上海市世界外国语中学2019学年第一学期期中考试初三英语试卷

上海市世界外国语中学2019学年第一学期期中考试初三英语试卷

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar

V. Choose the best answer:

31. We make a recorder play music by __________ the PLAY button.

A. press

B. pressing

C. to press

D. pressed

32. Who knows the answer __________ question No. 8?

A. to

B. for

C. of

D. about

33. Today is April Fools’ Day. Let’s __________ on Mr. Li.

A. celebrate

B. make sure

C. make jokes

D. play a trick

34. Are men better than women __________ new ideas?

A. in create

B. at create

C. in creating

D. at creating

35. Accountants no longer use __________ calculators a lot. Instead, they use computers very often.

A. electric

B. electrical

C. electronic

D. electricity

36. Many teachers believe __________ textbooks, children also learn a lot __________ life.

A. except, of

B. besides, from

C. except, from

D. besides, about

37. Computers can’t take the place of human beings __________.

A. at the present

B. for the first time

C. for the time being

D. at a time

38. How much money we can make __________ how hard we work.

A. depends

B. depends on

C. depending

D. depending on

39. I only drank a little coke, and __________ is kept in the fridge.

A. the other

B. others

C. the others

D. the rest

40. Helen __________ from the chair and __________ a question to the teacher.

A. raised, raised

B. rose, rose

C. rose, raised

D. raised, rose

41. I __________ my key in her office. What was worse, I __________ her address and number.

A. forgot, forgot

B. left, left

C. left, forgot

D. forgot, left

42. Tom __________ any help because he can finish the work on time himself.

A. needn’t

B. doesn’t need to

C. doesn’t need

D. needn’t to

43. The firemen put out the serious fire before any damage was caused, __________?

A. did they

B. didn’t they

C. was it

D. wasn’t it

44. -- How long have you worked here?

-- __________.

A. Two years ago

B. Since two years

C. For 1999

D. Since 2 years ago

45. -- Where is Betty?

-- She __________ for a few minutes.

A. has gone

B. has left

C. has returned

D. has been away

46. __________ you work today, successful you will be in the future.

A. More hardly, more

B. The harder, the more

C. More harder, more

D. The more hardly, the more

47. Actions __________ to protect the environment since last week.

A. have taken

B. were taken

C. have been taken

D. will be taken

48. -- __________ can you be ready, Andy?

-- In ten minutes.

A. How much

B. How often

C. How long

D. How soon

49. With the development of Information Technology, __________ emails __________ becoming more and more convenient.

A. Send, is

B. Sending, is

C. Sending, are

D. To send, are

50. People __________ clothes by hand. Nowadays washing machines __________ it.

A. used to wash, are used to do

B. are used to washing, are used to doing

C. used to washing, are used to do

D. are used to wash, used to do

51. __________ young people like to play computer games on the Internet and __________ like to do online shopping.

A. One, others

B. One, the other

C. Some, others

D. Some, the others

52. __________ great fun the children are having in the Century Park)

A. How

B. What

C. What an

D. What a

53. He asked me __________ I was busy with those days.

A. that

B. if

C. why

D. what

54. The teacher asked __________.

A. which subject I like best

B. who would be the winner

C. if we understood or not

D. that I would return the next week

55. -- Would you mind my smoking here?