南充高中“英语知识能力竞赛”试题
English Proficiency Competition for Middle School Students
（考试时间：150分钟 总分：150分）
一、听力测试（1—15题，每小题1分，共15分） （一）听下面一段独白，回答以下五个问题，独白读两遍。 1. Why does He Qiang’s parents go to big cities?
2. How many years have He Qiang’s parents been away from home?
3. How often do He Qiang’s parents come home?
4. When do they usually go to bed?
5. What do you think of He Qiang?
（二）听下面一段独白，并填空，每空一词。独白读两遍。
Dear everyone, I’m glad to tell you something about your 6.________here. During the 7._________seven days, you will enjoy four concerts at 8._________schools. The first one will be at Sunshine High School on the evening of Monday, September 17th. The second one will be at North High School on the evening of Tuesday. We are also 9.________you to attend our school’s concerts on Wednesday and Thursday. Then there will be a party on Friday at our school. All of these 10._________will be at 6:30 in the evening, so you will just have two free evenings. And we have organized some group tours to show you 11._________ our city.
On Saturday morning, we will take you on a boat tour on the biggest lake in the city. 12.__________ on, you can go and visit some of the places of 13._________ here. We will give each of you a 14.__________ soon.
My phone number, if anyone 15.__________, is 89099880. That’s all. Thank you.
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请将下列单词中划线部分对应音标的序号填进其后的括号内(可以重复选择)。 16. rain ( ) 17. ring ( ) 18. we ( ) 19. sit ( ) 20. hear ( ) 21. delete ( ) 22. heart ( ) 23. pour( ) 24. feel ( ) 25. ready ( )
26. common ( ) 27. bear ( )
28. sauce ( )
29. pilot ( ) 30. blouse ( )
31. through ( ) 32. receive ( ) 33. success( ) 34. square( ) 35. fragile( ) 1. [??] 2. [e?] 3. [i:] 4. [??] 5. [?] 6. [a?] 7. [e] 8. [?:] 9. [e?] 10. [?]
11. [?] 12. [ɑ:] 13. [??] 14. [a??] 15. [?] 16. [?]
17. [???]
18. [??]
19. [ɑ]
20.[a?]
21.[u:]
三、词汇测试(36—55题，每小题1分，共计20分)
根据句意，选择恰当的单词。
36. Always remember: ―The early bird catches the __________ .‖ Study harder and you’ll catch up with your classmates. A. worm
B. mosquito
C. corn
D. grain
37. It’s the first time for him to go to the farm, and he can’t even distinguish rice from _________ . A. plants
B. weeds
C. flowers
D. vegetables
38. Young people should be ________ against using Diskman while walking in the streets. A. forbidden
B. discouraged
C. prevented
D. warned
39. He decided to _________ off half the house to make two apartments. A. separate
B. divide
C. cut
D. wall
40. I caught him in the ________ of reading my private letters, which made me extremely angry. A. action
B. conduct
C. act
D. behavior
41. We may get ________ information about the military developments in that country from the intelligence department. A. up-to-date
B. fashionable
C. actual
D. modern
42. Last week we held a concert in ________ of the church repairs fund. A. assistance
B. aid
C. help
D. favor
43. We can go to Pudong through the newly-built ________ under the Huangpu River. A. canal
B. channel
C. street
D. tunnel
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44. He was _________ of having asked such a silly question. A. sorry
B. guilty
C. ashamed
D. miserable
45. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ________ in the market. A. batteries
B. bargains
C. baskets
D. barrels
46. He’s gone to hospital in Beijing for special ________ , and there they have good medical care. A. training
B cure
C. disease
D. treatment
47. In the ________ of the project not being a success, the investors stood to lose up to $30 million. A. event
B. face
C. time
D. course
48. He didn’t know much English, so he had to read Shakespeare’s in ________ . A. translation
B. original
C. earnest
D. name
49. Your school report is important, but finally the university examiner will decide your ________ . A. fate
B. fortune
C. luck
D. chance
50. Many students seem to have difficulty understanding the grammatical ________ Dr. Smith used in his lecture.
A. vocabulary
B. terms
C. idioms
D. expressions
51. The people present offered their ________ for the poor children by donating money or books of various kinds. A. relief
B. emotion
C. disappointment
D. sympathy
52. I ________ to control my temper and didn’t burst out in front of many people. A. struck
B. struggled
C. stuck
D. insisted
53. They are ________ trained dogs for guiding the blind to walk in the streets. A. uniquely
B. particularly
C. peculiarly
D. specially
54. The new tough laws are being interpreted as a ________ of the government’s determination to work out the problem. A. symbol
B. signal
C. sign
D. signature
55. Everyone in the factory is asked to keep to the safety ________ . A. manufactures
B. differences
C. regulations
D. implications
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A
The US has the bald eagle. Ukraine is represented by the swan. And France has its Gallic rooster . But Canada doesn’t have a national bird of its own yet. So on the country’s 150th birthday, it thought it
would be a good idea to solve this problem.
Canadian Geographic magazine started a vote online in 2015 for its National Bird Project. A year later, the gray jay stood out in a group of 40 candidates , beating more well-known Canadian birds such as the snowy owl and Canada goose.
With a body of about 30 cm long and a weight of only 70 g, the gray jay may not be as cool as the US’ bald eagle, but it’s already considered by many Canadians to best represent the country than any other of its birds, even though it still has a long way to go to be officially recognized as the national bird by the government.
According to Dan Strickland, a gray jay expert, the bird is very hardy – being able to live in temperatures as cold as -30 C – just like the Canadian people. It’s also smart and friendly – it’ll land on people’s fingers and eat from their hands.
―I’d like to think that this characterizes a typical Canadian,‖ Strickland told Popular Science. This admiration of modesty and kindness can be seen in other Canadian national animal symbols – the beaver , to name one.
Beavers became important in Canadian history because of the fur trade, which helped build the country in the first place. The image of beavers then started to appear on stamps, coins and different coats of arms (盾徽), and they were made an official symbol of Canada in 1975 – even earlier than when the maple tree was officially recognized as a Canadian symbol in 1996.
―England has the lion, Russia has the bear … whereas our humble beaver is much more [modest] – they build real houses, they store up food for the winter,‖ David Morrison, director at the Musee de Civilisation Canadiens in Quebec, told The Huffington Post.
―We’re not grand (雄伟的). We’re the hard-working, good guys.‖
56. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the gray jay according to the article?
A. It is the official Canadian national bird.
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B. It does not like to stay close to people. C. It is the most well-known Canadian bird. D. It shares some of the good qualities of Canadians. 57. According to the article, ______.
A. the maple tree is the first officially recognized Canadian national symbol B. beavers are admired mainly because they can survive cold weather. C. Canadians think highly of people who are humble and hard-working D. Canada has more national symbols than any other country in the world 58. What is the article mainly about?
A. Different national birds around the world. B. Animals that represent Canada. C. Why the gray jay is appreciated in Canada.
D. Features a national animal should have.
B
There’s a morning each spring when people in North America and Europe get out of bed and wonder, ―How can it be this late already?‖
That’s the magic of daylight saving time. It’s kind of a ―society-imposed (强加的) jet lag (时差),‖ Ilene Rosen, a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, told CNN.
Under this system, time skips forward (快进) an hour each March at the expense of everyone’s sleep. And in fall, clocks are turned back an hour.
As one might imagine, all this changing of clocks leaves some people pretty angry. Even in the media, daylight saving time has been called ―useless‖ and ―hot garbage‖.
So how did this much-hated tradition get started?
School children are often taught that daylight saving time was created to benefit farmers. This, however, is not quite correct.
At the beginning, daylight saving time was started to save energy. During his time as a US ambassador in the late 18th century, Benjamin Franklin suggested changing the hours so there would be more sunlight in the evening. With more light at night, more candles could be saved and less money spent.
Daylight saving time would finally happen, but centuries later. In World War I, governments were
“英语知识能力竞赛”试题 第5页（共12页） concerned about saving fuel, so they changed the clocks to make greater use of natural light during work hours. In the US, daylight saving time would then be canceled and reintroduced several times over the next century.
Today, two states refuse to use daylight saving time: Hawaii and Arizona.
People still hotly debate whether daylight saving time actually saves any energy at all. Yale University economics professor Matthew Kotchen is one of the many who argue that the energy saved on lighting is actually smaller than the amount spent on air conditioning during those longer, sunny days. But it looks like, for the near future at least, daylight saving time is here to stay.
59. Which of the following statements is TRUE about daylight saving time according to the article? A. It is used everywhere in North America and Europe. B. People change clocks in summer and winter.
C. People sleep one hour less when clocks are changed in spring. D. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine decides how it works. 60. We can conclude from the article that ______.
A. not everyone agrees that daylight saving time is a good thing B. people will not use daylight saving time in the near future C. daylight saving time has been used in the US since the 19th century D. daylight saving time brings no benefits to anyone 61. Daylight saving time was created to ______. A. help farmers to increase crop yields B. make better use of sunlight and save energy C. mislead enemies during World War I
D. suit people’s sleeping habits during different seasons 62. According to Matthew Kotchen, ______. A. daylight saving time could save a lot of fuel B. people should try to use less air conditioning C. daylight saving time increases energy use
D. the effects of daylight saving time should be studied
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C
How do you get your information when you go online? Are you ever worried that you might only be seeing a limited view? Part of the reason for this is the increased use of Artificial Intelligence (人工智能, AI) and algorithms (算法) that make sure we only see things that interest us.
The phrase ―echo chamber‖ has become widely used since events like the election of Donald Trump as the US president. It means that users of social media websites such as Facebook only read their own opinions or ones they agree with.
Algorithms, like the kind used by Facebook, often point us toward articles that show our own ideas, and search results usually give us what we already know and like.
As a result, social network users are likely to fall into the ―Relevance Paradox (相关性悖论)‖, which happens when people only read information that is relevant to them, according to The Huffington Post. And in many cases, people don’t even realize this is happening. They stop looking for fresh, new information from different points of view because of a lack of experience and knowledge of other opinions.
This means some of us unknowingly live in an echo chamber. This then continues because people in the same social group agree with us too. In other words, the echo chambers stay because they tell us that we are right, even if we are not.
As websites get to know us better, they get better at showing us things that interest us, while also removing things we don’t really like, Eli Pariser, CEO of news website Upworthy told the US radio station NPR.
―What most algorithms are trying to do is to increase the amount of attention you’re spending,‖ he said. And while it helps us deal with the large amount of information on the internet, that algorithm also has some downsides. ―The danger is that you end up not seeing what people who think differently see and, in fact, not even knowing that it exists.‖
So here comes the burning question – is there a way out?
―The way to break free from this is to start understanding how algorithms work, and to manually (人工地) seek out (寻找) others with different viewpoints,‖ Theo Priestley, CEO of Cronycle, a web platform (平台) told The Huffington Post.
“英语知识能力竞赛”试题 第7页（共12页） 63. According to the article, people in an echo chamber ______. A. are more willing to accept different ideas B. prefer to look for fresh, new information
C. only recognize information they are willing to accept D. only trust information from well-known sources
64. According to the article, algorithms used by most social media ______. A. fail to draw most people’s attention B. are slow in dealing with information
C. are good at showing people a variety of viewpoints D. may make people narrow-minded without them noticing
65. Which of the following statements would Theo Priestley probably agree with? A. Social media should use less AI and algorithms.
B. People should actively look for different ideas themselves. C. It is impossible for people to escape from echo chambers. D. Algorithms that attract readers’ attention should not be used. 66. What is the article mainly about?
A. The idea of echo chamber and how to avoid it. B. How algorithms deal with information. C. The latest development in artificial intelligence. D. The best way to search information online.
D
Family fights are never pleasant. Whether you are dealing with a loud sister or a stubborn mom or dad, the situation can be bad. At least that’s what we have learned to expect.
What if it could be different? What if family fights and conflicts (冲突) could be turned into opportunities to become closer? What if problems could be solved with everyone walking away feeling more deeply cared for and loved?
Family fighting is, on one level, about power. Someone is telling someone else what to do. In a short moment, emotions can be brought out and the fight is on. You can go down that old road or you can try something different.
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In any fight, you have a need to be listened to and understood. People raise their voices and shout at each other because they’re not being listened to. It’s totally unconscious (无意识的). You want your mom or dad to listen and understand. You want your brother or sister to listen and care. But you always seem to forget that the person you’re fighting with has the same need to be listened to. So if you can put aside your need for a few minutes, the situation will change quickly. Give the other person some time to express his or her feelings, and you will earn your turn to be listened to.
And while you are listening, you have to listen for the right information. The best way to do this in emotional situations is to ignore most of the words because many people can’t express what they are feeling with words alone, especially when they are upset.
But if the situation starts to get out of hand, it would be wise to just calm down and leave the problem until later because many fights happen at the wrong time. The situation will die down quickly, usually in less than 30 seconds. You can either move on to problem solving or reach an agreement to work on it at a better time.
This way, everyone will feel respected and listened to, even when there is conflict. Emotions will be understood and respected, and it will bring your family closer together. 67. From the first 3 paragraphs, we can conclude that ______. A. people had better avoid family fights B. family members fight to control each other C. family fights can be turned into something positive
D. when relatives fight, it’s worse as they know each other’s weaknesses 68. In the author’s opinion, the key to handling family fights is to __________. A. satisfy the need to be listened to first B. make sure that you’re the first to be listened to C. ignore what others say in these emotional situations D. stop quarrelling when you feel you are giving orders 69. When the situation gets out of control, it’s best to ______. A. wait for a suitable moment to speak B. let the other person express their feelings C. work on a written agreement first
D. move on to problem solving
70. The main purpose of this article is to ______. A. tell readers that family fights are not that bad
B. teach readers how to listen in family fights
C. remind readers to show respect in family fights D. give advice on dealing with family conflicts
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阅读下面短文并按照题目要求用英语回答问题(请注意问题后的词数要求)。
A good graduation speech should be remembered, but only for the right reasons. It should be targeted at all the audience and understandable for all of them — not just other students, but also your family members, friends and the faculty (全体教师).
Your speech should appear to have been written specially for the occasion. It shouldn’t be too general. Don’t talk only about yourself. Try and include your class within your speech. At the same time, avoid using expressions that only your class would understand.
Stories are a good way of holding the attention of your audience. Put a funny, emotional or just descriptive story somewhere in your speech. Make your graduating class come alive for those in the audiences who were not part of your class.
Include some major events that occurred in the past four years that were related to your class. Make it a point to keep the tone of the speech positive and avoid pulling down anyone. Be careful that you don’t hurt anyone’s feelings through your speech.
Do not give too much advice in your speech. If you are a guest speaker, you may provide a few pearls of wisdom. If you are part of the graduating class, it is better for you to keep your speech advice-free.
Check that you are pronouncing all names correctly.
A graduation speech should last for no longer than twenty minutes. Take the weather into consideration. If it is a really hot or a really cold day, no one will appreciate even a well-written speech at the risk of putting up with the heat or the cold. So keep your speech short.
Finish the speech by thanking parents and the faculty. Also show your appreciation for the headteacher.
71. What expressions should you choose for your graduation speech? (within 7 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 72. Why are you advised to tell a story somewhere in your speech? (within 6 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 73. How long should your graduation speech last? (within 4 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________ 74. What are you supposed to do in giving advice if you are not a guest speaker? (within 4 words) _______________________________________________________________________________ 75. How do you end your speech? (within 8 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
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六、语法填空（76—85，每小题1分，共计10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The famous painting done by Leonardo Da Vinci that everyone calls the Mona Lisa is not really called that. 76________(it) real title is La Gioconda.
The woman in 77________ painting was the wife of a man named Francesco del Gioconda, so the painting was titled 78_________its creator La Gioconda. It was known for a time as the Madonna Lisa, 79________ may explain why it has its present name.
Leonardo created this painting over many years, 80_________(begin) in 1503. When he finished, it is debated（辩论）by historians. During this time, he also was painting many other things, building sculptures (雕塑), and making new 81_________ (invention).
As for her famous smile, art historians still debate why she is smiling and 82_________ that smile shows. Everyone who sees the painting 83_________ (probable) has his or her own ideas.
One last thing: Have you ever noticed that the woman in this famous painting 84_________ (have) no eyebrows? It's true. Look closely. Women at that time were considered more beautiful if they had their eyebrows 85_________ (shave).
七、翻译测试(三篇文章，第一篇英译汉15分，第二篇汉译英10分，第三篇汉译英15分，共40分）
（1）请将下面短文翻译成汉语：
Companionship of Books
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
“英语知识能力竞赛”试题 第11页（共12页） （2）请将下面短文翻译成英文
老虎来了
两个男人正在穿过丛林，突然，一只老虎出现在远处，向他们冲来。其中的一个人从包里拿出一双“耐克”鞋，开始穿上。另一个人惊奇地看着他说，“你以为穿上这个就可以跑得过老虎吗？”
他的朋友回答道：“我不用跑得过它，我只要跑得比你快就行了。”
（3）请翻译下面短文：时间即生命 梁实秋
最令人触目惊心的一件事，是看着钟表上的秒针一下一下的移动，每移动一下就是表示我们的寿命己经缩短了一部分。再看看墙上挂着的可以一张张撕下的日历，每天撕下一张就是表示我们寿命又缩短了一天，因为时间即生命，没有人不爱惜他的生命，但很少人珍视他时间。如果想在有生之年做一点什么事，学一点什么学问，充实自己，帮助别人，使生命成为有意义，不虚此生，那么就不可浪费光阴。这道理人人都懂，可是很少人真能积极不懈的善于利用他的时间。
八、书面表达（15分）
忽如一夜春风来，满城尽是共享车。从三月下旬开始，果城的街头就开始出现永安行的小单车。对此，你有什么所见所思所闻所感？要求选好角度，确定立意，明确文体，自立标题，写一篇150字左右的文章。
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