浙江省宁波市鄞州区2021-2022学年七年级下学期期中联考英语试卷

It's five o'clock in the afternoon. School1and the students from Class 3 are going to Grandma Liang's house. Grandma Liang is2years old and she has no3or daughters, so the children often go to help4do some things. Now the children are at Grandma Liang's home. Grandma Liang is very5to see them. She thinks these children are very6. Look! Lily is talking with Grandma Liang in the living room. She knows that Grandma Liang always feels lonely（孤单）7she doesn't have8to talk to . Betty is cleaning the9. Grandma Liang is too10to do it by herself. Jane is11clothes outside the room.12is Ann?Oh, she is in the kitchen. She's making13for Grandma Liang. She knows Grandma Liang's favorite14is tomatoes. What is Jim doing?He is in the kitchen, too. He is15Ann. What good children they are!

The Dragon Boat Festival（端午节） is a very important Chinese festival. It is on June 5th this year.

People always think of Qu Yuan, a great poet （诗人） of Chu, at the festival. Qu Yuan jumps into the Miluo River to show his love to his country. People throw（扔） zongzi into the river to feed the fish, so the fish will not eat Qu's body. After that, every year on this day, people eat zongzi to remember him. But people in different places eat different kinds of zongzi. People in southern China like eating meat zongzi. In the north, people often eat sweet zongzi.

The dragon boat race is also a/an                activity. It is one of the national（国家的） sports. The races are very interesting and exciting. Usually, a dragon boat is about 20 to 30 meters long. This year, people in Guizhou make a very long one. It is about 77. 8 meters. We can see many special and funny dragon boats from different places on TV and watch these dragon boat races on TV, too.

Oh, the rain! How Sara hates the rain! She cannot go outside to meet her friends for a game. Her mother says to her, "You may catch a cold if you play in the rain." But Sara shouts, "It's raining, but it's very hot outside!" Her mother still doesn't let her out in the rain.

Sara goes up to her room and lies down in front of her window. In fact, she has many things to do in her room. There is a TV, some books and toys. But she doesn't like any of them. She opens the window so the rain can hear her. She wishes the rain away but that doesn't work. "Well, if you're going to be here and ruin my day, please find something interesting for me to do." She shouts and again gets no answer. So she sits back down on the window. It is still raining. "Fine," she thinks. " I can go swimming, ride my bike and play with my friends when the rain stops. "She thinks about her ideas again and again. How she wishes the sun to come out! Soon she falls asleep on the window. She hopes to do all she wants in her dream.

Can you play a game called "Musical Chairs"? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some ways of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.

The game is easy. Put the chairs in a circle. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction. Of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out（退场）. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.

At last, there will be two players and only one chair.

The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner（获胜者）

It is the driest city in China. The city is at a high altitude（海拔）. It is sunny most of the time. The sun is so strong that the rain in summer does not long. If you travel to it, you might feel quite dry. You need to drink a lot of water because you will often feel thirsty. And you should walk slowly to avoid（避免）being tired.

It is in the south of China. It's near the sea. It's warm all year round and there is lots of sunshine. It's a good place for people to take vacations, especially （尤其）in winter.

The coldest city in China is Genhe in Inner Mongolia. It is freezing（刺骨的）in winter. The coldest temperature on record is -58℃. The water vapor（蒸汽）you breathe out turns out to ice at once. It is dangerous to stay outside for a long time. You have to wear very thick clothes to keep warm.

It is a city in Xinjiang. It is very hot in summer. In it the sun shines for a long time every day, and there is little rain. It is like a desert（沙漠）. The highest temperature in summer can be 49. 6^oC. It's burning hot. You can even boil an egg on the ground.

It is a city in Zhejiang. Both summer and winter lasts four months a year while both spring and autumn last only two months. The place enjoys a temperate climate with well﹣marked seasons（四季分明）. There is much rain from March to August.

Elephants are smart. They can soccer or music. They can also draw very. People say that "An elephant never ". Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helpsto live.