江苏省大丰高级中学2009年度学科大奖赛
高二英语试题
命题：顾仁富
第I卷(选择题 共85分)
第一部分：英语知识运用
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. Michael Phelps, _______ American swimmer, was reported to be addicted to drugs
after _______ Olympic Games in Beijing. A. an; the the
2. He suggested the problem worth paying attention _______ at the meeting.
A. to be discussed C. to discuss
B. to discussing
B. the; an
C. a; an
D. the;
D. to being discussed
3. Could it be in the hotel _______ you met me yesterday _______ you lost your wallet?
A. that; which where
4. _______ are the days when Chinese students are burdened with so much homework.
A. Gone
B. Going
C. Having gone
D. Go
B. which; that
C. where; that
D.
that;
5. After many celebrations of China’s 60th birthday, most countries agree that China
is not _______ it used to be and _______ China will play a more important role in the world. A. what; that that
6. Whenever you _______ new words and expressions, you can _______ your dictionary for help.
A. come across; turn to C. come up; turn into
B. come about; turn up D. come out; turn down
B. what; /
C. which; that
D.
that;
7. — Were you worried about him last night? — Yes. It was _______.
A. until he returned that I went to bed
B. until be returned that l slept well C. not until he returned that I went to bed
D. not until did he return that I went to sleep
8. It rained a lot during their journey in Beijing, so they _______ have had a good
time.
A. can’t
B. must
C. shouldn’t
D. might
9. —You see, I’m poor in maths, you are not good at English, and... — That’s _______ we should help each other. A.
when
B.
where
D. what
C. how
10. —Did you see who the driver was?
—No, so quickly _______ that I couldn’t get a good look at his face. A. does the car speed by
B. the car sped by
C. did the car speed by
D. the car speeds by
11. We still remember once _______ round the famous tower when we were young.
A．having taken C．to have taken
B．to be taken
D．having been taken
12. — I saw Jane and her mother in the shop around eight yesterday evening. — Impossible. She _______ TV with me in my home then.
A．is watching
B．was watching
C．has watched D．had watched
13. It’s high time that we _______ our work and _______ supper now. A. stop; have stopped; have
14. His room needs _______, so he must have it _______. A. painting; painted C. painting; painting
B. painted; painting
D. painted; painted
B. stopped; had
C. stop; should have D.
15. —It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help.
—That’s right. _______.
A. Many hands make light work nothing
C. The more the merrier done
第二节：完形填空。（共20小题；每小题分，满分30分）
One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfather’s belongings when
D. The sooner begin, the sooner
B. Something is better than
he came across a bright red envelope. Written on the 16 were the words, “To my grandson.” 17 it was his grandfather’s handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside read:
Dear Ronny,
Years ago， you 18 to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve
19 so much in your life? You’re still full of 20 , but I’m already tired of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”
I didn’t know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are 21 , I figure
that I 22 you an answer. So here is what I believe.
I think it has something to 23 with how a person looks at things. I call
it “keeping your eyes wide open”.
First, realize that life is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If
you don’t keep 24 for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be excited 25 , and you will be.
When you meet up with 26 , welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger,
and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be 27 for the things it taught you. Learn to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.
It’s also important to 28 exactly what you want. Then keep your mind
focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.
As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready
for endings as well as challenging 29 .
Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar.
Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one 30 to the next. If you 31 too long in between, you might be tempted to 32 . So consider all the pathways ahead, and decide which ones to 33 . Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.
Most important of all, never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner
is the one who resolves (决定) to 34 . Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best 35 to you.
16. A. paper 17. A. Realizing 18. A. came 19. A. finished 20. A. power 21. A. numbered 22. A. have 23. A. do 24. A. finding 25. A. all the time
B. front B. Recognizing B. went B. made B. magic B. counted B. owe B. deal B. applying
C. back C. Recommending C. asked C. contributed C. energy C. accounted C. make C. make C. watching
D. cover D. Representing D. returned D. accomplished D. confidence D. finished D. get D. connect D. preparing C. at once
D.
B. once in a while
right now
26. A. challenges 27. A. sad 28. A. achieve 29. A. beginnings 30. A. side 31. A. walk 32. A. quit 33. A. go 34. A. lose 35. A. back
B. troubles B. grateful B. receive
C. failures C. eager C. decide
D. successes D. excited D. attain D. shoes D. peak D. move D. continue D. get D. beat D. over
B. difficulties C. lives B. road B. rest B. sleep B. follow B. defeat B. out
C. way C. climb C. return C. move C. win C. away
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
The curtain on the 2008 US presidential election finally rose last month as John McCain and Barack Obama were formally nominated (提名) as candidates of the two major parties. This may be one of the hardest decisions voters have to make between two appealing candidates.
The big question for voters, as they face both an economic downturn and international threats, is: who will they elect? A young first-term senator promising change and new ideas, or a longtime senator with strong military experience and a reputation as a maverick (特立独行的人)?
American voters have never seen a candidate quite like Obama. He has a white mother from the US and a black father from Kenya who left the family when Obama was very young. He spent part of his youth in Indonesia.
His supporters say Obama’s childhood gives him the advantage to repair the recent damage done to America’s image abroad. His opponents focus on his inexperience, noting he hasn’t finished his first term in the Senate.
However, McCain has a very different life story.
He grew up in a Navy family and was a pilot during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. When Obama was in kindergarten in Indonesia, McCain’s plane was shot down over Vietnam and he became a prisoner of war. McCain could have been released if he disowned America but he refused and so was held for five years.
So in the end, the election may hinge on (以…为转移) several factors that are hard to judge: Will Obama’s race matter to a significant number of voters? Will working-class whites who tended to support his primary opponent, Hillary Clinton,
vote for Obama? And perhaps most important of all, will swing (摇摆) voters be more drawn to Obama’s vision (远景规划) or to McCain’s experience?
Whatever happens, one thing is clear: Whoever walks into the White House on January 20, 2009, will find enormous challenges waiting for him in the Oval Office, both at home and abroad.
36. Which of the following contributes most to making the result of the election hard to predict?
A. Whether working class whites care about Obama’s inexperience B. The economic trouble the country now faces C. Who swing voters will finally decide to vote for D. McCain being too old to govern the country
37. The appeal in Obama as a presidential candidate lies in ______. A. his multi-cultural background C. his inexperience in politics
B. his belief in tradition D. his fantastic promises
38. The word “disown” in Paragraph 6 means closest to ______. A. flee from B. turn his back on expose secrets about
39. The challenges that will face the new president _______. A. are not mentioned in the text
B. include building a strong party and a friendly image C. refer to the problems of immigrants and economy
D. refer to the problems of economy and international relations
C. not keep it private D.
B
Beyond two or three days, the world’s best weather forecasts are doubtful, and beyond six or seven they are worthless.
The Butterfly Effect is the reason. For small pieces of weather—to a global forecaster, small can mean thunderstorms and blizzards (暴风雪)—any prediction becomes worse rapidly. Errors and uncertainties increase, from dust devils and storms up to continent-size eddies (旋涡) that only satellites can see.
The modern weather models work with net-like points sixty miles apart, and even so, some starting data have to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere. But suppose the earth could be covered with sensors placed one foot apart, rising at one-foot intervals all the way to the top of the atmosphere. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly accurate readings of temperature, pressure, humidity (湿度), and any other data a weatherman would want. Exactly at noon a powerful computer takes all the data and calculates what will happen at each point
江苏省大丰高级中学09-10高二英语竞赛试题
