新起点英语热身演练（八）

（满分：70分）

一、完形填空（共15分，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was small for my age when I got into Millburn High School. I was shy and sometimes it was    1    for me to make friends with others. However， learning came fairly easy for me. I was the best in most of my    2   ， but P.E. class was my nightmare （噩梦） and it made me feel that I was not as    3    as others. Miss Forsythe was our P.E. teacher. She was young and    4   . Ev-eryone liked her. She said that we all had to come to her classes. No one could    5    from Miss Forsythe！

One day in her class， she told me that she    6    me to play a game with another girl in a P.E. show. I was rather worried that I wouldnt do a good job when she    7    her idea， but she was excited. With her encouragement （鼓勵）， I had no    8    but to agree.

It was a“boy meets girl” game which was not    9    to me. I played the boy and my classmate， Margaret Ann，    10    the girl. We were dressed in evening clothes and danced around the floor.

According to Miss Forsythe， I had to pick up Margaret Ann when we    11    the dance. Since I was not    12    enough to pick the tallest girl up， it was she who picked me up. I suddenly    13    ten feet tall！It was a huge success and everybody applauded （鼓掌） for our excellent performance. What a wonderful    14   ！Afterwards， I smiled confidently. Miss Forsythes understanding and willingness （意愿） to    15    a place for me in her show （which certainly did not need me） gave me some much■needed confidence. She was and will always be my favorite teacher.

（    ）1. A. possible      B. cool         C. hard          D. strong

（    ）2. A. subjects     B. hobbies        C. sports         D. classmates

（    ）3. A. tall     B. good      C. successful        D. talented

（    ）4. A. proud        B. poor          C. fast            D. active

（    ）5. A. learn      B. hear         C. miss         D. hide

（    ）6. A. wanted     B. congratulated    C. pushed        D. received

（    ）7. A. considered    B. completed        C. explained        D. discussed

（    ）8. A. idea          B. friend          C. care         D. choice

（    ）9. A. lovely       B. special     C. strange      D. heavy

（    ）10. A. called        B. acted          C. pretended        D. treated

（    ）11. A. finished    B. continued       C. began     D. dropped

（    ）12. A. strong     B. confident        C. successful        D. dangerous

（    ）13. A. climbed      B. supported      C. felt           D. grew

（    ）14. A. beginning     B. ending         C. service        D. training

（    ）15. A. dig        B. invite         C. lose        D. create

二、閱读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列三篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

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（    ）1. Youll probably see the material _______.

A. if you have watched a movie B. if you want to sell two movie tickets

C. if you have booked two movie tickets D. if you want to book two movie tickets

（    ）2. The person has booked _______.

A. Seat 11 and Seat 12 B. Seat 505 and Seat 525

C. Seat 09 and Seat 01      D. Seat 01 and Seat 15

（    ）3. The person will probably arrive at the cinema on _______.

A. Thursday 09 February at 4：00 PM      B. Thursday 09 February at 1：00 PM

C. Thursday 09 February at 11：00 AM    D. Thursday 09 February at 6：00 PM

（    ）4. According to the material， the cinema is in _______.

A. USA              B. Australia  C. Japan        D. Korea

（    ）5. The person probably booked the tickets _______.

A. through a phone call              B. by writing an e■mail

C. on the Internet                D. in the cinema

B

Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated， and what kind of job they thought they had.

Given that I teach students who are trained to be doctors， I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that？” I asked， expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.

“Surgery （外科手术），” one replied. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs， put in special extending screws （螺丝钉）， and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows. You can get at least 5cm taller！”

At that point， I was shocked. I am short， but I dont think I would put myself through months of pain just to be a few centimeters taller. I am not afraid of wearing shoes with thick soles （鞋底）， as Im not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall！

It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”， and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

No one is born perfect， yet magazines， TV shows and movies present images of thin， tall， beautiful people as being the norm （常態）. Advertisements for losing weight aids， beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics （整容医院） fill the pages of newspapers， further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement， and that it must be purchased （购买）， no matter what the cost is. In my opinion， skills， rather than appearance， should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.

（    ）6. Many graduates today turn to cosmetic （美容的） surgery to _______.

A. marry a better man/woman B. become a model

C. get an advantage over others in job■hunting D. attract more admirers

（    ）7. The writer first thought that “outside help” was _______.

A. the surgery

B. the help from relatives and family friends

C. the help from teachers

D. the help from school

It was the best—and most difficult—year of my life. I learned a lot that year.

（    ）11. We can learn from this passage that the writer _______.

A. loves travelling

B. enjoys his work as a volunteer

C. is now working for an university in Mexico City

D. has made friends with the homeless children

（    ）12. The paragraph 2 is mainly about _______.

A. street crime B. the writers childhood experience

C. the writers hometown D. the terrible life of the homeless children

（    ）13. As a volunteer， the writer has to do too many things EXCEPT _______.

A. helping to prepare meals B. helping them to make money

C. teaching the kids art D. teaching them to play games

（    ）14. According to the writer， _______ made the street children really strong and tough.

A. drugs B. too much energy

C. hard life D. difficulties from study

（    ）15. The best title for the passage should be _______.

A. My Special Year B. A Sweet Home

C. Outreach International D. Street Children

三、阅读理解填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已给出。

The story happened several years ago. I was in Texas and I had a friend whose family business was to p   1    accommodation （住处） to people. He asked me whether I would be interested in doing a part■time job in one of the leading h   2   . I said sure.

One day at around 2 a.m. in the night， I saw a car r   3    into the parking zone with fire coming out from the front of the car. It looked pretty d   4   . It happened that the car might blow up and there were nearly 50 cars parked there. I r   5    to see what was happening at once. At the moment， Ralph， the o   6    of the car， got out and tried to put out the fire. Within five minutes， we controlled the s   7    and the fire was put out. Imagine how terrible it would have been if other cars in the parking lot had c   8    fire. Ralph a   9    what I did and in the morning everyone who saw and came to know about the a   10    said to me that I had done a great job. I felt like a hero.

1. p_________ 2. h_________ 3. r_________ 4. d_________ 5. r_________

6. o_________ 7. s_________ 8. c_________ 9. a_________ 10. a_________

四、書面表达（共1大题，满分15分）

假如你校正在开展“读好书，促成长”活动，请你根据这项活动的主题，用英语写一份倡议书，向全校同学发出倡议，号召大家参与此项活动。

内容要点如下：

1. 有些同学没有阅读的习惯，不知道要读什么;

2. 有些同学宁愿把空闲时间花在电脑游戏上;

3. 有些同学作业太多，没有足够的时间阅读;

4. 你热爱阅读，从阅读中获得了很多知识;

5. 补充一至两点个人想法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

2. 词数：60-80;

3. 内容连贯，不要逐条翻译;

4. 文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：habit n. 阅读习惯    knowledge n. 知识    free adj. 空闲的

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