初中英语奥林匹克竞赛

一、选择填空

1. This story-book is ______. I wrote ______ name on its cover______.

A. my; my; myself

B. mine; my; myself C. myself; mine; my

D. mine;

myself; my

2. Peter decided to go _____ the lesson once more before class.

3.

I

really

like

Maria.

She's

_________

a

sweet

girl

_________

is

always

polite

to

everyone.

A. so; that

B. quite; which

C. such; who

D. very; whose

4. I won't leave unless you _________ me everything. I have to know!

A. don't leave

B. won't teach

C. would find

D. tell

5.

—

Do you know the famous musical Cats is going to be performed in Beijing on

5th December?

—

Yes. But we've not got the tickets.

—

_________.

A. We haven

’

t too

B. So do we

C. So have we

D. Neither have

we

6. _________ she was washing her face, the water stopped _________.

A. As; running

B. As soon as; to flow

C. After; to go

D. Since; raining

7.

—

Have you ever _________ a lot of money?

—

No, I haven't, but once I _________

￡

10 in a lottery.

A. won; won

B. seen; have stolen

C. made; will get

D. received; paid

8.

—

_________ you change a pound, please?

—

I _________ have some. Let me see.

A. Should; might

B. Can; must

C. Could; may

D. Will; would

9. Help

yourself to some fish. The fish _________ in this restaurant are _________

locally.

A. cooking; living

B. served; caught

C. sold; finding

D. made; seen

10.

—

Do you like cooking?

—

Yes, but the one job I hate in the kitchen is _________.

A. getting up

B. putting up

C. hanging up

D. washing up

11

.

—

Where

have

you

been

all

the

time?

—

I

came

back

at

noon

and

I

____

in

this

room since.

A. have been

B. was

C. had been

D. have gone

12.. --- Can he lend me some money?-- I regret to tell you he is ______ you.

A. not rich as

B. no more rich than

C. no richer than

D. not richer as

13.. --- If he _____, he _____ that food.--- Luckily he was sent to the hospital at once.

A. was warned, would not take

B. had been warned, would not have taken

C. would be warned, had not taken

D. would have been warned, had not taken

14

. I don’t like _____ of the two pens. Please show me ______.

A. both, one

B. all, the other

C. neither, the others

D. either, another

15.

He

was

afraid

______

the

yard

because

he

was

afraid

______

by

the

big

dog

_____ at the gates.

A. to enter, to be bitten, lay

B. of entering, of being bitten, lay

C. of entering, to be bitten, laying

D. to enter, of being bitten, lying

二、完形填空

The

Japanese

pay

much

attention

to

the

lucky

telephone

numbers.

The

bathhouses, for example,

16

to use 4626, because when

17

in Japanese, it has the

same pronunciation(

发音

) as

“

have a good bath

”

. Both the clothes shops and the

butcher’s(

屠户

) like 4129 better than

18

number because this number can either be

read as “good dress” or “good meat”.

19

these numbers are connected with

（与…联系）

something

20

, people

can remember them very

21

, so they have become advertisements for the

22

.

On

the

other

hand

there

are

also

telephone

numbers

which

are

23

as

forbidden(

禁止

)

by

the Japanese people. 1564, for example, has the sound of “kill

people”

24

the number 4219 has

25

“People die”.

At last, there are about forty-four million

26

in Japan, yet it is almost

27

for

everyone

to

get

a

28

telephone

number.

So

these

telephones

have

become

commodities(

商品

)

and

can

be

29

as

goods.

The

price

can

reach

as

30

as

222

thousand yen.

16. A. like

B. want

C. have

D. ought

17. A. read

B. listen

C. hear

D. look

18. A. any

B. rest

C. other

D. any other

19. A. Since

B. Although

C. even if

D. When

20. A. to do

B. useful

C. mice

D. important

21. A. hard

B. slowly

C. much

D. easily

22. A. dresses

B. shops

C. meats

D. house

23. A. sounded

B. regarded

C. pronounced

D. looked

24. A. but

B. because

C. as

D. while

25. A. sound

B. meaning

C. that

D. this

26. A. shops

B. Japanese

C. telephones

D. numbers

27. A. possible

B. impossible

C. easy

D. necessary

28. A. interesting

B. nice

C. lucky

D. suitable

29. A. used

B. made

C. sold

D. stored

30. A. valuable

B. big

C. expensive

D. high

Before the 1980s, models were just beautiful people in magazine photographs. People

knew very little about them. They didn't know how old they were, where they lived or

what their favourite sports were. Most people didn't even know their names.

Then came the 1980s, the era

（时代）

of the supermodel. This was when some

models became so famous that they became as well known as Hollywood film stars.

Most people today have heard of Naomi Campbell,

Kate

Moss,

Elle

Macpherson,

Claudia

Schiffer

and

the other supermodels.

Stories about them appear in magazines. Journalists interview them. Television

documentaries have been made about their lives. There are also hundreds of