1、 2013 重点高中自主招生培训英语试题 6 第卷（共 65 分） 第一部分：英语语言知识运用（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节：多项选择（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 1. Heres the _ of the washing machine. Read it carefully till you know how to use the machine. A. instruction B. advertisement C. direction D. information 2. Private cars have caused serious transportation
2、problems in our city,_? A. have they B. havent they C. dont they D. do they 3. -Hello! I Love 3.My Home Hotel, can I help you? -Do you have a room _for this weekend? A. empty B. useful C. available D. Possible4. -After reading the stories about LeiFeng, I was very _. -_. He was really warm-hearted.
3、A. relaxed; So was I B. impressing; So did I C. impressed; So was I D. relaxing; So I did 5. They _ to search for the _ boy. A. set out; losing B. set about; missing C. set about; missed D. set out; lost6. Your donation _ and the money will be used to help the students from poor families. A. is grea
4、tly appreciating B. is greatly appreciated C. appreciates D. has appreciated 7. As far as we are concerned, smoking is bad for us, _ for children. A. specially B. especially C. probably D. properly 8. I was 8 years old when my father was31. This year my father is twice my age. How old am I ? _ A. 21
5、 B. 22 C. 23 D. 24 9. When taking an exam, we mustnt copy _ paper. A. anyone elses B. else anyones C. anyones else D. anyone else 10. _I admit his good points, I can see his shortcomings. A. While B. Until C. Since D. When 第 2 节：完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白
6、处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a _11_ bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands were 12 . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱） the 13 . He then asked the au
7、dience（观众）, “Anybody still wants it?” Still the hands went up in the air. “What 14 I do this? ” He asked, and he dropped it on the ground, and started to step on it. He 15 it up. Now the bill was 16 and crumpled. “Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up. “My friends,” He continued, “You hav
8、e all 17 a good lesson. No matter 18 I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its _19 . It was still worth $20. Many times in our 20 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes make wrong decisions, or we may 21 with something we do not expect.When t
9、hat happens, we feel depressed and think we are 22 . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not 23 what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Dont forget the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside 24 , but
10、 on its inner value. This is the 25 of life.” 11. A. 20 dollar B. 20 dollars C. 20-dollars D. 20-dollar 12. A. risen B. put C. raised D. held 13. A. bill B. ground C. paper D. Finger14. A. should B. can C. if D. whether 15. A. showed B. lifted C. put D. picked 16. A. good B. clean C. large D. dirty
11、17. A. gave B. learned C. have D. take 18. A. that B. how C. what D. why 19. A. value B. price C. effect D. part 20. A. studies B. work C. fields D. lives 21. A. meet B. deal C. talk D. get 22. A. worthless B. weak C. poor D. Careless 23. A. from B. in C. about D. at 24. A. beauty B. face C. looks D
12、. impression 25. A. lesson B. truth C. saying D. story 第三部分: 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 、 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Ev
13、ery time I drift off course, I think of this story. It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every
14、 morning and go to the subway. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house
15、and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years. The police counted t
16、he money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire (百万富翁 ). They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a mi
17、llionaire. But the old man said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg. Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意义的 ) for his life. We learn
18、 nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing. 26. The underlined part in the first paragraph may mean _. A. I get tired of learning my subjects B. I fail to listen to lessons attentivelyC. I go in the wrong direction of life D. I wouldnt like to go to school 27. T
19、he neighbors called the police because _. A. the old man kept begging money from them every day B. there was something dangerous in the old mans houseC. the old man wouldnt buy tickets for the train D. they couldnt bear the smell from the old mans house28. When the old man knew he was a millionaire,
20、 he _. A. remained calm B. became excited C. felt worried D. became nervous 29. What lesson do we learn from the story? A. Make great plans for your life. B. Keep on doing what you like. C. Do something that is good to society. D. Depend on yourself rather than others. B The subject of this years Ku
21、nming International Expo(博览会) is “man and nature walking hand in hand into the 21st Century”. When the UK was asked to take part, it seemed natural to build a garden. Now the British Garden will be a central part when 英语部分第 4 页(共 8 页) Expo opens on May 1. David Patterson , the Curator(馆长) of the Dep
22、artment of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, is leading the team now putting the finishing couches to the gardenThe Royal Botanic Gardens were chosen for a very good reason. They have the largest collection of Chinese plants in the world outside China. “Ever since people in Britain started gar
23、dening for pleasure they have used Chinese plants,” Patterson told English Corner. “There are probably Chinese flowers in nearly every garden in Britain. This is a good chance to give something back.” The garden has been carefully designed to mix traditional(传统) British skills with the local Chinese
24、 environment. David Patterson describes the garden as “formal but gentle”. It contains a raised flower bed, a summer house and a lot of local trees. The garden is contained behind a wall of local, yellow stone. It is intended to be a place of serious thinking and quiet enjoyment. “You could say that
25、 weve painted a picture,” said David Patterson. “And we have designed the garden to continue for a long time, so that the people of Kunming will be able to enjoy it long after the Expo is over.” 30. Visitors to the Kunming International Expo will most probably feel _. A. man is the master of nature
26、B. man quite agrees with nature C. nature is a helping hand to man D. China has a long history of gardening 31. The underlined expression “putting the finishing touches to the garden” here means _. A. starting building the garden B. examining the main body of the garden C. doing the last part of the
27、 work to the garden D.completing the design of garden 32. In the British Garden you will feel _. A. nothing familiar B. everything British C. excited and noisy D. quiet and happy 33. The passage is mainly _. A. an introduction to the British Garden B. an explanation of the design of the British Gard
28、en C. a high praise for the Chinese gardening D. a short talk on this years Kunming International Expo C If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars”. But they are not really stars. They are man-made satellites. And the biggest of all is the Interna
29、tional Space Station (ISS). From May to July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth. And people can see it with their eyes. The ISS is the biggest satellite(人造卫星) and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there. When the s
30、pace station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year. Sci
31、entists hope that the ISS will be a stepping stone for future space exploration(探测). “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make the life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist. Sixteen countries are part of the p
32、rogram: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isnt an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it. 34. From the passage we know that _. A. building the ISS is only for
33、scientists to live there B. scientists can do anything they like there C. people can see the Space Station at any time D. sixteen countries are members of the space program 35. The underlined phrase in paragraph four “a stepping stone” probably means_. A. 滑梯 B. 颠峰 C. 垫脚石 D. 走廊 36. China sent some ri
34、ce up to the ISS is probably to _. A. use it as astronauts food B. sell it to aliens C. do some science experiments D. make it grow better in space37. Which of the following isnt mentioned in this passage? A. China will join the ISS in the future. B. The scientists are building living rooms for them
35、 in the ISS. C. The ISS will be more useful in the future. D. The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year. D He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money，but 18-year-old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him. He and six other migrant wor
36、kers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages（人质） .But luckily，they were set free last Tuesday morning，unharmed by the people who had taken them hostage. After hard work by Chinese diplomats（外交官）in the region , the Iraqi kidnappers（绑架者）agreed to hand them over to a local
37、 religious group.“The friendly relations between the Chinese and Iraqi peoples have played a key role in the release of the hostages,”said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan.China refused to join the US-led coalition（联军）in the Iraq war. Since April 4，over 60 hostages from 12 countries，including Am
38、erica，Italy and Japan， have been taken in Iraq.Some have been released,others were killed. The Iraqi resistance groups have started taking foreigners hostage in an attempt to force the US-led troops out of their country.As a result，many foreigners have left，fearing the situation will get worse.Some
39、nations are also considering removing their troops from Iraq.Thailand has ordered its forces not to leave their camp and may bring them home before September as originally planned.New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is considering similar action. But Dan Senor，spokesman for the US-led coalition i
40、n Baghdad，said that it would not negotiate（谈判）with “terrorists or kidnappers” to get hostages released. 38. The seven workers from Fujian were set free mainly because _. A. they were too poor to pay anythingB. kidnappers didnt know they were Chinese C. China didnt take sides with the US-led coalitio
41、n D. kidnappers were friendly to the Chinese 39. Why did the Iraqi resistance groups start to take foreigners hostage？ A. To show their anger towards the occupation of foreign troops.B. To tell the world they would fear nothing. C. To make foreign armies leave their country. D. To resist the America
42、n troops. 40. The author mentioned Dan Senor to show the US _. A. wouldnt give in to Iraqi terrorists or kidnappers B. had enough power to station in Iraq C. wouldnt give up unless it could get something D. had no plan to bring its troops home 41. The passage mainly tells us _. A. the hostage crises
43、 in Iraq B. foreigners were not welcome in Iraq C. the Chinese hostages were set free D. keeping away from Iraq is a wise choice E Eleven-year-old Cammy Holmes walked along the shores of Washington, D.C.s Anacostia River with her big sister and a friend. Wearing gloves to protect their hands, they f
44、illed a garbage bag with everything from fishing lines and dirty plastic bottles to old grocery bags. The girls, and about 150 others volunteered in the International Coastal Cleanup, an event that raises the awareness(意识) of the importance of keeping the worlds waterways and oceans clean. The clean
45、up was organized by the Ocean Conservancy that works to protect ocean animals and their homes. Unfortunately, a lot of trash never goes into a trash can. It blows on the wind, and travels down streams and rivers to the sea. Trash isnt just ugly it can be dangerous for creatures that live in the wate
46、r. Every year, plastic trash like old fishing equipment, shopping bags, and food wrappers (包装) kills one million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles. Sometimes these animals get tangled up (纠缠) in garbage and die. Sometimes they eat trash that chokes (使窒息) or poisons them. Sea turtl
47、es, for example, mistake plastic bags for the jellyfish (海蜇) they love to eat. At the Anacostia River, Cammy helped the volunteers pick up 2,380 pounds of trash in just a few hours along three miles of shoreline. “When you hear about a coastal cleanup, you think it unpleasant, you have to pick up tr
48、ash,” says Cammy. “But then you get there and find out it is actually fun! I liked meeting all the other people and helping out the environment.” This one-day event has an important message for 365 days of the year: “We are all connected to the ocean. You can help keep the ocean clean by putting tra
