初二英语

（一）
Hi, Louis!
I"m writing to tell you something about the customs and festivals.
Everyone loves holidays since one doesn"t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the U.S., everyone thinks New Year"s Eve and New Year are both for partying with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate the birth of Christ.
I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.
Love,
Sue
根据短文内容，判断正误。正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示。
1. Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.
2. Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.
3. All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.
4. Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.
5. This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.

（二）
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can"t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don"t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don"t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody"s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don"t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .
A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds
2. People can"t hear the dolphin"s sounds because ________ .
A. they are above the water
B. they are under the water
C. they are very high
D. they are very low
3. Which one is true according to the passage?
A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study
B. They don"t study, but they travel in a group
C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.
D. Dolphins like to kill people

（三）

1. You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to ________ .
A. Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Roston
B. Recruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KK
C. the Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street. Roston.
D. a private language school.
2. What stops Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis.
A. Fond of beer and wine.
B. Punished（处罚）for driving too fast and wrong parking.
C. Unable to speak a foreign language.
D. Not having college education.
3. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just finished college. Which job might be given to him?
A. Driving for Capes Taxi
B. Working for Southern Airlines
C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.
D. Working for Northern Airlines.
4. What prevents（阻止）Mary, aged 25, from becoming an air hostess
A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined
B. She can"t speak Japanese very well.
C. She has never worked as an air hostess before
D. She doesn"t feel like working long hours flying abroad.
5. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the three advertisements?
A. Whether he or she is married
B. Whether they are men or women
C. Their education
D. The ages

（四）
All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn"t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn"t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn"t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn"t easy, but now I"ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.
If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.
What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.
So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don"t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn"t easy, but you"ll be healthier, and ....
1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?
A. A smoker
B. A non-smoker
C. A 50-year-old person
2. What does the writer think of smoking?
A. It is good for his health
B. Smoking is bad for him
C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath
3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?
A. He becomes rich
B. He has more friends
C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.

（五）
New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world.
You might want to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New York"s most famous shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to “window shop”only. This is shopping for the rich. There are other, less expensive shopping areas nearby, and you"ll soon come across famous stores such as Bloomingdales, Macy"s and FAO Schwartz.
And if you"ve brought your rollerblades, then a visit to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhattan, but if you thought that people came here to relax, sit down for a few minutes and get away from the rush of New York life, then you"d be wrong. Nobody sits in Central Park: they run, jog（慢跑）, and most of all they rollerblade.
When you leave New York, you might be tired, even poor and overweight, but the one thing you won"t be is bored!
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. Why would you probably only “window shop”in Fifth Avenue?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What do some waiters and waitresses in New York wear on their feet?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What don"t people do in Central Park?
_____________________________________________________________

（六）
In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald"s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you"d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There"s no need to leave a tip.
In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don"t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you"d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage.
In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don"t need to tell her yours. If you don"t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip.
In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don"t like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.
1. counter柜台 2. tip小费
3. carriage火车车厢 4. casual随意的
5. percent百分之…… 6. reservation预定
7. refuse拒绝

1. There are ______ types of restaurants here.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop.
A. near the door B. in the corner
C. at a counter D. on the floor
3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name?
A. In a top class restaurant B. In a fast food restaurant
C. In a coffee shop D. In a family restaurant
4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant?
A. Ten percent B. Fifteen percent
C. Thirty percent D. Forty percent

（七）
If you ask Daniel Radcliffe who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, that"s really difficult,” he says with a smile.
“There have been so many things, so many memories that at times it"s hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for Tbe Pbilosopber"s Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”
“But I"ve had such a great time doing Tbe Cbamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. It"s been great.”
Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, 2002. He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.
Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.
1. impossible不可能的 2. recall回忆
3. premiere首映 4. amazing令人惊异的
5. the Chamber of Secrets《密室》 6. agent经纪人
7. casting director负责物色演员的人 8. essential极为重要的
根据短文内容，判断正误。正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示
1. Daniel Radcliff is fifteen years old in 2003.
2. Daniel didn"t have many special moments in 2002.
3. One of his best memories was the London premiere for 7 Pbilosopber"s Stone.
4. Daniel likes making friends.
5. Daniel"s father is an agent in America.

完形填空练习：
（一）
Have you ever talked with friends in class? Putin did the 1 . He would secretly tell others what to say when the teacher was asking them for a(n) 2 .
It seemed that young Putin was not good at 3 things. He sometimes forgot to finish his maths homework. Once he forgot to wear school uniform（校服）. His teacher had to ask him to 4 the classroom. But young Putin did very well in the moral class（品德课）. He 5 got full marks.
He also showed a strong love of his motherland at an early age.
1. A. some B. same C. so D. it
2. A. question B. problem C. answer D. sentence
3. A. forgetting B. learning C. making D. remembering
4. A. get into B. get off C. get on D. get out of
5. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. seldom

（二）
We are going to take a test today. It will show if we are 1 to get in an honours class next year. But, I don"t think it is 2 for me. It is the maths part –– my favourite.
We take the test by computer. There 3 52 questions for us to do in one hour.
The boy behind me 4 nervous. The girl to my left was nervous, 5 . But 6 I began answering the questions, I saw the whole thing 7 a game. I tried to 8 easy ways to do the maths problems. At the end of the test, my score was 307. but what does it mean? I have no idea. I asked my friend John. He got 227. When he knew my score, he said. “Oh my God. You"re a genius!” So, I asked 9 people, and got the same answers. Finally, I walked up to Lauren.
“David! How did you do on the MAP test?”I answered, “If I 10 you, will you kill me?”
1. A. enough smart B. too smart C. smart enough D. very smart
2. A. hard B. easy C. different D. interesting
3. A. was B. had C. were D. have
4. A. was looking B. looked C. looks D. was looked
5. A. either B. also C. yet D. too
6. A. when B. after C. before D. while
7. A. for B. like C. to D. as
8. A. look B. find out C. find D. search
9. A. other B. another C. the other D. others
10. A. told B. am telling C. will tell D. tell

（三）
Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the sp

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（一）
Hi, Louis!
I"m writing to tell you something about the customs and festivals.
Everyone loves holidays since one doesn"t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the U.S., everyone thinks New Year"s Eve and New Year are both for partying with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate the birth of Christ.
I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.
Love,
Sue
根据短文内容，判断正误。正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示。
1. Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.
2. Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.
3. All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.
4. Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.
5. This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.

（二）
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can"t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don"t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don"t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody"s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don"t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .
A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds
2. People can"t hear the dolphin"s sounds because ________ .
A. they are above the water
B. they are under the water
C. they are very high
D. they are very low
3. Which one is true according to the passage?
A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study
B. They don"t study, but they travel in a group
C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.
D. Dolphins like to kill people

（三）

1. You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to ________ .
A. Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Roston
B. Recruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KK
C. the Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street. Roston.
D. a private language school.
2. What stops Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis.
A. Fond of beer and wine.
B. Punished（处罚）for driving too fast and wrong parking.
C. Unable to speak a foreign language.
D. Not having college education.
3. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just finished college. Which job might be given to him?
A. Driving for Capes Taxi
B. Working for Southern Airlines
C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.
D. Working for Northern Airlines.
4. What prevents（阻止）Mary, aged 25, from becoming an air hostess
A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined
B. She can"t speak Japanese very well.
C. She has never worked as an air hostess before
D. She doesn"t feel like working long hours flying abroad.
5. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the three advertisements?
A. Whether he or she is married
B. Whether they are men or women
C. Their education
D. The ages

（四）
All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn"t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn"t stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn"t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn"t easy, but now I"ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.
If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.
What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.
So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don"t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn"t easy, but you"ll be healthier, and ....
1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?
A. A smoker
B. A non-smoker
C. A 50-year-old person
2. What does the writer think of smoking?
A. It is good for his health
B. Smoking is bad for him
C. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath
3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?
A. He becomes rich
B. He has more friends
C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.

（五）
New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world.
You might want to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New York"s most famous shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to “window shop”only. This is shopping for the rich. There are other, less expensive shopping areas nearby, and you"ll soon come across famous stores such as Bloomingdales, Macy"s and FAO Schwartz.
And if you"ve brought your rollerblades, then a visit to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhattan, but if you thought that people came here to relax, sit down for a few minutes and get away from the rush of New York life, then you"d be wrong. Nobody sits in Central Park: they run, jog（慢跑）, and most of all they rollerblade.
When you leave New York, you might be tired, even poor and overweight, but the one thing you won"t be is bored!
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. Why would you probably only “window shop”in Fifth Avenue?
_____________________________________________________________
2. What do some waiters and waitresses in New York wear on their feet?
_____________________________________________________________
3. What don"t people do in Central Park?
_____________________________________________________________

（六）
In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald"s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you"d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There"s no need to leave a tip.
In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don"t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what you"d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage.
In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don"t need to tell her yours. If you don"t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip.
In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don"t like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.
1. counter柜台 2. tip小费
3. carriage火车车厢 4. casual随意的
5. percent百分之…… 6. reservation预定
7. refuse拒绝

1. There are ______ types of restaurants here.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop.
A. near the door B. in the corner
C. at a counter D. on the floor
3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name?
A. In a top class restaurant B. In a fast food restaurant
C. In a coffee shop D. In a family restaurant
4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant?
A. Ten percent B. Fifteen percent
C. Thirty percent D. Forty percent

（七）
If you ask Daniel Radcliffe who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, that"s really difficult,” he says with a smile.
“There have been so many things, so many memories that at times it"s hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for Tbe Pbilosopber"s Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”
“But I"ve had such a great time doing Tbe Cbamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. It"s been great.”
Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, 2002. He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.
Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.
1. impossible不可能的 2. recall回忆
3. premiere首映 4. amazing令人惊异的
5. the Chamber of Secrets《密室》 6. agent经纪人
7. casting director负责物色演员的人 8. essential极为重要的
根据短文内容，判断正误。正确的用“T”表示，错误的用“F”表示
1. Daniel Radcliff is fifteen years old in 2003.
2. Daniel didn"t have many special moments in 2002.
3. One of his best memories was the London premiere for 7 Pbilosopber"s Stone.
4. Daniel likes making friends.
5. Daniel"s father is an agent in America.

完形填空练习：
（一）
Have you ever talked with friends in class? Putin did the 1 . He would secretly tell others what to say when the teacher was asking them for a(n) 2 .
It seemed that young Putin was not good at 3 things. He sometimes forgot to finish his maths homework. Once he forgot to wear school uniform（校服）. His teacher had to ask him to 4 the classroom. But young Putin did very well in the moral class（品德课）. He 5 got full marks.
He also showed a strong love of his motherland at an early age.
1. A. some B. same C. so D. it
2. A. question B. problem C. answer D. sentence
3. A. forgetting B. learning C. making D. remembering
4. A. get into B. get off C. get on D. get out of
5. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. seldom

（二）
We are going to take a test today. It will show if we are 1 to get in an honours class next year. But, I don"t think it is 2 for me. It is the maths part –– my favourite.
We take the test by computer. There 3 52 questions for us to do in one hour.
The boy behind me 4 nervous. The girl to my left was nervous, 5 . But 6 I began answering the questions, I saw the whole thing 7 a game. I tried to 8 easy ways to do the maths problems. At the end of the test, my score was 307. but what does it mean? I have no idea. I asked my friend John. He got 227. When he knew my score, he said. “Oh my God. You"re a genius!” So, I asked 9 people, and got the same answers. Finally, I walked up to Lauren.
“David! How did you do on the MAP test?”I answered, “If I 10 you, will you kill me?”
1. A. enough smart B. too smart C. smart enough D. very smart
2. A. hard B. easy C. different D. interesting
3. A. was B. had C. were D. have
4. A. was looking B. looked C. looks D. was looked
5. A. either B. also C. yet D. too
6. A. when B. after C. before D. while
7. A. for B. like C. to D. as
8. A. look B. find out C. find D. search
9. A. other B. another C. the other D. others
10. A. told B. am telling C. will tell D. tell

（三）
Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.
On the day of my speech, I didn"t get nervous or forget 4 I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are 5 at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories about Spanish history sounded boring.
After giving my speech and showing my pictures I 7 I was going to get a bad grade.
Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They 8 a lot of time, and I always 9 the day it has to be finished an