新起點英語熱身演練（四）

（滿分：70分）

閱讀下面短文 ，從短文后各題所給A .B .C .D四個選項中，選出可填空處的最佳答案。

I can still remember the way my tennis shoes looked as I stared down at them， worryingabout what was about to take place. It was time for the volleyball game. I knew I would never bethe best player on any team. But every time， I stared at my shoes and simply wished I wouldn't bepicked _1

. And yet I was last almost every time. No team wanted the girl who always 2the ball and missed the ball.

I began to expect the 3 _ in every situation， telling myself that I just wasn't good e-nough. I grew up staring at my shoes.

All that began t0

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during the summer vacation in high school. My mom's sister AuntKaren.

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me a part-time job. I had always 6

Aunt Karen because she was successfuland had such an exciting life. Her good manner and warm smile were quite different fromthe

7 way I live in the world. But that summer she taught me to look at things in a

8way.

Aunt Karen said that the secret to success comes from the inside. not the outside. I wasshocked to learn her

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had been similar to mine. She hadn't been good at

10either！ Aunt Karen said she finally realized what other people thought of her didn't 11

asmuch as what she thought of herself.

So that summer I took her

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to heart. I listened to what I was saying to myself anddecided to pay more attention to the good. For example， when I msfiled（歸檔錯誤） an importantpaper， I _13

_ myself of all the other ones I had put in order. And when I was shown the dirtybookshelf， 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 techersaid that we should each find a lab partner. instead of looking down at my shoes， I looked upand

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. 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.chemistrv B.language

C.sports

D.computer

（

）II.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.deaning

C.designing

D.painting

（

）15.A.nodded

B.cried

C.smiled

D.shouted

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、D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。

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）16. 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

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）17. If you are interested in "Home Health Aide"， you can enroll（注冊） by____

A. e-mailing

B. training

C. testing

D. calling

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）18. ___ approved（認可;批準） the pargrams of MCC.

A. An American hospital

B. Dept. of Public Health

C. Madical Career College

D. A public training center

（

）19. 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

（

）20. 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. butshe has also set up her own organization. Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers

（自愿） to servepoor kids and families in Orange Country in California. US.

To remember her best friend who died of caner nearly 10 years ago， Fredette decided toserve 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 animalthat is made by children themselves in the stores' workshops. Fredette then gave them as gifts to thehomeless children in California during the holiday season.

With donations at more than 100 bears a year Fredette and volunteers host activities everyyear， 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 activities for Valentine ' s Day， Mother' s Day and Halloween providing the chance for her volunteerteam 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. It ' s 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 helpout in her hometown. In fact. she was regarded as a "Dreamer & Doer" not long ago for her workin improving her community， along with 32 0ther high school students.

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）21. Fredette started her own organization to

A. keep her life busy

B. help poor people

C. look after the sick

D. thank her hest friend

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）22. 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 hears

（

）23. Besides Christmas. Fredette hosts other activities for several festivals EXCEPT

.

A. Halloween

B. Valentine ' s Day C. Father ' s Day

D. Mother's Day

（

）24. It can be inferred（推斷） that

A. Fredette likes telling people stories

B. Fredette dreams of heing a teacher

C. Fredette is pleased with what she does

D. Fredette plans to leave California for college

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）25. 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

My parents said I lost my hearing as a baby， but I knew I hadn't lost anything. None of myparts had dropped off. Nothing had changed： I could hear music that was close enough to me. Icould also hear my mom when she was in the same room.

I didn't realize any bearing /oss

（聽覺損耗） until I began to wear a hearing aid（助聽器）when I started living alone. Then， I began to discover many things I couldn ' t do. I couln ' t tellwhere sounds came from. nor tould I tell fire alarms from other alarms. I oncc missed a jobinterview because I didn't hear the address clearly on the phone. For the first time. I had toadmit that I had lost something.

My disability（殘疾 ，缺陷） doesn't announce itself. When I got jobs， I chose to keep it as asecret. One day a business friend said. "Nicolette. sometimes in meetings you answer thewrong questions. People don't know you can't hear， so they think you're strange， stupid orrude. It would be better to just tell them." But I knew if I told， people might see only mydisability， 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 thesounds of the sea when my husband said. "Hear the bird？" "What bird？" I listened hard until Iheard a tiny sound. If he hadn' t mentioned it I would never have noticed it. As I listened， slowlyI began to hear-or maybe imagine-a song from far away. Did I really hear it'？ Or just heard inmy 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 someway. Let ' s share. These are conversations we all should have. and it ' s not that hard to begin.

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）26. 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. couldn't do many things like normal people

D. was laughed at by others

（

）27. The writer didn ' t 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

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）28. The writer wrote the passage to__

A. draw people ' s attention to the hearing problem

B. tell disability is not a secret that can' t be shared with others

C. remember the difficult time she had

D. show how much she missed before

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）29. 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

（

）30. We can learn from the passage that

A. the writer couldn't hear any sound at all

B. the writer's husband has the hearing problem as she does

C. the writer' s 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、閱讀理解填詞（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處寫出各單詞的正確形式。單詞的第一個字母已給出。

Long long ago， there was a queen who lived in a palace. She felt b

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and said to heradvisor （顧問）， "All the things around me are the same. I need a different kind of beauty. Leteveryone know that I will h 32 a competition for the most beautiful thing in theworld. And the p

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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

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， "You can try to look for it by yourself.What about a journey？" The queen was i 35

in the idea. so she started at orue. Asshe c

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up to the top of the hill near her palace， she looked down and suddenly foundout the palate was so beautiful.

The queen spent one year t37

and saw many beautiful things. But she still didn'tfind the most beautiful one. F

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， she understood beauty was everywhere. She should learn toe

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the world. She left the gold coins at different places that she had seen. As time wentby， less and less the coins r

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until nothing was left. She found the most beautiful thing atlast. It was the world！

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32. h

33. p

34.s____

35.i

36.c____

37.t____

38.F____

39.e____

40.r____

四、書面表達（共1大題，滿分15分）

假如你是劉星，你的美國朋友Linda邀請你今年暑假去她家度假，請你根據以下要點寫一封回信。

內容要點如下：

1.接受邀請并表達感謝;

2.詢問Linda那邊的天氣情況;

3.約定接機時間：8月10日下午13：25，航班號MU587;

4.你會珍惜這次機會;

5.補充一至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：acCept v.接受 invitation n.邀請 treasure v.珍惜Dear Linda， How is everything going？____ I am looking forward to your early reply.

Y ours.

Liu Xing