2019-2020学年度上海西南模范中学初二（上）首次月考英语试 题（删除听力）
Part 1 Vocabulary and Grammar
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer.
1. The editor wrote ________________________________________800-word article. ______________________________article has been published on the newspaper. A. a; An B. an; An C. a; The D. an; The
2. The shirt is ______________________________small for me. I can’t wear it.
A. too much B. much too C. too many D. many too
3. He’s a basketball fan and he wants to see YaoMing ______________________________one day.
A. himself B. him C. his D. he
4. –Can I come this evening or tomorrow evening?
–______________________________is OK. I’m free today and tomorrow.
A. Both B. Neither C. All D. Either
5. The boy asked,“Can you see ______________________________stars on a fine summer night?”
A. thousand of B. thousands of C. thousand D. thousands
6. They knew that the rescue team ______________________________to accident scene tomorrow through the current report. A. is coming B. will come C. was coming D. came
7. He ____________________ an engineer since he ______________________________from the university.
A. is; graduates B. will be; graduates
C. has been; has graduated D. has been; graduated
8. ______________________________these children are playing over there!
A. How happy B. How happily C. What happy D. What happily
9. ______________________________great help they have given us!
A. What a B. What C. How D. How a
10. Your picture is quite ______________________________the other girl’s.
A. familiar to B. familiar with C. similar to D. similar with
11. ____________________ like Hawaii, Lenovo used to do ______________________________with foreigners.
A. Business; business B. Businesses; businesses
C. Businesses; business D. Business; businesses
12. The woman in red would be ______________________________the management of the department.
A. in the charge of B. responsible to C. take charge of D. responsible for
13. The little boy was so tired that he fell ______________________________as soon as he lay on the bed.
A. sleep B. sleepy C. asleep D. sleepless
14. The girl is very clever. I’m sure that she ______________________________the winner of the game.
A. may be B. must be C. can’t be D. mustn’t be
15. –Sharon, would you do me a favor to move the bags?
–______________________________.
A. OK. I would B. Yes, please C. It’s a pleasure D. With pleasure
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box in their proper forms.
1. The manager takes full ______________________________for the restaurant.（responsible）
2. The result of the competition is beyond our ______________________________.（expect）
3. A large number of students ______________________________in passing the final exam and had a pleasant holiday.（success）
4. ______________________________, the boy was saved by doctors after the accident.（luck）
5. ______________________________managers are looking at the report about this quarter.（sell）
6. The ______________________________of the magazines surprised us a a lot.（popular）
7. How ______________________________they are to attend the lecture!（bore）
8. He made great ______________________________in his study and won a lot of prizes.（achieve）
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or expressions in the box.
A. nearest B. ask for C. are sold D. throughout E. are shown F. follow
Visitor Information
How to Make the Most of Your Visit
Please allow at least 1 hour and 30 minutes to enjoy the whole experience. And remember, though the entrance is at the North Tower, your visit does not end at the South Tower. ____________________1____________________ the line to the Engine Room, Hands-on Gallery and Gift Shop. Books and other gifts of your visit ____________________2____________________ in the Gift Shop.
Visitors are welcome to take photographs that ____________________3____________________ in the Gift Shop.
l Ask a guide for the next time when the bridge will be lifted.
Visitors with weak hearing should ____________________4____________________ an audio guide at the collection point at the entrance.
l If you need first aid, a member of staff is ready to help you on each floor.
In the unlikely event of an emergency, security staff and guides will show you the ____________________ 5____________________ emergency exists.
（The exits are located on al floors.）
Thank you for visiting the Tower Bridge Experience.
Ⅳ. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. Jack used to have a cup of tea after supper.（否定句）
Jack __________________________________________________to have a cup of tea after supper.
2. Will Mum go shopping with us or not? Please tell me.（合并一句）
Please tell me ______________________________Mum ______________________________go shopping with us or not.
3. The box on the shelf is so heavy that the boy can’t carry it.（维持句意基本不变）
The box on the shelf isn’t __________________________________________________for the boy to carry.
4. The doctor asks the patient to take the medicine ______________________________________________________________________.（对划线部分提问）
____________________does the doctor ask the patient to take the medicine?
5. speaking, be, places, don’t, in, afraid, public, of（连词成句）
Part 2 Reading comprehension
A. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
Men sometimes say,“We are better and cleverer than women. Women ____________________1____________________ invent things, we do." It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: machines, radios, and guns, too. But scientists and archaeologists
（考古学家）now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed ____________________ 2____________________. They invented agriculture. Before the invention of agriculture men were ____________________3____________________. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grass. Then, one day more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds near her home in the Middle East. They grew, and the first wheat was ____________________ 4____________________. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals. Women like baby animals. Archaeologists think that women ____________________5____________________ the first domestic animals: dogs, cows sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and ____________________6____________________. Civilization began. Men began civilization after women invented agriculture.
1. A. ever B. never C. sometimes D. often
2. A. history B. idea C. opinion D. society
3. A. farmers B. workers C. hunters D. inventors
4. A. appeared B. born C. sold D. bought
5. A. liked B. bought C. kept D. brought
6. A. countries B. nations C. states D. cities
B. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper words whose initials are given.
Exercise is good for you, but most people really know very little about how to exercise p____________________1____________________. What do you know about exercise?
Some people think that in case you want to reduce the waistline, the best way is to do waist exercises. In fact, exercise burns fat from all over the body and not from one p____________________2____________________ of body. When you reduce the fat t____________________3______________________________ your body, you will certainly reduce your waistline, too! Exercise only twice a week is not enough, because unexercised muscles lose their strength very quickly. After 48 to 72 hours, you must use the muscles again to keep
good physical fitness. So if you have enough time, exercise every day is best.
Some people think that in order to lose weight you should alway“s
work up a good sweat”when exercising. That
is a w____________________4____________________ idea. Sweating only lowers body temperature so that you won’t overheat; it does not help you reduce your weight. After exercise, you may weigh less, but this is b____________________5____________________ of water loss. Once you replace the water, you replace the weight.
Exercise is very important for everyone. It keeps us healthy. One of the best exercises is walking. Walking helps circulation of blood throughout the body, and it has a direct e____________________6____________________ on your feeling of health. And if your breathing does not return to normal in minutes after you finish exercising, that means you have exercised too
m____________________7____________________. You’d better spend 20 minutes a day exercising, and that will keep you feeling good.
1. p____________________
2. p____________________
3. t____________________
4. w____________________
5. b____________________
6. e____________________
7. m____________________
C. Answer the questions.
For millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seemed to be slipping out of reach.
“Maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did,’’ says 40-year-old building instructor Pat Hennin. “But they can still have a home. Like their pioneer ancestors, they can build it themselves, and at less than half the cosplayt of a ready-made house.”
The owner-builders came from every occupational group, although surprisingly few are professional building workers. Many take the plunge with little or no experience. “I learned how to build my house from reading books,” says John Brown, who built a six-room home for $25,000 in High Falls, New Jersey. “If you have patience and the carpentry（木工）skill to make a bookcase, you can build a house.”
An astonishing 50 percent of these owner builders hammer every nail, 1ay every pipe, and wire every switch with their own hands. The rest contract （ 承 包 ） for some parts of the task. But even those who just act as contractors and finish the insides of their homes can save from 30 percent to 45 percent of what a ready-made home would cosplayt.
One survey revealed that 60 percent of owner-builders also design their homes. Many others buy commercial house plans for less than $100 or use plans available from the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
1. Maybe American young people can’t afford to buy a ready-made house, can they?
2. How can American young couples have a home?
3. All all the owner-builders experienced?
4. Why do the owner-builders build houses with their own hands?
5. How many percent of the owner-builders design their homes?
6. How much does a commercial house plan cosplayt?
KEYS
1-5 DBADB 6-10 CDBAC 11-15 CDCBD
1. responsibility 2. expectation 3. succeed 4. Luckily 5. Sales 6. popularity 7. bored 8. achievement
1. F 2. E 3. D 4. B 5. A
1. didn’t use 2. whether, will 3. light enough 4. How often
5. Don’t be afraid of speaking in public places.
1.B 2. A 3. C 4. B5.C 6. D
1. probably 2. part 3. throughout 4. wrong 5. because 6.effect 7. much
1. No, they can’t
2. By building it themselves
3. No, they aren’t
4. Because it’s cheaper
5. 60 percent
6. Less than $100
