慈溪中学2006年保送生招生考试
英语
说明:
I.本卷考试时间80分钟,满分100分。
II.本卷分为试题(共7页)和答卷(共3页),答案必须做在答题卷上。
试题
Ⅰ、单项选择(共15小题,计15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案。
1.--This is _________ film I’ve told you about several times.
--It’s great. I’ve never seen _______ more moving one.
A. a; a
B. the; a
C. the; the
D. a; the
2.-- Linda, the new term is coming. Do you think you need a new school bag?
--Yes. I’m going to buy ________ this afternoon.
A. one
B. this
C. it
D. that
3.--What does the radio say?
--It says there _______ this afternoon.
A. is rainy
B. is going to rain
C. is going to have rain
D. is going to be rain
4.The little boy will not go to sleep _________________.
A. until his mother comes back
B. when his mother is coming back
C. before his mother will come back
D. whether his mother comes back
5.He couldn’t _________ an answer when I asked him why he was late.
A. open up
B. try out
C. look over
D. come up with
6.Do you know _____________ in a hundred years?
A. what life will be like
B. what will life be like
C. how life will be like
D. how will life be like
7.--How often do you have history lessons?
--__________, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
A. Every day
B. Every other day
C. Every three days
D. Every a few days
8.--I called you at eight o’clock yesterday evening, but there was no answer.
--Oh, I’m sorry. I __________ dinner at my friend’s.
A. have
B. had
C. was having
D. have had
9.--Is England one of the members of APEC?
--_________. And neither is France.
A. Let me see
B. Yes, it is
C. I hope so
D. Of course not
10.Great changes ________ in Zhejiang since 1979.
A. have been taken place
B. have taken place
C. had been taken place
D. were taken place
11._________ the man looks at his son! He thinks his son is getting more and more
__________.
A. How angry; carelessly
B. What angry; carelessly
C. How angrily; careless
D.What angrily; careless
12.Day by day, the UN officials _______ discussing about Iran issue. But they wonder what
to do with it.
A. are busy with
B. are interested in
C. are excited at
D. are amazed at
13.The TV set _______ has gone wrong.
A. I bought it last week
B. which I bought it last week
C. what I bought last week
D. I bought last week
14.Today the forests have almost gone. People must _______ down too many trees.
A. stop from cutting
B. be stopped from cutting
C. stop to cut
D. be stopped to cut
15.--You teach me English and I teach you Chinese.
--_________.
A. The same to you
B. That’s a deal
C. It’s a pity
D. So do I
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。
Johnny Sylvester, eleven years old, was in bed in the hospital. Seven days before, while he was playing in a football game, he fell and his head(16)the ground. The doctors believed that he might never (17)well.
“He seems to have given up (18). So medicine won’t (19)well. Perhaps he needs something else,” said one of the doctors. “When I visit Johnny, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth.”
To meet Babe Ruth, (20), was not possible. Babe Ruth was as (21)a man in America as the President himself, (22)he was the most famous baseball( 棒球) player in the game.
The next day Johnny’s father managed to tell Babe Ruth about the story of Johnny (23)the phone. Twenty-four hours later, as Johnny (24)in his hospital room, in walked Babe Ruth. Young Johnny couldn’t (25)it really was Babe.
Babe Ruth sat down at Johnny’s beside and said, “Now listen, kid , you’ve got to get well. I’ve brought you a new American League(26). You must start throwing it.”
Sylvester just stayed there, saying nothing, and his eyes were(27)in awe(敬慕)at the great
man.
For Johnny this was the beginning of a new life, one he thought he would never (28). To the surprise of his doctors, young Sylvester walked out of the hospital on his (29)a few weeks later. He was also able to live a healthy life---all because of the (30)of Babe Ruth.
16. A. striked B. hit C. touched D. beat
17. A. feel B. go C. get D. fall
18. A. game B. study C. medicine D. hope
19. A. work B. fit C. win D. go
20. A. after all B. in all C. of course D. for example
21. A. strong B. important C. kind D. clever
22. A. so B. and C. but D. or
23. A. by B. on C. with D. in
24. A. waited B. laid C. lied D. lay
25. A. know B. notice C. believe D. understand
26. A. basketball B. baseball C. football D. volleyball
27. A. shining B. falling C. watching D. fixing
28. A. save B. do C. make D. see
29. A. leg B. hands C. own D. wheelchair
30. A. reply B. presence C. photo D. success
Ⅲ、阅读理解(共三篇15小题,每小题2分,计30分)
A
One day Archie, the clown( 小丑)went into a shop to buy a new pair of shoes.
“Good morning, sir.” said the salesman. “What can I do for you?”
Archie told him, “ A new pair of shoes, please.” He said. “Brown” ,he added.
“Of course , sir,” said the salesman. “Right away.” And he went off to find some suitable shoes, which were piled( 堆)so high that he couldn’t see where to take.
“Try these, sir.”said the salesman.
Archie tried four pairs of shoes, but he said they were too big or too small, or like boats or like pincers. None of them satisfied(使….满意) him.
“Oh dear,” said the salesman. “I can’t find a pair to fit you at all.”
“Let me have a look,” said Archie, hunting among the shoes scattered on the floor.
“Here we are,” he said, “Look, these fit me properly.”
“But you can’t have those, sir!” cried the salesman excitedly.
“Why not?” said Archie loudly.
“Because they happen to be the boxes I keep the shoes in.”
31. As a clown, he needed to buy__________.
A. a common pair of shoes
B. a special pair of shoes
C. a big pair of shoes
D. a small pair of shoes
32. From the story we can see_________.
A. the salesman was a warmhearted man and good at business
B. the salesman was a man busy all the time
C. the clown was a man fond of troubling others
D. the clown was a man playing jokes on others
33. What do you think of the salesman after the clown tried four pairs of shoes and was
dissatisfied with them?
A. He became angry.
B. He became cold.
C. He refused to show other shoes.
D. He had to say he had no others to fit him.
34.The clown said “Look, these fit me properly”, which means the ones____.
A.l ooked the most beautiful of all
B.w ere the most expensive of all
C.w ere the most suitable of all for performing (表演)
D.w ere the most suitable to his feet
35. Why did the clown pick out not shoes but boxes which the salesman kept the shoes in?
A.H e didn’t want to buy shoes.
B.H e had not enough money to buy shoes.
C.T he boxes seemed more useful than the shoes for him.
D.H e could keep his in the boxes.
B
Maxie Anderson and his 23-year-old son Kris flew from California to Quebec. It was a 3100-mile trip, and it took 100 hours. But this was no ordinary flight. There was not even a plane. The pilot( 飞行员) and copilot were in a balloon (气球).