新起点英语热身演练（四）

一、完形填空（共15分，每小题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 can still remember the way my tennis shoes looked as I stared down at them， worrying about what was about to take place. It was time for the volleyball game. I knew I would never be the best player on any team. But every time， I stared at my shoes and simply wished I wouldnt be picked    1   . And yet I was last almost every time. No team wanted the girl who always    2    the ball and missed the ball.

I began to expect the    3    in every situation， telling myself that I just wasnt good enough. I grew up staring at my shoes.

All that began to    4    during the summer vacation in high school. My moms sister Aunt Karen，    5    me a part■time job. I had always    6    Aunt Karen because she was successful and had such an exciting life. Her good manner and warm smile were quite different from the    7    way I live in the world. But that summer she taught me to look at things in a    8    way.

Aunt Karen said that the secret to success comes from the inside， not the outside. I was shocked to learn her    9    had been similar to mine. She hadnt been good at    10   ， either！Aunt Karen said she finally realized what other people thought of her didnt    11    as much as what she thought of herself.

So that summer I took her    12    to heart. I listened to what I was saying to myself and de-cided to pay more attention to the good. For example， when I misfiled （歸档错误） an important paper， I    13    myself of all the other ones I had put in order. And when I was shown the dirty bookshelf， I said to myself that I would be great at    14    it.

By the time school started that fall， I was much more confident. When my chemistry teacher said that we should each find a lab partner， instead of looking down at my shoes， I looked up and    15   . And do you know what happened？ A very nice girl asked me to be in one group！

（    ）1. A. fast B. soon C. only D. last

（    ）2. A. hid B. dropped C. left D. held

（    ）3. A. worst B. best C. latest D. least

（    ）4. A. change B. continue C. increase D. grow

（    ）5. A. invited        B. left            C. led        D. offered

（    ）6. A. followed      B. hated            C. admired          D. accepted

（    ）7. A. proper B. nervous C. careless D. comfortable

（    ）8. A. friendly B. serious C. careful D. different

（    ）9. A. life            B. experience        C. job            D. chance

（    ）10. A. chemistry B. language C. sports D. computer

（    ）11. A. stand B. matter C. cost D. expect

（    ）12. A. steps B. plans C. time D. advice

（    ）13. A. reminded B. taught C. warned D. pleased

（    ）14. A. repairing B. cleaning C. designing D. painting

（    ）15. A. nodded B. cried C. smiled D. shouted

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. From the above material， we can know that _______.

A. MCC is set up for college students in medical science

B. MCC offers training programs for free

C. MCC is located in CA 94588 Christy Street

D. the telephone number of MCC is 410-445-0319

（    ）2. If you are interested in “Home Health Aide”， you can enroll （注册） by _______.

A. e■mailing B. training C. testing D. calling

（    ）3. _______ approved （认可;批准） the pargrams of MCC.

A. An American hospital B. Dept. of Public Health

C. Madical Career College D. A public training center

（    ）4. If you want to learn something about baby sitting， you should _______.

A. pay fair fee B. pay more money C. offer some special skills D. love kids

（    ）5. You can have the following training programs EXCEPT _______.

A. nursing assistant B. baby sitting C. community care D. first aid

B

Sydney Fredette has a lot of things to deal with. Not only is she a high school student， but she has also set up her own organization， Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers （自愿） to serve poor kids and families in Orange Country in California， US.

To remember her best friend who died of cancer nearly 10 years ago， Fredette decided to serve those in Orange Country who are less lucky than she is.

She began with the simple idea of collecting donated Build■A■Bears， the popular toy animal that is made by children themselves in the stores workshops. Fredette then gave them as gifts to the homeless children in California during the holiday season.

With donations at more than 100 bears a year， Fredette and volunteers host activities every year， where volunteers give out not only the bears， but also clothing， meals， and other things.

Not wanting to limit （限制） the giving to just the holiday months， Fredette now hosts other ac-tivities for Valentines Day， Mothers Day and Halloween， providing the chance for her volunteer team to make a difference through the year.

“I love making relationships with the people I serve，” Fredette said， “the thanks they have， hearing their stories and seeing how happy they are. Its so cool.”

Future plans for Fredette include building a public food bank and providing a self■develop-ment class for students in her school who will soon attend college.

Heading to college herself in the fall， Fredette is looking to stay local and continue to help out in her hometown. In fact， she was regarded as a “Dreamer & Doer” not long ago for her work in improving her community， along with 32 other high school students.

（    ）6. Fredette started her own organization to _______.

A. keep her life busy    B. help poor people

C. look after the sick          D. thank her best friend

（    ）7. We can learn about Beary Merry Christmas that _______.

A. it holds one activity a year          B. it offers service around America

C. it buys bears from the stores          D. it gives out other things besides bears

（    ）8. Besides Christmas， Fredette hosts other activities for several festivals EXCEPT _______.

A. Halloween      B. Valentines Day C. Fathers Day      D. Mothers Day

（    ）9. It can be inferred （推斷） that _______.

A. Fredette likes telling people stories        B. Fredette dreams of being a teacher

C. Fredette is pleased with what she does

D. Fredette plans to leave California for college

（    ）10. The best title for the passage should be _______.

A. Giving Back to Society            B. Getting on Well with Others

C. Providing a Food Bank              D. Improving Community Colleges

C

My parents said I lost my hearing as a baby， but I knew I hadnt lost anything. None of my parts had dropped off. Nothing had changed： I could hear music that was close enough to me. I could also hear my mom when she was in the same room.

I didnt realize any hearing loss （听觉损耗） until I began to wear a hearing aid （助听器） when I started living alone. Then， I began to discover many things I couldnt do. I couldnt tell where sounds came from， nor could I tell fire alarms from other alarms. I once missed a job interview because I didnt hear the address clearly on the phone. For the first time， I had to admit that I had lost something.

My disability （残疾，缺陷） doesnt announce itself. When I got jobs， I chose to keep it as a secret. One day a business friend said， “Nicolette， sometimes in meetings you answer the wrong questions. People dont know you cant hear， so they think youre strange， stupid or rude. It would be better to just tell them.” But I knew if I told， people might see only my disability， and they might forget that I was also a writer and a painter. I felt upset and helpless.

This bothered me till I met my husband. One morning at the beach I was listening to the sounds of the sea when my husband said， “Hear the bird？” “What bird？” I listened hard until I heard a tiny sound. If he hadnt mentioned it I would never have noticed it. As I listened， slowly I began to hear—or maybe imagine—a song from far away. Did I really hear it？ Or just heard in my heart what he shared with me？ I realized that songs imagined were as sweet as those heard. The songs shared were sweeter still.

Every one of us， if we live long enough， will become disabled （殘疾的，有缺陷的） in some way. Lets share. These are conversations we all should have， and its not that hard to begin.

（    ）11. When the writer started living alone with a hearing aid， she _______.

A. felt better prepared for the job interviews B. was able to enjoy different sounds

C. couldnt do many things like normal people D. was laughed at by others

（    ）12. The writer didnt tell her disability to others because ________.

A. people might pay much attention to her hearing loss

B. she could get the work done as normal people

C. people might be asking questions about it

D. she wanted to do more jobs

（    ）13. The writer wrote the passage to _______.

A. draw peoples attention to the hearing problem

B. tell disability is not a secret that cant be shared with others

C. remember the difficult time she had

D. show how much she missed before

（    ）14. According to the passage， “announce itself” probably refers to _______.

A. make itself known to others B. make me different from others

C. make people happy  D. make itself accepted by others

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

A. the writer couldnt hear any sound at all

B. the writers husband has the hearing problem as she does

C. the writers friend advised her to tell the truth to others in the company

D. the song the writer heard at the beach was from her husband

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。

Long long ago， there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt b   1    and said to her advisor （顾问）， “All the things around me are the same. I need a different kind of beauty. Let everyone know that I will h   2    a competition for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the p   3    will be a box of gold coins.”

Several days later， lots of people came to attend the competition and showed their things. The queen did not like what she saw. The advisor s   4   ， “You can try to look for it by yourself. What about a journey？” The queen was i   5    in the idea， so she started at once. As she c   6    up to the top of the hill near her palace， she looked down and suddenly found out the palace was so beautiful.

The queen spent one year t   7    and saw many beautiful things. But she still didnt find the most beautiful one. F   8   ， she understood beauty was everywhere. She should learn to e   9    the world. She left the gold coins at different places that she had seen. As time went by， less and less the coins r   10    until nothing was left. She found the most beautiful thing at last. It was the world！

1. b_________ 2. h_________ 3. p_________ 4. s_________ 5. i_________

6. c_________ 7. t_________ 8. F_________ 9. e_________ 10. r_________

四、書面表达（共1大题，满分15分）

假如你是刘星，你的美国朋友Linda邀请你今年暑假去她家度假，请你根据以下要点写一封回信。

内容要点如下：

1. 接受邀请并表达感谢;

2. 询问Linda那边的天气情况;

3. 约定接机时间：8月10日下午13：25，航班号MU587;

4. 你会珍惜这次机会;

5. 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： accept v. 接受    invitation n. 邀请    treasure v. 珍惜

Dear Linda，

How is everything going？

I am looking forward to your early reply.

Yours，

Liu Xing