2013年上海徐汇区初三英语一模

2012学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷

初三年级英语学科

2013.1 Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar

II. Choose the best answer: (共20分)

31. _______ only key to the safe is kept in Mrs. White’s room. Nobody knows where it is.

A. A

B. An

C. The

D. /

32. A young couple decided to sell their shop and started to travel around the world _______ their thirties.

A. in

B. at

C. on

D. for

33. On school Open Day, parents ________ know how colorful their kids’ school life is.

A. should

B. can

C. must

D. need

34. Look! A car almost hit that little girl and the woman driver seemed ________.

A. fright

B. frighten

C. frightened

D. frightening

35. _________ Jeremy broke his leg last year, he performed very well on the basketball court in the new season.

A. When

B. Because

C. Although

D. If

36. After the discussion, most people at the meeting choose Jane’s plan instead of _______.

A. I

B. my

C. me

D. mine

37. It is essential for a good detective _______ the innocent and to find the guilty.

A. to protect

B. protecting

C. protect

D. protected

38. It is known to all that bad news has wings and always _______ very fast.

A. spread

B. spreads

C. is spreading

D. has spread

39. A: _______ lecture will you attend, Professor Wang’s or Professor Li’s?

B: Professor Li’s. His lecture is more interesting.

A. Where

B. Whose

C. When

D. Why

40. Jennifer has two children and ________ of them were born in winter.

A. all

B. either

C. both

D. neither

41. People ______ about if there are aliens on the other planets since many years ago.

A. are arguing

B. argue

C. have argued

D. argued

42. Terry did very well in the interview, _______ he got his dream job in IBM.

A. for

B. so

C. but

D. or

43. When our parents get old, they will need ______ of our time and attention than before.

A. many

B. more

C. less

D. few

44. _______ came to see John this morning and left a note on his desk.

A. Somebody

B. Anybody

C. Everybody

D. Nobody

45. In that small seaside village, most children are good at _____.

A. swim

B. swam

C. swimming

D. swims

46. ________ amazing film The Story of Pi is!

A. How

B. What a

C. What an

D. So

47. Spending a whole day working in the field let the children _______ the farmers’ hard life.

A. understand

B. to understand

C. understood

D. understanding