2018年蚌埠市高中创新潜质特长生招生测试英语试题

2018年蚌埠市高中创新潜质特长生招生测试

文科素养英语试题

◆考生注意：

1．本卷满分110分，考试时间90分钟。

2．请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上，在试卷上作答无效，不予计分。

第I卷（共60 分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.——Wasn’t Alice supposed to be here by now?

—— ____________. She will be here in about ten minutes.

A. Enjoy yourself

B. All right

C. Don’t worry

D. Gook luck

2. Gradually, you will realize that the things that matter are ______ that can’t be bought by money.

A. some

B. ones

C. these

D. those

3. ——Reading is a good way to spend the time on the train.

——That’s true. I never go travelling ________ a book.

A. without

B. with

C. on

D. from

4. Few people paid full attention to their health condition_______ they were seriously ill.

A. when

B. until

C. if

D. since

5. Jason, now go to have a nice bath and an early night, so that you will be_________ for the journey tomorrow.

A. safe

B. proud

C. natural

D. fresh

6. She found increasingly difficult to read, for her eyesight was beginning to________.

A. run

B. disappear

C. fail

D. stop

7. It _________be my father at the door. He is on business in New York now.

A. mustn’t

B. can’t

C. won’t

D. needn’t

8. My washing machine _________this week, so I have to wash my clothes by hand.

A. is repaired

B. was repaired

C. has been repaired.

D. is being repaired

9. The goal of education is to teach young people to think for themselves and not follow others__________.

A. blindly

B. closely

C. carefully

D. happily

10. After studying in a teaching college for four years, Jane ______her job as a teacher in the countryside.

A. set out

B. set up

C. took up

D. took off

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

William taught at Boston University. He once 11 a lot of unthanked people in his life. These were people who had helped him, inspired him or who cared enough about him to leave a(n) 12 impression(印象). One of them was a teacher he’d not heard of in many years. But William 13

she had written a short poem for him, and he had thus loved poetry all his life. He found her 14

and sent her a letter of thanks. The reply he received 15 with “My dear Willie”. He was very

16 . Now over fifty, he didn’t think there was a person left in the world who would call him “Willie”. Here is that 17 .

“My dear Willie,

I cannot tell you how much your note 18 to me. I am in my eighties, living 19 in a small room, cooking my own meals, lonely, and like the 20 leaf of autumn. You will know that I 21 for fifty years and yours is the first note of thanks I have ever received. It came on a blue-cold morning and it 22 me as nothing di d in many years.”

The teacher’s letter brought the professor to 23 . She was one of the great unthanked people from his past.

We all have people like William’s teacher in our life. They 24 our lives in different ways —some small and some 25 —but each had an effect on who we are today. 26 William received the reply, he realized he could no longer leave people unthanked. He also realized by thanking these people and showing them that he really did care about what they had 27 , he in turn may be doing something very 28 for them.

So as you are sitting around, spend some time thinking about some of the unthanked people from your past. It may not be too 29 to say “thank you”. You have no idea how much you r 30

will mean.

11. A．thought about B．cared for C．called on D．dealt with

12. A．common B．changeable C．general D．unforgettable

13. A．supposed B．believed C．remembered D．imagined

14. A．address B．phone number C．home D．school

15. A．met B．began C．left D．ended

16. A．satisfied B．worried C．annoyed D．pleased

17. A．letter B．title C．detail D．report

18. A．took B．brought C．meant D．added

19. A．happily B．carefully C．abroad D．alone

20. A．only B．last C．blue D．green

21. A．struggled B．waited C．taught D．lived

22. A．reminded B．served C．discouraged D．cheered

23. A．tears B．questions C．doubts D．dreams

24. A．ruled B．shaped C．harmed D．managed

25. A．common B．different C．big D．necessary

26. A．Since B．Unless C．After D．Before

27. A．done B．afforded C．gained D．understood

28. A．expensive B．meaningful C．beautiful D．brave

29. A．stupid B．joyful C．late D．shameful

30. A．methods B．gifts C．plans D．words