Reading

Lives saved, lives lost (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. The accident happened _____.

A. a month ago B. in Hebei province

C. in the morning D. near the bank of Baota River

2. The students held hands to _____.

A. swim faster B. feel stronger

C. keep warmer D. form a ladder

3. The word “panic” in paragraph 4 means ___.

A. 失散 B. 沉没 C. 惊慌 D. 绝望

4. What happened at the end of the accident?

A. Six students were saved by a swimming team.

B. The two boys were drowned in the river.

C. Four students lost their lives.

D. Nobody was hurt.

5. How do people react to the students’ act?

A. Few people feel sad about their deaths.

B. “Tiaozhantianya” thinks it was worthwhile.

C. Li Jiahua considers them heroes.

D. Nobody was concerned about them.

Young boy solves crime for police (P3)

完成下列任务：

Fill in the blanks with less than 3 words for each:

Leon Yates is a schoolboy who is 6. ______ years old. Recently he became a “super detective” because he helped the police 7. ______.

One afternoon he saw two men acting 8. ______ outside his home. Later the two men 9. ______ Mrs Hill’s house and 10. ______ her handbag. Yates tried to help Mrs Hill

11. ______ the two thieves but they had already 12. ______.

Yates found the 13. ______ lemonade can one of the thieves had been drinking and 14. ______ put the can in a plastic bag without 15. _____ it. The police did

16. ______ and caught the thieves. It was Yates’

17. ______ and 18. ______ that helped him solve the crime.

Yates was very 19. ______ the experience and decided that he would want a 20. ______ when he was older.

Put the following sentences into Chinese:

21. It must be the one the thief had been drinking!

________________________________________

22. I can’t thank him enough.

________________________________________

23. What’s the best title for the story?

___________________________________________

A broken window glass (P5)

Answer the following questions:

24. What did the writer do to make money at the age of 12?

___________________________________________

25. What happened one day when the writer and his friend were playing with stones?

___________________________________________

26. How did the writer feel after breaking the window?

___________________________________________

27. How did the writer feel after a few days?

___________________________________________

28. What did the writer do to make up for his wrongdoings?

___________________________________________

29. What can we learn from the story?

___________________________________________

Fans cheer even when their teams lose (P8)

Choose the best answer:

30. The saying “It’s a funny old game” means that football is _____.

A. funny but old-fashioned

B. dangerous, boring and funny

C. interesting, popular and old

D. unexpected, exciting and lovable

31. The writer described _____ in Paragraph 3.

A. how boring the game wa

B. what was going on in the stadium

C. how he felt sorry for the Chinese fan

D. how a loyal fan should act

32. It can be inferred that _____.

A. Guoan has won its first ever league

B. there was a much smaller audience that day

C. David agrees with the fan’s view about the victory

D. Chinese fans are disappointed with the National team

33. Which statement does NOT express David’s opinions on football?

A. Football is interesting and exciting.

B. Fans should always be loyal to their team.

C. Winning is the best part of a game.

D. One can never expect a team to win all the time.

Listening

初二英语听力测试（11）

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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：听下面一段长对话，选择正确答案。该对话读两遍。

3. What problem does the woman have?

A. She told a lie.

B. She was hurt by Jack.

C. She couldn’t sleep.

4. What is the probable relation between the two speakers?

A. Friends. B. Mother and son. C. Neighbors.

5. What does the man suggest?

A. Fighting with Jack.

B. Having a talk with Jack.

C. Forgetting about it.

key:

Reading

1—5 DDCAC 6. 12/twelve 7. solve a crime 8. strange 9. broke into 10. stole 11. spot 12. run away 13. empty 14. carefully 15. touching 16. DNA tests 17. quick thinking 18. bravery 19. satisfied with / happy about / excited about 20. career in the police

21. 一定是那个贼喝过的柠檬水罐子。

22. 我怎么感谢他都不为过啊。

23. One possible version: A brave young detective

24. He delivered newspapers.

25. A stone slipped from his hand and crashed through a small window.

26. He felt scared. He didn’t want to be found out.

27. He felt guilty and wanted to give the old lady money to have the window repaired.

28. He saved his paper delivery money, put it in an envelope and slid it under the old lady’s door with a note explaining what had happened.

29. One possible version: We should learn to forgive and smile to people even when they’ve done something wrong. 30—33 DBDC

Listening

1—2 CA 3—5 BAB