初三英语练习
一、单项选择（25分）
1. Look, the young woman who is playing _______ guitar is _______ university teacher.
A. the ; an B. /; an C. the; a D. / ; a
2. Many children _________ his age die _________ illness.
A. at; in B. of; of C. at; from D. of; in
3. If you don’t work _______ enough I don’t think your dream will come_______.
A. hardly; truly B. hardly; true C. hard; true D. hard; truly
4. Tony’s mum looks so young that I doubt ________ she is ________.
A. that; in her forties B. whether; in her forties
C. that; at his fortieth D. whether; in his fortieth
5. Nancy doesn’t want to buy the skirt because ______ the colour ______ the size fits her.
A. both…and B. either…or
C. neither…nor D. not only…but also
6. I think _________ important _________ English every morning.
A. that; keep reading B. it’s; keeping reading
C. that; to keep read D. it; to keep reading
7. Recently the youth worker ________ from many teenagers. And he thinks most-of the letters are worth ________.
A. heard; replying B. heard; replying to
C. has heard; replying to D. has heard; being replied to
8. —Let’s go climbing if it ________ this weekend.
—But nobody knows if it ________.
A. is fine; will rain B. will be rain; rains
C. will be fine; will rain D. is fine; rains
9. —_________ tigers are disappearing now because people hunt them for their bones.
—I agree with you. The number of them is becoming _________.
A. A great deal of; less and less B. A great deal of; smaller and smaller
C. A number of; less and less D. A number of; smaller and smaller
10. Mo Yan’s books have been sold out _________ winning the Nobel Literature Prize.
A. because B. as soon as C. as D. because of
11 Audrey won Oscar Best Actress her role in the film Roman Holiday.
A. a; to; for B. an; for; for C. a; of; for D. an; for; of
12. A witness said that the victim was wounded ________ a knife and bled ________ death ________ a result.
A by; with; for B. with; to; as C. with; for; as D. by; to; for
13. —What useful ________ they are!
—Yes. There is so much important ________ in today’s newspaper.
A. news; information B. messages; information
C. messages; message D. information; message
14. —________ people are waiting in line.
—________ them is about three hundred.
A. A number of; A number of B. The number of; A number of
C. The number of; The number of D. A number of; The number of
15. The police believe that the murder ________ 9 p. m. and 11 p.m. yesterday.
A. was happened at B. happened at C. took place between D. was taken place between
16. It is impossible for ________ little children to do ________ much work within 20 minutes.
A. so, so B. so, such C. such, so D. such, such
