2014高二年级英语竞赛试题.doc

2014高二年级英语竞赛试题一根据句意，用单词的适当形式填空（10分）1.Although most of us are just ordinary people, every one of us is _(唯一).2.All metals become liquid at high temperatures, and turn _（固体）again when cooling off.3.Do you think a full bottle of water will _（漂浮）or sink.4.As the water supply is _（减小）,water prices are expected to keep increasing.5.“Although purified water does no harm to our heath our body will _（得益）more from mineral water,” experts say.6.It is wrong to doubt his honesty. I _（信任）him.7.Water is a liquid at room temperature, but it turn into a_(固体)when the temperature drops below 0Candintoa gas when heated above 100C.8.The soil can_(吸收)water, so it helps to keep water from flowing away.9.Marine scientists study the_(关系)between living creatures and their habitat in the ocean.10.Life in the oceans appears in different sizes,_(变化)from the tiniest fish all way up to the biggest blue whales.二阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。（20分）People _11_ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _12_ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four _13_ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need _14_ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. _15_ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary _16_ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _17_ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet _18_ new word, look it _19_ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _20_ (much) useful book. 第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） My father left for our native place on Thursday. In fact, he had never traveled by _21_ before, so I just took this opportunity to let him _22_ his first flight. _23_ being asked to book a ticket by train, I got him a ticket on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the ticket to him, he was surprised. The _24_ was very apparent on his face as we waited for the time of the _25_. Just like a schoolboy, he was _26_ himself on that day, using the trolley (手推车) for his luggage and asking for a window seat. He was _27_ enjoying himself and I, too, watching him experience all these things with _28_. As he was about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and _29_ me. He became very _30_ for what I had done meant a great deal to him. I told him there was no need to thank me. Later, I _31_ my life. As a child, how many dreams had our parents made come true? Without _32_ the financial situation, we asked for dresses, toys, outings, etc. They tried to _33_ all our needs. Did we ever say thanks for all they had done for us? Today _34_ it comes to our children, we always think we should give them the best. But we tend to _35_ that our parents have sacrificed a lot to see us happy, so it is our _36_ to make sure their dreams are realized. Old age is like a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same _37_ needs to be given to our parents. I want to say sorry for making my father _38_ so long for this small dream to be realized. Just the fact that they are old does not mean that they will have to _39_ everything and keep sacrificing. They have _40_, too. Take care of your parents. They are precious. 21. A. busB. trainC. ship D. air22. A. catchB. miss C. experienceD. change23. A. In spite ofB. Because of C. In case of D. Instead of24. A. pride B. excitement C. admiration D. ambition25. A. appointmentB. dream C. travel D. show26. A. encouragingB. warning C. teachingD. preparing27. A. thoroughlyB. slowly C. immediatelyD. suddenly28. A. angerB. joyC. shynessD. curiosity29. A. helpedB. pattedC. thankedD. praised30. A. honestB. childish C. nervousD. emotional31. A. looked forB. looked down upon C. looked intoD.looked back on32. A. understandingB. describing C. solvingD. improving33. A. avoidB. meetC. recordD. check34. A. unlessB. because C. whenD. though35. A. learnB. expressC. promiseD. forget36. A. abilityB. responsibility C. freedomD. fortune37. A. songB. advice C. attentionD. thing38. A. struggleB. wait C. restD. stand39. A. hand inB. pick up C. pay offD. give up40. A. wishesB. jobs C. plansD. suggestions根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项（10分）ForgivenessTo forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research._41_ Try the following steps:Calm yourself. _42_ You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.Dont wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just dont see things the same way. _43_ Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you._44_ If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offenders point of view.Dont forget to forgive yourself. _45_ But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you dont do it.A Why should you forgive?B How should you start to forgive?C Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.D Try to see things from your offenders angle.E For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge.F To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique.G If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.五请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。（20分）注意：每空不超过1个单词。The sun makes flowers and plants grow, keep up us warm and it even gives us Vitamin D, so we can better absorb calcium into our body for strong bones.It does all these things by sending down light, which includes invisible ultraviolet rays. Some ultraviolet rays pass through air and clouds and gets into the skin. When your skins been exposed to too many of these rays, you get whats known as sunburn. So if youre going to be out in the sun, especially on a hot day, you need to stay safe.Some people get sunburned faster than others because of their coloring. If you have blond or red hair, light-colored skin, and light-colored eyes, youll tend to get sunburned more quickly than someone with dark eyes and skin. That is because you have less melanin(黑色素). Melanin is a chemical in the skin that protects the skin from sun damage by reflecting and absorbing ultraviolet rays. People with darker skin have more melanin, but even if you have dark hair, dark eyes, or darker-toned skin, you can still get sunburned.Sunburn increases your chance of getting wrinkled when you get older. And worst of all, they can lead to skin cancer when you get older. Because getting wrinkles and getting sick dont happen right away, they can seem like things that could never happen to you. But you still need to be careful.You dont need to hide from the sun completely but measures should be taken to protect yourself.Its important to use sunscreen with an SPF rating of 15 or higher 15 to 20 minutes before you go out in the sun and take frequent breaks by going indoors or moving into the shade between 10:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon, when the suns rays are strongest.Drinking water is an important part of staying healthy, especially when it is hot outside. When you are sweating you lose water that your body needs to work properly. And if you are playing a sport or running around in the sun, you lose even more water, because you sweat that much more. So dont wait until you are thirsty-drinking before you feel thirsty helps keep the water level in your body from dropping too low when its hot or youre sweating a lot with exercise.General introductionThe sun does 46 to us human beings as well as plants, ultraviolet rays 47 in the sunlight enter the skin after passing through air and clouds, making us sunburned.People differ ingetting sunburnedReflecting and absorbing ultraviolet rays, a chemical in the skin called melanin 48 the skin from sun damage.People with darker skin get sunburned more 49 because they have more melanin, but it doesnt necessarily mean they wont get sunburned.Harmful 50 of sunburn on people 51 are that people can get wrinkled or get sick when they get older.Worst of all, sunburn can 52 in skin cancer. 53 peopleshould takeApart from wearing sunscreen, remember to take breaks 54 when the suns rays are the strongest. 55 before you feel thirsty and youll stay healthy when its hot.第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）I hardly remember my grandmother. She used to holding me on her knees and sing old songs. I was only four when she passes away. She is just a distant memory for me now.I remember my grandfather very much. He was tall, with broad shoulde