英语试卷及答案 (3)

Passage 1

American schools are quite different from与—不同those in China．In America，at beginning of the term（学期），students must selecttheir subjects and teachers first．Selecting is very important for be important for 对---很重要your marks in America．So at the first term，don't select too many subjects，or you'll feel very nervous（紧张）and tired(疲惫)．Then you have to(不得不) ask for(寻求寻找) some teaching plans．There is some information about subjects，timetables，marks(分数) and textbooks(教科书)．At the same time（同时），you must choose（选择）the teachers．Different teachers have different teaching methods（教学方法）．If the teacher is called"killer"by the last grade，many students will give up（放弃）choosing him，because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework，too many exams and give too low marks．

There is another thing after you select the subjects and the teachers．How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard．The textbooks in America are very expensive((贵)cheap（便宜）．Each one is about 30-50dollars．In order to (为了)save money，many students buy some used(用过的) textbooks，and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library．

In class，discussing（讨论）is very important（重要）．The teacher encourages(鼓励) you to ask questions or show your own opinions（观点）．They don't usually ask you to sit well．Instead（代替）they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like．

Choose the right answer according to the passage

46．What does the underlined word"select"mean？

A．Choose

B．Like

C．Treat

D．Take

47．According to the text，American students——

A．don't have to ask for teaching plans

B．don't have to choose teachers

C．would like to choose strict（严格的）teachers

D．usually buy some used textbooks in order to save money 48．Which of the following is NOT TRUE？

A．Students won't choose the teacher who leaves too much homework B．Students won't choose the teacher who leaves too many exams C．Students will choose the teacher who is called"killer"．D．Students won't choose the teacher who gives too low marks 49．What is important in American class？

A．Reading

B．Writing

C．Discussing

D．Listening

50．The passage is mainly about——

A．the differences between American and Chinese schools

B．American schools

C．the differences between American and Chinese students

D．American school subjects．

Passage 2

Xiaofan, a smart（聪明）boy from Shenzhen, used to （过去，常常）（be used to 习惯于）have difficulty in getting up on time（准时）（in time及时）, and his alarm （闹钟，警报）clock was of no use at all. It made him very upset（沮丧）. One day, he had a good idea.

Xiaofan went to a shop and bought a tape. Back home, he started to record （记录）what he wanted. After that, he took out a tool box（工具箱）and connected ( connected with联系，链接起来) his tape player with the new tape to his alarm clock. A special alarm clock was born（be born出生诞生）. At a certain time in the morning, the tape player would play soft music（轻音乐）with a low and sweet （sweet heart甜心）voice of a young girl, “Wake up, please.”Five minutes later,（五分钟后）the tape player would play again（再一次工作）, and it might be loud music. At the same time, he could hear a recording of his parent（父母）,“Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!”

Several days later, Xiaofan got used to the sound of the recordings. After the recordings, he was still sleepy（熟睡。稳定状态）, and even fall asleep（睡着。瞬时