黄冈中学2016英语A卷

1、.黄冈中学2016 年自主招生（理科实验班）预录考试英语模拟试题（a 卷）共 75 分 .单项选择 （共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）从 a 、 b 、c、d 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。()1. it s a pity that the headmaster turned a deaf ear to the_ of the parents.a. wordsb. voicec.noised.sounds()2. what else should we pay attention to _ building the bridge? the change of the

2、 weather, i think.a. finishb. finishedc. to finishd. finishing()3.professor wang _ in harvard university for 10 years, but he has never regrettedreturning to china to work for his motherland.a. has taughtb. taughtc. had taughtd. has been teaching()4. do you know mary quarreled with ann? i don t know

3、,_.a. so do i careb. so don t i carec. i don t care tood. nor do i care()5. which of those magazines do you like most? they look beautiful. _ at all. they are both expensive and of little use.a.noneb. neitherc. alld.both()6. mr. wang, can i ask you some questions about your holiday? of course, feel

4、_ to ask me.a. goodb.calmc.happyd.free()7. he hasn t got a hobby you call playing computer games a hobby.a. whileb. unlessc. thoughd.if()8. the school network will be shut down for safety reasons. that doesn t _ me at all. itworm,not anywayne.a.satisfyb. surprisec. worryd.include()9. many boy studen

5、ts think math is _ english. i agree. i m weak in english.a. less difficult thanb. so difficult asc. much difficult thand. more difficult than()10.the old photos the man was quite fond of _ him so many happy memories ofhis study life in wuhanuniversity.a. bringingb. had broughtc. has broughtd. brough

6、t()11. my face turned red and i ran back home _ ,expect for the $20 bill i held tightlyin my pocket.a.open-mouthedb.tongue-tiedc.empty-handedd.broken-hearted()12.the boy _by his uncle _ the plan that he should also raise his father and mother.a. brought up; agreed tob. put up; agreed onc. brought on

7、; agreed withd. brought up; agreed with()13.the boy wanted to take his latest iphone to school, but his mother told him _.a. not to dob. not toc. don t do itd. not do it()14. her sister has become a lawyer, _ she wanted to be.a. whob. whenc. whatd. which;.()15.most of the students felt rather disapp

8、ointed at the english party. they say that it _better organized.a. had beenb. had to bec. must have beend. could have been()16.please _ where to begin and how to do it.a explain usb explain it usc explain to usd explain it to us()17.i haven ardthe_ my sister _ a long time.a about; forb on; aboutc fr

9、om; ford from; at()18.jenny nearly missed the flight _ doing too much shopping.a. as a result ofb. on top ofc. in front ofd. in need of()19.as the film star began to appear, the children watched, _.a.fascinatingb. fascinatedc.being fascinated d. having fascinated()20. how about seeing the new movie

10、at the theater tonight? _, but ive got to go over my notes for tomorrows exam.a all rightb sounds greatc i knowd i am terribly sorryii. 完形填空 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，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。my wife and i moved into our home two years ago. we had a yard with a lot of 21very

11、 oftenwhen we have flowers, denise or i would plant some between the rocks, just to add some 22 to thearealast summer, i found a tiny little 23in the yard that i could not immediately identify. i knewi didn t plant it and denise said she didn t either. we24decidedgrowingto untletitl we couldfind out

12、 what it was.weeks passed and as i made my way back to the 25 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. i decided to 26 the weeds around it. as i pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, i noticedsomething 27 . the sunflower had not started where i saw it begin. it actually had begun under a big

13、28 and grown under and around it to reach the sun that s when29i that if a tiny little sunflower didn t let a big 30rockof standdevelopinitsng,we too have the ability of doing the same thing. if we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we31 to go and get what we need fo

14、r growth we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ability to achieve our goals. like the 32, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had 33 in itself that it would succeed.stand tall like the sunflowerand be 34 who and what we are, then the environment will beginto sup

15、port us. we will find a way to go under or35any“ rocks ” in order to reach our goals()21. a. flowersb. insectsc. rocksd. vegetables()22. a. colorb. waterc. fertilizer肥d. shape()23. a. weedb. seedc. rockd. plant()24. a. stopb. continuec. improved. escape()25. a. weakb. lonelyc. stranged. pretty()26.

16、a. removeb. tend趋向c. watchd. collect()27. a. wonderfulb. terriblec. valuabled. unusual()28. a. treeb. tablec. rockd. wall()29. a. realizedb. doubtedc. regrettedd. hoped;.()30. a. placeb. wayc. coursed. process()31. a. forgetb. hatec. aimd. wait()32. a. yardb. sunflowerc. homed. summer()33. a. energy

17、b. virtue 美德c. couraged. faith 信仰()34. a. aware of意识到b. afraid ofc. proud ofd. tired of()35. a. intob. aroundc. throughd. fromiii. 阅读理解（ 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a 、 b 、c 和 d）中，选出最佳选项。aon school nights, lots of kids have to do their reading before they are allowed to watch tv.pretty s

18、oon, you might get to do both at the same time, in trueharry potter style.several companies are racing to produce electronic paper and ink, complete with colorsand moving imagines(图像 ). one idea would be to create a newspaper like the daily project inthe harry potter books. its pages would hold vide

19、o clips of baseball games instead of just black-and-white photos.electronic paper is not a new idea. a company in massachusetts called e ink, for example, has been working for years on such a technology. little electricity determines(决定 )whether eachmicrosphere ( 灌球 )looks black or white at any give

20、n time. together, microspheres make up words and imagines. the techniques seems promising for creating still imagines that can be changed when needed, but the process is too slow for good videos.scientists in the netherlands now report a new type of e-paper technology. by using layers( 层 ) of oil, t

21、he requirements. they can also make images which change fast enough to meet standardvideo requirements. they can also make brilliant colors. so far, however,each image is smallerthan the fingernail.for now, reading and watching tv will have to return two separate activities.keep youreyes open, thoug

22、h, in the future, tv watching and reading might be part of the same work.()36. according to the passage, kids soon can.a. be allowed to watch tvb. watch tv while doing their homeworkc. watch harry potte r on tvd. be allowed to read a newspaper()37. several companies are racing to.a. make the harry p

23、otte r tv programb. create a newspaper like the the daily projectc. provide baseball games for kidsd. produce electronic paper with colors and moving images()38. which of the following is not true?a. electronic paper is not a new idea.b. microspheres make up words and images .c. now tv watching and

24、reading is part of the same work.d. scientists use layers of oil in a new research.()39. from the last paragraph, we know that.a. scientists are still working on the new technologyb. kids love to red while watching tvc. parents may be against this new idead. teachers may not teach students any more;

25、.bour eyes may be playing tricks on us. new research shows that sometimes people physically see what they want to see. cornell university social psychologist (心理学家 ) david dunning carried out experiments to test whether wishful thinking can actually affect what we see.“ it s well proved from what is

26、 experienced in everyday life, and from the laboratory as well,that people think what they want to think,” he says.“ we re taking this a step further. were askinif strong wishes and fears can actually affect what people physically see.”dunning and his assistants told volunteers that a computer game

27、would show them either aletter or number to decide whether they would drink orange juice or fruit syrup (果子露 ).as they wrote in the journal of personalityand social psychology , the computer would flashan ambiguous picture, which could be seen as the letter“ b” or theolunteersnumberwho“ 13” . vwere

28、told that a letter would get them orange juice most often reported seeing“ b” . those whowere told that a number would get them orange juice most often saw“ 13”.the researchers also used a hidden camera to track volunteers eye movements, particularlythe first eye movement.“ we dont control them,” du

29、nning says,“ and they dont even know thatwe are watching them, so it honestly shows what a person is seeing.”“ thisresearch suggests that the brain is doing a lot of work between the eye and theconscious awareness to affect what we think,”ncludes(dunning得出co结论 ).“ before we evensee the world, our br

30、ain has decided to keep what we want to see and avoid what we dont want to see. ”()40. the passage is mainly about _.a. the eye movements of some volunteersb. an experiment by the journal of personality and social psychologyc. a social psychologist dunning and his assistantsd. new findings on what m

31、ay affect what we see()41. in dunnings experiment, if“ 13” gets you orange juice, which of the following will alsoget you orange juice?a.b.c.d.()42. the underlined word“ ambiguous ” most probably means _.a. interestingb. unclearc. importantd. old()43. which of the following statements is true accord

32、ing to dunnings findings?a. the brain can influence peoples vision.b. the brain forgets what it wants to see.c. the eyes cant see without strong wishes and fears.d. the brain is not actually connected to the eyes.cpeople who are about the same age as you are your peers. peers include your friends an

33、d your classmates.they have strong influence on your actions. your peers influence how you think, how;.you act, and even how you dress. peer pressure is the influence that people of the same age have on one another.sometimes your peers influence you in a helpful or positive way. a friend may notice

34、thatyou have problems in math. and he might invite you to join a study group or show you how tosolve a difficultproblem during lunch. such actions are helpful to you. sometimes your peersinfluence you in a negative or unhealthy way. a friend might offer you cigarettes （香烟 ).cigarettesare harmful to

35、your health. your friend knows that. your friend also knows that underage smoking is against the law. yet he or she still makes the offer. this bad influence is negative peer pressure.your peers may not always realize they are influencing you in a negative way. for example, afriend might invite you

36、to the movies. you would love to go. but you have a lot of housework todo. in situations like this you should make a wise decision.you can learn to deal with negative peer pressure. keep away from people who try toinfluence your behavior in harmful ways. though it is trot always easy to say no, it r

37、eallysnecessary to learn flow to do that. follow the following steps. first,look at the person and sayno in a firm( 定的） but polite voice.make sure your face shows that you are serious. let the person know you will not back down.then, give reasons for saying no. explain why you wont do what the perso

38、n wants. remember tosay goodbye and walk away if he or she continues.()44. from paragraph 2, we can infer that a friend who influences you in a positive waymight_ a. go to school together with youb. do your homework instead of youc. share cigarettes from his father with youd. try to help you when yo

39、u are in trouble()45. what does the underlined word negative in paragraph 3 probably mean?a. harmful.b. useless.c. careless.d. forgetful.()46. how many steps of saying no are mentioned in the last paragraph?a. five.b. four.c. threed. six.()47. which sentence shows the writers opinion?a. peer pressur

40、e is the influence that people of the same age have on one another.b. we should learn to deal with negative peer pressure.c. its not always important to say no to your peers.d. peers include your friends and your classmates.dwhen tim long s father died, tim inherited a great of money. for a long tim

41、e, he didnwhat spend it on, then one day he saw an advertisement for drains.the advertisement said,“ get a better brain and lead a more successful life.”the advertisement had been put in the newspaper by a doctor. tim went to see him.“ please explain your advertisement to me,” he said.“ very well,”

42、the doctor answered.you heard of heart transplants?”“ yes, ” tim said.“ a heart transplant is when you take a heart from one person and put it into thebody of another.”“ that is correct,” the doctor said.“ well,i do brain transplants.now ” hepointed to a price list, “ wehave several brains in;.stock

43、. you can have a sanitation worker5,000sbrain. ”fortim shook his head.“ whatabout a university professor brain?s you can have one of those for 20,000, ” thedoctor said.this was interesting, tim thought, but he wanted more information.“ is that the most expensive brain?” he asked.“ noyou. can have a

44、judge s brain50,000,for ” the doctor told him.“ that sounds very interesting,” tim said.“ and is that the most expensive brain?”the doctor shook his head.“ oh, no,” he said.“ the most expensive brain is a politicianwill cost you100,000.”tim was surprised.“ why is a politician s brain so expensive?”

45、he asked.“ because itbeen used,” the doctor said.“ it s as good as new.”()48. what s the meaning of the underlined partbrain transplantsin paragraph 7?a. planting a new brain in one s head.b. replacing a brain with a plant.c. using a plant shaped brain to help people.d. replacing an old brain with a

46、 better new one.()49. a university professor s brain is much more expensive than a cleaner s probably be_.a. a professor is more than a cleanerb. a professor does more work than a cleanerc. a professor s work has something more to do with thinkingd. a professor s work allows him to haveor mfree time

47、()50. tim asked for more information about expensive brains because _.a. he believed a more expensive brain was betterb. he was not satisfied with his own brainc. he had much money and he was not sure what to spend it ond. he was advised to choose the most expensive brain()51. the best title of this

48、 passage is _.a. the best brainb. a politician s brainc. as good as newd. brain transplantsei had five hours in the company of first great western(fgw) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from cornwall to london. i got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. not throug

49、h talking to them, you understand.there was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he enjoyed a party withhis friends last night. opposite him was a young woman who was very excited to be going to lanzarote for her summer holiday. and then there was the man who i took to be a car mec

50、hanic(汽车修理工 ); so detailed and technical was his conversation about a second-hand audi.everyone had a different, noisy ringtone, and none of the mobile phone conversations i was forced to hear was interesting.by the end of the journey, i was silently complaining about the modern world, and feelingma

51、d with fgw who, at the very moment when our carriage fell silent, would make an announcement about the buffet car (a carriage where food and drinks are sold) either opening or;.closing.fgw seems to be campaigning against peace and quietness, having removed quiet carriage spaces where passengers were

52、 requested not to use mobiles so that their trains could carry more passengers. how so? i cannot understand why fgw takes no notice of passengers like me, who have suffered a lot from hearing endless telephone conversations. i have no interest in the smallest details of others lives. making people l

53、isten to boring mobile phone conversations should be regarded as a rude act.”every train carriage should, in theory, be quiet. why can t that be the standard? it is possible to change public custom and practice. it was not so long ago that sidewalks were littered with dog waste： now it s a general rule that dog owners clean it up after their pets. and once we restore peace and quietness to trains, we can then move on and stop people bringi