2014年11月第十二屆綜測八年級英語試題版

1、啟用前2014·第十二屆學而思英語目標班選拔卷總 分：100 分時間：50 分鐘科目：八年級英語Grammar & Vocabulary （40 points）Section OneI.Multiple Choice (20×2 '=40')1.The teacher, together with six girls and eight boys of her class,visiting a museum when the earthquakestruck.A. wasB. wereC. had beenD. would be2.on-going

2、division between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians ismajorconcern of the country.A. The; /B. The; aC. An; theD. An; /3. I made so many changes in my composition that only I could read it. Toelse, it was hard to make out.A. noneB. everyoneC. someoneD. anyone4. At a rough estima

3、te, Nigeria isGreat Britain.A. three times the size asC. three times as the size ofB. the size three times ofD. three times the size of5. This broadcast comes to youfrom the stadium.A. aliveB. livelyC. liveD. living6. In the exam, theyou are, themistakes youll make.A. less careful; fewerC. less care

4、ful; fewB. more careful; lessD. more careful; fewer7.Oscar night, the shining stars in beautiful clothes walk on red carpets and drink champagne to celebratetheir success.A. AtB. InC. ForD. On8. I havent heard from Henny for a long time. What do you supposeto him?A. was happeningC. has happened9. Th

5、e telephone is out of order and.A. needs to be repairedC. needs to be repairingB. to happenD. had happenedB. needs to repairD. needs being repaired10. With the meetingin just a couple of hours, I hadnt the time to worry about those unimportant things.A. begunB. beginningC. would beginD. to begin11.

6、I will spend as much time as Ithe lesson.A. can go overC. can going overB. can to go overD. go第 1 頁 共 6 頁2014 年·第十二屆學而思英語目標班選拔卷考 生須 知1. 請考生務必認證填寫答題卡上的考生信息以方便正常通知；2. 請使用或黑色簽字筆或者鋼筆作答；3. 請將寫在答題卡上，在試卷上作答無效；結束后需同時上交試卷和答題卡。12. It was soa poem that quite a few students wereto tears.A. moved; movedC. m

7、oving; movedB. moving; movingD. moved; moving13. Only during six major holidaysthe a toll free (的) journey in highway. driversdrivers enjoyA.C.drivers can enjoydrivers can enjoyB. can enjoyD. can14. Safety in school has been of great concern because of frequent reports about accidentsstudents gotinj

8、ured or killed while in school.A. whyB. whenC. in whichC. for which15. It worries the couple a lottheir only son is behaving worse and worse these days.A. how16. TheA. in caseB. whyC. thatD. whatofficers in our city work hardthe rest of us can live a safe life.B. as ifC. in order thatD. only if17. T

9、he polar bear will face the fate of extinctionthe ice keeps melting at an alarming speed.A. ifB. untilC. unlessD. before18. I have no ideathe journalist could have got his information from.A. thatB. whyC. whichD. where19. It is still not quite clearon earth really matters in deciding a childs charac

10、ter andality.A. whenB. whereC. howD. what20.that Mary would come to see her, she would never have gone to the party.A. Has Jane knownC. If Jane knowB. Had Jane knownD. If Jane has knownReading Comprehension （60 points）Section TwoII. Cloze (15×2'=3 0')The standard of living of any countr

11、y means the averages share of the goods and services thecountry produces. A countrys standard of living, 21 , depends on its capacity (生產(chǎn)力) to produce wealth. Wealth 22 this sense is not money, for we do not live on money 23 on things that money can buy:goods such as food and clothing, and services

12、such as transport and entertainment.A countrys capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of 24_ have an effect on one another. Wealth depends 25 a great extent upon a countrys natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile soi

13、l and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them.Next to natural resources 26 the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well-off 27 the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external (外部的) wars, and 28 this and other reasons was 29 to develop he

14、r resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and 30 from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well favoured by nature but less well ordered.A countrys standard of living does not on

15、ly depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed 31 its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through international trade. 32 , Britains wealth infoodstuffs (食品) and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on 33 grown at第 2 頁 共 6 頁2014 年·第十

16、二屆學而思英語目標班選拔卷home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus (過剩的) manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would 34be lacking. A countrys wealth is, therefore, much 34by its manufacturingcapacity, if that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.2

17、1. A. however22. A. by23. A. or24. A. these25. A. at26. A. came27. A. to28. A. because29. A. uneasy30. A. resolution31. A. at32. A. in short33. A. which34. A. otherwise35. A. madeB. furthermoreB. onB. butB. thatB. toB. comingB. likeB. forB. incapableB. freedomB. byB. For exampleB. whatB. certainlyB.

18、 doneC. similarlyC. inC. eitherC. whatC. byC. comesC. byC. ofC. impossibleC. aggressionC. withinC. As a resultC. thatC. howeverC. producedD. thereforeD. withD. besidesD. whichD. withD. comeD. asD. byD. unableD. destructionD. onD. On the other handD. thoseD. thereforeD. influenced.III. Reading (15

19、15;2'=30')(A)A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected elephant is divided into two distinct species.that the AfricanThe discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard University when they were examining teticrelationship between the ancient woolly

20、 mammoth and mastodon to modern elephantsthe Asian elephant, African forest elephant and African savanna elephant.Once they obtained DNA sequences from two fossils, mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and sav

21、anna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephants and the African forestelephants have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place

22、around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.There has long been debate in the scientific commumost convincing scientific evidence so far that they arethat the two might be separate species but this is thedifferent species.Previously

23、, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species despite the elephants significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder hei

24、ght of 2.5 metres. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However, the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA.Alfred Roca, assistant profess

25、or in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Minois, said, We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purpose. Since 1950 allAfrican elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are

26、two第 3 頁 共 6 頁2014 年·第十二屆學而思英語目標班選拔卷very distinct animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority for conservation purpose .36. One of the fossils studied by the researchers is that of.A. the Asian elephantC. the savanna elephantB. the forest elephantD. the mastodon elephant37. The

27、 underlined word divergence in paragraph 4 means.A. evolution38. The researchersA. DNAB. exhibitionC. separationD. examinationwas based on a study of the African elephants B. heightC. weightD. population39. What were Alfred Rocas words mainly about?A. The conversation of African elephants.B. The pur

28、pose of studying African elephantsC. The way to divide African elephants into two unitsD. The reason for the distinction of African elephants40. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Naturalists Belief about Elephants.B. Amazing Experiment about ElephantsC. An Unexpected Fi

29、nding about ElephantsD. A Long scientific Debate about Elephants(B)She was born to wealth and power in an era when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Posts publisher, Katharine Graham became one of Americas most powerful women.Despite a privileged background, Katharine

30、 had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her. Katharines love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933. At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming

31、lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharines father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didnt object andstayed at home as a wife and mother of four.While Phils successful efforts to restore the Post to prominence made the Grahams popular members of the Washin

32、gton social scene, Katharine privately suffered tremendous pain from her husbands increasingly abusive behavior and wild mood swings caused by severe depression. When Phil committed suicide, the 46-year-old Katharine found herself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to

33、 save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of The Pentagon Papers, th

34、e top-secret documents revealing the truth about the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Whats more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate, one of the greatest scandals in American

35、political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most chaotic situations when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made The Washington Post an internationally known paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerfulwoman in Americ

36、a.第 4 頁 共 6 頁2014 年·第十二屆學而思英語目標班選拔卷41. Katharine Graham was born in a time when.A. women were not given the chance to receive educationB. women were not considered as intelligent as menC. women were not permitted to achieve their goalsD. women were not allowed to enter every field42. When her h

37、usband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham.A. was strongly against the ideaB. was not happy to be rejectedC. was willing to take her share of responsibilityD. didnt believe her husband would do a good job43. Which can be considered the most important event in the history of

38、The Washington Post?A. Reporting Watergate scandal.C. Reporting the Vietnam War.44. Which of the following statements is TRUE?B. Printing The Pentagon Papers.D. Phil restoring the Post.A. It was Katharine Grahams husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.B. When Katharine Graham first

39、took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.C. Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.D. Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.45. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Ups and downs of The Washi

40、ngton PostB. Katharine Grahams family life and careerC. Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisherD. Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism(C)Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising. It may seem strange,

41、but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems:lllllhave vivid imagery and impressive sound; are richly symbolic;operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling; are by nature brief, clear, economical with words;are narrative sometimes, non-narrative other times

42、.But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than simple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If theres drama in a poem, its more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important difference to

43、observe is that poems do not mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages seeking to control or mislead your thinking and behavior.Similarities and differences aside, its possible that being good at interpreting the subtle, unspoken messagesin ads makes amore skillful at interpreting poetry. Its the same process of observation and inference. Youobserve the imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to frie