上宝中学2016学年第二学期初二英语月考试卷

上宝中学2016学年第二学期初二英语月考试卷

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar

II. Choose the best answer.

26. With a wave of his hand, the magician made the rabbit vanish.

A. /

27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?

A. It’s time to b uy our differences and be friends again.

B. I’ll bet my bottom dollar that the train will be late again.

C. He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.

D. You are asking for trouble when you behave in that way.

28. We didn’t perform a _________e xperiment of the __________change of copper. Instead, the ________teacher asked us to dictate the ___________symbols.

A. chemistry, chemistry, chemical, chemical

B. chemical, chemical, chemistry, chemistry

C. chemistry, chemical, chemistry, chemical

D. chemical, chemistry, chemical, chemistry

29. Your hometown is really nice! The air quality is as good as _______of Sanya.

A. it

B. one

C. that

D. those

30. We could hear their voice growing fainter as they walked down the road. What does the word in Italics mean?

A. stronger

B. smaller

C. more tired

D. weaker

31. These plants provide forty percent of the country’s electricity.

Which of the following word has the same meaning as the word in Italics?

A. works

B. factory

C. work

D. trees

32. __________of my classmates _________sports.

A. Two thirds/ likes

B. Two thirds/ like

C. Two third/ like

D. Two three/ likes

33. Sometimes things don’t __________the way we think they’re going to.

A. turn up

B. turn out

C. turn to

D. turn over

34. The volunteers _________a lot of help to the community in the past ten years.

A. offered

B. will offer

C. are offering

D. have offered

35. Mr. Baker needs ________money to buy a new flat.

A. large amount of

B. quite a lot

C. a large number of

D. huge amounts of

36. After people use the water, it goes to _________.

A a sewage plant B. a power station

C. a pump

D. a water treatment works

37. We take the water from the river which runs under the hill by machine.

The underlines parts can be replaced by __________.

A. pour

B. pump

C. release

D. push

38. The temperature _______to just over zero centigrade, so I won’t _______at your house after the concert.

A. drops, drop on

B. drops, drop in

C. falls, drop on

D. falls, drop over

39. It is believed that those who _______lessons _______great concentration are more likely to be top ones.

A. have, on

B. have, in

C. attend with

D. attend over

40. The crew decided to crazy on with the work__________ the poor weather and hard condition.

A. according to

B. regardless of

C. in addition to

D. in terms of

41. She was surely not the first or the last ________the airport that day.

A. to reach

B. reaching

C. had reached

D. reached

42. The city _________when I was still a kid has become a shopping paradise.

A. where I stayed in

B. I stayed

C. in that I stayed

D. I stayed in

43. I hope ___________.

A. me to have an one-year study trip in Britain.

B. I can have an one-year study trip in Britain.

C. me to have a one-year study trip in Britain.

D. I will have a one-year study trip in Britain.

44. A: Do you mind my smoking here?

B: _________. Look at the sign. It says, “No smoking!”

A. You’re welcome

B. You’d better not

C. Not at all

D. No, I don’t.

45. A: Would you like me to send the parcel for you?

B: _________I’ve asked my cousin to send it.

A. Yes, I’d like to

B. That’s a good idea.

C. Yes, please

D. No, thanks

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once.