(小题变为10小题,分值减少5分) 一、单项填空(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. — WeChat makes a great __________to our daily life. — I do agree! It has changed our life a lot. A.achievement
B.part
C.difference
D.choice
2. You can’t use a video camera to record films while you are in the cinema. It ______. A.doesn’t allow
B.isn’t allowed
C.didn’t allow
D.wasn’t allowed
3. —Jack, let’s have a picnic after school.
—Sorry. I have ______Frank to work on the biology report with him. A.advised
B.expected
C.suggested
D.promised
4. Could you stay a little longer I have ____ more to tell you about the plan for tomorrow.
A. something
B. everything
C. anything
D. nothing
5. —Do you still keep the photo of you ________ your father took ten years ago —Of course I do. A.who
B.which
C.whom
D.what
6. With the help of Ms. White, I've made great________ in my spoken English. A.knowledge
B.experience
C.trouble
D.progress
7. Imagine how _______ I felt when I was told that I could go to Peking University! A.tired
B.bored
C.excited
D.interested
8. —Mike, take away your things. They ________ lot of space, —OK. I will do it at once. A.take off
B.put out
C.take up
D.put away
9. Every day, too much water ________ in our school. We should save it. A.is wasted
B.will be wasted
C.was wasted
D.wasted
10. —What do you think of soap operas —__________. But my mother likes them. A.I like them C.I can’t stand them
B.I enjoy them D.I don’t agree
(分值由每小题分调整为1分, 减少10分) 二、完形填空(20小题,每小题1分,共20分)
阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
A
In ancient times, there was a king who likes horses that could cover 1,000 li a day. He spared no effort to buy such 11 . Yet three years had passed, and none was found.
One day, a guard 12 to help, “I am willing to buy a thousand-li horse for Your Highness.” The king was pleasantly surprised, “You Can you 13 it” “Yes. Please believe me.”
The guard looked for the horse wholeheartedly. He spent three months, and after much effort found such a horse. 14 when he hurried there, the horse had already died. Without thinking, he bought the bones(骨头)of the horse 15 500 pieces of gold, and returned.
On seeing the bones, the king was very angry. “What I want is a 16 horse, but you have bought the bones of a dead one. What is the use You have 17 500 pieces of gold!”
The guard replied 18 , “This is to let the public know that Your Highness is willing to pay a high price for even a dead thousand-li horse, let alone a live one. All the 19 will know that Your Highness truly wishes to buy a thousand-li horse. Just wait and see.”
As the guard had 20 , the king bought three thousand-li horses within one year. He finally got what he wanted. 11.A.ropes 12.A.volunteered 13.A.make 14.A.And 15.A.with 16.A.cheap 17.A.lent 18.A.fearfully 19.A.people 20.A.praised
B.guards B.hated B.create B.So B.from B.strange B.wasted B.sadly B.animals B.expected
C.palaces C.refused C.produce C.Because C.for C.beautiful C.stolen C.calmly C.children C.remembered
D.horses D.forgot D.fail D.But D.as D.live D.broken D.suddenly D.women D.seen
B
What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves If you see an empty car stop to 21 its owner, what would you think Or if you see a car full of passengers and the passengers are reading, listening to music or even sleeping, but 22 of them are worried, do you feel fantastic
Well, all of this could be the future of 23 . There are several companies working on driverless cars. If they succeed, these electric, self-driving cars could be available very soon. But, how is it 24 for a car to drive itself
Nowadays, the cars have already taken over some of the drivers’ 25 , such as parking themselves and slowing down when they find objects nearby. They can also control the speed if there is 26 , such as snowy roads.
Some cars can even help the drivers deal with some special situations. Scientists and engineers believe, 27 the help of new technology like cameras and GPS, people can produce safer self-driving cars. The number of 28 accidents will be much smaller in the future.
However, there are still some people who do not like the 29 . American lawyer Whit Dreake, for example, doesn’t 30 these cars are safe. He thinks it is a mistake to develop such cars. 21.A.stay up 22.A.all 23.A.riding 24.A.possible 25.A.life 26.A.money 27.A.to 28.A.sudden 29.A.hobby 30.A.believe
B.give up B.neither B.driving B.comfortable B.study B.danger B.at B.happy B.problem B.know
C.pick up C.both C.staying C.terrible C.exercise C.work C.with C.natural C.idea C.hope
D.make up D.none D.running D.enjoyable D.work D.help D.for D.serious D.job D.care
(由5篇文章调整为6篇文章,题型和分值都不变) 三、阅读理解(20小题,每小题2分,共40分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
A
Do you want to enjoy the beautiful roses while watching fashion shows Do you want to pick your favorite roses for the people you love In addition, you can enjoy the delicious local food! The Rose Festival is coming
again!
The Rose Festival in Zhucheng Time Place July 16th — August 30th 8:30 am- 6:00 pm In the Weihe Water Park * Fashion shows * Concerts Activities * Pick roses * Enjoy tasty food How to get Take Bus No. 2, 6 or 14 and get off at the station of Weihe Water Park. there People aged over 60: free The price of the ticket People aged between 16 and 59: 100 yuan Students aged between 7 and 15: 50 yuan Children under 6: free * At eight o’clock on the morning of July 16th: the opening ceremony * After the opening ceremony, it’s the tour time. You can walk slowly in the park and enjoy the beautiful flowers. If you are tired, we have special sightseeing buses for you. Attention * The first two days and the last two days: half price * Don’t throw rubbish while you’re visiting the park. * Only pick the roses in special areas, or you’ll be fined. * Come to visit with your ID card. 31.What CAN’T people do on the Rose Festival A.Enjoy fashion shows. C.Pick some roses.
B.Eat delicious local food. D.Make rose cakes.
32.If you want to spend less money, when should you go to the Rose Festival A.On July 17th. C.On August 1st.
33.What can we know from the passage A.The Rose Festival lasts for half a month.
B.There are special sightseeing buses in the water park. B.On July 18th. D.On August 28th.
C.You can pick roses everywhere in the park. D.You can visit the Rose Festival without your ID card.
B
Papua New Guinea is the eastern part of the island of New Guinea. It has a population of just over eight million. The capital is Port Moresby. The country became independent from Australia in 1975. There are over 800 languages in Papua New Guinea. That's more languages than in any other country in the world.
Papua New Guinea is a land of mountains and rainforests. Most communities have little contact with each other or with the outside world. It's for this reason that so many different languages have developed.
The official (官方的) languages of Papua New Guinea are Tok Pisin, English and Hiri Motu. Although English is an official language, it is only spoken as a first language by a small percentage of the population.
Tok Pisin is spoken by most people. It is an English-based creole. The word “tok” comes from the English word for “talk” and means “word” or “speech”.
“Pisin” means “pidgin”. A pidgin language is one which is a mixture of two other languages, while a creole is a pidgin language that has become the mother language of a community. Tok Pisin started as a pidgin language and became a creole language.
Although the majority (大多数) of Tok Pisin vocabulary (词汇) comes from English, it also includes words from German, Portuguese, Latin and a number of other languages.
Tok Pisin is sometimes used in the first three years of primary school in Papua New Guinea, while English is used in secondary education.
34.How long is the history of Papua New Guinea as an independent country A.Over 40 years.
B.About 100 years.
C.About 200 years.
D.Over 800 years.
35.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us A.Communities in Papua New Guinea.
B.The natural beauty of Papua New Guinea.
D.Why Papua New Guinea has so many languages.
C.How Papua New Guinea became independent.
36.What's the relationship between creole (a) and pidgin (b) A.
B.
C.
D.
C
Back in the old days, people of different cultures wore traditional clothes every day. For men, clothes were usually shirts and pants. For women, dress was much more popular. Today, however, things are no longer so.
Nowadays, people of different cultures prefer to get clothes to department stores and shopping malls. They wear those factory—made clothes every day and only wear traditional ones on special occasions(场合). However, in India, things are different. Women still wear the sari(纱丽)every day as their ancestors did for thousands of years. The dresses' styles and designs are so popular that clothing designer a worldwide often incorporate(吸收)them into their own works of art.
A sari is just a long piece of cloth worn over a blouse and a dress. It has neither sleeves(袖子)nor trousers. There are different styles of the traditional clothes. Among the choices, the “Nivi” is the most popular. With the development of sari, it has taken in styles from Indian traditional clothes. At last, it came into being.
Sari has a history about 4,500 years. However, people still don't know when people in Indian started to wear this kind of clothes. Because of being short of written records, we do not know how ancient Indians came to make clothing out of a cloth. We do know, however, nice sari is popular all over the world. 37.From the first paragraph we can know________. A.in old days, people liked buying clothes. C.in old days, women liked pants better. 38.In India________.
A.many women still wear sari now. C.sari is less popular than before. 39.What is“Nivi\"
A.It's the name of a famous designer. C.It's the name of the most popular sari.
B.It's the time when sari came into being. D.It's another kind of traditional clothes. B.women only wear sari on special occasions. D.many designers are increasing sari. B.people seldom make clothes in person now. D.people usually wear traditional clothes now.
D
① It’s very important to keep a record of new words as you learn them. There are many ways to do this and this passage will give you ideas about how you can do this.
② Word cards Museum (noun) A large building where old objects are kept and shown. Example: National Museum or Natural Science Museum Word cards are small cards to help you remember words. Making a set of word cards is an easy way to go over words.
Follow these steps to make word cards:
On one side you write the word, pronunciation and part of speech, e. g. noun, verb, etc.
On the other side write the meaning or a sentence with the word in. You could also write a translation or draw a picture.
Take the cards with you in your bag. When you have five minutes, e. g. on the bus, look at the word and try to remember the meaning.
Look at the other side of the card and check. Or you could read the meaning and try to remember the word. If writing words on pieces of paper isn’t easy for you, keep a word list on your computer or mobile phone. There are mobile apps to help you.
③ Tables FRUIT apple orange banana
ADJECTIVES happy interesting talkative patient wide tall OPPOSITES sad boring quiet impatient narrow short VEGETABLES potato chicken carrot beef tomato MEAT Tables are great for putting words into groups. The examples above show a table grouped by topic and one for opposites.
④ Different ideas will work for different people, so try some of them out and see which ones work for you. Then you will discover remembering words isn’t a hard task for you. 40.What is the passage mainly about A.How to draw tables. C.Steps to make cards.
B.Ideas on mobile apps. D.Ways to remember words.
41.How can you use word cards A.Write words on very big paper.
B.Look at the word cards whenever you are free.
C.Record the words without pictures or sentences. D.Write the word and its meaning on the same side. 42.What does “narrow” mean according to the tables A.反的
B.正的
C.窄的
D.宽的
43.What’s the structure(结构)of the passage A.
B.
C.
D.
E
Joe was a 75-year-old man. He lived very happily with his happy family. His children grew up and moved to different cities. He lived in a small village. Joe had 4 grandchildren and they used to visit him during their holidays.
It was the vacation time and Joe was waiting for his grandchildren to arrive. He was buying the favorite foods and cleaning the home for the kids. However, he lost his favorite watch when he was busy. His dead wife gave it to him when their first child was born.
The next day, he was very sad and said, “Dear children, I lost the most important watch I have ever had. Your grandma gave it to me. I feel like I'm missing my heart.”
The children looked for the watch everywhere in the home for more than 2 hours, but could not find it. Joe asked the children to stop looking for it as they could not find anything.
One grandson sat there quietly. The other children reached him and asked him what he was doing. He asked them not to make noise. He sat there for about 15 minutes and then ran to his grandfather. He got the watch and happily gave it to Joe.
Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied, “I sat there without making a noise. After a few minutes, I heard the sound of the watch.” 44.When did Joe's grandchildren come to see him A.On vacations. C.After long work.
B.During Christmas. D.Before New Year.
45.How long did the children look for the watch A.For less than two hours. B.For at most two hours.
C.For not more than two hours. D.For over two hours.
46.How did one of the children find the watch A.By smelling the watch. B.By pouring water.
C.By seeing the light of the watch. D.By listening to the sound of the watch.
47.Which of the following is the best title of the passage A.The Great Family B.The Friendly Children C.The Use of Being Quiet D.The Quiet Child
F
One day as two little boys were walking along the roads, they met a woman carrying a large basket of apples. The woman looked very pale and tired, so they said. “Are you going to town If you are, we will carry your basket. ”
“Thank you,” replied the woman,\" you are very kind.” Then she told them that her husband had died, and that she had a sick son to support. She lived in a small house three miles away, and was now going to town to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
\"We are going the same way you are ” said the boys. \"Let us have the basket, ”And they took hold of it, one on each side.
The poor woman then offered to give them a few of the biggest apples for their help \"No, thank you.” they said.\" we do not want any pay for what we have done. \"
When the woman got home, she told her son what had happened on the road, and they were both made happier that day by the kindness of the two boys.
Perhaps some may say that this is a little thing. Sure ,it is .But to do great things, we should begin with little labors(工作)of love.
48.Where was the woman going(不超过 10 个词) _________________________________________________ 49.What did the woman offer to thank the boys(不超过 15 个词)
_________________________________________________ 50.What can we learn from the text(不超过 15 个词) _________________________________________________ 四、补全对话(5小题,每小题1分,共5分)
根据对话内容,从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有两个为多余选项。
A: Excuse me, please. _____51____
B: Sure. It’s quite far from here. Don’t worry, though. _____52____ A: I think I’m going in the wrong direction.
B: Yes. First, turn around. Do you remember passing some traffic lights up this road A: Yes. I do. _____53____
B: That’s right. Drive back to the traffic lights and turn right. Follow the road until you see the Plaza Hotel. _____54____ You can’t miss it. Turn left at the hotel. A: OK …
B: Then you just go on until you see the station. A: OK. Got it. _____55____ B: No problem.
A.They are about two miles away, right B.Can you see the hotel C.Thanks for your help. D.Can you tell me the way to Holton Railway Station E. I’ll drive you there. F. It’s a really big hotel. G. It’s not difficult to get there. 五、单词拼写(5小题,每小题1分,共5分)
根据首字母及汉语提示,完成下列单词的拼写,使句意明确,语言通顺。 56.The future b_______(属于)to the young.
57.They finally solved the problem in a p_______(合适的) way.
58.All the passengers on the f_______(航班) 3U8633 feel thankful for the quick decision made by the pilot. 59.Oil and water don’t m_______(混合).
60.Betty is a tall girl with short g_______ (金色的) hair.
六、书面表达(由25分调整为20分,共减少5分)
为了促进中小学生健康成长,近日教育部印发了《中小学生减负措施》(减负三十条)。假如你是李华,请你站在中学生的立场从下面几个方面向你的英国笔友Mike简单介绍其中的内容,并谈谈你自己的看法。 1.作业方面:初中家庭作业不超过90分钟; 2.电子产品方面:严禁学生将 带入课堂; 3.习惯方面:上课专心听讲,课后主动复习; 4.你的看法……
注意:1.词数80~100;2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.信中不能出现与本人相关的信息;4.开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。 Dear Mike,
In order to improve students’ health, our country carried out 30 rules to reduce (减少) students' pressure (压力). Let me tell you something about them.
____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you have such rules Hope for your reply.
Yours, Li Hua
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