初二升初三衔接英语试卷

2015-2016学年度???学校8月月考卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、单项选择（题型注释）

1．—crowded Jiming Temple Road is at weekends!

—Yes. Large numbers of people gather there to enjoy the beauty of sakura. A. How a B. What a C. How D. What 2．Former president of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, passed away Monday morning, Mar 23.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. by

3．It ______ directors from CCTV more than a year to shoot (拍摄) the documentary The Third Polar.

A. cost

B. spent

C. took

D. paid 4．—Someone is knocking on the door. Is it Nancy?

—It be Nancy. She has gone to Shanghai on business.

A. mustn’t

B. can’t

C. may not

D. will not

5．“One Belt, One Road”(一带一路) will serve to ______ markets for China as well as other countries along.

A. put up

B. open up

C. take up

D. look up

6．—We will carry out the survey as we planned it rains tomorrow. —You ne edn’t worry about the weather. It’s sunny tomorrow.

A. until

B. unless

C. if

D. when 7．Taobao, China’s biggest online shopping platform, _______ the ways Chinese people shop and live.

A. changes

B. changed

C. has changed

D. was changing

8．Of all the movies, Birdman got the awards at the 87th annual Academy Awards ceremony.

A. more

B. many

C. some

D. most

9．To live on Mars, you need to wear boots which ________ to prevent you from floating off into space.

A. design

B. designed

C. are designing

D. are designed

10．A number of countries have shown great in the new bank set up mainly by China.

A. hobby

B. habit

C. interest

D. notice

11．We set World Reading Day ________ teens to form a good reading habit.

A. to encourage

B. encouraging

C. encouraged

D. encourage

12．—Wow, I have never thought about travelling abroad alone.

—.

A. Me neither

B. I think so

C. So have I

D. Neither do I

13．—Daniel, I am still not sure .

—Why not? No one is better than you in our class.

A. how I can prepare for the competition

B. where I can go to apply for the competition

C. whether I should take part in the competition or not

D. who I can ask for more information about the competition

14．—Andy is not quite today. What’s wrong?

—He was caught in the rain this morning and doesn’t feel well.

A. he

B. him

C. his

D. himself 15．—I’ve just heard that the speech to be given by Ma Yun, the Alibaba CEO, has been cancelled.

—Oh, no! ________.

A. It’s wonderful

B. It doesn’t matter

C. I have no idea

D. I was looking forward to that

二、完形填空（题型注释）

Homesickness can be a terrible feeling for anyone who travels away from their home town, country or simply away from the house they live in for a period of time. It is a strong feeling of wanting to go back to your own places very much. Some people get homesick easily while never experience it at all. Different people deal with homesickness in different ways. Some ring home and have a chat with the people who they think ‘home’ – often their mum or dad. This may be a good idea for you to feel that you are not . It reminds you that home and the people you love are still there and that you will see them soon. However, it can make the homesickness even . By talking to people from home, it can make you miss them more! It can make you want to be home even more and make you realise you miss your loved ones. For this very reason, some people find better not to contact home but to let the feeling pass by doing fun activities. This can not only work as a good way to lonely feelings that homesickness can cause, but can also work well towards helping you get used to the place which you are living or staying in. Reminding yourself that where you are can make you see the bigger picture; that home is great, but where I am right now is also great different reasons!

In German there is a(n) which is quite opposite to homesickness and that is ‘Fernweh’. This means the feeling of wanting to get away and see new places.

16．A. other B. others C. the other D. the others 17．A. respect B. remain C. represent D. realise 18．A. lonely B. satisfied C. alone D. single 19．A. in all B. in general C. in short D. in fact 20．A. better B. good C. bad D. worse 21．A. how much B. how often C. how many D. how long

22．A. it B. that C.these D. those 23．A. increase B. reduce C. cancel D. improve 24．A. to B. by C. for D. with