2010学年余杭区“假日杯”初中英语阅读能力竞赛试卷
（问卷）
1． 全卷共有五大题，满分为100分，竞赛时间为90分钟。
2． 全卷分问卷和答卷两部分，答案一律做在答卷相应位置上，做在问卷上无效。
一、单项填空。(15分)
1. --This evening your uncle and aunt are coming. --So we need ____________ food and drink.
A. a lot B. more C. some D. many 2. --Could you please go to the Jay Chou’s concert with us this Sunday? --_________. I have to finish my homework. A. Yes, sure B. I’m sorry C. Good idea D. I’d love to 3. --How many would you like? -- Two, please.
A. cups of tea B. cup of tea C. cups of teas D. tea 4. ______homework, most students can finish it on time every day. A. As to B. Thanks to C. Such as D. As for 5. The meat is _____expensive and eating ________meat is bad for your health.
A. too much; much too B. much too; too much C. too much; too much D. much too; much too 6. --Jacky, I want to know today’s news. Go and _______the TV, please. --OK, dad.
A. turn on B. turn off C. turn down D. turn over 7. -- I'm so _________. Is there anything _________ we can do? -- Why don't we go window-shopping? A. boring; interesting B. exciting; important C. frustrated; surprised D. bored; exciting
8. --Could you help me ___ the peppers and mushrooms and put them on the cheese? --Sure.
A. put in B. cut up C. peel D. pour
9. --I’m going to Taiwan for my holiday with my parents. I’ll phone you as soon as I arrive there. --OK. _____________ A. It’s very kind of you. B. I wish you good luck. C. Have a good time. D. Thanks. 10. --Do you know Jason’s telephone number?
-- _______. As a matter of fact, I don’t know any Jason, either. A. I hope so B. I think so C. I’d rather not D. I’m afraid not 11. I’m not used to the ___________ the Canadian people speak. A. way B. pronunciation C. words D. step 12. --Look! What is that nice building used for? --It ________ as a hotel, but I’m not sure.
A. must be used B. can’t be used C. may be used D. should use
13. -- Hi, Nick. Oh, sorry, but I forgot to bring the CD you want. -- _________ You can bring it next time.
A. Do you mean it? B. That's OK. C. That sounds good. D. Is that all? 14. --Jane, can you help me join a web club? -- Sure. _________
-- Music, especially the Westlife. A. Can I join one of the clubs too? B. That'll be good for you. C. What are you interested in? D. There are a lot of Westlife' clubs on the Net. 15. Which sign means “Be careful when the floor is wet”？
二、完形填空。（10分）
My hobby is playing chess—one of the greatest games in the world. My mum 16 me how to play when I was seven years old. She beat me every time for the first year. But then, on my 17 birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her now.
It takes about a day to learn the rules. But if you want to be good, you have to practice 18 years. You don’t need much to play chess—just a chess set and 19 to play with. Chess sets can be very cheap, or quite expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but I prefer to play.
There is a chess club in our school. We 20 every week to play each other. I am the best 21 in the club, and the captain of the school chess team. This year we 22 the All England Schools’ Championship. I had to go up on stage 23 the whole school to collect the trophy (奖品).
I’m saving up my money to 24 a chess computer. They are very expensive, but also very good for practice（训练）. That 25 I’ll always have someone to play with. One day I want to be the world chess champion. 16. A. said B. studied C. taught C. learnt 17. A. seventh B. eighth C. sixth D. fifth 18. A. during B. over C. in D. for 19. A. someone B. some place C. some time D. something 20. A. spend B. take C. plan D. meet 21. A. player B. teacher C. student D. sportsman 22. A. won B. beat C. hit D. lost 23. A. next to B. behind C. in front of D. across from 24. A. take B. sell C. bring D. buy 25. A. street B. way C. road D. path
三、阅读理解：（55分）
第一节：阅读三篇短文，选择正确的选项解决问题。（30分）
A
Miss White taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful（成功的）she has been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason（原因）?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity（电）travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss White answered, but then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss White said, “Yes, Kate.”
“I don’t think so,” Kate said, “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here, it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angles.” 26. Miss White was teaching her class ________. A. how to telephone B. about electricity C. about time zone (时区) D. about sound
27. Miss White put up this question because she wanted to know whether ________.
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angles B. her students could hear her from 75 feet away C. her students had understood her lesson D. sound waves were slower than electricity 28. Tom thought that electricity was ________. A. slower than sound waves B. faster than sound waves C. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves 29. Kate thought Tom was wrong because ________.
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York. B. electricity was slower than sound waves C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
30. Whose answer do you think is right according to the law of physics? A. Tom’s. B. Kate’s. C. Both of them. D. Neither of them.
B
A library is a good place to read, to study, and to get ready for reports. It has three main parts to help you find your books quickly and easily.
One part of the library has fiction books. Fiction tells stories about people and things, but they are not real. All fiction books are put in alphabetical（字母）order by the writer’s name. You will find nonfiction books in another part of the library. Nonfiction books tell facts. They are put by subjects. Reference books are in the third part of the library. They give facts about different subjects. The dictionaries, encyclopedias（百科全书）and atlases（地图册）are reference books. You can find them in the library with your library card.
31. According to this passage, people can do the following things in a library except ________. A. reading B. studying C. getting information D. chatting loudly 32. How many main parts are here in a library? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
33. Whose fiction can you find first in a library? A. Jane Austen. B. Helen Keller. C. Jack London. D. Mark Twin. 34. Which book should NOT be put together with the others? A. The History of USA. B. China in 1978. C. The Flowers of Africa. D. The Second World War. 35. What do you need when you want to borrow a book in library? A. A library card. B. The ID card. C. Money. D. A map.
C
For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new in hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop（屋顶）temperatures of up to 50℃ while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farming land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the cities hotter.
It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should have trees on both sides. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint（涂油漆）our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar roof panels（面板）. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2015, four fifths of the population will be living in the cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world. 36. The scientists have found _________.
A. there are not as many storms as before B. Atlanta is the hottest city in America C. it is not as hot in the street as it is on the roof D. buildings become very hot in the sun 37. The best way to make the city cooler is to ________. A. make fewer parks and squares B. try to use the air conditioners more C. paint the roofs of all the white buildings D. plant more trees 38. What will probably happen in the future according to the fourth paragraph? A. Most people will move to the countryside. B. People will plant more trees outside the cities. C. We will not have enough food.
D. The problem will get better, not worse.
39. The underlined “this” in the last paragraph refers to the fact that _________. A. new car parks are built in the city centers B. we should paint our roofs white
C. people continue to cut down forests around the cities
D. four fifths of the world’s population will live in cities by the year 2025 40. What is the best title of the passage? A. The Earth is Getting Warmer B. Most Farmland is Needed C. Scientists are worried about storm D. Cities are Warmer in Winter
第二节：挑战自我！请你利用所提供的图片和语篇材料来理解文章，提升自己的文章阅读能力。（25分）
A game like hockey must start in ancient Greece（希腊）. Paintings that show a game using hockey sticks have been found from this time. Game much like hockey were also played by the Celts（凯尔特人）and native Americans.
The modern form of hockey began in the late 1800s. University students in Canada began forming teams and playing against each other. The first
official hockey game was held on March 3, 1875 in Montreal. Some students from McGill University in Montreal wrote up the rules for this game. The general rules of this game were taken from rugby.
In no time, the game grew to be the most popular sport among university students in Canada. All the excitement stirred up by hockey resulted in having Lord Stanley, who was Canada’s governor general from 1888 to 1893, offering a silver cup to the best college team each year. This silver cup late became the Stanly Cup, which is given to the best professional（专业的）hockey team each year.
Hockey became a professional sport in 1904. The first professional hockey organization, the International Ice Hockey Federation（联盟）, began in 1908. Hockey also became an official（正式的）sport of the winter Olympics in 1920. When hockey has been played at the Olympics, Canada and Russia often have had the best teams.
The National Hockey League (NHL) is now made of 24 teams from Canada and the United States. Even though the US teams represent cities in the United States, quite a number of the players on these teams are actually Canadian. The NHL plans to add more teams, up to 28 in total, as hockey enters the 21st century.
I. 你知道下面来自于文章中生词的意思吗？请你选择适当的释义来认识它们。（5分） 41. ________ rules a. a game like soccer and American football 42. ________ actually b. a long piece of wood 43. ________ century c. the laws of a game 44. ________ stick d. 100 years 45. ________ rugby e. in truth, in fact II. 请你回答下面的问题，来加深对文章的理解。（10分） 46. Why do people think that hockey was started in Greece? A. It is from history. B. Paintings show such a game. C. The rules are Greek. D. There was a cup. 47. Where was the first official modern hockey game played? A. In Canada. B. In Greece. C. In the Russia. D. In the USA. 48. Who played hockey in the late 1800s? A. Celts. B. Professional plays. C. Russian men. D. University student.
余杭区“假日杯”初中英语阅读能力竞赛试卷 doc
