初中英语竞赛试题(1)

初中英语竞赛试题(1)

笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）

I. 选择填空(Vocabulary and structure) (共20小题，计20分)

从A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Jane, what are you doing _________ your computer?

—I'm looking for information _________ airlines?

A.about; for

B. on; with

C.

in;with D. with; about

2. There are _________ carrots in the fridge. You don't have to buy any.

A. When a boy

B. As boy

C. As a

boy D. As he is a boy

6. —I hate space adventures. —_________.

A. Nor do I

B. Me neither

C. Neither do I

D. So do I

7. —Are you going to buy that car?

—No, I'm not. It's _________ for me.

A. enough better

B. good enough

C. too expensive

D. cheap too

8. By the time I _________, I realized that

I had left my umbrella in the shop.

A. got home

B. reach home

C. got to home

D. went to home

9. —Where are the letters? —Those letters _________ already.

A. were sent

B. was found

C. had been reached

D. have been posted

10. My watch doesn't work. I must have it _________.

A. repaired

B. fixing

C.

watched D. make

II. 阅读理解(Reading comprehension) （共20小题，计30分）

阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（51-60小题为选择题，每题只有

一个最佳答案；61-70小题为非选择题，请按题目要求答题。）

A

The idea for the book Harry

Potter and the Philosopher's

Stone came to Joanne Kathleen

Rowling in 1990. It took her seven

years to finish writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.

Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life's dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small apartment with her daughter and was so poor that she could not afford heat in the winter.

Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers' lists of

best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowling's life had completely changed, in just three years.

Harry Potter books have now sold more than 30 million books around the world and have been translated into more than

thirty-five languages. In 1997, Rowling was earning ￡70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over ￡150 million