related to the main idea of the paragraph.
B
Today, we have maps to guide us that use the imaginary lines oflatitude (纬度) and longitude (经度). However, lines of latitudeand longitude did not always exist.
An old problem
For centuries, sailors had known how to determine latitude. Asailor used a sextant, an instrument that measures the altitude (高度) of the sun as it passes overhead. Then the sailor looked at abook that told about the movement of the sun and the stars.
66. ___________
Longitude was more complicated (复杂的) because it can't be measured using the stars and the sun. 67._________
In 1714, the British Parliament offered a huge reward to the person who could find a way to calculate longitude.Some seekers of the prize thought that the way to solve the problem involved creating a timepiece that could keepperfect time on the ocean. In 1727, an English clockmaker named John Harrison chose to try to solve the longitude problem in this way.
68._________
John Harrison created a new kind of clock. 69._________In 1735, Harrison sent the first of his clocks to theBritish Board of Longitude. But Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, who sat on the board that would decide the prizechanged the rules of the contest to keep the prize from Harrison. 70._______Finally, when enough sailors showedthat Harrison's method worked, the clockmaker attracted the notice of King George II. In 1773, Harrisonreceived the prize.
Questions 66- -70: Choose from the sentences A- -G to complete the passage. There are two choices which you do notneed to use.从所给的A- G七个选项中选出能填入空白处完成文章的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余。
A. An unlikely prizewinner B. The race for longitude C. A prize for longitude
D. It could keep time accurately on a ship when it moved from one place to another. E. By putting the information together, a sailor could determine the ship's latitude.
F. Harrison's invention made the difference between life and death for sailors around the world. G. That's because he was searching for a way to determine longitude by using the moon and stars.
C
Wednesday 10th March, 1943
Dear Kitty,
We had a short -circuit yesterday, and on top of that the guns kept banging awayall the time. I still haven't got over my fear of everything connected with shootingand planes .. The AA guns roared (轰鸣) so loudly that you couldn't hear yourselfspeak. Mrs Van Daan was nearly crying, and said in a very little voice， “Oh, it isso unpleasant! Oh, they are shooting so hard.\
Have I already told you about Mrs Van Daan's other fears? One night Mrs VanDaan thought she heard burglars in the attic; she heard loud footsteps and shewoke her husband. Just at that moment the burglars disappeared and the onlysounds that Mr Van Daan could hear were the heartbeats of herself.“Oh, Putti (MrVan Daan's nickname), they are sure to have taken the sausagesand all our peasand beans. And Peter, I wonder if he is still safely in bed?\sleep.\But nothing came ofthat. Mrs Van Daan was far too nervous to sleep. A few nights after that the wholeVan Daan family was woken by ghostly (可怕的) sounds. Peter went up to the attic with a torch- and scamper(奔跑)——scamper! What do you think it was running away? Rats! When we knew who the thieves were, we letMouschi sleep in the attic and the uninvited guests didn't come back again; at least not during the night.
Yours, Anne
Questions 71- -75: Answer the following questions according to the passage. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。
71. Why was Anne afraid?
72. How did Mrs Van Daan show she was frightened?
73. What did Mrs Van Daan's burglars in the attic turn out to be? 74. Who do you think Peter probably was?
75. Please find the evidence to show that Mouschi was a cat.
D
The Song of the Whale
by Kit Wright
Heaving (隆起) mountain in the sea,We would make you Whale, I heard youDumb. Grieving (悲伤).
In the forest of the sea,
Great whale, crying for your life,Whale, I heard you Crying for your kind, I knewSinging,
How we woulduse
Your dying:Singing to your kind. .
We'll never let you be.
Lipstick ( 口红) for our painted faces,Instead of life we choose Polish (擦亮剂) for our shoes.
Lipstick for our painted faces,
Tumbling (滚动) mountain in the sea,Polish for our shoes. Whale, I heard you Calling.
Bird-high notes, keening, soaring (高飞): At their edge a tiny drum Like a heartbeat.
Questions 76- -80: Complete the summary of the poem above with no more than two words for each blankaccording to the poem. (根据诗歌内容完成摘要。每空不超过两个词。)
This poem is written by 76._______a British poet. It's talking about the needless killing of whales. The whaleswere grieving and 77._______for their life and also their kind. Birds are also crying on 78._______notes withtheir small sounds. What are we killing them for? The poem has mentioned it 79._______. They are killed formaking 80._____and shoe polish. We should value the life of other living beings and protect all the speciesfrom becoming extinct.
IV. Translation (翻译) (共6小题;81- -82小题每小题1分,83- -86 小题每小题2分,计10分)
(A) Please translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. (请将短文中的画线句子译成汉语。)
Mount Rushmore is a national monument located in the Black Hillsof South Dakota. 81. Carved (雕刻) into the side of the largemountain are the faces of four men who were the United Statespresidents. These men were chosen because all four played importantroles in American history. The four faces carved onto MountRushmorearethose of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Each face carved into themountain is about 60 feet tall.
George Washington was chosen for this monument because of his rolein the Revolutionary War and his fight for American independence. He was the first United States president.Thomas Jefferson was picked because he believed that people should be allowed to govern themselves, which is the basis for democracy (民主)。82. Abraham Lincoln was added because he believed that all people are equal,and he helped end slavery in the United. States. Theodore Roosevelt was chosen because he was such aninfluential president and world leader.
(B) Please translate the following sentences into English by using the hints given in brackets. ( 请根据括号内所给的提示，将下列句子译成英语。) 83.政府呼吁大家节约用电。(appeal)
84.将这些油画直接暴露在阳光下是非常不好的。(expose to)
85.今天,人们倾向于选择那些在生长过程中没有使用过农药的蔬菜。(过去分词) 86.直到停下来休息时,杰克才意识到他受伤了。(倒装句) V. IQ Test (智力测试) (共5小题;每小题1分,计5分)
Answer the following questions. (回答下列问题。)
87. If four apples + five bananas = 59p, and three apples + seven bananas = 67p, what is the cost of one apple +one banana?
88. Find a ten----letter word by traveling from one circle to another.
89. What code matches the shape given at the end of the line?
90. What flies and cries without eyes?
91. I'd really like to have a new farm house, but it may cost me an arm and a leg.
What does the idiom“cost me an arm and a leg”mean in Chinese? VI. Error Correction (短文改错) (共10处错误;每处错误1分,计10分)
There are altogether 10 errors in the following passage. The errors are: missing words, unnecessary words and wrong words. Please correct them as follows: for a missing word, mark its position with the sign“^”and write itfor an unnecessary word, cross it out with the symbol “\\”; for a wrong word, underline it and write the correct word.
下文中共有10处错误，错误涉及缺词、多词与错词三种。请根据以下要求修改文中出现的错误: 缺词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ? ),并写出该词; 多词:把多余的词用斜线(\\)画掉;
错词:在错词下画一横线,并写出改正后的词。
The most effective way of learning a language is by living in thecountry concerned, but parents should think careful before theysend their children abroad. However some organizations arrangevisits for children as young as ten, the majority of them won't beready to stay away from home and deal with cultural differenceuntil they are in their teens. Even then they will need a basicknowledge of language and some experience of foreign travelbefore they will go.
Exchange visits are a good way to teenagers to improve their language skills. Writing to the host familybefore the visits are a good idea. It can help children get useful information and get used to live abroad.Travel can broad the mind, and exchange visits can give young people experience of a different way of lifeas good as a different language.
VII. Writing (写作) (共2题;A题满分10分,B题满分20分,计30分)
(A) Suppose you're Jean. Write an e-mail (in no fewer than 80 words) to your friend Mark and invite him toattend the yoga class with you. The information about the class is given below.
Hi, Mark,
2020年全国中学生英语能力竞赛高二初赛模拟试题
