英语学科竞赛

霍邱二中2015-2016学年度高二年级学科竞赛英语试题命题人：胡庆云审题人：李燕说明：第I卷答案涂写在答题卡上，第II卷在答题纸上做答，考试结束后，考生只交答题卡和答题纸。

第I卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A．Wife and husband．B．Mother and son．C．Strangers．2．What’s the man?A．A salesman．B．A writer．C．A library assistant．3．What will the woman do tomorrow?A．Take an exam． B．Go to the zoo．C．Go to the history class．4．How many students won the prize last week?A．About 50．B．About 5．C．About 10．5．Where do they most probably have the talk?A．In a supermarket．B．At a bookstore．C．In a hospital．第二节(共15小题；每小题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。

听下面一段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation at first?A．She is too busy．B．She has got a cold．C．She thinks it will rain．7．What will the weather most probably be like tomorrow?A．Cold．B．Hot．C．Normal．听下面一段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What’s the matter with the man?A．He was run down by a car．B．He was caught by the police．C．He just had a terrible experience．9．What was the man doing when that car ran towards him?A．He was crossing the second street．B．He was crossing a huge bridge．C．He was riding his bike．听下面一段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What crops do farmers in the man’s hometown mainly grow?A．Rice．B．Wheat．C．Corn．11．What do the two places have in common?A．The farming method．B．The climate．C．The living standards．12．How does the man like comparing two places?A．Boring．B．Interesting．C．Disappointing．听下面一段材料，回答第13至16题。

l3．What does the woman think of the man’s bike?A．Beautiful．B．Common．C．Special．14．How does the woman feel about her own bike?A．The colour is too dull．B．The quality is poor．C．The price is low．15．How long has the man’s sister kept the Golden Lion？A．For two months．B．For two years．C．For two weeks.l6．What does the man advise the woman to do?A．To buy a new bike．B．To exchange their bikes．C．To repair her bike．听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Who brought up Rose Mary?A．Her mother．B．Her grandmother．C．Her father．18．How old was Rose Mary when she started school?A．Five．B．Eight．C．Eleven．19．Why did Rose Mary fall behind other children?A．She was foolish．B．She was deaf．C．She was slow．20．What made Rose Mary hear sounds?A．A hearing aid．B．Her classmates．C．Her teacher．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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AOctober 21 was a very dark day in Texas．Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes，it caused the largest business damage in Texas’s history．The worst thing is Hanna’s destructive force nearly wiped out most power poles and power lines．According to Center Point Energy，Hurricane Hanna affected 2．15 million customers．Currently, more than 4，000 of them are still in the dark．Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents．Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal．Schools，restaurants，retail stores and gas stations are open．Smiles are back．But harder-hit places，including Galveston，will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing，and coastal towns are a mess．Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texas．Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage．Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13．Many school supplies were destroyed．Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston，Texas．This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying．Believe it or not，Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing．When Paula was a girl，she was an orphan，but was taken in by her stepmom，Antonia Flores．Reed lost contact with Flores andhad been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years．Before the hurricane，Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter．There，she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed．21．What’s the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?A．Hundreds of people are still missing．B．A large number of people are homeless．C．Power facilities are severely destroyed．D．Factories are closed and many people jobless．22．It can be inferred that the residents in Houston________．A．have fully recovered from the disasterB．were the most unlucky people in the disasterC．need a long time to bring their life back to normalD．suffered less from Hanna than people in Galveston23．Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_______ A．at least one month B．at least three weeksC．two weeks at most D．nearly half a month24．Paula Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because_______A．they had nothing lost after Hurricane HannaB．they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelterC．Paula was taken good care of in the shelterD．Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decadesBDo you want to help others—but don’t know where to start?Do you feel that the challenges facing us are too big for one person? One advantage of supporting the American Red Cross is that each of our individual contributions is magnified(放大)when we all join together．Another advantage is that it's easy to start helping．You can start this every minute，by using your mobile to send a text message to make a $10 donation to one of our ongoing campaigns．Donate to Help Victims of Natural DisastersText REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, which helps people affected by disasters such as floods，earthquakes．wildfires and hurricanes．Please consider making a donation today to help the thousands of people who have been affected by these disasters．Donate to Help Reduce Deaths from Measles(麻疹)Text PREVENT to 90999 to give $ 10 to the Red Cross and help us vaccinate（注射疫苗）children against measles．Started in 2001．the Measles & Rubella Initiative—led by the American Red Cross，provides technical and financial support to governments and communities for mass vaccination campaigns around the world．The Initiative has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children helping to reduce measles deaths by 78％globally(compared to 2000)．Please consider making a donation today to help us continue this campaign．To learn more，visit www．Measlesrubellainitiative．org．Important Information for Text DonorsYou can make a $ 10 donation to the American Red Cross．Charges will appear on your wireless bill．All purchases must be authorized by account holder．You must be over 18 years old or have parental permission to participate．Text STOP to 90999 to STOP．Text HELP to 90999 for HELP．25．The text mainly aims to tell us__________________．A．how to keep our wireless bill safe when making donationB．how to make a $10 donation by text messageC．when to become an authorized account holderD．how to make individual contributions magnified26．We should text_______to 90999 if we want to help victims of natural disasters．A．STOP B．PREVENT C．HELP D．REDCROSS27．What does“this campaign”in Paragraph 6 refer to?A．Offering help to the disaster victims．B．Supporting the American Red Cross．C．Mass vaccination around the world．D．Applying for charges on wireless bills．28．1f a school boy wants to be a text donor, he should _____________.A．get the permission of his parents B．reach the marriage ageC．pay ＄10 to own an account D．stop his daily purchasesCMany New Zealand children are being studied for sleep disorders(紊乱) after overloading on technology before bedtime. Specialists say computers and televisions disturb sleep patterns and cause learning, concentration and growth problems.Dr Alex Bartle, director of the Sleep Well Clinic, said that different sorts of technology were keeping children awake. Computer games and social networking sites such as Bebo and Facebook were worse than TV for exciting young minds because they were more interactive(互动的). They should be switched off at least an hour before bedtime. “To fall asleep, you need to have a certain amount of calmness in the brain,” said Bartle. “being excited doesn’t help those brainwaves settle.”Professor Philippe Gander, director of Massey University’s Sleep / Wake Research Centre, said poor sleep had been linked to learning, behavioral and growth problems.Bartle said parents should make sure that children were well-rested and not kept awake by the techn ology surrounding them. “They need to encourage kids to get out during the day. Watching TV or playing on computers as soon as they get home isn’t good from a sleep point of view. Parents need to be strong enough to remove TVs or computers.”In Britain, National Health Service data show almost 3,000 under-11s were referred to specialists for problems such as sleeplessness and sleep-walking(梦游) in 2007, up 26 percent from 2002.While there are no figures in New Zealand, experts have no doubt that the number of children in need of help is on the increase. “We have the same sorts of technology, the same lifestyles,” said Bartle.The Child Health Research Foundation in New Zealand has funded(资助) studies on sleep problems and is waiting for the results.29. What does “technology” mainly refer to according to the passage?A. pianos and guitarsB. televisions and computersC. learning machinesD.MP3s and MP4s30. According to Dr Alex Bartle’s opinion, we can learn that ______.A. Children should not watch TV or play online games in the eveningB. Watching TV does more harm to children than playing computer gamesC. Some parents fail to set a limit on the time their children spend on technologyD. About 3,000 New Zealand under-11s have sleep problems in 200731. Experts are sure that the number of New Zealand children with sleep problems is increasing because _____.A. New Zealand children play more online games than British childrenB. They have exact data from National Health ServiceC. New Zealand children are in the same situation as the British childrenD. They have exact data provided by hospitals32. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Children like computer games.B. Technology disturbs children’s sleep.C. The ways of dealing with sleep disorders.D. NewZealand parents should prevent their children from watching tv.DFire Station No．6 in Livermore，California，houses a celebrity—a 107-year-old light bulb(灯泡)that has been on for over a million hours，earning the title of the“World’s longest continuously burning bulb”by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! The bulb also holds the Guinness World Record．Nobody knows why this bulb has stayed alive for so many years．Most people believe that it is due to two reasons—it has almost never been turned off and it is really well made．Its perfect seal lets no air in keeping its carbon filament(灯丝)from burning out．The bulb was first installed at the fire department horse cart house on L Street in 1901．In 1903 it was moved to the new Station 1 on First and McLeod，and survived the renovation(翻修)of the Firehouse in 1937．when it was off for about a week．The last time the bulb was switched off was in July l976，when it was moved to Fire Station No．6．Thousands of people watched as the electrician tried to re-attach the bulb at its new location．At first nothing happened and people thought the bulb had finally died．However，a slight touch of its switch and then，the bulb came on and has been on since．Nobody at the station dares to touch it，even to clean it．A local reporter first discovered the bulb’s significance in 1972．He recommended his readers to go visit it if they ever went to Livermore．All of a sudden thousands of people came to Fire Station No．6 and the bulb became famous．Needless to say，the bulb is now a big source of pride and joy for the city of Livermore．So when some folks offered to buy it，the answer from the city was“NO!”33．Which of the following may not be a reason for the bulb to stay alive for so long?A．It was seldom switched off. B．It was made of high quality．C．Its carbon filament was special．D．Its seal was perfect．34．What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A．The brief history of the bulb．B．The problems with the bulb．C．The main function of the bulb．D．The location where the bulb is．35．We can learn from the text that the bulb _______________．A. will eventually be owned by Ripley’s Believe It Or NotB. is now becoming a proud symbol of the locals in LivermoreC. has never been touched or cleaned in Fire Station No.6D. wouldn’t have been discovered without the local reporter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。