自主招生考试英语试题及答案(初中升高中)

六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的

A

、

B

、

C

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D

四个选项中，

选择最佳选项 。（共

26

分，每小题

2

分）

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Susan, the US

My best friend is Fanny. She is clever and interesting. We always look after each

other. The first week we met, I got sick and she looked after me every day.

Betty, England

My best friend is Ana. She is honest and serious. We were born in the same city

in England. Then I moved to America with my family. I thought I would never

see Ana again. When I went to college in New Your, Ana and I shared the same

room!

Ken, Japan

I

love

to

spend

time

with

Daisuke

because

he

is

funny

and

smart.

We

enjoy

talking about the funny things we did when we were children, and tell the same

stupid jokes over and over again.

Lily, Australia

Linda is a very confident girl and she is really kind. Some people may wonder

why Linda and I are best friends because we totally different, but I think this is

why we are such good friends.

48. Who is Susan’s best friend?

A. Ana.

B. Fanny.

C. Linda.

D. Daisuke.

49. Where is Ken from?

A. Australia.

B. The US.

C. England.

D. Japan.

50. What is Linda like?

A. Confident and kind.

C. Honest and serious.

B. Funny and smart.

D. Clever and interesting.

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B

Dereck Joubert and his wife, Beverly, have made many films about wild animals in Africa.

Their films and photographs are very popular and one of the photographs has been on the front

cover of a National Geographic magazine.

A working day foe Dereck and Beverly starts very early-at 4:30 in the morning! That's when

they get up and start filming. And it's a long day-they often work until 8:30 in the evening. In the

winter it's very cold and in the summer it can be 40

℃

. Dereck always does the filming-Beverly

never does that, and she doesn't write. But Dereck never takes photographs or records the sound.

They work very well as a team, and they both believe we should shoot animals with cameras-not

with guns!

When they have finished filming and taking photographs for the day, they have dinner and

Dereck usually writes while Beverly looks at her photographs. At night, they usually sleep in a

small tent, but they sometimes sleep in the Land Cruiser-when you're very close to wild animals,

it's sometimes safer to sleep in the car.

Dereck and Beverly have also traveled around the world and given talks about their work.

Dereck says that animals are not just something to look at-they play an important role. Beverly

thinks the wild animals can teach us a lot about ourselves.

51. Dereck and Beverly start working ______.

A. at 4:30 in the morning

B. at 4:30 in the afternoon

C. at 8:30 in the morning

D. at 8:30 in the evening

52. Dereck and Beverly usually sleep ______ at night.

A. in a car

B. in a tent

C. in a house

D. in a

hotel

53. Beverly thinks the wild animals ______.

A. are something to look at

B. are very popular

C. play an unimportant role

D. can teach us a lot

C

What do you do if you're stranded

（处于困境的）

on a lonely island? Surely you need to find

a

way

to

get

in

touch

with

the

outside

world.

Your

best

chance

of

doing

this

is

to

draw

the

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attention of a passing plane.

Body signals

（信号）

Pilots

from

different

countries

understand

body

signals

if

they

have

the

correct

training.

When

you

wave

your

arms

up

and

down

in

a

straight

line,

it

means

When

you

point

downwards and swing your arm from side to side, it means

that it's safe to land, push your hands out in front of you and bend

（弯曲）

your knees. If you want

to say that it's not safe to land, put your arms in the air and move them to one side.

Smoke signals

The smoke from a fire can be seen from far away, so it's a good way to draw attention. If the

weather is dry, it isn't hard to start a fire. Remember, however, that fires can be very dangerous if

they get out of control. Never light a fire unless you're sure that it can't spread. If the ground is

dark, light smoke can be seen more easily. Green grass and leaves produce light smoke.

Ground-to-air signals

It's a good idea to build some signals, too. Use large pieces of wood to make the symbols(

标

记

). If you can't find any wood, use earth. Some useful symbols are:

F

II

I

X

Pilots' replies

If

the

pilot

lowers

the

plane's

wings

from

side

to

side,

this

means

received

and

understood

clockwise circle, this means

plane's red lights.)

However, there is no signal which means

54 Which picture means

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55. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Swinging your arm from side to side means

B. If the ground is dark, light smoke can't be seen.

C. If you need some medicine, make a symbol

D. The pilots make replies with a blue light at night.

56. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The explanation of building signals on an island.

B. The importance of making signals on an island.

C. Ways of sending out signals on a lonely island.

D. Ways of receiving signals from a lonely island

D

My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his CF & thr 3:-@ kids FTF

ILNY, its gr8.

Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle

school

teacher

in

England

who

received

this

as

homework.

This

is

Netspeak:

the

language

of

computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a

completely

foreign

language.

So,

what

is

the

of

the

sentence

above?

My

summer

holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his

girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it's great.

Schoolteachers

and

parents

say

this

new

form

of

writing

is

harming

（破坏）

the

English

language. Increasing spelling and grammatical

mistakes cxan be seen in students'

writing. They

fear the language could become corrupted

（面目全非的）

.

Everyone should just relax, say linguists

（语言学家）

. They believe Netspeak is in fact more

of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet

create

a

new

language

use

and

the

almost

lost

art

of

diary

writing

has

been

picked

up

again.

Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees.

says,

well as, and possibly better than, their parents.

Linguist James Millroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people

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