2010-2011学年东莞市高中英语能力竞赛试题.doc

2010—2011学年
东莞市高中英语能力竞赛试题
I听力(共两节，满分l5分)
第一节听力理解(2段共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，每段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听第一段对话，回答第l～2题。
1. What's the name of the patient?
A. Gerild. B. Gerale. C. Gerald.
2. How often will the man take the medicine?
A. Every 3 hours. B. Every 4 hours. C. Every 5 hours.
听第二段独自，回答第3～5题。
3. Who first started Capoeira?
A. White masters. B. African slaves. C.. Native dancers.
4. What is required if a man wants to do Capoeira?
A. Being strong and able to balance well.
B. Being able to sing and play music.
C. Having kung fu experience.
5. When can a man be judged to lose in Capoeira?
A. He uses his hands to keep the balance.
B. He is pushed out of the circle.
C. He is kicked by the other person.
第二节听取信息(共5小题；每小题l分，满分5分)
听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为6～10的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。
A Hotel Manager's Day
Time
Activities

____6____
Arrive at the hotel

Review the night manager's reports and catch up on ____7____; cheek on breakfast

9 am
Daily operational meeting

9:45
Around the ____8____
Cultural differences: ____9____ want a running bath; the Americans are fine just with a shower.
1 pm
Eat with a different member of staff

____10____
Different meetings

II语言知识及应用(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)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从ll～25各题所给的A、B、c和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
THE TROUBLE TREE
The carpenter .I hired to help me repair an old farm house had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire had caused him to ____11____ an hour of work, his electric saw(锯) quit, and now his truck refused ____12____.
As I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. When we arrived, he invited me in to meet his ____13____. As we walked to the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the ____14____ with both hands. When opening the door he underwent a(n) ____15____ transformation(转换). His brown face was in ____16____, he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a ____17____.
Afterward he walked me to the ____18____. We passed by the tree and my ____19____ got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do ____20____.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having ____21____ on the job, but one thing's for sure: they don't belong in the ____22____ with my wife and children. So, I just hang them on the ____23____ when I come home in the evening and then I just pick them up again in the morning."
"____24____ thing, though, "he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as ____25____ as I remembered hanging there the night before."
11. A. spend B. waste C. miss D. save
12. A. to start B. to stop C. to come D. to stay
13. A. children B. wife C. friends D. family
14. A. branches B. flowers C. leaves D. fruits
15. A. exciting B. strange C. sad D. amazing
16. A. surprise B. anger C. smiles D. tears
17. A. hand B. kiss C. smile D. chance
18. A. car B. truck C. door D. tree
19. A. feelings B. curiosity C. patience D. anger
20. A. later B. earlier C. everywhere D. secretly
21. A. friends B. enemies C. troubles D. love
22. A. house B. office C. dictionary D. garden
23. A. door B. tree C. truck D. bed
24. A. Funny B. Easy C. Lucky D. Bad
25. A. soon B. hard C. easy D. many

第二节语法填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)
根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词语或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在蒺蒸鍪标号为26～40的相应位置上。
26. I asked him what was wrong and he said ________ (calm), "Nothing serious. Don't worry! "
27. With her father away on military service in the Middle East, Chelsea Jusino was sad to attend her high school ________ (graduate) without him.
28. All my books ________ (destroy) in the fire last night. I had no idea what to do.
29. I won't waste any more of your ________ (value) time. I must be off.
30. Is there any tea ________ (leave) in the teapot? Shall I add some water?
31. He took part in a swimming ________ (compete) and won the championship.
32. Please tell me the reason for ________ you were late for school this morning.
33. Seeing all the classmates ________ (seat) in their chair, Jim went in by the back door.
34. You can enjoy the ________ (convenient) of living near shops, schools, and libraries if you buy an apartment here.
35. Rose ________ (fall) ill when she went on a journey in Seattle last week.
36. I have seen many ________ (amaze) things since I came to this country.
37. Mrs. Smith came back and found her house ________ (break) into.
38. ________ the delight of her mother, Jane recovered from the disease quickly.
39. ________ mobile phone is really a most useful invention. It makes our life so convenient.
40. The song you sang just now reminded me ________ my home town.
III阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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
Running Away from Home
Sam Gribley, a boy in his teens, ran away from his family's crowded flat in New York, where he lived with eight brothers and sisters. He went to the wild Catskill Mountains to live by himself. He lived there for almost a year before he was discovered by the outside world. Here is part of his diary, showing how his adventure began.
I left New York in May. I had some necessary tools and $ 40. I tried to get free rides from passing trucks to get into the Catskill Mountains. At about four o'clock, a truck driver and I passed through a beautiful dark forest, and I said to him, “This is as far as I'm going.”
The driver looked around and said, "Do you live here?"
"No," I said, "but I'm running away from home, and this is just the kind of forest I've always dreamed about. I think I'll camp here tonight." I jumped down from the truck.
"Hey, boy, the driver shouted, "Are you serious.
"Sure," I said.
"Well, now, isn't that strange?" he said. "You know, when I was your age, I did the same thing. The only thing was, I was a farm boy and ran to the city, and you're a city boy running to the woods. I was frightened by the city - do you think you'll be frightened by the woods?"
"Oh, no!” I shouted loudly.
As I marched into the cool shadowy woods, I heard the driver call to me, "I'll be back in the morning, if you want a ride home.
He laughed. Everybody laughed at me. Even Dad. I told Dad that I was going to run away to Great-grand-father Gribley's land. He roared with laughter and told me about the time he ran away from home. He got on a boat for Singapore, but when the whistle blew for leaving, he ran down the gangway (跳板) and was home in bed before anyone knew where he had gone. Then he told me, "Sure, try it. Every boy should try it."
41. Sam ran away from home because
A. he had been tired of the noise in New York
B. his parents treated him unfairly
C. he dreamed of adventures in mountains
D. his family flat was too crowded
42. The underlined word "he" in the last paragraph refers to
A. the driver B. Grandfather C. Dad D. Sam Gribley
43. According to the drive, Sam's idea was
A. funny B. strange C. wonderful D. understandable
44. We can learn from the passage that
A. Sam does not like his parents
B. Sam was born into a poor family
C. Sam's father once ran away from his family
D. none of his family members likes Sam
45. It can be concluded from the passage that
A. the driver seemed to believe that Sam would live long in the woods
B. everybody understood what Sam was going to do
C. most American boys dreamed of running away from their homes
D. many teenagers in America like adventures
B
I always feel sorry for world leaders busy dealing with fights between nations. When my three children were young, most days it was hard keeping my house from becoming a battlefield.
It got worse as they grew older. Three years ago, Zack, then 16, couldn't make it through a day without making his sisters, Alex 11 and Taryn 9, angry.
My husband and I tried to be understanding the boy at such an age. We reasoned, punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how he was hurting our family. His answer was “I say it because it's true.”
I even tried telling the girls to fight back. Bad idea. Now I had three children at war. When there was no way out, I told everything to my sister in an e-mail. She replied, "Don't e-mail me. E-mail him."
Our son was online every day, mailing and talking with his friends. So what if I e-mail him? Maybe he would actually hear me this way. There'd be no shouting or door banging. Zack wouldn't feel under attack. And with a few simple keystrokes, he could respond. Or not.
Zack didn't reply for days. When he finally did, his entire message was four words. I expected the worst, but then smiled when I read them: "You're right. I'm sorry.”
The children still fought, of course, but Zack changed. Best of all, I now have a better way to talk with not one but three of them. I like that they don't tune me out as much. They like not having to listen to me nag (唠叨). Or as Alex says, "You're so much nicer online."
All I know is that the house is quiet, but we're talking.
46. By the first sentence of the passage, the writer really means to be ________.
A. serious B. sympathetic C. humorous D. inspiring
47. What was the trouble before the online talk in the family? ________.
A. The writer failed to understand her daughters.
B. The children couldn't get along peacefully.
C. The family found it difficult to keep the house clean.
D. The parents were not willing to talk with their children.
48. The writer tried to deal with her son by ________.
A. talking with him about his pain
B. telling him about the truth of the family
C. telling her daughters to keep away from him
D. encouraging her daughters to fight against him
49. The writer e-mailed her sister________.
A. to tell her the family problem B. hoping she'd e-mail the boy
C. asking about child-raising D. to reduce the tension
50. The underlined expression "tune me out" probably means " ________".
A. quarrel with me B. get angry with me
C. pay no attention to me D. keep me out of their rooms

C
Laura House remembers the day with embarrassment. "Mom and I were on our way home after dinner when we stopped at a crossing," she says. "When the light changed, the guy ahead of us was looking at a map of something and didn't move right away. I leaned on my horn (喇叭) and automatically yelled. I didn't even think about what I was doing. Mom's jaw just dropped. She said, 'Well, I guess you've been living in the city too long.' That's when I realized that my anger was out of control."
According to Carol Tavris, author of Auger: The Misunderstood Emotion, the keys to dealing with anger are common sense and patience. She points out that almost no situation is improved by an angry outburst. Shouting, fuming, or leaning on the car horn won't make traffic begin to flow. Patience, on the other hand, is a highly practical virtue(美德). People who take the time to cool down before responding to an anger-producing situation are far less likely to say or do something they will regret later.
Anger-management therapist (治疗学家) Doris Wilde agrees. "Like any feeling, anger lasts only about three seconds," she says. "What keeps it going is your own negative thinking." As long as you focus on the driver who cut you off on the expressway, you'll stay angry. But if you let the incident go, your anger will go with it. "Once you come to understand that you' re driving your own anger with your thoughts," adds Wilde, "you can stop it."
Experts who have studied anger also suggest activities that effectively get rid of their anger. For some people, it's reading newspapers or watching TV, while others need more active outlets, such as taking a walk, hitting golf balls, or working out with a punching bag(吊袋).
For Laura House, her experience in the car with her mother was a wake-up call. "Once I saw what I was doing, it really wasn't that hard to develop different habits. I simply decided I was going to treat other people the way I would want to be treated. I'm a calmer, happier person now," she reports.
51. The underlined sentence "Mom's jaw just dropped" means that Mom _________.
A. began to laugh B. began to cry C. felt very surprised D. felt very angry
52. According to Carol Tavris, anger can be handled effectively _________.
A. by remaining silent B. through common sense and patience
C. through games and exercises D. by listening to music
53. Doris Wilde believes that people stay angry _________.
A. because they fail to look at things positively
B. when anger-causing incidents are serious
C. because it takes time for them to calm down
D. when traffic on the expressway is heavy
54. Which of the following can't help get rid of anger?
A. Reading newspapers. B. Watching TV.
C. Taking a walk. D. Making a punching bag.
55. The passage mainly deals with _________.
A. management of anger B. effects of anger
C. causes of anger D. types of anger
D
When you think about math, you probably don't think about breaking the law, solving mysteries (神秘) or finding criminals. But a mathematician in Maryland does, and he has come up with mathematical tools to help police find criminals.
People who solve crimes look for patterns that might show the identity of the criminal. It's long been believed, for example, that criminals will break the law closer to where they live, simply because it's easier to get around in their own neighborhood. If police see a pattern of robberies in a certain area, they may look for a suspect who lives near the crime scenes. So, the farther away from the area a crime takes place, the less likely it is that the same criminal did it.
But Mike O'Leary, a mathematician at Towson University in Maryland, says that this kind of approach may be too simple. He says that police may get better clues(线索) to the location of a criminal's home base by combining these patterns with a city's layout(布局) and historical crime records.
The records of past crimes contain geographical information and can reveal easy targets-that is, the kind of stores that might be less difficult to rob. Because these stores are along roads, the locations of past crimes contain in