四川省芦山中学第一届单词英语竞赛决赛试卷答案

　　四川省芦山中学第一届单词英语竞赛决赛

　　一、Match the definition of the words and choose the right order of the definitions according to the order of the English words.

　　1. (1) equipment (2) transportation (3) majority (4) knowledge (5) destination a. a number of people or things that form more than half of a group

　　b. information and understanding about a subject.

　　c. a place you are going to

　　d. a means or way of carrying passengers or goods

　　e. the things needed for a particular activity

　　A. bdeac B. ceadb C. abdec D. edabc

　　2. (1) rub (2) recommend (3) fold (4) recognize (5) pat

　　a. to know who someone is because you have seen him or her before

　　b. to press something against something else and move it

　　c. to tap someone gently with the open hand

　　d. to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc. by laying or pressing one part over another

　　e. to advise someone to do something especially because you have special knowledge of a subject

　　A. abced B. bedac C. abcde D. becad

　　3. (1) oval (2) flexible (3) conventional (4) selfish (5) painful

　　a. easily bent not breaking

　　b. caring only about yourself and not about other people

　　c. a shape like a circle, but longer than it is wide

　　d. making you feel very upset, or very hard and unpleasant for you

　　e. always following the opinions and behaviors that most people in a society consider to be normal, right but sometimes slightly boring

　　A. cbaed B. aecdb C. caebd D. daebc

　　4. (1) challenging (2) tiresome (3) universal (4) kind (5) basic

　　a. forming the main or most necessary part of something

　　b. not simple in an interesting or enjoyable way

　　c. involving or understood by everyone in the world

　　d. making you feel annoyed or not patient

　　e. saying or doing things that show that you care about other people and want to help them or make them happy

　　A. bdcea B. dbcea C. becda D. bcdae

　　5. (1) thunder (2) sorrow (3) hospital (4) excuse (5) toilet

　　a. a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste liquid or waste matter from your body b. the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning

　　c. a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened

　　d. a reason that you give to explain careless or bad behaviour

　　e. a large building where sick or injured people are looked after and received medical treatment

　　A. dbeca B. bceda C. cbead D. cbead

　　6. (1) entertainment (2) blackboard (3) channel (4) phrase (5) offence

　　a. a group of words that together have a particular meaning

　　b. behaviour which makes someone angry

　　c. things such as film, TV etc that amuse or interest people

　　d. a board with a dark smooth surface used in schools for writing on with chalk

　　e. a passage that water or other liquids flow along

　　A. cbdae B. cbead C. cedba D. cdeab

　　7. (1) legal (2) encourage (3) dilemma (4) hammer (5) digest

　　a. a tool with a heavy metal part on a long handle, used for hitting nails into wood or something else

　　b. to change food that you have just eaten into what your body can use

　　c. to say or do something that helps someone have courage to do something

　　d. allowed, ordered or approved by law

　　e. a situation in which it is hard to decide what to do because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad

　　A. dceab B. cdeba C. caebd D. cabde

　　8. (1) kettle (2) measure (3) lounge (4) seed (5) harmony

　　a. a metal or plastic container with a lid, a handle and a spout used to boil water

　　b. to live or work together without fighting or disagreeing with each other

　　c. an official action that is intended to deal with a particular problem

　　d. a small comfortable public room in a hotel or other building used by many people

　　e. a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows

　　A. cadeb B. cdaeb C. cdeab D. acdeb

　　9. (1) zipper (2) quilt (3) yoghurt (4) bow (5) radiation

　　a. to bend your upper body forward

　　b. a thick liquid food that tests slightly sour and is made from milk

　　c. two lines of small metal or plastic pieces that slide together to fasten a piece of clothing d. a warm thick cover for a bed made of cloth filled with something such as feather, cotton e. energy in the form of heat or light sent out as beam that you cannon see

　　A. cbade B. cdbae C. dcbae D. cbaed

　　0. (1) confirm (2) forest (3) brick (4) journalist (5) drawer

　　a. someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, television or radios. b. a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees

　　c. to show that something is surely true, especially by providing

　　d. part of a piece of furniture such as a desk that you pull out and push in and used to keep things in

　　e. a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc.

　　A. acbed B. cbaed C.cbead D. Cbeda

　　二、Choose the right word in order to complete the word in right form in each sentence according to the meaning of the sentence and the initial.

　　11 Sorry to have d_______ answering your letter because of pressure of time

　　A. decided B. delayed C. discussed D. disliked

　　12. Do it now, o_________, it will be too late.

　　A. orally B. outwards C. otherwise D. obviously

　　13. The c________ were drawn. We couldn’t observe him from the window.

　　A. cases B. companies C. curtains D. cottages

　　14. The wounded soldier walked with great d_______________.

　　A. disaster B. discourage C. distance D. difficulty

　　15. The patient is gathering his s____________ with every passing day.

　　A. strength B. seeds C. scream D. secretary

　　16. He’ll be back soon. He has ridden a m___________ to the station to meet a friend.

　　A. minibus B. motor C. missile D. machine

　　17. He was the y___________ of the three noblemen.

　　A. youth B. youngest C. yellow D. yours

　　18. Science and t____________ have made our motherland rich and powerful

　　A. test B. tax C. technology D. teaching

　　19. In r_____________ years, advances in medical science have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.

　　A. red B. real C. right D. recent

　　20. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this c____________ a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equally.

　　A. country B. content C. continent D. county

　　三、Guess the meaning of the underlined words according to the context of each sentence, and choose the best answer.

　　21. An Wang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1920. He came to America as an immigrant at the age of twenty-five.

　　A. 臣民 B. 移民 C. 公民 D. 市民

　　22. The usual symptoms of a cold are a runny nose, coughing, sneezing, a throat ache and aching muscles.

　　A. 眨眼睛 B. 挠痒痒 C. 打喷嚏 D. 学口哨

　　23. Jane is indecisive, that is, she can’t make up her mind.

　　A. 优柔寡断的 B. 明察秋毫的 C. 勤学好问的 D. 倾国倾城的

　　24. The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main course such as chicken, turkey, duck and goose.

　　A. 小鸟 B. 动物 C. 美食 D. 家禽

　　25. He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.

　　A. 深情的 B. 勉强的 C. 虚弱的 D. 无奈的

　　26. Shopkeepers may have to spend extra hours in dealing with problems, such as shoplifters, who always take away things from the shop without paying for them.

　　A. 力夫 B. 帮手 C. 小偷 D. 搬运

　　27. His uncle was a roamer, a wanderer who could never stay in one place.

　　A. 流浪者 B. 探险者 C. 旅行者 D. 迁徙者

　　28. When Wilma Rudolf was very young, she got a disease called polio. Wilma’s legs began to have problems.

　　A. 小儿麻痹症 B. 老年痴呆症 C. 风湿关节炎 D. 跌打损伤痛

　　29. He replied quickly. But after he considered the problem more carefully, he regretted having made such a hasty decision.

　　A. 错误的 B. 匆忙的 C. 果断的 D. 明智的

　　30. Because it was very contagious, everyone in the family came down with a disease.

　　A. 坏死性的 B. 开放性的 C. 封闭性的 D. 传染性的

　　四、Compare the phrases and choose the best answer to each sentence.

　　31. More advanced technique information was ________ from abroad.

　　A. brought out B. brought in C. brought on D. brought up

　　32. I don't understand what he said _______ at the meeting yesterday.

　　A. in all B. after all C. at all D. all above

　　33. Girls ________ one third of the total student population in Jianli General School, Xiangyu Group, which _________5140 students.

　　A. make of; is made up B. make up; is made up of

　　C. make from; make up D. made into; make up of

　　34. It's really difficult to _________ a conversation with someone who only says Yes or No.

　　A. keep out B. keep off C. keep on D. keep up

　　35. On Christmas Day in western countries, people walk about in the street __________their best.

　　A. and wear B. and put on C. dressed in D. to wear

　　36. He didn't go into detail on the subject. He spoke _________.

　　A. in general B. in particular C. in common D. in short

　　37. I hate _______ large impersonal companies.

　　A. referring to B. bringing about C. looking for D. dealing with

　　38. The news was a terrible blow to her, but she will _______ the shock soon.

　　A. get out B. get through C. get off D. get over

　　39. The congress opened with a three-minute silence ___________ those who died in the terrible earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichaun Province.

　　A. in need of B. in search of C. with the help of D. in memory of

　　40. —How did they discover the entrance to the underground palace?

　　—Totally ________.

　　A. take the chance B. no accident C. by chance D. on purpose

　　1～5 DBCAB 6～10 DADBC

　　11～15 BCCDA 16～20 ABCDC

　　21～25 BCADC 26～30 CAABD

　　31～35 BCBDC 36～40 ADDDC