2014年“世外”杯上海市初中英语竞赛初赛试卷
考生注意：
1.本卷共10页，70小题，满分100分；答题时间90分钟。
2.请用2B铅笔将答案点涂在答题卡上。
I. Grammar and Vocabulary (30分)
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentences.
(A)
“Auld Lang Syne”is the traditional
music played during the New Year’s
celebration. Auld Lang Syne is 1 old
Scottish poem. It tells about the need
2 old friends. The words “auld lang
syne”mean “old long since”. No one
3 who wrote the poem. The words and
music we know today first appeared in a
songbook in 1799. The song is sung in the United States mainly 4 New Year’s Eve.
1. A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. A. remember B. remembering C. remembered D. to remember
3. A. know B. had known C. would know D. knows
4. A. in B. on C. at D. by
(B)
On the day before D-Day –24 hours before the invasion (入侵) of France – James Grant, one of the men who 5 for specially dangerous
jobs, was dropped into Normandy by aeroplane. 6 he reached the
ground, he understood very quickly that he had been dropped at the wrong
place, for when he looked about, he could find 7 of the farmhouses, roads, and woods that 8 to him beforehand.
5. A. was chosen B. was choosing C. were chosen D. were choosing
6. A. Where B. What C. Which D. When
7. A. nothing B. none C. no D. neither
8. A. were described B. had been described C. have been described D. would be described
(C)
Two travelers, worn out by the heat of the summer’s sun,
9 themselves down at noon under the 10 spread out branches of
the plane tree. As they rested under its shade, one of the travelers said to
11 , “What a singularly useless tree is the plane! It bears no fruit, and is
not 12 the least service to man.”
The plane tree, interrupting him, said, “You ungrateful fellows! Do you,13 receiving benefit from me and resting under my shade, 14 to describe me as useless, and unprofitable?”
9. A. lied B. lay C. laid D. lain
10. A. wide B. widely C. wider D. width
11. A. another B. other C. the other D. the others
12. A. for B. of C. with D. in
13. A. when B. where C. why D. while
14. A. ought B. need C. dare D. should
(D)
Sherlock Homes and I looked at the piece of paper and the unhappy face behind it, 15 the funny side of the matter forced us 16 loud.
“I cannot see that there is 17 very funny,” cried our client, his face becoming very red. “If you can do nothing 18 laugh at me, I can go elsewhere.”
“No, no,” cried Homes, pushing him back into the chair from which he had half risen. “I really wouldn’t miss your case for the world. It is most unusual. But there is,19 you will excuse my saying so, something just a little funny about it. Please tell me 20 _ you did when you found this piece of paper on the door.”
15. A. until B. because C. unless D. when
16. A. laugh B. laughing C. to laugh D. laughed
17. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
18. A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. better than
19. A. as B. if C. though D. which
20. A. how B. where C. what D. why
(E)