santafe北京科迪中学2月英语测试

2021年1月13日发(作者：翟承祚)
北京科迪实验中学初三英语二月阶段测试（2014.2）
四．单选选择(13分)
22. — Jack, is this your coat? — Yes, it’s _______. Thank you.
A. me B. my C. mine D. myself
23．2014 The winter Olympics in Sochi opened _______ 7
th
, Feb.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
24. — Mum, my classmates all call me “Small Potato”. I hate it!
— There _______ potatoes and potatoes. A small potato can do a big business.
A. are B. is C. was D. were
25. — _______ I ask you a question, sir? — Sure. Go ahead.
A. Need B. Must C. May D. Should
26. — Did you watch the film Harry Potter VII last weekend?
— Yes. It’s very exciting, _______ I missed the beginning.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
27. I have two hands. One is for helping myself, _______ is for helping others.
A. other B. another C. others D. the other
28. — Guess what! We received _______ photos for the competition than last year.
— You bet. They are nicer as well.
A. much B. many C. more D. most
29. — I didn’t see you at the party last night. Why? — I _______ my lessons at that time.
A. review B. reviewed C. have reviewed D. was reviewing
30. The Science Museum interests me a lot. I enjoy _______ there.
A. to go B. going C. goes D. go
31. — Sir, could you tell me the difference between “home” and “house”?
— A house _______ of walls, while a home is built with love.
A. makes B. made C. is made D. will make
32. — Where is the ice-cream in the fridge?
— Mum, don’t worry. I _______it in the stomach, very safe.
A. kept B. have kept C. am keeping D. will keep
33. All the students in Class 5 will climb the mountain if it _______ rain tomorrow.
A. won’t B. don’t C. doesn’t D. isn’t
34. — Bob, could you tell me _______ in the advertisement ? — Oh, Do It Yourself.
A. what does DIY stand for B. what DIY stands for
C. what did DIY stand for D. what DIY stood for
五．完形填空（12分）
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right
from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small
black cat. He 35 her Inky.

“ I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats 36 playmates,” Kruger,

the
seventy-year- old man, says. “My hearing was damaged by the noise of farm equipment , so I
learned to connect with 37 . They react to what they see and what you do. ”

Inky was a gentle cat, sharing the house with five other cats. But on a January night in2009,
Inky did 38 that would set her apart from 39 cats forever.

Kruger had gone down to the basement to shut off the wood stove for the night. When he was
finished, he climbed to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so , he
slipped and 40 his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent
Kruger down the stairs.

Lying in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt 41 going into shock（休克）. He
shouted for help , 42 his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of
the house. Then Kruger 43 Inky watching from the top of the stairs.

“Go get Brenda, ” Kruger said to Inky.

Inky ran to the bedroom door and scratched 44 until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her
to the 45 .Brenda found her husband at the bottom of the stairs and called 911. Kruger was
rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months recovering there,” Says Kruger. “Although I became
lame , I was blessed. ” Since the accident, Inky has 46 left Kruger’s side.

35. A. gave
36. A. like


B. chose
B. as
B. friends
B. nothing
B. lovely
B. hit
B. itself
B. but









C. named
C. except
C. farmers
C. something
C. ordinary
C. shook
C. him
C. or
C. notice
C. madly
C yard
D. remembered

D. among

D. neighbors
D. everything

D. outstanding

D. pulled

D. himself

D. so

D. offer

D. urgently

D. house

37. A. animals
38. A. anything
39. A. familiar
40. A. bent
41. A. it
42. A. and



43. A. wonder B. expect
44. A. rapidly
45. A. bedroom
B. suddenly
B. basement
46. A. never B. ever C. still D. already

六．阅读理解（26分）


A.
Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He’s happy that
he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in 2014 instead of 2016. On Oct 22, Beijing
Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores
in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100. Of the 100 points, the
listening ability scores will increase to 50. Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from
120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I feel so lucky because English is my strongest subject,” said Wang.
Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’
pressure, said Li Yi, spokesman of the commission.“The change will also push us to pay attention to
the practical usage of English,” said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English
menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making
changes to English tests in the college entrance exams. For example, Shandong is considering
taking out the listening part of the English exam in its gaokao. But, “being tested for less points
doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Former Chinese premier Zhu
Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy, if you cannot interact with foreigners, how can one be
part of the world economy?” Wang Jiaming said he understood the change. “Chinese, not English,
is our mother tongue ,” he said. “But still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”
47. In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, _____.
A. the English scores will be cut down to 100
A. the English listening ability scores will be lowered
C. the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points
D. the points for chemistry will increase by 20 points
48. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _____.
A. he doesn’t need to take the important exam
B. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him
C. he does well in Chinese
D. he is poor in chemistry
49. What does Bai Ping think of the reforms?
A. They make students spend less time on English.
B. They make it harder to get a high score.
C. Studying English is still important for the students.
D. English is both interesting and useful.
B.
A small boy at summer camp received a bag of cookies in the mail from his mother. He ate a
few, and then put the rest under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a cookie.
The box was gone. That afternoon a camp leader saw another boy sitting behind a tree. He was
eating the stolen cookies! “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to steal.” He
returned to the group and found the boy whose cookies had been stolen. “Billy,” he said, “I know
who stole your cookies. Will you help me teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes. But aren’t you going to punish him?” asked the puzzled boy.
“No, that would only make him hate you,” the leader explained. “I want you to call your mother.
Ask her to send you another box of cookies.” The boy did as the leader asked. A few days later, he
received another box of cookies in the mail.
“Now,” said the leader, “the boy who stole your cookies is down by the lake. Go down there.
Share your cookies with him.”
“But he’s the thief!” protested (抗议) the boy.
“I know. But try it – see what happens.”
Half an hour later, the camp leader saw the two come up the hill, hand in hand. The boy who
had stolen the cookies was trying to get the other to accept his jackknife (大折刀). He wanted to
pay for the stolen cookies. The other boy was just refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that
a few old cookies weren’t that important anyway.
50. When Billy first got the cookies from his mother, ______.
A. he ate some of them himself
B. he gave some to the camp leader
C. he shared them with another boy
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D. he hid them away immediately
51. Which of the following is NOT the camp leader’s intention?
A. To teach the boy not to steal.
B. To punish the boy for stealing.
C. To teach Billy to forgive others.
D. To teach Billy to share with others.
52. After the incident, the boy who stole the cookies might ______.
A. steal again B. hate Billy
C. make friends with Billy D. give Billy a bag of cookies
C．
Have you ever been to the supermarket shopping for tangerines (柑橘)? If the peel (果皮) of the
tangerine is green, you might assume that the fruit is sour; and if it’s orange, you know that it’s
probably ripe and sweet.
But how do we decode (解读) the information about the fruit’s taste before we even eat it?
Some people say that the first bite is usually taken with the eye instead of the mouth. Scientists
agree.
“Half the brain is visual in some sense, versus (相对于) just a few percent for overall taste
senses,” Charles Spence, an Oxford experimental psychologist, told The Guardian. It means that the
appearance of the food, especially the color, can tell us a lot about its flavor .
How colors affect taste perception (知觉) is related to many factors, such as our experience,
expectations and cultural background. For example, if you were given a dyed- blue beefsteak to eat
in the dark, you would think it tastes just fine, but if you turned the lights on and saw the color, you
would probably go throw up right away, because your experience would tell you that blue meat is
abnormal and possibly dangerous.
Even expert tasters can be fooled by the colors of what they eat or drink. Spence once did an
experiment with a top wine taster in Spain. Spence asked him to taste a white wine that had been
dyed red and then identify the wine. “He took some time before coming to his decision,” said
Spence. But he finally fell for it, trying to decide “which particular red-berry fruit flavor it was”.
In addition to the color of the food itself, the food’s wrapping can be deceptive (欺骗性的) too.
Just think about it – wouldn’t you be taken aback if you ripped (撕开) open a red packet of snacks
and only found they tasted like grape? Naturally you would expect them to be of cherry or
strawberry flavor.
Apart from the connection between colors and flavors, Spence also found that when multiple
colors are used in food, people are more likely to eat a lot of it. Doubt it? Find out for yourself next
time you try not to wolf down an entire container (容器) of M&M’s.
53. The author mentioned shopping for tangerines at the beginning of the article to ______.
A. prove the efficiency of sight compared to taste
B. suggest we often make wrong judgments about fruits’ taste
C. suggest that colors influence our feelings about food
D. introduce the topic of what determines the flavor of fruits
54. Which of the following statements might Charles Spence agree with?
A. Our brain is better at processing taste information than visual information.
B. It usually takes much longer for expert tasters to identify food and drinks.
C. The color of food packages should be the same as the food inside.
D. Food products with multiple colors are more attractive to customers.
55. The underlined phrase “fell for” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.