牛津版（深圳•广州）初中英语七年级下学期期中考试模拟试卷（1）

    Little Mike's grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons(鸽子). Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very glad.

    They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it grew dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged(拥抱) the old lady and she gave him her sweetest smile.

    When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. "I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on Grandma's face."

    The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. "He was as lovely as Brittany." she said. Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago.

    Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office (办公室). One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, "I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?"

    Mr. Brown says, "Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first." So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very worried.

    "What's the matter?" asks Mr. Jones. "Is you wife there at home?"

    "No," answers Mr. Brown." She isn't there." My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, "Is your mother there, David?" and he answers "No, she isn't in the house." "Where is she?" I ask , "She is somewhere outside(在外面). ""What's she doing? ""She is looking for me."

    The Eiffel Tower is the tallest tower in Paris. It is 324 metres 1. It took two years to build this wonderful 2 and it was finished in 1889. Now the tower is painted 3 seven years. Every year, almost 7,000,000 people 4 the tower. Some people take the lift and go 5 to the top of the tower to have a look at the city of 6 . But if you don't want to 7 for the lift, or if you want to do some 8 , you can walk up more than 1,000 steps to the top! Many interesting things have happened to the tower in the 9 . In 1948, an elephant walked up to the first floor. In 1983, two men went down the stairs 10 bicycles.

—Because it is bad for eyes.

—Why not__________ her a pet? She is interested__________ animals.

—I will travel to Shenzhen next year.