2019学年广州市高三英语词汇竞赛（2019 - 01）English Vocabulary Competition for Senior 3（完成时间：40-45分钟；满分：100分）一、选择最佳答案(1x40=40)1. The Chinese ________ for crisis consists of two words — Wei Ji, the former meaning dangerand the latter referring to opportunities.A. expressionB. impressionC. explanationD. information2. Nowadays some protective parents want to ________ their kids from every kind of danger, realor imagined.A. spotB. dismissC. shelterD. distinguish3. If I find someone who looks like the suspect, my ________ reaction will be to tell thepolice.A. physicalB. immediateC. sensitiveD. sudden4. Fearing unemployment, almost one million people sat China's civil service examination in order to get ________ jobs.A. properB. suitableC. generousD. secure5. This telephone bill is ______ a mistake. It says I owe 3 million dollars.A. accidentallyB. purposefullyC. obviouslyD. formally6. A good teacher should leave some time for the students to ________ the information theyreceive in class.A. introduceB. receiveC. digestD. accept7. The photographer needs to charge up the digital camera every day as its battery ________quickly.A. shuts upB. ends upC. runs outD. turns out8. John worked hard at his lessons and gained ________ to a famous university.A. permissionB. admissionC. agreementD. freedom9. The population of Africa is ________ so rapidly that experts fear there may be food shortages insome regions.A. expandingB. stretchingC. extendingD. spreading10. Helen devoted herself ________ to her research and became a top scientist in the field ofapplied physics.A. seriouslyB. extremelyC. strictlyD. entirely11. The US will stop ______ to green climate funds because they feel they are paying too much.A. attachingB. contributingC. opposingD. referring12. When you ______ money from the bank, compares your signature with the one in its files tosee if it is authentic.A. depositB. dismissC. removeD. withdraw13. Plans are underway for a new ______ at the airport.A. carriageB. harbourC. straitD. terminal14. Unfortunately, by the time the ambulance arrived he was ______.A. unbearableB. uncomfortableC. unconsciousD. unemployed15. The proposal was ______ as too conservative by the committee.A. declinedB. rejectedC. refusedD. resisted16. Among her many ______ are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness.A. virtuesB. varietiesC. victoriesD. victims17. Cheney is everyone’s image of a(n) ______ police man: six feet, 220 pounds and slowthinking.A. typicalB. initialC. matureD. merciful18. The spread of ______ areas endangers wildlife.A. disasterB. suspensionC. urbanD. remote19. A lot of the comments were apparently ______ and general.A. specificB. vagueC. constructiveD. fair20. We know that taste in art is a(n) ______ matter.A. impressiveB. objectiveC. persuasiveD. subjective21. The printed word is no ______ for personal discussion with a great thinker.A. substituteB. considerationC. provisionD. allowance22. The government is trying to do something to ______ better understanding between the twocountries.A. raiseB. promoteC. heightenD. increase23. In children’s minds the Spring Festival is ______ with nice food and presents.A. connectedB. joinedC. combinedD. associated24. To ______ the success in the World Cup, the Chinese team have been practising very hardover the past few months.A. insureB. assumeC. ensureD. secure25. The soldier was______ of running away when the enemy attacked.A. scoldedB. chargedC. accusedD. punished26. He’s watching TV? He’s ______ to be clearing his room!A. knownB. supposedC. regardedD. considered27. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not ______ going to the doctor.A. put offB. hold backC. put asideD. hold up28. He seemed to have come to a roadblock in solving the problem, so he simply ______whatever came into his head.A. put asideB. put awayC. put backD. put down29. The French pianist who had been praised very highly ______ to be a great disappointment.A. turned upB. turned inC. turned outD. turned down30. People could hardly ______ their anger when they found millions of dollars of public fundshad been used to build luxurious houses for city officials.A. hold backB. draw backC. hold overD. hold up同义词选择从A、B、C、D中选出可替换句中画线部分的最佳选项。

31. All the time, the captain tried to preserve our good spirits by telling stories and talkinghopefully about what we would do when we got back to England.A. protectB. refreshC. keepD. content32. They said that the painters were careless and their paintings were ridiculous.A. rigidB. absurdC. fantasticD. boring33. He denied taking money, but we were skeptical .A. significant B sure C. remarkable D. doubtful34. You can judge a man by just a few remarks.A. wordsB. soundC. rawD. meetings35. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.A. fragrantB. ornateC. abnormalD. fragile36. The quality and number of a city's public roads offer an excellent means of gauging itsprosperity.A. protectingB. enrichingC. tracingD. judging37. In the United States there are numerous federal, state and local programs aimed at combating air pollution.A. fightingB. limitingC. prohibitingD. avoiding38. Ten names were deleted from the list of those invited to attend the conference.A. suggested forB. absorbed fromC. removed fromD. included in39. A dog's sense of smell is keener than that of a human being.A. more interestingB. more acuteC. more appropriateD. more useful40. The flowers on the table were a manifestation of the child's love for his mother.A. demonstrationB. (an) explanationC. combinationD. satisfaction二.阅读理解(3X10= 30)(A)The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity?The answer is no, because brains are more sophisticated（复杂）than that. Instead of just crowding in, old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form.Previous behavioral studies have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting. But in a new study, researchers demonstrated for the first time how this effect occurs in the brain.In daily life, forgetting actually has clear advantages. Imagine, for instance, that you lost your bank card. The new card you receive will come with a new personal identification number (PIN). Each time you remember the new PIN, you gradually forget the old one. This process improves access to relevant information, without old memories interfering.And most of us may sometimes feel the frustration of having old memories interfere with new, relevant memories. Consider trying to remember where you parked your car in the same car park you were at a week earlier. This type of memory (where you are trying to remember new, but similar information) is particularly vulnerable to interference.When we acquire new information, the brain automatically tries to incorporate（合并）it within existing information by forming associations. And when we retrieve（检索）information, both the desired and associated but irrelevant information is recalled.The majority of previous research has focused on how we learn and remember new information. But current studies are beginning to place greater emphasis on the conditions under which we forget, as its importance begins to be more appreciated.A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life. While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.In a sense, forgetting is our brain's way of sorting memories, so the most relevant memories are ready for retrieval. Normal forgetting may even be a safety mechanism to ensure our braindoesn't become too full.41. What have past behavioral studies found about our brain?A. Its capacity actually knows no limits.B. It grows sophisticated with practice.C. It keeps our most precious memories until life's end.D. New information learned pushes old information out.42. What is the benefit of forgetting?A. It frees us from painful memories.B. It helps slow down our aging process.C. It facilitates our access to relevant information.D. It prevents old information from forming associations.43. What is the emphasis of current studies of memory?A. When people tend to forget.B. What contributes to forgetting.C. How new technology hinders memory capacity.D. Why learning and forgetting are complementary.44. What do people find about their rare ability to remember every detail of their life?A. It adds to the burden of their memory.B. It makes their life much easier.C. It contributes to their success in life.D. It constitutes a rare object of envy.45. What does the passage say about forgetting?A. It can enlarge our brain capacity.B. It helps get rid of negative memories.C. It is a way of organizing our memories.D. It should not cause any alarm in any way.(B)That was two years after her father's death and a short time after her sweetheart — the one we believed would marry her — had deserted her. After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. A few of the ladies had the nerve to call, but were not received, and the only sign of life about the place was the Negro man —a young man then — going in and out with a market basket."Just as if a man — any man — could keep a kitchen properly, "the ladies said; so they were not surprised when the smell developed. It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.A neighbor, a woman, complained to the mayor, Judge Stevens, eighty years old."But what will you have me do about it, madam?" he said."Why, send her word to stop it," the woman said. "Isn't there a law? ""I'm sure that won't be necessary," Judge Stevens said. "It's probably just a snake or a rat that servant of hers killed in the yard. I'll speak to him about it."The next day he received two more complaints, one from a man who came in timid deprecation. "We really must do something about it, Judge. I'd be the last one in the world to bother Miss Emily, but we've got to do something." That night the Board of Aldermen met —three graybeards and one younger man, a member of the rising generation."It's simple enough," he said. "Send her word to have her place cleaned up. Give her a certain time to do it in, and if she doesn’t...""Dammit, sir," Judge Stevens said, "will you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?"So the next night, after midnight, four men crossed Miss Emily's lawn and slunk about the house like burglars, sniffing along the base of the brickwork and at the cellar openings while one of them performed a regular sowing motion with his hand out of a sack slung from his shoulder. They broke open the cellar door and sprinkled lime there, and in all the outbuildings. As theyrecrossed the lawn, a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her, and her upright torso motionless as that of an idol. They crept quietly across the lawn and into the shadow of the locusts that lined the street. After a week or two the smell went away.That was when people had begun to feel really sorry for her. People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last, believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such. We had long thought of them as a picture, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the two of them framed by the back-flung front door. So when she got to be thirty and was still single, we were not pleased exactly, but vindicated; even with insanity in the family she wouldn't have turned down all of her chances if they had really materialized.46. What did the Negro man possibly do in the family?A. He was an adopted son.B. He worked as a servant.C. He kept the family alive.D. He helped kill the snakes and rats.47. What did the ladies mean by saying the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?A. Men were good at cleaning kitchen in a proper way.B. The Negro man seemed to keep the kitchen properly.C. Men were not able to manage the kitchen well.D. Men were very likely to make a kitchen smelly.48. What was the attitude of Judge Stevens towards the complaints initially?A. He remained neutral without giving suggestions.B. He considers the complaints unreasonable.C. He thought it was the Negro man to blame.D. He thought they were trivial and could be easily solved.49. Which of the following statements is not true?A. Four men tried to sow something in Emily’s lawn after midnight.B. Emily probably noticed some ones cross on her lawn.C. The four men tried to find out where the smell came.D. The smell was finally got rid of by the four men.50. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Emily’s great aunt was driven crazy by her father.B. Emily looked down upon the young men who were not rich.C. Emily’s family was too distinguished to be appreciated.D. Emily’s father had set lots of barriers for her pursuers.第二卷（满分30分）二、选词填空（1.5X20=30）请用所给的词完成短文，每个词只能用一次。