初中学生科普英语竞赛-模拟题1

初中学生科普英语竞赛-模拟题1

初中学生科普英语竞赛

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PART I Science Knowledge (15分)

Directions: There is only one correct answer. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1.When the ants are first hatched, they are very small and _____.

A. hopeless

B. useless

C. helpless

D. legless

2.That new experiment building _____ an area of 5000 square meters.

A. includes

B. holds

C. takes

D. covers

3.People should get _____ of sleep as they need to feel rested.

A. as many hours

B. as much

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hours

C. so much hour

D. so many hour

4.The phenomenon of luck is not all down to chance, but is affected by a person’s _____disposition.

A. general

B. gentle

C. generous

D. giant

5.The age of fossils can be found by a process _____ carbon dating.

A. being called

B. called

C. calling

D. to call

6.Suddenly the battery on your mobile phone has _____, you can’t make any call for help. A. run down B. run after C. run off D. run out

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7.When a plant or animal dies, the carbon 14 in the cells begins to _____.

A. break in

B. break through

C. break up

D. break down

8.There is no proof that _____ sleep will _____ life.

A. short… length

B. shorten… length

C. shortened … lengthen

D. shortening … lengthen

9.The project team believes such computer would _____in teaching and learning.

A. play a major function

B. perform a main function

C. play a major role

D. display a main role

10.Once a heart disease has seriously

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weakened a patient’s heart, heart _____ can be performed to save his life.

A. transplants

B. transportation

C. translations

D. transforms

11.When readers were asked _____ animals should be used for medical research, nearly 80 percent said yes.

A. which

B. what

C. where

D. whether

12.Feelings of pain _____ when signals from nerve endings in the skin are sent to the brain.

A. record

B. resource

C. result

D. rescue

13.The scientist performed his experiment

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over and over again, ______ till midnight.

A. worked

B. working

C. to work

D. have to work

14.Fourteen boys in the class shaved their heads after learning that their friend would lose his hair after receiving drug _____ for cancer.

A. trades

B. treatments

C. treasures

D. tracks

15.The government passed the laws to protect the plants and animals on the _____ species list.

A. endangered

B. dangerous

C. endangering

D. danger

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