Lesson 1 A Matter of Taste测试

  Lesson 1 A Matter of Taste测试 一、短文填空：阅读下面短文，根据所给的第一个字母，写出相应的单词 When the Titanic was built, people thought it would never s_____. However, this passenger ship surprised everyone when it sank on its first j_____. The Titanic was built in Belfast,Ireland. Its m_____ spent a great deal of money building the ship. When it was finished, it was the l______ and most comfortable ship ever built. The Titanic set sail on April 1912. “I had wanted to set f_____ on the Titanic ever since it was built,” said Molly Brown, a Titanic survivor. “I never thought it would sink!” O______ 13th April, the Titanic was sailing at full s_____ towardsNew York. The c_____ had received warnings about icebergs all day, but had paid little a _____ to the warnings. At 2:20 am, the Titanic sank into the sea. It had hit an i______ just over two hours before. Of the 2,200 people on the ship, only 705 survived. 一、单项填空： 1. –It’s getting late. I’m afraid I must be going now.   --OK. _____.   A. Take it easy      B. Go slowly      C. Stay longer     D. See you 2. When first ____ to the market, these products enjoyed great success.   A. inducing      B. introduced        C. introduce       D. being introduced 3. We needed a new cupboard for the kitchen. So Peter made ______ from some wood we had.   A. it         B. one             C. himself        D. another 4. Paul had to write a history paper, _____ he couldn’t find time to do it.   A. but        B. so         C. because        D. if 5. –What’s that terrible noise?   --The neighbours _____ for a party.   A. have prepared     B. are preparing     C. prepare     D. will prepare 6. Last night Tom lay in bed, trying to read, but he ____ himself reading the same page.   A. had          B. found         C. caught        D. felt 7.Washington, a state in theUSA, was named ____ the first president George Washington.   A. in honour of     B. in favour of     C. by means of    D. instead of 8. They said good-bye, little knowing that they _____ again.   A. were never met               B. were never to meet   C. were to never meet            D. were never going to meet 9. The great use of the school education is not so much to teach you things _____ to teach the art of learning.   A. rather than      B. like     C. as         D. nor 10. –International Bank Corporation. Good afternoon.    --Good afternoon. Mr Henry Chalmers, please.    --I’m sorry, sir, _____. We open again at 9:30 n Monday morning.    --Thanks. Good-bye.    A. but the bank’s closed                  B. but Mr Henry Chalmers    C. but today is sunny                    D. but I’m not sure of him 11. _____ big swimming pool in our school was completed in ____ May f 2005, not in ____ April, 2004.    A. A; 不填；不填    B. The; the;不填   C. A; the;不填   D. The;不填；不填 12. –How often do you go to the library?    --_____.    A. In two days   B. Every few days   C. Each third day   D. Every a few days 13. Arabic(阿拉伯语) is written in the opposite direction to English, ____, from right to left.    A. for example     B. such as     C. which is      D. that is 14. So for 70﹪ of the people in the flooded area ____ the help from the local government.    A. has got      B. are getting     C. have got     D. had got 15. He hardly ____ anything more since we know all about it.    A. need to say    B. needs say    C. need say    D. needn’t have said 三、完形填空：     Ask beautiful American singer Beyonce Knowles what she wants people to hear when they listen to her songs and the answer is a simple one. “My range,” she says. “I want them to hear all of the 16 influences from hip-hop (street dancing music) to rock to jazz. I want them to hear the talent. I know that fans love me17 apop star. Now I want them to understand me as a (n) 18.” It is this quality that sets the 22-year-old apart 19 the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who have the 20 but not the same level of 21. and now the music industry says the same thing: Knowles 22 the field at the Grammy Awards(格莱美奖) with six nominations(提名), including ones for record of the year and the best R&B 23. She started her music career as the founding member and chief songwriter of Destiny’s Child. Since appearing onto the24 in1997, the group has become one of the most successful female acts of all time, selling over 33 million 25 worldwide. Although 2003 has 26 the release of her first sole album(专辑), Dangerously in Love, Knowles is not about to 27 her band-mates. “I love Destiny’s Child and I’m not trying to get away from it,” she said. “I just wanted to explore a different28 and show how I’ve29 as a musician.” She took an active role in 30 the album, from writing the 31 to mixing the final songs. And her 32 have played a big part in her success and she 33 her father with the track, Daddy. My father stopped working to become my full-time manager. We also had to downsize(缩小) our house to an apartment, she said. Knowles has done her own personal “34”too—she has given up lots of 35 and runs six miles a day so she can fit into the famous hot pants she wears on stage. 16. A. scientific       B. musical       C. historic       D. political 17. A. as             B. like          C. because       D. as if 18. A. writer         B. singer         C. artist         D. dancer 19. A. between        B. of           C. from         D. among 20. A. job            B. knowledge     C. sound        D. looks 21. A. study          B. talent          C. experience   D. management 22. A. creates        B. attracts         C. leads        D. enters 23. A. dance         B. song           C. film         D. music 24. A. field          B. sight           C. view         D. stage 25. A. songs         B. albums         C. hot pants      D. records 26. A. seen          B. heard          C. written        D. had 27. A. leave         B. join            C. follow        D. disappoint 28. A. pattern        B. band           C. style          D. performance 29. A. treated        B. developed       C. used          D. employed 30. A. arranging      B. selling          C. producing     D. recording 31. A. material       B. article          C. explanation     D. plan 32. A. band-mates    B. manager         C. family         D. friends 33. A. gives          B. thanks          C. writes         D. sends 34. A. recording      B. songwriting       C. downsizing    D. working 35. A. time          B. place            C. clothing       D. food 四、阅读理解： Londoners are great readers. They buy a large number of newspapers and magazines and even of books-especially paperbacks(平装书), which are still rather cheap in spite of the ever-increasing rises in the cost of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books too, printed on good paper and fastened between hard covers. There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize(专营) in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these isCharing Cross Roadin the very heart ofLondon. Here the bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the famous one which calls itself “the biggest book-shop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will get any kind of books, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in books on philosophy(哲学), politics or any other of the many subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes in books about ballet(芭蕾舞)！ 36. Compared with “paperbacks”, as is suggested in this passage, “proper” books are ____.    A. more valuable            B. more costly    C. more enjoyable to read      D. more difficult to read 37. This passage has mentioned all of the following except _____.    A. the Londoners as book lovers   B. the various subjects of books    C. the size of the books          D. the size of the bookshops 38. “The biggest books hop in the world” is perhaps _____.    A. words from the shop owner’s advertisement    B. a lie by the shop owner to cheat the readers    C. a praise of the shop from the writer of the passage    D. a praise of the shop from readers inLondon 39. When the writer mentions “the tiny, dusty little places”, he refers to ____.    A. very useful bookshop       B. very dirty bookshops    C. very convenient bookshops    D. very old bookshops 40. By saying “Dickens’ time”, the writer referred to _____.    A. a period of time when Dickens was still living    B. a period of time when people liked to read Dickens’ novels    C. a period of time when Dickens’ novels were sold    D. a period of time when Dickens was famous                         B I hear many parents say that their teen-age(十几岁的) children are rebellious(反叛的). I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a god look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are al taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one anther’s hands for safety. They say they want to dress as the please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd in doing it. They have come out of their cocoon(茧) – into a large cocoon. It is becoming harder an harder for a teen-ager to stand up against the poularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly opened up a teen-age market. These days every teen-age can learn from newspapers and TV what a teen-ager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award(奖励) high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teen-ager who wants to find his or her own path. But the difficulty is worth getting over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts. 41. The writer’s purpose in writing this the passage is to tell ____.    A. readers how to be popular in the world    B. teen-agers how to learn to decide things for themselves    C. parents how to control and guide their children    D. people how to understand and respect each other 42. According to the writer, may teen-agers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them _____.    A. have much difficulty in understanding each other    B. are not sure of themselves    C. dare not do things    D. are very much afraid of getting lost 43. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?    A. There is no popularity that really counts.    B. What many parents are doing is actually keeping their children from finding their own paths.    C. It is not necessarily bad for a teen-ager to disagree with his or her classmates.    D. Most teen-agers say they want to do what they like to, but in fact they are doing the same. 44. During the teen-ager years, one should learn to _____.    A. become different from others in as many ways as possible    B. get into the right season and become popular    C. find one’s real self    D. rebel against parents 45. From the passage we can get a conclusion ____.    A. the writer is for the teenagers to be themselves    B. the writer is against the teenagers to be themselves    C. the writer does not care whether the teenagers should be themselves or not    D. the writer wishes the parents to be themselves 1.      ______ 2.      ______ 3.      ______ 4.      ______ 5.      ______ 6.      ______ 7.      ______ 8.      ______ 9.      ______   10.  ______ 五、短文改错：     I have got a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives inFrance. In his letter, she said that she would come toEnglandin next year. If she comes, she will get surprise. We are now living in a beautifully new house in the country. Works on it had begun before my sister left. The house completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house had many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange for some people. It must be the only modern house in the village. 六、书面表达： 请用下列词汇写一篇短文，描述李萍照顾生病的王奶奶的经过。   lie sick on the bed / a bad cold / a high fever / look after / take one’s temperature / not feel like / a bowl of / feed…with / a good girl / like Lei Feng / take a good rest / be all right soon 答案： 一、sink   journey   makers   largest   foot   On   speed   captain   attention  iceberg 1-5 DBBAB   6-10 BABCA   11-15 BBDCC 16-20 BACCD   21-25 BCBDD   26-30 AACBC   31-35 ACBCD 36-40 BCADA   41-45 BBACA 改错： 1. 去掉have   2. his → her   3. 去掉in   4. get后加a 或者把surprise改为surprised    5. beautifully → beautiful   6. Works  →   Work   7. 在house后加was  8. √   9. had → has   10. for → to One possible version:   Grandma Wang was lying sick on the bed. She caught a bad cold and had a high fever. Li Ping went to look after her. She took her temperature and gave her medicine. As Grandma Wang didn’t feel like eating, she cooked her a bowl of egg soup. Then she fed her with it. Grandma Wang was very glad. She took Li Ping’s hands and said, “You are really a good girl. You are like Lei Feng.” Li Ping asked Grandma Wang to take a good rest and told her that she would be all right soon.