2007年江苏省泰兴镇初三下学期中考第一次模拟考试

　　英语试卷

　　（考试时间：120分钟 满分：140分）

　　请注意：

　　1．本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。

　　2．答卷前，必须将自己的姓名、考试号、座位号用黑色或蓝色钢笔或圆珠笔填写在试卷答题卡的相应位置，再用2B铅笔将考试号、科目填涂在答题卡相应的小框内。

　　第一部分 选择题（共90分）

　　请注意：你必须将所选答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡相应的题号内，答在试卷上无效

　　二、单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

　　（   ）21．______of that country_______ by snow.

　　A．Second thirds ； is covered    B．Two thirds ；is covered

　　C．Two thirds； are covered      D．Two third； covers

　　（　 ）22．---Would you mind watering the flowers for me?

　　---______. I have to go to the post office.

　　A．Not at all  B．Never mind  C．No, please D．Sorry, I can’t

　　（   ）23．We’ve _______ food in the fridge. There’s ______ in the kitchen, either.

　　A．no, none  B．none, none  C．no, no  D．none, no

　　（   ）24．This kind of milk costs so ______ these days ______ I buy some.

　　A．cheap, so B．cheap, that  C．high, that  D．little, that

　　（   ）25．Did you prefer ______ shopping to _______ at home?

　　A．to go, staying B．going, stay C．going, staying  D．go, to stay

　　（   ）26．HongKong ______ back for almost 10 years. We look forward to ______Taiwan ______ to China as early as possible.

　　A．has come, see, returning   B．came, seeing, to return

　　C．has been, seeing, return   D．returned, see, return

　　（   ）27．He seldom has hamburgers in the KFC, _______?

　　A．doesn’t he  B．does he  C．hasn’t he  D．has he

　　（   ）28．Chinese students have ______ weeks ______ in the summertime thanAmerican students.

　　A．more, away  B．fewer, away C．more, off  D．less, off

　　（   ）29．Quite few Chinese people knew anything about surfing online __________.

　　A．in 1980s     B．in the 1980   C．in the 1980s  D．in the 1980s’

　　（   ）30．To welcome the Olympic Games, the number of people who take part in sports becomes ___________ in China.

　　A．more and more          B．less and less

　　C．bigger and bigger        D．smaller and smaller

　　（   ）31．I found him ______ to hear the ______ news.

　　A．exciting, exciting   B．excited, excited

　　C．excited, exciting   D．exciting, excited

　　（   ）32．This pair of sunglasses _____ out of fashion. I’d like to buy a new ____.

　　A．are, one  B．is, pair C．are, pair  D．is, one

　　（   ）33．--Look at the sky! I think it may rain soon.

　　--______. It’s too ________ these days.

　　A．I’m afraid so, rain   B．I hope not, rainy

　　C．That’s all right, rainy  D．It doesn’t matter, rain

　　（   ）34．He still didn’t pass the exam, _______ he studied hard.

　　A．if    B．when  C．while   D．though

　　（   ）35．What are you expected _______ at the meeting?

　　A．to speak  B．to talk C．to say  D．to tell

　　三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my __36__ , and I had been doing this for a long time!

　　Mum came into the kitchen asking,” Are you ready,__37__ ?”

　　“Yes,” I answered quietly. __38__ in fact I wasn’t ready, really!”

　　On my way __39__ school, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this.

　　I went into Mrs. Owen’s class. She is smiling, and saying __40__ to all her students as she did every morning .

　　“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked __41__ the classroom.

　　“Hi,” I said and quickly sat in my __42__. I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started , “Sam, it’s time for you to give your speech.” __43__in front of everybody? Oh, no!

　　I got up slowly, looking __44__ the ground as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up , and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was __45__, so she came beside me, and put her hand on my back.

　　She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his __46__ and I know it is a very interesting report.” Then she turned to me and asked, “Sam, __47__ did you like best about report on Hawaii?”