武汉外国语学校招生试题

武汉外国语学校招生试题2004年武汉外国语学校高中报名资格考试英语测试题I. Listening comprehension (30×1)Part 1In this part you will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken only once. Thenthere will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B. and C., anddecide which one is closest in meaning to the sentence you have just heard. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the answer sheet.1. A. Two children walked into the museum.B. There were two children in the museum.C. The children entered the museum in pairs. 2. A. His English book is behind him.B. He forgot to take his English book.C. He didn?t read his English book.3. A. Don?t cross the street when the red light is on.B. It is dangerous when the traffic light is red.C. Wait until the red light is on.4. A. This book cost me a lot.B. The book I read last week was more interesting.C. I?m interested in these two books.5. A. He enjoyed the party.B. All the people enjoyed their party.C. It was a pleasure for him to talk with people at the party. 6. A. She went to bed after she finished reading the book.B. She went to bed to get the book.C. She read the book in her bed.7. A. I don?t like playing games on computer.B. Playing games on computer is what I like to do most.C. There is nothing that I don't like to do. 8. A. My house is far away from the sea.B. My house is four minutes walk from the sea.C. My house is at a distance of four miles form the sea. 9. A. Jim wants to be a doctor.B. Both Jim?s parents are doctors.C, Jim?s uncle is a doctor.10. A. Please open the window.B. Do you have an open mind?C. I don't mind closing the window.Part 2In this part you will hear five short conversations. After each conversation a question will beasked. Choose the best answer to each question. Each conversation and question will be read onlyonce.11. A. At a florist shop.B. At a post office.C. In a restaurant.12. A. TeacherB. DoctorC. Bus driver13. A. Maria didn?t tell him.B. He doesn?t know who Maria is.C. Maria knows someone there. 14. A. Buy a new light.B. Paint her walls blue.C. Get new shoes.15. A. SixB. EightC. TwoPart 3In this part you will hear four dialogues. Each dialogue will be read twice. After listening toeach dialogue, choose the best answer A, B or C to complete the following statements.Dialogue 116. The man knows a little_____.A. ItalianB. GermanC. English17. The man lived in Germany_____.A. When he was first bornB. When he had his first childC. When he was a childDialogue 218. Sally is a ____.A .film starB. singerC. swimming star19. She _____ at the last Olympics.A. broke her legB. broke all the recordsC. broke a record20. Sally used to get up at ____ to go to the pool.A. 6 a.m.B. 6.15 a.m.C. 6.35 a.m.21. Tom works as a ____.A. writerB. reporterC. sportsmanDialogue 322. The man wants to wear____.A. a sweaterB. an overallC. an overcoat23. The man is told to look in the cupboard_____.A. beside the washroomB. beside the washbasinC. beside the washing machine 24. The man asks_____ for help.A. Mrs. JonesB. Miss. JonesC. Mrs. JoyceDialogue 425. The woman has read_____ this year.A. many novelsB. five novelsC. four novels26. The wom an read the novel “A Woman in Black” _____.A. last Tuesday eveningB. on Tuesday eveningC. last Tuesday eveningPart 4In this part you will hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. Then choose thebest answers to the questions based o n the passage you’ve just heard. 27. What do most Americans think of ice ream?A. They think that ice cream is very new indeed.B. They think ice cream was an American idea.C. Americans can?t make ice cream.28. Who made ice cream first?A. An Roman emperorB. Marco PoloC. Chinese29. Which of the following statements is not true?A. Marco Polo had been to China.B. Charles killed his cook.C. Ice cream was made before America was discovered. 30. Who eats more two billion quarts of ice cream a year?A. ItaliansB. ChineseC. AmericansII. Multiple choice (30×1)31. I was anxious to visit that great artist. _____ last Sunday.A. So did IB. So I didC. So it is with meD. So was I 32. Hespends a lot of his time _____his father _____the farm. A. to help, on B. to help, with C. helping, on D. helping , with 33. The soup smells_____. But I?m not _____enough to enjoy it.A. good, wellB. well, goodC. delicious, goodD. well, fine 34. I found it ____just ____you told me.A. very interesting, likeB. very interested, likeC. very interesting asD. very interested, as35. The plane _____ at 8:00 and we?ll see Tim ____then.A. takes off, ofB. takes of, offC. will take off, ofD. takes off, off36. When I was at college, many useless books were supplied ____us_____high price.A. with, at aB. to, at theC. to, at aD. with, at the 37----Please____ yourself feel at home.----You?re so kind.A. watchB. makeC. letD. keep38. ____I?d like to play football every day, ____it takes a lot of time.A. though, butB. although, butC. though, yetD. not only, but also39. ----This is A&P Co. Can I help you?----_____A. This is Kate from AT&T. May I speak to Mr. Johns, please?B. I want some apples, please.C. Yes, I need your help.D. May I ask for some water, please?40. While watching TV, ____.A. the telephone rangB. the telephone was ringingC. the phone was heard ringingD. I heard the phone ringing41. The Summer Olympics are held _____and ____about two weeks.A. every four y ears…runs forB. four every years…run forB. four every years…are run for D. every four years…run for42.----_____is the postage for a registered mail to Beijing?----Just put a ____stamp on it.A. How much …twenty centsB. How much …twenty-centC. Wh at … twenty centsD. What … twenty-cent43. Mrs. Read is over fifty years old; _____, she looks much younger than her age.A. butB. andC. howeverD. or44. -----Hope you?ll enjoy yourself with family there.-----____.A. The same to youB. Thank you very muchC. Good luckD. Thank you just the same45. How about _____to Qindao and ____a holiday there?A. go, haveB. to go, to haveC. going, haveD. going, having 46. Swimming in summer is____.A. a funB. funC. funnyD. of funny47. The skin of snakes ___ some kinds of musical instruments.A. is used to makeB. are used to makeC. is used to makingD. used to make 48. ----I wonder if your wife will go to the party.----If your wife does, so _____mine.A. isB. doC. willD. does49. Our school is ____it was 40 years ago.A. five times larger thanB. five times a larger thanC. as five times larger asD. five times than50. Is this computer ____you bought yesterday?A. the oneB. itC. whatD. that 51. While she was cooking in the kitchen, she heard a noise. She ____and saw a cat run out of the room.A. stopped to look atB. stopped looking atC. stopped to look upD. stopped looking up52. It's wrong ____you_____ that you are not clever.A. for… thinkingB. for… to thinkC. of ….thinkingD. of … to think53. ----Will you please hand me the bottle?----Which one?----The one ____vinegar.A. filled ofB. is filled ofC. filled withD. is filled with 54._____doesn?t seem to have been any difficulty over the money problem.A. ItB. ThereC. ThatD. He55. -----Did you enjoy yourself?-----No, in fact. I?ve never had ____time.A. a most worryingB. the most worriedC. a more worryingD. the more worried 56. ------Could you post this letter on your way home, please?------_____.A. I?m glad, tooB. It?s a pleasureC. Never mindD. With please57. It began to rain when his wife ____the garden.A. is wateringB. was wateringC. wateredD. waters 58. If you discover a fire in a hotel where you stay, telephone the operator and tell her____.A. where is the fireB. where the fire isC. the fire is whereD. is the fire where59. “Would you like me to go together with you?”“Yes, ____.”A. I?d like toB. I wouldn?t toC. I will go with youD. I like it very much60. “Have you moved into the new house?”“Not yet. The rooms_____”A. are paintingB. are paintedC. are being paintedD. are being paintingIII.Cloze test (10×1)Donald stopped his camper along the Yellowstone National Park road.“A bear!” shouted Donald with ___61___.Hi s wife cautioned him: “Dear, the signs __62__ …Do not feed the bears!?”“A sandwich__63__ two isn?t going to hurt the bear.”Donald jumped out the __64__ and approached the bear with a sandwich in his right hand. He then tossed the sandwich__65__ the bear caught and downed in one__66__. Finally, he gave the bear the __67__sandwich.Suddenly the bear growled ferociously. He wanted the third sandwich which Donald didn?t__68__.Donald turned his pockets inside out to show he had __69__ food. “No more. Se e?... I?vegiven you all my sandwiches.”The bear began to rush towards Dobald. Donald ran for his life.As he breathlessly tore the camper door open, Donald gasped, “That bear __70__ doesn?tunderstand English!”61.A. surprise B. anger C. delight D. sadness62.A. write B. say C. speak D. do63.A. or B. and C. but D. nor64.A. fence B. window C. which D. wall65.A. for which B. to which C. camper D. whom66.A. mouth B. gulp C. minute D. moment67.A. last B. another C. whole D. second68.A. give B. have C. carry D. make69.A. no longer B. much more C. no other D. no longer70.A. completely B. almost C. nearly D. just1V. Reading Comprehension (20×1)AAnybody running a company knows that a well-planned meeting can greatly help improve the performance of that business. The main reasonfor this is that it takes our employees away from the daily workplace and offers them somewhere fresh for a short time. However, unless the meeting is well thought out it will not have the best results and you will have wasted a great deal of money.The first step is to find the right place. Can your employees easily reach the center of the meeting place? Is it near a railway station? Is it close to a good fast road? Has it plenty of suitable parking space? If you are going to choose a hotel, then perhaps the hotel has cheaper rates at weekends or, if it is a popular tourist area, midweek rates may be cheaper.Another important requirement is food and drink. Breakfast is a time when people can relaxbefore the day?s work begins, but you may not want a long break for lunch in the middle of the day. Buffet lunches are very popular for this reason. Then there is dinner, which most employees consider a reward for a day?s hard work!Whatever your needs are, it is essential to think ahead if you want a successful meeting. 71. In this text the writer is trying to____.A. complain about as a bad conference centerB. persuade employers to choose a conference hotelC. advise employees where to stay for a conferenceD. describe what makes a good conference center72. Why do we read the text?A. to learn some details about conference centers.B. to find out about running a business.C. to learn how to reward good employees.D. to find out about organizing conferences.73. What is very important when choosing a conference centre?A. cheap food and drink.B. good transport connections.C. free car parkingD. popular tour areas.74. Why does the writer think a buffet lunch is a good idea?A. it?s exciting.B. it?s cheap.C. it?s quick.D. it?s tasty.BYears ago while lying in my hammock(吊床)and drinking ID from the bottle, I noticed mydog dragging something under the fence. Upon looking at it carefully, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next-door neighbor?s 10-year-old daughter?s rabbit. For years I had watched hercome home from school and held straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew today would be no difference andfearing for our dog, I had to think fast.The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it off with the plastic pipe, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming, I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as “natural causes”.Back to the hammock and ID. Within the hour the neighbor?s Benzpulled in as usual and outpopped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time did she stop about six feet away screamed, “Daddy!”Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor I rushed ot the fence and asked if there was anything I could do.Her father less than calmly shouted, “what kind of sick person would dig up a little girl?sdead rabbit and put it back to its cage?”75. What the writer did to the rabbit was just to show that ___.A. he loved the little girl.B. he loved the rabbit as wellC. he had nothing to do with the rabbit?s death D the rabbit died naturally76. The little girl was shocked____.A. when she saw her rabbit was in the cageB. at the death of the rabbitC. because of such a clean rabbitD. that the rabbit was in the cage, dead77. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?A. The girl came home in a car.B. The father appeared very calm.C. The dead rabbit was cleaned.D. The writer pretended not to know the rabbit had died.78. We can infer from the story thatA. the rabbit had had a struggle with the dog before it diedB. the father and daughter were unhappy to see their rabbit againC. the writer made a mistake about the death of the rabbitD. the father loved his daughter very muchCThe American National Football Team says it aims to compete for the championship o the 2010 world cup. Now a juvenile footballers training project, which costs 50 million US dollars and is provided by the Nike Company, has already gone into operation.As the first item project, 34 American boys under the age of 14 have already reached Mexico recently to begin their team training. Before that, the boys had received one week selection training in a San Diego camp. All these boys were selected from the four American regional training caps under the Olympic Development Program.Not long after the boys began training in Mexico did they enter competitions with the Mexican Teenager Football Team beat the Mexican Team two to one. After the matches, Carter, director of the Juvenile Development Project of the American Football Association, said that he hopes the scope of team training will be expanded to include 95—126 boys under the age of 14. Training ofjuvenile football players in the 15-to-16 age group will also be launched, Carter said. 79. The first item of the training project includes______.a. training many boys under the age of 14b. selecting 34 excellent boy playersc. training in Mexico and organizing some matches thered. organizing 15-to-16 age groups A. a, b, c B. a, b, d C. b, c D. d, c80. According to the passage, the director named Carter has the wish to ____. A. encourage the 15-to-16-year-old boysB. increase the number of boy players under the age of 14C. get more rewards in the futureD. organize a few more football clubs.81. After reading the passage we may conclude thatA. the Mexicans like various kinds of sportsB. the American national football team lacks moneyC. the Americans take the 2010 world cup seriouslyD. the American football association doesn?t value the action82. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. try to win the 2010 world cupB. improve the young footballers? skillsC. great project-training young childrenD. American boys trained for football championsDThe fire again made all the world shocked. A great fire broke out on April 15, in the town of Mina, only five kilometers from the holiest city of Mecca, when two million people gathered here for the annual pilgrimage.It was all started by a gas container when someone was cooking in a camp. The strong wind blew the fire to thousands of camps in just a moment. Many were injured when escaping from the burning camps, for they could not find their way in the heavy smoke and flames, and some ran the wrong way. The fire lasted for more than five hours before it was put out. Although the fireman arrived shortly after the fire alarm and they were backed by the helicopters, when the fire was at last put out, it was at the cost of 340 lives and 1537 were injured, some of them very seriously.About 70000 new camps were put up to help those who lost everything in the fire. An Indian official said more than half of the dead were Indians; the others were from the neighboring Asian countries.The fire was the latest in a long line of tragedies around here. In 1994, people were so crowded, that 270 people were found dead and in 1990, an accident left nearly 1500 dead. 83. The whole world were shocked because____.A. the fire was a very serious oneB. they couldn?t believe it was trueC. it happened in the holiest cityD. fire broke out there again and again 84. The fire lasted very long because_____.A. there were a lot of gas containers in the campB. there was a strong windC. there were too many peopleD. people ran away to other camps and carried the fire around.85. From the accidents mentioned in the passage, we may concludethat____.A. people were not careful enoughB. the pilgrims there were not organized well enoughC. the firemen there were not able to do their work wellD. it was not easy to prevent accidents from happening86. When the fire broke out, many people got burnt or even losttheir lives because____.A. they couldn?t wake up in timeB. they didn?t know how to run awayC. they didn?t know which way to head forD. they couldn?t run fast enoughESuppose we built a robot to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning.According to the evolutionary theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It tells us that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possiblydangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent.The evolutionary theory explains the differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for example, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers.87. The writer uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell ____.A. the differences between man and robotsB. the reason why man needs to sleepC. about the need for robots to save energyD. about the danger of men working at night 88. Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night mainly to help him ___.A. avoid danger and ineffective laborB. restore his body functionsC. prevent trouble that comes to himD. keep up a regular pattern of life89. Cats sleep much more than horses partly because cats____.A. are more active than horses when they are awakeB. need more time for restorationC. are unlikely to be attackersD. evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping against waking. 90. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A. the sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.B. the study of sleep is an important part of evolution.C. sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in designing robots.D. evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping against waking.V. Science Quiz (Full Score: 20×1)GeographyName the capital of the country below.91. AustraliaA. BernB. SydneyC. CanberraD. Madrid92. HungaryA. BrusselsB.BudapestC. BrasiliaD. Buenos Aires93. According to the satellite image of Typhoon No. 15 which happened in the Pacific Ocean in 1990, please point out which areas in China were mainly attacked by Typhoon N. 15Formed over the ocean Landed on the continent Disappeared in the north A. Jiangsu and Hebei B. Sichuan and HubeiC. Fujian and ZhejiangD. Henan and Shandong94.Analyze the changes of temperatures and rainfalls in the figure and tell which city it refers to .A. LhasaB. WuhanC. BeijingD. HaikowBiology95. Fish breathe through____.A. lungsB. skinC. noseD. gills96. Cells which make up organism are very tiny, and all can not be seen with____. Most of them can be observed only under a ____.A. naked eye… telescopeB. microscope…naked eyeC. naked eye… microscopeD. sunlight…telescope97. Which of the following statements is not true?A. to study the chemical constitution of the cell membrane, researchers usually use human beings? cells and white blood cells.B. the cell is the smallest unit in which life activities can be carried out independently.C. cells have very different shapes and functions, and make up different tissues.D. cells come in different sizes and shapes.98. In general, the amount of water in an organism ranges from ____. For example, the water content in young plants is about 70%A. 30%--60%B.20%--75%C.45%--90%D. 60%--95%Physics99. The earth rotates from ____.A. south to northB. east to westC. west to eastD. north to south 100. If an object is attracted by a gravitation force of 10N, it is said that the weight of the object is ____.A,. 9N B. 9.9N C 10.5N D. 10N101. Which of the figures can match the statement?A stretched spring makes the cart move to the right.102. Look at the Figure 1 and Figure 2.Suspend (悬挂)the board at point A, we learn that the gravitational force is sure to be on the line AB which passes point A(Figure 1). Then if we suspend the board at point D(Figure 2), where is the location of the gravitational center of the board?A. at point AB. at point EC. at point DD. at point CChemistry103. Hydrogen and oxygen are mixed chemically in a fixed proportion (比例) of ____in thecompound water.A. 2:1B. 1:1C. 1:2D. 3:1104. Which of the following statements is not true?A. Materials that mankind used early are natural products.B. Chemistry is so important for us that we must master chemical knowledge to a certain level.C. In junior middle schools, we have learnt the advanced knowledge about oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, iron and some common acids (酸).D. In a word, we can see chemistry plays a very important role in a social development and the progress of human beings.105. Which figure shows us a good way of smelling gas?106. Look at the following chemistry experiments carefully. Then choose the one that can produce salt.Mathematics107. Tom is going to play ping-pang with two kids. They promise to play for a total time of 90 minutes, and each one should have the equal period of time during the game. Question: How many minutes can they play ping-pang on average (平均)?Answer: Each one may have ____for the game.A.30minutesB. 60 minutesC. 45minutes D, 90minutes108. Five persons are traveling with two luggage bags. Every time, they need two of them to carry the luggage bags and they do like this inturn during the travel. Now, they have walked 15km. Question: How many kilometers did each travel with a luggage bag on walk?Answer: _______A. 15kmB.7.5kmC. 6kmD. 30km109. In the figure below, we can see two squares. The smaller square is in the bigger one. Each side of the bigger square is 7cm while the smaller one?s is 5cm.Question: How much is the part of shade in the figure ?Answer: _________.A. 20 C?B. 35 C?C. 26 C?D. 24 C?110. Which of the following statements is not correct?A. if the corresponding angles are equal, then the two lines are parallel (平行).B. if the corresponding angles are not equal, then the two lines are possibly equal.C. if the two lines are parallel, then the corresponding angles are absolutely equal.D. if the two lines are not parallel, then the corresponding angles are never equal.VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. (the first letters are given) (10×1)Shakespeare?s plays are 1_____(111)for many reasons. The stories in his plays are as relevant to t____(112) society as they were four hundred years ago. They are about s____(113) things as good and evil,love and h_____(114), patriotism, p____(115) and philosophy. Shakespeare?scharacters----both comic and t____(116) -----are realistic and memorable, and they can help us to understand human n___(117). Even though English is spoken differently today than it was in Shakespeare?s t____(118), the beauty of his language still b____(119) joy to listeners. Manyexpressions and speeches from Shakespeare?s plays have become partof e_____ (120) Englishlanguage.。