上海民办新竹园2014年第一学期预备年级期中考试卷Part 2 Vocabulary and grammarI.Choice(选择题）10%1. Find which one of the underlined parts pronounces differently. A. honey B.dishonesty C. who D. home2. The underlined part of the word “soup” is pronounced the same as that of the word ? A. could B. sound C. group D. although3. It is reported that people in the world are suffering from the H1N1 flu. A. hundreds B. hundreds of C. ten hundreds D. ten hundreds of 4. -Will you us about your trip to Tokyo? -Ok, Shall i it in English or Japanese? A.talk, say B. tell, say C. talk, speak D. tell, speak5. There an exciting football matches on TV next week. A. will have B. are going to have C. are going to be D. is going to be6. They never have lessons at school at weekends, ? A. have they B. dont they C. do they D. havent they7. How long has your brother London? A. left for B. been to C. gone to D. been in 8. Tom is taller than girl in his class. A. any B. any of the other C. other D. any other9. The computer was very dear. It me 5,000 yuan. A. pay B. took C. spent D. cost10. Alice and Jane are sisters, but Alice is than Jane. A. a lot healthy B. more healthier C. much more healthier D. much healthierII. Fill in the blank with a proper word (用所给词的正确形式填空）1、 The time for the next flight is 1:10 p.m. (arrive)2、 Because of her ，she lost the chance to enter Miss Hong Kong contest. (care)3、 Good can cover distances of over a hundred miles a day. (cycle)4、 Help to some fruit, everyone. (you)5、 The robber is lying in wait for rich (travel)6、 After the rest, the boys played football in the playground.(excite)7、 I think Mickey Mouse looks far than Donald Duck.(fun)8、 Have you tried that new shampoo theyve been on TV? (advertisement)9、 Listening to the choir is one of the most wonderful on our school open day. ( act)III. Fill in the blank with the proper form of the verb. (用所给动词的正确形式填空）1. The boy is happy because he out all the newspapers.(sell)2. Please tell Mary to send an e-mail to me when she Beijing. (reach)3. He (fly) to Beijing three days ago and he (write) an e-mail to me yet.4. If you go to bed too late, you tired in the morning.(feel)5. Mr. Green them English since two years ago. (teach)6. Last summer my family in the U. S.A. for a month.（stay）7. Great changes place in Shanghai in the past few years. (take)8. Bill, together with his parents, an dinner when we saw them at a restaurant.IV. Rewrite the sentence as required. (改写句子）1. There is only one bottle of juice in the fridge. （对划线部分提问）2. Going skating in winter is great fun.(改为感叹句）3. They will finish building the house in two weeks. (对划线部分提问）4. Eric spent 40 yuan on the film ticket. (用pay改为同义句）5. Wuxi is about two hours train ride from Shanghai.（对划线部分提问）6. Dont, to, close, windows , forget, you ,when, the , leave(连词成句）V.Complete the following passage with the words or phrase in the box, Each word or phrase can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组的代码填入空格，每个单词或词组只能填一次）A.change B.happen C. jobs D.lives E.question F. understandIs a computer cleverer than I am? The answer to the is “No”. Your brain can the meaning of things better and create new ideas. However, one day computers may be able to do most thing that a human brain can do and do them better. They may be better than doctors, judges and teachers at their . If it is true, it raises interesting questions. What will to us if computers can do our jobs? How will we spend our ? Will we have nothing to do? Computers may change our lives. But will they make them better?Part 3 Reading and writing(36%)I. Read the passage and choose the best answer. (读短文并进行选择）6% Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Most people feel that they are poor without cars. Though he is poor, he doesnt feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars. Maybe, he didnt know how much the car was going to affect (影响） the United States. The cars made the United States a country on wheels. And they have helped to make the United States a rich and modern country. The car has become popular in the United States today. The country is a very large one. The Americans like to move around in it. It is the easiest and cheapest to travel in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.1. In the United States A. most people are too poor to buy cars B. poor people wouldnt like to buy cars C. all the poor people have cars D. people think they are not rich if they dont have cars2. What was H