1、Chapter 2 Reading 1【模拟试题】（答题时间：90 分钟）I. 单词拼写 用所给词的适当形式填空。1. The young man was very poor. He couldnt offer the _ in the university. (expensive)2. My _ is so small that it can be fit into my pocket. (calculate)3. More _, computers can operate railways. (important)4. The weather in Hong Kong is _ than
2、that in Shanghai. (hot)5. There are five _ pieces of jewellery which belong to Mr White. (miss)6. On his way home, one _ robber robbed my father of his wallet and watch. (hide)7. It took me only a few minutes _ out the maths problems. (work)8. What _ to us if there are no computers in our life? (hap
3、pen)II. 单项填空( ) 1. You dont need to watch todays news, because there is _.A. interesting something B. something interestingC. interesting nothing D. nothing interesting( ) 2. As we all know, January may be the _ month in a year.A. cold B. coldest C. colder D. too cold( ) 3. She does the sum much _ t
4、han she did before.A. careful B. more careful C. carefully D. more carefully( ) 4. _ you practice using English, _ you will be at English.A. The harder, the good B. The harder, the betterC. Harder, better D. The harder, better( ) 5. Human beings give computers their information and tell them _.A. ho
5、w to do B. what to do it C. what to do D. when to doIII. 完形填空The computer plays an important part in our everyday life. It is one of the great _1_ in the world in the _2_ century. It works for us not only at home, in the offices, in big shops, _3_ at schools. Today it is used _4_ many ways. It reall
6、y _5_ the world large wealth and happiness.The first computer in the world was _6_ Enid. It was built in America in 1946. It was _7_ and heavy. _8_ it was born, it has been developing very fast. Until now it has gone _9_ four periods (阶段) and changed a lot. Therere many kinds of computers. Computers
7、 are getting smaller and smaller and computing faster and faster. It becomes more and more _10_.The computer can do most of the things _11_ the people. It can help us to _12_ about the real world more quickly, to learn _13_ we want to learn and to think _14_ ourselves. _15_ a student in the twenty-f
8、irst century, you must work hard at it.( ) 1. A. inventions B. discoveries C. robots D. inventors( ) 2. A. twenty-first B. twenties C. twelfth D. twentieth( ) 3. A. also B. but also C. too D. either( ) 4. A. in B. to C. by D. over ( ) 5. A. takes B. helps C. gets D. brings ( ) 6. A. found B. invente
9、d C. called D. bought ( ) 7. A. easy B. small C. large D. light( ) 8. A. For B. Until C. When D. Since( ) 9. A. by B. across C. through D. against ( ) 10.A. serious B. harmful. C. dangerous D. helpful ( ) 11.A. for B. to C. at D. with ( ) 12.A. set B. tell C. know D. talk ( ) 13.A. what B. that C. w
10、hich D. who ( ) 14.A. of B. about C. out D. for ( ) 15.A. For B. Be C. As D. ToIV. 短文填空 A 在方框中选择可以填入短文空白处的词。people mind become streets trying spend small lose hard luckyIn these years, computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy 1 have c
11、hanged into 2 game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with 3 especially young boys.In the computer game houses, people 4 a lot of money competing with the machines. Its 5 for one to win a computer, but one can make progress after 6 again and again. People have a kind
12、of gambling psychology (赌博心理 ) when they play computer games. The more they 7 , the more they want to win. For school boys, they have no 8 for their lessons. When class is over, they run to the nearby computer game houses. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are no
13、t 9 enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students money and 10 thieves.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _B 阅读短文，用适当的词填空。(首字母已给出)In every language there are words that have some interesting stories b them. The word “sandwich”, for example, is very c in English. If we
14、want to know the story, we must know something about an English nobleman n Sandwich, who lived in the 18 th century.Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards f money. He often played for 24 hours and did not e stop to have his meals. He ordered his servants to bring him some meat and bread and h
15、e played w eating. He put the meat b two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand, and at the same time he played with his right hand. People liked his idea and began to eat bread and meat in this way.V. 阅读理解“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”This may sound like something so
16、meone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote itWe all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?Picture this, youre rushing to finish your homework o
17、n the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?Inventions ha
18、ve speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.One family in the UK went “back
19、 in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more th
20、ings you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things”( ) 1. The w
21、riter uses the quote at the beginning of the story to _.A. tell us a truth about our liveB. tell us what life was like long time agoC. point out what causes such a thing to happenD. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same( ) 2. In the passage the writer describes a p
22、icture to show that new inventions _.A. have speeded up our lives B. have improve the quality of our livesC. may make people feel very happyD. may bring people some trouble( ) 3. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because _A. they loved to live simple livesB. they wanted to know ho
23、w people lived without modern inventionsC. they were troubled by modern inventionsD. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them( ) 4. According to the passage, which is NOT right?A. People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happierB. An unknown Roman was sure that th
24、e quality of life would get betterC. The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s houseD. With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired( ) 5. The passage is mainly about _A. problems with technology B. improvements of our lives with technologyC. changes happening to t
25、echnology D. the importance of technologyVI. 填写表格Shanghai Science and Technology Museum opened to the public on December 20, 2001. It is located at 2000, Century Avenue. Pudong New Area, near the century Park. Covering an area f 68,000 square meters, it has seven huge exhibition halls and three wond
26、erful theatres.Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Monday. It is very easy to reach. You can take the No. 2 Underground and get off at South Yang-gao Road Station, or you can take a bus and get off at the Century Park.Shanghai Science and Techn
27、ology MuseumAddress (1) _, Century Avenue, Pudong New AreaOpen Date (2) _ 20,2001Open Hours 9:00 a.m. (3) _ p.m., every day expect (4) _Halls and Theatres (5) _ huge exhibition halls and three wonderful theatresTraffic Underground No. 2 Line at South Yang-gao Road Station or busat Century ParkVII. 综
28、合阅读 阅读短文后按要求完成各题。The Blacks are American visitors. They now visit Beijing. (1) This is their first visit to China. (2)他们想参观一些大城市和农村 . They hope to learn some Chinese, too. They are taking a lot of pictures in China. When they go back to America, (3) show the pictures to , are going to, they , their
29、friends. They want the American people to know more about China.1. Where are the Blacks now?_.2. 将(1)句译为中文。_.3. 将句译为英语。_4. 将句重新排序，使其成为一个语句通顺的句子。_.5. What do they want American people to know? _.【试题答案】I. 单词拼写 1. expenses 2. calculator 3. importantly 4. hotter 5. missing 6. hidden 7. to work 8. will h
30、appenII. 单项填空 DBDBCIII. 完形填空 ADBAD CCDCD ACADCIV. 短文填空 A: 1. streets 2. small 3. people 4. spend 5. hard 6. trying 7. lose 8. mind 9. lucky 10. becomeB: behind common named for even while betweenV. 阅读理解ADBBAVI. 填写表格 1. 2000 2. December 3. 5:30 4. Monday 5. SevenVII. 综合阅读 1. They are in Beijing now.2.这是他们第一次到中国参观访问。3. They would like to visit some big cities and the country.4. They are going to show the pictures to their friends. 5. They want the American people to know more about China.
