大连枫叶国际高一入学测试概要1

大连枫叶国际高一入学测试概要1 Name ______________ Score_________/40 Part one: Passage one: Words: 201 Readability: 4.0 _________________ Early to bed, early to rise, Makesa man healthy, wealthy and wise. This is an old English saying. It means that we mustgo to bed early in the evening and get up early in the morning. Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must haveenough sleep. For example, children need ten hours’ sleep every night. If we donot go to bed early, we can not have enough sleep. Then we can not think or doour work well. We will not be wise or live a comfortable life. Some people go to bed late at night and get uplate in the morning. This is not good for them. We must sleep at night when itis dark. When daylight comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise.Walking, running, jumping, swimming, playing games are all good forms ofexercise. Exercise keeps the body strong. Exercise helps blood to move around inside thebody. This is very important. Blood takes food to all parts of our bodies. Thebrains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep ourbodies healthy, and do exercises, we can think better! A.Write T for true F for false beside the following statements. (2.5’) ____ 1.The passage tells the readers why it is important to be healthy. ____ 2.Early to bed and early to rise helps us think and work well. ____ 3. Tokeep healthy, everybody must sleep ten hours a day. ____ 4.Daylight is the time for exercise. ____ 5.Blood moves to all parts of our bodies. B.Answer the following questions incomplete sentences and in your own (2’) words. 1. Give some forms of exercise from the passage. ________________________________________________________________________ 2. You must have some habits which are good foryour health. What are they? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Give aproper title to the passage. (0.5’) ________________________________________________________________________ Passage Two: Words: 231 Readability: 3.8 Seal A man movedhis boat across the lake. Over his head, a bird flew in the wind and the otherrested in a tree. Both watched the man. They knew theman was afraid of the sea. He wanted to swim but he was afraid of drowning. Thetwo birds watched the man return to his home. They saw he didn’t have anyconfidence in himself. His house was small because he was not sure he couldbuild a larger one. He didn’t cook his food because he was afraid he would burnit. The man did not run fast because he was afraid of falling. One bird said,“How will he succeed?” “He needs to find the talents that he had insidehimself,” the other answered. “We must choose the correct time and chancecarefully,” said the first one. One day, his daughter fell into the water. Theman jumped into the sea without thinking. At that time, the two birds changedhim into a seal. He saved his daughter. From that day on, the man could changehimself into a seal whenever he wanted. He could swim and do things that noother person could do. The two birds were happy. Just like the man, all of us have specialability. It’s just waiting to be changed from dreams into reality, if only wehave the courage to try. Answer the following questions in completesentences. (5’) 1. What was the man afraid of when he wantedto swim? (1’) ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Give 2 examples to show the man has no confidence in himself.(1’) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did the man jump into the sea one day? (1’) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did the two birds help him? Which kind of animal is aseal? (1’) ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does the story want to tell us? (1’) ________________________________________________________________________ %Correct ____________ =Mastery ofLevel_________(Yes/No) Part two: Passage one: Words: 242 Readability: 4.9 Fiery Visitors from Outer Space 1. On the nextclear summer night, look up into the sky. If you are lucky, you may see a“shooting star”. They look just like stars falling down from the sky. 2. But shootingstars are not stars at all. The real name for a shooting star is “meteor”.There are millions of meteors out in space. They are pieces of rock and metal.When they are in space, meteors do not glow. In fact, we can’t see them at all.But when a meteor comes close to the earth, it starts to fall toward the earth.As it passes through the air, it gets very hot. It starts to glow, and finallyit begins to burn. We see the burning meteor as a shooting star. 3. Sometimesmeteors travel by themselves in space. But many meteors travel in groups calledswarms. The swarms have orbits like planets have. They pass close to the earthevery year. A famous swarm is the Perseid swarm. It passes close to the earthin summer, usually in August. Each year a few meteors from the Perseid swarmfall to the earth, so August is a good month to watch for shooting stars. 4. Most meteorsare small, so they burn up before they crash into the earth and are buried inthe ground. Once a meteor reaches the earth, we call it a meteorite. Thebiggest meteorite, which weighs seventy tons, landed in Africa. A. Circle the main idea of paragraph 3. (0.5’) 1. Sometimes meteors travel by themselves in space. 2. Sometimes meteors travel in swarms. 3. A famous swarm is the Perseid swarm. 4. August is a good month to watch for shooting stars. B. Match the word on the left with the phrase on theright that fits best by writing letters. (1’) 1. ______meteor a. a famous swarm of meteors 2. ______swarm b. a meteor that has reached the earth 3. ______Perseid c. The real name for a shooting star 4. ______Meteorite d. a group of meteors C. Answerquestions in complete sentences and in your own words. 1. Why is Augusta good month to watch shooting stars? 1’ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.Whereis the biggest meteorite? 0.5’ ______________________________________________________________ __________ 3.Thereis an old saying that if you make a wish when you see a shooting star, yourwish will come true. So when you see a shooting star, what wish will you make?Why? 2’ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Passage Two: Words:270 Readability: 4.2 Zan On the islandof Crete, the Great Earth Mother had a child called Zan. The bees of the forestbrought honey for little Zan, and the wild goats gave him milk. But childrenmust have toys. So the five servants of the Great Earth Mother made toys forhim. Zan played happily on the mountains with his toys and with the animals inthe forest. When he grew upinto a strong, kind man, Zan wanted to reward his animal friends. So he made alaw that the goats could go wherever they wished. He made hives for the bees toprotect them from the cold winds and snow. Then, Zan put the toys he had savedin a secret cave where they would be safe. He asked the bees to guard the cave. One day threebad men climbed up the mountain to find treasure. They put on armor to protectthemselves from the bees, and they crept through the bushes until they reachedthe mouth of the cave. The bees buzzed around to attack the men, but theirarmor protected them and they went inside. Suddenly Zanappeared in the cave. “Stop!” Heshouted. “You have come here to rob and kill. I must let you live, for this isthe cave of life. But from now on, you will never be able to tell other peoplewhere my wonderful cave is.” As Zanfinished speaking, the men turned into birds. One turned into a woodpecker, onebecame a thrush, and one became an owl. That’s why even today, when the birdsspeak, no one can understand them. A. Number theevents below in the order that they happened.(0.5’*4) __________ Three bad men tried to steal Zan’s toys. __________ The Earth Mother had a child named Zan. __________ Zan turned the men into birds. __________ Zan rewarded his animal friends. B. Answer thefollowing questions in complete sentences.(1’*3) 1. Why did the three men come to the mountain? ______________________________________________________________ __________ ______________________________________________________________ __________ 2. What happened to the three men at last? ______________________________________________________________ __________ ______________________________________________________________ __________ 1. What kind of person do you think Zen is ?( At least 3adjectives ) ______________________________________________________________ __________ %Correct ____________ =Mastery ofLevel_________(Yes/No) Part three: Passage One: Words 312 Readability 6.8 Marie Curie Marie Curie wasa great scientist. She was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867. Both of her parentswere teachers. When Marie was only 10 years old, her mother died. Marie was avery good student. She loved science, math, and languages. She and her sisterBronya wanted to go to college, but in those days, only men could go to collegein Poland. The girls had to go to France to study. There was not enough moneyfor both sisters to go, so Marie worked as a teacher in Poland. She sent moneyto Bronya to pay for medical school in Paris. After Bronya became a doctor, shehelped Marie. When she was24, Marie became a science student at the Sorbonne, a university in Paris. Evenwith her sister’s help, she did not have much money. She lived in a small roomnear college. It had no lights, no water, and no heat. Sometimes Marie only hadbread and tea to eat. Marie studiedhard and graduated (finished school) in 1894. A year later, she marriedPierre Curie. He was also a scientist. They worked hard together for manyyears. Their most importantdiscovery was radium. Today, doctorsuse the rays from radium to treat cancer. The Curies won a NobelPrize for their discovery. This is the highest award for a scientist. MarieCurie was the first woman to receive this award. When MarieCurie was 39, Pierre died in a road accident. But she continued their work.Curie became the first woman professor in France. In 1911, she won a secondNobel Prize. Unfortunately, years ofworking with radium harmed her health. She died of cancer in 1934. Her daughterIrene continued Curie’s work. She also received a Nobel Prize. Sadly, Irenealso got cancer and died young. Both women gave their lives for their work. Answer the followingquestions in complete sentences in your own words. 5’ 1. What kind of family was Marie born in? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What kind oflife did Marie Curie have when she studied at university in Paris? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How many timesdid Marie Curie get the Nobel Prize? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Marie was bornin Poland. Why did she become the first woman professor in France? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What kind ofperson do you think Marie Currie is? Give examples to support your ideas. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Passage Two: Words:412 Readability: 5.6 The Choking Dog Joanne beatimpatiently on the steering wheel of her Mercedes sports car. Now she was stuckin a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30 p.m., and at 6:30 she wasexpected to hold a meeting of the tennis club. At last, thetraffic was moving, and she switched quickly to the fast lane to get home. After she parked her car, she leapt out ofthe car and ran for the house. As she opened the door, she almost knocked downSheba, her dog, who was standing behind it. She bent downto stroke the large Alsatian dog's head, "I have to go now” Sheba wascoughing or choking as if she was trying to vomit something. She was obviouslyin real discomfort, and her sad eyes gazed at Joanne helplessly. Joanne examinedthe dog closely, and Sheba did look very sick. Joanne realized that it isnecessary to take her to the vet immediately. Fortunately, the vet's surgery isnot far. Joanne quickly loaded the coughing and choking dog and took her to thevet. As soon as she arrived atDr. Sterne’s place, he brought her immediately into his office. "Somethingis stuck in her throat," said Dr. Sterne. "Doctor, I have to go back to get changed for an emergentmeeting. I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, OK?" "Sure,” said the doctor. Joannehurriedly went back to her home. As she entered the door, the phone rang. “This is Dr.Sterne. I'm coming with the police. Wait outside for us.” said the doctor withfear in his voice. Joanne was confused and also a little frightened. When she ran into the street, two policemen weregetting out of their car. After briefly checking that she was the owner of thehouse, they ran into the house, without explaining anything. Joanne wascompletely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived. "Where's Sheba? Is she OK?" shoutedJoanne. "She's fine, Joanne. I extracted the thingwhich was choking her. ”Why are the police in my house?" Just then, the two policemen reappeared from thehouse, half-carrying a white-faced man who could hardly walk and with blood allover him. "How did he get in there?” "I think he must be a burglar," saidthe doctor. "I knew he was there because when I finally removed what wasstuck in Sheba's throat, it turned out to be three human fingers. I don't thinkhe's a very happy burglar." I. Circle the correct letter of the answer. (2’) 1. Why was Joanneimpatient at the beginning of the story? a. She waslost. b. She had losta client at work. b. She was stuckin a traffic jam. d. Her dog was sick. 2. Why did Joanne take the dog to Dr. Sterne's surgery? a. It was timefor Sheba's checkup. b. The dogcouldn't breathe properly. c. She wanted toget her out of the house. d. The doctor hadasked to see her. 3. What happened as she arrived home for the second time? a. The policearrived. b. The phonerang. c. The dog died. d. A burglar wasjust escaping. 4. The story says that the dog "gazed at Joannehelplessly". "Gazed" means a. stared b. cried c. barked d. laughed II. Answer the following questions in complete sentencesand in your own words. (3’) 1. Why did the doctor ask Joanne to wait outside her house? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 1. Use two or three sentences to describe what happened between the dog and the burglar. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 1. What are the consequences of burgling? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ %Correct ____________ =Mastery ofLevel_________(Yes/No) Part Four: Passage One: Words:358 Readability: 7.5 Drums When we thinkof a drum we usually think of a musical instrument. The drum has also been usedfor years as an important tool for communication. The human voice is very goodfor communication, but it cannot be heard very far. As early humans began tolive in groups, runners were sent from village to village with importantmessages, but that took a lot of time. It was discovered that beating on hollowlogs could be heard for greater distances, and so a new form of communicationcalled “talking drums” was born. In many earlycommunities, a large drum was set in the middle of the village to help sendmessages to nearby tribes. The drums could be hit with hands and sticks. Someof the larger drums could be heard up to sixteen miles away! A group in WestAfrica made an amazing talking drum system. Their drums were made of roundpieces of wood that were four to five feet long. A skin (often an elephant ear)was stretched over one end of the wood and was held in place by a rope. Theskin was tightened or loosened to make higher and lower sounds. They hadlearned to use the drums so well that they could actually copy the languagethat they spoke! The drums sounded like a person speaking in a voice loudenough to be heard far away. Most systems ofdrum communication used a series of beats that meant something. The messagesusually told of danger, death, war, or other news of great importance. Themessage could be sent very far by a relay system. That is, one village wouldsend a message and a nearby village would hear it. They would then repeat themessage on their drums, sending it to their neighbors. Some relay systemsworked so well that they could send a message about 200 miles very quickly. Although“talking drums” became a good system of communicating over distances, it hadone very big problem. Their enemies could understand the drum messages, so theywould know what was being said or planned. Communication by drums certainlywasn’t perfect! A. True or False.Decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (2’) _______1.The main idea of the passage is that drums can be heard over great distances. _______2. Drums are only used as a musical instrument. _______3.People in West Africa tightened the skin over the drum to make a lower sound. _______4. Drums made by people in West Africa could speak. B. Answer the followingquestions in complete sentences and in your own words. (3’) 1. What is a drum “relay system”? (1’) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Name 4 other forms of communication and which one doyou like best and why (2’) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Passage Two: Words360 Readability: 6.0 We Like to Share George andEllen were successful owners of a restaurant which they kept clean and spotlesswhile serving good inexpensive food. They were very friendly with all their faithful customers who dined attheir café because they enjoyed being friendly and helpful. One day anunfamiliar elderly couple came into the thriving restaurant. Although the old man ordered a hamburger andsome French fries, his grey-haired wife didn’t order anything to eat. George prepared the food and served it to theman. The old fellowand his wife sat at a dining table and the man cut the hamburger in half. Then he divided the French fries into twoequal parts. He put half of thehamburger and half of the French fries in front of his wife. Then he began to eat his half of thehamburger and fries. His wife relaxedand watched while he ate. Ellen observedthe old couple. She thought that perhapsthey couldn’t afford another hamburger. She felt sorry for them, so she went over to their table and offeredthem another meal free of charge. The old man wastoo busy eating to reply, but his wife said, “Oh, No! Don’t worry about us. We like to share. We share everything.” The old fellownodded and said, “Everything,” before he stuffed more French fries into hismouth. Ellen smiled atthem and returned to the counter. She tooksome orders from other waiting customers and then watched the old coupleagain. She noticed that the woman wasstill not eating. Her half of thecooling burger and fries remained sitting on the plate on the table in front ofher. She reasoned that perhaps the man’swife intended to give her share to her husband if he was still hungry aftereating his share. Ellen frowned inconfusion. She hastily returned to theirtable. The old womansaw her and commenced telling her not to worry because they had always sharedeverything. “I know,”responded Ellen. “You’ve already told methat. I was just wondering why you arenot eating your half.” “Oh,” said thewoman. “I’m just waiting for my turnwith the false teeth.” (6.0) Answer the followingquestions in complete sentences in your own words. 5’ 1. What kind of food did George and Ellen’s restaurantserve? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did Ellen think the old couple couldn’t affordanother hamburger? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the meaning of intended? a. planned b. wondered c. noticed d. wanted 4. Write an adjective in each blank. _____________________ customers ______________________hamburger 5. Why was Ellen so confused by the behavior of the oldpeople? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ %Correct ____________ =Mastery ofLevel_________(Yes/No)