2014年英语竞赛试题及答案

2014年高县九年级英语阅读能力竞赛试题

（总分：80分答题时间：60分钟）

学校姓名总分

I.Cloze(完形填空)（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）

A

阅读下面短文，然后从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work..”

At last, one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You__9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

（）1. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

（）2. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no

（）3. A.The other B. Another C. One D. A second

（）4. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

（）5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away

（）6. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

( ) 7. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean

( ) 8. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since

（）9. A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing

（）10. A. what B. why C. when D. that

B

阅读下面短文，从方框中所给出的12个单词中选出10个，并用其适当形式填空，使短文意思和结构完整正确，一空一词。

Recently, the haze weather（雾霾天气）is __1__ in our country. It has not only done harm to people’s health, but also affected the public transportation. Many terrible traffic accidents ___2___ every now and then just because of the heavy haze weather.More and more people have to go to see the doctor because the serious disease ___3___ by the smog.Quite a lot of ___4___ have to be put off.A great number of people have to stay at home because they are afraid of the poisonous(有毒

的) air caused by the smog.

There are two main factors that cause the problems.One is the smoke from ___5___ coal. And the other is exhaust emissions(排放) from cars and buses. It has made the situation even ___6___.

People have realized the serious haze problems and the ___7___ of protecting the environment. People all over the country are taking measures to reduce the haze weather.The Chinese government ___8___ that people should take the public traffic to work or school, such as the bus and the subway.Cars ___9___ large emissions should be banned and factories should be closely watched.Also, we should plant more trees.

I think if everyone does something, our environment will get better and better and haze weather will disappear ___10___.

II.Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)共60分

阅读下面短文，每篇短文后设有若干问题，请根据短文后的要求完成问题。

A

What will you do when you are 19? Study in high school? So will Britney Spears. But she is also a super star in the world of pop music sweet and lovely, Britney quickly captured (赢得) many people’s hearts! Here is something about her.

( )1. In the past two years her _________ has changed greatly.

A. family

B. boyfriend

C. study

D. life