A Big Sister and Little Sister will generally spend between one and four hours together three or four times each month for at least twelve months. They enjoy simple activities such as a picnic at a park, cooking, doing sports or going to a football match. These activities improve the friendship and help the young person develop self-respect, confidence and life direction.
Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations can be found throughout the world. It is the largest and most well-known provider of tutor services internationally and has been operating for 25 years.
Emily and Sarah have been matched since 2008. Emily is a 15-year-old girl who has experienced some difficulties being accepted by her schoolmates at school. “I was pretty sure there was something wrong with me.”
Emily’s mum came across Big Brothers Big Sisters and thought it would be of benefit to Emily by “providing different feedback about herself other than just depending on schoolmates to measure (测量) her self-worth.”
Sarah wanted to get involved (使参与) in a volunteer program. “I googled it and found out how to be a part of it. I thought it would be fun for me to get involved in making time to do something because sometimes it is all work and no play.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters has been of great benefit and enjoyment to both Emily and Sarah. They love and look forward to their time together and the partnership has certainly helped Emily be more comfortable in being the wonderful and happy girl she is!
41. According to the passage, “vulnerable young people” are probably those who are _________.
A. popular at school
B. rather weak physically D. confident in themselves
C. easily hurt emotionally
42. A volunteer is usually expected to work within a year for at least ______.
A. 72 hours
B. 48 hours
C. 36 hours
D. 24 hours
43. Why did Sarah want to get involved in the program?
A. She felt a bit bored with her life. B. She used to be a volunteer. C. She needed a part-time job. D. She wanted to get a difficult job.
44. What is the purpose of Big Brothers Big Sisters?
A. To offer students public services.
B. To help students improve their grades.
C. To organize funny sport activities for young people.
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D. To provide partnership and fun for young people.
六、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）
A teenage boy couldn’t stand (忍受) his parents’ family rules, so he left home. He wanted to be famous, but he had a poor education. He couldn’t find a job and had to beg for food on the street.
Years later, his mother died. Though his father was old, he was still looking for his son. He looked in every corner of the city. Wherever he went, he put up a big photo of himself on the wall. On the lower part of the photo, he wrote: “I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!”
One day, the son saw one of the photos on the wall. The face on the photo was familiar to him. “Is that my father?” He moved closer and read the words: “I still love you...” Tears ran down his face. He made up his mind to go back and see his dad.
It was early morning when he got home. He knocked on the door. Nobody answered, although the door did open. He rushed into his father’s bedroom. His father was sleeping. The boy woke his father up.
“It’s me! Your son is back home!” The father and the son held each other with tears in their eyes. The son asked, “Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The father answered in a soft voice, “The door has never been locked since you left.”
61. Why did the teenager leave home?
_____________________________________________________________________ 62. What did the boy’s father do everywhere he went?
_____________________________________________________________________ 63. What did the boy make up his mind to do when he saw one of the photos on the wall one day?
_____________________________________________________________________ 64. What was his father doing when the boy got home?
_____________________________________________________________________ 65. What does the last sentence “The door has never been locked since you left” mean? _____________________________________________________________________
七、短文填空（共8分，每空1分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I live in a noisy neighborhood. There is a post office _____66_____ my house and a clothes
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store. But my favorite place is the library. It is very quiet and I enjoy _____67_____(read) there. When I read books, time goes _____68_____ (quick)! You can get there easily. Just go down North Road and turn left. It is across from the park.
B
In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person’s _____69_____. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out all the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is _____70_____(luck). In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never _____71_____ up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat _____72_____(egg) on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck. All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the _____73_____. They bring good luck to the birthday person.
八、完成句子（共8分，每空1分）
根据下面各题所给的中文及英文提示，完成下面的句子，每空一词。 74. 他们正在做什么？他们正在公园里打篮球。 What are they doing? They are ______ ______ in the park. 75. 星期天我喜欢和爷爷奶奶一起度过。
I like to ______ ______ with my grandparents on Sundays. 76. 他对唱英文歌曲感兴趣。 He is ______ ______ singing songs. 77. 你能带我转转你们的校园吗？
Could you please ______ me ______ your school campus?
九、文段表达（10分）
78. 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。．．．．文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。(已给内容不用抄写。)
题目① 假如你是李华，你的朋友苏林将去伦敦学习一年。请你写一封信给你的英国朋友Mike，将苏林的基本情况(年龄、外貌以及爱好)介绍给Mike,希望他们能成为朋友。
提示词语: tall, of medium build, play sports, read books 提示问题: ? How old is Su Lin? ? What does he look like? ? What are Su Lin’s hobbies?
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Dear Mike,
How is everything going? My best friend Su Lin is going to London and study there for a year. I’d like to introduce him to you.________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hope you can become good friends. Best wishes.
Yours, Li Hua 题目② 假如你是李华, 上周末(6月30日)你们班组织了一次短途旅行。请写一篇日记，记录下你们去了哪里，都做了什么，以及你的感受。
提示词语: the Great Wall, sunny, climb, take photos, excited 提示问题:
? Where did you go for your trip?
? What did you do there? ? How did you feel about your trip? June 30th
Today, I went on a school trip with my classmates. __________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
十、附加题（20分）
完形
“Tumbling (翻跟头) time!” I called out. My group of 45 lined up before the sea of blue mats(垫子). Megan stepped quietly into the back of the line. The other children had 46 the tumbling moves months ago. But Megan was still working on them. It simply took her a little longer to learn them.
One day before class, Megan’s father asked to talk to me. “I’m 47 taking Megan out of class,” he said. “Why?” I asked. He said, “She isn’t catching on like the other kids are. I don’t want her to hold them back.” I could see his 48 expression as he said this. Megan’s eyes were looking down as if she wanted to disappear.
“I think you’re making a 49 ,” I said. “Megan needs this class, possibly more than the other children need it. I, myself, didn’t start out as a seven-time national champion. I started out as an eight-year-old girl, just like Megan. When I look at Megan, I 50 myself. She works hard.”
“Sir, your daughter 51 never win a competition or even compete, but I promise you that if she keeps trying and believing in herself, her self-respect will be more 52 than any
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gold medal. I believe in Megan. I believe that she can 53 anything she sets out to do.”
54 I said these words, Megan looked up at me. Her eyes were filled with tears, and she was smiling like a bud(花蕾) flowering into bloom. Her father hugged me and said in a very low voice, “Thank you. Thank you so much.” He turned to Megan and said, “Honey, it’s time for your class.”
Megan 55 did learn many skills in her own time. More importantly, she never again stood at the 56 of the line. From that day forward, whenever I asked the children to line up for tumbling, Megan ran to stand in the front.
45. A. friends 46. A. made 47. A. trying 48. A. sad 50. A. see 51. A. can
B. parents B. chosen B. angry B. mistake B. help B. may B. order B. Though B. simply B. front
C. teachers
D. children D. watched D. suggesting D. cruel D. change D. forget D. should D. popular D. achieve D. Before D. finally D. back
C. mastered C. considering C. cold C. promise C. prove C. must
B. imagining
49. A. difference
52. A. special 53. A. afford 54. A. As
55. A. totally 56. A. side
B. interesting C. important C. appreciate C. Once C. naturally C. middle
阅读
Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first thing you would set foot on?
The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the finest beaches in the world.
Another wonderful thing about the beaches of Hawaii is the water temperature. The year-round average (平均)temperature of the water at the famous Waikiki Beach is 23℃!
The same is true of air temperature. In fact, there are no real seasons in Hawaii. There is a difference of only two or three degrees between the hottest day of summer and the coldest day of winter. That’s why the Hawaiians don’t have a word for weather in their language.
Perhaps the nicest thing about Hawaiian beaches are the waves. The earliest settlers (定居者) in Hawaii, the Polynesians, quickly learned how much fun it was to ride the waves. They developed a sport which is now very popular on the islands called body surfing. You go out into the ocean, wait for a big wave to come towards you, jump on it, and ride it all the way to the beach.
Now imagine once again that you are the first person ever to set foot in Hawaii. What do you think would be the second beautiful thing you would notice?
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北京101中学2018-2019学年下学期初中七年级期末考试英语试卷
