全国中学生英语能力竞赛样题.docx

1、全国中学生英语能力竞赛样题2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛样题听力部分（共四大题，计30分）（略） 笔试部分（共八大题，计120分） I 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure） （共20小题，计20分） （A） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出可以填入每题空白处的最佳选项。 1. I need a break. I think Ill go to New York _ Christmas. A. in B. on C. at D. from 2. _ a difficult exam that was! A. How B. So C. What D. Such 3. Im

2、 taking an umbrella. It _ rain. A. must B. may C. has to D. should 4. This is the _ book Ive ever read. A. more wonderful B. most great C. most brilliant D. lovely 5. Im glad you remembered _ some tea because I havent got any. A. to bring B. brought C. to have bought D. bring 6. That boy, _ father i

3、s a footballer, is very good at sports. A. that B. whos C. whose D. which 7. Do you know _ that man standing near Tom is? A. who B. whom C. whose D. whos 8. “Everything in this room is wet.” “I _ have shut the windows!” A. mustnt B. must C. would D. should 9. She was _ tired that she fell asleep. A.

4、 so B. such C. enough D. too 10. By the end of the month the estate agent（房地产经济人） _ twenty houses. A. will sell B. will have sold C. will be selling D. is going to sell 11. Sarah _ a bike to work, but now she drives. A. used to ride B. had ridden C. would ride D. used to riding 12. These cakes _ del

5、icious! Can I have one _ ? A. tastes; another B. tasting; other C. taste; more D. taste; again 13. Tasha is a good girl. She _ her mother with the housework. A. is helping B. had always helped C. always helps D. always helped 14. A: Can you please help me to make the cake, Joe? B: Sorry, I am leavin

6、g now. A: _ . A. No hurry. B. You are always busy. C. Never mind then. D. Please go. 15. A: I didnt see you in class today. Are you _ ? B: I am feeling a little under the weather. A: Oh, I hope its _ . A. fine; too bad B. ill; gone C. fine; better D. OK; not serious （B） 下面5道小题可以组成一篇小短文（首句已给出），请根据上下文

7、和所给选项选出各题的最佳答案。 A: Hi, David!Whats interesting in todays paper? B: Listen, I will read it to you. 16. The National Bank was _ yesterday. A. stolen B. cleaned C. robbed D. closed 17. The robbery _ at 10 oclock in the morning. A. started B. was C. happened D. ended 18. The robbers _ 10,000 and ran int

8、o the street. A. borrowed B. took C. left D. put 19. A passer-by called the _ , but the robbers escaped in Queen Street. A. manager B. president C. police D. 999 20. The police are looking for two men aged 30 _ scars on their faces. A. whose B. with C. have D. without II. 阅读理解 (Reading comprehension

9、) (共30小题，计30分) 阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（2130小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳答案；3150小题大部分为非选择题，请根据题目要求作答。） (A) Thomas Adams discovered bubble gum（泡泡糖） in the 1870s. He was an American. He wanted to find a use for chicle. Chicle is a Spanish word for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree. Mr Adam wanted to

10、make rubber（橡胶） from chicle. Mr Adams worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle stronger. His son, Horatio, also helped him now and then. One day, young Horatio began to chew the chicle while he watched his father work. It did not taste very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing

11、 it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle which his father had made. Mr Adams had discovered bubble gum by accident. Mr Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber from chicle. Instead, he wanted to try and sell the new gum that he had made. He thought other people migh

12、t like the taste too. He began to see his new kind of chicle as candy. In no time, children everywhere began chewing bubble gum. 21. Where was Thomas Adams from? A. Canada. B. The United States. C. Europe. D. England. 22. Who was Horatio Adams? A. Thomass father. B. Thomass wife. C. Thomass brother.

13、 D. Thomass son. 23. What was Thomas Adams trying to make? A. A new kind of rubber. B. A new kind of chicle. C. A new kind of candy. D. Electric light. 24. Why did Thomas Adams want to sell bubble gum? A. His son enjoyed chewing it. B. He thought many people would like it. C. He could not make stron

14、g rubber from chicle. D. all of the above 25. Which of these sentences is not true? A. Horatio helped his father. B. Thomas Adams made rubber from chicle by accident. C. Horatio was the first person to chew bubble gum. D. Thomas Adams never made rubber. (B) Aristotle lived in Greece over 2,000 years

15、 ago. He was very interested in plants and animals and in how the human body works. The Greeks werent the only people interested in how the body worked. Old drawings and texts from China and the Middle East also showed human organs. Some even showed plant organs. At first, information about organs c

16、ame from operations and from cutting up dead bodies. Now we can look at X-rays and body scans, too. In the late 1700s, a French doctor called Xavier Bichat did hundreds of post-mortems. Post-mortems are operations carried out on dead bodies, to find out what killed them. Bichat found that each human

17、 organ contains more than one kind of material. He listed 21 different kinds. Today, we call these materials tissues（组织）. Bichat wasnt able to see the detailed structure of these tissues, because he didnt have a microscope. 26. What do we know about Aristotle? A. He is a Greek teacher. B. He loved t

18、o find out how human body worked. C. He shows great interest in art. D. He is good at drawing. 27. Who were interested in how the body worked? A. The Greeks and the French. B. The Greeks, the Chinese and people from the Middle East. C. The French and the Chinese. D. The Chinese and the Middle East.

19、28. In the old times, how could people learn the information about the organs? A. By reading books. B. By going to classes. C. By cutting up dead bodies. D. By using the microscope. 29. What does the word “post-mortems” mean? A. It is a kind of operation in order to save peoples lives. B. It is an e

20、xamination carried out on the brain. C. It is a kind of examination which shows the reason why people are killed. D. It is a k ind of body scan in order to find out the structure of the tissues. 30. What did the French doctor discover? A. Post-mortems. B. X-rays. C. Tissues. D. Microscope. (C) The d

21、iagram shows the different teeth in your mouth. 31. Which teeth rip（撕开） or tear food? 32. Which teeth grind（磨碎） food into small pieces? 33. Which teeth cut food? 34. How many teeth does an adult have? A. 22 B. 32 C. 42 D. 52 35. What can you do to keep your teeth healthy? A. Read more books on food.

22、 B. Drink lots of water. C. Eat lots of sweets. D. Brush teeth after meals and visit the dentist regularly. (D) 36. Will flight 711 be on time? 37. What time is flight 74 scheduled to leave for Memphis? 38. Are the passengers boarding flight 71 to Cleveland? If so, what gate are they using? 39. What

23、 is the flight number of the 3:20 flight to Boston? 40. You have to meet a friend arriving from Chicago at 2: 20. It is 2:17. Is the plane at the gate? (E) Barky and I talk everyday. When I come home, we discuss what Im having for dinner, but strictly speaking he doesnt talk back. I usually ask him

24、what he has been doing all day, and he tells me he has been swimming around and looking after the house. Hes a good guard fish. He would know if there were intruders（闯入者） in the kitchen and would stare them out. His favourite hobby is watching television. He pushes his face up to the glass to see. W

25、e watch Coronation Street and EastEnders together, and he enjoys football. I think he likes the colours, and he definitely prefers northern teams. He must be a Manchester United fan, as he has so much red in his bowl. Alex Ferguson would be proud. If Barky is ever upset, he squirts（使喷出） water out of

26、 the top of his bowl, so there is no chance of us forgetting his birthday. He will be two years old in September, but in fish years that is more like 30, so he could be planning a big night out. We will give him extra food and an iced gem as a birthday cake. However, what he really wants is a mate,

27、so we will have to see what we can arrange. I would never swap Barky. He is a good listener. The children like him and he doesnt need walking. When he was in his teens, he used to try to sneak out, but he behaves now. He is for keeps. 请根据短文内容回答下列问题。 41. Who is Barky? 42. Whats Barkys hobby? 43. What

28、 will Barky do if he is unhappy? 请根据短文内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。 44. In fish years Barky will be about 30 years old. 45. Barky will get a birthday cake for his birthday. (F) Universal (世界的) Childrens Day was created by the UN in 1954 for all countries to pay special attention to the worlds children. I

29、t is an important day to promote（促进） the worldwide fraternity (友爱) and understanding between young people. And yet for almost 50 years in the UK it has passed without the recognition (承认) it deserves. James Michael, 16 and Natasha Reddy, 15 report on an event which very few people in this country would have known about because we are one of the few countries in the world, which does not celebrate it. It seems strange that the UK government refuses to establish the day. Shouldnt we be encouraged, like other young people all around the world, to look upon the day as a time set a