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2015—2016学年上学期期中七年级英语检测试卷 （本试卷共8页，考试时间120分钟，试卷满分100分）

第一部分 听力(25分)

Ⅰ.听句子，选择正确图片。每个句子读两遍。(5分)

( )1. A. B. C.

( )2. A. B. C.

( )3. A. B. C. ( )4. A.

B.

C.

( )5. A.

B.

C.

Ⅱ.听句子，选择正确答语。每个句子读两遍。(5分)

( )6. A. She is Candy. B. She is twenty years old. C. She is from Japan. ( )7. A. She likes a car. B. She is fine.

C. She has a round face. ( )8. A. No, he isn ’t short. B. He is tall. C. Yes, he is. ( )9. A. They’re white. B. They ’re mine. C. I like white. ( )10. A. You’re right.

B. That’s right.

C. OK.

Ⅲ.听对话及问题，选择正确答案。每组对话和问题读两遍。(5分) ( )11. A. Lily ’s.

B. Bill’s.

C. Bill’s sister’s. ( )12. A. America.

B. Canada.

C. England

( )13. A. Green. B. Red. C. White.

( )14. A. Tall. B. Big. C. Small.

( )15. A. 8875-1687. B. 8857-1867. C. 8857-1687.

Ⅳ.听短文，判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。短文读两遍。(10分) ( )16. Jack is eleven years old.

( )17. Jack and I are in Class Two.

( )18. Jack’s mom is an English teacher.

( )19. Jack and his mom are my friends.

( )20. Jack’s mom has big black eyes.

第二部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分30分）

第一节词语释义。选出与句中划线部分意义最接近的解释，并将其字母代号填入试卷相应空格内。（5分）

( )21. —Nice to meet you.

—Nice to meet you, too.

A. good

B. see

C. nice

D. hi

( )22. —Thank you very much.

—That’s OK.

A. Good morning!

B. How are you ?

C. what’s your name?

D. You’re welcome.

( )23. —How old are you?

—I’m twelve.

A. twelve years old

B. Twenty year old

C. two years old

D. twelve year old

( )24. My hair is long.

A. I have short hair.

B. I have long hair.

C. I have red hair.

D. I have white hair..

( )25. We don’t look the same, but we are good friends.

A. look like

B. look different

C. aren’t look different

D. look the same

第二节单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。

( )26. My mom is teacher. She’s English teacher.

A. an; an

B. a; a

C. a; an

( )27.His aren’t big.

A. feet

B. foot

C. hair

( )28. —Whose shoes are these?

—They are shoes.

A. ours

B. our

C. hers

( )29.—he a toy ?

—No, he doesn’t.

A. Do, have

B. Does, has

C. Does, have

( ) 30.Where your teacher from?

A. are

B. is

C. am

( ) 31. —he?

—He is Tian Liang.

A. Who’s

B. How’s

C. Where’s

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