Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.It was very generous of you to lend them your new car for their holiday.
2.I find all the characters in his book amusing and interesting.
3.I have never seen such a violent(猛烈的) storm.
4.The hotel offers a friendly atmosphere(气氛)and personal service.
5.Some people lost their lives in order to explore outer space.
6.Neil Armstrong is the first astronaut(宇航员)to walk on the moon.
7.I waved(挥手示意) to my parents until the train disappeared in the distance.
8.We saw the play first and afterwards went to a coffee shop.
9.We met on a flight from London to Paris.
10.The spaceship(太空船)made a safe landing on the moon.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.Last Sunday,my cousin sent me an email inviting(invite)me to his birthday party.
2.When you drive home,you can't be too careful.
3.With the population increasing(increase)rapidly,there is a great need to find new resources.
4.Flying swords of Dragon Gate is the first 3D wuxia movie ever to be released,which came out in the Chinese mainland on December 15.
5.Millions(million)of pounds were lost in Western aids.
6.He was sleeping when they broke in.
7.Do you know the person waving(wave)at you?
8.He has returned to the place where he was born.
9.This is a secret.Don't let it out.
10.He had separated(separate)the apples from the pears before I came.
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Hurricane(飓风)Sandy tore across the East Coast on October 29,2012.In some places,the speed of wind reached 94 miles per hour.Ocean levels were 12.5 feet above normal.One of the hardesthit areas was Staten Island,New York.That's where Amanda Casella,17,lives.Amanda's house was not destroyed by the storm.But many neighbours were not so lucky.Floodwaters carried everything away from their homes.Furniture,clothing,and other things filled the streets.
After the storm,Amanda found a few photos among the remains.“The first was a picture of a couple,” she remembers.
Amanda knew the photos might be the only things some people had left.She decided to try to return them to their owners.With help from friends,Amanda searched the neighbourhood for more
photos.They climbed under thorny bushes(多刺的灌木)and up tall trees to catch pictures.Amanda soon had hundreds of them.Some photos were of people who had died in the storm.“It was heartbreaking,” Amanda says.
Amanda cleaned the photos.She stuck them on boards that she set up outside her house during the day.Every day,people stopped by,trying to find their pictures.
Amanda plans to continue for as long as it takes.Her mom says that Amanda wants to get “every photo back to every family”.The pictures are important to people who lost everything.One woman found her photo from many years ago.“She was crying,and she was hugging(拥抱)us,” says Amanda.
1.Hurricane Sandy ________.
A.brought great disaster to Staten Island
B.made the water level rise by 94 feet
C.injured 17yearold Amanda
D.destroyed all the buildings
解析:推理判断题。根据第一段的“One of the hardesthit areas was Staten Island...”和 “Foodwaters carried everything away from their homes.Furniture,clothing,and other things filled the streets.”可知,飓风桑迪对斯坦顿岛造成了灾难性的破坏。
答案:A
2.According to the text,Amanda ________.
A.collected the photos alone
B.helped people build their houses
C.worked very hard to collect the photos
D.gave her clothing and furniture to others
解析:推理判断题。根据第三段的“They climbed under thorny bushes and up tall trees to catch pictures.”可知,Amanda不辞辛劳地为邻里街坊找照片。
答案:C
3.The underlined word“heartbreaking” in Paragraph 3 refers to a feeling of ________.
A.fear B.sadness
C.worry D.surprise
解析:词义猜测题。根据前一句的“Some photos were of people who had died in the storm.”可知,当看到这些已故人士的照片时,Amanda感到心碎。
答案:B
4.What's the best title for the text?
A.Hurricane Sandy
B.Hurricane hero
C.Important photos
D.Helping hands
解析:标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了Amanda在飓风过后为人们找回照片的故事,因此B项作标题合适。
答案:B
Ⅳ.完形填空
It's hard being an astronaut's son.I __1__,everybody expects you to be special or __2__,and I'm just an average student,and I'm average,too,when it __3__ basketball,football,soccer,and baseball.
I often wonder __4__ my father ever had a son like me.I mean he's so __5__ and so good at everything.So I used to dream about doing something spectacular to __6__ my father and make him __7__ me.
In one class,my teacher __8__ a Father's Day essay contest for us and the winners' essays would be read in front of all the parents and students.After school I walked home,__9__ my father,who I would write about in my essay.
He sat with me in the __10__ when I was a little kid and had a nightmare.He __11__ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party.He sat and tried to __12__ death to me when Grandpa Bob died.To me,he wasn't a worldfamous astronaut,just my dad.I wrote about all these __13__ in my essay.
One of our neighbours said,“I __14__ you'll win the contest,David.You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.”
I __15__.I hadn't shown anyone the essay,but now I almost hoped I wouldn't win.I didn't want to win just __16__ my father was an astronaut.
I won the second prize.When I finished reading my essay,the __17__ applauded.I saw my father blowing his nose.I went back to my seat.
Dad nodded to me,__18__ his throat,and put his hand on my shoulder.“Son,this is the __19__ moment of my life.” he said.
It was the proudest moment of my life,too.Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but just then,it was __20__ just to be my father's son.
1.A..mean B.say
C.know D.believe
解析:用mean来解释前一句的意思。
答案:A
2.A.strange B.honest
C.perfect D.formal
解析:perfect“杰出的,完美的”。此句意为“每个人都认为你应该与众不同或者是完美的”。
答案:C
3.A.refers to B.relates with
C.talks about D.comes to
解析:when it comes to“当说到,当谈到”,为固定搭配。
答案:D
4.A.why B.how
C.whether D.when
解析:句意:我有时候会想父亲怎么会有我这样的儿子呢。
答案:B
5.A..normal B.funny
C.special D.unique
解析:句意:父亲是如此特别,擅长做任何事。
答案:C
6.A..shock B.influence
C.attract D.impress
解析:impress给人以深刻印象。
答案:D
7.A..proud of B.interested in
C.satisfied with D.ashamed of
解析:句意:希望能够做出特别的事情来给父亲留下印象,并让他为我骄傲。
答案:A
8.A..reported B.announced
C.claimed D.warned
解析:announce“宣布”。老师向我们宣布了一件事即让我们写关于父亲的作文。
答案:B
9.A.caring about B.worrying about
C.thinking about D.complaining about
解析:放学回家的时候,作者想着父亲的一切,决定写什么。
答案:C
10.A..silence B.threat
C.horror D.dark
解析:dark对应nightmare。
答案:D
11.A..pleased B.astonished
C.supported D.encouraged
解析:作者八岁生日时,父亲买回小狗,作者感到惊喜。
答案:A
12.A..describe B.explain
C.declare D.remark
解析:作者的父亲向他解释死亡是怎么一回事。
答案:B
13. A.experiments B.incidents
C.details D.memories
解析:前面几句话都属于作者的回忆。
答案:D
14.A.wish B.guess
C.bet D.promise
解析:bet“打赌”。邻居确信作者会得奖,因为他是镇上唯一一个可以写宇航员父亲的人。
答案:C
15.A.smiled B.nodded
C.doubted D.shrugged
解析:shrug“耸肩”,表示不置可否或不同意。
答案:D
16.A.because B.if
C.while D.as
解析:作者不想因为自己的父亲是宇航员才获奖。
答案:A
17.A.parents B.audiences
C.students D.teachers
解析:当“我”读完文章,下面的观众都为“我”鼓掌。
答案:B
18.A.cleaned B.blew
C.cleared D.opened
解析:父亲清了一下喉咙。说明父亲借此掩饰自己的激动。
答案:C
19.A.best B.proudest
C.finest D.greatest
解析:这是作者的父亲一生中最自豪的时刻,文章最后一段首句也有暗示。
答案:B
20.A.natural B.honourable
C.important D.enough
解析:虽然不能成为英雄或获得诺贝尔奖,但此时能作为父亲的儿子就足够了。
答案:D
Ⅴ.语法填空
Yang Liwei 1.was_chosen(choose) from 1,500 other army pilots and began the 2.training(train) for his space flight,in 1998.In 2003,he 3.was_sent(send) into space as the first Chinese astronaut.The first space flight lasted for 21 hours and 4.circled(circle) the earth 14 times.When the spaceship was circling the earth for the 5.sixth(six) time,he spoke 6.with ground control in Gansu and his family.Yang Liwei was 7.so busy with his work 8.that he only slept for about 3 hours when 9.circling(circle) the earth.He 10.returned(return) to the earth on October 16th,2003.
Ⅵ.短文改错
Helen Keller who was born in America in June,1890.Her birth brought much happiness to her parents.But when she was 19 month old,she became deaf and blind because a serious fever.Living in a world where she couldn't see or hear anything,she almost lost the hope to live.
But,at seven,she met her teacher,calling Anne Sullivan.At first,it was hard for Anne to teach so a disabled girl.Helen's strong will and cleverness together with Anne's skill and patience finally helped to make a wonder.Helen learned to speak,read and even play the piano.Later,she finished her college education and get a degree in English literature.
Helen wrote many books,of which “The Story of My Life” was the most famous.Helen was also devoted to help other disabled people like himself.She moved both the USA or the world.
答案:
Helen Keller wh\o was born in America in June,1890.Her birth brought much happiness to her parents.But when she was 19 old,she became deaf and blind because a serious fever.Living in a world where she couldn't see or hear anything,she almost lost the hope to live.
,at seven,she met her teacher, Anne Sullivan.At first,it was hard for Anne to teach a disabled girl.Helen's strong will and cleverness together with Anne's skill and patience finally helped to make a wonder.Helen learned to speak,read and even play the piano.Later,she
finished her college education and a degree in English literature.
Helen wrote many books,of which“The Story of My Life” was the most famous.Helen was also devoted to other disabled people like .She moved both the USA the world.