2019学年初中二年级第一学期英语单元测測验
Part 2 Phonetics Vocabulary and Grammar
I Choose the best answer
21. More and more people are starting to __________ about the endangered wild animals . Which of the following is correct for the underlined word ?
A. [′wʌri] B. [′w ɒ ri] C. [′w ʊ ri] D. [′w ə ri]
22. There is ________”r” in the word “surface ”, but you missed it .
A. a B. an C. the D. /
23. it is reported that many fishes in the Yangtze River die ________serious pollution , so we must protect the environment .
A. of B. in C. from D. off
24. The foggy streets were almost empty ________ some street cleaners . They did a really tough .
A. except for B. except that C. besides D. except
Jenny was ill , so she ________ on the bed all morning .
A. lay B. lied C. lain D. laid
26. The number of students in my class _________ the same as in _________>
A. is , her B is , hers C are , her D are , hers
27. Of the two shirts , I’d like to choose the _________one to save some money for a cap .
A. cheapest B. cheaper C. more expensive D. most expensive
28 The newly built dormitory building in our university is about ________ .
A. 120-meters –high B. 120-meter-high
C. 120 meters high D. 120-meter high
29. I wonder ________ at 6:00 yesterday afternoon . I was doing my homework in the reading room .
A. what were you doing B. what you did
C. what you were doing D. what you are doing
30 . would you like to have ________ try ? Maybe you will get the chance you want .
A. others B. the other C. other D. another
31. I’d like to travel by air ________it usually cosplayts a lot of money .
A. though B until C. because D. unless
32. – Is Lucy knocking at the door ? It ________ be her as she is in America now .
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. shouldn’t D needn’t
33. It’s good for you to ________ a relaxing hobby , such as knitting because you get too much from work .
A take off B take in C. take away D take up
34. Now that everybody knows the harm of smoking . I ________ smoking in the past few years .
A. had given up B have given up C. will give up D. gave up
35. ________ does Peter weigh now ? 44 kilos .
A. how heavy B how C. how much D. what
36. _________a delicious cake , mom has bought lots of ingredients in a food shop .
A. To make B Made C Making D. Make
37. I am very familiar with this face , and I possibly saw him ________ last month .
A. sometime B sometimes C. some time D. some times
38. The final exam will be over soon . Could you tell me ________ the summer holidays ?
A. how you are going to spend B. how were you going to spend
C. where you were going to spend D. where are you going to spend
39. Daniel is in hospital these days . He’s having a high fever .
_______________________________________ .
A. That’s all right . B. Thank you C. Sorry to hear that D. No problem
40. Would you like me to drive you near the workplace ? ________________ .
A. Never mind B. It’s really kind of you
C. I’m afraid not D. You must be kidding me .
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box: 8%
In 1892, two 18-year-old students at Stanford University were struggling to pay their tuition fees. They decided to host a concert on campus to.________________________________________ money for their education.
The two boys reached out to the great pianist Ignacy Jan. Paderewski. His manager asked for a guarantee of $2,000 for the piano recital（独奏会).A __________ was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
The big day when Paderewski would perform at Stanford__________.Unfortunately, the total collection was only $ 1,600. The boys went to the pianist and gave him the entire $ 1,600, along with a promissory note for $400. They promised to honour the check as soon as possible.
“No.”said Paderewski.“This is not __________ .” He tore the check, returned the money and told the two boys,“Now, take out of this $ 1,600 all of your expense ,and keep for each of you ten percent of the balance ,for your work. I will be satisfied with the amount remaining.” The two boys were surprised and thanked him sincerely.
Later, Paderewshi became prime minister of Poland .He was a great leader ,but Poland was ravaged in World War I. The government had no money to feed more than 1.5 million__________
people in the country. Paderewski did not know whom he could turn to for help__________________________________________________he reached out to the U.S. Food and Relief Administration
The head there was a man called Herbert Hoover
50. __________ about his brave acts were released on the Internet.
51. Mathew wanted to build a__________ dog house for his pet dog, Snowball.
52. All the students in XWNY celebrated their__________ birthday together.
53.__________ a picture in your mind is a good way to help you to memorize something.
54. I guess from his red eyes that he has been working too hard__________ .
55. I believe you will surely__________ if you can work hard.
56. This dog is really happy. Look, it is wigging__________ tail.
V. Complete the following sentences as require: 14%
57. Use of computers spread rapidly during that period.
__________ use of computers__________ rapidly during that period?
58. He has made great progress since he came to our class.
__________ __________ progress he has made since he came to our class!
59. “Does Miss Hu forgive me for what I said? ”Peter asked me.
Peter asked me if Miss Hu.__________ __________ for what he said.
60. John is told to be on time for the meeting,__________ __________ ?
61. Sir John Gurdon was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology ____________________
__________ __________ Sir John Gurdon awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology?
62. Did they find the pet cat after a day' s search?
__________ the pet cat __________ after a day's search?
63. she, a glass of water, before. drinking, prefers. breakfast
__________
Part 3 Reading and Writing
VI. Reading comprehension
Choose the best answer:
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so on.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives（守旧派）, military types—people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain’s or the hero’s role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
64. By using the example of fingerprints, the author tells us that . ________ .
A. people can learn to recognize faces
B. people have different personalities
C. people have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints
D. people differ from each other in facial features
65. According to this passage, some animals have the gift of . ________ .
A. telling people apart by how they behave
B. typing each other
C. telling good people from bad people
D. recognizing human faces
66. According to the passage, it is possible for us to tell one type of person from another because ________ .
A. people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
B. human fingerprints provide unique information
C. people’s behavior can be easily described in words
D. human faces have complex features
67. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A .Human personality ,like the human race, is equally complex.
B. People cannot easily tell the difference between the “good guys” and the “bad guys”.
C. Describing someone’s personality in words is much more difficult than describing his face.
D. It is easy to describe someone’s face as well as his personality.
68. We also tell people from__________
A. how he looks
B. how they behave
C. what his appearance is
D. what he said
69. Which of the following is the major point of the passage?
A. Why it is necessary to identify people’s personality.
B. Why it is possible to describe people.
C. How best to recognize people.
D. How to get to know people.
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:
Found in the mountains of Central and South Asia, snow leopards are known throughout the world for being beautiful and elusive. But even so, filmmakers have ____70____ capture them up close.
Several documentaries have been produced to ____71____ people a closer look at snow leopards, such as __________________________________________________ released in 2008, and __________________________________________________________________________________________ released in 2012.
In August 2016, the documentary __________ hit theaters. It focuses on three animal families, including a female snow leopard named Dawa and her two babies. The ____72____ documentary footage of snow leopards comes from Planet Earth II, in which people caught four wild snow leopards on camera for the first time ever.
However, ____73____ human activity, the population of these beautiful big cats is declining with only 3,920 to 6,390 snow leopards living in the wild. They are now listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature .
To protect snow leopards; governments are working together to prevent their natural habitat from being destroyed and to sTOP the killing of them and the trade of their fur. In 2013, leaders and officials from twelve countries where snow leopards were found gathered in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyz Republic. They signed the Bishkek Declaration on snow leopard protection and announced International Snow Leopard Day falls ____74____ October 23.
Snow leopards are still endangered. ____75____, more and more people are realizing that we should act immediately to protect this creature as every single snow leopard is important to the future.
70. A. managed to B. able to C. successful in D. tired
71. A. supply B. provide C. offer D. send
72. A. lately B. later C. last D. latest
73. A. due to B. thanks to C. now that D. instead of
74. A. in B. on C. over D. at
75. A. Unluckily B. Happily C. Fortunately D. Therefore
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: 14%
A
The Earth Is Getting Greener
NASA has got some good news for us. The world is a greener place today than it was 20 years ago. How does this happen? Well, it appears China and India are leading the change.
NASA researchers compared satellite data from the mid-1990s to today. They found that global green leaf area had i_____76_____ by five percent since the early 2000s. That’s about the s _____77_____ area as the entire Amazon rainforest. At first, the researchers were unsure what caused the large rise in greening around the planet. After f _____78_____ investigation, they found that greening was mostly located in China and India.
China and India have the world’s biggest p _____79_____. In the past, they were considered to have overexploited land, water and other resources for economic growth. But now, the two countries are r _____80_____ for the largest greening of the planet in the past two decades. The tree-planting programs in both countries have made huge contributions to the global greening trend.
China has carried out programs to protect and expand forest. These programs were developed to reduce the effects of soil erosion, air pollution and climate change. India continues to b _____81_____ world records in tree planting. It was reported that 800,00 Indians planted 50 million trees just in one day in 2016.
The greening change has also resulted from the cultivation of food crops. Both countries have greatly increased food production in order to feed their people.
H _____82_____, the research warned that we should not be content with the situation. The natural vegetation in tropical regions is decreasing. The gain in global greenness does not offset the losses.
B
Wake up, boys and girls! Raise your hand if you try to repair your tired body by sleeping in on weekends. A new study says this h _____83_____ might not be a good idea for your waistline and your health.
The ten-day study was published in the journal Current Biology. Volunteers were d _____84_____ into three groups. The first group enjoyed nine h _____85_____ sleep each night. The second group was allowed to sleep only five hours each night. The third group was asked to sleep for five hours Monday through Friday and then allowed to sleep as much as they liked over a weekend. But it was put back on the short sleep schedule the next Monday.
Both the second and third groups ate more snacks at night and gained weight. They also saw a decrease in insulin sensitivity, a warning sign for diabetes. Researchers have long known a lack of sleep can cause weight gain and increase health risks. But it was s _____86_____ that the third group had been more affected than the second one.
“Even though people in the third group slept as much as they could on the weekend, it was not e _____87_____,” said Professor Kenneth Wright, who led the study. “When they went back to short sleep schedule the next week, their body failed to control blood sugar. That was partly because their biological clock had been changed.”
So what should we do if sleeping in over the weekend is not good choice? Professor Wright summed it up in two words: sleep longer. Cut out the, “sleep stealers” i_____88_____ watching television shows or spending time on social media. Always remember: Getting enough sleep is as important as having a healthy diet or doing exercise r _____89_____.
Keys:
21-25 .A B C B A 26-30. B BC C D 31-35. A BDBC 36-40. AAA C B
41-48 BDCE AECB
49. citizen 50. videos 51. wooden 52. 14th 53. Making 54. recently 55. succeed 56. its
57. Did spread 58. What great 59. forgave him 60. isn't he 61. Why was 62. Was found
63. She prefers drinking a glass of water before breakfast.
64-69: DDAABC
76. increased 77. same 78. further 79. population
80. responsible 81. break 82. However
83. habit 84. divided 85. hours 86. surprising
87. enough 88. including 89. regularly
