新起点英语热身演练（二）

一、完形填空（共15分，每小題1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I have forgotten the name of the old lady， who was a customer on my newspaper route （送报路线） when I was twelve. Yet she taught me a    1    that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon， a friend and I were    2    stones onto the roof （屋顶） of the old ladys house near her garden. I found myself a stone and threw it. The stone was too    3   ， however， it slipped （滑） from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the ladys door. At the sound of    4    glass， we knew we were in    5   . We ran faster than any of our stones that    6    onto her roof.

I was too afraid of getting    7    that night to be worried about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However， a few days later， when I was sure that I hadnt been    8   ， I started to feel it a great shame for making her so much trouble. She still talked to me with a smile each day when I gave her the newspaper， but I felt    9    each time I saw her.

I decided that I would    10    my paper delivery （递送） money. And in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the    11    in an envelope with a note saying that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.

The next day， I    12    the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of small cakes she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the cakes before I    13    my work.

After several cakes， I felt an envelope and    14     it out of the bag. When I opened the enve-lope， I was    15   . Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said， “Im proud of you.”

（    ）1. A. class B. subject C. lesson D. information

（    ）2. A. putting B. jumping C. kicking D. throwing

（    ）3. A. smooth    B. heavy    C. small    D. cheap

（    ）4. A. wet    B. broken    C. clean    D. hard

（    ）5. A. surprise    B. trouble    C. difficult    D. danger

（    ）6. A. flew    B. took    C. swam D. got

（    ）7. A. repaired    B. hurt    C. prepared    D. caught

（    ）8. A. looked B. listened C. searched D. discovered

（    ）9. A. excited    B. pleased    C. embarrassed    D. tired

（    ）10. A. make B. spend C. waste D. save

（    ）11. A. note B. letter C. money D. ticket

（    ）12. A. handed    B. received    C. borrowed    D. bought

（    ）13. A. repeated    B. stopped    C. continued    D. started

（    ）14. A. pulled B. pushed C. looked D. picked

（    ）15. A. upset    B. surprised    C. sad    D. nervous

二、閱读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列三篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

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（    ）1. The above material is probably from _______.

A. a website for buying books    B. a book review

C. a poster （海报） in a book shop D. an advertisement in a newspaper

（    ）2. If you buy a new hardcover book from Amazon， _______.

A. youll pay $12.00 B. youll save $1.73

C. youll pay $7.74 D. youll pay $8.88

（    ）3. If you want to buy a used paperback book， youll pay at least _______.

A. $2.59      B. $6.98      C. $7.74      D. $8.88

（    ）4. In this material， “In Stock” probably means _______.

A. available for sale B. sold out      C. only one left    D. not arrived

（    ）5. Which is NOT TRUE according to the material？

A. People in China can buy this book from Amazon.

B. This book is written by Sam McBratney.

C. You can share the information of this book.

D. You can buy this audible book from Amazon.

B

It was a cold March day in High Point， North Carolina. The girls on the Wesleyan Academy softball team were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice. Eighth■grader Taylor Bisbee shivered （发抖） a little as she watched her teammate Paris White play. The two didnt know each other well—Taylor had just moved to town a month or so before.

Suddenly， Paris fell to the ground. “Pariss eye rolled back，” Taylor says. “She started shaking. I knew it was an emergency.”

It certainly was. Paris had a sudden heart failure. Without immediate medical care， Paris would die. At first no one moved. The girls were in shock. Then the softball coach shouted out， “Does anyone know CPR？”

CPR is a life■saving technique. To do CPR， you press on the sick persons chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen （氧氣） to organs （器官）. Without oxygen the brain is damaging quickly.

Amazingly， Taylor had just taken a CPR course the day before. Still， she hesitated （犹豫）. She didnt think she knew it well enough. But when no one else came forward， Taylor ran to Paris and began doing CPR.

Taylors quick action helped her teammates calm down. One girl called 911. Two more ran to get the school nurse， who brought a defibrillator （除颤仪）， an electronic devices （器械） that can shock the heart back into work. Luck stayed with them. Paris heartbeat returned.

“I know I was really lucky，” Paris says now. “My team saved my life.”

Experts say Paris is right： For a sudden heart failure， the single best chance is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly.

Today， Paris is back on the softball team. Taylor will go to college soon. She wants to be a nurse. “I feel more confident in my actions now，” Taylor says. “I know I can act under pressure in a scary situation.”

（    ）6. Paris _______ on a March day.

A. caught a bad cold    B. had a heart attack

C. was knocked down by a ball      D. shivered terribly during practice

（    ）7. Paris said she was lucky because _______.

A. she made a worthy friend    B. she recovered from shock

C. she received quick CPR    D. she came back on the softball team

（    ）8. The words _______ can best describe Taylor.

A. patient and kind    B. brave and calm

C. outgoing and gentle    D. ambitious （有野心的） and professional

（    ）9. Talor didnt do the CPR at the beginning because _______.

A. she was scared    B. someone else knew how to do it

C. she was not sure she knew it well enough D. she need more time to practise

（    ）10. According to the passage， to save a person who has a sudden heart failure， _______.

A. people should call 911 first      B. people should keep a defibrillator close C. CPR should be done quickly    D. people should calm down

C

“Whats that？” my ten■year■old daughter， Genie， asked. Shed caught me laughing at a piece of flyer （傳单） Id just opened. “Wake■up service： $2.50 for every call.” At the bottom was a phone number and a drawing of an old phone， like the one my great■aunt Sara had owned 40 years ago.

“Is that flyer funny？” Genie asked.

“Not really，” I said. “Its just out of fashion.”

“Whats a wake■up call？” She wondered. I explained how， before smartphones， people sometimes paid someone to wake them with a call.

“Who sent this flyer？” she asked.

“Probably someone older，” I said， “and could use some money.”

Her eyes lit up. “Can we order a wake■up？” she asked.

“We dont need it，” I picked it up and headed for the recycling bin （回收箱）.

“Wait！” she cried.

“I feel sorry for the wake■up man， if he needs some money，” she said. “Cant we order？”

I looked at the flyer with the drawing and remembered， again， my aunt Sara and her phone. Aunt Sara would hold my hand， then reach for the phone， dialing （拨打） the number on the screen. Holding the receiver between us， wed tell the operator （电话接线员）， “Wed like to help the poor kids.”

Now here was my own child， showing the same big heart Id once been encouraged to have， and how could I refuse her？ I googled the flyers return address. The address belonged to a man called Raymond. He was in his mid■60s. We called him and， holding the receiver between us， the way Aunt Sara and I used to， told him we needed his services. “Great！” Raymond said in a friendly voice， clearly surprised at receiving an order from a child. When I asked how to pay the $2.50， he answered， “Mail a check.”

Genie was happy all week. Friday night， I put the phone by her pillow so she could answer Raymonds call. She stayed in my bedroom and told me all about how hed wished her a good morning and told her to have a great day， which she did.

Technology has made some things out of fashion. But there are still other things the world will always require. In my busy daily life， Id forgotten that for a moment. I guess I just needed a wake■up call.

（    ）11. The writer laughed at the flyer because ________.

A. the service it offered was too old  B. the service was a good idea

C. the wake■up call cost too much D. the drawing on the flyer was funny

（    ）12. The writer wanted to ________ at first.

A. throw the flyer away B. let Genie read the flyer

C. find out who sent the flyer D. keep the flyer away from Genie

（    ）13. _______ made the writer finally decide to order a wake■up call.

A. The information she found on Google B. The less lucky wake■up man

C. Genies questions about the service

D. The writers own childhood experience

（    ）14. The underlined words “other things” in the last paragraph might refer to _______.

A. being brave and wise      B. being kind and caring

C. being gentle and funny      D. being hard■working and friendly

（    ）15. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. the man needed a lot of money

B. the cost printed on the flyer was very high

C. the writer searched the address on the flyer before ordering the service

D. the wake■up call service would be paid on the Internet

三、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已给出。

In 2012， I had just become better from a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writers conference in Orlando， Florida. My family suggested that a holiday might be just what the doctor ordered， so off I went.

Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather t   1   ， but I managed to catch a taxi to my h   2    and settle in. Next morning， I took another taxi to the shopping centre to buy a few gifts. Later I went to a r   3    to have lunch， but all the tables were full of people. Then I heard a friendly voice saying， “You can s   4    my table.”

I thankfully sat down with the old lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the meal c   5    to a close she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadnt hired （雇用） a car， and hadnt realized how e   6    taking taxis would be. After a while she said， “My dear， dont use any more taxis. Im retired and it would be my p   7    to drive you wherever you wish.” I told her that I couldnt put her to that trouble， but she took no notice of my protests （反對）. She asked me where I was staying and next morning she was w   8    at my apartment at the exact time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before l   9    me to explore （探索） alone. At the end of the day， she returned to take me back to where I stayed. I o   10    her money but she refused to take any.

Ill never forget that wonderful lady who， through her kindness， filled my short holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.

1. t_________ 2. h_________ 3. r_________ 4. s_________ 5. c_________

6. e_________ 7. p_________ 8. w_________ 9. l_________ 10. o_________

四、書面表达（共1大题，满分15分）

因担心学生在比赛中的安全，学校取消了一年一度的篮球赛，学生们对此很难过。假如你是学生刘丹，请给校长写一封信，劝说校长同意恢复篮球赛。

内容要点如下：

1. 篮球赛对学生们很重要，取消篮球赛让学生们很失望;

2. 在学习压力之下，篮球赛让同学们有时间休息和娱乐;

3. 运动有益健康;

4. 补充一至两点个人想法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

2. 词数：60-80;

3. 内容连贯，不要逐条翻译;

4. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇： disappointed adj. 失望的    pressure n. 压力    fun n. 乐趣

Dear Headmaster，

Ive heard the annual basketball games held in our school have been cancelled， for you are worried about our safety.

We really hope the basketball games will continue.

Look forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely，

Liu Dan