广州市中山大学附属中学初二下英语期末试卷(含答案)

广州市中大附中下学期期末考试

一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

Grow ing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of in depe ndence can be more useful

than crying for help. That's what ' s the story I ' ve heard recently tells me..

The young man was born in 1982 in a ___ 1 ___ family in a small tow n. When he was only 11, his father became

men tally ill and one day came back with an aba ndoned baby girl. A year later, his __ 2 ___ left home with his youn ger

brother because she couldn ' t ____ 3 ___ hard liferessdipe from her mad husband. The 12-year-old boy began to

___ 4 ___ his whole family: he took care of not only his sick father, but also the little girl. ____ 5____ , he did n't give up studying. Later the went to college. To care for the little girl, he rented a room near his college and_____ 6____ her

education by doing part-time jobs.

After the young man ' s story went public, people were deeply impressed by his behavior. ________ 7 ___ his life was hard, he didn ' abandon his father and his sister because _____ 8 ____ needed his help very much. And he _______ 9 __

don ati ons from others. He said he felt ___ 10 ___ because of kind offers, but he could depe nd on his own work. With

his hard-w on mon ey, he __ 11 ___ helped other stude nts in trouble.

Today whe n many young pe ople worry more about their own happ in ess, this young man ' s behavior reminds

what we usually ____ 12 ___ : love and care for others. Nobody could con ti nue to live __ 13 ___ these.

Through his hard life, the young man is regarded as a ____ 14 ___ . So whe n facing difficulties, don't ___ 15 __

bad luck. Con sider what more you could do for your family and society and you'll find the world smili ng back.

1. A. rich

2. A. father

3. A. un dersta nd

4. A. support

5. A. At times

6. A. pla nted

7. A. Since

8. A. they

9. A. received

10. A. sorry

11. A. even B.happy

B. mother

B. sta nd

B. orga nize

B. Sometimes

B. afforded

B. Un less

B. he

B. expected

B. worried

B. hardly

C. poor

C. sister

C. believe

C. hate

C. At the same time

C.ended

C. If

C. she

C. refused

C. en couraged

C. still

D. sad

D. brother

D. thi nk

D. like

D. For the first time

D. went

D. Although

D. you

D. got

D. sad

D. too

二、 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

Differe nt people have differe nt ideas about time. People in the USA thi nk that it is _ 16 ___ to know the time. In cities in America, there are ___ 17 ___ in stati ons, factories and other build in gs. Radio announcers give you the correct time duri ng the day. Most America ns also have watches with them ___ 18 ___ t hey go. They want to do certa in things ___ 19 ___ certa in time. They don't like to be late. They thi nk every one is supposed to do ___ 20 ___ on time.

But time is not ____ 21 ___ importa nt to everybody in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will ____ 22 ___ that people there don't like to rush. If you had an appo in tme nt with somebody, he could probably be late ___ 23 ___ he may not want to arrive on time.

In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is importa nt to tell the exact ___________________ 24 ___ . People in South America thi nk that clocks or watches are just mach in es. They think that you will ____ 25 ___ a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time.

16. A. quiet B. useless C. importa nt D. easy 17. A. clocks B. cars C. books D. watches 18. A. whe never B. however C. whatever D. wherever 19. A. at B. on C. for D. i n 20. A. noth ing B. everyth ing C. someth ing D. some

things 21. A. such B. as C. so D. only 22. A. un dersta nd B. find C. forget D. remember 23. A. while B. but C. though D. because 24. A. time B. place C. weather D. n ews 25. A. put

B. wa nt

C. let

D. expect

三、 阅读理解

第一节：阅读理解（共

20小题；每小题 2分，满分40分）

(A)

Singles Day falls on November 11th . No one is quite sure exactly who first thought it up, and the most widely-accepted story is

emerged from the dorms of Nanjing University in 1993 when four single male students got together to discuss how to break free of Ion

12. A. get used to B. worry about C. pay atte nti on to D. look forward to 13. A. with 14. A. fool 15. A. kn ock into

B. without B. volun teer B. dream about

C. by C. hero C. talk about

D. for D. boy D. compla in about

eli ness of sin gle life. One suggested that because of the ones in the date, November 11 would be a good day to orga nize activities for sin gles. Sin gles ' Day, started by a small grou gradually grew into something like the anti- Valentine ' s Day, a day China ' s single young people could use as an excuse

get together and have fun together.

Origi nally about being with friends and havi ng fun, now Sin gles ' Day riscablouortilTOpphogpp ing. —How did this happen? It ' s a long story, but the short answer is Alibaba.

By the late 2000s, most of China ' s Internet users wer^amiliar with Singles Thereymight have been some

shops online and offline suffering sales on that day earlier , but no major company until Alibaba launched its first Singles Day online sale in 2009.

In that first year, Alibaba was only major ecommerce company to offer a sale, and it featured just 27 brands offering disco unts via its T-mall marketplace. The sale w as defi nitely successful, but it was n ' t eno ugh to redefi ne the holida

its own. In the following year, Alibaba went bigger, offering more brands and deeper discounts. But other companies had noticed the potential of the 2009 sales bonanza and decided to follow suit. E-commerce platforms like JD had their first major Sin gles ' Day sales in 2010, and overni ght Sin gles ' -m a yl walet tfocunnaeih ing that was beg inning

to look like Cyber Mon day in some western coun tries.

Over the n ext few years, Alibaba, JD, and other Chin ese e-commerce players all expa nded their on e-day disco un ts, and sales grew exponentially （以指数方式）.On Singles ' Day in 2012, Alibaba ' s marketplaces-m a obaidand T

about $ 3 billion in sales. In 2013 that number nearly doubl ed, and Chinese shoppers had obliterated America ' s C

Mon day spe nding records in just the first few hours of the sale. And it ' s only gett ing bigger.

26. We can know that Sin gles ' Day was first set ________ .

A. by a large e-commerce compa ny called Alibaba.

B. for the young people who want to have fun together

C. to orga nize activities for sin gles to get rid of their Ion eli ness

D. to express something against Valentine ' s Day

27. Before 2009 on Sin gles ' Day, sin gle young people were most likely to __. _____

A. just spe nd the day alone

B. have fun with friends

C. do some on li ne shopp ing

D. go back home to visit pare nts

28. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is TRUE accord ing to the passage?

A. By 2009, Sin gles ' Day have already became a famous-shnbippsi ng day.

B. Cyber Mon day in some wester n coun tries is to celebrate Sin gles ' Day.

C. In 2013, Alibaba ' s marketplaces did about nearly $4 billion in sales.

D. Alibaba was the first major e- commerce company to offer a sale on Singles ' Day.

29. Accord ing to the last two paragraphs, we can know that ______ .

A. Alibaba played an importa nt part in the new defi niti on of Sin gles ' Day

B. Other Chin ese e-commerce compa ny like JD followed Cyber Mondy

C. Alibaba offered more brands and deeper disco unt to make it bigger

D. Alibaba, Taobao, T-mall and JD are differe nt e-commerce dompa nies

30. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The origi n of Sin gles ' Day.

B. The life of moder n young sin gle people.

C. The e-commerce compa ny Alibaba.

D. How Sin gles ' Day become a shopp ing day

(B)

Dear Lan Lan,

I ' m now writing to you at Hartsop, a village in the Lake District, a place to have most beautiful scenery in English couple here to spend Christmas with them. This was planned for overseas students to know British way of life by living with British families.

We came two days before Christmas and duri ng our stay, we have had everyth ing we expected. Christmas turkey, Christmas cake, Christmas puddings, Christmas parties and Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree. All are exciting and amusing, but above all these, we are deeply touched by the hospitality of the family, Roger and Anne Marie.

Anne Marie was a nurse and all these days, she had been busy cooking meals, washing dishes and showing us around. Roger, who was a doctor, knows a lot about China and still wants to know more. He plays us Chinese music and it seems to me he does better in that than we do. In the evenings, we all sit around the fireplace with Tim, a lovely dog, by our side. Like Ion g-time-no-see frien ds, we talk about all the things that have happe ned or we hope to happe n in our lives. There is always so much to tell and to know.

After three mon ths away from home, we are aga in feeli ng how sweet a home can be. Roger and Anne Marrie are

no t like most of the other people we have met who always make us feel we are foreig ners in a foreig n coun try. They

show such kindn ess to us that they bring us a pers on-to-pers on feeli ng, in stead of a British-to-Ch in ese feeli ng. They make us believe that though there are differences of Ianguages and cultures, one may always expect to find in every corner of the world the feeling of love and being loved.

How I wish Mum and Dad could meet them! How I wish you were here with me! How stra nge it is that the more I feel at home here, the more I miss my real home and all of you. We always talk about

whe n we go back home n year …” and soon we will turn this into whe n we go back home THIS year

for the New Year ' s D

you.

Love

Cao Wen

31. The writer is _______ n ow in En gla nd . A. a Chinese visitor to an English family C. a Chin ese teacher worki ng

32. In Hartsop, Cao Wen felt ______ . A. quite at home

B. the En glish home better tha n her home

C. she was a foreigner in a foreign country

D. she was one member of the family 33. It seems that Roger ______ . A. can speak Chin ese very well

B. knows someth ing about Chin ese for a long time

C. once lived in China for a long time

D. can do everyth ing better tha n the Chin ese

B. a Chin ese stude nt study ing

D. a Chin ese stude nt livi ng

34. When you are away from home, it is good for you to have the feeli ng _______ A. of being alone

B. of going home soon 35. In the writer 's opinion, the best home is .

B. the home that you left beh ind

C. Chin ese home C. of love and being loved

D. as a foreig ner

A. the home they stayed in En gla nd