新初二英语同步班入学测试题

2011寒春初二英语同步班入学测试题

一、情景交际。（每小题4分，共20分 ）

( ) 1. ---Why not join us in the game, Kitty?

---_________, but I have to do my homework first.

A. Let’s go B. I’d like to C. Yes, please D. It’s a pleasure

( ) 2. ---We are organizing a party next Saturday, and I’d like you to come.

---______! I have another one that day. Thank you just the same.

A. Good luck B. What a pity C. Never do it again D. Well done

( ) 3. ---It looks heavy. Can I give you a hand?

---______.

A. No, thanks B. Yes, my pleasure C. No, never mind D. Yes, I do

( ) 4. ---Could you be so kind as to close the window?

---______.

A. With pleasure B. Go ahead C. Yes, please D. That’s OK

( ) 5. ---James, I am sorry I used your computer when you were away this morning.

---______.

A. That’s all right B. It’s a pleasure C. You are welcome D. Don’t mention it

二、词汇题。（每小题3分，共15分 ）

( ) 6. --- What a nice T-shirt! Do you like it?

A. spends B. uses C. pays D. costs

( ) 7. We don’t have any _____ in the fridge. Shall we go to buy some coke and juice?

A. vegetables B. fruit C. drink D. food

( ) 8. If you’re driving to the airport, can you give me a ______?

A. lift B. hand C. help D. seat

( ) 9. If by any chance someone comes to see me, ask them to leave a ______.

A. letter B. notice C. message D. sentence

( ) 10. There is good ________ for you. I’ve found your lost watch.

A. news B. ideas C. messages D. thoughts

二、单项选择。（每小题3分，共45分 ）

( ) 11. You’d better ______ too much chocolate. It’s bad for your health.

A. to eat B. eat C. not to eat D. not eat

( ) 12. Mary ______ Beijing for two years and she ______ last week.

A. left, returned B. has left, has returned

C. has been away from, returned D. has been left, returned

( ) 13. ---I called you this morning, but nobody answered.

---I ______ the flowers in my garden at that time.

A. watered B. was watering C. water D. have watered

( ) 14. This peach _______ delicious. Would you like to have one?

A. taste B. is tasted C. tasted D. tastes

( ) 15. Some boys of my class enjoy ______ music.

A. listen to B. listens to C. listening to D. listened to

( ) 16. The poor young girl was often made ______ a lot of housework.

A. do B. done C. to do D. doing

( ) 17. ---Tom is in charge of the company, isn’t he?

---______, but Cathy. She is the manager now.

A. Yes, he isn’t B. Yes, he is C. No, he is D. No, he isn’t

( ) 18. ______ of the land in that district ______ covered with water.

A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are

( ) 19. This is the first time we ______ a film in the cinema together as a family.

A. see B. had seen C. saw D. have seen

( ) 20. Johnny, you ______ play with the knife. You ______ hurt yourself.

A. won’t, can’t B. mustn’t, may C. shouldn’t, must D. can’t, shouldn’t

( )21. The sunlight came in ______ the windows and lit up the whole room.

A. through B. across C. over D. above

( ) 22. It is reported that the police will soon ______ the case of the two missing children.

A. look upon B. look after C. look into D. look out

( ) 23. ---_____ will it take us to get there by bus?

---About 2 hours.

A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. How quick

( ) 24. I don’t know if our manage ______. If he ______ to do it, I will call you immediately.

A. will agree, agrees B. agrees, agrees

C. will agree, will agree D. agree, will agree

( ) 25. ---Can you tell me ______?

---She is in the library.

A. where Mary was B. where is Mary

C. where was Mary D. where Mary is

四、阅读理解。（每小题4分，共20分 ）

A

Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40, 000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1, 270 kilos.

H ow old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil (化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings (翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

T here will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a sate llite (卫星) into space before September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure—1.4 billion yuan!

( ) 26. The above paragraphs are taken from _______.

A. a story B. an advertisement

C. an explaining writing D. a newspaper

B

Technology has also changed the way that many sports are performed. Take one example---the pole vault (撑杆跳). The inclusion of a landing mat obviously made a big difference to the vaulting style(方式) as athletes no longer needed to worry about hurting themselves as they fell. Without these worries, athletes no longer needed to worry about the crossbar as the uprights are now fitted

with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that measure (测量) how high the athlete vaulted. Technology has even been to the advantage of swimmers. New pools have been designed to reduce wave interference and sports scientists have even developed a new style of swimming that increases buoyancy and reduces drag in the water.

27. What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

A. LEDs can measure the speed of swimming.

B. The pole vault was not quite safe in the past.

C. Pole vaulters jump higher with landing mats.

D. New pools have changed the style of swimming.

C

It’s hard to believe how times have changed since the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, on 6th April 1896. One hundred years ago, there was very little reliance (dependence) on modern technology. There were no landing mats(海绵垫), no stopwatches and no photo finishes. In fact, cameras and stopwatches were not used. Until the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA.

Today technology has completely revolutionized (changed) sports. Take sports equipment (装备) for example. Starting blocks are now equipped with electronic pressure sensors(传感器), which provide exactly correct race time and also help to catch runners who “Jump the gun”. As athletes cross the finishing line, special digital cameras can also easily decide the winner. The days of “

28. The underlined phrase “” means A. sports equipment which was out of date

B. runners who jumped the gun while running

C. diseases which killed runners in hot weather

D. races in which runners finished at the same time

D

Very often, new-born babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled (多皱的) or hairless, or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, “Get away! I hate everybody.” But to a parent, that hairless, wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you “Well, what do you think—isn’t she beautiful?”, what are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not! You look that proud father in the eye and say, “Yes, she is! She’s really a beauty. She’s one in a million. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell! She’s as beautiful as a picture.”

In English, this is a Peop le use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don’t want to hurt someone. It’s important to be honest, but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important.

29. The word “white” in this passage means _____ in Chinese.

A. 善意的 B. 恶意的 C. 白色的 D. 苍白的

E

There are a number of phrases built on the word “put”, among which is the expression “putting one on”. When one finds it difficult to believe what you said, he may look at you more closely and ask, “Are you putting me on?” He doesn’t think you are serious. Perhaps, you are joking with him, laughing at him, trying to test his reaction. People who try to put you on are more often just joking,

having some pleasant friendly fun. There are people who like to play jokes on friends, to put them on in strange ways, some funny, some not. This is especially true on April 1st, April Fools’ Day. Year after year, a number of people let themselves be fooled by the same joke. They just forget what happened to them the year before.

One of these often repeated jokes is about a telephone call. The caller changes his voice and tells his friends a certain Mr. Fox calls him and asks him to make a quick reply to the given number, which is the telephone number of the National Zoo. Unthinkingly, the friend quickly makes his call and asks for Mr. Fox.

The man on the other end says, “Who?”

“Mr. Fox. I don’t know his full name. Please hurry.”

The man at the other end answers, “We have no Mr. Fox here”. Then he realizes it is a joke and he has heard it before. And he begins to laugh and says, “Look, friend, this is the zoo. Somebody is pulling your leg, putting you on.”

“Good God,” the friend says to himself, “How foolish I am!” But he thinks about it and can’t help having a good laugh over it.

30. This text is mainly about _______.

A. the jokes people are likely to make on April Fools’ Day

B. the meaning of “putting one on” and how to use it

C. why people are fooled by each other

D. April 1st, a day when people will make fun of each other