2007年上海市高三学生英语竞赛决赛笔试试题

　　Sample Test

　　2007年上海市高三学生英语竞赛决赛笔试试题

　　Written Test (100%)

　　I.         Vocabulary and Structure (20%)

　　Choose the answer that best completes each statement.

　　1.        She is only three and she hasn’t learned to _______ the time yet.

　　A. tell                   B. show                       C. look                 D. read

　　2.  The room is covered with a _______ carpet.

　　        A. green beautiful Chinese                B. Chinese beautiful green

　　        C. beautiful green Chinese                D. Chinese green beautiful

　　3.  You should always ________ the plates with clean water after you have washed them.

　　    A. soak                B. splash                     C. rinse                D. damp

　　4.  The proposal will be discussed at the meeting ______ next week.

　　        A. to hold            B. holding                    C. will hold           D. to be held

　　5.  It is dangerous to lean ________ the windows when the train is moving.

　　        A. through            B. from                        C. out by              D. out of

　　6.  Parts of the church ________ from the eleventh century.

　　        A. spring              B. originate                  C. come               D. date

　　7.  You’ve managed to find a flat? What a ________ of luck!

　　        A. touch        B. fortune                    C. stroke              D. kind

　　8.  _________, he tried his best to save the child from the burning house.

　　        A. Being seriously injured                 B. He seriously injured

　　        C. Despite seriously injured                     D. Though seriously injured

　　9.  The unpleasant customs official _______ on my opening all my cases.

　　        A. suggested B. determined              C. insisted            D. repeated

　　10.  ________ writers are as wellknown as Shakespeare.

　　        A. Some              B. Many               C. Little                D. Few

　　11.   Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate; but, of course, it is not easy to make the _________ from one culture to another.

　　A. translation      B. transportation C. transmission  D. transition

　　12. Not all persons arrested and _______ with a crime are guilty, and the main function of criminal courts is to determine who is guilty under the law.

　　A. sentenced    B. accused         C. persecuted   D. charged

　　13. With the constant change of the conditions, the outcome is not always ____.

　　          A. favorable    B. predictable         C. dependable     D. reasonable

　　14. Although Tom made mistakes, we ______ have laughed at him.

　　A. may not           B. mustn’t                    C. ought to not     D. ought not to

　　15. It was at that moment ______ he realized ______ serious trouble he had got in.

　　A. when, what       B. then, how                C. before, that      D. that, what

　　16. There _______ nothing to talk about, everyone in the room remained silent. 

　　A. was             B. had                     C. being         D. having

　　17. On the whole, the time _____ the students devote to the games in the Internet cafes without doubt has a great effect on the study in the school. 

　　A. in which  B. on which           C. when           D. that

　　18. When the mid-term exam was over, I went fishing – ______ I hadn’t done for weeks.

　　    A. anything           B. everything        C. nothing             D. something

　　      19. In fact this city is not ______.

　　      A. worth being visited                       B. worthy visit

　　      C. worthy of visiting                                 D. worth visiting

　　20. This kind of silk ______ quite ______.

　　      A. feels…softly     B. is felt…soft             C. feels…soft       D. is feeling…softly

　　II.  Error-correction (20%)

　　Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C and D.  Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and write your answer in the parentheses, and then write down the correct expressions above the line.

　　1.      The chairman had ruled against the petitioner’s motion; yet no one was more

　　               A     B                                   C

　　dedicated than him.

　　           D                                                            (    ) ______________

　　2.      Admiral Dewey’s pennant was risen at Santiago as an indication of

　　       A                  B            C

　　the beginning of the engagement.                                   (    ) ______________

　　       D

　　3.      Judging from the beauty of the night, I believe that we are liable to have

　　     A           B                              C

　　good weather tomorrow.

　　D                                  (    ) ______________

　　4.      He replied, when she asked him about the project, that he hoped

　　      A                     B            C

　　to have finished it soon.  

　　         D                                 (    ) ______________

　　5.      Although I have attended college until recently, I left without getting my

　　              A                  B       C         D

　　degree.                                  (    ) ______________

　　6.      It is indeed hard to overestimate the value of language in communication, but

　　        A                                                      B          

　　it is even hard to overestimate its value in thinking.

　　               C               D               (   ) _______________

　　7.      The light, which otherwise disturbed the patient, was excluded from his room

　　             A            B                     C                  

　　by means of the window blind.

　　           D                                    (   ) _______________

　　8.      According to Maxwell Malt, our successes and failures depend largely on our

　　                                      A                    B

　　own conception of ourselves, namely, how do we see ourselves.

　　                                      C            D

　　                                                 (   ) _______________

　　9.      It is very hard to believe that when Lincoln was born, communications were

　　A                       B                                    

　　a little faster than in the days of Julius Caesar.

　　        C              D                        (   ) _______________ 

　　10.  Although we had been present at roughly the same time, Mr. Brown saw the

　　          A                    B            

　　situation quite different from the way I saw it.

　　                     C          D               (   ) _______________

　　III.       Cloze (15%)

　　For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices. Choose the best one.

　　        What’s your earliest childhood memory?  Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk?  The first time you heard thunder or watched a television programme?  Adults seldom ___1___ events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four ___2____ retain any specific, personal experiences.

　　A variety of explanations have been ___3___ by psychologists for this “childhood amnesia”(儿童失忆症).  One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature ___4___ about the age of two.  But the most popular theory maintains that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot ___5___ childhood memories.  Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or ___6___ -- one event follows ___7___ as in a novel or film.  But when they search through their mental ___8___ for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don’t find any that fit the __9___.  It’s like trying to find a Chinese work in an English dictionary.

　　Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new __10___ for childhood amnesia.  She argues that there simply aren’t any early childhood memories to recall.  According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use __11___ spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term impressions of them into long-term memories.  In other ___12___, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about ___13___ -- Mother talking about the afternoon __14___ looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean Park.  Without this ___15___ reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form permanent memories of their personal experiences.

　　1.  A. recall              B. resolve             C. involve            D. interpret

　　2.  A. merely             B. really               C. largely            D. rarely

　　3.  A. proposed           B. witnessed           C. canceled          D. figured

　　4.  A. after               B. since              C. until              D. once

　　5.  A. access             B. refer              C. reflect            D. attain

　　6.  A. regulations          B. descriptions          C. narratives          D. forecasts

　　7.  A. the other           B. others             C. the rest           D. another

　　8.  A. flashes             B. files               C. outputs           D. dreams

　　9.  A. frame              B. landscape           C. footstep          D. pattern

　　10. A. explanation           B. factor             C. emphasis           D. arrangement

　　11. A. some else           B. someone else’s      C. anyone else         D. anyone else’s

　　12. A. words             B. means            C. senses             D. cases

　　13. A. it                 B. them             C. him               D. theirs

　　14. A. taken             B. spent             C. used              D. chosen

　　15. A. petty              B. mutual            C. habitual             D. verbal

　　IV.  Reading Comprehension (15%)

　　Read the following passages and choose the best answer.

　　Passage One

　　To An Athlete Dying Young

　　                                  The time you won your town the race

　　                                  We chaired you through the market-place,

　　                                  Man and boy stood cheering by.

　　                                  And home we brought you shoulder-high.

　　                                  Today, the road all runners come,

　　                                  Shoulder high we bring you home,

　　                                  And set you at your threshold down,

　　                                  Townsman of a stiller town.

　　                                  Smart lad, to slip betimes away

　　                                  From fields where glory does not stay,

　　                                  And early though the laurel grows

　　                                  It withers quicker than the rose.

　　1.      The athlete was a __________.

　　A. runner                     B. football player  C. soccer star       D. high jumper

　　       2.  “Threshold” in the third line of the second stanza is a metaphor for _______.

　　              A. the finish line           B. the grave                 C. his home          D. sports

　　       3.  “Stiller town” in the last line of the second verse is a metaphor for _______.

　　              A. a country village      B. old age                    C. death               D. love

　　       4.  An advantage of the athlete’s death in the view of the poet is that he ______.

　　              A. had slowed down recently, although he was still fast

　　              B. had been forgotten and his death was therefore a mercy

　　              C. had been very ill and had suffered a great deal

　　              D. had died when he still had fame

　　Passage Two

　　Are you superstitious? No, of course not. Do you believe in magic, and luck charms, and elves or gremlins? Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual “How’s business?” you’ll answer “Oh, just so-so.” Yet your health is the best it’s ever been and your business is booming. Or, when you are successful in some venture and you are complimented, you knock on wood and say you were just lucky; yet you know it was probably due to your ability and hard work. Why? Playing down good health and making light of good fortune stems from a desire to avoid the envy and enmity of the gods who may be listening in. So you duck, attribute your success to luck, or knock on wood. And you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.

　　If I should sneeze only the strongest of you could refrain from saying “God bless you.” Why bless this unsanitary rudeness? Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same “devil invasion” when you say: “That youngster acts possessed” or “Whatever can have gotten into that child?” or “I wonder what possessed me to do that?”

　　Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.

　　5.  The author _______.

　　A.     believes that most people are superstitious

　　B.     believes that very few people are superstitious

　　C.     is superstitious

　　D.     believes that evidences of superstitions still linger in our speech and actions

　　6.      This article suggests that actually success is due to _______.

　　A.       luck

　　B.       influence

　　C.       supernatural causes

　　D.       hard work

　　7.      When a person says “I wonder what possessed me?” he expresses a belief in ______.

　　A.       primitive gods

　　B.       gremlins

　　C.       devils

　　D.       knocking on wood

　　8.      One could conclude from reading this article that _________.

　　A.       what we call superstitions today were once primitive beliefs

　　B.       most people today are as superstitious as their primitive ancestors

　　C.       in this age of scientific progress superstitions no longer exist

　　D.       superstitious people are possessed

　　  Passage Three

　　I’m afraid we have to accept the fact that criminals are getting younger all the time, but unfortunately the offences they commit are becoming proportionately more serious.  I only wish we didn’t have to admit this, but, in doing so, we must first ask ourselves what’s wrong with our society that our children apparently couldn’t care less about law and order.

　　The days of the sneak thief who stole a couple of apples off a barrel or nicked a packet of sweets from chain store are virtually over.  I had occasion to say this to a young offender the other day.  “Sweets from a chain store?” he said. “You must be joking.  That’s kid’s stuff.”  I may add that he was aged eleven. In other words, today’s young criminals would find it laughable to risk being caught for petty theft of this description.  They’ve got enough money in their pockets to buy the sweets they want, anyway, I think we have come to the point where it’s all too easy to put the blame on anyone but ourselves.

　　Faced as they are with a society that frequently rejects them on the grounds of colour, race or low academic ability, these children turn to crime as a means of boosting their self-esteem.  Nurtured on films and TV glamorizing the role of the criminal, they are quick to identify with these anti-heroes.  It is a matter of increasing concern to the police and magistrates that the Children and Young Persons Act, 1969, is becoming inadequate to deal with the rise in juvenile delinquency.  Because the emphasis has been placed on the cause and treatment of their delinquency, rather than on old-fashioned methods of punishment, the children themselves are well aware that there is very little that can be done to prevent them continuing to mug, vandalize and in some case even cause the death of those they choose to terrorize.  I don’t like the look of this situation any more than you do.  In our own interests and in those of our children and grandchildren, we cannot continue to take the “it’s nothing to do with me” attitude we have adopted for so long.  We must unite in a common demand for harsher and more disciplined methods against these young offenders.

　　9.      The children nowadays __________.

　　A.       are unable to learn about law and order

　　B.       have already known about law and order

　　C.       hardly care about law and order

　　D.       are greatly concerned about law and order

　　10.  “Sweets from a chain store?” means that ______ .

　　A.       he stole some sweets from a chain store

　　B.       he sneaked into a chain store for sweets

　　C.       stealing sweets from a chain store was illegal

　　D.       stealing sweets from a chain store was unbelievably foolish

　　11.  Young people have seen so much violence and crime on TV and in films that they ________ .

　　A.       would like to have a try themselves

　　B.       have the idea of what crime is

　　C.       can easily tell a criminal from a hero

　　D.       have become tired of it

　　12.  What is the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

　　A.       To call people’s attention to the seriousness of juvenile delinquency.

　　B.       To call for more severe punishments of juvenile delinquents.

　　C.       To call on people to change their attitude towards juvenile delinquents.

　　D.       To call on people to stop young people from committing crime.

　　Passage Four

　　When we think of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasso, i.e., great artists, inventors and scientists –a select and exceptionally gifted body of men with rare talent and genius. The tendency to regard creativity and imaginative thinking as the exclusive province of a lucky few disregards the creative and imaginative aspects inherent in the solution of many of the tasks we regularly have to face –the discovery and development of new methods and techniques, the improvement of old methods, existing inventions and products.

　　Everyone has creative ability to some extent. Creative thinking involves posing oneself a problem and then originating or inventing a solution along new and unconventional lines. It involves drawing new analogies, discovering new combinations, and/or new applications of things that are already know. It follows, then, that a creative person will exhibit great intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observant with a great store of information which he will be able to sort out and combine, in the solution of problems. He will be emotionally receptive to new and unconventional ideas and will be less interested in facts than in their implications. Most important of all he will be able to communicate uninhibitedly and will not too concerned about other people’s reaction to his apparently “crazy” notions. People called the Wright brothers mad but it did not stop them from becoming the first men to construct and fly a heavier-than-air craft.

　　13.  The author believes that creative thinking _______.

　　                                   A.      is only possessed by great artists

　　                                   B.      requires rare talent and genius

　　                                   C.      is needed in the solution of many problems

　　                                   D.      belongs to a lucky few

　　14.  Creative thinking involves ________.

　　                                   A.      drawing new pictures of old things

　　                                   B.      observing the actions of great people

　　                                   C.      finding the problem and originating a solution

　　                                   D.      discovering new emotions

　　15.      In this passage, unconventional means _______.

　　                                   A.      not ordinary

　　                                   B.      not political

　　                                   C.      unacceptable

　　                                   D.      not creative

　　V.  Translate the following into English. (15%)

　　1． 她是一个热心肠的人，把大量的业余时间花在了志愿者工作上。（such... that)

　　2.  据报道，今年的特殊奥林匹克运动会取得了巨大的成功。（It）

　　3． 我一清早就起来复习功课，唯恐通不过考试。（for fear that）

　　4．  嫦娥一号月球探测卫星将会降落在月球上，实现对月球的探索。(Chang’e 1 lunar satellite)

　　5． 每当他碰到困难时，他的朋友总是伸出援助之手。(whenever)

　　VI. Writing (15%)

　　Write an essay of about 150 words. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad for a period of time.

　　2007年上海市高三学生英语竞赛决赛

　　Written Test (100%)

　　 Answer Sheet

　　成绩__________

　　I.             Vocabulary and Structure (20%)

　　1._________  2.__________      3.__________  4.__________     5._________ 

　　6._________  7.___________    8._________   9.___________   10._________

　　11._________ 12.___________    13._________  14. __________  15._________

　　16._________ 17.___________  18.__________  19.__________   20._________

　　II.  Error-correction (20%)

　　1. (    ) ___________________                 2. (     ) _______________________

　　3. (   ) ___________________           4. (     ) _____________________

　　5. (    ) ___________________                 6. (     ) _______________________

　　7. (    ) ___________________             8. (     ) ________________________

　　9. (    ) ___________________                 10. (     ) _______________________

　　III.  Cloze (15%)

　　1._________  2.__________      3.__________  4.__________     5._________ 

　　6._________  7.___________    8._________   9.___________   10._________

　　11._________ 12.___________    13._________  14. __________  15._________

　　IV.  Reading Comprehension (15%)

　　1._________  2.__________      3.__________  4.__________     5._________ 

　　6._________  7.___________    8._________   9.___________   10._________

　　11._________ 12.___________    13._________  14. __________  15._________

　　V. Translate the following into English. (15%)

　　1. ___________________________________________________________________

　　 ____________________________________________________________________

　　2. ___________________________________________________________________

　　  ___________________________________________________________________

　　3. __________________________________________________________________

　　  __________________________________________________________________

　　4. ___________________________________________________________________

　　  ___________________________________________________________________

　　5. ___________________________________________________________________

　　  _____________________________________________________________________________

　　VI. Writing (15%)

　　Key Answers

　　Sample Test

　　Choices: 20%

　　1. A               2. C              3. C              4. D                     5. D             

　　6. D                7. C              8. D              9. C           10. D

　　11. D             12. D     13. C   14. D            15. D  

　　16. C         17. D    18. D     19. D          20. C

　　Error correction: 20%

　　1. D    than he

　　2. B   was raised

　　3. C   are likely to

　　4. D   to finish

　　5. A   attended

　　6. B   harder

　　7. B   would have disturbed

　　8. C   how

　　9. C   little

　　10. C  differently

　　Cloze: 15%

　　1. A        2. D              3. A        4. C              5. C  

　　6. C              7. D              8. B        9. D              10.A  

　　11.B              12. A      13. D     14. B      15. D

　　Reading: 15%

　　1. A        2. B        3. C              4. D              5. D   

　　6. D       7. C          8. A              9. A             10. D    

　　11.A     12. A      13. C     14. C     15. A

　　Translation: 15%

　　1. She is such a warm-hearted person that she has devoted a lot of her spare time to volunteering work.

　　2. It is reported that this year’s Special Olympics has been a great success.

　　3. I got up early in the morning to go over my lessons for fear that I should fail the exam.

　　4. Chang’e-1 lunar satellite will land on the moon and carry out lunar exploration. 

　　5. Whenever he meets with difficulty, his friends always give him a helping hand.

　　Writing: 15%

　　Omitted.