全国中学生英语能力竞赛初赛（一）

初二年级组试题
Knowledge and Usage（知识与用法）
Please complete the following sentences in one of the following three ways with one word for each
blank：①based on the phonetic symbols；② based on the first letters of the words；③ based on the
Chinese hints. 用以下三种形式中的一种完成下列句子，每空一词：①根据音标填空；②根据首字母
提示填空；③根据汉语提示填空。
1. In order to have a clean and tidy home we should___________ [ʃeə]the housework.
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2. My uncle p___________ to come to my birthday party, but he didn't keep his word.
3. To keep healthy，we need to sleep at 1___________ seven hours every night.
4. Can you tell me what I should do in such a___________（形势）?
5. The government is spending___________（数以十亿计的）of dollars on the new railway project.
For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Please choose the one
thot can best complete the sentence.
6. —Alex, you missed___________ “u” in __________word “usually”. —Sorry, Sir.
A. an; a B. the; the C. an; the D. a; the
7. Tony is a ___________boy, but he speaks in such a low voice in class that we can ___________hear him.
A. weak; almost B. strong; hardly C. weak; hardly D. strong; almost
8. —Sandy usually gets up ___________five thirty ___________Saturday mornings.
—How early! I often get up three hours ________than she.
A. in; at; early B. in; on; earlier C. at; in; late D. at; on; later
9. —Did you do ___________ in Sanya during your holiday? —Yes, I did. I took a photo with a foreigner.
A. anything interesting B. nothing interesting C. interesting anything D. interesting nothing
10. My living room is___________ dirty___________ I have to clean it right now.
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A. as; as B. too; to C. so; that D. not only; but also

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11. The terrible disease killed over ___________people worldwide.

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A. three hundred's B. three hundreds' C. three hundred D. three hundreds

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12. Those clever children learned it all by___________. Nobody told them___________.
A. them; where to sell it B. themselves; how to do it C. them; when to get it D. themselves; what to make it
13. Tom has difficulty ___________Chinese, so he often asks me ___________advice.
A. to know; of B. understanding; of C. to know; for D. understanding; for
14. I'm not sure if you ___________in the exam, but you'll be better if you___________ harder.
A. will succeed; study B. will successful; study C. succeed; will work D. successful; will work
15. —Bad weather! Do you think the rain will stop soon? —___________. I want to play baseball outside.
A. I hope so B. I don't mind it C. No problem D. Not at all
For the following passage there are ten underlined parts. Among the underlined parts，five are wrong. Please choose the wrong
parts. 下面的短文中有 10 处画线部分，其中有 5 处是错误的，请选出错误的部分。
Matt Suter's dream was to see a real live tornado（龙卷风）. His dream (A)came true last March. Matt visited Tornado
Alley in Kansas, (B)American. He didn't see any tornadoes in (C) first week of his visit. Then, one night, Matt (D)woke up
because of the sound of the strong winds outside. He got up and (E)looked out of the window. As he watched，the huge funnel
（漏斗）of a tornado appeared not (F)far from Matt's campsite. Rubbish flew through the air.(G)Nothing broke the window
and hit Matt on the head. He fell out of the camper. The (H)winds picked Matt up into the air and carried him four hundred
metres away. Matt had a few cuts（伤口）(I)and nothing was serious. He was very lucky (J)be alive.
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Sentence Pattern Transformation（句式转换）
Please transform the following sentences as required，using one word for each blank.
21. I bought some new books for my little sister. （改为一般疑问句）
___________ ___________buy___________ new books for ___________little sister?
22. Let's close the door. （改为反意疑问句）
Let's close the door, ___________ ___________?
23. Do you have time next Sunday? （改为同义句）
___________ you ___________next Sunday?
24. Robert is writing very quickly. （改为感叹句）
___________ ___________Robert is writing!
25. It's about 10 minutes' walk from the library to the police station. （对画线部分提问）
___________ ___________is it from the library to the police station?
Dialogue Completion（补全对话）
Please read the following incomplete dialogue，and fill in the blanks with proper sentences according to the context and the
information given in the picture. 请阅读下面不完整的对话，根据对话内容和所给图片信息，在空白处填入适当的句
子，补全对话。
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Shirley: Hi, Ben. Why are you so happy?

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Ben: Hi, Shirley, I heard a piece of good news!

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Ben: There's a great camp! Would you like to take part in it?
Shirley: Is it only for adults or the whole family?
Ben: ____________27____________
Shirley: That sounds good. Can I play tennis there?
Ben: ____________28____________But you can do lots of other things. For example, you can dance or ride a horse.
Shirley: Oh, really? Children love horses. Anything else I can do?
Ben: ____________29____________
Shirley: Have they got a website?
Ben: ____________30____________
Shirley: Let's get on the Internet and find out more.
Cloze（完形填空）
Please read the following passage，and fill in the blanks with the proper forms，using 10 words or phrases out of the 12 given
in the box according to the context. 请阅读下面的短文，并根据其内容提示，从方框中所给的 12 个单词或短语中选择 10
个，并用其适当形式填空。

dish, what, how many, be, a, on, before, cook, no one, final, everyone, how

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