上海初中英语竞赛初赛试卷.doc

2014年“世外”杯上海市初中英语竞赛初赛试卷 考生注意： 本卷共10页，70小题，满分100分；答题时间90分钟。 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. A. a B. an C. the D. / A. remember B. remembering C. remembered D. to remember A. know B. had known C. would know D. knows 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.