2017西南位育初二第一学期期中
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A. across    B. through    C.in      D. away
() 18. “You are standing ____,” she said. “Would mind moving aside.”
A.in the way  B. on the way  C.by the way    D.in a way
() 19. Who ____ my pen away? I used it several minutes ago, but it’s gone.
A. has taken    B. takes    C. would take    D. took
() 20. What Tom said is quite ____ his friend, so I don’t know who I should believe.
A. similar to    B. the same as      C. close to    D. different from
() 21. It was a great honor for To Yoyo to win the Nobel Prize for medicine in her____.
A. eighties      B. eighty      C. eightieth      D. eightieths
() 22. He asked me if often heard Jenny_____ in the next room.
A. singing    B. sing    C. to sing    D. sung
() 23. Mr. Green ____be in Beijing because I saw him in town only a few minutes ago.
A. mustn’t    B. isn’t able to      C. may not    D. can’t
() 24. ____beautiful furniture you have bought!
A. What    B. What a    C. What an    D. How
() 25. Would you please tell me_____?
A. when Jane will be back    B. when will Jane be back
C. when Jane would be back    D. when would Jane be back
() 26.—— How’s everything going?
——________.
A. All right.  B. That’s right.  C. That’s all right.    D. That’s all.
用所给词的适当形式完成下列短文，每词限用一次。
Allan Dixon is a 31-year-old man from Ireland. He is an online celebrity famous for the selfies(自拍） he has taken with animals and the pictures have been 1        spread online.
At the very start, Allen was a 2      who worked in front of a computer every day.
3      of his work, he applied for “the best job in the world” advertised by Tourism Australia（澳大利亚旅游局） in 2013. Out of 45000 people from 196 countries, Allen Dixon became one of the six people who got the job and worked as an adventurer in Australia’s Northern Territory(北领地）for six months and was 4      for the safety of the animals. He t
ook a selfie with a baby camel during his adventure, and that was the first photo that caused excitement among his friends.
After 5      his work, Allen fell so deeply in love with traveling that he made a 6      to become an adventure. He continued to take selfies with animals on his travels as well. It seemed that he could talk with animals, make friends with them and make them pose for a selfie with him. He has gathered a large collection of animals selfies which are popular by people. He has also earned 7    the title of a “real-life Do little”, a character from storybook who can 8      animal languages. Being an adventurer and animal selfie photographer, he is enjoying the world’s best job.
根据所给要求改写句子
1 There are a lot of people in Yu Garden.(改为否定句）
  There             people in Yu Garden.
2 The coat cost John a month’s pay. (改为反义疑问句）
  The coat cost John a month’s pay，            ?
3 The boy asked his mother，”Does water freeze at 0 ℃?”(直接引语改为间接引语）
  The boy asked his mother      water       at 0 ℃ or not?
4 He visited his aunt’s  last  Sunday？ (对划线部分提问)
              he visit last Sunday?
5 Kitty will believe it when she has seen it with his own eyes.(保持句子意思不变)
Kitty       believe it       she has seen it with his own eyes.
6 They’ll accept Susan’s advice to arrange the celebration party.(划线部分提问)
      advice        they accept to arrange the celebration party.
7 air pollution, to, something,we, do, stop, in Shanghai, should(连词成句）
                                                             
VIII. Reading comprehension.(阅读理解)
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Choose the best answer.(阅读后选择最恰当的答案，此大题做在答题卡27-33上）6%
Not all memories are sweet．Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences．Violence（暴力） and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars．Often they relive（重新经历） these experiences in nightmares(噩梦)．
  Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories．The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience．They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase（抹去） effect of painful memories．
  In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France．The drug stops th
e body releasing(释放)chemicals that fix memories in the brain．So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased．
The research has caused a great deal of argument(争议)．Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it．
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war．They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories．