Unit 10 A birthday partyB卷•能力提升学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、单项选择(共12分)1．—Who ________buy a new sweater for her father?—Mary is.A．isB．is going toC．willD．shall2．________ is the price of the product?A．HowB．How muchC．WhatD．How many3．The book is so interesting that he has read it for three hours ________ he realizes (意识到) it.A．beforeB．afterC．untilD．since4．—A storm(暴雨) is on the way. Don't forget ________ the window when you go to sleep, Mike. —I won't, Mom.A．closeB．closingC．to closeD．to closing5．Why do you want to 　　　　 the dogs first?A．looksB．have a lookC．seeD．look6．—________ went to the zoo with him? —Carol ________.A．Who；wentB．Where；didC．Who； didD．Where； went7．________ you learn ________ when you were in the countryside?A．Did; somethingB．Do; anythingC．Did; anythingD．Do; something8．Did you do 　　　　 during the last summer vacation?A．something specialB．special somethingC．anything specialD．special anything9．—Excuse me, is there ________ hospital near here? —Yes, there is ________.A．a; theB．the; aC．a; oneD．one; a10．Clark 　　　　 his father and his father 　　　　 very young.A．looks; looksB．looks like; looksC．looks; looks likeD．looks like; looks like11．—What about 　　　　 football after school?


—Sounds good.A．playB．playingC．playedD．plays12．There was ______ hospital ______ cinema in my hometown in the past.A．not, orB．no, orC．not, andD．no, and二、多句选词填空(共5分)用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次，每空一词downstairs, punish, although, die, sheep 13．My teacher ________ me yesterday because I didn't hand in my homework.14．I live on the third floor and my parents live on the second floor, so they live ________.15．Dr. Bethune was ________, but he is still alive in people's hearts.16．________ my uncle is old, he looks very strong and healthy.17．—Look at the picture. I took it on a farm.—How lovely the ________ are in the picture!三、用所给单词的正确形式填空(共7分)Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.18．It’s about 10__________walk from my home to school.（minute）19．John is one of the most ____________ students in his class.（act）20．He felt a bit __________ after a long time’s running than others.（hungry）21．A friend of __________ has been waiting for them at the school gate.（they）22．The two dogs eat __________ what’s left of the cake.（happy）23．It’s an__________（convenient）day to visit them. We’d better put the visit off.24．The American, Dave Farrow, could remember things quite well after seeing only__________.（one）四、句型转换(共5分)Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求, 改写下列句子）25．I'd like a piece of pizza.（改为一般疑问句）__________ you ____________ a piece of pizza?26．Alice gave me a doll as a present.（对划线部分提问）__________ ___________ Alice __________ you as a present?27．Danny always feels tired. He has decided to do more exercise.（合并为一句）Danny always feels tired,____________ he has decided to do more exercise.


28．We are going to have a lot of delicious food at the party.（对划线部分提问）How __________ delicious food __________ we going to have at the party?29．Helen came to my house at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.（对划线部分提间）__________ __________ Helen come to your house?五、阅读单选(共10分)(本题10分) Birthday is a special day for most people. We may spend much time celebrating it. Onbirthdays, we may go for a trip, have a party or watch a movie with our parents and friends. We can alsoenjoy some special food. Do you know what people eat on their birthday all over the world? Here are threepeople from different countries. They tell us what food they eat on their birthday. Liu Jing is from Beijing, “The long noodles are a symbol of long life. In China, red is a symbol ofluck. We think red eggs bring us good luck. So you can see Chinese eat long noodles and red eggs whenthey celebrate their birthday.” says Liu Jing.“I am so happy because today is my birthday. I want to have a birthday party. At the party, we can playgames, sing and dance. We can also eat a big birthday cake with fifteen candies. I’m sure we can have agood time at my birthday party.” says David from America.“In Canada, people put a coin (硬币) into the cake. If the birthday person eats the cake with the coin,he or she will be lucky. I am so happy because I eat the cake with a coin,” says Sandy.30．Where does Liu Jing come from?A．China.B．Canada.C．America.D．Australia.31．What does the underlined word “celebrate” mean in Chinese?A．举办B．庆祝C．组织D．担心32．How old is David?A．13.B．14.C．15.D．16.33．According to the first paragraph, people may ________ on their birthday.①watch ball games ②go for a trip ③watch a movie ④have a birthday partyA．②③④B．①③④C．①②④D．①②③34．The passage is mainly about ________.A．what to eat on one’s birthday in different countriesB．why we celebrate our birthdayC．three persons from different countriesD．how to celebrate one’s birthday


六、完型填空(共10分)(本题10分) Every year on my birthday since I was 11, a white gardenia (栀子花) was sent to myhouse. No card ever came with it. Calls to the flower shop were not 35 at all. After some time, I stoppedtrying to 36 the sender’s name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower in soft pink paper.I couldn’t stop 37 who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming(幻想) about the sender. My mother encouraged these daydreams. She’d ask me if I had been especially38 to someone. Perhaps it was one of my classmates, 39 the old man who I once helped. As a girl, Ihad more 40 imagining that it might be a boy that I had 41 .A month before my high school graduation, my father died. I was so sad that I became 42uninterested in my coming graduation dance, and I didn’t care whether I had a new dress or not. Mymother, in her own 43 , would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to 44loved, to be much like the gardenia: lovely, strong and perfect.My mother died ten years after I was married. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.35．A．wonderfulB．beautifulC．carefulD．helpful36．A．work outB．look outC．find outD．take out37．A．seeingB．imaginingC．laughingD．listening38．A．kindB．shyC．rudeD．opposite39．A．butB．orC．andD．so40．A．difficultiesB．problemsC．funD．troubles41．A．go overB．come overC．go acrossD．come across42．A．completelyB．mostlyC．mainlyD．hardly43．A．surpriseB．sadnessC．angerD．happiness44．A．soundB．lookC．feelD．smell七、短文汉语提示填空(共20分)(本题20分)根据短文内容和所给中文提示, 写出空白处各单词的正确形式。（每空限填一词）Ladies and gentlemen, I’m glad to be your guide. Now let me tell you something about our 45 ． (极好的) trip.As we all know, London is a city with a long history. That’s why 46 ． (千) of people come here everyday. Now we are standing at the Trafalgar Square, and it’s the 47 ． (中间) of London. From this square,you can begin your short tour of London. 48 ． (穿过) the square, and you will get to the National Gallery,


a 49 ． (著名的) museum with lots of amazing paintings. From here, we will walk 50 ． (沿着) the redstreet to Buckingham Palace. The queen lives there. Turn left and reach the Houses of Parliament and BigBen. 51 ． (在……的对面) them you can see the London Eye. It can take you 135 52 ． (米) above theRiver Thames. You can see most of London on a 53 ． (晴朗的) day.I hope 54 ． (每个人) can have a good time today.八、阅读回答问题(共12分)Jimmy James became famous when he was only 16. His rock group Jumping James were playing in asmall club in Liverpool when a famous singer heard them play. He told his record company about them andsoon they were in a studio recording their first record, Sun on the Water. It was a big surprise and successas well and went to Number One in the charts (图表) all over the world. Jumping James appeared on Top ofthe Pops and on many other TV shows. Soon they were playing at the Albert Hall in London, at CarnegieHall in New York and at the Opera House In Sydney. Jimmy’s face was on magazine covers all over theworld.By the time he was 20, Jimmy was extremely rich. He owned houses in London, Hollywood,Switzerland and Hawaii, he drove a Rolls Royce and a number of sports cars. He threw away his suits afterwearing them only once. Jimmy left Jumping James and made records by himself. His life was rich andbusy but soon he got bored. He started to drink a lot of whisky. He became lazy and often did not turn upfor concerts. His records still made a lot of money but he was now spending almost everything he earned.He bought a yacht（游艇）and a big house in France, he bought cars and paid for huge parties all over theworld.Then he began to make worse and worse records and to sing and play the guitar badly. Theatrescancelled his concerts, fans stopped buying his records, and his friends left him. Now he is back inLiverpool living in a very small house with his brother John. He has no money, no job, no friends and nofuture. He is not famous any more. But he has stopped drinking. He is happier now and soon he plans to tryto play his guitar again. He will play for pleasure and make enough money to live quite well. But this timehe will not play for fame(名声).55．Who introduced the rock group Jumping James to a record company?___________________________________________________________56．What information can you get from “Jimmy's face...the world "Paragraph One? Jimmy became _____