09年广雅实验初二英语下学期期中考试试题(2)

　　阅读下面的短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并将其编号填在答题卡的相应位置。

　　Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is __31__ important than money. Why? Because when money __32__ , we can get it back. However, when time ___33___, it’ll never return. That’s __34__ we mustn’t waste time.

　　It goes without __35__ that time is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do __36__ useful.

　　But it is a pity that there are a lot of teenagers who do not know the importance of time. They spend their limited time on chatting, drinking and playing. They don’t know that __37__ time means wasting part of their own lives. Maybe sometimes they wonder __38 __ they can go on like that or not .

　　__39__ a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t __40__ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to waste.

　　31. A. much B. less C. much less D. much more

　　32. A. spend B. spends C. is spent D. was spent

　　33. A. goes B. went C. is gone D. has gone

　　34. A. what B. why C. because D. if

　　35. A. say B. said C. saying D. says

　　36. A. something B. nothing C. / D. thing

　　37. A. to waste B. wasting C. wasted D. waste

　　38. A. whether B. weather C. that D. if

　　39. A. In B. On C. Of D. For

　　40. A. stop B. take C. spend D. leave

　　三、完形填空(共10小题，10分，每小题1分)

　　先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。

　　I finish my cooking course in a college at the age of 21. I thought I was going to __41__ a world famous cook. I hoped people would travel from all over the world just to get a __42__ of my food. But three months later, I knew I was __43__. Since nobody was traveling to taste my food, I decided I should travel to taste theirs.

　　__44__ my travel, I visited many different countries, such as Japan and France, where different kinds of food __45__ my eyes. I especially loved the experiences in Italy and China.

　　When in Italy, I learned how to __46__ pizza and salads. We had long lazy lunches in the sun and evening meals where the __47__ went on long into the night.

　　In China, I loved the hot Sichuan food and __48__ the delicious Beijing snacks. I also discovered the joys of making dumplings with good friends…

　　My year of travel came to an end all too __49__ but I had decided what I should do for the __50__ of my life. I want to bring the fantastic food of the world into my kitchen in New York.

　　41. A.invite B.become C.follow D.remember

　　42. A.smell B.sight C.taste D.feeling

　　43. A.free B.right C.wrong D.angry

　　44. A.After B.United C.Beyond D.During

　　45. A.covered B.opened C.closed D.wounded

　　46. A.try B.send C.make D.show

　　47. A.films B.stories C.introductions D.conversations

　　48. A.enjoyed B.served C.offered D.fetched

　　49. A.slowly B.easily C.quickly D.suddenly

　　50. A.rest B.part C.half D.quarter

　　四、阅读理解(共5篇，30分，每小题1.5分)

　　(A)

　　Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.

　　How old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

　　There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space in September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure -1.4 billion yuan!

　　Yuan Long ping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.

　　51. If the X-43A goes round the Earth, it will take about _______ hours to finish the trip.

　　A.3 B.5 C.8 D.12

　　52. The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was _______ years older than believed.

　　A.10 million B.400 million C.20 million D.380 million

　　53. Yuan Long ping won the World Food Prize because he ______.

　　A. is the father of his children

　　B. likes to eat hybrid rice

　　C. developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

　　D. grows more rice than others

　　54. The above paragraphs are taken from _______.

　　A. a story B. an advertisement

　　C. an explaining writing D. a newspaper

　　(B)

　　One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧子)fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy(仙女)came out and asked the man what was the matter.

　　"I have lost my axe, " he said. "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood."

　　The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is this yours?"

　　"No，"said the man.

　　The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again, "Is this yours?"

　　"No," again answered the man.

　　Then she showed him the old axe.

　　"Yes, that is mine," called out the happy man.

　　"I know it well enough," said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one. "

　　55. The man was sad because________.

　　A. he was poor and had no other axes

　　B. he could not go on working

　　C. he liked his axe very much

　　D. his axe was a gold axe

　　56. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn't take them. Be­cause he________.

　　A. did not like them

　　B. did not know they were made of gold and silver

　　C. was very rich

　　D. knew these axes were not his

　　57. At the end of the story the man had________.

　　A. only one axe B. two axes C. three axes D, many axes

　　58. The fairy helped the man because he was ________man.

　　A. an old B. a young C. a poor D. an honest

　　(C)

　　Do you enjoy reading? Here the readers of your age from all over the United States recommend great books for you to read:

　　※My favorite book is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel. I love all her books, but this was the first one I read and I have to say, it is by far my favorite. It doesn’t end like other books, and I cried while reading.

　　※I think Nancy Drew is great! Nancy is a detective who has many fantastic ideas! I love it because it’s a book from when my grandma was my age, and I can share the fun with her!

　　※I highly recommend Skinny Bones by Barbara Park. It is funny so please add it on your book list. You don’t want to miss out funny stories!

　　※I would suggest________(the name of the book) by Judy Blume. It is based on real things that happened to Judy Blume. It is about a girl, Alice, who meets some girls at a new state. They become friends, make a club and meet once a week. They stop after two weeks because they all like a boy in their class and put him as number one. I think every girl should read this because it is about our growing up.

　　※I read a book called Neela: Victory Song and it was so good that I read it twice! It takes place in India in 1936 and the12-year-old girl named Neela tries to save her father! It has lots of history in it! I also learned a lot about different cultures! The author’s name is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

　　59. According to the reader, Skinny Bones can be described as a _____ story.

　　A sad B history C funny D detective

　　60. From which book can we learn different cultures?

　　A Skinny Bones B Nancy Drew C Don’t Die, My Love D Neela: Victory Sony

　　61. The best name of the 4th book is_________.

　　A My Secret B Growing Trouble C Three Friends D Alice Learns a Lesson

　　62. Which is TRUE about Nancy Drew?