(72) a________ the customs and the way of life of other people. Student exchanges give teenagers the opportunity (机会) to live somewhere (73) e ________ for a school year.
(74) W ________ they are living abroad, they will eat new food, experience new traditions and (75) l ________ how people of their own age live from day to day.
Students (76) s ________ with carefully chosen host families (接待家庭) and attend a local (当地的) school. (77) E ________ student on the exchange programme has somebody who directly supports them the (78) w ________ time they are abroad. To qualify (79) a ________ an exchange student, you (80) m ________ be between 15 and 18 years old and be good at a foreign language.
B) 阅读短文,并用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(答案写在答题纸上)
Last month we (81)________(decide) to drive to Scotland for a few days for a short holiday. We(82)________(be) really looking forward to a quiet rest in the country. Unfortunately, lots of things (83)________(go) wrong. First of all, the car broke down just after we (84)________(leave) home, and we (85)________ (have) to phone a garage and then wait by the side of the road for hours. By the time the car (86)________(repair), it was too late to go on, so we went home. The next day we set off early (87) ________(avoid) the traffic, but we had forgotten that it(88) ________(be) a public holiday. Every single person in the country must have had the same idea, so we (89)________(find) ourselves in a long traffic jam. We decided that the best thing to do was (90)________(take) a different road, and look for a hotel.
IV. 句式转换 (Sentence pattern transformation)(共10小题,计10分)
A) 按要求转换下列句式,每空词数不限。(答案写在答题纸上)
91. I’m sure that Peter doesn’t like football. (改为反意疑问句)
Peter ________________ football, ________________?
92. I left my bike outside the school. (改为特殊疑问句)
Where ________________ you ________________ your bike?
93. It’s a long time since we spoke to your sister. (改为现在完成时)
We ________________ to your sister for a long time.
94. “Are you having lunch or going out?” Joe asked me. (改为宾语从句)
Joe asked me ________________.
95. Someone repaired Tom’s house last week. (改为被动语态)
Tom had ________________ last week.
B) 根据上句完成下句,使两句表达的意思基本相同,每空一词。(答案写在答题纸上)
96. Living abroad is more exciting than going on holiday abroad.
Going on holiday abroad isn’t ________ exciting ________ living abroad.
97. I prefer watching films to watching documentaries.
I like watching films ________ ________ watching documentaries.
98. I’m sure it’s very hot here in summer.
It ________ ________ very hot here in summer.
99. Donna and John are getting married.
Donna and John have decided to ________ ________.
100. Only students can get it at half price.
You can get it at half price ________ ________ a student.
V. 翻译(Translation)(共10小题,计10分)
A) 把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。(答案写在答题纸上)
In the 1920s, scientists found a collection of bones near Beijing, China. (101) They believed that the bones were human and that they were about 500,000 years old.
The bones were kept in Beijing until 1941. (102) Then, because the Japanese army was advancing towards the city, the scientists decided to send the bones to the United States for safety.
Dr Harry L. Shapiro has been searching for them ever since. (103) He believes they were stolen by the American army officer whose job was to take them to the USA. He could be right. (104) After the war, a Chicago businessman offered $5,000 to anybody with information about the bones. A woman phoned him and told him she knew where the bones were. He arranged (安排) to meet her on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building (帝国大厦) in New York. (105) They met and she told him that her husband had come home from China with fossils of a prehistoric (史前的) man. She showed him a photograph of them. Then she walked away and was never heard from again.
B) 借助所给词语将下列句子译成英语。(答案写在答题纸上)
106. 她的声音非常优美,我们都被吸引住了。(voice; attract)
107. 我从来没看过比这更糟糕的电影了。(worse)
108. 不管是什么时间,你到了那里就给我打电话。(no matter)
109. 在你离家之前,你最好确认一下是否所有的窗户和电灯都已经关好了。(had better; make sure)
110. 伦敦警方在地铁站内发现了一枚由恐怖分子放置的秘密炸弹。(the London
underground; secret bomb; terrorist; place)
VI. 智力测试(IQ)(共5小题,计5分)
完成下列英语智力题。(答案写在答题纸上)
111. In Albert’s class, the ratio (比率) of students who prefer soccer to football is 4 to 3.
If there are 35 students in the class, how many prefer soccer? 112.
What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before the day two days after the day immediately before Friday?
113. Look at the sequence (顺序) of the three words. Write the fourth word to complete the set.
Example MAIM ARK AIM MARK
PLEASE LIGHT LEASE ________
114. What number should replace (代替) the question mark?
AVIATOR = 6
FIXTURE = 9
WIZARD = 1
DIVERSE = ?
115. are
four footballteams. Each team is playing against one of the others on the next three Saturdays — a different one each time.
On Saturday the 12th, Arsenal are playing against Manchester.
Manchester are playing against Tottenham on the 19th.
Who is playing against who on the 26th?
VII. 写作(Writing)(共2小题,计25分,其中A题10分,B题15分)
要求:1. 根据所提供的内容,适当拓展想象空间,灵活地将所提供的信息体现在文章中;
2. 条理清楚,语句通顺,标点正确,书写清晰、规范;