初一英语介词练习题

介词练习题

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( ) 1 Children get gifts ___ Christmas and ___ their birthdays.

A. on; on

B. at; on

C. in; in

D. in; on

( ) 2 -There is nothing ___ tomorrow afternoon, is there?

-No. We can have a game of table tennis.

A. on

B. in

C. out

D. up

( ) 3 A lot of students in our school were born ___ March, 1981.

A. in

B. at

C. on

D. since

( ) 4 tie suddenly returned ___ a rainy night.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. during

( ) 5 My grandfather was born ___ O ct. 10, 1935.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. of

( ) 6 The train is starting___five minutes.

A. in

B. at

C. for

D.still

( ) 7 Mike does his exercises ___ seven _____ the evening.

A. on; to

B. at; in

C. by; of

D. at; on

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( ) 1 The population of the world has grown very fast __ four hundred years.

A. for past the

B. in the pass

C. in the past

D. for past

( ) 2 We returned to our hometown___.

A. next week

B. in the last week

C. last week

D. for a week

( ) 3 Great changes have taken place___.

A. in the last few year

B. in the last few years

C. last year

D. on the last year

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( ) 1 Children wake up very early __ the morning of Christmas Day.

A. in

B. on

C. for

D. at

( ) 2 __ a cold winter morning, I met her in the stfeet.

A. In

B. On

C. At

D. For

( ) 3 It happened to be very cold ___ the morning of our sports meet.

A. at

B. on

C. with

D. of

( ) 4 Why did you get up so early ___ this morning.

A. on

B. /

C. at

D. in

4

( ) 1 He went to Shanghai___ September 3, 1991 and came back___ a cold morning last year.

A. in; on

B. on; in

C. on; on

D. in; ia

( ) 2 Lucy was born ___ the night of May 12, 1984. . ...

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. to

( ) 3 Mrs Brown came to China ___ 1996.

A.on

B. of

C. to,

D. in

( ) 4 ___ the morning of November 20, 1915, the workers came to Chicago to show their mourning___Joe Hill.

A. On; to

B. In; of .

C. On; for ,

D. At; for ( ) 5 Ann moved___Hangzhou___September, 1992.

A. /; in i

B. to; in

C. to; on D, in; in

( ) 6 They started off___an autumn afternoon.

A. during

B. at

C. in

D. on

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( ) 1 He often goes ___ school ___ six thirty ____ the morning.

A. for; to; in

B. to; at in

C. to; for; at D, for; at; to ( ) 2 He arrived ___ Shanghai ___ 9: 30 ___ March 5. f A. at; in; at B. to; on; at C. in; on; at

D. in; at; on

( ) 3 The English teacher told me to get there ___ half past ten.

A: in B. at C. on D. of

( ) 4 The children get up ___ 6 o'clock.

A. at

B. on

C. during

D. in

6 ( ) 1 The doctor worked___ five hours___ a rest.

A. for; with

B. on; without

C. about; having

D. for; without

( ) 2 I worked on the problem ___ a long time and I worked it out ___myself ___ last.

A. for; by; at

B. in; with; on

C. on; by; in

D. for; for; at the

()3 A new factory will be set up: ___ a year. A'lotae

A. for

B. in

C. after

D. on

( ) 4 Two years___ he began to write another story-book.

A. after

B. later ;

C. in

D. late

( ) 5 We will finish the picture ——a day.

A. in

B. on

C. after

D. on

( ) 6 The workers had been ____ strike __ almost a month.

A. on; in

B. at; in

C. on; for

D. on; during

( ) 7 Mr Brown had lain ___ the ground ___ four hours before they finally found him.

A. on; for

B. at; in

C. on; after

D. in; during

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( ) 1 The teacher is coming back___ an hour.

A. after

B. for

C. in

D. before

( ) 2 She lived in the mountain village ___ the years 1940-1950.

A. between

B. during

C. in

D. since

( ) 3 Miss Wang will come to Beijing ___ two days.

A. after

B. in

C. on

D. before

( ) 4 The American Civil War lasted four years before the North won ___ the end.

A. by

B. at

C. in

D. on

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( ) 7 Mary had finished her homework __ the time I got home.

A. until

B. by

C. at

D. when

( ) 2 We stayed at the lab___ our teacher returned.

A. till

B. by

C. during

D. while

( )3 They didn't leave the station___ they get on the train.

A. until

B. by

C. after y

D. at

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1 Don't worry. He will return ___.

A. before long

B. long before

C. long long ago

D. long ago

2 There lived an old man, fishing at sea _ .