2018学年第一学期初高中衔接英语试题

2018-2019学年第一学期初高中衔接英语试题

二、单项填空（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）

25. ______ fun it must be to travel around the earth in Shenzhou VI!

A. What a

B. What

C. How a

D. How

26. --- Will you take the blue tie or the red one?

--- I’ll take _____, for a change sometimes.

A. either

B. none

C. both

D. neither

27. Can you lend me the book ______ the other day?

A. which you talked

B. you talked about

C. that you talked

D. you talked

28. Hundreds of jobs ______ if the factory closes.

A. lose

B. will be lost

C. are lost

D. will lose

29. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson became president of the US, which then included 16

states that ______ east of the Mississippi River.

A. lied

B. laid

C. lay

D. was lying

30. --- The boy hardly watches TV in the evening, ______ he?

--- ______, ______.

A. isn’t; No; he isn’t

B. does; No; he doesn’t

C. doesn’t; Yes; he does

D. does; No; he does

三、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

If silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold. It seems that the__31__ of man includes a __32__ volume of noise. In every __33__ a stereo or television will __34__ the rooms with noise. Between sunrise and sunset, streets and __35__ are a constant source of __36__ from cars, buses, and trucks. You can pass any factory or __37__ area and the roar of its machinery will make your ears __38__. Music is __39__ in every supermarket, most restaurants, and many offices. Big cities of the world are __40__ for their noisiness.

Noise __41__ is the new __42__ effect of our technological age. Day or night the sound of __43__ fills the air. It seems that the pleasing effects of silence are __44__ to be found. Even the quiet of our __45__ protected wilderness areas can be disturbed at any moment by a passing __46__.

We are learning, finally, that __47__ is a natural resource and must be protected

by __48__. It appears that we all find company in sound, __49__ , we all __50__ a little quiet from time to time.

31. A. progress B. developing C. success D. achievement

32. A. raising B. high C. rising D. loud

33. A. room B. office C. factory D. home

34. A. provide B. supply C. mark D. fill

35. A. tracks B. highways C. railways D. paths

36. A. noise B. sound C. pollution D. voice

37. A. school B. country C. construction D. city

38. A. ring B. sound C. affect D. cry

39. A. made B. acted C. done D. played

40. A. important B. well-known C. difficult D. useful

41. A. problem B. matter C. pollution D. trouble

42. A. active B. useful C. sick D. side

43. A. work B. music C. quarrel D. birds

44.A.everywhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. somewhere

45. A. widely B. carefully C. wonderfully D. properly

46. A. car B. truck C. jet D. train

47. A. noise B. calmness C. water D. silence

48. A. law B. government C. people D. order

49. A. besides B. therefore C. however D. then

50. A. ask B. request C. order D. demand

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines(台词). I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.

As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold.

I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers (抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.

About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck (垃圾车) pull