对口升学英语试题及答案

对口升学英语试题

第一部分 英语知识运用（共分三节，满分35分）

第一节 语音知识：从A、B、C、D四个选项中找出其划线部分与其他单词划线部分读音不相同的选项，将其字母标号写到答题纸相应的位置。（共5分，每小题1分） 1. A. health B. break C. death D. headache 2. A. suffer B. flu C. current D. plus 3. A. calculation B. formulation C. equation D. location 4. A. apply B. athlete C. actor D. action 5. A. trouble

B. outbreak

C. house D. doubt

第二节 词汇与语法知识：从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处最佳选项，将其字母标号写到答题纸相应的位置。（共25分，每小题1分）

6. Many people in Africa are now suffering______ hunger and diseases.

A. by B. from. C. to D. of 7. He came into the room quietly to avoid _____ by the others.

A. to see B. to be seen C. being seen D. seeing 8. An epidemic _______ in the small village forty years ago.

A. happen B. broke out C. occur D. was taken place 9. The old man got ill again, but he _________ back into the hospital. A. refused to go B. reluctant to go C .glad to D. refused going 10 Many women try to protect their skin ______ by the sun. A. from burnt B. from being burnt C. away from burning D. away from burnt 11. The National Broadcasting Company is called NBC_______. A. simply B. abbreviation C. for short D. shorter 12.The nurse _______ his pain by giving him a cooling drink. A. to relieve B. relieved C. stopping D. throw 13.His brave action ________ a serous accident in the street. A. prevented B. protected C. help D. stop 14.My washing machine is out of order and _____.

A. needs to be repairing B. needs being repaired C. needs repaired D. needs repairing 15 The forest was ____________ by the fire.

A. helped B. destroyed C. improved D. damage

16.It is high time that we that you _____ up your mind.

A. make B. made C. making D. to make 17.There is _________ on the front page of today’s paper. A. something important B. important something C. anything important D. important anything

18. Scientists have _______ that world ‘s population will double by the end of the century.

A. counted B. worked C. calculated D. resulted 19.They moved to another city several years later, ______ , in 1990. A. in another words B. that is to say C. but D. someone say 20.Twelve _____ four is forty-eight

A. times B. time C. timed by D. multiple 21. he always managed ______ what he wants.

A. getting B get C. to obtain D. obtaining 22.The arrow on a sign _____ the way to go.

A. gives B. tell C. indicate D. show 23.She can see over the wall because of her ______ A. high B. weight C. heavy D. height 24.Her ________ has increased to 80 kilos.

A. income B. height C. weight D. body 25.Twenty-one ______ three is seven.

A. minus B. times C. divided by D. plus 26.Could you ______ the height of the door for me?

A. count B. measure C. ruler D. test 27.A memorial was built ____ those who died for the country.

A. in honor to B in honor of C. with the honor D. because 28.We will have to ______ how much money we’ll need for the party.

A. work B. count out C. calculated D. work out 29.The thief was seen running _______ of the mountain.

A. to B. toward C. forward D. in the direction 30.Payment will be ______ the work done not to the time spent doing it. A. the same as B proportion to C. respond to D. proportional to 第三节 完形填空：阅读下面的短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确的

答案，将其字母标号写到答题纸相应的位置。（共10分，每小题1分） Food is very important. Everyone needs to __31__ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is __32__. We begin to get knowledge even __33__ we are very young. Small children are __34__ in everything around them. They learn __35__ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older， they begin to __36__ story books， science books?， anything they like. When they find something new， they love to ask questions and __37__ to find out answers. What is the best __38__ to get knowledge？ If we learn by ourselves， we will get __39__ knowledge. If we are __40__ getting answers from others and do not ask why， we will never learn well. When we study in the right way， we will learn more and understand better. 31. A. sleep B. read C. drink D. eat 32. A. sport B. exercise C. knowledge D. meat 33. A. until B. when C. after D. so 34. A. interested B. interesting C. weak D. better 35. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything 36. A. lend B. read C. learn D. write 37. A. try B. have C. refuse D. wait 38. A. place B. school C. way D. road 39. A. little B. few C. many D. the most 40. A. often B. always C. usually D. something

第二部分 篇章与词汇理解（共分三节，满分35分）

阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最恰当的答案，将其字母标号写到答题纸相应的位置。（共30分，每小题2分）

A

Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”

With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a

big cake, the other smaller. Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more.

But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn , the more questions you have. You will never learn enough ,you know.” 41. The learned man drew two circles to show _____. A. he was good at drawing circles

B. his knowledge had something to do with the circles C. why he had more questions than the students D. how he could get more knowledge 42. The student didn’t agree that ______.

A. the teacher had so many questions as a learned man B. the teacher had so many questions C. the students had fewer questions than the teacher D. the students had more questions than 0the teacher 43. The teacher was famous for his ______.

A. kindness B. knowledge C. patience D. questions

44. From the passage we can learn that _____.

A. the more questions we have, the more knowledge we may get B. it’s never too old to learn

C. every one of us should try to be a learned man D. a teacher should have many questions

45．Which of the following shows us what the teacher drew?

B

In Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, there is a unique Children Restaurant. It is run wholly by the children. From the manager to the cooks, cashiers, waiters or waitresses and other staff members are all children form 6 to 12 years old. They themselves do all the necessary work such as cooking and cleaning. These children are selected in Amsterdam. After training, they may serve in the Restaurant for four weeks. All of them are willing to work there and they are very proud of the work.

This Restaurant was founded in 1983 by a woman cook, who wanted to give