英语综合练习及答案

【模拟试题】（答题时间：25分钟）

I. 阅读

Long ago, people in Rome（罗马）talked to one another in Latin（拉丁文）. Pupils in school learned to read and write in Latin. Books are in Latin.

Some Romans（罗马人）went to other parts of the world. They took their language with them. Soon Latin was used in many countries. It became a world language.

People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way. In each land, they changed the language a little. As time went by, they made more changes. At last they did not talk in Latin any more. New languages had come from the old one.

People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words. You do, too. Street, wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use. You are a pupil in school. Pupil is a Latin wor d. It means “little doll”.

1. Latin was used by people in _____.

A. Rome

B. the United States

C. Greece(希腊)

D. Texas

2. The word in the story that means what people speak and write is ______

3. The story says, “People do not talk to one another in Latin today. But they still use many Latin words,” The word “they” means ________.

4. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

A. It is not good to change a language.

B. Pupils in schools today play with dolls.

C. Not many people can read Latin today.

5. What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries?(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)

A. In each land, people talked about each other.

B. In each land, they changed the language a little

C. In each land, the children had to speak some Latin.

6. The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

A. Romans did not like to stay home

B. people in old Rome talked a lot to each other.

C. Latin changed as it moved from land to land.

II. 完形填空。

Most adults（成年人）once studied at school, had classes and did their homework everyday. The same __1__ is going on at school now. __2__ it seems that doing weekend homework is __3__ problem for the modern students.

All the students agree that weekend homework should be abolished （取消）. It’s __4 __ for them studying at school five days a week. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they find __ 5__ to help around the house, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreations （娱乐）,or just have __ 6__ at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can’t be finished until __7__. So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are __8__ and often threaten （威胁）to fail the whole class of students because they know nothing about the __9__ . If there was no weekend homework for the students to do, they would be happy to go to school on Monday __10__ having a good rest and to learn what the teachers teach.