苏州市2012-2013学年第一学期单招预科班联合考试
三年级 英语
本试卷分第一卷(客观题)和第二卷(主观题)两部分。第一卷1至8页,第二卷9页。两卷满分100分。考试时间为120分钟。
第一卷(共75分)
Ⅰ. 单项选择(共30小题,每小题1分;共计30分) ( )1. Mary’s biology is ______ than ______ in the class.
A. a lot of better; anyone else’s B. far better; anyone’s else’s C. much better; anyone else D. a lot better; anyone else’s ( )2. Out suddenly.
A. rushed the young American boy B. did the young American boy rush
C. rushed the American young boy D. did the American young boy rush
( )3 . The population in China is than in Australia. A. more large; that B. much larger; one
C. much more; that D. even larger; that
( )4 . She is worried about her son what he said.
A. because B. that C. because of D. when ( )5. Our parents us to go to college .
A. hope B. make C. expect D. let
( )6. I feel it proud to give a talk here.
A. inviting
B. to invite
C. to be invited
D. having invited
( )7. If human beings had been a bit less greedy and cruel, more birds and animals dying out.
A. ought to avoid
B. could have been avoided D. might have avoided
C. should have avoided
( )8. I will praise finds the answer first.
A. no matter who B. anyone C. whomever D. whoever
( )9. They in such dry areas, where the water face, feet and other things again
and again.
A. are used to live; is used to wash B. are used to living; is used to washing C. used to live; used to wash A. gave off
A. coming
D. are used to living; is used to wash C. gave in
D. gave at
( )10. When the teacher examination papers, the students stopped talking.
B. gave out
( )11. You will make great progress in the days _____.
B. that to come C. when to come D. to come
( ) 12. --- Do you think it will rain this afternoon? --- .
A. I think not so B. I’m afraid so C. I’m afraid D. I believe it ( ) 13. Have you ever been to the temple, at the foot of the mountain? A. alone; lying B. lonely; situating C. alone; lies D. lonely; located ( ) 14. in a traffic jam, I didn’t get to the cinema . A. Catching; on time B. Caught; at the time
C. Being caught; at a time D. Caught; on time
( ) 15. --- Do remember to turn off the lights when you the classroom. ---Yes, I .
A. will leave; will B. leave; do C. leave; will D. left; did ( ) 16. The faster anything goes up into the sky,
A. it reaches the highest B. it reaches the higher C. the highest it reaches D. the higher it reaches ( ) 17. He has a lot of lessons which . A. needs making up B. needs making up for
C. need making up D. need making up for
( ) 18. Why not your seat and do something useful to others? A. get down B. get out C. get up D. get off ( ) 19. we had the boy!
A. What hard time; found; losing B. What a hard time; finding; lost
C. How good time; finding; missed D. How a good time; found; missing
( ) 20. John is a lazy student, one of_________ bad study habits is to leave for tomorrow_____ ought
to be done today.
A.his; something B. whose; what C.whom; that D.his; that
( ) 21. Did you hear the song on the radio again just now? A. play B. playing C. to be played D. played ( ) 22. He likes to give people lift at his . A. a; convenient B. the; convenient
C. a; convenience D. the; convenience
( ) 23. If you are on a sidewalk near buildings when an earthquake , try to protect yourself
from objects.
A. hit; falling B. strikes; falling C. happens; fell D. will come; fallen ( ) 24. In the big fire, they struggled and finally save themselves. A. could B. were able to C. would D. can ( ) 25. The plan is .
A. worthy to be discussed B. worth being discussed C. worthwhile discussing D. worth to discuss
( ) 26.Three- fourths of the jobs _____ today.
A. has finished
C. have finished
B. has been finished D. have been finished
( ) 27.It is ______ to spend money in preventing illnesses by promoting healthy living rather than
spending it trying to make people ______ after they are ill.
A.good; good B.well; better C.better; better D.better; good
( ) 28. He wrote ______ song, which turned out to be rather popular with ______ young. A. the; the B. a; 不填 C. a; the D. the; 不填 ( ) 29. Only until his father was out of prison, _____ to school.
A. can Charles go B. Charles can go C. could Charles go D. Charles could go
( ) 30. I wanted to have him _____ the job, but she had it _____ instead.
A. do; done
Ⅱ. 完形填空(共30小题,每小题0.5分;共计15分)
B. does; doing C. to do; doing D. to do; done
A
What is in the drug that makes you sick or dead? For example, cocaine is harmful, but what makes it harmful?
I can’t tell you all about drugs, but I can 31 you think about them in this 32 way. Your body is a very complicated(复杂的)machine, really a lot of chemical machinery, all of which is finally turned 33 it all works together . Special chemicals, which we call drugs, can affect it in many different ways.
Some drugs are 34 when your body has a problem, as with disease-causing bacteria. Then someone may give you aspirin to keep your temperature from going too 35 or some penicillin(青霉素) 36 it stops the growth of some kinds of bacteria. 37 , all drugs are really poison, 38 if you take too much ,so you must always use them carefully.
Why do some people take drugs like cocaine? For a little while they seem to make you feel better, or happier .But after their effects have 39 ,your body has to pay an extra 40 to get back to normal. That makes you want to get some more of the drug.
Drugs like cocaine have their special effects because they act as 41 for your nervous system. They cut off some of your nerve pathways and take away some of your senses and your 42 . They make you want always more. And just a little too much can even block nerves to your heart and stop its beating.
Many of us worry about the 43 around us and what pollution does to us .How about your internal(内在的) environment, and what goes on 44 you ? You control that all by yourself in what you put into your 45 . Most drugs are pollutants. You would not want pollutants in the air and water around you. Why would you want pollutants in your body?
( )31.A.make B.cause C.help D.let ( )32.A.funny B.different C.simple D.true ( ) 33.A.as if B.even if C.where D.so that ( ) 34.A.powerful B.helpful C.painful D.helpless ( ) 35.A.high B.tall C.much D.hot ( ) 36.A.when B.until C.as D.before ( ) 37.A.Besides B.Thus C.However D.Naturally ( ) 38.A.at most B.at least C.at times D.at first ( ) 39.A.worked B.worn C.appeared D.lost ( ) 40.A.number B.quantity C.amount D.price ( ) 41.A.guards B.medicine C.chemicals D.poisons ( ) 42.A.worries B.happiness C.freedom D.pride ( ) 43.A.places B.nature C.people D.environment ( ) 44.A.inside B.around C.outside D.next to ( ) 45.A.heart B.head C.body D.mind
B
A Woman and a Fork
There was a young woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and could only live three months. So as she was getting her things \ 46 her Rabbi (法师)and had him come to her house to 47 certain aspects of her final wishes.
She told him which songs she wanted sung at the conference, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.
Everything was in order and the Rabbi was preparing to leave 48 the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.
\ 49 . \with a fork in my right hand.\
The Rabbi stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.
“That surprises you, doesn't it?” the young woman asked. \to be honest, I'm 50 by the request,\
The young woman 51 . “My grandmother once told me this story, and from then on, I have always done so. I have also, always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of comfort.
In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main 52 were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part 53 I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie…”
So, I just want people to see me there in that casket(棺材)with a fork in my hand and I want them to 54 \tell them: \
The Rabbi's eyes were filled up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of 55 than he did. She had a better grasp of 56 heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.
She knew that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork 57 in her right hand. Over and over, the Rabbi heard the question \ 58 .
During his message, the Rabbi told the people of the agreement he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and what it symbolized to 59 . The Rabbi told the people how he could not stop thinking about the 60 and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.
He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. ( ) 46. A. contracted ( ) 47. A. talk ( ) 48. A. before
B. contacted B. identify B. as
C. attracted C. when C. angrily C. admitted C. food
D. attached D. discuss D. then D. breathlessly D. puzzled D. hesitated D. cause
C. recognize
( ) 49. A. excitedly ( ) 50. A. surprised ( ) 51. A. explained ( ) 52. A. meal
B. regretfully B. astonished B. introduced B. course
C. depressed
( ) 53. A. so
B. and
C. yet
D. because D. say D. heaven D. which D. caught D. laughed D. people D. fork
( ) 54. A. wonder ( ) 55. A. life ( ) 56. A. how ( ) 57. A. placed ( ) 58. A. sobbed ( ) 59. A. her ( ) 60. A. woman
B. question B. funeral B. where B. grasped B. cried B. him
B. funeral
C. enquire C. fork C. what C. held C. smiled C. them C. incident
Ⅲ. 阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分;共计30分)
A
Beijing ---- A recent Chinese blockbuster (轰动的作品) “A World Without Thieves” is based on the experiences of a young migrant worker (民工)carrying 60,000 yuan on a train packed with thieves. But while the image of a warm-hearted but somewhat naive migrant worker may have made film fans chuckle, it’s a sure bet that most of China’s migrant workers are yet to step into a cinema to admire it.
“Forty yuan a ticket? I can’t afford it,” said Shen Jie, a migrant worker at a construction site in Shen found it hard to remember when he last watched a film, or what it was about. “It must be 10 Though they are the builders of the nation’s theaters and cinemas, a limited cultural life is common Shen arrived from East China’s Zhejiang Province in1991. Life was better then; money seemed to Dongzhimen, east Beijing. years ago,” he said.
among China’s 120 million migrant workers.
come more easily. “Now, as more and more workers are rushing to the capital, it’s too hard to earn money, and none of us dare think about watching films,” he said.
For many like Shen, the dream is earning enough to pay for their children’s education so they can find jobs in the cities and say goodbye to the hardships of rural life forever. This drives them to work hard and save as much as possible.
With a monthly salary of less than 500 yuan, Shen has to send money home to his little son and In Shen’s small dormitory, which he shares with seven other co-workers, there is a well-thumbed copy A recent survey by local media revealed(显示) that 80 percent of migrant workers spent their spare silver-haired parents.
of a magazine published in 1998.
time sleeping and chatting because of exhaust and a lack of income. The same survey found that 47 percent of migrant workers have to work for more than 10 hours a day. Around 40 percent do not even possess a book, and nearly 60 percent say they are dissatisfied with their cultural life.
Like many of Shen’s co-workers, reading newspapers and hanging out in Beijing’s streets provide
From China Daily
( ) 61. We can infer from the passage “A World Without Thieves” is a film that __________.
A. talks about experiences of a group of thieves B. deals with the life of migrant workers C. explains how to catch thieves on trains D. attracts many migrant workers
evening entertainment.