初中英语测试卷一.docx

初中英语考试卷（一）I. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共15分)1. Martha is happy as her daughter has made much _ in her study recently.A) progressB) funC) mistakesD) friends2. Im too sleepy to go on reading, Id better have _ cup of coffee.A) otherB) the otherC) anotherD) others3. Nowadays even a small personal computer _ store huge amounts of information.A) mustB) needC) shouldD) can4. _ terrible weather weve been having these days! A) WhatB) What a C) What anD) How5. Ipad 2 is _ accepted by the young people than those of other brands.A) widelyB) more widelyC) most widelyD) the most widely6. A moment, please. Im checking if Mr. Smith _ free tomorrowA) is B) will be C) was D) has been. 7. Shopping online is _ useful and convenient way for us to buy things.A aB anC theD /8. Smoking too much really does great harm _ both himself and people around.A withB toC forD buy9. I dont like the whether in February this year because there were _ rainy days.A muchB fewC manyD little10. Some gave money to the people in the earthquake areas and _offered clothes and food.A the othersB anotherC otherD others11. _ people lined at the gate to meet Jeremy Lin, the popular basketball player in NBA.A thousandsB thousandC thousands ofD Thousand of12. Jessie got the top prize in the writing competition. She felt very_.A excitedB excitingC frightenedD frightening13. Whitney Houston, one of the most popular female singers, _ on February 12, 2012. A. dies B. was dying C. died D. has died14. Googles Street View map service _ millions of users since 2007. A. wins B. won C. is winning D. has won15. Hurry up. Once the concert starts, nobody _ to enter the concert hall. A. allows B. allowed C. is allowed D. is allowingII. Complete the following passage with the words or expressions in the box（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每个词语只能填一次）：（共8分）A. nearly B. times C. with D. weak E. handbag F. was proud of G. talked about H. looked at I. successfully Mrs Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and 16 the fact that she had never been caught for a driving offence (违章) in her thirty-years of driving. Then one day she 17 lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without stopping. When Mrs Jones came before the judge, he 18 her and said that she was too old to drive a car. He also said that her eyes had probably become 19 because of old age, so that she had simply not seen the red light and stopped the car. When the judge had finished what he was saying, Mrs Jones opened the big 20 she was carrying. Without saying a word, she took out a needle (针) 21 a very small eye, and threaded (穿针) it at her first try. When she had 22 done this, she took the thread (线) out of the needle again and handed both the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car, and that you must have good eyesight.The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After trying six 23 , he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs Jones was cancelled, and her record remained unbroken. 16_ 17_ 18_ 19_ 20_ 21_ 22_ 23_III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子) (共5分)24. The book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone sold millions of _. (copy).25. The actor who acted in the TV series last night became famous in his _. (thirty)26. When the horse finished the race, _ sides were wet all over with sweat. (it)27. They were _ with the recent case the young detective had dealt with. (pleasure)28. Last month we received Peters _ and went to his birthday party happily. (invite)VI. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词）：（共12分）29. Lets order a rose-coloured scarf for her from Taobao net. (改为反意疑问句)Lets order a rose-coloured scarf for her from Taobao net, _ _?30. The people in the village took good care of the old man. (改为被动语态) The old man _ _ good care of by the people in the village.31. The bus was crowded. We had to wait for another. (合并为一句) The bus was _ crowded _ we had to wait for another. 32. Please tell us how we can live a healthy life. (改为简单句) Please tell us _ _ live a healthy life.33. The team members have a meeting once every week. (改为否定句) The team members _ _ a meeting once every week. 34. The foreign teacher from Canada will stay in our school for five months. (对划线部分提问) _ _ will the foreign teacher from Canada stay in our school?V. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分) A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案)： (12分) There! I have drawn the chairs into the right corners, and dusted the room nicely. How cold mum and daddy will be when they return from their long ride! It is not time to toast the bread yet, and I am tired of reading. What shall I do? Somehow, I cant help thinking about the pale face of that little beggar girl all the time. I can see the glad light filling her eyes, just as obvious as I did when I laid the dime (一角硬币) in her little dirty hand. How much I had thought of that dime, too! Grandfather gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs; but those sugar apples looked so beautiful, and were so cheaponly a dime a piecethat I made up my mind to have one. I can see herthe beggar girl, I meanas she stood there in front of the store, in her old hood(风帽) and faded dress, looking at the candies laid all in a row. I wonder what made me say, “Little girl, what do you want?” How she stared at me, just as if nobody had spoken kindly to her before. I guessed she thought I was sorry for her, for she said, so sadly, “I was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste. I havent had anything to eat today.”Then, I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good lunch and a good dinner today, and this poor girl has not had a mouthful. You can give her your dime; she needs it a great deal more than you do.”I couldnt resist that little girls hungry look, so I dropped the dime right into her hand. And without waiting for her to speak, I walked straight away. Im so glad I gave her the dime, if I did have to go without the apple lying there in the window, I didnt mind.35. Mary got the dime from her _.A) parentsB) grandfather C) good friendD) neighbour36.The underlined word “one” in paragraph three refers to(指的是) _.A) a piece of bread B) a red box C) a piece of sugar appleD) a chair37.From paragraph four and five we know that _.A) Mary didnt like the beggar girl B) the beggar girl wanted sugar applesC) Marys family used to be poor D) the beggar girl was really poor38. We can learn from the underlined sentence of the last paragraph that Mary was a _ girl.A) kindB) honest C) funny D) lonely39. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A) Mary dropped the dime in the beggar girls hand and then talked with her. B) The beggar girl hadnt eaten anything before she met Mary that day.C) Mary toasted some bread while waiting for her parents coming back.D) The beggar girl had some gingerbread rolls before she got a dime from Mary.40.The best title for the passage is “_”.A) A Poor Beggar Girl B) A lucky Beggar Girl C) Marys Present D) Marys DimeB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文):（12分）Do you know insurance（保险）? Buying insurance is means by which people can protect themselves from large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay small sum of money 41 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only a few will lost their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes _42_the sums of money it has collected.The first modern fire insurance company was _43_ in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just destroyed most of the city, and people wanted to protect against_44_losses. The fire company grew rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas. Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also suggested a new kind of insurance for farmers. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops by storm.In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start another new insurance company in America. This company, which offered45insurance, collected some money regularly from different men. Although a man died, his family was-given a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business. Over the years, people have benefited from(从受益) many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from such accidents as car and plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has46kind of insurance.41.A) forB)toC) offD) into 42.A) out of B)to C)by D)of43.A) organizedB) foundC) come into beingD) formed44.A) longerB) fartherC) furtherD) deeper45.A) lifeB) flightC)fireD) traffic accident 46.A）certain B)any C) someD)oneC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。 每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：（14分）Many children first learn the value of money by planning the use of an allowance (零用钱). The purpose of it is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial（财政的） mistakes are not very costly. The a 47 of money that parents give to their children to spend differs from one family to another. Timing is another consideration. Some children get a weekly allowance. Others get a monthly allowance.In any case, parents should make it clear what their child expects to pay for with the money. At first, young children may s 48 all of their allowances soon after they receive them. I 49 they do this, they will learn the hard way that spending must be done within a budget (预算). Parents are usually advised not to offer more m 50 until the next allowance.The aim is to show young people that budgeting means making choices between spending and s 51 Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics. Sometimes paying children to do extra work around the house can be u 52 Allowances give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with money. They can share it in the form of gifts or use it to do good things; they can spend it by buying things they want; or they can save it. Requiring children to save part of their allowances can also open the door to f 53 saving and investing. Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finances. For example, one dollar invested at two percent interest for two years will earn two cents in the first year. The second year, the money will earn two percent of one dollar and two cents, and so on. That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.47_ 48_ 49_ 50_ 51_ 52_ 53_D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题):（12分） There was a poor student. He lived in a small room near a restaurant. His room was at the back of the kitchen. The restaurant owner was a very selfish (自私的) man. But he was a good cook and the food in his restaurant was delicious, so many people came to his restaurant to eat and drink.One day when the owner was in his kitchen, he heard the poor student talking with his friend. “You arent very happy, are you?” asked his friend. “Oh, no, I am very happy.” said the student, “I am interested in my room.” “But you have no money to buy nice food to eat.” “Yes, its true. I eat only rice. But the smells from the kitchen make the rice nice indeed,” said the student.The restaurant owner was angry. The student was stealing the smells from his kitchen! He decided to take him to court (法庭). Everybody laughed when the selfish man finished his story. But the judge said seriously, “The student was wrong.” The restaurant owner was happy and the poor student was afraid very much. What could he do? He had only a few coins.The judge asked the student if he had money. The student took out four coins and gave them to the judge.“Let the coins fall into your left hand,” said the judge. The court was very quiet and everyone heard the sound of the coins as they were falling into the students left hand.“Well,” said the judge to the restaurant owner, “youve heard his money. Youve been pai