广州市九年级英语读写竞赛
注意： 1.第(1)～(10)题和第(21)～(50)题为客观题, 用铅笔作答,涂在答题卡上。
2．第(11)～(20)题、第(51)～(55)题和写作题请用钢笔或圆珠笔作答,写在答题卷上。
一．语言知识及运用（共两节，满分25分）
第一节: 语法选择（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，然后从1～10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Rojana Bamroone is only thirteen years old, __1__ she is this year‟s winner of the Hong Kong Musicians Award. Yesterday I interviewed her in her home. First of all I asked her how she __2__ about performing in front of so many people last week. “I am used __3__ in front of an audience. I have alrea dy been doing this for nearly nine years.”
Although she is only 13, Rojana __4__ the guitar since she was 8 years old. How did she start? “I was born in Thailand,” she explained, “but my family came to Hong Kong when I was four. I am __5__ only child so I didn‟t have anyone to play __6__. At first I couldn‟t speak Cantonese at all and that meant __7_ was hard to make friends. I was lonely so I would just sit at home __8__my father‟s old guitar.”9 did she choose the guitar instead of the violin or piano? “Well, my father loves the guitar.” When I asked her how she was going to spend her prize money, she replied, “I might buy __10__a new guitar.”
1. A. if B. that C. but D. so
2. A. felt B. would feel C. feels D. was felt
3. A. to playing B. playing C. to play D. play
4. A. was practised B. had practised C. is practising D. has been practising
5. A. an B. one C. a D. 不填
6. A. for B. with C. by D. 不填
7. A. everything B. that C. she D. it
8. A. plays B. was playing C. play D. playing
9. A. When B. Why C. Where D. Which
10. A. her B. he C. myself D. she
第二节：语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当
的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为11～20的相应位置上。
Many young people use the Int ernet for fun, “___11___(surf) the Net”，and just follow any path they like. ____12___, it is useful to learn how to search more effectively for special information in order to save time and money. Form Six student Gloria Ma feels ___13____(luck) because her sister is studying Computer Science and she lets Gloria ___14____(use) her computer. Gloria‟s sister has shown her ____15____ to search the system properly and pick out
the information she needs.
“I‟m not really ___16____computer fan,” said Gloria, “though I know it‟s important to be able to use them. My sister has shown me ways to find information I need ___17___ homework and school projects . For the moment, __ 18___ is enough for me.” Gloria knows that some of
her classmates are envious (嫉妒的) that she can use the Web and access a lot of very up-to-date information. “____19____ would be great to have computers like this at school, but unless students ____20____(train) to use them properly, they would waste a lot of time and not learn
very much.”
二．完形填空（共15个空格，15分，每个空格1分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Today many people in the U.S.A. don't have the main meals of breakfast and lunch during weekdays. They __21__ to have snacks rather than large meals. Most people don't have a traditional breakfast before they leave for work. Very __22__ American people still eat bacon
and eggs and toast and jam in the morning. Cereal and fruit and a cup of coffee is more common today. Many __23__ people don't have time for a big lunch because they only have a short break
at lunchtime. They take a sandwich to work or have __24___ snack in a sandwich bar or a cafeteria.
In the evening, fewer and fewer people sit down to eat __25__. Instead they eat snacks in front of the television. Many people have something to eat quite late, just __26__ they go to bed. Eating is now an activity that a lot of people do __27__. It is not the social occasion of the past.
However, traditional meals are still ____28___on the weekend when people have time to cook and sit down and eat. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, many people prepare __29___ breakfasts with bacon and eggs. A big Sunday lunch with the __30__ is also still very common.
There are signs that things may change again. Some people are __31__ that eating alone is no __32__. They miss the social meal with friends or family. So __33__ people will rediscover the __34__ of traditional meals, and snacks will go out of __35__.
21. A. mention B. prefer C. doubt D. refuse
22. A. important B. more C. unusual D. few
