上外杯上海市高三英语竞赛

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上“上外杯”上海市高三英语竞赛初赛卷I. Grammar and Vocabulary 20%Choose the answer that best completes each sentence.1. _ page of the dictionary is torn and _cover looks very old.C. A; a2. You can hold the pot in one hand and take offthe lidwith_.A. anotherB. the otherC. other oneD. the others3. Painting

2、is _, but many people do so more than for _.A. pleasure; pleasure专心-专注-专业B. a pleasure; pleasureC. pleasure; a pleasureD. a pleasure; a pleasure4. He lives _ his income, that is, he spends more than he earns.A. onB. throughC. byD. beyond5. Of the two toys, the child chose _. A. the least expensive o

3、neB. the less expensive one C. the one most expensive D. the most expensive one6. If the earthquake had happened during the daytime, there_ fewer deaths. A. would haveB. would have hadC. would beD. would have been7. He had to be calledtwo or threetimes _ he wouldcome downstairs to his dinner.A. befo

4、reB. whenC. untilD. as8. One reason _ he told me for his being late is_ he didn t catch the early bus.A. that; whyB. why; becameC. that; thatD. why; that9. With no exception _ .A. are the students forbidden to shop outside the campusB. the studentswillbe forbiddento shop outsidethe campusC. the stud

5、ents are forbidden to shop outside the campusD. willbe the studentsforbiddento shop outsidethe campus10. _ inside the tyre, _ on the inside of the tyre.A. The more the air; and the harder it pushes B. The more air there is; the harder it pushes C. If there is more air; it pushes harderD. The more ai

6、r is there; the harder does it push11. As it turned out to be a small party, we _ so formally.A. mustn t have dressed upB. didnt need to dress upC. needn t dress upD. needn t have dressed up12. Hows your new jo b, Bob? I can _ you started it.t quite rememberI started it half a year ago. It A. when i

7、t was that B. when was it that C. that whens interesting.D. it was when13. The version _ to be closest to the authorsoriginal now belongs to a national museum in Paris.A. was thoughtB. thoughtC. thinkingD. having thought14. The workers were sure that the factory would make some profit, _ properly.A.

8、 if managedB. while managedC. as managingD. when managing15. He _ to lend her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry.A. helped B. preferred C. askedD. offered16. This publishing firm is planning a new _ of school textbooks.A. volume B. series C. number D. range17. Your nose can _ 50,

9、000 different smells. Butthat s nothing compared to your eyes, which can distinguish 1, 000, 000 colors.A. catchB. attractC. departD. recognize18. Don t expect a(n) _ success because Rome was not built in a day.A. fastB. immediateC. constantD. rapid19. Constant exposure to loud noise can cause _dama

10、ge to hearing. A. reluctantB. accessible C. permanent D. responsible20. Whether things sink or float depends on their weight_ their size. A. in contrast with B. on the basis ofC. for the sake ofD. in relation toII. Cloze 20%For each numbered blank in the following passages, there are four choices. C

11、hoose the best one.(A)The native people of North and South America were given the name “Indians ” by the explorer Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached a place called the Indies. _21_,the terms American Indian and Indian became widely used. About two million native Americans live in the Un

12、ited States today.SomeIndians live on government land called reservations, or on tribal lands. Others live in cities.Traditional culture _22_ in areas where large numbers of Indians live. But many native Americans _23_ that theircultural traditions will be lost as young people leave these areas for

13、economic reasons.The economic situation of American Indians as a group is good. About fifty percent of those who live on reservationsnot haveno jobs. Most Indians hold _24_ unskilled jobs. Indianshave many _25_ problems and do not live as long as otherAmericans. But the situation is improving as mor

14、e Indians arebecoming _26_. Today, most nativeAmericans graduatefromhigh school. At least nine percent of all Indians twenty-five years old or older have finished college.The economic situation also has improved as native Americantribes create _27_ on their lands. One example is thePequot tribe of t

15、he northeast. The tribe owns and operates ahotel, gambling casino, and a museumof its culture and history. Today, American Indians are trying to control their land withoutinterferencefrom the _28_. This includes_29_ overhunting and fishing rights, and mining operations. They aretryingto protecttheir

16、land from pollution.And they are takinglegalactionto regainlostlands or to receivepayment forthem.American Indiansare tryingto change theireconomic situation,improve their lives and _30_ their culture.21. A. In time B. On time C. At times D. For a time22.A. turns impersonal B. gets noble C. remains

17、strong D.becomes faint23. A. suspect B. wish C. believe D. worry24. A. low-paid B. low-paying C. lowly-paid D. low-pay25. A. economic B. health C. education D. culture26. A. rich B. objective C. educated D. strong27. A. rights B. history C. civilization D. business28.A. native Americans B. tribes C.

18、 government D. city29. A. control B. conduct C. conquer D. command30. A. develop B. honor C. popularize D. extend(B)There are a number of environmental features that can be found only in Bermuda Triangle. Because of these characteristics, the triangle is one of the most dangerous areas in the Atlant

19、ic Ocean.The weather in the triangle is unexpectedly changeable and extremely dangerous; its sudden changes often _31_ the lives of sailors.The triangleis wellknown for_32_ storms,hurricanesthat are out of season, and other unnatural _33_. Manypeople feelthatthisunnaturalweather can explainmost of t

20、hestrange happenings which have occurred there.Because of the many violent storms, the triangle is often_34_.Many ships leave land and disappear completely; the USS Cyclops, for example, _35_ in 1918.Some ships carried goods such as coal, oil, mahogany, and military supplies, while other ships carri

21、ed only passengers._36_ might explain investigators must look forthe disappearance other explanationsof old ships, but when a _37_ship disappears.When a ship is reported missing, searchers rush to the area to look for evidence which might explain the disappearance.One author tries to explain the dis

22、appearances of the ships by regarding them as caused by natural events or human error.Another author believes that intelligences from anotherworld are _38_ the disappearances. He says that theseextraterrestrialbeings have a zoo where they _39_ allthemissing seamen.Many people agree that natural caus

23、es cannot explain thest range events in the triangle.“Itjustisn t_40_ fora ship to completely disappear like this. Its strange, nomatter how you try to explain it,” declared the seamen.“These eerie events make me afraid to sail out of sight ofland. ”31. A. offend B. endanger C. stir D. scratch32. A.

24、 undirected B. unguarded C. unexpected D. undocumented33. A. activities B. accidents C. behaviors D. events34. A. inaccessible B. impassable C. intolerable D.impenetrable35. A. lost B. sank C. ridded D. missed36.A. Engine observers B. Engine fumesC. Engine operatorsD. Engine failures37. A. super B.

25、new C. single D. faulty38. A. results of C. causes with B. relations to D. reasonsfor39. A. feed B. support C. keep D. raise40. A. common B. natural C. usual D. normal III. Reading Comprehension 60%Read the following passages and choose the best answer.(A)Shakes peare said“A rose by any other name w

26、ould smell assweet. ” When he wrote that, he was obviously a young guy. Our sense of smell changes as we get older.If youre over 40, you dont smell the way you used to.Were not talking about your body o dor; were discussing nose, those little oblong cells in your nasal passages thatyourpickup smells

27、 and convert them to electrical impulses that scream“pizza!”to your brain they just dont work as they didbefore.The decline tends to be gradual so many people a ren t of it. So people become less able to detect very weak odors.aware Theyrate stronger odors as being less intense than younger people w

28、ould.It may be a consequence of ageing. It may also be a consequence of some factors that accompany ageing, such as poor health or increased use of medication.Whenolder to it faster.people were exposed to a strong odor, It very quickly got to the point wherethey got usedthey couldnot detect it. That

29、s called adaptation. Its why many olderpeople dont smell cer tain things.For example, the warning odor in cooking gas won t be as noticeable to older people as younger people. So older people would be less likely to notice gas leaks.And then theres cross-adaptation, where certain smells,likethatof v

30、anilla,could actuallymake people lesssensitivebut it may happen inroughly20 percentof the elderly. Foodisthe most obvious area in which declining sensitivity to smell among the elderly impacts real life.There isn irritants.t much of a decline in sensitivity to chemical People can use black pepper, c

31、hili pepper,cinnamon,carbonated beverages all of these will provide some sort oftingle( 麻刺感 )or burn that people can still detect, even if they have a poor sense of smell.41. Shakespeare was a young guy when he wrote the poem, because _.A. Roses were sweet, and were smelledthe same as he used to.B.

32、Roses could not make him less sensitive to the smell of vanilla.C. Roses had weak odors, but he could still detect them.D. Roses had strongodors,and he got adapted to them easily.42. Which of the followingistrueaccordingto the passage?A. An old man with a poor sense of smell could still detect chili

33、 pepper.B. Roughly 20 percent of young people experience cross-adaptation.C. Older people are less likely to get familiar with strong odors.D. When you reach 40, your sense of smell begin to decline.(B)Simply stated,computationallinguisticsis no more thantheuse of electronicand digitalcomputers inli

34、nguisticresearch.These machines are employed to scan texts and to produce, morerapidly and more reliably than is possible without their aid,such valuable tools for linguistic and stylistic research asword lists, frequency counts, and concordances(主要词语索引 ).But more interestingand much more difficultt

35、hanthecollectionand arrangement oflists,is theuse of computersforautomaticgrammaticalanalysisand translation.A greatamount ofprogresswas madeinthe area of machine translationintheUnitedStates,Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France between themid- 1950s and the mid- 1960s, but much of the origin

36、alstimulatingforcefor thiswork has now disappeared,due inpartto the realizationthattheproblemsinvolvedare extremelymorecomplex than was atfirstexpected.Thus,translationcontinuedto remain as much as art as a science, if not more so.43. The passage tells us that: _A. Computational linguistics is regar

37、ded as an art rather than a science.B. Computers can be employed to make word lists more rapidly and reliably.C. Machine translation continues to remain popular in many countries.D. Between 1950 and 1960 significant progress was made in translations bycomputers.(C)you with a choice of 150 first clas

38、s courses developed especially to enable you to study in your own time, backed bythe Open University s own special study method OU supported open learning.Well give you the support of a personal teacher, and thechance to meet your fellowstudents.You can take one-offcourses,diplomas,a degree or a pos

39、tgraduatedegree.Subjectsavailableinclude: Computing, Business Management, Technology, ModernLanguages, Social Sciences, English Law, Arts, Science,Mathematics,Educationand Health & SocialWelfare.Whether youwant to study to improve your jobs or for your own pers onalinterest, theres almost certai

40、nly a course for you. If youhavent studied for a while, we previous training or degreesll help you get started. Noare required,you justneed a livelypower of learning and a willingness to learn. Its real valuefor money and you can pay by monthly payments.Open University course materials are of the hi

41、ghest qualityand come ina varietyof forms,includingvideoand audio tapesas well as texts. The OU leads the world in its use of newtechnology for learning. A number of courses provide sourcematerialon CD-ROM.What else can the Open Universityofferyou?The best way to44. This is an advertisement of _.A.

42、providing postgraduate instructionsB. introducing the facilities of OUC. selling online course materialsD. attracting students of different kinds45. As astudent of the Open Univer sity, you don_.A. buy course materialsB. worry about teaching qualityC. be a lively learnerst need toD. pay money for yo

43、ur diplomas46. The Open University can supply you with _. A. a course for training your EnglishB. a classroom and a library for study C. different kinds of free instructions D. different jobs to choose from47. We can learn from the text that _.A. employees can benefit from OU coursesB. money for lea

44、rning must be paid off at one timeC. we can t telephone the university during the nightD. OU courses are not popular in Britain(D)Joanna Schmidt pushes a canoe into a small slough in northern Minnesota. She paddles toward a floating rectangle of plasticpipe. The simple device is a turtle trap. It s

45、about four feet long with net in the bottom and a board attached to the side.“We put a plank on the side and they crawl up to sunthemselves and they just fall in. Its pretty simple. Nomechanics to it. They do all the work forus.”Joanna Schmidt is a student at Minnesota State UniversityMoorhead. She

46、s part of a long-term turtle research project.Researchers want to learn more about turtle habitat, and why there s been a recent decline in turtle populations.This slough is about a quarter mile across. It lies in a hollow surrounded by farm fields. Chest high grass and reeds line the water s edge.

47、Along one end, dead,sun- bleached trees stick out of the water. It turtle habitat.s perfect“It s warm, a lot of food for them, not very many predators, so they like it, especially having the dead trees with a placeto hang out and sun themselves. So this is very typical.”There areseveralturtlesin the

48、 trap.Most have been caughtbefore. Theyre identified by small notches in theirSchmidt weighs and measures each turtle before gently settingthem back in the water.shells.Minnesota State University Moorhead Biology professor Donna Stockrahm is directing this research project. She says it takes very sl

49、owly and they live a long time.Stockrahm is hoping to learnabout ratesof turtlemortality,growth rates, and the optimum(最适宜的 )habitat for turtles.Shes seen a puzzlingdeclinein turtlenumbers. Stockrahm saysshe doe snt have an explanation for the decline.Most Great Lakes statesnow ban or restrictturtletrapping.Stockrahm says Minnesota decided to phase out commercial harvest.He says about a dozen people make a living trapping turtles.Theyll be allowed to continue.48. The floatingrectangleof plasticpipe is a t