昆明2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测初二英语

1、   1. You are sometimes very busy with study, homework and other activities. But there's one thing that American teens over 14 may add to their list: part-time jobs in summer. 2. 人们想知道他们(这些年轻人)对于兼职的想法。Many teens may feel relaxed when they have part-time jobs. Some want to make money for their tuition (学费).

But why do teens do this? Some might want to save money for something big, like buying their own car. 3. Others want to save money because their parents may not afford their tuition. But lately, a lot fewer teens are getting summer jobs. From around 1970-1990, about 50 percent of teens had at least a summer job. But today, only about one third of teens can find summer work.

4. 有兼职对于一个美国年轻人来说是非常不错的。5. They get an idea of what the real world is like, and it will help them get a full-time job later in life.

【1】____________________________________

【2】____________________________________

【3】____________________________________

【4】____________________________________

【5】____________________________________

2、I like playing volleyball and my parents will buy me ________ ball tomorrow.

A./ B.an C.a D.the

3、—How long have you been like this?

—Since I ________ back home from work.

A.have come B.come C.came

4、An average(平均)of just 18.75 cm of rain fell last year, making________the driest year since California became a state in 1850.

A.each B.it C.this D.one

5、The greenhouse effect may cause the level of the sea______.

A．to rise

B．rise

C．rising

D．to raise

6、An English speech ________ to the children in two days.

A.is given B.has been given C.will be given D.will give

7、—I'm thirsty.I'd like a glass of orange juice.What about you，Dad?

—I prefer a cup of coffee ________ nothing in it.

A. with   B. without   C. for

8、—Do you know ____ man in blue? —Yes, he is a professor of ____ university.

A. the；a B. a；an C. the；an D. /；the

9、Mike, you   play with fire. You   burn yourself.

A. won't; can't B. have got to; shouldn't

C. don't have to; must D. mustn't; might

10、I’d like to visit Wolong National Nature Reserve, because it allows people  _______  closer to the pandas.

A.get B.getting C.to get D.gets

11、—Daniel, you are speaking too fast. I can’t follow you.

—Sorry, I will speak a little ________.

A. more slowly B. less slowly C. more quickly D. most quickly

12、There is a big ________in the town. We can buy different kinds of things in it.

A. market   B. teammate   C. discovery   D. speech

13、China’s government helped millions of poor people become rich ______.

A．actually

B．generally

C．directly

D．completely

14、(2013黑龙江绥化)On June 29，2012，China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft landed________at the main landing area in northern China’s Inner Mongolia(内蒙古)．

A．safe

B．safely

C．safety

15、— In Grade 7, I worked ________ harder and got better grades.

— Hard work is the key to success.

A.much B.more C.quite

16、I am sorry I took your school uniform by mistake. But where is ________?

A.my B.I C.me D.mine

17、Jimmy, you ___ play with the knife. You ___ hurt yourself.

A.won't; can't B.mustn't; may

C.shouldn't; must D.can't; should

18、The government of China _________the idea of A Belt and A Road in 2013.

A．came up with

B．cheered up

C．put up

19、—Did you find your English dictionary yesterday?

—No, I didn’t find ________, but I’ve borrowed ______ from the school library.

A. it; it B. it; one C. one; it D. one;

20、My sister has a good habit. She likes to ________ all things in right places.

A. put down   B. put away   C. put on   D. put out

21、The waste we throw away，the   our city will be.

A.most ；cleanest B.less ；cleaner

C.more ；cleaner D.few ；cleaner

22、A: Lily, have a look at these photos. I took them in my home town last week. 

B: Wow! 【1】          

A: Yes. My home town looks more beautiful than before.

B: I remember a lake used to be at the foot of the hill. Isn't it there?  

A: 【2】         

B: Why? What happened?    

A: Well, my home town used to be a small village. 【3】 More and more people move to live here.

B: 【4】            

A: They used to work in the field, but now they work in the factory.

B: 【5】             

A: Yes, you're right.

A．Yes, it is.

B．No, it isn't.

C．Now it is a modern town.

D．How was the life in the past?

E．How do people make a living (谋生)?

F．Oh, people live much better than before.

G．Your home town has changed a lot these years.

23、A: Hi, Linda. Do you know how many pieces of paper a tree can become?

B: 【1】

A: How much paper do we use every year?

B: I don't know. 【2】

A: That is to say, we have to cut down a lot of trees.

B: You are right.

A: 【3】

B: We should stop cutting trees. 【4】

A: I agree with you. By the way, there is an activity to plant trees in our school tomorrow. 【5】

B: Why not?

A．And we should plant more trees.

B．But I am sure we use a lot.

C．How about planting trees?

D．What should we do now?

E．About 80,500 pieces of paper.

F．Would you like to take part in the activity?

G．I don't have enough time tomorrow.

24、   It’s one of the greatest sitcoms(情景喜剧) ever made, loved by millions of fans all over the world.

In fact, ever since Friends ended its 10-year run in 2004, the world has been dying for a reunion. But now, it may be the time. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the six cast members and the show’s creators were now in talks to reunite on HBO Max last month.

The news generated excitement. “It’s been nearly 25 years ... but the fascination (魅力) and universal appeal (吸引力) of the hit TV series lives on with fans of all ages,” Peter van Roden, a US Emmy-award winning producer, told Entertainment Weekly.

But why has a show with 10 years of episodes become one of the most re-watched TV programs ever?

Writing at CS Monitor, critic Cathaleen Chen said Friends was special for its “lighthearted pleasantries (轻松愉快)”.

In the show, the six characters spend most of their free time in the now iconic (标志性的) Central Perk coffee shop. Instead of zany (搞笑的) storylines, the characters often make us laugh through their natural conversation. With six different personalities, it’s natural that there will be fights and arguments, but they usually reunite and help each other.

Indeed, many viewers love the show for its relaxing nature. “Friends was nothing more than a very funny, anxiety-free sitcom,” Salon’s Willa Paskin wrote on the 20th anniversary of the show in 2014. “The pure pleasure-giving sitcom has never been a rare thing.”

It’s about more than just pleasure, though. Friends also reflected (反映) the realities faced by young people entering adulthood.

Watching the show feels like reading the story of a young person’s life, said British lecturer Brett Mills.

“It’s about people working out how they are going to live their lives – what kind of relationships they are going to have, what kind of job, and the difficulties of settling down,” Mills told the Daily Mail.  “You’ve asked all those questions about escaping from your family, becoming an adult and working out what you want to be.”

【1】What do we know about Friends after reading the first two paragraphs?

A.Its six main actors will have a reunion.

B.Its creators wanted it to play again on TV.

C.It will be made into a Hollywood film.

D.It has more fans than ever before.

【2】What makes Friends popular with viewers, according to Chen?

A.Its amusing storylines.

B.The personalities of the characters.

C.Its funny and relaxing atmosphere.

D.The fights and arguments between the characters.

【3】What can viewers learn from Friends, according to Mills?

A.How to find simple pleasures in everyday life.

B.How young people choose to live their lives.

C.What kind of job is the most suitable for them.

D.How to avoid difficulties the characters have experienced.

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A.A ‘Friends’ reunion B.The best sitcoms

C.Viewers love “Friends” D.“Friends” reflects reality

25、This happened in London. It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word “cough”. But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word “plough”. He remembered that it was pronounced[plau]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kau].

Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, “I want something for my‘cow’ , please.” The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?

“I beg your pardon, sir?” he asked.

The Frenchman repeated, “I want some medicine for my‘cow’.”

“For your cow?” asked the man, “are you a farmer?”

“A farmer?” said the Frenchman in surprise, “What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer.”

“But where is your cow?”

“It's here!” answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. “Here it is,”  he said, “I've a very bad ‘cow’ here.”

Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some medicine for his cough.

【1】The Frenchman said, “I want something for my‘cow’, please.” Here by the word ‘cow’ he meant _______.

A. cow B. cough C. medicine   D. cold

【2】What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?

A. The Frenchman looked like a farmer.

B. The word ‘cough’ was pronounced [kau] by him.

C. The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.

D. We can't learn about it from the story.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.

B. The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.

C. The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.

D. The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.

26、   Thanks to our mastery（精通）of engineering and technology, the world is changing at a lightning quick pace, much quicker than ever before.

Engineers design and create things like machines, structures and processes. They use a combination（结合）of math and science to make these things work（or make them work better）Engineers change the world around us and come up with technologies and creative solutions to make our lives more comfortable, and make the world a better place.

Cool jobs in engineering and technology.

Engineers affect almost every area of our lives. Let's take a look at some of the coolest jobs you can do as an engineer.

●Roller coaster engineer

Have you ever visited a theme park and thought how cool it would be to create your own roller coaster? Well, that's the job of engineers-from designing them to analyzing the speed and weight of the roller coasters to make sure they are safe and run smoothly. What a scream!

●3D printing specialist

The future is all about 3D printing. As the technology becomes more widespread, it'll be used to print everything from food to prosthetic limbs（假肢）. Engineers such as software specialists and machine programmers will be in high demand to run this new technology.

●Space exploration engineer

From designing the powerful rockets to send deep into space to building and programming rovers（探测器）that can find out water on planets like Mars, engineers are at the center of space exploration and at the heart of what companies like space organizations like（美国国家航空航天局）do. Out of this world!

【1】What's the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A.Engineer is a fun job.

B.Engineers are friendly.

C.Engineers make the world better.

D.Engineers can create many machines.

【2】What do engineers work for according to the passage?

A.To make sure the roller coasters are safe and run smoothly.

B.To show they have the coolest job such as designing the rockets.

C.To design and create things like machines, structures and processes.

D.To make our life more comfortable and make the world a better place.

【3】As for 3-D printing, what can we get from the passage?

A.We've already used 3D printing for a long time.

B.There will be more software specialists and machine programmers.

C.We can't use 3D printing to print things like vegetables in the future.

D.3D printing technology can be used to find out water on planets like Mars.

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

A.Out of the world!

B.The coolest jobs in the world.

C.Engineering makes the world better.

D.We master engineering and technology.

27、   Almost every kid in this country has ever eaten Hershey chocolate. But do you know that the Hershey chocolate factory is more than one hundred years old? And do you know that the father of Hershey Chocolate, Milton Hershey, had many failures in business before he started his famous company?

Milton Hershey was born in 1857 in central Pennsylvania. He stopped attending school when he was 12 years old. Before he became interested in making chocolate, he worked as a printer for a small newspaper at first, but he didn’t like it. Then he decided that printing was not the right job for him.

Then he worked at a candy factory in Lancaster. After working for a few years there, he decided to open his own little candy business near Philadelphia. His first business failed because it was not making money. After that, he went to Denver to learn how to make caramels(焦糖). He took his new skills back to New York and worked selling candies on the street. But his second business also failed.

Finally, Milton Hershey moved back to Pennsylvania where he grew up. He then experimented with all sorts of different candies and chocolate. By 1893 he was selling a million dollars worth of caramel candy each year. Since his chocolate-flavored caramels were the best-selling, he decided to make chocolate himself.

By experimenting, Milton Hershey discovered how to make delicious chocolate. The area where he lived had a large and easy supply of milk and sugar, which helped him succeed in his chocolate business. In 1903, Milton Hershey built a huge chocolate factory and a town to go with it.

Today, the town of Hershey is still the home of the factory that Milton Hershey built. The streetlights are shaped like the candy. The air often smells like chocolate. And if you ever visit it, you can smell delicious chocolate smells just by driving through the town.

The factory is not so hard to find, just travel down Cocoa Avenue until you get to East Chocolate Avenue. Turn right at the traffic lights and just follow your nose.

【1】Where did Milton Hershey spend his childhood?

A.In Pennsylvania B.In Lancaster C.In Philadelphia D.In New York

【2】Why did he decide to make chocolate himself?

A.Because he was taught to make delicious chocolate.

B.Because he got a new idea for making chocolate.

C.Because he built a huge chocolate factory himself.

D.Because he was just interested in eating chocolate.

【3】Which of the following sentences about Milton Hershey is TRUE?

A.In 1869, he left school and later worked as a printer for a small newspaper.

B.After his first business failed, he went to Lancaster to learn some new skills

C.He became very successful in chocolate business by experimenting caramels.

D.The factory is difficult to find when you travel down to East Chocolate Avenue.

【4】What does the underlined phrase “follow your nose” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Stop right there. B.Walk a few hours. C.Go straight ahead. D.Run as fast as possible.

【5】What is the correct order of the following sentences?

① A million dollars worth of caramel candy was sold each year.

② His second business failed.

③ He went to Lancaster and worked at a candy factory.

④ He worked as a printer for a small newspaper.

⑤ His chocolate business became a huge success.

A.③②⑤④① B.③②①④⑤ C.④②③⑤① D.④③②①⑤

28、根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文完整通顺。

Gary has a robot. It is made in the USA. It looks l【1】 a real person. On the face of the robot, there are two big e【2】. In fact, they are cameras. The robot u【3】 them to take photos of everything it sees. Also the robot has a speaker as its mouth. It can talk to people and a【4】 their questions. It is humorous. It can tell a lot of jokes and make people laugh. The robot also has two a【5】 connected to its chest. At the end of each arm, there is a h【6】, so the robot can do whatever it is asked to, such as sweeping the floor, d【7】 the laundry and making the bed. Sometimes it can help him go s【8】 at the supermarket. The robot stands on four small wheels. It can use them to move around e【9】. It never goes wrong. Gary is satisfied w【10】 it. It has become his best friend.

29、   It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you ______ you suddenly feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough. You must have a cold! Wait a second. Could it just be a ______ cold or the flu that’s been going around?

A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to ______ with. Some take medicine such as aspirin（阿司匹林） ______ others try home treatments like herb tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.

On the other hand, the flu can be much more ______ . It usually gives you fever. The worst ______ the so-called Spain Flu of 1918 to 1919, killed about 50 million people, according to The Atlantic.

Don’t worry. Getting a flu vaccine（流感疫苗）can ______ you from the virus（病毒）. Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small number of flu virus. This causes our body to develop antibodies（抗体）. ______ next time you get the flu, the antibodies can help protect you.

Unluckily, the flu virus ______ every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t protect us against all types of flu. That’s why we need to get the vaccine every year.

However, good health habits may also help you to prevent a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps protect you from viruses. Getting regular exercise and eating healthy food is also ______. All these can help you strengthen your immune system（免疫系统）.

【1】A.stand up B.turn up C.give up D.wake up

【2】A.common B.little C.popular D.strange

【3】A.agree B.deal C.meet D.start

【4】A.because B.after C.until D.while

【5】A.interesting B.familiar C.dangerous D.smooth

【6】A.cold B.flu C.cough D.fever

【7】A.protect B.leave C.recover D.draw

【8】A.So B.Unless C.Since D.As

【9】A.stops B.changes C.spreads D.kills

【10】A.enjoyable B.well-prepared C.nature D.important