(微型高考，自主评估，建议用时：60分钟)
.单项填空
1.(2010·大连一模)Take look at previous college entrance exam papers，and you will know what is nature of the test.
A.a；不填 B.the；the
C.the；不填
D.a；the
解析：考查冠词的用法。take a look at“看一看”，是固定词组；nature在这里表示“这些测试的特点”，是特指，故选D。
答案：D
2.We had to our visit to the pyramids because we didn't have enough time to see them before we left Egypt.
A.prohibit
B.postpone
C.predict
D.preserve
解析：prohibit“禁止，阻止”；postpone“推迟，延迟”；predict“预测，预言”；preserve“保护，保存”。B项符合句意。
答案：B
3.(2010·浙江六校联考)—Hello！Hilton Hotel.Can I help you？
—Do you have a room for this weekend？
A.accessible
B.present
C.absent
D.available
解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：“你好！这是希尔顿酒店，需要什么服务？”“这个周末你们有没有空房间？”available“可用的，有效的，空闲的”；accessible“易得到的，易使用的”；present“出席的，到场的”；absent“缺席的”。
答案：D
4.(2010·天津十二区县统考)How you deal with the misfortune when faced with it can truly your character.
A.test
B.examine
C.check
D.react
解析：考查近义动词辨析。句意：面对不幸时，你对待它的态度才是真正对你品格的检验。test“测试，测验”；examine“检查，考察”；check“核对”；react“起(化学)反应，起作用，有影响”。
答案：A
5.(2010·山东济南统考)To her disappointment，what she had devoted herself to in nothing but failure.
A.resulting
B.results
C.has resulted
D.resulted
解析：句意：使她失望的是，她全身心投入的事情却以失败告终。devote oneself to sth.“投身于，致力于”，what she had devoted to是主语从句，result in 作谓语，意为“导致”。由主语从句中的过去完成时可推知此处应用一般过去时。
答案：D
6.Mary with you，I find her far from satisfying.
A.Compared
B.Comparing
C.Being compared
D.Compare
解析：句意：将玛丽和你相比，我发现她远不令人满意。此句中，compare的逻辑主语是I，故用现在分词作状语。
答案：B
7.Mary is always working hard，and she isto do well in the exam.
A.sure
B.certain
C.certainly
D.A or B
解析：be sure/certain to do sth.“一定/肯定能做……”。在It is certain that...句式中只能用certain。
答案：D
8.—I'm going to Paris next week.
—！ So am I.
A.What a coincidence
B.How a coincidence
C.Don't mention it
D.Good trip
解析：A项意为“真巧！”符合语境“So am I”。B项形式不对；C项“别挂在心上，别提它了”；D项“祝你旅途顺利”。如没有“So am I”，D就为正确答案。
答案：A
9.The naughty boy threw a stone into the lake，the peaceful surface.
A.destroying
B.damaging
C.interrupting
D.disturbing
解析：destroy“破坏，毁掉”，表抽象意义时，指破坏“希望，心情”等；damage指损坏具体东西；interrupt“打断，使……中断”；disturb“打扰，扰乱”。
答案：D
10.Once，the museum will be open to the public.
A.completed
B.completing
C.being completed
D.to be completed
解析：本题考查状语从句的省略。主句的主语和从句的主语一致。又因为complete与the museum之间存在着动宾关系，故用过去分词。本句前半句可补充完整为：Once the museum is completed。
答案：A
11.If you go on being so rude to me，I'll make you your insolence！
A.pay back
B.pay off
C.pay for
D.pay out
解析：句意：如果你再继续对我这么粗鲁，我将让你因蛮横无礼受到惩罚。pay for sth.在此意为“为某事受惩罚”。
答案：C
12.English，as well as Chinese and maths，of great importance now.
A.is
B.be
C.are
D.to be
解析：as well as＋名词/代词，作主语的附属成分时，谓语动词要与as well as前面的名词或代词保持一致。
答案：A
13.Itthat the earth is round.That is to say，the earth round.
A.is proved；is proved
B.proves；proves
C.proves；is proved
D.is proved；proves
解析：第一个空prove意思是“证明”，后接that从句，用被动语态；第二个空prove后接形容词，prove不能用被动结构，故选D。
答案：D
14.The box was heavy but he it upstairs.
A.managed carrying
B.managed to carry
C.tried carrying
D.tried to carry
解析：manage后可以接名词、代词或动词不定式，但是不能接动词ing形式，所以排除A；try doing 的意思是“尝试做某事”，不符合本题逻辑；根据题意“箱子很重，但是他最终把它搬到楼上。”可知句子强调最终结果，所以用manage to do sth.表示“设法做成某事”。try to do sth.表示“试图或努力做某事”，不定式所表示的动作不一定完成。
答案：B
15.It was not until she got homeJennifer realized she had lost her keys.
A.when
B.that
C.where
D.before
解析：考查强调句型。It
is (was )＋被强调部分＋that(who)＋句子其余部分。强调部分指人时用who或that ，指其他成分时用that，该句对not until she got home进行强调，所以答案是B。
答案：B
.完形填空
Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer's three children were growing up，he told them stories about how his grandfather，a banker， 1 all in the 1930s，but did not lose sight of what he valued most.In one of the darkest times 2 his strongminded grandfather was nearly 3 ，he loaded his family into the car and 4 them to see family members in Canada with a 5 ，“there are more important things in life than money.”
The 6 took on a new meaning recently when Mr.Guyer downsized to a
7
house from a more expensive and comfortable one.He was 8
that his children，a daughter,15，and twins,22，would be upset.To his surprise，they weren't. 9 ，their reaction echoed(共鸣)their greatgrandfather's.What they 10 was how warm the people were in the house and how 11 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 12 hard times.Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 13 in telling tales，evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 14 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids' ability to 15 parents' stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The 16 is telling the stories in a way children can 17 .We're not talking here about the kind of story that 18 ，“ When I was a kid，I walked to school every day uphill both ways，barefoot in the snow.” Instead，we should choose a story suited to the child's 19 ，and make eye contact(接触)to create “a personal experience”.We don't have to tell children 20 they should take from the story and what the moral is .
语篇解读：给孩子讲家庭故事，能够收到意想不到的效果，而且，给孩子讲家庭故事，也能够引起他们的共鸣，帮助他们渡过比较困难的时期。
1.A.missed
B.lost
C.forgot
D.ignored
解析：依据文章讲的故事可知，Stephen Guyer的祖父当时破产了，也就是说失去了所有的一切，而且下文的“but did not lose sight of what he valued most”也给出了暗示。
答案：B
2.A.when
B.while
C.how
D.why
解析：此处描述的是Stephen的祖父当时的境况，故用when引导定语从句。
答案：A
3.A.friendless
B.worthless
C.penniless
D.homeless
解析：既然是破产了，也就变得身无分文，所以用penniless。
答案：C
4.A fetched
B.allowed
C.expected
D.took
解析：下文提及加拿大的家人，所以用took，带着他们去。
答案：D
5.A.hope
B.promise
C.suggestion
D.belief
解析：下文的“There are more important things in life than money.”是一种信念，一种想法。
答案：D
6.A.tale
B.agreement
C.arrangement
D.report
解析：根据下文“echoed(共鸣)their greatgrandfather's”可知，Stephen给孩子们讲的他祖父的故事产生的新的意义。
答案：A
7.A.large
B.small
C.new
D.grand
解析：由下文“from a more expensive and comfortable one”可知，现在没钱了，理应住的是小房子，形成对比。
答案：B
8.A.surprised
B.annoyed
C.disappointed
D.worried
解析：由富人变成穷人，住房条件发生了天翻地覆的变化，家里面的孩子是否会不适应，这是“父母们所担心的”。所以用worried。
答案：D
9.A.Therefore
B.Besides
C.Instead
D.Otherwise
解析：上文讲的是“让他吃惊的是：孩子们并没有(不适应这种落差)”。下文给出的是孩子们的反应，前后为转折关系，所以选C。
答案：C
10.A.talked about
B.cared about
C.wrote about
D.heard about
解析：从这一段可以看出，孩子们关心的不是住房条件的好坏，而是房子里面的人的温暖程度和大家是否心心相印。故用care about“在乎，在意”。
答案：B
11.A.much
B.many
C.little
D.few
解析：同10解析。
答案：A
12.A.beyond
B.over
C.behind
D.through
解析：through hard times“渡过难关”。
答案：D
13.A.argument
B.skill
C.interest
D.anxiety
解析：人们对讲家庭故事的兴趣逐渐增强。
答案：C
14.A.study
B.design
C.committee
D.staff
解析：依据后面的found一词可以得出这里说的是调查。所以用study。
答案：A
15.A.provide
B.retell
C.support
D.refuse
解析：上文提及父母给孩子讲故事，这里又说孩子讲故事，所以可以判断出这里是孩子复述父母给他们讲的故事。
答案：B
16.A.trouble
B.gift
C.fact
D.trick
解析：这里说的是讲故事的技巧：用孩子可以听的方式。
答案：D
17.A.perform
B.write
C.hear
D.question
解析：既然是讲故事，所以孩子就要听，所以用hear。
答案：C
18.A.means
B.ends
C.begins
D.proves
解析：下文的“When I was a kid，I walked to school every day uphill both ways，barefoot in the snow.”这是通常讲故事的开头语，所以这里需用begins。
答案：C
19.A.needs
B.activities
C.judgments
D.habits
解析：这里说的是讲故事的技巧，讲的故事应该与孩子们的判断相一致。
答案：C
20.A.that
B.what
C.which
D.whom
解析：我们不必告诉孩子他们应该从故事中得到什么以及教育意义是什么。what在宾语从句中作take的宾语。
答案：B
.阅读理解
A
Have you ever wondered why birds sing？ Maybe you thought that they were just happy.
After all，you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy.However，they sing most of the time for a very different reason.Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “territory” is？ A territory is an area that an animal，usually the male，claims(声称)as its own.Only he and his family are welcome there.No other families of the same species are welcome.Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome.If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you，you might shout.Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so，you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him.A bird does the same thing.But he expects an outsider almost any time，especially at nesting(筑巢)season.So he is screaming all the time，whether he can see an outsider or not.This screaming is what we call a bird's song，and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language of their own.Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
1.Some scientists believe that most of the time birds' singing is actually.
A.an expression of happiness
B.a way of warning
C.an expression of anger
D.a way of greeting
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二、三句话可得知答案。
答案：B
2.What is a bird's “territory”？
A.A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C.An area for which birds fight against each other.
D.An area which a bird considers to be its own.
解析：词义猜测题。第三段“A territory is an area that an animal，usually the male，claims as its own.”对territory的定义，结合后面的举例说明，可知territory为“地盘，领地”之意。
答案：D
3.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season？
A.Because they want to invite more friends.
B.Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.
C.Because they want to find outsiders around.
D.Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.
解析：细节理解题。由第四段最后一句中的“it is usually enough to keep an outsider away”可知答案。
答案：B
4.How does the writer explain birds' singing？
A.By comparing birds with human beings.
B.By reporting experiment results.
C.By describing birds' daily life.
D.By telling a bird's story.
解析：判断推理题。本文是以第一人称写的，通过把you和birds几个方面的相同之处作比较来说明why birds sing。
答案：A
B
As kids，my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods.“The woods” was our parttime address，destination，purpose，and excuse.If I went to a friend's house and found him not at home，his mother might say，“Oh，he's out in the woods，” with a tone(语气) of airy acceptance.It's similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I'm looking for is on the golf course or at the gym，or even “away from his desk”. For us tenyearolds，“being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring.Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today.History seemed to be mostly about explorers.Our explorations，though，seemed to have less system than the historic kind： something usually came up along the way.Say we stayed in the woods，throwing rocks，shooting frogs，picking blackberries，digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Italian burial mound.
Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were.If you read a story in which someone does that successfully，be
skeptical： the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight，and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees.There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches，easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.
It was in a tree，too，that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end.By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence(青春期).In March，the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter，two friends and I set out to go exploring.We climbed a tree，and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree.Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.
5.The author and his friends were often out in the woods to.
A.spend their free time
B.play golf and other sports
C.avoid doing their schoolwork
D.keep away from their parents
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段前两句话，尤其是第二句“‘The woods’ was our parttime address，destination，purpose，and excuse.”可知他们是在小树林里玩耍，度过休闲时光。
答案：A
6.What can we infer from Paragraph 2？
A.The activities in the woods were well planned.
B.Human history is not the result of exploration.
C.Exploration should be a systematic activity.
D.The author explored in the woods aimlessly.
解析：推理判断题。由第二段最后两句话，尤其是“...have less system than the historic kind： something usually came up along the way”可推知答案。A、B项均与文意相悖，C项无依据。
答案：D
7.The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to.
A.calm
B.doubtful
C.serious
D.optimistic
解析：词义猜测题。文中提到，顶端树枝太脆弱不能负重，我们不能爬到高处眺望寻路。据此推知，故事中讲的有人成功攀树寻路的事是令人质疑的。据此推断，B项正确。
答案：B
8.How does the author feel about his childhood？
A.Happy but short. B.Lonely but memorable.
C.Boring and meaningless.
D.Long and unforgettable.
解析：推理判断题。第一段描述了作者happy的童年；最后一段最后两句话描述了作者时光快速流逝、眨眼长大成人的感觉。
答案：A
C
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9.You may find the above advertisements .
A.in a store window
B.in a school magazine
C.in a newspaper
D.on a company noticeboard
解析：推理判断题。广告招聘人员包括教师、家政、护士和花卉艺术馆雇员，在商店橱窗里、学校杂志上或公司通知栏上都不可能出现这样的广告，故答案为C项。
答案：C
10.The position of a(n) is a parttime job.
A.florist
B.artist
C.preschool teacher
D.dental nurse
解析：细节理解题。根据第4个广告中的“The city's leading Florist Artist Studio needs another parttime member on their wedding team.”可判断出the position of florist是个兼职工作。
答案：A
11.Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job？
A.Cooking skills.
B.Childcare experience.
C.The ability to start work in two weeks.
D.The ability to work well with other people.
解析：细节理解题。根据第1个广告中“The candidate must be able to work as a cooperative team member.”可知答案。
答案：D
12.The office cleaners will be required to work about hours a week.
A.5
B.10
C.15
D.20
解析：数字计算题。由第2个广告中“Working hours from 500 p.m.on Mondays，Wednesdays & Fridays.Approximately five hours per shift.”可知，每班工作5小时，共工作3天，共计每周工作15小时。
答案：C
.任务型阅读/任务型读写
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Sneezing(打喷嚏)is your body's way to remove irritating particles(微粒) present in your nose.A sneeze is a response that involves the muscles of the face，chest and throat.Therefore it's so forceful that it can cause the particles to fly out of the nose at 100 miles per hour.When we sneeze，a positive pressure is created on the heart，which can make the heart skip a beat.
Almost anything can irritate(刺激) the inside of your nose，the most common being dust particles.When we catch a cold，the virus present in the nose causes much irritation.Some people suffer from allergies(过敏) and sneeze when exposed to certain particles like flower powder.
Uncontrollable sudden sneezes cannot be stopped.However，if you can feel the sneeze coming up，it may help if you try to focus on a physical condition rather than the sneeze.For example，you can pinch(捏) the tip of your nose.Using the tip of your tongue，touch the roof of your mouth lightly.
People across the world associate kinds of beliefs in culture to sneezes.For example，in India，a sneeze that takes place before the start of any work is an indication of a bad interruption.Thus，people generally take a break or drink a glass of water before starting the work again.In almost all the countries where English is spoken，the common response to a sneeze is “God Bless You”.The most common explanations about its origin focus on the idea of preventing the soul from the body or an effort to prevent death.
The longest sneezing attack is present in the Guinness World Book of Records.A 12yearold girl called Donna Griffiths from England holds the record.Her sneezing attack lasted for 977 days from January 1981 to September 1983 and produced more than a million sneezes.
Title：(1)
Brief (2) A way to remove irritating particles in your nose.
It involves the muscles of the face，chest and throat.
It can (3) a positive pressure on the heart.
(4) By dust particles
By the virus present in the nose
By allergies to certain particles
(5) to control Try to change your focus to other physical (6) .
Pinch the tip of your nose when the sneeze comes up.
Touch the roof of your mouth lightly with your tongue.
(7)
beliefs
In India Sneezing before the start of any work (8)
a bad interruption.
In (9)
countries A sneeze means an effort to prevent the soul from the body or prevent death.
The sneezing attack record (10)
by an English girl called Donna Griffiths.
答案：1.Sneezing 2.introduction 3.create 4.Causes
5.Ways/Means/Methods/Techniques 6.conditions
7.Cultural 8.indicates 9.Englishspeaking 10.Held