初中易混词汇练习

易混词语填空专练

1. a/an/the

A. There's "u" and _____ "s" in _____ word "us".

B. There is _____ young man and _____ old man in the photo. ______ old

man is _____ young man's father.

2. one/ones

A. I don't like this skirt. Show me that _____.

B. The new skirts are mine. The old _____ are yours.

3. by/with/in/use

A. Jay can sing the song _____ either Chinese or English. How great!

B. I won't believe it until I see it _____ my own eyes.

C. We usually ______ a ruler to draw a straight line.

D. Miss Zhao goes to work ______ bike.

4. put on/wear/in/dress

A. The twins don't always _____ the same clothes,

B. The woman _____ a red hat is our new English leacher.

C. It's very cold today. Please _____ more clothes when you go out.

D. Mother is ______ my baby sister now.

5. a lot/a lot of/many/much

A. I like eating oranges _____, so there are always oranges at my home.

B. There are so ______ people that I cannot count them.

C. _____ people think living in China is _____ better than living in

Japan.

D. I've learned _____ from him.

6. look for/find/find out

A. Please try to _____ who stole the computer.

B. Please help me _____ my mobile phone, I can't _____ it.

7. look/read/see/watch

A. _____ at the picture! What can you ______ in it?

B. I'll _____ a book instead of _____ TV tonight.

8. and/or/with

A. "There is no air _____ no water on the moon."means "There is no air

_____ water on the moon."

B. "The boy _____ his parents go to Hong Kong every year." means "The boy

_____ his parents goes to Hong Kong every year."

9. also/too

A. I was at her birlhday party, and he was _____ there.

B. Andy Law is a famous actor. He's a good singer,

10. take/bring/carry/get

A. The woman was _____ a big bag. Let's help her.

B. Next lime when you come, _____ me the book,please.

C. Who's _____ away today's newspaper?. I haven't read it yet.

D. Go and _____ me some water, rm thirsty.

11. each/every

A. "_____ of them speaks a foreign language." means _____ one of them

speaks a foreign language."

B. There are some big shops on _____ side of the street.

12. problem/question

A. What is the biggest _____ in the world? Can you answer this _____ ?

B. The _____ is that he's always asking me such foolish _____.

13. learn/study

A. He _____ hard and at last _____ the language.

B. The children are _____ the maths problem now.

C. We _____ in the same school, so we often _____ from each other and

help each other.

D. We _____ English in the morning and _____ to play football in the

afternoon.

14. in/on/at

A. There are many good apples _____ the tree.

B. He gets up _____ six _____the morning and goes to bed _____ ten

______ night _____ weekdays.

C. Does he have lunch _____ home _____ ?

D. The man _____ duty is reading a book _____ medicine _____the desk.

E. In the twins' bedroom, the windows _____ the wall are very big, the

pictures _____ the wall are not very new.

15. sometime/sometimes/some time/some times

A. Please read the text _____ until you can recite it.

B. I will go shopping _____ tomorrow.

C. He waited for _____ then left.

D. They _____ play football after school.

16. have/has/there is/there are

A. In Class One _____ 25 boys and 25 girls.

B. In Classroom One _____ a map of China.

C. Does your brother _____ a map of China?

D. _____ your brother got a map of China?

17. right/all right/that's right/that's all/that's all right

A. ----- Thanks a lot for your help. ----- ______.

B. ----- Are you a student? ----- Yes.______.

C. ----- Let's go shopping. ----- ______.

D. Could you tell me whether it is _____ or wrong?

E. I want to buy a cup of tea, a piece of bread and an apple. _____.

18. how many/much/long/old/often

A. ----_____ does it take by plane? ---It takes about eleven hours.

B. ----_____ is your father? ---- He is fifty.

C. ----_____ is the fish? ----It's ten yuana kilo.

D. -----_____ do you wriie Io your father?. ----- Once a month.

E. -----_____ students are there in your class? ----- Forty-five.

19. look up/look at/look after/look like/look the same

A. Please _____ Lucy and Lily because they are new here.

B. Please _____ Lucy and Lily! Can you find any differences between them?

C. Lucy and Lily are twin sisters. They _____ each other very much.

D. Lucy and Lily _____.

E. Please ______ the new words in your dictionary.

20. what/which/who/whose/where/how

A. ---- ______ do you like China? ---- Very much.

B. ---- ______ do you like about China? ----The food and the people.

C. ---- ______ is Mr. Green? ~Heis an English teacher

D. ---- ______ is Mr. Green? ---He is Jim's father.

E. ---- ______ falher is Mr. Green? --Jim's.

F. ---- ______ man is Mr. Green? ----The man on a black bike.

G. ---- ______ is Mr. Green from? --He's from America.

H. ---- _____ is Mr. Green like? --He is tall and thin.

21. class/lesson

A. He listens to the teacher carefully in _____.

B. There are four _____ in each unit of the English textbook.

22. in time/on time

A. You must give back the book to me _____.

B. You're just _____ for the last bus.

23. for short/short for

A. TV is ________ television,

B. They callme Tom _______ .

24. may be/maybe

A. Tom, ______ you are right.

B. The mon over there ______ Li Lei's English teacher.

25. begin/start

A. When can we _____ off for Beiiing?

B. He didn't know how to _____.

26. other/another/the other/others/the other

A. Those shoes are too small for me. Would you show me _____ pair?.

B. There are six people in the room. Three are girls, _____ three are

boys.

C. He is always helping _____.

D. There are many books in the box. Ten of them are mine, _____are my

sisler's,

E. Mr Liu and Miss Sun and four ______ teachers are teaching this class.

27. must/have to

A. We _____ follow our Party to go.

B. He _____ get up earlier because his mother asks him _____to cook

breakfast.

28. be good/be good to/be good at

A. My parents ______ me.

B. He ______ English.

C. Chocolate ______ your health, do you agree?

29. road/way/street

A. Can you tell me the ______ to your school?

B. I met him in the ______.

C. They drove along the country ______.

30. in front/in front of/in(at) the front

A. Ricky stood _____ lhe stage and began to sing.

B. He sits _____ and I sit not far behind him.

C. A tree stands ______ the house.

31. hope/wish

A. I _____ you to win the competition.

B. I _____ you can win the competition.

C. We have no _____ to finish the work in time. What shall we do?

D. Best _____ to all of you in the coming year!

32. ago/before

A. Everyone should come back _____ five o'clock.No one should be late.

B. "He came back two days ____." means "He came back the day ____ yesterday."

33. by the way/on the way in the way

A. The chair is _____. Please move it away.

B. _____, have you got a computer at home?

C. Roy happened to meet his father ______ to school.

34. match/game/sport

A. The Chinese basketball team had a _____with the American basketball team in

the last Olympic _____.

B. I often do _____ or play with my classmates after school.

C. There will be a _____ meeting next week.

35. go on/go on doing/go on to do

A. After they had read the text, the students _____the exercises.

B. They _____ the farm work in the field though it was raining hard.

C. I hope everything _____ well.

36. at the end/in the end/by the end/to the end

A. Go down this road _____ and you'll find the police station on your

left.

B. Which building is _____ of the road? Is it a supermarket or a hospital?

C. Tim laughed _____ because he won the game,

D. How many English words had you learnt _____ of last term?

37. what/how

A. "_____ a good film!" means _____ good the film is!"

B. "_____ beautiful music!" means " _____ beautiful the music is!"

C. "_____ is the weather?" means " _____ is the weather like?"

38. in/to/on

A. Japan is _____ the east of China and Taiwan is _____ the southeast of China.

B. Henan is _____ the north of Hubei.

39. just now/right now

A. I must go to my office

B. I made a telephone call to my friend ______.

40. how often/how soon/how long/what time

A. ----- _____ will he be beck? ----- In a week.

B. ----- _____ does he come back? ---- Once a week.

C. ----- _____ were you in Beijing last year?. ----- For a week.

D. ----- _____ did you go to bed last night? ----- At eleven.

41. few/little/a few/a little

A. There's _____ time left. We'll be late if we don't hurry.

B. We still have _____ apples at home. We.needn't buy any now.

C. There're _____ apples at home. You'd better go and buy some.

D. I still have _____ money on me, so I can buy apples with it.

42. neither/either/none

A. _____ of them is here. All of them have gone to Shanghai.

B. _____ of his parents is a doctor. They are teachers.

C. _____ Damao or Xiaomao will go there for the dinner. One of them

should stay at home.

D. He speaks _____ English nor Japanese. Hespeaks Chinese.

43. both/all/whole

A. _____ the books are here. You may choose any of them!

B. _____ of the twins like spending _____ their money on books.

C. What bad weather! It has snowed for five days.

D. "The workers worked the _____ day." means. "The workers worked

_____ day."

44. cross/across/through/over/pass/past

A. The car _____ by with a thick smoke behind iust now.

B. The boss walked _____ me without saying a wore at half _____ one. I

don't know why.

C. The sunlight is shining in _____ the window.

D. " Go _____ the bridge." means " _____ the bridge."

E. They climbed _____ the tall wall, didn't they?

45. arrive/get/reach

A. Please tell me when you'll _____in Taiyuan. I'll meet you at the airport.

B. Can you tell me how to _____ to the nearest police station?

C. Please call me when you _____ Shanghai.

D. The passengers were worried because the train didn't _____ on time.

46. noise/sound/voice

A. Our physics teacher told us light travels faster than _____.

B. "You have a beautiful _____," the man said to her in a sweet _____.

C. We shouldn't make any _____ in the reading room.

47. so/nor

A. ---- They have supper at six every day. ----- _____ do we.

B. ---- They don't use animals to do farm work now. ---- _____do we.

48. be asleep/fall asleep/go to sleep/go to bed

A. I usually _____ at half past nine every evening.

B. The young man lay on the _____ soon.

C. The baby _____ Please don't talk.

49. pardon/sorry/excuse me

A. ______, I am late.

B. ______? I didn't hear what you said,

C. ______, could you tell me the way to the station?

D. 1 beg your ______, Sir, for coming here late.

50. spend/take/pay/cost

A. "It ______ me an hour to read English every day." means" I _____an

hour reading English every day."

B. The T-shirt ______ me eighty yuan. means " I ______ eighty yuan on

the T-shirt. "

C. "She ______ 100 dollars for the ticket." means " She ______ 100

dollars on the ticket."

D. I am going to ______ my summer holiday in my hometown.

51. interest/interested/interesting

A. Are you ______ in the ______ storybook?

B. He says he has no ______ in visiting the places of ______. I don't

know why.

52. sleepy/sleep/asleep

A. I didn't get to ______ until late last night.

B. I felt very ______ because I didn't ______ well last night.

C. He fell _____ during the meeting.

53. as/like

A. Football is not so popular ______ ping-pong in Chino,

B. If you do _____ I told you, you'll make fewer mistakes.

C. You should do it ______ this,

D. The girl looks ______ her mother.

54. fall/drop

A. Unluckily. the runner ______ his stick on the ground.

B. I heard Tony ______ down from the tree and hurt his leg.

55. miss/lose

A. She ______ her wallet on her way to the supermarket.

B. They were very sad because they ______ an important football game.

C. We all ______ you very much. How soon will you be back7

D. You say you have ______ the letter: when did you ______ it?

56. much too/too much/too many

A. Mr. Green eats _______ rich food, so he is ______ fat.

B. I have ______ books to read and ______homework to do today.

C. Watching TV ______ is bad for your health.

57. be famous for/be famous as

A. Yao Ming ______ a basketball player,

B. China _______ its food in the world.

58. look over/look up/look for/find/find out

A. The old man _____ his money everywhere, but he couldn't ______ it.

B. If you've ______ who broke the window, please tell me.

C. If you don't know the new words, please ______ them ______ in a

dictionary,

D. After the doctor ______ the patient very carefully, he said there was

nothing serious.

59. used to/be used to/would

A. Granny ______ living in city now.

B. He said he ______ come tomorrow.

C. I ______ live with my grandparents, but now I have my own home.

60. search/search for/find

A. The police ______ their missing children here and there, but they

didn't ______ him.

B. The policeman ______ the thief to see if he stole the money.

61. none/no one

A. ______ of the workers went to see the film last night.

B. ---- How many workers went to see the film last night?

---- ______.

C. ---- Who went to see the film last night? ---- ______.

62. have been to/have been in/have gone to

A. They ______ Beijing for five years,

B. They ______ Beijing three times.

C. ---- Where're they? ---- They ______ Beijing.

63. so/such

A. It is ______ a heavy box that he can't carry it.

B. The box is ______ heavy that he can't carry, it.

C. I had _____ much work to do that I slept very late last night.

64. join/take part in

A. The children ______ the English Evening and had a good time.

B. When did your father ______ the Party, do you know?

65. except/besides

A. Millie is good at sports ______ football, he also does well in playing

basketball.

B. We all passed the exam ______ Li Ming. How unlucky he is!

66. die/dead/dying/death

A. "His father ______ two years ago." means "His father has been _____

for two years."

B. Mary is always sad when she thinks of her little cat's ______.

C. The doctors are trying to save the ______ man.

67. as/for/since/because

A. ______ everyone is here. let's start the meeting.

B. ---- Why didn't he come to school? ---- ______ he was ill.

C. There must be nobody in the classroom, _______ the light is off.

D. ______ I am young, I often give my seat to old ones on buses.

68. still/already/yet

A. He is over seventy. But he is ______ working on the farm.

B. He has not come ______.

C. They have ______ finished doing the homework.

69. be able to/can

A. Mum said "Huahua, you _____ watch TV after you finish doing your

homework."

B. They may _____ win the competition, for they have practised for a

long time.

C. Jim _____ not be in the office now, for he left an hour ago.

70. own/have/there be

A. I _____ a new computer. My uncle bought it for me as a birthday

present yesterday.

B. You should do it with your _____ hands.

C. ____ a CD player on the desk. Whose is it?

71. as well/too/also/either

A. Mr. Green can _____ speak Chinese well.

B. I haven't heard from him. She hasn't heard from him, ______.

C. I have been to Beijing twice, _____.

D. People in Korea celebrate the Spring Festival _____.

72. give up/give in

A. You can't _____ English, because it's very important.

B. Finally I _____ and accepted the job.

73. turn on/rum off/turn up/turn down

A. Please _____ the radio. I can't hear the news clearly.

B. Please _____ the radio. It’s too noisy.

C. Please _____ the light. It's too dark here and I can't see anything.

D. Please _____ the light when you leave here.

74. try out/try on

A. Please _____ the new shoes. I don't know if they fit you.

B. The boy is clever and he likes _____ new ideas.

75. hear of/hear from/hear about

A. We haven't ______ him since last Christmas.

B. I don't know the writer, but I have ______ him.

C. I have never _____ such a funny story before.

76. hand in/in hand

A. I have 1,000 yuan ______. But that's not enough.

B. You should _____ your exam papers on time.

77. send up/send away/send for

A. The police were ______ when the accident happened.

B. The boss ______ the worker because he was too lazy.

C. Our country ______ another man-made satellite last year.

78. thanks for/thanks to

A. ____ the police, the parents found their lost child soon.

B. ____ helping me with my English.

79. steal/rob

A. The thief ______ the mobile phone from me.

B. The man ______ me of my mobile phone. me.

80. that/which/who

A. This is the best film _____ has been shown this year.

B. You can take any seat _____ is free.

C. Is there anything ______ I can do for you?

D. Those ______ know the answer, put up your hands.

E. The teacher, ______ comes from England, speaks English.

81. lonely/alone

A. The old man lives _____ in a _______ house, but he doesn’t feel _____.

B. When the baby woke up he found himself ______.

C. This readingroom is for teachers ______.

82. amazing/amazed

A. She was _____ at the ______ wonder at that time.

B. The ______ news _____ me very much.

83. at all/in all/of all/after all

A. In the basket, there are 21 apples ______ .

B. ______, he is only a child of ten years old.

C. I am not pleased with what you did ______.

D. ______ the basketball players in China, Yao Ming is the best.

84. long before/before long

A. I hope to see you ______.

B She said that she had known your name ______.

85. whether/if

A. I don't know ______ he will come here tomorrow. ______ he comes, I

will let you know.

B. I can not decide ______ to go or stay.

C. ______ you like it or not, you wil1 have to do it.

86. think about/think of/think over

A. The problem is so difficult that they have to ____ a mew way to solve it.

B. Please _____ how to take the first step.

C. I often _____ my old friends when I am in this new school.

D. Could you tell me what you ______ this new book?

E. ______ it ______, and you will come up with an idea.

87. prefer/like/love/enjoy

A. "Which do you _____ , dancing or singing? " means "Which do you

______ better, dancing or singing"

B. Do you always ______ yourself in the new school?

C. We all ______ our motherland, China.

D. I ______ swimming to running.

88. leave/forget

A. Don't ______ to turn off the lights when you leave the classroom.

B. She ______ her purse on the bus on her way to work.

C. I'll never ______ visiting the Great Wall.

D. Don't _____ the stove on when you go out.

89. tall/high/highly

A. Yao Ming is 2.26 meters ______.

B. The price of the sweater is so _____ that the ____ boy can't afford it.

C. The villagers speak ______ of their work.

90. for example/such as

A. Paper can be made into many things, ______ newspapers and books.

B. Noise, ______, is a kind of pollution.

91. farther/further

A. I live ______ from school than Li Qing does.

B. The problem will be ______ discussed tomorrow.

C. I could walk no ______.

92. earth/ground/field/land

A. It's raining heavily, but the farmers are still working in the _____.

B. Look! The boy is playing with ______.

C. The box fell to the ______ and broke open.

D. The elephant is the biggest animal on ______, right?

93. lie/lay

A. Little Mary _____ on the grass and thought how many eggs her hen could

B. I’m tired. I’11 go and ______ down for a while.

94. make sure/be sure

A. I _____ you will like my story.

B. ______ all the windows are closed when you leave.

95. work at/work on/work out

A. The boy was so clever that only he ______the difficult math problem in

class.

B. He is ______ a new subject.

C. The manager told him to take a rest, but he still stayed in his office

and kept ______.

96. be good at/be good for/be good to

A. Vegetables ______ your health and you should eat more.

B. My classmates ______ me. We are good friends.

C. Beckham ______ playing football.

Key 1: 1. A. a: an: the B. a; an; The: the

2. A. one B. ones

3. A. in B. with C. use D. by

4. A. wear B. in C. put on D. dressing

5. A. a lot; many/a lot of B. many

C. Many/A lot of; much/a lot

D. a lot/much

6. A. find out B. look for; find

7. A, Look; see B. read: watching

8. A. and; or B. and, with

9. A. also B. too

10. A. carrying B. bring C. taken D. get

Key 2: 11. A. Each. Every B. each

12. A. problem; question B. problem, questions

13. A. studied, learned B. studying

C. study; learn

D. learn/study, learn

14. A. on B. at, in, at, at, on

C. at, at

D. on. on. at

E. in. on

15. A. some times B. sometime/some time C. some time D. sometimes

16. A. there are B. there is C. have D. Has

17. A. That's all right B. That's right/Right C. All right

D. right

E. That's all

18. A. How long B. How old C. How much D. How often E. How many

19. A. look after B. look at C. look like D. look the same E, look up

20. A. How B. What C. What D. Who E. Whose F. Which G. Where H. What

Key 3: 21.A.class B. lessons

22.A.on time B. in time

23.A.short for B. for short

24. A. maybe B. may be

25.A.start B. start/begin

26.A.another B. the other C. others D. the others E. other

27.A.must B. has to

28.A.are good to B. is good at C. is good for

29.A.way B. street C. road

3O.A.in the front of B. in front C. in front of Key 4: 31.A.wish B. hope/wish C. hope D. wishes

32.A.before B. ago. Before

33. A. in the way B. By the way C. on the way

34. A. match, Games B. sports, games C. sports

35. A. went on to do B. went on doing C. goes on

36. A. to the end B. at the end C. in the end D. by the end

37. A. What. How B. What, How C. How, What

38. A. to, in B. on

39. A. just now/right now B. just now

40. A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. What time

Key 5: 41. A. little B. a few C. few D. a little, a few

42. A. None B. Neither C. Either D. neither

43. A. All B. Both, all C. whole D. whole, all

44. A. passed B. past, past C. through D. across, Cross E. over

45. A. arrive B. get C. reach D. arrive/reach

46. A. sound B. voice, voice C. noise

47. A. So B. Nor

48. A. go to bed B. fell asleep/went to sleep C. is asleep

Key 6: 49. A. Sorry B. Pardon C. Excuse me D. pardon

50. A. takes, spend B. cost, spent C. paid, spent D. spend

51. A. interested, interesting B. interest, interest

52. A. sleep B. sleepy, sleep C. asleep

53. A. as B. as C. like D. like

54. A. dropped B. fell

55. A. lost B. lust/missed C. miss D. lost, miss

56. A. too much, much too B. too many, too much C, too much

57. A. is famous as B. is fatuous for

58. A. looked for, find B. found out C. look, up D. looked over Key 7: 59. A. is used to B. would C. used to

60. A. searched for, find B. searched

61. A. None/No one B. None C. No one

62. A. have been in B. have been to C. have gone to

63. A. such B. so C. so

64. A. took part in B. join

65. A. besides B. except

66. A. died. dead B. death C. dying

67. A. Since B. Because C. for D. As

68. A. still B. yet C. already

Key 8: 69. A. can B. be able to C. can

70. A. have/own B. own C. There is

71. A. also B. either C. too D. as well/also/too

72. A. give up B. gave in

73. A. turn up B. turn down/off C. turn on/up D. turn off

74. A. try on B. trying out

75. A. heard from B. heard of C. heard about/of

76. A. in hand B. hand in

77. A. sent for B. sent away C. sent up

78. A. Thanks to B. Thanks for

Key 9: 79 A. stole B. robbed

80. A. that B. that C. that D. who E. who

81. A. alone, lonely, lonely B. alone C. alone

82. A. amazed, amazing B. amazing, amazed

83. A. in all B. After all C. at all D. Of all

84. A. before long B. long before

85. A. if/whether, If B. whether C. Whether

86. A think of B. think about C. think of

D. think about/of

E. Think. Over

87. A. prefer, like B. enjoy C. love D. prefer Key 10: 88. A. forget B. left C. forget D. leave

89. A. tall B. high, tail C. highly

90. A. such as B. for example

91. A. farther B. further C. farther/further

92. A. field(s) B. earth C. ground D. land

93. A. lay, lay B. lie

94. A. am sure B. Make sure

95. A. worked out B. working on/at C. working on

96. A. are good for B. are good to C. is good at