初三英语九年级：2020届金山区中考英语一模

2018学年第一学期期末质量检测

初三英语试卷

Part 2 Phonetics, vocabulary and grammar

（第二部分语音、词汇和语法）（共50分）

II. Choose the best answer.（共20分）

26. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?

A. correct

B. recognize

C. recent

D. method

27. It is not good manners to find ________ excuse when you are late for school.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

one of the officers said 28. “The CHE is a real example of the possibilities of fair trade”.

________ November 6 last year.

A. on

B. for

C. in

D. of

29. There are more and more shop keepers doing their business in that new area, ________?

A. are there

B. aren’t there

C. don’t they

D. do they

30. When helping others, actually, at the same time, we are helping ________.

A. we

B. our

C. us

D. ourselves

31. The policeman had tried many times to open the door, but failed. He had to try ________ time.

A. the other

B. others

C. other

D. another

32. You can’t finfish reading the newspaper in a minute because th ere is too much ________ in it.

A. news

B. words

C. titles

D. pictures

33. Germany is a big country and it is ________ economy in Europe.

A. larger

B. the largest

C. largest

D. large

34. Don’t be angry ________ him. He has already tried h is best.

A. with

B. for

C. of

D. in

35. Great economic growth ________ place since our reform and opening up began 40 years ago.

A. will

B. took

C. was taking

D. has taken

36. The 19th Asian Games ________ in Hangzhou, China in 2022.

A. holds

B. is held

C. will hold

D. will be held

37. By the end of last month, we ________ twelve English story books.

A. have read

B. had read

C. were reading

D. are reading

38. You had better ________ the teacher for help when you have questions.

A. asking

B. asked

C. ask

D. to ask

39. Our duty in the school is ________ trying and learn by heart.

A. to keep

B. keeping

C. kept

D. keep

40. The great bridge linking the three cities is ________ the longest sea crossing and the longest fixed link on earth.

A. all

B. both

C. either

D. neither

41. The China Railway Tunnel Group has spent three years ________ that tunnel in Uzbekistan.

A. to build

B. built

C. building

D. build

42. Those who want to lose weight have to exercise every day, ________ they might get fat

again.

A. though

B. if

C. so that

D. or

43. On Double 11, many people bought a lot of things they don’t really need. They ________ crazy.

A. can be

B. must be

C. may be

D. can’t be

44. --Would you please open the window a little? It’s hot in here.

--________ I will do it right away.

A. Not at all.

B. I’m afraid not.

C. Thank you all the same.

D. All right.

45. --________

--What a pity!

use of my homework.

A. I can’t go to your party beca

B. I will go to buy some gifts for you.

C. I am planning to go to Thailand this winter holiday.

D. My wish is to go to a key senior high school.

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can be used

only once.（共8分）

A. adult

B. require

C. a bit

D. look forward to

E. never

Part-time jobs are a great thing for young people. They allow teenagers and young adults to

gain job experience and make __46__ of money, too. In addition to other hobbies and activities,

part-time jobs are healthy and prepare young people for __47__ life. Of course, a part-time job

should __48__ be more important than studying and getting good grades.

There are so many different part-time jobs for you to choose from. A few of the most

common ones are restaurant staff, store staff and amusement park staff. These are all jobs that only

__49__ you to work between ten and twenty hours per week. They all need a minimum amount of

work experience.

A. Expecting yourself

B. while

C. harder

D. lessons

E. Having

money

You can easily learn how to do the job __50__ you are working. Some of these lessons are

how to work with others, how to be on time and how to work hard. These are all __51__ that you

will use later in life. People who do not have part-time jobs as young adults are sometimes less

prepared for life.

It is great to earn money from a part-time job. The money you earn can be used to save for

college, to buy a scooter or car or to eat out at restaurants. __52__ that you earned yourself is good

for teaching you the value of money. It is __53__ to spend money that you earned than money

your parents gave you.