初二下册英语unit 1试卷及答案（七）,栏目：八年级英语试题,初中英语学习方法大全 ，http://www.jiaoyu880.com 。
9. My parents have always encouraged me _________ anything I want to.
A. to try B. trying C. tried D. tries
10. _______ she was watching TV， she heard a sound outside the room.
A. When B. As C. As soon as D. While
第二节：语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
When I had something difficult to do， I used to ask my mother 11 help. But she always said， “Do it yourself， dear.” I was not glad at all. I 12 she was the laziest mother in the world!
For example， one day， I decided to invite 13 friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order. 14 Ididn’t make the bed. I asked 15 mother to help me clean it， but she said， “Do it yourself， girl.”So I did it by myself. And she made me unhappy for 16 long time.
17 my mother is “lazy”， I have to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents 18 housework. I even have to go to the dentist by myself. It is really hard for me to do everything well，but I have learned 19 ．
As time goes by，I understand my mother．She makes me clever and diligent. What a great mother!A good mother20 equal to one hundred teachers!Don’t you think so?
11. A. in B. for C. to D. of
12. A. think B. am thinking C. thought D. will think
13. A. some B. any C. 1ittle D. few
14. A. But B. So C. D. And
15. A. I B. me C. my D. mine
16. A. a B. an C. the D.／
17. A. If B. Until C. Because D. Before
18. A. do B. doing C. did D. done
19. A. a little B. a lot C. a little of D. a lot of
20. A. is B. are C. have been D. had been
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Bessie Coleman was born in the USA. Her family was 21 . She was in college for only one year. She had to 22 because she did not have enough money to finish her studies. But during that year， she learned about 23 . She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American woman pilot， Harriet Quimby. Bessie often thought about what it would feel like to fly like a bird.
24 the age of 23， Bessie Coleman went to Chicago. There， she did some ordinary jobs. But she wanted to do something more important. She decided to learn 25 to fly planes. She soon found 26 was almost impossible to get into a flight school， which would admit a 27 woman?
Bessie learned that she would have a better chance in Europe. So she began to study 28 at a language school in Chicago．
After World War I， Bessie Coleman went to France. She went to the famous 29 school in northern France. She learned to fly in a plane there. She 30 seven months of flight training and in 1921 got her international permit to fly in France. She became the first black woman ever to have an international pilot’s license.
21. A. rich B. poor C. big D. small
22. A. 1eave B. come C. arrive D. stay
23. A. singing B. jumping C. flying D. driving
24. A. With B. To C. For D. At
25. A. where B. when C. how D. why
26. A. that B. this C. it D. there
27. A. beautiful B. smart C. white D. black
28. A. English B. French C. Chinese D. Japanese
29. A. art B. flight C. language D. dance
30. A. finished B. provided C. missed D. changed
www.jiaoyu880.com四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
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The Presidents of the USA
Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden houses. They got little education. Washington and
Lincoln， for example， never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker， shopkeeper and post officer in his early years.
Many US presidents had experiences in the army. The two best-known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general and Eisenhower was a hero in the war. It so happened that they graduated from the same school -- West Point Military Academy. People may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower， for example， was once fined because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of US presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day， a lot of work waits for him to do， and he has to decide on a lot of things. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child， he was once brought to visit President Taft．The old president said to him， “When you grow up，you should not be president. It’s a tiring job.”
31. In the 19th century，many US presidents______________.
A. worked as workers， shop-keepers and post officers in their early years
B. didn’t want to go to school when they were young
C. didn’t know much about their work
D. couldn’t receive good education before they grew up
32. President Eisenhower became well-known____________.
A. when he was a child
B. after he became President of the USA
C. in the war
D. while studying in West Point Military Academy
33. The main idea of the second paragraph is ______________.
A. Grant and Eisenhower became well-known because they both graduatedfrom a famous school
B. many of the US presidents had been in the army before they took office
C. Eisenhower didn’t do well in the school
D. only people from military schools could be presidents
34. What does the underlined phrase “keep an eye on” in the third paragraph mean?
A. Never keep in mind. B. Pay no attention to.
C. Look at something with one eye. D. Pay close attention to.
