初四英语测试题

初四综合检测题（2015.3）一．Choose the right answer:1. Who can _________ three languages in your class?A. sayB. speakC. tellD. talk2. --Must I hand in the survey report by Thursday, Ms. Wang?--No, you ________. You may hand it in on Friday.A. needn’tB. mustn’tC. can’tD. may not3. --Your handwriting has won the second prize in this competition! Congratulations!--Thank you. But ________ is better than ________. So I still need to do better.A. Liu Ying, m ineB. Liu Ying’s, meC. Liu Ying’s, ID. Liu Ying’s, mine4. --________ is the price of the washing machine?--Oh, it’s not ________. Look, it’s nearly 8,000 yuan.A. What, lowB. How much, expensiveC. How much, cheapD. What, high5. --Jack, may I ______ your bike?--Sorry. I’ve just ______ it _______ Mary.A. borrow, lend toB. lend, borrowed fromC. borrow, lent toD. lent, borrow from6. --Who is the girl ________ a red jacket?--She’s Lucy. She can sing some Chinese songs just ________ you.A. from, likesB. wears, asC. has, as well asD. in, like7. Never ________ what you can do today till tomorrow.A. put offB. get offC. take offD. set off8. It’s cloudy outside. You’d better take ______ with you when you go out.A. a bookB. an appleC. a raincoatD. a ticket9. The boy stayed up late last night, so he fell ________ in class.A. sleepyB. asleepC. sleptD. sleeping10. In recent years, the economy of our country____________ rapidly.A. is increasedB. has increasedC. increasedD. has been increased二、完形填空（15分）Last year I went to an old-fashioned bar with Lisa and her mother. When it was my turn to order, I had a(n)11_________ . I was dyslexic (诵读困难的). I had difficulty 12_________words.I felt embarrassed about it and didn’t want13_________to know. Every time in a restaurant I pretended that I could understand the14_________and ordered something that almost every restaurant could have15_________, I succeeded every time.This time I did 16_________. I had a look at the menu and asked for a dish of vanilla (香草) ice cream. I thought it was 17_________. A place like this bar should have this kind of ice cream. But 18_________Lisa heard me, she said, “Didn’t you read the menu? There isn’t any vanilla ice cream at all.”Hearing this, my face turned 19_________. And I had to tell them the 20_________. “Dyslexia is quite common, Betty. My friend’s daughter had this problem four years ago, but she is21_________ now,” Lisa’s mother said to me. Then she 22_________me a business card and said, “Go to see this 23_________! Believe me, please! He can help you!”I am better now. Sometimes it isn’t the thing itself but24_________we have done that makes us embarrassed. I have learned to25_________my problems. I won’t escape from them any more.11. A. chance B. plan C. problem D. accident12. A. reading B. read C. to read D. reads13. A. other B. the other C. any other D. others14. A. menu B. waiter C. result D. mother15. A. Strangely B. Luckily C. Actually D. Possibly16. A. as usual B. a lot C. after all D. at last17. A. delicious B. clear C. expensive D. safe18. A. even though B. because C. as soon as D. if19. A. green B. red C. blue D. yellow20. A. truth B. story C. cause D. news21. A. the worst B. the best C. worse D. better22. A. brought B. made C. passed D. sent23. A. video B. doctor C. coach D. play24. A. which B. that C. what D. it25. A. face B. do C. meet D. forget三、阅读理解（20分）根据材料内容，选择最佳选项。

（每小题1分）26. When you visit a friend in Venezuela, you .A. should be always on timeB. can arrive 20 minutes later than invitedC. need to remove your shoes before enteringD. can leave when the host says “buen provecho”27. When eating in England, you _________.A. shouldn’t arrive on timeB. must eat with your right handC. should not put down the knife and fork until the end of the mealD. should always keep your hands visible when eating28. What should people use to eat spaghetti?A. A fork.B. A spoon.C. The right hand.D. We don’t know.29. Which of the following is right?A. It doesn’t matter whether you drink the coffee in Venezuela.B. In Italy, you shouldn’t put your hands under the table while eat ing.C. In Italy, you had better wait to be introduced at a large party.D. In Egypt, you needn’t remove your shoes before entering.30. Which is the BEST title for the passage?A. Dining customs of the four different countriesB. Being on time is always a good ideaC. Strange dining manners in EgyptD. How to introduce yourself at partiesBMost musicians agree the best violins were made in Cremona, Italy about 200 years ago. They even sound better than violins made today. But no one really knows why these old Italian violins are so special.Some people think it is the age of the violins. But not all old violins sound wonderful. Only those from Cremona are special. So age cannot be the answer.Other people think the secret is the wood. The wood must be from certain kinds of trees.But the kind of wood may not be so important. It may be more important to cut the wood in a special way. Musicians sometimes think that this was the secret of the Italians. Maybe they understood more about how to cut the wood than we do.Size and shape may not be the answer either. Scientists make new ones that are exactly the same size and shape. But the new violins still do not sound as well as the old ones. Some scientists think the secret may be the varnish (清漆). Since no one knows what the Italian violin makers used in their varnish, no one can make the same varnish today.There may never be other violins like the violins of Cremona. And there aren’t very many of the old violins left. So these old violins from Cremona become more and more precious.根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。