2007年初二英语读写能力竞赛试卷
一、从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（每小题1分，共15分）
I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag .I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.
“I’m 2 tomorrow,” he said.
“I know.” My 3 was almost a whisper（低声）.I was 4 at myself for being so weak ,but I wasn’t about to cry .
“My 5 is early ,so there is still 6 time to come to the airport,” he said .Seeing the 7 look on my face ,he quickly added, “I promise(答应) I won’t leave without saying goodbye.”
I tried to say 8 ,but didn’t . It’s always 9 to keep quiet if you’re about to cry . “You promised you wouldn’t cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 10 .
I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me ,holding the seat to keep me from 12 .I was happy with this ,but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life .He told me that one day he would have to let go.
His coughing stopped my thinking .What was left to say? How could I say 13 to the person who taught me everything?
The next morning I 14 , looked at my alarm clock ,and realized he had left 15 ago .We never even said goodbye.
Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart.
1．A．forgetting B．realizing C．watching D．learning
2．A．arriving B．living C．coming D．leaving
3．A．voice B．sound C．noise D．word
4．A．glad B．moved C．angry D．pleased
5．A．ship B．flight C．train D．bus
6．A．enough B．little C．no D．busy
7．A．surprised B． excited C．sad D．happy
8．A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
9．A．stranger B．better C．worse D．easier
10．A．tears B．smiles C．words D．sadness
11．A．At last B．From now on C．At first D．So far
12．A．riding B．running C．walking D．falling
13．A．goodbye B．hello C．yes D．sorry
14．A．gave up B．stood up C．looked up D．woke up
15．A．minutes B．hours C．days D．weeks
二、在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。(每小题1分，共7分)
Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading books is f__16__. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book a__17_: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed — even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
A__18__ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m__19_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e__20__. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is n__21__ out of date!
Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W__22__ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable？
三、阅读理解（本题有29小题，每小题2分，共58分）
(A)
Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.
Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents don’t get on well.“I really want to be my Daddy’s little girl. But it feels like he just doesn’t understand. He talks at me and doesn’t listen.” said Zhuang, a Grade 9 student in Hangzhou.Do you and your parents also have problems?Well, why don’t you all take a walk and have a talk on Monday? It’s the International Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.
A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhuang’s family: The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn’t like talking with their parents much. They weren’t happy at home. Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:
1.Find a good time to talk, like when you’re eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.
2.Tell them something you’re interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it.
3.Listen to them carefully, and look them in the eye.
4.Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.
23. What is Zhuang Shuxia’s problem?
A. Her father thinks she is old enough.
B. Her father doesn’t like to talk with her.
C. She really wants to be a little girl again.
D. She and her father don’t understand each other well.
24. What does the writer suggest the students do on the International Day of Families?
A. They should remember the special day for the families in the world.
B. They should take a walk and have a talk with their parents.
C. They should do something to celebrate the International Day of Families.
D. They should help others to solve their family problems.
25. In this passage the writer tells the children, 12 to 15 years old, .
A. how to show their thanks to their parents
B. how to make friends with their parents
C. how to feel happier at home in different ways
D. how to win their parents’ trust by listening to their parents
(B)
Paragraph 1
Scientists have learned a lot about kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus ( 柑橘) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food ; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3
There are two problems, then , in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
26. According to the scientists, which of the following group of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, carrots, rice ,bread
C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk
27. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A. When people eat their lunch B. What to do with the two problems
C. How to cook food in different ways D. Why people eat different kind of food
(C)
One of this summer’s hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a great book for kids, doesn’t it? But parents and teachers want to read this one, too. It can teach them something about the language of today’s kids.
So lots of people, young and old, went to see the book’s author, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans.
“Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts,” said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it, I laughed and I cried.”
Like the “Meteor Garden” TV series(系列), “That Guy Was Cool” tells an unusual story of love between two students. The girl is sweet, but she’s just average（一般的）. The boy is good-looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young. They become close and help each other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.
“The girl in the book is like me. She’s simple and moody,” said Guiyeoni.
Guiyeoni’s book doesn’t only use words. It also uses things like emoticons. Emoticons are small icons, like smiling faces, and they are used to show emotions. Kids know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.
Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writ
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