2025-2026年海南三亚初二下册期末英语试卷

1、 Taobao is a popular online shopping website, ________ varieties of items at low prices.

A.provides B.providing C.having provided D.Provided

2、Did _______ ever occur to you that you would end up in prison if you continued behaving like that?

A.what B.which C.that D.it

3、"Well, when I took my sheep through the fields some of them might have died if we had ___________a snake. But that's the way life is with sheep and with shepherds.”

A. come upon B. wait on

C. live with D. put together

4、— My mom suggested I ________ the SAT test and go to the US for further study.

— I would rather you _______ at home.

A．take, stay

B．take, stayed

C．went, stay

D．went, stayed

5、The house I grew up___________has been taken down.

A.in that B.where C.in D.in which

6、The man caught hold of the side of the lifeboat and narrowly escaped______.

A.to be drowned B.from drowning C.being drowned D.from being drowned

7、Don't be discouraged if you fail in this exam._____ things seriously and you will make great progress.

A. Take B. To take

C. Taking D. Taken

8、He is a strict and kind teacher, ______ my son loves and respects.

A. one      B. the one who

C. which    D. he who

9、The injured from the shock in the traffic accident are lying in the hospital at the moment．

A．suffering

B．suffered

C．suffer

D．to suffer

10、We’ve missed the bus. It looks _________ we’ll have to walk home.

A．ever since

B．as long as

C．even though

D．as though

11、The man was sentenced to prison for five years because he had _____ some national secrets to the enemy.

A.given in B.given away C.given out D.given off

12、Maria frowned. “It’s not important,” she said.

“Well, of course It’s important,” said Bruno irritably, ________ she was just being deliberately difficult.

A. even if B. if only C. now that D. as if

13、Only with everyone doing his part ________ be able to make our earth a cleaner planet.

A.we can B.can we C.we will D.will we

14、When he was there, he _______ go to that tea house at the corner when he was free everyday.

A.had better B.might C.would D.should

15、When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.

A. stolen   B. missing

C. lost      D. picked

16、—Where does your little daughter want to go during her holiday ?

—She is always looking forward to _____ to the Wu Yi Mountain.

A.take B.taking C.being taken D.be taken

17、It is usually very hot here in Wuxi in June, but it _______ be cool sometimes.

A．can

B．must

C．should

D．would

18、Not only the students but also the teacher ______ against the plan in yesterday's meeting.

A.is B.was C.are D.were

19、The number of people who can afford to buy their own houses ________ more than 80%, but a number of houses _________.

A．are; hasn’t been built

B．are; has built

C．is; haven’t been built

D．is; have built

20、According to some witnesses, the thief was observed ______ the bank when they were passing by.

A. enter B. to enter

C. entering D. to entering

21、The room was dark, the curtains _____ some sunlight.

A.blocking out B.blocked out C.breaking out D.broke out

22、Neither he nor I ________ able to persuade her to change her mind.

A.is B.are C.were D.am

23、So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.

A.light travels B.travels light C.does light travel D.has light travelled

24、I thought she was the very girl that I should marry_______I met her.

A.at the first time B.for the first time

C.the first time D.first time

25、Kathy ________ a lot of Chinese when she was working in Beijing during the summer vacation.

A. took up B. picked up C. brought up D. turned up

26、   Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号) “Four dollars a bucket (桶)” to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company “Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”

“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”

Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”

【1】What was Albert in the oil company at the beginning?

A.A chairman. B.A worker. C.A manager. D.An assistant.

【2】Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?

A.He could become famous.

B.He liked to have a nickname.

C.It could make his workmates happy.

D.It could advertise for his company for free.

【3】How did Rockefeller feel after hearing Albert’s words?

A.Surprised. B.Puzzled. C.Excited. D.Interested.

【4】What would be the best title for this passage?

A.Ways to Make Advertisements B.Albert and Rockefeller

C.Four Dollars a Bucket D.The Second Board Chairman

27、Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.

Please Touch Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

This museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石).There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.

Boston Children’s Museum

This museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.

National Museum of Play

This museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.

Children’s Museum of Houston

This museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.

【1】Children interested in environmental protection may well visit ________.

A．National Museum of Play or Children’s Museum of Houston

B．The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play

C．Please Touch Children’s Museum or Boston Children’s Museum

D．Boston Children’s Museum or Children’s Museum of Houston

【2】If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to ________.

A．Massachusetts

B．Indiana

C．New York

D．Texas

【3】Who might be most interested in this passage?

A．Students.

B．Parents.

C．Teachers

D．Researchers

28、   Most adults firmly believe that as kids reach their teens, they start to take crazy risks that get them in trouble. Do teenagers simply love taking all risks much more than adults? A recent study suggests otherwise.

Scientists designed a simple experiment involving 33 teenagers and three other age groups. In the experiment, the researchers tried to distinguish between two very different kinds of risk-taking. The first they called a willingness to take known risks (when the probability of winning is clear) and the second they called a willingness to take unknown risks (when the possibility of success is uncertain).

The study offered participants the opportunity to play two kinds of games. They had the chance to win money, with one game offering a known risk and the other offering an unknown risk. On each round of the game, each participant had to choose between taking a sure $5 and known or unknown risks of winning a lot more. If on one particular round they had picked the $5 for sure choice, then they got $5. But if on that round they had chosen to take a risk, the rules of the game will determine whether or not they had won. If they did win, they went home with between $8 and $125. And, of course, if they lost, they went home with nothing.

What the scientists found was really quite surprising. It turned out that the average teenager was very hesitant when risks were known—more careful than college students or parents-aged adults, and about as careful as grandparent-aged adults. This means that when the risks were known, teenagers were not risky in their behavior at all. Only when the risks were unclear did teenagers choose them more often than other groups. Under those kinds of conditions, they were much more willing to take a risk than any other group.

So, what does all of this mean? The research suggests that adults should probably focus more energy on trying to educate teenagers about risks than limiting them. Teenagers who understand the risks associated with a decision are more likely to be careful in their behavior.

【1】This experiment was carried out by

A.dividing the teens into three groups

B.comparing the reactions to different risks

C.giving equal amount of awards to the participants

D.observing the emotional changes of the teenager

【2】When facing known risks, teenagers tended to be ________.

A.ambitious B.cautious C.anxious D.curious

【3】Which group in the study were more likely to take unknown risks?

A.Teenagers. B.College students. C.Parent-aged adults. D.Grandparent-aged adults.

【4】According to the study, parents should focus on ________.

A.guaranteeing children to be careful B.setting age limits on dangerous activities

C.respecting teens to make their own choices D.guiding teens to learn more about the effect of risks

29、   Which came first, the chicken or the egg? 【1】 Philosophers used it as an excuse to argue about cause and effect. What's more, it’s what is known as a paradox—a situation or statement that appears to present contrary facts, both of which can logically be true.

Some might say the chicken came first, since you can’t have an egg without a chicken to lay it. But others might argue the egg came first, since all chickens begin life inside of an egg. A paradox, right? 【2】 “It’s pretty easy to understand,” said Jasmina Wiemann, a scientist at Yale University. “The egg is much older, evolutionarily(进化地) , than the chicken.”

Chickens, as we all know, probably became domesticated (驯养) about 10,000 years ago. 【3】 These animals are known as jungle fowl or Gallus.

【4】 Dinosaurs, birds, reptiles and even mammals that lay eggs evolved about 300 million years ago, Wiemann said. This pushes the origins of the egg back even further.

By the way, if you thought it strange to see mammals are put into a group with egg-laying animals, you should know that egg-laying is part of our evolutionary history. And female humans today still produce eggs through a process called ovulation. The soft eggs without shell stay inside of humans. 【5】

A.Eggs existed even long before this.

B.This question has its roots in ancient Greece.

C.The answer remains mysterious even if you ask a specialist.

D.Eatable eggs came into being hundreds of millions of years ago.

E.The answer is rather simple if you talk to an ancient expert about it.

F.But the animals that they developed from date back to 21 million years ago.

G.Even stranger, some mammals still reproduce by laying eggs that survive outside the body.

30、   The huge thirst for jobs in the civil service has made the national civil servant exam one of China's most Competitive tests. The first exam was held in 1995, and since then more and more people have _________ for it, with applications reaching peak over the last two years.

The latest online _________, carried out by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, _________that more than 73 percent of young people want to work as civil servants. Of the 17,330 participants, about 83 percent said they were attracted by the job's _________, guaranteed health care and pension(抚恤金). _________, 55 percent said it could bring “practical profits.”

Nearly 1 million people _________to take the exam last year, yet only just over 10,000 were finally _________.This year the stiff (severe) competition continued. The exact number of applicants is not known, with the final day for _________today.

But the influx of applicants has already broken the exam's website once. China Youth Daily _______ that the site was forced to close for maintenance due to __________ high traffic on the night of October 16. In a typical year several hundred applicants will apply for many of the jobs listed. For example, the five job vacancies __________by the secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party have this year __________more than3,880 applicants.

In general, the exam means 50 people competing for one post, the report said. __________as civil servants are attractive, not only because of the stable income and good health care, but also because of the low risks __________with the power and __________the positions enjoy. Among the total 6 million public servants, around 20,000 were dismissed between 1996 and 2003.

【1】A.put up B.signed up C.made up D.taken up

【2】A.discussion B.search C.survey D.project

【3】A.found B.told C.spoke D.insisted

【4】A.interest B.concept C.difficulty D.stability

【5】A.But B.Otherwise C.Meanwhile D.Instead

【6】A.entered B.adopted C.allowed D.applied

【7】A.employed B.won C.succeeded D.dismissed

【8】A.examination B.applications C.vote D.decision

【9】A.declared B.translated C.praised D.reported

【10】A.generally B.unusually C.commonly D.naturally

【11】A.provided B.introduced C.supplied D.planned

【12】A.grasped B.pulled C.attracted D.drawn

【13】A.Spots B.Locations C.Work D.Positions

【14】A.satisfied B.complained C.compared D.recognized

【15】A.sources B.entertainments C.resources D.developments

31、

The meaning of silence varies among cultural group. Silence may be 【1】, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in conversation may also show stubbornness, uneasiness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every 【2】 with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person’s needs. Many native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of 【3】 among people, just at some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore when a person from one of these culture is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be 【4】 is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these culture, silence is a call for 【5】.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with 【6】 among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show 【7】between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority（权威）rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the 【8】 meanings of silence wen they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own persona and cultural construction of silence so that a patient’s silence is not 【9】 too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing 【10】 of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

32、假设你叫李华，打算申请参加由英国Newcastle中学推出的为期半年的交换生项目（Student Exchange Program）。请给对方写封申请信，并简要陈述参加该项目的理由，内容包括：

1. 结识朋友，相互介绍本国文化；

2. 家庭寄宿（homestay)，体验生活，提高口语能力；

3. 观光旅游，增长见识，了解风土人情。

注意：

1. 词数120左右，已给开头结尾不计入总词数；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯，

Dear Sir,

I’m writing to_______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Hope for your reply as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua