初二下英语U1基础训练
I. Think and choose.
1. She works __________ ,but she__________goes to bed very late.
A.hardly…hard B. hard…hardly
C. hard…hard D. hardly…hardly
2. The photo always make me__________the trip to the UK.
A. to remember B. remembering
C. remembered D. remember
3. I must __________you not to go out. A storm is coming.
A. let B. communicate C. warn D. suppose
4. Let’s set off. It__________outside.
A. doesn’t rain B. isn’t raining C. is going to rain D. wasn’t raining
5. We must learn how to protect ourselves __________ danger in our daily life.
A. of B. with C. from D. for
6. Who is the greatest writer in your country__________?
A .living B. alive C. lively D. live
7. John will fly to New York__________the end of this month.
A. at B. on C. by D. in
8. __________does it take to get to People’s Square by underground?
A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. How far
9. Hurry up! All of us __________for you.
A. wait B. are waiting C. were waiting D. waited
10. That’s a nice TOPic. What you’ve said sounds__________.
A. natural B. interesting C. harmful D. nasty
11. We are trying our best to make Shanghai __________ to welcome tourists from all over the world
A. busier B. more convenient C. noisier D. more beautiful
12 . The boy __________always __________questions.
A. is … asking B. has … asked C. / … ask D. will … ask
13. We do__________ experiments in the new lab once a week.
A. chemistry B. chemist C. chemical D. chemist’s
II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
1. Trees can make the streets more beautiful and less __________.
2. As we all know, there are no _________ things on the moon.
3. Water and oxygen are very important. They can keep us ________.
4. Trees are our best __________ against pollution.
5. Trees are _________ air conditioners. They can cool the air as well as clean it.
6. Now many ____________ are starting to study trees.
7. Doctor Ray is ___________ in trees. She helps Judy to collect some facts for an ___________ project on pollution.
III. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. It usually takes me __________ to finish my homework.
__________ __________does it usually take you to finish your homework?
2. You are friendly to me. Your wife is also friendly to me.（合并成一句）
Your wife __________ __________ __________ you is friendly to me.
3. He knows __________ about the project.
__________ __________does he know about the project?
4. The Chinese restaurant belongs to the Lis.
The Chinese restaurant belongs to the Lis, __________ __________?
5. There were almost no people in the street then.
There were __________ __________people in the street then.
IV. Reading comprehension.
Many Chinese people like American country music, such as（比如） the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
Country music is from the folk music （民间音乐）of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand each other better through music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body. All of them love music and can understand music.
It’s 2010 now, John Denver died thirteen years ago. The world lost a great man. But his music and words will live on.
1. John Denver is a great ________ singer.
A. English B. Japanese C. American D. Chinese
2. American country music is from the _______ music of America.
A. pop B. jazz C. light D. folk
3. “Music was a language that could bring the world together” means people _______.
A. can sing songs together B. from all over the world sing the same songs
C. can understand each other better through music D. know language and music
4. John Denver died in ______.
A. 1997 B. 2003 C. 1913 D. 2010
5. Which sentence is right?
A. Everyone knows when country music began.
B. Country music is from the jazz music.
C. John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too.
D. John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together.
