第一部分:语言知识应用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节:完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的(A, B, C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 Water costs money.In some places water is hard 1 .What 2 when a town
has these problems?A small town in California found a happy 3.
Very little rain ever fell there.The town had no water of its own.The water it used was 4 from a river 300 miles away.As more people 5 live in the town, 6 water was needed.Now water 7 to be brought in from 600 miles away.All these cost 8 money.
The town 9 a plan.It found a way to clean its “dirty” water.Once the cleaned water was reused 10 many ways.Five man-made lakes were built.Here people could swim and fish and go 11 .They could have picnics in their new parks.Farmers had more water 12 their crops.New factories can be built,now that they have the promise of 13 .
In most places,water is used and thrown 14 .The town that saved 15 water
has saved the town!
1.A.supplying B.getting C.to get D.to supply
2.A.happens B.happening C is happened D.happened
3.A.key B.answer C answering D.way
4.A.fetch B.take C.brought in D.guided
5.A.come to B.came to C.coming to D.came for
6.A.many B.plenty of C.more D.many more
7.A.has B.had C.must D.needed
8.A.many B.a few C.a great many D.a lot of
9.A.put B.made C.supply D.noticed
10.A.for B.by C.at D.in
11.A. boating B.to boat C.to boating D.on boating
12.A.as B.with C.for D.to
13.A.water enough B.enough water
C. crops enough D.enough crops
14.A.off B.of C.away D.out of
15.A.it’s B.its C.one’s D.his
第二节:语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Nowadays, people are talking about the expansion of college enrollment. This new policy___16___(adopt) by the government benefits a lot of high school graduates and therefore the country as well. There ___17___ (use) to be such a fierce competition among high school graduates to enter college___18__many of them studied too hard only to spoil their health. Even some of them killed___19___only because they failed in the entrance exams. Now they will have more chances to attend college and the country is also going to benefit 20 it. There will be more well-educated and highly qualified citizens and professionals, ___21___ is essential to the development of the country.
22 , now some students who otherwise can't enter a college are not studying hard enough. They think now since colleges enroll more students, they are more 23 (like) to be admitted into one of them even without a high score.
24 (doubt), although there is still room for improvement to this policy, [ think it is still a good one which brings more good 25 harm to the students and the nation. It should be still carried out.
第二部分:阅读(共10题,每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.
Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.
The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.
Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. Here’s where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles — making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles — so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.
When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren’t fooled — they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.
As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. As a result, they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.
26.Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate .
A.children’s and adults’ eye-sight B.people’s ability to see accurately
C.children’s and adults’ brains D.the influence of people’s age
27.When asked to find the larger circle, .
A.children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones around
B.only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones around
C.children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones around
D.adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around
28.According to the passage, we can know that .
A.a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white background
B.an orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same size
C.a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real size
D.a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size
29.Visual context may work when children get older than .
A.4 B.6 C.10 D.18
30.Why are younger children not fooled?
A.Because they are smarter than older children and adults.
B.Because older people are influenced by their experience.
C.Because people’s eyes become weaker as they grow older.
D.Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.
B
A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift—$7,000,a legacy from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident . “It really made a difference when we were going under financially.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars ; in others, it was more than $100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were am elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm .
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving, They thrived own comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase .
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do go make you happier, and they would do them.
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cent —should enrich the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors ——that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
31. According go the text, the Fusses___________.
A. were employed by a truck company B. were in financial difficulty
C. worked in a school cafeteria D. lost their home
32. Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
A. They had their children during the Great Depression B. They left the family farm to live in an old house
C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs
33. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?
A. They decided to open a store B. They wanted to save money
C. They couldn’t afford expensive things D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids
34. According to Sand Van Weelden, the Hatches were ___________.
A. understanding B. optimistic C. childlike D. curious
35.What can we learn from the text?
A. The community of Alto was poor B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents
C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy form the Hatches
D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example
第三部分 基础写作(满分35分)
请根据以下信息写一篇英语短文,简单描述一下1923年发生在日本的地震。
1. 地震于1923年发生在日本横滨市(Yokohama);
2. 当时人们正在睡觉,并不知道地震发生;
3. 大量的房屋、建筑物倒塌,水电供应中断;
4. 有140,000多人丧生,还有很多受伤者和无家可归者;
5. 是历史上最严重的地震之一。
要求:
1. 短文必须包括要点中的所有内容;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使内容连贯;
3. 词数:100左右。
高一级英语科竞赛答案(满分100分)
26-30 BCDBD 31-35 BCBAD
第二节 基础写作(共1小题,满分35分)