上海初中英语竞赛试题笔试试题和答案

上海初中英语竞赛试题(笔试)

试题和答案

2005 Shanghai Junior High School English

Contest Paper for Written English

I. Vocabulary and Structure: 30%

1. Adams hadn’t a _________ what the speaker

was talking about most of time because the class

was in chaos.

A. guess B. thought C.

concept D. clue

2. Any one who followed _________ would be

blessed with a richer life and boundless love

from his family.

A. my set of rules B. my

packet of rules

C. my group of rules D. my

pack of rules

3. _________, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, was

crowned top-earning dead celebrity of the past

12 months.

A. Elton John B.

Elvis Presley

C. Sting D.

Michael Jackson

4. "To be or not to be, that is the question” is

a quotation from Shakespeare’s play _________.

A. Romeo and Juliet B.

Macbeth

C. Hamlet D.

King Lear

5. My cousin Betty is the black _________ of the

family

A. cow B. pig C. horse

D. sheep

6. I’ve got my driving test this afternoon so keep

your _________ crossed.

A. toes B. fingers C. arms

D. legs

7. As Mr. Best was passing the bookshop, he

thought he'd just _________ to see whether any

interesting books were on sale.

A. look in B. look up C. look

round D. look for

8. Lenny advised me to have a _________ of

brandy because it will make me less nervous.

A. bite B. lick C. sip

D. touch

9. My father's very quiet too. I _________ him.

A. follow with B. take

after

C. look like D. turn

up to be

10. The capital of Australia is _________

A. Sydney B. Melbourne C.

Liverpool D. Canberra

11. Germany has won the World Cup _________

A. twice B. three times C. four

times D. five times

12. Tony Blair became _________ of Britain in

19971

A. president B.

general secretary

C. prime minister D. king

13. _________ was defeated at the battle of

Waterloo.

A. Hitler B.

Napoleon

C. Mussolini D.

Richard Nixon

14. There are two main political parties in the

USA, _________ and _________.

A. the Democrats and the Republicans

B. the Democrats and the Labors

C. the Democrats and the Conservatives

D. the Conservatives and the Republicans

15. The news was _________ on the radio the

day before yesterday.

A. broadcast B. to

broadcast

C. being broadcasted D.

broadcasting

16. _________ has been set as the theme for

Olympics Beijing 2008.

A. A Green, Cheerful and People's

Olympics

B. A Successful, Impressive and People's

Olympics

C. A Green, High-tech and People’s

Olympics

D. A Successful, High-tech and People’s

Olympics

17. I can’t get into my apartment because I left

the key. _________ my door in my car.

D. to

18. _________ is often used to stand for the

British Government.

A. Downing Street B. White

Hall

C. White House D. The

fleet street

19. On New Year's Eve, there will be a firework

_________ at People's Square.

A. exhibition B. performance C. show

D. display

20. The year 2002 was _________ Golden

Jubilee.

A. Queen Mary B.

Queen Elizabeth I

C. Queen Victoria D.

Queen Elizabeth 1I

21. It's not far from the village if we take the

A. of B. from C. on

short _________ through the jungle.

A. pass B. comer C.

turning D. cut

22. Yao Ming, a rising star in NBA, is now

playing basketball with the _________.

A. Chicago Bulls B. Los

Angeles Lakers

C. Houston Rockets D. West

Point

23. What does "It rings a bell." mean?

A. It' s time for class. B. It' s

New Year.

C. It sounds familiar. D. It

sounds interesting.

24. Could you keep a(n) _________ on the baby

for a moment?

A. heart B. eye C. hand

D. ear

25. I haven't got e-mail at home. I'll have to

write to you by _________ mail.

A. pigeon B. monkey C. snail

D. tortoise

26. The first cloned sheep “_________” was born

on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute,

Edinburgh, Scotland.

A. Kelly B. Dolly C. Shelly

D. Polly

27. The term CEO stands for _________.

A. Chief Executive Officer B.

Central Executive Officer

C. Chief Executive Official D.

Central Executive Official

28. Shanghai Maglev Line －the world' s first

passenger Transrapid Maglev high speed

railway -- uses magnets to propel it at speeds of

up to _________ kph.

A. 340 B. 334 C. 430

D. 433

29. Bill is the short name for _________.

A. Thomas B. Richard C.

William D. Robert

30. There flows River _________ in Paris.

A. Thames B. Nile C.

Yangtze D. Saine

II. Reading Comprehension: 15%

(A)

Most Americans think that ice cream is as

American as baseball and apple pie. But ice

cream was known long before America was

discovered.

The Roman emperor Nero may have made

a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men

to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He

used it to make cold drinks. Traveler Marco

Polo brought back recipes for chilled and frozen

milk from China.

Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached

England. It is said that King Charles enjoyed

that treat very much. There is a story that he

bribed his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream

a royal secret.

Today ice cream is known throughout the

world. Americans alone eat more than two

billion quarts a year.

31 .The passage says that most Americans

_________

A. think that ice cream is very new

B. think that ice cream was an American

idea

C. know that ice cream has a long history

D. do not know what ice cream is

32. The Roman emperor Nero hired men to

_________

A. make ice cream for him

B. bring ice cream from China

C. guard the secret of ice cream

D. bring ice to cool his drinks

33. Charles I of England wanted to _________

A. make ice cream popular

B. keep the secret of ice cream for himself

C. develop new kinds of ice cream

D. bring ice cream recipes from China

(B)

Ben Johnson is one of the few men ever

buried standing up.

As the story goes, King Charles I once

made him a promise. The king told the great

writer that he would be buried in England's

famous Westminster Abbey. But that wasn't all.

Johnson could choose any place he liked for his

grave.

Johnson died in 1637. Then it was found

that the spot he had picked was already filled.

The ground space left in it was just eighteen

inches square. King Charles 1 kept his words.

He had Johnson's coffin placed on its end in the

small place. That's the way it would just fit.

34. Which probably happened first?

A. Johnson picked a place in the Abbey.

B. Johnson died.

C. Johnson received Charles’s promise.

D. Johnson told the king of his choice.

35. Charles I found out the place filled after

_________

A. Johnson’s death

B. Johnson’s burial

C. the reading of Johnson’s will

D. 1638

36. Johnson’s coffin was placed upright so that

it would _________

A. face the west B. look

bigger

C. take less room D.

reach the floor

37. The story shows that Charles tried to

_________

A. role Britain well B.

keep his promise

C. learn about art D.

write poems and stories

(C)

Along with jogging and swimming, cycling

is one of the best all-round forms of exercise. It

can help to increase your strength and energy,

giving you more efficient muscles and a stronger

heart. But increasing your strength is not the

only advantage of cycling. Because you're not

carrying the weight of your body on your feet,

it's a good form of exercise for people with

painful feet or backs. However, with all forms of

exercise it's important to start slowly and build

up gently. Doing too much too quickly can