土桥中学高二英语竞赛试题第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AThe more people I meet, the more I love my dog. Every day I am reminded why I love him so much.Three weeks before Christmas in 2008 at about 2:00 in the morning, my dog woke us up out of a sound sleep because someone was knocking at our door. He barked in front of me as if to protect me from the stranger who was knocking. My husband answered, and it was a local police officer telling us that my father-in-law had called the police because he forgot our number. My mother-in-law was suffering from a brain disease and was in the hospital. We thanked the officer and raced to the hospital. We would have taken him, but the hospital would consider him to be a dirty pet.After visiting the hospital we drove home and hugged our dog once more. At this point it was unlikely that little dog remembered waking us up. What he did remember was that we left him alone for several hours and he missed us. He thought we missed him, too, so he greeted us at the door with his tail wagging (摇摆).Someone tried to break in our house that summer, but, once again, our little dog saved the day. Our curtains were damaged, but no one got in. When I got home from work, I found parts of my curtains lying on the floor. We called the police and the officer said that he did a great job.My dog is a loving sweet dog who just wants some attention. I worked with him for months and now he sits, dances, sings, shakes hands, and so much more. The best part is he looks out for me as much as I look out for him.My husband says the dog is spoiled (宠坏的); I say he finally has a loving home.1. The author’s dog woke her up to tell her that _____.A. her mother-in-law was illB. her father-in-law called herC. someone was knocking at the doorD. someone had broke into her house2. Why did the police say the dog did a great job?A. The dog saved the author.B. The dog stopped the thief.C. The dog did well what people told it.D. The dog helped to find the thief.3 The purpose of the text is to tell readers _____.A. why the author’s dog is her best friendB. what the proper attitude towards dogs isC. what dogs can bring usD. how to raise dogsBLevi Strauss did not invent jeans, but he is considered the first person to make and sell great numbers of them. He was born in Bavaria, an area that is part of Germany. In 1847 he and his family moved to the United States.Levi Strauss opened a small dry goods store, first in New York, then in San Francisco, California. Among the products he sold were jeans. These pants were especially useful for miners in California. They needed clothing made from a strong material. Jeans are usually made from a heavy cotton cloth called denim.Levi Strauss partnered with a clothing maker named Jacob Davis. Davis had invented a process for making rivets (铆钉) for jeans. These little metal connectors helped hold the pieces of cloth together to make the jeans stronger.In 1875, the government gave Strauss and Davis a patent (专利) for their invention. That meant no one else could legally copy it without their permission. In 1928 the Levi Strauss company registered (注册) the word “Levi’s”as a trademark for their product.The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi’s.Writer James Sullivan published a book called “Jeans: A Cultural History of anAmerican Icon.” In the book, he says jeans show two American values, creativity and rebellion.Cowboys wore jeans in the old Wild West. In the 1950s, people saw famous Hollywood actors like James Dean and Marlon Brando wearing jeans in movies. Today jeans come in blue but also lots of other colors and in many styles and at all prices.4 Which of the following about Levi Strauss is TRUE?A. He invented jeans.B. He was born in the west of America.C. He used to run a dry goods store in New York.D. He started the Levi Strauss company by himself.5. Rivets in Jeans were first used to _____.A. hang little thingsB. decorate the clothesC. make the clothes strongerD. protect miners from attacks6. From the text, we can learn Levi’s _____.A. was registered in 1928B. was given a patentC. was the oldest trademark of jeansD. has ever appeared in movies7 The text mainly talks about ____.A. the history of jeansB. the meaning of jeansC. how jeans are inventedD. why jeans become popularCLisa Wrightsman used soccer to turn her life around. Now she’s using it to help others do the same. Wrightsman had been a good footballer but later fell into drugs, and homelessness.Last year, however, she entered a V olunteers of America recovery program and discovered VOA’s street soccer program at Mather. She got a chance to go to Washingt on, D.C. to play with the Mohawks, VOA’s men’s team. Later she wasnamed most valuable player in the season and sent to Brazil to represent （代表）the United States.When she got back, she became a changed woman. A newly-found confidence (信心) earned her full-time work at TechSkills. Watching the women play in Brazil had been a surprising experience for her.“They were not serious players,”she said, referring to their soccer background, not their motivation (动机). She saw street soccer as something more than athletics. It is movement about helping people get off the street.She returned with an idea. “We can make a women’s team if this is what it’s about”. For the first time, her city will send a women’s Mohawks homeless soccer team to the national tournament (联赛) this summer. “Lisa was all ready to coach it,”said Chris Mann, the men’s coach. “She understood it was much bigger than her.”The added team has benefited both women and men in VOA’s recovery programs. For one thing, women are getting along well with their children because of football. The women playing have become less competitive (好竞争的) and more trusting of each other. The same is true of men, who are also willing to learn more family skills.8 After Lisa Wrightsman played with the Mohawks, she ______.A. left her football teamB. stopped playing footballC. developed some bad habitsD. was chosen as the best player9 What made Lisa Wrightsman change?A. Playing football in Washington.B. Making a women’s team in her city.C. Watching women play football in Brazil.D. Coaching a women’s Mohawks soccer team.10. From the text, we can learn Lisa Wrightsman _____.A. used to hate soccerB. didn’t understand soccerC. used soccer to help othersD. created VOA’s recovery program11. What is the last paragraph mainly about?A. Why people like the new football team.B. The good effect of the new football team.C. How Lisa organized the new football team.D. The bright future of the new football team.DFirst published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel’s family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm. Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi’s story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.12. We can learn that the book Life of Pi _____.A. was written in 2001B. was awarded two prizesC. tells a story about friendshipD. is based on the author’s personal experience13. In the book Life of Pi the hyena is killed by _____.A. PiB. the zebraC. the orangutanD. Richard Parker14. How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger?A. By catching fishes for the tiger.B. By locking the tiger in a cage.C. By being the leader of the two of them.D. By fighting with the tiger.15. What happens after Pi arrives in Mexico?A. The tiger dies.B. He tries to escape.C. The Mexicans feel sorry for him.D. The Mexicans doubt his experience.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。