“外教社杯”初一组河北卷.doc

“外教社杯”第六届全国中学生英语阅读竞赛初赛试题（初一组）答卷时间为90分钟，满分100分。请将答案写在答题纸上，与题号一一对应。I. Multiple Choice on Encyclopaedic Knowledge. (1%*45=45%)Directions: Choose the best answer according to the information in the recommended books.1. There are several important _ between male and female ducks.A. different B. difference C. differences D. differently2. An Indian king asked a wise man to invent a board game. The wise man did, and asked _ one rice grain for the first square, two for the second and so on.A. of B. for C. about D. on 3. We can call elephants baby _.A. cub B. joey C. calf D. kitten4. Cheetahs use _ to catch their prey.A. senses B. colors C. camouflage D. speed5. Giraffes are always _ to say hello. They sleep very little. A. asleep B. awake C. afraid D. alone6. Mr. Wang, the zoo-keeper, always remembers to make food _ the animals.A. for B. to C. of D. on 7. Emperor penguins dont have nests. They lay one egg and _ it on their feet.A. feed B. raise C. hatch D. hug8. Mr. Chen is cutting some cold branches off the apple trees with a _.A. chopsticks B. fork C. saw D. scissors9. The bald eagles call is very famous and is often called the _of Africa.A. soundB. voiceC. noiseD. music10. Hangman is a word-guessing game and it helps with _.A. writing B. speaking C. spelling D. listening11. Inside the space station the astronauts _ normal clothes. Outside, they need special suits. A. put on B. wear C. dress D. dress up12. Its winter now. The ice on the pond is thick and the children _ skates and slide on the ice.A. put on B. put away C. put up D. put off13. _ need very good balance, especially when they have someone else on top of them. A. Jugglers B. Tightrope walkers C. Contortionist D. Clowns14. In December 1941, the Japanese used aircraft carriers _ Hawaiis Pearl Harbour. A. to control B. to attack C. to visit D. to spy15. _ were the first animals in the circus. A. Monkeys B. Horses C. Tigers D. Elephants16. A fire engine can carry about _ litres of water. A. 190 B. 1,900 C. 800 C. 8,00017. Fish use _ to get oxygen from water.A. mouthB. scalesC. fins D. gills18. What must we do in a fire? A. 1)4)3)2) B. 4)3)1)2) C. 1)4)2)3) D. 4)2)1)3)1) Call the Fire Department 2) Do not go back inside the house. 3) Meet everyone in your family somewhere outside the house. 4) Get out of the house.19. Human babies are born with more than _ bones, but adults have _. A. 300; 206 B. 206; 300 C. 200; 306 D. 306;20020. Blood _ red blood cells and white blood cells. A is made up of B. is made into C. is made from D. is made of21. Bones are kept together by _. A. the skull B. the spine C. the elbow D. the joints 22. The brain _.A. controls everything a human does B. pumps blood through the body C. sends and receives messages around the body. D. protects the spinal cord23. Wild tigers and lions fight each other.A. alwaysB. oftenC. sometimesD. never24. Thanksgiving is a holiday in _ A. Britain B. America C. Japanese D. China25. People celebrate _ on October 31st. A. Halloween B. April Fools Day C. Carnivals D. Dragon Boat Festival26. Which of the following is not a board game? A. Snakes and Ladders B. Monopoly C. Go D. Game Boy27. Because of over-fishing and causing oil spills, penguins are in _ A. danger B. safety C. delight D. silence 28. Body feathers cover birds like a coat. These feathers _.A. help keep birds warm B. push through the air and flyC. are waterproof D. help catch the fish29. Woodpeckers have long strong beaks to _.A. catch insects B. drill holes in trees C. tear meat D. crack seeds and nuts30. Aircraft carriers are huge _.A. ships B. planes C. weapons D. bombs31. In international chess, players move their pieces to try and trap the other players _.A. king B. queen C. rock D. knight32. Which game was not invented by Chinese people?A. Chinese chess. B. Go. C. Mah-jong. D. Dominoes.16. Baby pandas open their eyes at _ months and start to walk, run and play at _ months.A. 3; 4 B. 2; 5 C. 4; 6 D. 2; 633. Some birds mostly live in the water or near the water. Their feet are good for _.A. flying B. swimming C. jumping D. walking34. Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year. And Spring Festival starts on the first day of the lunar year and ends with _.A. the Lantern Festival B. the Water Festival C. Dragon Boat Festival D. Thanksgiving35. If astronauts do not _they may float away when they sleep!A. sleep wellB. lie on bedC. tie themselves to bed D. hold on to bed36. Dolphins and whales are not fish because _.A. they dont look like fish B. they dont live in the waterC. they cant breathe in the water D. they dont have tails37. Rays are flat and they have wide fins. They use them to _A. fly in water B. move through the waterC. make food D. scare their enemies 38. What should we do to prevent fires?A. Play with matches. B. Put clothes over a lamp.C. Plug many things into an electric socket.D. Always turn off lights, TVs, fans and computers when we dont use them. 39. Sometimes, on April Fools Day, TV stations, radio stations, or newspapers _.A. dress up in costumes B. ask for candies C. play jokes D. ride horses40. The smallest bone in our body is _.A. in our mouth B. in our ears C. in our hand D. in our feet41. The idea for _ started with an ancient Chinese toy. It is a propeller on a stick. The toy goes up when you spin the stick. A. fighter planes B. helicopters C. missiles D. aircraft carriers42. How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile?A. A crocodiles snout is wide. B. An alligators snout is thin and longC. You can see an alligators teeth when it closes its mouth.D. You can see a crocodiles teeth when it closes its mouth. 43. What is the correct order to make dumplings?A. 3)1)2)4) B. 2)3)4)1)C. 3)2)1)4) D. 2)3)4)2)1)Make the circle into a half-moon shape.2)Put some pork and green onion filling into each circle.3)Roll the flour balls into small circles.4)Put the dumpling into a large pot of hot water.44. Mudskippers are very special fish. They can build walls in the _ A. mud B. water C. sand D. tree45. The Wright brothers are _A. Wilbur and Orville B. John and Weiling C. Orville and Charles D. Wilbur and AmeliaII. Cloze. (1%*25=25%)Directions: Fill in each blank with the word that best fits the context. (A)Spring is time to plant the crops. Today, the Chens are 46 a big field of corn. Mr Chen is 47 his tractor. He is 48 the field into long rows. Mrs. Chen is planting corn seeds in each row 49 . Meimei is working hard too. She is scaring away the birds. The 50 birds want to eat the corn seeds. She is doing a good job.A. carefully B. ploughing C. planting D. on E. naughty(B)One modern fighter plane is the B-2 bomber. It is useful for 51 on the enemy because radar cannot 52 it. Another modern fighter plane is the F-22. It s a very fast fighter plane. It can fly 53 than the speed of sound. The F-22 made its first public flight 54 25 October,2003 in an air show. It made a few _55 over the crowd at the show. In the past, pilot could not 56 the flight path of their missiles. They often missed their target 57 hit the wrong targets. But now, pilot can control it 58 . This is 59 all target 60 heat and modern missiles are attracted to heat. The missiles follow the targets and finally destroy them.51. A. spying B. spy C. spied D. spies52. A. look at B. watch C. find D. read53. A. better B. faster C. slower D. stronger54. A. on B. at C. in D. for55. A. passes B. words C. wishes D. dialogues56. A. keep B. go C. run D. control57. A. or B. but C. with D. nor58. A. worse B. better C. less D. more59. A. so B. because C. for D. that60. A. give off B. give up C. give in D. give away(C)Dear Erica,Thanks for your e-mail.I 61 in primary school. Astronauts must _ 62 friendly and work 63 in a team. I played lots of team sports. Sports make people 64 too.Some astronauts study science or maths at college. 65 , like me, study biology and medicine. Astronauts must 66 speak different 67 . I speak English, Chinese and Russian. This helps me talk 68 other astronauts. Study hard, play sports, have _69 interests and make friends. Im sure you can be an astronaut 70 .Cheers,Astronaut Chen Hua61. A. started B. will start C. finished D. will finish62. A. / B. be C. have been D. is being63. A. well B. good C. slowly D. differently64. A. health B. unhealthy C. healthy D. unhealthy65. A. Another B. The other C. Others D. Else66. A. too B. either C. neither D. also67. A. languages B. subjects C. countries D. words68. A. to B. about C. of D. on69. A. many B. much C. little D. few70. A. yesterday B. tomorrow C. someday D. some daysIII. Reading Comprehension. (1%*30=30%)(A)Birds need somewhere to lay their eggs. The place must be warm and safe. Most birds build nests. Bird nests are made from many things, such as dried grass, mud, string, ribbon, feathers, twigs and moss. Often birds use mud or their droppings to hold a nest together. Mud helps birds to build strong nests. But some nests are very different. Some martins and swallows make their whole nests from mud. The weaverbird weaves grass into a nest. The pieces of grass go over and under just like a piece of cloth. The weaverbirds even tie knots! A tailorbird can sew. It make holes in a leaf. Then the tailorbird uses spider thread or grass to sew leaves together. The leaves hold the nest. Bee hummingbirds make very small nests. They are only as big as your finger!True or False.71. Most birds need a warm and safe place to build their nests.72. Birds use wood and stones to make their nests stronger.73. Birds never use their droppings to hold a nest together.74. The swallows make their nests from mud.75. The weaverbirds can sew.76. Bee hummingbirds can make very small nests.(B)Humans cannot live without oxygen. They can only live without oxygen for about three minutes!Humans breathe air into their lungs. The lungs take oxygen from the air and then breathe out carbon dioxide. Humans breathe better with plants around. This is because plants breathe in carbon dioxide, and breathe out oxygen!Lungs are not empty bags with air! They are full of blood vessels, air tubes and little air bags. There are about 30,000 air tubes in each lung, and each air tube is as thin as a human hair!True or false.77. Its important to plant more trees because we breathe better with plants around.78. Human lungs are just like empty bags with air.79. Plants breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.80. There are about 30,000 air tubes in human lungs.81. The air tube in human lungs is not thicker than a human hair.82. This passage is from the book titled The Human Body.(C)A circus clown can do almost anything. He can juggle and ride unicycles. He can also walk on the tightrope and balance things on his nose. He can even do tricks with animals. Clowns pretend to be bad at these things and this makes the audience laugh. But in fact, clowns are very good at all these tricks and it takes a long time to learn them all.Clowns are an important part of the circus. They are funny and they make the audience laugh. They also useful to the circus in other ways.Many performers need to be in different shows. The clown shows give them time to change costumes. Also, performers can hurt themselves or other acts can go wrong. At these times, the clowns perform for the audience, so the show can continue.Choose the best answer.83. According to the passage, clowns can do many things except（除了） .A. juggle and ride unicyclesB. balance things on his noseC. walk on the tightrope D. feed the animals84. According to the writer (作者)，it is _ to be a clown.A. easyB. hard C. boring D. useless85. Which of the following words can be used to replace (代替) costumes _.A. clothesB. skirtsC. trousers D. shirts86.Besides being funny and making the audience laugh, clowns can also _A. help the performers change costumesB. give the performers more time to change costumesC. hurt the performers and make the acts to wrongD. perform for the animal in the circus87.If you want to be a clown, you need to _.A. learn all the tricks for a long time B. be bad at all the tricksC. just learn how to make people laugh D. take care of a lot of animals88. The passage above is taken from the book .A. FestivalsB. CircusC. Fire Fighter D. Predators(D)Its Mays last day. She still hasnt seen a leopard. Its getting dark, but James and Moses keep trying to find one.Moses uses a light to shine for animals. The light reflects off animals eyes to show where they are. The eyes of grass-eating animals shine green and the eyes of meat-eating animals shine red!Suddenly there is a noise in the trees. “Its baboons,” James says. “Leopards eat baboons. Maybe theyre making a noise because theres a leopard nearby.” “Baboons live in family groups,” Moses explains. “Male baboons can be very fierce. They can even fight off a leopard! ” May looks very carefully into the trees. She sees a happy baboon family. Then she sees something else. A leopard is watching the baby baboon!May is so excited to finally see a leopard! But she doesnt want it to catch the baby baboon. Slowly the leopard moves closer. Theres nothing May can do but watch. Suddenly the father baboon sees the leopard and barks at his family. He sounds just like a dog！They quickly climb to the top of a tree where the leopard is too heavy to go. Now the baboon family is safe.Choose the best answer.89. On the last day, May .A. saves the baboon family B. sees a leopardC. plays with the baby baboon D. fights with a leopard90. When Moses uses the light to shine for animals, the leopards eyes _.A. will shine greenB. will shine redC. will shine green and red D. will not shine91. In the passage, fierce means .A. 凶猛的B. 生气的 C. 慈爱的 D.善良的92. Which of the following is not right ？A. Baboons live in family groups. B. Baboons can kill a leopard.C. Male baboons can fight off a leopard. D. Father baboons look after the family.93. The baboon family is safe because .A. the father baboon fights off the leopardB. they family quickly climb to the top of a treeC. the leopard is afraid of the barkD. the leopard leaves them away94. At last, May probably feels _. A. happy B. scared C. worried D. tired (E)My name is Napoleon. I live in the Antarctic and spend much of the year in water.It is March now and time for me to go to my breeding colony. I go once every year. The colony is 100 kilometers away from the sea. It is a long walk! Now I need to find a mate. I make loud calls. Soon, Nina, a pretty penguin, answers with her own call. Next, we fac