外研版 2019-2020学年七年级下学期英语期中考试试卷D卷
一、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)
1. （10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Mr. Hamel now picked up a French grammar book and started to teach. It all seemed so 1 during that last lesson. I understood all the participles（分词）which Mr. Hamel explained.
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But I knew the answer. It was my last French lesson, and I regretted not studying hard before. I 3 to listen very carefully. Mr. Hamel was trying to teach us everything he knew. He had never taught a lesson so well before.
The grammar lesson finished, and then we started 4. I had never seen so many hardworking students before. Everyone had their 5 down, and the sound of pens on paper was the only sound to be heard. Students were usually distracted(分心) by even the smallest thing. However, when some beetles（甲壳虫）flew into the classroom, not one student looked at them today. It was very 6.
I looked at Mr. Hamel. He was sitting still in his chair. The only things he 7 were his eyes. He looked carefully at one thing in the classroom for a while 8 looking at the next thing. For forty years, the only classroom was like his 9, and now it was being taken from him.
Mr. Hamel looked at all of the walls, windows, desks, and chairs 10 we were working hard. I was sure he wanted to remember everything like it was now.
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A . difficult B . easy C . common D . great （2）
A . Why B . Who C . Where D . When （3）
A . went B . began C . expected
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D . continued （4）
A . listening B . speaking C . reading D . writing （5）
A . heads B . hands C . pens D . books （6）
A . impossible B . excellent C . unusual D . valuable （7）
A . moved B . closed C . opened D . noticed （8）
A . without B . before C . about D . after （9）
A . courage B . dream
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C . home D . country （10）
A . because B . unless C . whatever D . while
二、 阅读理解 (共3题；共30分)
2. （10分）根据短文内容，判断句子的正误。
Tom is an eight-year-old student in Grade Three. He is not interested in his lessons. He spends most of his time playing basketball. At night, he doesn't sleep until very late in order to play. In the morning, he usually gets up late and hurries to school.
Tom's father is worried about his poor schoolwork. He tries to make him work harder. One day, his father said to him, \you.\
The next day Tom came running home. “Oh, Dad, I got one hundred.\English this morning and sixty in Chinese this afternoon!”
（1）Tom spends most of his time playing basketball. （2）Tom sometimes hurries to school.
（3）Tom's father tries to make him work harder. （4）Tom got one hundred marks in the English exam. （5）Tom got a new basketball from his father. 3. （10分）阅读理解
Say you want to invite a friend to your birthday party. You can send a simple text message, but that would be boring. Instead, why not send a cartoon picture of a cake? This cake is just one of many emojis (表情符号)
Emojis are creative picture-like characters. People use them to show their emotions in a text message or email. Most emojis are yellow faces that show human emotions. There are also little images(图像) that represent (图像)animals, symbols, shapes and food. Emojis have long been popular among cell phone users in Asia. They first came out in Japan in the 1990s. At that time, texting was just starting to take off in Japan. But people found that short and simple texts couldn't allow them to communicate well. If someone says,\表达).
That's when emojis were born. People find it interesting and quick to send a mood(语气) or joke in text. \plays the role that nonverbal (非语言的)I communication, like hand gestures(手势), does
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in conversation but on a cell phone,\The New York Times.
Today, there are about 845 emojis. Some of the most popular emojis are the heart shape and laugh-crying face, according to The Wire.
（1）It would be _____ to send a simple text message to invite a fiend to your birthday party. A . interesting B . boring C . exciting D . surprising
（2）What's the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph Two? A . 美丽 B . 爱好 C . 状态 D . 情绪
（3）People use emojis to _____. A . create picture-like characters B . show their emotions C . show yellow faces
D . represent animals, symbols, shapes and food （4）Emojis first came out in _____. A . the UK B . the US C . Japan D . France
（5）What can we tell from the story?
A . Most emojis are images of animals and symbols B . Emojis are more important than hand gestures. C . Emojis are popular among Asian cell phone users.
D . The heart shape and smiley face are the most popular emojis.
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4. （10分）阅读理解
Maybe your childhood piano lessons made you never, want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you. Now, thanks to a program in Sydney called \play the piano in public places for free. They share beautiful music, and the program also helps them communicate with each other.
The government has placed thirty pianos in different parts of the city, including in several parks, at a bus stop and on some streets. \music or sing songs with the pianos. The program has interested lots of people to stop to watch or play the pianos.
\Jerram. He wants to help people in the city know each other better. He thinks that so many people are sitting in front of computers and busy with their work all hours, and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So he hopes this can help them relax and make new friends.
The program \巴西)before. It was warmly welcomed there. But its greatest success seems to come at the Sydney Festival. \a chance for people to be creative, know others better and just have some fun,\
（1）According to the first sentence of the passage, your childhood piano lessons may be . A . boring B . valuable C . interesting D . meaningful
（2）Thirty pianos are placed in parts of the city EXCEPT . A . in parks B . at a bus stop C . on streets D . in a school
（3）Luck Jerram wants to help people . A . sing songs
B . play the piano for free C . relax and make friends D . enjoy beautiful music
（4） countries have had the program. A . Two
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外研版 2019-2020学年七年级下学期英语期中考试试卷D卷
