仁寿县2012级英语模拟试题

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共90分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，共40分）

第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

--- Did you scold her for her carelessness in her job?

--- Yes, but _____ it. Her father was badly ill.

A. I would rather not do B. I’d rather not have done

C. I shouldn’t do D. I’d better not do

---Who’s that at the door? ---_____ is the courier(.快递员)

A. He B. That C. This D. It

Today, we will begin ____ we stopped yesterday so that no point will be left out .

A. when B. what C. how D. where

You can’t imagine a well-dressed lady ______ be so rude to the old woman.

A. might B. need C. should D. would

---Come on, Ham. There’s no time left.

---_____ and I’ll get the work finished.

A. Have five more minutes B. Five more minutes

C. Given five more minutes D. If I have five more minutes

6. With all the books he needed _____, he left the library, feeling satisfied.

A. borrowed B. borrowing C. borrow D. to borrow

7. The manager decided to give the job to ____ he believed had a strong sense of responsibility.

A. whomever B. whoever C. who D. those

8 .---- Did you catch what I said? ---- Sorry. I _____ a text message just now.

A. was sending B. had sent C. have sent D. would send

9. In most middle schools, students never seem to have time to enjoy themselves until after 6:00 pm, _____ many adults have gone home.

A. whose time B. that time C. by which time D. on which time

10. Experts say young Chinese students’ eyesight keeps dropping_____ because of both too much homework and poor learning conditions.

A. sharply B. narrowly C. automatically D. roughly

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11--30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案。

Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

To make her skills perfect, Lola 11 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive, 12 she is almost blind, born with an unusual condition that makes her eyes unable to see properly. She often sees double and can’t 13 how far away things are.

When she was little , her mom 14 that even though she couldn’t see 15 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 16 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more 17 for her than for some her teammates, she has never given up. She doesn’t let her 18 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 19 is the balance beam. Because she has double sight, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her practice. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to 20 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 21 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 22 the beam. In fact, she got 8.1 out of 10----her highest score ever.

Lola doesn’t want to be 23 differently from the other girls on her team. In the competition, the judges don’t know about her sight 24 . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 25 attitude.

Lola 26 thinks about giving up. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 27 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 28 she grew up.

Lola is 29 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helpful her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her 30 for others is “just believe yourself”.

11. A. runs B. teaches C. dances D. trains

12. A. since B. unless C. after D. though

13. A. talk B. guess C. tell D. predict

14. A. noticed B. remembered C. imagined D. doubted

15. A. deeply B. well C. ahead D. closely

16. A. task B. event C. sport D. show

17. A. boring B. difficult C. enjoyable D. unsatisfactory

18. A. talent B. quality C. nature D. condition

19. A. challenge B. advantage C. favor D. program

20. A. examine B. express C. trust D. open

21. A. fearful B. harmful C. unfair D. inconvenient

22. A. to B. on C. off D. against

23. A. greeted B. paid C. served D. treated

24 .A. pains B. problems C. injuries D. feeling

25. A. negative B. friendly C. positive D. careful

26 A. never B. sometimes C. often D. just

27. A. prize B. range C. view D. goal

28. A. until B. when C. as D. before

29. A. proud B. tired C. ashamed D. confident

30. A. plan B. love C. advice D. duty

(完形填空2，供各校自行选择)

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 11 began when I was just a kid. I 12 becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that 13 people spent a lot more time reading than they 14 watching television. She announced that my brother and I 15 watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 16 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later, we realized her marks were a 17 . My mother was illiterate.

When I entered high school, I was a(an) 18 , but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to 19 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from 20 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit skirts. She said, “Okay， I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 21 food and pay the bills. With everything 22 , you can have all the Italian knit skirts you want.” I was very 23 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was 24 left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to 25 our heads and any kind of food on the table, 26 buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 27 and became an A-student again, and eventually I 28 my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with 29 formal education or property, who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job 30 than parenting. This I believe.

11. A. belief B. work C. education D. promise

12. A. majored in B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of

13. A. lazy B. easy-going C. successful D. reliable

14. A. spent B. paid C. took D. did

15. A. could only B. could not C. must not D. should often

16. A. read to B. present to C. teach D. explain

17. A. joke B. means C. tool D. trick

18. A. A-student B. B-student C. C-student D. D-student

19. A. get rid of B. hang out with

C. break away from D. keep in touch with

20. A. making B. stopping C. working D. getting

21. A. your brother B. yourself C. your sister D. the family

22. A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out

23. A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored

24 .A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

25. A. put an idea into B. gave an impression

C. keep a roof over D. have eyes in the back of

26 A. let alone B. let out C. let in D. leave alone

27. A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play

28. A. made B. fulfilled C. changed D. tried

29. A. little B. much C. few D. high

30. A. more interesting B. less important

C. more important D. less interesting

第二部分： 阅读理解 （共25小题，满分50分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ）中选出最佳选项。

A

When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China.

When India had not opened up its markets to the world, I carried suitcase full of dark glasses and jeans. Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now.

As long as I can remember, she didn’t even drink India tea.

I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illness.

At the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.

How things change! And how soon!

Now every town of any size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China.

The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done. A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.

But it’s a two-way street. I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Bangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the India IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.

No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to hit about US $15 billion for last year and US $20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both government.

No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the Sino-Indian century as the two countries started on January 1 the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.

But what is still wonder to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.

31.Why did the mother ask for Chinese tea?

A．She