8A (满分100分,考试时间90分钟)
学生姓名： 得分：_________
Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法)
ⅠChoose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共25分) ( ) 1. Listen! Who is playing _______ piano in the next room? A. / B. the C. a D. an ( ) 2. Chongming Island is _________ the east of Shanghai. A. in B. at C. on D. to ( ) 3. Lucy knows the boy in blue. In fact, he is a good friend of ________. A. her B. she C. hers D. Lucy ( ) 4. I telephoned Jane just now, but she wasn’t in. I had to leave her a(n) ________. A. advice B. information C. message D. paper
( ) 5. I have lived here for years, so I am familiar _______ almost all the places of interest. A. to B. for C. with D. from ( ) 6. --Which skirt do you prefer, the blue one or the pink one?
-- I don’t care. _________ is fine.
A. Either B. Neither C. All D. None ( ) 7. He has passed the writing test, __________? A. is he B. isn’t he C. has he D. hasn’t he ( ) 8. I’m afraid my pet dog is ________ than yours—he is a super puppy. A. more clever B. cleverer C. the cleverest D. more cleverer ( ) 9. I enjoy listening to the rock music, but _____ my father _______ my mother likes it. A. neither… nor B. not only… but also C. either…or D. both…and
( ) 10. ________ the boy is only six years old, he knows more about science than some adults. A. When B. Since C. Until D. Though ( ) 11. To have a picnic at this weekend sounds ________. A. exciting B. well C. friendly D. wonderfully ( ) 12. The students _________ the farmers cut the rice this time yesterday. A. helped B. will help C. are helping D. were helping ( ) 13. There _______ a speech on global warming in our university next Wednesday. A. will have B. will hold C. will be D. is going to have ( ) 14. It has little effect (影响) on the study if you make the students _______ all the time. A. to write B. writing C. writes D. write ( ) 15. We’ll have a picnic if it ________ fine this afternoon. A. are B. is C. will be D. was
( ) 16. Linda and her father ________ each other for months before they met yesterday afternoon.
A. haven’t seen B. didn’t see C. hadn’t see D. wouldn’t see ( ) 17. My brother’s hobby is ________ match boxes. A. collecting B. collect C. collects D. collected ( ) 18. Our headmaster invited Christine to ________ the English Festival last term.
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A. be late for B. be angry with C. be familiar with D. be responsible for ( ) 19. The children ________ the strange man with wide eyes. A. saw B. watched C. stared at D. looked ( ) 20. The students ________ the Art Festival when I passed by their school. A. celebrate B. were celebrating C. will celebrate D. have celebrated ( ) 21. My brother likes making a phone call to her friends ________. A. on his way home B. in his way home C. on his way school D. in the way home
( ) 22. Making pictures in your mind ________ also a good way for you to memorize things. A. is B. are C. has D. have ( ) 23. The little boy is ________ understand such a complicated problem. A. old not enough to B. not enough old to C. too old to D. not old enough to
( ) 24. -- Sorry, I’m late, for my bike broke down suddenly on my way here this morning. --_________. A. That’s all right B. That’s right C. All right D. You’re welcome. ( ) 25. -- Would you mind my using your printer for a while? Mine doesn’t work now. --________. A. Not at all B. Certainly C. Take it easy D. I don’t know Keys: 1-5 BACCC 6-10 ADBAD 11-15 ADCDB 16-20 AADCB 21-25 AADAA
ⅡComplete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每个单词只能填一次）:（共8分）
A. enjoyable E. heard from B. heard about C. amazed D. wrong F. also G. giving out H. problems I. sang Hi, Sam,
It’s been such a long time since I ___1___ you. I don’t mean to boast(吹牛) , but I have to tell you about a wonderful performance I was recently lucky enough to enjoy. My parents arranged for us to go and see a Beijing Opera show last week. Before I went, I thought that Beijing Opera was only for old people. How ____2___ I was! It was great! The performers wore really colorful costumes (戏服) and beautiful make-up, which were different from each character(角色). I was ___3___ by the exciting fight scenes.
The opera we saw was a very old story called Legend of White Snake. It is about a girl, ____4____ a snake, who falls in love with a young man, and the ____5____ they face. It was really ____6___. I stayed seated for the whole show. I really liked how each of the performers had a different role to play and how they each ____7____ and acted differently.
I liked the show very much. When I came home, I surfed online for more information about Beijing Opera. It seems that some theatres are ____8____ free tickets to schools in order to attract more young people to watch Beijing Opera. I think this is an excellent idea. Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture and it is very entertaining to watch.
Anyway, Sam, it is late and I have to go to school tomorrow. Take care and I’ll talk to you soon.
Cathy
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Keys: EDCF HAIG
ⅢComplete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词 的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）:（共9分） 1. Carl did badly in the maths exam, but Ben did even _________. (bad)
2. Grandma was still working for charity organizations in her _________. (seventy)
3. He was thought to be ___________ for the fire that burned the new house. (responsibility) 4. Recycling and ________ material can help reduce the amount of land pollution. (use) 5. The higher the ground is, the _________ the air becomes. (thin)
6. As New Year is coming, lots of clothes in the shops are on _________. (sell)
7. The sportsman ___________ in climbing to the top of the mountain yesterday. (success) 8. I got _________ in cartoon the first time I watched it. (interest) 9. He had broad shoulders and ________ arms. (power)
Keys: 1. worse 2. seventies 3. responsible 4. reusing 5. thinner 6. sale 7. succeeded 8. interested 9. powerful
ⅣRewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共10分)
1. He read English aloud in the school corner every morning last year. (改为否定句) He ________ ________ English aloud in the school corner every morning last year 2. It took them three days to save the people in the deep hole. (保持句意不变) They __________ three days __________ the people in the deep hole. 3. Our school has a sports meeting once a year.（划线提问） ________ ________ does your school have a sports meeting?
4. Your brother hardly has sports such as football and basketball. (改为反义疑问句) Your brother hardly has sports such as football and basketball, _________ ________? 5. Ken checked the room carefully in order to find some clues. (保持句意不变) Ken checked the room carefully _________ _________ he could find some clues. Keys: 1. didn’t read 2. spent, saving 3. How often 4. does he 5. so that
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
ⅤReading comprehension. (共38分)
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In the future we will use more private(私人的)cars，yet we will not have most of the transportation problems we now have.That’s because we will use our cars in two different ways.
We will drive them in the normal way on the streets, and if we want to visit a place far away, our cars will travel automatically on special high-speed guideways(专用高速导路). Trips of more than several miles will be on these guideways? How fast can our cars travel on these guideways? Well, it will take only half an hour to go from Beijing to Guangzhou.
This system will be very personal. First, we are using our own cars. Second, it is much faster and we won’t have to walk to and from stations. We will travel from door to door as we now do, but we won’t have too get out of our cars. Our cars will take on a smaller and different shape and enter most buildings.
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So in the future we will travel safer, faster, cheaper,etc. And at that time, the wind, water and sunlight will power our cars. Therefore, there will be less pollution. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内)：10%
( ) 1. The writer thinks that the cars will be _________ in the future. A. the same as the ones we have now. C. similar to the ones we have now. A. several seconds. C. only thirty hours. A. Forests. C. Gas B. much bigger and more useful. D. much smaller and quicker. B. about thirty minutes. D. only an hour. B. Petrol. D. Water. ( ) 2. It will take _____ to go from Beijing to Guangzhou by car in the future. ( ) 3. _________ will be one of the energy sources of the cars in the future. ( ) 4. The underlined word “power” in the last paragraph probably means _____. A. 力量、动力. B. 能力. C. 供以动力. D. 权力.
( ) 5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TURE ? A. Cars in the future will travel much cheaper and safer. B. Cars will go much faster because of the special high-speed guideways. C. We will not have any of the transportation problems we now have. D. It will be more convenient for us to travel around. Keys: DBDCC (B)
Joe grew up in a small town, then moved away to attend college and law school. He decided to come back to the small town because he could be a big man in 1 . He really wanted to impress everyone. He opened his new law office, 2
business was very slow at first. One day, he saw a man coming up the sidewalk. He decided to 3 a big impression on this new client when he arrived. As the man came to the door, Joe picked up the 4 . He motioned（示意）the man in, all the while talking, “No. You tell those clowns（笨人）in New York that I won’t settle this case for less than 5 million. Yes. The Appeals Court has agreed to hear that case next week. I’ll be handling the primary argument and the other members of my team will provide support. Okay. Tell the D.A. that I’ll meet with him next week to discuss the details.”
This sort of thing went on for almost five minutes. All the while the man sat 6 as Joe rattles instructions. Finally, Joe put down the phone and turned to the man. “I’m sorry for the delay（延迟）, but as you can see, I’m very busy. What can I do for you?” The man replied, “I’m from the phone company. I came to hook（联网）up your phone.” Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语用，完成短文）12% ( ) 1. ( ) 2. ( ) 3. ( ) 4. ( ) 5. A. New York A. and A. make A. pen A. no B. this small town B. so B. do B. paper B. little C. college C. but C. let C. flower C. one D. law school D. then D. leave D. phone D. many 4
( ) 6. A. happily B. sadly C. patiently D. hurriedly Keys: BCADCC
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填人适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：6%
Our food is very important. We like eating it, and it makes us strong and healthy. In most countries, people have three or four meals every day. Having a good meal is l____1____ filling a car with petrol. It gives us fuel for the work we do.
The f____2____important meal is breakfast. Doctors say that if you don’t have a good breakfast, you can’t work w____3____. In China, you can have rice or bread for breakfast. There is a proverb: Eat breakfast like an emperor(皇帝), eat lunch like a king, and eat dinner like a poor person. This m____4____ you should eat a lot in the morning, eat well at noon, but you s ____5____ eat too much at night.
In Western countries, people usually have bread or cereal(谷类食物) for breakfast. Rice, noodles, bread and cereal are like. They give you e____6____ and make you feel full. 1. l________ 2. f________ 3. w________ 4. m________ 5. s________ 6. e________ Keys: 1. like 2. first 3. well 4. means 5. shouldn’t 6. energy
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The terrible aliens damaged Gork’s eye, so he went to the hospital. An hour later, Gork’s eye could work as well as the old one. However, Gork was still angry, and he wanted revenge(复仇)!
Gork;s eye glowed with anger. He wanted to find out where the alienss came from and then got them. He went back to his cave and took out his alien detector(探测器). The detector scanned(扫描) everything in the cage and collected all the information Gork needed.
Gork roared with laughter, “I’m going to get you!”
He put the detector on his table. It began to turn around and around and it pointed north at last! Gork quickly got his telescope and immediately he saw the aliens. They were running away in a UFO! Gork was pleased, “Hey, all of you are done for! I’m going to kill you. He pressed a button and got into a 2-storey-high spaceship.
Soon the aliens landed on a small, round planet. “What a strange planet! So much pollution, traffic and so many aliens!” Gork was not familiar with this unexplored planet. So he roared, “Hi, you aliens, if you think you are back to safety, you are wrong! You are going to die soon. Just wait till I get a little more familiar with your planet!”.
Answer the following questions (根据短文内容，回答问题)：10% 1. What did Gork want to do after the doctor cured(治好) his eye? ______________________________________________________ 2. How did Gork collect the aliens’ information?
By ___________________________________________________ 3. How did the aliens run awayt?
______________________________________________________ 4. Where did the aliens land?
______________________________________________________ 5. The aliens were not caught at last, were they?
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Keys: 1. He wanted revenge. 2. By using the alien detector. 3. They ran away in a UFO. 4. They landed on a small, round planet. 5. No, they weren’t.
ⅥWrite at least sixty words on the topic “A Beautiful City” according to the given situation （根据提示，以“一座美丽的城市”为题写话，不少于60个词，标点符号不占格，要求内容贴切意思连贯）：10%
Situation: Which city do you like best? Why? Is it beautiful? Can you tell me something about it?
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