新起点英语热身演练（五）

（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。

It was the summer before my third grade. Our girls softball（垒球） team was facing real pitchers （投球手） for the first time. Before that， we could just    1    the ball on the tee （球座）. When the coach started pitching （投球）， hitting became    2    for me. I missed every single pitch. From the side， I heard my teammate Emily    3    at me. My face got hot and my throat felt like it had a softball stuck in.

At that moment， I was starting to    4    playing softball.

The next afternoon， when Mum said it was time to play the game， I told her I was    5   . She allowed me to lie down for a while. So I went to my room and    6    myself in bed. This was difficult for me because I was fine and just    7    to avoid softball.

Soon Mum came in and said， “Time to go！” She didnt even ask if I felt    8   . I imagined Emily laughing from the sideline， and suddenly I really did feel sick to my stomach. I began    9    loudly. Still， Mum pulled my team T■shirt over my head. She said， “You have to    10    for the rest of the season， and only after that we can talk about whether youll    11    next year.” She added that practice was what I needed， not    12   . She promised to practise with me.

I got two hits that afternoon， and Emily didnt make a    13   . Every week after that， I    14    at home until I got to be one of the best hitters （擊球手） on the team.

That    15    taught me being afraid is part of life， and I can do whatever is expected of me if I keep working and practising.

（    ）1. A. hit B. kick C. throw D. put

（    ）2. A. noisy B. natural C. hard D. possible

（    ）3. A. looking B. pointing C. laughing D. throwing

（    ）4. A. remember B. hate C. enjoy D. practise

（    ）5. A. bored B. sick C. shy D. sad

（    ）6. A. helped B. dressed C. threw D. taught

（    ）7. A. failed B. wanted C. refused D. offered

（    ）8. A. safer B. better C. warmer D. happier

（    ）9. A. cheering B. singing C. shouting D. crying

（    ）10. A. play B. break C. share D. relax

（    ）11. A. believe B. start C. fail D. continue

（    ）12. A. waking up B. hurrying up C. giving up D. speaking up

（    ）13. A. plan B. sound C. choice D. decision

（    ）14. A. practised B. slept C. worked D. cried

（    ）15. A. accident B. business C. relationship D. experience

二、阅读理解（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. This material above is a（n） _______.

A. shopping list for an activity            B. activity ticket

C. advertisement of an activity          D. activity form

（    ）2. _______ organized this activity.

A. Sunshine Primary School        B. The government

C. Scouts Australia                D. Some parents

（    ）3. The place they will go is _______.

A. Tram Museum                B. Lidcombe NSW1825

C. Center Museum                D. Sydney Olympic Park

（    ）4. The activity will last _______.

A. five hours    B. six hours        C. four hours      D. three hours

（    ）5. If you and your three friends want to join the activity， you should pay _______.

A. $15    B. $30    C. $45    D. $60

B

She was walking home from work one evening when she got the idea. Rosa didnt like her job at the factory， but it was better than no job at all. While she was trying not to think about work， she saw the pots in an alley （小巷）. They were cheap plastic pots， but there were dozens of them behind the flower shop. Such a waste， she thought. When the pots were still there three days later， Rosa went in and asked if she could take some. The flower shop lady said she didnt mind， so Rosa carried home a tower of pots as a circus （馬戏团） performer on the way.

At home， Rosa set them on the fire escape （防火梯） outside her tiny apartment. And there they sat. Once a gust （一阵） of wind sent them slipping to the street three floors below， and she had to go to run after and catch them before the gathering storm.

A hardware store had a sale on potting soil. Rosa carefully counted her money， then walked six blocks to the store. She bought six bags and carried them home. She bought seeds， too. Rosa slept well that night and dreamed of many flowers and fat， glowing fruits.

Rosa didnt have to work on Sundays. She got up early and ate her breakfast on the fire es-cape with her pots. Then， she began to put dirt into the pots. She sang a little song until all six of her bags of soil were empty. Then， she laid her precious seed packets out and planned her gar-den. Tomatoes for the biggest pots， and peppers for the next■biggest ones. Flowers in all the rest.

At the end of the day， Rosa sat in her garden and watched the sunset. Soon， she thought， there will be masses of flowers and fat， glowing fruits.

（    ）6. Rosa waited for 3 days before she asked about the pots because _______.

A. she didnt like the pots at first

B. she had been waiting for a discount （折扣）

C. she had no idea how to make use of them

D. she needed to make sure they were unwanted

（    ）7. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. Rosa was a workaholic （工作狂）  B. Rosa liked taking walks

C. Rosa was poor  D. Rosa liked the sunset

（    ）8. Rosa carried the pots home like a circus performer on the way home probably because _______.

A. she was practising for a performance  B. she was afraid of being alone

C. its difficult for her to carry so many pots  D. she wanted to be noticed

（    ）9. Rosa planned to plant something in the pots EXCEPT _______.

A. potatoes        B. flowers      C. tomatoes    D. peppers

（    ）10. Rosa felt _______ when planting the seeds.

A. hopeful    B. proud    C. anxious  D. lonely

C

Dont we all know a “Happy Meal” when we see one—the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger， kid■sized French fries， fruits and milk， served with a toy thats very popular with chil-dren who love to collect them？

A Happy Meal is a form of kids meal sold at a certain fast■food chain since 1979. A toy is in-cluded with the food， both of which are usually contained in a box or paper bag. However， collec-tors of these little toys will not get them any longer， since the company will replace toys with books， and each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional （營养的） messages.

Happy Meals are very popular with kids， especially for their collectable toys， when you con-sider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year！These packages have been very controversial （有争议的）. Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is a clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices. They see it as an advertising strategy （策略） of “catching its customers young”—a move that has paid off very well for the fast food company.

Child development experts say that food habits get formed in children by age six and contin-ue through to their adult life. Foods which contain a lot of fat and sugar such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and di-abetes （糖尿病）. Public health care costs have gone up and untold（难以计数的） amounts of money have been spent on caring for these health problems. On November 2， 2010， the San Fran-cisco Board of Supervisors passed a law requiring that childrens meals sold in restaurants must meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys， to deal with the problem of childhood obesity—in other words， the State of California tried to ban （禁止） the toys in Happy Meals. However， it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy■handed， and the ban was thrown out by the government.

（    ）11. The aim of the question raised in paragraph 1 is to _______.

A. give a surprise to the toy lovers

B. get readers attention to the article

C. call on readers to buy boxed meals

D. make readers think about the answer

（    ）12. The underlined word “obesity” in the passage probably means _______.

A. being sick    B. being fat    C. being thin D. being well

（    ）13. Books will be added into Happy Meals to _______.

A. introduce the use of the toys

B. increase the cost of the meals

C. help kids learn about nutrition （營养）

D. spread the message of fast food

（    ）14. According to paragraph 3， Happy Meals _______.

A. have achieved the desired result

B. help the customers stay young

C. cost more money than ordinary meals

D. are not welcomed by toy collectors

（    ）15. The writer thinks that Happy Meals _______.

A. bring much fun to children

B. teach children a lot about nutrition

C. do no good to childrens health

D. are popular with the young and the old

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。

These years， we can see that more and more people like dancing in public. We call this kind of dance “Guangchangwu”. It seemed to come into being in the 1990s. Later in 2005， it became p   1    with the elderly （年长者） in China.

Nowadays， about the dancing， people have d   2    ideas. Some people think it is a kind of entertainment and physical exercise. It gives the elderly a good way to r   3   ， keep fit and make their lives i   4   . It is better for them to go out to dance with their friends than to play cards or watch TV at home， because they need to keep h   5    and active.

But， not all people have the same idea. You may have the following e   6   ：
You want to sleep late into noon on a weekend morning but find it i   7    because the elderly are dancing， making a lot of noise. Sometimes you are having a rest or c   8    for a while with your friends in a park. But the music from the dancing is so l   9    that you have to stop. So quite a few people are worried about the dancing places. At times， they choose to stay away from those places.

It is all right for the elderly to get exercise and have f   10   . But when they choose a kind of entertainment， they should think about other peoples life.

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

6. e_________ 7. i_________ 8. c_________ 9. l_________ 10. f_________

四、书面表达（共1大题，满分15分）

假如你是周杨，你的美国朋友Mary听说你们学校开展了一个“绿色校园”的环保活动，来信询问有关情况。请你根据下列内容，用英语写一封回信，谈一谈这次活动所带来的变化。

内容要點如下：

1. 了解更多环保知识，传播环保理念;

2. 爱护校园中的植物;

3. 减少购买塑料袋;

4. 不要乱丢垃圾;

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：green campus 绿色校园    spread v. 传播    plastic products 塑料制品

Dear Mary，

How nice to hear from you again！

Lovely yours，

Zhou Yang