初三英语单项填空专项练习题一. 单项填空 1. -Excuse me, _ is the nearest bookshop? -Go down the street and turn left at the second corner. A. how B. what C. where D. who 2. -_ is it from our school to the Bell Tower? -About half an hour”s bus ride. Shall we go and visit it? A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How much 3. -Linda had nothing for breakfast this morning, _? -No. She got up too late. A. had she B. hadn”t she C. did she D. didn”t she 4. -The room is so dirty. _ we clean it? -Of course. A. Will B. Would C. Do D. Shall 5. -_, sir? -Size 41, I think A. What size do you need B. What can I do for you C. How do you like this shirt D. What”s the matter with you 6. -_ good weather! Why not go out for a walk? A. What B. How C. What a D. How a 7. -It”s a nice car. _ have you been in it? -Just to Shanghai. A. How much B. How long C. How soon D. How far 8. -_ to the United States? -No, never, but I went to Canada a few years ago. A. Have you been B. Have you gone C. Did you go D. Will you go 9. -_ were you away from school last year? -About two weeks. A. How often B. How soon C. How long D. When 10. -_ do you want? -I want a CD of popular songs. A. Which CD B. How many CDs C. What CD D. How much 11. _ is your mother, a teacher or a doctor? A. What B. Which C. Who D. whose 12. -_ is your mother today, Jim? -She is much better. A. How B. What C. Where D. How old 13. -_he _ at this school last term? -Yes, I think so. A. Didstudy B. Doesstudy C. Wasstudy D. Didstudied 14. -_ did you begin to learn English? -Three years ago. A. When B. Why C. Where D. What 15. -_ do you write to your pen-friend? -Once a week. A. How long B. How soon C. How far D. How often 16. _ nice flowers! Where did you pick them? A. How B. What C. What a D. How a 17. The sick man”s allowed to take a walk in the garden every day, _? A. is he B. isn”t he C. has he D. hasn”t he 18. _ cross the road before the traffic lights turn green. A. Not B. Won”t C. Don”t D. Doesn”t 19. He found nothing in the room, _? A. doesn”t he B. does he C. didn”t he D. did he 20. You haven”t changed your mind, _? A. do you B. are you C. have you D. did you