xx年“提前批”高中选拔考试英语模拟卷一、项填空（共15题，计30分）1．A young woman from the USA went to ______Beijing Zoo with her little son.A. anB. aC. /D. the2. The number of the trees in our school is getting ________.A. more and moreB. larger and largerC. less and lessD. higher and higher3. Go along this street, then turn _______the left and you’ll find the post office ____the right.A. to, onB. on, toC. at , byD. from, at4. ________ Alice ______Sue forgot about the meeting because they didn’t come yesterday.A. Neither, norB. Both, andC. Not, butD. None, or5. My geography teacher says that _______of the earth _____made up of oceans.A.two-three, isB. two-thirds, isC. second –three, isD. two-third, is6. ---Oh, you have made the same mistake again.--- ________. I’ll be careful in future.A. So I haveB. So do IC. So have ID. So I do.7. Mr. Smith always has _______to tell us.A. some good pieces of newsB. some pieces of good newsC. some good piece of newsD. some piece of good news8. She asked me ___________.A. which of them I will elect(选举)B. who of them I will electC. which of them I would electD. who of them I would elect9. _______________ from Beijing to New York! You’d better go there by plane.A. How long way it isB. What a long way is itC. How long way is itD. What a long way it is10. --- Excuse me. What did you say you would like to do , Miss White?--- I said I’d better go back to the office. I __________someone this afternoon.A. would meetB. metC. am going to meetD. was meeting11. Mrs. Brown, together with her sons, ________for Paris in five days.A. has leftB. have leftC. is leavingD. are leaving12. ---When shall we meet again?---Make it ________ day you like; it’s all the same to me.A. oneB. anyC. anotherD. some13. ---Would you mind(介意) my opening the window?--- _______.A.No, please don’tB. Yes, please.C. I don’t think soD. I’m afraid it’s windy outside.14. --- ______________.--- Thank you, I certainly will.A. Happy birthday to youB. Let me help you with your EnglishC. Don’t forget to post the letter for meD. Please remember me to your mum15. You must do as I said, or you’ll kick yourself.A.踢你自己B.恨你自己C. 打你自己D. 后悔二、在下列各题第二句中填上适当的词，使句意与所给句子的意思相同或相近。

(10%)16.They don’t often hear the twins sing the song in the school._________ of the twins ________ often heard _________ sing the song in the school.17. Most of these questions were not about his lessons.Most of these questions _______ _______ ______ _______ _______his lessons.18. Only Jack can speak French in our school._________ ________ Jack can speak French in our school.19. It’s a long time since we met last.We haven’t seen each other _______ ________.20. A heavy traffic stopped us from going to school in time._______ _______ the heavy traffic, we were late for school.三、阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据空白处所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式，使短文语义完整。

(20%)Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good s_______ for vacations. It is often hot during the months of July and August. Students d_________ go to school during these two months.Some people like to s______ at home during their vacations. They work in the garden, v_____ their friends, read books, or watch television. Many families take their lunch to parks or somewhere f_______ from the city . They like to eat where there are many trees or a nice lake. If they live near the ocean, they often go to the beach. There they can fish, swim or e_______the sun.Many Americans like to meet people from other c_______like Mexico or Canada. Some people have e_______time and money to travel other countries l_______France, Japan or Argentina. They usually f_________to these countries on planes.The United States is a very large country. Lots of families t_______by car or by train to seei______ places in their own country. Some favourite cities to visit are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and These big cities h_______many famous buildings, theatres, stores and o_______places of interest for tourists. They also travel to places s _________as Florida and Hawaii to enjoy t________.Certainly not e_______likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to the mountainso ______to beautiful valleys or canyons(峡谷). They usually take a camera and return with a lot of nice coloured p_______and slides (幻灯片)of the places they visit. Then they would share (分享) them w_______ their friends.四、阅读理解(40%)(A)How to Make a KazooA kazoo is a simple musical instrument. This is how to make a kazoo.You will need: a comb（梳子）, a pair of scissors, a ruler and a piece of wax paper(蜡纸）.Step 1 Draw a Step 2 Cut out Step 3 Fold theseven-centimetre the square you paper in half.square onto a piece have drawn.of wax paperStep 4 Place the comb Step 5 With the comb Step 6 Hum throughinside the folded paper. Inside, hold the paper the paper to make aup to your lips. sound.Step 7 Slide the kazoo from side to side as you hum.41. A kazoo is a type of ____________.A. wax paperB. materialC. musicD. musical instrument42. Steps 1to 7 tell the readers ________.A. how to make a kazooB. which materials and equipment are neededC. how long it takes to make a kazooD. where to buy the materials needed to make a kazoo43. Which of the following things are needed to complete Step 4?A. a ruler and a piece of wax paperB. a comb and a pair of scissorsC. a piece of wax paper and a combD. a pair of scissors and a ruler.44. How many times is the paper folded?A. OnceB. TwiceC. Three timesD. Four times45. In which step do you first hear the sound of the kazoo?A. 4B. 5C. 6D. 7(B)46. According to the above passage we can infer(推断) that “21st Century” is______________.A. a kind of newspaper in ChineseB. a kind of newspaper in EnglishC. a name of a middle schoolD. a name of a book47. From the above passage we know______in China use “New Concept”English as their Englishtextbooks.A. some middle schoolsB. all the middle schoolsC. none of the middle schoolsD. some middle schools and spare-time vocational training schools.48. The tickets of the lecture that the “21st Century” offered will be given to those who are___________.A. ELT teachers.B. the “21st Century” readersC. middle school teachers.D. ELT teachers and at the same time the “21st Century” readers49. The persons who are allowed to attend the workshop are ___________.A. “New Concept English” teacher of middle schools and part-time vocational training schools onlyB. all ELT teachersC. only the “21st Century” readersD. students of the vocational training schools.(C)There are many kinds of animals that live in the forest, such as mice, rabbits, squirrels, owls（猫头鹰）and hawks. Animals in the forest depend on one another for food.Many small forest animals, such as mice, eat green plants for food, and then they, themselves, are eaten by larger animals. This is called a food chain.A food chain begins with the sun. The green plants in the forest use the sun’s energy(能源)to make food for themselves. This process, or action, is called photosynthesis（光合作用）。