2014年人文素养测试
英 语 试 题
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第一部分 知识运用（共两大题，满分30分）
I. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。 1. Tasting the local food is________ better way of knowing _______ culture behind it.
A. the; a A. keeps
B.a; the B. is kept B. easily
C. /; the C. to keep C.easier
D. a; a D. kept
D. more easily
2. Mom makes me eat an apple every day ________ the doctor away. 3. A friend is __________ lost than found. A. easy
4. ---My classmates and I will go to the cinema to watch Rio II tomorrow. ---_______. Shall we go together?
A. So I do A. to stay A. effort
B. So do I B. staying B. energy
C. So will I C. stay C. force
D. So I will. D. stays D. strength
5. She was supposed ________ in hospital, but people found her in the classroom. 6. No one can achieve anything without ________. 7. ---Have you finished your homework? ---_______. Just half of it. How about you?
A. Not at all
B. Not likely
C. Not a bit
D. Not yet
8. --- Have you read the play called The Twelfth Night? ---Who ______it? A. writes
B. write
C. has written
D. wrote
9. ---It’s said that Hefei Subway Line One will go into service at the end of 2014 . --- Wow! _________ ! Will it pass our school?
A. What an exciting news C. How exciting news
B. What exciting news D. How excited the news is
10. --- I will be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat? --- Not at all._____ A . I have no time.
A. about , in
B．I’d rather not. B. on, of
C．I’d like it . C. over , of
D．I’d be happy to. D. over, with
11. David used to be crazy ________ puter games, but now he is fond _____ pop music.
12. You can only be sure of you have at present; you cannot be sure of something you might get in the future.
A. that; what A. mustn’t
B. what; / B. needn’t
C. which; that C. have to
D. /; that D. might
13. Turn the puter off, Peter! You ______ play games so late any more. 14. ---Please don’t make a noise. --- _____ . I’ll be as quiet as mouse.
A. Yes, I do A. a little
B. No, I don’t B. a few
C. Yes, I will C. a bit
D. No, I won’t D. a bit of
15. They had to stop working, for they were not_________ tired.
II.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。 I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it—his way of asking to be petted. I ignored his begging for affection (喜爱), and ran for the waiting bus.
16 , that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me 17 , “Honey, I have some 18 news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and got 19 . I’m so sorry.”
“No! It’s not true!” I was in shock(震惊的) . I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, e here! e on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t e. Feeling upset , I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was 20 .
When I got off the bus the next day, there was dead silence at home for a long time. Finally , my sobs (哭泣) erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop 21 . I hadn’t even petted him when I left. 22 could I have known that was my last chance? I cried 23 I felt empty inside.
As time passed, I started to 24 some things. We want to do everything right, but bad things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s 25 . The best way to 26 the hard times is to figure out what you need to do to get through them when they e, and to remember that hard times always 27 .
I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone 28 , and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no 29 for others like Belle—my new dog. Best of all, I realized that Tippy 30 all of my old memories of him. And they e to me every time I call! 16. A. However 17. A. excitedly 18. A. good 19. A. escaped 20. A. gone 21. A. waiting 22. A. Why
B. Besides B. quickly B. sad B. lost
B. wounded B. crying B. What B. recall B. human B. add to B. overe B. lives B. room
C. Therefore C. coldly C. wrong C. killed
D. Finally D. seriously D. happy D. knocked D. stolen D. expecting D. How D. as D. change D. rule D. e up D. dies D. doubt D. picked up
C. hidden
C. Which
C. thinking
23. A. before 24. A. forget 25. A. nature 26. A. deal with 27. A. appear 28. A. grows 29. A. way
B. until C. when C. understand C. life
C. set down C. suffers
C. help D. pass
C. problem C. left behind
30. A. fell behind
B. brought up
第二部分 阅读（共四篇，满分40分）
III. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。
A
Saturday , March 08, 09:30 AM MYT+0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident —
2nd Media Statement.
We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts with flight MH370 which departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am earlier this morning bound for Beijing. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Beijing International Airport at 6:30am local Beijing time. Subang Air Traffic Control reported that it lost contact at 2:40am (local
Malaysia time) today.
Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing B777-200 aircraft. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew - prising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 13 different nationalities. Malaysia Airlines is currently
working with the authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft. Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew.
Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support. Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members. The airline will provide regular updates (讯息) on the situation.
The public may contact +603 7884 1234. For media queries, kindly contact +603 8777 5698/ +603 8787 1276.The next-of-kin may head to the Support Facility Building at KLIA’s South Support Zone. For directions, call 03 8787 1269.
31 .When the flight lost all contacts , it had flown about_____ hours. A. 9 A. 预计
B. 6 B. 期待
C. 2
D. 10
32. The underlined word “scheduled” in the second paragraph means _____.
C. 时刻表 D. 清单
B. +603 8777 5698. D. 03 8787 1269
33. If the next-of-kin doesn’t know the way to the Support Facility Building, they may call _____ A. +603 7884 1234 C. +603 8787 1276
34. Which of the statements about the incident is NOT true? A. Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing B777-200 aircraft. B. There were 227 passengers who came from 12 countries.
C. Some authorities have activated their Search and Rescue team to search for the aircraft. D. A team is now calling the family members of passengers and crew. 35. The news mainly tells us _____. A. how the incident happened
B. which authority is responsible for the incident C. the relative information about the flight incident D. a flight lost contact
B
The moving truck with furniture was parked in front of our Southern California home. My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie.
“Wele to the neighbourhood.” she said, “I made it myself and I want you to have it.” “Really, we can’t.” my husband replied.
“Of course you can.” she ran on,“When I moved in two years ago, no one weled me, and I want you to feel at home.” She thrust(塞) the pie into my husband’s hands.
“Uh, well, you see,” he said, with a disappointed laugh, “we have been here four years and we’re moving.”
The woman stared at him, dumbfounded(目瞪口呆), with her mouth open.
“Well,” she said, shrugging her shoulders with an air of resignation(顺从), “Enjoy it anyway!”
My husband and I laughed heartily, determining in the future to be better neighbours ourselves.
36. The woman came up to us because _______. A. she wanted to see us off C. she wanted to sell her pie to us
B. she wanted to see our furniture D. she thought we had just moved here
37. When the writer’s husband said“Really, we can’t.”, he wanted to tell the neighbour _______. A. neither he nor his wife could accept the apple pie B. they didn’t like eating the apple pie
C. they were so busy that they had no time to eat it D. they were full and they needn’t eat it
38. The phrase “feel at home” in the passage probably means “_______”. A. live at home
B. feel fortable D. be brave
C. help oneself to it 39. From the story, we know that_____. A. the woman with an apple pie lives next to us B. the woman has lived here for 4 years
C. when the woman moved here , the writer and her husband didn’t wele her D. they were moved when they received the present from the neighbour 40. The people in the neighbourhood _______. A. are friendly to each other C. hope to live in the cities
C
Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains(平原).
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also es in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more
B. hope to be better neighbours D. are cold to each other
2014英语试题
