2025-2026学年第一学期吴风实验学校初二期中英语试卷
一、听力（略）
二、单项选择(本大题共10小题，每小题1分)
1. —Daniel is only ________ 11-year-old boy. But you can believe what he says.
—Yes, I know that. He is ________ honest boy.
A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an
2. Cutting down too many trees ________ it ________ for people to protect the wildlife in the world.
A. make; impossible B. makes; possible
C. make; possible D. makes; impossible
3. We need to tell people to just do one small thing well ________ 100 things poorly.
A. as well as B. instead of C. according to D. because of
4. Today AI technology is developing ________ we can imagine. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.
A. much faster than B. as fast as C. more slowly than D. as slowly as
5 J. k. Rowling is a __________ writer. Her book Harry Potter is a great __________.
A. success; successful B. successfully; success
C. successful; success D. successful; successfully
6. —More and more students love playing computer games at weekends.
—That’s too bad. Everyone ________ be a book lover. Reading makes a full man.
A. need B. would C. should D. could
7. Astronomical Telescopes (天文望远镜) are ________ when you want to see the ________ stars more clearly.
A. useless; countless B. useless; countable C. useful; countable D. useful; countless
8. Mary has a poor ________ of direction, so she is always afraid to go out alone.
A. scene B. sense C. skill D. score
9. Our English teacher is so ________ that she often repeats grammar rules for us again and again.
A. hard-working B. active C. generous D. patient
10. —How was your trip to the beach?
—________. It was raining day and night. We had to stay in the hotel all the time.
A. It couldn’t be better B. It was exciting C. It couldn’t be worse D. That was true
三、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分)
It’s reported that there are about 6,000 languages around the world. But 42% of them are dying out according to UNESCO. If we do ____11____, some of these languages will become extinct.
Languages become extinct for many ____12____. One is local speakers of the languages are gone at some communities. These people sometimes ____13____ their communities and move to cities or towns.
____14____, the language of main cultures may drive other languages into extinction. ____15____ better jobs, young people have to learn other languages ____16____ English, French and Mandarin.
Once a language dies, it hardly comes back to life. That’s to say, it’s now working to give ____17____ life to such languages.
China is trying to protect its language. About 130 languages are spoken in China and this ____18____ is even bigger than that of the ethic groups in the country. In the year of 2015, the government started a project to record all the languages spoken in China. Some ____19____ in China have added minority language majors for their students.
All languages are a form of human heritage. When we lose a ____20____ we will lose the world view and culture of the people who spoken it. Language itself is often the best way to show a certain community’s history and culture.
11. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
12. A. ideas B. problems C. reasons D. mistakes
13. A. lend B. choose C. leave D. arrive
14. A. When B. Also C. But D. Because
15 A. Get B. Getting C. To get D. Got
16. A. as B. like C. for D. without
17. A. new B. bad C. interesting D. boring
18. A. area B. number C. member D. meaning
