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reached China on 1275.
While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperorof China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In his diary, he wrote, “Kublai Khan’s palace is the greatest I’ve ever seen. The streets of the new capital. Daidu, are so straight and so wide.” Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with “black stones... which burn like wood.” These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans knew little about it then.
After 17 years in China, Marco and his family finally returned to Venice in 1292. After he returned home, Marco pleted a book about his trip, full of facts about his wonderful experiences in China.
5. How was Marco Polo’s three-and-a-half-year journey to China? A. Expensive. B. fortable. C. Difficult. D. Smooth. 6. The Polos finally got to China in .
A.1271 B. 1275 C. 1288 D. 1292 7. What did Marco do when he was in China?
A. He worked for the emperor. B. He learned to build city streets. C. He helped to dig for coal. D. He finished a book about his trip. 8. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Magic “black stones” B. Marco Polo in China
C. Paper money on Daidu D. Kublai Khan—the greatest emperor C
Rock climbing(攀岩)did not bee a sport until late in the 1900s. But now it has bee a popular activity. While rock climbing may still be necessary for mountain climbing, most people just climb low mountains for fun.
If you have ever done rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing both need practice. What most people don’t know is that rock climbing is one of the sports that depend on your body and mind(意志).
To climb successfully, one must use wonderful skills. One of the important rules is to always have three parts of your body on the rock face. Another important rule is that your arms only hold you close to the rock face while your legs are pushing you up, the closer you are to the rock face, the easier it is to climb.
Rock climbing is a wonderful sport. Once you start to learn how to climb, you’ll find more fun. For anyone who wants to get into beautiful shape, rock climbing is a fun and good way. Anyone who enjoys a difficult game and loves the indoor and outdoor activities should think of taking rock climbing as a new hobby.
9. When did rock climbing bee a sport?
A. In 1900. B. Early in the 1900s. C. In the middle of the 1900s. D. Late in the 1900s.
10. What does rock climbing depend on?
A. It depends on your brain. B. It depends on your hobby.
C. It depends on your interests. D. It depends on your body and mind. 11. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Rock climbing is a kind of indoor and outdoor activity. B. Rock climbing is a very easy sport. C. When you climb, your arms push you up.
D. The closer you are to the rock face, the more difficult it is to climb. D
A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.
One day the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful voice. He asked his guards(守卫) to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, \her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want tohear her. \ The little bird was sounhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn’t sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness. 12. Where did the nightingale live at first? A. In a forest. B. In the mountains
C. In the garden D. In the palace 13. Why did the nightingale stop singing one day? A. Because she was too tired to sing.
B. Because she was too sad to sing. C. Because she was too thirsty to sing.
D. Because she was too old to sing.
14. What was happening when the nightingale began to sing her most beautiful songs again? A. The robot bird was very angry.
B. The emperor was very angry. C. The robot bird became very weak.
D. The emperor became better and better.
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
A. Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.
B. The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time. C. The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage. D. The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was. 四. 单词拼写，每空一词。（1×15= 15分）
1. The_______(政府)is making laws against water pollution. 2. What do you think of _________(当代的) art? 3. Are you going ________(到国外) for your holiday? 4. Li Ming works for the panda_______(研究).
5. The twins are_______(成人)now and they should do things by themselves. 6. Mr. Green_______(成功) in getting the job. 7. We were excited about the_______(古代的) building.
8. She wants to e to the cities to_______(达到、完成) her dream. 9.This song __________ (使想起) us that what has happened between us.
10.When the English TV program Monkey came out in 1979, __________(西方的) children became interested in this wonderful story.
11. __________(最近) I always felt lonely and afraid. 12. The sun _______(升起) from the east every morning. 13. The little boy is ________(永远) asking questions. 14. Please tell me the _________(实情) and don’t lie to me. 15. Harry is a _______ (陌生的)person to me.
五.用所给词的适当形式填空，每空所填单词的数量不固定（1×15 = 15分） 1. The boy fell_______(sleep) when he was doing his homework. 2. All of us were______(shock) when we know the old man was killed. 3. They are going to get_______ (marry) next week. 4. He must learn to look after _______ (he)
5. These young men came to this city _______(find) jobs they like.
6. One of _______ (popular) places for mountain climbing is the Himalayas. 7. You should drive more carefully in ______(freeze) weather. 8. My ______(excite) made them very surprised.
9. I want to repair these_____(break) bikes and then give them to the poor children. 10. Let’s go to the countryside and enjoy the _______(beautiful) of nature. 11. Lily is very poor because she has_______(spend) all her money on books. 12. _______(have) Mr Smith talked to you so far?
13. I have _______(see) the film so many times so I don’t want to see it again. 14. It snowed ______(heavy) last night and neither of us went out. 15. Baby pandas used to die from ______(ill). 六.书面表达。 (15分)
假设你是张杰，Jack是你远在美国的友， 请给他写一封e-mail谈谈近况。词数不少于70词。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。要点如下：
1. 最近你已经读完了《西游记》，非常有趣。 2. 给Jack简单介绍《西游记》的内容和人物。 3. 自己和父母关系紧张，很难沟通 4. 询问Jack有什么建议可以帮助你 5. 请补充一点相关内容。
参考词汇： 《西游记》Journey to the West 人物 character
第二学期初二英语期末试题答案
一 单项选择。（1×15 = 15分） 题号 选项 题号 选项 1 A 11 A 2 A 12 B 3 D 13 D 4 C 14 C 5 A 15 B 6 D 7 D 8 C 9 C 10 B 二 完形填空。（1 × 10 = 10分） 题号 选项 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 D 5 B 6 C 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 A 三 阅读理解。 （2×15 = 30分） 题号 选项 题号 选项 1 B 11 A 2 A 12 C 3 C 13 B 4 D 14 C 5 C 15 C 6 B 7 A 8 B 9 D 10 D 四 单词拼写。（1×15= 15分） 1. government 2. modern 3. abroad 4. research 5. adult 6 succeeded 7. ancient 8. achieve 9. reminds 10 western 11. recently 12. rises 13. forever 14. truth 15. strange 五所给词的适当形式填空，每空所填单词的数量不固定（1×15 = 15分） 1. asleep 2. shocked 3.married 4. himself 5. to find
6. the most popular 7. freezing 8. excitement 9. broken 10.beauty 11.spent 12 Has 13. seen 14.heavily 15. illness 六.书面表达。 (15分)