2025-2026学年度第一学期月考试卷
二、单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
1. —What _________ terrible weather! You’d better put on your thick coat when you go out.
—OK. It’s _________ useful suggestion.
A. a; a B. a; / C. /; / D. /; a
2. The team practised hard for the match. ________, it was not so difficult for them to win.
A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Moreover
3. Which of the following sentences has the same sentence structure as “I saw him crossing the street”?
A. We will buy Millie a birthday present. B. The news makes me very happy.
C. The dress looks shiny in the sun. D. The volunteers are cleaning the street.
4. We will do everything we can _________ people know the importance of _________ the wetlands.
A. make; protect B. to make; protect C. make; protecting D. to make; protecting
5. _________ of the work _________ too hard for me, so I can’t finish it without any help.
A. Two- thirds; are B. Two third; is C. Two-thirds; is D. Two-third; are
6. ________ Amy met Peter, she with her mum ________ for the bus at the bus station.
A. When; were waiting B. When; was waiting
C. While; were waiting D. While; was waiting
7. On stormy days, we often hear the wind ________ hard.
A. blow B. blowing C. blew D. to blow
8. According to the new traffic rules, drivers must _________ and give way for people to pass by.
A. break down B. slow down C. come down D. calm down
9. —There are only about 100 South China tigers _________ on the earth.
—Really? We should work hard to prevent people from ________ them.
A. leave; to kill B. left; to kill C. left; killing D. leaving; killing
10. —I don’t know if it _______ tomorrow.
—Well, if it _______, we won’t go for a picnic.
A. will rain; will rain B. will rain; rains
C. rains; will rain D. rains; rains
11. The number of rare birds is becoming ________ because there are ________ living areas for wildlife.
A. fewer and fewer; less and less B. smaller and smaller; less and less
C. fewer and fewer; smaller and smaller D. smaller and smaller; fewer and fewer
12. The camel is sometimes called “the ship of the desert”. It _________ fat in its hump (驼峰) and can go for days without water.
A. stores B. saves C. spends D. supports
13. —What shall we do to protect our school environment, Mr Wu?
—We should _________ a Clean-up Club to keep our school clean and beautiful.
A. put up B. stay up C. pick up D. set up
14. _________ this problem is so difficult, we need to find an easier way to solve it.
A. Because of B. Since C. So D. But
15. —I think the best thing about travelling is that you can learn a lot along the way.
—_________. I learnt much about grasslands when I went to Xinjiang last year.
A. You said it B. That’s all right C. Take it easy D. It depends
三、完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分 15分)
A video showing a 12-year-old boy from Moche, Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several million times on Facebook after being ____16____ by the local police.
Staff at the Moche Police Station first ____17____ Victor Martin late last month while checking security cameras (监控摄像). They found a young boy sitting on the sidewalk by ____18____ at night. At first, they thought he was doing something bad, but later they ____19____ he was actually writing something in his notebook, taking advantage of the streetlight overhead. Moved by the boy’s ____20____, the police shared the video on Facebook.
At the time of this writing, Victor’s heartwarming and ____21____ heartbreaking story has spread all around the world. The local TV station managed to find the boy and sat down with his mother to learn why he was doing his homework on the street ____22____ at home.
