新安中学第15周英语竞赛高二级试题

新安中学第15周英语竞赛高二级试题
(共六大题,总分:120分答题时刻:120分钟)
I. 选择填空(Vocabulary and structure)(共20小题,计20分)
A) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能够填入空白处的最正确答案。

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1. The restaurant near our school, __ last year, is very popular with teachers and students.
A. to close
B. beginning
C. having started
D. opened
2. Invention, for example, of a completely new recording medium may grow very fast,because all of us become ________ recorded music.
A. sure of
B. angry about
C. addicted to
D. far away from
3. In this institution a medal, together with a prize of a certain sum of money, ________ does best in science and technology every two years.
A. is given to whoever
B. are given to anyone
C. are given to who
D. is given to whom
4. —Where did you meet him yesterday? —On ________ bridge.
A. beautiful a little Chinese stone white
B. a little white Chinese beautiful stone
C. white a little beautiful Chinese stone
D. a beautiful little white Chinese stone
5. I did n’t tell him ____ news at once because I wanted to give him ___ surprise.
A. a; a
B. the; the
C. the; a
D. 不填; the
6. Peter set his new book ________ for a year while he wrote some magazine articles to make a bit of money.
A. on
B. up
C. aside
D. in
7. We think ________ college students should master at least one foreign language.
A. which is extra
B. it important that
C. what necessary
D. whether serious
8. Hundreds of tickets have already been sold, and organisers ________ all 35,000 tickets will be gone by next weekend.
A. research
B. want
C. decide
D. predict
9. —Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother over the book yesterday?
—I didn’t k now, ________.
A. nor do I care
B. I don’t reform neither
C. no don’t I know
D. I don’t want also
10. Steven said that if he ________ how it worked, he ________ me what to do.
A. wanted; asked
B. had known; would have told
C. issued; would have formed
D. had armed; cheered
11. —What shall I do if you are not here? —________ ask my brother to help you.
A. In order to that
B. So as to that
C. In that case
D. Except that
12. The town ____ we visited last month is the one ____ the famous artist was born.
A. where; which
B. where; where
C. that; which
D. that; where
13. —I’m sorry, sir, we’re booked for that evening.
—Oh dear, ___? We have gue sts and we’d like to give them a taste of local food.
—I’ve heard that Flavio’s is very good. You might try there.
A. have you heard if my car is ready
B. can you recommend another restaurant
C. is there enough in the account to cover these bills
D. don’t you have an appointment
14. —Do you mind if I keep pets in this building? —________
A. Of course not, it’s not allowed here.
B. I’d rather you didn’t actually.
C. Why not ask others?
D. Really? Can it be true?
15. —Excuse me. ________ I need to make a call.
—Sorry, I don’t have any change.
—Do you know where I can get some change around here?
A. How many bags will you be checking this evening?
B. How long will it take to arrive there?
C. Do you have change for a dollar?
D. Why did it take so long?
B) 以下5题中的句子能够组成一篇小短文,请从所给的四个选项当选出能够填入空白处的最正确答案。

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16. Ron Boor ________ West Virginia. His hobby is growing pumpkins. This year he grew a 700-pound pumpkin.
A. lives in
B. gets to
C. gives up
D. goes on
17. It was the ______ pumpkin he had ever grown. Boor was proud of his pumpkin.
A. most beautiful
B. shortest
C. biggest
D. smallest
18. Every year the state of West Virginia has the Pumpkin Festival. There is a ________ for the biggest pumpkin.
A. cheat
B. board
C. cash
D. prize
19. Boor’s 700-pound pumpkin should have won first prize. But it spoiled (变坏) a few days before the annual festival. ________, Boor had more pumpkins.
A. Extraordinarily
B. Luckily
C. Immediately
D. Deadly
20. He took ________ pumpkin from his garden to the Pumpkin Festival last week. That pumpkin won first prize — $651.
A. another
B. others
C. the other
D. all
II. 阅读明白得(Reading comprehension)(共20小题,计35分)
A)选择题:阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最正确答案。

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A
In 1996, three men in California were taken to
a hospital with strange symptoms (症状). They
felt dizzy, tired, and weak. They couldn’t
speak, and they had trouble breathing. The
hospital doctors thought the men had been
poisoned, but c ouldn’t work out what was
wrong with them. Then they found out the
three men were all chefs, and they had just
shared a dish of fugu.
Fugu, the Japanese name for the puffer fish,
is one of the strangest fish in the ocean. The
puffer fish gets its name from the way the fish
protects itself from enemies. Whenever it is
attacked, the fish blows up its body to over
twice its normal size!
The reason the three men were taken to the
hospital is because the puffer fish is very
poisonous. As a rule, if you eat a whole puffer
fish, you will probably die. The three men had
a close call, but they all survived.
The reason the three men were taken to the hospital is because the puffer fish is very poisonous. As a rule, if you eat a whole puffer fish, you will probably die. The three men had a close call, but they all survived.
The symptoms of fugu poisoning are a strange feeling around the mouth and throat, and difficulty breathing. You can’t breathe and your body can’t get any air. Your brain still works perf ectly, however, so you know you are dying, but you can’t speak or do anything about it.
Despite the danger of fugu poisoning, this strange, ugly, and very poisonous fish is actually a very expensive, and very popular, kind of food in Japan. Customers pay up to $200 per person to eat a fugu meal. Because of the danger, fugu can only be prepared by chefs with a special licence from the government. These chefs are trained to identify and remove the poisonous parts of the fish. Most people who die from eating fugu these days are people who have tried their hand at preparing the fish themselves.
Fugu is said to be so delicious that it has even started to be imported(入口) into Hong Kong and the United States. Several tons of fugu are now exported from Japan every year.
21. The best title for this passage should be ________.
A. A Dangerous Dish
B. Fishing in Japan
C. The History of Fugu
D. A Talented Chef
22. Why were the three men taken to the hospital?
A. Someone poisoned them.
B. They ate poisonous fish.
C. They poisoned each other.
D. A doctor worked out their symptoms.
23. When an enemy tries to eat a puffer fish, it ________.
A. eats the enemy
B. makes poison
C. looks very ugly
D. becomes bigger
24. Which is NOT a symptom of fugu poisoning?
A. Breathing difficulty.
B. Tiredness and weakness.
C. Your brain stops working.
D. Trouble speaking.
25. Who is allowed to prepare fugu?
A. People from California.
B. Licensed chefs.
C. The government.
D. Anyone who wants to try their hand.
B
B) 非选择题:阅读以下短文,然后回答下列问题或完成句子。

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26. The audiomagazines from Champs-Elysées are designed for _____and _____language learners.
27. The audiomagazines from Champs-Elysées are available in ______ , ______ , ______ ,and ________.
28. What does an audiomagazine usually consist of?
29. How does the audiomagazine help language learners to develop linguistic skills?
30. Professional journalists in ________, ________, and ________ write for the audiomagazine in German.
C
A tsunami(海啸) is a giant wave that can do huge amounts of damage when it hits land. To see how one starts, throw a stone into a pond or lake, and watch the ripples(涟漪) spread out on the surface of the water. A tsunami starts in a similar way to one of these ripples, except that it is not caused by a stone, but by something much bigger, such as an earthquake occurring under the sea.
Once it has started, a tsunami can move across the ocean for huge distances. An earthquake off the coast of South America generated (引发) a tsunami that travelled west for over 15,000 kilometres and caused enormous damage when it hit the coast of Japan 22 hours later.
Tsunamis can be caused by volcanic eruptions as well as by earthquakes. The most deadly tsunami in recorded history was the one that followed the eruption of Indonesia’s Krakatoa volcano in 1883. About 36,000 people died, and what actually killed most of them was the tsunami rather than the eruption itself.
It is not only events on Earth that cause tsunamis. They can also be generated by a comet (彗星) or meteor (流星) hitting the Earth. No one has actually seen this happen, except on screen in Hollywood films such as Deep Impact. But the giant tsunamis produced by special effects in such films, big enough to cover the skyscrapers of New York, are theoretically possible, and computer simulations (模拟研究) show that they have almost certainly happened in the distant past.
In the open ocean, a tsunami wave is difficult to see, because most of it is below the surface. The part of the wave that is actually visible may be just one or two metres high. But the wave has enormous power, and can travel at the speed of a jet plane — almost 800 kph. As it eventually approaches land, the wave slows down, and this causes a dramatic increase in its height. By the time it actually reaches the land, it can be up to 30 metres high.
Tsunamis occur in all the major oceans of the world, although they are most common in the Pacific area around Japan. Here, there is a complex and detailed system for moni-toring the waves and providing warning for those who live in the area. This is a vital service because anyone who thinks that tsunamis are just big surfing waves should think again — they are impressive, dramatic, destructive and deadly!
31. The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ________.
32. Which tsunami was the most deadly one in recorded history according to the passage?
33. What three things can cause a tsunami?
34. Why is a tsunami difficult to see in the open ocean?
35. Tsunamis are most common ________.
D
There is a saying in France that stat es: “The
government could fall, the Louvre could be
broken into, or aliens (外星人) could land on
Earth, but if any of these things happened
during the Tour de France, no one would
notice.” The Tour de France is the most famous
cycling race in the world. The race, which is
held in July every year, consists of twenty
one-day stages, plus several rest days. The
course follows a clockwise route around France,
and often neighbouring countries, including
Luxembourg, Belgium, and Italy. The winner is
the rider who completes all twenty stages of the
race in the shortest overall time.
The Tour de France first started on July 1, 1903, when sixty cyclists left from in front of The Alarm Clock Café, just outside of Paris, and rode 467 kilometres to Lyon. The first race consisted of six legs, each of which was about 400 kilometres long. At that time there were no rest days—the winner was the rider who finished the race in the shortest total time. The winner of the first Tour de France, Maurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, received 2,000 francs (about $350). It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometres of the race, three hours faster than the runner-up. Over the weeks during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught on with the people of France. The race has been held every year since that time, except during the years of World Wars I and II.
The Tour de France has developed several special honours for which racers compete. Henri Desgranges, the founder of the race, introduced the yellow jersey(运动衫), the highest honour, in 1919 to show the leading racer each day of the Tour de F rance. Each day, the officials who keep track of all of the riders’ times compare each rider’s total time up to that point. The racer with the lowest overall time wears the yellow jersey during the following day’s race. Other honours include the green jersey, which is given to the best sprinter, and the polka dot jersey, a white jersey with red dots, for the best rider in the mountains along the route.
36. The passage is mainly about ________.
37. What does the underlined word “legs” mean?
38. Henri Desgranges was ________.
39. Today, the Tour de France is different from the original race because cyclists __.
40. Who wears the polka dot jersey?
III. 完形填空(Cloze)(共15小题,计15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填上适当的单词,使短文语义完整。

每空一词。

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Will it ever be possible for us to know exactly
what our pets are thinking or feeling? Actually,
this day may not be so (41)________ away. A
toy-making firm has (42)________ up
a gadget(小巧的装置) that (43)________
a dog’s emotions. The company calls their
连接) to a special collar (44)________ the dog
(45)________ its neck, and can send
ut the dog’s feelings electronically
6)________ a handset kept by the dog’s owner.
The company claims that the Bowlingual can
recognize six different feelings, (47)________
fear, happiness and sadness, by interpreting the
different ways (48)________ which the dog barks. But how does the Bowlingual actually (49)________? Scientists analysed the barks they recorded from a large (50)________ of dogs in various different situations and identified six general patterns of sound (51)________ to different feelings. The Bowlingual is programmed with these patterns and can (52)________ them to the sound a dog makes and then translate this into a sentence that can be (53)________ understood. Some examples of what dogs apparently say are “I’m lonely.” and “Please play with me a bit more!”
The device is (54)________ fitted with a diary that sums up the whole of the dog’s day with statements (55)________ as “We’ve done so many good things today. What a happy day!”
IV. 翻译(Translation)(共10小题,计20分)
A) 阅读下面短文,然后把划线处的句子译成汉语。

(答案写在答题纸上) Television has been changing the way people live for thirty years. (56) It influences nearly every aspect of modern life: how people use leisure time, how news is reported, how information is learned, and how people think and feel. Children are particularly susceptible (易受阻碍的) to the effects of television because their minds are growing, developing, and learning much faster than those of adults. (57) Whereas television could be used as an educational tool for children, more often simple, entertaining cartoons with little or no educational value are shown.
(58) Social scientists, teachers, and parents are troubled by the kinds of television programmes children choose to watch. These groups of people are concerned about the media’s impact on young children. They are worried about the effects of televised violence on society as well as commercials for sugar-coated food. (59) Most importantly, however, they feel television is one factor that causes declining(下降) maths and reading scores among schoolchildren. Because of the excessive (过量的) time spent watching TV, children are spending less time reading and thinking independently.
Experts are concerned about the view of the world that youngsters are learning from television. Parents, schools, and churches have traditionally been the social models and teachers for children. (60) However, because television influences
children’s attitudes and behavior, its role in society is becoming increasingly more powerful — it is much more than a simple recreational activity.
B) 依照提示把以下句子译成英语。

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61. 从你所说的情形看,她应当能成功。

(此刻分词)
62. 咱们应该不遗余力地好勤学习,以便以后为人民效劳。

(spare no effort)
63. 不要想固然地以为入学考试分数高的人都将证明是超级成功的。

(宾语从句)
64. 我何等希望自己是一只小鸟,能够在天空中自由飞翔!(虚拟语气)
65. 书的前面有目录,详列了书中的内容。

(content)
V. 智力测试(IQ)(共5小题,计5分)
回答以下问题。

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66. If a car had increased its average speed for a 210-mile journey by 5 mph the journey would have been completed in 1 hour less. What was the original speed of the car for the journey?
67. By starting at the Q in the centre and moving from letter to adjacent (临近的) letter to an outside Z, how many different ways can the word QUIZ be spelt out?
Z
Z I Z
Z I U I Z
Z I U Q U I Z
Z I U I Z
Z I Z
Z
68. A well-known phrase has had all its vowels removed and has been split into groups of three letters. What is the phrase? All remaining letters are in the correct order.
HRT DYG NTM RRW
69. Find the number to replace the question mark.
369542 is to 246359
172896 is to 268179
417638 is to ?
70.
VI. 写作(Writing)(共2小题,计25分)
A) You have entered an English competition and have just received this letter from the organiser. Read the letter, on which you have made some notes. Then, using the information in your notes, write a suitable reply. The opening and closing parts have been given.
Write a letter of around 100 words, not including the words given. （10分）（答
案写在答题纸上）
Dear Mr. Spiller,
Thank you very much for your letter informing me that I have won first prize in the competition. I am looking forward to going to Australia and attending the course. Yours sincerely,
Francesco Vacca
B) Your class has been discussing junk food. Your teacher has asked you to write Array
a composition giving your opinion on the following statement.
Young people today are addicted to junk food.
Write your composition in about 130 words. （15分）（答案写在答题纸上）
I II III IV V VI 总分
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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21 22 23 24 25
27. ___________; ___________; __________; ___________
28. _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
30. ___________; ___________; ___________
32. _____________________________________________________________
33. _____________________________________________________________
34. _____________________________________________________________
36. ____________________________________________________________
37. ____________________________________________________________
38. ____________________________________________________________
39. _____________________________________________________________
40. _____________________________________________________________
IV. 翻译(Translation)
A)56. ____________________________________________________________
57. ____________________________________________________________
58. _________________________________________________________
59. ____________________________________________________________
60. ____________________________________________________________
B) 61. ___________________________________________________________
62. ___________________________________________________________
63. ____________________________________________________________
64. ____________________________________________________________
65. __________________________________________________________
VI. 写作(Writing)
新安中学第15周英语竞赛高二级试题参考答案
I. 选择填空(Vocabulary and structure)
1—5 DCADC 6—10 CBDAB 11—15 CDBBC 16—20 ACDBA
II. 阅读明白得(Reading comprehension)
21—25 ABDCB
26. intermediate; advanced
27. French; German; Spanish; Italian
28. It usually consists of a CD or audiocassette, a magazine and an optional study supplement.
29. It helps language learners to build vocabulary, improve language comprehension, and become more culturally literate.
30. Germany; Austria; Switzerland
31. a simple experiment can show how a tsunami starts
32. The one that followed the eruption of Indonesia’s Krakatoa volcano in 1883.
33. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, comets or meteors hitting the Earth.
34. Because most of it is below the surface.
35. in the Pacific area around Japan
36. the rules and history of the Tour de France
37. Parts of a competition.
38. the founder of the Tour de France
39. have rest days during the race
40. The best rider in the mountains along the route.
III. 完形填空(Cloze)
41. far 42. come 43. can 44. that / which 45. around 46. to 47. including 48. in 49. work 50. number 51. relating 52. match 53. easily 54. also 55. such
IV. 翻译(Translation)
A) 56. 它几乎阻碍着现代生活的方方面面,如:人们如何度过闲暇时刻,如何报导新闻,如何获取信息,和人们如何试探,作何感受。

57. 尽管电视能够用作教育小孩的工具,但更多时候,它放映的却只是一些简单的、娱乐性的卡通节目,极少或乃至全然没有教育价值。

58. 社会科学家、教师和家长们对小孩们选择观看的电视节目的种类这一问题感到忧虑。

59. 但是,最重要的是,他们感觉电视是造成小孩们数学和阅读成绩下降的一个因素。

60. 可是,由于电视阻碍着小孩的态度和行为,电视在社会中的作用已经变得愈来愈壮大了,它已远远超出了简单的娱乐活动的范围。

B) 61. Judging from what you said, she ought to succeed.
62. We should spare no effort to study well so that we can serve the people in the future.
63. Don’t take it for granted that all those who get good grades in the entrance examination will prove to be very successful.
64. How I wish I were a bird and could fly freely in the sky!
65. At the front of the book is a table of contents, giving details of what is in the book.
V. 智力测试(IQ)
66. 30 mph. (210 miles÷30=7 hours; 210 miles÷35=6 hours)
67. 28.
68. Here today, gone tomorrow.
69. 468137. (The even numbers and then odd numbers from the first number are placed in ascending order to form the second number.)
70.
VI. 写作(Writing)
A) One possible version:
Dear Mr. Spiller,
Thank you very much for your letter informing me that I have won first prize in the competition. I am looking forward to going to Australia and attending the course.
I would like to do the course in August because I have to go back to school in September. In the morning, I would like to join the grammar and vocabulary class because I think there will be lots of opportunities for speaking and listening in the evenings.
In the afternoon, I would like to try making a class website because I think this would be a very useful skill to have in the future. I would also be interested in doing a scuba diving course because Australia is famous for the Great Barrier Reef and one day I would love to go scuba diving there.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Francesco Vacca
B) One possible version:
Healthy eating: have we forgotten what it means?
Hamburgers, crisps, soft drinks and sweets: most of us enjoy these things and we eat them from time to time. But have young people exchanged healthier foods for mass-produced rubbish? Many people think that they have.
Of course there are a lot of young people who really enjoy this kind of food. Nevertheless, some of us are very concerned about a healthy diet. We prefer to eat natural foods like fruit and cereals. Others are probably fairly careful about their diet, though they might go out for a hamburger or perhaps eat chocolate from time to time. People like this often point out that some so-called junk food is actually quite nutritious.
On balance, although some young people do eat snacks and sweets that are not particularly good for them, others are quite health conscious.
一、评分原那么:
1. 此题总分为: A) 10分; B) 15分。

按四个档次给分。

2. 评分时,先依照文章的内容和语言初步确信其所属档次,然后以该档次的要求来衡量,确信或调整本档次,最后给分。

3. 作文词数少于或多于规定词数20词的,从总分中减去2分。

4. 如书写较差,以至阻碍交流,将分数降低一个档次。

二、各档次的给分范围和要求:
第四档(专门好):A) 9—10分; B) 12—15分
完全完成了试题规定的要求,覆盖所有内容要点,符合英语表达适应, 应用了较多的语法结构和辞汇,没有语法和辞汇错误,具有较强的语言运用能力,完全达到了预期的写作目的。

第三档(好):A) 6—8分; B) 9—11分
完成了试题规定的要求,应用的语法结构和辞汇能知足题目的要求,符合英语表达适应, 大体没有语法和辞汇错误,达到了预期的写作目的。

第二档(一样):A) 3—5分; B) 5—8分
未适当完成试题规定的要求,漏掉内容要点,未描述清楚要紧内容,写了一些无关内容,有语法和辞汇错误,阻碍了对写作内容的明白得,信息未能清楚地转达给读者。

第一档(差):A) 1—2分; B) 1—4分
未完成试题规定的要求,明显遗漏要紧内容,写了一些无关内容,语法结构单调,辞汇项目有限,有较多语法和辞汇错误,阻碍对写作内容的明白得,信息未能转达给读者。

0分
未能转达给读者任何信息:没有内容或内容太少,无法评判,写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。

三、说明:
1. 内容可用不同方式表达。

2. 对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。