新起點英語熱身演練（一）

（滿分：70分）

一.完形填

（共 15小題 ，每小題 I分，滿分 15分）

閱讀下面短文 ，從短文后各題所給的 A.B .C .D四個選項中，選 出可以填人空白處最

佳答案。

I was standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they threw paper and laughed out loud.They wouldn't

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to me.

I was 22 and I didn't know what I was doing. I never wanted to teach. I wanted to be a

2But when I arrived in London， they were short of teachers. My

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at teaching werehopeless. When the bell finally rang， I rushed to the

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room， red with anger. The otherteachers weren ' t surprised. "That ' s 4B， the worst class in school，" one said.

I was afraid of our next meeting， but I couldn't

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. because I needed the job. Insteadof using normal lessons. I brought topics for class discussions. One of the liveliest talks was aboutthe arguments（爭吵） they had with their

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They paid attention and shared about theirfamilies. Then I had them write about themselves. As time went on. their short pietes of writingbecame a

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between us. I think they 8

_ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End. but they had never seen a livestage performance. I asked if they would like to see the musical. They thought I was

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. Noteacher had ever

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taking them out. A few weeks later. 4B and I were

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in a the-atre. They loved the music and the characters. It was the most exciting moment of their year， andthey talked about it for days.

Near the end of the term， someone knocked on the door of the staff room. To other teachers'surprise， two girls in 4B were there with

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. Usually， the last thing that they would do wast0

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the rules.

I was

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to know I had touched their lives， but they had also touched mine. When Ireturned to Australia several years later. I still wanted to be a writer. For the first time in my life，I stopped

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and started writing. My first story was titled， My Fair Ladies. Teaching wasn'tthe end of my writing career（職業）; it was the beginning.

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）1. A. reply

B. explain

C. introduce

D. listen

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）2. A. clirector

B. writer

C. singer

D. musician

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）3. A. efforts

B. excuses

C. experiences

D. experiments

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）4. A. guest

B. computer

C. staff

D. meeting

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）5. A. break out

B. pick up

C. carry out

D. give up

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）6. A. parents

B. classmates

C. friends

D. teachers

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）7. A. table

B. secret

C. bridge

D. difference

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）8. A. wondered

B. doubted

C. missed

D. appreciated

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）9. A. promising

B. joking

C. warning

D. changing

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）10. A. kept

B. minded

C. suggested

D. avoided

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）II. A. sitting

B. performing

C. competing

D. singing

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）12. A. stories

B. money

C. flowers

D. tears

（

）13. A. make

B. know

C. break

D. follow

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）14. A. proud

B. interested

C. comfortable

D. relaxed

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）15. A. moving

B. dreaming

C. working

D. traveling

二、閱讀理解（共15小題，每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱瀆下面三篇材料，從每篇材料后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。

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）16. The photo 'A message that is hard to read" was from______

A. an army officer

B. a local website

C. Les Echos

D. French News

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）17. Who keeps the message now？

A. A pigeon.

B. A museum.

C. A German officer.

D. An expert.

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）18. In which section can we read the news ？

A. ODD STUFF.

B. NEWS BAC

C. HEADLINE.

D. HISTORY.

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）19. According to the news. it ' s TRUE that the message____

A. was successfully sent to someone

B. is about the conditions of a war

C. is worth keeping

D. can be read easily

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）20. What can we know about the pigeons？

A. Pigeons can only sent common messages before.

B. It' s special to use pigeons to send messages in 1910.

C. Carrier pigeons were useful in wars before.

D. Carrier pigeons have to be trained before sending messages.

B

When David Carter started to study art at the University of Texas （UT） at Austin in 1971， hehad big dreams of becoming an artist or a writer. But his study came to a stop at 23 after he hurthis hand in an unpleasant event. He developed scbizophrenia （精神分裂癥） later and spentmany years without a home.

Carter liked to spend time around UT. because he dreamt of being able to continue hisstudy in the university and becoming a writer. After running into Carter many times， UT studentRyan Chandler decided to interview him for a project for the Daily Texan. the student newspaperof UT.

"I interviewed him on Austin ' s homeless problems. After I heard his story， we kept in touchand really became friends. I learned he wanted to get back to UT. so I decided to help him，"said Chandler. "He had got 87 hours， very close to a degree. Now. with changing degree require-ments. he only has 64 hours to go."

With the help of Chandler. who worked with the university office. Carter was assjgned anadviser by UT's College of Fine Arts. ''It'S the greatest gift I've ever received，" Carter said."He did what had to be done to get me back to school. and I couldn't have done it withouthim. "

After seeing a magazine article about Carter. a UT schoolmate decided to pay his tuitionfees（學費） without telling Carter his name.

Doug Dempster. the headmaster of the College of Fine Arts. announced. "David Carter's de-cision to complete his degree is a testament （證明） to finishing well what was started. and stopped，even many years earlier. We welcome him back as we do have many students each year whoseeducation could not be completed easily. We ' re going to help him through his remaining coursework. "

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）21. Why did Carter stop studying in the university'？

A. He hurt an artist.

B. He couldn' t afford his study.

C. He got an illness.

D. He lost his parents.

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）22. What was Chandler' s purpose of interviewing Carter？

A. To know why he hung around UT.

B. To do a project on homeless people.

C. To make friends with a homeless person.

D. To finish his homework on helping others.

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）23. The underlined word "assigned" is closest in meaning to____

A. called

B. paid as

C. given a job as

D. provided

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）24. According to the passage， ____

A. Carter made a brave decision to leave UT

B. Carter got along well with his classmates

C. Chandler is a warm-hearted person

D. Carter had known Chandler before he was interviewed

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）25. What can we learn from what Dempster announed？

A. He encourages Carter to study hard as others do.

B. He supports students who never give up their education.

C. He calls on other students to help Carter.

D. He suggests other students learn from Carter.

C

At the foot of Kenya' s Mount Kilimanjaro， nine Rothschild giraffes. the rarest（最稀有殺完）giraffes on the planet. are free to walk around at the English-style manor（莊園）. Every day shortlybefore 9 a.m， they come up to the house and stick their heads through the windows and doors insearch of morning treats. The manor's owners， Tanya and Mikey Carr-Hartley， share their diningtable with them. And now the couple are sharing the fantastic experience with the public byopening the manor gates to guests at the giraffe hotel. the only hotel of its kind in the world.Now 7 guests can feed the giraffes at breakfast and also get up close to them from their secondfloorbedrooms.

Mr. and Mrs. Carr-Hartley， both 38， spent their childhood living close to the house inNairobi and have always been crazy about the animals. Tanya said， "Mikey and I grew up nearthis manor house when we were children. We are both third generation（一代） Kenyans and havealways wanted to work on conservation. Mikey 's family have been connected to the protection ofanimals for many generations. His granddad helped move the giraffes as far back as the 1930sbecause the Rothschild giraffes lost much of their natural living space. When the house came upfor sale. we jumped at the chance to buy it as we had always dreamed of owning it. Now. wewere completely happy to do something for the giraffe protection. Having the giraffes so close isvery special and something that people can now experience by staying in one of the ten rooms atthe hotel."

A project to save them was started at the manor in 1974 by the last owners. "The last ownersran a very successful breeding（繁殖） programme， where many giraffes were set free into the wildand we hope to continue it." said Tanya.

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）26. Why are the Carr-Hartley family unusual？

A. They ' re living on the rarest giraffes.

B. They share their home with giraffes.

C. They ' re good at making giraffes' food.

D. They train giraffes to manage the hotel.

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）27. What can we know about Mikey ' s family？

A. They have had a long relationship with giraffes.

B. They used to raise giraffes around the manor.

C. They built a new manor for the wild giraffes.

D. They took giraffes to live at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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）28. The underlined word "conservation" in the passage means _

A. the good use of the wild land

B. building a new area for tourists

C. saving and protecting the animals

D. the careful use of something

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）29. Which can best describe the manor' s last owners' project？

A. It could save energy.

B. It was a waste of money.

C. It was friendly to visitors.

D. It had produced good and useful results.

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）30. The best title for the passage should be

A. Giraffes' Breakfast from Guests

B. History of the Giraffe Manor

C. Reasons for Giraffe Protection

D. The World's Only Giraffe Hotel

三、閱讀理解填詞 （共10小題 ，每小題 1分 ，滿分 1O分）

閱讀下面短文 ，在空白處寫出各單詞正確形式，單第一個字母已給出

When KFC announced several weeks ago that it would introduce grilled chicken（燒雞），felt excited but embarrassed.

I became a KFC fan when I was a teenager. But over the next years I didn't eat much forhealth reasons. Why， then， did I e

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KFC. ' s new， healthier product so badly？

For one thing， many people are interested in the chicken. Thanks to Internet coupons（優惠券），c

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were running to restaurants across the country. After accepting more than 10 mil-lion coupons， the shops had to s

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the free food give-away. CEO later said sorry. But hissorry was more a sign of celebration than r

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.

After all. the m

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0f the coupons was to draw attention to the new product. Like ev-ery other fast food CEO. he faces a serious c

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I tried KFC grilled chicken a few days ago. It is much healthier than it' s fried chicken. Theproblem is that when I was 0

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my food， I felt I could go ahead and buy some unhealthyfood too. I a

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myself to buy two sides.

KFC's grilled chicken may go on to be a great s

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.But like every “healthy”menuoffered by fast food shops， it's a t

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.KFC couldn't care whether you lose weight， as longas it keeps making money from you.

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四、書面表達（共1大題，滿分15分）

假如你是《中學生英語》的編輯李華，收到了學生Lily的來信，她在信中向你傾訴了她的煩惱，請你根據下面的內容提示，寫一封英語回信，指f}{她的問題并提出建議。

內容要點如下：

1.作業過多導致睡眠不好，沒有什么愛好和朋友：

2.要解除煩惱，可以列出清單，安排好所有事情;

3.同父母分享你的煩惱并學會傾聽：

4.房間里使用暖色調以改變心情：

5.補充一兩點有關信息或想法。

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.開頭和結尾已給出，不計人總詞數。

參考詞匯：relieve v.減輕;解除 arrange v安排 mood n.情緒;心境Dear Lily，

I'm sorry to hear that you have a lot of worries.____

I hope that my suggestions can help you.

Yours.

Li Hua