English Test for Junior 1Part I Vocabulary and GrammarI.Choice:(25%)1. You‟d better by plane because it takes you less time there.A. travel…to get toB. to travel…to getC. travel…to getD. to travel…to get to2. During the rush hour, I usually need to get home for work by bus.A. a hour and a halfB. one and a half hourC. one hour and a halfD. an and a half hours3. ---The City Cinema isn‟t far from here. We can go by bike.---What about ?A. walk thereB. walk to thereC. walking thereD. walking to there4. nice weather it is for a picnic!A. What aB. WhatC. HowD. How a5. This red Ferrari is definitely sports car I have ever seen.A. more fancyB. the more fancyC. the most fancyD. the fanciest6. estate agency will give us advice about choosing a new flat.A.A./B. An, manyC.A, a lot ofD. An, some7. ---Is it your ticket, Mr. Evans?---No, Henry. i s in my pocket. It‟s , Mrs. Brown‟s.A. Mine, herB. My, hisC. Mine, hersD. My, hers8. The mother feels that she should let her son his own decision.A. makesB. makeC. to makeD. making9. We should try to use money and people to finish the work.A. less, lessB. less, fewerC. little, fewerD. fewer, less10. His birthday is on the day of March. My birthday is on the day of March. So I am a little older than him.A. nine, nineteenB. nineteen, nineC. nineteenth, ninthD. ninth, nineteenth11. In HK traffic keep to the left.A. canB. mayC. needD. ninth12. Don‟t look at the di sh so . It doesn‟t taste .A. happy, wellB. happy, goodC. happily, goodD. happily, well13. My daughter likes cherries but dislikes apples.A. eating, to eatB. to eat, eatC. to eat, to eatD. eating, eating14. Which is to learn, skating or swimming?A. more easilyB. easyC. easierD. the easier15. --- should I cook the scones?---Cook them 120°C 15 minutes.A. What…for…atB. When…for…forC. How…at…forD. How…at…at16. Every time planes arrive at airports, workers need to boxes from them.A. unloadB. loadC. confineD. open17. Mr. Thompson is selling his pub. His pub is .A. soldB. to letC. for sellingD. for sale18. It must be terrible when dentists the wrong tooth.A. pull inB. pull outC. take offD. take out19. Although his bed was to pieces, the young man in Teheran was miraculously unhurt.A. sweptB. crashedC. smashedD. exploded20. There was a good of the countryside from the front of the bus.A. sightB. viewC. sceneD. scenery21. My friend, Hugh, wrote out a long list of all the foods he wasn‟t allowed to eat. The foods were .A. rewardedB. discoveredC. forbiddenD. strict22. I have temporarily put my books on the floor and they cover every of floor space.A. roomB. areaC. spaceD. inch23. Broken glass and cigarette ends often forest fires.A. are causingB. have causedC. causeD. are caused by24. Pastry is as sticky as .A. inkB. glueC. flourD. water25. A new called …The Revealer‟ has been invented and it has been used to detect gold.A. engineB. treasureC. mechanicD. machineⅡ. Word Transformation: (14%)1. The standard (pronounce) of English should be the basic requirement of a good English teacher.2. To our disappointment, nobody is (satisfy) with Xiao Shenyang‟s perfor mance at the 2010 Spring Festival Gala.3. Take the subway and get off at (center) Avenue and you‟ll see the hair sal on on the left.4. Mary didn‟t finish the difficult homework. Neither did (our).5. Even though frozen food is quick to cook, it‟s much (heath) than fresh food.6. The village isn‟t as (save) as it used to be because of its higher crime rate.7. The students had such a (please) trip in the park that nobody felt (bore).8. Jackie Chan is known to be one of (famous) (act) in China as well as around the world.9. Kitty lives on the (four) floor and one of her favorite friends, Lisa, lives on the (twelve) floor.10. There are 19 places around Shanghai where residents can plant trees, but only a few of them are located downtown.So it‟s (convenience) for most people to find a place to plant trees.11. It‟s really (relax) to listen to light music and do some yoga.Ⅲ. Sentence Transformation: (26%)1. Bob runs the fastest in his class. （保持句意不变）Bob runs faster than in his class.2. She liked the cake with chocolate flavor, but she liked the one with vanilla flavor better. （保持句意不变）She the cake with vanilla flavor the one with chocolate flavor.3. The furniture in the Super Saver Department Store is more comfortable than the furniture in the Load and LadyDepartment Store. （保持句意不变）The furniture in the Load and Lady Department Store isn‟t the furniture in the Super Saver Department Store .4. Zhou Libo spent a long time preparing for his Mr. Zhou Live Show. （保持句意不变）It Zhou Libo a long time for his Mr. Zhou Live Show.5. Stanley put little salt in the vegetable soup. （改为反义疑问句）Stanley put little salt in the vegetable soup, ?6. Let‟s take care of the puppies when your parents are out. （改为反义疑问句）Let‟s take care of the puppies when your parents are out.?7. Many students like Mrs. Ji because she is a very patient teacher. （保持句意不变）Many students like Mrs. Ji her patience.8. The old condominium was too small for them to live. （保持句意不变）The old condominium was small that they live in it.9. Lisa is not good at writing poems. Her brother isn‟t, either. （保持句意不变）Lisa is not good at writing poems. her brother.10. The accident happened at the corner of Jerome Avenue and Station Street yesterday evening. (划线提问)and did the accident happen?11. The more you practice speaking, the better your spoken English will be. （保持句意不变）you practice speaking more, your spoken English will be better.12. He received a letter from his penpal in England last month.（保持句意不变）He his penpal in England last month.Part 2 ReadingⅤ. Reading Comprehension: (20%)AMr. White has a small shop in the middle of our town, and he sells pictures in it. They are not expensive ones, but some of them are quite beautiful. Last Saturday a woman came into the shop and looked at a lot of pictures. Then she took Mr. White to one of them and said, …How much do you want for this one?‟ It was a picture of horses in a field.Mr. White looked at it for a few seconds and then went and bought his book. He opened it, looked at the first page and then said, …I want twenty pounds for that one.‟The woman closed her eyes for a few seconds and then said, …I can give you two pounds for it.‟…Two pounds?‟ Mr. White said angrily. …Two pounds? But the canvas（油画布）worth more than two pounds.‟…Oh, but it was clean then.‟ The woman said.True or False: (5%)（）1.Mr. White has a small shop in the middle of our town.（）2.Mr. White sells books.（）3.Some of the pictures in his shop are very expensive.（）4.The woman wanted a picture of flowers.（）5.She thought the picture was only worthy of two pounds.BMr. Hyde arrived. “The room is very good,”he said, “I‟ll have my bags sent up this evening. And my books.”Mr. Hyde didn‟t seem to have any regular hours of work. But he was always friendly to us children. When he passed Mother, he bowed（鞠躬）politely.Father liked him, too. He liked talking about Norway because he was born there. Mr. Hyde had visited that country once and he would talk with father about the fine fishing there.Only Aunt Jenny did not like our roomer. “when,” she asked, “is he going to pay for the room?”“It‟s hard to ask him fo r money,” M other answered. “Surely he will pay soon.”Mr. Hyde began to help us with our lessons. After we had finished our homework, he would tell us of his travels or read his books to us. He knew so many things that it was like history and geography coming to life.We were very sorry when Mr. Hyde left except Aunt Jenny. “I think he owes（欠）you plenty, but he had paid you too little.”“No,” Mother answered, “he owes us nothing.”Choose the right answer: (5%)1. How many people were there in the family?A. At least five.B. At least six.C. At most five.D. At most six.2. Mr. Hyde came to .A. teach the childrenB. ask for a jobC. help the parentsD. find a room3. liked Mr. Hyde in the story.A. Only the childrenB. Not everyoneC. All the family membersD. None of the family members.4. ---Why did Mother say that Mr. Hyde owed nothing? ---BecauseA.he really paid mother lots of moneyB. he helped the family a lotC. he left many books to the childrenD. he was a friend of father‟s5. What was Mr. Hyde like?A. He was kind to everyone except women.B. He liked children and playing games.C. He talked too much but did too little.D. He had much knowledge and was helpful.CHave you ever seen the starter of a race firing the starter pistol（手枪）when there is a school sports? Do you hear the sound of the starter pistol first or do you see the flash of the pistol first?Light travels much faster than sound. That‟s why when a pistol is fired we see the flash long before the sound reachesus. Sound travels about one kilometer in three seconds. How fast it is!In a thunderstorm you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels much faster than sound.Sound does not move in one direction only. Most of the sounds we hear are carried by air. Wind also carries sound from a great distance. Water carries sound too. Sound can also “bounce”（弹）back like a rubber ball. When sound “bounce” back it is called an echo.Answer the following questions in complete sentences: (10%)1. What does a starter fire when there is a school sports?2. Light travel faster than sound, doesn‟t it?3. How fast does sound travel?4. Lighting and thunder, which comes to you first?5. What are sounds carried by according to the passage?Ⅵ. Cloze: (10%)APopeye the sailor（大力水手）first became a 1 cartoon in the 1930s. The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make himself strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people‟s 2 . Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than 3 green vegetable.People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the 4 wrong, and everyone accepted it.Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. 5 , spinach does have something else which the body need---folic acid（叶酸）.It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.（）1.A.popular B. strange C. hard D. awesome（）2.A.diets B. lives C. habits D. vegetables（）3.A.some B. any C. some other D. any other（）4.A.number B. name C. metal D. date（）5.A.However B. But C. ／ D. OrBAn old farmer decided to visit the city for the first time. Everything was new and strange to him.The old farmer visited a lot of interesting places in the city. He went into a big tall building and s a lift. As he watched, an old woman got into the lift and c the door. After a while, the door openeda and a very beautiful young girl came out.The old farmer was very s . …What an interesting little r o om!‟he said to himself. …it‟s magic! It can change an old woman into a y girl. Next time I come here. I‟m going to bring my wife along.Ⅶ. Complete the dialogue with proper sentences in the box: (5%)(Mike comes to see Dr. White. W: Dr. White; M: Mike)W: 1M: Well, doctor. It‟s my eyes. I can‟t see clearly.W: 2M: Since last week, I think.W: Let me have a look. Oh, Mike, I guess you are working too hard these days and taking less care of your eyes.M: 3 What should I do then?W: Well, when you feel tired, just stop working and come out to enjoy a short rest. Remember, never go to bed too late and don‟t read in be d.M: 4W: Sure, Mike.M: 5 Thank you very much.参考答案：Part 1:I.Choice:(25%)1-5 CCCBD 6-10 DCBBC 11-15 DCDDC 16-20 ADBCB 21-25 CDCBDⅡ.Word Transformation: (14％)1.pronunciation2.satisfied3.the Center4.we5.healthier6.safe7.pleasant, bored8.the most famous, actors9.fourth, twelfth10.inconvenient11.relaxingⅢ. Sentence Transformation: (26%)1.any other student2.preferred, to3.as comfortable as4.took, to prepare5.did he6.shall we7.because of8.Neither is9.When, where10.If11.heard fromPart 2 ReadingⅤ. Reading Comprehension: (20%)A.1-5 TFFFTB.1-5 ADBBDC.1. the starter of a race fires the starter pistol.2. Yes, it does.3. Sound travels about one kilometer in three seconds.4. lightning5. Sounds are carried by air.Ⅵ. Cloze: (10%)A.1-5 AADAAB. saw, closed, again, suprised, youngⅦ. Complete the dialogue with proper sentences in the box: (5%) 1-5 EGBCH附：18. pull in: to arrive at a destination 到达目的地：take off: to remove, as clothing 脱掉（衣服等）；起飞take out: to extract, remove 取出, 弄走19. sweep1.以高雅方式移动：She swept by in silence.她沉默着走过2.To clear, drive, or convey with relentless force:席卷：无情地清除、赶走或运走：The flood waters swept away everything in their path.洪水一路上卷走了所有的东西3.To wipe out at a single stroke. Often used with away :迅速地毁灭。