2015年上海奉贤区初三英语二模

Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

(第二部分语音、词汇和语法）

II. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案）：（共20分）

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

A) More and more people spend their holidays in another country.

B) The young lady over there is my aunt.

C) He is old enough to look after himself.

D) This house is made of wood.

27. Which of the following words matches the sounds /praiz/?

A) prize B) praise C) price D) piece

28. —What horrible day it was yesterday!

— Yes. But 1 love air after it rains because it smells fresh.

A) a, the B) a, / C) the, the D) the, a

29. The crash of German Flight 4U9525______ the south of France ______ March 25th shocked

the whole world.

A) at, on B) in, at C)in, on D) at, in

30. — Have you found your bicycle?

— No. But my mother promised to buy a new_______ for me.

A) it B) one C) this D) that

31. ______ handwriting looks the best in your class?

A) Who B) Who's C) Whose D) Whom

32. Learning English is a difficult but happy ________.

A) program B) progress C) process D) problem

33. The film "Lost and Love"《失孤》________ a real kidnap case in Hubei Province. In the film a

farmer spent fifteen years looking for his lost son.

A) is keen on B) is based on C) is interested in D)is familiar with

34. The documentary, Under the Dome《弩顶之下》, shows how the air is polluted.

A) seriously B) serious C) more seriously D) more serious

35. We teenagers have dreams. With dreams and hard work, anything amazing can be created.

A) can B) may C) need D) should

36. —Have-you watched the film the Tiny Times''?

—Yes. I _______ it with my cousin last night.

A) watch B) have watched C) watched D) had watched

37. CoCo Cola Company promised that they the workers a chance for a three-minute free

phone.

A) offer B) would offer C) will offer D) have offered

38. It is not wise of you to ______ too late to surf the Internet.

A) take up B) put up C) turn up D) stay up

39. — How many students are there in your class?

— ______ the students ______over 40.

A) A number of, is B) A number of, are C) The number of, is D) The number of, are

40. Wendy managed _________a company when she was only 15 years old.

A) run B) to run C) running D) ran

41. You'd better not come into the teachers' office without _____at the door.

A) to knock B) knock C) not knocking D) knocking

42. You can't play the computer games. You may______ help me with the housework ______

do your homework.

A) not only... but also B) both...and C) neither...nor D) either… or

43. Chinese football won't be improved ________ school students receive football education at

the early age.

A) after B) since C) unless D) though

44. — Mike broke one of his arms when he was playing basketball.

— ______. I hope he will get better soon.

A) Never mind B) Hurry up C) Come on D) Bad luck

45. — I don't think I can solve this problem.

— _______.

A) Have another try B) No problem C) Go ahead D) All right III. Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be

8分）

third of the world's population. Rice grows well with enough water. People grow rice on flooded land and in the rain forests of Africa.

Scientists say that China started growing rice about 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. Now, rice Is ___47___ in people's daily meals. Rice can be boiled, steamed or made into other snacks. It is also a popular food on festivals. People make New Year cakes with sticky rice (糯米) every Spring Festival.

China has ___48___ population in the world. In order to feed more people, Chinese scientist Yuan Longping led the Super Rice program in 1996. Today half of China's rice plants are Yuan's Super Rice. The harvest of rice ___49___ many factors. Rice grows well between 18°C to 35°C. A good rainfall also makes a great harvest.

Being counted as a real friend means meeting up ___50___ twice a month and calling or texting each other for eight times over the same period. What's more, friendships must last for three years before the two people can say they are best friends. The findings are the ___51___ of a new study which looked at the impact of social media on offline friendships. These days, most "These days, most people spend a lot of time ___52___ by social media," said a researcher."But our study shows that this alone does not make meaningful friendships, and most of us still believe in the ___53___values of friendship."

“What are good friends?” Spending time together, being there for important life experiences and doing thoughtful things such as giving presents on festivals are the things that really matter.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（共8分）

54. Now that different people like to do different things, we will make a long list of __________ for

choices. (hobby)

55. Liu Xiang, the ________ Asian to win the Men's 110m hurdles at the Olympics, announced his

retirement on April 7th. (one)

56. The doctor advised him to eat __________ junk food and do more exercise, (little)

57. Do you have any ideas for making rail travel more interesting and __________? (attract)

58. When you can't hear anything __________, you may say "Pardon?" (clear)