2025-2026学年辽宁葫芦岛初二(下)期末试卷英语

1、总共有二百名学生。

________ ________，there were two hundred students．

2、—Are all the things________you have expected ready here?

—No. The dirty room is the only place________we can live in tonight.

A.which: that B.that; that C.that; where

3、Mary doesn’t dress herself up as ________ as her elder sister. She needs more practice.

A．good

B．well

C．better

D．best

4、—Cathy, are you going to Lisa’s birthday party this weekend?

—I will go if I .

A.invited B.will be invited C.am invited

5、Just as the saying goes, “________.” My cousin has made his dream come true after years of hard work.

A.practice makes perfect B.burn the candle at both ends

C.no pain, no gain D.actions speak louder than words

6、—How did you put the model robot together so perfectly?

—It’s easy. I just followed the   .

A. interviews   B. instructions   C. instruments   D. inventions

7、The newspaper ________ what the star signs ________ about people are not always facts.

A．says; say

B．is said; say

C．says; talk

D．is said; are talked

8、Some students go to school ______ foot and others go ______ bus.

A. on; by B. by; on C. on; on D. by; by

9、Thanks to the new bridge, people on that island no longer need to go to the city center ____ ferry.

A. in   B. by   C. from   D. with

10、Do you know ________ man, whose son is ________ astronaut?

A.the; an B.a; an C./; the

11、—I have never forgotten the song “My heart will go on”.

—Neither have I. The words of the song are still ________ in my mind.

A．educational

B．present

C．creative

D．traditional

12、I’d _________ stay at home_________ go to the cinema.

A．better; than

B．sooner; rather

C．rather; than

D．rather to; than

13、The firemen in Sichuan fought________time to put out the fire.

A.on B.in C.against D.at

14、—Jenny, how are you feeling today?

—Much   , Mom. I think I can go to school today.

A. good B. better   C. best D. Well

15、The sense of ________ helps us keep our balance so that we do not fall down.

A.sight B.smelling C.hearing D.direction

16、—What’s your feeling after visiting the village?

—The poor kids there are dying to get knowledge. And I want to do something to help them.

A.have a chance to B.really want to C.have nothing to do but

17、—I can’t think of any other actress is more beautiful than Audrey Hepburn.

—Yes, you are right. Her beauty is ________ words.

A．over

B．above

C．beyond

D．without

18、My teachers ask me to be ________ honest student today and ________ useful man tomorrow.

A.a; the B.an; a C.an; the D.an; /

19、—Did the book give the   you need?

—Yes. But I have to read the whole book to find it out,

A.information B.message C.notice D.news

20、--______ talented boy could write lyrics when he was at the age of ten.

--And he was brave enough to sing in ___ public then.

A. The, the   B. A, the   C. The, /   D. A, /

21、— What’s the meaning of “secretary”?

— Sorry, I don’t know. Let me________the word in the dictionary.

A.look at B.look for C.look up

22、A: Long time no see, Mike. Do you know when the marathon(马拉松) will be held?

B: Next month. By the way, 【1】

A: Volunteer? You are so great! 【2】

B: I will take out the rubbish, send water to the runners and cheer them up.

A: Sounds great. I also hope to be a volunteer like you. 【3】

B: I think you should look up some information on the Internet and fill in the form.

A: 【4】

B: Yes. You will also have an interview. I’m sure you can make it.

A: 【5】 Thank you very much.

B: You’re welcome.

A.I’m looking forward to working with you.

B.Is there anything else I need to do?

C.What should I do?

D.What do you do?

E.What will you do in the marathon?

F.I’m going to work as a volunteer.

23、填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。

A: Excuse me. Could you tell me 【1】 is the way to the nearest movie theatre?

B: Of course. It is quite near. It is just 500 meters 【2】 from here.

A: Really? Could you tell me how I can get there?

B: OK. Go along this street, tum left at the second crossing. The movie theatre is just at the corner

A: That’s great! Are there any shopping centers around the theatre?

B: Yes. Wanda Shopping Mall isn’t 【3】 from the theater. You only need to go across the street.

A: Wonderful, it is just 【4】 the theater!

B: Yes. you can’t miss it.

A: It is very nice of you. Thank you very much.

B: You’ re welcome. 【5】 a good day!

24、We may know that there are four basic stages (阶段) that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process is the way our brain and our personality react to(对……做出反应) the strange new things we meet with when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the “honeymoon (蜜月) stage”. This is the time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are very excited.

Unluckily, the second stage can be more difficult. After we have got used to our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets.

The third stage is called the “adjustment(调整) stage”. This is when you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. You realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place.

The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new place. You can deal with most problems that you have.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don’t know about. This is called “reverse(逆向) culture shock（冲击）” . When you go back to your own culture, you find you have changed and things there have changed. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home.

【1】Culture shock usually happens when you ______.

A. are married   B. move to a big city

C. go to live in a foreign culture   D. meet foreign people in your country

【2】How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?

A. Lonely and sad.   B. Bored and homesick.

C. Angry and impatient.   D. Happy and excited.

【3】How could the third stage be described?

A. Adjustment.   B. Pulling away.   C. Shock.   D. Anger

【4】Where can you probably find this passage?

A. In a novel.   B. In a magazine.   C. In a picture.   D. In an ad.

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Man would pass through four basic stages when living in a new culture.

B. Entering and living in a new culture is challenging.

C. It is much fun to live in a new culture.

D. Life in a new culture is a struggle.

25、In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930, a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.

Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.

Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.

The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.

At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.

In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.

【1】 The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests that _________.

A. the word “stewardess” was made up by Ellen Church

B. Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane

C. Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane

D. Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane

【2】From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.

A. Ellen did not behave in the same way as most other girls

B. Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education

C. Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital

D. Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely

【3】The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.

A. her flying experience

B. her university education

C. her nursing experience

D. her life attitudes

【4】The passage mainly talks about _______.

A. the background of early flying pilots

B. the experience of flying passengers

C. the history of early flight attendants

D. the development of airplanes

26、Jack is a clerk of a bookstore. Here is the note from his boss, Ben. Jack has to decide what books to order according to the following note and the descriptions of the books.

Hi Jack,

You must hand in the order list of books to me by the first working day of every month. The rules for choosing books are:

For textbooks:

● August is coming. We must choose all textbooks, without thinking of other rules.

For books which are not textbooks:

● If more than five copies of books were sold last month, we choose them. But if there are five copies or more in stock (现货), we do not make an order.

● If the wholesale (批发) prices of the books are higher than $75, we do not choose them. And we do not order anything whose retail (零售) price is higher than $100.

Ben

The descriptions of the books

【1】Jack must hand in the order list to his boss by __________.

A．the first day of last August

B．the last working day of this month

C．the last day of next August

D．the first working day of each month

【2】If Jack wants to buy the books about success, he should order them from __________.

A．Homeland Ltd

B．Founders Company Ltd

C．Oscar World Ltd

D．New Times Publishing Ltd

【3】The wholesale price of the book __________ is over $100.

A．Homeland English

B．Good Health in 20 Days

C．Biology at a Glance

D．How to Become Successful

【4】The number of the books sold best last month is __________.

A．3

B．10

C．18

D．20

【5】Jack can’t buy Good Health in 20 Days because __________.

A．it is not a school textbook

B．its wholesale price is too high

C．the copies in stock are more than 5

D．the copies sold last month are over 5

27、An “egg-laying” cliff （产蛋岩）in Southwest China has attracted（吸引）a lot of interest online recently.

The cliff, in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, has many egg-shaped rocks sitting on it. Most rocks are the size of a football, while smaller ones are still half inside the cliff, with only parts of them standing out.

According to the local government, the cliff is in a place of interest that has been open to public since 2010. It is about 100 meters long and five meters high. Local people said that some “eggs” fall off the cliff every 30 years, “like a hen laying eggs.”

At the bottom of the cliff lie many rocks that fell down in the past. Most of them are round or egg-shaped with a diameter（直径）of up to 50 centimeters. The green rocks are hard.

“In the past, people thought the rocks were symbols of good luck and took them home,” said the local people. The largest rock weighs about 300 kg, with a diameter of 60 centimeters. It’s called “the king of eggs.”

It’s said that Guizhou was once a large ocean, and that the rock eggs could have been produced by animals from the ocean. But nobody is sure about how they are formed.

【1】The “egg-laying” cliff is famous because ______.

A. the rock eggs are very beautiful   B. it is now in the sea

C. it can lay “eggs” every 30 years   D. it is colorful and hard

【2】The cliff has been open to public as a place of interest for about ______.

A. 5 years   B. 8 years   C. 30 years   D. 50 years

【3】Which is right about the “eggs”?

A. The “eggs” are black and hard.   B. All the “eggs” are almost the same size.

C. Most “eggs” weigh over 300kg.   D. Many “eggs” are at the foot of the cliff.

【4】What can we know from the passage?

A. The cliff is as big as a football field.   B. The “eggs” were “bad luck eggs”.

C. The cliff lays many eggs every year.   D. The cliff was in the ocean in ancient times.

28、根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

One night in November, Itzhak Perlman gave a concert in a theatre. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that becoming a violinist is not e【1】 for him. He had to walk with the help of two walking sticks as a result of the disease he caught as a c【2】.At first, he played the first few parts of the music as wonderfully as usual. Suddenly, one of the wrings(弦) on his violin b【3】. We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn’t. I【4】, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then asked the conductor(指挥) to begin again. This time he played with such strong feeling that we all lost ourselves in his music .Of course, everyone knows that it is i【5】 for a violinist to play a pleasant work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman didn’t want to

a【6】 that.When he finished, there was a terrible s【7】in the room. And then people rose and cheered f【8】 every corner of the theatre.Perlman smiled and said excitedly, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have l【9】.”So, suppose our task in this fast-changing world is to make music, at first we should try our best with a【10】 that we have. And then, when it is no longer possible, try to play it with what we have left.

29、I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of ____litter nearby and ______ that no one else was going to pick it up.

I live _____a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there _____three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was_____ much litter there that I became very unhappy.

I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to feel happy _____ there again. I ______my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me.

Ten minutes ____ starting to pick up litter, my bag was full ! It had cans, bottles, broken glasses and newspapers in it. From then on, I ______to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel _____ to do something for the environment.

After each trip, I look at all the litter _____I’ve found. If _____ of it is recyclable(可回收的) , I keep it. I can’t understand _____ people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up ____they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit _____the earth, but I still think it is important.

【1】A. seeing   B. throwing   C. dropping   D. cleaning

【2】A. believed   B. realized   C. insisted   D. understood

【3】A. far away from   B. near   C. nearly   D. along

【4】A. after   B. for   C. with   D. in

【5】A. such   B. very   C. so   D. too

【6】A. going   B. living   C. working   D. sleeping

【7】A. went   B. made   C. got   D. tried

【8】A. after   B. later   C. before   D. of

【9】A. had gone   B. have gone   C. go   D. will go

【10】A. tired   B. sad   C. interesting   D. great

【11】A. what   B. whom   C. where   D. that

【12】A. many   B. some   C. any   D. much

【13】A. that   B. why   C. when   D. how

【14】A. until   B. after   C. as soon as   D. when

【15】A. to support   B. to help   C. to give   D. to provide