湖南省高三英语自主招生测评试题

2013年省重点高中自主招生测评

英语试题卷

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单项填空 (每小题1分，共20分)

从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。

She walked home by herself, ______ she knew that it was dangerous.

A. if B. so that C. although D. because

People are concerned about the quality of the air they ______.

A. hear B. eat C. drink D. breathe

He was breathing ______ after the relay race.

A. heavily B. slowly C. carefully D. weakly

I didn’t mean to break your vase—it was just ______.

A. an accident B. an advantage C. an agreement D. an experience

We couldn’t understand: what could ______ his sudden change of mind?

A. enjoy B. explain C. accept D. mean

Jake’s passed his exams. We’re going out to ______.

A. joke B. invite C. celebrate D. argue

The professor was so ______, hardly anyone came to class.

A. popular B. boring C. friendly D. lively

Late again! What’s your ______ this time?

A. expression B. saying C. meaning D. excuse

Geography is the study of the countries of the world and of such things ______ the land, seas,

climate, towns, and population.

A. as B. that C. which D. what

I looked under _____ bed and found _____ book I lost last week.

A. the; a B. the: the C. 不填；the D. the; 不填

—I’d like some more cheese.

—Sorry, there’s _____ left.

A. some B. a little C. none D. few

—Look! He’s running so fast!

—Hard to______ his legs were once broken.

A. know B. imagine C. realize D. find My cousin went to Canada two yours ago. He ______ there for a few months and then went to

America.

A. worked B. would work C. would be working D. has been working

The flowers were so lovely that they ______ in no time.

A. sold B. had been sold C. were sold D. would sell

—______ can we get the photos?

—In two days.

A. How long B. How often C. How much D. How soon

Have you read the book ____ I lent to you?

A. that B. whom C. when D. whose

Although Linda tried hard in the exam, she did ______ than her brother.

A. more badly B. much better C. much badly D. much worse

______ at the door before entering please.

A. Knocked B. Knock C. Knocking D. To knock

—Sally doesn't like pop music, does she?

—_____. She is a fan of classical music.

A. No, she does B. Yes, she does C. No, she doesn't D. Yes, she doesn’t

______ good advice he gave us!

A. How a B. What a C. How D. What

完形填空 (每小题1分，共10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

In front of the big Shibuya train station in Tokyo, there is a life-size bronze (青铜) statue of a dog.

Even though the statue is very small when compared to the huge neon (霓虹灯) signs flashing, it

isn’t 21 to find. It has been used as 22 since 1934 and today you will find hundreds of

people waiting there for their friends to 23 —just look for the crowds（人群）.

Hachiko, an Akita dog, was born in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. His owner, Professor

Eisaburo Uyeno and he close friends that cannot be 24 right from the start. Each day Hachiko

would go with his owner, a professor at the Imperial University, to Shibuya train station when he left

for work. When he came back, the professor would always find the dog 25 waiting for him.

26 , the professor died suddenly at work in 1925 before he could return home.

27 Hachiko was still a young dog, the bond between him and his owner was very strong and

he 28 to wait at the station every day. Sometimes, he would stay there for days at a time,

though some believe that he kept returning because of the food he was given by street vendors.

Over time he became a 29 sight to people going to and from work every day. In 1934, a statue

of him was put 30 the station. In 1935, Hachiko died at the place he last saw his friend alive.

21. A. difficult B. important C. pleasant D. polite

22. A. a parking place B. a training center C. a starting line D. a meeting point

23. A. leave B. arrive C. die D. work

24. A. touched B. separated C. reached D. moved

25. A. nervously B. disappointedly C. patiently D. carefully

26. A. Sadly B. Clearly C. Luckily D. Honestly

27. A. Because B. Since C. Although D. Unless 28. A. decided B. agreed C. offered D. continued

29. A. familiar B. strange C. comfortable D. funny

30. A. inside B. outside C. behind D. above

阅读理解 (每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

A

Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth. It might be sixty miles wide. It