1、从下面每小题的从下面每小题的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最 佳选项每题佳选项每题 1 分）分） 1 （1 分） You are good at playing the piano， arent you？ Yes， I am Besides it， I also do well in playing the violin （ ） AIn addition to BBecause of CAhead of 2 （1 分） This city is known as the Flower City Really？ If its like that，
2、 there must be many people travelling around it every year （ ） Areported Bcalled Casked 3 （1 分） What kinds of fruit do you like eating？ Apples as well as oranges （ ） Aand Bbut Cor 4 （1 分）He _his left arm in the accident last week （ ） Ahurt Bhurted Cwas hurting 5 （1 分）There are some flies （苍蝇） here T
3、hey will _ diseases Let me kill them （ ） Aspread Bfind Cinvent 6 （1 分） Why did you get angry with your mother？ She always _ me _ my elder sister， but we are really different （ ） Amixeswith Bcompareswith Cintroducesto 7 （1 分） Although the product is popular， we still need to _ new markets Right! We c
4、an sell them to other countries （ ） Aopen up Bgive up Clook up 8 （1 分）Did you see Mike at the harbor （港口） yesterday？ No， I didnt When I arrived there， the ship had _ （ ） 第 2 页（共 34 页） Aflown away Blooked around Cset sail 9 （1 分）_ you to get good marks in the English exam （ ） AWish BWishes CHope 10 （
5、1 分）She asked me _ （ ） Awhat is the matter Bwhat was the matter Cwhat the matter was 11 （1 分）He promised _ play computer games again （ ） Adont Bnot to Cdoesnt 12（1 分） Everyone except Tom and Jim _ going to visit some friends in Shenzhen （ ） Ais Bare Cam 13 （1 分）I heard the student counting _ from 10
6、， 9 （ ） Aback Bdown Cup 14 （1 分）We will have to operate _ his eyes （ ） Afor Bon Cin 15 （1 分）I went shopping _the rain （ ） Abecause Balthough Cin spite of 16 （1 分）Norman Bethune was a great man _ gave his life to help the Chinese people （ ） Awhich Bwho Cwhose 17 （1 分）It is very brave _ her to save th
7、e child in the lake （ ） Aat Bof Cfor 18 （1 分）We are too tired Lets stop _ a drink （ ） Ahaving Bto have Cto having 19 （1 分）Did you go to school without _breakfast this morning？（ ） Ahave Bhaving Chas 20 （1 分）He was _ in the traffic accidient （ ） Ainjure Binjuring Cinjured 二、完形填空二、完形填空 （10 分）阅读下面短分）阅读下
8、面短文，掌握其大意，然后从文，掌握其大意，然后从 31-40 各小题的各小题的 A、B、C 三三 第 3 页（共 34 页） 个选项中选出最佳答案个选项中选出最佳答案 （共（共 1 小题，每小题小题，每小题 10 分）分） 21 （10 分）Do you think doing housework is a hard task for you？Have you ever thought of inventing something to make it（1） ？A boy named Sam Houghton did and he（2） a twohead broom （扫帚） Sam was
9、 just three years old when he came up with his（3） He saw his father sweep up（打扫） garden leaves and（4） brooms while trying to gather large leaves and litter Now he is the poster boy for a new show at the British Library in London called “Inventing the 21st Century“ To celebrate（5） and encourage new i
10、nventors，the famous（6） is telling the story of the most special inventions coming out of Britain in the past 10 yearsSams broom is produced by big companies， and the brooms are very（7） in England Young Sam Houghton is now eight years old and has another invention He has made a balloon popping machin
11、e （气球爆破装置） for play centers He said， “We dont want children to cry because of（8） bangs （爆炸声） of balloons I used a box to（9） the bangs so that they cant scare （惊吓） the children“ Have you ever wanted to be a great inventor？Watch（10） ， think it over and work hard Maybe you will be an inventorDo you thi
12、nk so？ （1）A easier B harder C funnier （2）A bought B invented C saw （3）A idea B way C information （4）A pick B change C control （5）A inventions B birthdays C festivals （6）A school B hotel C library （7）A popular B interesting C necessary （8）A quiet B loud C harmful （9）A turn on B turn off C take away 第
13、 4 页（共 34 页） （10）A quickly B successfully C carefully 三、三、 阅读理解阅读理解 （30 分）阅读下列短文，从下面每题的分）阅读下列短文，从下面每题的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳四个选项中选出最佳 答案 （共答案 （共 5 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.5 分）分） 22（6 分） As an English person， I can speak three languages English， German and French， so do you think the British people are very good
14、language learners？ The fact is that they arent Some statistics （数据） from the survey done by the European Commission （欧盟委 员会） showed that 62% of the British people only speak English 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more Compared with the British people， 56% of the people
15、in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe And the survey also showed that English is the most widely spok
16、en foreign language Many European people can have a conversation in English Thats why many people dont think it is necessary to learn a foreign language In Britain， students arent required to learn a foreign language That means learning a foreign language is only a choice at school In British school
17、s its common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14 So why dont students continue learning foreign languages at school？Because they think its more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history To solve th
18、is situation， the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school One way is to start learning it at a much younger age Another one is to give school children more choices （1）What can we learn from the first two paragraphs？ A The people in England are good at
19、learning languages B Most of British people only speak English C British people are known for speaking foreign languages D Most of British people want to learn more than one language 第 5 页（共 34 页） （2）How many ways will the British government use to improve language learning？ A One B Two C Three D Fo
20、ur （3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A People in other European countries speak English as much as British people B One British student cant give up learning a foreign language until 14 C Students in Britain prefer to learn science or history rather than learn a foreign lan
21、guage D Its unusual for British students not to learn a foreign language （4）What does the passage mainly want to tell us？ A Young English learners B Schools in the UK C Speaking English D Foreign language learning in the UK 23 （6 分） Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254 When he was 17， he travelled a
22、cross Europe and Asia with his father， who wanted to do trade with the Chinese Finally they arrived in Beijing They were guests at the Emperor Palace Although Marco Polo was young， he was very clever and could speak some foreign languages The Emperor was impressed by him He asked Marco Polo to serve
23、 in his court （宫廷） and sent him to do many important tasks across the country Marco Polo was amazed by the beautiful China He was impressed by Beijing and the Emperors Palace， especially the Summer Palace which he described as “The greatest palace that ever was“ The walls were covered with gold and
24、silver and the hall was so large that it could easily seat 6，000 people for dinner There were inventions and developments in China which were not used in Europe at that time He was puzzled （困惑的） by the black stones people used to bum to produce heat The black stones were coal，but Marco Polo had neve
25、r seen coal before! In 1295， after 17 years of service to the Emperor， Marco Polo returned to Italy He was then a very wealthy man A writer wrote down the stories that Marco Polo told him in a 第 6 页（共 34 页） book called The Travels of Marco Polo Although people enjoyed reading the book， many of them
26、thought that Marco Polos stories about China were too fantastic to be true But Marco Polo always stood by his tales Just before he died in 1324，Marco Polo was asked the question， “Were they all true？“ And this was his answer， “I have only told half of what I saw!“ （1）Marco Polo and his father went t
27、o China to A go on a trip B be asked as guests C do business D study Chinese （2）What does the second paragraph mainly talk about？ A How beautiful China was B How developed China was C How big China was D How strong China was （3）We can learn from the passage that A Marco Polo used two examples to des
28、cribe Chinese developments B Only a few people didnt believe what Marco Polo said C The Emperor forced Marco Polo to serve him D Marco Polo was 70 years old when he died （4）Where can we probably read the passage？ A From a poster B From a guide book C From a fairy tale D From a biography （人物传记） 24 （6
29、 分）Most people may think that people who writecomputer code（代码）must be good at Maths and logical （逻辑的） thinking However， people who write computer code say that creativity is also important for writting code Software developers （开发者） in the USA have created a game called Osmo Coding 第 7 页（共 34 页） Ja
30、mThe game is designed to help children use the creative side of their minds when learning to codeChildren can play the game on iPads Tanya Dodge is the mother of two children who play the game According to her， these activities give her children important skills for the future “Its an analytical （分析
31、的） skill， “ said Dodge But the developers believe writing code is not just an analytical skill “We want to explore the creative side of coding that I think is often not as explored，“ said Felix Hu， an Osmo engineer Hu added， “The coolest part is that were teaching kids how to be creative with code a
32、nd thats a really important thing that kids should get comfortable with because coding is creative“ Hu also sees many parents who feel that software code is a second language that children need to learn to succeed in future jobs Tanya Dodge agrees She said， “l think youre going to have to understand
33、 the idea of coding will work well in the future“ Hu also explains that very often kids grow up not understanding how a computer works He says by breaking it down to a lower level， kids can understand that the computer isnt as smart as they think it is （1）What is Osmo Coding Jam designed for？ A Trai
34、ning kids logical thinking B Helping kids learn to code fast C Helping children learn Maths well D Helping kids become more creative （2）What does Tanya Dodge think of Osmo Coding Jam？ A It needs to be improved B It can help kids play well C It is of great help to todays kids D It is not perfect in t
35、raining kids analytical skills （3）What can we learn from the passage？ A If someone doesnt learn Maths well， he or she cant write code B Creativity comes from writing code in daily life C Writing code is just a skill which helps kids to analyze things well 第 8 页（共 34 页） D A lot of parents agree that
36、software code will be useful for their kids future jobs （4）The writer wrote this passage A to tell how to learn to code well B to tell about a new game for kids C to encourage kids to learn to study well D to show the importance of creativity 25 （6 分）Liang Xianghua， a 22yearold girl from Guangxi Uni
37、versity， has been well known in China for her sand painting since her first work was used by CCTV “Sand paintings really attracted me while I was watching a video performance I was surprised by how this artwork melted peoples heart in minutes，“ said Liang “I fell in love with the way the sand pictur
38、es， music and the light combined （ 融合） with each other to make a flow of emotion（情感） You can express things freely“ In order to master the skills， Liang practised for several hours every day she said that she couldnt even do the first step well of throwing sand onto the glass， But she didn t give up
39、 After finding success with her first show ， she was invited to do many performances This made her quite tired She decided to give a stop and focus on her study But an invitation from Malaysia changed her mind just as she was about to wash the sand from her hands This spring，she was invited by a Mal
40、aysia middle school to give a performance Liang didnt want to do a live show， but agreed to do a video for the school showing its development over the years She received praise for her work and the performance was described as an eyeopener for the students This made her wonder if her art would be mo
41、re meaningful if she made it for the poor students As a volunteer this time， she plans to take part in a summer programme offering help to pupils in a mountain area， and give the most wonderful show in her life （1）Which of the following helps you understand the underlined word“performance“？ A show B
42、 painting 第 9 页（共 34 页） C success Dinvitation （2）Why did Liang fall in love with sand painting？ A Because she wanted to be famous B Because she wanted to be a volunteer CBecause sand paintings melted her heart D Because she loved watching video programmes （3）What is the implied （隐含） meaning of the u
43、nderlined sentenceshehands， “in Paragraph 4？ A It means Liang decided to wash the sand off her sands B It means Liang wanted to make a new sand painting C It means Liang wanted to do voluntary work in summer D It means Liang decided to give up doing sand paintings （4）Whats the writers purpose of wri
44、ting the third paragraph？ A To tell us that Liang is good at making sand pictures B To explain why Liang fell in love with sand pictures C To show that Liangs success comes from hard work D To express that Liang enjoys throwing sand onto the glass 26 （6 分）Recently， China announced it had achieved su
45、ccess in drilling fire ice or methane hydrate（天然气水合物即，可燃冰） ， from the seabed in the shenhu area of the South China Sea It produces high amount of energy when it is burned， leaving nothing but dioxide and water Many countries， including the United States and Japan， have long been doing research on me
46、thane hydrate， but taking it from bottom of the sea has been a common problem they are facingAccording to reportsChina succeeded in drilling methane hydrate for a number of days continuously and got an average of over 16，000 m 3 daily It is believed to be a big breakthrough Scientists say there is a
47、bout 21， 000 trillion（ 万亿 ）3 of methane hydrate in the world If we can use it， it can meet the worlds energy need for 1， 000 years However， it is too early to say a new energy source （来源 ） has been found because we are still facing 第 10 页（共 34 页） two main challengesenvironmental risk and economic（经济的）cost When methane hydrate is taken from the seabed， it may go into the air easily Thats very bad for the environment because methane is one of the worst greenhouse gases， Besides， dri
