上海闵行文绮中学初中二年级上学期月考试题
I. Choose the best answer.
1. Last week I bought ____ USB flash disk to store my reading materials.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
2. People in Western countries often sing Christmas, Carols ____ Christmas Eve.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. during
3. I visited an old friend of____ last weekend.
A. I
B. my
C. me
D. mine
4. We should sTOP and look____ways before crossing the road.
A. all
B. either
C. neither
D. both
5. The girl felt______when two of her friends sent her back from work yesterday evening.
A. safely
B. save
C. safe
D. safety
6. The caring father seems_____ every-thing about his children.
A. know
B. knowing
C. to know
D. to knowing
7. The twin sisters have learned a lot _____ they came to China.
A. when B since C. as soon as D after
8. ______ exciting speech trump's daughter has made to the American people!
A. How B. What a C. What D. What an
9. With the help of the Internet, news _____ reach every corner of the world.
A. can
B. need
C. must
D. should
10. Please speak a bit louder so that everyone can hear you clearly,_____?
A. do you B. will you C. are you D. have you
11. The lights suddenly _____ while the Lis were having dinner.
A. went off B. went on C. went out D. went over
12. The department was badly organized until she
A. took charge of
B. took the charge of
C. takes charge of
D. takes the charge of
13. There’s something I must _____ with you.
A. put on
B. set off
C. take away
D. talk over
14. You will waste too much time on the way _____ you find a better route.
A. If B. although C. when D. unless
15. How happy we are _____ a successful yearly sports meeting.
A. to have
B. having
C. have
D. have had
16. Shanghai government is considering _____ 100% smoke-free public places by 2017.
A. to create
B. creating
C. created
D. creates
17. She pretended to be ______ as if nothing had happened between them.
A. politely
B. angrily
C. friendly
D. sadly
18. Although the first part is easy,_____ could have been difficult.
A. the other
B. another
C. the rest
D. other
19.---I am terribly sorry for making the same mistake again in today's contest.
---______ Be careful next time
A. Congratulations!
B. That's all right.
C. Best wishes！
D. All right.
20.I think computers will be able to do more things than human brains can do
A. I think so too.
B. You are welcome.
C. Not at all.
D. Never mind.
II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
21. Who will be ________ for the meeting when the manager is on business?
22. If you are always full of ________ anything difficult will be a piece of cake to
you.
23. They ________ told me that they would consider the problem and let us know their
in the end
24. It is ________ of you to chahge your mind in time.
25. All the students had an ________ experience at the Fifth English Speech Contest.
26. you'd better not tell your ________ information to strangers.
27. The fireman ________ the little kid but he lost his life finally
28. Jack likes reading ________ stories when he was young.
29. Distraction（分心） will probably lead to ________ the important game.
30. It is true that computers calculate very fast and ________ give wrong answers.
III. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of verbs.
31. During the last three dacades, the number of people taking part in physical fitness
Programs ________ sharply.
32. He was unhappy- when he sold his guitar. After all, he ________ it for a very long time.
33.---Kevin, you looked worried. Anything wrong?
---Well, I ________ a test and I' m waiting for the result.
34. More and more bridges ________ over the Huangpu River in the future.
35. Sales of CDS have greatly decreased since people ________ to use MPS players.
36. When her father came back home. Jane ________ with his friend.
37. You may go fishing if your work _________ .
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required
38．The students should publish their school newspaper__________．（对划线部分提提 问）
_________ should the students publish their school newspaper?
39. Do you like feature movies or animated movies? The teacher asked Alice. and bread I was buying and offered, "I can make
you, a sandwich, so you don't have to do it yourself.”
I nodded without saying a word.
So, she made the sandwich and asked me to w___60___ a moment. She went into the
back room and came again with a bowl of hot soup.
“It will warm you up, "she said with a friendly smile.
What really warmed me up was not the soup. It was her s___61___ that told me she
cared about me.
I had been quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from
c___62___ with and being kind to others
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:
The great fire of London started in the very early hours of September: 2nd, 1666. In
four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the
houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became h___63___, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the king's baker in Pudding Lane
The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof.
A strong wind b___64___ the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames, Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday n___65___ a
kilometre of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day.
The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Pauls and the Guildhall among
them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into
the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses u___66___ the last moment. Birds
fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire s___67___ only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of
buildings in the path of the fire. With n___68___left to bum, the fire became weak
and finally died out.
After the fire, ChrisTOPher Wren, the architect, wanted a city with wider streets and
new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still n___69___ but he did build
more than fifty churches.
The fine caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for
the future and not just of the past.
E. Answer the questions
Have you ever recycled? To recycle is to take rubbish and make it into something new. Recycling Is good for our planet because it makes Junk into something that we can use again. Recycling also helps to clean up the litter that makes our streets dirty,
All kinds of things can be recycled. The most common materials like glass, plastic
paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable. Sometimes these products are broken down to
make the same kinds of products. An example of this type of recycling is using paper
make more paper. Rubbish can also be broken down to make completely new items
well!
Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever! We can use glass items, then break
them down and use them again and again, Aluminum cans are one of the most
successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of
all aluminum cans have been recycled.
The average family of four can produce nearly 2000 pounds of rubbish each year. A
time goes on, we have fewer places to put all of this rubbish in. Recycling is one way
to limit the amount of rubbish we need to put into the land.
The next time you __________a can or bottle into the rubbish can, look to see if there is a
recycling triangle on the label. It is the international sign for recycling.
Is recycling helpful for the environment?
_____________________________________________________________________
What can be recycled forever according to the passage?
_____________________________________________________________________
How many aluminum cans have been recycled?
_____________________________________________________________________
What does the underlined word" toss"in the passage mean in Bnglish?
_____________________________________________________________________
What is the main purpose of the passage?
_____________________________________________________________________
VI. Writing
75. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the TOPic "I want to say thank to:______”.请在此写出你想要感谢的人，并说明感谢他（们）是什么原因，并表达对
他（们）的美好祝愿。文章开头已经给出，不计入字数。
参考答案：
1-5 ACDDC 6-10 CBDAB 11-15 CADDA 16-20 BCCBA
21. responsible 22. confidence 23. decision 24. sensible
25. unforgettable 26. personal 27. saved 28. frightening
29. losing 30. rarely
31. has increased 32. has had 33. have taken 34. will be built
35. began 36. is talking 37. is done 38. How often
39. whether, likes 40. If, don’t 41. What create 42. were laid
43. It was wise of him to lock the door when he left.
44-49 BCDBAD 50-55 ABADCB
56. tired 57. free 58. help 59. well
60. wait 61. smile 62. communicating 63. homeless
64. blew 65. nearly 66. until 67. sTOPped 68. nothing 69. narrow
70. Yes, it is.
71. Glass.
72. 60%.
73. It means throw something away.
74. To tell people the importance of recycling.
