实验班选拔考试英语试题（初中毕业生参加更高一级学校实验班选拔考试）

江苏省淮阴中学2013年教改实验班选拔考试

英 语 试 卷

（满分100分， 考试时间90分钟）

考生注意：请将选择题（第1题至65题）答案涂到答题卡上。第66题至90题的答案写在答题纸上。

第I卷 选择题（共80分）

I. 单项选择（共20题， 每小题1分，满分20分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。 1. — Who is your English teacher?

— Mr. Brown, __________ European working in __________ Shandong University. A. an; the B. a; the C. an; / D. a; / 2. I had hoped to visit his family last night, __________ the traffic was quite heavy. A. and B. or C. but D. so

3. Being hard-working is a kind of quality and that's _________ it takes to do anything well. A. how B. which C. that D. what 4. — Let's hurry. Professor Beach is coming. — Oh, I was afraid that we ___________. A. already miss him B. will miss him C. have already missed him D. had already missed him 5. My mother always says to me: “__________ time flies! You have grown up.” A. how B. what C. as D. when

6. The old lady was the only person that died in the fire. __________else was saved by the firemen.

A. Everyone B. Anyone C. Someone D. No one 7. — What do you think of the concert?

— I really enjoy it. I didn't expect it was ___________ wonderful. A. most B. more C. as D. very 8. As a teacher, Mr. Black __________ all himself ___________ his students. A. devote; to teach B. devotes; to teaching C. devoted; to teach D. devote; to teaching 9. No one in the factory but Tom and I __________ that the doorkeeper lives here. A. knows B. know C. have known D. am to know 10. He paid the boy 10 dollars for washing ten windows, most of __________ had not been cleaned for years. A. them B. those C. that D. which

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11. He served in the factory in __________ when he was in___________. A. 1940’s; his twenties B. the 1940’s; the twenties C. the 1940s’; the twenties D. the 1940’s; his twenties 12. The mother hurried into Jack’s room and found him __________ at the desk. A. seated B. seating C. was seating D. to be seating 13. Scientists say it may be five or six years ___________ it is possible to test the medicine on people. A. since B. after C. before D. when 14. I’m so sorry, but it is ___________ my ability to work out the problem. A. over B. above C. out D. beyond 15. — I’d like to take a week’s holiday.

— ___________. We are too busy. A. Don’t worry B. Don’t mention it C. Forget it D. Good luck 16. — Shall I tell Sally about it?

— No, you ___________. I’ve told her already. A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. can’t 17. — Do you know ___________ the MP3 player last week?

— Sorry, I have no idea.

A. how much did she pay for B. how much she paid for C. how much will she pay for D. how much she will pay for

18. There was a rainstorm yesterday. The flood ___________ the old bridge over the small river. A. washed away B. went away C. kept away D. put away 19. I have no one ___________ me, for I am a new comer here. A. helped B. helping C. to help D. to have helped 20. — Have you read the news that a ninety-year-old man will attend the national entrance

exam (高考) once again.

— He is a great man, I think. You know, ___________. A. all roads lead to Rome B. it’s never too late to learn C. one cannot be in two places D. a light heart lives long

II. 完形填空（共30题， 每小题1分，满分30分）

A

Most of what I need to know about how to live and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten (幼儿园). These are the things I learned: 21 everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Clean up your own mess. Put things back 22 you found them. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. 23 you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are 24 for you. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day 25 .

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Take a nap(午睡) every afternoon. When you go out into the world, 26 traffic, hold hands and stick together. The root goes 27 and the plant goes up and 28 really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

And then 29 the book about Dick and Jane and the first 30 you learned, the biggest word of all：Look. Everything you 31 is in there somewhere.

32 what a better world it would be if we all—the whole world—had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then 33 down with our blankets for a nap. 34 if we had a basic policy in our countries to always put things back where you found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true. No matter how 35 you are, when you go out into the world, it is better to hold hands and stick together. 21. A. Master 22. A. which 23. A. Talk 24. A. fit 25. A. some 26. A. care for 27. A. away 28. A. somebody 29. A. read 30. A. word 31. A. can know 32. A. Draw 33. A. fell 34. A. Or 35. A. wise

B. Make B. that B. Say B. convenient B. any B. make for B. down B. everybody B. write B. rule B. may know B. Feel B. lay B. But B. old

B

As we all know, English is nowadays more and more important and popular around the world. But 36 English is a language with so many confusing rules may be a question to many people. So let’s look back upon the 37 of it, which may be divided into three parts——Old English, Middle English and Modern English.

As for Old English, three Germanic groups from the 38 mainland—— the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes——invaded (侵略) Britain. They 39 had their own language and Angles-Saxon developed from 40 these languages with Celtic which 41 before the middle of the 5th century. At the end of the 9th century, the Vikings began to invade

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C. Take C. where C. Speak C. good C. all C. watch for C. off C. nobody C. collect C. order C. dare know C. Imagine C. put C. Otherwise C. energetic

D. Share D. when D. Tell D. comfortable D. little D. ask for D. out D. anybody D. remember D. song D. need to know D. Design D. set D. So D. good

Britain, and brought 42 them their languages, which also mixed with Angle-Saxon and 43 what we now call Old English. This language different from the English we speak nowadays 44 made up of an Angle-Saxon base plus words from the language of Denmark and Norway.

Middle English is the name 45 to the English used from around the 12th and 16th century. Many factors 46 the development of this new type of English. French had an 47 on the English language, which created even more pairs of similar words like “reply” and “answer”.

Modern English began during the Renaissance（文艺复兴）in the 16th century. 48 this, Modern English includes many Latin and Greek words. Pronunciation also experienced huge changes during this period The question of 49 English will continue changing in the future is easy to answer. Even today, if a person from the south of England goes to the north, he or she may find it difficult 50 what people there are saying because English is still changing. 36. A. how 37. A. history 38. A. European 39. A. either 40. A. mixture 41. A. was talked 42. A. in 43. A. caused 44. A. is 45. A. giving 46. A. led to 47. A. affect 48. A. Because of 49. A. what

B. when B. time B. Asian B. each B. mixed B. was said B. with B. created B. has been B. gave B. devoted to B. relation B. Because B. whether

C. where C. plan C. African C. every C. mixing C. was told C. about C. organized C. is being C. given C. got to C. effect C. As C. that

D. why D. century D. Australian D. none D. mix D. was spoken D. on D. realized D. was D. give D. gave to D. effort D. Since D. when D. understood

50. A. understanding B. understand C. to understand

III. 阅读理解（共15题， 每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted space when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some clever farmers have solved the watermelon

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problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the price. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.

Many people know the saying “Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to change to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just useful!

Since the mid-1990s, many Chinese farmers have had amazing rice harvests. For many years Chinese scientists have been working on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect itself against insects and diseases, but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the past.

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a way to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies. These cancer-fighting vegetables are not yet for sale, because scientists have not finished testing them. If study finds no problems with the tomatoes, then patients can begin to use this easy and delicious new treatment. 51. The square watermelons look like ____________. A.

52. Which of the following is true? A. Super rice can keep itself from insects. B. Blue roses are more beautiful than red ones. C. The tomatoes can fight many kinds of diseases. D. The square watermelons cost less than ordinary ones. 53. The main idea of this passage is ____________. A. how scientists discover new plants B. how science makes plants produce more C. how science has changed plants and people’s lives D. how technology makes our world more beautiful

B

For most of us, Hawaii begins to show her charm little by little. A friend describes a sunset of Waikiki. We hear the twang (弹拨) of a guitar. We see golden beaches and golden people; we see sun, sand, sea, and surf… or somewhere between the blue skies and the palm trees. We’re completely attracted.

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B. C. D.

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