2014—2015学年度第一学期初四英语期中试题
试卷说明：
1. 试卷分A、B卷，总分120分 2. 考试时间120分钟
3. 答案要写在答题纸相应的位置上
A卷
一、单项选择(15分，每题1分)
( ) 1. Metal (金属) _________making machines and many other things.
A. used to B. is used to C. is used as D. is used for
( ) 2.I saw him in the library yesterday. He __________ a book at that moment.
A reads B is reading C was reading D will read
( ) 3.The number of the foreigners in this city ____ than ____ in that city.
A.are smaller, it B.is more, that C.is
D.are more, those
larger,
that
( ) 4.—Would you like to go bike riding with us tomorrow? --- Sure, _________ I am busy.
A. since B. unless C when
D until
( ) 5.Would you please tell me _____________________? A when your father will come back
B where he would play football C if your father had seen the film D why didn’t he watch the game
( ) 6.I don’t think he is having a meeting, _____________? A does he ? B don’t I C is he ? D isn’t he ? ( ) 7 –How nice the building is ! What is it for? -- It __________ a hotel. But I’m not sure. A must be B have to be C may be D can be
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( ) 8.---What’s the price of prtrol(汽油) these days? ---- Oh, it __________ since last month. A rose B has raised C was risen D has risen ( ) 9.---- Is that girl in red Sally ?
----No, it _______ her. She has gone to Hong Kong. A may be B must be C can’t be D couldn’t be
( ) 10.--- The volunteer spoke as _______ as she could to make
himself _________.
A clearly, understand B more clearly, understand C most clearly, understood D clearly, understood ( )11.What do you think of the film____________ last night? A that we saw it together B which we saw it together C we saw together D whom we saw it together (
) 12.The woman was seen___________ a valuable bag when I passed by.
A to steal B stealing C being stolen D to be stolen ( ) 13 ---What did you see in the desk? --- Some books___________ by Lu Xun.
A are written B written C were written D wrote ( ) 14.-Is that factory __________ yesterday? A we visited B the one we visited C where we visited D the one we visited it ( ) 15.He still can’t forget the persons and things _______ he saw in that village.
A which B that C who D what
二、完形填空(15分，每题1分)
When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. l can't 1 what it was about, but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day.
I was sure that I was right and he was wrong . 3 , he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She 4 a good idea. She brought both of us to
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the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on 5 In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was 6 for me to see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. \" 7,\" he answered in a loud voice. I couldn't 8 that the object was white considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time 9 the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed 10 , and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I 11 answer, \"White. \" It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two 12 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 13 from my side was it black. My teacher taught 'me a very important lesson that day: You must \" 14 in other person's position (位置) and look at the situation through their eyes 15 truly understand their ideas. ( ) 1. A. understand B. remember C. explain D complain ( ) 2. A. class B. subject C. lesson D aim ( ) 3. A. Therefore B. Also C. However D But ( ) 4. A. came up with B. went on with C. got along with D think ( ) 5A. another B. other C. the other D others ( ) 6. A. hard B. clear C. lucky D unlucky ( ) 7 A. Black B. White C. Grey D green
( ) 8. A. realize B. describe C. know D believe ( ) 9. A. like B. against C. about D of
( ) 10 A. ideas B. objects C. opinions D places ( ) 11 A. could B. should C. had to D can
( ) 12. A. similarly B.same C. brightly D differently ( ) 13. A. However B. Still C. Only D Badly ( ) 14 A. appear B. sit C hide D stand
( ) 15. A. so that B. so to as C in order that D in order to
三、阅读理解（30分） A
Kopp and his wife live in a small town. There is a lot of
crime(罪犯活动). To keep themselves safe, Kopp put two video cameras outside the house and three inside. They can record everything
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happening in the house when they are off.
One day, Kopp found the door broken when he got home from work. He realized what had happened. He entered the house and found a TV, a computer and a camera were mssing.
Kopp knew the video cameras could tell him who did it. He took out the small disks from the video cameras and connected them to the computer. The videos showed that a black car stopped by Kopp’s house at 5:13 pm. Then a young man in a green T-shirt got out of the car and walked up to the door. He rang the doorbell several times and then broke into the house. He went into each room and took away the TV and the Canon camera in the sitting room and the IBM computer in the bedroom. At 5:28pm,he left the house.
Kopp called the police. With the help of the videos, the thief
was caught by the police before midnight.
( ) 1 Why did Kopp install (安装)the two video cameras? A Because Kopp is a software engineer.
B Because Kopp is the richest person in the town. C Because there is a lot of crime in the town. D Because Kopp and his wife are often not at home. ( )2 The thief stole _________ from Kopp’s house. A a TV, a fridge and a camera B a TV, a computer and a camera C a computer, a camera and some money D a TV , a computer and a video camera
( )3 When the video camera works, the video is stored in the _________.
A computer B TV C mobile phone D small disk ( ) 4 The thief stayed in Kopp’s house __________. A for about fifteen minutes B for the whole afternoon C for about two hours
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D until midnight
( )5 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A The thief rang the doorbell several times to see if someone was in
B The thief went into each room in Kopp’s house. C Kopp called the police before he watched the videos D The videos helped the police catch the thief.
B
Ian Kiernan is from Australia. As a child, he dreamed of sailing around the world . The dream came true when he grew up. But that didn’t make him happy, because the pollution he’d seen on his journey made him feel angry. He decided to do something to improve it.
When Ian returned to Sydney in 1989, he began to ask people to help clean up Sydney Harbor (港口).Over 40,000 people took part in the event Ian organized . They spent time cleaning up the harbor. Ian saw hope from it .Then Clean Up Australia Day was born the next year. Ian believed that the event could be successful not only in the capital city , but also in other Australian cities. Almost 300,000 volunteers came for the first Clean Up Australia Day.
This simple idea has now become one of the largest environmental events in Australia . Now in its 21st year, the event attracts thousands of volunteers to help clean up their environment. The 2010 Clean Up Australia Day event was held on 7 March. Over 599,000volunteers across Australia picked up 15,560 tons of rubbish at 7,073 Clean Up Sites.
Ian said, “Simple, easy actions can protect our water resources and help save drinking water. There’s no one who can’t help to make a difference to the environment.”
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( )6 Ian Kiernan’s dream was to __________ when he was a child.
A fly a plane B run an IT company C save the earth D sail around the world
( ) 7 Ian wasn’t very happy when he realized his dream, because_________
A he got some health problems B he wasted too much time C he found the world was polluted D nobody believed his success ( )8 The first Clean Up Australia Day began in the year of______
A 1989 B 1990 C 1998 D 2000
( )9 The underlined word “resources” means“ _______” in Chinese.
A 运费 B 资源C 供给D 补偿
（ ）10 The passage mainly tells us ______________. A the man who set up the Clean Up Australia Day B how to protect our environment C an Australian’s great dream D when Clean Up Australia Day is C
Over the past few days,health officers in Guangdong have shut down 17 noodle makers after discovering those makers add ink(墨水) and wax （石蜡）to noodles,and some other additives（添加剂） have also been found in food products in China.
Why is China having trouble making its food safe? One of the most important reasons is the drive（欲望） to make money in many kinds of ways.
“ Some companies use additives to cut the cost so that they can earn more money. However , they never think about the harmful effects the additives have on people，” says Lester Ross, a lawyer in Beijing. Another reason, according to Mr Ross, is that there are too many
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government departments dealing with the food safety problem together.
Food safety is not just a problem in China. Many countries, including America and Japan, have had similar pains in the food industry. “It’s impossible to solve such a problem in a short time ,” says Wu Ming, a professor at Peking University. “It will take many years.”
请根据短文内容， 完成下面的表格，每空词数不限。 The problem of 11 ____________________ Reasons ◆ The drive to 12____________in many different ways ◆ The number of department departments dealing with the problem is 13___________ Places having such a problem Many countries, including China, 14___________ and Japan Time to spend solving the problem 15___________________ D
John Grisham is one of the most popular American writers today. There are over 60 million copies of his books in the world .All of his books have been popular for a long time. They are often called “ Courtroom Thrillers（法庭恐怖小说）”.Since 1991, he has written at the speed of one book every year.19Six of his books have been made into films.
John was born in Arkansas in 1955. When he was a child, he wanted to be a baseball player. Later he changed his decision and studied at Mississippi State University . In 1981, he became a lawyer. He worked as a lawyer for nearly ten years.
Although he had to work over 60 hours a week, he kept writing books. He got up at 5am every day to write his first book A Time to Kill. 20他花了三年的时间来写这本书，最终在1987年完成了。His next
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book, The Firm, was his first success. After this, he began to take writing as a full-time job.
Now, John lives with his wife and their two children in Mississippi. When he is free, he helps his children improve their baseball skills.
根据短文内容，完成46-47两个句子
16 John ___________________before he became a writer. 17 John’s __________ book was his first success. 18 根据短文内容回答问题
How many people are there in John’s family now? ____________________________________________. 19 请将此处划线句子译成汉语。
________________________________________________________. 20 请将此处句子译成英语。
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2014—2015学年度第一学期初四英语期中试题
A卷答案纸
一、单项选择(15分，每题1分) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-15_______________________ 二、完形填空(15分，每题1分) 1
三、阅读理解（30分） 1
11.___________________12.________________ 13.________________ 14.____________
15.__________________
16.____________________________________________________________. 17._____________________________________________________________ 18._____________________________________________________________ 19._____________________________________________________________ 20._____________________________________________________________
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B卷
四、根据提示完成单词（20分，每空1分） A.根据首字母或汉意提示填空
1 The camera was one of the greatest i__________ in the 19th century. 2 In modern ___________(社会)，science and technology has developed rapidly.
3 My dear friend Mary __________(与„„结婚) Jack last month. 4 Whenever we face the difficulties, we should never lose our ________.(勇气)
5 Can you give me some ___________(建议)？
6 As a _______________(职业) musician, he often collects many musical materials.(素材)
7 The whole class is _______________(分开，分散) into 6 groups. 8 The boy was b____________ hurt in the traffic accident yesterday. 9 I was so excited that I can’t e__________ myself. 10 ___________(敌人) sometimes can be turned into friends. B.用词的适当形式填空
11.I notice an old man _________(lie) on the ground when I went to work.
12. The people in the earthquake area _____________(provide) with food and medicine from all over the world last week.
13.The ________ (health) you eat, the stronger you’ll become. 14 My hair needs ________________(cut).
15.The museum ________ (build) last year is one of the tallest buildings in our city..
16 After a long time’s hard work , I prefer to have a ___________ (please) holiday.
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17.Tom ________ (success) in passing the exam at last. 18.They took the children to _________ (safe) at last.
19. Some people looked at something strange in the big box ___________.(mystery)
20.He learned how to swim without ______________ (teach) . 五、根据汉意完成句子（15分，每空0.5分） 1 你们是怎么处理那些旧乐器的？
How did you _______ _______ the old___________ ____________? 2 他喜欢散步，不愿意开车。
He ________ ________ for a walk _______ driving. 3 这个房子两年前属于我的表弟。
The house ___________ _________my cousin two years ago. 4 一定是有人在唱歌
There ________ _______ somebody __________.
5 人们相信这些石头不但能阻止人们生病，而且还保持他们健康。 Some people think the stones can _______ _______ _______ people _______ becoming ill ______ _______ keep them ________. 6 大家相信篮球是由一名美国人发明的。
It _______ ________ that basketball was invented by an American. 7 我是在看书的时候偶然发现这封信的。
I found the book _______ __________ when I was reading the book. 8 《《二泉映月》》是我所听到的最动人的乐曲之一。
Erquan Yingyue was one of ________ _______ _______ ________ of music that I’ve ever heard.
9 不事先打电话我们从不拜访一个朋友的家。
We never visit a friend’s house _________ _________ __________. 六、短文填空（10分，每空1分）
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.A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father1 d________ to call on a monk(修道士) to train his boy.
The monk said to the boy's father, \"You should leave your son alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. 2H________, you can’t come to see him during this period. \"
Three months later, the boy's father3 r_________. The monk organized a boxing (拳击)match4 b_______the boy and an experienced boxer. Each time the fighter hit the boy, he5 f______down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch(猛击) knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, 6\"W_____do you think of your child?\"
\"What a shame!\" the boy's father said. \"I never thought he would be so 7e________knocked down. I needn't have him left here any8 l__________\"
\"I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down; he stands up again instead of9 c_________? That's the kind of courage10 t________ you wanted him to have.\" The monk said. 1._______ 6._______
2._______ 7._______
3._______ 8._______
4._______ 5._______ 9._______ 10._______
七、写作（15分） 书面表达(15)
看电视时我们日常生活中不可缺少的一部分，但是看得太多时间也会给我们带来不良影响。请根据下列表格中的信息，写一篇短文，阐述看电视的好处和弊端。 注意：
1 短文必须包括表格中的所有内容，但不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥，使短文通顺，连贯。
2 词数：80-100之间。文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数。 利 弊 ●电视节目多，可以选择自己喜欢 ●会伤害视力 的节目 ●会减少运动 ●看电视可以更好地了解世界 ●影响工作和学习 ●看电视带给我们快乐，让我们放●减少人和人的交流 初四英语 第 12 页 共 14 页
松 Watching TV is one of the most important activities in our life.__________________
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
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2014—2015初四英语第一学期阶段性测试答案
一、单项选择(15分，每题1分) 1-5DCCBA 6-10CCDCD 11-15 CBBBB 二、完形填空(15分，每题1分) 1-5BCCAC 6-10BBDCD 11-15 CDCDD
三、阅读理解（30分，1-10每题1分，11-20每题2分） 1-5CBDAC 6-10 DCBBA
11. food safety 12.make money 13. large 14. America 15.Many years 16 worked as a lawyer 17. second 18Four
19.他的六本书已经被制作成了电影。
20 It took him three years to write this book and it was finally finished in 1987.
四、根据提示完成单词（20分，每题1分） 1.inventions 2. society 5.suggestions/advice
6.professional 7.is divided 10.Enemies 11.lying cut/cutting 15.thrown
12.were provided 13.more healthily 14.to
16.pleasure
17.succeeded 18.safety
be
8.badly
9.express
3.married 4.courage
19.mysteriously 20.being taught
五、根据汉意完成句子（15分，每空0.5分）
1 deal with musical instruments 2 prefers going to 3 belonged to
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4 must be singing 5 not only prevent/stop/keep from but also healthy 6 is believed 7 by accident/chance 8 the most moving pieces 9 without calling first 六、短文填空（10分，每空1分）
1. decided 2 However 3 returned 4 between 5 fell 6 what 7 easily 8 longer 9 crying 10 that
七、写作（15分）
Watching TV is one of the most important activities in our life. We can enjoy music and pictures on TV. Now there are many different kinds of TV programs and we can choose what we like .By watching TV, we can learn more about the world. Watching TV can make us happy and relaxed,but watching too much TV is bad for our eyes. While watching TV ,we move a little. If we watch too much TV, we usually feel tired and sleepy while we are learning or working, and we don’t have enough time to communicate with others. So we can’t lose ourselves in watching TV.
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