2016-2017年杭州市上城区七年级下学期期末教学质量监测英语试卷

杭州市上城区2016-2017学年第二学期期末教学质量监测七年级英语试卷第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。ATHESCHOOLENGLISHNEWSPAPERCOMPETITIONHaveyoueverthoughtofpublishingyourownEnglishnewspaper?Nowyou'vegotthechance!OurschoolisgoingtoholdacompetitionforEnglishnewspapers.Youcanmakeyourownnewspaper!Remember:youmustsetupyourowneditorialteamwhichhasonechiefeditor(编辑)andfoureditors;youshouldalsoworkasreportersandcameramen;theEnglishnewspapermusthaveanameandmorethanfourdifferentcolumns;youmustprintorwritethenewspaperononeA3pageonly;youmustfinishyournewspaperbytheendofAugust.application(申请)formscanbefoundatthedininghall,libraryandteachersoffice.Comeandjointhecompetition!ThebestEnglishnewspaperwillbepublished,putupinthehallwaysandreadbyeverystudentinourschool!21.TheeditorialteamneedsdifferentkindsofpeopleEXCEPT(除了)_________.A.editorsB.cameramenC.reportersD.guides22.Accordingtothewriting.______isthelastdaytofinishthenewspaper.A.AugustlstB.August15thC.August30thD.August31st23.Youmaygettheapplicationformsin_________.A.thelibraryB.classroomsC.thehallwaysD.thebookstore24.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_________.A.thelanguageofthenewspaperisEnglishB.studentsatschoolwillreadalltheEnglishnewspapersC.studentsmustwritedowntheirnamesinthenewspaperD.theremustbefourpartsabouttheschoollifeinthenewspaper25.Thepassagemaycomefrom_______.A.astorybookB.anewsreportC.aschoolnoticeD.alifemagazineBPaulawantedtowriteanarticleaboutthefunnyaspectofpoliceworkforherschoolnews-paper.SheinterviewedDetectiveSmithandbetoldherthesestories.StoryAIrememberarrestinga‘thief'inaclothesshoponce.Itwasastrangecase.Themanwashidingayellowsweaterinsidehiscoat.Ithoughtbehadstolenit,solarrestedhim.Wefoundoutlaterthathiswifegavehimthesweaterforhisbirthday,buthehatedit.Hejustwantedtoreturnittotheshop,buthedidn’twanthiswifetoseehim!Wesoonlethimgo.StoryBOneday,whenIwasworkinginCandyTown,amanrobbedabankonSixthStreet.Hewroteonthebackofanenvelope(信封).Thisisarobbery.Givememoney!andgaveittotheteller(出纳).Shegavehim$100,000,andthemanranway.Thenwereceivedaphonecallfromtheteller.Shetoldustogototheman'sflatinCandyTownandgethim.Wearrestedhimassoonashegotoutofthelift.Headmittedthathehadrobbedthebank,buthecouldn'tbelievethatwefoundhimsoquickly.WetoldhimthatthefrontoftheenvelopebeusedintherobberyhadhisnameandaddressonitStoryCIoncereadafunnystoryaboutamanfromAustralia.HewastryingtosellsomespecialbirdsfromThailandtoAustralia.Hehidthebirdsinsideaspecialpocketinhistrousers.Butashewasgoingthroughcustoms,thebirdsstartedtosing!26.WhatdoestheunderlinedwordarrestedinStoryAprobablymean?A.CaughtB.ShoutedatC.Foughtwith.D.Stopped27.WhichofthefollowingwordsbestdescribesthecriminalinStoryB?A.Scary.B.Silly.C.Rich.D.Funny.28.HowdidthepolicefindtherobbersoquicklyinStoryB?A.ByGPSinthemoney.B.Bytheenvelopewiththenameandaddress.C.Bythecamerainthebank.D.Bythetellerwhofollowedtherobberhome.29.WhosavedthebirdsinStoryC?A.DetectiveSmith.B.AmanfromAustralia.C.Thebirdsthemselves.D.ThepoliceinThailand30.Thepassageismainlyabout_______.A.waysthievesstolethingsB.theworkofDetectiveSmithC.differentthingsthatPaulametD.theinterestingsideofpoliceworkCHowmanylanguagesdoyouknow?Everyoneknowsatleasttwohisorherownlanguageandtheinternationallanguageofnumbers.Ancientnumbersinancienttimes,peoplewrotenumbersinmanydifferentways,asthesepicturesofthenumber6show.However,theynearlyallcountedinthesameway--intens.ZeroMostofususethesystemofnumberswithnumbersfromIto9and0(zero).Withthesetennumbers,wecanwriteanynumberfromthebiggesttothesmallest.TheIndiansfirstinvented(发明)anddevelopedtheIto9systemofnumbers.Theytheninventedthezero.Thiswasaveryimportantinventionbecauseitmadeiteasiertowritebignumbersandtocalculate(计算)CalculatingmachinesOneofthefirstcalculatingmachineswasanabacus(算盘)Abacusesaresofastandaccuratethatpeoplestillusethemtoday.Amodernelectroniccalculatorcanadd(+),subtract(-),multiply(x)anddivide(/).Itcanalsocalculatepercentages(％)andsquareroots.Computersareverypowerfulcalculatingmachines.Inaflash,acomputercandoacalculationthatyoucouldnotdoinyourwholelifetime.BrainagainstcomputerSomepeoplecallthebrainalivingcomputer.Isahumanbrainamorepowerful(强大的)calculatorthanacomputer?Thefollowingstorymaygiveananswer.ShakuntalaDeviisaladyfromIndiawithanamazingbrainShakuntalaandaverypowerfulcomputerweregiventhisproblemtosolve.Findthenumberthat,whenitismultiplied23timesbyitselfgivesthisanswer916748676920039158098660927585380162483106680144308622407126516427934657040867096593279205767480806790022783016354924852380335745316935111903596577547340075681688305620821016129132845546805780158806771Shakuntala’sbraintookfiftysecondstofindtheanswer,likelightningThecomputertookaminute.However,someonehadtofirstprogramthecomputerwithinstructions,andthattookmanyhours.NoonehadtoprogramShakuntala!Useyourownlivingcomputertosolvetheproblemabove.Ifitisnotpowerfulenough,youwillfindtheansweronpage67.31.WhatnumberdoesthesignmeaninGreek?A.2B.3C.6.D.10.32.Theunderlinedpart“it”inParagraph3refersto_________?AtheinventionofnumbersB.theinvent