初三第二学期期中英语试卷考试时间：100分钟卷面总分：120分第I 卷（选择题，共60分）一 .单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

( ) 1. China is an Asian country while England is ________ European country .A. anB. aC. theD. /( )2. Many new houses have been provided ______ people in Sichuan to live in.A. to,B. inC. withD. for( )3..The problem is very easy , but not ____________ can work it out .A.somebodyB. NobodyC. noneD.everybody( )4. The harder you work, ___________ progress you will makeA. greatB. greaterC.the greatestD. the greater ( )5. What were the teachers ____ about the exam when I came in?A．speaking B. talking C. saying D. telling( ) 6. —What do you think of u e’s new film, The Taking of Tiger Mountain?— Wonderful. It was the most exciting 3D movie I last year.A. watchB. have watchedC. was watchingD. watched ( )7 The words we should pay attention to _________ on the blackboard .A, write B, writing C, are writing D, are written( )8. —Tom didn’t finish his work midnight.— Poor thing! But he is real ly pushing himself too hard.A. whileB. untilC. sinceD. as( )9. — Would you please show me how to start the game?— Sure. .A. You’re welcomeB. Never mindC. Have a nice timeD. With pleasure ( )10. —She’s never been to Beijing .—________. I’ll go the re with my parents this summer holiday ..A.So am IB.So have IC.Neither have ID. Neither am I( )11. —I have great ______ in finishing the work by myself. Could you help me ? —No problem.A. fun.B. success.C. advice.D. difficulty.( )12. My grandfather came back to China _________and devoted all his life to his hometownA. in his fourtiesB. at his fortiesC. in his fortiesD. at his fourties( )13.He devoted all the time he had _________ the people.A. to serveB. to serving forC. to servingD. served( ) 14. Not only my sister but also I __________ interested in the novel for a long time.A. have becomeB. has becomeC. have beenD. has been( )15.Could you tell me_____?A. what she has dealt with the camera.B. how we can call this ladyC. what is wrong with the watchD. which city we should go二．完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

During the years when I was a teacher, I learned a lot of things. Perhaps the most important one was the life-changing 16 of encouraging words.I 17 what Leo Buscaglia had done with his students in University of Southern California. In one class Leo Buscaglia and his s tudents had made two lists of words , one positive and one negative. Then they 18 the negative words in the trash and tried to use only the positive words for one month. They were 19 at how much better their lives became just by using words full of 20 .I decided to try this as well by 21 something good to write on each paper my students 22 . No matter how many mistakes a student’s paper contained, there was always a 23 sentence, beautiful thought, or a great idea that I could 24 on. I remember glancing over my desk and 25 some of the students reading those encouraging words 26 . It was a joy seeing their eyes shine a little brighter, their backs sit up a little straighter, and their learning climb a lot27 .I recently saw one of my 28 students and we talked for a while. He has got married, and has two children now. As I was saying goodbye, he said, “You know I 29 have a few of those old papers. I look at them from time to time. I just hope my kids have a good teacher like you.” I was amazed at the 30 those few positive words had on his life.May your own life be forever full of encouraging words in your ears, from your lips and in your heart.( )16. A．method B．ability C．power D．approach( )17. A．improved B．learned C．wondered D．used( )18.A．threw B．collected C．stored D．wrote( )19. A．curious B．Disappointed C．amazed D．confused( )20.A．astonishment （惊讶）B．encouragement C．friendship D．advantage( )21. A．buying B．finding C．asking D．wishing( )22.A．took down B．put away C．looked through D．handed in( )23. A．complete B．strange C．simple D．meaningful( )24. A．agree B．Comment（评论） C．bring D．depend( )25.A．keeping B．having C．seeing D．1eaving( )26.A．again and again B．now and then C．little by little D．step by step ( )27.A．further B．higher C．deeper D．wider( )28.A．present B．clever C．Careful D．former（以前的）( )29. A．ever B．never C．still D．merely( )30. A．result B．strength C．effect D．importance三、阅读理解 A. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）AA young man once went into a town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he went home , he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on .He found that they were about two inches too long .He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there .”The new trousers are too long.” He said ,”They need shorteningby about two inches .Could one of you do it for me ,please ?” His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything .But as soon as had finished washing up,she went quietly upstairs without sayinganything to her daughters.Later on after supper ,the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers .She wasa kind-hearted girl ,so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone ,and shortened the trousers by two inches.The younger sister went to the cinema ,but when she came home she, too , rememberedher brother’s trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.You can imagine the look on the young man ‘s face when he put the trousers on thenext morning.( )31.The young man’s trousers were for him at first .A. a bit too longB. very goodC. not too long D . too short( )32.The young man’s mother and sisters didn’t answer because they were bu sy in the kitchen.A. cooking B .making tea C. washing clothes D. washing cups, glasses andso on( )33.His elder sister shortened the trousers .A. in the eveningB. after lunchC. as soon as she had finished the washingD. after she came back from the cinema( )34. The next morning the young man found that the trousers were inchestoo short for him.A. twoB. fourC. sixD. eight( )35. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning ,he would feel .A. happyB. surprising C .surprised D. thankfulBI work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, has gone through a difficult time. She’s got dementia and she has been in the hospital twice. In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”.Alice used to think her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and thatthey were going to have the whole family together like the old days.When she finally realized that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very . nowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church (教堂) that night.Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighbourhood church whereall her friends were. We got there ear ly and I g ot her a seat where her friends couldsee her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushedover to greet her and sit beside her. The candlelight service was beautiful and Alicegot a lot of love from her old and new friends there.The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift the smile on Alice’s face.( )36. The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is .A. an illnessB. a letterC. a houseD. a plan( )37. What might the missing word in Paragraph 3?A. offB. awayC. upD. down( )38. What was the best gift that the writer got on Christmas Eve?A. The candlelight service.B. Praise from Alice’s friends.C. Thanks from Alice’s daughter.D. Alice’s happiness.( )39. Who made the old woman feel glad in the story?A. Her daughter.B. Her grandchildren.C. Her new neighbours.D. Her old and new friends.( )40. What is the best title for this passage?A. My candlelight Christmas EveB. The dream of an old, lonely ladyC. A real presentD. My dreamCLittle Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special lea rning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his ro om and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”“Well then,” she asked again. “What was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ”( )41. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there.B. Because he could earn more about nuns.C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.D. Because his parents didn‟t want him to learn math any more.( )42. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.A. was still the same as usualB. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after schoolD. worked hard but said little( )43. “Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.A. 用功B. 捶书C. 发泄D. 振作( )44. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.A. Tommy felt sorry for the mailB. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didn‟t like the plus signD. Tommy liked playing jokes on others ( )45. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.A. teachers should be strict with their studentsB. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better than other onesD. nuns are good at helping children with their math第 II卷（非选择题，共60分）B. 任务型阅读。