2008年全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛

2008年全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛高二组试题

听力部分（共四大题计30分）

I. Responses (问句应答）（共5小题;每小题1分计5分） Listen to the following questions and choose the best response to each one. Each question will be read only once.(请听问句然后选出一个能够恰当回答你所听到的句子的最佳选项。每个问句只读一遍。）

1. A. The house was on fire. B. That’s what Mary told me. C. He said he was tired. D. Michael’s got a new job.

2. A. We're going to a museum this Sunday. B. There are two museums here. C. I haven't seen that kind of museum before. D. One with dinosaurs would be great.

3. A. At my house I think. B. Im sorry that book’s not on sale. C. I think I left it at the library. D. I like English books very much.

4. A. He told me the date before he left. B. We shouldn’t leave the gate open. C. I think it was Gate 5over there. D. Yes we’ll leave from Gate 5.

5. A. She liked her new office. B. We can make the last show.

C. Shes our new manager. D. It’d be a pleasure. II. Dialogues (对话理解）（共15小题;每小题1分计15分）

A) Listen to the following mini —dialogues and choose the best answer or picture for each question. Each dialogue and question will be read twice.(请听下面五组小对话每组对话后有一个冋题根据你所听到 的对话内容选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。每组对话和问题读两遍。）

6. A. Take a tour of the islands. B. Buy a guidebook.

C. Rent a boat. D. Buy six more tickets.

7. A. On Wednesday. B. Before Thursday.

C. On Monday. D. By Friday.

B) Listen to the following dialogue and choose the best answer to each question. The dialogue will be

read twice.(请听下面一段对话选择能回答下列问题的最佳选项。对话读两遍。）

11. Who is Joe Purdy?

A. An expert from the Institute for Scientific Research.

B. A student who knows little about volcanoes.

C. A host of a TV programme about natural disasters.

D. A new guide at Mount Etna in Sicily.

12. What is the most striking thing about volcanoes?

A. They can kill a large number of people very quickly.

B. They can erupt at any time.

C. They have more power than earthquakes.

D. Where there is a volcano there is beautiful scenery.

13. Why is Mount Etna called the “Friendly Giant”？

A. It is very big. B. Everyone has heard of it.

C. It rarely kills people. D. It attracts a lot of tourists.

14. How long have people recorded the number of deaths caused by Mount Etna?

A. For less than 700 years. B. For almost 1000 years. 9. A. In a hospital. B. In a theatre. C. In a camera store. D. In a library.

10. A. For a few minutes. B. For half an hour. C. For an hour.

D. For an hour and a half. 2 C. For about 7300 years. D. For over 3000 years.

15. About Mount Fuji which of the following is TRUE?

A. There were two other volcanoes there before the present one.

B. There has been no change in it.

C. Few foreign tourists are interested in it.

D. About 500000 Japanese visit it each year.

C) Listen to the following dialogue and match the people with the information on the right. The

dialogue will be read twice.(请听下面一段对话将人物与右栏的描述进行匹配。对话读两遍。）

16. Luke A. doesn’t like flying

17 Andrew B. has problems with her / his parents

18 Jane C. can’t afford a new MP4

19. Dan D. wants to lose weight

20. Gill E. has had an accident III. Passages (短文理解）（共10小题;每小题1分计10分）

A) Listen to the following material and choose the best answer to each question. The material will be

read twice.(请听下面一段材料根据你所听到的内容选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。材料读两遍。)

21. Where did Orlando and German become friends?

A. At high school. B. In their neighborhood. C. At kindergarten. D. In the playground.

22. When did Orlando become deaf?

A. After he went to high school. B. After he went to kindergarten.

C. When he was born. D. When he was one.

23. Why did German’s parents move from Mexico? A. To take care of his grandparents. B. To help him to find a good job.

C. To find a good hospital to treat his deafness.

D. To look for a school that taught sign language.

24. What job do Orlando and German do? A. Pack bags at a local store. B. Collect books in their school library. C. Look after babies in a kindergarten. D. Lift boxes for an emergency service.

25. Which of the following about Orlando and German is TRUE?

A. They got their jobs by looking through newspapers.

B. German began work before Orlando.

C. They don’t get on well with their workmates.

D. Orlando wants to study in Los Angeles.

B) Listen to the following material and fill in the missing information in each numbered space using no more than three words. The material will be read twice.(请听下面一段材料根据你所听到的内 容补全空白处所缺的信息每空不超过三个单词。材料读两遍。） Expedition to Costa Rica

Dates of the

trip 6th April to 26-----------------

Where? What? Why?

Project 1: Beaches in the east of

the country 27__________ To protect turtles

Project 2: San Jose

28___________ Plant trees in a new park To improve animals

natural habitats

Project 3: An area of