镇海中学剑桥班入学测试卷

镇海中学剑桥班入学测试模拟卷
第二部分英语知识运用
第一节单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
11. Last year, the number of the death increased by 2%--5%, _____the year before last.
A. comparing to
B. Comparing with
C. to compare with
D. compared with
12. The child was told to _____ for being rude to his uncle.
A. excuse
B. apologize
C. pardon
D. forgive
13. The little girl can _____ music.
A. sing for
B. sing with
C. dance to
D. dance with
14. She was lucky enough _____ the earthquake.
A. to survive
B. to run away
C. surviving
D. run away from
15. Imagine _____ at the top of the hill, and what wonderful view you will see.
A. standing
B. stand
C. to stand
D. stood
16. ——Smoking is bad for your health.
——Yes, I know. But I simply can’t _____.
A. give it up
B. give it in
C. give it out
D. give it away
17. All the names of the guests are _____ in the list. I don’t forget any of them.
A. stored
B. included
C. appeared
D. mixed
18. You are required to write _____ so that we can see it clearly.
A. every other lines
B. each other line
C. another each line
D. every other line
19. The police have finally _____ the mystery（疑案）.
A. succeeded to solve
B. succeeded in solving
C. succeeded solving
D. succeeded on solving
20. Perhaps we need to clear away these books to male _____ for our new students.
A. place
B. area
C. space
D. room
21. This is _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.
A. true
B. original
C. real
D. practical
22. _____, _____ many boys, Jack like playing football.
A. In a fact; in common with
B. In fact; as
C. In the fact; like
D. Actually; in common with
23. According to the recent reports, one of the rare animals, _____ crocodile, is in _____ danger of dying out.
A. a; the
B. /; as
C. /; the
D. the; /
24. Great changes _____ in the city, and a lot of factories _____.
A. have been taken place; have been set up
B. have taken place; have been set up
C. have taken place; have set up
D. were taken place; were set up
25. We travelled together as far as Chicago, _____ we parted.
A. when
B. which
C. why
D. where
第二节完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour 26 than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 27 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 28 the first here. If he came as 29 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 30 done.” John began to get on with his work and by half past nine he had 31 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 32. He wondered 33 she was ill or if she had taken the day 34. But Mr. Steele came and 35 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 36, he said. It’s not like her. She’s usually 37. John said that he had no 38 where Mary was. But 39 the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 40 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 41 most of the night. She hadn’t 42 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 43 and suggested that she take the day off. She 44 him and said she would stay, but she 45 said a word for the rest of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at one o’clock he suggested to Mary that they go and have lunch together, and she agreed.
26.A. later B. faster C. slower D. earlier
27.A. next B. last C. third D. first
28.A. almost B. about C. actually D. finally
29.A. soon B. early C. late D. quick
30.A. job B. book C. work D. thing
31.A. taken B. sold C. finished D. ended
32.A. too B. yet C. still D. already
33.A. whether B. why C. when D. either
34.A. on B. over C. off D. up
35.A. told B. warned C. answered D. asked
36.A. telephone B. drive C. ride D. stay
37.A. later for work B. absent C. ill D. the first to come
38.A. question B. idea C. thought D. mind
39.A. at that moment B. for a moment C. long before D. after work
40.A. happy B. pale C. red D. excited
41.A. asleep B. away C. alone D. awake
42.A. got B. wanted C. hoped D. begun
43.A. cruel B. kind C. angry D. glad
44.A. taught B. told C. laughed at D. thanked
45.A. hardly B. nearly C. mostly D. immediately
第二部分阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Dick was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They live a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun (修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there.
One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward (安排一个三等病房) for me, please.”
“Can’t anybody help you?”
“No, madam,” answered Dick. “I have only a sister. She’s nun and she’s poor, too.”
“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”
“Well, then,” Dick said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill (账单) to my brother-in-law.”
46. Dick’s parents died ______.
A. in an accident
B. in the war
C. in the earthquake
D. from the disease
47. Dick and his sister escaped from the earthquake because ______
A.They played outside
B. they were in a safe place
C. their parents saved them
D. the aunt saved them
48. The sister and brother lived a hard life because ______.
A. they lost all
B. they were too young
C. they were hurt in the earthquake
D. they had to look after themselves
49. After Dick finished middle school, ______.
A. he stayed at home
B. he began to look for a job
C. he broke his leg
D. he began to work in the hotel
50. Which of the following is true?.
A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick.
B. The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick.
C. The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God.
D. Dick had a rich brother-in-law.
B
Colour helps you see things. But man and some monkeys and apes (猿) are the only mammals (哺乳动物) that can see colour. To any other mammal, such as the dog, the world looks like a black-and-white photo. Dogs hunt mainly by listening and sniffing (闻).
Like other animals, dogs see best when things move, The animals they hunt seem to know this.
A hunted rabbit or deer will “freeze”. Then the dog may not see it at all.
Birds can see colour. They need to, because they fly and need to find places to land. Colour helps them judge distance and shape. In this way they are able to catch bugs (昆虫) in the air or to light on branches.
Some birds see things even better than you do. The birds that eat bugs can see them from far away. And even a very young bird can see a hawk high in the sky. So sharp eyes and a sense of colour help birds find food and also help them find where their enemies are.
51. ______ can see colour.
A. All the animals
B. All the mammals
C. Man and dogs
D. Birds and monkeys
52. In order to find their food, dogs mainly use their ______.
A. eyes and noses
B. ears and noses
C. eyes and ears
D. mouths and ears
53. The word “freeze” in the passage means ______.
A.the hunted animals are frozen on the ground because of cold weather
B. the hunted animals’ temperature is becoming lower and lower until it drops below 0℃
C. the hunted animals will stop running and stay in the same place without movement
D. the hunted animals are so frightened that they can’t move any longer
54. Colour helps birds ______.
A.see better than man
B. see better than dogs
C. see how colourful the world is
D. see clearly where food and enemies are
C
The Changjiang River is not the longest, the widest, or the most powerful river in the world. But in one sense it is the most important river, because it serves more people than any other river. In every way the Changjiang River is China’s life stream.
The Changjiang isn’t just a trade river, a highway along which goods are picked up and sent. It is an agricultural river as well. A lot of irrigation ditches (灌溉渠) go out from it to millions of tiny garden — size farms. There men and women work endlessly, with very old hand tools —planting , watering, fertilizing, weeding (除草), harvesting, raising the family’s food and raising the nation’s food.
It begins somewhere high in the place north of Tibet, running down from a three-mile height. It goes for hundreds of miles, shouting loud through valleys. Only in the last 1000 miles of its 3900-mile journey does the Changjiang River become the sunny and cheerful river.
55. In the opinion of the writer the Changjiang River is ______.
A.the longest river
B. the widest river
C. the most powerful river
D. the most important river
56. According to the passage, the Changjiang River is ______.
A. the life line in the world
B. the life line in China
C. the most important canal in China.
D. the most powerful water way in the world
57. The second paragraph mainly tells us that ______.
A.the Chanagjiang is a trade river
B. the Changjiang is an agricultural river
C. the Changjiang is a highway
D. the Changjiang is an endless river.
D
Some people don’t mind being fat. Other people can keep slim (苗条) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don’t like it. The question is, what can thy do about it?
Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam.
A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don’t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You’ll find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren’t cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs,
and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest (消化), the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.
For most of us these methods are too extreme (极端的). The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates (糖类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. It’s straight forward and often quite effective.
Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie countries. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast let of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of Yokshire pudding gives you 130 calories.
58. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is ______.
A. exercising
B. hunger
C. food-choosing
D. eating milk and bananas
59. There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that ______.
A. it makes you sweat
B. it’s hard work
C. it tires you out
D. it makes you eat more
60. The practical method suggested here means ______.
A. sticking to bananas
B. not eating many carbohydrates
C. eating as little as possible
D. eating things that are hard to digest
61. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?
A. Don’t Eat Too Much
B. Various Ways of Losing Weight
C. Ways to Keep Fit
D. Food and Health
E
Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bat contained a book.
This chance discovery ended a 12-day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure —a 120-page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, “a woman who knew everybody in her day,” James Green, the librarian told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington, D. C. in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear” during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English.
The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor (祖先) to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary.
Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession “about five minutes” when
Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi.
Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck. “I’ve felt sick since then,” Lucmoore told reporters.
According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building. Tom Brennan received a reward of ＄1,000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, “It’s wonderful news. I’m on high.”
62. This article mainly tells about the story of ______.
A. a lost diary
B. Deborah Logan
C. Cory Luxmoore
D. the Library Company
63. From the text, we learn that diary is now owned by ______.
A. Tom Brennan
B. an unknown person
C. a Philadelphia magazine
D. the Library Company of Philadelphia
64. Philadelphia is thought to be the best home for the diary because ______.
A. it was written in Philadelphia
B. it tells stories about Philadelphia
C. people in the city are interested in old things
D. the British and the Americans once fought in Philadelphia
65 Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the diary?
a. Tom Brennan found the book in an office building
b. The book was shown to James Green.
c. Cory Luxmoore arrived from Englan
d.
d. The book was left behind in a taxi.
A. a, b, c, d
B. c, b, d, a
C. a, c, d, b
D. c, a, b, d
第三节书面表达
作为一名中学生，名叫林涛，你对部分同学迷于玩电子游戏(video games) 的现象很着急，便向一家英文报社编辑部寄了一封信，阐述了玩电子游戏机的坏处。

要点如下：
1. 电子游戏在学生中很流行，有些学生整天玩电子游戏，忘记了做作业，甚至逃学。

2. 玩电子游戏要花很多钱，有的经常向父母要钱，有的经常向同学借，有的甚至偷同学的钱。

3. 过分玩电子游戏使店主受益，对同学的学习和健康不利。

4. 希望政府采取措施加以制止。

注意：
1. 字数100～200;
2. 全文要包括以上要求，但不能逐句翻译。

3. 生词: 逃学play truant。