1、2014年人文素养测试英 语 试 题【卷首语】亲爱的同学们，欢迎参加一六八中学自主招生考试，希望你们凝神静气，考出水平！开放的一六八中学热忱欢迎你们！本学科满分100分，共61题；建议用时70分钟。第一部分 知识运用（共两大题，满分30分）I. 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。1. Tasting the local food is_ better way of knowing _ culture behind it.A. the; a B.a; the C. /; the D. a; a2. Mom makes me
2、 eat an apple every day _ the doctor away.A. keeps B. is kept C. to keepD. kept3. A friend is _ lost than found. A. easy B. easily C.easier D. more easily 4. -My classmates and I will go to the cinema to watch Rio II tomorrow. -_. Shall we go together?A. So I do B. So do I C. So will I D. So I will.
3、5. She was supposed _ in hospital, but people found her in the classroom.A. to stay B. staying C. stay D. stays6. No one can achieve anything without _.A. effort B. energy C. force D. strength 7. -Have you finished your homework? -_. Just half of it. How about you?A. Not at all B. Not likely C. Not
4、a bit D. Not yet8. - Have you read the play called The Twelfth Night? -Who _it? A. writes B. write C. has written D. wrote9. -Its said that Hefei Subway Line One will go into service at the end of 2014 . - Wow! _ ! Will it pass our school?A. What an exciting news B. What exciting news C. How excitin
5、g news D. How excited the news is10. - I will be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat? - Not at all._ A . I have no time. BId rather not. CId like it . DId be happy to.11. David used to be crazy _ computer games, but now he is fond _ pop music. A. about , in B. on, of C. over
6、 , of D. over, with12. You can only be sure of you have at present; you cannot be sure of something you might get in the future. A. that; whatB. what; / C. which; thatD. /; that13. Turn the computer off, Peter! You _ play games so late any more. A. mustnt B. needntC. have to D. might14. -Please dont
7、 make a noise. - _ . Ill be as quiet as mouse. A. Yes, I do B. No, I dont C. Yes, I will D. No, I wont 15. They had to stop working, for they were not_ tired. A. a little B. a few C. a bit D. a bit ofII.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。 I was late for the school bus and r
8、ushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of ithis way of asking to be petted. I ignored his begging for affection (喜爱), and ran for the waiting bus. 16 , that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me 17 , “Honey, I have some 18 news that I need to tell you.
9、This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and got 19 . Im so sorry.” “No! Its not true!” I was in shock(震惊的) . I couldnt believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didnt come. Feeling upset , I wandered into the living room. I didnt
10、cry that night. I still couldnt believe that he was 20 . When I got off the bus the next day, there was dead silence at home for a long time. Finally , my sobs (哭泣) erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldnt stop 21 . I hadnt even petted him when I left. 22 could I have known that was my
11、last chance? I cried 23 I felt empty inside. As time passed, I started to 24 some things. We want to do everything right, but bad things can still happen. But good things can happen too. Thats 25 . The best way to 26 the hard times is to figure out what you need to do to get through them when they c
12、ome, and to remember that hard times always 27 . I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone 28 , and thats the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no 29 for others like Bellemy new dog. Best of all, I realized that Tippy 30 all of my old memories of him. And t
13、hey come to me every time I call!16. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Finally 17. A. excitedly B. quickly C. coldly D. seriously18. A. good B. sad C. wrong D. happy19. A. escaped B. wounded C. killed D. knocked 20. A. gone B. lost C. hiddenD. stolen21. A. waiting B. crying C. thinking D. expect
14、ing22. A. Why B. What C. Which D. How23. A. before B. until C. when D. as24. A. forget B. recall C. understand D. change 25. A. nature B. human C. life D. rule 26. A. deal withB. add to C. set down D. come up27. A. appearB. overcome C. help D. pass 28. A. grows B. lives C. suffers D. dies29. A. way
15、B. room C. problem D. doubt30. A. fell behindB. brought up C. left behind D. picked up第二部分 阅读（共四篇，满分40分）III. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案，并填写在答题卷相应位置。A Saturday , March 08, 09:30 AM MYT+0800 Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight Incident 2nd Media Statement. We deeply regret that we hav
16、e lost all contacts with flight MH370 which departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am earlier this morning bound for Beijing. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Beijing International Airport at 6:30am local Beijing time. Subang Air Traffic Control reported that it lost contact at 2:40am (local Malaysia ti
17、me) today. Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing B777-200 aircraft. The flight was carrying a total number of 239 passengers and crew - comprising 227 passengers (including 2 infants), 12 crew members. The passengers were of 13 different nationalities. Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the
18、 authorities who have activated their Search and Rescue team to locate the aircraft. Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew. Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support. Our thoughts and prayers are with al
19、l affected passengers and crew and their family members. The airline will provide regular updates (讯息) on the situation. The public may contact +603 7884 1234. For media queries, kindly contact +603 8777 5698/ +603 8787 1276.The next-of-kin may head to the Support Facility Building at KLIAs South Su
20、pport Zone. For directions, call 03 8787 1269. 31 .When the flight lost all contacts , it had flown about_ hours. A. 9 B. 6 C. 2 D. 1032. The underlined word “scheduled” in the second paragraph means _. A. 预计 B. 期待 C. 时刻表 D. 清单 33. If the next-of-kin doesnt know the way to the Support Facility Build
21、ing, they may call _ A. +603 7884 1234 B. +603 8777 5698. C. +603 8787 1276 D. 03 8787 126934. Which of the statements about the incident is NOT true? A. Flight MH370 was operated on a Boeing B777-200 aircraft. B. There were 227 passengers who came from 12 countries. C. Some authorities have activat
22、ed their Search and Rescue team to search for the aircraft. D. A team is now calling the family members of passengers and crew.35. The news mainly tells us _. A. how the incident happened B. which authority is responsible for the incident C. the relative information about the flight incident D. a fl
23、ight lost contact B The moving truck with furniture was parked in front of our Southern California home. My husband and I were sweeping out the open garage when a woman from a house across the street came up to us with an apple pie. “Welcome to the neighbourhood.” she said, “I made it myself and I w
24、ant you to have it.” “Really, we cant.” my husband replied. “Of course you can.” she ran on,“When I moved in two years ago, no one welcomed me, and I want you to feel at home.” She thrust(塞) the pie into my husbands hands. “Uh, well, you see,” he said, with a disappointed laugh, “we have been here f
25、our years and were moving.” The woman stared at him, dumbfounded(目瞪口呆), with her mouth open. “Well,” she said, shrugging her shoulders with an air of resignation(顺从), “Enjoy it anyway!” My husband and I laughed heartily, determining in the future to be better neighbours ourselves. 36. The woman came
26、 up to us because _. A. she wanted to see us off B. she wanted to see our furniture C. she wanted to sell her pie to us D. she thought we had just moved here37. When the writers husband said“Really, we cant.”, he wanted to tell the neighbour _. A. neither he nor his wife could accept the apple pie B
27、. they didnt like eating the apple pie C. they were so busy that they had no time to eat it D. they were full and they neednt eat it38. The phrase “feel at home” in the passage probably means “_”. A. live at home B. feel comfortable C. help oneself to it D. be brave39. From the story, we know that_.
28、 A. the woman with an apple pie lives next to us B. the woman has lived here for 4 years C. when the woman moved here , the writer and her husband didnt welcome her D. they were moved when they received the present from the neighbour40. The people in the neighbourhood _. A. are friendly to each othe
29、r B. hope to be better neighbours C. hope to live in the cities D. are cold to each other C Bamboo is one of the natures most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass. Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will gro
30、w back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains(平原). Not all bamboo looks the same
31、. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green. Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use ba
32、mboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong. In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water
33、 using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.41. Ho
34、w is bamboo like grass? A. It is thin and easy to cut.B. It grows everywhere. C. It grows quickly after its cut short.D. It is short and green.42. The sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across.” means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _.” A. short B. strong C. th
35、ickD. tall43. From the passage we know _. A. most people call the bamboo plant trees B. a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days C. the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows D. a bridge held by bamboo cables was built thousands of years ago44. Why did the engineers teach the poor far
36、mers in Africa to make use of bamboo? A. Because it is cheap. B. Because it is colorful. C. Because it drills fast.D. Because it is used by Asians.45. Which of the following is NOT true? A. There are many different kinds of bamboo with different colors. B. Cables made of bamboo can last for over a t
37、housand years. C. Bamboo can be used for buildings, bridges and watering projects. D. Bamboo plants are able to grow well in any part of the world.D Beer and fried chicken this seemingly unorthodox combo（怪异的搭配） has been the most sought after(最受追捧的 ) late-night snack recently in Yang Xiaoqians dormit
38、ory on the campus (校园) of Central China Normal University. Thanks to a South Korean drama currently on air, Man From the Stars, this new mix-and-match junk food trend has become popular among young audiences, despite its unhealthy nature. Indeed, South Korean TV dramas have been a major force in the
39、 South Korean pop-culture wave that has won the hearts of young Chinese audiences. According to iQiyi, a video website that features Man From the Stars, by Feb 15, the number of views for the TV drama hit a whopping 370 million in China, where the drama claimed four out of five hot topics spots on T
40、V and on Sina Weibo on the same day. Yan Feng, professor of Chinese literature at Fudan University, in an interview with Shanghai Morning Post, believes the new wave of South Korean drama is trying to attract a wider audience. “It is interesting to explore what elements of those dramas appeal to aud
41、iences. Its obviously more than just pretty faces and cool poses.” says Yan. Apart from pretty faces, fashion is another highlight of the series. Each time actors from the series wear a new set of outfits, similar clothes experience a sales spike online, according to Xiao Yi, a Taobao store owner ba
42、sed in Beijing. The plot is catchy: An alien lands 400 years ago in Korea and falls in love. Fast forward to present, he meets his first loves doppelgnger (分身) a haughty starlet, and inevitably falls in love with her too. Peng Sanyuan, a Beijing-based screenwriter, says a focus on detail is a key fa
43、ctor in the success of these dramas.46. Beer and fried chicken is very popular suddenly because of _. A. the advertisement B. its healthy nature. C. a drama D. its flavour47. What are the factors that Man From the Stars has won the hearts of young Chinese audiences? pretty faces and cool poses fashi
44、on make-up story plot a focus on detailA. B. C. D. 48. How popular is the drama according to iQiyi?A. The number of views for the TV drama hit a whopping 370 million in China by Feb 15.B. The drama claimed three out of five hot topics spots on TV and on Sina Weibo on the same day.C. The new mix-and-match junk food trend has become popular among young audiences.D. Similar clothes experience a sales spike online.49. This passage is possibly from _. A. South Korean TV Station B. a video website C. Shanghai Morning Post D.
