阶段测试卷
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力
第二部分阅读理解
第一节
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最好选项。
A
Don’t drive your kids to school.Let them ride a bike to school.
In England 8.3 million children travel to school every day.It is reported that only a small number of pupils cycle to school ，although one in three children would actually like to.
Experts say that to stay healthy，children need at least one hour of moderate exercise every day.But only six out of ten boys and four out of ten girls get that.One of the reasons is that parents have developed a habit of driving their children to school when they could just walk or ride a bike to school.
Teachers often say that children who walk or ride a bike to school are more ready to listen to their classes，ask and answer questions in class than those driven by car，and the school journey is a good chance for children to learn about road safety and other life skills.Also，for many children，riding a bike is more fun than going to school by car.
Most parents know the benefits.Then what’s sTOPping them from letting their kids ride a bike？Safety is the number one worry for them.But actually riding a bike is not as dangerous as parents think it is.
When you decide to buy a bike，you should be aware that a bike that is too big or too small is dangerous.Don’t try to get a bike that your child will “grow into”．Get the right size in good working order.Generally,20inch wheels are on bikes for 5～8 year olds；24inch wheels are for 9～11 year olds；26inch wheels are suitable for those over 11，and some older children should even take bikes with 28inch wheels，but the main thing is that the bike fits your child.
21．This passage is mainly written for __________.
A．parents who send and receive their children to school
B．children who have asked their parents to drive them to school
C．teachers whose students have asked their parents to drive them to school
D．parents who drive to work
答案A
分析读者对象题。本文在第一段点出主题：Don’t drive your kids to school.Let them ride a bike to school.下文介绍了开车送孩子上学的坏处和让孩子骑车子上学的种种好处。故选A项。
22．Which of the following benefits of cycling to school is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．It will help children keep healthy.
B．It will make children more active in class.
C．It will make children feel freer.
D．It will be more fun for children.
答案C
分析推理判断题。依据第三段的第一句话“Experts say that to stay healthy，children need at least one hour of moderate exercise every day.”和第四段的介绍可知只有C项没提及。
23．Parents don’t allow their children to ride a bike to school mainly because __________.
A．their children don’t want to
B．they aren’t worried about their children’s safety
C．they don’t know what size bike to choose
D．they are afraid of their children’s safety
答案D
分析细节理解题。依据第五段最后两句“Safety is the number one worry for them.But actually riding a bike is not as dangerous as parents think it is.”可知答案。
24．Generally，what size bike is suitable for a 10yearold child?
A．A bike with 20inch wheels.
B．A bike with 24inch wheels.
C．A bike with 26inch wheels.
D．A bike with 28inch wheels.
答案B
分析细节理解题。依据最后一段中的“24inch wheels are for 9～11 year olds”可知答案。
B
Bright red post boxes，the Queen and queuing—what do they all have in common？They are all important parts of British life.At least I thought so.
However，the ability to queue for long periods of time，once believed to be a traditional characteristic of the British，is no longer tolerated by people in the UK，according to a survey done by British bank Barclays.
once upon a time，queuing was seen as normal.During World War Ⅱ，everyone had to queue up to receive their daily supply of foods.In fact，if you didn’t stand up and wait in line with all the others，it was seen as uncivilized ．
The famous English doubledecker buses，with only one entrance，might also help explain why queuing was seen as part of British life.Almost always，there is a queue to get in.
But perhaps the British are tired of being pushed past by the Spanish，the Italian or the French as they queue up to get a table at a restaurant.The people of these other European countries have more than one entrance to their buses，which explains their more relaxed attitude to the queue.
Two minutes is now the longest time most British people are prepared to stand and wait.But could it be that the Internet，which allows us to carry out tasks quickly，is the main reason why British people are no longer prepared to queue?
“Used to buying without delay，customers are even giving up purchases rather than wait their turn，” says Stuart Neal of Barclaycard.“Shoppers are also less likely to queue for long if the item they are buying is of low value.”
Perhaps I will have to replace “queuing” with “impatience” in my list of things I relate to the British.
25．What can we learn about the tradition of queuing in Britain?
A．It was a product of the slow pace of life.
B．It was a long time tradition as old as the Queen.
C．It was considered a symbol of a civilized behavior.
D．It has made the British different from other Europeans.
答案C
分析推理判断题。第三段最后一句提到假如不排队等候，就被觉得是不文明的行为，据此可判断C项正确。
26．According to the passage，the British gradually sTOPped queuing because __________.
A．they prefer shopping online
B．they follow the example of foreigners
C．British buses have more than one entrance
D．the Internet has changed their way of life
答案D
分析细节理解题。依据第六段第二句“...the Internet...is the main reason why British people are no longer prepared to queue？”可知，重要原因是因特网改变了大家的生活方法。
27．It can be learned from the text that __________.
A．the British get impatient with queuing for long
B．the British have to queue to receive foods
C．the British like to eat in foreign restaurants
D．the British prefer to take doubledecker buses
答案A
分析推理判断题。依据第六段第一句和第七段可知，英国人对于排队不再那样有耐心了，2分钟的等候时间已经是大部分英国人能同意的等待底线了，故A项正确。
28．The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is __________.
A．to tell us the influence of the Internet on the British ways of life
B．to compare the cultural differences between Britain and other European countries
C．to talk about the changes in the attitude to queuing in Britain
D．to report his research on the British ways of life
答案C
分析写作目的题。文章主要为了谈论英国人排队这一传统习惯的转变。
C
Food festivals around the world
Stilton Cheese Rolling
May Day is a traditional day for celebrations，but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans.Teams of four，dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes，roll a complete cheese along a 50metre course.On the way，they must not kick or throw their cheese，or go into their competitors’ lane．Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos ．All the competitors are served with beer or port wine，the traditional accompaniment for Stilton cheese.
Fiery Foods Festival—The Hottest Festival on Earth
Every year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque，New Mexico.They come from as far away as Australia，the Caribbean and China，but they all share a common addiction—food that is not just spicy，but hot enough to make your mouth burn，your head spin and your eyes water.Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over a period of three days every March.You might like to try a chocolatecovered habanero pepper—officially the hottest pepper in the world—or any one of the thousands of products that are on show.But one thing’s for sure—if you don’t like the feeling of a burning tongue，this festival isn’t for you!
La Tomatina—The World’s Biggest Food Fight
On the last Wednesday of every August，the Spanish town of Bu¨ol hosts La Tomatina—the world’s largest food fight.A weeklong celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week’s events.The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoes—official fightstarters get things going by casting tomatoes at the crowd.
The battle lasts little more than half an hour，in which time around 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves，runs，or fights back.Then everyone heads down to the river to make friends again—and for a muchneeded wash!
29．In the Stilton cheese rolling competition，competitors on each team must __________.
A．wear various formal clothes
B．roll a wooden cheese in their own lane
C．kick or throw their cheese
D．use a real cheese weighing about four kilos
答案B
分析细节理解题。由第一段第三句“On the way，they must not...go into their competitors’ lane．”和本段倒数第二句中的“...the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones...”可知答案为B项。
30．Where is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival held?
A．In New Mexico. B．In the Caribbean.
C．In Australia. D．In China.
答案A
分析细节理解题。依据题干中的Fiery Food and BBQ Festival可以定位到文章第二段。由第二段中的“Every year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque，New Mexico.”和“Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival...”可知答案为A项。
31．The celebration of La Tomatina lasts __________.
A．three days B．seven days
C．less than three days D．more than seven days
答案B
分析细节理解题。由题干中的La Tomatina可以定位到文章第三段。由第三段第二句中的“A weeklong celebration...”可知，La Tomatina的庆祝持续一周。故答案为B项。
32．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The chief prize for the Stilton cheese rolling competition is beer or port wine.
B．More than 10,000 Chinese take part in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.
C．Thousands of spicy foods are on show in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.
D．An exciting tomato battle takes place at the beginning of La Tomatina.
答案C
分析推理判断题。由第一段中的“...the chief prize is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos...”可知A项错误；由第二段第一句可知B项中的Chinese错误；由第二段倒数第二句中的“...or any one of the thousands of products that are on show.”可知C项正确；由第三段中的“...an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week’s events.”可知D项中的at the beginning of错误。故答案为C项。
D
The survival of about one fifth of the world’s vertebrates—animals with a backbone，is considered threatened，according to a new research published in the journal Science.That’s a large fraction of Earth’s animals，but this new study held some good news too.Conservation efforts by humans have slowed the loss of many species of amphibians，birds，and mammals.Losses in these groups would have been about 20 percent greater had it not been for recent actions of protection.
Among the animalconservation success stories is one about birds called Mauritius kestrels.In the 1970s，just four of these birds of prey were left in the world.Through a special breeding program，scientists were able to increase their number to about 1,000 and release them into the wild.
Humpback whales have benefited greatly from recent conservation efforts as well.They were once on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of species threatened with extinction.But the species is now in less danger，thanks to laws that ban whale hunting.The IUCN even moved the humpback into “species of least concern”．
Over the past 100 years，the white rhino of South Africa has also made an amazing recovery because of habitat protection.The breed multiplied from just 50 animals to about 17,000.Their home has been turned into a protected area，safe from poachers and other threats.
Stuart Butchart，one of the authors of the new study in Science，is encouraged by the positive effects of conservation.But he says “Biodiversity of species is in a desperate state.Its situation is getting worse.But our results show we can turn the situation around.”
New conservation policies hopefully are on the way.One hundred ninetythree countries recently met in Japan at the Convention on Biological Diversity to set concrete goals for preserving threatened wildlife and their habitats.only 1 percent of ocean and 12 percent of land areas were protected under prior agreements.Two new goals set by the group are to designate 10 percent of the world’s ocean and 17 percent of land environments as protected areas to help increase endangeredanimal populations.
33．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Though there was a special breeding program，the number of Mauritius kestrels didn’t increase.
B．Conservation efforts should not only be made by human beings.
C．Humpback whales are not on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’ s list now.
D．Because many groups are working to protect wildlife，natural habitats are in good condition.
答案C
分析推理判断题。依据第三段第二句和最后一句可知座头鲸过去在该网盟的名单上，但目前已被去掉。
34．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in people’ s conservation efforts?
A．Habitat protection.
B．Breeding programs.
C．Laws of banning whale hunting.
D．Creation of studying organizations.
答案D
分析细节理解题。2、3、四段分别列出了三种受益于人类保护的动物，毛里求斯红隼数目的增加是因为一项特殊的繁殖计划；座头鲸是受益于禁止捕鲸的法律；白犀牛数目的增加是受益于人类对它的栖息地的保护。而D项没提到。
35．The author uses some successful animalconservation examples to show that__________.
A．conservation works
B．man conquers nature
C．animals are more important
D．law is fair
答案A
分析推理判断题。作者在文中引用毛里求斯红隼、座头鲸和南非白犀牛三个成功的例子，目的是表明人类的保护手段起了用途。
第二节
依据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最好选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The life has been full of challenges and obstacles.However，life is not about the smartest person or the strongest person，or even the richest person.Rather，life is about having the persistence to “Never Give Up”，even when you feel that giving up is the only choice.The world is waiting on your gifts.
Life Won’t Be the Same Without You: You are important to this world and believe it or not，someone is waiting on you to bloom to enrich their lives.Yeah，I know you’re saying that nobody cares about you，but trust me，somebody does.__________！
What If You Win: You may feel that life is constantly challenging you and you can’t take it anymore.__________.But here is a thought，what if you win the next fight or what if you overcome the next obstacle？You will never know if you give up!
__________：When an Olympic runner is in a race，he or she is focusing on one thing—the finish line.You have to focus on the big picture—not just where you are right now，focus on where you want to be.Make an agreement with your mind and your mouth，that you “Won’t” give up，you “Won’t” be another statistic...you “Won’t” be a failure.
Life Isn’t No Crystal Stair: One of my favorite poems is called “Crystal Stair” written by Langston Hughes.In that poem，a mother tells her son that “life isn’t no crystal stair”．__________.It has cracks and rough spots，but the final end is victory—but only to those who stood their ground and rode the course.
There Is a Rainbow After Every Storm：__________.There is a rainbow on the other side of your situation.Stay strong，stay focused and never give up!
A．You may want to give up right now
B．In other words，life is tough
C．Focus on the Future
D．To Give Up Is to Live a Meaningless Life
E．You are too important to the world to just give up
F．You will regret in the future if you give up soon
G．Whatever you are facing，you can make it through
答案36.E37.A38.C39.B40.G
第三部分英语常识运用
第一节完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最好选项。
Early Native American groups lived in different cultural areas.Their environments had __________ resources.Each group made particular products or developed certain skills，besed on their own __________.As they perfected their skills，__________ exciting began to happen.For the first time in their history，they had more things than they __________.
They wouldn’t let their products go to __________，of course.When Native American groups began to communicate with each other，they began to __________ things they wanted or needed.The __________ they traded goods and services without using any form of money was called bartering.Thanks to bartering，people began to enjoy a better __________of life.To barter with others meant that work became much __________.No one group had to work as hard to make or find everything they needed for survival.
Native American groups would often travel long distances for the chance to __________ with each other.In between trading times，they would __________ or collect extra products.They kept them especially for the purpose of bartering with other native groups at their trade meetings.
Another __________ of trading between cultural areas was that people could enjoy products that were __________ to make with the resources in their own __________.For example，people from the Desert Southwest area __________ tools made from whalebone．There was no whalebone available in the __________.However they could get it from the natives living in the Pacific Northwest area.
Some people __________ use bartering today to get things the need.You might __________ to do the dishes for your brother if he will take you to the movies.Especially in hard economic __________ people return to this __________ way of getting things they need.
41．A.strange B．ordinary
C．similar D．different
答案D
分析早期印第安人部落住在不一样的文化地区，因此他们拥有些资源也“不同”。
42．A.skills B．interests
C．resources D．customs
答案C
分析每一个印第安人部落依据我们的“资源”生产特定的商品或者进步某种技能。
43．A.everything B．something
C．anything D．nothing
答案B
分析依据句意可知，当印第安人部落的技术日臻健全，有意思的“一些事”出现了。
44．A.found B．collected
C．needed D．sold
答案C
分析依据文中的had more things可知，当印第安人部落的技术日臻健全，有意思的“一些事”出现了——他们生产的东西比“需要”的多了。
45．A.market B．town
C．waste D．charity
答案C
分析依据印第安人部落之间进行易货贸易推知，他们当然不会让多余的商品“浪费”。
46．A.buy B．share
C．produce D．save
答案B
分析易货贸易就是部落之间相互“推荐”东西。
47．A.way B．idea
C．plan D．study
答案A
分析不需要钱而以货物或者服务作买卖的“方法”被叫做易货贸易。
48．A.variety B．habit
C．quantity D．quality
答案D
分析指大家可开始享受更好“水平”的生活。
49．A.harder B．dirtier
C．easier D．nicer
答案C
分析依据下文的“No one group had to work as hard to...”可知，“因为 ”易货贸易的出现，大家开始享受高质量的生活，工作变得越来“越容易”。
50．A.greet B．trade
C．work D．play
答案B
分析依据下文的trading times可知，印第安人部落常常长途跋涉是为了相互之间做“买卖”。
51．A.use B．create
C．send D．advertise
答案B
分析依据第一段第三句中的“Each group made particular products...”和第三段最后一句“They kept them especially for the purpose of bartering...”可知，不进行买卖的时候，印第安人就“生产”或者采集多余的商品。
52．A.choice B．trouble
C．benefit D．pleasure
答案C
分析上文的“people began to enjoy a better quality of life”说的是易货贸易给印第安人带来有哪些好处，本段说的是另外一个“好处”。
53．A.illegal B．necessary
C．impossible D．natural
答案C
分析依据下文的“There was no whalebone available in the...”可知，通过易货贸易大家可以享受在当地“不可能”做成的商品。
54．A.desert B．trade
C．group D．area
答案D
分析那些商品用他们自己“地区”内的资源不可能制造。
55．A.designed B．wanted
C．discovered D．invented
答案B
分析西南沙漠区域的人“想要”鲸须做成的工具，可以从西北太平洋区域的人那里得到，这是易货贸易另一个好处的例子。
56．A.water B．sea
C．desert D．land
答案C
分析由上下文可知用desert。
57．A.yet B．still
C．even D．never
答案B
分析依据下文举的例子可知，现在一些人“仍然”通过易货贸易的方法得到他们所需要的物品。
58．A.fear B．earn
C．offer D．refuse
答案C
分析假如想让哥哥带你去看电影，你或许会“主动帮”他刷碗碟。
59．A.development B．generation
C．disadvantage D．times
答案D
分析在经济困难的“时期”。
60．A.ageold B．worldfamous
C．newborn D．readymade
答案A
分析依据文章开头的“Early Native American groups”可知，易货贸易是种“古老的”获得所需东西的方法。
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分英语常识运用
第二节
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适合的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
While thousands of college students headed for warm climates to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes，seven local students had other plans.
The Northern Essex Community College students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City，helping repair an area 61.__________ by the hurricane.
“I wanted to see for myself what happened，” said Terry.“I couldn’t imagine 62.__________ it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the 63.__________ effect the hurricane had on those people.I wanted to do something and to understand their feeling of 64.__________．”
The group headed into Brooklyn’s Red Hook district，which was hit by the hurricane.There they met people from other parts of the country，who had also volunteered to help.Together，those volunteers and the NECC students 65.__________ to clear rubbish out of a threestory building.They put on protective suits and gloves 66.__________ they entered the building.
Inside the building，the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building 67.__________ all over the place.
The students returned to school with 68.__________ sense of achievement，a feeling that 69.__________ helped people in need.It was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover，and this left the deepest impression 70.__________ the students.
第四部分写作
第一节短文改错
假定英语课上老师需要同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者不计分。
England is largest of the four countries，and for convenience it is divided rough into three zones.The zone nearest France is called the South of England，the middle zone is called the Midlands or the one nearest to Scotland is known for the North.You find most of the population settling in the south，but the most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.Although，nationwide，these cities are not as large as that in China，they have worldfamous football teams and some of which even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities building in the nineteenth century doesn’t attract visitors.
答案
England is ∧the largest of the four countries，and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.The zone nearest France is called the South of England，the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North.You find most of the population settled in the south，but the\ most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.Although，nationwide，these cities are not as large as those in China，they have worldfamous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century don’t attract visitors.
第二节书面表达
近年来城市交通拥堵紧急，影响了大家的生活和经济进步，对此大家有不少抱怨。倘若你是李华，请依据以下要素用英语给报社写封信。
1．交通近况及影响；
2．提出改进建议；
3．期望建议被采纳。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适合增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear editor，
I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic.
__________
Yours，
Li Hua
参考范本
__________
__________Nowadays，people in many big cities are complaining about the heavy traffic.It has seriously influenced people’s daily life and economic development.To solve the problem，I’d like to put forward some pieces of advice.
For one thing，more streets and roads should be built.In this way，we can speed up the flow of buses and cars.For another，the number of bikes and cars can be limited，which can decrease the traffic flow.But the most important thing is that the number of private cars should be put under control.Meanwhile，buses should have their own special routes which can not be used by other vehicles.Besides，underground train and city train should be developed quickly.
I do hope my suggestions will be taken.
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