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四川省阆中东风中学校 2024－2025 学年度上期初二年级期中质量监测英语试题 考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分 第一部分 听(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 ( )1.How long does Tina take online piano lessons every week? A. For three hours. B. For four hours. C. For five hours. ( )2. What is Frank in the sitcom? A. A singer. B.A reporter. C.A dentist. ( )3.What subject is Nelly good at? A. History. B. Science. C. Music. ( )4. What did Lisa do on vacation? A. She went camping. B. She learned to dance. C.She fed the hens. ( )5.Where are the speakers now? A. In the cinema. B. In the hospital. C.In the park. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 ( )6. Who did Tom visit in Suzhou? A. His father. B. His brother. C. His uncle. ( )7.How long did Tom stay in Suzhou? A. For three days. B. For seven days. C. For ten days. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 ( )8.Who lives in Sanya? A. Rick's aunt. B. Rick's brother. C. Rick's classmate. ( )9. What did Rick think was the most interesting activity in Sanya? A.Playing soccer. B. Tasting the food. C. Going paragliding. ( )10.How long did Rick stay in Sanya? A. For a week. B. For two weeks. C. For a month. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 ( )11.How often does Jim watch talk shows? A.Once a week. B. Twice a week. C.Three times a week. ( )12. What does Jim think of soap operas? A.He loves them. B. He doesn't mind them. C. He can't stand them. ( )13. Who is A Red Box about? A.Students. B. Farmers. C. Actors. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 ( )14.Who does Peter plan to make fruit salad for? A. His grandma. B. His mother. C. His sister. ( )15. How often does Peter go to the supermarket? A. Twice a month. B. Once a week. C. Twice a week. ( )16. How does Peter plan to go to the supermarket this afternoon? A. By subway. B.By bus. C. By bike. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 ( )17.What does Joe usually cook for breakfast? A.Pancakes. B.Chicken. C.Eggs. ( )18.How does Joe often care about Susan? A. He shares jokes with her. B. He gives some cards to her. C. He helps her with homework. ( )19. When did Joe visit Scott? A. Last Monday. B. Last Wednesday. C. Last Friday. ( )20. What does Joe plan to help Sam learn to do this afternoon? A.Draw. B. Dance. C. Sing. 第二部分 读 (共三小节，满分70分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 先通读下列短文，弄懂大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A Not long ago,a video (视频) of an old woman selling coffee became very popular online. In the video, the old woman was busy making hot coffee by putting 21 bags of instant coffee(速溶咖啡) into each cup. Because of the video,many people came to her shop to get a cup of coffee. The old woman is Auntie Han. She began to run the shop over 30 years ago.20 years ago, she 22 coffee for 6 yuan a cup with two bags of instant coffee in it. But, two years ago, some people wanted a stronger(更浓的) taste. So, Auntie Han 23 to put three bags of coffee in each cup, and the price became 10 yuan. Auntie Han's coffee wasn't the best, but why did she catch so many people's eye? One main 24 is that people thought Auntie Han was sincere (真诚的).Although her coffee was 25 ，she gave her very best. ( )21. A.two B. three C.four D. five ( )22 .A. found B.ordered C.sold D.cooked ( )23. A. dreamed B.started C.remembered D.learned ( )24. A. role B.way C.symbol D.reason ( )25. A.simple B.expensive C.special D.delicious B One day, Alec and Molly walked through the park.Suddenly(忽然), they saw something move in a tree. It was a brown baby bird!It must be lost. It couldn't 26 its mother anywhere. The children walked closer. The baby bird tried to 27 .They could see the scared feeling in its eyes. They didn't know what to do. “Let's pick it up so a 28 won't get it, ” said Alec. “But that will scare the baby bird more. Let's put it under a 29 ,”Molly said. Alec thought that was a bad idea.The mother bird would 30 find it under a box. At last, the children decided to just watch and wait." 31 a cat comes, we will drive it away, "they said. So the children went behind a tree and 32 quietly. A long time went by. No cats came to the tree, and the mother bird did not, either. Molly and Alec grew 33 .“I'm afraid its mom won't come, ”said Alec. Just then, they heard a bird chirping (吱喳叫).The baby bird chirped back. A yellow bird flew down. It was the baby bird's 34 ! It gave the baby a bug (虫子). The baby bird 35 it quickly and chirped for more. "Hooray!"Molly and Alec shouted. The baby bird wasn't lost after all! ( )26.A.call B.see C.thank D.save ( )27.A.run away B.sit down C.wake up D. go out ( )28.A.monkey B.cat C.dog D. panda ( )29.A.bag B.book C.box D.hat ( )30.A.never B.also C.then D.ever ( )31.A.But B.Or C. Before D.If ( )32.A.listened B.spoke C.left D.watched ( )33.A.busy B.lucky C.worried D.old ( )34.A. teacher B. friend C.mother D.sister ( )35.A.cleaned B.ate C. showed D.made 第二节阅读理解(共15小题：每小题2分，两分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Lisa wants to buy some fruits and vegetables. She is looking at the information about a great sale of a shop. Super Save Discounts(折扣） Choose Your Fruits and Vegetables Up to 35% (kg) October 11 --October 13 Tomato $1.80 ▀▀ -20% Strawberry $5.00 $4.00 -20% Watermelon $3.60 $2.70 -25% Potato $2.30 $1.96 -15% Banana $2.50 $1.88 -25% Peach $5.00 $4.00 -20% Carrot $2.00 $1.60 -20% Apple $2.50 $1.63 -35% Orange $5.00 $3.75 -25% Contact us for more information Telephone number: 312-773-1000 ( )36. Lisa can't see the price of tomatoes.How much are they? A.$1.44/kg. B.$1.60/kg. C.$1.63/kg. D.$1.70/kg. ( )37.If Lisa has 10 dollars, what can she buy? A. 5 kg of peaches. B. 5 kg of bananas. C. 5 kg of watermelons. D. 5 kg of strawberries. ( )38. What can we know from the material? A.Apples are the cheapest. B. The great sale starts on October 13. C. Watermelons have the same price as oranges. D. People can call the shop for more information. B Listening to music is my favorite activity. My love for music started when I was a child. I would become very active when I heard the sound of music. I couldn't help but feel happy and start to dance. As I got older, I began to play the guitar in our garage(车库). My brother and his friends kept their musical instruments (乐器) there. Then, I would play my favorite songs on the guitar.And I would sing when I played. It was not just me and my brother. Music runs in the whole family. My favorite family tradition in my early teenage years was our Friday night singing competition. On the first Friday of each month, every one of my family took turns singing a song. But who could sing the most beautifully? That was up to our neighbors(邻居) to decide. We would share the videos of our songs with them. The person who got the most likes would get a prize.It was a lot of fun. Music is ∆ in my life. It's like a friend that helps me deal with(应对) my feelings. When I feel sad, I listen to happy songs. When I'm happy, I listen to songs that make me want to dance. When I feel tired, I listen to relaxing music. I have many different kinds of music and songs from different countries. You might even find some African songs on my phone. Although I don't understand the words, I still like them! ( )39. What did the writer do in the garage? A.He played the piano. B. He danced to the music. C. He sang and played the guitar. D.He made videos of his brother. ( )40.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean? A.The writer's family has a music store. B. The writer's family has a talent for music. C. The writer's family hardly plays music in the house. D. The writer's family likes to listen to music when running. ( )41. What's the best word for“ ∆ ”in the last paragraph? A. similar B. creative C.important D.wonderful ( )42.What's the best title for the passage? A. I love music B. My happy teenage years C. I have a musician brother D.My interesting family tradition C There was a wise (充满智慧的) man. One day he was sitting with his friends when his daughter came running to him and said.“Dad, Mom lost her ring, her favorite one.” The man said, “It's good.” One of his friends thought, "What a careless (淡漠的) man he is!” An hour later, the man's daughter came again and said, “Dad, Mom found that ring.” The man said, “It's good.” Seeing this, his friend asked, "When the ring was lost, you said ‘It's good'.When your wife got the ring back, you said It's good' too. Why so?" The man said, “When the ring was lost, should I point fingers at my wife? No. That has happened. Shouting at others doesn't help.And things come or go all the time.I have to leave everything behind one day. So, if I leave behind a little bit from now on, it will be easier in the end. It's good, right?" “It makes perfect sense(很有道理)，”the man's friend said. The man said, "When my wife found the ring, she was happy, my daughter was happy, and I was happy. So many people were happy. So, it's good.” ( )43. What did the man's friend think of his answer at first? A. Wise. B. Creative. C.Serious. D.Careless. ( )44. What does the underlined part "point fingers at" probably mean in Chinese? A.指导 B.指责 C.指认 D.指派 ( )45. Why did the man say "It's good" for the second time? A. Because his family learned a lesson. B. Because his friends helped him a lot. C. Because talking with friends was interesting. D. Because finding the ring made many people happy. ( )46. What can we learn from the passage? A. Family is everything. B. Bad things may happen for good. C. It is important to be a good friend. D. Giving a hand to others makes us happy. D Are you a detective novel(侦探小说) lover? If your answer is yes, then you should pay a visit to Mystery Books, a bookstore in Shanghai, and meet its owner, Shi Chen. As well as being a bookstore owner Shi is also a detective writer. He has written 15 exciting detective novels. Inside his bookstore, there are hundreds of books by famous detective writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie and Keigo Higashino. Shi's own popular books, like Liangshan Hunter, are also in the bookstore. Shi's love for detective stories started when he read The Complete Sherlock Holmes in middle school. He was really interested in how Sherlock worked out crimes. When he was in college(大学)， he started writing his own detective stories. In2011, he published (出版) his first novel, Criminal Fragment, and has kept writing all these years.Shi gets ideas from watching the world around him and reading a lot of books. "Reading helps me be creative.”he said. Although many of the best-selling books are by writers from other countries, Shi is more interested in promoting(宣传)Chinese detective writers.He thinks Chinese detective writers are getting better and better and their works often show Chinese culture. Shi hopes that by keeping his bookstore running, he can help more Chinese detective writers become successful. "I'll keep writing and keep the bookstore open for as long as I can.”he said. ( )47. What do we know about Shi from Paragraph 2? A. Why he opened Mystery Books. B. When he opened Mystery Books. C.How many detective novels he wrote. D.How he started writing detective novels. ( )48. How does reading help Shi? A. It helps him relax. B. It makes him serious. C.It makes him famous. D. It gives him creative ideas. ( )49. What's the main idea of Paragraph 4? A. Shi likes Chinese detective novels best. B.Shi promotes Chinese detective writers. C.Chinese detective stories often show Chinese culture. D.Chinese detective novels are best-sellers in Shi's bookstore. ( )50.Which of the following can best describe Shi? A.He hopes to be a more successful bookseller B. He plans to show more Chinese culture in his novels. C. He wants to be famous and help more people write detective novels. D. He loves writing and cares about the growth of Chinese detective writers. 第三节 阅读填空(共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Zhengding is in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. 51. People once named it as one of the three most important towns in ancient northern(古代北方的)China, and the other two were Beijing and Baoding. I learned about Zhengding online and fell in love with its ancient town. I took a trip there with my friends last weekend.We started from Beijing and decided to go to Shijiazhuang first because it was time-saving（省时的）. 52 . On our way to Beijing West Station, the taxi driver asked us where we were going. When I told him "Zhengding”,he was excited. 53 . He said that the ancient buildings there were so beautiful that he wanted to see them again. After arriving at Shijiazhuang Station, we took a bus to the ancient town. 54 . With it, we could visit most of the temples(寺庙) there. Every one of them was special and we learned a lot. At night, when the lights (电灯) were on, the ancient town became so different and beautiful. Not far from the town, there was a popular night market（夜市）. 55 . We had a great time there too. A. We bought an 80-yuan ticket. B. The temples have many wonders. C. It has a history of more than 1, 600 years. D. People went there to enjoy different foods. E. He told us that he visited the town not long ago. F. Beijing is about one and a half hours from Shijiazhuang by train. 第3部分 写(共三小节，满分50分) 第1节 根据首字母填空(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 56.We didn’t take an u so we were wet and cold. 57.I have piano lessons o a week,only on Monday. 58.A true friend r for your hand and touches your heart. 59.The DJs choose the songs the most c ,so almost everyone likes their music. 60.We had a d about TV shows ,different people have different ideas. 第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 I live in a great place with lots of fun things to do. Sometimes I go on trips down the Merrimack River in my canoe（皮划艇） by 61. (I). Other times, I enjoy the view(景色) from the top of a mountain with my family. We also enjoy 62. (camp), fishing trips and trips to parks. All of these trips are 63. (wonder) and we hope to do more of them! I have the most free time during the summer months. One of my favorite 64. (activity) is to go canoeing with my friends. It's really nice. Sometimes, when it 65. (get) very hot, we go swimming. 66. sometimes I feel tired, I really enjoy these trips. However, astronomy(天文学) is my great love.I have a little telescope(望远镜) that helps me see stars more 67. (clear). I'm still learning how to use it, and every time I look 68. it, I see something new and exciting in the sky and lose myself in my thoughts. The sky is like an infinite, awe-inspiring canvas(一张无边无际令人惊叹的画布)，and I expect 69. (learn) more about it! I have a full life, right? I think I'm 70. (success) in making my life colorful. Do you think so? 第三节 阅读填空(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据短文内容，在短文后的空格里填入最恰当的单词(每空限填一词) These days,a middle school started a "No TV Week” program, According to the rule, all the students can't watch TV during the week. “The idea is not to stop watching TV but for the students just to find how much time they spend watching TV and try to use this time for other things, "one teacher said. During the program, all the teachers, parents and students worked together for this program and most of them found it to be a very good one. What did the students say about this "No TV Week"? One boy said, "I can't believe（相信）I haven't watched TV for a week, but it is fun doing it, " A girl student said, "I'm going to stop watching all TV programs except for（除了） Animal World and other English teaching programs, I want to have more time to do things like walking and thinking. I enjoy this 'No TV Week' very much..." But not all the students thought it was good. Some students have different ideas, "I don't like ‘NO TV Week’ because I like watching TV. I have lots of favorite programs but I can't watch them during the week.That makes me feel terrible." one student said. "Watching TV can help us relax. Also it can help us learn about lots of things. I think we need to watch our TV shows, "said another student. NO TV Week How Students can’t watch TV during the week. Purpose Ask students to 71. this time for other things. 72. Most teachers, parents and students found it was a very good program. Students’ 74. For · It is fun to stop watching TV for a long time. · They can have more time to do 73. things. Against (反对) · They like watching TV and feel terrible to miss their favorite program. · They think watching TV is 75. and relaxing. 第四节 书面表达(满分25分) Linda和Kate是好朋友，请根据表格提供的信息谈一谈她们的情况。 不同点 相同点 Linda · 更外向 · 学习更努力 · 擅长英语 · 喜欢锻炼来保持健康。Linda每天锻炼，Kate每周锻炼3-4次； · 喜欢看新闻节目。理由：有教育意义； · 喜欢阅读。周末总是去Xin Hua Bookstore .理由：书最多，最安静。 Kate · 安静 · 学习不努力 · 英语不好 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$