上海市初三英语2018届闵行区中考英语二模 含答案

第 1 页 / 共 7 页 闵行区2017学年第二学期九年级质量调研考试

英语试卷

Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

II. Choose the best answer

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

A. I need double milk for my coffee. B. We are proud to be Chinese.

C. The women shouted loudly for help. D. They are going to buy a new house.

27. Take a look at _______ booklet on the shelf. It tells you how to use the new cooker.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

28. Linda came back home _______ half past ten last night. That’s really too late.

A. at B. on C. in D. for

29. It’s important for _______ to know that honesty is the best solution when in trouble.

A. we B. us C. our D. ours

30. The government says that they are going to build the third _______ road in the town.

A. wide B. wider C. widest D. the widest

31. The audience was surprised _______ the result of the singing contest.

A. from B. with C. at D. about

32. Though it was very dangerous, _______ hesitated when entering the burning lab.

A. everybody B. nobody C. anybody D. somebody

33. He’s put on so much weight that his clothes aren’t _______ any more.

A. wonderfully B. beautifully C. expensive D. fit

34. Alice would rather _______ in an air-conditioned room in such hot weather.

A. stay B. to stay C. stays D. staying

35. Tracey suggested _______ basketball in Sports Club after school.

A. plays B. to play C. play D. playing

36. The writer _______ his new book in the hall of our university at the moment.

A. introduces B. is introducing C. introduced D. would introduce

37. So far, the little boy _______ to 21 countries with his parents and two sisters.

A. was travelling B. had travelled C. has travelled D. is travelling

38. Workers _______ the construction of Underground Line 23 by the year of 2025.

A. completed B. will complete C. complete D. had completed

39. Work really hard, _______ you can realize your dream of becoming a pilot.

A. but B. so C. or D. and

40. We will have to cancel the baseball match _______ the weather improves.

A. unless B. because C. as soon as D. if

41. _______ amazing the latest Disney animation cartoon is!

A. What B. What a C. What an D. How

42. Jack and his friends sometimes take a walk along the beach after dinner, _______?

A. did they B. didn’t they C. do they D. don’t they

43. According to the law, traffic _______ keep to the left in England.

A. may B. must C. need D. can

第 2 页 / 共 7 页 44. -- Jiang, an oversea student, was killed at her own home in Japan.

-- _______

A. I don’t agree. B. I hope so, but I don’t think so.

C. I’m sorry to hear that. D. That’s very kind of you.

45. -- We’re going hiking this weekend. Would you like to join us?

-- _______

A. Yes, I’d like to. B. Never mind.

C. I’ll take your advice D. I am busy now.

III. Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once

A. managed to B. showed off C. products D. death E. research

What can you do with nuts? A scientist named George Washington Carver

answered that question, over and over again. We should say thanks to him for

more than 300 __46__.

When Carver was born in 1864, he was a slave(奴隶) on a farm in Missouri.

Later, he got freedom. As a teenager, he worked on a farm and __47__ finish

high school. At the age of 30, he became the first black student at the college in

lowa. Several years later, he took a job at a college in Alabama, where he worked

until his __48__ in 1943.

Carver studied agriculture, the science of farming. His __49__ made huge improvements in farming in

the southern United States.

A. remained B. embarrassed C. similar D. material E. gained

Carver studied peanuts. He knew that the south couldn’t grow just cotton.

Planting cotton year after year wore out the soil and made it useless. Carver learned

that if farmers planted cotton one year and peanuts the next, the soil __50__

healthy.

To encourage this practice, Carver thought of new uses for the peanut. Would

you like to try peanut and raisin ice cream? How about using peanuts as a kind of

__51__ to make shampoo? Perhaps you would prefer to make paint from peanuts, or maybe you would like

to bake with peanut flour. Glue? Paper? Rubber? The list goes on and on. He also thought of __52__ uses

for pecans(山核桃) and other nuts.

Carver __53__ little from most of his inventions. He didn’t feel that it was right to sell his ideas. He

gave them freely to help farmers and fellow scientists. Carver’s life is one that we could all use as an example.