高二年级英语知识竞赛试题

1、天台中学高二年级英语知识竞赛试题2011.5（考试时间：50分钟 ） 说明：请将选择题的答案用2B铅笔填涂到答题卡上。考试结束时，只交答题卡。第一节：单项填空（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分） 从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。1. _new tax law, to encourage the use of smaller engines in vehicles to reduce pollution and oil dependence, is under_consideration. A. A/ 不填 B. The/ the C.

2、The/ 不填 D. A/ the 2. China put another high-speed railway into _on Tuesday morning, which links Shanghai, the countrys economic center, and Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. A. operation B. effect C. action D. practice3. We must develop our economy. _, enough attention should be paid to th

3、e protection of environment. A. OtherwiseB. Therefore C. Anyway D. Meanwhile4. Did you see our headmaster?NoWe went to see him, only _he had left for a meetingAto tell Bto be told Ctelling Dtell5. It is reported that about 70 percent of Chinas senior citizens live in rural areas, 81 percent of _have

4、 to take care of themselves. A. where B. whom C. which D. them6. -Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find a supermarket? -I happen to know _ nearby. Come on! Ill show you the way. A. it B. one C. that D. this7. Some of the 33 rescued miners in Chile have accused the mine owners of putting profit

5、 _their safety and health. A. ahead of B. regardless of C. instead of D. because of 8. The Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Chong-yang Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival that _on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar calendar. A. celebrates B. falls C. observes D. witnesses 9. E

6、fforts should be made to find a cure for the superbug NDM-1, but it may be some time _the situation improves.A. since B. when C. unless D. before10. -Has Mr. King arrived? -Yes, already. _he wait outside or just come in? A. Could B. May C. Shall D. Must11. Bill Gates said that he planned to _almost

7、all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health. A. give in B. give away C. give off D. give out12. The online game, Happy Farm, which has a function that encourages people to steal virtual vegetables from their friends online gardens, was the _of 2009. A. affair B. event C. hit D. ma

8、tter13. China launched the countrys second unmanned lunar probe, Change 2 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, _another step for Chinas pursuit of moon exploration. A. marked B. to mark C. marking D. having marked14. As far as the present financial situation is concerned, it is high time that t

9、he government _ effective measures to control the house price. A. take B. would take C. have taken D. took 15. I think you should complain_ , of course, you are happy with the way things are Aunless Bthat Cwhich Dwhere16. We should well balance our work and relaxation, and only by doing that, as eve

10、rybody would agree, _ a good state of mind. A. can we have B. we can have C. need we have D. we need have 17. -Are you free at four tomorrow afternoon? -Im afraid not. I _at important meeting with foreign visitors. A. will attend B. will have attended C. will be attending D. has attended18. As we al

11、l know, _medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible. A. general B. common C. regular D. frequent19. In my view, it is not how much money you spend but _ you spend money that counts. A. what B. whose C. whom D. how20. -Learning a foreign language isnt easy. It take

12、s time. -_ Rome wasnt built in a day. Theres no short cut. A. Its up to you. B. I couldnt agree more. C. How are you doing? D. Oh, come on! 21. - I failed again. I wish I _ harder. - But you _. A. had worked ; hadnt B. worked ; dont C. had worked ; didnt D. worked; didnt22. Last term our maths teach

13、er set so difficult an examination problem _ none of us worked out. A. thatB. so that C. asD. which23. The deadline is coming, but we still havent _ how to finish the job. A. turned out B. brought outC. figured out D. put out24. The advantage of communicating with each other is that we can _ our opi

14、nions and feelings on various issues to broaden our horizon. A. connectB. exchangeC. conveyD. evaluate25. The professor set up a treatment center to help those who are _ playing games online. A. accustomed to B. addicted to C. accuse of D. appealed to 26. The candidates whose ages _ from 16 to 22 ca

15、n take part in this competition. A. grow B. changeC. reachD. range 27. It took him a long time to _ the skills he needed to become a professional singer. A. acquire B. requireC. inquireD. request28. At the meeting, the chairman _ a wonderful speech to us. A. describedB. expressed C. impressed D. pre

16、sented 29. When I arrived at the booking office, I was told that there was no ticket _ then. A. available B. accessibleC. affordableD. usable30. With so many major economic problems _ to be addressed, there is no point _ the growth rate of this year now. A. remaining; predicting B. remaining; to pre

17、dict C. remained ; predicting D. remained; to predict第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。Dear son,The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dr

18、ess, have patience and remember the hours I _31_ teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I_32_ the same things thousand and one times, do not_33_ me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to _34_to you thousand and one times the same storyuntil you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a_

19、35_, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I _36_, in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my_37_ little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught youhow to do so many things:

20、 to eat food, to _38_well, to confront life. When at some moment I lose the _39_or thethread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become _40_, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have youlisten

21、ing to me.If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well_41_ I need to and when not. When my_42_ legs do not allow me to walk, give me your_43_, the same way I did when you gave your first _44_. And when some day I say to you that I do not want to _45_ any more - that I want to rest fore

22、ver, do not get angry. Some day you will understand.Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that,_46_ my mistakes, I always wanted the_47_ thing for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me_48_ you. You must be next to me, try to u

23、nderstand me and to help me as I did it when you_49_ a living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and_50_. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.I love you, Son. Your father31. A.spent B. paid C. cost D. took32. A. praiseB. complainC. criticizeD. r

24、epeat 33. A. bother B. disturbC. interruptD. avoid34. A. tell B. readC. admitD. remind35. A. restB. wordC. showerD. sleep36. A. discoveredB. noticedC. inventedD. assumed37. A. knowingB. fearingC. enjoyingD. consulting38. A. put onB. dressC. wear D. have on39. A. momentB. memoryC. temperD. attitude40

25、. A. puzzledB. surprisedC. excitedD. nervous 41. A. whereB. whenC. thatD. how42. A. longB. shortC. tiredD. strong43. A. legB. earC. mindD. hand 44. A. stepB. paceC. laughD. cry45. A. live B. talkC. writeD. sleep46. A. despiteB. as thoughC. even thoughD. though47. A. lastB. firstC. mostD. best 48. A.

26、 againstB. behindC. belowD. near49. A. madeB. earnedC. startedD. found50. A. mercyB. patienceC. forgivenessD. care第二部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，满分24分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。AFor hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley, from Luxor to Cairo, on a train jammed with Egypts working

27、 poor. At 1 a.m. I reached Cairo and took a taxi to Tahrir Square. I was hungry and, having been to Cairo before, knew that while most of the city was closed down at this hour, a couple of fast-food restaurants would be open there.The taxi dropped me off across the street from Hardees. A moment late

28、r, just as I was about to open the restaurant door, two street children rushed to me with cries for food.Having once lived in Egypt for a year, I was no stranger to children begging or people asking me for help. But seldom had I been so moved by the sincerity of the plea(请求).In my broken Arabic I as

29、ked when they had last eaten about 16 hours ago, they said and then I turned to look through the window beside us. For the boys, to look through this window was to gaze upon a world inaccessible to them; for me, it was to see familiar ground.I turned back to the boys and asked them to wait while I w

30、ent inside to buy them food. Since I was traveling on a tight budget and was even skipping meals on occasion, part of me identified with the childrens hunger. But mostly, the children reminded me how rich I really was.At the counter I ordered two hamburgers for the boys. Then, as the burgers were be

31、ing cooked, I bought them one of Hardees delicious, big chocolate chip cookies.When their food was ready, I walked back outside and invited them in to eat with me. No! they cried, terror-stricken. We do not belong to such a nice place!Unable to persuade them, I brought the food out, and as they took

32、 the burgers, they showered me with 30 seconds of nonstop blessings, praying that Allah would bless me always.After they finished, I reached into the bag and pulled out the cookie, extending it for them to take. Both boys fell silent, and tears welled up in their eyes as they insisted this was too m

33、uch.They refused the cookie six times.I knelt down beside them, looked into their eyes, and spoke with the same sincerity with which they had refused the cookie. Please, I said, take this cookie. It is yours now, not mine.On this seventh attempt, after a long and silent pause, they held out their ha

34、nds and took the cookie.I had seen many wonders in Egypt the Pyramids, the Aswan High Dam, the temples of Karnak, the treasures of King Tut. But it was this scene outside Hardees that left me truly awestruck(敬畏的), for here I found extremely poor people who taught me a rich man from the West a lesson

35、 Ive long remembered, an awareness of my spiritual poverty and a desire for a softer heart.51. Why did the writer take a taxi to Tahrir Square? A. He had been there before and familiar with the place. B. He wanted to eat something. C. He liked the fast-food restaurants there. D. There were some boys

36、 there.52. The writer bought hamburgers and chocolate chip cookie because _. A. he was surprised and moved by the children B. the children were sincere and he had much money with him C. he had experienced hunger himself and was reminded of his not being poor D. the children showered him with 30 seco

37、nds of nonstop blessings53. What does the writer mean by “to look through this window was to gaze upon a world inaccessible to them” (Paragraph 5)? A. The children had never eaten the food in the fast-food restaurant. B. The children couldnt reach the fast-food restaurant. C. It was impossible for t

38、he children to look through the window of the fast-food restaurant. D. The fast-food restaurant was too nice and expensive a place for the children.54. By mentioning the wonders of Egypt such as the Pyramids and the Aswan High Dam in the last paragraph, the writer wants to _. A. stress the lesson th

39、at the children taught him B. tell the readers that the wonders of Egypt are well-known C. make it clear that Egypt was actually a great country D. compare the children to the wonders of Egypt B A series of fossilized (化石化的) forests the size of small cities have provided prehistoric evidence of how

40、tropical rainforests are destroyed by global warming. The fossil remains represent the first rainforests grown on the planet and their end more than 300million years ago “points to the future” of the modern-day Amazon. Six fossilized forests, dating from 303.9 million to 309 million years ago, have

41、been discovered in coal mines in the United States. Because they spanned a period of intense global warming, researchers have been able to see the effects of climate change on an ancient landscape. Howard Falcon-Lang, professor of the University of Bristol, said that the forests were frozen in time

42、and show changes in the tree cover before and after the global warming began. Fossils reveal that the landscape now deep beneath Illinois and Kentucky was covered in huge club moss(石松类植物) trees, horsetails(木贼类植物) and ferns(蕨类植物) 309 million years ago. Once global warming had taken place 306.5 millio

43、n years ago, the landscape altered greatly and the trees were replaced with “weedy ferns”. “These are the remains of the first rainforests to evolve(进化) on our planet.” Dr Falcon-Lang said at the British Association yesterday. “They had thick rainforest vegetation, similar to the Amazonian rainfores

44、t.” The forests were buried during earthquakes and the vegetation was swiftly preserved as the sea rushed in and buried it under sediment. Proof of their existence can now be seen in more than 50 mines where the coal seams(层) have been dug out. Walking along the mine tunnels was an extraordinary exp

45、erience. Dr Falcon-Lang said: “The coal represents the soil on which this rainforest was growing. The trees are on the roof. You can see roots hanging down.” He said it appeared that the huge trees suffered enormous stress and died out when faced by global warming. “We are beginning to show there ap

46、pears to be a threshold(临界) in ancient rainforest systems beyond which the whole system begins to collapse quite quickly,” he said. 55. Why can you see the trees and the roots in the coal seams? A. Because they suffered stress and died out when faced by global warming. B. Because the coal seams have

47、 been dug out. C. Because the earthquake happened and the vegetation was swiftly preserved. D. Because the forest system began to collapse quickly beyond the threshold.56. What does the underlined word “frozen” in Paragraph 4 means? A. disappeared B. preserved C. iced D. covered57. It can be inferre

48、d from the passage that _ in the future. A. the modern-day Amazon will become a desert B. the modern-day Amazon will become a coal mine C. the modern-day Amazon will suffer an earthquake D. the modern-day Amazon will be covered by weedy ferns58. What is the best title of the passage? A. Rainforest F

49、ossils Show Climate Change B. Evidence of Rainforest Being Destroyed C. The Future of Amazon Rainforest D. Globe Warming Destroyed Rainforest C To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the act

50、ion. -Albert Schweitzer Daily Gratitude（感恩） ExercisesMoments of thankfulness and appreciation open our hearts to happiness, fill us with delight and unite us with each other and ourselves. Practicing gratitude is a daily exercise that will change your life! Research shows that daily gratitude exerci

51、ses play a significant role in a persons sense of well-being. When you are thankful for what you have, you become contented, while wanting more leaves us feeling empty. Having more doesnt always bring happiness in the long run. The benefits of gratitude The Research Project on Gratitude and Thanksgi

52、ving, a study involving several hundred people, revealed(显示)that people who practiced daily gratitude experienced,l improved sleepl feeling more connected to othersl fewer symptoms of illnessl higher levels of enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energyl less depression and stressl more likely to

53、 help othersl exercised more regularlyl made more progress toward personal goalsl more likely to feel loved There are some simple techniques you can follow to improve an attitude of gratitude. Morning and evening gratitude Starting your morning with five minutes of appreciation and reflection of the

54、 many blessings you have will jump start your day in a positive way! See the gifts in bed on which you sleep, the roof that is above your head and the special people in your life. Spending five minutes reflecting before bed will allow you to focus on the wonderful day you had and on the days blessings, even if you find them in lifes challenges. Keep a gratitude journal You dont have to wait for presents