2014年杭二中保送生素质测试英语试卷

杭二中2014保送生素质测试英语试卷

说明：考试时间40分钟，总分60分。

一. 单项填空. (20%)

1. All of us ______ you a pleasant journey to Shanghai.

A. wish

B. hope

C. want

D. expect

2. We were _____ when the ______ football match was over.

A. exciting, excited

B. excited, exciting

C. exciting, exciting

D. excited, excited

3. By the time you arrive in London, we ______ in Europe for two weeks.

A. shall stay

B. have stayed

C. will have stayed

D. have been staying

4. There is not much difference between the two. I really don’t know ____

A. what should I choose

B. which I should choose

C. which should I choose

D. what I should choose

5. I don’t think he is right, ______?

A. isn’t he

B. is he

C. do I

D. don’t I

6. I’ve ______ my umbrella in the office and I’ll have to fetch it.

A. forgot

B. left

C. remained

D. lost

7. Readers can ______ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

A. get over

B. get in

C. get along

D. get through

8. ---Don’t go there alone in such late hour.

---Don’t worry. I _____

A. don’t

B. won’t

C. didn’t

D. haven’t

9. You have talked much, ______ you haven’t come to the point.

A. so

B. but

C. for

D. still

10. The doctor says a few days’ rest in a quiet place will ______ you a lot of good.

A. make

B. do

C. give

D. get

11.You look not a bit older than you did 10 years ago. How did you ___so young.

A. change

B. grow

C. become

D. stay

12.---Why didn’t Ted go to our party?

---___________ his heavy cold.

A. Because

B. Because of

C. Because he was

D. For he was

13.Don’t lose heart before difficulties for everything will change_____ time.

A. through

B. over

C. past

D. during

14.Which of the following is the indirect speech of the sentence: Mary said to Tom, ―Where

have you been these days?‖

A.Mary asked Tom where have you been these days.

B.Mary asked Tom where you had been these days.

C.Mary asked Tom where I had been those days.

D.Mary asked Tom where he had been those days.

15.---Is this the first time that you ______here in Beijing?

---Yes, I think it’s the time that I went to the Great Wall.

A. have been

B. had been

C. were

D. was

16. —Mrs. Smith asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon. Don’t you forget it!

—OK, I __ __.

A. won’t

B. don’t

C. will

D. do

17. —Would you buy some stamps for me?

—__ __.

A. With pleasure

B. You’re welcome

C. Never mind

D. Don’t mention it

18. —It took me ten years to finish the research paper.

—Well, you know what they say. __ __.

A. There is no smoke without fire

B. Practice makes perfect

C. All roads lead to Rome

D. No pains, no gains

19. —How did you find your visit to Beijing, Mary?

—__ __.

A. Oh, wonderful indeed

B. I went there alone

C. First by train and then by ship

D. A guide showed me the way

20. —Excuse me, sir, is the library open all day?

—__ __. Only from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

A. That’s right

B. Yes, of course

C. Sorry, I’m not sure

D. Sorry, I’m afraid not

二. 完型填空. (20%)

There is one word that is on the lips of Americans, day and night: ―Sorry‖.

One time as I was walking on the street, a young man ran by ___21___, brushing against my handbag. ___22___ he continued on his way, he ___23___ back and said ―sorry‖ to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t forget to apologiz e.

One day, after I bought a mango, the salesman was giving me the change, ___24___ I wasn’t ready for it and a ___25___ dropped to the ground. ―I’m sorry,‖ he said while bending down to pick it up. I was ___26___--why would he apologize when it was my ___27___?

Another time, I ___28___on a man’s foot in an escalator(电梯). At the same time, we both said ―sorry.‖ I thought it ___29___: was it really ___30___ for him to apologize?

Later on, an American friend ___31___ to me that according to the American___32___, the escalator is a(an) ___33___ place, and everyone should be able to stand in it. After someone occupies(占据) a position in the elevator, making it ___34___ for someone else to find a place to stand in, isn’t it necessary to ___35___ an apology?

During my stay in America, I gradually ___36___ that when friction(摩擦) occurs in daily life, Americans don’t care much about who is ___37___. If someone is ___38___, a ―sorry‖ is