1 南京外国语学校仙林分校初升高英语笔试试卷 I. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word. The initial letter of the word is given. (0.5×20=10) A 1. There is a show of the latest inventions at the Children’s Palace. The e__________ collected from all over the world attract people of all ages. 2. It is so f___________ to walk in the dark forest alone at night. I prefer to start early tomorrow morning. 3. Meat and dairy provides us with p__________ while fruit offers vitamin, which are both vital to our body. 4. The river r___________ a lot after the heavy rain last night. It washed away quite a few trees on the bank. 5. The d______________ of the eggs of the dinosaur surprised the world. They were found by some farmers in the field by chance. 6. They gave the police different d________________ of the person they saw at the bank. The police believe one of them was lying. 7. The carpet looks so clean. It must have been v________________. 8. The audience were waiting e_____________ for the host to announce the result of the competition. 9. It’s amazing that a panda usually w__________ 50 grams at its birth, isn’t it? 10. With a great c____________ of books, our school library is one of the biggest in our country B Henry Ford was the first person to build cars, which were cheap, strong and fast. He was able to sell millions of models because he “mass-produced” them; that is, he made a great many cars of e 11 the same type. Ford’s father h 12 that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the i 13 and he went to Detroit where he worked a 14 a mechanic. By the age of 29, in 1892, he had built his first car. However, the first “mass-produced” ca...
