2019年黄冈中学自主招生_理科实验班_预录考试英语试题A卷及答案(1)
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2019年黄冈中学自主招生(理科实验班)预录考试
英语试题A卷
(共75分，与语文合卷，语文75分，两科考试时间100分钟)
注意：请将答案填入答题卡中。
Ⅰ.单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。
1. If you want to donate blood, the doctor
will first find out what your blood is.
A. style B. sort C. kind D. type
2. They all say Hands Up is a good movie which
is worth second time.
A. seeing the B.
to see a C. seeing a D. being seen the
3.
The differences these two pictures
color are easy to see.
A. in, of B. from,
of C. between, in D. of, in
4. Tom and I
friends for five years. We first got to know each
other at a Christmas party.
But we each
other a couple of times before that.
A. have
been, had seen B. had been, have seen
C.
have been, have seen D. had been, had seen
5. Some of us suggested that we a rest,
yet the others insisted that they not tired
at all.
A. should take, would be B.
take, were
C. were going to take, be D.
would take, should be
6. —Was it under the
tree you were away talking to a friend?
—Sure. But when I got back there, the bike was
gone.
A. that B. while C. which D.
where
7. The number of Chinese speakers in the
world with the development of China is much
larger than ever before.
A. grows B.
grown C. growing D. grow
8. I’m sorry you
don’t like the skirt, _________ because he bought
it _________ for you.
A. specially,
specially B.
especially, specially
C. particularly,
especially D. specially,
especially
9.—Where do you think he
the computer?
—Sorry, I have no idea.
A.
had, bought B. has, bought C. did, buy D. ,
bought
10. Don’t mention that at the beginning
of the story, or it may the shocking
ending.
A. give away B. give out C. give
up D. give off
11. I can’t stand with
Jane in the same office. She just refuses
talking while she
works.
A. to work,
stopping B. working, stopping
C.
working, to stop D. to work, to stop
12.
The culture and customs of America are more like
of England than any other country.
A. that
B. the ones C. what D. those
13. The young man finally reached
called Huangzhou in 2012, he became
famous several years later.
A. what is,
where B. what was, when C. where is, where D.
where was, when
14. Was it she heard
with her ears really made her frightened?
A. it, that B. what, that C. that,
which D. what,
15. Before my sister went
abroad, she spent as much time as she
English.
A. could learn B. could learning
C. could to learn D. could to be learned
16.—Tom likes playing computer games, but he
isn’t fond of watching English movies.
—
.
A. So it is with Jack B. So does Jack
C. So is Jack D. So Jack does
17.—What do you think made the woman so upset?
— weight.
A. As she put on B.
Put on
C. Putting on D. Because of
putting on
18.—Have you ever considered
your job?
—No, I consider my job here
interesting.
A. changing, being B. changing,
C. to change, to be D. having changed, as
19.
It will be 2 years we see each other again.
A. after B. before C. since D. when
20.—This English novel isn’t easy for Li Ping
to read, is it?
— . His English is far
better than expected.
A. No, it isn’t B. I’m
afraid not C. I don’t thinks so D. Yes, it is
II. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项。
One day a young man was standing in the
middle of the town saying that he had the most
beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large
crowd gathered, and they all admired his heart for
it
was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man
appeared and said, your heart is not 21 as
beautiful as mine!
The crowd and the young man
looked at the old man's heart. It was full of 22
. It had places
where pieces had been 23 and
other pieces put in, but they didn't 24 quite
right. In fact, in
some places where pieces
were 25 .
The young man laughed, your
heart, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of
scars and tears.
You see, every scar (伤疤)
represents a person to whom I have given my 26 .
I tear out a piece
of my heart and give it to
them, 27 often they give me a piece of their
heart that fits into the
28 place in my
heart. So the scars have me remember the love we
29 . Sometimes I have
given pieces of my
heart away, and the other person hasn't 30 a
piece of his or her heart to me.
These are the
empty holes—giving love is taking a chance.
Although 31 , they stay open. So
now do you
see what true 32 is?
The young man walked
up to the old man, 33 his perfect heart, and
tore (撕) a piece out. He
34 it to the old
man. The old man placed it in his heart, then took
a piece from his old scarred
heart and placed
it in the young man's heart. The young man looked
at his heart, not perfect 35
but
more beautiful than ever, since love from the old
man's heart flowed into his.
How sad it must
be to go through life with a whole untouched
heart!
21. A. nearly B. hardly C.
honestly D. widely
22. A. items B. scars
C. details D. tips
23. A. formed B.
added C. designed D. removed
24. A. feel
B. fit C. sink D. calm
25. A. amazing
B. willing C. missing D. boiling
26.
A. opinion B. power C. vote D. love
27. A. so B. but C. or D. and
28. A. perfect B. empty C. entire D.
equal
29. A. wanted B. spent C. shared
D. ignored
30. A. lent B. returned
C. expressed D. left
31. A. hopeful B.
grateful C. painful D. peaceful
32. A.
beauty B. anger C. mercy D. surprise
33. A. went through B. reached into
C. gave up D. watched over
34. A.
employed B. packed C. rewarded D. offered
35. A. over B. once C. anymore D.
apart
III. 阅读理解（20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy
striper (护士助手) at a local hospital in my town. I
volunteered about 30 to 40 hours a week during
the summer.
Most of the time I spent there
was with Mr. Gillespie. He never has any visitors,
and nobody
seemed to care about his condition.
I spent many days there holding his hand and
talking to him,
helping with anything that
needed to be done. He became a close friend of
mine, even though he
responded with only an
occasional squeeze (紧握) of my hand. Mr. Gillespie
was in a coma (昏
迷).
I left for a week
for a vacation with my parents, and when I came
back, Mr. Gillespie was gone.
I didn’t have
the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was,
for fear they might tell me he had
died. So
with many questions unanswered, I continued to
volunteer there through my eighth-grade
year.
Several years later, when I was a junior in
high school, I was at the gas station when I
noticed a
familiar face. When I realized who
it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was alive! I
got up the
nerve to ask him if he was Mr.
Gillespie, and if he had been in a coma about five
years ago. With
an uncertain look on his face,
he replied yes. I explained how I knew him, and
that I had spent
many hours talking to him in
the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and
he gave me the
warmest hug I had ever
received.
He began to tell me how, as he lay
there comatose (昏睡的), he could hear me talking to
him
and could feel me holding his hand the
whole time. He thought it was an angel, who was
there
with him. Mr. Gillespie firmly believed
that it was my voice and touch that had kept him
alive.
Then he told me about his life. We
exchanged a hug, said our good-byes and went our
separate
ways.
Although I haven’t seen
him since, he fills my heart with joy every day. I
know that I made a
difference between his life
and his death. As importantly, he has made a great
difference in my life.
I will
never forget him and what he did for me: He made
me an angel.
36. When the author volunteered
at a local hospital, she__________.
A.
mainly helped the nurses with their paper work
B. made up her mind to become a nurse
herself one day
C. spent most of her time
taking care of a man in a coma
D. became
friends with Mr. Gillespie’s visitors
37. The
author didn’t ask where Mr. Gillespie had gone
because___________.
A. she knew for sure
that he had recovered
B. she forgot all
about him when she returned to the hospital
C. she had been concerned that he might stay in
coma forever
D. she feared that he might
have died
38. Judging from the article, which
of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The
author continued her volunteer work in the
hospital until eighth-grade.
B. The author
met Mr. Gillespie at a gas station several years
later.
C. Mr. Gillespie recognized the
author’s voice the moment he met her.
D. No
one in the hospital believed that Mr. Gillespie
would recover from his coma.
39. Which of the
following statements best summarizes the point of
the story?
A. Those with faith in
themselves will succeed.
B. If you spread
happiness you will be happy yourself.
C.
Respect people and they will try hard to improve.
D. Kindness is loving people more than they
deserve.
B
Cause and effect is one way to explain
things that happen around us. Many things happen
because something caused or influenced them to
happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause
and find out what caused or influenced them to
happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause
and
find out what causes the effect. It may
help you to start with the effect and use your
reasoning(推
理的) skills. Think about all the
things you know that could be reasons for the
effect you can see.
For example, you may see
someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the
effect. To look for a
cause, think to
yourself, “What would take someone put on a heavy
jacket?” Maybe the person is
going outside
into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in
the penguin pen(企鹅圈养地) at
Sea World. Maybe the
person is going to visit an ice skating rink where
the air is kept very cold.
All of these things
could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.
Now, think about a second example. The
effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head
teacher’s office. What are the possible
causes? Maybe he bullied(欺负) another student.
Maybe he
is just being picked up early. Maybe
he is being given a prize!
Here is another
example for you to think about its cause and
effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall
asleep
when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her
room. He looked around a bit, but
seemed
really out of it. Then Doug went back into the
hallway and stood there looking straight up
at
the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers
can be very strange, but this was really much too
strange. Cait’s father appeared and explained
that Doug was sleepwalking. What’s the cause end
effect, could you tell?
40. According to
the second paragraph, which of the following is an
effect?
A. Someone puts on a heavy jacket.
B. Someone works in the penguin pen.
C. Someone will go outside into
cold weather
D. Someone will go to visit an
ice skating rink.
41. Abi has to go to the
head teacher’s office. Which of the following
isn’t the possible cause?
A. He bullied
another student. B. He is going
shopping.
C. His is being picking up early.
D. He is being given a prize.
42. What was
Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall
asleep?
A. He was going outside.
B. He was reading a story.
C. He was
sleepwalking. D. He was looking for
his dad.
43. Which of the following is cause
and effect?
A. Tony got up and had a glass
of water. B. We came home and found him
sleeping.
C. The ball was lost and a window
was broken. D. Tim was late again and his teacher
got angry.
C
In meditation (冥想), people sit quietly and
focus their attention on their breath. As they
breathe
in and out, they attend to their
feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they
let them go.
Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.
According to a recent study at the Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three
months of training in this kind of meditation
causes a marked change in how the brain allocates
(分配) attention. It appears that the ability to
let go thoughts that come into mind frees the
brain to
attend to more rapidly changing
things and events in the outside world. Expert
meditators are
better than other people at
catching such fast-changing stimuli (刺激), like
facial expressions.
The study provides
evidence for changes in the workings of the brain
with mental training.
People can learn and
improve abilities of all sorts with practice,
everything from driving to
playing the piano.
The study has shown that meditation is good for
the brain. It appears to reduce
pressure and
help to develop a sense of good health and
happiness.
In an experiment, 17 volunteers
with no meditation experience in the experimental
group spent
three months meditating 10 to 12
hours a day. A control group also with no
meditation experience
meditated for 20 minutes
a day over the same period. Both groups were then
given the tests with
two numbers in a group of
letters. As both groups looked for the numbers,
their brain activity was
recorded.
Everyone could catch the first number. But the
brain recordings showed that the less
experienced meditators were likely to grasp
the first number and hang onto it, so they missed
the
second number. Those with more experience
gave less attention to the first number, as if
letting it
go, which led to an increased
ability to grasp the second number. This shows
that attention can
change with practice.
Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three
months as part of the study. “I am a much
better listener,” he said. “I don’t get lost
in my own personal reaction to what people are
saying.”
44. The underlined word “them” in
Paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. feelings
B. thoughts C. people D. minds
45.
Meditators manage their daily tasks better because
they ________.
A. are given less pressure
B. allocate their attention better
C.
practice them more frequently D. have more
stimuli for life
46. In the experiment,
volunteers doing meditation for longer hours
________.
A. were used to memorizing
numbers in groups
B. usually ignored the
first number observed
C. were
more likely to catch both of the numbers
D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters
47. The study proves that ________.
A.
human attention can be trained B. meditation
improves one’s health
C. brain activity can
be recorded D. meditators have a good sense of
hearing
D
In Canada and the United States, there is
a new group of children called “satellite kids”,
who
live in one place but whose parents live
in another place.
Asians are immigrating
(移民) to Canada and the United States in larger
numbers than ever
before.
Most Asians immigrate because they believe
that they can give their children a better
education
in the West. In Asia, especially in
China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to
university.
Students must first pass the
strict national examination. However, in Canada
and the United States,
it is easy to go to
university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As
a result, Asian parents decide
to leave their
countries so that their children can go to
university.
The problem is that when Asians
arrive, they discover that finding a job and
making money are
more difficult in the West
than in the East. Also, they find that they are
very lonely, and that they
miss their homes.
For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide
to go back to work while their
children study
in the West. Therefore, these children become
“satellite kids”, and most of their
parents do
not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans
discovering the “satellite kids” problem. Because
these children do not speak English and
because their parents are not there to take care
of them,
they are often absent from school. To
be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country
where you
know you are different and where you
cannot make friends because you do not speak
English well.
Also, it means to grow up
lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What
these “satellite kids”
will probably say to
their parents is that it’s better to have parents
around than to have a university
education.
48. Some Asian parents send their kids abroad
because ________.
A. they hope their
children may easily find a job there
B. the
kids may not be accepted by universities in their
own countries
C. all foreign universities
are better than the ones in their own countries
D. the kids want to improve their English
and make foreign friends
49.“Satellite kids”
refer to Asian kids ________.
A. without
parents B. living abroad alone
C. with
university education D. speaking no English
50. Some Asian immigrant children become
“satellite kids” because their parents ________.
A. want to leave their own country B. want
them to go to university
C. return to their
countries to work D. want them to be independent
51. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Parents want better education for their kids.
B. Parents feel lonely and miss their
families.
C. Canadians and Americans begin
to notice the “satellite kids” problem.
D.
Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need
of care from family.
E
People are being lured(引诱)
onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free
service, and
don’t realize that they’re paying
for it by giving up loads of personal information.
Facebook then
attempts to make money by
selling their data（资料） to advertisers that want to
send targeted (目
标的)messages.
Most Facebook
users don’t realize this is happening. Even if
they know what the company is
up to, they
still have no idea what they’re paying for
Facebook, because people don’t really know
what their personal details are worth.
The
biggest problem, however, is that the company
keeps changing the rules. Early on, you
could
keep everything private. That was the great thing
about Facebook—you could create your
own
little private network. Last year, the company
changed its privacy rules so that many
things—your city, your photo, your friends’
names—were set, by default（默认）, to be shared with
everyone on the Internet.
According to
Facebook’s vice president Elliot Schrage, the
company is simply making
changes to improve
its service, and if people don’t share
information, they have a “less satisfying
experience.”
Some critics think this is
more about Facebook looking to make more money.
Its original
business model, which involved
selling ads and putting them at the side of the
page, totally failed.
Who wants to look at ads
when they’re online connecting with their friends?
The privacy issue has already landed Facebook
in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator
Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change
its privacy policy. He also urged the Commission
to set guidelines for social-networking sites.
“I think the senators rightly communicated that we
had not been clear about what the new products
were and how people could choose to use them or
not to use them,”Schrage admits.
I suspect
that whatever Facebook has done so far to
invade（侵犯) our privacy, it’s only the
beginning，which is why I’m considering
deactivating（撤销) my account(账号). Facebook is a
handy site, but I’m upset by the idea that my
information is in the hands of people I don’t
trust.
That is too high a price to pay.
52. What do we learn about Facebook from the
first paragraph?
A. It is a website that sends
messages to targeted users.
B. It makes money
by putting on advertisements.
C. It earns
money by selling its user’s personal data.
D.
It provides a lot of information to its users.
53. What does the author say about most
Facebook users?
A. They don’t know their
personal data enriches Facebook.
B. They are
unwilling to give up their personal information.
C. They don’t identify themselves when using
website.
D. They care very little about their
personal information.
54. Why does Facebook
make changes to its rules according to Elliot
Schrage?
A. To help its users make more
friends. B. To obey the Federal
guidelines.
C. To make money by attracting
more users. D. To offer better service to its
users.
55. Why does the author plan to stop
using his Facebook account?
A. He is
dissatisfied with its service. B. He
finds many of its users untrustworthy.
C. He
doesn’t want his personal data badly used. D. He
is upset by its frequent rule changes.