Ⅳ．阅读理解。
( A )
There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, ;Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.; But I don’t agree with him. My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour! My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?
( ) 1. The writer’s grandfather thinks ___.
A．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)
B．different people have cars of the same kind
C．poor people have large cars
D．artists have black cars
( ) 2. Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.
A．because she is poor B．because she is rich
C．because she likes old cars D．and the passage doesn’t tell us why
( ) 3. Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.
A．he has a dog B．he has a large family
C．he has no children D．he has few members in his family
( ) . The writer’s friend Mike paints ___.
A．pictures in black B．colorful pictures
C．colorless pictures D．pictures with only a few colors
( ) 5. The writer thinks ___.
A．his grandfather’s idea about cars is right
B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways
C．artists shouldn’t drive black cars
D．a car doesn’t say anything about its owner
( B )
The most common unlucky number is thirteen. People don’t like to live in a house that is number thirteen. People don’t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don’t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together;nine and four – they make thirteen. One English teacher told his students a story about ‘thirteen’. The classroom was number thirteen. At the end of the lesson one of the students changed the number of the room to 12A. In the afternoon, another teacher wanted to find Room 13. He didn’t know about the changed numbers. He walked around the school for half an hour. At last, someone told him about the changed number;that Room 12A was Room 13. There aren’t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. (There were thirteen people at His Last Supper.) In Europe, they killed criminals on Friday.#p#分页标题#e#
For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky day for him.
( ) 1. From the text we know that ___.
A．nobody likes the number four or nine
B．people never have business meetings on the thirteenth
C．thirteen is not liked by many people
D．thirteen is unlucky only in Europe
( ) 2. In Europe people think Friday is always unlucky possibly because ___.
A．Jesus Christ died on Friday
B．some criminals are killed on Friday
C．more people died on Friday
D．there is a thirteenth on one Friday
( ) 3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the unlucky numbers?
A．He doesn’t mention it.
B．He thinks four and nine are unlucky numbers.
C．He thinks thirteen is lucky for him.
D．He doesn’t like thirteen, either.
( C )
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone’s use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
( ) 1. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones ___.
A．because they are students B．when they are free
C．when they are at school D．because they are children
( ) 2. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from ____.
A．the makers and sellers B．the passer-by and strangers
C．their parents and friends D．some mobile phone users
( ) 3. What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?
A. 聊天 B. 作弊 C. 查询 D. 核对
( ) . Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t ___ during school hours.
A．use their mobile phones B．leave their mobile phones at school office
C．help the teachers with their work#p#分页标题#e#
D．get in touch with their children
( ) 5. The passage tells us that ___.
A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons
B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school
C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school
D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours
Ⅴ．完型填空。
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t 1 them. They often think their parents are too strict with them, and they are never given a 2 hand.
Parents often find 3 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It is one of their ways to 5 that they grow up and they can do with any difficult things. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed.
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success 6 you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they want, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t 7 to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or their clothes or their manner of speech, the young people feel very 8 . Sometimes you even don’t want your parents to say ; 9 ; to what you do. You want to stay at home alone and do what you like.
If you plan to control your 10 , you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
( ) 1. A. remember B. help C. understand D. like
( ) 2. A. helpful B. useful C. free D. strong
( ) 3. A. that B. them C. one D. it
( ) . A. thought B. wanted C. needed D. felt
( ) 5. A. learn B. see C. find D. show
( ) 6. A. since B. if C. because D. though
( ) 7. A. mean B. care C. like D. decide
( ) 8. A. lonely B. happy C. worried D. strange
( ) 9. A. Yes B. No C. Sorry D. That’s right
( ) 10. A. life B. work C. study D. health

参考答案
【期中综合测试】
Ⅰ．单项选择。
1-5 CBCBA 6-10 BCABC 11-15 ABDBD 16-20 CBBCC
Ⅱ．用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. want to buy 2. opens 3. Did, buy . doesn’t rain 5. is going to be 6. is doing 7. to have 8. called 9. swimming 10. had
Ⅲ．补全对话。
DCAFBⅣ．阅读理解。
( A ) ADBBD ( B ) CAA ( C ) CCBDA
Ⅴ．完型填空。
1-5 CCDDD 6-10 BABAA