Reading

It’s our turn! (P1)

Fill in the blanks using words from the story:

Most Beijing middle school students are having a special v 1 this summer. They are t 2 hard instead of h 3 out with friends or traveling. They will perform a group display in a big parade in Tian’anmen Square on October 1 to m 4 the 60th birthday of the country.

They w 5 white hats, T-shirts and dark-blue trousers. Their hats and T-shirts are p 6 with a red logo, the number "60". They train in the early morning or in the late afternoon to a 7 the summer heat.

During the first week, they p 8 standing and squatting. Then they m 9 on to the group display. They make beautiful patterns with colored sheets in the s 10 of flowers. What a fantastic sight that would be!

Tune in Max’s show (P2)

Choose the best answer:

11. What does Max Jones do after school?

A. He helps his mom with housework.

B. He works as a journalist at a TV station.

C. He hosts a news program.

D. He goes out to see people.

12. What is Max Jones’s dream?

A. Building a world-famous news program.

B. Traveling around the world and seeing people.

C. Working as a journalist for a news program.

D. Setting up a huge online news network.

13. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Max has very loud voice.

B. Max writes all the news stories.

C. Max spends ten hours a week in his studio.

D. Max believes everyone can make a difference.

14. What does Lillian Wu think of Max Jones?

A. Easygoing. B. Caring.

C. Hardworking. D. Ordinary.

I’m going out into the real world (P3)

根据你对文章的理解完成下列任务。

15. 找出文中与本句意思相近的句子。

Something exciting is going to happen to me.

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16. 翻译下面的句子。

It connects knowledge from books with practical experience.

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17. 回答下列问题。

1) What do students do on the course?

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2) Why do teachers encourage us to take the course?

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18. 用一句话概括文章的中心思想。

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That’s real courage (P5)

Answer the questions:

19. Why was the father worried about his son?

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20. How long did the son stay with the wise man?

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21. Did the boy win the boxing match?

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22. What do you think a person with “real courage" is like?

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Star talk (P8)

Choose the best answer:

23. Bolt broke his own 200m world record _____.

A. on August 19 B. in Jamaica

C. at the age of 23 D. in 19.19 second

24. How much did Bolt get for his new 100m performance?

A. US$130,000. B. 1.09 million yuan.

C. US$150,000. D. 1.90 million yuan.

25. What were the program executives worried about Victoria Beckham?

A. Her accent. B. Her appearance.

C. Her clothing. D. Her health.

26. The word "pronunciation" in the last paragraph probably means _____.

A. 减肥 B. 发音 C. 口语 D. 交际

27. How did Victoria see her problem?

A. She was quite proud of it.

B. She was afraid of facing it.

C. She was trying to improve it.

D. She thought it was nothing serious.

Listening




初二英语听力测试（1）

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第一节：听下面的句子，选择与句子内容相符的图片。每个句子读一遍。



第二节：听下面的短文，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。

6. When do shops start to sell Christmas gifts?

A. From December. B. From October.

C. From November.

7. What’s Andy Park’s nationality?

A. American. B. French. C. British.

8. What’s special about Andy Park?

A. He has a Christmas gift shop.

B. He celebrates Christmas every day.

C. He doesn’t celebrate Christmas.