2012实验东校初三第一学期10月月考

2012学年第一学期初三英语摸底试卷（实验东校）
I. Choose the right answer.
1. Tom is not at school. Do you know what happens ________ him?
A. with
B. to
C. in
D. for
2. These books will _________ us ________ all the information we need.
A. offer, with;
B. offer, for
C. provide, for
D. provide, with
3. _________ you have finished your homework, it doesn’t mean you can watch TV now.
A. Because
B. Although
C. If
D. Before
4. The fire alarm in thr room suddenly _________ while Rose was just reading a book.
A. went over
B. went out
C. went off
D. went on
5. Dogs are clever animals and they can be trained to ________ houses.
A. look for
B. look
C. watch out D watch over
6. There is _________ milk in the bottle and we don’t need to buy milk today.
A. a bit
B. few
C. a few
D. a bit of
7. I can’t __________ the bad weather here because it always rains.
A. stand
B. describe
C. mention
D. understand
8. Mum, why consider __________ hamburgers instead of dumplings?
A. having
B. to have
C. have
D. had
9. I suggested the meeting _________ at the manager’s office.
A. hold
B. be held
C. is held
D. was to be held
10. Amy _________ at 8 o’clock last night, but she didn’t _______ until 10 o’clock.
A. went to bed, fall asleep
B. fell asleep, go to bed
C. goes to bed, fall asleep
D. falls asleep, go to bed
11. The boys ________ to _________ when their teacher came in.
A. pretend, read
B. were pretend, read
C. pretended, reading
D. pretended, be reading
12. Excuse me, could you please tell me ________?
A. when will the film start
B. how much would the ticket cost
C. wehre does the bust go
D. which gate is open
II. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of given words.
1. The child was __________ of the horror movie. (scare)
2. I have to have a __________ examination before going abroad. (medicine)
3. Come to Swezerland and enjoy its ________- beauties. (scenery)
4. The guide _________ us to the Summer Palace yesterday. (leader)
5. Can you give us the good ____________ for being late? (explanin)
6. Our company is a big user of ____________ in this area. (electric)
III. Rewrite the sentences.
1. Now, I come to school by bus by myself. (保持句意)
Now, I come to school by bus __________ my __________.
2. He cut down a tree yesterday. (改成被动语态)
A tree _________ _________ down by him yesterday.
3. If there were no electricity, life would be very inconvenient. (保持句意)
____________ ___________, life would be very inconvenient.
4. Could you tell me how I can get to the bookstore? (改成简单句)
Could you tell me __________ ___________ to the bookstore?
IV. Complete the following passage with words or expressions in the box. Each can only be used once.
A. in many ways
B. bigger and stronger
C. from running away
D. give off
E. to breathe
F. to be a tree
G. onto the ground
20 years ago, I was a little tree living in the forest. I enjoyed the soft wind, and birds’ singing in the forest all the time. Years later, I grew into a big tree. My body became ____1____, and I even began to produce fruit.
Then one day, some old trees had a talk with me. They told me I was important and useful to humans and the Earth.
“We take harmful gases from the air, and ____2____ oxygen. People love us because for them we are natural and free air conditioners, producing clean and fresh air for them ____3____. Our leaves can take the dust from the air and rain then washes it onto the ground. We can store water and stop the soil ____4____. We give food to both humans and animals,” said the old trees.
I’m really happy ____5____ I can help humans and the Earth ____6____. But yesterday, some people came to my home and cut down some trees one by one. Now, when I look around, I see many of my friends lying on the ground.
I think humans and trees are good friends. But why did they cut us down?。