常熟市第一中学英语阶段性练习一、单项选择15分(每小题1分)1.As we all know, playing_________ chess is usually _________ one-to-one game.A. a; aB. /; aC. /; anD. the; a2.Yesterday Andy _________ his dictionary to me, and said I could _________ it for a week.A. lent; borrowB. borrowed; haveC. lent; keepD. gave; keep3.—Why not stop _________ a rest?—Oh, it’s so exciting that I can’t stop _________ the kite.A. having; flyingB. to have; to flyC. having; to flyD. to have; flying4. The roller coaster moved __________ high speed and they were screaming and laughing_________ the ride.A. in; throughB. at; throughC. in; duringD. at; over5. The man _______ Shanghai an hour ago, so he _______ for an hour.A. was away for; has leftB. left; has leftC. has left for; has been awayD. left for; has been away6. —He's never sung English songs before, _________ he?—_________. It's his second time to sing in English.A. has ;NoB. has; YesC. hasn't; NoD. hasn't; Yes7. More than 80 people ________ in the earthquake _______ last week.A. died; forB. have been dead; sinceC. have died; sinceD. have been dead; for8. My uncle_______ the club in 2010. He_______ the club for over 3 years.A. has joined; has been inB. joined; has joinedC. has joined; has joinedD. joined; has been a member of9. —Where is your father?—He_______ Australia and he_______ Sydney for two weeks.A. has been to; has been inB. has gone to; has been inC. has been in; has been toD. has gone to; has been to10. —Which of the following is right? ________A.He’s borrowed the book for two weeks.B. I have joined the army since two days agoC.His father has left here since he was bornD. I haven’t seen him for ages.11. When did your father _______ your mother?A. marryB. marry toC. marry withD. get married12. —We are planning a trip _________ France? —Would you like to ______ us?A. to; inB. for; /C. in ; withD. to; /13. —How _______ is it from Xi'an to Dunhuang? —It's less than 3 _______ flight.A.long; hour's B.far; hour's C.long; hours' D.far, hours'14. —I don’t think this film is as interesting as that one,_____?A. do I B does it C. isn’t it D. is it15.—_________do you _________ the new film?—It’s very interesting.A.What;like B.How;think of C.What;think of D.How;is like二、完型填空10分(每小题1分)If people are so tired, they will fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there are people sleeping on the bus or train on their 16_ home from work in the evenings. A man is _17 the newspaper, and seconds later it seems that he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 18_ next to him. Another short sleep goes on in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾) so 19 _ that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing(尴尬) situation happens when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes(推) the arm off the 20 _ , and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no 21_ of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when 22 _ . Police reports are full of accidents that happen when people fall into sleep and go off the road. If the drivers are 23 _ , they will not be seriously hurt. One woman's car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of 24 _ and thought it was raining. When people are really 25 _ , nothing will stop them from falling asleep--no matter where they are.16. A. way B. route C. path D. road17. A. buying B. selling C. looking D. reading18. A. lying B. waiting C. talking D. sitting19. A. bravely B. happily C. carelessly D. loudly20. A. sofa B. shoulder C. desk D. book21. A. sense B. memory C. feeling D. dream22. A. thinking B. working C. walking D. driving23. A. lucky B. awake C. clever D. strong24. A. ground B. water C. grass D. bush25. A. lonely B. drunk C. tired D. lazy三、阅读理解(24分每小题2分)AWhen he was a little child, Andrew had a serious bad habit of sucking(吮吸)his fingers all day long, especially when he had nothing interesting to do: when he was sleeping, when watching TV, when sitting on the sofa and so on. At the beginning, his parents didn’t think it was a bad habit.Therefore, as time goes by, the boy couldn’t give up his habit. Now, in his twenties, Andrew seems to have developed the bad habit into another one: he always bites his nails(指甲). He cannot stop biting his nails all the time. There’re moments when he even doesn’t know that he is doing it. He realized it was a problem and this worried him a lot. Some of his friends told him about this bad habit, and he st ops for a while. But then, if he isn’t busy doing something, he starts biting his nails again!In fact, there’re a lot of bacteria(细菌) in your nails and they can cause some disease. Also, the nails will become ugly and hard to recover. The worst thing is that this bad habit will bring themental illness(心理疾病). If people cannot correct it in time, it can affect man’s mental health.In short, bad habits are very worrying, especially when the person with the habit is in public and cannot stop himself or herself doing it. Still, there must be ways to give up these bad habits and these people should try their best to stop doing them.26. When Andrew was a little boy, he had a bad habit of .A. biting his fingersB. sucking his fingersC. sucking his nailsD. biting his nails27. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “recover” in paragraph 3?A. 覆盖B. 报告C. 发现 D 修复28. Which is TRUE according to the passage?A. Some of Andrew’s friends tried to help him stop his bad habit of biting nails.B. Andrew had a kind of mental illness when he was a little child.C. Andrew himself wasn’t worried about his habit in his twenties.D. A ndrew’s parents found it was a bad habit at the beginning.(B)Computers are useful machines.They can help people a lot in their daily life.For example,they can help people to save much time to do much work,and they can help people to work out many problems easily.Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century,except the old people.Today more and more families own computers.Parents buy computers for their children.They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school.Yet,many of their children use computers to play games,to watch videos or to chat.computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind.So computers are locked in boxes by parents.In some other countries,even some scientists also hate computers.They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!29. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because_________.A.our country asks us to learn it B.it can help us a lotC.we can use it to play games D.it can help us to find jobs30. What do many teachers and parents complain(抱怨)about? They complain that______.A.their students and children use computers to play gamesB.computers let them lose their jobsC.computers make their students and children fall behindD.computers bring people a lot of trouble31. In this passage we know computers________.A.bring us happiness only B.also bring us troubleC.are hated by people D.are bad for people’s health32. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage?I think it means________.A.computers are used by peopleB.people can live well without computersC.computers are strange machinesD.one must decide how to use computers( C )A week in the sun relaxing in the beautiful March weather of Varadero, Cuba is a fantastic vacation for anyone. Luckily, my wife, two friends and I had the chance last year.To see Cuba, you have to talk to the Cubans. Our friends met us at the airport even at 1:00 a.m. which started our trip on a positive note. After a few days at the hotels, we got to know a local tour guide, Victor.The trip started off on a sunny morning. Our return trip would be along the coastline from Havana, but out trip to Havana would be through the countryside and the small towns. This trip was designed for us to visit the Cuban countryside.At first Victor brought us to Revolutionary Square, where Fidel Castro made his yearly speech praising the ideas of the revolution.Our second stop was the Bocoy Rum Factory. We walked through and learned how 5000 bottles of rum(朗姆酒) are produced every day. The smell of rum, and the huge barrels were interesting.The final stop was the market in Old Havana. Here my wife and I went away from our friends and we toured through this large shopping center. From store to store we saw so many items that all had a clear Cuban feel to them. We bought a picture and some special local things, and then we took off to meet up with Victor.As a tourist I was able to have a quick look at Cuban life with the help of Cubans. I felt lucky to have the chance. It was an interesting experience in my life.33. What time did the writer arrive in Cuba?A. At one o’clock early in the morningB. A few days laterC. A week agoD. At noon34. What did the writer think of the trip of Cuba?A. The trip was really boringB. The trip was enjoyable and interestingC. The trip was exciting.D. The trip was relaxing in the sun35. How often does Fidel Castro make his speech on Revolutionary Square?A. Every dayB. Every weekC. Every yearD. Every month36. How many tourists were there in the tour trip?A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 537. Which of the following is NOT true about this article?A. The tour group went to Cuba in March.B. Our trip to Havana was along the coastline.C. Rum Factory can produce 5000 bottles of rum each day.D. The writer bought some things in Old Havana.常熟市第一中学英语阶段性练习答案卷四、词汇检测15分(每小题1分)1. Please tell me about the accident in __________ (详细)2. What’s _______ (特别) about the picture?3 Can you offer me a _______ (乘坐)?4. ___________ (确切)speaking, I have no intention to go abroad next year.5.His last public concert will be on in Shanghai in a __________ (几个) of months.6.1. Do you mind me (交流)with you by email?7. I got happy when a parade of ___________(动画片)characters began.8. My son is studying at a ____________ (初等的)school in the centre of Jiangyin.9. The wind is blowing strongly with lots of __________(沙子).10. The boy often greets his ____________ /`relətivz/ with some food and flowers.11. Mr Green will arrive at the __________ /'eəpɔ:t/at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow.12.The highest ____________ /'maʊntən]/here is 2,000 metres high.13--Have you heard about the missing of _________ MH 370 yet?---Yes, I have already watched some news on TV.14.---I hear you are ___________ for London?---Yes, I will take a train there.15..---Will you go to the sports centre tomorrow?---It may rain, but I shall go there__________.五、动词填空(10分)1.---I have bought a Chinese-English dictionary.---When and where_______ you_______ (buy)it?2.I like reading novels very much. ---Really? I ______(think)you liked novels.3. Look! The snow____________ (stop). Why not go out to make a snowman?4.Mark __________ (work)in China for 10 years and now he teaches Chinese in Britain.5. My friend waved to me while I _______ (walk ) along the street.6.I ____________ (not finish) my homework.Can you help me?7.---Why didn’t you go to open the door?---Sorry, I ____________ (reply) to my boss’s message.8.I saw a lot of children___________ (play) games on the playground when I passed there.9. Look! What a clean room! Who__________(clean)it, Millie ?10. It’s nearly five years since they __________ (move) to Moonlight Town.六、句型转换5分(每格0.5分)1. They moved to China a year ago.(同义句)They have_________ ________ China for a year.2. The plane will arrive at the airport in 15 minutes. (对划线部分进行提问)____________ ____________ will the plane arrive at the airport?3. The film ended 5 minutes ago.(改为同义句)The film has __ _ for 5 minutes.4.He’s never afraid of darkness.(改为反意疑问句)He’s never afraid of darkness ,________ ________?5.Kate has been in the USA for two years.(同义句转换),Kate has been in the USA _______ two years_______.七、中译英15分(5句,每句3分)1.我爸爸去成都出差已有三天。