牛津版（深圳•广州）初中英语七年级下学期期中考试模拟试卷（5）

参考词汇：family, school, favorite

    Bananas are the perfect snack, because they are not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to carry around. Best of all, bananas can provide different things that the human body needs!

    Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plants can grow as high as 30 feet (英尺).When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the plants. These lowers produce bananas.

    The plants produce fruit twice or three times each year. The bananas grow together. They seem like "hands". A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Farmers sometimes call bananas "fingers". Each bunch (串) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 300 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

    After about three months, farmers are ready to pick the bananas. At this point, they still aren't the sunny yellow color. Farmers pick them when they are green. When travelling to stores, they turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

Americans love the fruit. They eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

    A hurricane (飓风) is a huge storm that grows over the ocean. It can grow large and powerful. There is no way to stop a hurricane, so if you ever find yourself in the path (路径）of a hurricane, be sure to follow the ways below.

    Make sure you have a radio, fresh drinking water and enough food.

    Tell neighbors, friends and family members your plans, and where you'll go.

    If you live in a car, leave your car soon and find a safe place. You could stay in a hotel.

    Keep listening to the radio and if local governments (政府)tell you to leave, do it soon.

    Stay inside during the hurricane. You could be badly hurt if you go outside.

    If you're a child, you should take a bag of toys and books to keep you busy.

    But what about your pets? You should always keep them indoors during a hurricane. If you have to leave your home, remember that pets not allowed in hotels. If you leave a pet behind, be sure you leave much food and water for it. Also, be sure they are wearing something with your family's name and phone number on it.

    Everyone must know the phrase "cyber manhunt". It refers to finding a person's personal information on the Internet and then letting all the people know it.

    Cyber manhunt is a kind of cyber bullying (网络暴力). China is working hard to protect people's personal information online. On October 1, China's first regulation (规定）to protect children online will work.

    According to the regulation, no group or person should produce or talk about information that can harm (危害) the safety of anyone under the age of 14. If you find someone doing this, you can call the police.

    This is quite important to children. In 2019, the number of minors using the Internet in China was 169 million. About 89.5 percent of primary school students and 99.4 percent of junior high school students were Internet users. A recent report shows that 15.6 percent of minors in China get hurt by cyber bullying. After someone puts their information on the Internet, other people may say unkind things to them. Some of them have even taken their own lives because of cyber bullying. Once children's information is shown online, their safety is also in danger.

    Cyber bullying is bad for children's health. It's important to protect their personal information online.

    Do you have a pen friend? I have one. Now let me1you something about my pen friend. His name is Joe and he comes from2. He is 22 years old. He's a driver (司机) and3at a train station. He's a handsome man4blonde hair and blue eyes. He has5round face. His favourite colour is6, so he usually wears white clothes. Joe gets up early in the morning and then7for half an hour. He thinks running can help him to keep8. He is good at9soccer and he is in a soccer club. He goes there every Sunday.

    He invited (邀请) me to10his country, Australia. I'm going there next month. And I think I'll have a good time there.

    Do you want (visit) New York? Then follow me, please.

    Traffic is quite convenient (便利的) in New York. The bus (be) cheap and the underground is everywhere. What's more, you can takethe bus and the underground with the same card. If you don't have enough time, you'd better take a taxi because it's faster.

    There are lots of (hotel) in New York. Plaza is one of the (good) and the most expensive hotels. If you want to pay less for your stay, there are many smaller hotels. Eating houses provide (提供) good service in New York. You don't have to eat at McDonald's every day and you can try (difference) kinds of foods from many countries allthe world. You can enjoy tasty Chinese food in Chinatown.

    Shopping in New York is fun. You can see department (store) everywhere in this modern city. They are open seven days a week.be careful when you look at the prices because you have to pay a special tax (税) on everything you buy.

    There are (much) places to visit in New York, such as Times Square, the Empire State Building, etc. And you shouldn't go home without visiting the Statue of Liberty.

    As we all know, Hong Kong is a great place for shopping.

    Bruce is an 18-year-old boy. One day, Bruce's father asked him to go to Hong Kong for shopping.His father would like him to buy 20 boxes of milk, 20 apples, some chocolate, and some bread.He got up very early and went to Hong Kong by train.

    When he was ready to leave Hong Kong, he wanted to go to the toilet.Just then, an old man in the toilet saw him and said to him, “No one will steal your trolley case, even if (即使) there is a large piece of gold in it.”