省锡中实验学校2018——2019学年度第二学期 初三英语第二次适应性练习 2019年4月
二、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题
卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
21. －What a bad day I have today!
－Everyone has a day like this when ______ goes right. A. anything
B. everything C. something D. nothing
22. －I don’t know how to DIY the bookcase which I bought from Yijia. －Don’t worry, just follow the ______.
A. information B. instruments C. instructions D. introductions
23. All the flowers have come out. The sweet smell ______ the whole room and makes me
comfortable. A. rushes
B. fills
C. covers
D. spreads
24. In America, when something unhappy happens, a “sorry” is always ______. Americans don’t care about who is responsible. A. necessary B. amazing
C. welcome
D. meaningful
25. Though there are so many things around us that go ______ our will, we can’t give up because following the dream is valuable. A. through you face. A. find out
B. hand out
C. carry out
D. work out
27. －Who does the cooking when your parents are not at home?
－If we are hungry, we ______ order fast food.
A. simply B. exactly C. completely D. hardly 28. －People take much from the environment, and have to protect it too.
－Agree with you. ______, people have to keep a balance between us humans and the environment. A. However B. Anyway C. Otherwise D. Moreover
29. －You are always on time for everything. How ______ it be that you were late for the
meeting this morning?
－Something went wrong with my car. But I didn’t know it before I left home.
A. should B. must C. might D. could 30. As the population ______, the world seems to be smaller.
A. increases more B. increases larger C. grows larger D. grows more
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B. towards C. against D. beyond
26. Life is like a journey with trouble, but with care and wisdom you can ______ any problem
31. The treatment of fog will be a long fight. ______, if we use buses and cars less and do
more riding, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream. A. By the way B. From now on C. In this way D. Ever since then 32. －You had a really long conversation with James.
－I just listened to him singing the blues. He ______.
A. sang songs B. found a new job C. shared a secret with me D. lost his job 33. －What did he ask on the phone just now? －He wanted to know______.
A. when the meeting start B. what I was going to say at the next meeting C. how long would the meeting last D. who is the host of the meeting 34. －I’m going to move house in a few days. I wonder if you could help. －______. Just let me know when and I will be there.
A. It depends B. Forget it C. You bet D. You are welcome
三、完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出 可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） One Christmas my husband and I travelled to visit our family. Our first stop was to visit my parents in Oregon. My mother gave me a plastic piggy bank as the Christmas gift. Then we continued north into Washington D.C. to visit his parents, but on the way there was something wrong with the car. It was late, so we went to the nearest house to ask for permission to sleep there until auto repair shop opened.
The woman who 35 the door was very kind, allowing us to stay. We had to unload (卸货) a few things from the truck, including the piggy bank, still in its long box. The next morning my husband headed off on foot towards town, but was soon offered a 36 from the nice lady, and we were back on the road 37 afterwards.
It wasn’t until we reached my parents’ home that we realized we had 38 the piggy bank in the drive way. It sure was 39 and there was no chance of going back for it.
One day over a year later, when we were back in Oregon my mother came out of her house to greet us with the same piggy bank in her hand. I couldn’t believe my eyes! We had never told her we had lost it, 40 there it was!
It turned out that the nice lady found the box and read the 41 on the label (标签) to get my mother’s name. She then 42 with my mother and handed it to her, who held on it for quite some time until we saw her next.
43 the very special lady, I was given the 44 Christmas gift twice. It was truly amazing to me, and now every time that bank gets filled up, I’ll give away my money to a local charity to “pass on” my good luck!
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35. A. answered 36. A. meal 37. A. tearfully 38. A. gave 40. A. yet
39. A. broken
B. cheered B. job B. safely B. left
B. stolen B. because
C. shut C. lift C. slowly C. took C. gone
C. although
D. questioned D. wait D. shortly D. forgot D. robbed D. when
41. A. condition 43. A. According to 44. A. same
B. statement B. Instead of
C. explanation D. information C. Because of D. But for C. extra
D. expensive
42. A. kept in touch B. got in touch C. got on D. lost touch
B. different
四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选 出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）
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