期中测试卷(测试时间：90分钟 满分：120分)I. 单项选择（本题共15分， 每小题1分）( ) 1. Do you know _ Jane visits her grandparents?Once a week. She loves them deeply.A. how soon B. how often C. how long D. how far( ) 2. How was your school trip in Beijing last year?_. I had a good time with my classmates.A. Terrible B. Great C. Expensive D. Not good( ) 3. I dont feel like _ today. A. to read B. reading C. read D. reads( ) 4. Are you going anywhere? I _ about visiting my sister, but I have changed my mind. A. think B. have thought C. will think D. thought( ) 5. Whats his brother? He is a teacher. He _ maths at a school.A. taught B. has taught C. teaches D. will teach( ) 6. Please dont eat too much junk food. Its bad _ your health.A. to B. for C. at D. with( ) 7. The watch is _ than that one. A. more cheaper B. much cheap C. more cheap D. much cheaper( ) 8. Everyone knows Canada is the second largest country in the world.That is, it is larger than _ country in Asia.A. any B. any otherC. other D. another( ) 9. Mike isnt as _ as Tina, so he always makes more mistakes.A. careful B. carefully C. more careful D. more carefully( ) 10. What do you think of her teaching English?Great! No one teaches _ in our school. A. good B. worse C. better D. best ( ) 11. Its smoggy these days. Thats terrible!Yes, I hope to plant trees. _ trees, _air pollution.A. The more; the fewer B. the less; the more C. The less; the fewer D. The more; the less ( ) 12. Come here at Christmas! You can buy _ clothes in a year.A. the cheapest B. cheaperC. the worst D. worse( ) 13. Tom doesnt like thrillers because its _.A. funny B. interesting C. exciting D. scary( ) 14. Mona doesnt like making speeches. She feels _ talking in front of the class. A. annoyed B. excited C. nervous D. surprised( ) 15. What do you think of _?I dont mind it.A. to watch TV B. watching TV C. watch TV D. watched TVII. 完形填空（本题共10分，每小题1分）Is it good for students to do some housework.Some people think students need not do 1 housework. They think the only thing students need do is to study 2 . I dont think so. It is good for students to do some housework for 3 reasons. Firstly, to do some housework can 4 you independent（独立的）.You cant depend on（依靠） others all your life. So, you should 5 to do some housework now. Secondly, to do some housework can 6 you healthy and strong, some hard housework can be regarded(认为)as a kind of physical（身体的） 7 . 8 , to do some housework can share your parents work. They must be 9 if you say “Have a rest, and I will do the housework.” So I think it is 10 for students to do some housework.( ) 1. A. many B. a lotC. some D. any( ) 2. A. good B. wellC. better D. best( ) 3. A. one B. twoC. three D. four( ) 4. A. make B. takeC. ask D. tell( ) 5. A. study B. learnC. hope D. want( ) 6. A. talk B. beC. keep D. show( ) 7. A. practice B. exerciseC. activity D. active( ) 8. A. Next B. LastC. Later D. Finally( ) 9. A. sad B. happyC. unhappy D. relaxing( ) 10. A. bad B. not goodC. good D. wellIII. 情景交际：根据上下文，从方框中选择合适的句子，补全对话。（本题共10分，每小题2分）A: We had a talent show yesterday in our school, John.B: 1 A: It was great.B: 2 A: Helen. She is an excellent violin player.B: 3 B: Yes, I think they were the funniest.B: 4 A: I think Mary was. Her joke didnt make us laugh.B: Terrible. 5 A: Yeah. But I think her sister was the most creative. She could dance with her dog. B: Really? Thats fun.A. She might be very sad.B. How was it, Jack?C. Did Henry and his parrot (鹦鹉) take part in （参加）the show?D. Who was the best actress（女演员）?E. Who was the worst?F. Thats great.G. What can she do?IV. 阅读理解（本题共40分，每小题2分）ATommy is from a poor family. His father is a worker and he is often ill. Tommy hopes to be an artist, but everybody says it is impossible (不可能) for him to be an artist and makes fun of his family and his dream. But Tommy never gives up. One day, he heard there was a drawing competition the following week, and anyone aged 13 and up was welcome. The winner would get 10, 000 dollars and some art equipment (设备). He thought for a minute and decided to take part in the competition. That week seemed like the longest week in his life. Every day when he got home from sch