初三英语上学期期末试题

初三上学期期末测试题

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Ⅰ单选(20分)

1. It ________ nearly two weeks _________ I had received his letter.

A. is, that

B. was, that

C. is, since

D. was, since

2. It is five years since my dear aunt __________ here.

A. left

B. has left

C. is left

D. had left

3. Nobody in _________ right senses would play such a silly joke.

A. their

B. his

C. her

D. one's

4. —May I speak to Lucy?

—This is ________ speaking.

A. her

B. she

C. she's

D. hers

5. I forgot Tom's address. But I found his telephone number in the _________.

A. phone books

B. book of phone

C. phone's book

D. phone book

6. He said that he watched TV every ________ day.

A. another

B. three

C. the second

D. other

7. We are going to be on our holidays _________.

A. in three days' time

B. after 3 days

C. three days later

D. in three day's time

8. Look at these clouds, ________.

A. It'll rain

B. It's going to rain

C. It'll be raining

D. It is to rain

9. Nobody knows what _______ happen next.

A. is to

B. is going

C. is about to

D. are to

10. China should do _________ best to be a strong and modern country.

A. his

B. its

C. her

D. our

11. Y ou'd better __________ his opinion before making a decision.

A. look for

B. search for

C. find out

D. work out

12. —Could you tell me who invented _________ telephone?

—_________ Scotch scientist named _________ Alexander Graham Bell.

A. /, A, /

B. a, The, /

C. the, A, /

D. /, A, an

13. Did you break _________ windows?

A. the both

B. both of

C. both the

D. either of

14. Let's put ________ of these pictures on the wall.

A. some one

B. someone

C. some ones

D. everyone

15. —I'd like to go hunting with you, but I have a meeting ________. —If you don't go, __________.

A. to attend, so do I

B. attending, so will I

C. attend, neither will I

D. to attend, nor will I

16. What will be the results _________ the students in our class?

A. of

B. for

C. to

D. with

17. —Hurry up, you _________ on the phone.

—Oh, I' coming. Thank you.

A. are wanted

B. are being wanted

C. want

D. are wanting

18. I, _________ your friend, will try my best to help you out.

A. who is

B. that is

C. who am

D. who are

19. I asked him to __________ me a few minutes so that we could talk over the matter.

A. spend

B. save

C. share

D. spare

20. There they got married and ________ their young.

A. fed

B. felt

C. raised

D. rose

Ⅱ阅读(40分)

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First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, “Look out.” I put my head out of a window and a bucket of water fell on me. It seems that “Look out” may mean “Don’t look out.”

Second Frenchman: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, “Al l hands on deck. I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

Third Frenchman: I once went early in the morning to the doctor’s and his nurse came to the door and said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour.” When I went a second time for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.” I had to go away again. Later I thought the doctor should be in the house in the evening, so I went there once more. “Oh, how sorry I am! He’s not in! I’d better tell him to wait for you if you could come tomorrow.” said the nurse. “Well! He’s not up, he is not down, and he is