广东省深圳市国际中学2022-2023学年七年级上学期期末考试英语试卷

First Term Examination General English Form One Date Time ；8:30-9:30am. Total no.of pages:6 Full mark 100 Section I Reading Comprehension (20%) Read the following passage carefully. Snowman Life Cycle It had been a busy Sunday.When John and Denis left their grandmother's house after a big dimer,they shivered and zipped up their jackets quickly.The sky was a dark gray,with big clouds blocking the pale winter sun.That night,the wind blew strongly and the windows shook in their frames,making it difficult to sleep. 5 John and Denis wokc up Monday moming to a world of whiteness.They were amazed becausc the day before was partly cloudy and rather warm.School was closed.They cclcbrated by building a huge snowman. The next day,their snowman began to melt in the sunshine.The first to go was his face. When they arrived home from school,they laughed at the sight of their funny-looking snowman. 10 The button eyes had slipped down to his chin,and his carrot nose pointed from his throat.That night,when the temperature dropped below freezing,the snowman's face froze again.The icy carrot remained lodged tight,shiny in the moonlight.But by the afternoon of the next day,he began to melt again.This time he melted more quickly.Denis and John giggled at his shrunken head.After school,they ran outside without jackets to patch him up.But it was a 15 losing battle. By the next morning,the snowman had become one big lump of snow.A neighbourhood dog had eaten the carrot.The kids carried umbrellas when they visited the spot that aftemoon. The rest of their snowman floaled in a puddle of water. That evening,the children cheered up while watching the local news on TV.The weather 20 forecast was predicting another cold front,with several inches of snow to follow on the weekend. They could rebuild.This time,they decided,it would be a snow woman,and according to the weather report,she would survive the whole weekend. A. What is the weather like?(5%) Complete the table with one of these words:sunn