黄冈中学英语A卷

黄冈中学2016年自主招生（理科实验班）预录考试

英语模拟试题（A卷）

共75分

Ⅰ.单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( )1. It’s a pity that the headmaster turned a deaf ear to the________ of the parents.

A. words

B. voice

C.noise

D.sounds ( )2. —What else should we pay attention to ______ building the bridge?

—The change of the weather, I think.

A. finish

B. finished

C. to finish

D. finishing ( )3.Professor Wang _____ in Harvard University for 10 years, but he has never regretted returning to China to work for his motherland.

A. has taught

B. taught

C. had taught

D. has been teaching ( )4. —Do you know Mary quarreled with Ann? —I don’t know, ________.

A. so do I care

B. so don’t I care

C. I don’t care too

D. nor do I care

( )5. —Which of those magazines do you like most? They look beautiful.

—______ at all. They are both expensive and of little use.

A.None

B. Neither

C. All

D.Both

( )6.— Mr. Wang, can I ask you some questions about your holiday?

—Of course, feel ______ to ask me.

A. good

B.calm

C.happy

D.free

( )7. He hasn’t got a hobby —_______ you call playing computer games a hobby.

A. while

B. unless

C. though

D.if

( )8. —The school network will be shut down for safety reasons.

—That doesn’t ______ me at all. I’m not a ne t—worm, anyway.

A.satisfy

B. surprise

C. worry

D.include

( )9. —Many boy students think math is _______ English.

—I agree. I’m weak in English.

A. less difficult than

B. so difficult as

C. much difficult than

D. more difficult than

( )10.The old photos the man was quite fond of _________ him so many happy memories of his study life in Wuhan University.

A. bringing

B. had brought

C. has brought

D. brought

( )11. My face turned red and I ran back home ________ ,expect for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

A.open-mouthed

B.tongue-tied

C.empty-handed

D.broken-hearted

( )12.The boy _____by his uncle _____ the plan that he should also raise his father and mother.

A. brought up; agreed to

B. put up; agreed on

C. brought on; agreed with

D. brought up; agreed with

( )13.The boy wanted to take his latest iPhone to school, but his mother told him __________.

A. not to do

B. not to

C. don’t do it

D. not do it

( )14. Her sister has become a lawyer, ________ she wanted to be.

A. Who

B. when

C. what

D. which

( )15.Most of the students felt rather disappointed at the English party. They say that it ______ better organized.

A. had been

B. had to be

C. must have been

D. could have been

( )16.Please ________ where to begin and how to do it.

A explain us

B explain it us

C explain to us

D explain it to us

( )17.I haven’t he ard _______ my sister ______ a long time.

A about; for

B on; about

C from; for

D from; at

( )18.Jenny nearly missed the flight ________ doing too much shopping.

A. as a result of

B. on top of

C. in front of

D. in need of

( )19.As the film star began to appear, the children watched, ______.

A.fascinating

B. fascinated

C.being fascinated

D. having fascinated ( )20. — How about seeing the new movie at the theater tonight?

— ________, but I've got to go over my notes for tomorrow's exam.

A．All right B．Sounds great C．I know D．I am terribly sorry

II. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

find out what it was.

Stand tall like the sunflower and be 34 who and what we are, then the environment will begin to support us. We will find a way to go under or35 any “rocks ” in order to reach our goals．( )21. A. flowers B. insects C. rocks D. vegetables

( )22. A. color B. water C. fertilizer肥 D. shape

( )23. A. weed B. seed C. rock D. plant

( )24. A. stop B. continue C. improve D. escape

( )25. A. weak B. lonely C. strange D. pretty

( )26. A. remove B. tend 趋向 C. watch D. collect

( )27. A. wonderful B. terrible C. valuable D. unusual

( )28. A. tree B. table C. rock D. wall

( )29. A. realized B. doubted C. regretted D. hoped

( )30. A. place B. way C. course D. process

( )31. A. forget B. hate C. aim D. wait

( )32. A. yard B. sunflower C. home D. summer

( )33. A. energy B. virtue 美德 C. courage D. faith信仰

( )34. A. aware of意识到 B. afraid of C. proud of D. tired of

( )35. A. into B. around C. through D. from

III. 阅读理解（20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

On school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch TV. Pretty soon, yo u might get to do both at the same time, in true Harry Potter style.

S everal companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colors and moving imagines(图像). One idea would be to create a newspaper like The Daily Project in the Harry Potte r books. Its pages would hold video clips of baseball games instead of just black-and-white photos.

Electronic paper is not a new idea. A company in Massachusetts called E ink, for example, has been working for years on such a technology. Little electricity determines(决定)whether each microsphere (灌球)looks black or white at any given time. Together, microspheres make up words and imagines. The techniques seems promising for creating still imagines that can be changed when needed, but the process is too slow for good videos.

Scientists in the Netherlands now report a new type of e-paper technology. By using layers(层) of oil, the requirements. They can also make images which change fast enough to meet standard video requirements. They can also make brilliant colors. So far, however, each image is smaller than the fingernail.

For now, reading and watching TV will have to return two separate activities. Keep your eyes open, though, in the future, TV watching and reading might be part of the same work. ( )36. According to the passage, kids soon can .

A. be allowed to watch TV

B. watch TV while doing their homework

C. watch Harry Potte r on TV

D. be allowed to read a newspaper

( )37. Several companies are racing to .

A. Make the Harry Potte r TV program

B. create a newspaper like the The Daily Project

C. provide baseball games for kids

D. produce electronic paper with colors and moving images

( )38. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Electronic paper is not a new idea.

B. Microspheres make up words and images .

C. Now TV watching and reading is part of the same work.

D. Scientists use layers of oil in a new research.

( )39. From the last paragraph, we know that .

A. scientists are still working on the new technology

B. kids love to red while watching TV

C. parents may be against this new idea

D. teachers may not teach students any more

B

Our eyes may be playing tricks on us. New research shows that sometimes people physically see what they want to see. Cornell University social psychologist (心理学家) David Dunning carried out experiments to test whether wishful thinking can actually affect what we see.

“It’s well proved from what is experienced in everyday life, and from the laboratory as well, that people think what they want to think,” he says. “We’re taking this a step further. We're asking if strong wishes and fears can actually affec t what people physically see.”

Dunning and his assistants told volunteers that a computer game would show them either a letter or number to decide whether they would drink orange juice or fruit syrup (果子露).

As they wrote in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the computer would flash an ambiguous picture, which could be seen as the letter “B” or the number “13”. V olunteers who were told that a letter would get them orange juice most often reported seeing “B”. Those who were told that a number would get them orange juice most often saw “13”.

The researchers also used a hidden camera to track volunteers’ eye movements, particularly the first eye movement. “We don't control them,” Dunning says, “and they don't even know that we are wat ching them, so it honestly shows what a person is seeing.”

“This research suggests that the brain is doing a lot of work between the eye and the conscious awareness to affect what we think,” Dunning concludes(得出结论). “Before we even see the world, our brain has decided to keep what we want to see and avoid what we don't want to see.”

( )40. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. the eye movements of some volunteers

B. an experiment by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

C. a social psychologist Dunning and his assistants

D. new findings on what may affect what we see

( )41. In Dunning's experiment, if “13” gets you orange juice, which of the following will also get you orange juice?

A. B. C. D.

( )42. The underlined word “ambiguous” most probably means _____________.

A. interesting

B. unclear

C. important

D. old

( )43. Which of the following statements is true according to Dunning's findings?

A. The brain can influence people's vision.

B. The brain forgets what it wants to see.

C. The eyes can't see without strong wishes and fears.

D. The brain is not actually connected to the eyes.

C

People who are about the same age as you are your peers. Peers include your friends and your classmates.They have strong influence on your actions. Your peers influence how you think, how

you act, and even how you dress. Peer pressure is the influence that people of the same age have on one another.

Sometimes your peers influence you in a helpful or positive way. A friend may notice that you have problems in math. And he might invite you to join a study group or show you how to solve a difficult problem during lunch. Such actions are helpful to you. Sometimes your peers influence you in a negative or unhealthy way. A friend might offer you cigarettes（香烟).Cigarettes are harmful to your health. Your friend knows that. Your friend also knows that underage smoking is against the law. Yet he or she still makes the offer. This bad influence is negative peer pressure.

Your peers may not always realize they are influencing you in a negative way. For example, a friend might invite you to the movies. You would love to go. but you have a lot of housework to do. In situations like this you should make a wise decision.

You can learn to deal with negative peer pressure. Keep away from people who try to influence your behavior in harmful ways. Though it is trot always easy to say no, it’s really necessary to learn flow to do that. Follow the following steps. First, look at the person and say no in a firm(坚定的）but polite voice.

Make sure your face shows that you are serious. Let the person know you will not back down. Then, give reasons for saying no. Explain why you won't do what the person wants. Remember to say goodbye and walk away if he or she continues.

( )44. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that a friend who influences you in a positive way might_______．

A. go to school together with you

B. do your homework instead of you

C. share cigarettes from his father with you

D. try to help you when you are in trouble

( )45. What does the underlined word "negative" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Harmful.

B. Useless.

C. Careless.

D. Forgetful.

( )46. How many steps of saying no are mentioned in the last paragraph?

A. Five.

B. Four.

C. Three

D. Six.

( )47. Which sentence shows the writer's opinion?

A. Peer pressure is the influence that people of the same age have on one another.

B. We should learn to deal with negative peer pressure.

C. It's not always important to say no to your peers.

D. Peers include your friends and your classmates.

D

When Tim Long’s father died, Tim inherited a great of money. For a long time, he didn’t know what spend it on, then one day he saw an advertisement for drains.

The advertisement said, “Get a better brain and lead a more successful life.”

The advertisement had been put in the newspaper by a doctor. Tim went to see him.

“Please explain your advertisement to me,” he said. “very well,” the doctor answered. “Have you heard of heart transplants?”

“Yes,” Tim said. “A hear t transplant is when you take a heart from one person and put it into the body of another.”

“That is correct,” the doctor said.

“Well, I do brain transplants.Now…”he pointed to a price list, “…we have several brains in

stock. You can have a sanitation worker’s brain for ＄5,000.”

Tim shook his head.

“What about a university professor’s brain? You can have one of those for ＄20,000,”the doctor said.

This was interesting, Tim thought, but he wanted more information.

“Is that the most expensive brain?” he asked.

“No. You can have a judge’s brain for ＄50,000,” the doctor told him.

“That sounds very interesting,” Tim said. “And is that the most expensive brain?”

The doctor shook his head. “Oh, no,”he said. “The most expensive brain is a politician’s. That will cost you ＄100,000.”

Tim was surprised. “Why is a politician’s brain so expensive?”He asked. “Because it’s never been used,” the doctor said. “It’s as good as new.”

( )48. What’s the meaning of the underlined p art brain transplants in Paragraph 7?

A. planting a new brain in one’s head.

B. replacing a brain with a plant.

C. using a plant—shaped brain to help people.

D. replacing an old brain with a better new one.

( )49. A university professor’s brain is much more expensive than a cleaner’s probably because ______.

A. a professor is more than a cleaner

B. a professor does more work than a cleaner

C. a professor’s work has something more to do with thinking

D. a professor’s work a llows him to have more free time

( )50. Tim asked for more information about expensive brains because ______.

A. he believed a more expensive brain was better

B. he was not satisfied with his own brain

C. he had much money and he was not sure what to spend it on

D. he was advised to choose the most expensive brain

( )51. The best title of this passage is ______.

A. The best brain

B. A politician’s brain

C. As good as new

D. Brain transplants

E

I had five hours in the company of First Great Western(FGW) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from Cornwall to London. I got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. Not through talking to them, you understand.

There was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he enjoyed a party with his friends last night. Opposite him was a young woman who was very excited to be going to Lanzarote for her summer holiday. And then there was the man who I took to be a car mechanic(汽车修理工); so detailed and technical was his conversation about a second-hand Audi. Everyone had a different, noisy ringtone, and none of the mobile phone conversations I was forced to hear was interesting.

By the end of the journey, I was silently complaining about the modern world, and feeling mad with FGW who, at the very moment when our carriage fell silent, would make an announcement about the buffet car (a carriage where food and drinks are sold) either opening or

closing.

FGW seems to be campaigning against peace and quietness, having removed quiet carriage spaces where passengers were requested not to use mobiles so that their trains could carry more passengers. How so? I cannot understand why FGW takes no notice of passengers like me, who have suffered a lot from hearing endless telephone conversations. I have no interest in the smallest details of others’lives. Making people listen to boring mobile phone conversations should be regarded as a rude act.”

Every train carriage should, in theory, be quiet. Why can’t that be the standard? It is possible to change public custom and practice. It was not so long ago that sidewalks were littered with dog waste：now it’s a general rule that dog owners clean it up after their pets. And once we restore peace and quietness to trains, we can then move on and stop people bringing fast food onto them, too.

( )52. How did the author get to know the three passengers?

A. From their phone conversations.

B. Through introductions.

C. In informal conversations.

D. By using a mobile phone.

( )53. At the end of the journey, the author ______.

A. became satisfied with FGW’s service

B. felt uneasy about the silence

C. was filled with anger

D. went to the buffet car

( )54. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

A. He is in support of the decision of FGW.

B. He dislikes hearing others’ phone conversations

C. He believes FGW will have more passengers.

D. He thinks it’s rude to listen to others’ conversations.

( )55. The author mentioned the rule of cleaning up dog mess to show _____.

A. dog mess has become a serious problem

B. quiet carriages can become the standard

C. noise in carriages is as troubling as dog mess

D. changing public custom and practice is difficult

参考答案

1—5 BCCDA 6—10 DBCAD 11—15 BABDD 16—20 DCABB

(解析：14. D which 引导的是非限制性定语从句,补充说明先行词a lawyer。which在定从中作表语。记住：当先行词是表示职业、品格时 ,只能用关系代词which引导不能用that，更不能用what ，因为what不能引导定语从句。

15. D. could have done sth. 表示“本来能够做某事而实际上未能做成”。

16. D解析：explain后不跟双宾语，只能说explain sth. to sb.或者explain to sb. sth.

18. A. 考查固定短语as a result of“由于……的结果”。)

21—25 CADBC 26—30ADCAB 31—35 CBDCB

36—39 BDCA 40—43 DCBA 44—47 DACB 48—51 DCAC

52—55 ACBB(解析： 52. A细节理解题。根据第二段的Everyone had a different, noisy ringtone, and none of the mobile phone conversations I was forced to hear was interesting可知，作者是通过这三位乘客的电话谈话了解他们的。

53．C 细节理解题。根据第三段的I was silently complaining about the modern world, and feeling mad with…可知，作者在旅程结束的时候非常生气。

54．B 推理判断题。根据第四段的suffered a lot from hearing endless telephone conversations. I have no interest in the smallest details of others’ lives可知，作者不喜欢听他人的电话谈话。

55．B 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，不久之前，人行道上的宠物粪便一直是个问题，而现在宠物主人清理宠物粪便已经成为了普遍的规则。再联系本段的Every train carriage should…be quiet可知，作者提到该问题是为了证明安静车厢也能够成为规范。)