新起點英語熱身演練（八）

（滿分：70分）

一、完形填空（共15分，每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

I was small for my age when I got into Millburn High School. I was shy and sometimes it was? ? 1? ? for me to make friends with others. However， learning came fairly easy for me. I was the best in most of my? ? 2? ?， but P.E. class was my nightmare （噩夢） and it made me feel that I was not as? ? 3? ? as others. Miss Forsythe was our P.E. teacher. She was young and? ? 4? ?. Ev-eryone liked her. She said that we all had to come to her classes. No one could? ? 5? ? from Miss Forsythe！

One day in her class， she told me that she? ? 6? ? me to play a game with another girl in a P.E. show. I was rather worried that I wouldnt do a good job when she? ? 7? ? her idea， but she was excited. With her encouragement （鼓勵）， I had no? ? 8? ? but to agree.

It was a“boy meets girl” game which was not? ? 9? ? to me. I played the boy and my classmate， Margaret Ann，? ? 10? ? the girl. We were dressed in evening clothes and danced around the floor.

According to Miss Forsythe， I had to pick up Margaret Ann when we? ? 11? ? the dance. Since I was not? ? 12? ? enough to pick the tallest girl up， it was she who picked me up. I suddenly? ? 13? ? ten feet tall！It was a huge success and everybody applauded （鼓掌） for our excellent performance. What a wonderful? ? 14? ?！Afterwards， I smiled confidently. Miss Forsythes understanding and willingness （意愿） to? ? 15? ? a place for me in her show （which certainly did not need me） gave me some much■needed confidence. She was and will always be my favorite teacher.

（? ? ）1. A. possible? ? ? B. cool ? ? ? ? C. hard? ? ? ? ? D. strong

（? ? ）2. A. subjects ? ? B. hobbies? ? ? ? C. sports ? ? ? ? D. classmates

（? ? ）3. A. tall ? ? B. good? ? ? C. successful? ? ? ? D. talented

（? ? ）4. A. proud? ? ? ? B. poor? ? ? ? ? C. fast? ? ? ? ? ? D. active

（? ? ）5. A. learn? ? ? B. hear ? ? ? ? C. miss ? ? ? ? D. hide

（? ? ）6. A. wanted ? ? B. congratulated? ? C. pushed? ? ? ? D. received

（? ? ）7. A. considered? ? B. completed? ? ? ? C. explained? ? ? ? D. discussed

（? ? ）8. A. idea? ? ? ? ? B. friend? ? ? ? ? C. care ? ? ? ? D. choice

（? ? ）9. A. lovely ? ? ? B. special ? ? C. strange? ? ? D. heavy

（? ? ）10. A. called? ? ? ? B. acted? ? ? ? ? C. pretended? ? ? ? D. treated

（? ? ）11. A. finished? ? B. continued ? ? ? C. began ? ? D. dropped

（? ? ）12. A. strong ? ? B. confident? ? ? ? C. successful? ? ? ? D. dangerous

（? ? ）13. A. climbed? ? ? B. supported? ? ? C. felt ? ? ? ? ? D. grew

（? ? ）14. A. beginning ? ? B. ending ? ? ? ? C. service? ? ? ? D. training

（? ? ）15. A. dig? ? ? ? B. invite ? ? ? ? C. lose? ? ? ? D. create

二、閱讀理解（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列三篇材料，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

A

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（? ? ）1. Youll probably see the material _______.

A. if you have watched a movie B. if you want to sell two movie tickets

C. if you have booked two movie tickets D. if you want to book two movie tickets

（? ? ）2. The person has booked _______.

A. Seat 11 and Seat 12 B. Seat 505 and Seat 525

C. Seat 09 and Seat 01? ? ? D. Seat 01 and Seat 15

（? ? ）3. The person will probably arrive at the cinema on _______.

A. Thursday 09 February at 4：00 PM? ? ? B. Thursday 09 February at 1：00 PM

C. Thursday 09 February at 11：00 AM? ? D. Thursday 09 February at 6：00 PM

（? ? ）4. According to the material， the cinema is in _______.

A. USA? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Australia? C. Japan? ? ? ? D. Korea

（? ? ）5. The person probably booked the tickets _______.

A. through a phone call? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. by writing an e■mail

C. on the Internet? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. in the cinema

B

Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated， and what kind of job they thought they had.

Given that I teach students who are trained to be doctors， I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that？” I asked， expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.

“Surgery （外科手術），” one replied. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs， put in special extending screws （螺絲釘）， and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows. You can get at least 5cm taller！”

At that point， I was shocked. I am short， but I dont think I would put myself through months of pain just to be a few centimeters taller. I am not afraid of wearing shoes with thick soles （鞋底）， as Im not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall！

It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”， and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

No one is born perfect， yet magazines， TV shows and movies present images of thin， tall， beautiful people as being the norm （常態）. Advertisements for losing weight aids， beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics （整容醫院） fill the pages of newspapers， further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement， and that it must be purchased （購買）， no matter what the cost is. In my opinion， skills， rather than appearance， should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.

（? ? ）6. Many graduates today turn to cosmetic （美容的） surgery to _______.

A. marry a better man/woman B. become a model

C. get an advantage over others in job■hunting D. attract more admirers

（? ? ）7. The writer first thought that “outside help” was _______.

A. the surgery

B. the help from relatives and family friends

C. the help from teachers

D. the help from school

It was the best—and most difficult—year of my life. I learned a lot that year.

（? ? ）11. We can learn from this passage that the writer _______.

A. loves travelling

B. enjoys his work as a volunteer

C. is now working for an university in Mexico City

D. has made friends with the homeless children

（? ? ）12. The paragraph 2 is mainly about _______.

A. street crime B. the writers childhood experience

C. the writers hometown D. the terrible life of the homeless children

（? ? ）13. As a volunteer， the writer has to do too many things EXCEPT _______.

A. helping to prepare meals B. helping them to make money

C. teaching the kids art D. teaching them to play games

（? ? ）14. According to the writer， _______ made the street children really strong and tough.

A. drugs B. too much energy

C. hard life D. difficulties from study

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

A. My Special Year B. A Sweet Home

C. Outreach International D. Street Children

三、閱讀理解填詞（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

先閱讀短文，再在其后空白處寫出各單詞的正確形式。單詞的第一個字母已給出。

The story happened several years ago. I was in Texas and I had a friend whose family business was to p? ?1? ? accommodation （住處） to people. He asked me whether I would be interested in doing a part■time job in one of the leading h? ?2? ?. I said sure.

One day at around 2 a.m. in the night， I saw a car r? ?3? ? into the parking zone with fire coming out from the front of the car. It looked pretty d? ?4? ?. It happened that the car might blow up and there were nearly 50 cars parked there. I r? ?5? ? to see what was happening at once. At the moment， Ralph， the o? ?6? ? of the car， got out and tried to put out the fire. Within five minutes， we controlled the s? ?7? ? and the fire was put out. Imagine how terrible it would have been if other cars in the parking lot had c? ?8? ? fire. Ralph a? ?9? ? what I did and in the morning everyone who saw and came to know about the a? ?10? ? said to me that I had done a great job. I felt like a hero.

1. p_________ 2. h_________ 3. r_________ 4. d_________ 5. r_________

6. o_________ 7. s_________ 8. c_________ 9. a_________ 10. a_________

四、書面表達（共1大題，滿分15分）

假如你校正在開展“讀好書，促成長”活動，請你根據這項活動的主題，用英語寫一份倡議書，向全校同學發出倡議，號召大家參與此項活動。

內容要點如下：

1. 有些同學沒有閱讀的習慣，不知道要讀什么;

2. 有些同學寧愿把空閑時間花在電腦游戲上;

3. 有些同學作業太多，沒有足夠的時間閱讀;

4. 你熱愛閱讀，從閱讀中獲得了很多知識;

5. 補充一至兩點個人想法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露個人姓名和學校名稱;

2. 詞數：60-80;

3. 內容連貫，不要逐條翻譯;

4. 文章的開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數。

參考詞匯：habit n. 閱讀習慣? ? knowledge n. 知識? ? free adj. 空閑的

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