2018高一英语竞赛

钱坑中学高一级英语竞赛试题2018.06试卷共8页考试时间120分钟卷面分数120分第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第—节(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）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。

AAnimal moms are great moms. You might be surprised at some of these moms.Octopuses (章鱼)The mother octopus lays about 50,000 eggs. For about 300 days, she stays with the eggs, cleans them and protects them. She does not leave to feed. However, this animal mom dies as soon as the eggs are hatched (孵化).CrocodilesA crocodile mother puts a lot of time and effort into raising her babies. She starts by building a nest (巢), which she guards for over two months! When the eggs are ready to hatch, the young crocs call out to their mother, who digs them out and helps them hatch. She then carries them in her mouth down to the water, where she will guard them for several more weeks or months until they learn to hunt on their own.BatsBats become moms by hanging head up in a cave, giving birth. Catching the youngster before it can fall to the ground below, she puts it in a pouch (育儿袋). Bat moms may carry babies with them when feeding for the first few days. As the little bats get bigger and heavier, moms help them hang on the wall of their caves and return often to feed them. It continues for about three weeks, until the babies are grown up and able to fly on their own.Koalas (考拉)The animal mom gives birth after a pregnancy (怀孕期) of only 35 days. The hairless baby climbs into its mother’s pouch and lives there for another five months. When the little koala is between five and eight months old, it leaves the pouch for short periods of time but returns for safety. Once it is too big to return to the pouch, it will climb onto its mother’s back and ride there until it is about 12 months old.1. Which animal moms die when their babies are born?A. Octopuses.B. Crocodiles.C. Bats.D. Koalas.2. A crocodile mother usually carries her baby to the water _____.A. in her mouthB. on her backC. in her pouchD. by her tail3. A bat mom _____.A. gives birth by lying in the nestB. gives birth by hanging in a caveC. leaves its babies in the pouch for monthsD. lets its babies live on their own after birth4. How long does a young koala usually stay with its mom?A. 35 days.B. 5 months.C. 8 months.D. 12 months.BThe 1904 Olympic Games hosted in St. Louis, caused the first Olympic scandal (丑闻). During the marathon, American Fred Lorz decided he would not run the entire race. Instead, he had a friend pick him up in a car and drop him off just before the finish line.When the truth was discovered, he was banned (禁止) from the Olympic Games for life. The winning gold medal was instead given to Thomas Hicks, also of the United States. He was one of just 14 marathon runners who crossed the finish line.From the beginning the 1904 Olympics were faced with many of the same problems of the 1900 Paris Games. Because the events were again held as part of the World’s Fair, the event organizers were unable to develop an identity for the 1904 Games. Add to that the same five-month long competition and the increased cost of traveling to the United States for the competition and the Olympic Games became unimportant.In fact, with just 12 countries sending athletes, fewer countries took part in the 1904 Olympic Games than the 1896 Olympic Games. In all, 651 athletes competed in 19 sports and 91 events. More than 550 of those athletes were from the United States and Canada.American Ray Ewry again won all three of the events he entered: standing high jump, standing triple jump (立定三级跳远) and standing long jump. George Eyser, a gymnast (体操运动员) from the United States, won six medals.Gold, silver and bronze medals were handed out for the first time at the 1904 Olympic Games.5. What happened at the 1904 Olympic Games for the first time?A. It was held as part of the World’s Fair.B. Many athletes cheated in the competition.C. The marathon was included as an event.D. Medals were given to the winning athletes.6. The 1904 Olympic Games became unimportant mainly because _____.A. only athletes from 12 countries took partB. it lasted too long and cost too muchC. there were fewer events than beforeD. American athletes had control over it7. What can we learn about George Eyser from the text?A. He was found cheating in the competition.B. He won the gold medal in the marathon.C. He won the first place in standing long jump.D. He received six medals as a gymnast.CComputer technology is still developing rapidly. The computer of the future will continue to increase in value and performance while decreasing in cost. It will become smaller, but faster and more powerful.It is possible to make some guesses about what the future of the computer will look like, based upon the types of technologies that are being developed now. A lot of progress has already been made in some of these new technologies, but some are still in their earliest stages and may not be ready for use for years. Two of the most interesting areas of computing that are currently being developed are quantum computing (量子计算) and nanotechnology (纳米技术).Quantum computing is one possibility for the future of the computer that could make computers run far faster than even the quickest computers do today. Quantum computers could be able to do what modern supercomputers are unable to do by using transistors that are able to take on many states at the same time.Nanotechnology could also change the face of computing, by creating computers that could be very powerful, though they are tiny in size. These computers could be incorporated (并入) into everyday objects, including electrical appliances (电器), clothes and even the human body. We will be able to use computers in new and unimaginable ways. They will become a part of our lives rather than simply being a box that is used only for specific purposes, such as work.Quantum computing and nanotechnology will be able to play new roles, which will make us live greener lives, as well as enjoy better health and happier lives.8. Which of the following can NOT describe the computer of the future properly?A. Much smaller.B. Much faster.C. More powerful.D. Less valuable.9. According to the text, quantum computing _____.A. has been put in use so farB. can make computers run by themselvesC. can reduce the cost of computersD. will work by using transistors10. We can learn from the text that nanotechnology will _____.A. create much smaller computersB. be used in electrical appliances and clothingC. change the structure of computersD. make computers just serve specific purposes11. The text is mainly about _____.A. what nanotechnology isB. what quantum computing isC. what the future of the computer isD. what future computers can bring usDIt was 3:21 a.m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂声) of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke- filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn.The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later, “acted with all the self-control of a trained adult.”On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke- filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?Grasping firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of the string to her hand, he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan: “The string will lead you toMother.”Mrs Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.12．Why did Glenn run downstairs first?A. He wanted to find out what was happening.B. He was worried about his mother's safety.C. He wanted to save his sister and his brother.D. He went to see if his father had come back from work.13．How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?A. By throwing water all over her and her bed.B. By carrying her to safety with his brother.C. By pushing and pulling at her.D. By tying a string to her hand.14．Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?A. Glenn.B. Glenn's father.C. Glenn's sister.D. Glenn's neighbor.15．Glenn saved his family because ________ .A. his father had taught him to do so on the phoneB. he had learned something about the first aidC. he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wiselyD. he had followed his mother's instructions第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。