普陀区初三英语二模

1、part 2 phonetics, grammar and vocabulary（第二部分语音、语法和词汇）n. choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（共 20分）26. which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?a. i ve got a 曲sant little flat.b. tourists enjoy sunshine on the beach.c. please stand there and breathe deeply.

2、d. cycling is a cheap way to get around.27. when you play violin, you need to pick it up by your neck with your left hand.a. ab. anc. thed. /28. armstrong was the captain and he was responsible the journey.a. atb. toc. ford. on29. many children like to talk to when they are alone.a. themb. theirc. t

3、heirsd. themselves30. tina bought lots of interesting books,she didn t have time toead them.a. andb. soc. butd. or31. the basketball game between boston and utah was exciting.of the teams played well.a. bothb. allc. noned. neither32. tammy is a drama actress and she rushes from one theatre to at wee

4、kends.a. anotherb. the otherc. otherd. others33. there were visitors in the museum than i had expected.a. manyb. morec. mostd. the most34. thanks to our government, we feel at any time in this city.a. safeb. savec.safelyd.safety35. sandy usually sleeps with the window open it s really cold.a. ifb. u

5、nlessc.untild.after36. wendy was considering if she to the manager about the awful food the next day.a. complainsb. had complainedc. has complainedd. would complain37. -how old is the house?-it by my grand grand father in 1940a. is builtb. was builtc. will be builtd. has been built38. there was a lo

6、t of traffic, but dan and his friends managed at the airport in time.a. arriveb. arrivedc. to arrived. arriving39. my grandma s memory is getting worse. she keeps things and people s names.a. forgetb. forgotc. to forgetd. forgetting40. the house was quiet when fiona went home. everyoneto bed.a. goes

7、b. goc. has goned. had gone41. jane the plant in the garden when the phone in the living room rang.a. watersb. has wateredc. was wateringd. will water第1页/共7 页42. -can i have my clothes back? - in about three days.a. how manyb. how soonc. how fastd. how far43. we take a taxi or rent a car home tonigh

8、t, but we haven t decided yet.a. mayb. needc. mustd. should44. -the school bus is coming. remember to take you calculator.a. yes, id like to.b. thank you. i willc. that s all right.d. sorry to hear that.45. -.-no problema. i ve got a terrible stomachache.b. would you like some more juice?c. you look

9、 great in jeans.d. could you help me with the luggage?in. complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空限填一词，每词只能填一次)(共 8分)a. designed b. equal c. attractedd. traditional e. metalthe eiffel tower is an important landmark of paris and

10、it is one of the world s most famous monuments 己念建筑).every year over 7 million visitors are 46by it.the eiffel tower was 47for taking part in the world s fair a celebration held in paris between may and october, 1889. before it was built, however, several french artists didn t think it was proper to

11、 build such a strange 48tower in paris, the capital of france. they believed that it wouldn t match the49beauty of pariss other famous monuments, such as the cathedral of notre dame andthe arc de triomphe.a. view b. in charge of c. exhibitiond. height e. based onhowever, the engineer 50the project w

12、as confident that people would come to enjoy his project. with the 51 of 300 metres, the eiffel tower was the tallest man-made structure in the world at that time.the tower opened to the public on the 6 th may, and the52was a great success. over 28 millionvisitors came to the world s fair and,896987

13、 visitors climbed the tower. since then, over 250 million people have enjoyed the 53 of paris from the tower s balconies.later, paris officials decided that the tower served as an effective communications tower.n. complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每

14、空格限填一词)(共 8分)54. many people go to europe to see these of different sryles. (church)55. julia knows she should learn to make a plan for her future by . (her)56. bruce had a very day yesterday because of a rude customer.(happy)57. martin became the owner of a children sports club in his.(thirty)58. l

15、isa wanted to be a topon the stage when she was only five. (dance)第2页/共7页59. burry often introduces interesting books to his students so as to their minds.（wide）60. some developing countries are in great need of care for children. （medicine）61. zak was hurt in the car accident because of the driver

16、s carelessnes（serious）v . complete the following sentences as required（根据所给要求完成句子。62-67小题每空格限填一词）（共 14分）62. mary s son went out for dinner with his classmates last night.（改为般疑问句） mary s son out for dinner with his classmates last night?63. george and his brother have been it engineers since 2010.（对划

17、线部分提问） have george and his brother been it engineers?64. the kids like their friends plan for the party better than their parents.（保持句意基本不 变） the kids their friends plan for the party their parents .65. the teacher gave us a very useful lecture to improve our writing skills.（改为感叹句）useful lecture the

18、 teacher gave us to improve our writing skills!66. “ are you enjoying your new jobs?cmteaakieldharry.（改为含有宾语从句的复合句）jessie asked carter and harry they enjoying their new jobs.67. they repair the roof of the building once a year.（改为被动语态）the roof of the building once a year.68. our teeth, too much, eat

19、ing, is bad for, chocolate （连词成句）vi. reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共 50 分）a. choose the best answer（根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案）（12分）it s only two weeks till we go!” laura said excitedly.“oh, yeah. hm!”“i just can waittotshow you the white water park it s the most amazing fun in that area!i bet. yeah! it must be.

20、”it s just great that mum and dad said you could come. itll be so much better than being on my own withtoby and matt. they are so boring and they just want to paly computer all day.”er rupa hesitated. it is unbelievable that your mum and dad invited me. it was so kind of themit s even more amazing t

21、hat my parents said i could go but ”yeah! i didn t think they would either. i mean,dhey t even want you to come skatingwhen wewent for annie s party, did they? n no well, they are a bit crazy about homework, you know.”“i hope we re in the lakeside house. you can watch birds with huge wings flapping

22、over the lakewhile you have breakfast.”“hm! sounds good. er ”“r what? you re not sounding all that excited and more. you haven t changed yourmind?er roops! what is it? what s happened?”“well, nothing exactly happened”well, then, what? you re my bestest friend!i know! aryou re mine! it sjust ”“what?r

23、upa paused. she drew a deep breath.leon s coming from america. he gets in the day we re supposed to be going away. he leaves the dawe get back. if i come away with you, i will miss him. completely! ” laura went very pale.“oh no. and i will miss him too!the girl stood in silence, both of them heartbr

24、oken, thinking of rupa s filmstar cousin and how they had dreamed of meeting him.69. the two girls are going to have a holiday in.a. a week b. two weeks c. three weeks d. four weeks70. parents have made the plan for the holiday.a. laura s b. rupa s c. annie s d. leon s 71. rupa didn t expect that sh

25、e could have the chnce to. a. spend the holiday with laurab. play computer with the boys.c. go skating with her friendsd. visit her cousin in america72. laura used the word “bestest to emphasize） that.a. rupa should be as excited as sheb. she would take care of rupac. rupa should tell her whatever h

26、ad happenedd. she would never keep a secret from rupa73. the girls problem is that if they go away to the lakeside house, they.a. will have no time to do their homeworkb. will probably miss annie s partyc. cannot see leon s new filmd. cannot meet rupa s filmstar cousin74. the best title for the pass

27、age could be.a. an exciting holidayb. a diffcult situationc. the best friendsd. a film-star cousinb. choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（12 分）is there anyone around you who is a short sleeper? a short sleeper is a person who 75 sleeps less than the average member of his age

28、 group. his nightly length of sleep is five hours or less. the short sleeper feels good after waking up.the limited time asleep is 76to a short sleeper. it is not a behavior of reducing the amount of sleep or 77 to sleep. this low amount of sleep is very stable （稳定）from night to night. it is also th

29、e same on weekends and holidays.a pattern（模式） of short sleep often begins as a child or young adult. once it begins, the patterncontinues through the years. this pattern of short sleep may cause others to be 78. family membersor friends may think that something is wrong.someone may tell a short slee

30、per to use medicine to help him sleep more. this will make him get sleep that he really does not need. it will bring him more problems. a short sleeper will also have trouble with his family and friends if he expects others to 79 his pattern of sleep. most people will not be able to do well with onl

31、y five hours of sleep each night.short sleeping can be confused with insomnia（失眠症） .both 80 can cause a person toget a small amount of sleep at night. a person with insomnia has a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep. the overall quality of his sleep may be very poor. this can cause him to be

32、sleepy during the day. the short sleeper does not have any of these problems.75. a. seldomb. sometimesc. regularlyd. recently76. a. naturalb. specialc. hardd. amazing77.a. pretendingb. tryingc. forgettingd. refusing78. a. tiredb. worriedc. angryd. sleepy79.a. understandb. changec. followd. remember8

33、0.a. choicesb. habitsc. illnessesd. conditionsc. 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）once evening after dinner, mr. and mrs. thatcher called a family meeting. wd ve gotsomething important to tell you. mr. thatcher said.“you see, your mother has been offered a

34、 job as codirector of a television station a big city. after thinking long and hard about it, we ve concluded thathe right d 81 is to move to that city.”kenny looked shocked, while his sister edith breathlessly started asking when they would be moving.it s s 82 but exciting!” edith said.“we can t gb

35、can? t leave all my friends. i d rather stay here and live with tony strong!said.the thatchers hoped that by the time they moved in august, kenny would get more used to the i 83 of leaving. however, he showed no signs of a 84 the news and didn t want to packhis belongings.when the morning of the mov

36、e arrived, kenny was nowhere to be found. his parents called tony strong s house, but mrs. strong said she hadn t seen kenny.actually kenny had started walking over to tony strong s house. there was an empty room in the strongs house. kenny thought maybe he could h 85 there for a few days. if his fa

37、milycouldn t find him, they would have to move without him. then he could still stay with his friends.but something happened on the way as kenny walked past all the f 86 places of theneighbourhood; the fence that he and his mother painted, the tree that he and his sister used to climb. the park wher

38、e he and his father took evening walks together. how much would these mean without his family? kenny didn t take the time to answer that question but hurried back to his house i 87 yewondered if there were any moving boxes of the right size to hold his record collection.第5页/共7页d. answer the question

39、 （根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）it was at least two months before christmas when nine year old almie rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. as christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle didn t sen that strong, so we bought the most popular present for little girls, baby sitter s club do

40、lls and a doll house.then, out of our expectation, on december 23, almie said that she “ really wanted a bike more than anything else. it was just too late. with all the details of preparing christmas dinner and buying las minute gifts, how could we have time to select the “ right bike for our littl

41、e girl?50, here we were christmas eve around 9:00 p.m. with almie and her six-year-old brother, dylan, ready for sleep in their beds. now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child.“if i make a little bicycle out of clay （黏土） and write note that she could trade （用一 抵换）the clay model in for a real bike, what do you think? ” her dad asked.“wel for now. i think this is the best thing we can do. and she is such a big girl . s