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全国中学生英语能力竞赛试题(高二)
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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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(答案涂在答题纸上)
—Do you know Mr. Smith?
—Yes. He's a strange man. We found ________ difficult to work with him.
A. us B. it C. him D. you 2、
They ________ the distance and the communication problem for people visiting their city.
A. drew attention to B. used up C. washed away D. dreamed of 3、
—You were driving at 100 km an hour, sir.
—But officer, I ________. My car can't go more than 80.
A. may not have to B. couldn't have been C. wouldn't like to D. needn't to be 4、
His money had not brought happiness and perhaps it had contributed________ his strange sense of values.
A. up B. for C. as D. to 5、
________ their service, the workers of the hotel are active in learning English.
A. Searching B. Informed C. To improve D. Having caused 6、
Every morning at a ________ time after breakfast she gave him an hour's lesson.
A. busy B. patient C. convenient D. present 7、
It was not until last year ________ he got in touch with his father in Canada. A. where B. what C. how D. that 8、
I kept looking at the man wearing a pair of glasses, wondering ________. A. whether did I borrow his book B. where I had seen him before C. what I knew his wife D. when had I helped him 9、
The item you requested yesterday is no longer available and ________ we are returning your cheque.
A. therefore B. altogether C. otherwise D. moreover 10、
—When did the story happen?
—It happened in ________ spring of ________ 1937.
A. the; the B. a; the C. the; 不填 D. 不填;不填 11、
—May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight? —I'm sorry. He ________ gone to a party long before then.
A. had B. is C. will have D. has 12、
I've got a lot of books, ________ are written in foreign languages. A. and most of which B. some of which C. some of them D. most of these 13、
—How are you getting on with your book?
—I have finished a large part of it; the rest of it ________ more difficult. A. is B. are C. was D. were 14、
—I have to be at the office by noon tomorrow. My co-workers are taking me out for a final good-bye lunch.
— ________ Where are you going to eat? —I don't know. They want to treat me
A. I don't know. B. How nice!
C. It's my pleasure. D. It's none of my business. 15、
—When you finish that report, here are all the files for the next one we need to complete, by tomorrow evening.
— ________ Can't you extend the deadline? I've got a headache and I've hardly slept all week.
—I'll see what I can do, but take some aspirin and keep working. A. I'm not even halfway through this first one!
B. It looks like it went through just fine. C. Oh, I'm sure I can help you do that. D. What do you want to discuss? 16、
B) 下列5题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文,请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(答案涂在答题纸上)
Faraday made the ________ electric motor in 1821. It was an invention that used electricity to produce movement.
A. obvious B. social C. mad D. first 17、
In 1831, Faraday discovered that electricity moves through a wire ________ a magnet(磁铁) is moved near the wire.
A. where B. so C. when D. but 18、
He used this discovery to ________ a machine for making electricity.
Faraday also showed how electricity affects chemical ubstances. A. debate B. reflect C. match D. produce 19、
Faraday gave ________ most of his money to the poor. When he grew old, he did not have enough money left to live on.
A. on B. away C. by D. of 20、
Queen Victoria rewarded him for his ________ by giving him money and a house. He died in 1867.
A. discoveries B. introductions C. books D. definitions 21、
II. 阅读理解(Reading comprehension)(共20小题,计35分)
A)选择题:阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。(答案涂在答题纸上) A
Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood”. Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywood—more than 800 films a year.