上海重点中学初二下8B-2017学年-西南模-三月月考（含答案）.docxVIP

西南模范初二下学期3月月考试卷 Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar I. Choose the best answer 1. Which pronunciation of the underlined parts is different from the others? A. He is breathing heavily. B. He read two items on the newspaper. C. Have a taste of the bread. D. We will head for Italy tomorrow. 2. This plant will release a strong smell to get rid of insects. Here release means ______. A. give in B. give off C. give away D. give out 3. How ______ your talk sounds! A. wonderful B. politely C. well D. kindly 4. Billy as well as his friends ______ very hard and ______ a prize every year. A. studies…is awarded D B. study…are awarded C. studies…awards D. study…award 5. When John finished ______ the pot, he didn’t give it back to the owner. A. by B. about C. of D. with 6. I found ______ important to have a command of a foreign language. A. what B. it C. that D. which 7. ______ strange type of work it was to fish with birds! A. What B. What a C. How D. How a 8. We still have ______ time. What about having a cup of coffee? A. a little B. little C. so many D. too much 9. It’s not a good idea to make the boy ______ the new words again and again. A. copies B. copy C. to copy D. copying 10. When we do exercise, the amount of water we need ______. A. increases B. increase C. to increase D. increasing 11. He would rather hire another manager who will ______ the current one. A. take place B. in the place of C. in place D. take the place of 12. Since more and more people realize the importance of the environment, many trees ______ by the end of last month. A. have been planted B. had planted C. were planted D. had been planted 13. The boy hid his new I-phone in his desk ______ the teacher couldn’t see it. A. because B. unless C. though D. so that 14. It took us nearly two hours to get this project ______. A. to complete B. complete C. completed D. completing 15. Fr