2015年高二英语竞赛试题
阅读理解 （共20小题。第一节每小题2分，）
第一节 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，
A
I know what you’re thi nking : pizza （比萨饼）? For breakfast? But the truth is that
you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to
I know lots of women who skip breakfast （不吃早餐） , and they have a ton of different
excuses for doing it . Some say they don’t have time. others think they’re “saving”
calories , still others just don’t like breakfast food .
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying
to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than
nothing at all,” says K atherine Brooking , R , D , who developed the super-easy eating
plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded
with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success
stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day.
Researchers at the University of Southem California found that breakfast skippers have
a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having
no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last
night’s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell
myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating
more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your
body gain the fat-burning effects.
1. The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.
A. food remaining after a meal B. things left undone
C. meals made of vegetables D. pizza topped with fruit
2. What can we infer from the text?
A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.
B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.
C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.
D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.
3. According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________.
A. eat something for breakfast B. be careful about what you eat
C. heat up food before eating it D. eat calorie-controlled food
4. The text is written mainly for those_____________.
A. who go to work early B. who want to lose weight
C. who stay up late D. who eat before sleep
B
Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according
to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a
well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s
Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take
on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households（家庭）exist. But in general, marriage
means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women
when they have children,” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves
with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men
are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976
to 13 in 2005.
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while
married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often
than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all
other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for
example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared
with husbands’10 hours.
5. According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man___________.
A. takes on heavier work B. does more housework
C. is the main breadwinner D. is the master of the house
6. How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?
A. About 23. B. About 26. C. About 13. D. About 6.
7. What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?
A. An unmarried man. B. An older married man.
C. A younger married man. D. A married man with children.
8. What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?
A. Marriage gives men more freedom. B. Marriage has effects on job choices.
C. Housework sharing changes over time.
D. Having children means doubled housework.
C
GUATEMALA CITY （Reuters） – A fish that lives in mangrove swamps（红树沼泽）across
the Americas can live out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted
（适应）to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
The Magrove Rivulus, a type of small killifish, lives in small pools of water in a
certain type of empty nut or even old beer cans in the mangrove swamps of Belize, the United
States and Brazil. When their living place dries up, they live on the land in logs（圆
木），said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard Endangered Lands Program in Florida.
The fish, whose scientific name is Rivulus marmoratus, can grow as large as three inches.
They group together i n logs and breathe air through their skin until they can find water
again.
The new scientific discovery came after a trip to Belize.
“We kicked over a log and the fish just came crowding out,” Taylor told Reuters
in neighboring Guatgemala by telephone. He said he will make his study on the fish known
to the public in an American magazine early next year.
In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without
eating.
Some other f ish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish
found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at time, while lungfish found in Australia,
Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in an inactive state. But no other
known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and remain active, according
to Patricia Wright, a biologist at Canada’s University of Guelph.
Further studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.
“These animals live in conditions similar to those that existed millions of years
ago, when animals began making the transition（过渡）from water onto land,” Wright said.
9. The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that _______.
A. likes eating nuts B. prefers living in dry places
C. is the longest living fish on earth
D. can stay alive for two months out of water
10. Who will write up a report on Mangrove Rivulus?
A. Patricia Wright B. Researchers in Guatemala
C. Scientists from Belize D. Scott Taylor
11. According to the text, lungfish can________
A. breathe through its skin B. move freely on dry land
C. remain alive out of water D. be as active on land as in water
12. What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus?
A. It was made quite by accident B. It was based on a lab test of sea life
C. It was supported by an American magazine
D. It was helped by Patricia Wright
D
The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the
printer James Franklin. Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and
that was wh at we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories
of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant. few believe that
newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long Newspaper complies
are losing advertisers （广告商）, readers, market value. and. in some cases, their sense
of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago The chief
editor （主编） of the times said recently, "At places where they gather, editors ask one
another, 'How are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law came.
“An article about the newspaper appeared on the website of the Guardian, under the
headline “NOT DEAD YET.”
perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet which has made the daily newspaper look slow
and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death. Some American
newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past thee years The New York Times
Company has seen its stock （股票） drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the
loss coming in the past year A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders sell
off their Times stock The Washington Post Comply has prevented the trouble only by changing
part of its business to education its testing and test-preparation service now brings in
at least half the company's income.
13. What can we learn about the New England Curran?
A. It is mainly about the stock market.
B. It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.
C. It remains a successful newspaper in America.
D. It comes articles by political leaders.
14. What can we infer about the newspaper editors?
A. They often accept readers' suggestions
B. They care a lot about each other's health.
C. They stop doing business with advertisers.
D. They face great difficulties in their business.
15. Which of the following found a new way for its development?
A. The Washington Post B. The Guardian
C. The New York Times. D. New England Courant
第二节 根据文章内容，从文章后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the
Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national
character? 16 At least one group of people are certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500
entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by
the British public. Britain i s hostile(敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉
妒). 17 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of
people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 18 Those given a little were given
the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own.
Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
19 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. People in the
UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy,
either.Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way.
They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. 20 . It hardly seems worth
following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people
want to be like them.
A. This test seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.
B. The one who owns the most money in the end is the winner.
C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.”
D. And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.
F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.
G. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others’ success.
第三节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One of my father’s favorite sayings as I was growing up was “Try it!” I couldn’t
say I didn’t like 21 , whatever it might be, 22 I tried it. Over the years I’ve
come to 23 how much of my success I owe to my 24 of those words as one of my values.
My 25 job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I 26 what I want
to do as a career（职业）. 27 I believed I would work for a few years, get married,
stay home and raise a family, so I didn’t think the job I took 28 that much. I couldn’t
have been more 29 . I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was
given the opportunity（机会）to 30 through the company into different 31 . I accepted
each new opportunity with the 32 ,”Well, I’ll try it; if I don’t like it I can always
go back to my 33 position. ” But I was with the same company for the past 28 years,
and I’ve 34 every career change I’ve made. I’ve discovered I 35 a large
number of different talents（ 才能）and skills that I never would have thought were within
me had it not been for my being 36 trying new opportunities. I’ve also
discovered that if I 37 what I’m doing and work hard at achieving my
38 . I will succeed. That’s why I’m so 39 to be a part of CareerFables.
com. I think 40 has come and I am determined to make it a success.
21. A. everything B. something C. everybody D. somebody
22. A. until after B. ever since C. so that D. long before
23. A. consider B. argue C. include D. realize
24. A. suggestion B. explanation C. acceptance D. discussion
25. A. hard B. best C. extra D. first
26. A. determined B. examined C. experienced D. introduced
27. A. Actually B. Gradually C. Finally D. Usually
28. A. helped B. required C. expressed D. mattered
29. A. careful B. mistaken C. interested D. prepared
30. A. look up B. take up C. move up D. put up
31. A. situations B. choices C. directions D. positions
32. A. thought B. reply C. action D. advice
33. A. easier B. newer C. earlier D. higher
34. A. permitted B. counted C. organized D. enjoyed
35. A. show B. possess C. need D. gather
36. A. lucky for B. slow at C. open to D. afraid of
37. A. think of B. give away C. believe in D. turn into
38. A. business B. goal C. fortune D. growth
39. A. excited B. curious C. surprised D. helpful
40. A. dream B. time C. power D. honor
第二卷（非选择题）
英语知识运用 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）
The music industry is never short of teen pop stars with wonderful looks,41_________ it
doesn’t often find one like US singer Taylor Swift. “Beneath Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl,
not-yet-a-woman sweetness hides a very 42_________(skill)songwriting technique ( 技 巧 ),” writes
Leah Greenblatt with Entertainment Weekly.
Songwriting, the country singer explains, is “how I deal with problems. I am used
to 43____________(write) about things that really influences me most.” So in her songs, there is
always 44____________ true and honest. They seem like stories from 45________ diary and that
certainly helps Swift attract her audience.
She 46___________(sell) more than 13 million copies worldwide of her first two albums, 2006’s
self-titled debut ( 首 张 专 辑 ) and 2008’s Fearless. She’s the youngest artist ever
to 47_____________(name) Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards. Not surprisingly,
there were great expectations for her third album, Speak Now, 48___________ came out late last
month, where she again returned49_________ her own life for material. “The 14 songs are all about
the last two years... when life was a little bit bigger and 50____________(crazy),” says Swift. “So I’ve
written about the lessons and confusion and heartbreak and all the different things that go along
with being 18, 19 and 20.”
高二英语试题答题纸
班级--------------- 考号-------------- 姓名---------------
-------------------------------密------------------------------------------------线------------------------------------------
填空题：41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
It is three years now since I graduate from Jixing High School. Last Sunday, the class that I
was on held a get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in
touch with everybody and set a prope rly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a precious day
greatly, remember the time we spent together. It reminded us of the interesting stories and the
people they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone
to abroad for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting card from different places.
书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，正在英国接受英语培训，住在一户英国人家里。今天你的房东Mrs Wilson 不
在家，你准备外出，请给Mrs Wilson 写一留言条，内容包括：
1．外出购物2．替房东还书3．Tracy 来电话留言：1）咖啡屋（Bolton Coffee）见面取消2）此事
已告知Susan 3) 尽快回电 词数100左右；
Mrs. Wilson,
Li Hua
第一部分
1--5 A B A B C 6--10 D A C D D 11--15 C A B D A 16 — 20 DCEAF
完形填空21 -25B A D C D 26 -30A A D B C 31-35 D A C D B 36 -40 C C B A B
第三部分41. but 42. skillful 43. writing 44. something 45. a / her
46. has sold 47. be named 48. which 49. to 50. crazier
It is three years now since I graduate from Jixing High School. Last Sunday, the class
graduated
that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time ∧ prepare. It was indeed not
in to
easy to get in touch with everybody and set a properly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a
proper the
precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together. It reminded us of the
remembering
interesting stories and the people they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us
we that
were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies, but they called back or
sent greeting card from different places.
cards
Mrs. Wilson,
I’m going out shopping, and won’t be back until about 5:00 pm. I have taken with me
the two books you asked me to return to the City Library. At about I o’clock this afternoon,
Tracy called, saying that she couldn’t meet you at Bolton Coffee tomorrow morning as she
has something important to attend to. She felt very sorry about that, but said that you
could set some other time for the meeting. She wanted you to call her back as soon as you
are home. She has already told Susan about this change.
Li Hua
微信/支付宝扫码支付