铁一中模拟考试

英语试题

第一部分 英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）

语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1.nature Ad(angerous B b(alance C.demand D. surface

2.books A.boxes B.grades C. teachers D. caps

3.courage A.count B.country C.south D. soup

4.pear A. swear B. heart C.search D. hear

5.although A.bath B. breathe C.cloth D. through

第二节 补全对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

W: Our flight has delayed 2 hours. My husband will be waiting anxiously at London Airport.

M: 6 .

W: Right. What are you here for?

M: 7 .

W: How interesting! I was there with a tour.

M: Really? How did you find it?

W: Beijing deserves the capital of this country. 8 . Those trips are among the ones I've ever enjoyed most. China is really rich in history and tradition. 9 ?

M: No. I come here every year but always on business. I have had no chance to visit tour spots.

W: What a pity! Excuse me. 10 .

A: I was at a two-week international conference on Space Technology in Beijing

B: You'd better make a phone call and tell him of the situation here

C: I'll phone my husband

D: Apart from Beijing, I went to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing

E: How nice!

F: Is this your first trip to China？

G: Thank you very much.

第三节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上

该选项涂黑。

11. Don’t lose ____ heart. There is always a chance of ____ weak defeating ____ strong.

A. /; the; a B. the; the; the C. /; the; the D. /; /; /

12. ----Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?

----_________.Ours is much stronger than theirs.

A. Of course B. It depends C. Don’t mention it D. By no means

13. Children who are not active or diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.

A. what B. whose C. which D. that

14. ---Good morning. I've got an appointment with Miss Smith in the Personnel Department.

----Ah, good morning. You be Mrs. Peters.

A. might B. must C. would D. can

15. ---I can’t recite the poem.

---Well, you are supposed _____ it many times yesterday evening.

A. to read B. to have read C. reading D. having read

16. ----John , where did you guys go for the summer vacation?

-----We________ busy with our work for months, so we went to the beach to relax ourselves.

A. were B. have been C. had been D. will be

17. ---- Where have you been?

---- I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I ____ here earlier.

A. had arrived B. would come C. would have been D. was

18 . You may think it a joke to drive away another person’s car, but in the _________ of the law it is theft.

A. minds B. hearts C. eyes D. hands

19. The picture looks very beautiful _____ the light wall.

A. in B. of C. over D. against

20. some people regard as a drawback is seen as a plus by many others.

A. Whether B. What C. That D. How

21. The girl sat there silent and still, with her eyes _______on the wall.

A. fixing B. fixed C. to be fixing D. to be fixed

22. --- Any new advice?

--- You’d better ____ the last sentence as it is rather misleading.

A. put out B. leave out C. point out D. pick out

23. Hearing the news that her mum came back, out _____.

A. rushing the girl B. were rushing the girl C. rushed the girl D. the girl rushed

24. He refused the offer because he was afraid that he was not fit for the job,for it was _________

calling for much patience.

A. one B. which C. that D. it

25. Strong typhoons strike this area very _____. Normally, they form and come here between July and August every year.

A. generally B. regularly C. usually D. suddenly

第四节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

American’s latest strategy for single persons who don’t want to be single any longer has many names: speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

The principle is the same: Why spend an 26 evening with a stranger 27 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can’t 28 the person?

The solution: The men and women sit down 29 each other. A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 30 person. When the bell 31 off a second time, the men stand up and move 32 to the next female.

At such a meeting in San Francisco 33 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 34 expression on their faces, in two long 35 opposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 36 away.

Richard Cosse, 37 of “American Singles,” says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment “ 38 ” way to search for a partner. Minute-dates have become a 39 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Cosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 40 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

His 41 : Don’t talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 42 about your dreams, desires and hobbies.

Most speed-dating meetings cost about US ＄25 per evening, 43 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 44 the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 45 out weeks and months in advance.

26．A．exciting B．entire C．interesting D．early

27．A．if B．before C．until D．unless

28．A．know B．comfort C．stand D．meet

29．A．watching B．facing C．noticing D．separating

30．A．first B．next C．last D．other

31．A．takes B．sets C．goes D．falls

32．A．on B．about C．out D．in

33．A．long ago B．at first C．recently D．immediately

34．A．calm B．hopeful C．serious D．fearful

35．A．groups B．teams C．rows D．pairs

36．A．laughing B．walking C．running D．talking

37．A．the chairman B．chairman C．the trainer D．trainer

38．A．cleverest B．cheapest C．best D．hottest

39．A．practice B．training C．tradition D．custom

40．A．active B．attractive C．shy D．anxious

41．A．idea B．tip C．order D．warning

42．A．still B．rather C．also D．even

43．A．forcing B．persuading C．encouraging D．allowing

44．A．of B．from C．for D．among

45．A．attended B．booked C．reported D．announced

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

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Twelve years ago，a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco，California，visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.In the rainforest, he watched a bird flying through the trees.The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him.But weeks later，back home，Rhett Butler got the news that trees in the area he visited had been cut down.

That experience led Rhett Butler to write a book about rainforests and threats to their existence. But he did not publish the book.Instead, in 1999, he created a website, using his

research for the book.The site is www.mongabay.com. His purpose was to tell the public of

tropical rainforests.But the subject quickly developed. As a former businessman, he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.

The popularity of Mongabay.com attracted advertisers. Small ads on the site pay for its

www.mongabay.com has grown and led to other sites, for example, operations www.kids.

Mongabay.com, a site for children; www.wildMadagascar.org, which is about the island that Rhett Butler called his favorite place.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and some diving equipment.He often calls on

experts for information.For example，he interviewed Alison Jolly，a top expert on lemurs.He

interviewed Rodney Jackson，a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers，students and teachers.In April，www.time.com named it one of the fifteen top climate and

environment websites in the world.

46．Rhett Butler didn't publish his book about rainforests because ________.

A.it couldn't bring him much money

B.it was not about rainforest protection

C.he didn't want to become a writer

D.he wanted to use the information to create a website

47．Which of the following is NOT true about the Mongabay.com？　

A．It was set up in 1999.

B．It attracted many advertisers.

C．Two related websites grew from it.

D．Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.

48．To keep his website going，Rhett Butler ________.

A．kept visiting the rainforest

B．raised rare snow leopards

C．made a great number of advertisements

D．traveled around and interviewed experts

49．We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．www.mongabay.com was loved by researchers as well as students

B．www.kids.mongabay.com has many stories written by kids

C．www.wildMadagascar.org is better known than www.mongabay.com

D．Rodney Jackson was once a successful businessman

B

Plan ahead to make your family trip run smoothly

Family vacations are cherished memories.Keeping children entertained on the road or

during a flight，however，can be challenging.The best way to cut down on anxiety？Plan ahead.

Avoid giving children snacks that contain sugar and caffeine. Sweet treats keep them happy and quiet for five minutes，as it fills them with unusable energy that will turn into

crankiness (偏执) when the sugar wears off.Bring fun, small snacks like flavored baked chips，apple sauce，raisins，and granola bars—and top it off with a little protein like cheese sticks to keep the blood sugar levels nice and steady.

Bring plenty of plastic or paper bags. This is the perfect time to put those spare bags around the h