习思英语水平测验4级(初二)

全国基础教育英语综合能力竞赛（习思能力竞赛） 四级样题 （满分：120分   完成时间：90分钟） 注意：本样题仅为示例，其难度与信度不作为竞赛的参数。 第一部分 听力（共四节，计40分） 第1节 听对话选图片。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 你将听到五段小对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选出能回答问题的最佳选项。 (1)   A B C (2)   A B C (3)   A B C (4)   A B C (5)   A B C         第2节 听句子选答语。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 你将听到一个问句并看到供选择的A、B、C三个答语。找出能正确回答你所听到那个问句的。 (6) A. It is six o’clock.    B. It’s October 10.      C. It’s a public holiday. (7) A. Not at all.              B. That’s all right.        C. Certainly. Here you are. (8) A. It is wet.              B. It was sunny.        C. It is cloudy. (9) A. No, I can’t.          B. Yes, I can.              C. Of course, go ahead. (10) A. It’s from China.      B. He likes it very much.  C. He thinks it’s 10 yuan. 第3节 听对话选最佳答案。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 你将听到一段对话。根据对话的内容，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。 (11) Linda thinks that swimming is __________ to learn. A. necessary          B. difficult          C. interesting (12) Kent learned how to swim __________. A. last month        B. last year          C. this summer (13) Linda will __________. A. take a swimming course B. go swimming with Kent C. learn swimming from Kent today (14) From the dialogue we know that Kent goes swimming __________ a week. A. once            B. twice            C. three times (15) Kent likes swimming because it __________. A. keeps him fit      B. keeps him cool      C. makes him relaxed    第4节 听语段信息。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 你将听到一段介绍。请在Mike周五的时间中，记录与时间相应的课程名称。 第二部分 知识应用（共四节，计30分） 第1节 单项填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分） 在下列各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。 (21) The boys arrived late at the cinema, and ________ the start of the film. A. caught       B. missed       C. got       D. lost (22) —Guess, how much does it cost? —I think it costs ________ 15 and 20 dollars. A. from       B. between       C. among       D. with (23) —Why couldn’t you ________ the correct spelling of the word? —Err. . . I hadn’t got a Chinese-English dictionary at hand. A. look for       B. look down       C. look up       D. look at (24) —You look very tired this morning. What did you do yesterday afternoon? —I did ________ Christmas shopping. A. a lot of       B. a few of       C. a number of       D. a piece of (25) —What can I do for you? —________. A. Yes, you can give a skirt to me B. I’d like a skirt C. No, I can do it myself D. I can do what I want (26) —Shall we have a picnic tomorrow? — _______ the weather is fine, we will go. A. If            B. As            C. When      D. before (27) __________ of the two brothers can go with you because their father only needs one of them to help him in the garden. A. Both      B. Either      C. Neither  D. None (28) Which bird has the biggest nest? A. An eagle.    B. An ostrich.    C. A penguin.     D. A kiwi. (29) QQ is a widespread Internet communication. What do English letters ICQ stand for? A. I See You     B. I Seek You       C. I Speak You      D. I Sink You (30) William Shakespeare is considered the greatest master of English language. When did he die? A. 1626.       B. 1616.        C. 1636.        D. 1646. 第2节 补全句子。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分） 根据以下四个城市7月6日至7月7日的天气预报情况，从各题所给的单词中选出正确的单词，并用其恰当的形式补全句子。 Beijing                              Hong Kong 24 Hour          48 Hour              24 Hour        48 Hour 22～34℃        24～34℃              28～32℃        28～32℃ Cairo                                  Sydney 24 Hour        48 Hour                24 Hour          48 Hour 15～30℃        13～32℃              7～17℃          7～18℃ (31) Beijing has the __________ (high, low) temperature on July 6. (32) Sydney is the __________ (cold, hot) one of the four cities. (33) Cairo has a __________ (big, small) temperature difference between day and night. (34) The season in Sydney is __________ (same, different) from/as the season in the three other cities. (35) If you want to spend your holidays in Hong Kong in July, an umbrella might be __________ (useful, useless). 第3节 补全对话。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分） 根据上下文语境，用下面文本框中提供的信息补全对话。（提示：七个选项中有两项是多余的。） A: What can I do for you ? B: I want a T-shirt for my father. A: (36) ________? This kind of T-shirt sells well. B: It looks nice. I think my father will like it. A: (37) ________? B: Size M. A: (38) ________? We have white, black, yellow and blue. B: Yellow. (39) ________? A: One hundred and twenty yuan. B: OK. I’ll take it. (40) ________?. A: Thank you. 第4节 补全短文。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容，将下面文本框中的文章大意补充完整。（提示：每空不得超过三个词语。） I’m now good at English just because I’m greatly interested in it. When I began to learn English three years ago, some students told me that English was very hard to learn. My parents told me English was very important. I decided to try my best to learn it well. Now I’m glad to say that I’m greatly interested in English and do best in our class. The first way I improve (促进) my English is to watch English programs on TV and listen to English programs on the radio. I find that English programs can help me improve my listening skill and speaking skill. To have dialogues with others, read loudly and retell the story in the book is another way to improve my English. I often talk with my classmates in English and try to retell every story in the book. In this way I improve my writing skill, too. I know there are many ways to learn English well. But I like the above two ways best. From the passage, we know that he has (41) ________ ways to improve his English. One way is to (42) ________ on TV and listen to English programs on the radio. Those English programs helped him improve his (43) _______ skills. Another way is to (44) _______ with others, read loudly and retell the stories in the book, which improved his (45) ________ effectively.   第三部分 阅读（共三节，计30分） 第1节 阅读并排序。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 阅读下面的故事，并根据故事内容，用字母A、B、C、D、E将下面的五幅图片排序。 Once upon a time there was a little boy named Jack living in an orphanage (孤儿院). He always wished that he could fly like a bird. One day, Jack came to a park and saw a crippled (瘸的) boy. He ran over to the boy and asked him if he wanted to fly like a bird. But the little boy said he only wanted to walk and run like other boys and girls. Jack felt a little sad. He asked the crippled boy if they could be friends. The crippled boy agreed and the two little boys played for hours. Then the crippled boy’s father came to pick up his son. Jack ran over to the boy’s father and said something to him. Then Jack said to his new friend, “You are my only friend. I can’t make you walk and run. But I can do something else for you.” Jack turned around and told his new friend to move onto his back. He then began to run faster and faster across the park. The little boy’s father began to cry as he watched his beautiful crippled son waving his arms in the wind and yelling (欢呼), “I’m flying, Daddy. I’m flying!” (46)_______ (47)_______ (48)_______ (49)_______ (50)_______           第2节 阅读并选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每题2分，计10分） 阅读下面的短文，并从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 Uncle Sam is a symbol of the United States. People portray (刻画) him as a tall man with white hair and beard. His clothes are red, white and blue, and he wears a top hat. Historians are not completely certain of how it was created, but it’s widely accepted that Uncle Sam was named after Samuel Wilson. In the war of 1812, some meat packers supplied meat for the army. One of these meat packers was Samuel Wilson. He was a very kind man. Everyone liked him and called him Uncle Sam. Samuel Wilson stamped (印上标记) the boxes of meat for the army with a big “US” — for the United States. One day, some government officials came to look over Wilson’s company. They asked a worker what the “US” on the boxes stood for (代表). As a joke, the worker answered that it stood for the name of his boss, Uncle Sam. Many people got to know this joke. Soldiers began saying that their food came from Uncle Sam. Before long, people called all things that came from the government “Uncle Sam’s”. Now “Uncle Sam” has become a well-known nickname of the US government in the world. (51) What is “Uncle Sam” in people’s minds nowadays? A. A famous picture. B. A symbol of the US. C. A man called Samuel Wilson. (52) Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Uncle Sam was a government official in the US. B. Historians are clear about how Uncle Sam was created. C. Most people think Uncle Sam is named after Samuel Wilson. (53) Samuel Wilson stamped “US” on the boxes to __________. A. make his boxes different from others B. show the meat in the boxes was made by Uncle Sam C. show the meat in the boxes was from the United States (54) What or who caused “Uncle Sam” to become the nickname of the US? A. A joke. B. Historians. C. The US government. (55) This passage is mainly talking about __________. A. the story of Samuel Wilson B. meat packers during the war C. one possible origin (起源) of “Uncle Sam” 第3节 阅读并填写。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 阅读下面的短文，并将表格中的信息补充完整。 Food, the very thing that gives us life, can also hurt or even kill us. We should keep extra food in our own homes in a correct way. Cooked food and uncooked food cannot be put together. We must cover cooked food with cling film (食物保鲜膜), and then put it on the top shelves in the fridge. Fresh vegetables, eggs and fruits must be put on the middle shelves or stored in special areas. Uncooked fresh food, like fish and meat, should be put in the freezer. This will make them last longer. Before you cook the meat, take it out of the freezer and put it on the lower shelves of the fridge to defrost (解冻). Remember to clean the fridge regularly. Germs (细菌) can grow in dirty fridges. Make sure the temperature of the fridge is kept at 4℃ all the time. A fridge with incorrect temperature cannot store food properly and the food will go bad easily.