time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys. You will see that some of them will use their left. But most humans use their right hands better and this makes life difficult for the left-handed people. We live in a right-handed world.
Some scientists have found out that more of successful people are left-handed, but they can’t know why. But they’re sure that its secret will be discovered one day. 根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。正确的在括号内写“T”错误的在括号内写“F”。 ( )51. About 5 percent of people use their left hands.
( )52. Some of babies below two years old are right-handed, and others are left-handed ( )53. Scientists are sure that the left-handed are cleverer and abler than the right-handed. ( )54. The left-handed feel difficult because they live in a right-handed world. ( )55. Men use their right hands better because our animal ancestors were right-handed
B
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧子) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe,” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.” The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, ”Is this yours?” “No,” said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, “Is this yours?” “No,” again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, that is mine,” called out the happy man.
“I know it well enough,” said the fairy. “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.” ( )56. One day when the man was cutting something, _________.
A. he fell into the water B. his axe dropped into the river C. his axe fell into a lake D. he saw a beautiful fairy
( )57. The man was sad because _________.
A. he was poor and had no other axes B. he could not go on working C. he liked his axe very much D. his axe was a gold axe
( )58. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn’t take them. Because he
_________.
A. did not like them
B. did not know they were made of gold and silver
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C. was very rich
D. knew these axes were not his
( )59. At the end of the story the man had __________.
A. only one axe B. two axes C. three axes D. many axes
( )60. The fairy helped the man because he was __________ man.
A. an old B. a young C. a poor D. an honest
C
Most students in America do housework after school. Parents often ask their children to do something easy or interesting at home. Also, they want their children to do something hard or boring. Parents would like to give their children some pocket money for that. And the children can make some money by doing the housework.
President Obama says that he gives his twelve and fifteen years old daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week, because they often set the table, wash the dishes and clean up their bedrooms on weekends. One dollar is little for the housework, but the two children are very happy to make their pocket money. They buy their favorite books or food with it. Obama hopes his daughters can learn some money-management skills.
根据短文内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） ( )61. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. American parents only ask their children to do something hard at home. B. American parents pay some money for their children’s housework at home. C. American children can make a lot of money by doing housework. D. American children don’t like doing housework.
( )62. How old is President Obama’s older daughter?
A. 12. B. 10. C. 15. D. 13.
( )63. Which kind of housework don’t President Obama’s daughters do?
A. Cleaning up their bedrooms B. Washing their clothes. C. Setting the table D. Washing dished
( )64. How do the two children feel about making their pocket money?
A. Bored B. Excited C. Happy D. Sad
( )65. What do they use the money to buy?
A. Some toys B. Some CDs C. Some clothes D. Some food
第四部分 写作部分（20分）
第一节 用所给词的适当形式填空。（5分）
66. The girl usually takes a bus to school by ________(she) 67. Do you mind ________(open) the window?
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68. The boy _________(sweep) the floor just now. 69. To tell the ________(true), I don’t agree with you. 70. When I got home, my mother ________(cook) 第二节 英译汉（5分）
71. Kate _________(感冒) last Sunday.
72. We can’t _________(推迟) having the meeting. 73. The old man __________(依靠) selling flowers to live. 74. I _________(关系良好) my classmates.
75. The strong wind was _________(逐渐减弱) at 2:40 yesterday, afternoon. 第三节 写作（10分）
根据提示给家人亲戚或朋友写一封信，谈一谈你生活，学习中的困难或烦恼，并请他帮助. 1. 作业太多，没有足够的睡眠
2. 父母不准跟朋友外出 3. 没有时间做自己喜欢做的事
4. 为此感到压力很大，也不知道怎么办才好
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腾八中2013—2014学年度初二下学期期中考试
英 语 答 题 卡
（时间120分钟，总分100分）
题号 一 二 三 四 总分 得分 第一部分、听力（满分20分） 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 题答案 答第二部分、英语知识应用（共3节，每题1分，满分30分） 勿题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 请答案 内题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 答案 线题号 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 订答案 装第三部分、阅读理解（每小题2分, 满分30分） 题号 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 答案 题号 61 62 63 64 65 答案 第四部分、写作（共三节，满分20分）
第一节、第二节（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 66．_____________________ 67．_____________________ 68．_____________________ 69．_____________________ 70．_____________________ 71．_____________________ 72．_____________________ 73．_____________________
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74．_____________________ 75．_____________________ 第三节、书面表达（满分10分）
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