高二英语基础知识竞赛试题
本试卷分第一卷和第二卷两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（共三部分，计105分）
第一部分：听力理解（共三节，满分20分）
第一节：（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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．Who does the woman want to talk to?
A．Mr Green. B．Mr Smith. C．The man.
2．What is the man’s major?
A．Geography. B．Biology. C．English.
3．What does the man advise the woman to do?
A．Go there on foot. B．Take a bus or a taxi. C．Take the subway.
4．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In the hospital. B．In the store. C．At home.
5．What does the man mean?
A．They don’t have to pay for the magazine.
B．The woman can read the magazine on the train.
C．There is no time to buy a magazine.
第二节：(共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分)
听下面4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．What’s wrong with the woman?
A．She got a cold．
B．She was hurt by the man.
C．She hurt her foot.
7．Who will take the woman to the hospital?
A．The man. B．Someone else. C．The woman herself.
8．How will the woman get to the hospital?
A．By car. B．By bus. C．By taxi.
听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。
9．Who are talking on the phone?
A．Tony and Mary. B．Tony and Lucy. C．Tony and Jim.
10．Who’s just arrived in Beijing?
A．Lucy. B．Jim. C．Tony.
11．What’s Mary doing when the phone rings?
A．Having a test. B．Speaking to Jim. C．Working on math.
听第8段材料,回答第12至14题。
12．Where does the dialogue take place?
A．In a restaurant. B．In a store. C．In a baker’s.
13．What’s the woman?
A．A housewife. B．A waitress. C．A saleswoman.
14．What does the man want to have? He wants to have_________.
A．Breakfast. B．Lunch. C．Dinner.
听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。
15．Where does the woman live?
A．21 Central Avenue, Oceanside, Long Island, New York.
B．35 Central Avenue, Oceanside, Long Island, New York.
C．19 Central Avenue, Oceanside, Long Island, New York.
16．How old is the woman?
A．39. B．19. C．65
17．Which statement is true?
A．The woman is a single mother with two kids.
B．The woman is a married mother with one boy.
C．The woman is a married mother with two kids.
第三节（共3小题；每小题1分，满分3分）
听下面一段材料，将18-20三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过3个单词。听材料前，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15秒钟的作答时间。本段材料读两遍
| The characters | Their deeds |
| Neighbours | They are 18._________. |
| The woman in Apartment 4 | She is 19.__________. |
| Arthur | He feels 20. ________. |
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分；满分15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. When she set out for the United States, she didn’t know what life held ______ for her.
A. in public B. in search C. in store D. in common
22. It is ______ that the price of gas will keep rising in the next few months.
A. sure B. likely C. possibly D. certainly
23. _______, he had to work overtime.
A. To make both ends meet B. So as to make a living
C. Supporting his family D. As his health broke down
24. Though _______ of his promise, he failed to finish his work as expected.
A. he reminded B. reminded C. reminding D. having reminded
25. In your next letter, tell me as much as possible _______ you have experienced these days in the university.
A. all which B. whatever C. all what D. how
26. How he wished for a _______ life!
A. trouble-free B. going-easy C. happiness D. easily
27. The pleasant weather _______ the city of Kunming a wonderful place to live.
A. causes B. leads to C. turns D. makes
28. Many people, old or young, have benefited ________ the great works by the famous writer.
A. in B. to C. from D. 不填
29. He graduated from college in 1935. _______, he worked as a lawyer for up to 30 years.
A. Since then B. From then on C. Since then on D. Up to now
30. When was it _____ Martin Luther King, Jr gave the famous speech “I Have a Dream”?
A. when B. as C. because D. that
31. The soup isn’t fit to drink – it ______ a terrible smell.
A. gives off B. gives out C. gives up D. gives in
32. We forbid _______ in the lab.
A. smoking B. to smoke C. smoke D. to have a cigarette
33. It is demanded that all passengers ______ have their luggage examined before they get on board the plane.
A. must B. have to C. need D. 不填
34. I dare not go there alone. _____ Windy keep me company?
A. Shall B. Will C. Must D. Need
35. – May I have a look at your new MP3? -- ________.
A. Yes, you must B. How can you say so C. Not at all D. By all means
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
When I was 14, I was employed to sell newspapers in my hometown, the Houston Post. I was sent to some 36 neighborhoods to sell newspapers door-to-door. 37 I was often walking around after dark in bad areas 38 for a place to park my car, I was thankful for the work.
It was a 39 because people didn’t like a stranger knocking at their doors, 40 a boy trying to ask them to buy something. Once, a man 41 the door hard when I was trying to come in and shouted, “I don’t want any papers.” I 42 myself to knock again and 43 tell him how great the paper was. I 44 selling him a yearly newspaper. I was soon among the top sellers of newspapers, and like other 45 salesmen, was given responsibility for training newcomers.
During that 46 I started playing the guitar. Before long I played in a band. When I was 18, I focused my 47 on becoming a professional musician. I 48 changed my mind. I was sure my spirit of never 49 came from the experience that I knocked on strangers’ doors to 50 the newspaper.
That experience helped me in many 51 . Early in my music career I has a(n) 52 with a manager in a law case. He pressured (强迫) me to 53 , but I refused. Having all those persons who refused to buy the newspaper when I was a child, I learned to 54 to the person who makes me feel 55 . Except this time there was one difference: I was the one saying no. And I won.
36. A. best B. greatest C. worst D. richest
37. A. Even though B. As though C. As if D. Now that
38. A. going B. searching C. answering D. asking
39. A. challenge B. task C. work D. job
40. A. especially B. specially C. particularly D. usually
41. A. opened B. closed C. pushed D. pulled
42. A. made B. left C. forced D. allowed
43. A. was able to B. was likely C. was about to D. was eager to
44. A. ended up B. called up C. put up D. woke up
45. A. helpful B. useful C. careful D. successful
46. A. year B. month C. week D. period
47. A. feelings B. expression C. worries D. attention
48. A. not B. no C. never D. seldom
49. A. giving in B. giving off C. giving out D. giving up
50. A. buy B. sell C. rent D. offer
51. A. methods B. paths C. subjects D. ways
52. A. agreement B. movement C. argument D. discussion
53. A. go on B. back off C. take in D. keep off
54. A. stand up B. stay up C. set up D. give in
55. A. excited B. eager C. worried D. angry
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读理解(第一节15小题, 每小题2分, 第二节5小题, 每小题1分,
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项
A
There are popular programmes about the work of the police on TV. People like them because they are interesting and useful.
In London there is a TV programme called “Police Five”. It takes five minutes a week. A TV reporter talks about crimes in London. He asks people for help, because the police station needs their help.
The TV reporter shows picture of lost painting, lost cars and other lost things during the week. Sometimes he shows the picture of the car that the thieves drove away. When people see the picture of such things on TV, they may remember something so that they may tell the police where or when they saw them. With their help the police may catch more thieves.
Sometimes the police find a car or something expensive that has ever been lost, the TV reporter shows them on TV. Then the owners may see them and they can get them back.
56.“Police Five” is _______.
A. name of a TV reporter. B. time of a TV programme
C. the name of a TV programme D. a police station.
57. “Police Five” is shown _________.
A. every week B. once a week C. five minutes a day D. five times a week
58. This programme is about ___________.
A. a TV reporter B. painting C. cars D. crimes
59. The police _______by this programme.
A. let people understand them B. ask for people’s help
C. let people know what was lost D. let people feel interesting
60. When a lost thing is found, the police will _________by this way.
A. tell the TV reporter B. caught the thief
C. find the owner D. be shown on TV
B
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They saw that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite answer.
61. The best title for this passage is ___________.
A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die
C. The Doctor’s Duty D. Life Is Better Than Death
62. In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of ___________.
A. the development of medical technology B. big hospitals
C. good doctors D. good living conditions
63. According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to _____.
A. the doctors B. the surroundings C. his or her family D. the patient himself or herself
64. In the writer’s opinion ______________.
A. death is better than life B. life is better than death
C. neither death nor life is good D. None of the above
65. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Most of the medical workers join in the argument.
B. The argument has ended in favor of the patient.
C. The argument hasn’t ended yet.
D. The quality of life is not as important as life itself.
C
“Yes, I’ll be ready at nine in the
morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again. ”It had not been an easy telephone
call for Mrs. Robson to make. Her daughter had been very kind, of course, and
had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station, but Mrs.
Robson hated to admit that she needed help. Since her husband had died ten
years before, she had prided herself on her independence. She had continued to
live in their little house, alone.
On this evening, however, she was
standing at the living room window, staring out at the SOLD notice in the small
front garden. Her feelings were mixed. Of course, she was sad at the thought of
leaving the house, as it was full of so many memories. But at the same time she
was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea, back in the little
seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale of the
house, she had bought a little flat there. She turned from the living room
window, and looked round at the room. One or two pieces of furniture remained,
covered with sheets. All her pictures had been taken from the walls. There was
a small fish tank（鱼缸）, with two goldfish in it. When asked why, her husband used
to say: “It’s nice to have something alive in the room. ”Since he had passed
away, she had always kept some goldfish, had always had “something alive in the
room. ”
The next morning, as her train was
pulling out of the station, Mrs. Robson called to her daughter, “Kate, you
won’t forget to collect the goldfish, will you? The children will love them.
It’s …”
“I know, ”Kate interrupted gently. “It’s
nice to have something alive in the room. ”But in the little house, the two
goldfish had stopped their circling. They were floating on the water, in the
room with silent walls.
66. On her last night in the house, Mrs. Robson was feeling _______.
A. proud and sad
B. relaxed and satisfied
C. a bit sad but not totally unhappy
D. very happy but
completely unable to help herself
67. Mrs. Robson was going to _______.
A. be in hospital
B. live with her
daughter
C. meet her husband D. live where she was
born
68. The little house meant a lot to Mrs. Robson because _______.
A. Mr. Robson built it himself B. all of her friends
had visited it
C. she kept a lot of pets in it D. an
important part of Mrs. Robson’s life was spent there
D
Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.
Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from my personal experience.
E-mail makes it easy to work at home, where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before E-mail became such a practical tool.
The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun—see a great movie perhaps—and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.
With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends who you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.
E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.
We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.
69. The purpose of this passage is to _____________.
A. explain how to use the Internet
B. share the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology
C. tell the usefulness of the Internet
D. introduce the basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet
70. The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writers to ___________.
A. spend less time working B. have more time with his child
C. work at home on all weekends D. work at a speed comfortable to him
71. According to the writer, E-mail has an obvious advantage over the telephone because the former helps one _____________.
A. reach a group of people at one time conveniently
B. keep his communication as personal as possible
C. pass on much more information than the latter
D. get in touch with his friends faster than the latter
72.The best title for this passage is ___________.
A. Computer: New Technological Advances
B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship
C. Computers Have Made Life Easier
D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication
第二节 简答题（满分6分，共3小题，每题2分）
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a maidservant. Through her work, she observed that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. In our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and hand in written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and underlined the important parts. Years later we realized her marks were a trick. My mother was illiterate (文盲的). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very pleased with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and became a doctor.
73. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “guy”
74. Why did the mother make the writer and his brother read book and hand in to her their book reports? （回答词数不超过8个词）
75. How did the writer succeed in the end? （回答词数不超过6个词）
第二卷（共45分）
第四部分：写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节 阅读填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据所读内容在文后76-85的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，注意每空不超过3个单词。
It is interesting to know what people of different nations like to do best.
In France, when a woman enters a café or restaurant, she is freely discussed, not only about her appearance but about her past and future as well. She invites looks in the street whether she is beautiful or plain. There is no better way for a woman to get back herself-confidence than a walk in the streets of Paris or Marseilles, and women really like that.
In Italy, people love talking. They sit about in cafes, exchanging news and discussing politics. They do not hesitate to ask questions about the family, income and private life of anybody who happens to be there.
The Swiss eat as a pastime, ladies walk into a teashop, eat a couple of ice creams and a large piece of chocolate cake, and then leave, complaining about their weight.
For the Americans, the greatest fondness is said to be the push of buttons. You push a button in the lift, you push a button for cigarette, chewing gums, stamps, even for a life insurance. You can even push a button to get married and another button to get divorced.
In England, waiting in a line is national passion. The English will form a line whether they have the opportunity. Long queues can be seen, for example, at stations when the train is practically empty and everybody can have a seat.
Scan the reading and complete the chart.
| In different nations | What people like to do best |
| In France | Discuss women in a 76._______________ Women like to 77.________in the street to get back self-confidence |
| 78.______________ | 79._____________with each other and even ask some 80._______________ information. |
| 81._____________ | 82.___________a lot and then 83.____________about their weight |
| In America | 84.___________________ |
| In England | 85._________________when everyone can have a seat in the train |
第二节 基础知识（满分15分）
I．课文内容填空（共10空，每空1分）(要求：每空不超过3个单词）
1.The researchers and scientists in Zhongguancun know that they can only 86.________ if they are ready to 87. ________and learn from failure.
2. 88._________diving suits, Captain Nemo and his guests walk around in the magic world, 89.______ the lamps of the ship.
3. Ninety-nine percent of the living space on earth is 90._______. Marine life is incredibly 91._______.
4. Water, which seems so simple and common, is 92._____ makes life possible. Of all the resources on earth—oil , gold and so on – nothing is 93.___________a drop of rain.
5. King fought for political rights for 94._____in the USA. By doing this he 95._______to the rest of the world.
II. 单词拼写（共5空，每空1分）(要求：根据汉语提示写出单词）
96. An _______（原子） is the smallest part of any living or nonliving thing.
97 . Jack can get a ________（固定的） job, because he never leaves his hometown most of his time.
98. The government has ___________ (宣布) that electricity charges will go up in the spring.
99. In his late years, the lovely dog and the white cat were the old man’s only ________(伴侣).
100. Fifty years ago, mixed-race marriages were___________(禁止).
第三节 书面表达（满分20分）
近年来，随着中国经济的发展，越来越多的人买了私家车。请你就这一现象发表自己的看法。内容应包括：
1、私家车的好处；
2、越来越多的私家车带来的问题；
3、假如有一天你也能买得起私家车了，你会买吗？为什么？
注意：1、开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2、字数：100左右。
Nowadays, with the development of economy, more and more Chinese people are getting richer and richer. As a result, more and more people buy private cars.