

A. Online teachers. B. Pen friends' information.

C. Interesting videos D. Articles of different levels

【3】The underlined word "accessible" in the text means" easy to_____”.

A. write B. discuss C. understand D. compare

【4】According to TIP 2, parents should help their kids develop ___ good reading habit(s).

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

【5】The text above is written to ____.

A. introduce a reading program B. sell books to school kids

C. encourage parents to read more D. share reading experience

27、

If you have your own Acme Rocket Launcher, you can create and send up rockets that show off your personality and creativity.

All you need is your Acme Rocket Launcher and a few simple household materials:

★a 500ml plastic cola bottle ★scissors  ★colored markers

★poster board ★glue

What to do:

Step 1 Clean the cola bottle completely and allow it to dry.

Step2 Use markers to draw three small triangles ( 三角形) and one large triangle on the poster board. Cut out the triangles.

Step3 Roll (卷起) the large triangle so that two of its sides touch and it forms a rocket's nose cone. Glue the sides of the cone so that it holds its shape.

Step4 Glue the nose cone to the bottom of the bottle to make the top of the rocket.

Step 5 Glue the smaller triangles to the other end of the cola bottle, around its opening. The triangles will be the tail fins.

Follow the launching instructions included with your Acme Rocket Launcher and have a blast!

【1】The main purpose of the text is to .

A.introduce the Acme Rocket Launcher B.give instructions on making a rocket

C.show different kinds of rockets D.encourage 'rocket drawing

【2】Which of the following is TRUE about the bottle?

A.It can be of any size. B.It should be clean and dry.

C.It must be made of glass. D.It needs to be filled with cola.

【3】The rocket's nose cone is rolled from .

A.the cola bottle B.the poster board C.the large triangle D.a small triangle

【4】What can you get from Step 4?

A.A B.B C.C D.D

【5】In which section of a newspaper would you probably read the text?

A.Sports News. B.Do It Yourself. C.Job Wanted. D.Lost and Found.

28、   Have you tried a public bicycle? Recently, public bicycles have become popular in big 【1】（city). People can rent a bicycle【2】 (simple) by swiping transportation card. But some people still question 【3】it really is easy to use the public bicycles. People also wanted to know what other problems there are.

【4】group of students at Shenzhen high school did a survey in August【5】（find )out the answers. Through interviews and an online questionnaire, they found 【6】（big )problem of all was that many bicycles were broken by the rain and the sun. So these students designed a smart storeroom【7】could store and protect bicycles. Limingcong, 12,The main designer ,said he got the idea from his own life. "I find that our public library has a smart machine that 【8】（help )readers return books easily."

So how does the storeroom work? There is a smart device at the center of it. The device catches the bicycles and then hangs 【9】 (it) up. It is all controlled by computer programs.

So far, they have printed a 3-D model of the storeroom. Their goal is to give the design to local government【10】the end of this year.

29、   Guide dogs were first trained after World War I when many soldiers returned home sightless. The German government started the movement. Today there are also guide-dog training centres in_____________ other countries. Thousands of___________ people can now travel almost as well as if they were sighted.

The training of the dogs is very long and necessarily of a very high___________ since any mistake by the dog could endanger its owner’s life. At first, when puppies were brought up in kennels（养狗场）, many___________tests as guide dogs because they were not used to everyday life outside. So now the puppies are looked_____________ by volunteer “puppy walkers” from about eight weeks old to seven or eight months. These are ordinary people who give the puppy experience in a typical home___________ the dog will easily get used to its blind owner’s home later. During this period, inspectors（视察员） from the training centres visit the___________ to see if it is getting enough experience, and to check if it is___________ as a guide dog.

When the young dog leaves its puppy walker, it goes to a _____________ for four to five months. Those dogs which do  pass then meet their expected-to-be________________________, and together they undergo a one-month course, so that they can  learn to live and work together. After this course, if man and dog are______________________ together, the new owner signs to__________________________ the dog, which is now officially his.

For many blind  people, the dog is a________________________  to  a new life. The owners walk  out more and get  more exercise, they feel________________________, and may be able to work and lead a full life. Since so many blind people live alone, their dogs  may also  fulfil an important emotional need, giving  them________________________  and companionship, as well as a richer and  more varied life.

【1】A.many B.no C.any D.few

【2】A.mad B.dead C.old D.blind

【3】A.temperature B.speed C.standard D.price

【4】A.passed B.had C.took D.failed

【5】A.for B.up C.after D.at

【6】A.so that B.as if C.even though D.as soon as

【7】A.trainer B.dog C.woman D.man

【8】A.beautiful B.suitable C.peaceful D.terrible

【9】A.training B.playground C.middle school D.dog hospital

【10】A.teachers B.owners C.players D.doctors

【11】A.getting on well B.playing basketball C.making noises D.having a party

【12】A.kill B.sell C.accept D.leave

【13】A.stranger B.friend C.lesson D.means

【14】A.tired B.sick C.independent D.sad

【15】A.money B.food C.comfort D.house