1、综合能力训练一第卷(选择题共90分)第一部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分40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、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1.Is Jack coming to our English evening?.If he were to come,he would have told me.A.I dont think soB.Go aheadC.Of courseD.Good idea答案:A解析:由答句后面说明“如果他要来,他就已经告诉我了”可知,此处回答人觉得杰克不会来参加他们的英语晚会,故选A项。2.Hearing good
2、news,Mom had big smile on her face.A.a;aB.the;不填C.the;aD.不填;a答案:C解析:前一空后面的news应该是特指某一则好消息,前一空应用the;后一空用a,have a big smile表示“笑得很开心”。3.As a driver,Mr.Black always obeys the traffic rules and has never caused an accident.A.cautiousB.roughC.greedyD.firm答案:A解析:由后面说明“布莱克先生总是遵守交通规则,从未导致交通事故”可知,他应该是一名“谨慎的(c
3、autious)”的司机。rough粗暴的;greedy贪婪的;firm坚定的。4.We cant get in touch with him because he hasnt us of his new address and phone number.A.instructedB.informedC.foreseenD.rejected答案:B解析:“我们无法联系他”的原因是他没有“告知(inform)”我们他的新地址和电话号码。instruct指导;foresee预见;reject拒绝。5.In the forest live a group of wild monkeys which n
4、early 100.A.are consisted ofB.made up ofC.are made upD.consist of答案:D解析:which后为定语从句,所填词为该定语从句的谓语,consist of=be made up of,即consist of不用被动结构,故选D项。6.To be strong,dear! You should be brave enough to do you are afraid to do.A.whichB.thatC.howD.what答案:D解析:do后面是一个宾语从句,引导词在宾语从句中充当do的宾语,故应用what。7.Summer is
5、my favourite season.I especially enjoy when I swim and fish in the river.A.thatB.itC.thisD.one答案:B解析:在enjoy,like,dislike,hate,depend on等后跟宾语从句时,常在前面用it作形式宾语,而将宾语从句放在后面。故选B项。8.An earthquake hit Ludian Yunnan Province, more than six hundred deaths.A.causedB.having causedC.causingD.to cause答案:C解析:cause
6、和句子主干“云南鲁甸发生地震”之间为主动关系,且它发生在谓语动词后,故用现在分词作状语,表示结果。9.It was really moving to us that the young man,having little money himself, buy those poor children school things each term.A.couldB.needC.mightD.should答案:D解析:由“那个年轻人自己也几乎没有钱”可知,此处应用should表示惊讶,意为“竟然”。10.It was from the foot of the mountain they set o
7、ff.A.thatB.whichC.whereD.what答案:A解析:这是一个强调句,被强调部分是介词短语from the foot of the mountain,故用that连接。第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I believe that family are not only blood relatives,but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.In May 1977,I
8、was living in a Howard Johnsons motel off Interstate 10 in Houston.My dad and I 11a room with two double beds and a bathroom.It was too 12for a 15-year-old girl and her father.Dads second marriage was 13 and my stepmother had 14us both out of the house the previous week.Dad had no 15what to do with
9、me.And thats when my other family 16.Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home 17their only daughter,Sue,my best friend,asked them to.I 18with them for the next seven years.Barbara washed my skirts the same as Sues.She 19I had lunch money,doctors appointments,help with homework and nightly hu
10、gs.Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Sue and I were being cheerleaders.20I could tell,for the Beaches there was no 21between Sue and me; I was their daughter,too.When Sue and I22college they kept my room the same for the entire four years when I attended school.Recently,Barbara p
11、resented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.The Beaches knew 23about me when they took me inthey had heard the whole story from Sue.When I was seven,my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 24 hi
12、s kids.By the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 25 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy.I believed that the only person who would take care of me was myself.26 the Beaches,I would have become a bitter,cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman.They gave me a(n)27 that allowed me
13、 to grow and change.They kept me from being paralyzed (瘫痪) by my 28,and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.I 29 family.For me,it wasnt the family that was there on the day I was 30,but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnsons on Interstate 10.11.A.livedB.sharedC
14、.possessedD.bought答案:B解析:作者和父亲住进旅馆,后面说明的是两张双人床和一个洗澡间,因此他们应该住在同一个房间,故用share表示 “分享”。12.A.cheapB.noisyC.smallD.limited答案:C解析:两个人住一间,而且作者也15岁了,所以应该是太 “小(small)” 了。13.A.in troubleB.in sightC.in placeD.in parts答案:A解析:后面谈及作者又到了一个新的家庭,由此可知,父亲的第二次婚姻 “出了问题(in trouble)”。14.A.struckB.removedC.kickedD.knocked答案:
15、C解析:作者的继母把她和父亲都 “赶出(kick out)” 了家门。15.A.planB.choiceC.chanceD.idea答案:D解析:在这样的情况下,父亲 “不知道(have no idea)” 如何对待作者。16.A.looked afterB.showed upC.turned overD.came across答案:B解析:根据下文可知,在父亲不知如何对待作者时,她的又一个家庭产生了,此处用show up表示 “出现”。17.A.soB.becauseC.untilD.while答案:B解析:后一句说明原因,故此处用because 引导原因状语从句。18.A.workedB.
16、traveledC.livedD.learned答案:C解析:作者的好朋友苏把她领到家中,作者在那儿 “生活(live)” 了七年的时间。19.A.worked outB.called upC.watched outD.made sure答案:D解析:此处说明芭芭拉对待自己和对待苏一样,“确保(make sure)” 有午餐钱,看医生,辅导作业及睡前的拥抱等。20.A.As long asB.As far asC.As soon asD.As much as答案:B解析:as far as.是常用的表达,此处说明 “我所能告诉大家的是”。21.A.changeB.problemC.confli
17、ctD.difference答案:D解析:由上文说明可知,芭芭拉对待作者和对待她自己的女儿没有什么两样,故此处用difference表示 “不同”。22.A.set offB.left forC.entered intoD.admitted into答案:B解析:下文说明作者和苏都去上了大学,故此处用leave for表示 “离开(家)去” 上大学。23.A.allB.littleC.somethingD.nothing答案:A解析:根据下文的破折号所作的解释说明可知,此处说明的是芭芭拉一家人在接纳作者时就了解了作者的 “一切(all)” 情况。24.A.supplyB.teachC.enco
18、urageD.raise答案:D解析:作者母亲去世,所以父亲就只能依靠别人来 “抚养(raise)” 他的孩子们。25.A.differentB.unfairC.stressfulD.hopeful答案:B解析:由后面说明 “爱是不稳定的,不值得相信的” 可知,作者认为生活完全是 “不公平的(unfair)”。26.A.Thanks toB.In spite ofC.Except forD.But for答案:D解析:该句后面使用的是过去的虚拟语气,此处用but for表示隐含的虚拟条件,意为 “要不是”。作者认为,要不是芭芭拉一家人,作者就已经变成了一个痛苦的、愤世嫉俗的女人了。27.A.h
19、omeB.houseC.abilityD.lesson答案:A解析:在寄人篱下的环境下,芭芭拉一家让作者感受到了 “家(home)” 的温暖。28.A.choiceB.failureC.pastD.present答案:C解析:他们没有让作者的过去成为她生活的障碍。29.A.doubt aboutB.care aboutC.center onD.believe in答案:D解析:根据该段的说明可知,作者 “信任(believe in)” 自己的家人,此处指的是芭芭拉一家。30.A.bornB.acceptedC.educatedD.deserted答案:A解析:后面说明这个家是指芭芭拉家,因此这
20、里当然不是作者 “出生(born)” 的那天所在的家。第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AMany readers of young adult books are not,in fact,young adults.According to a new study,55% of buyers of books designated for children aged 12 to 17 are actually age 18 or older and buyers between the ages of 30 and 44
21、 account for the largest percentage of young adult sales.The adults are not purchasing the books for others,the study found;78% of the adults who reported buying young adult titles said they were purchasing the books to read themselves.“The investigation into who is reading young adult books began w
22、hen we noticed a disparity between the number of young adult e-books being purchased and the relatively low number of kids who claim to read e-books,” said Kelly Gallagher,head of the research.“The extent and age breakout of adult consumers of these works was surprising.And while the trend is influe
23、nced to some extent by the popularity of The Hunger Games,our data shows its a much larger phenomenon than readership of this single series.”A spokesperson for Scholastic estimated that half of the 50 million buyers of Suzanne Collins bestselling young-adult series,“The Hunger Games”,are adults.A sp
24、okesperson for HarperCollins,publisher of Veronica Roths bestselling “Divergent” series,also said that 50% of the series readers were older than 25,based on information on the book-referral(书籍推荐的) website,GoodR.“Interestingly enough,more teens are still reading in paper pattern,but what were finding
25、 is that the e-book sales are really the result of 20-to 65-year-olds or over,” HarperCollins Childrens Books publisher and president,Susan Katz,told The Times in July.“A lot of our books are read by adults.Were getting a lot of comments on our own sites where we can see theres a lot of enthusiasm b
26、eyond just teenagers.”31.Why does the author write this passage?A.To make an advertisement for the bestsellers.B.To prove that the age of young adult book readers is older than designated.C.To explain why older people read books intended for young adults.D.To introduce some new bestsellers for young
27、 adults.答案:B解析:写作意图题。文章第一句概述了本文的主题:阅读青年读物的读者并不年轻。接下来全文对这一主题进行了分析和论证。因此说本文的写作目的是证实第一段所提出的主题的。32.What is suggested in the passage?A.Paper books appeal to teenagers.B.Most teenagers are interested in giving comments.C.“The Hunger Games” is a book in the form of e-book.D.Most adults bought young adult b
28、ooks for their children.答案:A解析:推理判断题。文章第五段说“.more teens are still reading in paper pattern”,由此判断,青少年对于纸质书籍来说仍青睐。故选A项。33.What made Susan Katz feel interested?A.The older they are,the more they like to read e-books.B.The e-book sales are increasing greatly with people of all ages.C.Adults have more en
29、thusiasm to give comments than teenagers.D.Older people prefer e-books while younger ones like paper books.答案:D解析:细节理解题。文章第五段说青少年喜欢纸质书,而年龄大的人们却更喜爱电子书,这一不合常理的情况让Susan Katz 感到有意思。故选D项。34.Where can you most probably read this article?A.An advertisement for books.B.A newspaper.C.A novel.D.A tour book.答案
30、:B解析:推理判断题。文章引用Susan Katz的话的时候,用了“told The Times in July”,由此判断本文的作者是泰晤士报的作者,故选B项。BPeople have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years.The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals.They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill.Pictures of this kin
31、d have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain.No one knows why they were painted there.Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures.About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and
32、other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing.They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas,and also to represent the sounds of their language.The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stor
33、ies by putting picture-writing and pictures together.When an important person died,scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried.Some of these pictures are like the modern comic strip (连环漫画) stories.It has been said that Egypt is the home of t
34、he comic strip.But,for the Egyptians,pictures still had magic power.So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1,000 BC,people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing.The signs t
35、hey used were very easy to write,and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system.This was because each sign,or letter,represented only one sound in their language.The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet.The Romans copied the idea,and Roman alphabet is no
36、w used all over the world.These days,we can write down a story,or record information,without using pictures.But we still need pictures of all kinds:drawings,photographs,signs and diagrams.We find them everywhere:in books and newspapers,in the street,and on the walls of the places where we live and w
37、ork.Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily,and they can make a story much more interesting.35.Ancient people in France and Spain painted pictures on walls of caves because .A.they loved animalsB.they enjoyed seeing picturesC.perhaps they thought pictures helpfulD.they preferr
38、ed painting pictures to telling stories 答案:C解析:细节推断题。根据第一段可知,古代的法国和西班牙人在墙上绘画出一些他们想要抓住或杀死的动物的图片,所以他们认为绘画很有用才会去画。36.From this passage we know that .A.Egypt is well-known for their comic-strip storiesB.the Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian alphabetC.the Egyptian signs made a particular alp
39、habet come into beingD.people in other parts of the world copied their writing system from the Egyptians答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据第二段最后可得出答案。37.In the last paragraph,the author thinks that pictures .A.should be made comprehensibleB.should be made interestingC.are of much use in our lifeD.are disappearing from
40、our life答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知,作者重点在该段介绍图片在我们生活中仍有众多的用途。38.The possible title of this article may be .A.Home of the Comic-Strip StoriesB.The Best Way of WritingC.Pictures and WritingD.The Earliest Language in the World答案:C解析:主旨大意题。全文重点在介绍绘画的历史及在我们生活中的意义,用C项作为文章标题全面地概括了文章的主旨。CSome people succeed in
41、unbelievable ways.Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather.He built on the music he had learned from his mother,entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing his favorite songs on the piano.Three years later,Roussels grandfather
42、 died,and his aunt adopted him.Her husband arranged for young Albert to take regular piano lessons.Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside resort added a second love to his lifethe sea.He studied to be a naval cadet (海军学员),but still made time to study music.In the French Navy,while he served on a wars
43、hip based at Cherbourg,he and two friends found the time to play the music of Beethoven and other composers (作曲家).Roussel also began composing.At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892,he had his first performance as a composer.That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding
44、 march,and one of his fellow offices offered to show it to a well-known conductor (指挥家),Edouard Colonne.When Roussels friend returned with the manuscript(手稿),he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.Not long afterwards,at the age of 25,Rou
45、ssel did just that.He applied characters that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music.As for Edouard Colonnes inspiring advice that Roussel devote his life to music,Roussels navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he
46、 had never even shown Roussels manuscript to the conductor.39.Which of the following shows the right order of the story?a.Roussel gave up his naval career.b.Roussel was adopted by his aunt.c.Roussel read through the family music collection.d.Roussel had his first performance as a composer in Cherbou
47、rg.A.c,b,d,aB.b,c,d,aC.b,c,a,dD.c,b,a,d答案:A解析:事实排序题。根据第二段最后一句可知,首先发生的事应该是c;根据第三段可知,接下来鲁塞尔祖父去世,他姑姑收养他,即接着的应该是b;根据第四段最后一句可知,后来在瑟堡(Cherbourg),鲁塞尔第一次进行了表演,即为d事件;最后由倒数第二段最后一部分的介绍可知,接着鲁塞尔放弃了他的海军生涯,而投身于音乐。故答案为A项。40.What did played the most important part in Roussels final success.A.his motherB.the husband of his auntC.his navy friendD.Edouard Colonne答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据第四、五段的介绍不难看出,在鲁塞尔的成功道路上,他的海军朋友给了他很大的帮助。故答案应该为C项。41.We can infer from the article that.A.Roussels aunt adop