上海初中英语竞赛试题(笔试)试题和答案
2005 Shanghai Junior High School English Contest Paper for Written English I.? Vocabulary and Structure: 30%
1. Adams hadn’t a _________ what the speaker was talking about most of time because the class was in chaos.
?? A. guess????????? B. thought???? C. concept????? D. clue
2. Any one who followed _________ would be blessed with a richer life and boundless love from his family.
?? A. my set of rules??????????????? B. my packet of rules ?? C. my group of rules????????????? D. my pack of rules
3. _________, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, was crowned top-earning dead celebrity of the past 12 months.
?? A. Elton John???????????????????? B. Elvis Presley ?? C. Sting???????????????????????? D. Michael Jackson
4.?? \, that is the question” is a quotation from Shakespeare’s play _________. ?? A. Romeo and Juliet??????????????? B. Macbeth ?? C. Hamlet??????????????????????? D. King Lear 5. My cousin Betty is the black _________ of the family ?? A. cow?????????? B. pig??????? C. horse?????? D. sheep
6. I’ve got my driving test this afternoon so keep your _________ crossed. ?? A. toes?????????? B. fingers???? C. arms??????? D. legs
7. As Mr. Best was passing the bookshop, he thought he'd just _________ to see whether any interesting books were on sale.
?? A. look in???????? B. look up???? C. look round?? D. look for
8. Lenny advised me to have a _________ of brandy because it will make me less nervous.
?? A. bite?????????? B. lick??????? C. sip???????? D. touch 9. My father's very quiet too. I _________ him. ?? A. follow with?????????????????? B. take after ?? C. look like???????????????????? D. turn up to be 10. The capital of Australia is _________
??? A. Sydney?????? B. Melbourne? C. Liverpool??? D. Canberra 11. Germany has won the World Cup _________
??? A. twice???????? B. three times? C. four times?? D. five times 12. Tony Blair became _________ of Britain in 19971 ??? A. president??????????????????? B. general secretary C. prime minister??????????????? D. king
13.? _________ was defeated at the battle of Waterloo. ??? A. Hitler????????????????????? B. Napoleon ??? C. Mussolini??????????????????? D. Richard Nixon
14. There are two main political parties in the USA, _________ and _________. ??? A. the Democrats and the Republicans ??? B. the Democrats and the Labors ??? C. the Democrats and the Conservatives ??? D. the Conservatives and the Republicans
15. The news was _________ on the radio the day before yesterday. ??? A. broadcast???????????????????? B. to broadcast ??? C. being broadcasted????????????? D. broadcasting
16.? _________ has been set as the theme for Olympics Beijing 2008.
??? A. A Green, Cheerful and People's Olympics ??? B. A Successful, Impressive and People's Olympics ??? C. A Green, High-tech and People’s Olympics ??? D. A Successful, High-tech and People’s Olympics
17. I can’t get into my apartment because I left the key. _________ my door in my car. ??? A. of?????????? B. from?????? C. on????????? D. to 18. _________ is often used to stand for the British Government. ??? A. Downing Street????????????? B. White Hall ??? C. White House???????????????? D. The fleet street
19. On New Year's Eve, there will be a firework _________ at People's Square. ??? A. exhibition? B. performance?? C. show?????? D. display 20. The year 2002 was _________ Golden Jubilee. ??? A. Queen Mary????????????????? B. Queen Elizabeth I ??? C. Queen Victoria??????????????? D. Queen Elizabeth 1I
21. It's not far from the village if we take the short _________ through the jungle. ??? A. pass????????? B. comer????? C. turning????? D. cut
22. Yao Ming, a rising star in NBA, is now playing basketball with the _________. ??? A. Chicago Bulls?????????????? B. Los Angeles Lakers ??? C. Houston Rockets???????????? D. West Point 23. What does \
??? A. It' s time for class.???????????? B. It' s New Year. ??? C. It sounds familiar.???????????? D. It sounds interesting. 24. Could you keep a(n) _________ on the baby for a moment
??? A. heart???????? B. eye??????? C. hand??????? D. ear
25. I haven't got e-mail at home. I'll have to write to you by _________ mail. ??? A. pigeon??????? B. monkey???? C. snail??????? D. tortoise
26. The first cloned sheep “_________” was born on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland.
??? A. Kelly???????? B. Dolly????? C. Shelly????? D. Polly 27. The term CEO stands for _________.
??? A. Chief Executive Officer??????? B. Central Executive Officer ??? C. Chief Executive Official?????? D. Central Executive Official
28. Shanghai Maglev Line －the world' s first passenger Transrapid Maglev high speed railway -- uses magnets to propel it at speeds of up to _________ kph. ??? A. 340?????????? B. 334??????? C. 430???????? D. 433 29. Bill is the short name for _________.
???? A. Thomas?????? B. Richard??? C. William???? D. Robert 30. There flows River _________ in Paris.
???? A. Thames?????? B. Nile??????? C. Yangtze???? D. Saine II. Reading Comprehension: 15%
(A)
??? Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple pie.? But ice cream was known long before America was discovered.
??? The Roman emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drinks.? Traveler Marco Polo brought back recipes for chilled and frozen milk from China.
??? Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached England. It is said that King Charles enjoyed that treat very much.? There is a story that he bribed his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal secret.
??? Today ice cream is known throughout the world. Americans alone eat more than two billion quarts a year.
31 .The passage says that most Americans _________ ??? A. think that ice cream is very new
??? B. think that ice cream was an American idea ??? C. know that ice cream has a long history ??? D. do not know what ice cream is
32. The Roman emperor Nero hired men to _________ ??? A. make ice cream for him ??? B. bring ice cream from China ??? C. guard the secret of ice cream ??? D. bring ice to cool his drinks
33. Charles I of England wanted to _________ ??? A. make ice cream popular
??? B. keep the secret of ice cream for himself ??? C. develop new kinds of ice cream ??? D. bring ice cream recipes from China
?(B)
??? Ben Johnson is one of the few men ever buried standing up.
??? As the story goes, King Charles I once made him a promise. The king told the great writer that he would be buried in England's famous Westminster Abbey. But that wasn't all. Johnson could choose any place he liked for his grave.
??? Johnson died in 1637. Then it was found that the spot he had picked was already filled. The ground space left in it was just eighteen inches square.? King Charles 1 kept his words.? He had Johnson's coffin placed on its end in the small place. That's the way it would just fit. 34. Which probably happened first
上海初中英语竞赛试题答案
