初二下英语U3基础训练
I. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms.
1. It's much more__________ to play with fire than to play with water.
2. The girl smiled and answered the question__________.
3. We made fun of Sam on April Day.
4. A policeman gave the students a talk on road last Friday.
1. My grandmother usually uses the__________ kettle to boil water.
Ⅱ. Find the expression to replace the underlined part in the sentence.
A. partly B. finally C. not thick enough D. once a mouth E. hold F. every month |
1. But __________, the man swam across that river.
2. I agree with you __________. But I don't think your third part is right.
3. I caught a cold that night because your quilt is __________.
4. This hall can __________ 500 people.
5. Sprouting is a magazine which is published __________.
Ⅲ. Read and choose the best answer.
1. Jane is thinking of__________ tomorrow.
A. go shopping B. to go shopping
C. going shopping D. gone shopping
2. We can find moving energy from a/an__________.
A. electric cooker B. radio C. vacuum cleaner D. torch
3. He asked me how much__________.
A. the watch cosplayts me B. does the watch cosplayt me
C. did the watch cosplayt me D. the watch cosplayt me
4. The Italian food my mother cooked tasted so__________that everybody ate a lot.
A. terrible B. wonderfully C. delicious D. well
IV. Rewrite the sentences as required.
1. We should obey the school rules.
__________ we the school rules?
2. Kitty always talked to her teachers __________.
__________ __________ Kitty always talk to her teachers?
3. Mike looked foolish before.
Mike__________ __________ a fool before.
V. Reading comprehension.
Every person uses his own special words to show their ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is "Where's the beef" It's used when something isn't as good as it's said to be. In the early 1980s, "Where's the beef?" was one of the most popular expressions in the
United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at that time,
No food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants " McDonald's". Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.
Other business people opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called "Wendy's" said its hamburgers were bigger than those by McDonald's or anyone else. The Wendy's Company began to use the expression “Where's the beef?" to make people know that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy's television adverti百度竞价推广ent showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside, there was only a bit of meat. "Where's the beef?" one of them shouted in a funny way. The adverti百度竞价推广ent for Wendy's hamburger restaurant was a success. As we said, it seemed that everyone began using the expression "Where's the beef?"
Answer the following questions.
1. "Where's the beef?" means that .
A. someone wants to find the beef
B. someone is hungry
C. something is just as good as it's said to be
D. something is not as good as it's said to be
2. Ray Kroc__________in the 1960s.
A. built small restaurants called "McDonald's"
B. sold hamburgers at much lower price than others
C. began making hamburgers from beef
D. became the richest businessman in America
3. Which of the following statements is TRU
A. " McDonald's" made Ray Kroc succeed.
B. Kroc started a price war in hamburger business.
C. only "Wendy's" won "McDonald's".
D. Everyone thought the hamburgers by " Wendy's were bigger than those by “McDonald’s”.
4. "Wendy's" used the expression__________.
A. to improve their service
B. to tell others that beef couldn't be found in their hamburgers
C. to tell others that their hamburgers were the biggest
D. to make it popular throughout the country
5.The adverti百度竞价推广ent for "Wendy's" __________.
A. showed three old women buying hamburgers
B. attracted more people to buy their hamburgers
C. was a great success for Kroc
D. let everyone know where to buy bigger beef
参考答案
I. 1. dangerous 2. politely 3. Fools' 4. safety 5. electric
II. 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.E 5.D
Ⅲ.1.C 2.C 3.D 4.C
IV. 1. Should; obey 2. How did 3. looked like
V. 1.D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5.B
