初中英语竞赛2015.pdf

2015 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 9 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% ） Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences. (A) Later that night, when the storm had finally ended,WALL·E rolled outside and turned over his collection box to clean ___1___ out. He pressed the Play button on his chest and listened to the song again. ___2___ the little robot wasn ’t programmed to understand romance, it was romance that pulsed through his circuits. It was the same strange impulse that made WALL·E ___3___ up at the few stars visible through the polluted haze and wish ___4___ someone to share his world. 1. A. him B. that C. it D. them 2. A. Although B. Because C. Since D. As 3. A. to gaze B. gazing C. gaze D. gazed 4. A. at B. with C. by D. for (B) The death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, at about age 90, leaves British Queen Elizabeth II as ___5___ living reigning monarch in the world. The queen is 88, and ___6___ 89 on April 21, although her birthday is typically celebrated in June when the weather is better. The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, ___7___ is 93, have cut back on their long-range overseas travels in recent years, but not