2017学年上宝中学初三12月份月考卷Part 2 Vocabulary and GrammarII. Choose the best answer:26.What’s the correct phonetic symbol of the word ”speech”?A. [spitʃ]B. [spiːʃ]C. [spiːtʃ]D. [spiʃ]27.Which of the underlined part pronounces different from others?A. confidentB. computerC. contactD. common28.We will have a ____ business trip abroad .A. two monthB. two-monthC. two-month’sD. two-months29.After the earthquake ,some decided to leave and __ choose to stay to rebuild their hometown.A. otherB. the otherC. othersD. the others30.Everyone except Tom and Mary __ there when the meeting begin.A. are B .is C. was D. were31.John was the third ____ to make a speech on the stage.A. to askB. askedC. being askedD. to be asked32.I do not know what it is, so I went to _____ the information in the encyclopedia.A. look intoB. look atC. look upD. look out33.It is ___ to see ____ big planes at the exhibition.A. excitement ...soB. exciting .. soC. excited, suchD. exciting, such34.We went ____ the river ____ the next ferry and the chief were already there.A. across….byB. through...byC. through....onD. across...on35.The creator of comic strips designed some bubbles____ thoughts to express the ideas of the characters.A. withB. aboutC. forD. in36.Words ____ thought or speech bubbles to make the comic strip more interesting.A. adds forB. are addedC. are added toD. are added with37.The Turkish security forces were__ the survivors in the ruins.A. search ofB. searchingC. in search forD. in search of38.Bob spent fifteen months___. Ann,____, took care of children on her own.A. in prison ,in additionB. in the prison ,whileC, in prison ,meanwhile D, in the prison, on the other hand39.She ___ a bad cold for a week and still can’t get rid of it.A.caught B, has caught C. had D, has had40.”____ your new neighbor ____?” Tall and a little fat.”A.What does....likeB. How is ..likeC．What does...look like D. How does ... look like41.This outing depends on __ the weather is fine.A. whichB. whetherC. ifD. that42.Would you please tell me ____?A. Why he didn’t go to France?B. When will he go to FranceC. when he has gone to FranceD. why he hadn’t gone to France?43.Which of the following sentences is right?A. Comic strips should be full with actionB. A comic strip needs to be funny or dramatic with an excited finish.C. The article will probably be about how comic strips effect people who read them.D. The characters need strong personalities which will be understood in the pictures.44.--- Would you like me to bring you a cup of coffee?----____.A.Yes, I’d like toB. Its a pleasureC. Yes, pleaseD. It doesn’t matter.45.---I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day.----Oh, great!___A.Good luckB. Cheer upC. Same to youD. Keep it up.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空格限填一个单词或词组，每词只能填一次)：（共8分）There have never been many adventurers. You van read stories about men called adventures. But they were really businessmen. There was something they wanted----- a lady, or money, or a country, or ___46__. And so they got it. But a true adventure is different. He starts __47_____ any special purpose. He is ____48___ for anything he may meet.There have been many half-adventurers. And they were great men. History is _49_____ with their stories. But each of them had a special purpose. They were not followers of true adventure.In the big city of New York, Romance and Adventure are always waiting.As we walk along the street, they are watching us. We look up suddenly and see a face in a window. The face seems to interest us ___51__. Or in a quiet street, we hear a cry of___52___ and pain coming from a house where no one lives. A car takes us to a strange door, ____53____ to our own. The door opens and we are asked to enter. At every corner, eyes look toward us, or hands are raised, or fingers point. Adventure is offered.But few of us are ready to accept. We are ready to do only the things we do every day. We wish to do only the things that everyone__54____does. We move on; and some day we come to the end of a long quiet life. Then we begin to think. Then, when it is too late, we are sorry that we have never known true Romance and Adventure. VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。

每空格限填一词）：（共8分）54.The news caused great ______among her friends.(exciting )52.He is charged for ___________a businessman last year and holding him for ransom.(kidnap)56.His __________career started at Liverpool University.(professor)57.It is cheaper to buy software together with a PC than _______________.（separate）58.She was only 15 at the time and the experience affected her ______________.(person )59.I went some miles out of my way to take the ______________road into the village.(scene )60.Walking on the moon is one of the _____________of our times (wonderful)61.I know no store anywhere in the word that has such ____________and display .(vary )V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。