加美学校高二入学摸底考试
英语试卷2
(试卷满分100分考试时间90分钟)
Ⅰ。完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并填在该题号前。
When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could 1 she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job 2 an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, 3 she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t 4 much English.
A sentence she had read somewhere was in her mind: if you dream 5 a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in 6 .
One day, one of her 7 students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept 8 .
“What does this have to do with your 9 ?” Pat asked.
“I dreamed all night, Miss Jones. And my dream was in English.”
“In English ?” Pat was very 10 , since he was such a bad student. She was 11 secretly jealous。Her dream was still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, 12 me about your dream.”
“All the people in my dream 13 English. All the newspapers and magazines and TV programs were in English.”
“But that’s 14 ,”said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?”
“I’m sorry, Miss Jones. That’s 15 I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!”
1. A. because B. if C. since D. while
2. A. for B. as C. of D. like
3. A. and B. yet C. but D. so
4. A. know B. say C. read D. write
5. A. of B. in C. about D. for
6. A. Spanish B. English C. Russian D. Latin
7. A. worst B. bright C. best D. excellent
8. A. well B. soundly C. heavily D. badly
9. A. English B. language C. homework D. dream
10. A. pleased B. surprised C. worried D. excited
11. A. yet B. also C. still D. seldom
12. A. answer B. write C. ask D. tell
13. A. read B. spoke C. liked D. learned 14. A. funny B. terrible C. wonderful D. strange
15. A. how B. when C. because D. why
Ⅱ.语法填空(共10小题; 每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,将答案直接填写在该题空格位置上。
British English is the language spoken in Britain. American English also known 16 United States English or U.S. English, is a set of dialects of the English language 17 (use) mostly in the United States.
Vocabulary is a major 18 (different) between American English and British English at times. Because of 19 widespread usage of American English, many British people are starting to use some American words to replace some of 20 British ones . So a lorry is becoming a truck. There are many other words 21 are being replaced as well. There are also times 22 the same words have completely different meanings in both forms of English. In British English a biscuit is similar 23 a cookie, but in American English it is more like a dinner roll.
Sometimes British people pronounce their numbers differently. They enjoy 24 (add) the word “and”between the numbers. For example,
加美学校摸底考试英语试卷2
