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延庆区 2020—2021 学年第二学期期末试卷
初 二 英 语
知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共6分，每小题0.5分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. My sister and I like sports. ________ often go swimming after school.
A. I B. You C. We D. They
2. Agatha Christie is famous _______ her detective stories.
A. for B. at C. in D. on
3. We decided to go swimming ________ it was hot outside.
A. so B. or C. because D. until
4. Susan is 15 years old. She is ________ than her sister.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
5. Jason is good at running. He ________ run 100 meters in 11 seconds.
A. must B. should C. need D. can
6. — Where is your father, Lily?
— He ________ in the kitchen now.
A. cook B. cooks C. cooked D. is cooking
7. —Hi, Tom, ________ did you start learning Chinese?
—Three years ago.
A. when B. why C. who D. where
8. —Where did you go last weekend?
—I __________ to the Great Wall.
A. go B. went
C. will go D. have gone
9. — What were you doing at this time yesterday?
— I ________ a movie named Hi Mum directed by Jia Ling.
A. see B. am seeing C. will see D. was seeing
10. If you follow my advice, you ________ great progress.
A. will make B. have made C. made D. make
11. The girl ________ lots of new friends since she came to our class.A. makes B. has made C. made D. will make
12. — Can you tell me ________?
— He lives in Shanghai.
A. where does Mark live B. where Mark lives
C. where did Mark live D. where Mark lived
二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最
佳选项。
Nothing can hold her back
Katy Sullivan is an actress, an athlete, and a person who doesn’t like to use the words “no” or “I can’t”.
She was born without the lower half of her legs and has worn prosthetic legs (假肢) all her life. ___13___, her
family has treated her the same way they would treat anyone else. She kept up with her brothers and sisters at the
gym and in the swimming pool.
When a person is born without legs, there are lots of things that are ___14___
to do. But Sullivan believes she could do anything. She chose to do two things that are difficult even with both
___15___.
As a teenager, she saw a movie that had a great influence on her. Before it was over, Sullivan had made her
mind up to be an actress.
She ___16___ a degree in theater and then moved to Los Angeles, where she has played ___17___ in
theater, television and movies. She has a positive view of life. She thinks that if you believe you can do something,
you should go for it. So when Sullivan’s friend asked her whether she’d like to try ___18___, she said “yes”. She
was given a pair of running legs and ___19___ her new life.
Sullivan was the first person in the world with two prosthetic legs to take up running as a competitive sport.
She made it to the 100-meter finals in the 2012 London Paralympics.
Sullivan’s family, friends and fans look up to her as a/an ___20___ of someone who has overcome
difficulties and achieved her dreams.
13. A. Luckily B. Hopefully C. Suddenly D. Naturally
14. A. funny B. difficult C. possible D. cheerful15. A. arms B. ears C. legs D. eyes
16. A. brought B. tried C. earned D. shared
17. A. roles B. tricks C. sports D. games
18. A. dancing B. running C. singing D. jumping
19. A. returned B. started C. changed D. prepared
20. A. invitation B. judger C. collector D. example
阅读理解（共31分）
三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最
佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）
The 8th Inter-School Musical Show!
The school is hosting the 8th Inter-School Musical Show for grades 9-11 on December 19
at Harrington Center, Bank Road at 9 am.
All students are welcome to try out for the show at the audition (试演), which will be held
on December 8 at 9 am in the school’s Central Hall.
For further details, please contact Mr. Black, the secretary of the Music Club.
North Hill Field Day!
Grades 7-9: 9:30~11:30 am
Grades 10-12: 1:40~3:40 pm
Dear parents,
On Friday, December 11 we will be holding our North Hill Field Day. It will be a day of
laughs and lots of fun. Be sure to tell your children to bring cameras and take pictures.
The purpose of the North Hill Field Day is to enjoy the two-hour activity. There won’t be
any competitions among the students. The real reward will be happiness and the feeling of
participation.
21. The school is hosting the 8th Inter-School Musical Show at _______.
A. the Music Club B. Harrington Center
C. North Hill D. Central Hall
22. North Hill Field Day will be held on _______.A. December 8 B. December 9
C. December 11 D. December 19
23. What’s the purpose of the North Hill Field Day?
A. To have a competition. B. To enjoy the activity.
C. To try out for the show. D. To take some pictures.
B
Love can always last
Eleanor didn’t know what was wrong with Grandma. She was always forgetting things, like where she put the
sugar and what time to have dinner.
“She might have Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症),” her mother said. “We might have to put her in a
nursing home so she can get proper care.”
“Oh, that’s terrible! She’ll miss her own house!” Eleanor said.
“Maybe, but we can see her on weekends,” her mother answered. “We can bring her presents.”
“Like ice cream? Grandma loves strawberry ice cream!” Eleanor said.
The first time they visited Grandma, Eleanor felt sad and wanted to cry. Grandma sat in the corner of the room
lonely.
Eleanor hugged Grandma. “Look,” she said, “we brought you strawberry ice cream!” Grandma took it and
began eating without saying a word.
“She doesn’t seem to know us.” Eleanor was upset. “Grandma, do you know who I am?” Eleanor asked.
“You’re the girl who brings me the ice cream,” Grandma said.
“Yes, but I’m Eleanor, too, your granddaughter. Don’t you remember me?”
“Sure. You’re the girl who brings me ice cream.” Suddenly Eleanor realized that Grandma would never
remember her.
,
“Oh how I love you, Grandma!” she said. Just then she saw a tear roll down Grandma’s cheek. “Love,”
she said. “I remember love.”
“You see, dear, that’s all she wants,” her mother said. “Love.”
“I’ll bring her ice cream every weekend then, and hug her even if she doesn’t remember me,” Eleanor said.
After all, remembering to love is more important than just being able to remember a name.
24. What was the matter with Grandma?A. She didn’t know that she was sick.
B. She was always forgetting things.
C. She didn’t want to stay at home.
D. She was eating lots of sugary foods.
25. The first time she visited Grandma, Eleanor felt sad because _______.
A. she forgot to bring the strawberry ice cream
B. grandma hated seeing her and cried loudly
C. she was treated badly in the nursing home
D. grandma seemed lonely and didn’t know her
26. What will Eleanor do in the future?
A. Try to help Grandma remember her.
B. Take Grandma to a better hospital.
C. Help Grandma remember to love.
D. Bring Grandma more strawberries.
C
Washing clothes is easy for most people living in cities, as washing machines do the job. However, in many
rural (农村的) areas or poor regions, people have to wash their clothes by hand because they don’t have electricity
or money to buy the machines. Now, a new bamboo washing machine might help them solve this problem.
The machine is a simpler form of a traditional washing machine. There are two main parts: the main washing
,
machine which can be shared among the community, and a wooden bucket that belongs to individuals or
families. The machine uses the natural flow (流动) of water instead of electricity. It has a wooden rotation shaft in
the center and a bamboo drum outside. You just put the machine in a river and water will go into the bottom of the
machine and rotate the main drum. This creates an eddy (涡流) that cleans clothes.
A 7-member team from the School of Design at Dalian Minzu University created the machine. Their design
won the “Best of the Best” prize at the 2020 Red Dot Awards.
“There are 836 million people living in poor areas in the world. They have to spend lots of time and energydoing little things like washing clothes. We want the bamboo washing machine to help them free up their time so
they can do more meaningful things, like fighting poverty,” said Pan Cheng, one of the designers.
“The best thing about this machine is that it’s cheap and easy to make,” said Yu Yue, another designer. “We
give people the rotation shaft and teach them how to set up the machine. They can find bamboo locally and make it
into drums. If there is no bamboo, they can also use materials like wood.”
The designers said they spent more than half a year working on the machine. They had countless team
meetings and changed their design at least four times. But in the end, they were happy with the results.
27. The bamboo washing machine was created for people who ________.
A. live in big cities B. want to save power
C. live in the wild D. live in poor areas
28. How can the bamboo washing machine work?
① Put the machine into a river.
.
② Eddy in the machine cleans clothes
③ Water goes into the bottom of the machine.
④ Water in the drum drives the wooden rotation shaft.
A. ①②③④ B. ①③④②
C. ③①②④ D. ③④①②
29. From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. it took the designers more than a year to make the drum
B. Pen Cheng grew up in a rural area without much electricity
.
C people can learn to set up the machine from the designers
D. seven teachers work together to win the 2020 Red Dot Awards
30. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Winning the best prize
B. Making rural life easier
C. How to fight for the poor
D. How to make the machine
D
You might be looking for new ways to improve your understanding of something you are studying. Perhaps
you are trying to find better methods to remember important information. One way to help you reach these goals is
,
to try teaching — not as a job but as a way to improve your own learning.
Researchers have been interested in the link between teaching and learning for quite some time. Their findings
suggested that teaching had a strong effect(影响) on understanding and learning. When students teach the content(内容) of a lesson, they develop a deeper understanding of the material than from only preparing to teach.
Scientists have also explored the question of why teaching improves learning. A 2018 study suggests that
teaching may help your learning because you have to remember the information you have learned as you continue
to teach. Experts call this retrieval. The researchers wrote that “retrieval practice possibly causes the learning
benefits from teaching.” Of course, retrieval may be one reason that teaching helps learning, there could be other
reasons.
The good news is that there are many ways that you can improve your learning by teaching. One way might be
to teach your family or friends about something that you are learning. For example, you could teach your parents
about English grammar or vocabulary. You could also try teaching a younger person, perhaps a cousin, brother or
sister. Try to make your lessons simple and clear, and ask them what they do not understand. The process of
teaching and asking for feedback(反馈) will help you realize that you may not understand some things as well as
you thought you did. That is an important, necessary step in the learning process. Another idea is to imagine
yourself describing a lesson to someone, or to write the lesson down. In the Guardian newspaper, David Robson
suggests that you could write an email describing what you have learned in great detail. A final idea for those who
like technology: You could record video of yourself teaching information. You could then send the lesson to friends
or put it on some other social media service.
Give teaching a try, it may improve your learning.
31. The words “retrieval practice” in paragraph 3 probably mean _______.
A. writing down the answers
B. looking for the materials
C. exploring what you have taught
D. remembering what you have learned
32. What’s paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. Ideas for how to start teaching.
B. Ways on how to record the video.
C. Suggestions on making your lessons simple.
D. Benefits of describing something in details.
33. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To show us the importance of teaching by learning.
B. To encourage us to improve our learning by teaching.
C. To explain the differences between teaching and learning.
D. To tell us how to step in the learning process successfully.四、阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。（共5分，每小题1分）
Growing hope
For most Chinese people, rice is an important part of almost every meal. But for Yuan Longping, rice was
more than that. It was his life-long career.
Yuan, known as China’s “father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻)”, created hybrid rice that helps feed the world. On
May 22, Yuan died at 91. People around the world were sad to hear of his passing.
How did he begin?
In the 1960s, people in China didn’t have enough food to eat. Many people even died because of this. Yuan
was sad to see this. At the time, other scientists didn’t think hybrid rice had much value. But Yuan worked on it
every day. They took very good care of their rice seeds.
At last, in 1973, he grew a new type of hybrid rice. This rice is different from other kinds of rice. Farmers can
grow it in many different kinds of farmland and also in bad weather. It can fight disease, too. With the new type,
about 70,000,000 people could have food every year!
Home on the farm
Yuan was a famous scientist. But he called himself a farmer. He spent most of his time in the field. Yuan
himself also said, “If I am not at home, I must be on the farmland; if I am not on the farmland, I must be on my way
to the farmland.” He often rode a motorcycle to work, as this was more convenient for him.
Praise for Yuan
In 1991, the United Nations invited Yuan Longping to work as its chief consultant (首席顾问). He traveled to
many foreign countries to share his knowledge of hybrid rice. “Professor Yuan made such a powerful contribution
and he will long be remembered,” Barbara Stinson, president of the World Food Prize Foundation said.
34. What did Yuan Longping create?
__________________________________________________
35. Did Chinese people have enough food to eat in the 1960s?
__________________________________________________
36. How is hybrid rice different from other kinds of rice?
__________________________________________________37. Where did Yuan Longping spend most of his time?
__________________________________________________
38. Why did he travel to many foreign countries?
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书面表达（共15分）
五、翻译句子（共5分，每小题1分）
39. 我们过去常常听收音机。
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40. 他用了半个小时的时间刷盘子。
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41. 我一看完就把书还给你。
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42. 我的英语老师在我的生活中起了重要的作用。
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43. 我告诉妈妈我会尽最大的努力成为一个好孩子。
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六、文段表达(10分)
44. 根据中文和英文提示，用英文写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的文段。文中已给出内容
不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
温暖是什么？温暖是临出门前父母的一声声叮咛在心中泛起的波澜；温暖是在最无助时一个陌生人的
问候与援助；温暖是在心中困惑时朋友的倾听。温暖是……。某英文网站正在开展以“温暖”为主题的征
文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈生活中曾经让你感到温暖的事情。内容包括事情
发展的时间、地点和经过。
提示词语：last Friday, rain heavily, umbrella, feel warm
提示问题： ● When and where did it happen?
● What happened?
As we know, we may feel warm at anytime and anywhere.
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