2013---2014学年度第一学期期中测试题一、单项选择（30分）1. What _______exciting news! We are all very excited about it.A. aB. anC. someD./2. It is time for class. Let’s stop _______.A. playing footballB. play footballC. from playing footballD. to play football3. ----- Jack, is there __________ in today’s newspaper?----- No, nothing.A. anything importantB. something importantC. important anythingD. important something4. _________you don’t g ive up(放弃)，your dreams will come true.A. As long asB. As soon asC. As well asD. As often as5 . _____ she is only 4 years old, ______ she can plays the piano.A. Although, butB. Although, \C. But , \D. \, and6. Little Tom eats_______ food , so he is_______ fat .A. much too; too muchB. much too; too manyC. too much; much tooD. too much; too many7. You can buy clothes _______ in Mary’s Store.A. the cheapestB. the most cheaplyC. the most cheapD. the cheapliest8. He decides ________ to New York city next summer vacation.A. to goB. goingC. goD. is going9. Ann, _____ the lights when you leave the classroom.A. turn onB. turns onC. turns offD. turn off10. -----Don’t worry. My mother will look after your baby.-----Thanks a lot.A. careful enoughB. enough carefulC. carefully enoughD. enough carefully11. Which city has _____ population, Dongying, Shanghai or Jinan?A. the biggestB. the largestC. the mostD. the fewest12. The man has ____friends in this city ,so he often stays at home.A a fewB fewC a littleD little13. Everything_______ well, and everyone ______ a good time.A. go, haveB. go , hasC. goes, haveD. goes, has14. --Where did you go on vacation?--I ___________.A. stay at homeB. am going to BeijingC. visit my uncleD. went to the beach15.We can’t go to the mountain ________ the bad weather.A. becauseB. because ofC. althoughD. so16.Our teacher asked us to_______ a story about the moon.A. make upB. make ofC. make inD. make out17. ---- _______do you have sports meetings in your school?----Once a year.A. How oftenB. How manyC. How soonD. How much18. ---- Where is Kate ?--_______she is cleaning the classroom.A. MayB. May beC. MaybeD. Can19. Walt Disney was famous _______his cartoons.A. likeB. asC. atD. for20.The sitcom is very interesting, I _______ it.A. likeB. don't likeC. don't mindD. can't stand21.My shoes are cheaper than _______.A. youB. yourC. yoursD. your one22. ---Why are you in such a hurry, John?--- There _____ a basketball match between Class2 and our class in 10 minutes.A. is going to haveB. will holdC. will haveD. is going to be23. ---How is Susan?---Oh, she lives abroad, so I ______ ever see her.A. hardlyB. greatlyC. clearlyD. nearly24. ---Can you tell me why you learn English so well ?---It is very simple. _______ you work, ______ grades you will get.A. The harder: the bestB. The hard: the betterC. Harder: betterD. The harder: the better25. My pen pal Ann found it difficult ______ Chinese well.A. learningB. learnC. to learnD. learned26. Nobody helped me. I finished it by _________.A. myselfB. meC.ID. mine27. We drove our car to go _________ the tunnel.A. acrossB. overC. throughD. between28. I wanted to know _____________.A. how does he come hereB. how he comes hereC. how did he come hereD. how he came here29. He is going to ______ to New York with his parents.A. takeB. moveC. bringD. stay30. We should always keep the classroom ________ and tidy.A. cleaningB. cleanedC. to cleanD. clean二、阅读理解（40分）.AZhou Yan, a Junior 3 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers were injured. The doctor told him that he had “mobile phone disease”. A growing number of teenagers are getting “mobile phone disease” because more of them are using mobile phones.Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago. He sent messages to his friends with it all the time, even when going to bed. Zhou started to do badly in the exams because he spent so much time playing with his mobile phone. His mother got very angry withhim. He didn’t stop playing with the mobile phone until his arms got injured.Yang Ling,a doctor, says that if someone uses his mobile phone too much, like Zhou Yan, he might get “mobile phone disease’. If teenagers find their arms or fingers hurt, they should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang Ling said students should try to use their mobile phones less,especially at school.31. Zhou Yan wishes he never got a mobile phone because____.A.it is useless to himB.it doesn’t work wellC.it made his arms hurtD.his mother got angry with him32. Zhou Yan didn’t do well in exams because______.A.he didn’t like studyingB.he was ill and didn’t go to schoolC.he was afraid of examsD.he spent much time on the mobile phone33. If someone has “mobile phone disease”, it means_______.A. the mobile phone brought him a diseaseB. something is wrong with his mobile phoneC.he can’t live without the mobile phoneD.he hates the mobile phone very much34. Yang Ling thinks students should_______A. go to see a doctor very oftenB. use mobile phones more when they are out of school.C. use mobile phones less.D. not use mobile phones anymore35. The writer want to tell us___ in the article.A. using mobile phones too much is bad for our study and healthB. only a few teenagers have mobile phonesC. mobile phones can help students get out of troubleD. people shouldn’t use mobile phonesBA neighborhood party is a great way to have fun and get to know the people in your neighborhood. And it’s also the best way to bring the community(社区) together.Before you begin to do this, you first need to decide where to have the party. The community center is a good place for a neighborhood party. If the weather is nice, many people like to have the party outside. It could be at a park or on a street.Next, ask your friends and neighbors(邻居) to help. Get（让）them to tell others about the party, set up(策划) the party and clean up after the party.During the party, be sure to have lots of things to do. Many parties have activities for kids, such as face painting. Most parties have food and drinks. The best parties are when everyone brings something to share. That’s also the special part(地区) of a neighborhood party!36. What is Paragraph 1（第一段）about?A What a neighborhood isB How good a neighborhood party isC How we can have a good time in the neighborhood.D Why we need to know the people in the neighborhood.37. The writer tells us_____ right place(s) for a neighborhood party.A oneB twoC threeD four38. The writer thinks we can let our friends and neighbors help_____.① set up the neighborhood party ② clean up after neighborhood party③ tell others about the neighborhood party④ decide where to have the neighborhood partyA ①②③B ①②④C ①③④D ②③④39.The underline word “during” means ________ in Chinese.A. 在……之前B. 在……之后C. 在……期间D. 在……周围40. What is special about a neighborhood party?A. It has food and drinks.B. It has activities for kids.C. There are lots of things to do.D. People bring something to share.CWhen I was in the eighth grade, my teacher asked us to write an article about what we would like to do when we grew up. All I could think of was one sentence I want to help other people! During the years, I met many problems. But I never gave up. I know that to help other people I have to help myself first. I encouraged myself after I experienced failures(失败). Finally .my dream really came true. I found a part-time job in a charity. I began to spend my days doing things for people. I have a happy life. That doesn’t mean that this kind of life is easy, or that my work is always enjoyable. I an happy because I an doing what I want to do.What do you want to do? Write it down now. If you don’t know, you can ask yourself, ”What would I do if this was the last day of my life ?” Then write down the first thing that comes to your mind, no matter(无论) how silly or impossible it is. If you have an answer, you will know what your dream is.41.The passage is developed by______.A .spaceB .time C. giving an example D. giving reasons42.The writer dreams of ____.A. having a good life B .being a rich manC .helping othersD .working for a charity43.Whuch of the following is TRUE?A .The writer never have experienced failures in his dreamB .The writer could encourage himself when he’s in troubleC. Everyone could make his dream true if he has an ideaD .No one can make his dream true44.The writer mainly wants to tell us____.A .to believe in our dreams and never give upB .how to help peopleC .how to have a happy and easy lifeD .that it is good to help other people45. The best title for the passage is___.A. Having a DreamB. To Be with Your DreamC. My Dream.D. Making Your Dream True.DEveryone knows that exercise is important. We need to exercise. Doctors say itis good for us. It keeps our bodies strong.When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you excise in the following ways: you have to like what you’re doing. Ex ercise enough---but not too much. It is good to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or three sports that feel right for you.Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?46. In the passage the writer tells us that we all need to_______________.A. drinkB. relaxC. exerciseD. work47.Which of the following sports can’t we find in the passage?A. FishingB. RunningC. SwimmingD. Walking48. What does exercise mean?A. It means doing things with the bodyB. It means studyingC. It means doing lessons.D. It means playing49. What can exercise do to the body?A. It can make the body weakB. It can make us sleep moreC. It can make the body sickD. It can make the body healthy50. T he words “fitness center” in the passage mean_________A.减肥中心B.健身中心C.购物中心D.医疗中心三、综合填空（10分）New York is one of the most exciting c___1___ in the world. You might wantto do some shopping in New York. Fi fth Avenue is probably New York’s most f____2____shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to “window shop” only. This is shopping for the r___3____. There are others , less expensive shopping areas nearby , and they’ll soon come a___4____ famous stores such as Bloomingdales, Macy’s an FAO Schwartz.And if you’ve brought your roll erblades(滚轮冰刀鞋) , t___5____ a visit to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhattan, but if you thought that people came here to r___6_____, sit down for a few minutes and get a____7_____ from the rush of New York life, then you’d been wrong. N____8___ sits in Central Park: they run, jpg(慢跑) , and m___9____ of them wear their rollerblades.When you l___10_____ New York, you might be tired, but the one thing you won’t be is bored!1.________2.____________3.____________4._____________5.______________6.________7.____________8.____________9._____________ 10._____________四、用所给动词的正确形式填空（10分）Mr. Hand ___1____(begin) his trip in France last Saturday. Three days later when he ____2_____ (travel)in the country by car, he saw a dog behind a thin man. As the car came near them, the dog suddenly started____3____(cross) the street and it was hit（撞）by the car and____4_____(die).Mr. Hand ____5____(stop) his car and walked to the thin man. “I’m very sorry____6_____( hit )your do g,” he said. “How m should I pay?__7___ten dollars___7__( be) enough?”“Oh, yes,” said the thin man. Mr. Hand____8____ ( put) his hand into his pocket, but he only found five dollars in the pocket. “Sorry, sir, I _____9____(have )only five dollars,” said Mr. Hand.“That’s all right. Five dollars is also OK,” the man ans wered.“Thanks a lot. It’s very kind of you,” Mr. Hand thanked the man and ___10_____ (drive) away.After the car went a way, the man looked down at the dog and said to himself, “Whose dog is it?”1.________2.____________3.____________4._____________5.______________6.________7.____________8.____________9._____________ 10._____________五、任务型阅读（10分）阅读下面的短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。