高一英语竞赛.docx

1、高一英语竞赛庆阳六中2010-11学年度高一英语基础知识与基本能力竞赛题说明：共6大题，全卷共120分。竞赛时间为120分钟。用黑色（蓝色）钢笔（圆珠笔）答在答题卷所规定的位置上。一、单项选择(共15小题上，每小题1分，计15分) 1.I lost my _ and fell off the bike. A. weight B. balance C. way D. legs2. He cant be in the garden He _ be in the roomAmust Bcan Chave to Dhas to3You _ return the bike right now You c

2、an keep it until he wants to use it himselfAmustnt Bmay not Ccant Dneednt4.Life is compared_ voyageAwith Bto Cfrom Dfor5.Dont waste _ money in your lifeAmuch too Bvery too Ctoo much Dtoo many6. All the students have only one days rest each week. That is, they go to school every day _ _Sunday. A. exc

3、ept B. expect for C. besides D. on7. The little girl is too young to_herself. A. wear B. dress C. have on D. put on 8. -Have you seen my dictionary? -No, perhaps it is_. A. missing B. lost C. gone D. all the above9. It was_home that I met my friend Jack. A. on my way B. on my way to C. in my way D.

4、in a way to10. Dont speak to her so angrily. _, she is a 5-year-old girl.A. At all B. All the same C. After allD . All the after11. .The oceans and seas _ the islands are deep blue and many cities lie _ a bay.A.surrounding;in B.surrounding;on C.surrounded;in D.surrounded;on 12.The student _ forward

5、to going abroad for further study.A.referred to looks B.referred to lookC.refers to look D.referring to look13. Finally an agreement _ after they had two-day discussion.A.reached B. finishedC.signed D. was reached 14. New Zealand is a(n)_ country.A.spoken English B.English spokenC. English-speaking

6、D. speaking English15. She had her house _ in the stormAdamage Bto damage Cdamaged Ddamaging二、趣味知识问答（每小题1分，共15小题）16. Where is Eiffel Tower (埃菲尔铁塔) located?A. England B. Germany C. France D. Russia17. A thief is often afraid when he hears “OICU”. Do you know what “OICU” means in English?A. OK, I seek

7、 you. B. Oh, I see you. C. Oh, I come you. D. O, I love you.18. Which of the following is NOT a part of a fire engine? A. a siren. B. a ladder. C. a horse. D. a fire hydrant. 19. Where is the International Olympic Committee located?A. in Switzerland B. in U.S.A C. in Britain D. in Greece20. What sea

8、son is the dragon boat festival in? A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter21. From what number can you take half and leave nothing? A. 6 B. 8 C. 3 D. 4 22. What animal can jump as high as a tree?A. kangaroo B. tiger C.rabbit D. all above23. They tell interesting stories. You can see them clearly in

9、 the dark. But you cant see them so clearly when its bright. What are they? A. Books. B. Photos. C. Films. D. Paper. 24. There are a few birds in the sky. They are flying in line. There are two birds in front of two birds, two birds behind two birds and two between two birds. How many birds are ther

10、e in the sky? A. Four birds B. Six birds C. Eight birds D. Ten birds25. Today is the 24th of October. Wei Fang is leaving Shanghai. She says: I shall not be back until this day three weeks. When will she be back? A. The 7th of November. B. The 15th of November. C. The 14th of November. D. The 30th o

11、f October. 26. I have many leaves. But I am not a bloom and not a tree. You can see me every day. What am I? A. Flower. B. Bird. C. Grass. D. Book.27. Why can the world never come to the end? Because it is_.A. big B. round C. long D. wide 28. Look at the following formulas! The missing number is _.

12、（4） （5）=27 ; （5） （3）=24; （1） （3）=? A.21 B. 32 C. 23 D.12 29. Some scientists believe that a layer of dust in earth caused the death of the dinosaurs. What do they believe had caused the dust? A. thousands of volcanoes erupting at the same time. B. a large meteorite hitting the earth. C. climate chan

13、ge. D, small animals eating dinosaurs eggs.30. A hummingbirds egg is only as big as_. A. an orange B. a potato C. a pea D. a grape三、Close（完型填空）（10分）阅读下面短文，用以下三种形式填空：1.根据上下文填空；2.用所给的单词正确形式填空3.根据单词所给首字母填空。每空一次。August has always been difficult for me.It is the time 31 I realize that the books my Englis

14、h teacher assigned(布置） to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me. You might think that I dont want to spend my summer32 （read）,but thats not the problem:I love reading.On the first day of my summer holiday this year,I went to the library and got “A Gathe

15、ring of Old Men” by AfricanAmerican writer Ernest Gaines.I enjoyed it very much.I read all the33 m that my parents subscribe to(订阅) and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading for school?Because the books 34 summer reading lists are often slowgoing an

16、d just uninviting (不吸引人）.The teachers and librarians dont understand that 35 reading can be entertaining as well as educational.They choose books that a friend of my mothers calls “spinach books”:good for you,but not36 m fun to take in.Every summer,I read them,hate them and get bitter about the expe

17、rience. This bitterness 37 （start） three years ago when I was about to begin high school.As preparation,my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence”(纯真年代） by American author Edith Wharton.Im sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence”some might even say its their 38 bo

18、ok. But I dont39 t any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation. “The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago.At 14,my only 40. with romance was my love for baseball.I couldnt imagine being in love,much less in being in love in 1900.

19、“The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life. 四、阅读理解（10分）AWhen I was six, Dad brought home a dog one day, who was called “Brownie”, My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her ,then there were baths, playing catch

20、 and many other games .Brownie, in return, loved each and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around.One days, as I was getting her food, she chewed up(咬破) one of Dads shoes, which h

21、ad to be thrown away in the end. I knew Dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did wasWrong. When I looked at her and said, “Bad girl.” She looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw a tear in her eyes. Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywh

22、ere with us.People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course shed let anyone pet her. She was justthe most lovable dog. There were many dines when wed be out walking and a small child wouldcome over and pull on her hair. She never barked (吠) or tried to get away. Funny thing is shewould sm

23、ile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far fromthe truth, she loved everyone. Now many years have passed since Brownie died of old age. I still miss the days when shewas with us.41. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family? A. Look at them sadly.

24、B. Keep them company. C. Play games with them. D. Touch them gently.42. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that Brownie _ A. would eat anything when hungry B. felt scary for her mistake C. loved playing hide-and-seek D. disliked the authors dad43. Why does the author say that Browrnie was more than just

25、a family pet? A. She was treated as a member of the family. B. She played games with anyone she liked. C. She was loved by everybody she met. D. She went everywhere with the family.44. Some people got frightened by Brownie when she A. smiled B. barked C. rushed to thhem D. tried to be funny45. Which

26、 of the following best describes Brownie? A. Shy. B. Polite. C. Brave. D. Caring.B When youre lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey. stop! This is no vacation - yon have to finish something! Here lies the problem fat travel wri

27、ter and food critic (评论家) Edie Jarolim. I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things. Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere-in Arts and Antiques. in Brides. or in one of her three books. The Com

28、plete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexicos Beach Resorts. Her job in travel writing began Some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada. she took a test for Frommers travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommers, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London,

29、then Fodors, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there. Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona. As adve

30、nturous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, its great to write about a tourist attraction, but youd better get the local (当地的) museum hours correct or you could really ruin someones vacation.46. Which country does Jarolim have in now? A. Mexico. B. The U.S. C

31、. The U.K D. Canada47. What is most difficult for Jarolim? A. Working in different places to collect information B. Checking all the facts to be written in the guides. C. Finishing her work as soon as possible. D. Passing a test to write travel guides.48. What do we know about Jarolim from the text? A. She is successful in her job. B. She finds her life full of stresses. C. She spends half of her time traveling. D. She is especially inter