上海国际学校初升高英语入学考试模拟卷

Mock Test

Test Time: 80 minutes Total Score: 100

Speaking Test: It is in a form of one on one interview in about 10 minutes o n daily life topics (hobbies, studies, traveling, etc.). It is aimed to test the candidate’s English pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, grammar range and accuracy, lexical resources, speech coherence, topic development, etc.

Written Examination

Section 1 Vocabulary and grammar (30 scores)

Part 1: Multiple choice. (10 scores)

1.The number of smokers, _____ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in just one year.

A.it

B.which

C.what

D.as

2.Schools should be lively places where individuals are encouraged to _____ to their greatest potential.

A.accelerate

B.improve

C.perform

D.develop

3.Much time _____ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems.

A.being spent

B. having spent

C.spent

D.spending

4._____ Li Bai, a great Chinese poet, was born is known to the public, but some won’t accept it.

A.That

B.Why

C.Where

D.How

5.The university started some new language programs to _____ the country’s Silk Road Economic Belt.

A.apply to

B.cater for

C. appeal to

D. hunt for

6.It might have saved me some trouble ______ the schedule.

A.did I know

B. have I known

C.do I know

D. had I known

7.The real reason why prices ____, and still are, too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem.

A. were

B.will be

C.have been

D.had been

8.The police officers decided to conduct a thorough and _______ review of the case.

prehensive

B. complicated

C.conscious

D.crucial

9.—Why didn’t you invite John to your birthday party?

—Well, you know he’s _______ .

A.an early bird

B. a wet blanket

C.a lucky dog

D.a tough nut

10.Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around _______ Thomas Edison.

A.thanks to

B.regardless of

C.aside from

D. but for

Part 2: Fill in the blank with a word in its correct form. (5 scores)

11. Though the city is modern, there are still some problems, such as air pollution crowdedness and _________(noisy).

12. To my ________(satisfy), my son passed the driving test successfully.

13. In the past few years, Lucy has formed the habit of keeping a supply of candles in the house in case of power ________(fail)．

14. The ________ (erupt) of Mount Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii, is always taking people by surprise.

15. Reduce the amount of it if you suffered from restlessness or ________ (sleep) after taking the medicine.

16. Because he lives far away from his grandparents, he goes to visit them ________(occasion)．

17. The boy looked at his father ________ (hope) because he thought his father had brought him a present.

18. The teacher is glad that everyone in her class is ______________ (anxiety) to learn.

19. It seems that living green is _____________(surprise) easy and affordable. A small step marks a big difference.

20. Everything seemed to be going _________(smooth)for the first two days after I moved to New York.

Part 3: Fill in the blank with a proper word (preposition, conjunction, verbs, etc.). (5 scores)

Asleep on a plane: a case for window seats

I love to sleep on planes, and I have an unusual ability to sleep well on them. There have even been one or two occasions (21) __________ I have fallen asleep before takeoff and awakened upon the impact of landing, not having realized we had even left the ground. So when (22) __________ (book) my flights, I always choose the window seat whenever possible. This allows me to lean my sleepy head against the wall of the plane for a bit (23) __________ (much) comfort.

Some (24) __________ argue that the aisle seat is superior for the leg space and the ability to get off swiftly and eye the snack cart. But in reality, we’re all getting our drinks and snacks (25) __________ seconds. Also, I find that if a person knows he’s in a window seat, he’ll choose to use the bathroom before boarding so that he (26) __________ (not need) to disturb his neighbor, which is just considerate. And he’ll seize the opportunity to get up when another seatmate gets up so that the seatmate needn’t (27) __________ (bother) more than once.

As a photographer and visually oriented person, the window seat gives me the best views of cottony clouds, or a great sunset, or golden sunrise, etc. Most of all, (28) __________ __________ I’ve been flying for years, I still get pleasure of seeing my departing city or country (29) __________ (shrink) into the distance, and the butterflies in my stomach when I see the horizon of my destination come into view. And those feelings of adventure and excitement are (30) __________ keep me coming back, flight after flight, to my window seat.