初中英语7年级星级训练训练 Test 19

Test 19

A

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used

once (

将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每 词只能填一次

)

：

A. centuries

B. surroundings

C. comfortable

D. order

E. sit down

Every

year,

more

and

more

coffee

shops

open

up.

Coffee

has

been

a

popular

drink

for

____1___

. Nowadays, coffee shops don’t just sell coffee. They also sell tea, food, and delicious

desserts.

The

best

coffee

shops

have

comfortable

chair

and

tables

for

people

to

___2___

and

relax.

Many

students

spend

their

time

hanging

out

with

friends

in

coffee

shops.

Most

of

the

shops

require you to ____3___ something if you sit down at a table. Once you get something to drink or

eat, you can sit for hours and enjoy the ___4___ of the coffee shop.

A. manager

B. favourite

C. sure

D. lights

E. fell in love with

The Empire State Building is in New York City. It is a very tall building with many lights. Pat

Watkins saw the Empire State Building when she visited New York. She __5__ it. She even wrote

a letter to the building saying how much she loved it and asking for a picture.

Two weeks later, Pat got a letter from the __6___ of the Empire State Building. He sent her a

picture, a T-shirt, posters, and two books about the building. You can be __7__ that the next time

Pat went to New York she visited her __8___ skyscraper.

B

Choose the best answer (

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案

):

One

of

the

world's

greatest

storytellers,

Hans

Christian

Andersen

was

born

on

April

2nd,

1805, in Denmark

．

He was the son of a poor shoemaker

．

After his father's death he traveled to

Copenhagen to try out for the theater

．

He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for

writing and he first became known for his poetry

．

He also wrote plays, novels and travel books,

but

while

many

of

these

are

now

almost

unknown

outside

Denmark,

his

fairy

tales

are

famous

around the world

．

His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included

such

favorites

as The

Tinderbox and The

Princess

and

the

Pea

．

His

most

famous

fairy

tales,

however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen

．

There probably isn't

a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him

．

Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played

at his funeral

．

“

It should be in time with little steps,

”

he said,

“

because most of the people at my

funeral will be children

．

”

There is a statue(

雕像

)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor

．

It was put there because

the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer

．

1. What was Anderson

’

s father?

A. An actor

B. A shoemaker

C. A writer

D. A bookseller

2.

What did Andersen want to be at first?

A

．

B

．

C

．

D

．

An actor

．

A shoemaker

．

A writer

．

A famous poet

．

3.

What was the title of his first collection of fairy tales?

A

．

B

．

C

．

D

．

The Tinderbox

．

The Princess and the Pea

．

Tales Told for Children

．

The Little Mermaid

．

4.

Which fairy tales are his most famous ones?

A

．

The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid and The Tinderbox

．

B

．

The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinderbox

．

C

．

The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen

．

D

．

The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and The Princess and the Pea

．

5.

Who did Andersen think would come to his funeral?

A

．

B

．

C

．

D

．

Mostly adults

．

A few children

．

Mostly children

．

Only children

．

6.

What kind of statue stands in Copenhagen Harbor?

A

．

A statue of the Little Mermaid

．

B

．

A statue of a famous writer

．

C

．

A statue of the Snow Queen

．

D

．

A statue of Hans Christian Andersen

．

.

C

Choose

the

words

or

expressions

and

complete

the

passage

(

选择最恰当的单词 或词语完成短

文

):

Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no

money ____1____. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped

around me, so I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We ____2____ at the sky.

Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who

lived out in

the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in fancy apartments, but their air was so

polluted they couldn’t even see the stars.

“Pick out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He

said it was my Christmas ____3

____. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “____

4____ owns the

stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can consider it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I raised my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found

one.I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus,” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and

brighter because she was much closer than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own

light. She shone only from reflect

ed light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in

the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars

had disappeared.”