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2014-2015学年第一学期白堡中学
英语阅读比赛活动总结
英（音）体组
为了提高我校各年级学生学习英语的兴趣，提高学生英语阅读能力，让学生更加重视英语阅读的意义，加强英语阅读的意识，我校决定举行各年级英语阅读竞赛。
一）活动收获
本次竞赛试卷均选取了课外阅读材料，其中选词填空，补全对话，看图完成句子等不同题型，依据文章内容设计的练习题，主要考查学生的英语阅读理解能力（如概括句意，提炼重点词句，联系上下文理解语句等）。从竞赛情况看，参赛的大部分学生有良好的阅读习惯和理解能力，竞赛时能够做到静心读文，认真思考，答题思路清晰，表达流畅，个别学生思维活跃，想象丰富，答题有独到见解。但阅卷中也发现存在一些问题，在此提出几点建议，望在今后教学中加以注意：
1、习惯方面。一是静心阅读的习惯。有些学生不先通读文章，拿到题目就做，断章取义，造成答题的片面性。二是认真审题的习惯。有部分学生由于看不清题目要求而失分。因此，阅读习惯有待加强。
2、技巧方面。根据练习要求，联系上下文做出判断，从文章中迅速准确地捕捉和提取所需信息，是阅读中十分重要的技巧和能力。试卷中有些练习题，都可以用文中原句作答，但很多学生找不到或找不准而失分，因此要教给学生捕捉和提取有用的信息的方法技巧。
3、能力方面。一是联系上下文理解判断的能力，二是语言概括和语言表达能力，三是想象能力。从完卷情况看，这些能力不少学生还很欠缺，或判断有误，或概括不清，或表达不流畅，或想象不合理，这都需要教师在平时有意识地进行训练，提高学生英语阅读能力。
通过这次比赛，不仅提高了学生学习英语的兴趣，而且培养了学生英语阅读的良好习惯，更开拓了学生学习英语的视野。让学生们意识到培养英语阅读的重要性，感受到学习英语的快乐，体验到英语学习的成功，进一步增强了学生自觉学习英语的意识。本次活动取得了良好的效果，在学生中激起了一轮英语学习尤
其是英语阅读的热潮。进一步培养了学生的自我提高和竞争的能力，促进我校英语教学质量的逐步提高。
二）比赛中存在的不足与改进措施
同时在竞赛的过程中，我们也发现了同学们在答题时有两个方面做得不好，需要改进。一是当外界有干扰时，有些学生就不能“定心”，影响了答题，学习习惯有待提高；另一个是当一些学生发现题目难度较大时，不是认真思考，慎重答题，反而是采取放弃的态度，不去认真看题目内容就随便选择一个答案，这样的学习态度是很不可取的。
年级之间存在着不平衡现象。此次比赛，反映出有的年级学生对单词的掌握实在是不过关，这就要求我们在平时教学时要加大教学力度，由少到多，培养学生英语学习能力。
通过本次比赛，我们全体英语组教师认识到，在今后的日常教学中要一如既往的、持之以恒的对学生进行训练，培养学生良好的习惯。不断鼓励学生能即学即用，能将课堂上学到的运用到生活中，在生活中学以致用。
以下是这次竞赛各个年级的获奖名单：
七年级组：
一等奖： 马 哲 罗佩佩
二等奖： 陈凡宁 党瑞虎
三等奖： 何明明 柳国霞 胡海弟
八年级组：
一等奖： 刘晓凤
二等奖： 仇鹏鹏 王纹纹
三等奖： 罗海明 罗海强 仇永青 柳乐乐
九年级组：
一等奖： 郝向阳
二等奖： 柳 兴 李玲玲
三等奖： 仇爱玲 柳博弟 胡凡林 仇军瑞 何 健
白堡中学英体教研组 2014/10/16
小学六年级英语阅读竞赛卷
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一、按要求完成短文。（20%）
Hello. My name is Jack. I have ____________________(一位新笔友). He ____________________(住在英格兰). He ____________________(喜欢收集邮票). His father is ____________________(工程师).He can ____________________(设计小汽车). His mother is ____________________(售货员).She often ____________________(做家务) on weekends. She ____________________________(想去旅行) this weekend. John’s school is very far. He ____________________(去上学) by bike. Look! He____________________(骑单车) now. He’s coming here.
二、请为下列英文名言选择正确的汉语翻译。（5%）
A．活到老，学到老。 B．温故而知新。 C．一寸光阴一寸金。
D．患难见真交。 E．善始善终。。
1. Look for the old so as to learn the new. ( )
2. Live and learn. ( )
3. Time is money. ( )
4. A good beginning makes a good ending. ( )
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed. ( )
三、阅读,连线。（6%）
Mother’s Day 九月十日
Father’s Day 三月八日
Thanksgiving Day 六月份的第三个星期天
Teacher’s Day 十一月份的第四个星期四（美国） Children’s Day 五月份的第二个星期天
Women’s Day 六月一日
四、阅读短文，在空格内填入正确的名字。（10%）
I’m Jack. In my classroom, Tom’s desk is next to John’s desk. John’s desk is in front of Wu Yifan’s desk and Tom’s desk is in front of my desk. My desk and Wu Yifan’s desk are behind their desks. Zhang Peng’s and Amy’s desks are behind our desks. Zhang Peng’s desk is behind my desk and Amy’s desk is behind Wu Yifan’s desk.
五、阅读短文，排序。（ 今天，Mr Green的单车坏了，在走路去学校的路上，遇到Mr Wu，
于是两人交谈起来。）（16%）
（ ）That’s right. And the air today is clean. What about you? Do you often come to
school by bike?
（ ）Broken (坏了)? Oh, I see.
（ ）Morning, Mr Wu! You’re walking today. Don’t you usually come to school by
bike?
（ ）Why not?
（ ）Yes, I do. But I sometimes walk. I like walking.
（ ）My bike is broken.
（ ）Walking is good. Look at the sun. It’s a fine day for walking today.
（ ）Yes, but not today.
六、阅读理解并回答问题。（12%）
1.What animal wears big black glasses on its face?
____________________________________________
2. It is yours, but others use it more often than you do. What is it?
It’s your_____________________________________.
3. It’s light. It’s white. It’s cold. It looks like a flower. It often appears (出现) in winter. What is
it? ___________________________________________
4. Dad bought (买) a gift for Xiaoqiang. But Xiaoqiang kicked(踢)it out.Why?
____________________________________________
5.What has no legs ,but can walk all day and all night?
__________________________________________
6. What does “SARS” stand for (代表) in Chinese?
____________________________________________
七、阅读短文，按要求完成各题。（9%）
Jack is playing with a ball in front of a house. An old woman walks up to him. “My boy,” she asks. “Is your father at home?”
“Yes.” Jack says. The woman begins to ring the door bell, but there is no answer.
She rings the door bell again. There is still no answer. The woman is not happy. She turns to John and asks again, “Is your father at home?”
“Yes, he is.” Jack answers. “But I ring the door bell twice and nobody comes to open the door.” The woman says.
“Oh, I’m sorry. This is not my house. My house is over there.”
1、根据短文内容，判断下列句子的对错，分别用YES或NO表示。（5%）
( ) (1) Jack is playing with a ball near a house.
( ) (2) The old woman rings the door bell only once (一次).
( ) (3) The old woman isn’t happy because there is no one in the house.
( ) (4) Jack’s father isn’t at home.
( ) (5) Jack is playing in front of his own house.
2、根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。（4%）
( ) (1) What dose the old woman want to do?
A. She wants to play with Jack.
B. She wants to ring the door bell.
C. She wants to see Jack’s house.
D. She wants to see Jack’s father.
( ) (2) How many times does the woman ring the door bell?
A. Once. B. Many times. C. Twice. D. Three times.
( ) (3) Why is the old woman not happy?
A. Because she can’t go into the house.
B. Because there is no one in the house.
C. Because Jack’s father doesn’t want to see her.
D. Because Jack doesn’t want her to see his father.
( ) (4) Who is wrong?
A. Jack’s father. B. Jack.
C. No one. C. The old woman.
八、阅读短文，回答问题。（22%）
My name is May. I am from the USA. I am in Shantou with my parents now. My father Mr Li is an accountant in a shoe factory. He works hard. He likes drawing pictures. Usually my father goes to work by car. Tomorrow he is going to work by bus with my mother. My mother Mrs Li is an English teacher. She often goes to work on foot. She loves the children and she says they make her feel young.
1．How is Mr Li going to work tomorrow?
___________________________________________________________
2. Is May in America now?
___________________________________________________________
3. Who loves the children?
___________________________________________________________
4. What’s Mr Li’s hobby?
___________________________________________________________
5. What does May’s mother do?
___________________________________________________________
Elephants love water and they are very good swimmers. They like to have a bath every day. Elephants have got six teeth. Four of the teeth are about 30cm long. Two teeth are much longer. They can be over 100cm. Elephants eat plants. They eat about 225 kilograms（公斤）a day. They can drink 140 liters（升）of water. An elephant can live for about 70years．
6．Are elephants good at swimming？
____________________________________________
7．How long are the two longer teeth？
____________________________________________
8．What do elephants often eat？
____________________________________________
9．How much water can an elephant drink a day？
____________________________________________
10．Can elephants live long？
____________________________________________
11. How long can elephants live?
____________________________________________
（图画都是文字稿，没有电子稿）
绍兴县首届小学生英语阅读竞赛试题
温馨提示：请仔细答题，把所有答案都写在答题纸上。
一、情景会话（Dialogues）15%
A)根据所给情景，选出最恰当的一项完成下列对话 1. 2.
A. Can I have a glass of orange juice? A. Excuse me. Can I help you?
B. OK. Give me two kilos. B. Excuse me. I left my pen on my desk. C. Take it away, please. C. Excuse me. Is this a nice pen?
3. 4.
A. Are there any interesting stories in today’s paper? A. What’s the weather like today? B. Are you reading today’s paper? B. Hey, what’s wrong? C. Are there any interesting jobs in today’s paper? C. Where’s your toy plane?
5. A. How many books can I borrow at a time? B. How much are these books? C. How can I borrow these books?
B)从所给的选项中选择恰当的句子补全两个长对话
长对话1
A：How was your trip? B: A:
B: I went around the country and I had a very good time last night in Shenzhen.
A: What did you do there? A. It was wonderful. B: My sister and her husband live there, you B. Where did you go?
C. A ticket for a musical show.
A: What did she give you? D. Then my sister gave me a gift.
It was a wonderful show. E. Well, they took me to dinner at a restaurant.
长对话2
Anne: Yes. Barbara does it well, too.
Anne: Yes. In fact, she plays better than Tino.
She wins more often than he does.
He hits A. Tino is busy, so he has no time to play often.
the ball harder. B. Tino plays tennis very well, doesn’t he? C. Do you really think so?
Johnnie: Maybe Barbara plays more often. D. But he doesn’t hit the ball accurately(准确地). Anne: You’ E. Tino is stronger than Barbara. 二、篇章阅读（Passages）85% (A) 阅读短文，选择或填空（10%）
A glass of milk spilled.
Mummy came into the kitchen.
“What a mess!” she said. “Who spilled the milk?”
She asked my sister, “Did you spill the milk?” 16. How did Mummy feel when she “Not me.” My sister said. came into the kitchen?
She asked me, “Did you spill the milk?” A. Busy B. Angry C. Bored D. Happy “Not me.” I said. 17-19. 文中最后一句话中划线部分的 She even asked Daddy, “Did you spill the milk?” “we”指：____ ____ _____ “Not me.” Dad said. 20. What’s the main idea(中心思想)？ She asked all of us, “Who spilled the milk?” A. Cleaning up the milk. “The cat spilled the milk.” B. The cat and the milk.
C. Finding who spilled the milk.
(C) 阅读短文，回答或填空（8%） .
One night, a small green visitor The green visitor looked for water. In the morning, the came to our planet. He was from His computer said our planet had green visitor met another planet. clean water. Micky and Mimi.
The computer on his body said The visitor told Mimi and Micky Mimi and Micky ran there were many trees on that he came from another planet. to tell their teacher. our planet. He said, “You must save your planet.” But the visitor flew back to his planet. 24. Where was the green visitor from?
25. Why did the visitor ask Mimi and Micky “Are you a panda? Are you a tiger?”? 26-27. “You must save your planet” means “你们_____ _____你们的星球”in Chinese.
(H) 阅读短文，写句子。（10%） Buses
In the past, many people liked traveling by bus. All passengers had to buy tickets. There was a bus-conductor in each bus. He collected money from the passengers and put the money in a bag.
Passengers do not buy tickets now. They put their money in a fare-box instead.
In the past, there were only single-decker buses. None of them was double-decker bus.
In the past, traveling by bus was not very
comfortable. There were no air conditioners in the buses. Nowadays, most buses have air-conditioners
Most of the bus-drivers are men, but some of them are women. However, in the past, none of the bus-drivers were women. All of them were men.
根据文章，写出相应的对应句。（注意时态， 每条横线上只写一个句子） 54. In the past, all passengers had to buy tickets.
Nowadays, passengers _____________________________. 55. In the past, _______________________________.
Nowadays, there are single-decker buses and double-decker buses. 56. In the past, _______________________________. Nowadays, _____________________________. 57. In the past, _______________________________. Nowadays, _____________________________.
请谈论在我们生活中另外事物的变化，分别写两句对应句（注意时态）： 58. In the past, _______________________________.
Nowadays, _____________________________.
59. In the past, _______________________________. Nowadays, _____________________________.
亲爱的同学：你已经把答案都做在答题纸上了吗？
答题卷
一、情景对话（15%）
二、篇章阅读（85%）
(A)10% 16. _______ 17-19. _____________ _____________ _____________ 20. ________ (B)10% 21. ________ 22. ________________ 23. ____________ (C)8% 24. He ______________________________________________.
25. Because his computer said________________________________________________. 26-27. ____________ ____________
(D)10% 28. Because______________________________________________. 29. 莎莉________________________________________________
30. Because she wanted to _________________________________________________. 31. __________________________.
32. ________
(E)16%
(F)12% 43. Because_____________________________________________________________. 44. ________
45. The ______________ said: “_________________________________________.” 46. ________________________________________________________________
47. ____________________________________ 48. ________
(G)10%49. She read a book about ______________________________________________. 50. ___________________________________________________ 51. Because_____________________________________________.
52. Because he wanted the boy to ________________________________________.
53. ________
(H)10% 根据文章，写出相应的对应句。（注意时态， 每条横线上只写一个句子）
54. In the past, all passengers had to buy tickets.
Nowadays, passengers ______________________________________________________. 55. In the past, _______________________________________________________________. Nowadays, there are single-decker buses and double-decker buses.
56. In the past, _______________________________________________________________. Nowadays, _______________________________________________________________. 57. In the past, _______________________________________________________________.
2015年九年级英语阅读竞赛
第一部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a __1__. If we didn't see some rain soon, we would lose __2__. It was on this day that I _3__ the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch __4__ I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he disappeared __5__ the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to making sandwiches, thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later, __6__, he was once again walking toward the woods. This __7__ went on for an hour: walk __8__ to the woods, run back to the house.
Finally I _9__ take it any longer and I crept(蹑手蹑脚地) out of the house and __10__ him on his journey.
As I leaned in to __11__ him, I saw the most _12__ sight. Several large deer moved in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny deer _13__ on the ground, obviously suffering from dehydration（脱水） and heat exhaustion, lift its head with great effort to lap up(舔) the water cupped in my beautiful boy's __14__.
When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a water tap __15__ we had shut off the water to. Billy opened it all the way up and a __16__trickle began to creep out. He knelt there, letting the drip(水滴) slowly __17__ makeshift " cup". When he stood up and began the travel back, I was there in front of him. His little eyes just filled with tears.
"I'm not _18__," was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly __19__ by other drops…… more drops…… and more.
All I can say is that the __20__ that came that day saved our farm…… just like the actions of one little boy saved another.
1. A. year B. month【英语阅读竞赛】
2. A. everything B. nothing
3. A. taught B. gave
4. A. while B. before
5. A. onto B. into
6. A. therefore B. however
7. A. game B. sight
8. A. carefully B. carelessly
9. A. wouldn‟t B. mustn‟t
10. A. missed B. helped
11. A. watch over B. laugh at
12. A. normal B. amazing
13. A. jumping B. walking
14. A. bottle B. bag
15. A. what B. that C. day C. something C. learned C. as C. at C. otherwise C. position C. bravely C. couldn‟t C. searched C. deal with C. dangerous C. lying C. hands C. where D. week D. anything D. accepted D. when D. with D. anyway D. activity D. naturally D. shouldn‟t D. followed D. concern about D. terrible D. running D. pockets D. how【英语阅读竞赛】
16. A. quick B. small C. large D. big
17. A. come up B. run away C. fill up D. take away
18. A. joking B. wasting C. washing D. crying
19. A. joined B. designed C. moved D. created
20. A. cloud B. water C. rain D. wind
第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30）
A
When he was 12 years old, the boy made a decision. He only later realized it probably hurt his teacher. He was, after all, a kid. But in time, when he was older and wiser, he wanted to find this teacher and apologize (道歉). But the teacher seemed to have disappeared.
In the past ten years, the boy, Larry Israelson, often turned to the Internet, typing the teacher‟s name into search boxes. He never found anything. But he never stopped looking. Last month—by now nearly 39 years after the event happened—he got a hit.
Excited, he started reading a story I had written in The Oregonian about a program that helps kids. He studied a photo and found his teacher, who was a volunteer. He then emailed me and asked me to introduce him to the teacher, James Atteberry.
I got in touch with Atteberry. He agreed to talk to his student. Shortly thereafter, I received a package with an envelope in it. I immediately took it to Atteberry.
As James Atteberry read the letter, he was brought back to 1973, when he was a history teacher in Huntington Beach. In the letter, Larry said, “I am truly sorry for leaving your seventh grade class during the 1972—1973 school year. I don‟t have many memories from school, but at the top of my exercise-book you wrote „You will go far in life.‟ Looking back on my younger self, I was proud to be your student.”
When it comes to apologies, no one gets a pass. Everyone needs to receive one, and everyone needs to give one.
21. How long did Larry spend looking for his teacher on the Internet?
A. For 39 years. B. For 12 years. C. For 10 years. D. For 2 years.
22. What did Larry feel sorry for?
A. Not finding the teacher earlier. B. Forgetting many school things.
C. Not finishing his homework. D. Leaving the teacher‟s class.
23. What‟s the writer‟s conclusion in the passage?
A. Students should apologize to their teachers.
B. The earlier you apologize, the better the result is.
C. One must apologize for every mistake he has made.
D. Everyone has to apologize and receive apologies in life.
B
Sports, drama, and all kinds of organizations keep students busy during high school. Where do they get the money to do these things? Not everyone gets it from parents. Most have to work for at least some of the money to pay for these activities. Some adults question if high school students should have jobs. I say yes, they undoubtedly should.
Some people worry that teens with after-school jobs will have difficulty finding time for schoolwork. Actually, having a job helps teens make better use of their time. Many jobs take only a couple of hours on weeknights. According to an article, 86 percent of high school students have
an after-school, weekend or summer job and students who work between 10 and 20 hours per week during the school year get higher grades than those who do not work at all. Instead of considering working after school a hindrance, it should be looked at as real-world education.
Other people think that work adds too much stress（压力）, which may be somewhat true, but whether having a job or not, there is always stress. Better to learn how to deal with busy schedules（日程表）in a controlled environment like high school than to be out on your own and alone in the future, experiencing stress for the first time. I personally would be worried about the teenager who has to become independent without having any experience of working.
The biggest reason teens should work is that it is a healthy way of making money. There are many things teens need to pay for and they cannot do it if they don‟t have a job. Not all parents can pay for these activities. My dad told me, “Having a job is a good way to save up for things you are going to need or want to do. You get a lot more out of things if you pay for them yourself.” The sooner kids make money, the sooner they can learn how to use money wisely. If they are not allowed to work in high school, they may have a hard time in the future. Teens should, without a doubt, be allowed to work on school nights.
24. The word “hindrance” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.
A. something that encourages teens to study
B. something that helps teens improve study
C. something that prevents teens from studying
D. something that makes teens lose interest in study
25. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. Teens are too busy with study to work at high school.
B. Teens experience stress for the first time at high school.
C. Teens are worried about being independent in the future.
D. Teens who work will deal with stress better in the future.
26. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Working makes teens get lower grades.
B. Working teaches teens to spend money more wisely.
C. Working helps teens to get on better with their parents.
D. Working stops teens from taking part in after-school activities.
27. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. What money means to teens.
B. Why teens should work after school.
C. Whether parents should help teens find jobs.
D. How teens get money for after-school activities.
C
You eat to stay fit and keep your body working, right? Then reading is food for your mind and soul. Reading informs you of what‟s happening around. Reading encourages you to think and imagine, think out of the box and imagine the impossible.
In the past, people just read books, only books. Today, we have books online, which makes You can lie in bed with a book, but with a computer you possibly can‟t. No matter how you read, reading is important.
Remember those bedtime stories? We read fun facts about animals, plants and the universe. We ask “whys” and “hows”. In books, we find their answers. Children who are introduced to reading at an early age are seen to have a better understanding of phonics (语音学). They master language skills easily, have a richer vocabulary and have greater reading abilities. Children, who grow up reading good books, mostly stand out. The way they think and act is very different from those who have never been introduced to reading. Reading not only adds to their knowledge but also shapes their personalities. Reading has a great influence on one‟s life. Teenagers are easily influenced by whatever they read. If inspirational stories and life experiences are read in one‟s teens, they can change a person for the better. They stay with him and keep encouraging him to achieve his goals and choose the right against the wrong.
The more you read, the more creative and imaginative you will become. Reading develops vocabulary, improves language skills and sharpens your problem-solving abilities. It leads to a better understanding of self. Reading gives you knowledge, it makes you more confident. The more you read about others‟ lives and experiences, a better decision-maker you will become.
Reading about the importance of reading should lead you to read more, and more, and more. So choose a book you like and don‟t stop reading until you reach the end. And even after that read as much as you can.
28. Which of the following is true?
A. Children should start reading at a young age.
B. Parents should tell their children stories every day.
C. Teenagers should think and act differently from others.
D. Students should find answers to their questions in books.
29. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means ______.
A. reading books is no longer a pleasure to people
B. reading books is less interesting than reading online
C. reading online can‟t take the place of reading books
D. reading online can‟t be difficult for people
30. What can we infer from the passage?
A. More teenagers read online now.
B. What teenagers read builds their future.
C. What children should learn first is phonics.
D. More practice makes reading easier.
31. What‟s the best title for the passage?
A. Why Is Reading Important?
B. What Should Teenagers Read?
C. How Is Reading Ability Improved?
D. When Should Children Start Reading?
D
"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.
If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.
Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don‟t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spear‟Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue‟s Can‟t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know ifworks!
32. According to the passage, earworms are ______.
A．songs that keep going round in our mind
B．worms that live in a part of our brain
C．tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga
D．parasites clearly under our control
33. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.
B．Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.
C．Humans do not have complete control over their mind.
D．You won‟t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.
34. What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．The instruction to shut up your mind.
B．“Don‟t think of the white bear” problem.
C．Kylie Minogue‟s Can‟t Get You out Of My Head.
D．Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.
35. What is the passage mainly about?
A．The causes and influences of earworms.
B．What earworms are and how to deal with them.
C．How to clear earworms out of your head.
D．The relation between earworms and popular songs.
初一英语阅读竞赛
学校 _________________________ 班级 __________ 姓名 ______________
注意事项：1、本试卷共45小题，分值100分，答卷时间为40分钟。
2、请将答案写在第一页答题页上，题号一一对应。
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I. II.【英语阅读竞赛】
IV
初一阅读竞赛试卷
I. Multiple Choice on Vocabulary. (2%*10=20%)
Directions: Choose one item which best completes each sentence.
1. It takes hard work to make a dream come true. Just remember, never _______. A. give up B. stand up C. lie down D. go away
2. When people saw pictures taken from Mars, they were _______. There were no plants or animals. There were no signs of life at all.
A. satisfied B. thankful C. happy D. disappointed
3. All of a ______ a big wind blew. The ketchup bottle fell over. A. suddenly B. sudden C. suddenness D. sufficient
4. In the Arctic, summer lasts only two months _____ the end of June _____ the end of August. A. between … and … B. both … and C. from … to … D. either … or …
5. In college, Summer began to dream of being in the Olympic games. After the long hard training, her dream _______.
A. went out B. came true C. gave up D. kept trying
6. Mr. Lopez is a/an _______ coach. He told his students not to give up and had them practise happily. A. excellent B. interesting C. happy D. unsuccessful
7. Soccer is a/an ______ sport. No one player wins a game alone. A. hard B. amazing C. world D. team
8. The children stood on the sidewalk and _________. But they could see nobody. A. looked around B. look up C. looked for D. looked at
9. When the pirates found their captain was a coward, they began to ______ him. A. take care of B. wait for C. turn against D. think of
10. A robot is a machine that can be told _______. Then it can do the job by itself. A. how to do B. what to do C. when to meet D. where to go
II. Choose the correct answer. (2%*15=30%)
Directions: Choose the best answer according to the information in the recommended books. 11. The arctic hare and the Arctic fox have _______ fur in summer.
A. dark B. white C. red D. yellow
12. The first ________ sent to Mars had special cameras. It took pictures of Mars and sent them back to Earth.
A. robot B. plane C. spacecraft D. planet
13. Ella’s glass slipper was _____. Nobody’s foot could fit into it except Cinderella’s.
A. too small B. so beautiful C. too big D. magic
14. On the way, Molly found the wrong way. She __________.
A. changed the sign and made everyone go the wrong way
B. pushed Rocky into the trash bin made Pinky skate into the bush C. caught up to the others and told them the right way D. was the last to cross the finish line
15. At first, Michael’s older brother was ______ than Michael while playing basketball.
A. better B. worse C. poorer D. more
16. Players in the Tigers _______ each other. When they meet difficulties, they help each other a lot.
A. laugh at B. kick C. scare D. support
17. Where did Katy stay when her classmates visited the Lakeland Science Museum?
A. In a room all about robots. B. In her own lab. C. In a room all about animals. D. In B Street Museum.
18. Katy made a robot called Plato. It can __________.
A. help mothers do some housework
B. help students care about school things C. help farmers pick tomatoes and apples D. help people pick things up under water
19. At last, the Lost Boys were not scared any more. They fought as a team and killed _______ of the pirates.
A. some B. most C. one D. none
20. A _______ is inside almost all robots. It controls every move the robot makes.
A. camera B. wheel C. computer D. battery
21. On Saturday morning, Coach Barnes found their equipment bag missing. It was full of _______. So they had to
throw the ball.
A. bats B. team shirts C. new balls D. baseball mitts
22. Mr Smith was a _______ in the 1960s. With his help, the Falcons played the best they had ever played.
A. successful scientist B. great engineer C. helpful kind man D. big league ball player
23. When someone said Sue’s not doing very well, she felt like _______.
A. smiling B. shouting C. crying D. running
24. At this moment, it is _______ o’clock in London. People are leaving work and on their way home.
A. one B. five C. eight D. ten
25. Ziggy followed the beautiful flowers and picked lots of them. He went farther and farther. At last, he _______.
A. felt hungry B. was caught by Ben C. got lost on Earth D. found some rocket fuel
III. Cloze. (2%*10=20%)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
On a clear night, look up at the sky. Look for a glowing dot. It is not a star. It is a planet Mars. A planet can be made of dirt, rock, and sometimes gas. There are eight planets that travel our Sun. Our Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Mars is the planet, right after the earth. Mars and Earth are next-door neighbours!
Mars is from Earth. It is only about half the size. If you look at Mars a telescope, the planet looks reddish. It is much colder than . The temperatures are almost always below zero. The air is so thin that a person could not it. Still, Mars is the planet most like Earth.
Mars is like Earth in many ways. It days and nights. There are ice caps at the top and bottom. planets also have moons. Earth has one moon. Mars has two. 26. A. black B. red C. yellow D. brown 27. A. call B. calls C. calling D. called 28. A. around B. behind C. along D. through 29. A. first B. second C. fourth D. fifth 30. A. same B. different C. far away D. similar 31. A. through B. into C. at D. to 32. A. Moon B. Sun C. Earth D. Planet 33. A. touch B. feel C. breathe D. get 34. A. has B. is C. likes D. is like 35. A. Either B. Neither C. All D. Both
IV. Reading Comprehension. (3%*10=30%)
Directions: Each passage is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question and fill in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
(A)
Do you like to play outside? Do you like to run? Do you like to play with a ball? You can do all of these things
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