1、完形填空阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最正确选项When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! 116my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could 17 have that money.On my birthday my parents told me they had my 18 outside in the back yard. At once I 19 out to
2、the yard. There was my bike, 20 it wasnt the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so 21! I thought I 22 my parents* feelings because I could see the disappointment 23 their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I 24 the old bike and rode it, fee
3、ling 25 that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didnt 26.As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me 27 much more than just a rusty (生 锈的)old bike. They gave me a life lesson about 28. When you give something out of love, it doesnt mat
4、ter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this 29 because giving a gift is not about money. Its about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that 30 two dollars isnt any less valuable (有价值的)than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even mor
5、e.16. A. talkedB.spokeC. saidD. told17. A. hardlyB. quicklyC. slowlyD. easily18. A. guitarB.giftC. cakeD. card19. A. rushedB. rodeC. climbedD. came20. A. andB. orC. butD. because21. A. excitingB. interestingC. relaxingD. disappointing22. A. likedB. hatedC. hurtD. thanked23. A. onB. inC. atD. for24.
6、A. got inB. got onC. got offD. got up25. A. surprisedB. excitedC.happyD. bad26. A. look aheadB. look backC. come upD. come down27. A. anythingB. nothingC. somethingD. everything28. A. loveB. moneyC. friendshipD. knowledge29. A. ideaB. newsC. adviceD. storyB. costsC. paysD. offers阅读理解 阅读下面材料,从每题所给的A、
7、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项。AFour New Cool InventionsMipMip, a playful robot, was developed by a Canadian toy maker named Wowwee. It stands 19 cm tall. You can control it simply with your gestures(手势)or a smart phone. Mip can run, balance and dance on two wheels. It can also bring you a bottle of water.Androi
8、d WearGoogle is developing a smart watch called Android Wear. The watch uses a touch screen and voice control. Simply say UOK, Google to ask what ever you want to know. For example, say OK, Google. Wheres the nearest toy store? Your answer will tell you the answer on Google Maps.Le PenDo you like li
9、stening to music while doing homework? If you do, you will like Le Pen. With a music player planted inside, Le Pen plays music while you write on paper. The music stops when you stop writing. So if you want to enjoy more of your favorite songs, keep on writing. One wheelIn the near future you may fi
10、nd a new way to escape traffic: a self-balancing skateboard called One wheel. It can go as fast as 19km an hour. On a single charge(充电),it can take you as far as 7-10km.31. If you want to enjoy music while writing, you can choose.32. According to the passage, Android Wear can.A. go as fast as 19km a
11、n hourB. tell you how to get to some placesC. run, balance, dance and even serve youD. play music while you writing on paperIn which part of a newspaper can you find in the passage?A. Culture.B. Literature. C. Science.D. HistoryBHold Your Head Up HighHold your head up high I was 15 months old, a hap
12、py and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly, from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.Sometimes people asked me embarrassing(使人难堪的)questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the monster. I was always
13、imagining that everyone looked down on (瞧不起) me.Yet mum would say to me, Hold your head up high and face the world. I began to depend on that saying.As a child, I thought mum meant, Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking. As a teenager, I usually looked
14、down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mum and she would lo
15、ok at me with loving eyes and say, Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance (夕卜貌)My mums love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident (自信的)but also to have deep compassion (
16、同情)for others. “Hold your head up high has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.33. The word carefree in the first line probably meansin Chinese.A. 无忧无虑的B.无拘无束的C.小心翼翼的D.与众不同的Why did the writers mum say Hold your head up high to her?A. To tel
17、l her to be careful.B. To help her hide the shame.C. lb stop her from getting hurt.D. To make her more confident.34. From the story, we can know that.A. the writer understood the saying very well as a childB. the writer felt like everyone else in high school.C. the writer is living with a warm and b
18、rave heart nowD. the writer has deep compassion for others all her lifeThe passage is mainly about.A. what the writer experienced when she was 15B. what the writer did to show thanks for mums giftC. how the writer changed herself with mums loveD. how the writer became confident with her great effort
19、sCE-waste is fast becoming a serious problem around the world. This report will examine this problem and provide some possible ways to solve it.We live in a society that is producing and using electronics(电了产品)all the time. It is often cheaper to buy new products than to repair old ones. Also, throu
20、gh clever advertising, companies always encourage people to change their old TVs, mobile phones and computers for the latest models. E-waste is created when we throw away old ones. In the EU alone, about 8,700,000 tons of e-waste is produced each year. Sadly, just over 1,000,000 tons is recycled.Bur
21、ying(填埋)e-waste or burning it cause serious problems for the environment. Electronics have dangerous things in them. These things can then get into the ground or pollute the air when they are burnt.In recent years, . However, their plans are not always managed properly. Sometimes electronics are jus
22、t sent to poor countries such as Ghana. Here they are often burnt in public areas, which is very bad for peoples health. Setting up recycling centers is a good way to solve this problem. E-cycling centers could recycle the parts that can be reused and deal with the rest properly.Another way is to ma
23、ke producers responsible(负责任)for their used products. This means that producers must take back old products which are no longer wanted. They should then make sure thev are properly recycled or reused.As for us, we should try to cut down on e-waste. Change electronics only when we have to. And dont b
24、uy a product just to have the latest model.E-waste is a serious problem in the modern world. Both producers and users must take actions and try to keep it to the smallest amount.35. According to the passage, it is oftento buy new electronics than to repair old ones.A. more expensive B. more difficul
25、tC. cheaperD. worseIn the passage the underlined word uthef refers to.A. the old productsB. the producersC. the usersD. the new productsWhich of the following is the best for the blank in Paragraph 4?A. the e-waste problem has been solvedB. the e-waste problem continues growingC. many countries have
26、 started recycling e-wasteD. people havent realized the e-waste problem yetWhich sentence shows the writers opinion?A. Burning e-waste causes problems for the environment.B. E-waste problem is very serious and people should take actions.C. Sometimes electronics are sent to poor countries such as Gha
27、na.D. In the EU alone, about 8,700,000 tons of e-waste is produced each year.DA new study finds that plants communicate with one another to warn of danger.We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They dont move; they dont make sounds, they dont seem to act on anything. But as
28、is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical.Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, give out chemicals into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings can spread information about on
29、e plants disease or infestation(虫害),so other plants can protect themselves. But how plants receive and act on many of the information exactly is still mysterious.In this weeks Science Magazine, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They have found out one chemical message and traced it all
30、 the way from beginning to end.The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a common pest(害虫).To start out, they grew plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube(管子).One plant was infested and placed upwind and the other was uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants wer
31、e later exposed(暴露)to the pest. The results showed that plants near sick neighbors before were able to protect themselves better against the pest.They found one chemical appeared more often in the exposed plants. The chemical is called HexVic. The scientists discovered where HexVic come from, and pu
32、t it over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to produce HexVic. Researchers made sure that uninfested plants could fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to protect themselves? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors.It is not a simple story, and it may be happen
33、ing in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. In a word, we know that plants not only communicate, but also look out for one another.The underlined traced in the fourth paragraph probably meanshere,reported B. followedC. do
34、ubtedD. developedFor scientists, which are the right steps to watch tomato plants infested by a pest? Place the infested plant upwind. Place the uninfested plant downwind. Expose the downwind plants to the pest. Grow plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube.B.C.D. You can put the se
35、ntence uThe researches also studied leaves from exposed plants and unexposed plants. At the beginning ofParagraph 3 B. Paragraph 4C. Paragraph 5D. Paragraph 6Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?A. Communicating Plants and Terrible DiseasesTalking Plants and Friendly Warnings
36、B. Protecting Plants and Clear InformationGrowing Plants and Mysterious Chemicals三、词汇运用A.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词仅用一次,每空一词。drive allow polite since public46. I have made a lot of good friends I came to this school.47. Linda used to be tooshy to speak in, but now she is outgoing.The man asked , MCould you
37、please tell me where the bank is?If you want to get there quickly, you should avoid in the center of the city.49. You have to be 18 years old before you areto drive a car.B.根据短文内容和所给中文提示,在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。When I was 18, my family left China. And a year later, we made our way to New York. Unluckil
38、y, my father 51.(失败)to find a job, so I had to help support my family. I looked throughthe want ads every morning and later had an 52.(面试)for a job at Waterbury HospitalHealth Centre. There I was told my work would 53.(包括)sweeping floors. I smiledand remembered my fathers 54. (建议).Be proud of what y
39、ou do,” my father said,whether youre a 55. (老板)or are sweeping floors/*So even if my job was the lowest, I was56.(激动的)to do it. Each morning, Iimagined all those57. (病人) not being able to eat if I wasnt there to clean the platesand bowls. Once breakfast was made, I cleaned 58.(厕所),swept floors and d
40、id someother dirty work. I wanted people to say That young man sure does a nice job, 59.(尽管)I was dead tired.Through eleven jobs Ive ever held, my fathers wise words have stayed with me. Ive swept floors, and Ive been the manager. I think Dad would be 60.(自豪).四、语法填空阅读下面的短文,在空向处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确
41、形式。Basketball is still a young game. Its over a hundred years 61. In the winter of 1891, acertain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was so bad _62 the students had to stay inside. As they couldnt play outside, they were 63 (happy), and some even got into fights from
42、time to time.At the college, a teacher 64 (call) James Naismith was asked to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with in cold winters. 65 was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played inside , and the court (球场)was not very large. Dr. Naismith thought for
43、 a few days and invented 66 kind of ball game . It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played 67 two teams. To make a score, the ball had to 68 (throw) into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall.At each end of the court there was such a basket. At fi
44、rst, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find 69 (box) of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is 70 the game got its name. And now it has become one of the most popular sports in the world.五、任务型阅读阅读下面有关touch词组”的短文,了解这些词组的不同含义,然后从方框中选出合适的词组, 将其字母序号填
45、入7175的空格中,使句子意思正确。Keep in TouchYou can keep in touch with your friends in many ways. You can call them. You can send letters or e-mails to them. You can even use a website like Facebook to keep in touch with them.Touch LuckTouch Lusk1 is used when you feel sympathy (同情)about something bad that has h
46、appened to someone. But it is also used when you dont have any sympathy for someones problems.Touch ScreenYou can find touch screens everywhere now. They are fun and easy to use! You touch the screen to choose what you want. Many mobile phones and music players have touch screens. Many ATMs have the
47、m, too. You can also use them to buy tickets.TouchdownWhen you watch an American football game, you will hear the word touchdown. A touchdown happens when a player carries the ball across the other teams goal (球门)line. When a player makes a touchdown, he scores (得分)six points for his team!The Midas
48、TouchMidas was a king in an old Greek story. He loved money very much! He wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. His wish came true. Everything he touched-His furniture, his food, and even his daughter-turned to gold.A. keep in touch B. touch with C. touch screen D. touchdown E. the Madis touchI didnt get the job. 一Oh,!71. I oftenwith my friends by chatting on QQ.72. If someone has , he is very good at making money.73. Last night the football team needed just one more
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