第七届全国中学生英语基础知识竞赛

第七届全国中学生英语基础知识竞赛

NATIONAL ENGLISH BASIC KNOWLEDGE COMPETITION

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What are the speakers doing?

A. Checking the homework.

B. Making transportation presentation.

C. Having a math’s class.

2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. At the man’s house.

B. At a theatre.

C. A gas station.

3. What dose the man mean?

A. His brother is coming to celebrate his own birthday.

B. His brother never forgets his own birthday.

C. His brother will give him a birthday present.

4. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The bus was put off because the road was blocked.

B. The bus has broken down and will not arrived.

C. The bus was seriously damaged in a terrible accident.

5. What does the man mean?

A. He took Bill to the hospital.

B. He forgot to call the woman.

C. He didn’t know which hospital Bill was in.

第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Who is the woman buying the gift for?

A. Her son

B. Her brother

C. Her nephew.

7. How much does the woman want to spend on the gift?

A. Twenty dollars

B. Thirty dollars

C. Forty dollars

8. What does the woman decide to buy in the end?

A. A chess set

B. A pen and a pencil

C. A handball set

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Who is Pat calling?

A．Her teacher B．Her friend C．Her cousin．

10．Why is Pat calling?

A．To invite Anna to lunch．

B．To ask Anna to return her dictionary．

C．To borrow a French dictionary from Anna．

11．Who is Pat talking to?

A．Anna's boyfriend． B．Tom． C．A stranger to her．

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12.What is the main subject of the conversation?

A. The woman’s injured knee.

B. The man”s injured foot.

C. Michigan Team.

13. What sport are they talking about?

A. Basketball.

B. Football.

C. Baseball.

14. What is going to happen?

A. lowa will rank No.1 in the country.

B. There will be a match between Michigan and lowa on Saturday.

C.There will be a tough game between the speakers’ team and Michigan.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15.What was the woman’s feeling after the man arrived?

A. Sad.

B. Relieved.

C. Anxious.

16. What were the students doing when the man arrived in class?

A. Taking an exam.

B. Drawing graphs.

C. Giving presentations.

17. What do you know from the conversation?

A. The man and the woman would still have chance to give their presentation.

B. They couldn’t give their presentation because of the man’s being late.

C. The man was late because he lived too far away from school.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18.How long has Art been retired?

A. About twelve years.

B. About five years.

C. About eight years.

19. What was Art just before his retirement?

A. A painter.

B. A golfer.

C. An advisor.

20. What is Art’s main activity now?

Painting pictures. B. Playing golf. C. Making glass.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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，并将答案写在题后的答题表中。

A

Pakistani youth activist Malala Yousafzai,17,was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, October 10 shortly after she made a famous speech. She is the youngest Noble winner in history. Malala shares the prize with Kailash Satyarthi,

a 60-year-old man from India who has helped lead a movement to end child slavery around the world. Both winners were recognized for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

Malala Yousafzai has never been ordinary. When she was just 11 years old, she started blogging about the Taliban’s takeover of her hometown of Mingora, in northwestern Pakistan. Taliban members follow an extreme version of Islam, and believe young girls like Malala should not go to school. Classrooms throughout the Swat district of Pakistan, where Malala was living, were closed for several months. Malala spoke publicly about her desire to go back to school.“All I want is an education,”she said.

When the Pakistan government regained control, Malala was able to return to class. She continued to blog and speak out about girls’ right to education. But on October 9,2012, the Taliban tried to silence her. A gunman boarded her school bus and shot her on the left side of her forehead. Malala survived, and showed great courage and optimism during her long recovery .During this time, she became a symbol of the struggle for girls’ right all over the world.

Nine months after she was shot, she gave that now-famous speech at the United Nations. “They thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed,” she said. “And then, out of that silence came thousands of voices...Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage was born.”

21. What do we know about Malala Yousafzai?____.

A. She got the 2014 Noble Peace Prize with the help of Kailash Satyarthi.

B. She has led a movement to end child slavery worldwide.

C. She was honored for her struggle for children’s right.

D. She received the 2014 Noble Peace Prize alone.

22. What is the correct order of the events that happened to Malala Yousafzai? _____.

A. She won the 2014 Noble Peace Prize.

B. She was shot on the left side of her forehead.

C. She made a now-famous speech at the United Nations.

D. She became a symbol of struggle for girls’ rights.

E. She blogged about Taliban taking over her hometown.

A.e,d,b,c,a

B.a,e,d,b,c

C.a,e,b,d,c

D.e,b,d,c,a

23.Which of the following can best describe Malala Yousafzai? _____.

A. Active and considerate.

B. Honest and responsible.

C. Fearless and brave.

D. Weak and simple-minded.

24.The passage is most probably taken from _____.

A. a news report

B. science fiction

C. a research paper

D. a personal diary

B

The Iron Peacock By Mary Stetson Clarke

Joanna Sprague’s life is upended(颠倒)when her father dies on the voyage that was to take them to a new life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Poor and alone,16-year-old Joanna must summon(鼓起)uncommon courage to survive as a servant in a strange new world.

The Broken Blade By William Durbin

In 1800,13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he would be leaving Montreal to paddle2,400 miles. It was something older men, like his father, did. But when Pierre’s father has an accident, Pierre quits school to become a voyager for the North West Company, so his family can survive the winter. It’s hard for Pierre as the youngest in the team. Pierre is miserable. Still he has no choice but to endure the trip to Grand Portage and back.

Stowaway(偷渡者) By Karen Hesse

It is known that in the summer of 1768, Captain James Cook sailed from England, beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy named Nicholas Young was a stowaway on that ship. Karen Hesse recreates Cook’s voyage through the eyes of this remarkable boy, creating a fiction journal filled with fierce hurricanes, warring natives, and disease, as Nicholas discovers new lands, incredible creatures, and lifelong friends.

I Am David By Anne Holm

David’s entire 12-year life has spent in a prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his enemies hot on his heels(紧跟随着),David struggles to cope in this strange new world, where his only resources are a compass, a few pieces of bread, his two aching feet, and some advice to seek refuge(庇护)in Denmark. Is that enough to survive?

25.Who wrote the story about a young girl who has to survive in a strange new world? ____.

A.Anne Holm. B .William Durbin. C. Karen Hesse. D. Mary Stetson Clarke.

26.Which of the following characters has to suffer a lot to help support the family? ____.

A.Joanna Sprague

B. Pierre La Page

C. Nicholas Young

D. David

27.What kind of readers will probably enjoy reading Stowaway ?

A.Those who want to be sailors.

B. Those who like delicious food

B.Those who study law at college. D. Those who enjoy climbing mountains.

28.It can be inferred that David is most eager for _____.

A.fame

B. money

C. freedom

D. knowledge

C

If you are sending a text, watching TV or listening to the radio, you may want to stop and give this your full attention. Multi-tasking shrinks(使收缩)the brain, research suggests.

A study found that men and women who frequently used several types of technology at the same time had less grey matter(灰质)in a key part of the brain.

University of Sussex researchers said using mobile phones, laptops and other media devices at the same time could be changing the structure of our brains. Worryingly. the part of the brain that shrinks is involved in processing emotion. The finding follows research which has linked multi-tasking with a shortened attention span(跨度),depression, anxiety and lower grades at school.

The researchers began by asking 75 healthy men and women how often they divided

their attention between different types of technology. This could mean sending a

text message while listening to music and checking email, or speaking on the phone

while watching TV and surfing the web.

The volunteers were then given brain scans which showed they had less grey

matter in a region called the anterior cingulate cortex(ACC)(前扣带皮质)。The

findings didn’t change even when differences in personality were taken into account.

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first to make a link between

multi-tasking and the structure of the brain.

Research Kep Kee Loh said,“Media multi-tasking id becoming more prevalent(普

遍存在的)in our lives today and there is increasing concern about its effects on

our cognition(认知)and social-emotional well-being.”He added that more research

is needed to prove that multi-tasking shrinks the brain.

Scientists have previously shown brain structure can be changed on long

exposure to new environments and experience .Other students have shown that training

--such as learning to juggle(玩杂耍)or taxi drives learning the map of London--can

increase grey matter in certain parts. Experts have also warned of the harmful

effects technology can have on our memory and attention span.

29.According to the research, which of the following results is NOT connected with

multi-tasking? ____.

A. Poor performances at school.

B. Feeling anxious easily.

B. Being sleepless at night. D. Being unable to concentrate long.

30.We can learn from the passage that ____.

A. 75 healthy volunteers took in the research.

B. the findings are different according to different personalities.

C. multi-tasking can reduce body weight and shrink the head.

D. multi-tasking has no harmful effects on memory

31.What Kep Kee Loh said shows that people are ____ the effects of media multi-tasking

A. insensitive to

B. indifferent to

C. pleased with

D. worried about

32.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.Men and women differ when doing tasks.

B.Findings need to be based on real research.

C.Muli-tasking, a good way to make you clever.

D.Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller.

D

Common sense goes along way when it comes to learning a country' s proper

etiquette(礼节). Here we seek out the advice of users on question and answer site

Quora, asking“What should I absolutely not do when visiting your country?”Here

are the rules that surprised us the most.

In some cultures, giving the wrong amount of an item can be worse than no present

at al1.“Do not give even numbers of flowers as a gift. That's for dead folks,”

said Muscovite(俄国人)Katherine Makhalova.“A proper bouquet(花束) will have one,

three, five or seven flowers.” Odd-numbers of flowers are given for happy occasions

in Russia, while bouquets of two, four, six, twelve or twenty-four stems are often

brought to funerals.

Even outside of Russia, knowing which numbers are lucky-or unlucky-may be important.“Numbers matter more than you might think,”explained Terri Morrison, speaker and author of the Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands series of etiquette books.

“In China, the word for‘four' sounds very similar to the word for‘death' ,so it

is a good idea to avoid giving anything in fours.”

Similarly, in Japan, the traditiona1 wedding gift of cash should not be given

in bills divisible by two because that means the marriage could end in divorce. A

gift of 20,000 yen, for example, should be given with one10,000 yen and two 5,000

yen notes-but not two bills of l0.000 yen. Many Quora respondents from southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand and Malaysia, reminded readers to be careful when they touch another person.“Never touch

anyone's head or pass anything above the head,”said Neha Kariya niya, a resident

of KuaI Lumpur, Malaysia.“It is considered to be the most sacred body part”

Morrison mentioned that the French use different volumes(音量)for different situations.“In a café,you cannot overhear a discussion at the nearest table, even

if it is only two or three feet away,” she said. She recommended always mimicing

your conversation partner's volume, speaking as1ow as he/she. Speak 1ouder only when needed.

33. What is the passage mainly about?_____

A. Cultura1 differences between western countries.

B. Dos and don'ts when visiting some families.

C. Advice on visiting question and answer site Quora.

D. Rules on etiquette in some countries.

34. Which of the fo11owing is true according to the passage? _____

A. Even numbers of flowers are given for happy occasions in Russia.

B. It is a tradition to give gifts to friends or relatives in fours in China.

C. It isn't proper to give wedding gifts in bi1ls divisible by two in Japan.

D. One should avoid passing anything above a person's hand in Southeast Asia

35. The underlined word “mimicing” in the last paragraph most probably means

“___”.

A. copying

B. recording

C. reducing

D. ignoring

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在题后的

答题表中。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Discipline(管教)Children Without Yelling

It's easy to yell when you are disciplining your child, but this may just teach

him to raise his voice. Using a calmer voice can also open the door to making you

and your children work together

1. Remain calm. If you have to discipline a young child, do it gently. 36

Tell your child to go to his room. and stay there for 10 minutes. This gives you

a chance to calm down and regain control before you talk to him.

2. Tell him you understand why he's upset but that he needs to change his behavior.

For example, say something like“I know you want that toy, but it's not your turn.

Play with this toy until it's your turn.” 37

3. Set reasonable expectations._38 For some families this might include

cursing and hitting. Set concrete consequences for these rules so children always

know what to expect.

4. Praise or reward good behavior. 39 If his misbehavior is not harmful.

ignore it. while providing positive attention for good behavior. 0ver time the

desirable behavior will become a habit and there wi1l be less undesirable behavior.

5. 40 0f all the parenting techniques, this is the one that will be the most

effective in the1ong run. If you don't Want your child to yell, don't yell. If you

don't want him to hit, don't do it yourself. Modeling good behavior is the best way

to ingrain(使…根深蒂固)good behavior in your child. Nobody is perfect, but you

should aim to consistently set a good example for your child.

A. This makes him feel like you understand him and that he is not going to miss out.

B. Model the behavior you want to see in your child but never say a word.

C. Make eye contact with your child but never say a word.

D. Write down the rules that cannot be broken

E. Tel1 yourself to calm down and take a deep breath.

F. Punish your child for any of his misbehavior.

G. Your child is more likely to act appropriately when he receives positive attention

for good behavior.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中．选出可以填入空白

处的最佳选项，并将答案写在题后的答题表中。

Liz was my c1osest friend in the office at the time-back in the70's. It had been

her first day back at 41 after an operation and I thought she should have taken

a few more days to 42 , In fact, she had been bleeding a11 day.

As soon as work was 43 , we headed to the hospital and spent hours there waiting

to be seen. 44_ getting her settled in my apartment, I had to 45_a fina1 exam

for a very important evening class. Upon my 46 , we thought Liz was in 47

enough shape to be sent back from my Northern Virgina apartment to her home in

Maryland.

It was nearly midnight and we were both 48 . When on the highway, in a not

particularly safe part of town, we 49 my car make a funny noise, and then it was

shaking 50 as we drove a1ong.Quickly,I 51 off the main road and into the

emergency stopping lane(应急车道) and found a tire flat .Never having 52 a tire

before,1 went about trying to 53 out what to do next. Liz, weak from losing all

that 54 al1 day, got out of the car to help me. I had to shout at her to get

back in the car and relax.

Within seconds, a taxi pulled up behind us and a 55 man appeared and began

walking toward us. I am certain the blood flew out of my face and I nearly fainted(昏

倒)in 56 .“Got a flat there girls?'' In no time. at all, this man had changed

my tire and rushed off back to his taxi. He 57 any payment and would not 58

tell us his name. He wi1l never know how 59 we needed his services that

particular evening but I, for one, will never forget his 60 .

41. A. school B. home C. work D. hospital

42. A. recover B. grow C. develop D. play

43. A. off B. over C. on D. in

44. A. As B. After C. Before D. Until

45. A. get B. join C. buy D. take

46. A. return B. leaving C. start D. end

47. A. ill B. bad C. poor D. good

48. A. excited B. disappointed C. interested D. tired

49. A. heard B. saw C. smelled D. recognized

50. A. steadily B. noiselessly C. softly D. violently

51. A. put B. took C. travelled D. pulled

52. A. bought B. saw C. changed D. damaged

53. A. turn B. figure C. point D. look

54. A. blood B. hair C. weight D. courage

55. A. gentle B. huge C. kind D. little

56. A. repair B. trouble C. fear D. happiness

57. A. refused B. asked C. accepted D. admitted

58. A. just B. even C. only D. merely

59. A. truly B. completely C. naturally D. badly

60. A. advice B. attitude C. kindness D. friendship

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。W: Planning a schedule that includes time for studies, sports, part-time work and free time can be a challenge. Today we have Dr. Tony with us to talk about 61 to plan a schedule.

M: Well, the good way___62 (start) is to make a plan for each day of the week and then try to balance your time so you can include everything. Here are some guidelines(准则） 63 may help you.

First, we start with 64 twenty-four hours we all have in every day. If we take out eight hours for our sleep time, we'll have sixteen hours to divide among the other activities. ___65 (attend) at school takes about six hours and homework about two, for a total of eight. That leaves us eight hours for sports, work and free time. Remember, these guidelines are flexible and you must adjust 66 to your particular needs.

Weekends are different since we don't have to attend school. Here we can usually focus 67 certain activities such as sports or part-time work and free time. We can see our friends and spend more time with our family.

If you make a schedule and try to keep to it, soon you 68 (develop) the habit of doing each task during its _ 69 (plan) time and will be satisfied that you can 70 (comfort) do everything you have to do.

61._______ 62._______ 63._______ 64._______ 65._______

66._______ 67._______ 68._______ 69._______ 70._______

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共

有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Volunteering has a meaningful and positive effect on your community. But do you know that they can benefit you, too?

To begin with, volunteering gave you the opportunity to gain some valuable life experience as good as work skills. In the meantime, by volunteering, you can make friend with people from all walks of life, from which you can obtain useful knowledge that can't be learnt at school. In the addition, volunteering provides you with a good opportunity to help others but repay society.

As far as I'm concerned, volunteering is a good way for us build self-respect and self-confidence, too. When offered others help, we ourselves will have a strong sense of satisfaction. Therefore, volunteering is for great benefit not only to others but also to ourselves.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，寒假期间曾经在美国参加过一个国际文化节活动。现在请你根据以下要点，给你朋友Jack写一封电子邮件：

1．感谢在美国期间他对你的帮助和那次活动对你的影响；

2．询问他最近的学习情况；

3．高考结束后你要去美国旅游，到时去拜访他。

注意：1.词数100左右

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,

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_______________________________________________________________________________ Yours truly, Li Hua

Li Hua