期中检测卷（一）
一、单项选择（15分）
（ ）1.Sceintists are trying their best to ______ ways to treat the terrible disease called H7N9.
A. come up with B. look forward to
C. talk about D. give up
( )2.—Tim played the guitar very well in the school talent show. –I think so. He practices ______it every day.
A. play B. playing C. to play D. plays
( )3. The math problem is so hard. I really don’t know ______.
A. how to do it B. how to do C. what to do it D. what to do
( ) 4.—A nice day today, isn’t? –Yes. ______ go for a picnic and relax ourselves?
A. Would you like B. Why not C. What about D. Why don’t
( ) 5.—Susan, what are the advantages of MP5 players?
–Mom, they are smaller and lighter ______ they can be carried very easily.
A. unless B. if C. until D. so that
( )6.You’d better _____ here _____ the heavy rain.
A. not to leave; because B. not leave; because
C. not leave; because of D. not to leave; because of
( )7.You can learn something from anything if you _____ it.
A. pay attention to B. add to
C. make a difference to D. keep to
( )8.—George, how can you prove the earth is round?
—I can’t, sir. ______, I never said it was.
A. Then B. However C. Besides D. Instead
( )9.—Li Hua enjoys _____ story books.
—Me too.
A. reading B. read C. to read D. reads
( )10.The sports meeting will be ______ because of the bad weather.21
A. put on B. put off C. put up D. put down
( )11.—Could you please tell me _______? –They’re over there.
A. where are the restrooms B. where were the restrooms
C. where the restrooms are D. where the restrooms were .
( )12.It’s very convenient _____ us to buy train tickets now because we can buy them either from the station or on the internet.
A. to B. of C. by D. for
( )13.—I’m looking forward to _____ my parents soon. What about you? –Me too.
A. seeing B. see C. saw D. seen
( )14.Many trees and flowers _____ in our city every year.21 5
A. planted B. were planted C. plant D. are planted
( )15.Lady Gaga is famous ______ her beautiful voice.
A. as B. with C. for D. to
二、 完形填空 （10分）
“You know, Ann,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Anita were just talking about you.” I immediately got _1. “They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you are excellent.”
I _2 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 3_.
Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if(好像) 4 _ had happened. Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was __5 that they were able to pretend we had the perfect friendship.6__ they’d said such hurtful things.
I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of rumor(谣言).
The tongue can be our worst 7__ . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking one’s dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say __8 things abut others, we’re hurting their hearts.
