初中英语选择题题库
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III.
Multiple Choice:
is trying to _________ a few dollars
each week in order to go on a journey.
A set out
B set aside
C
set up
D set off
train arrived an hour behind
___________.
A plan
B date
C schedule
D chart
moved to the front row __________ we
could hear and see better.
A
so that
B
so as
C such that
D
because
travelers were not
aware ___________ the danger ahead.
A with
B
for
C of
D to
5.I can’t
____________ what I’m doing because
it’s so noisy here.
A look
down
B concentrate on
C look over
D decide on
can
not become a top student without good study
___________.
A hobbies
B customs
C habits
D
models
new method has
____________ them to double the
production.
A enabled
B
let
C been make
D cause
8 If you work hard __________ you won’t
have to sit up all night before the
exam.
A by yourself
B at other times
C willingly
D with some help
I have some milk, some orange juice, and some eggs
____________?
A instead of
B in addition of
C
as well
D
so much
was more than
__________ rain and snow last year, so some parts
of the
country
A
efficient
B adequate
C permanent
D
extra
book tells about Mark
Twain’s life ___________ about his
writing.
A as well
B as well as
C as soon as
D well-known
should ___________ your exam paper carefully
before you hand it in.
A
look down
B catch sight of
C
look over
D hang
up
___________ of the books
you need.
A make out a list
B write down list
C take down
list
D make up
list
’s ___________ the new
words again.
A go for
B go over
C go with
D go in
books
are not _________ bestsellers.
A surely
B doubtfully
C
necessarily
D possibly
thought he had found the right answer,
but that was not the ______.
A state
B situation
C case
D factor
is a
Japanese _________ to take off one’s shoes before
entering a house.
A custom
B
hobby
C habit
D customs
have been flooded this spring.
retirement, she occupied
herself _______ work in the
neighborhood.
A from
B with
C for
D
over
offer cheap prices;
________ goods are delivered rapidly.
A while
B nevertheless
C furthermore
D however
________ temperature of the human body is between
36
C and
37
C.
A regular
B
normal
C natural
D
formal
bike hit a rock and
___________.
A turned out
B
turned down
C turned off
D
turned over
cleaned the
house ___________.
A by her
own
B all by herself
C of herself
D on
herself
student wrote a
___________ report.
A ten-
pages
B ten-page
C tenth-pages
D ten
pages
red Army __________
25,000 li on the Long March.
A journeyed
B covered
C flew
D ran
said he would go swimming ___________
the rain.
A without
B even if
C in spite of
D no matter how
is __________ the most intelligent
pupil in the class.
A by far
B
far by
C so far
D
so far as
likes chocolate
so much so that she can not
_____buying some whenever she
sees
it.
A like
B bear
C
help
D stand
famous
buildings in London were seriously ________ during
the Second
World War.
A harmed
B damaged
C conquer
D
destroyed
is dangerous for
a girl to make a ___________ trip.
A single hand
B single-hand
C single handed
D single-
handed
park is a bit too
small __________,the children there are very
noisy.
A but
B although
C moreover
D
however
resting for a few
weeks, Chichester __________ once more.
A set on
B set off
C set up
D set about
32._________ no one was killed in the
accident.
A Fortunately
B
Fortunate
C Unfortunately
D Unfortunate
Susan got a serious seasick during the
_______
A voyage
B journey
C
tour
D
trip
______ to win her love
by sending her expensive gifts.
A failed
B damaged
C proposed
D
attempted
and more people
have come to realize that we must not “_______”
nature,
but we should make good use of
it, instead.
A control
B
contrast
C
overcome
D
conquer
looked both ways
before ________ the street.
A across
B to cross
C crossing
D cross
_________ me by telephone as soon as
you get the news.
A connect
B contact
C
contract
D
context
has decided to move
to the South after he _________ from the
university.
A retreat
B retire
C resign
D
review
a ________ table
people were talking loudly.
A nearby
B nearly
C
nearest
D near
father
finally _________ his son from giving up the job
in the factory.
A persuaded
B attempted
C
dissuaded
D
frightened
few plants and
animals can ___________ heat or cold for a long
time.
A spend
B
catch
C endure
D endure with
is
perfectly __________ to live in a hut and paint
pictures all day.
A
thoughtful
B content
C pleasant
D
impressive
43.I have
____________ for a car to pick you up at the
station.
A demanded
B required
C arranged
D
prepared
family is very
poor. They go to the movies only on very rare
____________.
A like
B chances
C
ways
D
occasions
he starts a job
he won’t stop___________ it is
finished.
A unless
B
when
C
since
D
until
little sister is
still ___________young ____________go to
school.
A too…to
B so…to
C
so…that
D too…that
old
woman lost two sons in the war. She died with a
___________ heart.
A broken
B
breaking
C
being broken
D being breaking
48.I was so careless that I threw the
__________ letter into the mailbox.
A unprepared
B unsealed
C unarmed
D
unpacked
is difficult to
get rid of _______ of ink, blood or
grease.
A sport
B spots
C packet
D envelope
ts do not welcome ______
homework.
A extra
B
added
C extended
D
remained
old man’s hand ______ when he signed
his name.
A shake
B
trembled
C
shiver
D quiver
did not
complain, but I can detect from his expression
that he did it ________.
A
anxiously
B absent-minded
C reluctantly
D patiently
supermarket is not far away at all. It
is just _______ the corner.
A in
B on
C
round
D
over
she was busy, Myra
seldom wrote her mother _______ times.
A at other
B in another
C in other
D at
another
history professor
explained the ________ cause of the First World
War.
A principle
B primary
C average
D
common
is _______ to find
him absent from school.
A
seldom
B
little
C rare
D never
you are
so busy, you need a very ________
secretary.
A effective
B efficient
C sufficient
D industrial
house is in good condition; it needs just a few
______ repairs.
A minor
B serious
C major
D
senior
is worried a lot
now, for he has lost a _______ of keys
today.
A mass
B bunch
C piece
D
pile
map can be _________
up into a booklet.
A funded
B
fonded
C
founded
D folded
g
flowers in the park is ___________.
A refused
B controlled
C
prohibited
D
prevented
ists will have to
_______ new methods of increasing the world’s food
supply.
A put up
with
B come up with
C stand up with
D grow up
with
success is _________
owing to his help.
A above
part
B beyond hope
C in part
D of value
generation _____ makes it difficult
for parents to understand their children’s
opinions.
A gap
B
separation
C division
D
interval
he was in prison
he was not allowed to _________ with his
family.
A organize
B communicate
C
quarrel
D consult
letter was so short that I finished it
at a __________.
A sight
B glance
C
eye
D sign
has been
only twenty-five years since television ______ to
control American
free time.
A has come
B comes
C
came
D
is coming
68.I suggest that
he __________ the Great Wall, the Summer Palace
and the Zoo.
A visited
B
visits
C is visiting
D
visit
69.________ the
distraction of TV, they might sit around together
and talk to one
another.
A With
B Because
C Despite
D
Without
70.I have spent all
my pocket money on _________ books this
year.
A worthwhile
B worth
C worthy
D worthless
can
remember
childhood without television.
It wasn’t that .
The truth is
___________.
A we were on
the ball
B we had a ball
C
kept the ball rolling
D we had the ball at our
feet
I had hurried, I
_________ the first train.
A
would catch
B would be caught
C would have
caught
D had
caught
is the _______
exchange rate for US dollars?
A social
B
current
C ancient
D radical
is
well known that many of our problems are caused
__________ in part by
failure to
communicate.
A at last
B
at least
C
at first
D
at most
president ________
that the meeting be put off till the time when
nobody was
absent.
A mentioned
B
said
C proposed
D
spoke
was
__
_______ by her husband’s not coming
home in time.
A destroyed
B disturbed
C bored
D
distracted
are a lot of
lawns in the wealth _________.
A neighborhood
B generation
C network
D
program
ors report that the
generation growing up with television __________
write
an English sentence.
A can barely not
B can not
barely
C could barely
not
D can
barely
United States
experienced a sharp rise in its birth ________
after the Second
World War, known as
the “baby boom”.
A percent
B
ratio
C rate
D speed
80.A _________ summer day in that area
is hot and dry.
A typical
B
radical
C usual
D
normal
__________ so much;
you are wasting your money.
A oughtn’t to smoke
B
oughtn’t have smoked
C
oughtn’t smoke
D oughtn’t to have smoked
streets are all wet. It _________
during the night.
A must be
raining
B must have
rained
C must have been
rained
D had to rain
83.I heard our English teacher was ill
__________something.
A down
B over
C by
D or
farmers
_________ a mysterious object flying over when
they made their way
home.
A made use of
B pulled
into
C
caught sight of
D kept up with
story was __________ lies, so you could never
trust him.
A somewhat
B nothing like
C
something like
D nothing but
_________ tears when she learned that her husband
had been injured in an
accident.
A broke
up
B broke into
C broke out
D broke with
is important for nurses to stick
__________ this rule.
A at
B
to
C up
D on
__________
sure that my parents understood, I declared that I
wanted nothing
else.
A be
B feel
C
make
D
believe
had been putting
________ the tools of my new business.
A in place
B in place of
C
out of place of
D in the place of
90._________ Christmas Eve I hung up my
stocking along with my sisters.
A At
B In
C On
D
For
was ________ at
last.
A announced
B published
C declared
D threatened
waited outside the operation room in
________ for her husband’s safety.
A care
B
concern
C anxiety
D eagerness
had
changed so much that I could _______ recognize
her.
A shortly
B little
C scarcely
D
rare
94.I could ________ you
the money. Why didn’t you ask me?
A have lent
B lent
C lend
D be lent
pen
________ smoothly.
A do
writes
B do write
C does writes
D does write
old
man was _______ at his grandson’s
wastefulness.
A indignation
B
indignant
C indifferent
D indignity
would like to have someone to
_________.
A stand
B talk with
C
talk
D disturb
forgave those who had _________
her.
A wronged
B pained
C damaged
D injured
children kept quiet _______ they should wake up
their mother.
A only if
B
in order that
C
lest
D so
that
’s mother has told him
time and again that it is _________ to point at
people.
A rough
B crude
C rude
D
polite
101.I was amazed that
the workers had not gone __________
strike.
A on a
B to
C
to a
D on
Jim was very slow and all the shirts
were held _________ at his position.
A on
B together
C down
D up
s beyond Big Jim in line _________ his
shift had to wait with nothing to
do.
A in
B at
C on
D
beside
tried hard to keep
__________ with her classmates in
studies.
A up
B on
C away
D down
meeting
__________ a success.
A
turned down
B
turned off
C turned out
D turned up
too
much will __________ sickness.
A brought in
B result in
C result from
D led into
overcoat is ready__________ the
buttons.
A except
B
except for
C beside
D
besides
manager spent
three hours __________ to Sam yesterday
morning.
A talks
B
talking
C talk
D to talk
! That
is where I __________ live when I was a
child.
A used to
B was used to
C
got used to
D am used to
110._________, the manager did not know
how many workers there were in his
factory.
A
Curious most of all
B
of all most curious
C Most
curious of all
D all of most
curious
sor Smith has come
to our school to give lectures
__________.
A on short-term
a basis
B on a short-term shift
C on a short-term basis
D on short-term
basic
told me that he had
no difficulty_________ in learning English
grammar.
A whichever
B whoever
C wherever
D
whatsoever
left the cinema
one after another before the __________ film drew
to the
end.
A
boring
B bored
C bore
D to bore
the
management provides pleasant ________ and
beautifies the dull setting, the
factory will be much more
productive.
A pop music
B background music
C light music
D folk music
often sleeps during the day time,
because her work is on night _______.
A turn
B
change
C move
D shift
a manager, he has paid a lot of
attention to the _______ in his
factory.
A efficiency
B
sufficiency
C effect
D
capability
117.I want to
complain of the poor _______ of your
service.
A assembly
B observation
C experience
D quality
policeman stopped his car and demanded
to ________ the driver’s license.
A design
B achieve
C inspect
D
decrease
g machines and
microwave ovens _______ the work of
housewives.
A relax
B freed
C
relieve
D take
book is
________ 4 pages.
A miss
B missing
C missed
D
to be missed
121.I wish I
could __________ what I said just now.
A talk
B
say
C
unsay
D take
you please ________ me a favor by
lending me your bicycle for a few
days?
A do
B
have
C
help
D
make
g my words, the old man
jumped back as if he _________.
A was stung
B had stung
C had been
stung
D
stung
124. Although the old
man has sampled each one of the puddings in the
row, he could
by no means afford
__________ any one.
A buying
B
to buy
C not buying
D not to buy
125.
—
Are you
going to Beidaihe this summer?
—
No,
I’m going
_________ else.
A wheresome
B somewhere
C some wherever
D some and
where
puddings taste __________
homemade.
A only if
B if
C even if
D
as if
was busy cleaning the
room all the morning, only _________ occasionally
to
have some tea.
A breaking off
B breaking up
C breaking down
D breaking
through
often took
_________ of her lack of business sense to cheat
her.
A interest
B benefit
C profit
D advantage
foreigner _________ the moon cake and
found it very delicious.
A
afforded
B laid
C
sampled
D offered
shop assistant __________ out the moon
cakes on the counter.
A
pulled
B arranged
C laid
D displayed
old George has _________ down in the
world since his business failed.
A turned
B come
C gone
D broken
voices are so alike that I often
________ Mary for her sister on the
phone.
A hear
B mistake
C think
D confuse
has been so busy recently that he can
visit me only __________.
A
usually
B sometimes
C occasionally
D frequently
134._________ there is no one at home.
The lights are out.
A
Eventually
B Eagerly
C
Evidently
D
Sincerely
elderly
gentleman, who was poorly but neatly ________,
accepted the spoon.
A
dressed
B
wearing
C worn
D dressing
is too young to go to school. And
__________, he is poor in health.
A that’s all
B after all
C all in all
D what’s more
137.__________ , he doesn’t look like a
college student at all.
A
Considering his appearance
B Consider his
appearance
C To consider his
appearance
D Considered his
appearance
felt rather
_____as he was the only person who wore sportswear
at the dinner
party.
A in the place
B out of place
C in place of
D out of the
place
mother helped him
select the pop music __________ his taste as his
birthday
gift.
A
off
B in
C
to
D
up to
ven was granted the
___________ to play at the court when he was very
young.
A
advantages
B interests
C privilege
D profit
the early 1960’s few of my friends
_____
____ computers.
A hear
B
hearing
C heard of
D heard
142.
_________ he talked reminded us of his
grandfather.
A In the way
B
By the way
C The way
D
That way
hurried me,
__________ I forgot to turn off the TV before
leaving.
A as that
B so that
C that so
D or that
144.__________ asks to see the
headmaster, tell him to wait until ten.
A Whoever
B Whatever
C Whenever
D Ever who
ic trains have _________ steam
locomotives in Britain.
A
had the place of
B
taken the place of
C taken
of the place
D took the place of
manager was very angry but he tried to
__________.
A hold and in
himself
B
have in himself
C hold
himself in
D
hold in himself
is studying
for the exam tomorrow, so you’d better not
__________ her.
A interfere
B interrupt
C involve
D
interpret
sitting on the
wheelchair for so many hours, he can hardly
get_____his feet
now.
A on
B up
C
at
D
to
old lady picked up the
torn newspaper and ___________it out.
A smoothed
B pulled
C turned
D
put
drunken driver should
__________ the traffic accident.
A be responsible on
B be
responsible to
C be for
responsible
D
be responsible for
work is
to __________ telegrams.
A
deliver
B speak
C
provide
D read
Hong is
known as a _________ actress.
A comic
B
operatic
C
tragic
D dancing
asked me such an _______ question that
I did not know what to reply.
A awkward
B eager
C endless
D alone
________ to feel his key before
shutting the door.
A chewed
B
smoothed
C paused
D
sobbed
baby _______ her
arms to embrace the mother.
A extended
B expanded
C expended
D exposed
face
grew white immediately after understanding the
______ of the news.
A
attention
B implication
C
attraction
D satisfaction
often comes _______ and without
warning in time of war.
A
sincerely
B swiftly
C elderly
D
mental
________ your food
slowly before swallowing it.
A sob
B extend
C stoop
D chew
Rose Sandval spoke again, she _______
Homer’s eyes.
A researched
B learned
C inspected
D
studied
rs are ________ for
any news from home.
A
friendly
B
superior
C eager
D patient
161. ________ scientists find out,
________ questions they are unable to
answer.
A The more…the most
B The many …
the more
C The more…the more
D The more… the
many
’t waste time. Your
should put it ___________ better use.
A for
B to
C at
D on
policemen
arrived on the spot and began to _________ the
accident.
A look up
B look over
C look into
D look
on
may not be able to
__________ the information that we have
___________.
A
remember…recalled
B
recall …remembered
C
remember…reminded
D
remind…remembered
was
_________ after midnight that he fell
asleep.
A until not
B until
C unless
D not until
worried them most was that their children were
_________ in the crime.
A
related
B
involved
C connected
D included
167.
________ during a man’s lifetime the power of his
brain decreased gradually.
A
It was thought that
B It thought
that
C It thought was that
D That thought was
168.
—
Will you go
to the movies with us tonight?
---
I’m sorry, I have not
made up my _________.
A mind
B heart
C brain
D
head
are going to be very
busy. There is a large _____ of work for us to
do.
A number
B lot
C
deal
D
amount
children learn to
speak and read and write when they are very young
_______ average children.
A compare to
B comparing to
C
compared to
D to compare
new
product holds a great market _________.
A sensibility
B potential
C opportunity
D
feasibility
nt _________
exercises lead to a long life.
A physically
B physical
C
exactly
D recently
first
______ at his father’s
footsteps is to
hide the novel he is reading.
A reflection
B relation
C
action
D reaction
must tell me ________ what you have
done to the dog.
A exactly
B saintly
C
nervous
D evident
stories have been written about the
exploration of the _________.
A folklore
B
equipment
C foundation
D universe.
who breaks the speed ________ and is
caught by the policemen will
receive a
ticket.
A unlimited
B limitation
C
limit
D
limited
er users needn’t
understand the _________ process taking place
behind
the screen.
A confused
B complicated
C chemical
D physical
is the only animal that has the
________ to think.
A
adventure
B level
C ability
D
distraction
you list the
four most famous ________
civilizations?
A ancient
B
elderly
C old
D aged
twin
brother ________ from each other in their
interests.
A differ
B
share
C like
D
recognize
sat in front of
them, his dusty face _________his age.
A showing
B masking
C preventing
D revealing
girl
insisted that he _________ them.
A join
B had joined
C
joined
D joins
turned
round from time to time, as if ________ for
someone in the crowd.
A to
search
B searching
C to be searching
D to be searched
were so _________ in the TV program
that we forgot the time.
A
caught by
B caught at
C caught on
D caught up
taxi driver _________ a roadside restaurant to get
something to eat.
A pulled
through
B pulled up
C pulled into
D pulled
out
young people took
_______ window seats on the right side, waiting
for the
approach of the great oak
tree.
A down
B away
C over
D
back
kinds of animals have
_________ from the earth.
A
vanished
B
masked
C appeared
D
departed
young people
________ the bus in small groups, laughing and
chattering.
A got
B
walked
C boarded
D
took
189. He sat ________ in
his seat, and we began to wonder about
him.
A root
B rooted
C rooting
D
to root
190. He rose from
the seat and _________ the front of the bus to go
home.
A made the way through
B made his way to
C made his way
across
D
to made the way
(
) enemy army
was forced to ________.
A
relay
B replace
C reclaim
D
retreat
192.I don’t
kno
w how to _________ the little
kids.
A recall
B root
C hunting
D
handle
screws are somewhat
loose. I’ll have them _________.
A tightened
B softened
C widen
D shorten
was ________ by the news of her
son’s death.
A
stunned
B painfully
C
masked
D gently
room grows _________ when no one lives
in it.
A limp
B mixed
C dusty
D
dust
it ________ the
midnight, the whole city was sunk in the quiet
sleep.
A approached to
B approached
C
came
D
came in
farmers were
determined to find out about the ______ noise they
heard each
night.
A patient
B mysterious
C delicious
D curious
always looks cheerful and happy, and
she smiles at others as ________ as the
wind in spring.
A
brightly
B strangely
C coldly
D
mysteriously
ambassador’s
posting has come _________; it’s
Washington.
A out
B up
C through
D off
re is _______ to what he
said: I’ll follow his advice.
A anything
B
nothing
C something
D a
thing
201. Young as she is,
Mary is very good at_______difficult
customers.
A handling
B
to hand
C handed
D a hand
202.
After explaining his plan in greatdetail,
Bob______its main points in a few
sentences.
A
summarize
B
summarized
C summarizing
D to
summarize
203. The newly-elected government has
begun the painful________of working out its
policies and strategies.
A processing
B
processed
C process
D processes
204.
At first, Tom found it difficult to________what
his teachers said in class.
A absorbed
B absorbing
C absorbs
D
absorb
205.
You__________fail the exam if you don't do any
revision (
复习
).
A are bound to
B are bound
C
bound to
D are to
206.
Please________to call on us whenever you
like.
A feel
B feel free
C free
D to feel free
207. There are jobs more dangerous than
truck driving, ________training lions.
A
instance
B at instance
C for instance
D of instance
208. The marketing department is
working on new________to improve the company's
share of the market.
A state
B job
C stations
D
strategies
209. Many of the
students________that the exam was too
hard.
A complained
B complain
C to complain
D complaining
210. After reading the text three
times, the clever
boy________it__________.
A has committed … in memory
B has committed
… to memory
C has committed … of memo
ry
D
has committed … at memory
211. The doctor insisted that
everything would be alright._______, I cannot help
feeling anxious about the safety of the
child.
A Never
B
Nevertheless
C for instance
D For
example
212.
Nowadays we_________more and
more_________computers to help us in doing
everything.