上海名校高中自主招生英语模拟试题05 -版上海名校高中自主招生英语黄金宝典

一、语法

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Four Chinese models were ______ the 14 people awarded prizes on Friday at the World Supermodel Competition.

A. among B. between C. along D. beside

2. Since Tom ______ downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file now.

A. readily B. horribly   C. accidentally     D. irregularly

3．When  _______ what is the most efficient way to protect oneself from COVID-19, the expert says no doubt it is wearing a mask.

A．asking B．asked C．to ask D．having asked

4．There is not much difference between the two, I really don't know _____.

A．which should I choose B．what I should choose

C．which I should choose D．what should I choose

5．It was not until I got home _______ I found that I had left my keys in the office.

A．before B．when C．then D．that

6．________ English newspaper is one of the best ways to learn English new words.

A．To reading B．Reading C．Reads D．Read

7．Mr. Smith is a pleasant person who is easy ______.

A．to get along with   B．to get along      C．to be gotten along D．get along with

8．I found most of my classmates friendly and _____________.

A．help B．helped C．helpful D．helpfully

9. During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _______ not to touch any unattended bag.

A. had always been warned B. were always being warned

C. are always warning                  D. always warned

10. It is not immediately clear _______ the financial crisis will soon be over.

A. since B. what C. when D. whether

11. Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away ______.

A. fleeing the thief B. was fleeing the thief  C. the thief was fleeing   D. fled the thief

12. David threatened ______ his neighbor to the police if the damages were not paid.

A. to be reported B. reporting C. to report D. having reported

13．I _____ to Huizhou when I suddenly found that I was on the wrong road.

A．drove B．have driven C．was driving D．would drive

14．The winter of the speech contest was a _________girl called Jenny from America.

A．18—years—old    B．18—year—old    C．18—year—olds    D．18 year old

15．____number of people invited is 50, but ___number of them were absent for different reasons.

A．A; the B．The; a C．A; a D．The; the

二、 词汇填空

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Get rid of mosquitoes, but how?Almost everyone who spends time outdoors has experienced mosquitoes. These bloodsucking insects give itchy bites and can spread disease. But how can you avoid them and protect yourself?

Jessica Damiano is a gardening expert. In a recent story, Damiano said the best control is __1___. And she gave suggestions on how to ___2___ mosquito populations.

It may seem difficult to avoid mosquitoes, as most of the areas in the world are ___3___ populated with them. People who live near ___4___ of water, such as lakeside, may experience more mosquitoes. But there are several measures you can take to reduce their numbers.

Mosquitoes need less than a centimeter of water to lay eggs. A female can lay hundreds of eggs at a time. So, check your ___5___ to see if there is anywhere that collects water. Water can easily collect in small ___6___ —a child’s toy, a trash can lid, or a cooking pot.

Even if the amount of standing water seems small, __7___ it. Make holes in the bottoms of containers that can hold ___8___ water. Other standing water such as in ponds and bird baths can be ___9___ with chemicals.

There are other things you can do to protect yourself. Put screens in your doors and windows or keep them closed. And cut down on time spent outdoors between the early evening and the early morning. Mosquitoes are most ___10___ during that time.

三、完形填空

When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way — even if you have no feet.

Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious ___1___living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. It ___2___ him a while to make the jump from walking to playing football, but he did ___3___. And, in his school, the ___4___youngster is the best player in his school team. ___5___, he is the captain of his gym team.

He knows that his disability ___6___he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team. So Gabriel is ___7___that football will one day become a Paralympics (残奥会) sport. He proved to everyone there he could go head to head with any other boy. Watching him play is ___8___. He’s fast and he’s very skilled. He does ___9___he can to copy his hero, Messi so much that he’s been invited to go to Spain to ___10___his hero Messi and show his ability in the Barcelona Football Club.

His coach says he is proving the disability is only inside our heads and he is challenging the social norms (准则).

1．A．experiments B．strategies C．trouble D．strength

2．A．spent B．cost C．took D．wasted

3．A．make sense B．make it C．lose heart D．fall apart

4．A．awkward B．slim C．skillful D．advanced

5．A．Besides B．However C．Instead D．Therefore

6．A．imagines B．means C．stresses D．hopes

7．A．pretending B．hoping C．believing D．debating

8．A．unbelievable B．annoying C．confusing D．suitable

9．A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something

10．A．affect B．quit C．cheat D．meet

四、阅读理解

                                  A

Nate had spent most of his seventy years in the woods. As a young man, he had the alternative of working in the city with his brother. But he decided that urban life was not for him. He preferred to isolate himself from others and find shelter in nature from the crowds and noise of the city. He was more than willing to give up such advantages as flush toilets and electric blankets for the joy of watching a sunrise illuminate the frozen pines.

Because Nate had lived alone for so long, his behavior was unpredictable. For example, one minute he’d be very quiet, and the next he’d talk about his youth. His knowledge of nature was extensive, and so I learned much from him through the years.

I will tell you an interesting story that shows how wise he was about the woods and how miserly (吝啬的) he could be with words. One evening Nate, my cousin Arthur, and I were crossing a grassland. Arthur’s interest in some little white mushrooms that were growing there led to this dialogue:

“These mushrooms look so good,” said Arthur. “Did you ever use them, Nate?”

“Yep,” said Nate. “My mom used to cook them up.”

“Great!” said Arthur. Nate’s words seemed to strengthen Arthur s desire for those mushrooms. He gathered about a hundred of them. “How did she prepare them?” he asked Nate.

“Cooked them up in sugar water.”

“Really? And then you ate them that way?”

“Ate them?” Nate was horrified. “You crazy? We used to put them in a bowl on the table to kill flies!”

1．Which can make Nate happier?

A．Working in the city. B．Quitting flush toilets.

C．Using electric blankets. D．Enjoying sunrises in the woods.

2．Nate is a man with ________.

A．ambition B．courage C．knowledge D．imagination

3．What do we know about the white mushrooms?

A．They were delicious. B．Nate ate them very often.

C．They might be poisonous. D．Arthur’s mother used to cook them.

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Far From Nature B．White Mushrooms C．Nate the Woodsman D．Advantages of Urban Life

                             B

I am not good at fine dining. Even after a couple of formal meals in college, I still didn’t know how to balance a pile of peas on the back of my fork, which is obviously the European style.

Honestly, I think I am much more used to the simple language of chopsticks. Simple, however, by no means straightforward. To me, the humble (微不足道的) art of chopsticks carries more than any silver knives or forks ever could.

My grandfather’s language of love is teaching. I still remember how my grandfather teaches me to use chopsticks the proper way.”Only your first two fingers should be moving,” he tells me, “and your two chopsticks must never cross.” He can use chopsticks skillfully. He shows me chopstick tricks and we play games with chopsticks, like trying to take a pea from the other’s chopsticks grip. With a pair of chopsticks and his powerful hand, there is no need for any other cutlery when even noodles can be cut clean with a pair of chopsticks.

My grandmother’s language of love is food. In her hand, wooden chopsticks are no longer just cutlery, but a tool to show her concern.“Come, eat more,” she always says while using chopsticks to pick up food for me. When my grandfather comes home from a long day’s work, despite all the nagging that she gives to him, my grandmother always happily places the best part of their food onto his plate with chopsticks, and takes the rest for herself. There is no need for any words, when the love can be expressed with a pair of chopsticks.

Using chopsticks takes practice, patience and tenacity. After more than fifty years of marriage, my grandparents are still studying it and practicing it, with every meal and every mouthful. Mastering the loving language of chopsticks takes even more work, perhaps nobody can ever really be an expert-but isn’t that the beauty of it? Though our chopsticks may cross from time and we might drop the food on the table, we can always pick it up and try again.

5．What does the author think of chopsticks according to the first two paragraphs?

A．They are no different from forks.

B．They cannot be used for fine dining.

C．They are straightforward.

D．They are easier to use than knives and forks.

6．The underlined word “tenacity” in paragraph 5 probably means“_______”.

A．Courage B．faith C．perseverance D．optimism

7．What could be the best structure of the passage?

A． B．

C． D．

8．What does the author mainly want to tell us?

A．The usage of chopsticks. B．The development of chopsticks.

C．The meaning carried by chopsticks. D．The art of chopsticks.

                            C

Now researchers have found that humans produce a different odor (气味) when under pressure — and dogs can sniff it out. While previous studies have suggested dogs might notice human emotions, possibly through smell, questions remained over whether they could detect stress and if this could be done through smell.

Wilson, head of one research team, pointed the findings could prove useful when training service dogs, such as those that support people with PTSD (创伤后应激障碍). “They’re often trained to look at someone either crouching down on the floor, crying out in fear, or starting to do self-injurious behaviors,” said Wilson. The latest study, she said, offers another potential clue.

Wilson and colleagues trained four dogs to identify the container holding a particular breath and sweat sample, even when the containers included unused gauze (纱布), samples from another person, or samples from the same person taken at a different time of day. After the team is confident that the dogs understood the approach, they turned to collect breath and sweat samples collected from 36 people asked to count backwards from 9,000 in units of 17, and the participants reported feeling stressed.

Later, the dogs were taught to pick out samples taken just after the task. The researchers then tested whether the dogs could do the same with samples taken from the same participant just before the task, when they were more relaxed. Each set of samples was shown to a single dog in 20 trials.

The results reveal that the dogs chose the “stressed” sample in 675 out of the 720 trials. It was pretty amazing to see how smoothly the dogs act in telling people these two samples definitely different.

9．Why did Wilson and colleagues do such an experiment?

A．To train service dogs for people with PTSD． 

B．To confirm dogs can smell out stressed people.

C．To prove dogs could recognize human emotions. 

D．To help people understand how stressed they are.

10．The service dogs will usually provide help when someone ________.

A．hurts himself           B．lies on the bed 

C．produces an odor           D．screams in excitement

11．Which order does the experiment follow?

a. To train dogs to pick out the particular container.

b. To show each set of samples to a single dog in 20 trials.

c. To collect samples from participants when they are stressed out.

d. To ask participants to count backwards from 9,000 in units of 17.

A．a-d-c-b B．a-c-d-b C．c-a-d-b D．c-a-b-d

12．What’s the author’s attitude towards the finding?

A．Negative. B．Positive. C．Uncertain. D．Neutral.

五、阅读六选四

Is breakfast really that important?

With almost 20% of people reporting skipping the first meal of the day, people are wondering whether breakfast is really that important. Well, the overwhelming majority of research supports that breakfast is more than something your Mom nagged you about. ____1____.

The National Weight Control Registry is tracking over 10,000 Americans who have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off for long periods of time. ____2____.Other large studies have linked eating breakfast to decreased waistlines. Skipping breakfast may turn out to be one of the worst barriers to your weight loss efforts, for certain individuals. It is because not eating breakfast may lead to their increased amounts of late-night snacking.

____3____. Academic performance is associated with eating breakfast in children and teens, including improvements in reading, math and science. Nutrition can improve cognitive function, and deficiencies of key vitamins and minerals are linked to decreased concentration and cognition.

Moreover, skipping breakfast leads to malnutrition and lack of specific nutrients, which is linked to aggression and problem behaviors. ____4____.