廣元中核職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院?jiǎn)握小队⒄Z(yǔ)》?？寄M試題考試時(shí)間：90分鐘；命題人：教研組考生注意：1、本卷分第I卷（選擇題）和第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題）兩部分，滿分100分，考試時(shí)間90分鐘2、答卷前，考生務(wù)必用0.5毫米黑色簽字筆將自己的姓名、班級(jí)填寫在試卷規(guī)定位置上3、答案必須寫在試卷各個(gè)題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)相應(yīng)的位置，如需改動(dòng)，先劃掉原來(lái)的答案，然后再寫上新的答案；不準(zhǔn)使用涂改液、膠帶紙、修正帶，不按以上要求作答的答案無(wú)效。第I卷（選擇題60分）一、單選題（20小題，每小題3分，共計(jì)60分）1、Todaywasaveryimportantday.Franceplayed（1）Senegal(塞內(nèi)加爾)intheopeningmatchoftheWorldCup.Soccerfanswerevery（2）watchingthematchonTV.Toourgreatsurprise,Francewas（3）.Todayfootballhasbecomevery（4）inChinaaftera（5）wait,“ChinaisintheWorldCupforthefirsttime,（6）weshouldsupportthem!”Saidsomepeople.Inourschoolmanystudentsenjoy（7）it.My（8）andIoftengotothefootballfieldafterclass.Thisafternoontherewasa（9）footballmatchinourschool.（10）teamplayedagainstNo.1MiddleSchool,（11）theywereallverybigandstrong,itwasa（12）gamebetweenthetwoteamswiththeresult0-0lasttime.Todayourschoolplayedmuch（13）.Inthefirsthalfofthematch（14）teamkickedagoal,butinthesecond,LiMingfromourschoolkickedagoal.Wewon1-0,atlast.I'mso（15）.Ican'tgettosleeptonight.

第(8)選（）A.studentsB.teachersC.classmatesD.parents答案:C解析:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，“MyclassmatesandIoftengotothefootballfieldafterclass.”這句話直接說(shuō)明了作者經(jīng)常和“classmates”（同學(xué)）下課后去足球場(chǎng)。因此，第（8）空應(yīng)填“classmates”。2、“What'swrong（）you?”Thedoctorasked.A.fromB.withC.forD.in答案:B解析:這道題考查固定搭配。在英語(yǔ)中，“What'swrongwith...”是常見(jiàn)的固定句式，表示“怎么了”。A選項(xiàng)“from”通常表示來(lái)源；C選項(xiàng)“for”多表示目的、對(duì)象等；D選項(xiàng)“in”用于表示在里面等。根據(jù)固定搭配，“What'swrong（with）you?”是正確的表達(dá)，所以答案選B。3、Collectingstamps（）boring,Ithink.A.areB.isC.beD.am答案:B解析:這道題考查動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞形式。在英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法中，動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。Collectingstamps是動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作主語(yǔ)，所以謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)is。A選項(xiàng)are用于復(fù)數(shù)主語(yǔ)，C選項(xiàng)be是動(dòng)詞原形，D選項(xiàng)am用于第一人稱I，均不符合此處語(yǔ)法，所以答案選B。4、Smokingisahabitthatiscloselylinkedtocertaintimesandplaces.Ifyoubreaktheselinks,youcanbreakthehabit.Thebestwayofdoingthisistoavoidthesituationswhereyouwantacigarette.Ifyoucan'tavoidthem,thenyouhavetofightoffthetemptation(誘惑).Sitdownandthinkaboutwhenandwhereyouusuallyhaveacigarette.Forexample,doyoualwayshaveoneafterbreakfast?Afterothermeals?Inbreaksatwork?Whenyouarewatchingtelevision?Withfriendsinthepub?Onceyoustopsmoking,thesetimesandplacesaregoingtobethedangerspots,soworkouthowyouaregoingtodealwiththem.

Itwillalsohelpifyoucandevelopnewhabitstobreaktheoldoneofsmoking.Soplansomenewactivitiestoreplacesmoking-thingsthatinterestyouinyourleisuretime,thingstodowithyourhands，anddifferentwaystodealwithtensions(緊張).

Somepeoplefindhelpsiftheycutdownoncigarettesbeforetheyactuallygiveup.It'sonewayofpreparingforthedayyoustopforgood.Butdon'tlookoncuttingdownasanalternative(可供選擇的辦法)togivingup，anddon'tdoitformorethanacoupleofweeksattheverymost.Thedangeristhatyougobacktosmokingasmanyasyoudidbefore.

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Fourandahalfcenturieslater,Leonardo'sideawasrealized.ApolloⅡtookthreeAmericans-Collins，Aldrin，andArmstrongtothemoon.Themission(任務(wù))didfillthewholeworldwithgreatsurprise,asLeonardohadsaiditwould.Numerousessays,articles,andbookswerewrittenaboutman'sfirstmoonmission,Butperhapsthemostinterestingstorywasonewrittenbeforetheevent—over100yearsbefore.

In1865,FrenchauthorJulesVernewroteastoryaboutthefirstjourneytothemoon.Hisstorywasverysimilartothe1969ApolloIImission.

Verne'sspacecraftalsocontainedthreemen,twoAmericansandaFrenchman.ThespacecraftwasdescribedasbeingalmostthesamesizeasApolloⅡ.Thelaunch(發(fā)射)siteinVerne'sstorywasalsoinFlorida.ThespacecraftinVerne'sstorywasnamedthe“Columbial”.TheAplloIIcommandshipwascalled“Columbia”.HisaccountofsendingthespacecraftintothespacecouldeasilyhavebeenwrittenabouthowApolloⅡwassentintothespace.

Verne'sstorywasthesameastheactualeventinseveralotheraspects.ThespeedofVerne'sspacecraftwas36000feetpersecond.Apollo'swas35533feetpersecond.Verne'sspacecrafttook97hourstoreachthemoon.Apollo'stimewas103hours.LikeApollo'sspacemen,Vern'sspacementookpicturesofthemoon'ssurface,relaxedontheirseats,cookedwithgas,andexperiencedweightlessness.TheytoocamedowninthePacificandwerepickedupbyanAmericanwarship.

WhatwerethereasonsforJulesVerne'sextremeaccuracyindescribinganevent100yearsormorebeforeitactuallyoccurred?Hebasedhiswritingsonthelawsofphysicsandastronomy.Nineteenth-centuryscienceandthevividVerne'simaginationgavepeopleanunbelievablyaccuratepreviewofoneofthegreatesteventofthe20thcentury.

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ago答案:A解析:JulesVerne在1865年創(chuàng)作的故事中，對(duì)太空船“哥倫比阿德”的描述與1969年阿波羅Ⅱ號(hào)太空任務(wù)在多個(gè)方面高度相似。這些相似之處包括太空船的大小、發(fā)射地點(diǎn)（佛羅里達(dá)）、速度（盡管有細(xì)微差異，但數(shù)值相近）、到達(dá)月球的時(shí)間以及太空中的活動(dòng)，如拍照、休息、烹飪和體驗(yàn)失重等。此外，兩者都降落在太平洋，并由美國(guó)軍艦回收。這些細(xì)節(jié)的準(zhǔn)確描述表明，JulesVerne對(duì)太空探索有深入的了解或進(jìn)行了深入的研究，使得他的故事與后來(lái)的實(shí)際太空任務(wù)驚人地相似。6、Aprofessorenteredtheclassroomandtoldthestudentsaboutasurprisetest.Allstudentswere（1）andwaitedforthetesttobegin.Theprofessorgavethetestpaperstoallstudentswithtextfacingdownatthedesk.（2）hewasdonewith（3）thetesttoallstudents,heaskedthemto（4）thetestpaperandbegin.Studentswereconfused(迷惑)toseethattherewasjustablack（5）inthecenterofthepage.Theprofessortoldthem,“Iwantyouto（6）aboutwhatyouseethere.”Thestudentswere（7）confusedbutgotstartedwiththetest.8theendoftheclass,theprofessorcollectedallanswersheetsandstartedreadingeachanswerfromeachsheetinfrontofallstudents.（9）ofthemdescribedabouttheblackdotandtriedtoexplainitsposition.Now,profesorbegantoexplain,“Hereeveryone（10）theblackdotandwroteaboutit（11）noonewroteaboutthewhitepaper.Thesameis（12）ourlives.Thewhitepaperstandsforourwholelifeandtheblackdot（13）problemsinourlife.Ourlifeisa（14）giventousbyGod,withloveandcare,andwealwayshavereasonstocelebrate—ourfriendsaroundus,thejobthatprovidesuswitheverythingweneed.（15）,wejustfocusondaytodayproblemslikehealthissues,lackofmoney,problemsinrelationships,butwe16scethattheseproblemsarevery（17）comparedtoeverythingwehaveinourlives.”Weshouldtrytotakeeyesoffour（18）ndenjoyeachmoment（19）lifegivesus.Behappyand（20）yourlifepositively.

第7空填（）。A.stillB.hardlyC.neverD.mostly答案:A解析:根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，學(xué)生們看到試卷中央只有一個(gè)黑點(diǎn)，感到迷惑，但教授要求他們開始考試。這里需要一個(gè)副詞來(lái)描述學(xué)生們雖然困惑但仍繼續(xù)考試的狀態(tài)。“still”表示“仍然”，符合這種情境，即學(xué)生們?cè)诶Щ笾嗳蚤_始了測(cè)試。而“hardly”“never”均與已看到黑點(diǎn)并開始測(cè)試的事實(shí)不符，“mostly”也無(wú)法準(zhǔn)確描述這種狀態(tài)。7、—Ihopethechildrenwon'ttouchthedog.

—I'vewarnedthem____.A.notB.nottoC.nottouchD.notdo答案:B解析:這道題考查動(dòng)詞warn的用法。warnsb.(not)todosth.是固定結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“警告某人（不）做某事”。A選項(xiàng)not不完整；C選項(xiàng)nottouch形式錯(cuò)誤；D選項(xiàng)notdo也不正確。這里說(shuō)“我已經(jīng)警告他們不要（touch）”，完整表達(dá)是“warnthemnottotouch”，所以答案選B。8、Readingisofgreatimportance.That'swhyWorldBookDaycameintobeing.WorldBookDay（1）onApril23rdeveryyear,which（2）toencouragepeople,particularlyteenagers,todscoverthe（3）ofreadingsothattheycanfallinlovewithbooks.It'salsothedayto（4）honortothosegreatwriterswhoproducedremarkableworksofliteratureandmadegreat（5）tohumancivilization.ManycountriescelebrateWorldBookDayandthe（6）isyearlyheldindifferentways.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooksatamuch（7）pricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland,（8）attractsanumberofstudentstofloodintobookstoresfortheycanpaylessmoncytobuythe（9）books.WorldBookDayisalso（10）inChina.Moreandmorepeople（11）intothelibrariesandbookstorestoread（12）books.Mostofthemdomorereadingonthatday,（13）theycanchangetheworldbychangingthemselves（15）reading.Readingmakesus（15）andlearned.Readinghelpsusfollowthe（16）developmentofscienceandtechnology.Readingenablesustohaveagood（17）ofandhaveabetterunderstandingofforeignculturesand（18）.Readingalsoisoneofthemostimportantwaystolearnforeignlanguages.Weallknowit'sdifficultandalmost19tolearneverythingintheclassroom,yetthewaysEnglishpeoplearelivingandworkingtodaycanbe.（20）byreading.

第1空填（）。A.appearsB.approachesC.fallsD.forms答案:C解析:在句子“WorldBookDay（1）onApril23rdeveryyear”中，需要選擇一個(gè)動(dòng)詞來(lái)描述“世界讀書日”與“4月23日”之間的關(guān)系。選項(xiàng)C“falls”在這里表示“（日期）適逢，正好是”，用于描述某個(gè)特定的日子或節(jié)日落在某一日期上，符合語(yǔ)境。選項(xiàng)A“appears”意為“出現(xiàn)”，不符合日期描述的語(yǔ)境；選項(xiàng)B“approaches”意為“接近”，通常用于描述時(shí)間或事件即將發(fā)生，但此處需要表達(dá)的是確切的日期，故不適用；選項(xiàng)D“forms”意為“形成”，與日期描述無(wú)關(guān)。因此，正確答案是C“falls”。9、ShethoughtIwastalkingaboutherdaughter,（）infact,IwastalkingaboutmydaughterA.whomB.whereC.whichD.while答案:D解析:這道題考查連詞的用法。while在此處表示“然而”，有對(duì)比、轉(zhuǎn)折之意。A選項(xiàng)whom用于定語(yǔ)從句中作賓語(yǔ)；B選項(xiàng)where用于定語(yǔ)從句中表地點(diǎn)；C選項(xiàng)which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。根據(jù)句子“ShethoughtIwastalkingaboutherdaughter”和“Iwastalkingaboutmydaughter”的邏輯關(guān)系，存在對(duì)比轉(zhuǎn)折，所以選D選項(xiàng)while。10、（）inthesunisbadforyoureyes.A.ReadB.ReadsC.ReadingD.Toreading答案:C解析:這道題考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的用法。在英語(yǔ)中，動(dòng)詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí)要用動(dòng)名詞形式。Read是動(dòng)詞原形，Reads是第三人稱單數(shù)形式，均不能直接作主語(yǔ)。Toreading這種形式不存在。Reading是動(dòng)名詞形式，可作主語(yǔ)，所以答案是C。11、Tomisvery（）soweallwanttomake（）withhim.A.friends;friendlyB.friendly;friendsC.friend;friendsD.friendly;friend答案:B解析:這道題考查單詞的詞性和用法?！癴riendly”是形容詞，表示“友好的”；“friend”是名詞，“friends”是其復(fù)數(shù)形式，表示“朋友”。Tom很友好，“友好”用“friendly”，和某人交朋友用“makefriendswith”，所以答案選B。12、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號(hào)部分與所給單詞括號(hào)部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）gr(ou)pA.sh(ou)ldB.w(ou)ldC.t(ou)ghD.thr(ou)gh答案:D解析:這道題考查單詞中元音組合的讀音。“group”中“ou”的讀音為/u?/。選項(xiàng)A“should”和選項(xiàng)B“would”中“ou”讀音為/?/。選項(xiàng)C“tough”中“ou”讀音為/?/。而選項(xiàng)D“through”中“ou”讀音為/u?/，與“group”相同。13、You'dbetternothangoutafterschool________tellingyourparents.Theymayworryaboutyou.A.byB.withC.withoutD.after答案:C解析:這道題考查介詞的用法。hangout表示“閑逛”，根據(jù)句意，放學(xué)后不告訴父母就出去閑逛是不好的。without有“沒(méi)有”的意思，A選項(xiàng)by表示“通過(guò)”，B選項(xiàng)with表示“和，帶有”，D選項(xiàng)after表示“在……之后”，都不符合句意，所以應(yīng)該選C選項(xiàng)without。14、Acat_________fish．A.eatB.eatingC.eatsD.toeat答案:C解析:這道題考查一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)中動(dòng)詞的形式。一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)中，主語(yǔ)是第三人稱單數(shù)時(shí)，動(dòng)詞要用相應(yīng)的形式。cat是第三人稱單數(shù)，所以動(dòng)詞要用“eats”。A選項(xiàng)“eat”是動(dòng)詞原形；B選項(xiàng)“eating”是現(xiàn)在分詞；D選項(xiàng)“toeat”是動(dòng)詞不定式。綜上所述，答案選C。15、ProfessorJohnsonhasleftforTokyo.He________aspeechtherenextweek.A.willgiveB.givesC.hasgivenD.gave答案:A解析:這道題考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。一般將來(lái)時(shí)用于表示將來(lái)要發(fā)生的動(dòng)作。根據(jù)“nextweek”可知，動(dòng)作發(fā)生在將來(lái)。A選項(xiàng)“willgive”是一般將來(lái)時(shí)，符合時(shí)間提示。B選項(xiàng)“gives”是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，C選項(xiàng)“hasgiven”是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，D選項(xiàng)“gave”是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，均不符合“nextweek”所表示的將來(lái)時(shí)間，所以應(yīng)選A選項(xiàng)。16、Nobodybutafewlittlechildren（）inthegardennow.A.areplayingB.isplayingC.playD.plays答案:B解析:這道題考查主謂一致。當(dāng)主語(yǔ)為nobody時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。now表明是現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)的結(jié)構(gòu)是“be+動(dòng)詞-ing”。A選項(xiàng)是復(fù)數(shù)形式，不符合；C選項(xiàng)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)；D選項(xiàng)也是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。所以綜合來(lái)看，應(yīng)該選擇B選項(xiàng)isplaying。17、Considerthesesituations:Youhavejustreadanexcellentbookandwanttotellafriendaboutit.Youhaveseenanexcitingmovieandwantto（1）yourinstructortogotoseeit.Youhaveheardaninspiringlecture,andwantto（2）yournewfoundknowledgewitharoommatewhodidn'tattendthelecture.Howtogivethistypeof（3）?Youcouldtelleverythingyou（4）aboutthebook,movie,orlecture,butyouwillprobablyjustwanttoselectthe（5）pointsandtellthesetoyourlistener.This,ofcourse,iscalledsummarizing.Tocreateagoodsummary—onethatisbothaccurateandbrief—youneedtofollowtwosteps.First,（6）informationbyreading,takingnotes,orlisteningcarefullysothatyoursummaryisasbriefaspossiblebutstillaccurateand（7）.Youraudiencewillhelpyoudecidehowthoroughyouneedtobe.Ifyougiveyoursummaryto（8）perhapsforanexamination,itwillneedtobeextremelycomplete（9）accurate.Youwillneedtokeepinmindany（10）yourinstructormighthavegivenyouduringthelecturetoindicatewhatheorsheconsidersespeciallyimportant.Ifyouaresummarizingamovieforafriend,youcanbelessthorough.Partofthetaskofsummarizingisknowingwhattoincludeandwhattoleaveout.

第(3)選（）A.knowledgeB.informationC.instructionD.technology答案:B解析:在此上下文中，討論的是如何向他人傳達(dá)關(guān)于書籍、電影或講座的內(nèi)容。這涉及到信息的分享和傳遞。選項(xiàng)A“knowledge”指的是知識(shí)，雖然與學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容相關(guān)，但此處更側(cè)重于傳遞的具體內(nèi)容，而非廣泛的知識(shí)體系。選項(xiàng)C“instruction”通常指教導(dǎo)或指導(dǎo)，與這里的語(yǔ)境不符。選項(xiàng)D“technology”指的是技術(shù)，與信息傳遞的內(nèi)容無(wú)直接關(guān)聯(lián)。而選項(xiàng)B“information”直接對(duì)應(yīng)了需要傳遞的具體內(nèi)容，無(wú)論是書籍的內(nèi)容、電影的情節(jié)還是講座的要點(diǎn)，都是信息的組成部分。因此，在此語(yǔ)境下，選擇B“information”作為答案是最恰當(dāng)?shù)摹?8、Themovieisaboutanoldwomanandherthreesonsin（）seventcenthcentury.A.aB.anC.theD./答案:C解析:這道題考查定冠詞的用法。在英語(yǔ)中，特定的某個(gè)世紀(jì)要用定冠詞“the”。17世紀(jì)是特定的歷史時(shí)期，所以要用“the”。A選項(xiàng)“a”用于泛指；B選項(xiàng)“an”用于元音音素開頭的單詞前；D選項(xiàng)“/”則不符合表達(dá)特定世紀(jì)的語(yǔ)法規(guī)則。綜上所述，答案選C。19、Ibought（）Englishbook.（）bookisveryinteresting.A.a;AnB.an;AnC.an;TheD.the;The答案:C解析:這道題考查不定冠詞和定冠詞的用法。不定冠詞“a”和“an”的區(qū)別在于其后單詞的發(fā)音，“English”以元音音素開頭，用“an”?！癟he”用于特指前面提到過(guò)的事物，第二句中的“book”是特指前面提到的那本英語(yǔ)書，所以用“The”。綜合來(lái)看，答案選C。20、Middleschoolstudentsmustlearntostudyby（）A.themB.theirC.theyD.themselves答案:D解析:這道題考查反身代詞的用法。在英語(yǔ)中，byoneself表示“獨(dú)自，靠自己”。中學(xué)生必須學(xué)會(huì)自己學(xué)習(xí)，這里需要一個(gè)反身代詞，A選項(xiàng)them是賓格，B選項(xiàng)their是形容詞性物主代詞，C選項(xiàng)they是主格，都不符合。D選項(xiàng)themselves是反身代詞，符合“byoneself”的結(jié)構(gòu)，所以選D。第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題40分）二、填空題（10小題，每小題3分，共計(jì)30分）1、[未知題型(5)]單句改錯(cuò)。TheroomisA(enoughlarge)B(for)200peopleC(tohave)dinnerD(together)．答案:A，largeenough2、[未知題型(5)]（改寫句子，句意不變，每空只填一個(gè)詞）

He'ssostrongthathecancarrytheheavytree．He'sstrong（）（）carrytheheavytree．答案:enoughto3、[未知題型(5)]Chinahasabout（）(13億人口)．答案:apopulationof1．3billionpeople4、[未知題型(5)]單句改錯(cuò)。CanIA(have)B(a)emptyboxC(for)D(these)shoes?答案:B，an5、[未知題型(5)]（漢譯英）除了英語(yǔ)外，我們還需學(xué)習(xí)第二門外國(guó)語(yǔ)。(besides)答案:BesidesEnglish,wehavetolearnasecondforeignlanguage．6、[未知題型(5)]（改寫句子，句意不變，每空只填一個(gè)詞）Mr．Turnerwassobusythathecouldn'tgothere．Mr．Jacksonwentinstead．Mr．Turnerwas（）gothere,soMr．Jackson（）his（）．答案:oobusyto;took;place7、WhenJoe'schildrengrewupandmovedtodifferentcities,helivedinasmallvillage.Hehad4grandchildrenandtheyoftenvisitedhimduringtheirholidays.

ItwasthevacationtimeandJoewaswaitingforthemtoarrive.Hewaspreparingtheirfavoritefoodandcleaningthehouse.However,helosthiswatchwhenhewasbusy.Hisdeadwife

gaveittohimwhentheirfirstchildwasborn.Joetreasuredthewatchverymuch,especiallyafterhiswife'sdeath.

Thenextday,hewasverysad,“Dearchildren,IlostthemostimportantwatchIhaveeverhad.Yourgrandmagaveittome.Ifeellikemyheartisbroken.”

Thechildrenlookedforiteverywhereinthehouseformorethan2hours,buttheydidn'tfindit.SoJoeaskedthechildrentostoplookingforit.

Oneofhisgrandsonssattherequietly.Theotherchildrenreachedhimandaskedhimwhatwasgoingon.Heaskedthemnottomakeanynoise.Hesatthereforabout15minutesandthen

foundthewatch.Herantohisgrandfatherwiththewatch.Joewassurprisedandaskedhowhewasabletofindit.Thelittleboyreplied,“Isattherewithoutmakinganoise.Afterafewminutes,Iheardthesoundofthewatch.”Joehuggedandthankedthelittleboy