2017学年度第二学期初二英语3月阶段性测试
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（选择最适合的答案）
1. Magnolia flowers are known as _____ city flowers of Shanghai.
A. a B. the C. an D. /
2. Don’t throw _____ paper. We can type the message on the back.
A. the piece of B. any of C. some of D. that
3. The government will build ______ flats for the poor.
A. much B. less C. more D. few
4. He always helps others, but never though about _____.
A. he B. his C. him D. himself
5. The Botanical Gardens will take on a new look in ______.
A. one and half years B. two and a half years
C. two year and a half D. two year and a half
6. Linda is doing a survey ______ students’ hobbies in the classroom.
A. on B. in C. to D. at
7. These gases are very _____ to all of us. Many people even die from them.
A. harmless B. harmful C. harms D. harmlessly
8. He could _____ work out the problem for it was so difficult.
A. hard B. hardly C. nearly D. seldom
9. ___ useful information it is!
A. What a B. What C. How D. What an
10. The bad weather made them ____ to the island.
A. don’t travel B. not to travel C. not travelling D. not travel
11. Nowadays few young children are interested _____ learning cooking.
A. at B. on C. in D. with
12. There isn’t ____ for you to put your snack in the bag.
A. enough space B. many space C. little space D. few space
13. The Smiths will pant more trees _____ flowers in their garden next year.
A. as well as B. the same as C. as well D. together
14. Our government is working hard to keep our city ______.
A. comfortable B. health C. happily D. interested
15. The important meeting will finish _____ October.
A. in the end B. at the end of C. in the end of D. on the end of
16. Is John coming to your party tonight? No, he _____ with his boss about the job.
A. discusses B. will discuss C. has discussed D. discussed
17. I found __________ with foreigners were exciting and helpful.
A. talking B. telling C. saying D. speaking
18. Nothing can __________ the present from his mother.
A. take a place B. take charge of C. take the place of D. take place
19. We don’t know ____ to deal with the waste paper and bottles.
A. who B. what C. why D. how
20. –Trees are national air conditioners.
–________.
A. I agree. B. Yes, I know. C. Don’t you think so? D. That’s all right.
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适合形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）
21. Trees are the most ancient ________ things in the world.（live）
22. Too _______ time spent on playing games is bad for our health.（more）
23. More people choose to spend holidays in the countryside for they enjoy _______ fresh air.（breathe）
24. Different sizes of _______ desks and chairs will be equipped in the classroom.（wood）
25. Scientists are studying how to reduce air _______ in our city.（pollute）
26. It’s _______ for you to feel nervous when you have an important exam.（nature）
Ⅲ. Rewrite the following sentences as required（依据所给需要，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）
27. Trees can help each other.（一般疑问句）
______ trees _______ each other?
28. Tom stayed in that city __________.（对划线部分提问）
______ ______ did Tom stay in that city?
29. Some workers brought __________ to our housing estate.（对划线部分提问）
______ did some workers ______ to your housing estate?
30. The Earth will be too hot to live on if we have no trees.（维持相赞同思）
The Earth will be too hot to live on _______ _______.
31. The next bus will not more crowded than this one.（维持相赞同思）
The next bus will be _______ _______ than this one.
Part 3 Reading and Writing
Ⅳ. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）
A. True or False（判断下列句子是不是符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）
Without plants, people cannot live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen that plants produce. And we need plants for another very different reason: We need them for their beauty. Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why even in big modern cities, we have parks full of trees, green grass, bushes, and flowers. Also you are sure to find some green house plants and fresh flowers in the rooms in every city.
But do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention? According to the book“The Secret Life of Plants”by Peter Tomkins and ChrisTOPher Bird, you should talk to them and give them love. They describe a test that two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and positive（积极的）ideas. The other plant was given only negative（消极的）ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth, it had more and longer roots, above it had a thicker stem and more leaves.
（ ）32. People cannot live without plants.
（ ）33. Plants can produce the oxygen that we need.
（ ）34. In the modern cities, we only see plants in the parks.
（ ）35. Peter Tomkins and ChrisTOPher Bird thought we should talk to plants.
（ ）36. The two plants proved（证明）that plants need good words.
（ ）37. It’s necessary to love your plant if you want it grow better.
B. Choose the best answer（依据短文内容，选择最适合的答案）
One day little Tom went to see his uncle. His uncle asked him to take a bag of magazines back to his mother.“And these are for you, Tom.”said the uncle putting some apples in the bag. On his way home. Tom met Mary and gave her half of the apples. As he went on, he met Jack and gave him one-third of the apples left. After a while he came home and gave four apples to his younger sister. In the end he found nothing but the magazines in the bag.
38. One day little Tom went to see his _______.
A. aunt B. uncle C. Mary D. Jack
39. Tom was asked to take ______ back to his mother.
A. magazines and apples B. magazines
C. apples D. a bag
40. On his way home, he met _____ people.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
41. At last, Tom found ______ in the bag.
A. nothing B. four apples C. magazines D. anything
42. Tom gave 2 apples to _____.
A. Mary B. Jack C. his younger sister D. his mother
43. Tom’s uncle gave him ______ apples.
A. twenty-four B. twelve C. ten D. twenty
C. Answer the questions（依据短文内容回答下列问题）
Stories of survival after being trapped by Haiti’s earthquake have been few and far between. But people have been buried in the rubble（碎石）and still managed to survive a natural disaster that has killed many thousands of people. Some of their stories are below.
MENDJI BAHINA SANON, 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
Mendji Bahina Sanon was pulled out after spending eight days buried under Haiti’s rubble.
One of five children – four of whom survived the earthquake – she was rescued after being trapped beneath the remains of her home in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
“I had left my five children at home. I was panic-stricken. The two-storey building had collapsed. I thought they were all dead,”said her mother, a cleaner for the UN, describing the hours after the earthquake struck.
Helped by her neighbours, she continued to search for her missing daughter even after finding the body of the young girl’s five-year-old brother.
On Wednesday, she described hearing a neighbour cry out:“I heard your daughter, she called out.”
“I didn’t believe it, but I rushed, the neighbours dug, she was alive and they dug her out. She talked to me and asked me for milk and cornflakes and then she fainted.”
Being treated in hospital, doctors say she was regaining strength and doing well though she was troubled by nightmares（噩梦），begging her mother not to“leave her in the hole”.
The surgeon treating her at a French field hospital described her survival as“a miracle（奇迹）”.
“She came back to life bit by bit. She is blessed by the gods,”said Dominique Jean.
GIRL IN THE SUPERMARKET
A seven-year-old girl survived more than four days in a supermarket that collapsed around her, the New York Times reported.
Rescuers said they heard a small voice from deep in a pile of rubble at the Caribean Supermarket in the Delmas neighbourhood late on Saturday.
American and Turkish rescue workers then reached the girl, who said she had made it through with hope and by snacking on the supermarket’s dried fruit rolls.
44. How long was Mendji buried under the rubble?
____________________________________________________________________________
45. How many Mendji’s brothers or sisters survived the earthquake?
____________________________________________________________________________
46. Who dog Mendji out?
____________________________________________________________________________
47. What was the problem about Mendji when being treated?
____________________________________________________________________________
48. Where was the seven-year-old girl found?
____________________________________________________________________________
49. What did the seven-year-old girl live on during the four days?
____________________________________________________________________________
Ⅴ. Cloze text（完型填空）
A. Choose the words and complete the passage（选择最适合的单词完成短文）
How much do you know about natural disaster? Let’s take a look at ___50___ of them.
Floods
Flooding is the world’s most expensive type of natural disaster. Floods can cause huge damage to property and kill lives. The cosplayt of global flood damage between 1991 and 1995 was £170 billion. European floods in 2002 caused more than £7 billion damage.
On August 8, 2009, after Typhoon Morakot landed in the middle of the night, many regions of Taiwan were flooded by record-breaking heavy rains. The flood took the lives of hundreds of people and ___51___ many houses and buildings.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes are the deadliest type of all natural disasters. Several million earthquakes happen in the world each year. On average, there are 18 major earthquakes and one great earthquake each year.
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was a ___52___ earthquake that killed at least 68,000 people. More than 17,000 people were left ___53___ and 374,000 were injured.
Forest fires
A forest fire, also known as a wildfire, a bush fire, or a hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire in wildland（荒地）often caused by ___54___ but sometimes by people. It can burn at up to 800℃ and spread at the speed of 100 meters per minute, quickly destroying an entire area.
Several forest fires have happened in 2009. One of the most severe fires was the Black Saturday Bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria. They broke out on February 7 and were burning ___55___ March 14. A total of 173 people died in the fires and at least 500 were injured.
50. A. one B. two C. three D. four
51. A. built B. destroyed C. moved D. burnt
52. A. deadly B. dead C. dying D. death
53. A. frightening B. running C. walking D. missing
54. A. rain B. animals C. lightening D. electricity
55. A. after B. before C. until D. when
B. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适合的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his boss his plans to l___56___ the house-building business to live a more relaxing life with his wife and enjoy his family. He would miss the pay each week, but he wanted to retire.
The boss was s___57___ to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was n___58___ in his work. He made shoddy（偷工减料的）work and used inferior（劣质的）materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a job.
When the carpenter f___59___ his work, his boss came to insect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, “This is your house… my g___60___ to you.”
The carpenter was shocked!
What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so d___61___.
56. _________ 57. _________ 58. _________ 59._________ 60._________ 61._________
Ⅵ. Writing（作文）
62. Write at least 60 words“How to protect our environment”
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参考答案：
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer（选择最适合的答案）
1-5 B A C D B
6-10 A B B B D
11-15 C A A A B
16-20 B A C D A
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适合形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）
21. living 22. much 23. breathing 24. wooden 25. pollution 26. natural
Ⅲ. Rewrite the following sentences as required（依据所给需要，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）
27. Can, help 28. How long 29. What , bring 30. without tress 31. less crowded
A. True or False（判断下列句子是不是符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）
32. T 33. T 34. F 35. T 36. T 37. T
B. Choose the best answer（依据短文内容，选择最适合的答案）
38. B39. B 40. B 41. C 42. B 43. B
C. Answer the questions（依据短文内容回答下列问题）
44. Eight days
45. Three
46. The neighbors
47. The nightmares begging her mother not to "leave her in the hole."
48. A supermarket
49. Through hope and by snacking on the supermarket's dried fruit rolls
A. Choose the words and complete the passage（选择最适合的单词完成短文）
50. C 51. B 52. A 53. D 54. C 55.C
B. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适合的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
56. leave 57. sorry 58. not 59. finished 60. gift 61. differently
