河南省宜阳一高培优部2014-2015学年高二奥林匹克杯英语竞赛训练试题(二)

河南省宜阳一高培优部2014-2015学年高二奥林匹克杯英语竞赛训练试题（二）考试共50道单项选择题，每题2分，共100分。

（建议考试用时：40分钟）I. Multiple choice. (2’×25=50’)1. One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away ______ my daughter heard cries for help.A. afterB. whileC. sinceD. when2. When deeply absorbed in work, ______ he often was, he would forget all about eating or sleeping.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. when3. I remembered ______ the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.A. lockingB. to lockC. having lockedD. to have locked4. Since I won the big prize, my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing. People ______ to ask how I am going to spend the money. A. phone B. will phone C. were phoning D. are phoning5. I have told you the truth. ______ I keep repeating it?A. MustB. CanC. MayD. Will6. ______ is known to us all is that the 2008 Olympic Games will take place in Beijing.A. ItB. WhatC. AsD. Which7. Many young people in the west are expected to leave _____ could be life’s most important decision — marriage — almost entirely up to luck.A. asB. thatC. whichD. what8. He had his camera ready ______ he saw something that would make a good picture.A. even ifB. if onlyC. in caseD. so that9. — I prefer shutting myself in and listening to music all day on Sundays.—That’s ______ I don’t agree. You should have a more active life.A. whereB. howC. whenD. what10. As soon as he comes back, I’ll tell him when ______ and see him.A. you will comeB. will you comeC. you comeD. do you come11. With new technology, pictures of underwater valleys can be taken ______ color.A. byB. forC. withD. in12. In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the “r” sounds at the end of the words ______.A. are droppedB. dropC. are being droppedD. have dropped13. Such poets as Shakespeare ______ widely read, of whose works, however, some ______ difficult to understand.A. are; areB. is; isC. are; isD. is; are14. The old man sat in front of the television every evening, happy ______ anything that happened to be on.A. to watchB. watchingC. watchedD. to have watched15. The wine industry in the area has developed in a special way, ______ little foreign ownership.A. byB. ofC. withD. from16. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.A. CompareB. When comparingC. ComparingD. When compared17. The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be ______ the present one.A. as three times big asB. three times as big asC. as big as three timesD. as big three times as18. — You speak very good French! —Thanks. I ______ French in Sichuan University for four years.A. studiedB. studyC. was studyingD. had studied19. She’ll never forget her stay there ______ she found her son who had gone missing two years before.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. when20. The basketball coach, as well as his team, ______ interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance. A. were B. was C. is D. are21. —How’s your new babysitter?— We ______ ask for a better one. All our kids love her so much.A. shouldB. mightC. mustn’tD. couldn’t22. Had they known what was coming next, they ______ second thoughts.A. may haveB. could haveC. must have hadD. might have had23. The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he ______ some European business partners.A. would meetB. is meetingC. meetsD. had met24. — What do you think of the performance today?— Great! ______, but a musical genius could perform so successfully.A. AllB. NoneC. AnybodyD. Everybody25. All the neighbors admire this family, ______ the parents are treating their child like a friend.A. whyB. whereC. whichD. thatII. Cloze. (2’×20=40’)I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to stop and get the tools to 26 the problem. It certainly wasn’t 27 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 28 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 29me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became 30 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 31 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 32 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 33 me.Then, without 34 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds I 35 agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am,” I replied with much 36 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my 37 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 38 with the tyre.” “I am grat eful for his help,” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 39 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he 40 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 41 . As we shook hands I began to apologized for my 42 . He said, “I experience that same 43 often. People who look like me don’t d o nice things. I 44 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 45 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you rec ognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’”26. A. find B. make C. fix D. avoid27. A. useful B. easy C. wise D. lucky28. A. up B. out C. on D. round29. A. carry B. lift C. drive D. help30. A. discouraged B. frightened C. disappointed D. astonished31. A. when B. until C. as D. before32. A. tyre B. suit C. expression D. shirt33. A. embarrassed B. concerned C. discouraged D. puzzled34. A. warning B. realizing C. knowing D. waiting35. A. directly B. happily C. hurriedly D. unwillingly36. A. fear B. satisfaction C. relief D. excitement37. A. regret B. amusement C. surprise D. delight38. A. working B. repairing C. fighting D. struggling39. A. studied B. performed C. grew D. volunteered40. A. refused B. kept C. ignored D. left41. A. behaved B. spoke C. looked D. thought42. A. selfishness B. stupidity C. weakness D. disability43. A. life B. incident C. reaction D. change44. A. hardly B. actually C. finally D. probably45. A. point B. start C. remark D. comparisonIII. Extensive reading. (2’×5=10’)Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.An attraction of sport programs for the major U.S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons — the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling high-priced cars, business and personal computer, and holiday trips. This is also why the networks continue to carry these programs regardless of low ratings.Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach high-income consumers and those managers who make decisions to bu y thousands of “company cars” and computer. With such viewers, these programs don’t need high ratings to stay on the air.46. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons _________.A. result in more sport eventB. gets more viewers to play sportsC. makes more people interested in televisionD. bring more money to the television networks47. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?A. Because there would be few viewersB. Because the advertisers would be off workC. Because television programs would go slowlyD. Because viewers would pay less for watching television48. In many families, men make decision on _________.A. holidayB. sports viewingC. television shoppingD. expensive purchases49. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because _________.A. their advertisers are carmakersB. their viewers are attracted by sportsC. their advertisers target at rich peopleD. their viewers can afford expensive cars50. What is the passage mainly about?A. Television viewers are determined by male viewersB. Rich viewers contribute most to television companiesC. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on televisionD. Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport event参考答案。