上外杯-初赛英语试题(解析版) 2017年“上外杯”上海市高中英语竞赛初赛试题考生注意：一、本卷共11页、75小题，满分100分答卷时间90分钟二、本卷所有题目均为选择题，请将所选答案用2B铅笔点涂在答题卡上I. Vocabulary （12分）Directions:（Complete the following passage by using the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. Note that there is one word or phrase more than you need.）Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book about a jungle, called True Stories. It showed a boa constrictor swallowing a wild beast.In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, ___1___. Afterward they are no longer able to move, and they sleep during the six months of their digestion."In those days I thought a lot about jungle adventure, and eventually ___2___ my first drawing, using a colored pencil. My Drawing Number One.I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if the drawing scared them.They answered: " Why be scared by a hat?"My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor ____3____. Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could understand. They always ___4___.The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, the inside or the outside, and apply myself ___5___ to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why, I ___6___, at the age of six, a magnificent career as an artist. I had been discouraged by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is ___7___ to provide explanation over and over again.So then I had to choose another career, and learned to ____8____. I have flown almost everywhere in the world. And ___9___, geography has been a big help to me. I can tell China from Arizona at first glance, which is very useful if you get lost during the night.So I have had, ______10______, lots of encounters with lots of serious people. I have spent lots of time with grown-ups. I have seen them at close range… which hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.Whenever I encountered a grown-up who seemed to me at all enlightened, I would ______11______ him with my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I wanted to see if he really understood anything. But he would always answer, "That is a hat." Then I wouldn’t talk about boa constrictors or jungles or stars. I would______12______. I would talk about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And the grown-up was glad to know such a reasonable person.【答案】1. E 2. C3. I4. A5. F6. B7. J8. D9. H10. L11. G12. K【解析】这是一篇记叙文。
文章讲述了作者的两幅画一直都得不到人们的真正理解，他感到非常困惑希望能遇到一个真正理解自己的人，但希望总是落空1题详解】考查短语句意：大蟒蛇不咀嚼就把猎物整个吞下根据上文swallow their prey whole(把猎物整个吞下)可知此处用without chewing(不咀嚼)符合语境，故选E2题详解】考查短语句意：在那些日子里，我想了很多关于丛林探险的事，最后用彩色铅笔画出了我的第一幅画根据空后的my first drawing, using a colored pencil(用彩色铅笔，我的第一幅画)可知是用managed to make(完成了)作句中的谓语，故选C3题详解】考查短语句意：这是一张大蟒蛇在消化大象的照片根据第一段的It showed a boa constrictor swallowing a wild beast.(它显示了一条蟒蛇吞下一头野兽)可知此处用digesting an elephant说明“在消化一头大象”，符合语境，故选I4题详解】考查短语句意：他们总是需要解释根据上文Then I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could understand.(然后我画了大蟒蛇的内部，这样大人们就可以理解了。
)可知此处用need explanation表示大人们总是“需要解释”，故选A5题详解】考查副词句意：大人们建议我把画大蟒蛇的画收起来，不管是里面的还是外面的，把自己的注意力放在地理、历史、算术和语法上根据上文The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors及下文to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar可知大人们建议我把画大蟒蛇的画收起来，取而代之的是，把自己的注意力放在地理、历史、算术和语法上此处用副词instead表示“取而代之的是”，故选F6题详解】考查动词句意：这就是为什么，我在六岁时放弃了作为一名艺术家的辉煌事业根据上文The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors可知大人们建议我把画大蟒蛇的画收起来，因此我“放弃”（abandoned）了成为艺术家，此处用动词abandoned(放弃)作谓语，符合语境，故选B7题详解】考查短语句意：成年人永远不会自己理解任何事情，孩子们一遍又一遍地解释是令人筋疲力尽的。
it is +adj.+for sb. to do sth.为固定搭配，意为“对于某人来说做某事是怎么样的”，因此此处选择exhaustingfor children来表示对于孩子们来说，一遍又一遍地解释是令人筋疲力尽的8题详解】考查短语句意：所以我不得不另谋职业，学会了驾驶飞机根据下一句I have flown almost everywhere in the world. 可知我几乎飞遍了世界各地，因此我选择的是“开飞机”的职业pilot airplanes意为“驾驶飞机”，故选D9题详解】考查固定短语句意：事实上，地理对我帮助很大根据空后的geography has been a big help to me(地理对我帮助很大)可知此处用as a matter of fact表示“事实上”，符合语境，故选H10题详解】考查短语句意：所以，在我的一生中，我和很多严肃的人有过很多的接触根据上下文I have had lots of encounters with lots of serious people.可知我和很多严肃的人有过很多的接触in the course of my life表示“在我的一生中”，符合语境，故选L。
11题详解】考查短语句意：每当我遇到一个在我看来很开明的成年人，我都会用我一直保存的第一幅画在他身上做实验experiment on sb.为固定搭配，意为“在某人身上做实验”，符合语境，故选G12题详解】考查短语句意：我会把我自己放在他的水平上根据下文I would talk about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And the grown-up was glad to know such a reasonable person.(我会谈论桥牌、高尔夫、政治和领带大人很高兴认识这样一个通情达理的人)可知我把自己放在他的水平上，put myself on his level意为“把我自己放在他的水平上”，符合语境，故选KII. Grammar （8分）Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.The eighth chapter is exceedingly brief, and relates that Gibbons, the amateur naturalist of the district, ___13___ lying out on the spacious open downs without a soul ___14_。