一、 阅读理解(40分)
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Summer English at St Clare’s, Oxford
We offer holiday courses for teenagers in Oxford. You can improve your English, enjoy great trips and activities and make new friends of your own age. Telephone: 01865 552031Website: www. stclares. ac. uk
Ages: Young children(9-12),Teenagers(13-17)
_____________________________________________________________________________Creative Arts Summer School
Designed for young students with a great interest in painting,
providing them with an exciting experience to explore creative pathways and develop skills for the future. Telephone: 01202 363831 Website: aub. ac. uk Ages: Teenagers( 14-15)
____________________________________________________________________________XUK Activity Summer Camp XK
Beautiful settings! Fantastic activities! Friendly and experienced staff! Activities include adventure, sports, drama, and more!Telephone: 020 8371 9686Website: xukeamps. com Ages: Teenagers( 13-17)
_______________________________________________________________________________YMT’s Musical Theatre Summer Camps 2018
YMI’s summer camps are open to anyone aged 6-17 looking to develop their acting,
singing and dancing abilities. Join the UK’s leading music theatre company! Telephone: 020 8563 7725
Website: www. youthmusictheatreuk. org Ages: Young children(6-12)，Teenagers( 13-17)
_____________________________________________________________________________Notes: explore 探索； stuff 员工； drama戏剧根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
( ) 1. If you are interested in painting, you may call ________ for more information.
A.020 8371 9686 C.020 8563 7725
B.01202 363831D.01865 552031
( ) 2.If you visit ________, you may get some information about drama.
A. aub. ac. uk C. xukeamps. com
B. www. stclares. ac. uk
D. www. youthmusictheatreuk. Org
( ) 3. Eight-year-old Mike can go to ________ in the summer.
A. XUK Activity Summer Camp C. Summer English at St Clare’s, Oxford
B. Creative Arts Summer School
D. YMIT's Musical Theatre Summer Camps 2018
( )4. What’s special about Summer English at St Clare', Oxford?
A. It is open to all ages. C. It has experienced staff.
(
) 5. Where is the text most probably from? A. A science report. C. A shopping poster.
B
You may have seen foreigners climb the Great Wall, but have you ever seen foreigners pick up garbage in the Great Wall? And he has done this thing for more than 20 years! He’s an Englishman, William Lindesay. Since 1998, William has organized volunteers from all over the world to pick up garbage from the Great Wall every year.
Today, William has been in China for more than 30 years, during which he founded an organization to pick up garbage. He wanted to make people pay more attention to the environment of the Great Wall.
Why does William love the Great Wall so much?
When William was a student, he saw a map of China at one night. He was interested in a
B. A school introduction.D. A website for teenagers.B. It requires creative ideas. D. It offers language courses.
special wall in the north of China. “I fell in love with it immediately，” he said in an interview with ChinaDaily. “I thought it would be a great journey if one day I could travel along it.”
During his travel, he noticed some parts of the wall were badly damaged and covered with garbage. Modernization and development were making the situation even worse. So William decided to protect the Great Wall. He said, “Every person can make a difference. China will be a green and beautiful country to live in.”
William was the winner of the 1998 Friendship Award and 2008 Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award. He also received the Order of the British Empire from the Queen in 2006 for his contribution to cultural exchanges between China and Britain.
6. Where does William Lindesay come from?A. America. B. Canada.C. Britain.
D. Australia.
7. Why did William found an organization about picking up garbage?A. Because he wanted to earn money.B. Because he wanted to become famous.
C. Because he needed volunteers from different countries.
D. Because he wanted people to care about the environment of the Great Wall.8. When did William Lindesay start to like the Great Wall of China?A. When he worked in China.B. When he was a student.C. When he was a volunteer.D. When he founded an organization.
9. Which paragraph shows us the reason why the environment of the Great Wall becomes worse?A. Paragraph 3.
B. Paragraph 4.C. Paragraph 5. D. Paragraph 6.
10. What is the text mainly about?
A. It’s about a fact that the Great Wall is covered with a lot of garbage.B. It’s about an organization to pick up garbage of the Great Wall in China.C. It’s about a story in which an Englishman likes the Great Wall in China.
D. It’s about an Englishman picking up garbage of the Great Wall for over 20 years.
C
October 1st is the National Day in China. But this year was even more special. It was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In this special festival, people of the whole country were proud of the National Day military parade.
The military parade took place in Beijing on Oct 1st. And it included around fifteen thousand military persons. The level of the parade was the highest in recent years. It had a total of 59 formations and a military band, including more than 160 aircraft and 580 pieces of equipment in the parade. The parade lasted for about 80 minutes.
Meanwhile, the parade included two parts. First, the troops were reviewed along Chang’an Avenue, then other formations and aircraft passed through or flied across Tian’anmen Square. Besides, a selection of new weapons played an important role in the parade. All the weapons in the parade were made in China and it was in active service with a high level of IT application. The military parade this year was the first of its kind since Chinese characteristics socialism entered a new period.
Over the last 70 years, with the improving military strength, China has made great contributions to the world. The stronger the country is, the more important role it will play in keeping world peace.
11. How many military persons took part in the National Day military parade?A. 1, 500. C. 105, 000.
B. 15, 000.D. 150, 000.
12. What does the underlined word “reviewed” mean in Chinese?A. 回顾
B. 考虑
C. 检阅
D. 评论
13. What are the two parts of the military parade?A. Great persons and the troops.B. The troops and new weapons.C. The troops and high technology.
D. Great persons and new weapons.
14. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text?A. Not all weapons in the parade were made in China.
B. All the people in China were proud of the National Day military parade.C. The military parade included 59 formations and a military band in total.
D. The military parade showed China is becoming stronger and more important in the world.15. What does the text mainly tell us?A. Why the military parade was held.B. When the military parade was held.C. How many parts the military parade had.
D. How special and wonderful the military parade was.
D
Summer vacation is coming to an end. How many of you have burned the midnight oil to finish your homework over the last few days? 16. ________ When you get home from school, do you start working on your homework right away?
It can be hard to be this responsible. 17. ________ They’re called procrastinators.
18. ________ Sometimes it just feels easier to wait until the last minute to do certain things. However, this is usually not a good thing. The reason is that you have to work harder and faster if you wait until there is little time left. This means your work will probably be of less quality.
I am a bit of a procrastinator. But most of the time, I try to finish my work earlier rather than later. It just makes more senses—if I finish my work now, I’ll have more time to relax or work on other projects later. It can be hard to motivate myself to get started sometimes.19. ________
Everyone procrastinates from time to time. It’s a natural thing to do. You don’t have to beat yourself up over it. 20. ________ Just make sure you still get your homework done on time!
A. What about during the school year?
B. Procrastination is a common problem for many people, in fact.C. But once I do, the work gets done quickly and with little stress.
D. After all, we still need time to relax and take a break from our busy lives.
E. Many people are used to putting off difficult tasks until they must be done.二、 完形填空(15分)
My grandma moved to a new house. Her house is next to the houses right beside hers. The __21__ are new and look the same. My brother and I wanted to make something special __22__ a gift for her new house. We __23__ we would surprise her to build a wooden deck in her little backyard. We imagined our grandmother would sit on the chair talking with her friends happily over there.
One day，__24__ my grandma was away with her neighbour Jenny, we came over with some wood, nails, a saw and two hammers. We took out our tools and started the work __25__．
It was a _26__ work. We worked all day __27__ even into the evening. When we finished, we took a deep breath and went home, __28__. We called her the next morning and said, “Don’t go __29__ into your backyard. We have __30__ special for you.”Fifteen minutes later when we came over and opened the back door, to__31__ surprise, our deck was gone! Someone had stolen it. We couldn’t believe our eyes. Just then, grandma’s neighbour Jenny __32__ and said, “Hey, look! Someone built a deck in my backyard！”
“Oh, no！” we cried. The houses looked so__33__ that we had mixed them up! We couldn’t believe our eyes.
Grandma laughed until she cried. And we all laughed too. We left the deck at Jenny’s and __34__ a new one for our grandma. Then we had a deck __35__. We ate delicious food and chatted about our school life. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun too. It’s such an interesting and unforgettable experience.
21. A. houses 22. A. as 23. A. realized 24. A. if 25. A. freely 26. A. hard 27. A. and
B. trees B. for B. thought B. although B. deeplyB. funny B. but
C. tables C. with C. found C. since C. immediately C. light C. or
D. yards D. ofD. arguedD. whenD. slowlyD. seriousD. so
28. A. satisfied 29. A. out 30. A. anything 31. A. your 32. A. came out 33. A. beautiful 34. A. repaired 35. A. dance 三、 语篇填空(15分)
B. scared B. on B. nothingB. their B. turned downB. similarB. createdB. game
C. worried C. away C. something C. her C. put down C. cheap C. fixed C. meeting
D. angryD. aboutD. everythingD. ourD. asked forD. lovelyD. builtD. party
第一节10个小题，每小题1分，共10分。
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。
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go big he one meet week
Tony Giles is a brave backpacker who has visited 125 countries around the world on his own. 36. ________ he is both blind and deaf, he loves travelling. The brave man, 39, lost his sight at the age of 10 but learned to travel by himself while 37. ________ to his special school as a teenager. He then set 38. ________ the aim of visiting every country in the world. Because it was the 39. “________” challenge possibly for a blind person. Since setting off on his 40. ________ foreign journey to New Orleans in March, 2000, Mr. Giles has been all over the world—including every state in America. He also 41. ________ the love of his life, Tatiana, a blind Greek woman. He has also 42. ________ two books under his pen name “Tony the Traveller”. His most recent trip lasted seven 43.________ and saw him ride through the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan on a camel’s back before visiting Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. He said, “Travelling to New Orleans made me know I could do it 44. ________. I was by myself and didn’t know 45. ________ I was going. But I breathed deeply and told myself to go on.”
第二节、阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。共5分。
I have known my friend Rebecca for a long time. We first met at a friend’s birthday party five years ago. We found that we both liked Green Day. So I invited Rebecca over 46. ________
my place. We listened to music together 47. ________ soon became best friends.
Three years ago, I 48. ________ invited by Rebecca’s parents to go on a holiday with them. It was great! We totally spent three wonderful weeks in a cottage in Ireland. Rebecca and I enjoyed walking 49. ________ the beautiful beach. We took lots of photos and had a lot of fun.
Two years ago I spent 50. ________ week in hospital and Rebecca came to see me twice a day. But then, last year, Rebecca’s father changed his job, and they moved to another town. Since then we haven’t seen each other, but we have talked on the phone and written emails to each other.
阅读理解1--5 BCDDD
6-101. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. D11--15 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D16--20 1. A 2. E 3. B 4. C 5. D21--35 完形填空
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C6. A 7. A 8. A 9. A10. C 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. D 语篇填空第一节
1. Although 2. going 3. himself 4. biggest 5. first 6. met7. written 8. weeks 9. alone 10. where 第二节
1. to 2. and 3. was 4. along 5. a/one
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