中考英语核心词汇练习.doc

一．单项选择。

( ) 1. Daniel is a boy of few words. But _______, he is a warm-hearted.

A. in a hurry

B. in fact

C. in the end

D. above all

( ) 2. Tom got into bed and soon ______ asleep.

A. fall

B. dropped

C. fell

D. felt

( ) 3. She was born in London, but she now looks on Paris as her ________.

A. family

B. home

C. house

D. room

( ) 4. China is very famous ______ the Great Wall and pandas.

A. of

B. for

C. as

D. with

( ) 5. Daniel lives ______ the next farm.

A. at

B. in

C. on

D. with

( ) 6. Keep on. Don ’ t stop. The _______ you climb, the _______ you will see.

A. highest; farthest

B. highly; farther

C. high; far

D. higher; farther

( ) 7. For ______ information, please call me at once.

A. farther

B. further

C. farthest

D. furthest

( ) 8. The book is ________, despite its uninspiring title.

A. fascinate

B. fascinating

C. fascinated

D. fascination

( ) 9. It was his ______ that we were late.

A. fault

B. faulty

C. fail

D. failure

( )10. The man has ______ friends in this city, so he often stays at home.

A. a few

B. a little

C. few

D. little

( )11. I think _______ cars we drive, ________ pollution our city will have.

A. the fewer; the fewer

B. the fewer; the less

C. the more; the fewer

D. the more; the less

( )12. The box is too heavy. It is _______ books.

A. fulled of

B. filled with

C. used for

D. covered with

( )13. My sister ______ her cat yesterday, but she didn ’t ______ it.

A. found; look for

B. looked for; found

C. looked; find

D. looked for; find

( )14. After nine year s’ hard work, _____ his dream came true.

A. at the end

B. at the moment

C. at once

D. at last

( )15. Let ’ s ________ what we can do to save his life.

A. find

B. look for

C. find out

D. to find out

( )16. Can you finish ______ these books before tomorrow morning

A. read

B. to read

C. reading

D. reads

( )17. --- Ｗ hen did you start to collect stamps

---I got my ______ stamp when I was _____ years old.

A. one; seven

B. on; seventh

C. first; seventh

D. first; seven ( )18. ---Why do you collect so many old bikes

---I ’ ll have them ______ and give away to the children who don ’t have bikes.

A. used up

B. given up

C. fixed up

D. set up

( )19. There are a lot of _______ ________ around the bread.

A. fly; fly

B. flies; fly

C. flies; flying

D. fly; flying ( )20. Please speak more slowly. I can hardly ______ you.

A. read

B. follow

C. miss

D. match

( )21. I ’ ve bought a ticket, and I ’ ll _______ London tomorrow.

A. leave to

B. leave for

C. reach to

D. look for

( )22. Don ’ t forget _______ the light before you leave the room.

A. turning off

B. to turn off

C. closing

D. to close

( )23. I ’ ll never forget ______ this piece of music for the first time.

A. hearing

B. to hear

C. listening

D. to listen

( )24. ________ the train was late so we did not miss it.

A. Fortunate

B. Fortunately

C. Unfortunate

D. Unfortunately ( )25. We are looking forward to _______ the popular music group, EXO.

A. meet

B. meeting

C. met

D. meets

( )26. The People ’ s Republic of China was _______ on October 1, 1949.

A. find

B. found

C. founded

D. fond

( )27. Glasses are very _______ and must be carried with great care.

A. fragile

B. forever

C. fold

D. furniture