益阳一中2011年保送生招生考试英语试题及答案
（B）
Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a "couch potato". A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit or lie on while watching television.
Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just as "mouse potatoes" enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device(装置，设备) that moves the cursor（光标）on a computer screen. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the word to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.
Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called nesting or cocooning. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children. Now these children have grown up and have left the nest. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away. Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nest. They have become empty nesters.
（ ）51. What is a couch potato?
A. Someone who likes sitting or lying down while watching TV.
B. Someone who likes potatoes.
C. Someone who watches TV.
（ ）52. What is the Chinese meaning of the word "couch"?
A. 床B. 沙发椅C. 凳子
（ ）53. What is a mouse potato?
A. A mouse that eats potatoes.
B. A potato which looks like a mouse
C. Young people who spend a lot of time using computers.
（ ）54. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. A computer mouse is the device that moves the cursor（光标）on a computer screen.
B. Couch potatoes and mouse potatoes are people.
C. The writer of the passage doesn't like potatoes.
（ ）55. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Nesting or cocooning means that people like to buy many houses.
B. These children leave their homes because they don't like to live with their parents.
C. Parents living alone without children are empty nesters.
C)回答问题 （共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
A report says the number of micro-blog(微博) users in China is over 120 million. There will be more users in 2012. Micro-blogging started in the early 2010 in China, and 125.217 million people are using it in October.
With micro-blogs, it is easier to give and get new ideas. In 2010, people knew 11 big events first on micro-blogs. For example, "Li Gang is my father" was one of them.
Radio took 38 years to attract 50 million people. TV took 13 years. The Internet used 4 years. But it took micro-blogs only 14 months to reach such a number.
However, some think micro-blogs are sometimes a waste of time. Some news on them is like trash, and sometimes you get nothing after you read five pages.
56. When did micro-blogging start in China?
57. How many people are using micro-blogs in October?
58. Is it difficult to give and get new ideas with micro-blogs?
59. How long did micro-blogs take to attract 50 million people?
60. What do some people think some news on micro-blogs like?
IV 写作技能 （共三部分，计35分）
A）翻译句子（每空1分，计10分）
根据所给汉语，完成下列英语句子，每空一词。
61. 我此刻感觉不舒服。
I don’t at the moment.
62. 他昨晚直到午夜才回来。
He _____ come home ______ midnight.
63. 我不喜欢离开太长时间。
I don’t like ______ _______ for too long.
64. 今年我打算在课堂上练习说英语。
I’m going to ______ English in class this year.
65. 除了我之外，其它每个人都被邀请了。
Everyone _________ was invited, _________ me.
B)完成对话 （共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
通读下列对话，然后根据上下文补全对话内容。
A: Excuse me, _(66)_____________________ ? I haven’t seen him for weeks.
B: Jim’s gone to England.
A: Really? _(67)____________________ ?
B: He went there last week.
A: _(68)_________________________ ?
B: Yes. He had lived there for 15 years before he came to China.
A: _(69)__________________________ ?
B: He traveled with his friends.
A: _(70)__________________________ ?
B: He’ll be away for about two weeks.
A: Oh, thank you. I’ll phone him this evening.
C)作文（计15分）
初中生活即将结束, 你即将迎来全新的高中生活。为了尽快适应环境，你需要制定一个新的计划，谈谈你在高中会遇到的问题，并向朋友们寻求帮助。
要求：1.字数：60-80字
2. 短文中不得出现真实的人名，校名和地名。
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