The thirteen stars o答案解析

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子中的首字母或者汉语提示写出可以填入空白处的单词的正确形式，在答题卡将单词写出。

76. The cruel man shot his wife and __________（埋葬）the dead body in the backyard.

77. There are still quantities of stars we haven’t known in the __________（宇宙）.

78. It’s no good using __________（暴力）to solve the problem. We’d better take effective measures.

79. With the ____________（发展）of science and technology, people’s life is becoming more and more convenient.

80. The test measures students’ ____________（成绩，成就）in reading, spelling and writing.

81. Tom and I chat on the Internet very often, but only see each other very o__________.

82. Harbin No. 3 Middle School was f_________ in the year 1923.

83. Recently many earthquakes have s_________ some places in Asia and South America.

84. Lots of poor elder people in the mountains live in p_________.

85. A third of the worst accidents o_________ in the home last year, and the rest happened on the roads.

填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）：

阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。

Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes Magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have an __1__ of between two million and six million dollars per year.

Some observers think the customers are buying more than music. According to one theory, rock music has a special appeal because no real training is needed to produce it. There is __2__ gap between the audience and the performers. Every boy and girl in the audience thinks,” I could sing __3__ that.” So rock has become a new kind of religion, a new form of worship. Young people are glad to worship a rock star because it is a way of worshipping __4__.

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Don McLean, who wrote and sang “American Pie”. Like most performers, McLean __5__ his own music, so he earns additional money. Records provide only part of a star’s income. Around the world young listeners soon want to see the star in movies, on television, and __6__ person.

__7__ do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars just throw the money around. England’s Elton John bought himself a $5,000 pair of eyeglasses that light up and spell E-L-T-O-N. He also bought himself __8__ cars, “one for each foot”.

In the end the rock star’s life is unrewarding. After two or three years fame and fortune are gone. __9__(leave) with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely ex-performer spends his __10__ (remain) years trying to impress strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子中的首字母或者汉语提示写出可以填入空白处的单词的正确形式，在答题卡将单词写出。

76. The cruel man shot his wife and __________（埋葬）the dead body in the backyard.

77. There are still quantities of stars we haven’t known in the __________（宇宙）.

78. It’s no good using __________（暴力）to solve the problem. We’d better take effective measures.

79. With the ____________（发展）of science and technology, people’s life is becoming more and more convenient.

80. The test measures students’ ____________（成绩，成就）in reading, spelling and writing.

81. Tom and I chat on the Internet very often, but only see each other very o__________.

82. Harbin No. 3 Middle School was f_________ in the year 1923.

83. Recently many earthquakes have s_________ some places in Asia and South America.

84. Lots of poor elder people in the mountains live in p_________.

85. A third of the worst accidents o_________ in the home last year, and the rest happened on the roads.

Rock stars and their money

         Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money listening to rock music. Forbes reports that at least fifty rock stars have incomes between two million and six million dollars per year.

         "It doesn't make sense," says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was popular in 1950s. "Performers aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is."

         But the rock stars' admirers seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

         Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972 one of the luckiest was Kon Mclean, who wrote and sang "American Pie". Mclean writes his own music, so he earns an additional two cents on every single record of the song.

         Neil Young who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10,000, each of whom has paid five dollars for a ticket. After paying expenses, Young leaves with about $ 18,000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening.

         How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars simply show the money around. England's Elton John gave someone a $ 38,000 Rolls car and bought himself 5,000 pairs of eyeglasses, then lighted up and spelt ：E-L-T-O-N. He also bought himself two cars, "one for each foot".

         Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do another tour. They save no money and live from hand to mouth.www.zxxk.com

         In the end the rock stars' life is unrewarding. After two or three years riches and fame are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely star spends his remaining years trying to attract strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

1. This passage is mainly about       .

A. the success of a rock star     B. the way rock stars live

C. rich rock stars              D. the admirers of rock stars

2. How much expense does Neil Young pay for a performance?

A.  $10,000       B.$33,000    C.  $32,000            D.$38,000

3.According to passage, the underlined phrase "from hand to mouth" means       .

A. they have to earn money by hand   

B. They know how to spend money in a reasonable way

C. they earn money only for their immediate enjoyment

D. they steal to feed their mouth when they need money

Most Americans have great respect for their flag and every school day begins with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Stars and Stripes. Written in 1892, this pledge is recited in schools before classes begin and it serves as a sign of unity and identity for the various groups of people who have come from so many different lands and cultures.

Students stand at attention with their right hand over their heart, face the flag which is displayed in the classroom before them and begin, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” Even the immigrants who come from distant lands must recite this pledge to the flag when they become eligible for citizenship.

The American flag is also known as “Old Glory” and over the years has evolved to its present form of fifty stars and thirteen stripes. The stars represent the fifty states and the stripes stand for the original thirteen colonies.

The first version of the flag with its stars and stripes appeared in 1777, but only had thirteen stars. As each new state joined the union, a new star was added. The last star to be added was in 1960 after Hawaii became the fiftieth state. In the future if another state joins the Union, another star will be added to the field of blue. The number of stripes, however, remains consistent and never changes.

The design of the flag may have altered over the years, but the colors, red, white and blue, have remained constant. In 1782 the Congress of the United States proclaimed that red stood for hardiness and courage, white stood for purity and innocence, and blue for justice and perseverance.

It was the flag which inspired the creation of the national anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1812. President Wilson in 1916 and later President Coolidge in 1927 suggested in proclamations to fellow countrymen that a special day be set aside to honor the flag. In 1949 the American Congress gave official recognition of June 14 as Flag Day.

According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892.

B. Another name of the American flag is “Old Glory” or “The Stars and Stripes”.

C. The design of the flag has stayed the same over the years.

D. June 14 was set aside as Flag Day to honor the flag from 1949 on.

What is the purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance?

A. It opens the school day.              B. It is recited in all schools.

C. It is a sign of unity and nationalism.    D. It makes someone eligible for citizenship.

What do the fifty stars on the flag represent?

A. Purity and innocence.               B. Truth and honesty

C. Bravery and courage                D. The fifty states.

The colors of the American flag ________.

A. have changed from time to time.       B. have always been red, white and blue.

C. used to be only red and white.         D. used to be red and blue.

The best title of the passage would be ________.

A. “Old Glory”: the American Flag       B. The Pledge of Allegiance

C. American National Anthem           D. Flag Day

Most Americans have great respect for their flag and every school day begins with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Stars and Stripes. Written in 1892, this pledge is recited in schools before classes begin and it serves as a sign of unity and identity for the various groups of people who have come from so many different lands and cultures.
Students stand at attention with their right hand over their heart, face the flag which is displayed in the classroom before them and begin, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” Even the immigrants who come from distant lands must recite this pledge to the flag when they become eligible for citizenship.
The American flag is also known as “Old Glory” and over the years has evolved to its present form of fifty stars and thirteen stripes. The stars represent the fifty states and the stripes stand for the original thirteen colonies.
The first version of the flag with its stars and stripes appeared in 1777, but only had thirteen stars. As each new state joined the union, a new star was added. The last star to be added was in 1960 after Hawaii became the fiftieth state. In the future if another state joins the Union, another star will be added to the field of blue. The number of stripes, however, remains consistent and never changes.
The design of the flag may have altered over the years, but the colors, red, white and blue, have remained constant. In 1782 the Congress of the United States proclaimed that red stood for hardiness and courage, white stood for purity and innocence, and blue for justice and perseverance.
It was the flag which inspired the creation of the national anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1812. President Wilson in 1916 and later President Coolidge in 1927 suggested in proclamations to fellow countrymen that a special day be set aside to honor the flag. In 1949 the American Congress gave official recognition of June 14 as Flag Day.
【小题1】According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?

Most Americans have great respect for their flag and every school day begins with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Stars and Stripes. Written in 1892, this pledge is recited in schools before classes begin and it serves as a sign of unity and identity for the various groups of people who have come from so many different lands and cultures.

Students stand at attention with their right hand over their heart, face the flag which is displayed in the classroom before them and begin, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.” Even the immigrants who come from distant lands must recite this pledge to the flag when they become eligible for citizenship.

The American flag is also known as “Old Glory” and over the years has evolved to its present form of fifty stars and thirteen stripes. The stars represent the fifty states and the stripes stand for the original thirteen colonies.

The first version of the flag with its stars and stripes appeared in 1777, but only had thirteen stars. As each new state joined the union, a new star was added. The last star to be added was in 1960 after Hawaii became the fiftieth state. In the future if another state joins the Union, another star will be added to the field of blue. The number of stripes, however, remains consistent and never changes.

The design of the flag may have altered over the years, but the colors, red, white and blue, have remained constant. In 1782 the Congress of the United States proclaimed that red stood for hardiness and courage, white stood for purity and innocence, and blue for justice and perseverance.

It was the flag which inspired the creation of the national anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1812. President Wilson in 1916 and later President Coolidge in 1927 suggested in proclamations to fellow countrymen that a special day be set aside to honor the flag. In 1949 the American Congress gave official recognition of June 14 as Flag Day.

1.According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?

2.What is the purpose of the Pledge of Allegiance?

3.What do the fifty stars on the flag represent?

4.The colors of the American flag ________.

5.The best title of the passage would be ________.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Can a star basketball player also be a star hip - hop singer? If you ask Shaquille O'Neal and some of his NBA fellows, they'll say “Sure”.

　　In the NBA, hip - hop music is as common as the jump shot. Hip - hop is similar to rap (说唱) music and is especially popular with young African Americans. This music is played before basketball games during halftime. Many of the players, like Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap rhymes when they travel on airplanes from one city to another.

　　The NBA has a closer connection to hip-hop than any other sports league. This is partly because of the large number of African-American players, but also because the basketball league just loves hip-hop. Every February, the NBA invites popular rap singers to perform at its All-Star weekend.

　　When they play basketball, some of the younger stars even try to look like hip - hop singers. Like rap stars, they don't smile in photographs and videos. They try to trouble the players on the other team by looking tough (凶). “Hip-hop is just part of many players' culture,” says Kerry Kittles on the New Jersey Nets team. “All of us grew up listening to rap and Playing basketball, and the rappers grew up doing the same thing. A lot of players want to be rappers, and a lot of rappers would like to be players.”

　　Master P is a famous rap star who wants to be a basketball player. The Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors have invited him to their training camps. They enjoy listening to his music, but many people think that he is not good enough at basketball to be on an NBA team.

　　Shaquille O'Neal, whose nickname is Shaq, is the greatest example of an NBA player who became a rapper. He has made four successful rap albums. One of his rap songs, “It Was All a Dream,” tells how he felt when he became successful.

1．Why don't some younger players try to smile or look friendly in photos?

[　　]

A．They try to trouble the players on the other team.

B．They try to look like hip - hop singers.

C．They try to be successful in their playing.

D．They try to pretend being famous.

2．The song “It was all a dream” expresses ________.

[　　]

A．O'Neal's feelings when he became a success

B．a player's interest in rap music

C．people's wish to become a player

D．people's dream to be a rapper

3．The best title of the text is “________”.

[　　]

A．The NBA All - Star Weekend in America

B．A Successful PlayerO'Neal

C．Basketball Stars Become Hip - Hop Singers

D．Popular Music and Sports in U. S

4．What do you know about the Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors?

[　　]

A．They are famous basketball players.

B．They are famous basketball teams.

C．They are well - known hip - hop singers.

D．They are two training camps.

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并做后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Besty would often tell her children, grandchildren, relatives and friends of the very important day when three members of a secret committee from the Continental Congress came to call upon her. Those persons, George Washington, Robert Moms and George Ross, asked her to sew the first flag. This meeting occurred in her home some time late in May 1776. George Washington was then the head of colonies. George Ross was a respected Philadelphian and also the uncle of her late husband, John Ross.

　　Until that time, colonies and militias(民兵) used many different flags. Some were famous, such as the “Rattlesnake Flag” used by the Continental Navy. According to Besty Ross' dates and connected line of events, in May the Congressional Committee called upon her at her shop. She finished for the first time at Independence Hall. In the middle of celebration, the Liberty Bell sounded, announcing the birth of a new nation. On June 14,1777, the Continental Congress, seeking to strengthen national unity and pride, voted to accept the national flag. The decision was passed that the flag of the United States be thirteen strips, alternate(交替) red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, standing for its members.

1．Besty Ross, the designer and maker of the first national flag, was ________.

[　　]

A．a Philadelphian tailoress

B．a member of the secret committee

C．John's late wife

D．one of the militiawomen

2．The underlined part in the text means that ________.

[　　]

A．the Continental Congress won a great victory.

B．the United States of America was founded

C．an unknown new state carne into being

D．a new nation won its independence

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The Continental Congress played an important part in the independence.

B．People in Philadelphia thought well of George Ross.

C．When founded, the United States had only thirteen members.

D．The union was founded in Washington

D．C.

4．Which of the following shows the right order of the events?

a．Three persons of a secret committee paid a visit to Besty.

b．The bill was voted through to accept the national flag in 1777.

c．Besty designed and sewed the first national flag.

d．Independence Hall heard the Declaration of the Independence read.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　Stars have been significant(有意义的)features in the design of many United States coins and their number has varied from one to forty-eight stars. Most of the coins issued(发行)from about 1799 to the early years of the twentieth century bore thirteen stars reprinting the thirteen original colonies(殖民地).

　　Curiously enough, the first American silver coins, issued in 1749, had fifteen stars because by that time Vermont and Kentucky had joined the Union. At that time it was apparently the intention of mint(铸)officials to add a star for each new state. Following the admission of Tennessee in 1796, for example, some varieties of half dimes, dimes and half-dollars were produced with sixteen stars.

　　As more states were admitted to the Union, however, it quickly became apparent that this scheme(方案) would not prove practical and the coins from 1798 on were issued with only thirteen stars one for each of the original colonies. Due to an error at the mint, one variety of the 1808 half cent was issued with only twelve stars. But this is the result of a die(模具)break and is not a true error.

(1)What is the main topic of the passage about?

[　　]

A．The teaching of astronomy in state universities.

B．Stars on American coins.

C．Colonial stamps and coins.

D．The star as national symbol of the United States.

(2)Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?

[　　]

A．Vermont and Kentucky joined at the same time.

B．Kentucky joined before Tennessee and Vermont.

C．Tennessee joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.

D．Vermont joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.

(3)Why was a coin produced in 1808 with only twelve stars?

[　　]

A．There were twelve states at the time.

B．There was a change in design policy.

C．Tennessee had left the Union.

D．The mint made a mistake.

(4)Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

[　　]

A．A narrative account of coinage.

B．An argumentative discussion of stars on the U.S. coins.

C．A general statement followed by specific examples.

D．According to the time arrangement.

阅读理解

　　It is ten o'clock at night and you are outside. You can see many stars in the sky. Each star is another sun. The sky is big, and it hag many suns.

　　Our sun is near to us. It warms us and gives us light in daytime. The stars are not near. We can see their light only at night, and they do not warm us.

　　The stars are not all the same. Many stars are quite like our sun. They are the same size, and they have the same colour, yellow. Other stars are bigger or smaller. A “giant(巨人)” star is very, very big. A “dwarf(侏儒)”is a small star—smaller than the sun.

　　Stars have different colours, too. They can be blue, orange, yellow, white or red. There are giants and dwarfs in all these colours. All stars are, of course, very hot. The hottest stars are the blue ones. White stars come next, they are less hot. Then yellow and orange stars are less hot again. Red stars are the least hot, and they are also the oldest stars.

　　Light moves very quickly across the sky, eighteen million (18,000,000)kilometers in a minute. Our nearest star is a red dwarf. Its name is Proxima Centauri ( proxima ＝ nearest), and it gives a weak, red light. We can just see this light. It left Proxima Centauri 4.25 years ago, and now tonight, it is reaching cur eyes. Think about it! In one minute, 18,000,000 kilometres. So, in 4.25 years—well, how many kilometers? You can find the answer yourself.

　　I will just say this: Proxima Centauri is a long way from us.

1．According to the temperatures on stars, the right order from the lowest temperature to the highest is ________.

[　　]

A．red→yellow→white→blue

B．orange→red→blue→white

C．blue→white→yellow→red

D．white→blue→orange→red

2．All the following am right except ________.

[　　]

A．a “dwarf” is smaller than the sun

B．there are dwarfs in different colours

C．a “dwarf” is a small star

D．dwarfs are the least hot

3．How far away is the star Proxima Centauri from us?

[　　]

A．40,208,400,000,000 kilometres.

B．9,460,800,000,000 kilometres.

C．679,140,000,000 kilometres .

D．279,225,000,000 kilometres .

4．When we say “The star Procyon is ‘ten light years’ away.”, we mean ________.

[　　]

A．we can reach the star in ten years

B．we first saw the star ten years ago

C．the light left Procyon ten years ago

D．Procyon has been that far away for ten years

阅读理解

　　On the 14th day of June, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the following resolution: “Resolved (决心，决定) that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate (交替的) red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation (星群).”

　　We are told that before this, in 1776, a committee had been appointed to look after the matter, and together with General Washington they called at the house of Betsy Ross, 239 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

　　Betsy Ross was a young widow of twenty-four, heroically supporting herself by continuing the upholstery (室内装璜) business of her late husband, young John Ross, a patriot (爱国者) who had died in the service of his country. Betsy was noted for her exquisite (精致的) needle-work, and was engaged in the flag-making business.

　　The committee asked her if she thought she could make a flag from a design, a rough drawing of which General Washington showed her. She replied, with diffidence (缺乏自信), that she did not know whether she could, or not, but would try. She noticed, however, that the star as drawn had six points, and informed the committee that the correct star had but five. They answered that as a great number of stars would be required, the more regular form with six points could be more easily made than one with five.

　　She responded (做出反应) in a practical way by deftly (灵巧的) folding a scrap (小片) of paper; then with a single clip of her scissors she displayed a true, symmetrical (对称的)、 five-pointed star. This decided the committee in her favor. A rough design was left for her use, but she was permitted to make a sample (样品) flag according to her own ideas of the arrangement of the stars and the proportion (比例) of the stripes and the general form of the whole.

　　Some time after its completion, it was presented to Congress, and soon after the committee had the pleasure of informing Betsy Ross that her flag had been accepted as the nation's standard (旗).

1．Which of the following description about Ross is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Her husband died in the American War of Independence.

B．She was good at needle-work.

C．She was forced to make the national standard.

D．She changed the six-pointed star in the design to five points.

2．When Ross was asked to make the national standard, she was ________.

[　　]

3．The committee decided to ask Ross to make the national standard because ________.

[　　]

A．her husband was a patriot

B．she was very confident

C．General Washington showed her the design

D．they believed she was capable and competent

4．She changed the design because ________.

[　　]

A．she didn't know that the person who showed her the design was General Washington

B．she wanted to display her competence

C．she knew that the true star was five-pointed

D．she thought the star with six points was not easy to make

5．In the sentence “This decided the committee in her favor” (Para. 5), the pronoun “this” refers to ________.

[　　]

A．the design

B．the five-pointed star

C．her making a true star with a scrap of paper

D．her confidence

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第II卷（一部分，共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子中的首字母或者汉语提示写出可以填入空白处的单词的正确形式，在答题卡将单词写出。

76. The cruel man shot his wife and __________（埋葬）the dead body in the backyard.

77. There are still quantities of stars we haven’t known in the __________（宇宙）.

78. It’s no good using _______（暴力）to solve the problem. We’d better take effective measures.

79. With the __________（发展）of science and technology, people’s life is becoming more and more convenient.

80. The test measures students’ ____________（成绩，成就）in reading, spelling and writing.

81. Tom and I chat on the Internet very often, but only see each other very o__________.

82. Harbin No. 3 Middle School was f_________ in the year 1923.

83. Recently many earthquakes have s_________ some places in Asia and South America.

84. Lots of poor elder people in the mountains live in p_________.

85. A third of the worst accidents o____ in the home last year, and the rest happened on the roads.