高一英语竞赛试题

高一英语竞赛试题

第一部分：单项选择（每小题1分，计20分）

1. ---What does Sarah’s manager think of her?

---He has a very high _____ of her work.

A. idea

B. advice

C. thought

D. opinion

2. As we all know, deaf people use sign language to ______.

A. express

B. exchange

C. communicate

D. explain

3. ---Nancy likes surfing the Internet but she isn’t fond of listening to pop music.

A. So it is with Karen

B. So does Karen

C. So is Karen

D. So Karen

does

4. I shall never understand how it ___ that you were an hour late for the

important meeting.

A. took place

B. came in

C. came about

D. came out

5. When you come here for your holiday next time, don’t go to ____hotel; I

can find you ___bed in my flat.

A. the, X

B. a, the

C. a, X

D. the, a

6. –Hi Jane. How nice you have come! Come in and _____.

--Thank you. What a wonderful house!

A. help yourself

B. make yourself at home

C. be free yourself

D. have a look at my house.

7. Henry Adams, for ____ money was now not a problem, wanted to stay in a

expensive hotel.

A. which

B. him

C. whose

D. whom

8. I thought her kind and helpful _____ I met her.

A. for the first time

B. every time

C. the first time

D. first time

9. Telling Bob he no longer had a position in the company was an unpleasant

____ for the manager.

A. work

B. duty

C. task

D. means

10. The first day on the job, Roy got off on the wrong foot by telling his boss a

stupid joke.

The underlined phrase means “________”.

A. knocked at the door

B. had a bad start

C. did a stupid job

D.

entered a wrong room

11. Great changes have taken place in my hometown. It is quite different from

____it was five years ago.

A. where

B. which

C. the one

D. that

12. Jane was alone in the world _____ an aunt in Brazil.

A. except for

B. except

C. besides

D. except that

13. ---Has he lived here for a long time?

---Not very long, ______ he was made mayor of this city.

A. from

B. when

C. since C. after

14. ---Did you say it would get colder this afternoon?

---Yes. I can _____ you.

A. promise

B. admit

C. answer

D. prove

15. ---Ann will be sent abroad very soon.

---She never dreamed ______such a chance.

A. to be

B. there to be

C. of there being

D. of there to be

16. I listened to Dr. John’s lecture about biology, but I failed to get its key _____.

A. words

B. points

C. notes

D. messages

17. However hard I tried to open the door, it just ______ open.

A. shouldn’t

B. wouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. mightn’t

18. You must have worked as a teacher before you turned writer, _____you?

A. haven’t

B. hadn’t

C. didn’t

D. don’t

19. ---Where did you meet Mr. Smith?

---It was in the hotel _____ he stayed.

A. that

B. where

C. which

D. as

20. Believe it or not, the boy his father considered ______very hard failed in

the important examination.

A. working

B. to work

C. to have worked

D. having worked

第二部分：下面5题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文，请从四个选项中选出最佳答案；然后，根据理解，将5个选项进行重新排列，选出短文的最佳排列顺序。(选择答案，每小题1分；短文排序5分，计10分)

21. While it may sound scary, the operation is quite _____.

A. normal

B. ordinary

C. common

D. usual