湖北省监利县第一中学高考英语单词竞赛试题(十一)

4.决心The determined spirit gives us light when we are in dark moments and encourages when we are frustrated.With this quality,no enemy can overwhelmus,and no obstacles can stand in our way.范文1：As an old saying goes,a person who ends up a winner is the one who resolves to win.It reminds us of the significance of perseverance.Equipped with determination and confidence,we are more likely to hold on to our goals.Actually many great people achieved their dreams through a long period of struggle, among whom, Thomas Edison inspired me most.Well-known as he is, he suffered thousands of failures in his attempt to make the electric bulb.Instead of giving up or feeling depressed, he kept experimenting through trial and error. Finally, all he had done paid off. He became the first to invent the electric bulb, winning a world reputation over night.There is no doubt that it is determination and perseverance that matter when we are faced with challenges. Keep in mind that the stronger our determination is, the closer we will get to our goals.范文2：Life is like a journey which consists of not only sunshine but also rains.It is generally acknowledged that determination and perseverance are what it takes to overcome all the difficulties. Only when we are equipped with them can we have access to success. And Steven Hawking is such a person with a strong will.Steven Hawking, who is one of the greatest scientists in the modernhistory,paralyzed when he was in his youth.In spite of the fact that he was physically disabled,his mind has flown out of space. With a strong will and determination, he wrote the famous book A Brief History and put forward the well-known Black Hole by using his only two fingers, which shocked the whole world.As is his case, determination is the key to success. As long as we keep the determination to attain our dreams, success is sure to lie somewhere on our life journey.1/ 1。

高三英语训练AThe Great Barn AdventureOne morning when I was 11, I explored the town’s abandoned round grain barn（谷仓）. I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the dark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft (升降机井) that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a one-man elevator with a long rope and roller.I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11-year-old, I decided it would be better to go up than down. So, with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted myself off and found absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher（灭火器）,which I’d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much to my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn’t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they’d probably never even find my body.Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed up, popped the straw roof and saw a bright blue sky.I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw atten tion. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. I’m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.21. When the author got inside the barn, he _______.A. noticed a man on the elevatorB. opened the chained sliding doorC. saw many dead mice in the darkD. found a shaft leading to the top22. Which of the following is the right order of the author’s adventure?a. The elevator stopped halfway.b. He entered the round grain barn.c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.A. b-a-c-dB. a-c-b-dC. c-a-d-bD. b-c-a-d23. After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel _______.A. inspiredB. relievedC. surprisedD. disappointed24.. From the passage, we can learn that the author was probably a boy full of _______.A. passionsB. dreamsC. curiosityD. imaginationBc Botanycipants discuss successes, problems, and25. One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is to ________.A. provide students with greater control over the mediaB. link cultural information to recognizable plantsC. help the students to deal with most of the environment issuesD. help the students to be familiar with educational programs26. Which of the following is true according to the poster?A. Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.B. Participants have more than one option on Feb.5th than another night.C. Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.D. Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.27. You are a college student, interested in plants and good at taking TV pictures. Whichof the Evening Workshops is most suitable for you?A. Botanical Film Making.B. Collections for Botany.C. Student Network.D. Society for Economic Botany.CThe extraordinary Eastgate Building in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound(白蚁堆).Architect Mick Pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the Eastgate Building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. The building—the country’s largest commercial and shopping complex—uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building of its size. The Eastgate’s owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning equipment didn’t have to be imported.The complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium(天井) open to the air. Fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents(通风口). As it rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exists through forty-eight brick chimneys.During summer’s cool nights, big fans blow air through the building seven times an hour to cool the empty floors. By day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circulate the air which has been in contact with the cool floors. For winter days, there are small heaters in the vents.This is all possible only because Harare is 1600 feet above sea level, has cloudless skies, little dampness and rapid temperature changes—days as warm as 31℃ commonly drop to 14℃ at night. “You couldn’t do this in New York, with its hot summers and cold winters,” Pearce said.The engineering firm of Ove Arup&Partners monitors daily temperatures. It is found that the temperature of the building has generally stayed between 23℃ and 25℃, with the exception of the annual hot period just before the summer rains in October and three days in November, when a doorkeeper accidentally switched off the fans at night. And the air is fresh—far more so than in air-conditioned buildings, where up to 30% of the air is recycled.28. Why was Eastgate cheaper to be built than a conventional building?A. It was designed in a smaller size.B. No air conditioners were fixed in.C. Its heating system was less advanced.D. It used rather different building materials.29. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph 3?A. Fresh air from outside.B. Heat in the building.C. Hollow space.D. Baseboard vent.30. Why would a building like Eastgate Not work efficiently in New York?A. New York has less clear skies as Harare.B. Its dampness affects the circulation of air.C. New York covers a larger area than Harare.D. Its temperature changes seasona lly rather than daily.31. The data in the last paragraph sugg ests Eastgate’s temperature control system_____.A. allows a wide range of temperaturesB. functions well for most of the yearC. can recycle up to 30% of the airD. works better in hot seasonsDMen are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, according to a report from Oxford University. The effect of the celebrity role models, who have given cooking a more manly picture, has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.According to the research by Prof. Jonatahn Gershuny, who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford, men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking, up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.Prof. Gershuny said, “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of sexual equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come.”Women, who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking, now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a great fall, but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”, w ho have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay, Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.“I was married in 1974. When my father came to visit me a few weeks later, I was wearing an apron when I opened the door. He laughed,” said Prof. Gershuny. “That would never happen now.”Two-thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week, even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table. Prof. Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—with many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room, and shared by family membe rs. “The family meal h as changed a lot, and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child—at least two meals a day together as a family. But it has survived in a different format.”32. What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?A. The impro vement of cooks’ status.B. The influence of popular female chefs.C. The change of female’s view on cooking.D. The development of sexual equality campaign.33. What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?A. Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.B. Women spend much less time on cooking than before.C. It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.D. There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.34. How did Prof. Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?A. It has become a thing of the past.B. It is very different from what it used to be.C. It shouldn’t be advocated in modern times.D. It is beneficial to the stability of the family.35. Which is the best title for the passage?A. The Changes of Family MealsB. Equality between Men and WomenC. Cooking into a New Trend for MenD. Cooking—a Thing of the Past for WomenE第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

湖北省监利县第一中学2013届高考英语单词竞赛试题（十）一．词汇填空（60分，每小题2分）A)根据汉语写英语（11-15写短语）1.________________ v. 回答；响应2..___________________ v.影响；感动3._______________ v. 欣赏；感激4.____________________ v. 成功；继任5.______________ adj. 安全；可靠的6. ___________________ v.雇佣；利用7._______________ v. 检查；视察 8. ___________________ adj.凶猛的；激烈的9________________ v. 假装；假扮 10. _________________ adj. 额外的；外加的11._________________如释重负；松了口气 12.__________________ 突然大笑起来13.__________________毫不留情地 14_______________ 形成；产生15.________________说实话B)根据英语写汉语16.perform(v.)________________ 17. broadcast(v./n.)_____________18.attractive(adj.)______________ 19.confident(adj.) ___________20.devotion(n.)________________ 21.sensitive(adj.)___________22.decrease(v.)________________ 23.reserve(v./n.)______________24.form(v.)_______________ 25.res pond to ________________26.attach great importance to__________ 27.die out___________28.above all __________ 29. in addition___________30.sort out __________二．单词拼写（20分）(38,39,40填短语)31.The cold weather may a__________ your health, so you’d better put on more clothes.32. Only when you pay more attention can you a_____________ the beauty of what is painted on the wall.33. The number of the students is d____________ now so some schools will be useless.34. A meeting room has been finished, which can c________ one thousand students.35.She a____________ a stamp to the envelope and mailed it.36. The CCTV has been b____________ English programmes ever since 1977.37.She is young, but she e_________ a good salary.38.This magazine ___________________ young people , who lik e its content and style.(familiar)39.Hearing the funny story, the students all _______________.(burst)40.If you ______________ what the teacher says, you might make better progress.(attention) 三．猜测词义（20分）41. Her cardinal rule is this: Be kind to others! She believes that everything else in life will fall properly into place if one follows that rule.A. main, or most importantB. redC. like a birdD. not worth remembering42. The owner of the restaurant wouldn’t allow Samantha to walk through the door. “I’m sorry,”she said, “but you started a food fight the last time you were here. You may not have ingress to my r estaurant!”A. a kind of bird t hat lives by the seaB. any food that can be thrownC. a good price for a mealD. the right to enter43. I looked at the plans for your new house. This is earthquake country. You need to fortify the fram e or you’ll have a disaster with the first tremor.A. shakeB. buildC. strengthen D destroy44. Helen’s attitude toward dealing with criminals has changed over the years. She used to believe that everyone can change and deserves a second chance. She now believes that some crimes are so heinous that those responsible should be shown no mercy.A. guiltyB. terribleC. accidentalD. unimportant45. There may be some parts of my plan to arrest the thieves that should be changed. But I feel very strongly that renting the apartment over their headquarters is the linchpin of the scheme. We must do that immediately!A. part that everything else depends onB. piece of metal used to connect thingsC. place where people liveD. a computer designed for police work46. Amy was feeling low. Every business she tried lost money or made only pennies a day. Her newest i dea was selling chocolate covered baby shoes. She was convinced that it would be a lucrative business. Her friends tried to warn her that it was not a certain road to riches.A. tasting great with vanilla ice creamB. helping young feet to grow correctlyC. showing no careful thoughtD. bringing in a lot of money, or profit47.It was a sad and haunting strain that met our ears as we entered the old theater. There wasa beauty in the voice that we’d never forget. This would be a special concert.A. effortB. injuryC. melodyD. filter48.Mary, of course you’re overweight. You eat too much junk food. Even worse, you exercise infrequently.A. with a frown on one’s faceB. at a gymC. while wearing heavy clothesD. not often49. I think it would help our basketball team, if we allowed girls to play. I’ve seen how Patty has a knack f or making the tough shots when they’re needed most. She wants to play on our team and we’d win more games with her help.A. to throw or tossB. a hard punchC. a kind of sports bagD. an ability50. If you don’t recover quickly from your condition, it could become chronic. Then you might have to take medicine for the rest of your life.A. is very painfulB. won’t go awayC. makes you smell badD. isn’t real四．多项选择（10分）51. There was very great excitement in the streets and shouting didn’t _____ till after midnight.A. die offB. die downC. give awayD. give out52. In the course short summer holiday I changed from a schoolboy with a _____ future to a man with no futu re at all.A. sensitiveB. secureC. stubbornD. specific53. After the young lady finished the job interview, she sat back ______, thinking she had done everything perfectly.A. in reliefB. in returnC. in peaceD. in charge54. It is important for us to _________ a word or phrase according to the situation.A. employB. hireC. expressD. examine55.I feel _____ that I would be able to do your job well, but do you have any doubts about my suitabilitity?A. sensitiveB. attractiveC. familiarD. confident56.________ in the novel, the boy didn’t know what was happening around him at all.A. DevotedB. FocusedC. BuriedD. Concentrated57. I will _____ a document to the letter. Please sign it and mail it back to me as soon as possible.A. sendB. attachC. fixD. follow58.There was not much time left. So we only talked about it ________.A. in briefB. in totalC. in shortD. in all59. Every student is expected to sing a song or play a musical _____ in the celebration.A. equipmentB. objectC. toolD. instrument60. By law, the government may yet have to _______ a failed bank.A. care aboutB. think ofC. take overD. believe in五．选词填空（10分）painful familiar with beard invitation play a jokeafterwards confident perform performance dip____62_____ his songs. Freddy felt very excited as he was Jeremy’s friend and was ____63_____ his performances. He decided to pretend to be a devoted fan and _______64_______ on him. He put on a ____65_____, a hat and sunglasses. He felt quite _____66______ that Jeremy would not recognize him. After the __67________ Freddy went to the bank of the lake and waited for Jeremy. As the singer was near, Freddy waved ,__68___ his legs in the water, slipped on a lily leaf and disappeared. Jeremy looked horrified and then throwing off his clothes he jumped into the water at once. They both reappeared with Jeremy holding Freddy in his arms. _____69____ when they were back on dry land Freddy apologized.” It was not a good joke,” he said . “ Thank you Jeremy. I hit a rock in the water and it was so _70____. I might not still be alive if it were not for you!”61___________ 62 ___________ 63 __________ 64 ________ 65__________66 __________ 67 ___________ 68 __________ 69 _________ 70 __________六．完成句子（20分）71.Seeing the old buildings, we can’t help considering _______________________.(come)看到这些古老建筑时，我们不禁想它们是什么时候建成的。

湖北省监利县第一中学2013届高考英语单词竞赛试题（六）一、词汇填空（60分，每题2分）1--15根据汉语写英语(其中11~15写英语词组），16--30根据英语写汉语1._____________ (v) 恢复，痊愈2. ____________ (vt.) 解决3._____________ (vt.) 不同意4. ____________ (vt.) 拼写5._____________ ( adj.) 全部的，整个的6. ____________ (n) 窗帘7._____________ (n.) 词汇量，词汇表8. ___________ (adv) 流利地9. ____________ (n) 大块，建筑物，街区10.___________ (n) 口音11. ___________ 处于……控制之中12. ___________ 黄昏，傍晚13. ___________ 关心14. ___________ 目前，15. ___________ 充分利用16. dusty (adj.) _______________ 17. tip (n.) _________________18. item(n.) __________________ 19. thunder (n.) _____________20. petrol(n) _________________ tter(adj.) ______________22. lightening (n.) _____________ 23.teenager(n) ______________24. apartment(n) ______________ 25.set down________________26. loose(adj.) ________________ 27.grateful(adj.)_____________28. swap(vt.) _________________ 29.outdoors(n.) _____________30. walk sb home______________二、单词拼写(用单词或短语的适当形式，其中33,35，40题为短语)(20分)31. I s________ （患病）from a bad headache after the operation.32. I felt very u_____________(沮丧) because my friend broke her promise.33. Marry said that she would p_____ （包装）her suitcase right away for leaving .34. You must get o_____ (正式)permission to set up a new clinic in the community.35. Jenny, brought up in a circus, can c______________ (交谈) many animals.36. The people who were living in North America before white people arrivedthere are called n__________ （土著的） Americans.37.Even if he lives abroad, he still keeps f_____ (经常）contact with his children.38.Would you please show me a book containing modern English u____(惯用法）？39.Go s_________ (径直）ahead, and you'll find the subway station there.40.You really don't know what we w_______________ (遭受)while working on the project .三、词义猜测（20分)41. The schools are reluctant to take time off --- even teachers with tickets for theEngland-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.A. kindB. unwillingC. freeD. careless42. The young man was bashful that he dare not speak to the pretty girl.A. afraidB. shockedC. shyD. surprised43. When George Washington was quite a little boy, he chopped down the young tree his fatherloved best. This made his father very angry. Later, the boy told his father the truth that he had cut down the tree. And this made his father happy.A. to shopB. to makeC. to cutD. to love44. Lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising orovereating.A adult education B. childhood overweightC. parents’ influenceD. growing pains45．We tried to borrow white shirts everywhere so as to take part in the evening party. But we tried in vain. Every one of us looked disappointed at the bad news.A. in surpriseB. uselesslyC. in silenceD. usually46. Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly.A. 退火B.撞击C.生火D.炼钢47. You shouldn’t reproach him for that, for it wasn’t his fault.A. 责备B.重新接近C. 离开D.宽恕48．He had been getting better, but during the night his condition deteriorated.A. get worseB. improveC. was recordedD. developed49. The young man failed in his experiment. He seemed to have lost all his hope.Just at that time his father came to help him, saying, “ don’t despair, child. If you work harder, you’ll succeed in the end.”A. to fail in the experimentB. to help someoneC. to succeed in the endD. to lost one’s hope50.My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, Itried to do my best to talk to him, but the more I tried, the more he moved away.A. preferred to stay alone at homeB. lost interest in his studiesC. refused to talk to othersD. began to dislike his mother四、多项选择（10分）51. ----So you didn't say "Hi" to your partner when you saw her?----Well, I stopped and smiled at her, but she_____ me and walked on with her head high. A.refused B. den ied C. missed D. ignored52. Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20-hour operation to have_____one-year-old twins at the head.A.isolatedB. separatedC.dividedD.remov ed53. Cats and dogs have quite different natures, dogs like company while cats are____A. independentB. stubbornC. consciousD. determined54. You know I don't go away from home often, and I came up here_____ to tell you this news.A. by chanceB. in chargeC. on purposeD. under control55. For all these years I have been working for others. I'm hoping I'll _____ my own businesssomeday. A. turn up B. fix up C. set up D. make up56. The latest result from the police station is that the _____ of the killers is still a completemystery. A. idea B. nature C. character D. identity57. Jerry didn't _____ his primary schoolmate Marry until he listened to h er self-introduction.A. acquir eB. realizeC. knowD. recognize58. The army officer_____ his men to fire as soon as the enemies came up.A. requestedB. commandedC. beggedD. suggested59. The young lady pretended to be calm but _____ she was more than nervous when she was beingquestioned.A．generally B.carefully C.actually D.gradually60. A man who can admit that he's homesick must love his home and_____ his family. He must beresponsible.A. deal withB. care aboutC. focus onD. ask about五、选词填空（20分）（运用方框中的词语的正确形式填空）home, most importantly, far , open, that isethnic, mix, meet, wooden , uniqueHawaii is a 61 place in many ways. The eight larger islands are 62 away from the continents than any other ones in the Pacific Ocean. Yet they are 63 to rich cultural diversityof people. The first inhabitants were Hawaiians, a people who sailed to these islands in 64 canoes centuries ago from another part of Polynesia. In the past 150 years, other peoples have come to live here from every East and Southeast Asian nation and most of the other islands inthe Pacific Ocean. They have also come from North America and Western Europe. 65 , Hawaiiis a place where the East truly 66 the West. The living and learning environment of these beautiful islands 67 the best of both worlds. This coming together of cultures happens inthe schools, in business and in government. It also happens in families： most of the peopleare multi-racial, 68 ,from many races. No racial or 69 group is in a majority, either, which makes Hawaii the only state in the US with this special situation. To be Hawaiian nowadaysis to be part of a culture that is 70_ to change.61. ___________ 62. ___________ 63. ___________ 64. ___________65. ______ 66. ___________67.__________68. ___________69. __________70. ___________六、完成句子（20分）71.It ____________________ when we arrived in Suzhou. (happen)我们到达苏州时碰巧正在下雨。