2011学年第一学期期中考试试卷
七年级英语
Part 1 Listening （第一部分 听力）
I. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共5分)
A B C
D E
1． 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案): (共10分)
( ) 1. A) By car. B) By underground C) By bus. D) On foot. ( ) 2. A) 8:00 am. B) 9:00am. C) 10:00 am. D) 5:00 pm. ( ) 3. A) Blue. B) Yellow. C) Green. D) Grey. ( ) 4. A) Sunny. B) Windy. C) Rainy. D) Snowy.
( ) 5. A) 40 yuan. B) 140 yuan. C). 220 yuan. D) 180yuan. ( ) 6. A) Thursday. B). Wednesday. C) Saturday. D) Friday. ( ) 7. A) To go to the supermarket. B) To see a policeman.
C) To go home. D) To find her mother.
( ) 8. A) A teacher. B) A worker. C) An artist. D) A doctor. ( ) 9. A) At home. B) In a supermarket.
C) In a library. D) In a hotel.
( ) 10. A) No, it isn’t.. B) Yes, it is mine. C) No, it is your watch. D) Yes, it is.
III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (共5分)
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( ) 1. The man’s mother lived in another town.
( ) 2. He wanted to let his mother know the time of his train by telegraph (电报). ( ) 3. The man didn’t have any money left in his pocket.
( ) 4. When he saw an old soldier coming by, he stopped him and asked for help. ( ) 5. The old soldier couldn’t help him because he had no money.
IV. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks (根据你听到的内容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词): (共5分)
1. Judy said this is the _____ White Christmas in her life. 2. Judy comes from _____ and is living in Garden City now. 3. It must be very hot in her _____.
4. Judy and Jack are going to make a _____. 5.They are going to have a good time this _____.
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)
V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分)
( ) 1. Mary and her family won _____ MP4 in the “Super Family” TV Show last week.
A) a B) an C) the D) /
( ) 2. Two _____ and three _____ died in the traffic accident this morning.
A) American, Australian B) Americans, Australian C) American, Australians D Americans, Australians
( ) 3. Jack’s grandfather _____ for more than twenty years.
A) has dead B) has died C) has been died D) has been dead
( ) 4. The little girl _____ any help. She can dress herself.
A) doesn’t need B) needn’t to C) needs not to D) doesn’t need to
( ) 5. At last my cousins arrived _____ a warm morning.
A) on B) in C) for D) at
( ) 6 People from different countries _____ different languages.
A) say B) speak C) talk D) tell ( ) 7. Why not have _____ try? Don’t lose heart.
A) other B) another C) the other D) others ( ) 8. Tom’s mother has little _____ on computers.
A) magazines B) suggestion C) books D) information ( ) 9. My father prefers _____ at home to _____ some shopping.
A) staying, doing B) to stay, doing C) to stay, do D) staying, do ( ) 10. What would you like to____ at the meeting?
A) saying B) say C) said D) to say ( ) 11. They had no food _____ water.
A) and B) or C) neither D) either ( ) 12. He always goes to school _____ his father’s car.
A)by B) on C) in D) take ( ) 13. A: I’m sorry to have kept you waiting. B: _____.
A) That’s very kind of you. B) Sorry to hear that. C) That’s all right. D) My pleasure.
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( ) 14. The driver promised _____ drive over 60 miles on the city road.
A) not B) don’t C) not to D) to not ( ) 15. A: Would you like to swim or hike next Sunday? B: _____. I prefer to read at home.
A) Either B) Both C) None D) Neither ( ) 16.They felt very ____ after they watched the _____ football match yesterday.
A) exciting, excited B) exciting, exciting C) excited, exciting D) excited, excited
( ) 17. In Songjiang District, _____ of students gave money and clothes to the homeless people through the Red Cross.
A) hundreds B) hundred C) two hundred D) several hundreds ( ) 18. Shanghai _____ greatly in the past few years.
A) changed B) has changed C) changed D) will change ( ) 19. _____ did it take you to finish your homework last night?
A) How far B) How often C) How long D) How much ( ) 20. Judy’s mother is ill. She has to stay at home to _____ her. A) look for B) look up C) look at D) look after
VI. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): (共7分)
1. Almost nobody likes him because he is always _____ to others. (kind) 2. It’s _____ to swim in the swimming pool than in the river. (save)
3. The middle-aged save two _____ on her way to NewYork. (Germany) 4. The young lady is the _____ of the supermarket. (manage) 5. He’s worked as a _____ for about 5 years. (type)
6. It’s necessary for us to learn a _____ language. (foreigner) 7. Tom cheered he was the _____ man in the world. (happiness)
VII. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共14分)
1. It’s about 5 kilometres from Guilin Park to Shanghai Normal University. （划线部分提问）
_____ _____ is it from Guilin Park to Shanghai Normal University? 2. I have written to him. （改为否定句）
I _____ _____ to him.
3. It takes 15 hours to travel from Garden City to Beijing. （划线部分提问） _____ _____ does it take to travel from Garden City to Beijing? 4. We call people from Canada Canadians. （划线部分提问）
_____ do you _____ people from Canada?
5. I’d like a house with two bedrooms and a big garden. （划线部分提问）
_____ _____ of house would you like?
6. Bangkok is south-west of Beijing. （划线部分提问）
_____ _____ Bangkok?
7. They had a good time yesterday. (保持原句的意思)
They _____ _____ yesterday.
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Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写）
VIII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解):
A. True or False (判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): ( 5分)
The snake is a very surprising animal. It sleeps with its eyes open. It feels with its tongue. The snake can move very fast.
A snake grows a new skin many times each year. It slides out of its old skin as if it were an old coat. But here is the most surprising of all. A snake swallows things all in one piece. It can swallow animals bigger than itself.
Small snakes can swallow birds eggs and not even break them.
Snake eat mice. They eat bugs. They can be a big help around a farm. Farmers like the kinds of snakes that eat mice and bugs.
( ) 1. Snakes don’t close their eyes when they are sleeping. ( ) 2. A snake changes its skin every month.
( ) 3. A snake only eats animals bigger than itself.
( ) 4. Mice, bugs and birds’ eggs are all good for snakes. ( ) 5. Farmers like all kinds of snakes.
B. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 5分)
.Harry Marsh was a driving examiner. He was used to test people who wanted to get a driving-license. One day he came out of his office as usual and saw a car at the side of the road, with a young man in it. He got into the car beside the driver and told him to check the lights, then the brakes and then all the other usual things. The driver performed everything faultlessly, without saying a word.
Then Harry told the driver to start his engine and drive forward. Then he told him to turn right into a side road, stop, go backwards into another side road and then drive to the office again.
On the way, the driver said to Harry politely, “Could you please tell me why we are doing all these things? I was passing through this town and only stopped to look at my map.”
( ) 1. Harry’s duty was __________.
A) to test people who wanted to get a license for driving
B) to examine if the cars were all right C) to examine the road D) to repair cars
( ) 2. Why did Harry get into the young man’s car?
A) He wondered if the young man’s car needed repairing. B) He thought the young man wanted to have a driving test.
C) He thought the young man needed his help.
D) He wanted to know if it was the young man’s car
( ) 3. As __________, Harry asked the young man to do everything a driving test requires.
A) a driver B) an engineer C) a teacher D) a driving examiner ( ) 4. Harry asked the young man to drive him back to his office because __________.
A) he was tired B) he didn’t want to walk C) he finished the driving test D) he wanted to have a test
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( ) 5. Which of the following is not true?
A) Harry gave the young man a driving test by mistake. B) The young man didn’t come to have a driving test. C) The young man stopped his car to look at his map.
D) The young man knew exactly why he was asked to do all these things.
C. Answer the following questions. (根据短文回答问题) ( 6分)
Michael Jackson died on June 27,2009. He was one of the most popular singers in the USA. He was born in India in August,1958. He had eight brothers and sisters, and he was the seventh child in his family.
In 1963, he and his brothers started a band ---- the Jackson Five. He was the lead singer of the band. American people began to know him in the 1960s. He began to make his own CDs in 1972. He sang and danced well, and young people liked him very much.
In 1983, the song Thrillers made him one of the most popular singers in the USA. And his songs were very popular in China, too. Many young people liked him and his pop songs very much. We will remember him forever,
Answer the following questions: 1. What was Michael Jackson?
He was _____________________________ in the USA. 2. How many children did his parents have?
_________________________________________. 3. When did they start the Jackson Five?
_________________________________________. 4. Why did young people like Michael Jackson?
_________________________________________.
5. What made him one of the most popular singers in the USA?
_________________________________________. 6. How old was Michael Jackson when he died?
He was __________________________________________.
D. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文): (6分)
Our world is getting smaller and smaller. An aeroplane can fly around the world in 1 than 50 hours, and we are now making faster and better planes.
In the past it 2_ a longer time to go around the world. Magellan’s men were the 3 _ to do the job. It took them more than two years. They went by ship.
Magellan was from Portugal. On September 20, 1519, he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He 4 _ in the Philippine Islands. More than two years later, on December 21, 1521, one of the five ships with only 31 men get 5 _ to Spain.
From this, people learned that men could go around the world that the world was 5 _ . ( ) 1. A) more B) faster C) harder D) less ( ) 2. A) cost B) took C) spent D) paid ( ) 3. A) second B) third C) fifth D) first ( ) 4. A) worked B) discovered C) died D) walked ( ) 5. A) all B) back C) also D) last ( ) 6. A) round B) around C) long D) far
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E. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (6分)
It was a cold, windy afternoon. The sun would go down. There was n 1 _ by the sea except Mr Evans. He was standing on a stone sadly, with an empty basket and a net.
S 2 he saw something shining not far away. He ran there and found it was a small jar. He took off the lid and wanted to f 3 something useful, but a terrible monster jumped out and stood before him.
“ Thanking you for saving me, Mr Evans,” said the monster, “ I can satisfy you with one of your wishes. What do you w 4 ?”
Mr Evans was very happy and said, “ There was a violent quarrel between my brother and me thirty years a 5 . He’s never talked with me since then. I wish he could forgive me.”
“ What a kind man you are!” the monster called out, “ I must satisfy you! Most persons always want m 6 , you know. Only you want to get your brother’s love.”
IX. Writing (作文): (共6分)
Write at least 50 words on the topic “Shanghai is calling” (以\"上海在召唤\"为题,写一篇不少于50个单词的短文, 以下问题供参考) 6%：
Suggested questions:
Do you love Shanghai? Why do you love Shanghai? What will you do for Shanghai?
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