高中自主招生英语摹拟试题(培优)(120分)一．选择填空: （20分）（ ）1、_______ the teachers, we have made great progress in my studies.A. ThanksB. Thanks forC. ThankingD. Thanks to ( )2、The scenery on Mount Emei is _____. I’m really _____ at its beauty.A. amazing, amazedB. amazed, amazedC. amazed, amazingD. amazing, amazing( )3. The Olympic Games are coming soon. _______ are they held?Every four years.A. How farB. How soonC. How manyD. How often ( )4、The manager _______ us doing a lot of work this week. So we don’t have any free time to go out for fun.A. keepsB. preventsC. asksD. makes( )5、_____hundreds of tall buildings have been built in Nanjing.A. From then onB. From now onC. So farD. Right now6. Y ou need friends to _____ , or we will feel ________.A. chat, aloneB. chat with , lonelyC. speak, lonelyD. talk with, alone( )7、Newspapers are made _______ paper. Paper is made ______ wood.A. in, fromB. of, inC. of, fromD. from, of（ ）8、---- I felt rather warm. Would you mind opening the window ?---- __________.A. Not at all.B. Of course, I do.C. Y es, I wouldn’t .D. No, it’ll do. ( )9、____ do you know is the population of Germany ?A. How muchB. WhatC. How manyD. Which ( )10、There are tall trees on _______ sides of the lake.A. bothB. eachC. eitherD. all( )11、I found him _______ in playing basketball.A. interestingB. interestedC. is interestedD. was interested ( )12、There are more and more people ________ to buy cars.A. wantB. to wantC. wantsD. wanting ( )13. Children must _____ by their parents.A. be taken good careB. be taken good care ofC. take good careD. take good care of( )14._____ of the students are going to visit the factory next week.A. Three fifthB. Third fifthsC. Three fivesD. Three fifths ( )15、In our school the number of the students _____ more than 3,000.A. isB. areC. wereD. become ( )16. I have _____ to tell you.A. else nothing newB. new nothing elseC. nothing new elseD. nothing else new( )17. She was heard _____ in the next room.A. singB. to singC. sangD. sung( )18.That country has ___________.A. a small populationB. a little populationC. much populationD. many populations( )19. ---- How about going out for a walk ?---- Sorry. I prefer _______ at home rather than _____ out for a walk.A. to stay, goB. to stay, goingC. staying, agoD. staying, to go ( )20. The shoes are a bit too large for me. Would you please show me_________ ?A. small onesB. a smaller oneC. a small pairD. a smaller pair 21．- Excuse me , is this seat taken ?- ______. That man got his books and left a few minutes ago .A I’m afraid soB I don’t think so C. I don’t know . D. I hope not.22. - _______ is the population of your city ?- About two million.A. How B What C. How many D. How much23. The digital camera cost ______ that I didn’t buy it.A. so muchB. so littleC. such muchD. such little24. Would you mind ________ the door ?A. I closingB. to closeC. me closingD. my close25. --- Have all the students know that our class will visit the factory this afternoon.--- Y es , Every student ________ about it.A. have toldB. have been toldC. has toldD. has been told26. How long ______ the film _____ when you got there ?A. has ,begunB. had, begunC. has , been onD. had, been on27.______ exciting news ! We’re never had _______ long vac ation before.A. What, such aB. What an , such aC. How , such aD. What ,so a28. There used to be a church here , ______ ?A. don’t thereB. used not thereC. didn’t thereD. didn’t it29. -- I wonder if it _____ tomorrow.-- Don’t worry,if it _______ , we’ll stay at home.A. rains, rainsB. will rain ,rainsC. rains , will rainD. will rain, will rain30. I couldn’t agree with ________ at the meeting .A. that you saidB. which you saidC. all what you saidD. what you said31. - Mum , could you buy me a dress like this ?- certainly, we can buy _____ one than this , but _____ this.A. a better, better thanB. a worse , as good asC. a cheaper , as good asD. a more important , not as good as32. Since you’re ____ danger, why not ask ______ help?A. in, forB. in, toC. with , forD. with, to33 - Shall we go skating tomorrow ?-- ______.A. you’re all rightB. It’s very kind of youC. Y ou are rightD. That’s a good idea34. Jenny gave us _____ on how to improve English .A. some advicesB. many advicesC. some adviceD. an advice35. ______ China is ______ old country with _____ long history.A. /,an, aB. The , an , aC. / , an, theD. / , the , a36. Why not _______ Tom _______ his English.A. help, improveB. to help, improveC. help, improvingD. to help, improving37. - Must I five the dictionary back to the library now ?-- No, Y ou _______. Y ou can ______ it for another two weeks.A. needn’t ,knowB. needn’t , keepC. mustn’t , lendD. mustn’t , keep38 He is wearing his sunglasses to _____ himself from the sun.A. preventB. stopC. keepD. protect39 Look , the teacher as well as all his students _______ playing games on the playground.A are B. is C. has been D. have been40. -- Ann has made great progress recently .-- ______ and _______.A. So has she , so have youB. So has she , so you haveC. So she has , so you haveD. so she has , so have you.二、完形填空: （15分）Sarah Winchester lived in California. She was a very 1 woman. She didn't buy many jewels (珠宝) or 2 clothes. 3 , she spent millions of dollars in 4 a house. She began to do it at the age of 45. The strange thing about Sarah' s 5 was that it seemed never finished. The work on the house went on for 38 6 because Sarah was afraid to 7 building it.Sarah' s house was near San Jose. Every day, a lot of 8 arrived there to work for her. Sarah wanted more rooms and more doors and more windows, 9 the workers kept on building them. The house was seven floors high and had 160 rooms. There were 200 doors and 1,000 10 . There were also three lifts, nine kitchens, and 47 fireplaces.Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting 11 ? It was because Sarah was afraid of 12 . She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she didn't want her house to be finished.Sarah Winchester's 13 seemed to have worked (奏效) 14 she lived to be 83 years old. But 15 , her house was finished.( )1. A. poor B. rich C. useful D. brave( )2. A. cheap B. expensive C. simple D. old( )3. A. Still B. Usually C. Instead D. Even( )4. A. building B. buying C. selling D. setting( )5. A. door B. window C. kitchen D. house( )6. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days( )7. A. keep B. enjoy C. stop D. help( )8. A. drivers B. workers C. farmers D. visitors( )9. A. but B. until C. since D. so( )10. A. floors B. kitchens C. windows D. rooms( )11. A. bigger B. smaller C. stronger D. cleaner( )12. A. working B. dying C. living D. growing( )13. A. age B. family C. plan D. husband( )14．A. or B. because C. neither D. nor( )15. A. hardly B. usefully C. carefully D. finally三、阅读理解: （40分）(A)Australia is the largest island in. the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.Enough laws (法律) have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. Y ou can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览). There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, every-where are sheep.( )1. Australia is .A. the largest country in the worldB. larger than ChinaC. as large as ShanghaiD. not so large as China( )2. Enough laws have been made to .A. increase the populationB. grow more plantsC. fight against pollutionD. show wild flowers( )3. Perth is .A. the capital of AustraliaB. in the west of AustraliaC. in the east of AustraliaD. the biggest city in Australia ( )4. In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' exhibition in .A. OctoberB. JanuaryC. MayD. July( )5. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.B. Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.C. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the whitesheep.D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large numberof white sheep.(B)My friend, Victor, is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo. His work is very interesting but it is hard. Sometimes it is dangerous, too. Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to prepare(准备) the food for the animals. Each kind of animal is given special food. For example, the lions must be given meat; the deer must be given grass and leaves; and the parrots must be given fruit and nuts. Sometimes some animals won't let the others eat their food. If this happens, each of them must be fed separately(分离地) .Every morning each cage must be washed by the zoo keepers. This can be dangerous, especially with lions and tigers. To make the work easier, the animals are locked in the sleeping compartments (隔间) while the cages are being washed. When the animals are sick, the zoo keepers must look after them. Each sick animal iskept in a separate cage and given medicine. Sometimes they must be given injections. It is not easy to inject a sick lion!All the keepers live near the zoo. Each of them has a small house. There he lives with his family. They do not have holidays on Sundays and public holidays. Instead, each of them has a day off during the week. Each keeper has a holiday on a different day from that of the other keepers.The most important job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors. People must be prevented from doing dangerous things. Many people have been injured because they did careless things, like putting their hands into the lion's cage.( )6. What kind of food must be given to the animals like tigers, lions and bears?A. Nuts.B. Fruit.C. Meat.D. Grass and leaves. ( )7. Some animals must be fed separately because_________.A. they eat special foodB. they often quarrel with each other while eatingC. they always cause the zoo keepers much troubleD. they won't let the others eat their food( )8. When an animal is sick, it must be_________.A. taken out of the cageB. put separately and taken good care ofC. given an injectionD. locked in a sleeping compartment ( )9. All the zoo keepers must work_________.A. seven days a weekB. on SaturdaysC. on special festivalsD. on weekdays( 段落)means_________.A. hurtB. beatenC. killedD. caught(C )The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Herparents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent(独立). At twenty - one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary(秘书). And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.Mary entered the competition because' she wanted to show that orphanagegirls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” she says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (wholater became her husband) to help her.Mary studied management(管理) at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography(摄影). She has held several exhibitions(展览)of her work in many places ——China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.( )11. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ____________.A. She had lived with her parents whose names were not knownB. She had lived in the streets for many years.C. The workers knew her well.D. She had learned to write and read by herself.(Orphanage girls could be_______.A. popular and successfulB. understood by othersC. Miss Hong KongD. known to everybody ( )13. When did her life change completely?A. In 1987.B. In 1985.C. In 1980.D. In 1975. ( )14. This passage is probably taken from__________.A. a newspaperB. a science magazineC. a history textbookD. a novel( )15. According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is true?A. All the children at the orphanage liked Mary.B. Mary was not happy working as a secretary..C. Mary's boyfriend was good at English.D. Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult.(D)A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers.businessman.taking out of his pocket a slip cut(剪下的纸条) from evening, a black silk umbrella. Anyone who finds it will receive ten shillings(先令)advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed(表述) is of great importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if itman who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street.This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man wassurprised when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of the umbrellas had notes(便条) which were fastened(系牢) to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.( )16. Who would receive ten shillings according to (按照) the firstadvertisement?A. Anyone who found the thief.B. Anyone who gave a message to the loser of the umbrella.C. Anyone who left the umbrella in the City Church.D. Anyone who left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street.( )17. What was the result of the first advertisement?A. The man got his umbrella back.B. The man wasted some money advertising.C. Nobody found the missing umbrella.D. The umbrella was found somewhere near the church.( )18. The businessman suggested(建议) that the man shouldA. buy a new umbrellaB. go on looking for his umbrellaC. report to the policeD. write another advertisement(one?A. He was quite sure of success.B. He was not sure if he could get the umbrella back.C. He did not know what to do.D. He was rich enough to afford a new umbrella.( )20. The writer of this story mainly wants to tell us_________.A. a useless advertisementB. how the man lost and found his umbrellaC. how to make a helpful advertisementD. what the businessman did for the umbrella owner四、词汇理解，用所给词的适当形式填空：（10分）1. What a _______________(please) it is for me to play the piano with you.2. The farmland in Taizhou is very rich.. Many kinds of crops__________________(can grow) here by us.3. The ____________ (appear) of Jack Zhou made all his fans excited at the concert.4. The book _____________(write) by Lu Xun ____________(sell) well..5. I heard there are four __________________(enter) to the hall, but I can’t find any.6. When ______________ the PLA ___________(found), do you know?7. Please look after those __________________ cars well. (French).8.5.It’s important for us ____________(understand) the main ideas about the passage.9. Many tall buildings ___________________(build) in our city during the last few years.五、根据汉语完成句子(20分)：1.晚会上我通常是喝茶而不是喝咖啡。
