慈溪中学保送生考试英语试题.doc

慈溪中学2010年保送生招生考试 英语
I本卷考试时间80分钟，满分100分。
I.单项选择（共15小题，计15分〉
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. —When did accident happen?
—Oh, it was on Sunday towards the end of this summer, as far as I can remember
A. an; the B.不填；the C.an;不填 D. the ; a

2. — Shall ！ leave here ahead of time, Mr. Green?
—Yes, of course. You really should do about that: cough!
A, nothing B. anything C, something D. everything
3. —The doctor asked the nurse — he worked to contact him whenever it was necessary,
A. with him B. who C, with whom D. whom
4 —My daughter mastered Japanese In less than two years.
—Did she? She have a gift for language,
A, must B. might C. should D. can
5. People know little about the long-term effect of the A (H1N1) flu vaccine will be.
what B. which C. whom D. that
6. I was so tired that I closed my eyes,I fell asleep.
A . for the moment B. the moment when
C, the moment D. at the moment when
7.If you find yourself no one can help you, please call me.
A. where B. when C. which D, what
8.The 6-year-old girl completed the course successfully, all the judges with her excellent
performance.
A. surprised B. surprising
C. to surprise D. having been surprised
9.—My goodness! We have missed the flight.
—We it, but we were caught in the traffic jam.
A. must have caught B. ought to catch
C、might catch D. could have caught
10.—In those days you could buy a Picasso $300.
—Really? I know little about paintings.
A. for B. with C. at D. by
11.The outside of the building to be wood but actually is made of a fiber and cement material.
A. appears B. seems C. looks D, proves
12.How the little boy wishes that one day he an astronaut like Zhai Zhigang!
A. will be B. is going to be
C, were D、could be
13.When I entered the room, I found him well for this difficult but important exam.
A, prepare B. prepared C, preparing D. to prepare
14.“Have you ever seen the movie Netting Hill?
—Yes. While in Britain, I them a couple of times,
A. have seen B. saw C. had seen D, would see
15.I'm afraid I can't finish the book this week.
A. Please go ahead B. That's right
C、Not at: all D. Take your time
II.完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳 答案。
“ I love you, Pop," I love you too, John."
John is four, and I'm his grandpa. I've 16 where the name “Pop” came from. He has called me this since he was able to talk, it was original to him. "We're17 , aren't we, Pop? He often says. He always 18 to wear his boots when I do. "We're twins,” he tells me, though sometimes it takes much imagination on my part to see the similarity.
John stayed overnight with me recently. It was a _19 time for both of us because it was the first time 'he had slept at my house for a night since I had been living 20 . John's grandmother-“Neeny"he called her-had died only a few weeks before 21 after she had a brief fight with cancer, It was only half a month since she was diagnosed with cancer.
On this night, we read stories and played games as usual. But this night we also 22 . Neeny and the things we three had done together, I could see that he was trying to 23 . me. “ I'll sleep next to you so you won't be lonely'，” he said seriously .
The hustle and bustle(忙绿）of Christmas had stopped us from some of the necessary discussions that needed to 24 at a time like this. John was feeling the hurt of his 25 , and his grandmother had always loved him,
John did keep me from being lonely that night and what i saw when ! 26 the next morning 27 me in a way I shall never forget. Around my shoes on the floor beside the bed were
John's little ones, as close to mine as they could be 28 ."'We're friends, you know, John had said as we lay together before falling asleep. People 29 people, especially when the 30 are difficult for them, and the people are grandfather and grandmother.
16.A, forgotten B. replied C. known D. accepted
17.A. enemies B. stars C. friends D. babies
18.A. continues B. refuses C. remembers D. wants
19.A.relaxing B. pleasant C. special D. traditional
20.A. happily B. alone C. quietly D. sadly
21.A. Easter B. Mother Day C. New Year's Day D. Christmas
22.A. worried about B. talked about C. calmed down D. set down
23.A. comfort B. persuade C. praise D. understand
24.A. break out B. turn out C. turn up D. take place
25.A. hunger B, memory C, failure D. loss
26.A. started off B. cooled off C. woke up D. stood up
27.A. reminded B. changed C. warned D. touched
28.A. placed B. thrown C. made D. used
29.A. appreciate B. need C. hate D. blame
30.A. moments B. bodies C. dreams D. others
III.阅读理解（共3篇15小题，每小题2分，计30分）
第一节，阅读下面短文，从A、.B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A
When Krista was eleven years old, her eye disease seemed to stabilized(稳定)，She very much wanted to live in the country, especially if it meant we could have more pets. So we took a chance and moved to the more affordable Hudson Valley, It would turn out to be a difficult change for Krista.
She couldn't fit in with the clique(派系）at her new school. She hated “different” and calling attention to herself and- hated her round, fat face and bloodshot eye. Growing so temfied, she would never.be able to make friends. The girls at the school made fun of Iter, “Do you only have one pair of pants?” one asked. Krista and I decided to shop for pants the next time we went to see Dr. Weiss,
On our shopping trip, she stopped hi the middle of a street in New York and said, “Are we shopping because I need pants or are we letting that girl tell us what to do?” With only one pair of pants, she clearly needed more. But she was developing a tough strength and wonderful values.
Krista wanted to be an artist; her teachers in New York had praised her work. But there was one more barrier: She was kicked out of the art program because her grade wasn’t good enough. She dug in. took art lessons and signed up for a .six-week summer course at the Rhode Island of Design.
Krista wrote her college application essay about her eve and how she'd first discovered the problem. “One eye Is open‘ Shut that. Open the other one. Shut that one because it doesn't work’ Left: eye, right eye, and left eye. Right eye is the wrong eye,”
Krista's senior year of high school, Sumdge (her pet dog) and her summer art school experience had given her the confidence she needed. She could become an artist. She didn't have to believe the teachers at the high school who told her she wasn't talented. She began to shop at thrift store(廉售店） and buy wildly colored old clothes, and put patterns and colors together in a magnificent way.
31. The reason why the family moved to Hudson Valley is that .
A.people were kind and the scenery was beautiful there
B.the family was poor, so they could only afford to buy a house there
C.Krista, whose eye has disease wanted to live in the country to keep more pets
D.Krista hoped to go to a new school to study the arts.
32.. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that .
A.Krista had more than one pair of pants indeed.
B.Krista did things according to the girl's words
C,Krista was developing a tough strength
D,Krista is a strong-minded girl, and she has her own opinion about values.
33. The underlined phrase "dug in” paragraph 4 most probably means ”
A work hard in spite of other people's words
B .started eating food in front of you
C,made a protective place for oneself by digging
D.mixed something into soil by digging
34.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Krista's right eye was not the wrong eye.
B.Krista's college application essay was about her dream to be an artist.
C.Krista owed her success to her pet dog and her summer art classes.
D.Krista agreed with the teachers who told her she was talented
35.Krista was not allowed to work on the art program probably because .
A.she was not used to the school life after she moved from Mew York .
B.she had some trouble with her right eye
C.she needed an improvement in art
Dher teacher thought she was different from others
B
For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are cherished keepsakes. But for thousands of children living in orphanages (孤儿院）worldwide, these records of the past simply don't exist. Either the kids' parents weren't around to take pictures, or the picture have been lost. Whatever the reason, the Memory project is giving orphans a lasting memory of their youth.
Over the last two years, the Memory project has provided hand-painted pictures to more than 4,000 children living in orphanages in poor countries. Ben Schumaker, 24，got th« idea when he was visiting an orphanage in Guatemala, in Central America. But he's not creating the pictures alone. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U.S. paint them using photos sent from the orphanages,
Schumaker believed that the artists benefit from the project as much as the orphans do. "There are two purposes of the project," he told TFK, a magazine for children, "One is to offer a special gift to the child abroad. The other is to help open the eye of the student who is painting' Staring into the eyes of another person. Schurnaker believes, creates a real connection. This connection make more students in U.S. schools realize the needs of the poor children. “It's about planting a seed，” he says,
Schumaker is also working on Books of Hope, a project in which students of all ages put together homemade books for children in Uganda and India. He hopes that one day children in Uganda and India will send books to the U.S. 'It's Important to me to have it be a two-way exchange," said he.
36.Old photos and baby pictures are clearly nowhere to be found to ,
A. the kids in rich families B. the kids in common families-
C. the kids in poor countries D. the kids without parents
37.How can the orphans in Guatemala get a continuing record of their youth?
A.By hand-painted pictures that Ben Schumaker painted
B.By the photos the orphanage taken for them
C.By the photos taken by the U.S. students in high schools.
D.By the Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker
38.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Memory Project has provided hand-painted pictures to more than 4,000 children in rich countries
B. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U.S. started the Memory Project
C. The hand-painted pictures were painted according to the photos from the orphanages
D. The hand-painted pictures were painted according to the TV news from orphanages in Guatemala
39.What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A.The special gifts that the world's poor children received
B.The benefits that the Memory Project brings
C. The need of the U.S. schools
D. How to help the orphans
40.According to the passage, Schumaker helps the kids in .
A. two countries B. three countries C. four countries D, Five countries
C
Science Daily- Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean (地下的) and aboveground herbivorous (食草的）insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects send chemical warning signals (信号） through the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are warned that the plant is already ” occupied"
Aboveground, leaf-eating insects prefer plants that have not yet been occupied by subterranean root-eating insects. Subterranean insects send out chemical signals through the leaves of the plant, which warn the aboveground insects about their presence, This messaging makes it possible for spatially-separated insects to avoid each other, so that they do not compete for the same plant.
In recent years it has been discovered that different types of aboveground insects develop slowly if they feed on plants that also have subterranean insects and in turn so it is the same with subterranean insects. It seems that a good way has developed t)irough natural selection, which helps the subterranean and aboveground insects to communicate with each other. This won't cause unnecessary competition to take place.
Through the "green telephone lines", subterranean insects can also communicate with a third party, like the natural enemy of caterpillars (毛虫),Parasitic wasps (寄生蜂）lay their eggs inside aboveground insects. The wasps also benefit from the signals sent by the leaves, as these help them find more insects for their eggs.
The communication between subterranean and aboveground insects has only been studied in a few systems. It is still not clear how widely this happens, say the researchers.
41.How do subterranean and aboveground insects communicate with each other?
A. By sending signals through the leaves, B. By giving off particular smells.
C, By making soft and beautiful sounds. D. By the signals sent by parasitic wasps.
42.After finding a plant occupied by root-eating insects, aboveground insects will usually .
A. send out warning signals B. compete for the same plant
C. choose to leave the plant D, fight with the root-eating insects
43.Aboveground insects will develop more quickly if their food plants
A. are often visited by parasitic wasps B. are not occupied by root-eating insects
C. have more green leaves D. have more subterranean insects
44.What does the underlined part “a third party” m Paragraph 4 include?
A. Aboveground insects. B. Root-eating insects.
C. Caterpillars, D. Parasitic wasps.
45.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Communication between different insects.
B.How do animals prevent competition?
C.Insects use plants as telephones,
D.Plants become the home of the subterranean insects.
IV综合填空（共10小题，共10分）
阅读下面短文，在标有序号的空e处填入一个适当的词，或用括号中单词的正确形式填空， 使短文完整连贯。
Asked by one of my students the other day 46 he should do to fix up his relationship with his parents, I couldn't help suggesting that he read some nice 47 As food is to the body, so are books to the 48 , Reading does .49 to a rebellious(叛逆的）student. However, not every book is 50 reading. You cannot be too careful in choosing one to start with. A very popular book of advice for young people, entitled "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Sour is often 51 . (think) to be a worthwhile book. One could get a lot from reading it. The book I want him to read will not only interest him 52 make him think a lot as well. He will be the way his parents want him to be. I see no reason why he shouldn't take my53 . seriously. For one thing, he w