高二英語閱讀競賽試題.doc

邵武七中高二英語閱讀競賽試題 (注意:本試題分兩部分,即完形填空和閱讀理解共100分)一完形填空 (40分) .Dont Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach （教練）said that I had lots of potential （潛力）, and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 . At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didnt give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced. The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldnt be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds. I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldnt eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 . Is all this pressure necessary ? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. Thats 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents. I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well. 1 A. classB. clubC. teamD. board 2. A. playingB. livingC. learningD. working 3. A. greatB. equalC. rightD. extra 4. A. businessB. struggleC. attemptD. pressure 5. A. freeB. privateC. goodD. basic 6. A. matchesB. coursesC. lessonsD. programs 7. A. jumpB. playC. runD. shoot 8. A. dutyB. meetingC. operationD. training 9. A. necessaryB. boringC. scientificD. practical 10. A. speakingB. movingC. sleepingD. breathing 11. A. usedB. intendedC. madeD. described 12. A. tillB. sinceC. beforeD. because 13. A. fullB. tiredC. lazyD. big 14. A. sizeB. shareC. spaceD. state 15. A. gaveB. keptC. endedD. picked 16. A. sadB. shamefulC. sillyD. serious 17 A. receivedB. sufferedC. broughtD. felt 18. A. reconsideredB. rediscoveredC. re-formedD. replaced 19. A. atB. byC. forD. around 20. A. fellB. steppedC. slowedD. calmed二.閱讀理解AIn the United States today, a large group of people want a college education. However, everyone is not able to attend a four-year college. Many four-year colleges are already too crowded. To give more people a chance to get a college education, some cities and towns have built junior colleges.The junior college offers a two-year courses of study in a wide range（范圍）of subjects. It prepares some young people to go on to a four-year college. It trains others for jobs in business, government, or industry.Because junior colleges are built in cities, they can serve many people who live in a large community. Many students can not afford to go to a four-year college. But they can save enough to go to a junior college. The entrance fee(費用) at a junior college is low. Students can also save money by living at home.A junior college admits（錄取） some high school graduates who would not be accepted at other schools. The four-year college turns down（拒絕） students whose high school grades are low. The junior college will often admit a student who might do well in taking a two-year course.One of the goals of our country is to educate as many people as possible. The junior college is a school meant to serve many people. It puts a college education within the reach of a great number of people. Without these schools, many people would not be able to continue their education past high school.1The main idea of paragraph One is that junior colleges .Aoffer two-year coursesBare as good as four-year collegesCare badly neededDare too crowded2According to the passage, junior colleges .Aadmit those whose high school grades are not very lowBcan admit more students than four-year collegesCoffer very limited subjectsDonly train students for jobs in business3It is known in the passage that .Aall high school graduates can go to collegesBjunior colleges are built in cities while four-year colleges are in the countryCjunior colleges are replacing four-year collegeDjunior colleges help to make college education popularBAmericans usually make allowance for（寬容）non-native speakers who have some trouble understanding English. But they become annoyed when a person pretends to understand but doesnt really and then creates problems because of misunderstanding what is said. No one wants soap when he asks for soup. So if you dont understand what is said to you, admit（承認(rèn)） it and politely ask the person to repeat or explain.Second, it is quite rude to talk with a friend in your native language and leave your American friends standing there feeling stupid because they cant understand the conversation. The Americans may also feel that you are talking about them or saying something you dont want them to hear. If you must switch to your native language to explain something to a non-English-speaking friend, at least translate for your American friends so they dont feel left out.Learn just a few more polite English expressions, and youll be ready to face the world of Americans with confidence. The polite response（反應(yīng)）to a compliment（贊揚）about your looks or your work is “Thank you.” (A smile and a nod is not enough.) The response to “Thank you.” is, of course, “Youre welcome.” If someone asks, “How are you?” dont give your medical history. Just say, “Fine, thanks. How are you?” Finally, what should you say when someone sneezes（打噴嚏）? It may not seem logical, but the correct response is “God bless you.” Thats about all there is to it. Now that youve learned this general knowledge of manners in the U. S. A. , youre ready to be polite in English, Lets hope your American friends will be just as polite.4Which of the following does the writer not refer to?ADont let any of your friends feel left out in the course of conversation.BAsk for repetition once you fail to follow American natives.CNever serve your guest soap if he actually asks for soup.DPolitely thank the person for his kindness when youre praised by him.5In the first paragraph, the underlined word “annoyed” means .Arather angryBvery impoliteCquite unfriendlyDfairly pleased6The passage is mainly about in the U. S. A.Athe importance of good mannersBthe general knowledge of EnglishCthe skill in daily conversationsDthe good manners in communication7When you talk with someone in your native language, your American friend may feel .Ahe should learn the languageByou try to keep some secret from himCyou are angry with himDhe becomes a fool CRecently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum (論壇) asking what PK meant. My family has been watching the Super Girl singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what PK meant, but I had no idea, explained the puzzled father. To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, PK is short for Player Kill, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other. In the case of the Super Girl singing competition, PK was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking. Like this father, Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didnt understand. My GG came back this summer from college. He told me Ive grown up to be a PLMM. I loved to FB with him together; he always took me to the KPM, went one composition. GG means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). PLMM refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). FB means Fu Bai (corruption). KPM is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds. Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language. If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female) or a Qing Wa (frog, referring to an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao! 8. By writing the article, the writer tries to _ . A. explain some Internet language B. suggest common Internet language C. laugh at the Beijing father D. draw our attention to Internet language 9. What does the writer think about the term PK? A. Fathers cant possibly know it. B. The daughter should understand it. C. Online game players may know it. D. Super Girl shouldnt have used it. 10. The examples of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons_ . A. are used not only online B. can be understood very well C. are welcomed by all the people D. cause trouble to our mother tongue 11. The underlined word jargons means _ in Chinese. A. 行話 B. 粗口 C. 歌詞 D. 趨勢 12. What would be the best title for the passage? A. A puzzled father B. Do you speak Internet-ish? C. Keep away from Internet-ish D. Kong Long or Qing Wa? D He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912， his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the babys grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since. But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children - including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. We thought they were all lost in the sea, says Schleifer. Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the babys grave, scientists have compared theDNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees: no need for a new grave. He belongs to the people of Halifax, says Schleifer. Theyve taken care of him for 90 years. Adapted from People, November 25, 200213 The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_. A. mother B. parents C. aunt D. relatives14. What is probably the boys last name? A. Schleiferi B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula.15. Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the childs grave on Nov. 5_.A. 1912 B. 1954 C. 2002 D. 200416 This text is mainly about how_. A. the unknown babys body was taken from the north Atlantic B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia C. people found out who the unknown baby was D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 yearsE Grownups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding? To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion（視覺影像）of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch , and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16-to 24- week -old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there. Grownups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land? Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 16weekold and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen, they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the