英语奥林匹克(能力)竞赛初三组.doc

第一套全国中学生英语能力竞赛及参考答案听力部分（共四大题，计30分） （略） 笔试部分（共八大题，计120分） I选择填空（Multiplechoice）：（共20小题，计20分）从A、B、C、D四项中选出各题的最佳答案。 1Lucy told me that she could remember what I said “Remember”in this sentence means Athink about Btake back Ckeep in mind Dwrite down 2It is said that Mr Brown takes the chair at every meetingThe Chinese for“takes the chair”in the sentence is A带椅子B主持会议 C让座位D就座 3The news goodWhere did you hear ？ Ais；it Bare；them Cis；them Dare；it 4We have to stop books from the library because the time is going to be up Ato borrow Bborrowing Cto lend Dlending 5The cars are made Changchun Aby Bof Cfrom Din 6Theres nothing in the dining-room， ？ Ais there Bisnt there Cis anything Disnt anybody 7In the exam，the you are， mistakes youll make Acareful；little Bmore careful；less Ccareful；few Dmore careful；the fewer 8He doesnt know when he to Australia next year Agoes Bwill go Chas gone Dhad gone 9Chinese by the largest number of people in the world Aspeak Bis speaking Cis spoken Dspeaks 10Everyone in the village could make shoes ，but didnt wear their own shoes Ahimself；none Boneself；one Cthemselves；they Dthemselves；none 11Must we bring all the food with us？ No，you You bring some of it Amay not；will Bmustnt；can Cwont；need Dneednt；may 12Theres “h”in word“hour”and hour has sixty minutes Athe；the；an Ba；an；an Can；the；an Dan；an；a 13Jenny got to the park gate when the bell rang that dayBut she was late Aoften Balmost Calways Dnever 14 either you or I afraid of dogs？ AAre BIs CDo DHave 15Zhao Wei is one of film stars in China Amuch popular Bmore popular Cmost popular Dthe most popular 16Its really nice you me to work it out Aof；help Bfor；help Cof；to help Dfor；to help 17Please take away the big stone on the road， there may be an accident Aand Bthen Cso Dor 18Well， ？ I have a headache，Doctor Ahow do you do Bwhats the matter with you Chow are you feeling like Dwhat kind of illness do you have 19In the classroom，someone asks you“Do you mind my smoking here？”If you dont mind，you should say“ ”to him ANo，of course notBYes，sit down please CNo，you cant take itDYes，smoke please 20 ？ Its cloudy Do you like this kind of weather？ No，I dont AWhats the weather like today BDo you think it might rain today CDo you like rainy days DWhats the temperature II阅读理解（Reading comprehension）： （共30小题，计30分） 阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（21 30小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳答案；3150小题为非选择题，请回答问题或完成填空题。） （A） 下列方框中的图表是一本书的目录，请根据其内容选出各题的最佳答案。 Choose the best answers 21What is the authors purpose of this writing？ ATell somebody something BWait for somebody CReceive somebody as a guest DNone of these 22What information can you find on pages 2739？ ATeams in Europe BTeams in the US CRules of the Game DEquipment 23The History of Basketball can be found on pages A224266B98112 C172182D126 24What pages will give you information about basketball teams in Europe？ A211223B114171 C184208DNone of these 25What information can be found on pages 184208？ ATeams in EuropeBRules of the Game CTeams in the USDNone of these （B） There are many kinds of animals that live in the forest，such as mice，rabbits，squirrels，owls（猫头鹰）and hawksAnimals in the forest depend on one another for food Many small forest animals，such as mice，eat green plants for food，and then they，themselves，are eaten by larger animalsThis is called a food chain A food chain begins with the sunThe green plants in the forest use the suns energy（能源）to make food for themselvesThis process，or action，is called photosynthesis（光合作用） Forest plants produce flowers and seeds that are eaten by mice and other animalsThe mice get their energy from the plants，and the mice become food for a larger animal，such as the hunting hawkSo，the energy from the sun passes from the plants to the mice to the hawkA break in any link of this food chain means that some animals may not have enough food to live Choose the best answers 26Photosynthesis takes place when Alarger animals eat small animals Bgreen plants use the suns energy to make food Cforest animals eat the food made by green plants Dthe food chain is broken 27What is the first link in a food chain？ AThe sunBThe earth CGreen plantsDForest animals 28Animals sometimes cannot find enough food because Aits cloudy Bthere is very little food in a forest Cphotosynthesis stops Dthere is a break in the food chain 29What does the food chain show about living things？ AThey depend upon each other BSmall animals eat as much as large animals CPlants with flowers are the most important DPlants are more than animals 30Which of the living things below fills the missing link in this food chain？ Arabbits Bmice Cgreen plants Dowls （C） 305: SYDENHAM to RALLWAY SQUAREam am am am am am am am am SYDENHAM STATONINTERNATONAL TERMINALANSETT DOMESTIC TERMINALQANTAS DOMESTIC TERMINALREDFERNRALLWAY SQUARE6.05 6.35 7.05 7.35 8.35 - - -6.14 6.44 7.14 7.44 8.14 8.44 9.15 9.45 10.156.23 6.53 7.23 7.53 8.23 8.53 9.24 9.54 10.246.24 6.54 7.24 7.54 8.24 8.54 9.25 9.55 10.256.39 7.09 7.39 8.09 8.39 9.09 9.45 10.15 10.456.49 7.19 7.49 8.19 8.49 9.19. 9.55 10.25 10.55Look at the bus timetable and complete the sentences 31The timetable is for bus number 32The bus goes from to Railway Square 33The first bus leaves Sydenham at 605amIt gets to Redfern at 34I want to go from Redfern to Railway SquareI want to arrive at Railway Square by 9oclockWhen does the bus leave？ 35How long does the bus take to get from Sydenham Station to Redfern in the morning？ （D） George Washington was born on February 22，1732 in VirginiaHis parents were Augustine and Mary WashingtonGeorge grewup on a farm in VirginiaGeorge did notgo to schoolHis father taught him at homeGeorges favorite subject was mathsGeorge learned to be a surveyor（测量员）of land when he grew upHe joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution He later became the first President of the United States George Washington is called the“Father of the USA Americans celebrate his birthday on Prsidents Day in FebruaryHis picture is on the one dollar bill Answer the questions 36Why is George Washington called the“Father of the USA”？ 37What subject did George like to study best？ 38Where was George Washington born？ 39When is Washingtons birthday celebrated？ 40What did George learn to be？ （E） CHICAGO STAR TASTEOFCHICAGO The Windy Citys Food Festival Every year the city of Chicago has an outdoor food festivalIts called Taste of ChicagoFor eight days youcant drive a car on Columbus Drive or Congress Drive These two big streets in downtown Chicago are closed for the festivalBut you can walk，eat，and listen to musicThe festival is open in the morning，afternoon，and eveningAbout 375，000 people go there every day There is food from over eighty different Chicago restaurants at the festivalFor example，you can eat quesadillasa kind of round，flat bread（or tortilla）filled with meat or vegetables and cheesein a Mexican restaurantThen you can have tempurashrimp and vegetables in flour and fried in oilin a Japanese restaurantYou can also have shish kebabspieces of meat and vegetables cooked over a fire on skewers（long， thin pieces ofwood or metal）in a Turkish restaurantOf course，there is a lot of American food，toohamburgers， hot dogs，and fried chicken How much do people usually eat？Here are some interesting numbers：55，000hot dogs，460，000 slices of pizza，50，000 slices of cake，102，000 Chinese egg rolls， and 27，000kilos of French fries Answer the questions 41Where are Columbus Drive and Congress Drive？ 42How many people go to the festival every day？ 43In which restaurant can we eat quesadillas？ 44What are skewers？ 45How many Chinese egg rolls do the people usually eat？ （F） People like to think about whatthe future is going to beBut did you know that some people predict the future as a job？Futurists are scientists who study and predictthe futureThey can guess what is going to happen in the future from the information they know nowIn this way， futurists can help people and businesses get ready for the future What do futurists say about the future？They think there are going to be big changes in peoples everyday livesand soon！For example，cars are going to drive us to places without a driverWere going to tell the car where we want to go，and the car is going to get us there！ Some futurists think were going to talk to people on small video telephones that we can wear like a watchThey say were not going to use as much paper as we do today，and were not going to need money at allwere going to use special cards for everything we buy！ Some futurists predict that scientists are going to be able to make changes to the weather，that botanists are going to make new kinds of plants so there is more food for more people，and that there are going to be new ways to cook food quickly Of course，even scientists dont really know what the future is going to beThey can only guessBut we can be sure of one thing：the future is going to be very different， and futurists can help us get ready Complete the sentences 46Futurists areThey try to guess what will happen in the future 47Futurists say well go to places in cars without a 48People can wear video telephones like a 49If youre going to buy something，youll use cards instead of 50Scientists will be able tothe weather in the future III完形填空（Cloze）：（共15小题，计15分） A）从下面10个词语中选出7个，并用其适当形式填入文章空白处。 key，headmaster，again，manager，post office， say，safe，speak，come，moneyWhen you have a post office box，the postman does notbring letters toyou，you have togo tothe 51and getyour letters and parcels（包裹）from your boxThe box is locked，and you have the key，so the letters are quite 52 One day Mr Black，the 53 ofaschool，wrote to the post office for his schoolHe soon got an answerIt 54，“We will give you a post box in one month” Two months later，Mr Black wrote to the post office 55 and said，“Why haventwe got a post box yet？” Five months later，there was still no newsMr Black was so angry that he went to the office and asked why he had had no replyThe postman said，“We have written two letters to you and told you to get the 56to your post box back，but you didnt 57”“Where are the letters？”“We sent them to your post box” B）根据首字母提示，填出空内所缺单词。 I love living in Venice，its full of historyI like i（58）because its quite a small cityI think its got a p（59）of about 200，000 people，but there are lots of tourists，especially in the summer，and theres not enoug h（60）for them allOf course，there are no cars or lorries，but there are water buses on the main canals all day and all n（61）and its not far to walk anywhere in the cityBut you n（62）lots of money to live hereHouses are very e（63）and everything comes from the mainland，so the p（64）of everyday super- market items are rather highAnd apart from cinemas and theatres，theres not m（65）to do in the eveningsBut I still like it here IV句式转换（Sentence pattern transformation）：（共 10小题，计10分） A）按要求转换下列句型，每空限填一词。 66The English problem is too difficult for him to work out（改为复合句） The English problem is difficulthe cant work it out 67The surfers both won first prize in the city surfing competition（改为否定句） the surfers won first prize in the city surfing competition 68I think the fastest way to travel is by plane（改为特殊疑问句） do you thinkthe fastest way to travel？ 69Mrs Zhang showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur（改为被动语态） We a picture of the feathered dinosaur by Mrs Zhang 70They had a wonderful time during last Spring Festival（改为感叹句） a wonderful time theyduring last Spring Festival！ B）根据上句完成下句，使两句表达的意思基本相同，每空一词。 71Willy didnt bring out the new coat until the boss made a phone call to Lily Willy didnt bring out the new coatthe boss made a phone call to Lily 72If we dont move that bag，there may be an accident Move that bag，there wont be an accident 73The concert began at six oclockGeorge arrived there at six，too George arrived at the concert hall 74Bob had no teacher，but he learned Chinese well at his young age BobChinese when he was young 75Theres nobody but a passenger in the bus Theresone passenger in the bus V动词填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs）：（共10小题，计10分） A）用所给动词的正确形式填空。 76He found the word（write）wrong as soon as he turned to the page 77Ill write to you after I（arrive）there 78He（make）（do）the exercises again as he didnt do them carefully enough 79Harris began（work）when he saw the boss（come） 80Robert（not finish）（do）his lessons until his father returned home B）从所给的7个动词中选用5个，并运用其正确形式完成短文。 do，happen，be，break into，make，have，livePeople（81）in Britain since the Stone Age And people from Europe（82）the country from time to timeIn about 400BC the Celts conquered BritainThen around 55 BC the Romans invaded Britain They stayed until 410ADAfter that Vikings from Northern Europe invaded BritainSince then many things（83）in Britain and there（84）many changesSince 1801 England，Scotland，Wales，and Northern Ireland have been called the United Kingdom（or UK for short）The UKis the 73rd largest country in the worldIt contains four different countriesThey are Scotland，Wales，England and Northern IrelandEngland（85）the largest number of peopleSome famous tourist attractions in the UK are Big Ben，Edinburgh Castle and Mount Snowdon VI翻译（Translation）：（共10小题，计10分） 将下列句子译成英语，提示词语已给出。 86西湖是个非常美丽的地方，但这五年间我只去过一次。（be） 87虽然他知道玛丽已经搬走了，但是他还是不停地写信给她。（but；keep） 88下个月我一放寒假就飞到通化去参加英语冬令营。（as soon as；winter camp） 89我爸爸突然有病了，我不得不去请大夫。（send） 90我认为在一个星期之内完成这么难的工作并非易事。（easy） B）把下面短文中的划线部分译成汉语。 （91）Thomas Edison was perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever knownWithout his invention， people may not have had lights，films and other things（92）But this clever man had very little schooling Edison began to make a talking machine in 1877（93）At first he used paper with holes to make a soundHe worked for months on this ideaAt last he found how to record a persons voice（94）But the first machine was very simple and the voice was only one type and not clearThen he spent another long time on itHe changed some parts and he added some new ones to the talking machineThis time the voice could be played and the voice was also very clear（95）After the Second World War others used his method to record music and songsThen came the tape recorderIt is much easier to record the voiceHow great Edison was VII智力测试（Intelligence test）：（共5小题，计5分） 96025，025，05，15，？， What number comes next in the sequence above？ 97A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hourHow many minutes would the pills last？ 98The day before the day before yesterday is three days after SaturdayWhat day is today？ 99Please find the odd one out： 100Ifyou throwa white stone into the Red Sea，what will it become？ VIII写作（Writing）：（共2题，每题10分，计20分） A）根据下面提示写一则对话，不得少于10句话，不包括已给出的首句和尾句。 Linda，Barbaras daughter，wants to go to Shades disco tonightShes not going to be back until one oclock because the disco starts at nine thirtyBarbara thinks this is too late and that two hours at the disco is enoughBut Linda says there are few buses at that timeHer mother tells her therell be no problems if she leaves the disco at 1130Linda asks for a front door key，but Barbara says noShe will wait up for her Linda：Excuse me，Barbara，can I ask you something？ Barbara： Linda： Barbara： Linda： Barbara： Linda： Barbara： Linda： Barbara： Linda： Barbara：No，Ill wait up for you B）Write a short introduction about the United State