新起點(diǎn)英語熱身演練（三）

（滿分：70 分）

一、完形填空（共15 小題，每小題1 分，滿分15 分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

A restaurant in Baltimore received an e-mail request for a special dish on aThursday afternoon in March. The sender didnt 1 want the food itself. Hesaid that he was writing for his mother who loved the （西蘭花） dish madeby the restaurant. He went on to 2 that she was badly ill and stayed at herhome in Vermont and that he was hoping to 3 the （菜譜） to make itfor her at home.

Steve Chu， the restaurants owner， read the letter and quickly repliedwith a（n） 4 .“Thanks for reaching out，”he wrote.“Wed like to meet youin Vermont and make it 5 for her.”

Brandon Jones， the son， was 6 and wrote back， “You do know that it isVermont that were talking about， right？ Its a six-hour drive.”

“No problem. You tell us the date， time and 7 and well be there.”

The day after receiving Brandons e-mail， Steve 8 a small kitchen in thebed of his truck， filled his truck with broccoli and all things necessary and thendrove to Vermont.

As soon as he 9 at the parking lot， he got to work. After cooking and box鄄ing everything up， he knocked on his 10 door.

“Go ahead and answer，”Brandon told his mother.

As soon as she opened the door， Brandons mother couldnt believe her eyes—or 11 .

For the past six years， every time she visited Baltimore， she would go tothe 12 and she wouldnt forget the 13 smell of the dish.

“It was an honor to help make the familys wishes come true，”Chu says.“There was a lot of good 14 in doing this.”

Brandon Jones was very happy that his mother was able to enjoy her favoritebroccoli with a（n） 15 of excellent kindness one more time.

“My mom cried later， and so did I，”Brandon says.“Ill carry that memory withme always.”

（ ）1. A. seriously B. actually C. simply D. usually

（ ）2. A. argue B. suggest C. explain D. complain

（ ）3. A. get B. invent C. sell D. write

（ ）4. A. nod B. smile C. offer D. joke

（ ）5. A. fresh B. cheap C. delicious D. necessary

（ ）6. A. satisfied B. interested C. excited D. shocked

（ ）7. A. name B. price C. smell D. address

（ ）8. A. set up B. took up C. turned up D. picked up

（ ）9. A. looked B. stopped C. shouted D. pointed

（ ）10. A. cooks B. friends C. partners D. customers

（ ）11. A. ears B. luck C. nose D. heart

（ ）12. A. market B. hospital C. meeting D. restaurant

（ ）13. A. strange B. stupid C. terrible D. amazing

（ ）14. A. money B. space C. energy D. work

（ ）15. A. order B. direction C. instruction D. information

二、閱讀理解，共15 小題（每小題2 分，滿分30 分）

閱讀下面三篇材料，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)

A

AI Helps Finish Famous （交響樂）

A special team of musicians and computer scientistsused AI to try to complete Beethovens unfinished 10thSymphony. They wanted to come as close as possible toproducing the symphony that Beethoven meant to write. Theteam turned every piece of music that Beethoven ever wroteinto a form the computer could understand so that the AIcould look for patterns in the way Beethoven wrote.

3D-printed （雕像）

Michelangelos sculpture of has a “twin”. Ateam of scientists and artists have created the most completecopy ever. Their first step was to create a special 3D（掃描儀）. Next， they used a huge 3D printer to3D-print large sections of the sculpture. Once the pieceswere put together， artists worked on perfecting every smallplace of it.____________

A band called the Flaming Lips tried something different：putting everyone at the concert in plastic （氣泡）. The band used 100 plastic bubbles large enough tohold 1 to 3 people. Each bubble came with a water bottle，a towel， a small fan， and a speaker to make sure the musiccould be heard clearly. The members of the band rolledover the crowd during the concert.

（ ）16. All the news above has something to do with _______.

A. science B. education C. arts D. nature

（ ）17. The 10th Symphony is _______.

A. completed by Beethoven himself

B. the result of both human and AI

C. the same as what Beethoven wanted to write

D. more famous than Beethovens other 9 symphonies

（ ）18. The copy of the sculpture _______.

A. is to take the place of the real one

B. cost much money and effort

C. was created in three main steps

D. can be perfected by a scanner

（ ）19. What would be the best heading for the third news？

A. New Use of Plastics

B. Enjoying Music in the Bubbles

C. 100 Bubbles in a Concert

D. Flaming Lipss Most Famous Concert

（ ）20. Its TRUE about the concert that _______.

A. people in the bubbles felt sick

B. the bubbles could not move

C. singers were also in the bubbles

D. the bubbles helped save water and electricity

B

One morning I noticed a woman sitting alone at the bus stop. She seemed not tohurry to work. She wasnt going anywhere as well. Was she waiting for the bus？ Didmall buses come this early when the stores wouldnt be open for hours？ As I droveby， I heard a voice saying，“Give her a bottle of water.”

“She looks like she is sleeping. Why would I wake her？ What is wrong with me？What is so hard about doing the right thing？ Its just a bottle of water！ ”

So I drove by her again and again. Finally， I pulled my car into a parking lot，stepping out with a bottle of water in one hand and a twenty-dollar bill in the other.Each step seemed to fill me with purpose and （專注）. No words can describewhat happened between us at that moment. I thought I was bringing her a cold drink，but instead I was bringing her a hope she needed. We sat together for a while as shetalked. She had a sad story to tell， but she was no longer sad. Before I left， I took allthe money I had in my purse and found more water in my car along with somesnacks. We stood at the bus stop hugging and said our goodbyes.

I still have a thousand questions as to why I struggled to act. Why did it takeme many circles around the mall and a discussion with myself？ I once （猶豫）between helping her and （忽略） her. All I know for sure is that while walkingtoward that woman at the bus stop， a （奇跡） happened.

There are chances for us to love every day. Maybe our doubts keep us from acting.Maybe we dont want to take the risk or be uncomfortable. That day， I learned how loveanswers when asked and how love both gives and receives.

（ ）21. What did the writer think of the woman sitting alone at the beginning？

A. She was short of sleep. B. She was full of sadness.

C. She was a little strange. D. She was out of work.

（ ）22. Why did the writer drive by the woman over and over again？

A. To improve her driving skills.

B. To consider whether to help her.

C. To search for a parking lot.

D. To watch over the poor woman.

（ ）23. The underlined words“struggled to act”probably mean _______.

A. tried very hard to take the first step

B. moved slowly

C. fought against helping her

D. prevented the writer from doubting

（ ）24. Its clear that _______.

A. the writer was usually short of money

B. it was normal for the writer to help a stranger

C. the writer never thought about offering help

D. the writer gave what she could to help the woman

（ ）25. What can we learn from the passage？

A. The wealth of life is action.

B. Actions speak louder than words.

C. The best act to love is taking action.

D. Love can help overcome all difficulties.

C

I was no slow reader， going through books like （聯(lián)合收割機(jī)）running in the field in autumn. But having been prevented from visiting bookstores andlibraries during these days of （隔離）， I have decided to make changes. Afterall， didnt someone once say，“It爺s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.”？

I imagine slow reading to be like slow cooking： different kinds of （原料） mixed into something one can truly enjoy. Slow reading means enjoying eachsentence， taking in all of those paragraphs of （描寫） that probably thewriter had made an effort to write. And more often than not， it was （略過）over by readers like me.

Most recently， I had chosen two books， and . In orderto truly enjoy these two novels， I cut down the time I spent on my reading to twohours a day—no more and no less. A funny thing happens when you take two hoursout of the day—every day—for something you really， really enjoy.

Rather than reading at my normal speed， I fully experienced thelife of 18-year-old Juliet. is about the life of two （孤兒） inNewfoundland， which is said to be a greatly imagined and fascinating story in hard?times. My slow reading turned out to be a deeper understanding of the charactersand rich descriptions of northern Newfoundland—so real that I could almost feel thegrass under my feet in New-foundland. I had a quiet sense of achievement that I hadmissed for years.

It took me a month to finish reading the two books. I have had great joy， feltsatisfied and had travelled through time and space. After having discovered the joysof taking my time over a book now， I doubt I will ever again announce with pride，“It only took me a day or a few hours to finish！ ”

（ ）26. According to the passage， the writer used to _______.

A. read novels while cooking her food

B. consider herself to be a slow reader

C. finish reading a book in a day or even hours

D. spend no more than two hours reading every day

（ ）27. The underlined sentence“It爺s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.”

probably means _______.

A. even the craziest idea can become popular

B. even the most popular idea can become out of date

C. even the best situation can be harmful to someone

D. even the worst situation can be good for someone

（ ）28. The writer compares reading to cooking because _______.

A. it is fun to read books about food

B. it is important to read different types of books

C. its worth understanding and admiring sentence by sentence

D. it is important to skip over those paragraphs of description

（ ）29. While reading ， the writer _______.

A. imagined herself to be an orphan

B. ended up with better understanding and more fun

C. read through the important part of the book quickly

D. thought about the relationship between difficulty and effort

（ ）30. What would be the best title for the passage？

A. A New Reading Achievement

B. Reading While Cooking

C. Fast Reading and Slow Reading

D. Making Good Use of Time Reading

三、閱讀理解填詞（共10 小題，每小題1 分，滿分10 分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，單詞的第一個(gè)字母已給出。

Your first day anywhere can be hard. As a （代課老師）， I had onesuch experience when I was r 31 to work at a special education school.

When I received the call asking if I was a 32 that day， I became nervous.Id never taught in a special school before， but I finally pulled myself together anddrove to the school. On the way there， I had thought about everything I may not beable to d 33 with.

As I stopped my car， I was g 34 by the head who told me there was“nothingto worry about”， but thats not how I feel at all！ I was told I would teach childrenaged 5-7.

The children began to show up with their parents. I tried to h 35 my ner鄄vousness and pretend to be calm.

The whole class， a total of 8 with different kinds of special n 36 ， arrivedby 9：30. As the day went on， my s 37 levels went down. That was totally dif鄄ferent from what I expected. The children were nice， special and warm， though therewere times that left me a little s 38 by their （尖叫）.

As the day ended， I could honestly say it was one of the best e 39 since Ibecame a teacher. I hope anyone will c 40 working at a special school and al鄄low the children there to bring out their love of teaching.

31. r_______ 32. a_______ 33. d_______ 34. g_______ 35. h_______

36. n_______ 37. s_______ 38. s_______ 39. e_______ 40. c_______

四、書面表達(dá)，共1 大題（滿分15 分）

近年來，盲盒（mystery boxes）在學(xué)生中的受歡迎程度不斷攀升。假如你是李華，請你以“Mystery Boxes”為題，為校報(bào)寫一篇稿件，分析造成此現(xiàn)象的原因并發(fā)表自己的看法。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1. 里面的玩具通常是卡通人像；

2. 直到打開盒子才知道是哪一個(gè)；

3. 想開更多盲盒拿到理想的玩具；

4. 浪費(fèi)金錢，因此應(yīng)更理智；

5. 補(bǔ)充一兩點(diǎn)個(gè)人看法。

注意：

1. 文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

2. 詞數(shù)：60—80；

3. 內(nèi)容連貫，不要逐條翻譯；

4. 標(biāo)題和開頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯：figure . 人像 ideal . 理想的 rational . 理智的

Mystery Boxes

Recently， mystery boxes are popular with students. There are some reasons whystudents buy mystery boxes one after another. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________