【正文】 揚州中學西區(qū)校初三第一次月考英語 I 卷（客觀題，共 60 分） 一 單項選擇題： (共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分 ) 從 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 1. Beijing is _________ capital of China and it is _________ city with many places of interest. A. a。 a B. a。 the C. the。 a D. the。 the 2. This pair of jeans looks nice ___Sandy because she looks very nice___ blue A. on。 in B. in。 on C. for。 on D. to。 in 3. — Have you decided where to spend your summer holiday? — Not yet. We _________ go to Qingdao. A. must B. should C. need D. may 4. Sam ______ Chinese tea with nothing in it. He says he enjoys the taste very much. A. prefers to B. would rather C. would like to D. prefers 5. He said _________ at the meeting and sat there silently. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything 6. If you want to change for a double room, you’ll have to pay _____ 20 dollars. All right. A. more B. another C. other D. each 7. ―We think him very patient‖ is a kind of _______ structure. A S+V+O B S+V+IO+DO C S+V+DO D S+V+DO+OC 8. He never ________learning English. It’s hard for him to change his mind even though his idea is not right. A gave in B gave out C gave up D gave away 9. Would you please _______ so much noise? A. not to make B. don’t make C. to not make D. not make 10. –How are you today? I’m feeling even ________, I don’t think the medicine is doing any good on me. A. better B. happier C. worse D. unhappier 11． It’s generous ___________ them to donate money to UNICEF. They think it important __________ them to help poor children go to school. A. to。 for B. for。 of C. of。 to D. of。 for 12. I’m already back to Australia, _________? — _________. He is on a visit to Shanghai. A. isn’t he。 No B. hasn’t he。 Yes C. isn’t he。 Yes D. hasn’t he。 No 13. The teacher found him ___ and gave him some different homework to do every day. A. was clever B. was a clever boy C. a clever boy D. clever boy 14. Mr Wu _______this math problem _______him many times, but he still doesn’t understand it. A explains。 to B have explained。 for C explained。 with D has explained。 to 15. — Would you please help me with my drawing skills? — _________. You can e to my studio every Saturday. A. That’s all right B. No problem C. No, thanks D. Quite well 二 完型填空 (共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分 ) 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從每小題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, so a 16 man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins. The book 17 very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was about the secret of the Touchstone(試金石 ) ―! The touchstone was a small pebble( 鵝卵石 ) that could 18 any mon metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was 19 among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the 20 was this。 The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were 21 . So the man sold his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the beach, and began 22 pebbles. He knew that if he picked up mon pebbles and threw 23 down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day 24 this, but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw。 it into the sea. Pick up 25 Cold—throw it into the sea. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months 26 years. One day, however, abo