初三英语综合测试4
1、单项选择
1. –Knowledge is money. –But I think it is ____ money.
A. as important as B. so important as C. more important than D. the same as
2. It’s ____ to teach a man to fish than to give him fish.
A. more B. better C. good D. best
3. Remember not to speak ____ when we are in the reading room.
A. fast B. slowly C. politely D. loudly
4. Now more and more Chinese people are ____ enough to buy cars.
A. rich B. weak C. poor D. strong
5. Although I failed four times, my father encouraged me to have a ____ try.
A. second B. third C. fourth D. fifth
6. –What’s one plus two? –It’s ____ .
A. one B. two C. four D. three
7. Hangzhou is famous ____ producing silk in China.
A. from B. at C. in D. for
8. Don’t worry. I’ll tell Mr. Green ____ he comes back.
A. when B. how C. why D. where
9. When you can’t hear someone clearly you should say: ____ .
A. Excuse B. Sorry C. Repeat D. Pardon
10. My hair is too long, I must have it ____ .
A. cut B. cutting C. cuts D. to cut
11. 10,000 years ago, the world’s population was very ____ .
A. small B. few C. little D. bit
12. That house was ____ 300,000 yuan.
A. cost B. paid C. worth D. spent
2、完型填空
It is true that paper can not last long. But is there any __1__ that would last as long as __2__ as and as easy to write __3__ as paper? The Babylonians discovered just such a material. Recently an Englishman unearthed(出土) a large library of a king of Babylonia, whose __4__ were made of clay(泥土) .
This is the __5__ in which these books were made. They first made a sheet of clay of the proper size and thickness, and __6__ on it with a sharp stick. These books of clay, after they had been dried and __7__ in an oven (炉灶) , could last almost as long as stones. Such books will not burn up in a fire _8__ be spoiled by wetness; pieces can be gathered （搜集）up and __9__ together properly. The English __10__ to work a long time with broken sheets discovered there before he __11__ them all put together properly.
There were 30,000 sheets in the library. Every book was made __12__ many sheets, as our books have many __13__. It was, of course, impossible to stick them together as we __14__ now with our books. So all the clay sheets had to be __15__ and the name of the book placed on every one.
1. A. paper B. material（材料） C. book D. cloth
2. A. bamboo B. wood C. plastics D. stone
3. A. on B. for C. with D. in
4. A. covers B. houses C. walls D. books
5. A. skill B. way C. story D. means
6. A. painted B. cut C. pointed D. wrote
7. A. fired B. wrapped（裹着） C. cleaned D. smoked
8. A. so B. also C. nor D. not
9. A. sewn B. thrown C. put D. kept
10. A. wanted B. had C. stopped D. remembered
11. A. did B. got C. turned D. started
12. A. from B. by C. of D. up of
13. A. pages B. words C. sentences D. leaf
14. A. made B. tie C. hold D. do
15. A. counted B. copied C. numbered D. painted
3、阅读理解
No Place Like Home
Birds do not always make their nets in trees or bushes. They don’t always use birdhouses. Some birds build their homes in strange places.
One bird used a mailbox to make its home. The letter carrier first found the nest when putting a letter into the box.
Children sometimes help birds find homes One bird was living in a baseball glove. The child had left the glove hanging in a nearby barn. Another bird was making its home in a pocketbook. The pocketbook had been left open on the ground.
A nest was once found in the pocket of a suit. The suit had been left on the washing line. Another bird made its nest an old tin can. The home for one bird was the top of a train. Each time the train moved, the bird got a free ride.
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