哈尔滨市2008—2009学年上学期期中考试初四英语试卷

哈尔滨市 2008 2009学年上学期期中考试初四英语试卷 一、听力测试（本题共 30分）听录音，每题读两遍。 . 听句子，选出与所听句子内容相匹配的图画。（本题共 5分，每小题 1分） （ ） 1. （ ） 2. （ ） 3. （ ） 4. （ ） 5. . 听对话，根据问题选出正确答案。（本题共 10分，每小题 2分） ( ) 6. A. His daughter. B. His daughters teacher. C. His teacher. ( ) 7. A. Twenty minutes. B. Ten minutes. C. Thirty minutes. ( ) 8. A. She is doing her homework. B. She is going shopping. C. She is cleaning the window. ( ) 9. A. She can buy it if she promises to return the money to him soon. B. She doesnt have any money to buy it. C. No. she cant. Because she doesnt want to buy it. ( ) 10. A. In 1918. B. In 1926. C. In 1916. . 听对话，根据对话内容选出最佳答案完成各句。（本题共 5分，每小题 1分） ( ) 11. Jenny moved to America when she was years old. A. five B. seventeen C. ten ( ) 12. Jennys parents first met in . A. California B. Paris C. Washington ( ) 13. Toms father used to be . A. a teacher B. a doctor C. a worker ( ) 14.Tom has never lived in according to the dialogue. A. England B. Japan C. China ( ) 15. Tom lived in Germany for . A. ten years B. three years C. seven years . 听短文，根据所听内容选出短文中划线部分的同义词或同义短语。（本题共 10 分，每小题 2分） It isnt true that one half of the world is rich and the other half is poor. Its one third that is very rich and two thirds that are very poor. People in the rich countries dont understand the 16 difference between them and those in the poor countries. A very simple example is that a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poor countries. A fisherman in South America may be catching fish 17 is made into pet food, and his own children are not getting enough to eat for their bodies to grow well. Though 18 of the worlds natural resources(资源 ) like oil come from these poor countries, people in the rich countries are using about sixty times as much of these resources as people in Asia or Africa. And the prices the rich countries 19 for their own exports(出口 ), however, are 20 high. So they are getting richer and richer and the poor countries are getting poorer and poorer. ( ) 16.A.small B. great C. little ( ) 17.A.that B. what C. where ( ) 18.A. much B. many C. most ( ) 19.A. send B. give C. get ( ) 20.A. too many B. too much C. much too 二、单项选择（本题共 15分，每空 1分） ( ) 21. Id like the number of John Henley on 3rd street, operator. Im sorry, but I dont have John Henley there. A. the B. a C. / ( ) 22. Do you have any plans the weekend after the exam? Ive no idea, but Ive decided at home and have a good rest first. A. for, staying B. for, to stay C. on, stay ( ) 23. Recently, Chinese scientists in Harbin developed a new kind of plane. It looks like a real UFO that take photos from the air and give light during emergencies.(突发事件 ) A. used to B. is used to C. is used as ( ) 24.China plans to clean up Mount Everest(珠峰 )in 2009. It could limit(限制 ) the number of climbers and visitors to the worlds mountain. A. tall B. taller C. tallest ( ) 25.Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we should these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. A. receive B. get C. accept ( ) 26. Why cant you go out and play football with as? Because we to do some housework before Mum comes back. A. told B. are told C. are telling ( ) 27. What did your mom say to you? She asked me to pay more attention . A. listen B. to listen C. to listening ( ) 28. What are you reading? Im reading Adventure of Robinson Crusoe. Its to read about Robinsons life on the island. A. surprised, lonely B. sunrise, alone C. surprising, lonely ( ) 29. The men who had volunteered lived longer, they? Yes! Thats right. A. much, didnt B. even, did C. far, hadnt ( ) 30. Could you tell me ? Sure, it tells us our lives will be better if we think more of others than of ourselves. A. what the reading tells us B. how can we live a happier, healthier life C. if “self-focus” makes depression worse ( ) 31. Do you know that Harbin is the only city that hold the 2009 Winter Universiade(大学生运动会 ) Sure, all of my classmates will volunteer something helpful. A. do B. to do C. doing ( ) 32. Twenty-four cities around the world have joined the “Earth Hour” event demands people to keep their lights off for one hour to realize global warming(全球变暖 ) A. which B. what C. where ( ) 33. If you want to get along well with your classmates, you should . A. just see the worst in your classmates B. exchange(交换 ) ideas with your classmates as often as possible C. give your attention to your classmates clothes ( ) 34.The picture shows the right number of materials(材料 )in every 100 kilograms of rubbish, how much plastic is in 100kg of rubbish? A. 45kg. B. 30kg. C. 25kg. ( ) 35. Which word of the following has a different stress from the others? A. Connect. B. Injured. C. Relief 三、完形填空（本题 10分，每空 1分） 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 I saw some photos a few days ago about the lives of helpless children in Palestine(巴勒斯坦 ). They lived in crowded tents with no electricity and no fresh water. Most of the time, they had 36 enough food to eat. I wondered what I could do to help them. “What are you thinking?” The silence 37 by my dads voice. I asked him, “How can I give a helping hand?” I knew my dad well, and he always seemed to have the answers 38 all of my questions. He sat on my bed and after a few seconds of silence and he said, “To give a hand in the process of changing the world, you have to 39 be successful in v you chose to do.” He handed me a book and said, “Read this book and you may understand 40 mean.” The title of the book was Success, Happiness and Performance: They Are Our Control. After spending the whole day 41 it, I understood that in order to have a helping hands, I needed to be successful. Only in that way would I be able to help. Becoming successful is a choice, and 43 , it is the obligation(义务 )of every person. However, 44 successful I have to change. I have to change the way I and the way I do things. I have to change spiritually(精神上的 ) 45 physically. I realize now that the saying “In order to help others I must help myself first” deeper meaning. ( ) 36. A. hardly B. really C. almost ( ) 37. A. broke B. was broken C. had been broken ( ) 38. A. to B. for C. of ( ) 39. A. first B. second C. last ( ) 40. A. how B. what C. why ( ) 41. A. read B. reading C. to read ( ) 42. A. the other B. another C. others ( ) 43. A. in fact B. in contrary C. in advance ( ) 44. A. become B. to become C. becoming ( ) 45. A. but B. or C. and 四、阅读理解（本题 20分，每空 1分） (A) The Atlantic Ocean(大西洋 ) is one of the oceans that separate the Old World Europe and Africa) from the Americas(美洲 ). The North America is to the west Europe. For centuries the Atlantic Ocean kept the Americas from being discover people of Europe. There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. Several hundred miles eastward(向东 ) from Florida(A state in the south of USA), there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea(马尾藻海 ). Here the quiet, for there is little wind. Today the Atlantic is a great way. it is not, however always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. float down from the North across the paths of ships. We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus(哥伦布 ) sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship ship can make the trip in four days now. 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 46. What does the underlined word “smooth” in the third paragraph me. A. 光滑的 B. 宽广的 C. 平静的 ( ) 47. From the second paragraph, we learn that . A. it is hard to imagine how much water there is in the Atlantic Ocean B. no rivers flow(流 ) into the Atlantic Ocean C. the Atlantic Ocean will dry up in 4000 years ( ) 48. Which of the following shows the right position of Europe, North An the Atlantic and Sargasso Sea? (E-Europe； N.A-North America； A-the Atlantic； S-Sargasso Sea) ( ) 49. Suppose its October, 27th, 2008. You take a fast modern ship, to cross the Atlantic to North America, when will you probably get there? A. October 28th, 2008 B. October 31th, 2008 C. December 26th, 2008 ( ) 50. The best title of the reading is . A. How was the Americas Found by Columbus B. The Atlantic Ocean C. The Old World (B) Countries China Australia Italy Britain Capitals Beijing Canberra Rome London Places of interest The Great Wall The Opera House The Leaning Tower of Pisa Big Ben Population 1.3 billion 19 million 56 million 55 million Positions(位置 ) Eastern Asia Oceania Southern Europe Western Europe Languages Chinese English Italian English 根据表格信息选择最佳答案。 ( )51. has the largest population among these countries. A. Italy B. Australia C. China ( )52.If you want to visit Big Ben(大本钟 ), you should travel to . A. Rome B. London C. Beijing ( )53.You can visit in the country with the smallest population. A. The Opera House B. the Great Wall C. the Leaning Tower of Pisa ( )54.From the form, you can find in Western Europe. A. one country B. two countries C. three countries ( )55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information in the form? A. Australia and Britain arent English-speaking countries. B. Rome is a city in Southern Europe. C. Canberra is the capital of Italy. (C) Once upon a time there was a very kind-hearted king. He had many clever and brave people to help him to solve all of his problems. One day, they were short of water. The king called a meeting of his people at once. However, nobody had any idea of how to solve this problem. A few days later, when the king was sitting alone, he met a sadhu（ 印度教圣人 ） . The sadhu closed his eyes and thought very hard. He started to feel something. Suddenly he found out the strange reason for his feeling. Then he told the king the story. The son of the king had gone into the forest to do some hunting. There he hurt a lot of beautiful animals. The god of rain became angry and said that there would be no rain in the princes country. When the prince realized his mistake, he touched the feet of the god of rain and asked the god to forgive(饶恕 ) him. The god of rain said that if he or his father travelled to the far eastern side of their country, then they might be able to find some empty golden cups. If they filled those cups with the water of eight different rivers on the night of a full moon, then there would be rain in the country. The king traveled to the eastern side at once to look for the eight golden cups. It was really hard for him to do the job, but at last he found the right place and filled those eight golden cups with water. His country was saved. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（ A）误（ B）。 ( ) 56. The god of rain punished the king and his country because the son of the king did something wrong. ( ) 57. The kings people were clever enough to help him to solve all his problems. ( ) 58. The king and the son traveled to the far eastern side of their country. ( ) 59. At last the right place was found and those eight golden cups were filled with water. ( ) 60. The authors main intention is to explain how to get water. (D) NEW ZEALAND WEATHER CHART Temperatures and Rainfall for Summer and Winter SUMMER WINTER (A = Auckland W= Wellington C = Christchurch Q = Queenstown Min = minimum 最小量 ， Max = maximum 最大量 ) ( ) 61. The maximum temperature in Wellington in winter is about . A. 12 B. 15 C. 20 ( )62. The city whose temperature varies(变化 )from about 4 to 11 in winter . A. Auckland B. Wellington C. Christchurch ( )63 From summer to winter the greatest difference between the maximum an minimum temperature is experienced in . A. Auckland B. Wellington C. Queenstown ( )64. In winter, the rainfall in Wellington is the largest of all. A. first B. second C. third ( )65. Which of the following statements is true? The temperature is . A. lower in Auckland than Wellington in summer B. higher in Wellington than Christchurch in winter C. lower in Christchurch than Queenstown in winter 第卷 五、任务性阅读（本题 10分，每空 1分） 先阅读（ A）、（ B）两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。 (A) die lead affect help who The Red Cross is an organization 66 mission is to stop suffering. The story of the Red Cross began with Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman who saw a battle in 1859 in Italy. After the battle, 40,000 soldiers were 67 or injured, but there was no one to take care of them. Dunant worked for three days 68 them. When he returned to Switzerland, he wrote a book about his experience. The 69 of many countries read his book and wanted to do something. As a result, the Red Cross was established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1863. They would help all the people 70 by war. (B) As Junior 4 students, we are busy studying for one of the most important exams in life. We have lots of exercises to do and many exams to take. Each of us experiences pain, sadness and loneliness. Some of us feel sad, depressed and some even lose heart. But we will not help ourselves by doing that. If we face every difficulty with a smile, we are sure to overcome it. Keep up the good work, and you will be successful at last! 任务 1：用方框里所给单词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每词限用一次） 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 任务 2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。 71. d very sad 72. e to go through something that happens to someone 任务 3：同义句转换，每空一词。 Each of us experiences pain, sadness and loneliness. 73. 74. experience pain, sadness and loneliness. 任务 4：根据短文内容简答问题。 75. What do Junior 4 students have to take every day according to the reading? . 六、交际应用（本题 10分，每空 1分） （ A）从 A-G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的） A: Hello, Sue! Congratulations! B: 76 . A: You used to be shy when you talked to others. Why did you take part in the speech contest? B: Yeah, I used to be shy. 77 She encouraged me to do that. A: How could you do such a good job? B: 78 In order to make it good, I had practiced it hundreds of times. A: How did you feel when you won the prize? B: At first, I couldnt believe I was the winner. 79 I couldnt help crying. A: What do you think of the speech contest? B: It changed me a lot. 80 Im very thankful to all the people who helped me. A: Thanks for answering my questions. A. By practicing the speech every day. B. Thank you. C. And my mother was really worried about it. D. Thats all right. E. But when I realized it was true, I got excited. F. It made me feel confident. G. I love my mother for ever. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. （ B）填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。 A: Hi, Im sorry that something came 81 , so Im late. B: Thats all 82 . Ive just arrived. Xiaohai hasnt come yet. A: Hell be here soon. By the way, 83 was the movie? B: It was as exciting as “Batman” A: Did you watch the movie alone? B: No, I watched it with Xiaolin. A: Oh, thats Jennifer, 84 it? B: Right. Lets ask him 85 he didnt come to your house this morning. A: Jennifer, wait. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 七、阅读表达（本题共 10分） （ A）阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。（本题 5分，每空 1分） I would be glad to introduce to you the book, Journey to the Center of the Earth. It was written by Jules Verne, the father of science fiction. The story is about two men that went on a journey to the center of the earth. At the beginning of the story, they found a secret road to the center. They went down the road through man