英語奧林匹克能力競賽初三組

1、.第一套全國中學生英語能力競賽及參考答案聽力部分（共四大題，計30分） （略） 筆試部分（共八大題，計120分） I選擇填空（Multiplechoice）：（共20小題，計20分）從A、B、C、D四項中選出各題的最佳答案。 1Lucy told me that she could remember what I said “Remember”in this sentence means       Athink about Btake back Ckeep in mind Dwrite down 2It is said that M

2、r Brown takes the chair at every meetingThe Chinese for“takes the chair”in the sentence is       A帶椅子B主持會議 C讓座位D就座 3The news        goodWhere did you hear        . Ais；it Bare；them Cis；them Dare；it 4W

3、e have to stop        books from the library because the time is going to be up Ato borrow Bborrowing  Cto lend Dlending 5The cars are made        Changchun Aby Bof Cfrom Din 6There's nothing in the dining-room， 

4、0;     . Ais there Bisn't there Cis anything Disn't anybody 7In the exam，the        you are，       mistakes you'll make Acareful；little Bmore careful；less Ccareful；few Dmore careful；the fewer 8He doesn&#

5、39;t know when he        to Australia next year Agoes Bwill go Chas gone Dhad gone 9Chinese        by the largest number of people in the world Aspeak Bis speaking  Cis spoken Dspeaks 10Everyone in the village could make shoe

6、s        ，but        didn't wear their own shoes Ahimself；none Boneself；one Cthemselves；they Dthemselves；none 11Must we bring all the food with us.     No，you        You &

7、#160;      bring some of it Amay not；will Bmustn't；can Cwon't；need Dneedn't；may 12There's       “h”in        word“hour”and        hour has sixty minutes Athe；t

8、he；an Ba；an；an Can；the；an  Dan；an；a 13Jenny        got to the park gate when the bell rang that dayBut she was late Aoften Balmost Calways Dnever 14       either you or I afraid of dogs. AAre BIs CDo DHave 15Zhao Wei is one of

9、0;       film stars in China Amuch popular Bmore popular Cmost popular Dthe most popular 16It's really nice        you        me to work it out Aof；help Bfor；help Cof；to help Dfor；to help 17Please

10、 take away the big stone on the road，       there may be an accident Aand Bthen Cso Dor 18Well，       .     I have a headache，Doctor Ahow do you do Bwhat's the matter with you Chow are you feeling like Dwhat kind of illne

11、ss do you have 19In the classroom，someone asks you“Do you mind my smoking here.”If you don't mind，you should say“       ”to him ANo，of course notBYes，sit down please CNo，you can't take itDYes，smoke please 20       .   

12、0; It's cloudy     Do you like this kind of weather.     No，I don't AWhat's the weather like today BDo you think it might rain today CDo you like rainy days DWhat's the temperature II閱讀理解（Reading comprehension）： （共30小題，計30分） 閱讀下列短文或圖表，然后完成文后各題。（21 30小題為選

13、擇題，每題只有一個最佳答案；3150小題為非選擇題，請回答問題或完成填空題。） （A） 下列方框中的圖表是一本書的目錄，請根據(jù)其內(nèi)容選出各題的最佳答案。   Choose the best answers 21What is the author's purpose of this writing. ATell somebody something BWait for somebody CReceive somebody as a guest DNone of these 22What information can you find on pages 2739. ATeam

14、s in Europe BTeams in the US CRules of the Game DEquipment 23The History of Basketball can be found on pages       A224266B98112 C172182D126 24What pages will give you information about basketball teams in Europe. A211223B114171 C184208DNone of these 25What information

15、can be found on pages 184208. ATeams in EuropeBRules of the Game CTeams in the USDNone of these （B） There are many kinds of animals that live in the forest，such as mice，rabbits，squirrels，owls（貓頭鷹）and hawksAnimals in the forest depend on one another for food Many small forest animals，such as mice，eat

16、 green plants for food，and then they，themselves，are eaten by larger animalsThis is called a food chain A food chain begins with the sunThe green plants in the forest use the sun's energy（能源）to make food for themselvesThis process，or action，is called photosynthesis（光合作用） Forest plants produce flo

17、wers and seeds that are eaten by mice and other animalsThe mice get their energy from the plants，and the mice become food for a larger animal，such as the hunting hawkSo，the energy from the sun passes from the plants to the mice to the hawkA break in any link of this food chain means that some animal

18、s may not have enough food to live Choose the best answers 26Photosynthesis takes place when       Alarger animals eat small animals Bgreen plants use the sun's energy to make food Cforest animals eat the food made by green plants Dthe food chain is broken 27What is

19、 the first link in a food chain. AThe sunBThe earth CGreen plantsDForest animals 28Animals sometimes cannot find enough food because       Ait's cloudy Bthere is very little food in a forest Cphotosynthesis stops Dthere is a break in the food chain 29What does the f

20、ood chain show about living things. AThey depend upon each other BSmall animals eat as much as large animals CPlants with flowers are the most important DPlants are more than animals 30Which of the living things below fills the missing link in this food chain. Arabbits Bmice Cgreen plants Dowls （C）

21、305: SYDENHAM to RALLWAY SQUAREam am am am am am am am am SYDENHAM STATONINTERNATONAL TERMINALANSETT DOMESTIC TERMINALQANTAS DOMESTIC TERMINALREDFERNRALLWAY SQUARE6.05 6.35 7.05 7.35 8.35 - - -6.14 6.44 7.14 7.44 8.14 8.44 9.15 9.45 10.156.23 6.53 7.23 7.53 8.23 8.53 9.24 9.54 10.246.24 6.54 7.24 7.

22、54 8.24 8.54 9.25 9.55 10.256.39 7.09 7.39 8.09 8.39 9.09 9.45 10.15 10.456.49 7.19 7.49 8.19 8.49 9.19. 9.55 10.25 10.55Look at the bus timetable and complete the sentences 31The timetable is for bus number        32The bus goes from     &

23、#160;  to Railway Square 33The first bus leaves Sydenham at 605amIt gets to Redfern at        34I want to go from Redfern to Railway SquareI want to arrive at Railway Square by 9o'clockWhen does the bus leave.       35How long

24、 does the bus take to get from Sydenham Station to Redfern in the morning.       （D） George Washington was born on February 22，1732 in VirginiaHis parents were Augustine and Mary WashingtonGeorge grewup on a farm in VirginiaGeorge did notgo to schoolHis father taught hi

25、m at homeGeorge's favorite subject was mathsGeorge learned to be a surveyor（測量員）of land when he grew upHe joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution He later became the first President of the United States George Washington is called the“Father of the USA Americans celebrate

26、 his birthday on Prsident's Day in FebruaryHis picture is on the one dollar bill Answer the questions 36Why is George Washington called the“Father of the USA”.                       

27、0;                         37What subject did George like to study best.                   

28、;                              38Where was George Washington born.               

29、0;                                 39When is Washington's birthday celebrated.          

30、60;                                      40What did George learn to be.        &

31、#160;                                        （E） CHICAGO STAR TASTEOFCHICAGO The Windy City's Food Fe

32、stival Every year the city of Chicago has an outdoor food festivalIt's called Taste of ChicagoFor eight days youcan't drive a car on Columbus Drive or Congress Drive These two big streets in downtown Chicago are closed for the festivalBut you can walk，eat，and listen to musicThe festival is o

33、pen in the morning，afternoon，and eveningAbout 375，000 people go there every day  There is food from over eighty different Chicago restaurants at the festivalFor example，you can eat quesadillasa kind of round，flat bread（or tortilla）filled with meat or vegetables and cheesein a Mexican restaurant

34、Then you can have tempurashrimp and vegetables in flour and fried in oilin a Japanese restaurantYou can also have shish kebabspieces of meat and vegetables cooked over a fire on skewers（long， thin pieces ofwood or metal）in a Turkish restaurantOf course，there is a lot of American food，toohamburgers，

35、hot dogs，and fried chicken How much do people usually eat.Here are some interesting numbers：55，000hot dogs，460，000 slices of pizza，50，000 slices of cake，102，000 Chinese egg rolls， and 27，000kilos of French fries Answer the questions 41Where are Columbus Drive and Congress Drive.    &#

36、160;                                            42How many people go to the festival

37、every day.                                                 43In w

38、hich restaurant can we eat quesadillas.                                            &#

39、160;    44What are skewers.                                            

40、;     45How many Chinese egg rolls do the people usually eat.                                     &#

41、160;           （F） People like to think about whatthe future is going to beBut did you know that some people predict the future as a job.Futurists are scientists who study and predictthe futureThey can guess what is going to happen in the future from

42、 the information they know nowIn this way， futurists can help people and businesses get ready for the future What do futurists say about the future.They think there are going to be big changes in people's everyday livesand soon！For example，cars are going to drive us to places without a driverWe&

43、#39;re going to tell the car where we want to go，and the car is going to get us there！ Some futurists think we're going to talk to people on small video telephones that we can wear like a watchThey say we're not going to use as much paper as we do today，and we're not going to need money

44、at allwe're going to use special cards for everything we buy！ Some futurists predict that scientists are going to be able to make changes to the weather，that botanists are going to make new kinds of plants so there is more food for more people，and that there are going to be new ways to cook food

45、 quickly Of course，even scientists don't really know what the future is going to beThey can only guessBut we can be sure of one thing：the future is going to be very different， and futurists can help us get ready Complete the sentences 46Futurists are       

46、0; They try to guess what will happen in the future 47Futurists say we'll go to places in cars without a         48People can wear video telephones like a          49If you're going to buy something，you

47、'll use cards instead of          50Scientists will be able to         the weather in the future III完形填空（Cloze）：（共15小題，計15分） A）從下面10個詞語中選出7個，并用其適當形式填入文章空白處。 key，headmaster，again，manager，post office， say，saf

48、e，speak，come，moneyWhen you have a post office box，the postman does notbring letters toyou，you have togo tothe   51   and getyour letters and parcels（包裹）from your boxThe box is locked，and you have the key，so the letters are quite    52    One day

49、 Mr Black，the     53    ofaschool，wrote to the post office for his schoolHe soon got an answerIt    54   ，“We will give you a post box in one month” Two months later，Mr Black wrote to the post office     55 

50、60;  and said，“Why haven'twe got a post box yet.” Five months later，there was still no newsMr Black was so angry that he went to the office and asked why he had had no replyThe postman said，“We have written two letters to you and told you to get the     56  

51、60;to your post box back，but you didn't     57   ”“Where are the letters.”“We sent them to your post box” B）根據(jù)首字母提示，填出空內(nèi)所缺單詞。  I love living in Venice，it's full of historyI like i       （58）because it's quite a sm

52、all cityI think it's got a p       （59）of about 200，000 people，but there are lots of tourists，especially in the summer，and there's not enoug h       （60）for them allOf course，there are no cars or lorries，but there are wate

53、r buses on the main canals all day and all n       （61）and it's not far to walk anywhere in the cityBut you n（62）lots of money to live hereHouses are very e       （63）and everything comes from the mainland，so the p  

54、     （64）of everyday super- market items are rather highAnd apart from cinemas and theatres，there's not m       （65）to do in the eveningsBut I still like it here IV句式轉換（Sentence pattern transformation）：（共 10小題，計10分） A）按要求轉換下列句型，每空限填一詞。

55、66The English problem is too difficult for him to work out（改為復合句） The English problem is         difficult          he can't work it out 67The surfers both won first prize in the city surfing competition（改為

56、否定句）                   the surfers won first prize in the city surfing competition 68I think the fastest way to travel is by plane（改為特殊疑問句）          do you think

57、0;         the fastest way to travel. 69Mrs Zhang showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur（改為被動語態(tài)） We                   a picture of the feathered dinosaur by M

58、rs Zhang 70They had a wonderful time during last Spring Festival（改為感嘆句）          a wonderful time they         during last Spring Festival！ B）根據(jù)上句完成下句，使兩句表達的意思基本相同，每空一詞。 71Willy didn't bring out the new coa

59、t until the boss made a phone call to Lily Willy didn't bring out the new coat          the boss made a phone call to Lily 72If we don't move that bag，there may be an accident Move that bag，        

60、0;there won't be an accident 73The concert began at six o'clockGeorge arrived there at six，too George arrived at the concert hall                    74Bob had no teacher，but he learned Chinese well

61、 at his young age Bob                   Chinese when he was young 75There's nobody but a passenger in the bus There's          one passenger in the

62、 bus V動詞填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs）：（共10小題，計10分） A）用所給動詞的正確形式填空。 76He found the word         （write）wrong as soon as he turned to the page 77I'll write to you after I         （arrive）there 78He &

63、#160;       （make）         （do）the exercises again as he didn't do them carefully enough 79Harris began         （work）when he saw the boss     

64、60;   （come） 80Robert         （not finish）         （do）his lessons until his father returned home B）從所給的7個動詞中選用5個，并運用其正確形式完成短文。 do，happen，be，break into，make，have，livePeople（81）   &

65、#160;     in Britain since the Stone Age And people from Europe（82）         the country from time to timeIn about 400BC the Celts conquered BritainThen around 55 BC the Romans invaded Britain They stayed until 410ADAfter that Viki

66、ngs from Northern Europe invaded BritainSince then many things（83）         in Britain and there（84）         many changesSince 1801 England，Scotland，Wales，and Northern Ireland have been called the United Kingdom

67、（or UK for short）The UKis the 73rd largest country in the worldIt contains four different countriesThey are Scotland，Wales，England and Northern IrelandEngland（85）         the largest number of peopleSome famous tourist attractions in the UK are Big Ben，Ed

68、inburgh Castle and Mount Snowdon VI翻譯（Translation）：（共10小題，計10分） 將下列句子譯成英語，提示詞語已給出。 86西湖是個非常美麗的地方，但這五年間我只去過一次。（be）                                

69、               87雖然他知道瑪麗已經(jīng)搬走了，但是他還是不停地寫信給她。（but；keep）                               &

70、#160;               88下個月我一放寒假就飛到通化去參加英語冬令營。（as soon as；winter camp）                            

71、;                   89我爸爸突然有病了，我不得不去請大夫。（send）                            &

72、#160;                  90我認為在一個星期之內(nèi)完成這么難的工作并非易事。（easy）                           

73、0;                   B）把下面短文中的劃線部分譯成漢語。 （91）Thomas Edison was perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever knownWithout his invention， people may not have had lights，films and other things（92）But this cleve

74、r man had very little schooling Edison began to make a talking machine in 1877（93）At first he used paper with holes to make a soundHe worked for months on this ideaAt last he found how to record a person's voice（94）But the first machine was very simple and the voice was only one type and not cle

75、arThen he spent another long time on itHe changed some parts and he added some new ones to the talking machineThis time the voice could be played and the voice was also very clear（95）After the Second World War others used his method to record music and songsThen came the tape recorderIt is much easi

76、er to record the voiceHow great Edison was VII智力測試（Intelligence test）：（共5小題，計5分） 96025，025，05，15，.， What number comes next in the sequence above.                          

77、0;                    97A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hourHow many minutes would the pills last.             

78、                                  98The day before the day before yesterday is three days after SaturdayWhat day is today.   

79、                                            99Please find the odd one out：   100

80、Ifyou throwa white stone into the Red Sea，what will it become        . VIII寫作（Writing）：（共2題，每題10分，計20分） A）根據(jù)下面提示寫一則對話，不得少于10句話，不包括已給出的首句和尾句。 Linda，Barbara's daughter，wants to go to Shades disco tonightShe's not going to be back until one o'clock be

81、cause the disco starts at nine thirtyBarbara thinks this is too late and that two hours at the disco is enoughBut Linda says there are few buses at that timeHer mother tells her there'll be no problems if she leaves the disco at 1130Linda asks for a front door key，but Barbara says noShe will wai

82、t up for her Linda：Excuse me，Barbara，can I ask you something. Barbara：                                Linda：      &

83、#160;                         Barbara：                       

84、0;        Linda：                                Barbara：