期中检测卷（二）
一、单项选择（15分）
（ ）1. My family made a living _______ working on the farm in the past.
A.by B. for C.with D.of
( )2. Although we talked for a long time, he refused ______ up his plan.
A.give B.to give C.giving D.given
( )3. Excuse me, could you tell me ________?
A.how can I get there B.when can I get there
C.how to get there D. what can I get there
( ) 4.--What was the new type of camera made _______? --Plastic. And it is made ______China.
A.of; of B. of; by C.in; from D.of; in
( ) 5.--_______ to be afraid of the dark when you were young? --No, I was very brave all the time.
A. Do you use B. Did you use C. Do you used D. Did you used
( )6. The bike is very cheap, but it is very beautiful. It only ________ me 1,000 yuan to buy it.
A.took B. paid C. cost D. spent
( )7. You should be careful in the exam. _____ you are, _______ mistakes you will make.
A. The careful; the less B. The more careful; the less
C. The more careful; the fewer D. The more careful; the few
( )8.I still don’t know _______ I will get there on time. _____ I arrive there, I will give you call.
A.when; If B.what; When C.if; If D.if; What
( )9.______ that he was the right person to do the work.
A. It seemed B. It seems C. People seem D. They seem
( )10. What do you think the word “worried” ________?
A.mean B.means C.meaning D.meant
( )11. I want to be a _______ in the future. I want to _____ many useful things for people.
A.invent; inventor B.inventor; inventor
C. invent; invent D.inventor; invent
( )12.--______ the price of the bike? --It’s about 2,000 yuan.7
A. What’s B. How much C. How many D. What are
( )13. The old bridge has been destroyed. The new bridge _______ in two weeks.
A. build B. built C. will be built D.is building
( )14.This blue book is not Lucy’s. _______is red.
A. He B. His C. Her D. She
( )15. We need to ________ a good plan to help clean the city park.
A.put up B.keep up with C.come up with D. give up
二、 完形填空 （10分）
Life in 30 years will be 1 because many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be 2 people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be 3 smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important 4 in school.
People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and 5 . And many more people will go to other countries 6 holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for 7 new towns and houses. Then there will be less 8 for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day, they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will 9 by robots. Because of this, many people will not have 10 to do. This will be a problem.
