2020年全国中学生英语能力竞赛高二初赛模拟试题
高二年级组试题
听力部分(共三大题,计30分)
I, Sentences (句子理解) (共5小题;每小题1分,计5分)
Please listen to the following five sentences and choose the statements which have the same or similar meaningsas the sentences you hear. Each sentence will be read twice. (请听下面五个句子,选出与你所听到的句子意思一致或相近的答案。每个句子读两遍。)
1. A. Don't enter the park through this gate.B. Parking cars near the gate is forbidden. C. Close the gate after parking your car.D. Don't drive your car through this gate. 2. A. I'll return your money on Friday if you lend me some. B. Please lend me some money as I wasn't paid last Friday. C. Everyone knows you'll get paid on Friday every week. D. He can lend you some money, as he has just got his pay.
3. A. Passengers going overseas can check in two pieces of their luggage. B. Passengers should go through security check before boarding the plane. C. Passengers for international flights can check in their lugguge here. D. Passengers should have their seat belts fastened on board the plane. 4. A. I wish to see my school friends at the party. B. My classmates and I will go to the party together. C. We first met at the school party many years ago. D. My friends enjoyed the party verymuch.
5. A. There's the news you're expecting in the newspaper. B. You should have given me the information earlier. C. I had wanted to let you know the news but I forgot. D. I promise I'll phone you the moment I get the news.
II. Dialogues (对话理解) (共10小题;每小题1分,计10分)
(A) Please listen to the following five mini- dialogues and judge whether the pictures given are suitable for thedialogues you hear. If yes, put the letter Y in the blank; if not, put the letter N in the blank. Each
dialogue willbe read twice. (请听下面五组短对话,判断所给图片与你所听到的对话内容是(Y)否(N)相符。如果相符,请在空格中填入字母Y;如果不相符,则请在空格中填入字母N。每组对话读两遍。)
6._________ 7.________ 8._________
9. _________ 10.________
(B) Please listen to the following long dialogue and complete the sentences according to what you hear with onlyone word for each blank. The dialogue will be read twice. (请听下面的对话,根据你所听到的对话内容完成句子。每空一词。对话读两遍。)
11. The name of their project is“Museums——their________and____________.”
12. Ann loves local museums because they show the_________ __________of ordinary people. 13. Tom thinks the No. 1 problem with local museums is that they're________.
14. The museum shops sell souvenirs, postcards and sweets to_________ _________. 15. The fishing boat in the Sandgate Museum has a history of about_________years.
II. Passages (短文理解) (共10小题;16- 20 小题每小题1分,21- -25小题每小题2分,计15分)
(A) Please listen to the following passage. The passage is followed by five questions. Choose the best answer toeach question according to what you hear. The passage and questions will be read twice. (请听下面的短文及短文后的五个问题,根据你所听到的短文内容,选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。短文和问题读两遍。)
16. A. He walked dogs for neighbors.B. He delivered newspapers. C. He cut grass for neighbors.D. He washed cars for people. 17. A. A biologist.B. A TV reporter.
C. An electrical engineer.D. A businessman.
18. A. To get a scholarship for college.B. To win an award. C. To win honor for his family.D. To show his ability. 19. A. Worried.B. Sorry.C. Surprised.D. Proud.
20. A. That spring.B. That summer.C. That autumn.D. That winter.
(B) Please listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks according to what you hear, using one word foreach blank. The passage will be read twice. (请听下面的短文,根据你所听到的内容填空,每空一词。短文读两遍。)
笔试部分(共七大题,计120分)
I. Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) (共20小题;26- -35 小题每小题0.5分,36- 45 小题每小题1分,计15分)
(A) Please complete the following sentences with one word for each blank by using the Chinese or English hintsgiven in the brackets and the given letters. (请根据括号中所给的汉语或英语提示完成下列句子,每空一词。)
26. I'm afraid Dad will take an i_____ ( 立刻的) dislike to this new dress of yours. 27. Her assistant was a_________(控告) of theft by the police, which made her sad.
28. A large Roman s___________(定居点) has been discovered just outside the French town. 29. The company is c_______o____________(集中精力从事) developing new products.
30. T______h__________c___________(值得称赞的是), she admitted she broke the neighbor's window. 31. It costs f100 a week to hire the car, p_____(besides) a £120 returnable deposit (保证金).
32. The prime minister r______ (to refuse to accept) the suggestion that it was time for him to quit.
33. The children cried in d________(joy or happiness) when they saw all the presents under theChristmas tree.
34. I got up early this morning s_____ a________ (in order to) catch the early bus.
35. A_______f_____(except for) you and me, I don't think there was anyone there under 30.
(B) Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices markedA, B, C and D in theboxes. (请从方框中所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项完成下面的短文。)
The author George Orwell (1903- -1950: real name Eric Blair) was an English novelist, critic and
36. political and cultural commentator (评论员). He is best knownthe novels
37. Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, both of whichwritten and published
38. toward the end of his life. He chose the name George Orwell inearly 1930s when his first book,
Downand Out in Paris and London, was published. This book described what it was like to be poor and homelessin Britain, and also described the time he spent in Paris
39.in the kitchen of a high-class hotel. Orwell's father was a civil servant in India,
40. and Georgein a middle- -class family. He was a pupil at Eton, the
41. well-known English school, and as his family could not
to send him to university, he joined