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2010年重点高中提前招生英语模拟试题 （满分100分） 2010.4一、单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）( )1. - May I have a look at the menu first? - Of course, _, sir.A. dont worryB. it doesnt matter C. enjoy yourself D. take your time( )2. It is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever( )3.I had to buy _these books because I didnt know which one was the best.A. both B. none C. neither D. all( )4.It was the man _ on the bed with his eyes open who _ the book open on the desk just now. A. lain; lay B. lying; laid C. lay; lay D. lying; lied( )5. The teacher told us _. A. light traveled as fast as sound B. light traveled faster than sound C. light travels as fast as sound D. light travels much faster than sound( )6. This is the most beautiful picture _ I have seen. A. that B. which C. whose D. what( )7. -Oh, you are here. Im looking for you all the morning ._? -To the library. A. Where have you gone B. Where will you go C. Where are you going D. Where have you been( )8. This T-shirt is very nice , but it _ too much.A. spends B. pays C. takes D. costs ( )9. The naughty boys were made _ their maths homework the next day. A. handing up B. hand outC. to hand in D. to handing off ( )10. Shanghai is larger than _ in China. A. any city B. all the cities C. some other cities D. any other city( )11. Dont think about it _. Im sure you will forget it _. A. any more, long before B. any more, before longC. any longer, long ago D. any longer, long before( )12. _, we would have finished the work on time. A. Had Jim come B. Jim had come C. If had Jim come D. If Jim has come( )13 .-Excuse me, wheres the West Hill Farm, please? -Go the forest and the foot of the mountain you will find it . A. through, at B. across, at C. through, under D. past, under ( )14. The teacher said that she _ us to the park the next day.A. will take B. has taken C. would take D. is taking( )15. I have never seen _ beautiful place.A. so a B. a so C. such a D. a such ( )16. The window is broken and needs _.I think so. They can hardly keep out the cold now. A. repairing B. to repair C. repaired D. be repaired( )17. There _ a number of animals in the zoo. The number of them _ two thousand. A. is, are B. are, is C. is, is D. are, are( )18._ more time, hell make a first-class tennis player.A. Having given B. To give C. Giving D. Given ( )19. -Oh, I had a terrible toothache.-Youd better _ a doctor and have your bad tooth _ out.A. to see; pulling B. see; pulled C. seeing, pulling D. saw; pulled( )20. You havent been to the West Lake in Hangzhou, have you? _. How I wish to go there! A. Yes, I have B. Yes, I havent C. No, I have D. No, I havent二、完型填空（15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后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。In one way of thinking. failure is part of life. In 21 way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often 22 .Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13 th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider 23 a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough 24 in the rock. He tried six times without success .On the 25 time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to 26 the English . Edison , the inventor of the light bulb, made 27 models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked 28 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have 29 failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it wont 30 ”.So what? First，always think about your failure. What caused 31 ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go 32 next time.Second, is the goal youre trying to reach the right one? Try to do some 33 about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me? This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldnt be doing any way.The third thing to keep in 34 about failure is that its a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself even though you may have 35 ( )21. A. other B. another C. first D. second( )22.A. told B. said C. talked D. spoken( )23. A. doing B. taking C. making D. playing( )24.A. room B. house C. place D. soil( )25. A. tenth B. sixth C. eighth D. seventh( )26.A. save B. help C. defeat D. kill( )27.A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of( )28. A. why B. when C. what D. who( )29. A. not B. no C. never D. nothing( )30.A. do B. make C. took D. work( )31.A. one B. it C. that D. this( )32.A. high B. large C. right D. bright( )33.A. Thinking B. shopping C. reading D. cleaning( )34.A. heart B. eyes C. ears D. mind( )35.A. failed. B. succeeded C. finished D. passed三、阅读理解（本题有20小题，每小题2分，共计40分）阅读下面四篇材料，从四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(A)Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a dinner guest in Ghana, this information will help you.In Ghana dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time in Ghana. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food.When you go to a home, the host takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinner room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw because it is very hard and like rubber. You must chew fufu well, or you can get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.( )36.In the fourth paragraph, the writer wants to tell us_ _.A.what to eat in Ghana B.how much time to spend on a dinnerC.the way of eatingD.different food at a dinner( )37.If you are dinner guest to a family in Ghana, youre first_ .A.told some strict rules about dinnerB.taken to the dining- roomC.taken to the living roomD.told to wash your hands( )38. The word “chew” in the last paragraph means_ _A. smellB. tasteC. press with your handsD. crush with your teeth( )39. At a dinner you eat food from_ .A. the top of a dishB. the other side of the dishC. the dish only for you D. just one side of a dish( )40. In Ghana,_ _.A. dinner is always at sixB. rules for dinner time are not strictC. a family offers food only at fourD. you dont have to wash your hands again after dinnerB Astronomers can tell just how hot the surface of the moon gets. The side of the moon toward the sun gets two degrees hotter than boiling water. The night side reaches 243 degrees below zero.In a lunar eclipse the earths shadow falls on the moon. Then the moons temperature may drop 300 degrees in a very short time.A temperature change like this cannot happen on the earth. Why does it happen on the moon？ Astronomers know that the surface of the moon is dust. On the earth，the rocks store heat from the sun. When the sun goes down，the rocks stay warm. But the dust of the moon cannot store heat. So when the moon gets dark， the heat escapes quickly. The moon gets very cold.( )41. Astronomers have found that the moons surface is _. A. always hotter than boiling water B. either very hot or very cold C. usually many degrees below zeroD. about the same as that of the earth( )42. During a lunar eclipse， the moon is _. A. turned away from the sun B. in the shadow of the sunC. in the shadow of the earthD. in direct sunlight( )43. Temperatures on the moon change _.A. very quicklyB. by only a few degrees C. very slowlyD. only when there is an eclipse( )44. Temperatures on the earth change _. A. less than those on the moonB. more slowly than those on the moonC. more quickly than those on the moonD. Both A and B( )45. The surface of the moon is _.A. rock that stores heatB. dust that stores heatC. dust that cannot store heatD. rock that does not store heatCThe Internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal web site(非法网站). Web sites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought. The thieves then go shopping with your card number or sell the information over the Internet. Computers hackers have broken down security systems, raising questions about the safety of cardholder information. Several months ago, 25, 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer(零售商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Web site after the retailer refused to pay US $157, 828 to get back the information.Credit-card firms are now fighting against on-line fraud. Mastercard is working on plans for Web only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line. However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.Ask about your credit-card firms on-line rules: Under British law, cardholders have to pay the first US $78 of any fraudulent spending.And shop only at secure sites; Send your credit-card information only if the Web site offers advanced secure system.If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Website address may also start https: /the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.Keep your password safe: Most on-line sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your passwords with care.( )46. What do most people worry about the Internet according to this passage?A. A lot of stolen credit-cards were sold on the Internet.B. Fraud on the Internet. C. Many Web sites are destroyed. D. Many illegal Web sites are on the Internet.( )47. What is the meaning of “fraud”?A. Cheating.B. Sale. C. Payment. D. Safety.( )48. How can the thieves get the information of the credit card?A. The customers give them the information.B. The thieves steal the information from Web sites.C. The customers sell the information to them.D. The thieves buy the information from credit-card firms.( )49. How many pieces of advice does the passage give to you?A. Four.B. Three.C. Five.D. Six.( )50. You are shopping on the site: http: / www. Shopping. com, and you want to buy a TV set, what does this article suggest to do?A. Order the TV set at once. B. Do not buy the TV set on this site.C. E-mail the site your credit-card information.D. Tell the site your password and buy the TV set for you.D There was a story many years ago of a school teacher- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didnt play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him. Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mothers perfume(香水)。 Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boys mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class. Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士). The story doesnt end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompsons ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.” Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didnt know how to teach until I met you.”( )51. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?A. She made Teddy feel ashamed. B. She told the class something untrue about herself.C. She changed Teddys seat to the front row.D. She asked the children to play with Teddy.( )52. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?A. He often told lies. B. He was good at math.C. He needed motherly care. D. He enjoyed playing with others.( )53. Why did Mrs. Thompson feel even worse ?A. Because her students didnt like her.B. Because Teddy brought her his mothers perfume as Christmas present.C. Because she was very ill.D. Because she couldnt do well in her teaching.( )54. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?A. She taught fewer school subjects. B. She became stricter with her students.C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher. D. She cared more about educating students.( )55. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?A. She had kept in touch with him. B. She had given him encouragement.C. She had sent him Christmas presents. D. She had taught him how to judge people.四、单词拼写（10分，共10小题）根据下列句子的提示，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。56.Food prices i_ （增长）by 10% in less than a year.57. L_, he got a good chance to take part in an English summer camp in Beijing last year.58. Pollution is serious at present, so p_ the environment is our duty.59. Do you often take part in your school a_?60. The story was first written in English and later t_into Chinese. 61. 1. _(挑战) and change always come together.62. Thomas Edison was a great American _ (发明).63. Sam is a good teacher with lots of _（经验） in teaching.64. The baby stopped _(哭) when his mother gave him an apple.65. She tried to stop smoking ,and she _(成功). 五、书面表达（共15分）某英语杂志社“中学生专栏”在举办英语征文比赛。请你根据下表所列的内容要点，用英语Learn to smile为题写一篇短文，参加比赛。 学会对自己微笑1.生活中会有不愉快的事，如考试不及格等等2.使你自信；3.击败你的人有时