高二英语竞赛试题

A班，宏志班专题十二

（试题总分59分，建议用时55分钟）

A

You won’t need a passport to travel back in time at the Roman Holidays celebration this summer. Discover the sights ( and smells) of ancient Rome, offer your prayers to Venus, read your future in a sheep’s liver(肝脏), and enjoy live musical and comedy performances by the Troubadour Theater Company.

Date: Saturdays and Sundays

Time: 11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

Location: The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California Admission: Free; an advance, timed entry ticket is required

Smelling the Rome Way

What did ancient Rome smell like? Visitors are invited to use their noses (and imaginations) to discover the good. Bad, and sweaty smells of daily life. Take a smell challenge! Be transported back in time and guess the smells familiar to most Romans, like Roman cooking materials and more.

Prayers to Venus

At this small shrine (圣地) of Venus visitors may honor the goddess and seek her help for important moments in their lives, as Greeks and Romans did. And they are invited to write a wish to the goddess and post it near her statue.

Troubadour Theater Company

In the fancy outdoor setting of the Getty Villa, visitors will enjoy games and comedic performances, meet the actors, and participate in unique photo opportunities. At 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. , visitors are invited to the Inner Peristyle for “ Mercury in Uranus”, where the group of the actors will perform a sheep sacrifice to Mercury and examine the sheep’s liver to interpret the will of the god.

1.What can we know about the Getty Villa?

A. It asks for no entry ticket.

B. Its service lasts for three hours.

C. It’s only accessible to the locals.

D. It provides several different activities.

2. What can visitors do at the Getty Villa?

A. Perform comedy with the actors.

B. Feed sheep in person outdoors.

A. Catch a chance to design a game. D. Get pleasure from the performances.

3. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To attract people to the Getty Villa.

B. To stress the uniqueness of Roman culture.

C. To show the best time to visit the Getty Villa.

D. To introduce the Troubadour Theater Company.

B

I left England for Sydney in September. It was a career move for my husband, and our 20-year-old daughter was feeling adventurous and decided to come, too. However, just before leaving England, my 79-year-old mother suffered a stroke (中风). Being strong and independent, she continues to live at home with the help of social services. But she couldn’t look after the garden. I thought how wonderful it would be if there was an organization offering volunteer help. Friends asked me what I planned to do in Australia, and I told tenm I would be looking for a volunteer position with a gardening charitable organization. Imagine my surprise when I found just the organization I had been looking for – Easy Care Gardening (ECG) !

There are several reasons why I volunteer for ECG. Firstly, as a newcomer to Australia I meet many great people who, like me, volunteer some of their time. We cover a large age range, but all love gardens and helping others.

Secondly, through working with ECG I have been lucky enough to explore Sydney’s North Shore that I might not have had the opportunity to visit otherwise.

Finally, there are all those wonderful people we call “client (客户)”, but are more like friends when we visit them often and tend their gardens. What great people I have met, and the stories they have to tell – the family histories, where they come from and the reasons for immigrating to Australia. I find it a privilege to have access to private gardens which, in many cases, have been the joy of their owners for many years. Each one is individual and reflects the character, needs and the history of each family. Indeed, the gardens reflect the multicultural and historical background of Sydney.

4. Why did the author move to Sydney?

A. Her husband would work there.

B. She planned to volunteer there.

C. She was very keen on adventures.

D. She had to look after her sick mother.

5. What made the author choose to be a gardening volunteer?

A. The popularity of ECG.

B. The tips of her friends.

C. Her own experience.

D. Her gardening skills.

6. What do the volunteers at ECG have in common?

A. They make friends with their clients.

B. They like to explore Sydney’s North Shore.

C. They are of similar ages and backgrounds.

D. They are kind-hearted with the same interest.

7. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Client.

B. Garden.

C. Reason.

D. Joy.

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