2013海淀一模四、单项填空（共13分，每小题1分）22. Larry, please pass ______ the dictionary.A. IB. meC. myD. mine23. The famous singer will give a performance______ the concert hall.A. byB. ofC. onD. at24. Mr. Green can’t go to the meeting______ he has a bad cold.A. becauseB. unlessC. whetherD. although25. The computer works well. There is______ wrong with it.A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything26. Traveling abroad is much______ than before.A. easyB. easierC. easiestD. the easiest27. You______ cross the road when the traffic lights are red.A. canB. mustC. mustn’tD. needn’t28. Jim will phone you as soon as he______ the tickets to the art exhibition.A. getsB. gotC. has gotD. will get29. I______ a picnic with my brother yesterday. It was very great.A. haveB. hadC. will haveD. am having30. Linda______ Chinese for one year and she can speak good Chinesenow.A. learnB. learnedC. has learnedD. will learn31. My teachers often tell us how______ a healthy life.A. livesB. livingC. liveD. to live32. All my classmates are busy______ ready for the PE test.A. getB. to getC. gettingD. got33. A new zoo______ in that area next year.A. builtB. was builtC. buildsD. will be built34. - Do you know______ now?- Outside the school gate.A. where Kate is waiting for her motherB. where is Kate waiting for her motherC. where Kate was waiting for her motherD. where was Kate waiting for her mother五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）It was 1st January, the first day of the year and a holiday for me. I thought of getting the bank work out of the way. The bank person just nodded to my ______ (35) "Happy New Year" when I sat in front of him.He was busy at that moment. After a few minutes he took my form and started filling in my details. I sat there ______ (36) why we had computerized banking if we were still filling in forms.After waiting for a few more minutes, in which I showed all ______ (37) of being impatient, I asked him if my work was done. He shouted even without looking at me, "Nothing is done, it will take time!"Just then I saw his morning cup of tea which had been lying there for ten minutes, untouched. The tea had turned ______ (38) cold while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man must be feeling when customers ______ (39) me came always in a hurry to get their work done. We did not even ______ (40) the need to thank them for being there. He must be feeling so ______ (41) that "here comes another person who will push me for doing his work first."On an instinct (直觉) I told him, "Sir, please have your tea, I am not in a hurry." He suddenly looked up at me and for the first time we had eye contact. I saw both of us sailing in the same boat. I felt that he was also ______ (42) the small things in life like a cup of hot tea for a few more minutes. He gave me a smile and said, "It is an everyday affair with me; you are not in a hurry but ______ (43) else will come, who will be in a hurry,"He really touched my heart with his wise ______ (44). I felt that we had all put shields (盾牌) on our hearts like we put gloves on our hands. All this time I thought of him as a robot, someone who was there for my convenience, ______ (45) today I suddenly felt a strange closeness with him. I promised to be more friendly with people who helped me and be ______ (46) that they were there for me.35. A. sad B. angry C. polite D. honest36. A. requiring B. wondering C. expecting D. arguing37. A. things B. points C. signs D. facts38. A. almost B. still C. hardly D. only39. A. from B. with C. for D. like40. A. accept B. feel C. insist D. meet41. A. surprised B. terrified C. annoyed D. embarrassed42. A. facing B. finding C. losing D. missing43. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody44. A. ways B. words C. values D. letters45. A. as B. though C. and D. but46. A. thankful B. patient C. hopeful D. lucky阅读理解(共44分)AShare and ReadDo you have any books on your bookshelf for many years? Instead of throwing them away, here is another way for you to consider. If you have books that you do not read anymore, you can share them with others.You can take the books to Share and Read. Share and Read offers used books in different categories(类别), such as storybooks, children books, language books, cook books and computer books, etc. All the books are sold at low prices. Share and Read also aims to help poor children in China. The money raised will be donated to help build schools in rural areas.We welcome all quality books. We do not want textbooks, magazines and dictionaries. Just make sure that your books are in good condition before giving them to us.Address: 201 Riverside Main StreetWorking hours: Thursdays to Sundays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pmHotline: 7654-4321We look forward to seeing you at Share and Read!47. If you have books that you do not read anymore, you can ______.A. sell them to friendsB. throw them awayC. share them with othersD. keep them on the bookshelf48. When can you take books to Share and Read?A. At 3:00 pm on ThursdayB. At 7:00 pm on SundayC. At 11:00 am on TuesdayD. At 8:00 am on Wednesday49. Share and read does not want ______.A. StorybooksB. textbooksC. cook booksD. computer booksBThe day when the jobs were handed out was the most exciting for the children in the class. Every child was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.As some jobs were more interesting than others, the children were eager to be given one of the best. Among them Rita stood out. She was a kind and quiet girl. Last year she carried out the teacher’s instructions perfectly. She was the favorite to be given the best job —— to look after the class dog.But this year there was a big surprise. Each child received one of the normal jobs, like preparing the books for the lessons, cleaning the blackboard or looking after one of t he pets. But Rita’s job was very different. She was given a little box with some sand and one ant. Although the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita could not help feeling disappointed.“I will turn this little task into something great,” Rita said to herself. She started to study everything about the little ant, gave it the best food and made the box perfect. The ant ended up growing quite a little bigger.One day, the teacher announced that Rita’s class had been chosen to accompany Doctor Martinez to the tropical rainforest to study all kinds of insects in summer, because the class had best cared for the little ant.The class was filled with joy. Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible. And children learnt that to be given the most important tasks you have to know how to be responsible even in what are apparently the smallest tasks.50. How did Rita feel when she was given her job?A. Disappointed.B. Interested.C. Worried.D. Excited.51. The class was chosen to go to the rainforest because _______.A. everyone did a good jobB. Rita looked after the ant wellC. Rita was given the best jobD. the children studied the ant52. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?A. Being a good student will get praise and prizes.B. Every teacher thanked Rita for being kind and quiet.C. Studying insects can help people become more successful.D. We should be responsible for the job even if it seems small.CA great many people, when they speak of home, tend to connect it with a certain atmosphere, certain physical surroundings (环境), and certain emotional attitudes within themselves. This sentimentality(多愁善感) toward home is something that has come down to us from the past. Many modern people do not have it, and I think it is a good thing that they do not.In the old days, life was difficult. Enemies could attack you and kill or rob you, and you had little protection against them. People did not live in well-built houses where doors could be locked. They did not have the protection of an organized police force or telephones which could call the police instantly. How did this influence the way people felt about home? Small family groups clung(贴近) tightly together for protection against beasts and against other men.Today, thanks to modern transportation and well-organized society, thousands of people willingly and eagerly leave the surroundings where they were born, and the oftener they do so, the less sentiment they are likely to have for those surroundings. I lived in England for three years, and I noticed that boys and girls lef t their parents’ homes and lived in places of their own. There they could just telephone and ask an agency to provide them with a house or an apartment, which was their home. How has the meaning of this word “home” been changed by such activity? What does home mean to those people or to families who often move about, living in first one hotel and then another? I believe that for them home means a place where they can have privacy.As for me, the atmosphere and surroundings of the place where my parents live have no sentimental attachment(依恋). Home is where I can shut the door and be by myself. When I left my parents several years ago, I was anxious to leave. You might call it unfeeling, but that was the way I felt. On the day of my departure for the United States, my grandmother cried. My father, however, showed that he knew how I felt. “Son,” he said, “I am not sorry that you are leaving us. I only hope that you make the most of your time.”53. Why are modern people willing to leave their parents’ homes?A. Because they can afford the money to live outside.B. Because there are no wild animals or enemies around.C. Because the society provides them with the feeling of safety.D. Because they are not actually satisfied with their environment.54. What can we learn from the article?A. Surroundings influence the way that people act.B. Not many modern people have sentimentality toward home.C. Rights to privacy are well protected in modern society.D. Older people can hardly understand the leaving of the young.55. What is the best title for the passage?A. The History of HomeB. People and HomeC. Different Ideas about HomeD. Ideas of Home Have ChangedDDepression is not a choice. Rather, it is a true medical condition like high blood pressure or heart disease. In the United States alone, more than 17 million people suffer from depression with women being twice as likely as men to suffer from the disease. Depression crosses racial and socioeconomic lines. Anyone can suffer from it, and those that do are not “crazy” or “weak”. They have a serious yet highly treatable disease.Feeling down? You’re not alone. If depression seems pretty common, it is. One in every ten adults suffers from depression. And that’s what has scientists confused. If depression causes harm to the body, why is it so widespread in the population? Some scientists think they may have the answer. Depression may have an evolutionary (进化) benefit. It may improve one’s chances of fighting off infection (感染).Scientists have known that depressed people show an immunoreactive(免疫反应性的) condition known as inflammation (炎症)，even when they are not infected. For several years they have been finding that genes (基因) linked to depression also affect the function of the immune system. Stress, which can lead to depression, also change the immune system. These findings suggested that depression was somehow linked to the body’s ability to fight disease .Some scientists now come up with the idea that depression might have had an evolutionary advantage in the days before modern medicine and antibiotics(抗生素). Infection was a major cause of death in early human history. Surviving those infections determined which genes were passed to the next generation.They suspect that depression helped people, especially children, survive infection. Extreme tiredness leads to inactivity and less social contact which helps keep infection from spreading. Having no appetite helps avoid food sharing which can also spread infection. Sleeplessness, which is associatedwith both depression and immune system activation, may have been a mechanism to keep a person alert (机警) to fight off enemies after injury.If scientists are correct about this link, it could lead to new treatments for depression. They are interested in drugs that treat conditions where the immune system attacks the person’s own body, known as auto immune diseases. It is possible that medicine known to treat auto immune disease may be successful in treating depression also.56. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ______.A. there is a depression line between different groups and societiesB. people at a higher social position may tend to suffer from depressionC. people who are living with depression could connect with each otherD.anyone can get depression whatever their economic states and backgrounds are.57. In Paragraph 2 the author ______.A. introduces an idea on depressionB. gives an example to show his ideaC. explains how depression worksD. describes the depression problems58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Depression can spread infection.B. Stress may affect the function of the immune system.C. Women are less likely to suffer from depression.D. Modern medicine is widely used for treating depression.59. The writer mainly wants to tell people that depression ______.A. is serious but highly treatable diseaseB. could have its advantages in scientific research.C. may improve one’s chances of fighting off infectionD. is a true medical condition like high blood pressure七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
