高一第一学期英语竞赛试题.docx

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高一第一学期英语竞赛试题

临泉实验中学2015-2016高一第一学期英语竞赛试题

第一部分：

听力（满分30分）。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1．5分，满分7．5分）

第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Whatdoesthewomanmean?

A.ShehasboughtapresentforTom.

B.Shewantstobuysomethingonsale.

C.Shehasn'tdecidedonthegift.

2.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

A.Afestival.B.Aparty.C.Aholidayplan.

3.Whydoesthemanmakethecall?

A.Toinvitethewomantothelibrary.

B.Torescheduleanappointment.

C.Toapologizeforbeinglate.

4.Whatistheweatherlikerecently?

A.Dry.B.Rainy.C.Nice.

5.WhenwillthemanflytoGuangzhou?

A.OnAugust1.B.OnAugust2.C.OnAugust3.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6.Whatisthemanlookingfor?

A.Aphoto.B.Acoat.C.Acamera.

7.Wherewillthespeakersprobablygo?

A.Apark.B.Thepolicestation.C.Aclothingshop.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8.Whatisthemandoing?

A.Apologizingforbeinglate.

B.Makinganinvitation.

C.Puttingoffanappointment.

9.Whenwillthespeakersmeettomorrow?

A.At5:

00pm.B.At6:

00pm.C.At9:

00pm.

10.Whatkindoffoodwillthespeakershave?

A.Chinesefood.B.Italianfood.C.Koreanfood.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?

A.Acouple.B.Co-workers.C.Classmates.

12.Whydoesthewomanpreferpublictransportation?

A.It'ssafer.B.It'scheaper.C.It'sgreener.

13.Howdoesthemanusuallytravel?

A.Bycar.B.Bybus.C.Bymotorbike.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14.Whatsportdidthewomanplayyesterday?

A.Basketball.B.Football.C.Tennis.

15.Howdoesthemanfindbasketball?

A.Difficult.B.Interesting.C.Boring.

16.Whatdoesthemando?

A.Astudent.B.Ateacher.CAcoach.

17.WhatdidthemandolastSunday?

A.Heplayedfootball.B.HewatchedTV.C.Hesawamatch.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18.WhatisthelowestpricetogotoHawaii?

A.￡199.B.￡372.C.￡400.

19.Wherecanpeoplehaveapackageholiday?

A.Rome.B.Bahamas.C.NewYork.

20.Howcanpeoplegetthebrochure?

A.Makeacallat900-9889.B.Visit.

C.Gotofunholiday@.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

AcardrewupoutsidetheSwanHotelandayoungmangotout．Pausingonlyforamomenttoseethathehadcometotherightplace，hewentintothehotelandrangthebellonthecounterofthebar．

Mrs.Crump，thelandlady，whowasbusyinthekitchenatthetime，hurriedout，wipingherhands．Theyoungmanraisedhishat．

“Excuseme，”hesaid．“I’mlookingformyuncle，Mr.White．Ibelieveheisstayinghere．”

“Hewasstayinghere．”Mrs.Crumpcorrectedhim．“ButI’mafraidthathewentbackto

Londonyesterday．”

“Oh，dear，”saidtheyoungman，lookingdisappointed．“Iunderstoodthathewasgoingtostayhereuntiltheendofthemonth．AtleastthatiswhathisservanttoldmewhenIranguphishouse．”

“Quiteright，”saidMrs.Cramp．“HeplannedtostayherethewholeofJuly，ashealwaysdoes．Butyesterdayhegotatelegramtosaythathisrelativewasill．SohecaughtthetrainbacktoLondonimmediately．”

“Iwishhehadletmeknow,”Theyoungmansaid．“IwrotehimalettersayingthatIwascoming．I’vehadallthistroublefornothing．Well，sinceheisn’there，there’snopointinwaiting．”

HethankedMrs.Grumpandwentout．Mrs.Grumpwenttothewindowandwatchedhimdriveoff．Whenhiscarwasoutofsight，shecalledout：

“Youcancomeoutnow,Mr.White.He’sgone．”Mr.Whitecameoutofthekitchen，wherehehadbeenwaiting．

“Manythanks，Mrs.Grump，”hesaid，laughing，“youdidthatverywell．Thesenephewsofminenevergavemeanypeace．Thatyoungmanistheworstofthemall．Asyousee，whenheneedsmoney,heevenfollowsmeintothecountry．Well，perhapsnexttimehewon’twarnmebywritingaletter!

”

21.WhoistheMrs.Crump?

A．thehostessofthehotelB．Mr.white’swife

C．acookofthehotelD．Mrs.Grump’saunt

22.Mr.Whitewhenhisnephewcametothehotel．

A．tookthetrainbacktoLondonB．hidhimselfinthekitchen

C．wenttopickupatelegramD．lefttovisitasickrelative

23.Mr.Whitedidn’tlikehisnephewsbecause．

A．theyalwaysfollowhimaroundB．theyfrequentlydisturbtheirrelatives

C．theywon’twritetohimoftenD．theyusuallyvisithiminhotels

24.Thisstoryisaboutaman．

A．whowasverymuchlovedbyhisnephewsB．whosenephewwenttovisithimatthehotel

C．whowasnotwillingtomeethisnephewD．whosenephewalwaysvisitedhim

B

Intheworld,almost340millionpeoplespeakiteveryday.Onebillionpeoplearelearningitanditissaidthatby2050,halfoftheworld’spopulationwillbeusingit.Whatarewetalkingabout?

Thegloballanguage—English.

TheEnglishlanguagestartedinBritaininthe5thcentury.Itisamixedlanguage.ItwasbuiltupwhenGerman,ScandinavianandFrenchinvaderssettledinEnglandandcreatedacommonlanguageforcommunication.

TodayitistheofficiallanguageoftheUK,theUSA,Australia,NewZealand,Canada,SouthAfricaandIrelandaswellasmanyislandsintheCaribbean.Manyothercountriesandregionsuseitforpoliticsandbusiness,forexample,India,Pakistan,NigeriaandthePhilippines.EnglishisalsooneoftheofficiallanguagesofHongKong.

Butglobaladvertisingandpopmusicmeanthatinmostcountries,youwillseeorhearsomeEnglish.ThankstoMcDonalds,weallknowabout"burgers”,“fries"and"milkshakes".SongsbyMadonna,BritneySpearsandCelineDionareinEnglish.Wecansing,evenifwedonotunderstandwhatwearesinging!

Englishisamessy（杂乱的）language.Everyyear,dictionariesincludenewwordsthattalkaboutpopularculture,forexample,computer-relatedwordssuchas"blogging","download"and"chatroom".Alsoincludedarewordsthatteenagersuse.Whodoesnotknow"cool","OK"and“hello”?

OtherlanguagesalsoinfluenceEnglish.ManyEnglishwordscomefromFrench.Wordslike"cafe"andexpressionslike"c'estlavie"（thatislife）areallpartoftheEnglishlanguage.Ontheotherhand,theFrenchlanguageincludesEnglishwordslike"leweekend"and"lecamping".GermanwordsarealsopartofEnglish.Wordslike"kindergarten"comefromtheGermanlanguage.

Recently,Britishpeoplehavebecomeinterestedin"yoga".ButthewordcomesfromanancientHindulanguageinIndia.

25.TheEnglishlanguagehasahistoryof______.

A.over2000yearsB.over500yearsC.over1500yearsD.over1000years

26.Theunderlinedexpression“thanksto”canbereplacedby______.

A.becauseofB.thankfultoC.notuntilD.asif.

27.WhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthelanguageofEnglish?

A.Ithasbeenchangingallthetime.

B.Ithasborrowedwordsfromalltheotherlanguages.

C.FrenchwordsareusedbytheEnglishbecausedictionarieshaveFrenchwords.

D.Singersandfilmstarshavethegreatestinfluenceonlanguage.

28.Manycountriesandregionsuseitforpoliticsandbusinessexcept______.

A.theUSAB.NigeriaC.thePhilippinesD.Norway

C

InsideChinaDaily

China,Japaninkfisheryagreement

TheNewChina-JapanFisheryAgreementwillbeputintoeffectstartingJunethisyear.Chinesevice-ministerofagriculture,QiJingfatoldapressconferenceyesterdayinBeijing.

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Offshorefuneral（葬礼）

Theremainsofmorethan500deadwillbescatteredatseathisspringnearthemouthofYangtzeRiverinShanghai.TosavespaceShanghaiofficialsdiscouragedlandburials.

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Theonlywisechoice

Co-operationwiththemainlandforapeacefulreunification（统一）shouldbetheonlywisechoiceforthenewlyelectedTaiwanleader.

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TheArtMarket

Interestinactivitiessuchasfairs,galleriesandexhibitionshascausedtheartmarkettotakeshapeinChina.

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Twosidesofastory

Thegovernment’seffortstocutthehomeworkburdenofprimaryandmiddleschoolstudentshavedrawnmixedreactions.

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Blind,butnotout.

YangJia,anEnglishprofessorattheChineseAcademyofSciencemeetsthechallengesbroughtbythesuddenlossofhereyesightandcontinuestomakeitinherwork.

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29.Theabovesectionmaypossiblyappearon_________ofChinaDaily.

A.Page5B.theFrontPageC.Page9D.thelastpage

30.Fromthetextwecanknowthat_________.

A.ablindprofessorcanworkbetter

B.ChinesefishermencangofishingfreelyinJapansoon

C.noonewillbeburiedinthegroundaftertheydieinShanghai

D.moreandmorepeoplehavebeguntodoartbusiness

31.Ifsomeonefeelsupsetforthesuddentroubleandwantstoencouragehimself,whatwouldyousuggestheshouldreadinChinaDaily?

A.Blind,butnotout.B.Twosidesofastory.

C.Theonlywisechoice.D.Offshorefuneral.

D

Thegroundwewalkonseemsfirm,butdeepundertheearthandundertheseatherockschangeandmove.Insomepartsoftheworldthereare“firemountains”,whichwecallvolcanoes.Fromtimetotimetheyburstopenandthrowoutfireandburningash.Thesevolcanoesareverydangerous.

HongKongdoesnothaveanyvolcanoesbuttherearemanyinIndonesiaandPhilippines.ThereisalsoafamousmountainnearTokyo,Japan,whichisavolcanotoo.ItsnameisMountFuji.Formuchoftheyear,itiscoveredwithsnow.

Oneofthemostfamousvolcanoeswhicherupted（喷发）inrecenttimeswasKrakatoa,onanislandinIndonesia.Thefirstexplosions（爆发）tookplaceon20thMay,1883,butthebigeruptiondidnotcomeuntilthe26thand27thAugustofthatyear.Thepeopleontheislandwereusedtotheexplosionsbythattime,andsotheywerecompletelyunpreparedforthisterriblehappening.Almosta