2024-2025学年度南通初二英语第二学期期中试卷
二、单项选择 (本题共 10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分 15分)
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. —Will you come to my birthday party tomorrow afternoon?
—I’d like to, but I have a job interview then. ________, thanks for your invitation.
A. However B. Besides C. Anyway D. Instead
2. Binjiang Park is ________ the Wolf Hill according to the map.
A. over B. opposite C. against D. above
3. —Hello, Miss Li, how long can I keep these books?
—For three weeks. After that you must ________ the books if you want to keep them longer. Otherwise, I will charge 10 yuan a day for each book.
A. return B. refuse C. renew D. review
4. What does Jane want Lucy to do?
A. To lend her a book. B. To buy her a book.
C. To explain the homework. D. To go to the school with her.
5. —On 4 November 2024, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site.
—It was reported that our three astronauts were in good physical ________.
A. situation B. instruction C. condition D. direction
6. —I have difficulty with my English writing.
—Why not try Deepseek? If you use it correctly, it will ________ a new way of learning.
A. put up B. pick up C. turn up D. open up
7 Which sentence is right about the town centre according to the two pictures?
A. People used to go around by bus or taxi.
B. The streets used to be full of traffic.
C. More and more people have their own cars now.
D. The government has turned the town centre into a park.
8. —You ________ be very tired after finishing all of those hard jobs.
—Yes. I’ll have a sound sleep and make myself comfortable.
A. must B. may not C. may D. can’t
9. —I don’t feel well this spring. The weather is changeable (多变的).
—________. The temperature goes up and down like a roller coaster.
A. Exactly not B. I can’t agree more C. I’m afraid not D. I don’t think so
10. What can you learn from the picture on the right?
A. We cannot have drinks outside the restaurant.
B. We cannot have drinks while eating in the restaurant.
C. We cannot bring drinks into the restaurant from outside.
D. We cannot take drinks away from the restaurant.
三、完形填空 (本题共 15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was a chilly autumn afternoon when I fell down during the race competition, leaving my right leg in a cast (打了石膏). The doctor said I couldn’t run for ____11____ months. As the leader of the track team (田径队), I felt like a bird with broken wings. Even the 200-meter walk from the classroom to the dining room, holding the wall tightly and breathing heavily—I jumped every step with ____12____.
Everything changed when Ms. Lin placed a pot of pothos (绿萝) on my desk. “Did you know this plant grows even in the ____13____?” she said softly. I saw the edges of the leaves shining with strong ____14____. From then on. I watered it every day. The ____15____ sound of water drops on the soil showed me that life keeps growing in silence (寂静地). Getting better was ____16____ than I had thought. During my first try of running, I wanted to give up because of the pain (疼痛) in my leg. Until I noticed a new tiny green ____17____ growing from the pothos plant, I ____18____ that darkness won’t stop the pothos just like the pain won’t stop me.
Three months later, I finally tied my running shoes again. As I ran on the track, I felt a regular ____19____ under my feet, thump, thump, thump—like the beating of my heart. The cool morning wind ____20____ the sweet smell of flowers from the school garden, making me smile for the first time in weeks. Simple small things I once didn’t notice before seemed ____21____ to me now. When I crossed the training finishing line, my teammates cheered. Ms. Lin ____22____ the pothos over her head, the plant’s vines (藤) spread all over the frame, and its leaves reached up to the sun like a road to hope. Everyone clapped loudly.
