成都七中育才学校2019—2019学年度上期半期测试
英语
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
Made & Checked by Huang Ying & Zhang Lingli
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分为A卷和B卷，A卷满分100分，B卷满分50分
2. A卷1-25小题，31-75小题为选择题，请用2B铅笔填涂；A卷26-30小题和B卷所有题目需要在答题卡上用0.5毫米签字笔作答，超过答题区域书写的答案无效。
第二部分 基础知识运用（共30小题；计40分）
六、选择填空（共15小题；计20分）
A.从以下各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案，（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分） 31. Here is example about the way to buy movie tickets online. A. a B. an C. the
32. —What do you think of today’s newspaper? —There’s _________ new. I don’t like it. A. nothing B. everything C. something
33. Sarah loves singing and she really expects _________ the singing competition. A. win B. winning C. to win 34. —Of the two shirts, which one did Mom buy?
—She bought the _________ one because she could save some money for a cap. A. cheapest B. cheaper C. more expensive 35. —How was your vacation in America?
—It couldn't be worse! I _________ want to talk about it. A. sometimes B. always C. hardly
36. Malaysia is a good place for vacation. I am _________ go there again this winter. A. ready to B. up to C. similar to 37. The street is full of people. what _________? A. happens B. happened C. happening 38. —Do you plan to watch a talk show or news tonight?
—Oh, _________ of them are my favorite. It’s hard to decide. A. all B. some C. both
39. The reporter from CCTV says they’ll make a _________ about our school next month. A. program B. difference C. saying 40. — _________ do you watch TV? —Never. I don't like TV shows at all. A. How B. How often C. How long B. 补全对话根据对话内容，从右边方框中选出适当的选项补全对话。（共5小题，每小题2分；计10分） A. They are really better at volleyball than us. B. Tm sure well be the best basketball team next time. C. We only practiced playing once a week. D. Did you win? E. Everyone had a fun time. A: How was the volleyball game yesterday? B: Great! 41 A: It must be very interesting. 42 B: Oh, no. But we didn’t feel sorry. We had little time to practice before the game. 43 A: How about the winner?
B: 44 We learned a lot from them.
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A: And maybe you need more time to practice. B: I think so. 45
七. 完形填空阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空 白处的正确答案。（共15小题；计20分。A篇每小题2分，计10分；B篇每小题1分，计 10分）
Compared with（与...相比）other European countries, life in Italy is more relaxing. Italians love to chat over a cup of coffee, go out for a walk in the middle of the day, and enjoy long lunches and dinners. So, in some way, life there is 46 , too. Family is important to Italians. They can’t think of spending a day without asking about their 47 or children, and a weekend without a family lunch or dinner.
Sport plays an important role in the lives of many Italians. Football is their favorite sport. There are hundreds of football clubs 48 top soccer teams in Italy. Also, many top players from all over the world go to Italy to 49 for the teams there.
The best thing is that Italian calendar is 50 national holidays. People there love to celebrate them. 46. A. faster B. slower C. longer 47. A. friends B. classmates C. parents 48. A. with B. but C. or 49. A. stay B. play C. run 50. A. afraid of B. careful of C. full of
B
There was once a wise old woman who lived in the hills. She seems to know everything in the world. All the children liked to go and ask her questions. She 51 gave the right answers.
There was a naughty（淘气的）little boy among the children. He didn't believe the woman was the 52 person in town. One day he caught a little bird and held（握住）it in his hands without 53 seeing it. Then he gathered his friends around.
“Let’s trick（戏弄）the old woman,” he said. “I’ll ask her what I’m holding in my hands. Of course, she’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I’ll ask her if the bird is alive（活的）or dead If she says the bird is dead, then I’ll open my hands and let the bird 54 . If she says the bird is alive, then I’ll quickly 55 it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she’ll be 56 The children thought it was a clever 57 . So they went to the woman’s house.
“Granny, we have a question for you,” they all shouted “ 58 is in my hands?” the little boy asked. “Why, it must be a bird,” the old woman answered
“ 59 is it alive or dead?” the boy asked 60 .
The old woman thought for a moment and then answered, “It is as you wish, my child.” 51. A. sometimes B. always C. never 52. A. smart B. smarter C. smartest 53. A. somebody B. nobody C. anybody 54. A. fly away B. go away C. run away 55. A. eat B. kill C. break 56. A. right B. good C. wrong 57. A. plan B. kid C. news 58. A. What B. Where C. Who 59. A. Although B. If C. Then 60. A. luckily B. clearly C. excitedly
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；计30分） 八、阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子正误。正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。（共5小 题，每小题2分；计10分）
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Baltimore, Maryland September 16th, 2019 Dear Editor, Can’t your newspaper do something about the habit of hitchhiking? On a recent car trip I found at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides. Many of them were young girls. Don’t they understand how dangerous it is to get into a car driven by a stranger（陌生人）？ What do they know about the driver^ character or ability to drive? Nothing. Many of the young hitchhikers maybe come from good families. Don’t their parents teach them anything about the world? I always teach my children not to talk to strangers. I never let them get rides from people they didn’t know. Isn’t there enough crime today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking? A Worried Grandfather 61. The word “hitchhiking” means to get rides in a stranger’s car. 62. Before the young girls hitchhike, they know the drivers very well.
63. The Worried Grandfather thinks maybe many young hitchhikers don’t get a good education.
64. The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to the editor because he wants the newspaper to tell its readers the danger of hitchhiking.
65. Maybe the Worried Grandfather likes to hitchhike.
九、阅读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案-（共10小題，每小題2分；计20分）
A
CRAZY BUBBLE RUN The happiest family activity ever! 10 am. bee. 3rd 2019 A Fund Raising Event （筹款活动） for the City Charity Program of United Nations Children's Fund (UNCF). 66. When does the Crazy Bubble Run event begin this year? A. At 9:30 am on Dec 3rd B. At 10:00 am on Dec 3rd. C. At 10:00 am on Nov 3rd
67. Mike is a college student. He asks his sister Nancy and her 7-year-old son Ben to join the event. How much should they pay? A. 240 yuan. B. 360 yuan. C. 390 yuan. 68. Which of the following things is NOT in the Bubble Run Bag? A. A T-shirt. B. A number plate. C. A prize medal.
69. If you want to know more about the activity, you can do the following except（除了）. A. making a phone call B. writing a letter C. using the Internet 70. Why do people start this running event? A. Because they wish the poor people to have a better life. B. Because they hope to make the city better. C. Because they want to get some money for the children.
B
Long long ago, there was an island where all the feelings arid senses, including love, happiness, pride（傲慢）, sadness and wisdom（智慧）lived. One day they heard that the island would sink（下沉）, so they all got on boats and left. But love didn’t.
Finally, love decided to ask for help. He was the only one who stayed until the last minute.
Wealth（财富）was passing by love in a big boat Love said, “Wealth, can you take me with you?” Wealth answered, “No? I can’t. There is a lot of gold in my boat. There is no room for you.”
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Love decided to ask pride, who was also passing by in a beautiful ship. “Pride, please help me!” “I can’t help you, love. You are all wet and might make my boat dirty,’’ pride answered
Sadness was close by, so love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh ... love, Fm so sad. How can I take someone else with me?”
Happiness passed by love, too. But she was so happy that she did not even hear when love called out to her. Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come here, love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love was so excited that he forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at the river bank（河岸）, the elder went his own way. Love was thankful to the elder, so he asked wisdom,
“Who helped me?”
“It was time,” Wisdom answered
“Time?” asked love. “But why did time help me?”
Wisdom smiled and answered, “Because only time can understand how important love is!” 71. How did the feeling go away from the island? A. By car. B. By plane. C. By boat. 72. How many feelings did Love ask for help? A. Four B. Three C. Two 73. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Wealth had a small boat. B. Prided boat was dirty. C. Sadness wanted to stay by himself. 74. Who saved Love finally? A. Wealth. B. Time. C. Happiness 75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Love and Time B. A sinking island C. Different feelings
B卷（共50分） 一、根据首字母填词。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）
1. The movie is so e _________ that all students decide to love their mothers more.
2. This restaurant seems to have good s _________ because the waiters are kind to customers. 3. A football went through the window and b _________ the glass. 4. We can relax c _________ on the sofa after a day’s hard work. 5. It takes me less time to read stories in m _________ than in books.
二、完成对话在空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写式）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）
2019 Nobel Prize
Literature
A-a reporterB-a judge for the Nobel Prize in literature （诺贝尔文学奖评委） A: Hello, Peter. Thanks for giving me a chance to talk with you. B: You’re welcome.
A: We know the 1 of the Nobel Prize in literature for 2019 is Kazuo Lshiguro（石黑一雄）. I 2 heard of him before. Can you tell us something about him?
B: Sure. He was born in Japan, but he moved to England at the age of 6. 2019 Nobel Prize His works are full of emotion（情感）.
A: So, how do you work to 3 the best person for the new Nobel Prize in literature? There are so many good ones in the world.
B: Actually, the work began in February. We got a list with both the 4 names and their books. Then we read the books carefully to make a list of 20 names. In May, we made the list to 5 names. Then, we spent the summer reading their books. We met and had a long 5 about it in Mid- September. At last, we agreed to a result in
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6 October. Finally, we give the awards（颁奖）in Mid-October.
A: Wow, you did such a hard job! I 7 if you can have a musician or scientist for the literature prize?
B: No. The person must write books and 8 lively（生动的）characters in books. We like new and different things.
A: I like Haruki Murakami（村上春树）best. It is his 9 time to be nominated（被提名）Unluckily, he didn’t get the prize this time either.
B: Don’t be sad. I’m sure he doesn’t 10 it. He will never stop writing. Hope he can get the prize at the tenth time.
A: Thanks very much.
三、短文填空从下面方框中选出10个单词，并将其正确形式填写在相应位置，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次）。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
careful choose competition decide easy excite keep meaning one they three true Did you know about rock climbing? Did you take part in rock climbing? It became a sport in the 1900s. Now it’s more and more popular Last year, two times（倍数）more people 1 rock climbing as their new hobby. The outdoor rock climbing is very dangerous, so you need to buy some special equipment（设备）to protect（保护）yourself. You may also buy some clothes, hats or shoes, but remember to choose the equipment 2 of all the things, because it can save your life when in danger.
When people are doing rock climbing, they are always in great 3 . It’s necessary to know about some rules when having fun. If not, they may hurt 4 very often. One important rule is 5 three parts of your body on the rock face. Another important rule is that your arms only hold you close to the rock face when your legs are pushing you up. The 6 rule is that if you are closer to the rock face, it would be 7 for you to climb.
Rock climbing is a 8 sport. It can help learn how to improve the ways of thinking and body balance（平衡）. We know people who play chess are 9 smart, it is the same to people who like rock climbing. There are some 10 for rock climbing. People need both smart mind and good cooperative（合作的）abilities with others, then they can succeed in them. 四、阅读表达（共10小题；计10分）
A. 补全短文根据短文内容，从短文后的A?F选项中，选出5个适当的选项补全短文。（共 5小题，每小题1分；计5分）
When young people want to travel, one difficult thing they face is that they don’t have money. During summer vacations and weekends, they are able to take on part-time jobs. 1 For example, traveling to Australia from Taiwan can be quite expensive just for a plane ticket.
2 Because although many countries offer（提供）working holiday, these two countries can offer more money and jobs. A young person only needs to take some extra cash（现金）for use if he wants to get a working holiday. 3 That money can help him live there.
Many of the jobs ask for little or no experience（经验）, such as picking fruit or working on a busy farm in the countryside. Some of the jobs ask for more experience. 4 You don’t need to worry about this, because there is always something to do if you really want.
5 If you are looking for a way to make a little money and see the world, they might give you a way to make it come true. A. Most people cannot have it, such as being a teacher working in a school. B. There are many ads on the Internet for a working holiday. C. But the money they make is just not enough. D. After he is there, he can get some money from the job there. 第 5 页
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