2024-2025学年度第二学期泰州市初级中学英语第二次模拟测试试题
一、 单项选择 从下列每题所给选项中，选择一个最佳答案。(20分)
21. Folk music has _____ strong local colour. The ticket to the folk concert has ____ special offer today.
A./; / B. /, a C. the ; the D. a; the
22. Many tourists gather in Tian’anmen Square early in the morning to watch the _____ of the national flag.
A. raising B. rising C. raises D. rises
23. —What was the ending of this film?
—It was so surprising and went _____ my imagination.
A. across B. over C. through D. beyond
24.— We’d better not go out alone at night either. It can be dangerous.
— _______. I think we need to learn to protect ourselves.
A. I agree B. I don’t think so C. I suppose not D. That’s all right
25.Chang Jin is one of the greatest scientists born in Taixing, he is well known _______ researching Dark Matter and was presented _____the Award of the Chinese Academy of Space Science.
A. for, as B. as, for C. for, with D. as, with
26. —What did you Chinese teacher say just now?
—She asked us to _________ a story with all the key words on the blackboard.
A．give up B. turn up C. make up D. get up
27. —What are you going to do this weekend, Lily?
—I am not sure______ we’ll go to see the movie My People, My Country or not.
A. if B. that C. though D. whether
28. Bill thought ____ necessary to work with friends and share different ideas.
A. this B. that C. it is D. it
29. —Walking more is good for our health.
— You’re right. So I’d rather _____ an hours’ walk to work than consider _____ a car.
A. take; driving B. take, drive C. take , to drive D. to take ; driving
30. He has a strange way to make his class ________, and all the other teachers think ____ of him.
A. live, high B. lively, high C. live, highly D. lively, highly
31. The number of the teachers in our school _____ bigger last term. A number of teachers _____ for over ten years now.
A. grew, have worked B. grows, have worked
C. grows, have worked D. grew, are working
32. — Thank you for helping me find my lost son.
— _______ . Many hands make light work.
A. All right B. Never mind C. Don’t mention it D. It doesn’t matter.
33. —He’s never stolen anything before, ________ he?
—_____. It’s his second time to be taken to the police station.
A. hasn’t; Yes B. has. Yes C. has, No D. is, No
34. I thought the job would be successful, but it _____ to be a mess!
A．turned into B. turned out C. turned away D. turned off
35.—I am not allowed to bring my mobile phone to school.
— ________. Our teacher says it’s bad for our study.
A. So are we B. Neither do we C. Neither are we D. So do we
36. He is charged with theft because he______ others’ houses last week.
A. broke up B. broke into C. broke down D. broke out
37. All the teachers think that he is _____ good storyteller _____ he will be a good writer in the future.
A. so ; that B. such a; that C. really, that D. quite a; that
38. —You should do some housework for me ______ you have grown up.
— OK, dad, I will ________ I have a lot of homework to do .
A. unless, since B. since, if C. although , until D. since, unless
39. —What about the young man who was running in the rain ?
—He ______________________ the case. He was just in a hurry to catch a bus.
A. has nothing to do with B. had nothing to do with
D. has something to do with D. had something to do with
40. The two-hour documentary describes ________ in the future.
A. how Suzhou will be like B. what will Suzhou be like
C. how Suzhou will be D. what Suzhou will like
二、 完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(15分)
Tiger shoes are often found on babies’ feet in the countryside of China today. The shoes are made of cloth and the front of them is made 41 a tiger’s head. The tradition of tiger shoes comes from a Chinese folk tale about Yang, his beautiful wife and their son.
Long age, in the famous town Yangzhou, there was a boatman called Yang who was very generous and willing to help 42 . One day he got an old picture from one of his passengers. In this picture, a beautiful woman was making a pair of tiger shoes. The boatman liked the picture so much that he put it on the wall above his bed 43 he got home.
