韶关市始兴风度中学2012届高二竞赛试题(英语).doc

韶关市始兴风度中学2011-2012学年高二竞赛 英语试卷 (满分150分，时间120分钟) 第一部分：语言知识应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I 1 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against a/an 2 of 100, scored 160. I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3 have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always 4 it. Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 5 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I d prove myself a 6 . In a world where I have to work with my 7 , I d do poorly. Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling 8 . One time he said,Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man 9 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 10 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 11 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 12 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the next man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them? I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, Why, you fool, he used his 13 and asked for them. I ve been 14 that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure Id catch you. Why is that?” I asked. Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldnt be very 15 . And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. 1. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose 2. A. average B. total C. exam D. number 3. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently 4. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed 5. A. answered B. practised C. designed D. tried 6. A. teacher B. doctor C.