高中英语竞赛试题
第一卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
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。每段对话只读一遍。 1. What caused the fire?
A. A careless smoker. B. A broken wire line. C. Some unknown cause. 2. What does the woman mean?
A. The man should be the one to speak to Paul. B. The man should repair the radio himself.
C. There is no need for him to say “sorry”. 3. Where are the two speakers having the dialogue?
A. In the street. B. On a bus C. At the bus stop. 4. What does the woman mean?
A. The old house should be turned into stores. B. The shop center is quite old. C. New shopping center are very common. 5. Where does the woman prefer to live?
A. In the countryside. B. In the city. C. In the small town. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分1 5分）
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，你将会有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，你有5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话只读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。 6. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At the ticket office. B. On the plane. C. At the check in counter. 7. What will the woman have to carry to reduce the weight of her luggage?
A. The shoulder bag. B. The dictionary. C. The hand bag. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10三个小题。 8. What tickets does the man want to buy?
A. For the pop star sport. B. For pop music concerts. C. For the music conference.
9. On which day will the man g to the concert?
A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Sunday
10. Which of the following does the man least care about?
A. The date of the ticket. B. The price of the ticket. C. Whether the seats are together or not. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13三个小题。 11. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a cafeteria（自助食堂）. B. In a café. C. In a bar. 12. What WON’T the man have for the meal? A. Steak. B. Fried eggs. C. Coffee. 13. Why do they choose this place to have meal?
A. Because they can sit by the window. B. Because they can do some of the work. C. Because they can save some money. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16三个小题。 14. Whom is the conversation going between?
A. The manager and his secretary. B. The secretary and his wife. C. The husband and his wife. 15. What’s the matter with the man?
A. He has got a cold. B. He has got a cold and a headache. C. He has smoked too heavily.
16. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The man doesn’t want to go to work very much. B. The woman is a doctor. C. The man got a terrible cold and couldn’t go to work. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20四个小题。 17. Where did the story happen?
A. At a restaurant. B. At the speaker’s home. C. At the speaker’s friend’s home.
18. How many friends did he invite to lunch?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
19. How much did the writer pay for the meal in all?
A. 1,000 yuan. B. 1260 yuan. C. 200 yuan for each person. 20. Why does the writer say the experience was not so bad?
A. Because they had a good lunch at a quiet place. B. The experience made him wiser.
C. Both A and B.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题一分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Mention ____ word recycling and ____ few of us think of cars. But in ____ world
of limited space and resources, recycling is very important.
A. a; a; the B. a; 不填; a C. the; 不填; a D. the; 不填; the 22. — Isn’t it just five hundred? Let’s get it, darling.
— ____, no idea of saving money.
A. It’s just like you B. It’s not like you C. I agree with you D. That’s all right
23. It was nearly an hour ____ the sleeping pill ____ effect.
A. when; took B. before; took C. since; took D. before; would take 24. The woman claimed ____ at the supermarket when she was doing shopping yesterday.
A. being badly treated B. having badly treated
C. to be badly treated D. to have been badly treated
25. As far as I know, the writer enjoys at least as much singing Beijing Opera as
he ____.
A. does writing B. writes C. writing D. does to write 26. So ____ that even the UN troops couldn’t control it.
A. the situation of Iraq was complicated B. complicated was the situation of Iraq
C. was the situation of Iraq complicated D. complicated the situation of Iraq was
27. — I saw Bob carrying baggage for a stranger yesterday.
— What a good fellow! He ____ others, especially those in trouble. A. is always helping B. always helped C. has always helped D. had always helped 28. — The singer looks very beautiful.
— But she was very ugly before she tidied up her appearance（整容）. You ____ believe it!
A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. wouldn’t D. might not
29. When we hurried to the airport, the foreign friends ____ to get off the plane.
A. had arrived waiting B. arrived waiting C. were arriving to wait D. had arrived to wait
30. — The mobile phone looks nice. Please show ____ to me.
— Here you are, Madame.
— Oh, wonderful! I’ll get it. My daughter just needs ____. A. that; it B. one; it C. it; one D. it; it
31. The negotiation had ____ without any result. And then came the war instead.
A. been broken up B. to be broken off C. break up D. to break off 32. On the contrary, I think it is Truman, ____ you, ____ to blame.
A. more than; are B. less than; who are C. rather than; that is D. rather than; is
33. — Are you going to travel this summer vacation?
— No, I’ll have to do some part-time job for my next team study. ____, there’s SARS spreading.
A. Also B. Therefore C. However D. Unluckily
34. As a Chinese, we should often think ____ we can do more for our country.
A. how B. what C. of what D. of how
35. ____ you from taking a hand in that affair, you ____ in prison.
A. If I didn’t stop; would have stayed B. Had I stopped; would be staying C. Shouldn’t I have stopped; would stay D. If I hadn’t stopped; would have stayed
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36— 55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项
Bodybuilding is a world away from high school physical education class, but now teenage boys
36 having muscular bodies just like their 37 .
Andy Lau played a 38 monk who helps catch criminals（罪犯）in the film “Running on Karma”. Then 39 bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger 40 the spotlight when he
became governor of California, US, 41 that muscle-men have 42 too. People have tried to develop muscular bodies for centuries. But as a sport or form of exercise, bodybuilding is still quite 43 .
Briton Eugen Sandow’s 44 at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago is widely seen as the world’s 45 bodybuilding show. Many of his poses（姿势）are 46 used in competitions today. In 1940, the Mr. America contest became the first world bodybuilding competition, and it was 47 by the Mr. Universe contest in 1950 and the Mr. 48 competition 15 years after that.
Some ask whether bodybuilding is really a sport, since the competitions only 49 posing, not any real athletic 50 . Diet, on the other hand, plays a much more important role in bodybuilding than in any other sport.
“It’s 51 to believe that all the athletes are close to 52 when they show off their 53 on stage,” said Cao Xinli. She won the women’s championship at the National Bodybuilding Competition last week in Baotou.
A coach explained: “The strict controls on diet and the hard training often 54 that bodybuilders are much 55 than they look.” But despite the dangers, young boys will still go to the gym in the hope of developing a better body. 36. A. think of B. dream of C. know of D. are aware of 37. A. heroes B. parents C. partners D. coaches 38. A. physical B. spiritual C. bare-head D. muscular 39. A. former B. latter C. earlier D. later 40. A. made B. entered C. escaped D. controlled 41. A. seeing B. finding C. proving D. explaining 42. A. perseverance B. achievements C. feelings D. brains 43. A. old B. young C. popular D. difficult 44. A. appearance B. creation C. performance D. success 45. A. first B. latest C. valuable D. unforgettable 46. A. widely B. usually C. even D. still 47. A. established B. judged C. joined D. stopped 48. A. Olympia B. Alps C. Himalayas D. Pacific 49. A. arrange B. require C. admit D. cause 50. A. performance B. technique C. courage D. effort 51. A. necessary B. unnecessary C. hard D. easy 52. A. starvation B. victory C. fullness D. failure 53. A. talents B. strengths C. muscles D. looks 54. A. suggest B. mean C. cause D. indicate 55. A. weaker B. stronger C. easier D. harder
第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABC和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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There are stock markets in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock market, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or a company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or a company.
Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks and try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.
Of course, investing money in the stock markets is not the safest way to make money.
高中英语竞赛试题
