届静安区初三英语一模试卷及答案

静安区2012 学年第一学期期末教学质量调研

九年级英语

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar ( 第二部分词汇和语法)

II. Choose the best answer ( 选择最恰当的答案): ( 共20 分)

24. Lisa is ______ exchange student from Britain, but she knows a lot about China.

A) a B) an C) the D) /

25. Though Mary ' s son is ________ average height, he is a star in a basketball team.

A) for B) with C) of D) by

26. Lili ' s wish is to become a doctor when she grows up. What is ______ , Sam?

A) you B) yours C) your D) yourself

27. I ' m afraid this pair of glasses is too expensive. Would you show me ____ pair?

A) another B) other C) others D) the other

28. This kind of beef from India tastes ______ . We don ' t like it at all.

A) delicious B) good C) well D) awful

29. In her opinion, short-term memory doesn ' t work as ____________ as long-term memory.

A) well B) good C) better D) best

30. Some frightening pets _______ be kept home so that they won ' t hurt others.

A) can B) may C) must D) need

31. ______ convenient it is to send and receive e-mails on the iPhone5 !

A) What B) How C) What a D) How a

32. Parents should always keep an eye on little children, _______ they can easily get hurt.

A) so B) but C) and D) or

33. You are not allowed to enter the exhibition ______ you have a ticket.

A) if B) when C) unless D) because

34. We can hardly tell what life without the Internet will be like in the future, ______ ?

A) can we B) can ' t we C) will it D) won ' t it

35. Listen! Mr. Wang _______ his speech on “ Cormorant fishing in the past ” now.

A) will prepare B) prepared C) was preparing D) is preparing

36. Pansy agrees one of the basic ways _______ our memory is to use the link method.

A) improving B) to improve C) improve D) improved

37. Nancy ______ many interesting stories about Damin since she visited the village last

year.

A) has read B) was reading C) read D) had read

38. Jenny denied _______ the magazines out of the reading room yesterday afternoon.

A) take B) took C) taking D) to take

39. It ' ll be a great honour if I _______ to the charity evening party next week.

A) invite B) will invite C) will be invited D) am invited

40. - Tom doesn' t know how to draw a comic row of pictures.

A) So do I. B) So am I. C) Neither do I. D) Neither am I.

41. Could you tell me _______ find another interesting detective story to read?

A) where I can B) where can I C) where I could D) where could I

42. - Have a nice win ter holiday, Elle n!

A) Good idea. B) The same to you. C) My pleasure. D) That' s all right.

43. - You are so busy today. Anything I can do for you?

A) Yes, you can. B) Of course. C) You ' re welcome. D) Than ks, but I can man age. III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only

be used once (选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文。每个单词或词组只能用一次) ：(共8分)

John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn ' t - the girl with

a rose. She was his pen pal. She had helped him a lot 51 in study and in life. They 52

their first meeti ng at 6:00 p.m. at Grand Cen tral Stati on in New York.

“ You' ll recognize me by the red rose. ” she wrote, “ I ' ll be wearing it on my coat. ”

So at 6:00 p.m. he was at the stati on 53 the girl with a red rose.

A young woma n was coming towards him. She was weari ng a gree n coat and was everythi ng that he hoped Miss Maynell would be, but there was no red rose. Then an ordinary-looking womanwalked past. She was 54 past 40. On her coat there was a red rose.

He didn ' t 55 . "I ' m John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you

could meet me. May I take you to dinner? ” he asked.

The woman' s face turned into a 56 smile. " I don ' t know what this is about, son, ”

she an swered. “ But the young lady in the gree n coat who just went by 57 me to wear this rose on my coat. She

said if you asked me out to dinn er, I should tell you that she was wait ing for you in the restaura nt right 58 the street. She said it was a kind of test! ”

IV. Complete the senten ces with the give n words in their suitable forms (用括号中所给单词的

适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词) ：(共8分)

59. Overwork in big _______ in China has brought many problems to young people. (city)

60. MoMoWu吴莫愁)prepared a lot for “The voice of China ” and won the ______ p rize. (two)

61. Many people are crazy at Moyan ' s ___________ in winning the Nobel Prize for Literature .

(succeed)

62. LiuQian put some coins in a magic box and said “ These coins will _______________ soon. ” (appear)

63. Martin helped the little girl out of a car accide nt, but he was______ woun ded in stead.