昌平区 2017 - 2018 学年第二学期初三年级第二次模拟练习 英语试卷2018． 5 知识运用（共 14 分） 一、 单项填空（共 6 分，每小题 0.5 分） 从下面各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. This girl is creative. _____ often makes great things. A. I B. You C. He D. She 2. Jack rides his bike _____ the park every weekend. A. in B. on C. at D. of 3. We’re doing our best this year, _____ we’ll keep on trying. A. but B. and C. because D. or 4. Table tennis is _____ than football in our school. A. popular B. very popular C. more popular D. the most popular 5. －_____ did you get your new watch? －On my thirteenth birthday. A. Where B. What C. When D. Why 6. Larry always _____ up early on weekdays so he is never late for school. A. gets B. get C. got D. is getting 7. My dad _____ letters to his friends years ago, but I use emails or Wechat now. A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. is writing 8. I _____ John the news as soon as he gets home. A. will tell B. told C. tells D. tell 9. Tim and Bob _____ us a lot of beautiful photos since they arrived in London. A. send B. sent C. have sent D. are sending 10. Ken _____ with me on the phone at 8:00 pm yesterday evening. A. is talking B. was talking C. has talked D. is talked 11. Harry Potter _____ with its final book in 2007. A. complete B. completed C. is completed D. was completed 12. －I don’t know _____ at the science camp next week. －Don’t worry. Let me check my notebook for you. A. what did we do B. what will we do C. what we did D. what we will do 二、 完形填空（共 8 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 People Just Like Us I was not interested in the school project on ancient cultures at all, especially things about Egypt (埃 及) , but Grace, my research partner, insisted the ancient Egyptians were interesting, and said I would 13 my mind for sure. “Learning about these ancient people is so boring.” I said. “It’s not! Don’t be sure until you’ve learned about them.” said Grace. I had to say Grace had a 14 . So the next Saturday, I found myself at the Museum of Natural History, which had a big show on ancient Egypt. “So ancient Egyptians were pretty undeveloped, right?” I asked Grace as we waited in line for our tickets. “I mean, they didn’t have much 15 , did they? Well, except for the pyramids (金字塔) – didn’t the Egyptian kings live in the pyramids?” Grace just kept silent and pushed me forward. The show set me straight about the pyramids. I learned that they were tombs (墓) of the ancient kings, not their 16 . I also found out the great pyramid at Giza was huge, standing 500 feet tall when it was first built! As I walked farther, I was 17 to find a show on ancient sports. I saw paintings showing people playing a game with a ball. Just for a moment, ... ...
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