2012外高资格考试英语试题

1、武汉外国语学校2012年资格考试综合能力测试题第一部分 听力测试（共三节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将时间试卷上的答案转涂卡上。第一部分 听力测试（共三节，满分20分）第一节 （共5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）请听句子，然后从a，b，c，d四个选项中选出一个与你所听到的句子意思一致或相近的答案。每个句子只读一遍。1. whats the weather like this week? a. rainy. b. sunny. c. windy.2. which carriage can the man smoke in?a. no. 5. b. n

2、o. 9. c. no. 15.3. how does the woman feel about the food at the restaurant?a. it is delicious.b. it is not expensive.c. it is not fast but cheap.4. how much do the two speakers have all together?a. $ 63. b. $ 68. c. $ 86.5. why wasnt jessie happy recently?a. because she was sick.b. because her gran

3、dma was sick.c. because her grandma died.第二节 （共15小题，计15分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后面有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至8小题。6. when did the woman buy the ipad? a. last week. b. last month. c. two weeks ago.7. what is wrong with the ipad? a. the screen cant display. b. the battery cant la

4、st long enough. c. one of the buttons doesnt work.8. what does the man do with the womans ipad? a. he replaced the old one with a new one. b. he gives the money to the woman. c. he sends it back to the factory. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11小题。9. for how long will betty study spanish each day? a. one hour. b. two h

5、ours. c. its not decided.10. what does the man think of his spanish? a. he has a terrible accent, but his grammar is good. b. his grammar is not good, and nor is his accent. c. he never gets stuck in study.11. what do we know about bob? a. he doesnt like spanish. b. his spanish is very poor. c. he h

6、as improved a lot in spanish. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14小题。12. when does the woman get injured? a. when running. b. when jumping. c. when walking.13. how does the man treat the woman? a. cover the injured place with warm towels. b. cover the injured place with ice. c. cover the injured place with drugs.14. wha

7、t can we learn from the conversation? a. the man will get some drugs for the woman. b. the man will send the woman to the hospital. c. the woman wears leather shoes.听第9段材料，回答第15至17小题。15. what are the two speakers doing? a. shopping. b. climbing. c. fishing.16. what do they take as the background of

8、the picture? a. a big tree. b. the peak. c. the old rocks.17. where will they eat? a. on the grassland. b. on the rocks. c. on the picnic table.听第10段材料，回答第18至20小题。18. how did the man book the two tickets? a. through telephone. b. on the internet. c. at the box office.19. when will the show end? a. a

9、t 9:20 p.m. b. at 9:50 p.m. c. at 10:10 p.m.20. how can the man get the introductory book? a. the service people will give it to him. b. the man can get it at the entrance. c. the man can get it at the coffee bar.第二部分 单项填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. -you should ap

10、ologize to her, tom. -_, but its not going to be easy. a. i suppose so b. i feel so c. i prefer to d. i like to22. _ big library in our school was completed in _ august of 2009, not in _ april, 2010. a. a; /; / b. the; the; / c. a; the; / d. the; /; /23. nine in ten parents said there were some diff

11、erences in their approach to educating their children compared with _ of their parents. a. those b. one c. both d. that 24. -a man has his wife do all the housework. is he wise? -not really. he is _.a. more wise than lazy b. wiser than lazyc. more lazy than wise d. lazier than wise25. -wasnt john su

12、pposed to be here by now? -dont worry. hell be here _ twenty minutes. a. by at least b. around c. at nearly d. in about26. -would you lend me some paper? -sorry, mine _. a. was used up b. ran out c. has been run out d. has give out27. -may i speak to your manager at eight oclock tonight? -i am sorry

13、. he _ to a party long before then. a. will have gone b. had gone c. would have gone. d. has gone28. -it _ jack who is at the gate of our library. -it _ him. i saw him off at the airport just an hour ago.a. can be; cant be b. must be; cant bec. can be; must have been d. must be; cant have been29. -t

14、hey are quiet, arent they? -yes. they are used _ at meals. a. not to talk b. to not talk c. not to talking d. to not talking30. -its a long time _ i saw you last. -yes, and what a pity it will be a long time _ we see each other again.a. before; since b. when; when c. since; before d. since; when第三部分

15、 完型填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面一篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。here in alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds of them for _31_. however, laws were passed to protect the wolves from the sportsmen and also the people who catch the animals f

16、or their fur. so the wolf population has greatly _32_. now there are so _33_ wolves that they are destroying their own food supply.a wolf naturally preys on animals in the deer family. people in the wilderness also hunt deer for food. many of the animals have been _34_ by the very cold winters recen

17、tly and by changes in the wilderness of _35_ life. when the deer cant find enough food, they die.if the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer, their prey will _36_ someday. and the wolves will, too. so we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to _37_ the ecology. if we killed more

18、wolves, we would _38_ them and their prey form extinction. wed save some farm animals.in another northern state, wolves attacked cows and chickens for food. _39_ want the united states government to send a team of biologists to study the problem. they believe it is necessary to kill wolves in some a

19、reas and to protect them in places where there is a _40_ wolf population.31. a. funb. foodc. sportd. interest32. a. increasedb. reducedc. developedd. advanced33. a. manyb. fewc. muchd. little34. a. protectedb. harmedc. huntedd. killed35. a. animalb. plantc. wolfd. deer36. a. disappearb. reducec. inc

20、reased. appear37. a. changeb. remainc. balanced. keep38. a. rangeb. preventc. keepd. save39. a. farmersb. scientistsc. biologistsd. fishermen40. a. smallb. largec. increasingd. natural 第四部分 阅读理解 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上讲该项涂黑。long ago the sky was close to the earth. men a

21、nd women did not have to plant their own food. instead, when they were hungry, they reached up and broke off a piece of the sky to eat. sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas. other times it tasted like roasted potatoes. the sky was always tasty.however, people in the kingdom did not use the gif

22、t of the sky wisely. when they took more than they could eat, the sky became angry. some threw the extra pieces into the garbage.early one morning the angry sky turned dark. black clouds hung over and the land and a great sky voice said to all the people, “you are wasting my gift of food. do not tak

23、e more than you can eat or i will take my gift away.” the king, oba and the people shivered with fear. the king said, “lets be careful about how much food we take.” for a long time, all the people were very cautious.but one man named adami, at festival time, took so many delicious pieces of sky that

24、 he couldnt eat them all. he knew he must not throw them away, he tried to offer them to his wife. “here, wife,” adami said, “you eat the rest.” “i cant,” his wife said, “im too full.” adami asked his children to help, but they couldnt eat one more bite. so adami decided to try to hide the pieces at

25、 the bottom of the garbage pile.suddenly, the sky became angry and the clouds turned black. “you have wasted my gift of food again,” yelled the sky. “this time i will go away so you cannot waste me anymore.” all of the people cried, “what will we eat? we might starve!”the sky said, “you will have to

26、 learn how to plant crops in the ground and hunt in the forests. if you work hard, you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature.” everyone watched as the sky sailed away. then, they worked hard to grow food and cook meals. they always tried to remember not to waste the gifts of nature.41. accordin

27、g to the story, adami is _. a. thankful. b. honest. c. obedient. d. greedy. 42. why did the sky become angry with the villagers?a. because the villagers hid the delicious pieces of sky.b. because the villagers didnt plant their own food.c. because the villagers took more than they needed and wasted

28、the extra pieces.d. because the villagers did not show respect for the sky. 43. what does the underlined word “shiver” in the third paragraph mean?a. worry about something.b. shake slightly.c. feel frustrated.d. run off. 44. what happened when adami could not finish all the food he had taken?a. he a

29、sked king oba to help him finish eating the food.b. he saved some of the pieces of food for his meal the next day.c. he tried to hide the pieces of food at the bottom of garbage pile.d. his wife and children offered to eat the rest of the pieces for him. 45. what does the story try to tell us?a. be

30、honest rather than clever.b. its no use crying over the spilt milk.c. we must not lie down and cry for help.d. no pains, no gains. 第五部分 阅读填空 （共20空，满分15分）. 阅读填词 （共10空，每空1分，满分10分）仔细阅读下面短文，根据短文内容和每空所给的首字母，用一个适当的词填空，使短文上下语义通顺。阅读填词：i had spent my last day in rome v_46_ the teachers of mine and taking pic

31、tures with them. and then, i had done some l_47_ shopping. i had bought some presents: shirts, gloves, some toys, one of which was an electronic alarm clock for my father.in the evening, after waiting in the n_48_ airport building, i was glad to be sitting in the plane. in a few minutes we would be

32、u_49_ in the sky on our flight home.but i had been m_50_. ten minutes later, instead of enjoying the b_51_ of the evening sky from above the cloud, i was sitting in a smoke-filled room with an airline official and a policeman at my side. on the table in front of me w_52_ my suitcase.the official wer

33、e polite. they asked me to show my passport, my ticket, and my baggage check. then i was requested to open the suitcase and to spread out its contents on the table. of course i did as i was told. the m_53_ i placed the alarm clock on the table, the officials looked at each other and s_54_.i understo

34、od immediately that someone m_55_ have heard the ticking noise and reported to the police. . 语法填空 (共10空，每空1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和文章上下文连贯的要求，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。语法填空：when rosina hernandez was in college, she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was cruelly beaten by another. no one made an attempt to stop the beating. the next day she was shocked to learn that the youth _56_(die) as a result of the beating. y