初三英语阶段测试试卷
（考试时间：120分钟满分：120分）
注意：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共120分。考试时间为120分钟。请将第一卷（选择题）涂到答题卡上。第二卷（非选择题）写在试卷相应的部位。只要交第二张试卷和答题卡。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题共60分）
一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( )1. There‟s ________ 800-metre-long road behind ________ hospital.
A. an; an
B. a; a
C. an; the
D. a; the
( )2. —I‟m _________ to eat a horse now!
—Really? But I don‟t have __________ for you. It‟s a great pity!
A. hungry enough; food enough
B. enough hungry; enough food
C. hungry enough; food enough
D. hungry enough; enough food
( )3. The boy looks nice _______ white and the red sweater looks good _______the girl .
A. with; on B in; on C. on; in D. in; with
( )4. Do you know how many students __________ in the classroom now?
A. is there
B. are there
C. there is
D. there are
( )5. Not all the students would rather __________ computer games than __________.
A. play; study
B. playing; studying
C. to play; to study
D. playing; study
( )6. —I wonder __________ Tom will come to our party.
—He will when he finishes his work, I think.
A. how
B. whether
C. that
D. what
( )7. —Shall we call for a taxi?
—OK. Let me ___________ the phone number in Yellow Pages.
A. look at
B. look for
C. look up
D. look after.
( )8. You know Cartoon World is on TV _________ 6:30 p.m. _________ 7:00 p.m.
A. from; to
B. between; to
C. from; and
D. at; at
( )9. 一What‟s wrong with my grandpa, doctor?
一___________, just a cold.
A. Something serious
B. Serious something
C. Nothing serious
D. Anything serious
( )10. None of us knew what had happened __________ they told us about it.
A. until
B. when
C. after
D. though
( )11. I think your advice is of great value to me and it‟s worth ____________.
A. to take
B. taking
C. to give
D. giving
( )12. ________ is kind ______ you to give your seat to a woman with a baby in her arms.
A. That; for
B. It; for
C. It; of
D. That;, of
( )13. This type of MP4 is my favorite, but I can‟t ___________ it.
A. spend
B. cost
C. pay
D. afford
( )14. 一Could you tell me __________ to have the picnic? 一Near the Sunshine Park.
A. how
B. where
C. why
D. when
( )15. 一Will you come and play football with us?
一____________. I have a lot of homework to do now .
A. I am afraid not
B. I don‟t
C. I mustn‟t
D. I am not
二、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中。
Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. 16 he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a 17 future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be 18 his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months 19 , he found a new job in a big 20 . Workers in this company 21 traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to 22 it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The 23 thing was that he couldn‟t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he 24 the company.
He was so 25 at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a 26 shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he 27 reading books. Three years later, he 28 the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three 29 and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
