2005年宜兴市高一英语能力竞赛试题.pdf

2008年宜兴市高一英语能力竞赛试题 时间 120分钟 总分 150分 听力部分 共两节 计20分 第一节 共5小题 每小题1分 满分5分 听下面5段对话 每段对话后有一个小题 从题中所给的A B C三个选项中选出最佳 选项 并标在试卷的相应位置 听完每段对话后 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和 阅读下一小题 每段对话仅读一遍 例 How much is the shirt A 19 15 B 9 15 C 9 18 答案是 B1 Where is the conversation most probably taking place A In a park B In a bank C In a hospital 2 How does the woman usually go shopping A By bus B By car C On foot 3 What is the possible relationship between the two speakers A Mother and son B Teacher and student C Boss and employee 4 What time does the train leave A 8 30 B 8 00 C 8 15 5 What season is it now A Autumn B Spring C Winter 第二节 共15小题 每小题1分 满分15分 听下面5段对话或独白 每段对话或独白后有几个小题 从题中所给的A B C三个选 项中选出最佳选项 并标在试卷的相应位置 听每段对话前 你将有时间阅读各个小题 每小题5秒钟 听完后 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间 每段对话读两遍 听第6段材料 回答第6 至7题 6 What is the trouble A There is something wrong with the engine 发动机 B There is no gas in the tank C They are lost on the way 7 Where are they going A To the airport B To the station C To the museum 听第7段材料 回答第8至9题 8 Why does the man ring A To ask for information about business B To inform the woman of his arrangement 安排 C To get permission to talk with Mr Hall 9 Where is the man go when he arrives A To the hotel B To the factory C To the office 听第8段材料 回答第10至12题 10 What is the girl A A high school student B A college student C A lifeguard 11 What is the girl discussing with her father A Life is a lifeguard B Interruption of her father C Her plan for the summer holiday 12 What can we learn from the dialogue A Children interrupt their parents any time they like B Parents are always ready to help their children C Young people all like to be lifeguards during summer holidays 听第9段材料 回答第13至16题 13 Why does Mr David want to see Mr Ryan A To deal with his insurance 保险 for his car B To show his consideration for his health C To praise him for his hard work in the office 14 Who is the woman A Mr Ryan s wife B Mr Ryan s workmate C A secretary in his office 15 What does the woman think of Mr Ryan s health A He seldom gets ill B He is in poor health C He never takes a sick leave 16 What is the main point of the dialogue A Mr David wants the woman to read the form carefully B Mr David wants the woman to give the form to Mr Ryan C Mr David wants the woman to ask Mr Ryan some questions 听第10段材料 回答第17 20题 17 How long does the man work at the present company A 13 years B 3 years C 30 years 18 What is the man now A A clerk at the airport B A travel agent 代理商 C A salesman in Spain 19 According to what the man said what caused him to decide to take the job A His father loved it B He had experience C He loved traveling 20 Why does the man make the speech A To make an announcement B To answer the questions from an interview C To introduce something about himself 笔试部分 共7大题 计130分 I 单项填空 Multiple choice 共15小题 每小题1分 满分15分 21 Can I call for some friends and spend the day outside with them Mom I ve told you to have a weekend at will A What for B Why not C How come D So what 22 The kind hearted business man has two houses has been offered to the village as a gift A the larger one B the larger of which C the larger of them D the largest one 23 If you any problems when you arrive at the airport give me a ring A come up with B turn up C run into D look out 24 It long before we the result of the experiment A will not be will know B is will know C will not be know D is know 25 wants to see the film must buy a ticket first A No matter who B Anyone C Those who D Whoever 26 After recovering from illness he was advised to gardening as a hobby to kill time when nobody was with him A take way B take on C take off D take up 27 What do you think of the book Harry Potter Harry Potter is of magic and wonder it s anything will happen A the world which B the world where C a world which D a world where 28 If you keep practising your son in football he to be a famous player A determines B hopes C expects D promises 29 The quality of this kind of paper is poor for it easily A tears B is torn C tore D is tearing 30 How often do you eat out but usually once a week A Have no idea B It depends C As usual D Generally speaking 31 We should spend our valuable time just on the right thing we find A worth doing B worth being done C them worth doing D worth doing them 32 He accepted the proposal that he early the next morning A started off B start off C would start off D could start off 33 The news reporters hurried to the airport only the film stars had left A to tell B to be told C telling D being told 34 You the meeting in time Sorry I was delayed by the traffic accident A are supposed to attend B have supposed to attend C are supposed to have attended D supposed to have attended 35 It was at the very beginning Mr Fox made the decision we should send more fire fighters there A when which B where that C that that D that which II 完形填空 Cloze 共30小题 每小题1分 满分30分 A 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C和D 中 选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项 Jim was a young man in his early twenties who was working in a private company He was a good worker worthy of 36 so his boss was pleased with him As he was such a likable man and easy to 37 he was 38 with his workmates too They also made 39 of him but he never got 40 with them and would only laugh Jim could never tell a 41 however hard he tried 42 he was so honest and 43 that he would go red even when he was telling the truth He used to stand in front of the mirror and 44 lying But as soon as he saw his face going red he had to look 45 One morning he was too 46 to go to work because he had 47 a friend s birthday party the night before and it hadn t 48 until the early hours in the morning And so 49 the first time in his life he decided to 50 the day off He rang his boss 51 to be a woman Hello he said 52 I m afraid Jim can t come to work today He isn t feeling very well Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn t see him because his hands were 53 and his face was bright red Thank you for letting me know said the boss And just as the boss was about to 54 he said Just a moment madam who s speaking Oh Jim replied making a great 55 to make a voice like a woman This is my landlady 女房东 speaking 36 A helpB trustC loveD use37 A get on withB do withC put up withD keep up with38 A popularB patientC admiredD satisfied39 A useB funC bestD most40 A crossedB boredC dissatisfiedD disappointed41 A secretB truthC storyD lie42 A For exampleB As a resultC In factD Once more43 A calmB curiousC intelligentD shy44 A enjoyB stopC practiseD admit45 A awayB aheadC uponD through46 A excitedB scaredC tiredD moved47 A missedB attendedC heldD joined48 A succeededB continuedC endedD started49 A byB forC inD at50 A makeB leaveC putD take51 A decidingB expectingC pretendingD trying52 A nervouslyB bravelyC eagerlyD curiously53 A movingB hangingC shakingD waving54 A hang onB hand downC hang upD hang off55 A effortB effectC decisionD courage B 仔细阅读下面短文 短文中有10个空 请按括号里所给单词及语境要求完成语法填 空 词型变化等 Problems Help Us Grow Don t worry if you have a problem This is easy to say if you don t have one yourself I know But the only people who don t have troubles are 56 gather in little neighborhoods We call them cemeteries 坟墓 If you are breathing you have 57 difficult That s how life is But believe it or not most of your problems may 58 actual be good for you Let me explain Maybe you know about the Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁 stretching some 8 000 miles from New Guinea 新几内亚 to Australia Tour guides often take 59 visit to view the reef On one tour the guide was asked an interesting question I notice that the lagoon 泻湖 side of the reef looks pale and 60 life while the ocean side is lively and 61 color Why is this The guide answered the coral 珊瑚 around the lagoon side is still water With no challenge to its 62 survive it dies early However the coral on the ocean side is always being tested by wind waves and storms It has to fight for its life every day As it is challenged and tested it changes and grows 63 health It grows strong He added That s the way it is with every living thing That s the way That s how it is with people Challenged and tested we come alive Like coral by the sea we grow 64 physics problems make for a healthier body Stress makes for a 65 strength mind So you have problems no problem Just tell yourself There I grow again III 阅读理解 Reading Comprehension 共15小题 每小题2分 满分30分 A 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的A B C D四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A As most people know in the past few years sandstorms have swept across many cities and areas of North China polluting the air and disturbing daily lives of human beings People look dirty and suffer many kinds of illnesses such as breath difficulty The sandstorm is such a serious problem that it has not only undermined the industrial and agricultural development of our country but also caused a lot of trouble to the living conditions of the Chinese people It is expected that effective steps should be taken as soon as possible through our joint efforts to limit its appearances So what should we do with the frightening sandstorms Some experts put forward practical suggestions as follows for one thing more funds ought to be put into tree planting and forest protection so as to keep more water resources within the surface of the earth For another governments of all countries should make laws on environmental protection For example banning the use of throw away chopsticks 筷子 and punish illegal 非法的 tree cutting Scientists should also study and find ways to cut down the degree of its destruction and to improve the whole environment How people look forward to sunny days with little breeze 微风 touching their faces now and forever Nevertheless I am fully confident that the golden days can come back so long as everyone tries his best to protect natural environment from today on 66 The underlined word undermined in Paragraph One means A weakened B strengthened C encouraged D damaged 67 From the first paragraph we can infer A China has never taken any steps to prevent sandstorms B the sandstorm is the most dangerous natural disaster to human beings C sandstorms can cause much damage to human beings and their daily lives D more sandstorms will happen in the near future in North China 68 The writer s main purpose of writing the passage is to A tell people the seriousness of sandstorms B support the suggestions of some experts C show his fear for sandstorms D call on people to do something to stop sandstorms B The following are four forms about medicine How to use the medicine is very important Never take some by mistake Take the medicine with water followed by one tablet every eight hours as required For further nighttime and early morning take two tablets at bedtime Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours For children six to twelve years old give half the adult dosage For children under six years old go to your doctor for advice Reduce dosage if nervousness restlessness or sleeplessness take place Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for persons over fourteen years old As usual a pill 6 00 a m before breakfast one before 11 00 and one before sleep Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack The medicine for a person with a fever Once two pills a day before sleep for adults Do not take the medicine without fever Half for children under 12 years old Children with a high fever go to see a doctors The medicine taken three times a day once five pills for adult with a cold Half of the pills for children under 10 years old Take the medicine before breakfast lunch supper or before sleep 69 If a ten year old child has a high fever it s suggested that he A take three tablets before sleep B take two tablets before sleep C take one tablet before sleep D go to see a doctor 70 When a child under 10 has a cold he cannot take more than A fifteen pills a day B ten pills a day C eight pills a day D five pills a day 71 How many kinds of medicine can be used for children under six years old A Four B Three C Two D One B 阅读下列材料 从所给的七个选项 A B C D E F和G 中 选出符合各小题要求 的最佳选项 选项中有两项是多余选项 The history and story behind the scenes of the inventor and invention of escalator 电动扶梯 is told in the book Extraordinary Stories Behind Ordinary Objects That Had to Be Invented by Someone 72 The first escalator known as the Reno Inclined Elevator was patented in March 1892 by Jesse W Reno 73 Powered by an electric motor it moved at a speed of 1 5 mph and was first used at the Old Iron Pier on Coney Island New York in 1896 Two years later Harrods in London installed 安装 a Reno Inclined Elevator to help the customers carry brandy 白兰地 Other Londoners paid a penny a ride at the Crystal Palace and celebrated the new thing with W P Dempsey s song Up the Sliding Stairs 74 His patent 专利 was purchased six years later by Charles D Seeberger who combined the step design with his own to produce the first practical moving staircase The Otis Elevator Company of New York made it and it was exhibited in 1900 at the Paris Exposition in France where the name escalator was first used and it got the first prize 75 Jesse Reno s Coney Island ride successfully made Jesse Reno into the escalator designer and he founded the Reno Electric Stairways and Conveyers Company in 1902 Charles Seeberger sold his patent rights for the escalator to the Otis Elevator Company in 1910 who also bought Jesse Reno s escalator patent in 1911 76 A It consisted of a continuous conveyer belt 传送带 rubber and narrow board B Otis then came to main escalator production and improved the various designs of escalators C However the escalator began as an amusement and not as practical transport D Charles W Wheeler patented an improved model with flat steps in August 1892 E It is a moving staircase with steps that move up or down using a conveyer belt and tracks keeping each step horizontal for the passenger F It was invented by inventors Jesse W Reno Charles W Wheeler Charles D Seeberger in the year between 1892 and 1898 G The names escalator was from the word scala which is Latin for steps and the word elevator which had already been invented C 阅读下列短文 根据题目的具体要求简要回答问题 About one hundred colleges and universities began as public agricultural colleges and continue to teach agriculture These are called land grant schools They began with support from the federal 联邦的 government Federal aid supported the building of most major state universities The idea of land grant college goes back to a law in the nineteenth century called the Morrill Act A man named Justin Smith Morrill advised creating at least one in each state The name land grant came from the kind of aid provided by the government The government wanted Americans to learn better ways to farm So it gave thousands of hectares 公顷 of land to each northern state The idea was that the states would sell the land and use the money to build colleges These colleges would teach agriculture engineering and military science Congress 国会 passed the law But it was during the Civil War Southern states had rebelled against the North and withdrawn 退 出 from the Union Another law created a center at each land grant college to develop new scientific ideas and to help farmers solve problems The agricultural college of the State of Michigan was founded in 1855 That was seven years before the Morrill Act It later became the first college to officially agree to receive support under the law The college grew into what is now Michigan State University in East Lansing Today the university has more than forty thousand students These include more than 3 500 students from 130 other countries Last year the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State had 336 foreign students More than 200 of them were graduate students in the area of agricultural economics packaging and crop and soil sciences Undergraduates 在校大学生 studying agriculture can also study other related areas These include agricultural education and food industry management 77 When was the Morrill Act passed Please answer within 5 words 78 Give a proper title for the passage Please answer within 8 words 79 Why was the Morrill Act not carried out in the Southern states then Please answer within 15 words 80 Why are the public agricultural colleges called land grant schools Please answer within 15 words IV 单词拼写 Word Spelling 共10 小题 每小题1分 满分10分 根据下列句子及括号中的汉语或单词的首字母 在横线上写出各单词的完整形式 每空限一个单词 81 The report found no 证据 of damage to crops by acid rain 82 There was not much 融洽 in international affairs in those days 83 As the strong winds were blowing 猛烈 we had to fight our way forward 84 种族的 hatred was burning in him and he let the arrow fly at the chief 85 Technology has made information 可得到的 to more people 86 Smoking is f in some public places 87 Columbus was one of the greatest e in the world who discovered America 88 Her novels were well written and c as well In fact she made a lot of money from her books 89 Some famous people are often asked to make c on current affairs 时事 90 Matter has three states For example water is a l V 动词填空 Verb Filling in 共10 小题 每小题1分 满分10分 根据每个句子的意思 选用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空 方框内的词有多余 每 个动词限用一次 study frighten hand become see praise leave waste take require separate appear91 This is one of the best novels that this year 92 I won t be free at 9 Friday morning I my parents off at the time 93 I think such a brave boy deserves publicly 94 You should in your exercise book earlier but you are late again 95 The street was so crowded that I got from my friends 96 Everyone should do what by law 97 The flood caused great damages a lot of people homeless 98 It is said that human cloning by some scientists now 99 How I regret so much time playing computer games 100 Seeing the terrible scene the girl held her breath with her face VI 任务型阅读 共10 小题 每小题1分 满分10分 请认真阅读下列短文 并根据所读内容在文章后的表格里填入最恰当的单词 注意 每空不超过6个单词 TO CHEW OR NOT TO CHEW Diet doctors suggest that if we chew our food until it is soft in our mouth and then swallow it it will help our bodies digest it better So does chewing gum have any effect on this process As we can see chewing gum helps fight bad breath This is a problem for 50 of