中考英语重点词汇用法练习题1

中考英语基础题模拟测试(一)

1. ---We’ll do what we can ____English well this term.

---It’s high time for you to work hard.

A. study

B. to study

C. be studied

D. be studying

2. ---I don’t think your team can beat theirs.

---____. But we could if Lin Tao were on the team.

A. No, we can’t

B. Yes, we can’t

C. Yes, we can

D. No, we can

3. ---Have you finished your work yet?

---No, not yet. I think it’ll take _____ ten minutes.

A. another

B. other

C. others

D. more

4. Roy made several kites, but _____ of them can fly high in the sky.

A. neither

B. none

C. all

D. most

5. ---Will you be back ____ five in the afternoon?

---I’m not sure, maybe later than that.

A. in

B. before

C. for

D. until

6. ---I’m sorry to have kept you waiting long.

---Never mind. I ____ here for only a few minutes.

A. have been

B. have come

C. have arrived

D. waited

7. ---You seem to like sweets.

---_______ .That’s probably why I’m becoming fatter and fatter.

A. So I do

B. So do I

C. So am I

D. So I am

8. With the help of the computer, information can ____every corner of the world swiftly.

A. get

B. reach

C. arrive

D. return

9. The children ______ not to play with the fire.

A. are often told

B. tell

C. are telling

D. told

10. ---May I go out with you tomorrow?

---If your job ______by then.

A. has been finished

B. finish

C. will be finished

D. will finish

11. ---Will you please show me how to operate the new machine?

---Sure. It’s a piece of cake. Now let me tell you _____ to do first.

A. what

B. how

C. whether

D. which

12. ---My trousers are______ .

---I’ll buy you a new pair.

A. wore out

B. worn out

C. wearing out

D. sold out

13. ---What do you think of these two books?

---_____ of them are interesting. And I’ve read them several times.

A. Both

B. Neither

C. None

D. Either

14. ---The artist has got _____ much work to do that he hardly has time to help his wife with the

housework.

---That’s true. Even on Sundays he is busy with his work.

A. too

B. so

C. very

D. such

15. ---How long ____ you ____a fever?

---Ever since last night.

A. have, got

B. have, had

C. have, caught

D. did, have