2012学年初二期末英语试卷及答案
本卷共五大题，满分100分。
一、单项选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( ) 1. ---Which ball game do you like better, basketball or baseball?
--- _______. I love table tennis.
A. Both
B. Neither
C. Either
D. Each
( ) 2. —I am allowed to hang out with friends on weekends. —_____.
A. So should I
B. So can I
C. So am I
D. So do I
( ) 3. --- Could you tell me you’ll be away ? --- Only one week.
A. how much
B. how soon
C. how often
D. how long
( ) 4. Do you know ?
A.how old is Jack
B. Where does he live
C. when was Jack born
D. Who cleaned the room
( ) 5. ______nice weather we have today ! ----Let’s go hiking .
A. How a
B. What a
C. How D . What
( ) 6. Tom never smiles , dose he ? ----- _______. He is always serious .
A. Yes , he does
B. No, he doesn’t
C. Yes, he doesn’t
D. No , he does
( ) 7. —I think we teenagers _____ to make every decision by ourselves.
—I disagree, we are still young and need our parents’ and teachers’ help.
A. should allow
B. must allow
C. should be allowed
D. may be allowed
( ) 8. The old man______since two years ago.
A. died
B. had died
C. has been dead
D. had been died
( ) 9. My grandpa often feels _____ at noon, so he will have a rest at that time every day.
A. asleep
B. sleepy
C. awake
D. energetic
( ) 10 ---It seems that my friends don’t understand me.
--- Don’t worry. I’m sure you will _____ them if you are friendly to them.
A. get along well with
B. catch up with
C. agree with
D. end up with
二、完型填空。（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分。）
阅读下面短文，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___ (11) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___ (12) not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to ___ (13) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___ (14) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___ (15).”Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___ (16). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___ (17) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___(18) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ___ (19) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___ (20) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___ (21) from events in their lives, and have become ___ (22) people.
Scientists say that by the ___ (23) of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___(24) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___ (25) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit (山峰)of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
( )11. A. luckily B. terribly C. quietly D. hard
( )12. A. dislike B. hate C. like D. start
( )13. A. thank B. praise C. fight D. criticize
( )14. A. following B. relaxing C. annoying D. remaining
( )15. A. chance B. trouble C. test D. idea
( )16. A. results B. presents C. papers D. essays
( )17. A. given B. sent C. discovered D. received
( )18. A. confident B. necessary C. worried D. interested
( )19. A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. special
( )20. A. broken off B. dreamed of C. learned from D. cared about
( )21. A. and B. or C. but D. so
( )22. A. ruder B. cuter C. worse D. better
( )23. A. clock B. age C. month D. nubmer
( )24. A. decide B. forget C. realize D. imagine
( )25. A. something B.anything C. everything D. nothing
三、阅读理解。（本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下面三篇短文，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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