2012年学而思杯初一年级英语试题

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2012年第二届全国学而思综合能力测评（学而思杯）

英语试卷（初一年级）

时间：15:20——16:10 分值：100分

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姓名__________ 得分__________

一、听力(每题2分，共20分)

A. 听下面两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答1-3小题。

( ) 1. What is the man changing now?

A. Some US dollars.

B. Some UK pounds.

C. Some HK dollars.

( ) 2. What’s the rate of exchange?

A. 100 American dollars to 72 pounds.

B. 100 pounds to 72 American dollars.

C. 100 HK dollars to 72 pounds.

( ) 3. What notes does he want?

A. Twenties, fives and small change.

B. Hundreds, fifties and small change.

C. Hundreds and small change.

听下面一段对话，回答4-5小题。

( ) 4. Where does the noise come from?

A. The woman’s neighbors’ house.

B. The roa d near the woman’s house.

C. The building near the woman’s house.

( ) 5. What does the man suggest the woman do at last?

A. Have a meeting with her neighbors.

B. Move somewhere else.

C. Report to the government.

B. 听下面一段演讲，记录关键信息，完成下列表格，每空一词或一个数字。材料读两遍。

Should: Shouldn’t:

drink soda

drink plenty, about 6. _____ glasses a day,

mainly water

get enough 7. _______________ fruit and

eat a lot of 8. _______________ treats vegetables

be sure to 9. _______________ regularly watch a lot of TV; play a lot of 10.

_____________

二、单项选择(每题1分，共20分)

( ) 1. The naughty boy _________ the tree and _________ himself.

A. falled off; hurted

B. falled from; hurt

C. fell off; hurt

D. fell off; hurted

( ) 2. Which is _________ country, Canada or Australia?

A. larger

B. a large

C. a larger

D. the larger

( ) 3. I have no idea _________ far the airport is from here.

A. what

B. how

C. it’s

D. that

( ) 4. The climate here is like _________ of New York.

A. the one

B. those

C. this

D. that

( ) 5. The first one _________ the bus was a little boy.

A. get on

B. got on

C. to get on

D. gets on

( ) 6. —What a beautiful dress you’re wearing!

—Thank you. It _________ especially for me by a French tailor.

A. is made

B. has made

C. made

D. was made

( ) 7. I think _________ necessary for middle school students to learn _________ about law.

A. them, something

B. it, something

C. it, everything

D. they, anything

( ) 8. The river smells terrible. People must _________ dirty things into it.

A. be stopped to throw

B. be stopped from throwing

C. stop to throw

D. stop from throwing

( ) 9. I didn’t get up on time this morning because my alarm clock didn’t _________.

A. go off

B. go out

C. take off

D. take out

( ) 10. —Mummy, must we be back before dinner if the match isn’t over?

—No, you _________.

A. don’t

B. needn’t

C. mustn’t

D. can’t

( ) 11. I _________ a letter from Linda since he left China.

A. didn’t receive

B. haven’t received

C. didn’t hear

D. haven’t heard

( ) 12. If you want to change for a double room, you’ll have to pay _________ $15.

A. another

B. other

C. more

D. each

( ) 13. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, _________, of course, made the others unhappy.

A. who

B. which

C. this

D. what

( ) 14. _________ production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.

A. As

B. For

C. With

D. Through

( ) 15. I’ve worked with children before, so I know what _________ in my new job.

A. expected

B. to expect

C. to be expecting

D. expects

( ) 16. It _________ heavily when I left the cinema.

A. rains

B. will rain

C. is raining

D. was raining

( ) 17. The road _________ last year.

A. builds

B. built

C. was built

D. is built

( ) 18. —_________ do you go to Shanghai?

—Sorry, I’ve never been there.

A. How long

B. How often

C. How far

D. How soon

( ) 19. Emily was feeling terrible so she had to _________.

A. finish working

B. stop working

C. finish to work

D. stop to work

( ) 20. This is one of _________ in the book.

A. the most interesting story

B. the more interesting stories

C. some interesting stories

D. the most interesting stories

三、完形填空(每题2分，共40分)

You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t 1 how quickly time has passed.

If you are familiar with this 2 , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun and 3 when you are bored. Now scientists have 4 a reason why this is the case.

Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 5 according to how we focus on a task. When we are 6 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 7 the clock is ticking more slowly.

In an experiment 8 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 9 researchers monitored their brain activity.

The volunteers were told to 10 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then

11 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that

12 was more active when the volunteers paid 13 subjects.

It is thought that if the brain is 14 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 15 its resources, and pays less attention to the clock. 16 , time passes without us really 17 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 18 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 19 , time seems to drag.

Next time you feel bored 20 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!

( ) 1. A. guess B. learn C. believe D. doubt

( ) 2. A. view B. point C. scene D. experience ( ) 3. A. drags B. stops C. backs D. gains

( ) 4. A. thought over B. made up C. suggested D. come up with ( ) 5. A. change B. develop C. grow D. slow

( ) 6. A. sleepy B. bored C. excited D. active

( ) 7. A. report B. think C. decide D. see

( ) 8. A. produced B. carried C. tried D. performed ( ) 9. A. so B. when C. while D. but

( ) 10. A. partly B. quickly C. how D. first

( ) 11. A. remember B. focus on C. forget D. tell apart

( ) 12. A. the researchers B. the experiment

C. the clock

D. the brain

( ) 13. A. much attention to B. more attention to

C. attention to many

D. attention to more

( ) 14. A. busy B. likely C. ready D. sure

( ) 15. A. focus B. gather C. reach D. spread

( ) 16. A. However B. Furthermore C. Therefore D. Finally

( ) 17. A. recognizing B. watching C. noticing D. counting

( ) 18. A. enough B. full C. right D. proper

( ) 19. A. In fact B. As a result C. For example D. Instead

( ) 20. A. in class B. with work C. in mind D. of lessons

四、阅读理解(每题2分，共20分)

A

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discouraged if the whole passage doesn’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.

These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:

☆ 1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.

☆2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.

☆ 3. Look for an y words you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues (上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.

☆ 4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.

☆ 5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.

☆ 6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ideas together.

The steps sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.

( ) 1. The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

A. work out

B. come across

C. look into

D. pass by

( ) 2. From the passage, we can know ___________.

A. we should look up new words before reading

B. it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage

C. the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English

D. interesting stories help readers to improve their English

( ) 3. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. steps of studying science

B. difficulties in reading science

C. ways of reading science passages

D. researches on science and English

B

In the West, some people believe that personality can be predicted according to the time of the year the person was born. From China comes the belief that the year of birth influences one’s personality. In the past century, a new belief has arisen: the idea that personality is related to one’s ABO blood type. People with blood type A, for example, are considered more likely to be serious, hard-working, and quiet, while people with blood type O are likely to be popular and outgoing, yet often unable to finish what they start. Though this belief continues to be strong, some people question whether it is true.

The blood-type personality theory (理论) started in Japan in 1927 when Furukawa Takeji noticed personality similarities and differences among his workers. The idea soon went out of fashion, but was brought back by a Japanese television host named Toshitaka Nomi in the 1970s. The belief is still strong in Japan and is increasingly popular in neighboring countries. Some young Koreans have taken to the theory. A recent study showed 76 percent of Koreans aged between 13 and 64 believing in the blood-type personality connection. Though most Asians might believe in the blood-type theory, for many it seems harmless and not something to be taken too seriously.

There is also the possibility that people are influenced to change their personality to match the expected stereotypes (思维定式). A survey of studies made in Japan over a 10-year period found that while in the 1970s there was no relationship between blood type and personality, later studies in the 1980s found that the relationship increased a little. Researchers concluded that as the belief in the stereotypes increases, people may be changing their personality to follow the blood-type theory.

Is the belief true? The scientists in Asia largely dismiss the belief as a modern-day superstition (迷信). Most studies have failed to find any strong connection between blood and personality. Generally, scientists warn against making predictions or important decisions based on this questionable theory.

( ) 4. The writer uses blood type A and O as an example to explain ___________.

A. the difference between the two blood types

B. the relationship between the two blood types

C. the influence of blood type on one’s behaviour

D. the connection between personality and blood type

( ) 5. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. It was lightly believed.

B. It was brought to them.

C. They liked and accepted it.

D. They stole the idea from others.

( ) 6. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Most scientists in Asia don’t believe in the theory.

B. The blood-type theory began in Japan in the 1970s.

C. The blood-type personality theory is about blood type.

D. People don’t change their personality to match the theory.

( ) 7. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Is the blood-type theory popular?

B. Is the personality changeable?

C. Is it in your blood?

D. Is it in your mind?

C

Decision-thinking is not unlike it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think what you think they think you think. The mental process (过程) is similar. Naturally, this card game has often been of considerable interest to people who are, by any standards, good thinkers.

The great mathematician John von Neumann was one of the founders of game theory. In particular, he showed that all games fall into two classes; there are what he called games of ‘perfect information’, games like chess where the players can’t hide anything or play tricks; they don’t win by chance, but by means of logic and skills. Then there are games of ‘imperfect information’, like poker, in which it is impossible to know in advance that one course of action is better than another.

One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information. Quite the reverse, business, life itself are games which we must normally play with very imperfect information. Business decisions are often made with many unknown and unknowable factors (因素), best poker players. But few business people find it comfortable to admit that they are taking a chance, and many still prefer to believe that they are playing chess, not poker.

( ) 8. The subject discussed in this text is _________.

A. the process of reaching decisions

B. the difference between poker and chess

C. the secret of making good business plans

D. the value of information in winning games

( ) 9. An important factor in a game of imperfect information is ___________.

A. rules

B. luck

C. time

D. ideas

( ) 10. Which of the following can be used in place of “Quite the reverse”?

A. Quite right.

B. True enough.

C. Most unlikely.

D. Just the opposite.