英语强化训练试题.doc

英语强化训练（1）
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A long time ago, my grandma and grandpa lived in a house with a big front yard. They planted lots of vegetables and flowers in the 16 . They worked hard to 17 the plants growing. All summer long, the family ate food from the garden and 18 the flowers.
Years 19 . It became harder for them to keep up the garden. So they made 20 a little smaller. Then one summer Grandpa died. It was a lonely winter for Grandma. It was hard for her to 21 for the garden alone. When spring came, she planted just 22 vegetables and flowers.
One day in the early summer, Grandma 23 big noises in the yard. She looked out the window and saw thousands of bees.
What could she do? Should she hire(雇) someone to get rid of the bees? But that would 24 more than she could afford. She decided to wait.
Over the next few days, the bees were 25 with their own business. Grandma decided the bees wouldn't bother anyone, 26 she didn't give them another thought. That summer, Grandma's little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the big crop of vegetables and the lovely flowers.
One day, Grandma's brother visited. As Grandma made him delicious squash pancakes (南瓜饼), she 27 him about the bees. Frank said, "Farmers 28 hire beekeepers to set up beehives (蜂窝). The bees pollinate (传粉) the crops and help them to grow."
"So that's 29 my garden is doing so well!" Grandma exclaimed (欢呼). After that, she believed that Grandpa had sent 30 to take his place and make Grandma's little garden grow and grow...
16. A. attic(顶楼) B. house C. yard D. farm
17. A. let B. keep C. make D: want
18. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. enjoyed D. enjoying
19. A. left B: came C. went D. passed
20. A. them B. their C. it D. its
21. A. care B. look C. grow D. plant
22. A. much B. many C. a few D. a little
23. A. heard B. saw C. looked D. sounded
24. A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took
25. A. lazy B. quietly C. loud D. busy
26. A. but B. so C. because D. though
27. A. told B, asked C. spoke D. said
28. A. hard B. hardly C. never D. often
29. A. why B. what C. how D. when
30. A. the farmers B. the neighbors C. the bees D. the brother
答案:BACDC ACABD BADAC
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Weddings are important in every country, and there are different wedding customs in different countries. In western countries the bride's (新娘的) dress—her wedding dress—is very important. Some brides wear a new dress. Some brides wear the dress their mothers or even their grandmothers wore at their weddings.
Some people believe the bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. She may wear an old ring and will usually have new shoes. She may borrow something to wear from a friend—that will be something borrowed, and the ring on her finger may have a blue jewel in it or some of her clothes may be blue.
Many married people in western countries wear a ring to show that they are married. They wear the ring on the fourth finger of their left hands.
At the wedding, as soon as the man and the woman are married, their friends often throw rice or very small pieces of paper over them. They believe this will bring them good luck and that they will have many children. The bride often carries flowers, and after the wedding she throws them up in the air. People believe that the woman who catches the flowers is lucky enough. The bride and the groom (新郎), their friends and family then have a party. After that the bride and the groom go on holiday together. This holiday is called "the honeymoon".
Some wedding   1   in western countries
Bride's wedding dress
The bride's wedding dress is of great   2 .
Bride's wear
The bride should wear
something old: her   3  or even her grandmother's wedding dress an old ring
something new: a new wedding dress; a pair of new   4 .
something   5 : things from a friend.
something blue: a ring with a blue   6 ; some blue clothes.
The   7  for the married
Many married wear the ring on the  8  finger of their left hands to show that they are married.
Activities in the wedding party
People throw rice or very small pieces of paper over the new   9   to bring them good luck, hoping they will have many children.
 10  woman catches the flowers thrown up in the air by the bride.
The bride and the groom will have their "honeymoon" after the party.
1.customs   2.importance  3.mother's  4.shoes 5.borrowed          
6. jewel    7. ring       8. fourth   9. couple  10. Lucky
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Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
    During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.
    Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.
The plane flies at 70 km an hour. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.
    “We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said
47. How long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？
A. 45 minutes   B. 60 minutes     C. 70 minutes     D. 90 minutes
48.What’s the most special about the plane？
 A. It uses no fuel         B. It’s the fastest plane  
C. It can fly highest       D. It’s the heaviest plane
49. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?
A The plane goes much faster than a car
B The plane took off at a speed of 45km an hour
C Engineers plan to test a night flight before July
D The plane will fly in the air or up to five days at a time
50.Which column（栏目）of a newspaper may the passage come from？
 A. Food and Health               B. Scientist and Technology  
C. Culture and Communication     D. Sports and Entertainment
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For hundreds Of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial (人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
30. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one’s emotions?
   A.Weather.    B.Actions of others. C. Personality.    D. Age.
31. Which of the following is true about vitamin D according to the passage?
A. It is a kind of artificial chemical.
B. It makes us worried by affecting our brains.
C. It is needed by us all to keep fit.
D. It is in the sunlight.
32. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather.
B. We will be happy when we are caught in the rain.
C. All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter.
D. The more vitamin D you have, the happier you’ll be.
33. What may be the best title for this passage?
A. Why Do We Feel Sad?
B. The Weather Influences People’s Emotions
C. People Need More Vitamin D
D. We Can Hardly Change the Weather
答案 31．C      32．A      33．B
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Perhaps the most extraodinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, because it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.