首届全国小学英语教师教学技能大赛（初赛试题）
（试题总分：150分答题时间：150分钟）
第I卷 英语语言技能部分 （70分，共九大题）
Listening Part
I．Questions 1—5（5points）
Listen to the tape．You will hear fiveshort conversations．Each conversation will be read twice．Thereis one question for each conversation．Choose the correct answer to each question．
1．What was the weather like on Wednesday？
A． B． C． 2．How much did Mark's pullover cost？
A． B． C． 3．What did R aquel buy today ？
A． B． C． 4．How many students are there at the college？
A． B． C．
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5．What is David going to buy？
A． B． C． II．Q uestions 6—10（5points）
Listen to Philip talking to his mother about his son，Simon．What is Simon going to do on Saturday and Sunday？For questions 6—10，write a letter A—H next to each time of day．You will hear theconversation twice．
TIME ACTIVITIES A．bicycle ride B．football match C．judo class D．party E．swimming F．the cinema G．the park
H ．watching television
III．Questions 11—15（5points）
Listen to Chloe talking to a man abouta sailing holiday．For questions 11—15，choose A，B orC．You will hear the conversation twice．
11．How many times has Chloe been sailing before？ A．Never．B．O nce．C．Twice ． 12．How much can Chloe spend？ A．￡380．B．￡370．C．￡450． 13．Chloe will go in _____ ．
A．August．B．September．C．O ctober． 14．Chloe would like to sail on_____ ． A．a lake．B．the sea．C．a river． 15．H ow does Chloe want to pay？
A．By cheque．B．With cash．C．By credit card． IV．Q uestions 16—20（5points）
You will hear Kate and Jeremy talkingabout a party．Listen and complete questions 16—20．Youwill hear the conversation twice．
Kate's Birthday Party
Kate will be： seventeen years old Day ： 16______________________________________ Time： 17______________________________________ Place： 18______________________________________ Address： 19________________________Sreet_______ Bring some：20 _________________________________
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V．Q uestions 21—25（10points）
You will hear some information abouta cinema．Listen and complete questions 21—25．You will hear the information twice．
CINEMA
Name of cinema： North London Arts Cinema Next week's film： 21____________________Meeting___________ From： 22_Monday to________________________________ Times： 23 _6:45pm and _________________________________ Student ticket costs： 24_________________________________ Nearest car park： 25_______________________Street__________ Written Part
VI．Multiple-choice test：（10 points）
1．We mailed a package to the New York office，but they _____ to us without any comments about it．
A．send it back B．send back it C．sent back it D．sent it back
2．Having broad knowledge is not necessarily the same as _____ a good teacher． A．to be B．being C．be D．is
3．Though he was defeated flat，he expects _____ the second game． A．winning B．to win C．lose D．to be a winner
4．Neither Bill's children _____ his wife was expecting anything unusual that night． A．however B．or C．nor D．and
5．I don't know whether he will arrivesoon，but if he _____ ，I will ask him to help you．
A．will do B．does C．will D．is going to
6．_____ poor，his mother sent him as much money as she could． A．Though B．As C．Because D．As if
7．Toy Kim has three bikes．O ne is Japanese，_____ is Italian，_____ and is American． A．one；one B．other；other
C．the other；another D．another；theother
8．During the day ，a person has _____ different thoughts and impressions from what they see and hear．
A．one thousand of B．thousands and thousands C．thousands D．thousands of
9．It was_____ great shock to the world that two aeroplanes crashed in to World Trade Center in New York on September 11th，2001．
A．a；theB．a；／C．the；theD．／；the
10．—Don't forget to phone me when you get home．Just to let me know you've arrived safely．
—I won't forget．Goodbye then． — _____ ．
A．With pleasure B．Don't mention it C．Have a nice trip D．It's very kind of you VII．Translation：（10 points）
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1．If you spend most of your time studying grammar，your English will not improve very much．You will see improvement if you learn more words and expressions．
2．All good teachers have some type of plan when they walk in to their classrooms．U sually，lesson plans are written just for the teacher's own eyes and tend to be rather in formal．
3．Foreign language is a language which is not normally used for communication in a particular
society．Thus English is a foreign language in China and Spanish is a foreign language in Germany．
4．When you plan to introduce changes in the classroom，you should first think carefully about the
context in which you teach．Think about your school，the people involved in side and outside the
classroom（such as other teachers and parents）and the resources that you have． 5．Students need to know how to deal with unknown words．This is very important because we will always find words we are not sure of ordo not recognize．Dealing with thesekinds of words can help us enjoy reading and become efficient readers．
VIII．Cloze test：（10points） Fill the blanks with the given words．
teacher production help activity end demon strate knowledge before then use A PPP lesson is divided in to three phases：Presen tation ，Practice and Production． O ne of the best ways of（1）_____ students to reach the objectives of the lesson is to introduce the new language well in the first phase of the lesson ：this is Presen tation phase．（2）_____ ，students need to have plenty of（3）_____ to help them to practise the new language：this is thePractice phase．Lastly，the students need time to（4）_____ the newlanguage they have learned inorder to communicate with each other：this is the（5）_____ phase．
At the beginning of a PPP lesson，on lythe（6）_____ knows the new language item and howto use it．The teacher presents and teaches this language to the students by（7）_____ it to them（modeling the language），explaining it and giving students lots of practice in how to use it．By the （8）_____ of the lesson，during the Productionphase，the new language becomes partof thestudents'own（9）_____ of language and they should be able touse it easily，together with other English that they have learned（10）_____ ．
This is a very useful framework for the teachers of English． IX．Reading comprehension：（10points） （A）
The Legends（传奇）of Arthur
Most countries have stories about their legen dary founders and early heroic kings—men with magic swords，noble ideals，and special gifts．Britainis no exception，and for generations its childrenhave listened wide-eyed to the stories of King Arthur．H istorians have found the time and place ofthese stories impossible to decide，leaving a question mark over the king's actual historical existence．
In the stories，Arthur is taken away from his royal parents by Merlin，a wise man with supern atural powers．In order to be kept safe from the continuous warfare that
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was affecting Britain at the time，Arthur grows up in the family of Sir Ector．When he is in his middle teens，Arthur accompanies SirEctor and his son，Sir Kay ，on a trip tothekingdom．The people of the kingdom are disunited because no one can become king until he removes a marvelous sword fromthe stone in which it has been magicallyplaced．
Not even the strongest knights can move the sword，but when Sir Kay findshehas forgotten his sword，he asks Arthur toreturn home for it．Arthur，seeing the swordhandle protruding from the stone in thecourtyard，casually pulls out the magics word for him．Sir Kay is tempted to claimthe crown for himself，but，to everyone's amazement，he admits that young Arthur is the rightful king．
Arthur grows up to be a wise and honorable ruler，uniting the kingdom，and ruling it with thehelp of his 150knights．They meet at around table in Arthur's great castleat Camelot and are know nas the Knights of the Round Table．There are stories about all the knights and their acts of brav-ery．They are beautiful women from dragons and giants，and they search forthe H oly Grail，a cup which is said to have super natural powers．
The greatest of all of the knights is Lancelot．He tragically falls in love with the Arthur's wife，thefair Guinevere．Arthur，Guinevere，and Lancelot try to behave with honorand generosity ，but theirlove causes everyone pain．
In the final great battle against theforces of evil，Arthur is terribly injured．As his kingdom is at itsend，and he is near death，he returns his magic sword to the lake where it orig in ally came from，an dsails in to the sunset．In some versions of the story he is taken to the island of Avalon to be healed．It is said that one day when Britain is in great danger，he will return．
1．From paragraph 1，we can in fer thatthe stories about King Arthur are _____ ． A．out-of-date B．popular C．boring D．new 2．Who took the baby Arthur from his parent？ A．MerlinB．Ector C．Kay D．Arthur
3．When Arthur was a teenager，Britain was _____ ． A．peaceful B．ruled by a cruel king C．without a ruler D．in war 4．Guinevere was_____ ．
A．Lancelot's wife B．Arthur's sister C．the Knight's wife D．the Q ueen 5．According to the legend，we can in fer that Arthur ． A．magically survived B．died C．ran away D．went to the sun （B）
Views of Language
For a long time，there has been a lot ofdiscussion about how languages are used and learnt．U ntilthe middle of the twentieth century ，many people believed that，in order to speak or write the best kind of English，you had to use complete sentences which were gram matically correct．People learning English wanted to learn to write and speak this‘Standard English’．They also wanted to sound like native speakers of English from the Home counties．Two thing s have happened to change these ideas．
First，English has become aninternational language and it is used as the main language or one ofthe mainlanguages in countries like America，Australia，India，Malaysia，Nigeria，Pakistan，Philippines，Singapore，South Africa，Zambia and Zimbabwe．
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