初三年级第一学期英语期中复习卷Unit 1
Class ______ Name ________ No. _______ Mark ________
I. Choose the best answer: 32%
( ) 1. _____lady over there is _____ Egyptian, she is from _____ Egypt.
A, an, the B. The, a, / C. The, an, / D. A, an, the
( ) 2. The solider came down the stairs two ___________.
A. in a time B. on a time C. for a time D. at a time
( ) 3. The captain looked ________ the empty plain
A. down at B up at C. upon D. through at
( ) 4. The bag are so big that I couldn’t take it ______ me.
A. to B. for C. with D. by
( ) 5. It is easy to pull the huge wooden horse into the city because it is ________.
A. has wheels B. with wheels C. on wheels D. in wheels
( ) 6. The noon train runs every day _______ Sunday.
A．besides B. but C. except D. except for
( ) 7. Ten minutes is too short for me to work it out, I need _____five minutes.
A. other B. another C. more D. others.
( ) 8. The enemies couldn’t capture the city ______ fighting.
A. in B. with C. for D. by
( ) 9. Eight people, ______ two children, were injured in the accident.
A. include B. with C. and D. including
( ) 10. My father doesn’t drink _______.
A. any long B. no long C. any longer D. no longer
( ) 11. Xiao Li was glad that he _______to the important party the day after tomorrow.
A .will invite B. was invited C. will be invited D. had been invited
( ) 12. You _________talk with Jill any more. I ________her everything already.
A. needn’t to, told B. don’t need, have told C. needn’t, told D. don’t need to, have told
( ) 13. At last, he succeeded ________ around the world on foot.
A. travelling B. to travel C. in travelling D. on travelling
( ) 14. You must make sure _________ or not.
A. that the door has been locked B. if the door has been locked C. Whether has the door been locked D. whether the door has been locked
( ) 15. Make sure your seat belt is safely fastened. The underlined part means _______.
A. quickly B. slowly C. securely D. hardly
( ) 16. The police failed to take control the robbers by force. The underlined part means
_______.
A. take after B. capture C. lose control D. take place
II. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms:20% 1. You are __________(main) responsible for the trouble. 2. We can’t see clearly in the __________. (dark) 3. The men over there are __________. (Greece)
4. All the __________ (city) are satisfied with him and vote for him.
5. In one night, the Greeks ___________ (success) in capturing the city by a trick. 6. David watched her car until it _____________ from view. (appear) 7. The diamond necklace looks even brighter in the _________(dark)
8. When I was a little child, my father made me a ________ horse as a present.(wood) 9. I will wait for you at the _________ (enter) of the cinema.
10. So many __________ (sail) are waiting for the order that captain makes.
III Rewrite the sentences as required: 14%
1. She cut the cloth into two pieces. (改为一般疑问句) ________ she ________ the cloth into two piece?
2. The soldier was too frightened to say a word. (保持句意相同)
The .soldier was ________ frightened ________ he couldn’t say a word 3. Tom has a bath every day. (改为否定句)
Tom ___________ __________ a bath every day.
4. The girls are singing English songs beautifully. (改为感叹句) __________ __________ the girls are singing English songs! 5. The man in red is my English teacher. （对划线部分提问） __________ __________ is your English teacher?
6. They didn’t throw the old magazines away.（改为被动语态） The old magazines ___________ ____________ away.
7. Jane preferred spicy food to sweet food when she was young. (保持原句意思)
Jane _________ spicy food _________ than sweet food when she was young. IV. Complete the passage with proper words: 12%
Many people go to school for education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and maths. Others go to school to learn a s 1 so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. No one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he k 2 , cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, m 3 more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by o 4 than to remember some facts or formula（公式）. It is quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton And Galileo didn’t get everything from school. They invented so many things for the people. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not t 5__ at school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions a 6 they read and they did thousands of experiments.
1_______. 2 _______. 3________.4.________5.________. 6.__________ V. Read and complete the answer to each question 10%
Starbucks doesn't just sell coffee. It sells a coffee drinking experience. Starbucks coffee shops have high quality drinks, comfortable seating areas and famous brands. They are fun and fashionable places to have a drink.
The first Starbucks opened in 1971, in Seattle, Washington. At first, it was just ans ordinary coffee shop. In the 1980's, it went through big changes. The owners, after travelling in Italy, decided to turn Starbucks into an Italian style coffee shop. Their idea was very successful. Soon, there were Starbucks in many American cities.
In the 1990's, Starbucks went international. They opened the first store in Japan in 1995, after that, stores opened in countries all over Asia. By the year 2000, there were more than 3,000 Starbucks around the world.
Starbucks is much more than a coffee shop. The company is part of many community（社区） projects. For example, there are a group of managers called the \Team\They lead recycling projects in their local areas. They also plant trees and clean neighbourhoods. Another group, the Starbucks Foundation, encourages young people to read.
So, the next time you order a drink at Starbucks, feel good about yourself. It's nice to know that some companies care about you and your environment, and not just your money. 1.When did the first Starbucks open?
_______________________________________________________________ 2. What led to big changes at Starbucks?
_______________________________________________________________ 3. What is the \
_______________________________________________________________ 4. To help the environment, what do some Starbucks managers do?
______________________________________________________________ 5. Why can you feel good about drinking at Starbucks?
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VI. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “Honesty is the best policy”. 12% Sentence patterns for reference:
1. Why do you think Honesty is the best policy. 2. What should we do to be honest.
Honesty is the best policy
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