惠州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)初二英语

1、我意识到自己做那么多家务不容易。（by oneself）

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2、— A cup of orange juice please.

— Sorry sir. Orange juice ________ for breakfast.

A.serves B.will serve C.is served D.served

3、—It’s a piece of cake for me to drive after drinking.

—If you do, you will pay very________later.

A.suddenly B.usually C.heavily D.completely

4、—What day is it today? —______.

A.It’s a fine day. B.It’s Monday.

C.It’s a monkey. D.It’s warm.

5、---You aren’t a stranger here to me, are you?

---   , don’t you remember   me at the school gate ten minutes ago?

A. Yes, to see   B. No, seeing   C. No, saw   D. Yes, seeing

6、—Chinese ________ by many people all over the world today.

—Yes, I agree with you.

A．learnt

B．is learning

C．is learnt

D．are learnt

7、It’s getting dark outside， could you please _______the light?

A. put on B. get on C. turn on   D.work on

8、— What do you think of the book?

—Oh, excellent! It's worth________ .

A.to read B.read C.being read D.reading

9、 If you _______ one person to another, you tell them each other's names so that they get to know each other.

A. introduce B. interview C. remind

10、_______ to some classic music before going to bed. It is of great help to relax ourselves.

A．To listen

B．Listen

C．Listens

D．Listening

11、–You look sad, Sophie. What’s the matter?–  

A.I don't quite agree with you. B.I'm sorry to hear that.

C.I can't attend tomorrow’s speech. D.I've got the first prize.

12、Look ! There are a number of________on the farm.

A. horse   B. sheep   C. chicken   D. tree

13、Police wondered ________.

A.whose handbag it is B.whose handbag it was C.whose handbag is it D.whose handbag was it

14、－It's important for us to know _________ all the subjects.

－Yeah, group work is my favorite.

A. how to study    B. when to study 

C. which to study     D. what to study

15、My mother is a writer．She________more than ten books since 1988．

A．writes

B．wrote

C．has written

D．will write

16、---I went to the park yesterday morning.

--- ________. But we didn’t see you.

A. So did we B. So we did C. Neither were we D. Neither we were.

17、It’s amazing that my opinion on the problem is similar ________ my teacher’s.

A．for

B．with

C．of

D．to

18、—Do you know the Pakistani girl Malala?

—Of course, her _______ makes the whole world shocked and she becomes the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

A.advantage B.agreement C.attention D.achievement

19、—You’d better _______ work too hard like this.

—I see. You mean working too hard makes one tired and ill.

A. not   B. not to   C. don’t   D. won’t

20、We should save paper. Please remember to print on________sides of the paper.

A.each B.either C.both D.neither

21、If he keeps on working so hard, he’ll   under the pressure of work.

A. break down B. break away C. break out D. break into

22、A: 【1】

B: I’m reading a novel named A Madman’s Diary (《狂人日记》).

A: 【2】

B: It was written by Lu Xun. He was a great writer, thinker and revolutionary(革命者)。

A: 【3】

B: Sure, He was born in 1881 in Zhejiang Province. His novel A Madman’s Diary, together with The True Story of Ah Q (《阿Q正传》), made him a great Chinese writer.

A: 【4】

B: Because he worried about China greatly. He wrote novels that called on the people to fight for China’s future.

A: 【5】

B: It’s my pleasure.

A．Why do you think he was great?

B．Who was it written by?

C．Thank you for telling me so much.

D．What are you reading?

E．Could you tell me more about him?

23、W：Hello，Han Lin．

H：Hello，Xiao Hua．

W： 【1】 

H：I'm reading about today’s newspaper．It says every week students in primary schools

have a day without homework．  【2】

W：I think it’s great． 【3】

H：That’s impossible．But after the big exam，we’ll also have a long summer vacation

and needn’t do any homework．

W：I’m looking forward to it．Have you made any plans for it?

H：  【4】 I’m going traveling．But I haven’t decided where to go．

W： 【5】

H：Good idea．I also hear Taiwan is a nice place．I’ll think about it．Thank you for your advice．

W：It’s a pleasure．

24、Wonderful Events

【1】What can we do if we are only free between 5 pm and 6 pm this Saturday?

A.Go to the horse race.

B.Go to the photo show.

C.Go to the dance party

D.Go to the weekend sales.

【2】How much will Mr. and Mrs. Smith pay if they go to the dance party?

A.15 dollars. B.25 dollars. C.30 dollars. D.50 dollars.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Children are allowed to the horse race.

B.The photo show will last for four months.

C.The Weekend Sales is only on this Saturday.

D.You can't go to the dance party by yourself.

25、Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is ＂happier＂, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Title: Relationship between Age and 【1】

26、   It was Mother’s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn’t go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind. “I’ll send Mum some roses (玫瑰).”

While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The salesgirl told him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen (一打). Maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). She told him they were much cheaper than roses.

“No, I have to have red roses,” he said, “My mum was badly ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special. It has to be roses. Roses are her favorite.”

After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the salesgirl said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man jumped with joy. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twenty-five dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the salesgirl to send them to his mother.

As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon he realized it was not a park but a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”

Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.

【1】John couldn’t go back home on Mother’s day because ___________.

A.his home was too far away B.his mother was in another city

C.he had too much work to do D.he was busy looking for a job

【2】The salesgirl wanted the young man to buy carnations because ___________.

A.they cost much less than roses B.they were more beautiful than roses

C.they could make him happier D.they were special flowers for mothers

【3】John spent ___________ in total for the roses.

A.$ 25 B.$ 35 C.$ 55 D.$ 75

【4】According to the story, which of the following is true about the young man?

A.he asked his friends to help him find his mother.

B.he went home and gave the red roses to his mother.

C.he dropped a few roses when he was crossing the street.

D.he could never see his mother again because she had died.

【5】What does the writer of this story mainly want to tell us?

A.Send some roses to your mother on Mother’s Day.

B.Show your love to your mother before it’s too late.

C.It is difficult to buy roses cheaply in a flower shop.

D.Mother’s Day is an important holiday around the world.

27、   There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man(智者) to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, "Young man, you are already rich now."

"But where is my wealth(财富)?" the young man asked.

"It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your feet are your wealth. You can go to any place..." the wise man said.

"You call these wealth? But everyone has them, " the young man said.

"These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Are you willing to give your eyes to me? I'm willing to give you a lot of money to exchange for them, " the wise man said.

"No, I'm not going to do so! My eyes are important to me! " the young man said.

Everyone is rich. We should treasure(珍惜)our wealth, and take care of it. We should not overuse it because once it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

【1】Why did the young man go to visit the wise man?

A.Because he was ill. B.Because he wanted to be wise. C.Because he wanted to know how to be rich.

【2】The wise man thought the young man himself ______.

A.was rich B.was poor C.was wise

【3】The wise man called ______ wealth.

A.the young man's money B.the young man's eyes and feet C.the young man's buildings

【4】The young man wasn't willing to exchange his eyes for money because ______.

A.he was rich B.he didn't like the old man C.he thought his eyes were important to him

【5】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.We can overuse our wealth.

B.We should treasure our wealth.

C.The wise man told the young man how to make money.

28、阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。每空限填一词。

An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. 【1】 cheapest thing was a basket of red fruit.

“How much per kilo? the old man asked.

“Two rupees(卢比),” the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, so the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.

However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began to burn, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red 【2】 the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and down, screaming: “Ah! Ah! Ah!”

And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people 【3】 were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You are crazy! Those are chili peppers (辣椒)! You can’t just eat them by the handful!”

The old man said to 【4】, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”

This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have spent money and time on something--maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job- -and sometimes, even if we know there’s no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.

What we can learn 【5】the old man is this: if you’ve lost a lot over something that doesn’t work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing to lose.

29、 Cloze test

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

 “Who would you like to change your life with if possible? ”Last week, we asked many middle school students this question. The following are some of their

Zhang Yike, 12

I want to change my life with my friend, Wang Xiaohui. She is studying in England now. She has

to many countries, such as the  US and France. They are the places I wish to visit. What’s more, she much better English than me. If I change my life with her, I can visit many beautiful countries, eat delicious and meet different kinds of people there. 

Qiu Haoran, 14

I’d like to change my life with my Chinese teacher Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a very kind lady. She  

a lot, so she always has so many   stories to tell us. We all like her classes. I also want to be such an excellent teacher and be   with my students.

I will change my life with my elder brother. My brother is a college student now. He doesn’t have to go to class all the time. He can study he is interested in. And he even has a part-time job to make money. To   , all of these sound very interesting. I really wan t a life  

this.

【1】A. answers B. problems   C. questions D. changes

【2】A. gone B. comeC. been D. moved

【3】A. says  B. speaks C. talks D. tells

【4】A. drink B. airC. foodD. water

【5】A. teaches B. knows C. thinks D. asks

【6】A. long B. short C. terrible D. interesting

【7】A. busy B. angry C. popular D. serious

【8】A. that B. which C. who D. what

【9】A. me B. him C. youD. them

【10】A. at B. on C. for  D. like