二、完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并将其字母序号填入题前的括号内。
Ian Scott Wilson, 13, studies at a middle school in the US. He thinks kids don't __21__ enough respect from the grown-up world.
"Kids are usually ignored by adults", he said. They say: "That's a ___22___ idea. You can't do that."
That's why he took part in a national __23__ for student made ducumentaries. He wanted to be heard. A documentary is a film or TV show that __24__ a serious issue. Ian had never made one and wanted to try.
Ian made a __25__ film about problems at Walter Reed, a hospital in Washington. He won first __26__ in the competition for middle school students.
Walter Reed is taking care of many injured __27__ of the Iraq war. Earlier this year, reports said that the hospital had problems. For example, some said the rooms were __28__.
Ian paid much attention __29__ the issue because his 23-year-old brother is a soldier in Iraq.
"I thought about how terrible it would be __30__ these things happened to my brother," Ian said.
"It was that feeling that helped make Ian's film __31__ out", said Joanne Wheeler. Wheeler helped run the competition. "Ian was very passionate, but he was __32__ a good listener."
Ian interviewed 100 people for the __33__. He reported on what was wrong. But he also __34__ on efforts to fix the problems.
Ian got a prize of $1,000. He decided to give the money to an __35__ soldier staying in the hospital.
(
)21. A. get
B. take
C. make
D. release
(
)22. A. good
B. silly
C. surprising
D. exciting
(
)23. A. meeting
B. competition
C. lecture
D. interview
(
)24. A. talks
B. tells
C. says
D. speaks
(
)25. A. 10-minute
B. 10-minutes
C. 10-minute's
D. 10-minutes'
(
)26. A. room
B. place
C. area
D. price
(
)27. A. doctors
B. nurses
C. soldiers
D. engineers
(
)28. A. clean
B. unclean
C. polite
D. impolite
(
)29. A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at
(
)30. A. if
B. so
C. when
D. while
(
)31. A. take
B. put
C. work
D. stand
(
)32 A. also
B. either
C. both
D. all
(
)33. A. contest
B. hospital
C. agreement
D. film
(
)34. A. reported
B. wrote
C. put
D. held
(
)35. A. ill
B. injured
C. amazing
D. interesting
三、阅读理解(共18小题,A节每小题1.5分;B节每小题1分,满分25分)
A)阅读下列短文,然后根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。并将其字母序号填入题前的括号内。
A
The Internet is a big place and has lots of different kinds of information. Nobody has enough time to find something on the Internet. Yahoo gives us a lot of help.
Two Stanford University students Jerry Yang and David Filo started it in 1994. They made a list of their favorite web pages. When their list got bigger, they made a database (数据库) to keep a lot of information. They let everyone use it for free. Soon, thousands of people were using it.
Then they made a new kind of software. It could store much more information, and people can find information by using it. If you look for "animals", it will give you a list of web pages with the word.
Yahoo became a public company in 1996. As the company grew, Yang and Filo went on working hard. They put more uses in the software, such as shopping and free e-mails. They started Yahoo in many different countries and in different languages.
Yahoo is famous on the Internet. It really makes money unlike most other web companies.
(
) 36. After the company became bigger, Yang and Filo _____.
A. became lazy B. worked less C. kept in working hard
D. stopped working
(
) 37. The passage doesn't tell us if we can _____by using the Yahoo software.
A. go shopping
B. look for information
C. send and receive e-mails
D. book tickets
(
) 38. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Yahoo is another name of Internet. B. Yahoo is a public company.
C. Yahoo doesn't offer free e-mail
D. Yahoo is losing money.
(
) 39. What does the author think of most Internet companies?
A. They don't earn much money.
B. They are all famous.
C. They are just like Yahoo.
D. They are better than Yahoo.
B
Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is a color of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning or killing insects. There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines or shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from homes and business and then carries them into the lake. They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So, more and more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried. They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn't use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people's lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.
(
) 40. What's the text mainly about?
A. How to use boats on Lake Ponkapog.
B. Why the water is dirty in the Lake Ponkapog.
C. Where the clean rainwater comes from.
D. How to turn the dirty lake into clean one.
(
) 41. In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ___________.
A. forests
B. people
C. fish
D. birds
(
) 42. From the text, we know that chemicals from homes and business ____________
A. are always clean
B. can help the animal
C. do good to the lake
D. get into the rainwater
(
) 43. What do people need to do to save Lake Ponkapog?
A. Be more careful about chemicals.
B. Use less water than before.
C. Grow fewer plants in the gardens.
D. Use more motorboats on the lake.
C
When my wife and I went to live in Arab country, my friends told us to be prepared for a culture shock(文化差异). Later, we realized that the advice given to us by our friends was correct.
The culture shock started with the weather. Here, the burning sun can cook an egg in a minute! The hot weather made us feel so tired that we were falling asleep at midday!
Another culture shock was the working week. We worked from Saturdays to Wednesdays, including Sundays. It was also strange to see people praying(祈祷)in a certain direction! They have strict rules for women. They do not let people see their faces in public. They do not let women drive cars, either. All dresses worn by women have to cover the body completely. They believe that women cannot be seen in public.
At the weekends, we went camping in the desert(沙漠). I will never forget watching the sun setting over the desert. We also enjoyed riding on the camels.
In the end, we enjoyed living there, but their culture is very different from the American culture.
(
) 44. The writer experienced the culture shock _______.
A. before going to Arab country
B. after camping in the desert
C. during stay in Arab country
D. while watching the sunset
(
) 45. People in Arab country do not go to work _______.
A. on Mondays and Tuesdays
B. on Saturdays and Sundays
C. on Wednesdays and Thursdays
D. on Thursdays and Fridays
(
) 46. What does the writer think of living in Arab country?
A. He enjoyed living there.
B. He enjoyed the culture there.
C. He was interested in praying.
D. He felt strange to see the weather.
D
Is it time to get MP3?
Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they're in the MP3 format.
(
) 47. How can you get MP3 music?
A. By turning your home PC into a jukebox.
B. By taking your own music or songs with you.
C. By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.
D. By downloading from Websites.
(
) 48. What is the closest meaning of the underlined word "burn"?
A. Record.
B. Play.
C. Change. D. Download.
(
) 49. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Software to turn MP3 music is often free.
B. Mp3 music can be “turned”onto blank CDs.
C. Mp3 music can be taken along while traveling.
D. A blank CD to record music costs about $40.
B)阅读与排序
阅读一篇短文,第一段和最后一段已经给出,请对中间4个自然段进行重新排序,并将其字母序号按顺序填入题前的括号内。
第二部分非选择题(四大题;共90分)
四.阅读与回答问题(共15小题, 每小题2 分;满分30 分)
阅读下列短文,然后根据其内容回答问题。
A
PANSY
One basic way of improving your memory is to use the link method. If you want to memorize something, you must make a "picture". If the picture is silly, strange and colorful, you will remember it better. For example, I'm trying to remember the word "smiles". An easy way to do this is to imagine there is a "mile" between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world!
MILLIE
Memory is connected with our feelings. For example, if someone says "This is a spider," and then puts a large spider on your hand, you will probably remember the word "spider"! When some dramatic things happen, we usually remember them well, and we also remember where we were and what we were doing. For example, 98% of older people in the USA can remember where they were when they heard about the death of President John F Kennedy in 1963.
54. What method did the writer use to remember the word "smiles"?
__________________________________________________________________
55. What did Millie mainly talk about in her article?
__________________________________________________________________
56. What happened to John F Kennedy in 1963?
__________________________________________________________________
B
Miley Ray Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992. She is an actress and singer-songwriter. Cyrus is better known for starring(主演) in the TV show Hannah Montana.
Cyrus became very known after Hannah Montana first appeared in March 2006. Following the success of the show, in October 2006, a CD was released(发行). She sang eight songs from the show on the CD. In December 2007, she was 17th in the list of "Forbes Top Twenty Superstar Earners under the age of 25". She was making US$3.5 million a year. As of December 2007, she was working on a movie about Hannah Montana, titled Hannah Montana. The movie was shown on April 10, 2009.
Cyrus's music career began with the release of her first album(唱片), Meet Miley Cyrus, on June 23, 2007. Her second album, Breakout, was released on July 22, 2008. Breakout was Cyrus's first album that had nothing to do with Hannah Montana.
In 2008, Cyrus was listed among other artists as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential(有影响力的) People in the World.
57. Cyrus isn't an old woman, is she?
_____________________________________________________________________
58. When did Cyrus start playing Hannah Montana?
_____________________________________________________________________
59. What was the name of Cyrus's second album?
_____________________________________________________________________
60. If you want to enjoy all the songs in Hannah Montana, which album should you buy?
_____________________________________________________________________
C
Soldiers were in an old, wooden building today when the roof collapsed. The building is on a large, empty plain ten kilometers from the nearest town. Nine of the soldiers escaped, but one soldier could not get out. One rescue worker from the army talked to our news team.
"We have just rescued the soldier! At first, we couldn't open the windows because they were all closed securely. However, we got in through a window. It was difficult to get beyond the window because wood from the roof blocked the way. We finally found the soldier. He was unconscious so we dragged him out of the building. The main thing is he was not seriously hurt.''
The police are looking for a man. The man disappeared after a lucky day. He won a lot of money from horse racing. On the same day, he succeeded in getting the right numbers in the lottery.
Including the lottery, he won several million US dollars. The police do not know what happened to the man. They say perhaps criminals captured him and seized his money, or maybe he decided to celebrate by taking a world trip.
61. How far is the building that soldiers were in?
_____________________________________________________________________
62. Who told the news story to our news team?
_____________________________________________________________________
63.The soldier who couldn't get out at first wasn't seriously hurt, was he?
_____________________________________________________________________
64. How muchmoney did the man win in all?
_____________________________________________________________________
D
Wild animals are important to us. They live together with us on the earth. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, either. So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a healthy life.
But some people still don't realize the importance of protecting them. They kill wild animals for food and other things. Every day there are many wild animals being killed. So lots of wild animals have died out. We can't see them any more. Today the number of wild animals is becoming less and less. If people don't protect them, they will all die out. If this goes on there will be no animals left on the earth.
Luckily many people have begun to realize the importance of protecting wild animals. They ask others to stop killing wild animals. They teach others about the importance of protecting wild animals. Now many countries have made some laws (法律) to protect wild animals and to stop people from killing them.
Protecting wild animals is the duty of each of us. We should do our best to protect them because protecting them is protecting ourselves too.
65. Why is the number of wild animals becoming less and less today?
__________________________________________________________________?
66. What do you mean by "die out" in Chinese?
__________________________________________________________________?
67. Why have many countries made some laws?
__________________________________________________________________?
68. What do you think we should do to protect wild animals?
__________________________________________________________________
五. 短文填空 (共15小题, 每小题1分; 满分15分)
A)阅读短文, 然后从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的单词。
We can often see dog owners taking their dogs for a walk. But have you___69___ of taking penguins(企鹅) for a walk? Here is a ___70___ of news from Japan. In Tokyo Zoo, penguins go out for a walk in __71__ every day.It is said that this can make them happy and stop them___72___ being homesick(想家的). The penguins in the zoo didn't eat ___73___ and were not kind to workers when they first came to the zoo,maybe they were not ___74___ to the life in the zoo. So the zookeepers ___75___ up with this good idea.They___76___ let them walk as they did in South Pole. Now, all these penguins have become ___77___.
69____________ 70____________ 71____________ 72____________ 73____________
74____________ 75____________ 76____________ 77____________
B)阅读短文, 然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Astronauts used to only have freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes(冻干粉和半液状的糊糊)for meals. Now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon. They look forward to __78__(provide) astronauts or space travelers with fine dinners of fresh vegetables in the future.
Paragon, a company that works with NASA, has designed the "Lunar Oasis(月亮绿洲)".
"Lunar Oasis"is a small greenhouse. It looks like a bell jar put into a 46cm-tall frame. The frame is designed to protect plants while they grow on the Moon.
They plan to send the small greenhouse into space __79__(successful) in 2012. Scientists will put brassica(芸苔)seeds —like a cabbage —in the greenhouse. Because this kind of vegetable goes from seed to flower in just 14 days, it can complete __80__(it) life cycle in just one night on the Moon.
The Moon greenhouse has been compared to an experiment at the South Pole. The South Pole greenhouse, now in its __81__(five) year, allows workers living in the coldest place on Earth to have __82__(tomato), lettuces, strawberries and herbs.
"Living on the Moon seems so far away, but it is __83__(importance) that we do this research now," said Jane Poynter, the president of Paragon.
78____________ 79____________ 80____________
81____________ 82____________ 83____________
六、综合阅读(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读短文,然后按要求完成第84~93小题。
A
Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would (A)have sweets and ice-cream rather than eat meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat at the end of a meal. If we drink beer at meals, it may take away our appetite(食欲). (B)对于我们很重要
to have dinner at the same time every day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign that our body needs food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat.
(C)_____, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he was not telling the truth.(D)
this seems very strange and rather(E)foolish, it is indeed(真的) an excellent way of finding out the truth. (F)A worried man has difficulty in swallowing anything dry. Because of his worriment, he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.
84. 写出划线部分(A)和(E)的同义词或近义词: ___________ ____________
85. 把划线部分(B)译成英语:__________________________________________________
86. 在划线(C)和(D)的空白处各填入一个适当的单词: ___________ ____________
87. 将(F)改写为:It's __________ ___________ a worried man to swallow anything dry.
88. 找出并抄写全文主题句:______________________________________________________
B
During summer vacations, I would volunteer at an animal hospital, so I'd seen a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest dog that I'd (A)______ seen. She looked like a sausage with thin curly hair. Her eyes always seemed surprised, and her tail looked like a rat's tail.
She was brought to be put here because her owners didn't want her any more. I thought Minnie had a sweet personality."No one should judge her by her looks," I thought. The doctor gave her the necessary shots finally, I advertised Minnie in the (B)________. "Funny-looking dog, sweet personality, needs loving family."
A few days later, a young man called me. I warned (C)him that Minnie was strange-looking. The boy on the phone told me that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. A few minutes later, an old car stopped in front of the animal hospital. Two kids ran to the door. (D)They brought the dog to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his arms she licked his face. It was love at the first lick. "She's perfect!" the old man said.
I was thankful that Minnie had found the good home. When I looked at the grandfather's eyes, (F)我发现他是盲人.
89. 在(A)和(B)的空白处填入一个适当的词语:__________ __________
90. 写出划线部分(C)指代的内容:____________________
91. 将划线部分(D)改写成: The dog _________ _________ to their grandfather.
92. 将划线部分(F)译成英语:________________________________________________
93. 在文中找出描述狗的两个形容词:_______________ __________________
七、书面表达(共两节;A节5分,B节20分;满分25分)
(A)人们逐渐认识到学习英语不能仅仅靠背单词、学语法、做习题,还可以通过听歌、看英文影视剧等多种方式“边用边学”。请填写这份调查问卷,简要介绍你的学习经验。
(B)请结合填写的调查问卷,围绕如何学好英语这一话题,具体谈谈你的做法。
写作要求:
1. 字迹工整,语言规范,内容健康。词数80-100;
2.鼓励写出真情实感,对紧扣主题的适当发挥不扣分。
English is interesting to learn!
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