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1 外教社杯外教社杯 第六届全国中学生英语阅读竞赛第六届全国中学生英语阅读竞赛 初赛试题 初一组 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 differently 2 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 elephant s baby A cub B joey C calf D kitten 4 Cheetahs use to catch their prey A senses B colors C camouflage D speed 5 Giraffes are always to say hello They sleep very little A asleep B awake C afraid D alone 6 Mr Wang the zoo keeper always remembers to make food the animals A for B to C of D on 7 Emperor penguins don t have nests They lay one egg and it on their feet A feed B raise C hatch D hug 8 Mr Chen is cutting some cold branches off the apple trees with a A chopsticks B fork C saw D scissors 9 The bald eagle s call is very famous and is often called the of Africa A soundB voiceC noiseD music 10 Hangman is a word guessing game and it helps with A writing B speaking C spelling D listening 11 Inside the space station the astronauts normal clothes Outside they need special suits A put on B wear C dress D dress up 12 It s 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 off 13 need very good balance especially when they have someone else on top of them A Jugglers B Tightrope walkers C Contortionist D Clowns 14 In December 1941 the Japanese used aircraft carriers Hawaii s Pearl Harbour A to control B to attack C to visit D to spy 15 were the first animals in the circus A Monkeys B Horses C Tigers D Elephants 2 16 A fire engine can carry about litres of water A 190 B 1 900 C 800 C 8 000 17 Fish use to get oxygen from water A mouthB scalesC fins D gills 18 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 306 200 20 Blood red blood cells and white blood cells A is made up of B is made into C is made from D is made of 21 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 cord 23 Wild tigers and lions fight each other A alwaysB oftenC sometimesD never 24 Thanksgiving is a holiday in A Britain B America C Japanese D China 25 People celebrate on October 31st A Halloween B April Fools Day C Carnivals D Dragon Boat Festival 26 Which of the following is not a board game A Snakes and Ladders B Monopoly C Go D Game Boy 27 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 fly C are waterproof D help catch the fish 29 Woodpeckers have long strong beaks to A catch insects B drill holes in trees C tear meat D crack seeds and nuts 30 Aircraft carriers are huge A ships B planes C weapons D bombs 31 In international chess players move their pieces to try and trap the other player s 3 A king B queen C rock D knight 32 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 6 33 Some birds mostly live in the water or near the water Their feet are good for A flying B swimming C jumping D walking 34 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 Thanksgiving 35 If astronauts do not they may float away when they sleep A sleep wellB lie on bed C tie themselves to bed D hold on to bed 36 Dolphins and whales are not fish because A they don t look like fish B they don t live in the water C they can t breathe in the water D they don t have tails 37 Rays are flat and they have wide fins They use them to A fly in water B move through the water C 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 don t 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 horses 40 The smallest bone in our body is A in our mouth B in our ears C in our hand D in our feet 41 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 carriers 42 How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile A A crocodile s snout is wide B An alligator s snout is thin and long C You can see an alligator s teeth when it closes its mouth D You can see a crocodile s 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 4 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 tree 45 The Wright brothers are A Wilbur and Orville B John and Weiling C Orville and Charles D Wilbur and Amelia II 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 spies 52 A look at B watch C find D read 53 A better B faster C slower D stronger 54 A on B at C in D for 55 A passes B words C wishes D dialogues 56 A keep B go C run D control 57 A or B but C with D nor 58 A worse B better C less D more 59 A so B because C for D that 60 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 5 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 I m sure you can be an astronaut 70 Cheers Astronaut Chen Hua 61 A started B will start C finished D will finish 62 A B be C have been D is being 63 A well B good C slowly D differently 64 A health B unhealthy C healthy D unhealthy 65 A Another B The other C Others D Else 66 A too B either C neither D also 67 A languages B subjects C countries D words 68 A to B about C of D on 69 A many B much C little D few 70 A yesterday B tomorrow C someday D some days III 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 6 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 It s 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 nose C walk on the tightrope D feed the animals 84 According to the writer 作者 it is to be a clown A easyB hard C boring D useless 85 Which of the following words can be used to replace 代替 costumes A clothesB skirtsC trousers D shirts 86 Besides being funny and making the audience laugh clowns can also A help the performers change costumes B give the performers more time to change costumes C hurt the performers and make the acts to wrong D perform for the animal in the circus 87 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 tricks C just learn how to make people laugh D take care of a lot of animals 88 The passage above is taken from the book A FestivalsB CircusC Fire Fighter D Predators D It s May s last day She still hasn t seen a leopard It s getting dark but James and Moses keep trying to find one 7 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 It s baboons James says Leopards eat baboons Maybe they re making a noise because there s 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 doesn t want it to catch the baby baboon Slowly the leopard moves closer There s 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 leopard C plays with the baby baboon D fights with a leopard 90 When Moses uses the light to shine for animals the leopard s eyes A will shine greenB will shine red C will shine green and red D will not shine 91 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 leopard B they family quickly climb to the top of a tree C the leopard is afraid of the bark D the leopard leaves them away 94 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 face each othe