【听力材料】
Ⅰ. (Ⅰ) 1. How much do your shoes cost?
2. How about ordering some food from KFC?
3. What should I get for my sister’s birthday?
4. Who gave the new calendar to you?
5. What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
答案:1~5. BACBC
(Ⅱ) Everyone likes gifts. I made a survey about the best gifts my classmates have ever received. Here are some of the results. Nancy’s best gift is a piano. Her father gave it to her on her ninth birthday. It was very expensive. Lily’s best gift is a dictionary. Her brother gave it to her on her ninth birthday. She likes it best. Tony’s best gift is a basketball. He got it from his uncle on his ninth birthday.
答案:6. a piano 7. a dictionary 8. her brother
9. a basketball 10. his uncle
Ⅱ. 1.【解析】选B。used to do sth. 过去常常做某事;be interested in 对……感兴趣。
2.【解析】选C。考查动词时态与主谓一致。everyone作主语时,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。本句是讲的现在一般的情况,所以动词用一般现在时,故选C。
3. 【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。spend/pay for的主语是人,take(花费)的主语是it(代指做某事),cost的主语是物。分析该句子结构可知主语是the two-wheel electric vehicle,故选C。
4. 【解析】选D。考查复合形容词的用法。在由“数词+名词+形容词”构成的复合形容词中名词要用单数形式,且词与词之间要用连字符,故选D。
5. 【解析】选A。考查固定用法。encourage sb. to do sth. “鼓励某人做某事”。
6. 【解析】选B。考查动词时态。根据句意“约翰曾经收到过的最好的礼物是什么?”可知应用现在完成时,且从句的主语John是第三人称,故选B。
7. 【解析】选C。考查句意理解。句意:放学后他没有回家,而是去了网吧。instead of 不能单独使用,后要跟宾语,故选C。
8. 【解析】选B。考查固定句式。What about doing sth. ? “做某事怎么样?”。
9. 【解析】选A。考查enough的用法。一方面,enough修饰形容词、副词要后置;另一方面,含有be的否定句式应在be后加not,故选A。
10. 【解析】选C。考查词形、词义辨析。except“除……之外(不包括在内)”;expect“期盼”;besides“除……之外(包括在内)”;beside“在……旁边”。句意:除英语之外你还懂其他外语吗?
Ⅲ. 1. 【解析】选D。由下文it’s mother’s love可知是 “一份特殊的礼物”,故选D。
2.【解析】选B。由第一句中的“sent”以及下文中的“have ever received”可知此处填receive。
3. 【解析】选D。由后面的定语从句可知此处应用最高级,故选D。
4.【解析】选A。一方面,文章没有透露作者的性别;另一方面,从下文的“When I was a teenager”可判断此句应是“When I was a child”。
5. 【解析】选C。由下文“. . . my mom would come and play with me. And then, the loneliness was gone. ”可知此句是说“有时我孤单一人在玩耍”,没有玩伴,感觉孤独,故选C。
6. 【解析】选C。由上文的“I liked playing and dreaming. ”以及下文“But then I waked up to find that she was just beside me. ”可知作者是在做梦,故选C。
7. 【解析】选D。承上启下,句意:母亲不给我很多钱。相反,她教我如何节约用钱。
8. 【解析】选A。so many gifts“如此多的礼物”与下文“But I haven’t given her any gifts. ”形成对照。
9.【解析】选C。强调说话的内容,句意:现在我想对妈妈说声谢谢。
10.【解析】选D。句意:我永远不会让您生气,因为我永远都不想看到您悲伤。
Ⅳ. 1. 【解析】选C。由Finches信息栏中“You should not take finches out of their cages. ”可知。
2. 【解析】选B。由Budgies信息栏中“. . . and they can also learn to talk! ”及Cockatiels信息栏中“Cockatiels can learn to talk. . . ”可知选B。
3. 【解析】选A。由Budgies信息栏中“. . . they are small and easy to care for”可知选A。
4. 【解析】选C。由Cockatiels信息栏中“Cockatiels are the largest of the Top 3 birds for kids. . . ”可知。
5. 【解析】选D。综合全文信息及短文第一、二句可知本文很可能是面向家有年幼孩子的父母的。
Ⅴ.(Ⅰ)答案:1. receives 2. Instead 3. encourages 4. child
5. interested
(Ⅱ)答案:6. personal 7. mice 8. given 9. winner 10. asleep
Ⅵ. 答案:1. What should 2. Why don’t 3. too old to live
4. rather than 5. has already collected
Ⅶ. 答案:1. should 2. has 3. When 4. On 5. gave
6. lucky 7. something 8. parrot 9. keep 10. going
Ⅷ.【参考范文】
Dear Zhang Nan,
Thank you for your letter. I’m glad to hear you like English very much. But you said you didn’t know how to learn it well. Well, you can do many things to improve your English. You should try the ways below, and maybe they will help you.
1. You should remember as many English words as you can.
2. You must listen to the teacher carefully in class.
3. You can make friends with native speakers of English.
4. Try to speak English more.
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. If you work hard, you will find a good way to learn English well. Good luck to you!