2012年全国中学生英语能力竞赛山东赛区决赛高中组试题及答案.doc

2012年全国中学生英语能力竞赛山东赛区决赛高中组试题注意事项：1.本题共 14页，计150分。答题时间为120分钟。2.答题前将答题纸密封线以上的项目填写清楚。3.答题时可先用钢笔或圆珠笔在试题上作答，然后将答案抄到答题纸上。4.考试结束后将试题和答题纸一并交上。 Section 1 Listening Comprehension Test (50 points) Part 1 In this part you will hear ten short Conversations. After you hear a Conversation, read the question and four choices, and then choose the best answer to the question. The Conversation will be read only once. After each Conversation, you have ten seconds to choose the answer and read the next item. (10 points)1. What are the man and woman talking about? A. About a famous writer of a book. B. About a co-workers personality. C. About how to finish their work in time. D. About a famous detective.2. What happened to the man and woman in the conversation? A. The traffic is completely jammed. B. The meeting has to be put off. C. The doctors are waiting for them. D. They have to take the subway instead.3. How does the man think of the Internet? A. Its too slow. B. Its frustrating.C. Its convenient for information. D. Its useful to keep in touch with his family.4. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man and woman meet at a childrens playground B. The man and woman have known each other before.C. The place where the woman works is a soldiers club.D. The man has been to the place where Jennifer has the duty before.5. Which of the following is correct according the conversation?A. The man has lost one of his CD and tried to find it.B. The CD the man wanted to have came out only last year.C. The found his lost CD right in the shops classical section.D. Beethovens Symphony Number 9 is being recorded in the musical shop.6. Which of the following is the right order for the woman to get to the meeting-room?Take the train to Broadway station.Go down the escalators to the subway platform.Turn left after getting out of the arrivals.Get out exit C of the subway station. Turn right after getting out of the Broadway station. A. B. C. D. 7. What can we know from the conversation?A. The conversation happened between a post graduate and a professor.B. The man has already known the responsibilities of his new job.C. The interviewer is talking to a applicant for certain position of a bank.D. The man is qualified for the position because he has working experience.8. What is the womans disadvantage? A. She lives very far from her home. B. She has to spend much money to move away the spam. C. She is studying an online course which costs time and money. D. She cant get the information she needs through the regular media.9. What kind of job would the man like to have?A. A job that has something to do with science. B. To work as a laboratorian in a hospital. C. To work as a laboratorian in a chemical company. D. He prefers to have an interesting job in industry.10. Which of the following is true according to the conversation? A. The man applies for the manager position. B. The man has been working as a cashier in a restaurant for several years.C. The man thinks the job in the store would be different experience.D. The man is asked to show letters of reference from his old employers.Part Two In this part you are going to hear three conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. Listen to the conversation carefully and then choose the best answers to the questions that follow. You will have 10 seconds to look through the question and mark the answer. (15 points) Conversation one11.Who is the host for the right live show according to the conversation? A. Kathy Koh from The Current Affairs Program. B. David who presides at the interview. C. A hostess from the program Asia Today. D. The best-known host of the program News for Today.12.Which of the following is the right order of the hosts questions in the conversation? Can you tell us exactly what you do? What kinds of topics do you find your viewers like the most? So, what does it take for someone to be a good host? So you probably have to do a lot of research, right?What about young people who want to become TV show hosts?A. B. C. D. 13.What kinds of topics do the viewers like most according to the studies made by the hosts in the conversation? A. Current social affairs. B. Present stories in the news. C. Politics, crimes and big scandals. D. Conflicts in opinions.14.What are the two most important things for the young people who want to be the TV show hosts?A. Nice sounding voice and quick thinking.B. Good listening skill and quick response. C. Curiosity and the ability of communication. D. The skill of asking good questions.Conversation Two 15.When and where did the accident happen? A. It happened on a narrow road at a crossing on a rainy day. B. It happened on the drivers way home from work in the thick fog. C. It happened a few yards away from the drivers house in the evening. D. It happened when a truck was suddenly pulling out of a side road.16.How were the drivers and their car and truck after the accident?A. Both of the truck and car were towed away but drivers were Ok. B. The drivers were all right but their car and truck were badly damaged. C. The car was nearly broken but the truck was Ok and the drivers were all right. D. Both of the truck and car were pulled to the road side and waiting for reparation.17.What were the man and woman going to do after the accident?A. They were going to move into a new house. B. They were going to buy a smaller car with the latest technology. C. They were going to buy another big car with the best brakes. D. They were going to have a new car with good control technology.Conversation Three18. Why did Tina say her Spanish course was tough?A. The Spanish teacher was very strict with her.B. The teacher made the course more difficult on purpose.C. The teacher recorded the students conversations in class.D. The teacher used lots of teaching materials by the native speakers.19. What are the three difficulties Tinas mentioned in learning Spanish in the conversation?A. vocabulary, rephrase and expressions.B. Fast speed, too many new words and the accent.C. pronunciation, repetition and clarification.D. The strict teacher, important words and clarification.20. Which of the following is true according to the conversation?A. The man is surely a foreign language teacher.B. The man is the womans language learning coach.C. The man is quite experienced in language learning.D. The man has been teaching Spanish for years.Part Three In this part youll hear three short passages. After each passage you will be asked a few questions. Choose the best answers. The passages will be read only once. You will have ten seconds for looking through each question and marking the answer. (15 points)Passage One 21. Why hasnt Suzanne written for such a long time? A. She has been working hard on a project. B. She has been busy preparing herself for exams. C. She has been looking forward to the coming holidays. D. She enjoyed her holidays so much that she couldnt wait for another.22. What did Suzanne learn about from a girl called Louisa?A. About Louisas school and her daily life. B. There was only one school in Louisas community. C. Louisa could take her baby brother and sister to school. D. There were teaching facilities but there wasnt enough electricity.23. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Suzanne wrote the letter to Louisa very early in the morning. B. Suzanne is getting ready to go to Uganda and meet Louisa. C. Suzannes and her friends are going to raise money for Louisas school. D. The project “World Class” brought Suzanne and Louisa together.Passage Two24.How did the Romans decide their first unit of length measurement?A. They took the width of a thumb as a uncia.B. They used the barley corns to measure the size.C. They used foot as the unit of their measurement.D. They decided a mans foot measures exactly 12 inches.25.Why didnt the English accept thumb as the unit of measurement?A. Because it didnt make it easier to figure out common lengths.B. Because barley corns were considered more important than thumbs.C. The writer of the passage doesnt give any particular reasons.D. Because the English wanted to prove their superiority to the Romans.26.How did the writer begin the passage?A. By telling the history of measurement.B. By examples of how often we use measures.C. By an explanation of football rules.D. By comparing the differences between the measurements.27.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. The problems of measurement began centuries ago.B. The English recognized the need for a standard inch.C. The unit “yard” was only used for women to measure clothes.D. Different units of measurement were developed over the centuries.Passage Three28.Why does the writer of the passage say Amazon is the mightiest river in the world?A. Because Amazon is about 200 miles wide.B. Because Amazon is much longer than the Mississippi river.C. Because Amazon is the second longest river in the world.D. Because Amazon flows the greatest amount of water in the world.29.How far can smaller ships sail upstream during rainy season?A. 1000miles. B. 1800 miles. C. 2800 miles. D. 3900 miles.30.How does the writer of the passage help you to visualize the length of the Amazon?A. By telling how long the Mississippi is.B. By describing its banks.C. By comparing it to a distance on land.D. By telling you how it compares to other rivers.Part Four In this part youll have a spot dictation. Listen to the passage twice, then fill in the blanks with what you have heard. (10 points)Superintendent Roberts, of Scotland Yard, is a clever( 31)_. He solves cases by collecting information and looking at all the( 32)_. Now he faces what may be his most difficult case ever. An atomic scientist, Professor Nicol, has been kidnapped. No one knows where he is or whothe kidnappers are. Roberts begins his search by going to the National Atomic (33)_Centre, where Nicol works. He finds out that the scientist is a clever,( 34)_ man whodid not like living at the Centre. The Professor knows quite a lot about a new scientific ( 35) _ involving uranium. Foreign governments would pay a lot of money for such information. As Roberts returns to London, he wonders, Was Nicol kidnapped by (36)_or just criminals?As the (37)_ grows, radar (38)_ follows planes to prevent Nicol from being taken out of the country. Roberts looks one of the first (39)_ in the case - a (40)_ Frenchwoman, who was supposed to meet Nicol. He goes to Paris, where, with the help of (41)_ Clair, an old friend, he finds a man who knows the Frenchwoman, Joy Durant. He says she is (42)_ with criminals, and that these criminals (43)_ him and tied him up Roberts also finds out that Joy is married to a well-known criminal, Richard Wilson. After Roberts learns that Wilsons gang had a place on Salisbury Plain, a (44)_ search of the area begins. Roberts goes to Salisbury to meet the officer in charge. While hes there, Joy Wilson arrives. Just as Roberts suspected, Joy and her husband have kidnapped Nicol. They are (45)_ two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, in diamonds. They put Roberts in contact with Nicol, who is (46)_. There is no other choice but to give the kidnappers what they want. Robertss plan is to catch the criminals, using radar, before they leave the country with the diamonds. His plan goes into action on a clear, dark night. Roberts and Joy set out from Salisbury in a police car. Wilson gives them (47)_ through the radio. As they drive to Southampton, the car runs over a small bomb near a milestone by a farmhouse. Robertsand Joy are not hurt but the car is( 48)_. At the farmhouse, Joy escapes and Roberts finds Nicol. The criminals make their getaway in a small plane, but (49) _ planes in the area quickly find the aircraft and track it as it lands in a field. Roberts, Nicol and other officers drive to the area, where there is a hotel. In no time, Roberts and the police have caught the criminals who are hiding out in one of the hotel rooms. The diamonds, though, are nowhere to be found. At dinner, Roberts is (50)_ of something, so he, Nicol and another detective return to the farmhouse. There, under the milestone, are the diamonds. Section II Reading Comprehension Test (50 points)Read the following passages and choose the best answers.AI went to the dark end of the inventory shelves, pressed my forehead against the wall and buried myself in a few moments of quiet despair. Was this the way it would be for the rest of my life? Here I was, two years out of school, working at yet another mindless, low-pay, dead-end job. Up to this point, I had avoided the question by just not thinking about it. But now, for some reason, the awful possibility had come crashing down on me. The thought sucked every bit of energy from my body. I clocked out sick, went home to bed, pulled the covers over my head, and tried to forget about tomorrow and all the tomorrows that would follow. By morning I was a little more composed, but no less depressed. Listlessly, I went back to work - to my hopeless routine. There were several new guys on the job that morning temporary workers. One of them caught my eye. He was older than the others, and wearing a uniform. The company didnt issue uniforms in fact, the company didnt care what you wore as long as you showed up. But this guy was dressed in a pair of smartly pressed trousers and work shirt,complete with his name, Jim, embroidered on the pocket. I guess he supplied himself with the uniform. I watched him all that day and the rest of the days he worked with us. He was never late or early. He worked at a steady, unhurried pace. He was friendly to everyone he worked with, but rarely talked while he was working. At lunchtime, most of us got our meals and drinks from the vending machines. However, Jim didnt. He ate his lunch from an old-fashioned steel lunch box and drank his coffee from a bottle. Sometimes people would be a little careless about cleaning up after they ate. Jims place at the table was spotless, and, of course, he was always back on the line exactly on time. He wasnt just odd; he was outstanding - admirable! He was the kind of worker managers dream of. Despite that, the other workers liked him. He didnt try to show anybody up. He did what was asked of him, no more, no less. He didnt gossip or complain or argue. He just did the job - common labour - with more personal dignity than I had believed was possible with this kind of low-level, dull work.He was a professional. Labour might be common; he wasnt. When the temporary work was finished, Jim left for another job, but the impression he made on me didnt. I did the best I could to follow his example. I didnt buy a lunch box or a uniform, but I did start setting my own standards. I worked just the way Jim had done. To my great surprise, the managers noticed my new productivity and promoted me. A few years later, I promoted myself to a better-paying job with a different company. And so it went. Eventually, many companies and many years later, I started a business of my own. Whatever success Ive had has been the result of hard work and good luck, but I think the biggest part of my luck was the lesson I learned from Jim so long ago. Respect doesnt come from the kind of work you do; it comes from the way you do the work.51.From the first paragraph of the passage we can tell that the writer of the passage _. A. had a headache that made him depressed B. was tortured by endless questionsC. was exhausted by his despair D. was nearly frustrated by his first job52. What was the awful possibility that had come crashing down on the writer according to the passage?A. “Doing a mindless, low-pay, dead-end job.”B. “Was this the way it would be for the rest of my life?”C. “How to avoid the disgusting questions.”D “The thought that had sucked every bit of energy from the writer.”53. Why did the writer give a detailed description of Jims appearance, particularly his uniform?A. To show Jims tidiness.B. To show Jims plain life style.C. To tell Jims attitude towards his job.D. To show Jim was careful in everything.54.Which of the following is not true about Jim?A. He always kept everything around him clean and tidy.B. He was always punctual and worked at a steady, unhurried pace.C. His approach and performance fully justified the statement-“All work is noble.”D. Like most of the other people with a better-paying job, he applied dignity to his job.55. The writer of the passage tells us _.A. a story about a young man who changed his life B. that we should learn all the good qualities of JimC. how he learned to command the technique for his dull jobD. by Jim that labour could be common, but the workers dont have to be BMany cultures around the world have legends about giants - people who are taller and stronger than normal humans. Famous legendary