2018-2019学年青竹湖湘一初二上学期入学考试英语试卷时量：60分钟满分：100分I 知识运用(两部分，共20小题，计20分)第一节语法填空从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案填空。

1. - What can I do for you, sir? (共10题，计10分)-I want ______ iPhone 8 plus for my wife as ______ useful gift.A. a; anB. an, aC. an;/2. Work hard, ______ you will pass the exam.A. andB. soC. or3. The students in the class are passing the ball from one to ______.A. the otherB. anotherC. other4. Miss Read is good ______ music. She can be good ______ children in the club.A. at; toB. with; withC. at; with5. I can't find my watch. It ______ in my pocket.A. maybeB. mayC. may be6. Bruce practices ______ basketball every day so that he can be a better player.A. playB. to playC. playing7. - Did you sleep well last night?- Oh, no. ______ noise outside the hotel made me crazy.A. Too muchB. Too manyC. Much too8. It's sports time. Most ______ students in Class 1 are playing football on the playground.A. boyB. boysC. boys'9. In our school library, there ______ a number of books on science and technology(技术). The number of them ______ growing larger and larger.A. are; isB. have; isC. is; are10. -Hey, Sally! I didn't ______ you last weekend.- Yeah. I ______ at home on Saturday. I was quite busy.A. see; stayB. saw, stayedC. see; stayed第二节词语填空通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，选出最佳答案。

(共10题，计10分)A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. When the son saw colorful kites in the sky, he wanted to 11 a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for his son.The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, 'Father, it seems that the 12 is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be 13 and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father cut the string (线) off. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy 14But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. It soon 15 to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly 16 . Why did it fall(落下)down?"The father said, “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it 17 in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the 18 direction (方向) by using the string. But when you cut the string, it could not 19 the kite anymore."Sometimes, we may feel like there are some things in life that are stopping us from 20 . But in fact, these might be the things that support (支持) us the most.11. A. make B. fly C. draw12. A. wind B. rain C. string13. A. free B. over C. lost14. A. interested B. happy C. surprised15. A. got B. turned C. fell16. A. longer B. higher C. faster17. A. stay B. stop C. play18. A. middle B. left C. right19. A. keep B. support C. fly20. A. moving B. growing C. changingII 阅读技能（四部分，共24小题，计48分）第一节图表理解阅读下列图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

（共5题，计10分）21. When will the walk begin?A. At 10:00 a.m.B. At 10:30 a.m.C. At 11:00 a.m.22. From this text we know that_______.A. the walk is 5 kilometersB. the walk lasts for a monthC. children don't need to pay23. The museum is about ___________.A. science and artB. history and artC. history and robots24. Who can visit the museum for free?A. Junior 3 students.B. High school students.C. The fourth-graders in primary school.25. We can know that the dancing club___________.A. is a non-profit clubB. opens once a weekC. costs 25 yuan a time第二节短文理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

（共5题，计20分）ADo you often wear jeans? Do you have a pair of Levi's jeans? Levi's is the most famous brand (品牌) of jeans and denim(粗斜棉布) clothing. They have been popular for about one hundred and fifty years. Let's learn about its history.Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid-1800s and moved to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry goods (纺织品) business for several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and dreams to San Francisco to help with his brothers' dry goods business.The company began making denim in the 1870s, but it did not start making jeans until the 1920s.Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis patented(取得专利) the copper rivet(铜铆钉) to make their clothing strong and hard in 1873. It was to become a key part of their jeans design.During the World War II, their jeans sold very well. Before the war, they only had 15 salesmen(推销员). After the war, they had 22,000 salesmen in 35 countries.Levi's jeans became popular with young people in the 1950s and 1960s. Levi's 501 jeans were their biggest-selling product(产品). Today Levi's jeans are more popular than ever, and Levi's name continues to live in different countries.26. Levi Strauss went to San Francisco to help his brothers with___________.A. jeans businessB. clothing businessC. dry goods business27.When did Levi Strauss and his partner patent the copper rivet?A. In 1853B. In 1873C. In 187028.The underlined word "design" probably means “______” in Chinese.A. 传统B. 设计C. 标志29.Why does the writer mention the number of the salesmen in the fifth paragraph?A. To show how well their jeans sold.B. To show how cheap their jeans are.C. To show how much their salesmen loved their jobs.30.We can read the passage from a magazine called___________.A. Funny StoriesB. American HistoryC. The Fashion Industry(工业)BYoung people and old people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one program(节目)in Sydney, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults(成人)live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works for seven hours a day. They do so not only to keep busy, but also to find meaning and happiness in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farm near the village. Some learn to make things like tables, chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn to take photos or paint pictures. Others sit around and talk, sing or dance. Each teenager has his own way to spend his free time.When people live together, rules are necessary(必要的).In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, "What should we do about it?"One of the teenagers has said something about it, "You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You should learn to think about the group. "31. How long does the program last each year?A. several daysB. eight weeksC. a summer vacation32. All the members spend some time together every day mainly to ______.A. make life more interestingB. learn new skills of farmingC. find meaning and pleasure in work33.Which of the following is NOT true about the program?A. They can have some free hours on weekdays.B. Teenagers can learn how to think for others in the work group.C. If someone breaks a rule, the whole group will be unhappy with him.34.The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is ______.A. tiringB. excitingC. helpful35.The best title for the passage is ______.A. The Rules of Living TogetherB. Teenagers in the Special Work GroupC.A Special Program between Teenagers and Adults第三节语篇补全阅读下面的短文, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文.选项中有一项为多余选项。