I.单项选择（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

 

1. ----Could you carry this box of books for me?

 -----______, but I have a pain in my back.

A. That’s  easy     B. I’d  like  to    C. I’ll  help  you   D. No  problem

2. Jennie is the kind of person you ______love or hate.

A. both      B. either         C. all         D. only

3. In the shop Ellen finally chose a tool that _____ be used to cut wood with.

A. must      B. should        C. could       D. need

4. The new secretary is supposed to report to the manager as soon as she_____.

A. arrived    B. will arrive     C. is arriving    D. arrives

5.______ he left school at 16, he still managed to become a very successful business man.

A. Unless     B. Even though   C. As if       D. Until

6. Steve works very hard because he has a big family _______.

A. to support   B. supporting    C. support    D. supported

7. The fish tasted good. I mean it is ______.

A. available    B. delicious    C. warm        D. cheap

8. I’ll have Hudson _____ you to your room.

A. take        B. took        C. taken        D. to take

9. You are standing ______. Would you mind moving aside?

A. by the way   B. on the way   C. in the way   D. off the way

10. Peter found a note on the door, _______ him to go to the teacher’s office immediately.

A. tell         B. told      C. telling       D. to tell

11. In the city, the prices of vegetables are ______ than those of meat.

A. higher      B. highest    C. the highest   D. high

12. Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, ______ with four years ago.

A. compares   B. compared   C. comparing   D. to compare

13. You did well in the math exam; you _______ have done a good job of preparing for it.

A. will       B. should      C. would      D. must

14. A successful man is one who had a chance and ______it.

A. put       B. gave        C. took       D. brought

15. When the heavy storm started, john and his family _____the area.

A. had left   B. leave        C. have left   D. will leave

16. Mary has got herself into a situation_____ she can turn to nobody for help.

A. why     B. where        C. while     D. which

17. He has such a big dog _____ no one dares to go near his house.

A. which    B. that         C. as        D. so

18. ----Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away?

----Thank you______.

A. it couldn’t be better       B. of course you can

C. I’d love to              D.  My pleasure

19. The meeting has been ______ until Friday morning.

A. put away    B. put off   C. put on   D. put up

20. My watch stopped, and I was late _____ school this morning.

A. to         B. for       C. at      D. in

 

II.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Personally I think trains are exciting and romantic. I must   21   that trains are not important means of transportation in the US, but I do have some  22   with them.

When I was a child, growing up in a small town with very little   23  , we used to go to the station to watch the passenger trains coming in. There was something   24   about the steaming, roaring string of cars coming into view around the mountains, slowly growing larger and   25   and finally  26   crowds of strangers onto the platform.

I took my  27   train trip when I was ten years old. I went with my elder sister to visit our cousins six hundred miles away. The train--so loud and violent on the outside--was 28    and rocking inside. We were very excited, and as that was also our first time away from our parents, we felt somewhat frightened too. However, because I had 29   so much, I was a little disappointed when I was finally one of the passengers I had   30   for so long.

As a college student, I  31   ride overnight train to my roommate’s hometown. We could never afford a  32  , so we played cards, sang, ate, read and talked   33   we finally fell uncomfortably asleep in the straight-backed seats.

My idea that trains are   34   may come from the fact that my husband and I took the train on our honeymoon, spending extra money to eat in the dining car, and   35   the window as the desert scenery slid past.

Now, when I make a trip, I always fly or drive, and   36   are not a very important part of my life.   37  , every time I hear the train whistle faraway on a quiet night, I can always feel the   38   in my heart to pack my bags and jump on board, entering a  39   world of motions, sounds, sights, and experience which just aren’t   40   in the dull environment of an airplane.

21. A. admit     B. believe         C. predict      D. ensure

22. A. trouble B. fun            C. photos      D.experience

23. A. education B. entertainment     C. work        D. money

24. A. boring        B. satisfying       C. exciting      D.terrifying

25. A. smaller        B. louder         C. noisier       D. faster

26. A. spilling        B. throwing       C. removing     D. shooting

27. A. only          B. first            C. second       D. last

28. A. gentle         B. small         C. big         D. rough

29. A. experienced       B. knew           C. thought      D. expected

30. A. waited        B. appreciated      C. watched     D. trusted

31. A. used to        B. ought to       C. could       D. must

32. A. ticket         B. seat           C. meal        D. sleeper

33. A. until          B. since          C. before       D. after

34. A. exciting       B. romantic        C. beautiful     D. comfortable

35. A. leaning against B. standing by    C. looking out of  D. sitting beside

36. A. trains         B. cars           C. planes     D. boats

37. A. Still          B. Therefore       C. Indeed       D. Instead

38. A. possibility     B. preference     C. impulse      D. impatience

39. A. common       B. gentle          C. quiet        D. unique

40. A. mentioned    B. matched       C. discussed    D. allowed

 

 

 

IV.阅读理解（共15小题，每题4分，满分60分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

    We do not usually think about how our language works. Talking is such a natural, everyday activity that we do not often stop to consider how it actually works. When we do study our language, though, we are often surprised that we are able to understand our conversations. Words can mean so many different things. However, it turns out that the speaking situation helps a lot in making language work.

    First, the speaking situation helps make words more particular. For example, the word “dog” can describe a dog that a speaker saw in a dream. It can also be used to discuss a neighbor’s dog. No language has a separate word for the idea “dog that I saw yesterday” and another word for the idea “dog that I saw in a dream.” This is because the speaking situation makes it clear what speakers mean when they use words. So, when you have a conversation with your neighbor, the knowledge that you have a dog tells your neighbor what the word “dog” probably means in that situation.

    The speaking situation also helps make language clearer. For example, the word “bank” has two possible meanings. It can mean “a place where people keep money,” but it can also mean “the side of a river.” So the sentence “I went to the bank” is not clear. It could mean I went to the side of the river or it could mean I went to the place where my money is kept. However, if the speaker is talking about fishing or going to the mountains, others probably know that “bank” means “the side of a river.”

The things that speakers say may not always be clear. Sometimes the words are not very particular, but the speaking situation can provide the meaning. Other times words may have many meanings. Then the speaking situation limits the right meaning. This extra knowledge from the situation is very important to understand language.

41.The passage is mainly about _____.

A. the best time and place to talk to others

B. how speaking situation helps language work

C. what to say in difficult situations

D. how our language works

42. According to the passage, we can safely say that _____.

A.  a speaking situation does not affect the meaning of words

B.  speaking is not very natural for most people

C.  a speaking situation is not important

D.  people often do not consider how talking works

43. By using the example of the word “dog”, the writer wants to show that _____.

A.  a word may need to be explained in a conversation

B.  a word may have different meanings

C.  speaking situation helps people understand the particular meaning of a word

D.  the meaning of words is not particular

44. According to the passage, we can know the meaning of the word “bank” by referring to _______.

A.  the time and the place where the conversation happens

B.  the occupation of the person who uses the word

C.  earlier or later parts of the conversation

D.  a reliable dictionary

 

B

I turned 16 on Friday, but the Driver’s License Office in my small hometown was only open on Tuesday, so I had to wait through that extremely long weekend and an endless Monday before going in for my examination.

I came to the Driver’s License Office half an hour earlier that Tuesday morning, pacing back and forth on the worn porch waiting for the office to open at eight. I reviewed the driver’s manual for the hundredth time. I was ready. I knew the manual backward and forward; I had made an “A” in my driver’s training course, and I was a genius behind the wheel.

Finally, the door opened and a weary-looking man in a brown uniform let me in.

“Let me guess. You want to take the driver’s test.” his voice was not enthusiastic.

“Yes!” I answered in excitement.

“Ok, fill this out, and if you pass we’ll go for a drive.”

I grabbed the test and rushed to the desk where I filled it out in record time. A quick check showed that my paper was perfect.

“Let’s get in the car.” He tossed me a set of keys, and I slid behind the wheel. Everything was going smoothly as we pulled out of the empty parking lot. I signaled a right hand turn, and we were on a deserted street. This was going to be easy.

“Turn left and go up Young Blood Hill,” he ordered. My hometown is in the mountains, and Young Blood Hill was almost vertical. As I eased up the steep hill and came to a stop at the top, I heard the car’s engine die. My heart sank. I would have to start it again without rolling back down the hill. I swallowed hard and turned the key; as I moved my foot from the brake, the car began to roll. I suppose I could have rolled all the way back to the bottom except for one thing. There was something behind me which stopped my roll with a rough shake and crash of glass—a police car.

The policeman wrote me a ticket as I looked over the damage, and the man from the Driver’s License Office slid behind the wheel. I waited until we had parked before I asked how long a person had to wait before taking the test again.

45. What time does “that Tuesday morning” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The morning when he made an “A” in his driver’s training course.

B. The morning when he knew the driver’s manual perfectly well.

C. The first Tuesday morning immediately after his16th birthday.

D. The Tuesday morning right before his 16th birthday.

46. Why didn’t the car roll back to the bottom?

A. The engine died.

B. It hit a police car.

C. The writer braked it hard.

D. The man from the Driver’s License Office helped make it stop.

47. From the underlined sentence “I grabbed the test and rushed to the desk where I filled it out in record time”, we can know that ______ .

A. the writer didn’t like the man from the Driver’s License Office.

B. the writer was excited and eager to go for the driver’s test.

C. time for the test was tight.

D. the test paper was very easy.

48. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The man from the Driver’s License Office got a ticket.

B. The policeman drove the car away after the accident.

C. The writer failed the driving test.

D. The writer didn’t want to take the driving test again.

 

C

NANJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will shake hands in their historic meeting scheduled in Singapore on Saturday, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.

The two-part meeting includes one session open to the media and another behind closed doors, said Zhang Zhijun, who is also head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, when interviewed at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait.

According to Zhang, Xi and Ma, as "leaders of the two sides" of the Taiwan Strait, will exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

After the meeting, press conferences will be held by both sides. Later, the two leaders are expected to attend a dinner, said Zhang.

Zhang said the meeting will lift cross-Strait communication to a new high.

The landmark meeting is a breakthrough in face-to-face exchange and communication between the leaders across the Taiwan Strait after the relationship became strained following the events of 1949.

Zhang said the meeting will improve mutual trust and allow for an exchange of opinions on handling the cross-Strait ties.

In addition, the meeting will help strengthen the 1992 Consensus(共识), which was reached in talks between the two sides in 1992 and recognizes the one-China principle, and safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties, according to Zhang.

Zhang added that the scheduled meeting will also benefit regional peace and stability.

Also at Wednesdays summit, Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, hailed the upcoming meeting between the two leaders as a milestone for cross-Strait ties.

Chiang told the media that he believed the meeting will give a boost to the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

49. According to the article, the meeting of the two leaders will _____.

A. be held at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait

B. be the first face-to-face communication between people across the Taiwan Strait

C. improve mutual trust and benefit regional peace and development

D. be all open to the media

50. Which of the following statements about the 1992 Consensus is not true?

   A. It was reached in 1992.

B. It recognizes the one-China principle.

C. It safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

D. It is an agreement between China and Japan.

51. Which of the following can best substitute the word “hailed” in the last paragraph but one?

A. sang high praise for              B. was concerned about  

C. was impressed with               D. got well prepared for

52. Which might be the right sequence of the following events?

a. The two leaders shake hands in front of the media.

b. The two leaders hold press conferences.

c. The two leaders exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

d. The two leaders have dinner together.

A. a; b; c; d                        B. a; c; b; d        

 C. a; d; b; c                        D. b; a; c; d

 

D

 Researchers found that women who had given birth might have a reduced risk of death from several common conditions than those who had not, according to a study released Friday by the Imperial College London (ICL).

The study, led by ICL researchers, was published in the journal BMC Medicine. It investigates the association between the so-called reproductive factors -- such as having children and breastfeeding -- and a womans risk of death.

Researchers analyzed data from 322,972 women across 10 countries, including the UK, and Sweden, with an average age of 50.

Each woman was followed for an average of 12.9 years. During this period, there were 14,383 deaths overall, which included 5,938 deaths from cancer and 2,404 deaths from circulatory system diseases, according to the study.

The team compared reproductive factors with risk of death from several common conditions, such as breast cancer, stroke and heart disease.

The researchers found that women who had given birth had a 20 percent reduced risk of death than those who had not. It was also found that there was a reduced risk of death (eight percent) in women who had breastfed compared to those who did not.

The risk of death from cancer was lower in those that had given birth compared to those that had not. Within this group, the risk was reduced even further in women that gave birth to two or three children in comparison to those who had only one child.

"Hormonal mechanisms may explain the lower risk of death that we observed with breastfeeding, and having given birth, as these factors are associated with changes in hormone levels," said Dr Melissa Merritt from ICL, who led the study.

53. According to the passage, the risk of death from cancer is the lowest in women who _______.

A. have given birth to no child.

B. have given birth to one child.

C. have given birth to more than one child.

D. have breastfed. 

54.According to the research, if a woman has given birth and breastfed, her risk of death will decrease by_____.   

A. 20%          B. 28%           C. 12%         D. 16%

55.Which of the following might be one of the findings of the research?

A. Several common conditions lead to women’s death.

B. Reproductive factors are associated with changes in hormone levels.

C. Women who have given birth live longer than those who have not.

D. Having children might reduce women’s risk of death from some diseases.

 

第二卷（两大题，共30分）

IV. 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

56. English is very ______(重要的)and many people enjoy learning it.

57. His uncle is a ______(科学家), he works in Beijing.

58. This is an _____(空的) box, could I have a full one, please?

59. He is neither blind nor ____(聋的), he can see and hear anything well.

60. He often _____(借) books to us, and we return them to him as soon as possible.

61. We’ll have tea in the garden _____ (代替) of in the sitting-room.

62. He is _____(渴的).he wants something to drink.

63. Teacher’s Day is _______(九月)10th.

64. I will feel _____(自豪的)when I see the National Flag of China.

65.He has a good idea to _____(解决) the problem.

 

 

 

 

V. 书面表达 （10分）

高考临近，学习时间变紧，任务加重，很多同学内心压力大，学习效率低下。请为即将举行的班会写一篇英语演讲稿，谈谈你对怎样保持良好的精神状态，高效而健康地进行复习备考的看法。要点如下：

1. 坚持锻炼；

2. 合理计划；

3. 注重饮食。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 不可逐条翻译；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

4. 开头语已为你写好。

Dear classmates，

      Good afternoon!

Today is December 8th. The college entrance exams are really around the corner now.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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