高二英语竞赛试题

高二英语竞赛试题

Cloze test

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 1 at my face, but I pushed them 2 . My mom believed I would learn 3 I was ready. But the 4 never came. On a

Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I

could do was 5 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t

speak Chinese?” He 6 me, “You can’t even buy a fish in

Chinatown“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some 7 with or

without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 8 .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I9 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown

I found the fish 10 surro unded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he 11 my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased 12 their impatience. With every 13 , the breath of the dragons（龙）on my back grew stronger---my blood boiling--- 14 me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “ Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned 15 and I ran back home 16 ,expect for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at17 Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace（丢脸）to the language. Sometimes , I laugh at my fish 18 , but , in the end .the joke is on 19 . Every laugh is a culture 20 ; every laugh is my heritage（传统）fading away.

1. A. custom B. games C .characters . D. language

2. A. ahead B. around C. along D. aside

3. A. when B. before C. unless D. until

4. A. success B. study C. time D. attempt

5. A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare

6. A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after

7. A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time

8. A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation

9. A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept

10. A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market

11. A. guessed B. forgot C. doubted D. ignored

12. A. by B. as C. with D. from

13. A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement

14. A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading

15. A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red

16. A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted

17. A. service B. home C. risk D. root

18. A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident

19. A. it B. us C. me D. them

20. A. thrown B. lost C. divided D.reflected

Reading comprehensions

A

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.

My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.

I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I’m so glad I did.

On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all，it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.

On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t belie ve it ——there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.

The little baby whale——actually as big as our boat——was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves. ”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, ”my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe——and to give us a trusting