第八届全国中学生英语能力大赛模拟题.doc

第八届”外教社杯“全国中学生英语能力大赛模拟题 1、Multiple Choice on Vocabulary Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 1 I begin to love the graveyard and now I_________ imagine living anywhere else.? A. needn’t??????????????????? B. can’t?????????????? C. mustn’t?????????? ???? D. shouldn’t A?B?C?D 2 Over__________ years, layers of earth and rocks fell or moved on top of these fossils. A. millions????????????????? B. millions of ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. billions??????????? ???? D. billions of?? A?B?C?D 3 This place was as_________ to heaven as you could get on earth. I didn’t want to move.? A. close????????????????????? B. closer????????????? C. closest???????????? ???? D. the closest A?B?C?D 4 Jason turned on his invisibility belt, so________?saw him as he went into the Candyman’s house. A. anyone ????????????????? B. someone???????? C. no one? ???????? ????? D. everyone A?B?C?D 5 Fossil fuels provide more than 80 percent of the energy_________ in the world today.? ??A. use???????????????????????? B. to use????????????? C. used??????????????? ???? D. using A?B?C?D 2、Multiple Choice on Encyclopedic Knowledge Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 1 The ________ the crevasse is, the more seconds it takes for the rock to fall down. A. wider ???????????????????? B. longer ?????????????????????????? C. narrower ??????????????? D. deeper A?B?C?D 2 Travis and his Mum and Dad were hiking near the ________ coast of Norway. A. northeast?????????? B. southeast????????????????? C. northwest ?????????????? D. southwest A?B?C?D 3 ?The crevasse was ________ near the top but ________ further down. A. dark, blue ??????? B. blue, dark ?????????????? C. white, dark ??????????????????? D. dark, white A?B?C?D 3、Cloze Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choi