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　　宁海明望中学理科实验班英语试题4
　　命题人：宁海明望中学英语备课组
　　一、单词辨音（找出划线部分读音不一样的选项）
　　1. A. thousand B. ground C. shout D. young
　　2. A. school B. change C. cheap D. teacher
　　3. A. snow B. window C. how D. grow
　　4. A. dance B. change C. fast D. basket
　　5. A. most B. shop C. cost D. copy
　　二、单项选择
　　6. ---How do you find ______ London 2012 Olympic Games?
　　---I should say it was ______ success.
　　A. the; a B. a; \ C. \; a D. \; the
　　7. ---Why do you look so tired, Jimmy?
　　---How hard the noise made it for me ______ last night!
　　A. fell asleep B. to fall asleep C. fall asleep D. falling asleep
　　8. ---Oh! I came here in a hurry and forgot to bring some food.
　　---Come on, don’t worry. You can have ______.
　　A. us B. them C. ours D, yours
　　9. It is reported that the fire burned for quite long ______ it was put out by the firefighters.
　　A. since B. when C. before D. once
　　10. ---Was he sorry for what he had done？
　　---______.
　　A. Not really B. Well done C. No problem D. Go ahead
　　11. Please wait for a moment. I’ll ask Tom to ______ you home.
　　A. have B. see C. make D. send
　　12. It doesn’t matter if he will come to my party, ______?
　　A. does it B. doesn’t it C. doesn’t he D. won’t he
　　13. ---Could you tell me how much you make an hour?
　　---If you ______ know, I make $200,00 an hour.
　　A. will B. shall C. must D. need
　　14. The examinee was put into prison for no good ______ in the TV plays.
　　A. excuse B. cause C. reason D. view
　　15. Only time can tell how the experiment will finally ______, rather than the so-called experts.
　　A. find out B. give out C. try out D. wort
　　16. ---Are you still working in the paper-making factory?
　　---No. It’s four years since I ______ there.
　　A. has worked B. has been working C. worked D. had worked
　　17. I thought that ______ Mrs Smith could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least one or two.
　　A. as B. while C. whether D. if
　　18. There is lots of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are living there, ______.
　　A. warm and comfortable B. warmly and comfortably
　　C. warm and comfortably D. warmly and comfortable
　　19. China Daily is a ______ popular newspaper in the world. It attracts a large number of people.
　　A. more B. most C. much D. many
　　20. ---Why did you dislike Mr. Armstrong?
　　---He kept on smoking in my house and spodly, ______ made me feel bad.
　　A. when B. which C. what D. that
　　三、完型填空
　　Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big  21  between “being a writer” and writing. In  22  cases these persons are dreaming of money,  23  the long hours alone at a typewriter(打字机).
　　The real  24  is that writing is a(an)  25  and poor-paying job. For every writer kissed by luck, there are thousands  26  whose dreams never come true. When I left a 20-year job in the US Coast Guard to become a free writer, I had no future at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my  27  in a building. It didn’t even  28  that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a second-hand typewriter and felt like a real writer.
　　After a year or so,  29 , I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to  30  myself. It was so  31  to sell a story that I hardly made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had  32  it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering: what if? I  33  always tting my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of  34 . This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must  35  to live there.
　　21. A. change B. difference C. distance D. development
　　22. A. no B. All C. few D. most
　　23. A. not B. but C. none D. besides
　　24. A. look B. message C. fact D. way
　　25. A. lonely B. creative C. cruel D. cheerful
　　26. A. others B. another C. less D. more
　　27. A. room B. food C. desk D. books
　　28. A. appear B. mean C. happen D. matter
　　29. A. thus B. however C. then D. finally
　　30. A. doubt B. comfort C. kill D. beat
　　31. A. happy B. sad C. hard D. easy
　　32. A. got through B. talt C. worried about D. dreamed about
　　33. A. could B. would C. dared D. might
　　34. A. failure B. death C. trouble D. loss
　　35. A. get B. allow C. expect D. learn
　　四、阅读理解
　　第一节、阅读下面材料，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项
　　A
　　Susan Boyle, a singer who became a worldwide star with a perfect performance on “Britain’s Got Talent,” has said in a television interview (采访) that her sudden being famous was like a “destructive ball.” The interview, which will air Wednesday on U.S. morning show “Today,” was Boyle’s first TV interview since she became a worldwide Internet and TV focus with millions of fans. Records of the interview came out on Monday.
　　When the church volunteer from Scotland didn’t win the final of “Britain’s Got Talent”, she became ill and was treated for tiredness at a London hospital. “The impact (影响) is like a destructive (毁灭性的) ball. You know, anyone who has that kind of impact, finds it really hard to