1、单元素能自测.完形填空Bobby, a sixyearold boy, was getting cold walking in the street in the snow. Bobby didnt wear boots; he didnt own any. The thin sneakers(胶底运动鞋) he wore had a few _1_ in them and they did poor job of keeping out the cold. Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, the family of
2、 five had_2_. His mother worked hard, but there never seemed to be enough. Nevertheless, what the family lacked in money and _3_ things, they made up for in love and family _4_.Here it was Christmas Eve already, and his sisters had already made beautiful_5_ for their mother while he had nothing. Try
3、_6_he might, he could not _7_an idea for his mothers Christmas gift. Even he could, he didnt have any money to spend.Bobby walked from shop to shop,looking into each_8_window. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of _9_ . It was starting to get dark and Bobby_10_ turned to walk home when sudden
4、ly his eyes caught a_11_dime. Overjoyed, he picked up the newfound treasure, and ran into a shop. However, his excitement quickly _12_ cold when he was told that he couldnt buy anything with_13_ a dime.Not discouraged, he entered a flower shop. He_14_the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for
5、 his mothers Christmas gift. When the shop owner_15_at Bobby and his ten cents offering, he saw himself, many years ago, a poor boy too, when a stranger_16_ him ten dollars to buy his mother a Christmas gift.Knowing what to do, he put his hand on Bobbys shoulder and said,“Lucky you! I just happened
6、to have some roses on_17_for ten cents a dozen. Just wait here.” Then he went to fetch the bunch of his best roses, which had been_18_ for a special gift. Bobby could hardly believe what happened until before him _19_ twelve beautiful red roses.Never before has _20_ felt so happy as Bobby felt at th
7、at moment.1A.holes Bdecorations Cbuttons Dstripes答案:A解析:由空后可知他穿的单薄的运动鞋上有好几个洞(holes),已经无法抵御严寒了。2A.struggled Btolerated Cseparated Ddismissed答案:A解析:自从3年前Bobby的父亲去世以后,一家人就一直在为生活苦苦地挣扎(struggled)着。3A.delicious Bvarious Cnoble Dmaterial答案:D解析:尽管这一家人没什么钱,物质(material)方面极其匮乏,但是他们却用彼此之间的关爱和团结弥补了这一切。4A.quality
8、 Bsense Cunity Dconflict答案:C解析:参见上题解析。unity意为“团结”。5A.bootsBgifts Cgloves Dcakes答案:B解析:现在已经是平安夜了,姐姐们都给妈妈准备了漂亮的礼物(gifts),而他却仍然两手空空。7空后的“gift”是线索提示。6A.when Bwhile Cbefore Das答案:D解析:尽管(as)他拼命地想,他也想不出给他妈妈买什么圣诞礼物。7A.put up with Bkeep up withCmake up with Dcome up with答案:D解析:参见上题解析。come up with表示“想出,提出(想法、
9、答案等)”。8A.fascinatedBdecorated Creserved Dpainted答案:B解析:他一家商店接着一家商店地走,边走边向精心装饰的(decorated)橱窗里望去。9A.sight Border Creach Dcontrol答案:C解析:所有的东西看起来都是那么漂亮,但又是那么遥不可及(reach)。10A.unwillingly BpatientlyCweakly Daimlessly答案:A解析:天开始黑了,他不情愿地(unwillingly)转头回家。11A.shiny Bround Cstrange Dspecial答案:A解析:就在这时,他突然发现地上有一
10、枚闪闪发光的(shiny)十美分硬币。12A.disappeared Bturned Cchanged Dreplaced答案:B解析:然而,他的兴奋很快就变成(turned)了失望。13A.even Bstill Calmost Donly答案:D解析:Bobby被告知仅仅(only)靠十美分,他什么东西也买不到。14A.touched Bpresented CthrewDspent答案:B解析:他走进一家花店,拿出(presented)那十美分,问老板能不能买到一朵花作为圣诞礼物送给妈妈。15A.greeted Baccepted Clooked Dfocused答案:C解析:老板看着(l
11、ooked at) Bobby和他手里的十美分,想起了多年前的自己。16A.helped Bprovided Coffered Dcollected答案:C解析:那时候老板也是个穷小子,一位陌生人给了(offered)他10美元,让他给妈妈买个圣诞礼物。17A.shelf Bstore Csale Dcounter答案:C解析:老板说他刚好有十美分一打儿的玫瑰花在廉价销售(sale)。18A.brought up Bset aside Cgiven away Dtaken in答案:B解析:然后老板去取来他预留(set aside)出来作特殊礼物的最好的一束玫瑰花。19A.laid Blied
12、 Cput Dshowed答案:A解析:Bobby简直不敢相信这一切会是真的,直到那12朵漂亮的红玫瑰花摆放到他眼前。lay表示“放置”时,其过去式为laid。20A.he Banyone Csomeone Dit答案:B解析:那一刻任何人(anyone)都不会比Bobby更开心了。.阅读理解A campaign (活动) is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.The newly formed Wild
13、 Networka collaboration (合作) of nearly 400 organisationsis attempting to attract youngsters away from the television and computer screen and to fields, woods and parks. Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit. Organisers say it i
14、s the UKs biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness (机敏) and general wellbeing.A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will forecast the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the
15、 increasingly fragile link between children and nature.Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said, “The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming (漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are decli
16、ning and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers (七叶树果), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do
17、 more to get children muddy and brighteyed.This is not the first time the message of “less screen, more play” has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were requested to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Dont You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go
18、 to do something less boring instead”语篇大意:本文是一篇说明文,介绍了一项活动的发起,即让孩子远离电视和电脑屏幕,去享受户外活动。1What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?AGive up. BGet around.CTake up. DRun away.答案:A解析:词义猜测题。由下文中的attract youngsters away from the television and computer screen可知,此处表达:即将开展的一个活动是为了鼓
19、励孩子们每天放弃30分钟屏幕前的时间去参加户外活动。由此可知此处是“放弃”的意思。故选A项。2For what purpose is the Wild Network organised?A. To make children read more books.BTo help children tell the natural world.CTo encourage children to take part in outdoor activities.DTo get children out of too much homework from school.答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第二段
20、的The newly formed Wild Networka collaboration(合作) of nearly 400 organisationsis attempting to attract youngsters away from the television and computer screen and to fields, woods and parks.可知,组织Wild Network的目的是让孩子参加户外活动。故选C项。3“Less screen, more play” was first put forward by _.AWild Network Bthe BBC
21、Cthe National Trust DPlay England答案:B解析:细节理解题。由文中最后一段的前两句可知,这个想法首先是在20世纪80年代由BBC提出的。故选B项。4What can we infer from the passage?AThe government will play an important role.BChildren have already been close to nature.CPoliticians have controlled the campaign.DTV viewers will turn away from television.答案
22、:A解析:推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知,从一月份开始,该网络将旨在向政客们建议关于政府如何做得更多来使得孩子们去户外玩耍。由此可知,政府在这件事上也将起到重要的作用。故选A项。.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改:在错词下面画一横线,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(从第11处起)不计分。As is wellknown t
23、hat birds are our friends. But the large number of birds have been killed for food. The other day I was walking in the woods while a shot was heard. Hearing the shot, the bird in the trees flew to all directions. A bird was injured badly and looked sadly. Finding the bird injured, so I decided to ta
24、ke it home. At home I take good care of it. When it recovered, I returned itself to the woods. I hope something should be done to prevent birds from killed.答案与解析1第一处:AsIt that从句是真正的主语,此处应用it作形式主语,故把As改为It。2第二处:theaa large number of许多,大量;the number of.的数量。根据句意“许多鸟已经被杀死了”可知,把the改为a。3第三处:whilewhenbe do
25、ing sth. when.“正在做某事这时”,是固定结构,所以把while改为when。4第四处birdbirds好多鸟朝四面八方飞去,所以把bird改为birds。5第五处:toinin all directions朝四面八方,是固定结构,所以把to改为in。6第六处:sadlysad此处look 是系动词,其后应用形容词作表语,故把sadly改为sad。7第七处:去掉soFinding the bird injured是非谓语,后面是句子的主干结构,所以不能加连词,故去掉so。8第八处:taketook作者在叙述发生在过去的事情,应用过去时态,所以把take改为took。9第九处:its
26、elfit 此处是我把这只鸟放回到森林中。主语和宾语指代的不是同一个人或物,所以此处不能用反身代词,故把itself改为it。10第十处:killed前加being birds和kill之间是被动关系,且prevent sb. from doing sth.“阻止某人做某事”,所以应用动名词的被动形式,故在killed前面加being。.书面表达假设你是李华,你的美国朋友Peter自从进入高中以来一直觉得压力很大,学习状态不太好。请你给他写一封邮件,以帮助他振作起来。内容要点:1给他三条建议;2表达期望并送上祝福。注意:1词数100左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3文章的开头和结尾已给
27、出,不计入总词数。Dear Peter,Im sorry to hear about your situation. But_I_hope_you_will_soon_cheer_up._Here_are_some_suggestions_for_you_to_relieve_stress.First,_try_to_build_up_your_confidence._Preparing_for_the_College_Entrance_Examination_is_a_longterm_process_and_confidence_plays_an_important_role_in_it.
28、_So_never_give_up_or_lose_heart_no_matter_what_happens._Second,_you_should_find_your_own_strengths_and_weaknesses_in_your_study,_and_seek_help_from_both_teachers_and_classmates_in_the_face_of_difficulties_and_stress._Last_but_not_least,_you_ought_to_do_more_physical_exercise_so_as_to_keep_fit_as_well_as_relax_yourself.Look_forward_to_hearing_your_good_news_soon._Best_wishes_to_you_and_your_family!Yours sincerely,Li Hua