2012年高一英语新生入学考试题及答案

1、高一英语新生入学考试题及答案选择题一、单项选择1this problem may lead to more serious ones if _ unsolvedamaking bremained ckeeping dleft2i have no dreams _ to have a happy lifearather than bmore than cother than dless than3you know mrgreen has been ill for days? yes, i wonder if he is _ better nowasome bmuch cany dno4$100

2、a month could hardly _ the cost of his life in such a big city in this countryaspend btake ccover dmeet5working in the kitchen for years made tom _ a good cookafor binto cof das6she was such a proud person that she would die _ she would admit she was wrongarather than buntil cafter dbefore7are you t

3、hrough with your homework? well, _asort of bgo ahead cwhy not dthats ok8what field will your son go into after graduation from nanjing university? im not quite certain, but he _ a good teacher of englishapromises bbecomes cmakes dproves9my mother is always warning me when i go out, “dont get off the

4、 bus _ it is stopping”auntil bbefore cwhile dafter10the dance performed by the disabled actors is really a hit, but years ago no one _ they were to achieve such great successamust have imagined bcould have imagined cshould have imagined dwould have imagined11the young lady prefers dressing up for a

5、party to _ by othersabe noticed bbeing noticed chaving been noticed dhave been noticed12before the war broke out, many people _ possessions they could not take with themathrew away bput away cgave away dcarried away13_ the pressure from work, teachers have to deal with psychological problems caused

6、by interpersonal relationshipaas far as bas long as cas well as das soon as14i hear your aunt likes travel, music, clothes and fine food oh, yeah, and music may have been _ of her tastesathe rather more respectable bmuch the most respectablecvery the most respectable deven more respectable one15_ ch

7、ildren tend to prefer sweets to meatathe most bmost cmost of dthe most of the二、完形填空 salsa is a musical type that has existed for many years and is still 1 todaysalsa comes from cuba, but many people 2 that the puerto ricans who moved to the us 3 the style of salsa we know today because of political

8、problems in the 4 20th century, many people left puerto rico and settled in the usbetween 1915 and 1930, about 50,000 puerto ricans 5 in the usin 1917, a 6 was passed that made people from puerto rico americans move 7 after this, puerto ricans were able to move 8 between their home and the us mainla

9、nd between 1940 and 1969, about 800,000 puerto ri-cans moved to the us, 9 to new york city and miamithey brought with them their culture, style, and latin rhythm （节拍）one style of music and dance they 10 to the us was a mixture of afro-cuban rhythms and puerto rican traditional dance in new york, 11

10、incorporated （little） american jazz, and the salsa we know today 12 during this time, sala music and dance, were popular in the new york city and around the usthe song words 13 stories of the immigrants （移民） struggle to make a 14 in new york cityby the late 1970s, salsa caliente was 15 popular; anot

11、her style-salsa romantica, with its romantic love lyrics （词句） -became popular, 16 salsa romantica is still popular today and is 17 by musicians suchas mare anthony, a singer from puerto rico 18 puerto ricans continue to make special mixtures of salsa by combining it with other musical stylesa mixtur

12、e of hip-hop and salsa can be 19 in jenniferlopezs music which became world famous by combining rock rhythms with the salsa romantics style for many people, listening to salsa music is not 20 ;its fast rhythm and lively beat make them want to get up and dance1anew bpopular cbeautiful dwonderful2abel

13、ieve bdoubt cagree dguess3aformed bgot cdeveloped dinvented4amiddle blate cunknown dearly5aarrived blived cworked dvisited6aplan blaw csuggestion drule7aback and forth bup and downcin and out dhere and there8aslowly bquickly cgradually dfreely9aexactly bcertainlycmainly dimpossibly10abrought btook c

14、carried dgave11asingers bmusicianscdancers dnew yorkers12awas born bcame outcwas finished dwent on13awrote bmade upcchanged into dtold14ajourney broomcliving dcontribution15afor ever beven morecno longer dnow and then16ainstead bindeed ctoo deither17aacted bperformedcplayed dshowed18aold byoung cman

15、 dwoman19aseen bfelt cheard dimagined20agood bcomfortablecenough deasy三、阅读理解asome time ago ,i discovered that one of my chairs had a broken legi didnt think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my homeso i left home one morning carryin

16、g the chair with mei went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）i was quite wrongthe man wouldnt oven look at my chairthe second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so i decided that my approach must be wrongi went into the fifth shop

17、with a plan in my mindi placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ would you like to buy a chair?” he looked it over carefully and said,“ yes, not a bad chairhow much do you want for it, sir?” “twenty pounds,”i said“ok, ”he said, “ill give you twenty pounds”“it s got a slightly broke

18、n leg,”i said“yes, i saw that, its nothing”everything was going according to plan and i was getting excited“what will you do with it?”i asked“oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done”“ill buy it,”i said“what do you mean？ youve just sold it to me,”he said“yes, i know but ive changed my min

19、dim sorry, ill give you twenty -seven pounds for it”“ your must be crazy, ”he saidthen, suddenly the penny dropped“i know what you wantyou want me to repair your chair”“ youre right, ”i said“and what would you have done if i had walked in and said,would you mend this chair for mei wouldnt have agree

20、d to do it,” he said“we dont do repairs, not enough money in it and too much troublebut ill mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”he was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing1we can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _awas rather impolitebwas warmly

21、 receivedcasked the shopkeeper to buy his chairdasked the shopkeeper to repair his chair2the expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _achanged his mind baccepted the offercsaw the writers purposeddecided to help the writer3how much did the writer pay?a 5b 7 c 20d 27

22、4from the text, we can learn that the writer was _ ahonestbcarefulcsmart dfunnybhave you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the milky way （银河系）? while the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destinationso in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few ho

23、urs of regular shut eyethey would have to sleep for yearseuropean researchers are now conducting hibernation experimentsthe study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a spaceflight to distant planetsif there was an effective technology, it coul

24、d make deepspace travel a reality, said mark ayre of the european space agency last monthwhat seems like a science fiction is not completely unlikelyresearchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleeplike state where they dont agethey have now moved on to the small, nonhiber

25、nating mammals （哺乳动物） like ratsa major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex （复杂的）its like moving from a simple apple computer to a supercomputer, said marco biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at italys university of paviajust like be

26、ars and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a persons metabolism （新陈代谢） to lower so they would need less energymedical research, however, is just half of a spaceflight hibernation systemthere is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter （栖身所）such a shelter would provide t

27、he proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperatureit would also have to monitor （监控） life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernatoraccording to ayre, the sixperson human outer planets exploration mission （使命） to jupiters moon （木星的卫星） callisto, could be an oppor

28、tunity to use human hibernationthe mission aims to send six persons on a fiveyear flight to callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 20455according to the article, the hibernation research _ais just an ideabis always a science fiction chas already finished successfullydhas made some progress6in a

29、 hibernating state, a person needs _aless sleep bmore food cless energy dmore movement7the first try of the hibernation technologythe sixperson human outer planets exploration mission to jupiters moon callistoawill be bhas been planned forcis certain to be dmay be8what is the best title of the artic

30、le?ahibernation study for space travel bwelcome to our space travelcto hibernate, to live longer dwelcome to the milky way非选择题一、短文改错how i dislike acting dishonest in exams! this morning, henry tried to 76 _copy his answershe whispered to me so that the teacher couldnt hear77 _i didnt know how to dea

31、l with itif i dont show him the answers, he 78 _might madhenry is my friendi really dont want to destroy our79 _friendshipbut showing him the answers would be something what goes80_ _against my beliefsduring the exam, i tried several ways to guard against my81_ _answers so that henry wouldnt be able

32、 to see iti moved myself closer82 _to my desk, and covered my paper by my armafter the exam,83 _i explained henry how i was feeling and promised to help him study84 _before the next examhenry understood that but i was finally able to breathe85 _again第二节：书面表达（满分25分）今年暑假，你参加了社会实践活动，去某旅行社当业余导游。请根据该旅行社提供的数据和你的所见所闻，用英语写一篇短文，作为暑假作业交给你的英语老师。number of people in city x travellingabroad in 1996, 2001 and