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初中英语竞赛2015

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2015年“世外”杯上海市初中英语竞赛初赛试卷

考生注意：

本卷共9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.GrammarandVocabulary（30%）

Directions:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentences.

(A)

Laterthatnight,whenthestormhadfinallyended,WALL·Erolledoutsideandturnedoverhiscollectionboxtoclean___1___out.HepressedthePlaybuttononhischestandlistenedtothesongagain.___2___thelittlerobotwasn’tprogrammedtounderstandromance,itwasromancethatpulsedthroughhiscircuits.ItwasthesamestrangeimpulsethatmadeWALL·E___3___upatthefewstarsvisiblethroughthepollutedhazeandwish___4___someonetosharehisworld.

A.him B.that C.it D.them

A.Although B.Because C.Since D.As

A.togaze B.gazing C.gaze D.gazed

A.at B.with C.by D.for

(B)

ThedeathofKingAbdullahofSaudiArabiaonThursday,ataboutage90,leavesBritishQueenElizabethIIas___5___livingreigningmonarchintheworld.Thequeenis88,and___6___89onApril21,althoughherbirthdayistypicallycelebratedinJunewhentheweatherisbetter.Thequeenandherhusband,PrincePhilip,___7___is93,havecutbackontheirlong-rangeoverseastravelsinrecentyears,butnotentirely.

13.A.But B.So C.Therefore D.Thus

14.A.thought B.tothink C.think D.thinking

(E)

NowyoumustknowthataTownMouseonceuponatimewentonavisittohiscousininthecountry.Hewasroughandready,thiscousin,buthelovedhistownfriendandmadehimheartilywelcome.Beansandbacon,cheeseandbread,were___15___hehadtooffer,butheofferedthemfreely.TheTownMouseratherturneduphislongnoseatthiscountryfare,andsaid,“Icannotunderstand,Cousin,howyoucanputupwith___16___poorfoodasthis,butofcourseyou