[安徽]2012-2013学年安徽桐城黄岗初中初二下期阶段检测（一）英语试卷

He finds ____ hard to finish the work in two days.

If you don’t have enough money, I think you should _____ some _____ your friends.

He thought that computers would never be _____ most people.

Kids won’t go to school.They will study ___ home ____ computers.

No one knows ________ in the future.

They want to make more cars with ____ workers and ____ money.I think it’s impossible.

--- Are you free today, Mrs Green?
--- I’m free every day ______ today.

---Could you tell us ______?
---In two days.

I can’t believe _____ a little girl can read _____ many books.

While the boy ______ down the street, the UFO _____ .

Jane likes singing.We often hear her ______ after class.

---My prize is different from ______.
---But _____ is the same as mine.

As soon as I know it, I’ll _____ you ______.

My father shows me how _____ a camera.

___ years ago, the population of China was over 20 million.

She didn’t write _____.So she didn’t pass the test.

–This pair of shoes is too small to ____ me. Could you show me another?
--Of course. Please look at these ones.

--- What has your hobby brought you?
--- I think it has brought me happiness, especially it keeps me _____ .

--- Can you tell us ________?
--- Of course, but they’re coming over to visit me in a few months.

Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a __51__ history. A Greek scientist made the first robot. You may  52  robots in some movies. The robots in the movies are usually stronger, faster and __53__ than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They can do lots of dangerous, difficult or__54__ jobs. Some people can’t look __55_ themselves and robots can help them. For example, some people can’t see, and they use a guide dog to help themselves move. But now scientists are__56__ a robot to help them.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot   57   meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses (迷失)its __58__ because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系统).__59__ the future, robots will even work in space. But robots will  60  take the place of(代替)people but only work for people. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.

A．unpleasant B．long C．strange D．interesting

A．look B．look at C．see D．know

A．clever B．cleverer C．cleverest D．the cleverest

A．interesting B．interested C．boring D．bored

A．about B．at C．for D．after

A．taking B．using C．making D．predicting

A．flies B．cooks C．makes D．takes

A．way B．road C．street D．meal

A．For B．Of C．With D．In

A．ever B．never C．still D．yet

Many people think that we will do more work if we spend more time.So students have to spend the whole day doing their schoolwork except during the   61   .We can often see that students are busy with their schoolwork   62   at school and at home.
Students today usually have many   63  .They love music and sports.They like   64   TV.A two-day weekend can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can have a   65   time.But because of too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy   66  .Students really don’t like their weekend homework, so they usually don’t like doing their weekend homework   67   Sunday night.And because there is not   68  time for so much work, students usually finish it in a hurry.The poor weekend homework often makes teachers   69  .Too much schoolwork also   70   students lose interest in learning.
A horse runs faster after a rest.We should give students less homework and more free time.

A．parties B．meals C．films D．classes

A．all B．either C．neither D．both

A．sports B．interests C．exercises D．problems

A．watching B．watches C．watch D．to watching

A．bad B．good C．glad D．sad

A．ours B．your C．theirs D．themselves

A．on B．after C．until D．when

A．enough B．good C．weak D．necessary

A．happy B．pleased C．angry D．angrily

A．does B．makes C．takes D．leaves

补全对话

B=Bill     F=Bill’s   friend
F: What’s  wrong?  Bill? You are not looking happy.
B: I’m not.I feel a little worried about my English.
F:      
B: I’m not getting along well with it.
F: Why not?
B: Well.I seldom(很少) have chances (机会) to meet English people.
F:      
B: Where should I go?
F:     
B: But … it seems English people never speak to me.
F: Ah!     
B:      
F: The weather! English people are always interested in the weather.

Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.

There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.

What happened on February 23?

Where would you probably read the reports?

We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.

What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better.Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old.As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.
Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution.There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester.Things will be worse.The weather in the future will be much hotter.Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.
What are the students doing?

How many things does Roy Burns predict?

What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?

What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?

Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.
The size of most American families is ____ that of other countries’.

When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to __.

They visit their parents ______ .

Which of the following is NOT true ?

Some parents pay their children for doing housework because _____ .

The best way of learning a language is using it.The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible.Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混淆) and people will not understand you.Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them.But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes(错误) you make.Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes.It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying.The most important things for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is   .

What should you do in learning English?

When people laugh at your mistakes, you should_____.

When you make a mistake, you should_____.

The story tells us that_____.

根据首字母或汉语提示完成单词
Now e              （电的）bikes have become more and more popular.
They are c              (疯狂的) about dancing and singing.
My father works in a big foreign c              (公司).
The building was d               (毁坏) by the fire.
She is s              (害怕) of the snake.

书面表达
下面几幅图是你在上星期一所经历的事，还记得吗？请用英语叙述一下。