高二英语竞赛试题
A班，宏志班专题十二
（试题总分59分，建议用时55分钟）
A
You won’t need a passport to travel back in time at the Roman Holidays celebration this summer. Discover the sights ( and smells) of ancient Rome, offer your prayers to Venus, read your future in a sheep’s liver(肝脏), and enjoy live musical and comedy performances by the Troubadour Theater Company.
Date: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Location: The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California Admission: Free; an advance, timed entry ticket is required
Smelling the Rome Way
What did ancient Rome smell like? Visitors are invited to use their noses (and imaginations) to discover the good. Bad, and sweaty smells of daily life. Take a smell challenge! Be transported back in time and guess the smells familiar to most Romans, like Roman cooking materials and more.
Prayers to Venus
At this small shrine (圣地) of Venus visitors may honor the goddess and seek her help for important moments in their lives, as Greeks and Romans did. And they are invited to write a wish to the goddess and post it near her statue.
Troubadour Theater Company
In the fancy outdoor setting of the Getty Villa, visitors will enjoy games and comedic performances, meet the actors, and participate in unique photo opportunities. At 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. , visitors are invited to the Inner Peristyle for “ Mercury in Uranus”, where the group of the actors will perform a sheep sacrifice to Mercury and examine the sheep’s liver to interpret the will of the god.
1.What can we know about the Getty Villa?
A. It asks for no entry ticket.
B. Its service lasts for three hours.
C. It’s only accessible to the locals.
D. It provides several different activities.
2. What can visitors do at the Getty Villa?
A. Perform comedy with the actors.
B. Feed sheep in person outdoors.
A. Catch a chance to design a game. D. Get pleasure from the performances.
3. What’s the purpose of this passage?
A. To attract people to the Getty Villa.
B. To stress the uniqueness of Roman culture.
C. To show the best time to visit the Getty Villa.
D. To introduce the Troubadour Theater Company.
B
I left England for Sydney in September. It was a career move for my husband, and our 20-year-old daughter was feeling adventurous and decided to come, too. However, just before leaving England, my 79-year-old mother suffered a stroke (中风). Being strong and independent, she continues to live at home with the help of social services. But she couldn’t look after the garden. I thought how wonderful it would be if there was an organization offering volunteer help. Friends asked me what I planned to do in Australia, and I told tenm I would be looking for a volunteer position with a gardening charitable organization. Imagine my surprise when I found just the organization I had been looking for – Easy Care Gardening (ECG) !
There are several reasons why I volunteer for ECG. Firstly, as a newcomer to Australia I meet many great people who, like me, volunteer some of their time. We cover a large age range, but all love gardens and helping others.
Secondly, through working with ECG I have been lucky enough to explore Sydney’s North Shore that I might not have had the opportunity to visit otherwise.
Finally, there are all those wonderful people we call “client (客户)”, but are more like friends when we visit them often and tend their gardens. What great people I have met, and the stories they have to tell – the family histories, where they come from and the reasons for immigrating to Australia. I find it a privilege to have access to private gardens which, in many cases, have been the joy of their owners for many years. Each one is individual and reflects the character, needs and the history of each family. Indeed, the gardens reflect the multicultural and historical background of Sydney.
4. Why did the author move to Sydney?
A. Her husband would work there.
B. She planned to volunteer there.
C. She was very keen on adventures.
D. She had to look after her sick mother.
5. What made the author choose to be a gardening volunteer?
A. The popularity of ECG.
B. The tips of her friends.
C. Her own experience.
D. Her gardening skills.
6. What do the volunteers at ECG have in common?
A. They make friends with their clients.
B. They like to explore Sydney’s North Shore.
C. They are of similar ages and backgrounds.
D. They are kind-hearted with the same interest.
7. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Client.
B. Garden.
C. Reason.
D. Joy.
完形填空
It was my first year of graduate school and my professor was standing on the platform. He was telling us about a 8 he made years ago.
About a decade earlier, my professor had been a sales manager at a large company. They were 9 a national campaign and preparing for a major brand launch (发行). My professor was 10 the operation.
For almost two months before the launch day, he was 11 all over the country to talk with major partners. 12 crossing the country on flights, he was also trying to 13 his department. For weeks he would have meetings all day, answer 14 and phone calls all night, and 15 three or four hours of sleep.
The week before the big launch day, his 16 gave out. He had to rushed to the hospital. Major organs had started to 17 from the long-term stress. He spent the next eight days in hospital, 18 to do anything as the launch day came and went.
Imagine that your 19 and energy are a bucket (桶) of water. In your daily life, there are things that 20 your bucket up. These are inputs like sleep, nutrition, laughter, and other forms of 21 . There are also forces that drain (使排出) the water from your bucket. These are 22 like stress, relationship problems…
The forces that drain your bucket aren’t all 23 . To live a productive life, it can be important to have some things 24 out of your bucket. But positive outputs are 25 outputs and they drain your energy 26 . These outputs are gradual. Even a little leak can result in 27 water loss over time.
8. A. prediction B. decisionC. fortune D. mistake
9. A. at the end of B. in the middle of C. at the mercy of D. on the way to
10.A. sponsoring B. leading C. assisting D. adopting
11.A. researching B. driving C. flying D. inspecting
12.A. Before B. Though C. While D. Sincerely yours
13.A. run B. promote C. expand D. observe
14.A. emails B. charges C. problems D. doors
15.A. pull in B. squeeze in C. take in D. bring in
16.A. effort B. operation C. body D. team
17.A. disappear B. suffer C. function D. fail
18.A. ready B. unwilling C. eager D. unable
19.A. health B. status C. success D. reputation
20.A. break B. pack C. fill D. cover
21.A. rest B. recovery C. entertainment D. accommodation
22.A. restrictions B. consequences C. examples D. outputs
23.A. uncontrollableB. unpredictable C. uncomfortableD. unfavorable
24.A. flowing B. slipping C. escaping D. growing
25.A. perhaps B. still C. even D. already
26.A. suddenly B. partlyC. surprisingly D. thoroughly
27.A. significant B. slight C. gradual D. temporary
七选五
30 years ago, I was rocking my baby boy in my arms. 28 My wife was half asleep and half watching TV in the living room. I poured myself a glass of iced tea in the kitchen, and walked into the front yard.
29 On the hill next to our house the neighbor’s children were running after fireflies (萤火虫), hoping to catch one in a jar. I sat down in my chair and watched them for a while.
As fast as they could run, though, they couldn’t seem to catch the slow moving lighting insects. Finally, tired, they sat down in the grass and just watched the little guys flying through the air, flashing their light on and off. 30 It felt so good getting to see one of nature’s many miracle (奇迹) lighting up my front yard on a warm summer night.
Over the years since then I have appreciated and enjoyed all of the wonderful light in this world. 31 I have found it in nature, books, music, animals, prayer, and most of all in the lives of those around me. I have never tried to catch this light, however, I have learned that true light and true love must come from within. 32
A.Let them remind you to shine your own light as well.
B.When he fell asleep I put him gently down for a good night.
C.I have taken it into my heart and welcomed it into my soul.
D.I slowly drank my tea and joined them in their appreciation.
E.They must flow freely between us and cannot be caught in a jar.
F.The next time you see some fireflies, take a seat and enjoy their light.
G.As soon as I stepped onto the yard I heard the sweet sound of laughter.
28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
语法填空
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